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December 1999 Stories

• 12/16/1999: Radio Story - Jet Banks' resignation fromt he state Senate is affecting more than his constituants.
• 12/16/1999: Radio Story - Banks' five bills could live or die with the beginning of the next legislative session in January.
• 12/14/1999: Radio Story - The St. Louis Salvation Army's Tree of Lights program is almost two and a half million dollars short of its four and a half million dollar goal this year.
• 12/14/1999: Radio Story - The St. Louis Salvation Army's Tree of Lights program is almost two and a half million dollars short of its four and a half million dollar goal this year.
• 12/14/1999: Radio Story - Missouri drivers will see more highway patrolmen if a safety program receives more funding.
• 12/14/1999: Newspaper Story - Along with deciding whether or not to lengthen term limits and who will pay the bill bor crimes involving guns, the Missouri General Assembly also face the issue of whether homosexuals should be added to this list of protected groups under the human rights laws.
• 12/14/1999: Newspaper Story - Cole County Circuit Court Judge Byron Kinder has heard important cases during his long tenure and enjoyed them.
• 12/14/1999: Radio Story - Rep. Jim Murphy says he will file a complaint against Sen. Anita Yeckel for accepting a donation from the law firm of former Missouri Supreme Court judge John Bardgett.
• 12/10/1999: Radio Story - Missouri will lose 12 million dollars of federal highway construction funding if an open container law is not passed. Farrah Fite has the story from Jefferson City.
• 12/ 9/1999: Radio Story - Missouri Education Commissioner Bob Bartman says education before students start school would close the test score gap.
• 12/ 9/1999: Newspaper Story - Sen. Peter Kinder said he hopes to halt a pending lawsuit between city of St. Louis and gun manufactuers through legilsation that would ban such a suit.
• 12/ 9/1999: Radio Story - A proposed bill would prohibit Missouri government lawsuits dealing with gun design, marketing, manufacturing or sales.
• 12/ 9/1999: Newspaper Story - Columbia's Rep. Vicky Riback Wilson said the committee on domestic violence that she co-chairs will prose legislation to create a seperate section for domestic violence under the assult statute.
• 12/ 7/1999: Radio Story - State senators Ed Quick and Joe Maxwell will sponsor the bill during the next legislative session.
• 12/ 7/1999: Newspaper Story - Missouri voters will have the power to decide what should be done with the estimated $6.7 billion tobacco settlement under a bill filed by senate leaders.
• 12/ 7/1999: Newspaper Story - The rate of default on student loans in Missouri is on the rise this year, while the national rate is on the decline.
• 12/ 7/1999: Radio Story - St. Louis Representative Charles Quincy Troupe has filed two bills which he says will lead to changes in the Corrections Department.
• 12/ 7/1999: Radio Story - A bill filed for the next legislative session would cause Missouri residents to lose alimony payments if they live with a partner for two years.
• 12/ 3/1999: News summary for the week of Nov. 29, 1999.
• 12/ 2/1999: Radio Story - Senator David Klarich says a loophole in the resolution filed Wednesday would allow senators to serve into the 2010s.
• 12/ 2/1999: Newspaper Story - In case you changed your mind about the length of time lawmakers can serve under term limits, two senators want to give you a chance to vote again.
• 12/ 1/1999: Newspaper Story - Supporters of a national Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution held a rally in Missouri's State Capitol. They hope Missouri will become one of three states to ratify the ERA and put it closer to becoming a part of constitutional law.