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• 12/11/2012: Radio Story - Missouri may follow Michigan's lead in becoming a Right to Work state.
• 12/ 5/2012: Radio Story - New bill would allow more local control over setting school calendars
• 12/ 5/2012: Radio Story - In a move unprecedented in recent memory, the FBI comes to the state Capitol to meet with staffers.
• 12/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Nixon meets with Mo. troops in Kuwait, Afghanistan on third Mideast tour
• 12/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Prefiled Senate Bill Includes Another Attempt at Cigarette Tax Hike, but Sponsor Says It's Not a Priority
• 12/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Rep. Jeff Roorda trying to keep families out of shopping malls on Thanksgiving
• 12/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Lawmakers have pre-filed varying proposals to cut Missouri's income taxes in the next legislative session.
• 12/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Scott Sifton prefiles bill that would ban any gift from lobbyist to lawmakers, or any staff or family of lawmakers.
• 11/29/2012: Radio Story - Republicans condemn Gov. Nixon's support of Medicaid expansion.
• 11/29/2012: Newspaper Story - Gov. Nixon announces support for Medicaid expansion while many Republicans state opposition.
• 11/29/2012: Radio Story - With many Republican lawmakers stating opposition to expanding Medicaid, one remains concerned over the cost.
• 11/29/2012: Radio Story - Republicans react to governor's support of Medicaid expansion
• 11/28/2012: Radio Story - Transportation committee members say raising taxes may be only way to fix Missouri's crumbling road system
• 11/27/2012: Radio Story - House Democrats announced today they are filing a bill that makes changes to ethics and campaign finance laws.
• 11/27/2012: Radio Story - Freshmen House members learn about the legislative process.
• 11/27/2012: Radio Story - State Auditor uncovers issues within Missouri State Lottery Commission
• 11/13/2012: Radio Story - Director of the Mo. Dept. of Revenue has refused to attend the past three committee meetings on government bidding
• 11/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Republican and Democratic Senate leaders announced Thursday.
• 11/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Senate Democrats choose new leaders
• 11/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon outlined how he will work with a veto-proof GOP majority Thursday.
• 11/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Senator Ron Richard Elected Senate Majority Leader
• 11/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Gov. Jay Nixon addressed how he will work with legislature at first press conference since re-election.
• 11/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Mitt Romney's victory in Missouri is significant, considering past treatment of Mormons in the state.
• 11/ 7/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri voters shot down Proposition B, which proposed an increase on the state's tobacco tax.
• 11/ 7/2012: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon has been re-elected to a second term as the state Governor
• 11/ 7/2012: Radio Story - Voter turnout 7 percent below Secretary of State's projection in Tuesday vote.
• 11/ 7/2012: Radio Story - Mo. House speaker: Gov. Nixon will need to do "true, actual negotiation" with GOP lawmakers
• 11/ 7/2012: Newspaper Story - Mo. House Speaker challenges Nixon veto power with new majority
• 11/ 6/2012: Newspaper Story - Incumbent Claire McCaskill wins Missouri U.S. Senate seat
• 11/ 6/2012: Radio Story - Reporting from Claire McCaskill's campagin party
• 11/ 6/2012: Radio Story - Kinder pledges to move past divided government after winning a third term as Lt. Gov.
• 11/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Gubernatorial candidates Nixon and Spence both travel across Missouri in a last minute effort for election night
• 11/ 1/2012: Newspaper Story - Mo. Secretary of State projects 3 percent turnout increase
• 11/ 1/2012: Radio Story - GOP comeback bus tour kicked off in Jefferson City Thursday
• 11/ 1/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Republican candidates for statewide office kick off two-day bus tour
• 10/31/2012: Radio Story - With less than one week until the election, Missouri's candidates for governor spar over failed Mamtek factory.
• 10/31/2012: Newspaper Story - Spence: Nixon 'nowhere to be found' on Mamtek failure
• 10/25/2012: Newspaper Story - A few Missouri lawmakers are working on bonding bills to make capital improvements
• 10/23/2012: Radio Story - Wednesday auction in Moberly will pay off former Mamtek CEO's debt.
• 10/18/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri legislators discussed a tax plan Thursday to generate $750 million for the state's highways.
