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1998 Transport & Safety Stories

• 11/19/1998: Radio Story - The transportation oversight committee asked if the highway commission will seek tax increases.
• 11/17/1998: Radio Story - The state is warned it must toughen its drunken driving laws or face the possible loss of federal highway funds.
• 11/12/1998: Radio Story - At least two House Republicans are distancing themselves from a statement released by the Republican Party.
• 11/10/1998: Radio Story - Missouri Lieutentant Governor Roger Wilson tours the Columbia area assessing storm damges there. Wilson is expected to present to Governor Carnahan a storm damage report.
• 11/10/1998: Radio Story - The Transportation Department abandons the 15-year construction program.
• 11/10/1998: Radio Story - A severe wind storm blew through Columbia, Missouri during the early morning hours of Tuesday, November 10, 1998 causing damage to area homes and businesses
• 11/10/1998: Newspaper Story - A proposed site for a new maximum security prison near Jefferson City is treading on the burial grounds of the Osage Tribe.
• 10/29/1998: Radio Story - St. Louis area drivers will have to get their cars inspected every two years for ozone emissions. The state has begun accepting bids for who will build the inspection stations.
• 10/22/1998: Radio Story - Gov. Carnahan asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help pay for an estimated $8.4 million in damage after this month's Kansas City flooding.
• 10/15/1998: Radio Story - The Missouri Public Service Commission says the Laclede Gas Company failed to properly inspect a leaking gas line which later exploded.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - Missouri River Flood Management Teams assess Missouri River flooding in order to prepare proposal to seek federal emergency relief funding.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - What we learned from the major flooding in 1993 helped prepare us for events like this week's high river levels.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - Officials predicted the Missouri River would jump its banks and put the airport under water-- but it didn't happen.
• 10/ 8/1998: Radio Story - The director of the State Emergency Management Agency wants the President to free up federal funds to help flood victims.
• 10/ 6/1998: Radio Story - Missouri Lieutenant Governor declares state of emergency due Missouri River flooding.
• 5/ 8/1998: Newspaper Story - Concealed weapons lands at the bottom of the Senate agenda for the last week of the session.
• 4/29/1998: Newspaper Story - The drive to allow Missourians to carry concealed weapons is plowing ahead in the last weeks of the legislative session.
• 4/28/1998: Radio Story - The bill has already passed through the House, but the Senate Transportation Committee heard opposition Tuesday.
• 4/28/1998: Radio Story - A bill to reduce the frequency of auto inspections from every year to every two years met opposition in the Senate Transportation Committee.
• 4/23/1998: Newspaper Story - The House approves putting the concealed weapons issue on the state ballot.
• 4/22/1998: Newspaper Story - Missourians would vote on the right to carry concealed weapons under legislation moving smoothly through the House.
• 4/21/1998: Newspaper Story - Parents would be able to access background checks on potential day care workers with one phone call under a bill that passed the House on Tuesday.
• 4/21/1998: Radio Story - The legislature can still satisfy EPA scrutiny by focusing on strict tailpipe testing.
• 4/21/1998: Radio Story - Parents would be able to obtain criminal backgrounds checks on day-care workers over a toll-free number under a bill that pass through the House.
• 4/ 8/1998: Radio Story - The proposal would change the limit from .10 to .08.
• 4/ 8/1998: Newspaper Story - High school enrollment would needed to get a driver's license under legislation before Missouri's General Assembly.
• 4/ 8/1998: Newspaper Story - An amendment-killing amendment eliminated an opportunity for the House lower the legal DWI level.
• 4/ 8/1998: Radio Story - The House rejected an effort to lower the level of drunken driving to the .08 percent pushed by the president.
• 4/ 7/1998: Newspaper Story - A House committee heard an hour of testimony on a Senate-approved bill to require car inspections every three years instead of annually.
• 4/ 7/1998: Radio Story - Senate approves a bill that calls for reformulated gasoline and a tougher auto inspections in St. Louis.
• 4/ 6/1998: Radio Story - When a barge crashed into a gambling boat this weekend, it might have provided a new argument for keeping boats in moats.
