Intro: Missouri would continue to require unaccredited districts to pay for their students' tuition and transportation to their new schools under a Senate-approved measure.RunTime: 0:31OutCue: SOC Play itWrap: St. Louis County Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal said the state needs legislation that requires transportation from unaccredited schools.
Intro: A senator asked her peers if they wanted a T-shirt to promote a possible special session.RunTime: 0:32OutCue: SOC Play itWrap: St. Louis County Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal said her staff was already making T-shirts because the budget deliberations are going on too long.
Intro: The Missouri Senate approved up to three million dollars in the proposed state budget to buyback homes contaminated by radioactive waste.RunTime: 0:43OutCue: SOC Play itWrap: St. Louis County Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal had a twelve and a half million dollar proposal fail after a tie was broken by Lieutenant Governor Mike Parson. However, she said three-million is a start to rectify issues around the landfill.
Intro: Bridgeton residents who say they are getting sick from nearby nuclear waste asked a Missouri Senate committee to buy their homes.RunTime: 0:30OutCue: SOCWrap: St. Louis County Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal said the houses around the West Lake landfill are causing cancer at rates well above the average population.
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