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9/1/2010 - Domestic violence laws to undergo task force review:
According to a press release, the first of these will occur on September 7 in St. Louis, where Koster has assembled a panel of legislators to attend the meeting as task force members. The group includes Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, Sen. Robin Wright-Jones, D-St. Louis County, and six Democrat state representatives.
5/15/2010 - Term-limited senators take a look back:
"They say the Senate is a family, but it's dysfunctional at best," said Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County. "People don't seem to know what they're doing now."
4/6/2010 - Missouri's Budget Director says there is No List of Cuts Recommended by the Governor:
St. Louis Democrat Joan Bray, a member of Nixon's own party, says she hasn't seen a list of the governor's proposed cuts either.
4/26/2010 - Budget director says conference committee cuts are not enough:
"It's pretty horrible," said Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, who participated in the conference. "Closing emergency rooms at psychiatric facilities is a pretty dramatic thing to do. We're going to be having ramifications all over."
4/20/2010 - Senate bill would increase retirement age for new state employees:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said although the stricter eligibility requirements do not affect current employees, she worries state jobs will become less attractive to those searching the job market.
4/15/2010 - Columbia Planned Parenthood could face new restrictions:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said legislators should focus their attention on education and comprehensive sex ed programs, rather than restricting abortion rights.
4/12/2010 - Senate set for debate of budget Dem calls "ugly," conference with House looms:
"If the money's not there, we don't have a credit card," said Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County.
3/22/2010 - Senate committee cuts down state health reorganization:
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, would have created a commission to recommend creating a single state Division of Health Care to handle all the health plans.
3/17/2010 - Senate committee heard bill that would alter the state's bullying policies:
The legislation, introduced by Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, would change the wording in state statute regarding bullying, including adding "discrimination" based on "being motivated by actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender (or) sexual orientation."
3/1/2010 - Senate Democrats criticize Republican E. coli report:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, was critical of the Republicans' report, saying it did not focus enough on the "serious issue" of water quality at the Lake of the Ozarks.
3/1/2010 - Democrats issue their own report regrading E. coli levels at Lake of th Ozarks:
On the other hand, St. Louis Senator Joan Bray says the she is disappointed that this serious issue has been dealt with in such a partisan way.
2/8/2010 - Senators mixed on best way to handle tax credits:
"I think it's still a very tangled situation," said Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee that would review the tax credits under the bill proposed by Sen.Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau.
2/8/2010 - Legislators, press discuss government postings:
JEFFERSON CITY - Newspapers are no longer the most efficient medium for some local governments to post financial information, Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, told a Senate committee Monday.
2/24/2010 - Senate gives first approval to ethics reform:
The rejected amendments that Shields expects to see again included a proposal from Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, which would have limited individual campaign donations to $1,250 for a statewide race, $625 for a state Senate race, and half of the Senate total for House races. That is identical to the limits that were approved by the state's voters in 1994 and remained in effect until a 2006 state supreme court overturned them.
2/2/2010 - Education cuts continue to worsen:
Stein physically pointed at Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, and Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, and said the focus should go beyond institutions in Columbia and near St. Louis.
2/2/2010 - Amendment stalls autism bill on Senate floor:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, filed a handwritten amendment to remove a provision that would exempt Medicaid from the mandate. Medicaid -- called MO HealthNet by the state --   provides health care to the state's low income citizens.
2/2/2010 - Major proposal made to amend Missouri autism care:
St. Louis County Democratic Senator Joan Bray announced an amendment in response to a bill that would require insurance plans to cover children with autism spectrum disorders up to $72,000.  
2/15/2010 - :
The Senate stalled its version of the bill just minutes after the House passed its version. The bill is slated to cost about $12 million, according to the fiscal note attached. This caused a point of contention for Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, who asked where the money will come from. The debate pushed the bill onto the informal calendar for future debate.
2/11/2010 - Drug Testing Dominates Legislature:
Democrats Joan Bray from St. Louis County and Minority Leader Victor Callahan from Jackson County were particularly vocal in their opposition.
2/10/2010 - Icet to McCaskill: don't meddle with the state budget:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, sighed when shown McCaskill's and Icet's letters.
2/10/2010 - Ethics bill makes minor headway on Senate floor:
One particularly tense moment unfolded after Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, spent nearly an hour questioning Shields regarding his bill.
2/1/2010 - Legislators discuss higher education budget woes:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said she hopes the letter will inspire public colleges to work together to achieve a solution.
1/28/2010 - Senate passes resolution to dismiss new agricultural tax assessment:
Senator Joan Bray, a Democrat from St. Louis county, was one of three senators who voted in opposition saying there is a need for change.
1/26/2010 - US Congressional candidate comments on women's wealth:
In response, Democratic Senator Joan Bray says there are few women that control all of that wealth.
1/25/2010 - Senate committee questions budget speculation:
But Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said she approves of Nixon's use of stabilization funds to balance the budget.
1/21/2010 - Gov. Nixon is called out following State of the State speech on agricultural tax recommendation:
In the Rules Committee hearing, Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said farmers already have plenty of legislation in Missouri working in their economic favor but was countered by fellow committee member Norma Champion, R-Greene County.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 19, 2010:
One of the leading opponents to the bill, Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said she did not filibuster the bill because of the possibility supporters would approve a motion to shut-off debate and pass a much stronger bill.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of April 12, 2010:
One of the leading opponents to the bill, Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said she did not filibuster the bill because of the possibility supporters would approve a motion to shut-off debate and pass a much stronger bill.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 22, 2010:
The legislation, introduced by Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, would change the wording in state statute regarding bullying, including adding "discrimination" based on "being motivated by actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender (or) sexual orientation."
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 15, 2010:
The legislation, introduced by Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, would change the wording in state statute regarding bullying, including adding "discrimination" based on "being motivated by actual or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender (or) sexual orientation."
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 8, 2010:
St. Louis Senator Joan Bray expressed her concerns on Friday when her and two other Democratic Senators released a Minority Report regarding the Commerce Committee's Majority Report about E. coli levels at the Lake of the Ozarks.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of March 1, 2010:
St. Louis Senator Joan Bray expressed her concerns on Friday when her and two other Democratic Senators released a Minority Report regarding the Commerce Committee's Majority Report about E. coli levels at the Lake of the Ozarks.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 22, 2010:
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, however, reports that Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, said there are some things in the report she does not agree with. Bray also serves on the committee that produced the report.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 8, 2010:
The Senate stalled their version of the bill just minutes after the House passed its version. The bill is slated to cost about $12 million, according to the fiscal note attached. This caused a point of contention for Joan Bray, D-St. Louis County, who questioned where the money will come from. The debate pushed the bill onto the informal calendar for the future.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of February 1, 2010:
Sen. Joan Bray, St. Louis County, proposed an amendment Tuesday omitting the part of the bill that waives the Missouri Health Net program from the mandate.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 25:
Sen. Joan Bray, D-St. Louis, voiced her concerns that passing the resolution would put a greater burden on residential and commercial taxpayers.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 11, 2010:
But Democratic member Joan Bray pointed out the results could have been irrelevant because so many factors like rain and wind can alter the results on a daily, or even hourly basis - which is why analysis is often needed.
- Missouri Government News for the Week of January 4, 2010:
But Democratic member Joan Bray pointed out the results could have been irrelevant because so many factors like rain and wind can alter the results on a daily, or even hourly basis - which is why analysis is often needed.
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