• 10/18/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Republican Party demands Lt. Gov. candidate Susan Montee's tax returns
• 10/17/2012: Newspaper Story - @EdMartin4MO camp counters P-D column, says it IS talking to newspaper ed boards
• 10/17/2012: Newspaper Story - Mo. Department of Social Services: no TANF applicants or recipients have been drug-tested under 2011 law
• 10/16/2012: Newspaper Story - Claire McCaskill spends an afternoon waiting tables and looks to hold onto her slight lead over Todd Akin
• 10/16/2012: Radio Story - Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill serves tables in Columbia's Flat Branch restaurant.
• 10/12/2012: Newspaper Story - Trailer rent for Joplin tornado victims could be too high for low-income families when FEMA starts charging rent
• 10/11/2012: Radio Story - Silver Haired Legislature approves senior-related issues to bring before state lawmakers
• 10/10/2012: Radio Story - FEMA trailer rent could be too high for some Joplin tornado victims
• 10/10/2012: Radio Story - Panel set to announce state Supreme Court nominees
• 10/ 9/2012: Radio Story - October 10 marks the last day to register to vote in Missouri
• 10/ 9/2012: Radio Story - Controversial Senatorial candidate Todd Akin reaches $1 million in online donations
• 10/ 9/2012: Radio Story - Missouri has less representation in Washington D.C. because of illegal immigration.
• 10/ 9/2012: Radio Story - State funding for Nixon's
• 10/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - Rep. Chris Kelly, Missouri convenience store group bring their arguments to Columbia on cigarette tax
• 10/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Opponents clash on cigarette tax on November ballot
• 10/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - A proposal to raise Missouri's cigarette tax will be put before voters in November.
• 10/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - Voters will get to weigh in on selection of Missouri judges in November.
• 10/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Glitches incur with non-traditional source of funding for Nixon's business and education revitalization program.
• 10/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Proposal to increase tobacco tax on November's ballot
• 10/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Gov. Jay Nixon challenges hunters to donate 10,000 deer this season to help feed the hungry.
• 10/ 4/2012: Radio Story - The NRA has endorsed its only Democrat this election season in Attorney General Chris Koster
• 10/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - St. Louis police force is looking to gain local control on the November ballot.
• 10/ 2/2012: Radio Story - Amendment 3 causes controversy for the Missouri Non-partisan Court Plan
• 10/ 2/2012: Radio Story - One Missouri House representative and State Senate candidate calls for ban on gifts to legislators.
• 10/ 2/2012: Radio Story - St Louis police are looking to gain local control of the police force for the first time in over 100 years.
• 9/28/2012: Newspaper Story - Proposition E puts health care back on Missouri ballots
• 9/27/2012: Radio Story - Akin is optimistic about his chances of winning the Senate race.
• 9/26/2012: Radio Story - Propsition E will put on the ballot another part of the federal health care law: exchanges
• 9/25/2012: Radio Story - Republicans react to Akin staying in Senate race
• 9/21/2012: Newspaper Story - U.S. Rep. Todd Akin and incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill traded barbs on Akin's controversial comments
• 9/21/2012: Radio Story - Akin still on defensive in debate after controversial comments resurface
• 9/21/2012: Radio Story - Gubernatorial candidates debate differing outlooks on Missouri's economic status
• 9/20/2012: Newspaper Story - Mo. abortion groups challenge contingency in opposing MOSIRA funding
• 9/20/2012: Radio Story - New state and federal laws allow military and overseas voters to vote for the president using e-mail.
• 9/20/2012: Newspaper Story - Deadline for ballot withdrawal draws near for Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin.
• 9/20/2012: Radio Story - Newt Gingrich is scheduled to support Todd Akin at fundraising events on Monday
• 9/20/2012: Newspaper Story - Military personnel delpoyed overseas can now vote in the presidential election thorugh e-mails.
• 9/13/2012: Radio Story - Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Wolff says Mo. Criminal Code needs updates
• 9/13/2012: Radio Story - Kansas City labor union files first legal challenge over contraception law.
• 9/13/2012: Radio Story - Mo. Chamber of Commerce endorses Spence in gubernatorial race
• 9/12/2012: Radio Story - High ranking Republicans join in calls for Saint Louis local control.