• 3/26/1998: Newspaper Story - Missourians would be able to carry concealed weapons under a bill passed by a Missouri House Committee. Inclucded in the bill is a referendum that would allow voters to approve the measure.
• 3/26/1998: Radio Story - The House Corrections Committee voted to let the people decide whether concealed weapons should be permitted in Missouri. If the Legislature approves, the state-wide vote would occur in April of next year.
• 3/24/1998: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate approves legislation to toughen auto emission standards and regulations in the St. Louis area.
• 3/12/1998: Newspaper Story - Background on a bill to stop marketers from using motor vehicle records.
• 3/10/1998: Newspaper Story - The Senate Transportation Committee votes to lower the legal limit for drunken driving.
• 3/10/1998: Radio Story - Missouri drivers would have to drink less before driving under a bill passed by the Senate Transportation Committee.
• 3/ 9/1998: Radio Story - Just days after action in Washington to lower the blood alcohol limit from .10 to .08, two Republican Missouri Senators talk about doing the same in this state.
• 3/ 4/1998: Radio Story - The U.S. Senate's plan to revoke portions of federal highway funding unless states reduce their standards for drunkenness does not sit well with Carnahan.
• 2/27/1998: Newspaper Story - Bill places restrictions on bounty hunters.
• 2/24/1998: Newspaper Story - Bill would change vehicular homicide to vehicular manslaughter.
• 2/20/1998: Newspaper Story - Several bills in the state legislature would increase penalties for drivers without insurance. Many people say these penalties don't address the real problem.
• 2/20/1998: Newspaper Story - Uninsured drivers would face tougher penalities under legislation proposed to the state legislature.
• 2/18/1998: Radio Story - The Senate votes to give lawmakers a greater voice over highway funding.
• 2/18/1998: Radio Story - A House committee heard debate over legislation to give lawmakers a stronger voice over highway spending
• 2/18/1998: Newspaper Story - Legislation proposed to lower the limit for drunken driving.
• 2/18/1998: Radio Story - The Missouri House did not vote on a measure allowing carpool lanes to be set up.
• 2/16/1998: Radio Story - New emissions testing for gasoline is proposed that will meet EPA regulations
• 2/16/1998: Newspaper Story - Legislation is filed to expand emergency medical services in Missouri.
• 2/16/1998: Newspaper Story - Drivers would be required to turn on their headlights in bad weather under legislation filed in Missouri's General Assembly.
• 2/11/1998: Newspaper Story - The state Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would require car inspections once every three years instead of once per year.
• 2/10/1998: Radio Story - A compromise may be under way in the Senate to waive annual auto inspections for new cars.
• 2/ 3/1998: Radio Story - St. Louis County Senator Anita Yeckel introduced a bill that would make behavior and staying in school a factor in whether minors can get a driver's license.
• 2/ 3/1998: Newspaper Story - The Senate Transportation Committee heard a bill Tuesday to lower the state's legal blood-alcohol content from 0.10 to 0.08.
• 1/27/1998: Radio Story - St. Louis could increase income and drivers could lose their liscenses after failing to pay parking tickets if a Senate bill is passed.
• 1/27/1998: Newspaper Story - Legislation proposed in the General Assembly would allow the revocation of licenses of drivers with multiple unpaid parking tickets.
• 1/27/1998: Radio Story - Drivers who ignore their parking tickets may find themselves without a driver's license.
• 1/20/1998: Radio Story - House Democrats and Republicans are introducing legislation that would require information from The Department of Transportation.
• 1/20/1998: Newspaper Story - Sen. John Russell introduced his bill to require teenagers under 18 to be currently enrolled in high school, have a diploma or a GED certificate to obtain a driver's license.
• 1/20/1998: Radio Story - The Senate Transportation Committee passed a bill that would allow individuals to report incompetent drivers in order to have their liscenses revoked.
• 1/ 9/1998: Newspaper Story - Missouri has more than 50 auto specialty plates, that generated $143,000 for the state.