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2016 Ethics Stories

• 9/14/2016: Radio Story - Missouri voters will need a photo ID to vote in elections if the measure passes a public vote.
• 9/ 6/2016: Radio Story - A Missouri Representative won't vote on his 'biggest accomplishment' after resigning to hold a lobbying option.
• 8/30/2016: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate's sexual harassment training is found insufficient by the state auditor
• 4/12/2016: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House votes to ban donation of aborted fetal body tissue
• 4/ 6/2016: Radio Story - A six month period at the end of the elected term was agreed upon by a joint ethics committee
• 3/16/2016: Newspaper Story - A Senate plan to cut municipal court fines for cities runs into House committee opposition.
• 3/10/2016: Radio Story - Senator tells entire Senate to wear their white hoods
• 3/ 8/2016: Radio Story - Senate Democrats have been filibustering a bill for over a day that they feel discriminates against LGBTQ community
• 3/ 7/2016: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers argued whether changing political finance disclosure laws would impede First Amendment rights.
• 3/ 3/2016: Radio Story - Missouri Senate passes bill that effects how candidates can control campaign funds
• 2/25/2016: Radio Story - Rep. pushes for lobbyists to take sexual harassment training
• 2/23/2016: Newspaper Story - A House-passed ban on lobbyist gifts to legislators stalls in Missouri's Senate.
• 2/17/2016: Radio Story - The House Speaker asked Rep. Gosen to resign, but denied comment on rumors about the representative.
• 2/17/2016: Newspaper Story - Education Committee hears from the MU Board of Curators regarding racist incidents this past fall
• 2/ 3/2016: Radio Story - A conservative Missouri Republican lawmaker proposes restraints on cops intercepting your phone calls.
• 1/26/2016: Radio Story - The ban on all lobbyist gifts could apply to all elected officials in Missouri.
• 1/26/2016: Radio Story - Missouri's House voted to impose ethics restrictions on private citizens working for government.
• 1/21/2016: Radio Story - A bill requiring a photo ID to vote in Missouri passed the House and will move on to the Senate.
• 1/20/2016: Radio Story - GOV. NIXON LEAVES OUT MENTION OF KEY ETHICS REFORM IN HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS
• 1/19/2016: Radio Story - A ban lobbying contributions and gifts passed the House Oversight committee for House floor discussion
• 1/17/2017: Radio Story - Right to work, ethics revisions and lawsuit changes called for in State of the State.
• 1/13/2017: Radio Story - At an ice storm press conference, Governor Greitens continued to refuse questions of his policies.
• 1/12/2017: Radio Story - The lobbyist gift limit continued to move at an unusually fast pace in the Missouri House.
• 1/11/2016: Radio Story - Missouri's House Oversight Committee approves a cooling-off period before legislators can become lobbyists
• 1/ 6/2016: Radio Story - Leadership in both chambers agreed that ethics reform is this year's most pressing issue.