As of now, three of those districts would be contained wholly in Boone County -- the 23rd, 24th and 25th districts now held by Democrats Tim Harlan, Chuck Graham and Vicky Riback-Wilson. Two other districts would pick up portions of northern Boone County.
JEFFERSON CITY - Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, made an early announcement Tuesday that he will run for Majority Floor Leader for the state House for the 2003-2004 legislative session.
"Forty percent of the House offices are not accessible," Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, said. "This puts half a million dollars into studying proposed solutions."
In a House debate that lasted about three hours, Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, said he was happy that Ashland was not divided and that the entire county was back in the ninth district. But Republicans said they were upset with what they said was a highly partisan plan that incorpriates the compromise reached by Democratic Congressmen Dick Gephardt and Lacy Clay for dividing up the St. Louis area.
Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, presented the arena as a bargain for the state. Proponents have claimed the 29-year-old Hearnes Center is too small for basketball and is not conducive to television coverage.
"If I've got somebody in a truck in Ashland and they've got a 5-year-old kid with them in the passenger seat, I would much rather have them put that weapon in the glove box," said Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, who voted for the measure.
Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, sponsored the proposal approved Wednesday by a Senate committee that requires that plaintiffs prove servers know "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the recipient was intoxicated. This most stringent of legal standards is usually reserved for criminal cases.
"This benefits us, not just culturally, but from an economic standpoint as well," Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, sponsor of a companion resolution in the House, said.
After the vote, Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, said he voted for the plan because transportation is a major concern of his constituents, and that in the end voters will decide whether taxes should be increased.
The resolution is sponsored by Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia. "This is a onetime offer and a bargain for us. If this passes, we will only pay for 45 percent of a building that the state owns."
Today, the House Transportation Committee will debate what transporation bill to endorse, said Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, who sits on the committee.
Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, said the money would go toward "mission enhancements" that improve staff and faculty conditions and help secure programs to draw federal investments.
Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, interprets that regulation as meaning that owners like Pippen can never drink alcohol in their own establishment since they could be considered on duty at any time.
The committee, chaired by Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, also approved funding the state's public colleges and universities at or above levels contained in Holden's budget proposal.
Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, said there will be no legislative action on the river issue this session. The issue will remain in the hands of the attorney general and be settled at the federal level, Graham said.
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