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Stories by Aaron Cummins include:

• 5/18/2001: Radio Story - The legislature cleared a bill that will tighten the standard for drunk drivers.
• 5/10/2001: Radio Story - The two stadium plans have some similarities and many differences.
• 5/10/2001: Radio Story - The legislature has approved a plan that will ask voters to give St. Louis city government more control over itself.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay visited the Capitol Wednesday.
• 5/ 9/2001: Radio Story - State Auditor Claire McCaskill says there needs to be more regulation of car title and payday loans.
• 5/ 3/2001: Radio Story - St. Louis City would have more power over itself under a plan that cleared the Senate.
• 5/ 2/2001: Radio Story - The Senate approved the House .08 bill Wednesday.
• 4/26/2001: Radio Story - The House approved a measure to restructure the Highway Commission and allow the Commission to study and develop toll roads.
• 4/19/2001: Radio Story - Two top political figures presented the bid for state money for a new St. Louis ballpark with roadblocks on Thursday.
• 4/12/2001: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate gave first-round approval to a plan that would ask voters to extend term limits to ten years.
• 4/ 5/2001: Radio Story - Russ Carnahan accepted an award for his late father's work to protect Missouri's children.
• 4/ 5/2001: Radio Story - Gov. Bob Holden's sweeping transportation plan cleared the House Thursday.
• 4/ 4/2001: Radio Story - Holden's "total" transportation plan was given first-round approval in a vote along near straight party lines.
• 3/15/2001: Radio Story - Democrats and Republicans clashed Thursday over proposed Senate restructuring.
• 3/15/2001: Radio Story - Sen. Harold Caskey's assistant is one of a dozen Senate staffers likely to be fired under Senate budget cutbacks.
• 3/ 8/2001: Radio Story - The Missouri Supreme Court rules the state doesn't owe an additional $244 million in Hancock tax refunds.
• 3/ 7/2001: Radio Story - The Senate gave initial approval Wednesday to a bill that would exclude mentally retarded people from the death penalty.
• 2/20/2001: Radio Story - A Senate bill would give students foreign language credit for studying American Sign Language.
• 2/14/2001: Radio Story - Ted House wants one-quarter of the tobacco settlement to go to public schools.
• 2/13/2001: Radio Story - On Tuesday Missouri's House perfected the bill that would lower the legal blood alcohol content to .08.
• 1/31/2001: Radio Story - A resolution heard in a House committee would ask voters to authorize toll roads.
• 1/31/2001: Radio Story - St. Louis city roads are the state's only county roads that are not repaired by MoDOT.
• 1/25/2001: Radio Story - The Public Service Commission approved a 29-percent increase for Laclede Gas Company.
• 1/24/2001: Radio Story - The Public Service Commission will decide Thursday on a proposed gas rate hike for eastern Missouri.
• 1/18/2001: Radio Story - Rep. Mike Reid wants to ban introduction of wild elk in Missouri.
• 1/24/2001: Radio Story - After Wednesday's special election results, Republicans will hold an 18-16 majority in the Missouri Senate.
• 12/ 4/2000: Radio Story - O.L. Shelton and Quincy Troupe disagree over the 4th Senatorial District.
• 11/16/2000: Radio Story - A court ruled a quarter-billion dollars be returned to taxpayers. But, some governments officials say it won't happen without a price.
• 11/16/2000: Radio Story - Bob Holden, Missouri's Governor-elect, discussed the Hancock case, a job website, and appointments to his administration.
• 11/13/2000: Radio Story - The Senate Democratic caucus met on Monday and chose the same leaders as a year earlier-- minus newly-elected Lt. Governor Joe Maxwell.
• 11/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Jean Carnahan is featured in the minute-long ad telling Missourians to keep Mel Carnahans dreams alive.
• 10/30/2000: Radio Story - The state's top Republican and a Republican Congressional candidate tout Ashcroft's experience as governor and senator.
• 10/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Jim Talent and Bob Holden participated in the first debate in the race for the governor's office.
• 10/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Civil War historic marker has a stylized Confederate flag symbol.
• 9/25/2000: Radio Story - There are nearly 30 "alternative" party candidates running for statewide office in Missouri.
• 9/13/2000: Radio Story - Missouri Voters for Fair Elections campaigned for the plan in Jefferson City.
• 9/13/2000: Radio Story - Proposition B would give public money to candidates who say no to private contributions.
• 9/ 7/2000: Radio Story - Lack of tough DWI laws causes the state to lose $14 million in federal construction money.
• 8/28/2000: Radio Story - Carnahan, Ashcroft, Gore and Bush. They've all brought religion into their campaigns one way or another.
• 5/ 3/2000: Radio Story - National money is being used to promote the state's current 8 year term limits.
• 4/26/2000: Radio Story - Sen. Ted House is still trying to change law to allow Francis-Howell school district five years to pay back money.
• 4/26/2000: Radio Story - Motorcycles lined the sidewalks of the Capitol in support of a bill that would repeal Missouri's helmet requirement.
• 4/19/2000: Radio Story - Auditor Claire McCaskill says Norm Stewart's contract could allow him to walk away and be paid for doing nothing.
• 4/12/2000: Radio Story - On Wednesday, a House committee heard testimoy for and against a plan that would strip St. Louis city of control of Lambert airport.
• 4/11/2000: Radio Story - House Speaker Steve Gaw doesn't support a plan currently awaiting a vote in the Senate that would cut the House size by almost 60.
• 3/30/2000: Radio Story - Republicans call for a state ban on MTBE, but Democrats say there's not enough ethanol to go around.
• 3/29/2000: Radio Story - Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan is calling for a national ban on the reformulated gasoline additive MTBE.
• 3/28/2000: Radio Story - On Tuesday, the Senate passed the racial profiling bill 23-9.