• 9/12/2012: Radio Story - Lawmakers override governor's veto of contraception legislation
• 9/12/2012: Newspaper Story - Mo. lawmakers voted 109-45 to pass contraception bill into law over Nixon objection, did not challnege car tax veto
• 9/11/2012: Radio Story - Funeral homes are dying from debt costs
• 9/11/2012: Newspaper Story - Funeral homes are still dying from debt costs
• 9/ 7/2012: Newspaper Story - Car taxes, contraception likely on tap for Sept. 12 veto session
• 9/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - An audit criticizes Gov. Jay Nixon for billing other state agencies for travel and employees.
• 9/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Governor Nixon is in hot water again after an audit reveals he shifted $1.7 million in office costs.
• 9/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers return Wednesday to take up vetoes by Gov. Jay Nixon.
• 9/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Minimum Wage and Payday Loan Initiatives off ballot
• 9/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Despite Claire McCaskill's absence, the Missouri Senate is a hot topic at the Democratic National Convention
• 9/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon opposes a bill dealing with vehicle taxes.
• 8/30/2012: Radio Story - Former Republican House Speaker Steve Tilley registers as a lobbyist.
• 8/24/2012: Newspaper Story - U.S. Rep. Todd Akin remains in Senate race after his comments on rape and abortion drew national outrage.
• 8/23/2012: Radio Story - Former Mo. Supreme Court Justice William Ray Price attacks Amendment 3 on Thursday.
• 8/23/2012: Newspaper Story - While former judges oppose Amendment 3, a Republican Senator says it will help political checks and balances.
• 5/29/2012: Radio Story - The fifth in a five-part series on the debate over residential care for persons with developmental disabilities.
• 5/29/2012: Radio Story - Habilitation centers vs. community living: the fourth in a five-part series on developmental disabilities.
• 5/29/2012: Radio Story - Moving the disabled: the second in a five-part series on developmental disabilities.
• 5/29/2012: Radio Story - The first of a five part series on habilitation centers vs. community facilities for the developmentally disabled.
• 5/29/2012: Radio Story - A bill calls for a smooth transition plan to transfer people with disabilities to communities died.
• 5/18/2012: Newspaper Story - Wedge issues have been prominent this legislative session; one resolution tops it off
• 5/18/2012: Newspaper Story - As Missouri lawmakers head home, many issues touted by leadership failed to gain traction and pass.
• 5/17/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers enter their last day of the session with various issues still left unresolved
• 5/16/2012: Radio Story - Senate votes to cap historic preservation tax credits - essentially killing the "Mamtek" bill.
• 5/16/2012: Newspaper Story - Statehouse News Summary for May 16, 2012
• 5/14/2012: Newspaper Story - Rush Limbaugh dominated the opening day of the legislature's last week.
• 5/10/2012: Newspaper Story - Despite setbacks, the House and Senate finalize the state budget one day before the constitutional deadline.
• 5/ 9/2012: Newspaper Story - Statehouse news summary for May 9, 2012
• 5/ 9/2012: Radio Story - Rush Limbaugh has yet to be formally inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians.
• 5/ 8/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House voted to defund the women's instute at UMSL
• 5/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - News Summary for May 7
• 5/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Missouri veteran is on a hunger strike until Senate directs funds to veterans' nursing homes
• 5/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - News summary for May 8
• 5/ 8/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House passed an child care measure as an amendment to a Senate Militia bill.
• 5/ 3/2012: Newspaper Story - The state's budget is in a gridlock as the House and Senate cannot come to an agreement.
• 5/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Missouri House members welcomed U.S. Senator Roy Blunt to speak at the Capitol.
• 5/ 3/2012: Newspaper Story - U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt spoke to the Missouri House at the state Capitol.
• 5/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri takes another step toward charter school expansion and accountability
• 5/ 2/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri lawmaker takes a public stance against a bill that would limit sexuality discussions in school.
• 5/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Replubican representative speaks out against bill banning discussion of sexual orientation in schools
• 5/ 1/2012: Newspaper Story - News Summary for Tuesday, May 1
• 5/ 1/2012: Radio Story - House committee passes bill to mandate county assessors to consider market factors
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - House Committee approves a bill that would create a committee to study the future of Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/30/2012: Newspaper Story - Environmental groups criticized a bill that would allow Ameren to increase rates.
