JEFFERSON CITY - The State Auditor's Office was able to retrieve private information using easily available software on computers being redistributed by state government offices. Auditors retrieved private data such as Social Security numbers, bank account information, and medical data.

The agencies involved said they would fix the problem.

JEFFERSON CITY - The Director of Missouri's Agricultural Statistics Gene Danekas says this summer's cool, wet weather boosted corn yields.

Estimates show production could increase almost 40 percent from last year. Danekas expects a harvest of more than 400 billion bushels.

JEFFERSON CITY - A veto session in the Missouri Senate upheld Gov. Holden's veto on legislation that would have reduced litigation between homebuilders and homeowners regarding faulty construction. Senate President Pro Tem Peter

Kinder's motion to override a largely bipartisan piece of legislation failed by two votes.

JEFFERSON CITY - The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is working with the CDC to determine the cause of hundreds of reported human rashes in southern Kansas and Missouri.

The investigation has just begun, but experts believe the rashes are the cause of bug bites.

While there have been no hospitalizations, some people with the itchy bites called their doctors to get medication prescribed.

JEFFERSON CITY - More than 1,000 inmates are being moved Wednesday from the Jefferson City penitentiary to a new facility just outside of town.

For years, corrections officials have complained that the 170-year facility was deteroriating and had too many blind corners, making it more difficult to maintain security.

For years, the facility was the site of the state's gas chamber.

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri law makers return to the statehouse Wednesday for a short session to review eleven bills vetoed by the governor.

But legislative leaders say there appear to be little chance of an override -- as opposed to last year when Holden suffered three overrides -- the most for any governor.

The only possible issue is a measure that imposes restrictions on lawsuits against home builders.

JEFFERSON CITY - The senior member of Missouri's Senate has attacked a November ballot issue proposal that would assure that all gasoline taxes and motor vehicle sales taxes are used for highway purposes.

The opposition comes from Sen. Wayne Goode, D-St. Louis County, who has served as chairman of both the House and the Senate budget committees during his more than three decades in the legislature.

JEFFERSON CITY - Lawmakers are preparing to meet Wednesday, September 15 for their annual veto session. Lawmakers expect minimal activity during the session. House speaker Catherine Hanaway says its unlikely lawmakers would override any of Governor Bob Holden's vetoes. However, in the Senate, Peter Kinder is looking for support for a bill he sponsored last session.