Robin Carnahan defeated Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway in the race for secretary of state, a position being vacated by the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Matt Blunt who declared victory. Hanaway conceded her race after she fell behind in early election results.
The race features the Republican House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and first-time politician Democrat Robin Carnahan -- daughter of the late governor Mel Carnahan and former U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan.
JEFFERSON CITY - Experience is the only issue that seems to divide this year's candidates for Secretary of State Missouri Speaker of the House Catherine Hanaway and first-time politician Robin Carnahan.
JEFFERSON CITY - Illinois today became the first state to offer citizens direct assistance with importing low-cost prescription drugs from other countries. Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell says House Speaker Catherine Hanaway and drug company lobbyists are keeping Missouri citizens from enjoying the same benefit.
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri voters have the power to elect women to five out of six statewide offices. Speaker of the House Catherine Hanaway says, despite this unprecedented number, gender will not have an impact on the outcome.Get the radio story
The governor said he has not yet made a decision about a special session. House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, said she would support a special session only if there's an agreement reached that would allow quick passage of a bill.
Contents: "I think that we have the same cast of characters in the Missouri House. Catherine Hanaway, the Speaker, the leadership there, failed to even allow this bill to have debate last year. There's no reason that I believe that those things would have changed."
Jacob said his delay was necessary to prevent bad legislation from passing the Senate. He said he stalled House Speaker Catherine Hanaway's foster care bill in order to prevent the House's bill on Medicaid eligibility cuts and fraud from being passed. He said he also hoped to force the House to address a bill that would close the "doughnut hole" in the federal Medicare plan, which goes into effect in 2006.
Yet, House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, said that even without the Medicaid bill, the legislature has begun Medicaid reform with the budget cut that reduces eligibility.
House Speaker Catherine Hanaway pushed for support of her foster care bill today at a rally marking the beginning of Child Abuse Prevention Month. Lindsay Shively has the story.
At a press conference Missouri House Speaker Catherine Hanaway announced she was signing on to a bill that would remove mercury from child vaccination shots. Almitra Smith has more from Jefferson City.
Speaker of the House Catherine Hanaway says the House is waiting to see how much revenue they will have to work with before the budget is sent to the Senate. This could be as late as April fifteenth.
JEFFERSON CITY - Speaker of the House Catherine Hanaway says the House is waiting until it receives numbers about how much revenue they are working with on the budget. The House plans to send a budget to the Senate after April 15.
House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, said she purposely placed some freshmen on the committee to provide continuity into the years ahead.
Now House Speaker Catherine Hanaway has formed a special interim committee to study the issue and see how early voting can be implemented in the future.
JEFFERSON CITY - Republican House Speaker Catherine Hanaway announced a proposal to limit administrative spending to ten percent of school's budget. But the St. Louis County Republican said she wanted to talk with educators before pushing the idea.
Later in a news conference, House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis, surrounded by Republicans from the General Assembly, put the blame for the education cuts squarely on Holden.
This was the first bill debated in the House this session. House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, R-St. Louis County, said its early placement was deliberate.
Already announced are House Speaker Catherine Hanaway's run for Secretary of State, and State Auditor Claire McCaskill's challenge of Gov. Bob Holden for the Democratic nomination for governor. Secretary of State Matt Blunt, a Republican, is also expected to announce his candidacy for the governorship.
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