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - Missouri environmental groups oppose increases in utility rates to construct a nuclear plant
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - Bill to require presidential candidates to provide birth record moves to Senate floor for final vote.
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri Senate Committee heard a bill keeping animals from gaining rights equal or greater than human rights.
• 4/26/2012: Radio Story - The usually civil MO Senate resorts to verbal jabs over a bill pertaining to the election of judges.
• 4/25/2012: Newspaper Story - A two day gridlock over the state's budget ended late Tuesday evening as the Senate passed their plan.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate decided not to cut healthcare benefits for the blind and visually impaired.
• 4/25/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Senate approves a budget plan that would restore funding to the blind
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - Senate committee hears emotional testimony on CPR bill.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - Has the time come to raise the tobacco tax to save Missouri's economy?
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The bill could make it harder for citizens to commit voter fraud and for non U.S citizens to register to vote.
• 4/24/2012: Newspaper Story - After eight hours of debate Missouri's $24 billion budget has yet to receive a vote in the Senate.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - A Profile of Franc Flotron; Former Missouri State Senator and Current Ponytailed Lobbyist.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - Controversial legislation would loosen transportation restrictions on radioactive chemicals.
• 4/24/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate rejected an attempt to eliminate a proposed wage increase for state workers.
• 4/19/2012: Newspaper Story - A week after the Senate Appropriations Committee finished mark-up, the budget has yet to be debated on the floor.
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - Republicans block Senate vote on teacher tenure...by talking about cranberry bread
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - Westinghouse and Ameren Missouri partner to apply for federal grant money to develop small modular reactors.
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - After House Democrats vote down a bill that would create gold currency, it passes.
• 4/19/2012: Radio Story - Molina Scores Low on Health Insurance Ratings.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Missouri military personnel criticized the state's National Guard in a Senate hearing Wednesday.
• 4/18/2012: Newspaper Story - House and Senate perfect and debate similar bills to crack down on unlicensed child care providers.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - State lawmakers battled late into the night on the baseball field.
• 4/17/2012: Radio Story - During a public hearing, testimonies made against the bill regarding voter I.D.'s was debated.
• 4/17/2012: Newspaper Story - Senate General Laws Committee hears testimony on bill which would modify Missouri's Sunshine Law
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - The fight between free speech and religion continued at the state Capitol.
• 4/16/2012: Newspaper Story - State Auditor said he would appeal a court's ruling on a ballot issue that would eliminate the state's income tax
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri auditor will appeal a court ruling that struck down the fiscal note for a tax ballot initiative.
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - House Committee passes slimmed down version of twice-vetoed workplace discrimination bill.
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers debate Affordable Care Act
• 4/12/2012: Newspaper Story - The Senate Appropriations Committee approves a $24 billion budget for the state.
• 4/12/2012: Radio Story - Former Governor Roger Wilson indicted by a grand jury for his involvement with Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - A bill would slowly wean single parents off of child care instead of immediately cutting it after they make over.
• 4/11/2012: Newspaper Story - Despite a filibuster, the bill to expand charter schools across the state gains approval of the Senate
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - Discussion over Missouri charter schools creates firestorm of debate.
• 4/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate adopted a measure to make it harder for teachers to get tenure.
• 4/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - Members of Congress want to protect the future of Missouri's military bases.
• 4/ 4/2012: Radio Story - The futures of Fort Leonard Wood and Whiteman AFB at stake over Base Realignment.
• 4/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - A bill raising the bar for wrongful death in inmate suicides stirs emotions in the Missouri House
• 4/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Legislators spoke in favor of disability rights after hundreds rallied at the Capitol
• 4/ 3/2012: Newspaper Story - Conservative senators blocked a tax credit to bring sporting events to Missouri.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Elections Committee passes resolution which seeks to change language of voter ID bill.
• 4/ 3/2012: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate narrowly votes to keep teacher tenure intact.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - A bill was passed that would limit worker compensation for occupational diseases.
• 4/ 3/2012: Radio Story - The Senate narrowly rejects a St. Louis County senator's proposal to repeal teacher tenure.
