However, members also take into consideration physical limitations, Hughes said. For example, Senator-elect Chuck Graham, who uses a wheelchair, was given a third floor office close to the elevator and the Senate floor.
Just two days after he was elected to the state Senate, newly elected assistant minority leader Chuck Graham of Columbia is already fielding questions about his predecessor, Senator Ken Jacob.
Harris is the second Columbia Democrat elected to party office this week. On Thursday, newly elected state Senator Chuck Graham was selected as the Democrat's assistant floor leader in the Senate.
But Knorr, who said his job asks him to cross party lines regularly, said he would talk to anyone who would listen to higher education's needs. And, he said, a few weeks earlier he had been at a fundraiser for Chuck Graham -- who'se seeking the Democratic nomination for Columbia's state Senate seat.
Columbia, MO Representative Chuck Graham is sponsoring a bill that would rename a 54-mile stretch of Interstate 70 as the U.S. Submarine Veterans' Memorial Highway. The 54 miles are meant to honor the 52 submarines lost in World War II and the two lost since then.
Tears shed light onto Representative Chuck Graham's proposal to implement more stringent saftey standards on rock climing walls. Matt Johnson shares the emotional witness testimony.
Columbia Reps. Jeff Harris and Chuck Graham, both Democrats, defended their position that the money was only a technicality, and would not affect statewide MAP testing.
Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, and Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, introduced an amendment to a House education appropriations bill that would move all state funding for the MAP tests to Missouri's state aid distribution formula.
Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia and a co-sponsor of the bill, said that it was critical because that's when they are forming their language skills, which is essential for their educational and developmental success.
JEFFERSON CITY - Rep. Jeff Harris, D-Columbia, and Rep. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, introduced an amendment to a House education appropriations bill that would move all state funding for the MAP tests to Missouri's state aid distribution formula. That would allow individual school districts the option of how -- or whether -- to finance the administratin of the exams.
Chuckling about what he would try to do if could reprise his four terms in the House, Rep. Chuck Graham said: "I'd stay in the majority for my last year. I don't like being the minority very much."
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