• 3/28/2000: Radio Story - The Senate Pensions Committee voted on party lines to approve an exemption for tobacco money.
• 3/15/2000: Radio Story - The bill would give free needles to IV drug users.
• 3/ 1/2000: Radio Story - A bill to allow divorced parent with custody to move without approval from a judge passed the Civil and Administrative Law committee on Wednesday.
• 2/29/2000: Radio Story - Sen. Joe Maxwell says a retroactive raise is not given to all state employees, so it shouldn't be given to legislators.
• 2/23/2000: Radio Story - Harmon, Eagleton, and Danforth testified before a House committee Wednesday.
• 2/23/2000: Radio Story - Former U.S. Senator Tom Eagleton testifies for a bill to impose a moratorium similar to Illinois'.
• 2/15/2000: Radio Story - St. Louis School District Superintendent Cleveland Hammons testified before the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee.
• 2/ 9/2000: Radio Story - Several lobbyists spoke in favor of a resolution that would increase term limits to 12 years from 8.
• 2/ 8/2000: Radio Story - A bill sponsored by Rep. Jim Froelker would reimburse seniors up to $1,000 annually.
• 2/ 2/2000: Radio Story - Rep. Peter Myers has filed a bill to require ethanol be used instead of the chemical MTBE.
• 1/25/2000: Radio Story - Two House bills would create a "no call" list of people who didn't want calls from telemarketers.
• 1/19/2000: Radio Story - Republican candidate for governor Jim Talent gave a speech he called the "Republican State of the State" today in the capitol.
• 1/18/2000: Radio Story - Gov. Mel Carnahan will look back on his work as governor in his State of the State Address on Wednesday.
• 1/12/2000: Radio Story - A bill sponsored by Senator John Russell would give schools $80 for each student that completes driver's ed.
• 1/12/2000: Radio Story - Two joint resolutions would ask Missouri voters to roll back the requirement on passage of a school bond to a simple majority.
• 1/11/2000: Radio Story - A bill proposed by Senator Harry Wiggins would eliminate state sales tax on purchases of coffins and caskets.
• 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/ 9/1999: Radio Story - Missouri Education Commissioner Bob Bartman says education before students start school would close the test score gap.
• 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/ 2/1999: Radio Story - Senator David Klarich says a loophole in the resolution filed Wednesday would allow senators to serve into the 2010s.
• 11/18/1999: Radio Story - Gubernatorial candidates Jim Talent and Bob Holden have different ideas on what should appear on Missouri's quarter.
• 11/ 9/1999: Radio Story - Governor Carnahan and the Fire Safety Division are urging people not to do any open burning because of the dry weather.
• 11/ 4/1999: Radio Story - The Missouri Commission on the Affordability of Higher Education is discussing ways to make a college education available to anyone.
• 11/ 2/1999: Radio Story - Missouri Republican Party spokesman Daryl Duwe says it's Carnahan who keeps bringing up the pictures, not his party.
• 10/28/1999: Radio Story - Donald Trump's recent comments about Pat Buchanan are not supported by Missouri's Reform Party.
• 10/21/1999: Radio Story - The state Board of Education voted to strip accredition for Kansas City's school district.
• 10/19/1999: Radio Story - The Joint Committee on Term Limits listened to a witness testify all the way from Lansing, Michigan using the new technology. It was the first time a Missouri legislative committee used the technology.
• 10/19/1999: Radio Story - Debates from both the House and the Senate will be available live on the internet using RealAudio technology.
• 10/12/1999: Radio Story - St. Louis representative Charles Quincy Troupe says there is a cover up at the Correction Department.
• 10/ 5/1999: Radio Story - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources estimates that the average consumer's bill for heat will increase as much as $30 per month this winter.
• 9/30/1999: Radio Story - Missouri's quarter will be released in July 2003 as part of the U.S. Mint's new series of 50 state-themed quarters.
• 9/28/1999: Radio Story - A member of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys says someone needs to be accountable to help avoid the misspending of money.
• 9/23/1999: Radio Story - Missouri officials have to decide if AmarenUE's annual contribution to a fund set-up to pay for the eventual dismantling of the Callaway nuclear power plant is enough.
• 9/23/1999: Radio Story - Missouri officials have to decide if AmarenUE's annual contribution to a fund set-up to pay for the eventual dismantling of the Callaway nuclear power plant is enough.
• 9/21/1999: Radio Story - The Missouri Right to Life, an anti-abortion group, supports candidates based on voting records. In the past, abortion-rights advocates have been subject to negative campaigning.
• 9/14/1999: Radio Story - The Joint Committee on Term Limits will look into whether term limits shift the balance of power towards the governor.
• 9/14/1999: Radio Story - The Joint Committee on Term Limits will look into whether term limits shift the balance of power towards the governor.
• 9/ 9/1999: Radio Story - Senate sponsor of the partial-birth abortion bill Ted House and Catholic lobbyist Lou DeFeo say the governor is wrong in saying the bill can be used as a legal defense for violence against an abortion doctor.
• 9/ 9/1999: Radio Story - Senate sponsor of the partial-birth abortion bill Ted House and Catholic lobbyist Lou DeFeo say the governor is wrong in saying the bill can be used as a legal defense for violence against an abortion doctor.
• 9/ 7/1999: Radio Story - The Missouri Guarantee Fund, paid for by Missouri's licensed insurance companies, will pay any money not recovered from alleged embezzler Martin Frankel.
• 9/ 7/1999: Radio Story - The Missouri Guarantee Fund, paid for by Missouri's licensed insurance companies, will pay any money not recovered from alleged embezzler Martin Frankel.
• 8/31/1999: Radio Story - Like Turkey where absence of building codes is being blamed for thousands of earthquake deaths, Missouri also lacks building codes.