• 4/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - In response to the contraception debate, Missouri female legislators would restrict vasectomies.
• 4/ 2/2012: Radio Story - Legislation to prohibit vasectomies
• 3/29/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House votes to require presidental candidates to prove they really were born in the U.S.
• 3/28/2012: Radio Story - A bill to require the President of the U.S. to provide birth certificate
• 3/27/2012: Newspaper Story - Hundreds of people representing labor unions and religious groups came to the Capitol to protest.
• 3/27/2012: Newspaper Story - The candidate filing period has officially closed, but a district maps have not been officially finalized.
• 3/27/2012: Radio Story - About one thousand union laborers gathered outside the Missouri protesting worker legislation.
• 3/27/2012: Radio Story - Hundreds of Missourians protest President Obama's health care law
• 3/27/2012: Radio Story - Anti-abortion rally at the state Capitol
• 3/26/2012: Radio Story - House district maps still undecided by Supreme Court with one day left until the candidate filing deadline
• 3/21/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri newspapers could face increased costs for printing materials.
• 3/21/2012: Radio Story - A bill that would repeal tax credits for newspapers passes through committee.
• 3/21/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri Senator vows to block efforts that generate one-time funds for the state's budget.
• 3/21/2012: Newspaper Story - With six weeks left in the legislative session, the school funding formula fix is stalled in the House.
• 3/20/2012: Radio Story - The Senate Rules and Ethics Committee heard a bill that would place a cap on campaign contributions.
• 3/20/2012: Radio Story - The Senate's only licensed physician continues to block a prescription drug monitoring plan.
• 3/20/2012: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House gives first round approval to the state's operating budget.
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - St. Louis city officials say they want control over firefighter pension fund.
• 3/19/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Democrats seek to reform failing ethics in the state government.
• 3/19/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri women send toilet paper to House Speaker as part of "Flush Rush" campaign.
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - Missouri could move to a closed primary system in 2013, forcing voters to vote according to their affiliation
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri women's group wants House Speaker Steve Tilley to "Flush Rush."
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - House Democrats propose new ethics legislation, similar to the bill passed in 2010 the Mo. Supreme Court threw out.
• 3/15/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Republicans begin process to pick presidential nominee.
• 3/15/2012: Radio Story - With Missouri's primary election candidate selected, the voting now moves to the caucus.
• 3/14/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri's auditor released a report giving reccomendations of how to stop state violations of the Sunshine Law.
• 3/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers go on spring break after passing business bills, but many things remain on their agenda.
• 3/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Dispatch's inaccurate editorial saying women were shut out of contraception floor debate causes stir.
• 3/ 8/2012: Radio Story - An overview of the 2012 legislative session so far.
• 3/ 7/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House accepted a Senate bill changing worker's compensation laws.
• 3/ 7/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House joined the senate in passing a bill restricting employee lawsuits
• 3/ 7/2012: Radio Story - A Senate bill will restrict Missouri public contracts with companies who invest with energy sections of Iran.
• 3/ 7/2012: Radio Story - Schweich filed a document with IRS to collect funds for campaign.
• 3/ 7/2012: Newspaper Story - Budget sent to House floor with level college funding and cuts to the blind still intact.
• 3/ 7/2012: Radio Story - Democratic Senators filibuster bill...again.
• 3/ 6/2012: Radio Story - The House Minority Caucus calls for the Speaker of the House to not go through with plans to induct Limbaugh.
• 3/ 6/2012: Radio Story - The House Minority Caucus calls for the Speaker of the House to not go through with plans to induct Limbaugh.
• 3/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Amid national controversey, the Missouri House Speaker is honoring Rush Limbaugh's achievements
• 3/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - House committee approves greater mandates for economic development projects including business background checks.
• 3/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - After calling a law student a 'slut,' Rush Limbaugh will be inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians.
• 3/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Legislators choose not to condemn decision to induct Rush Limbaugh into Hall of Famous Missourians
• 3/ 1/2012: Newspaper Story - An American Bar Association task force presented recommendations to review the death penalty in Missouri.
• 2/29/2012: Radio Story - A Senate committee heard a bill establishing the Missouri Works Program
• 2/29/2012: Radio Story - Approximately 394 people filed for Missouri office, although the future of some districts is unknown.
• 2/29/2012: Radio Story - The Senate Government Accountability Committee discussed an audit of the death penalty.
• 2/28/2012: Newspaper Story - Democratic Lawmakers hope a messy battle between two incumbents can be avoided with a Supreme Court decision.
• 2/28/2012: Radio Story - Russ Carnahan is challenging Lacy Clay for a seat in the U.S. House, leaving state Democrats conflicted.
• 2/28/2012: Radio Story - The preliminary state Senate map was an obstacle for candidate filing Tuesday.
• 2/28/2012: Newspaper Story - Conservative St. Louis senator files for Kansas City district after losing her seat in redistricting.
• 2/27/2012: Radio Story - FBI is investigating campaign contributions from a Missouri state-funded insurance company.
• 2/27/2012: Newspaper Story - State Auditor finds unreasonable spending by local insurance company, triggering an FBI investigation.
• 2/27/2012: Radio Story - Two attempts to prevent candidate filing dates to start.... fail.
• 2/27/2012: Radio Story - Two attempts to prevent candidate filing dates to start.... fail.
• 2/23/2012: Radio Story - In the third attempt to create new Senate redistricting maps, Jane Cunningham is squeezed out of the Senate.
• 2/23/2012: Newspaper Story - Two leading Senate conservatives are wiped out by new redistricting maps filed Thursday.
• 2/23/2012: Radio Story - Bipartisan House leaders are calling for a review of the state's redistricting process
• 2/22/2012: Radio Story - The house officially declared their opposition to a federal health mandate, but not without debate.
• 2/21/2012: Newspaper Story - Lack of communication with Gov. cited as a reason for lack of ethics legislation
• 2/21/2012: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon's administration was accused of faulty accounting in crafting the state's budget.
• 2/21/2012: Radio Story - A House Committee passed a bill taking a shot at President Barack Obama's citizenship.
• 2/21/2012: Radio Story - A St. Louis County representative's bill would make Missouri the 28th state with a closed primary system.
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - Representatives file bills to prevent future economic development failures
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - After the Jerry Sandusky hearings, Missouri Senators debate to revamp child abuse reporting laws.
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - A Senate bill pushes back the filing date one month to make time for new district maps to be drawn.
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - The Senate Judiciary heard a bill that would make deliberately disrupting a house of worship illegal
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon's call to state lawmakers to take action on an ethics bill falls mostly on deaf ears.
• 2/19/2012: Radio Story - With less than two weeks before filing begins, Sen. candidates still don't know their districts.
• 2/19/2012: Newspaper Story - State Senate maps still need to be redrawn - and there's less than two weeks before candidates can start filing.
• 2/16/2012: Radio Story - Senate delays filing deadline for state legislators.
• 2/15/2012: Newspaper Story - The House International Trade Committee heard a compromise to the Missouri-Kansas border war
• 2/15/2012: Radio Story - Students delivered 6,000 letters to lawmakers in protest of Gov. Nixon's proposed higher education budget cuts.
• 2/15/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate acts quickly to push back the candidate filing period.
• 2/14/2012: Newspaper Story - Questions about President Obama's citizenship resurfaced during a House Committee hearing.
• 2/13/2012: Newspaper Story - Planned Parenthood rallied in support of Obama's Affordable Care Act at the Missouri Capitol
• 2/13/2012: Radio Story - Planned Parenthood Rallies Behind Affordable Care Act
• 2/13/2012: Newspaper Story - A new House committee report suggests new mandates for public officials investigating future economic projects.
• 2/ 9/2012: Radio Story - House bill regarding discriminatory employment practices was passed after much debate.
• 2/ 9/2012: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon met with college presidents from across the state to talk about higher education funding.
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - A House Committee heard a bill that would prevent the public from seeing crime photos.
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Missouri House committee hears bill that requires gross negligence for any lawsuit over inmate suicides.
• 2/ 7/2012: Radio Story - A bill requiring photo ID to vote in the state of Missouri was voted to perfection Tuesday.
• 2/ 7/2012: Radio Story - House Committee hears a bill that would enable Missourians at the casino to donate to the Missouri Veterans homes.
• 2/ 7/2012: Newspaper Story - House budget leaders criticized the governor for shuffling employees around state agencies.
• 2/ 6/2012: Radio Story - Not Everyone Sees the Missouri Primary as a Beauty Contest...
• 2/ 6/2012: Radio Story - A bill that would require all Missouri voters to have a government-issued photo ID is again up for debate.
• 2/ 6/2012: Radio Story - Lt. Gov. Kinder's budget proposal questioned due to last year's travel expense reimbursement.
• 2/ 2/2012: Radio Story - While on the Senate floor, one Senator complains about the House not doing its job.
• 2/ 2/2012: Radio Story - A 15 hour filibuster leads to changes in the workplace discrimination bill.
• 2/ 2/2012: Radio Story - Van Matre's nomination blocked by Missouri Senate Thursday.
• 2/ 1/2012: Radio Story - Senators refused to vote on Governor Jay Nixon's appointment to the Department of Economic Development Director.
• 2/ 1/2012: Radio Story - Edward Jones Dome Discussions on the Senate floor the same day the CVC presents future dome plans to Rams.
• 1/31/2012: Radio Story - Bill that would bar public sector unions from withholding employee fees ended in filibuster Tuesday.
• 1/31/2012: Radio Story - UM System curators recommend a system-wide tuition increase as high as 7.5%.
• 1/31/2012: Radio Story - Parts of the China Hub bill that were not passed last session, are back in the statehouse.
• 1/31/2012: Newspaper Story - A House committee approved a bill Tuesday that takes a step to create an international trade hub in St. Louis.
• 1/30/2012: Radio Story - Black caucus vows to block the vote on a Senate discrimination bill
• 1/30/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Black Caucus members spoke out against a bill that would limit discrimination protection for workers.
• 1/30/2012: Newspaper Story - Bill proposed to facilitate transportation between children and their incarcerated mothers.
• 1/30/2012: Newspaper Story - John Hall's lack of expereience could effect DED Director Appointment.
• 1/30/2012: Radio Story - Acting director Jason Hall appeared before a committee today to approve his appointment.
• 1/27/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Republican Party says that this year's presidential primary election is merely a formality.
• 1/26/2012: Newspaper Story - Republican Ed Martin switches from a Congressional race to the Attorney General contest.
• 1/26/2012: Radio Story - Attorney Ed Martin announces run for Attorney General instead of Congress.
• 1/26/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri Republican Party says the February 7 presidential primary is little more than a formality.
• 1/25/2012: Newspaper Story - The Capitol heightened its security after six legislators found crosshair stickers outside their offices Tuesday.
• 1/25/2012: Radio Story - Democratic senators delay the vote on controversial workplace discrimination bill
• 1/25/2012: Radio Story - Heightened Security at Missouri Capitol after Gun Stickers Cause Concern
• 1/24/2012: Radio Story - Cross hair stickers were placed on doors of six lawmakers.
• 1/24/2012: Radio Story - The House higher education committee considered a plan to streamline courses at all public universities.
• 1/24/2012: Radio Story - Senate gives preliminary approval to legislation requiring a vote before Missouri could implement Obamacare.
• 1/23/2012: Radio Story - Government money may go to private schools
• 1/23/2012: Radio Story - Senators voice objection to Governor Jay Nixon's proposed budget.
• 1/23/2012: Newspaper Story - Members of Missouri Senate committee express concern on parts of Nixon's 2013 proposed budget
• 1/23/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri senate resolution wants to repeal amendment banning state funding for religious institutions
• 1/23/2012: Radio Story - A re-introduced bill runs into road blocks in the Senate.
• 1/19/2012: Radio Story - The House investigation into Mamtek's failed Moberly plant heard testimony from the company's patent lawyer.
• 1/18/2012: Radio Story - After Gov. Nixon proposed major cuts to balance the budget, lawmakers passed a resolution to limit spending.
• 1/17/2012: Radio Story - Senate Committee hears public testimony on plans to bar employers from requiring union membership.
• 1/17/2012: Radio Story - Top House leaders react to the budget the Governor released tonight that cut funding for higher education.
• 1/17/2012: Radio Story - Gov. Jay Nixon has proposed cutting funding from all public colleges and universities.
• 1/12/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments against new congressional districts drawn by General Assembly.