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September 2010 Stories

• 9/30/2010: Radio Story - Political scientists predict a bigger turnout for Missouri's 2010 mid-term elections
• 9/30/2010: Radio Story - The internal medicine department at The University of Missouri was put on probation by a national accreditation group.
• 9/30/2010: Radio Story - Tomorrow a new janitorial contract will begin with a company owned by the same man whose company was found employing illegal immigrants
• 9/30/2010: Newspaper Story - Supporters of two of Missouri's ballot initiatives received millions of dollars in donations from out-of-state sources in September.
• 9/30/2010: Newspaper Story - Three years after the immigration raid that detained about two dozen illegal workers, Sam's Janitorial Services is back to cleaning state government buildings.
• 9/30/2010: Radio Story - The company that was the focus of a federal illegal worker raid three years ago is back in business with the state, and a second business with the same address is about to start a state contract, too.
• 9/29/2010: Radio Story - Campaign profile on the Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate
• 9/28/2010: Newspaper Story - Missouri could lose one of its nine seats in Congress, according to a report.
• 9/28/2010: Radio Story - Even with a shortage of a key chemical, Missouri executions will still proceed in the coming months.
• 9/28/2010: Radio Story - Candidates for Missouri's Senate are avoiding unscripted media events.
• 9/27/2010: Radio Story - Success of a Jefferson City mosque leads to expansion.
• 9/27/2010: Radio Story - Summer conditions bring fall foliage problems for trees in Missouri.
• 9/27/2010: Radio Story - President Obama signs Small Business Jobs Act today
• 9/27/2010: Radio Story - Wet weather is wrecking pumpkins for Missouri's second Halloween season,
• 9/26/2010: News summary for the week of September 20, 2010
• 9/23/2010: Radio Story - The man who intended to stab Gov. Jay Nixon has been assigned a public defender, a spokeswoman for the office said.
• 9/23/2010: Radio Story - Major health insurance companies nationwide dropped their child-only policies
• 9/23/2010: Newspaper Story - Now forbidden from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, companies eliminate the option to create single-child policies.
• 9/22/2010: Radio Story - The two- day Chicago bed bug summit ends today.
• 9/21/2010: Newspaper Story - Candidates vying for two of Missouri's statewide offices are divided on whether to use the automated telephone calls.
• 9/21/2010: Radio Story - The average score for a Missouri student on the ACT has not changed in five years.
• 9/20/2010: Radio Story - A Cole County judge refused to strike an earnings tax measure from the ballot after a lawsuit claimed it was unconstitutional
• 9/20/2010: Radio Story - A St. Louis defense attorney is in favor of Missouri's Smart Sentencing Program
• 9/20/2010: Radio Story - Missouri's Robin Carnahan Wants a Federal Judge to expedite Fox News Lawsuit
• 9/19/2010: News summary for the week of September 13, 2010
• 9/17/2010: Newspaper Story - A decision on the statewide earnings tax ballot issue is delayed.
• 9/16/2010: Radio Story - Multiple sources did not say if security in Jefferson City will increase after Tuesday's stabbing near Governor Jay Nixon.
• 9/16/2010: Radio Story - The Fox News Network has filed a lawsuit against Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan over a
• 9/16/2010: Radio Story - Fox News sues Missouri Senate candidate Robin Carnahan over a television ad using Fox News Anchor Chris Wallace's interview with Roy Blunt from Jan. 15, 2006.
• 9/16/2010: Radio Story - Citing safety and compliance issues, Rep. Flanigan has plans in the works for new legislation to renovate the interior of the state's Capitol.
• 9/16/2010: Newspaper Story - Legislators are exploring renovation options for Missouri's Capitol building to improve safety and compliance issues.
• 9/16/2010: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon said Thursday that being the target of a would-be assassin will not deter him from performing his duties as governor.
• 9/16/2010: Newspaper Story - UM System President Gary Forsee said Thursday that maintaining a tuition freeze would
• 9/15/2010: Newspaper Story - Experts say campus security reports are "almost impossible" to compare.
• 9/15/2010: Radio Story - The Daily Beast Blog named Missouri college campuses in the 450 most dangerous college campuses in America.
• 9/15/2010: Radio Story - State audit reveals the City of Randolph's police department is keeping additional funds from traffic violations.
• 9/14/2010: Newspaper Story - Gov. Nixon canceled a news conference Tuesday after the dean of a college was stabbed in neck.
• 9/14/2010: Radio Story - Gov. Jay Nixon canceled his news conference at a Kansas City community college Tuesday after a dean's throat was slashed.
• 9/14/2010: Radio Story - The Republican-led house wants to overrride Gov. Jay Nixon's veto that would allow the legislature to have more control over federal funds. House speaker Ron Richard says a separate account should be created for funds from the federal government. Richard says it would improve transparency. But Gov. Nixon says the bill is unnecessary because a system of accounting
• 9/14/2010: Newspaper Story - The house speaker says a bill creating federal funding accounts is the top priority for Wednesday's veto session.
• 9/14/2010: Radio Story - A Clayton School District spokesman says granting access to all St. Louis city students who want in would 'fundamentally change education.'
• 9/13/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Public Service Commission takes safety precautions for neighborhoods.
• 9/13/2010: Radio Story - State Officials present opposing views on Preliminary Annual Performance Reports released by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
• 9/13/2010: Newspaper Story - A conservative group on a tour through Missouri stopped by the state capitol Monday morning, bearing a message of fiscal austerity. At the same time, one of its out-of-state backers is being sued for campaign finance violations.
• 9/12/2010: News summary for the week of September 6, 2010
• 9/10/2010: Radio Story - Missouri Digital News's Theo Keith interviews Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan on the economy, trailing in the polls, and those pesky robo-calls.
• 9/ 9/2010: Radio Story - First it was E. coli in Lake of the Ozarks, now it's dead grass at the state Capitol. Theo Keith explains in Jefferson City.
• 9/ 9/2010: Newspaper Story - A moderage agenda emerges from Claire McCaskill's concluding series of town hall meetings in Missouri.
• 9/ 9/2010: Radio Story - Numbers released by the U.S. Department of Transportation say traffic accidents fell between 2008 and 2009.
• 9/ 9/2010: Radio Story - Asian carp were originally brought to the United States in the 1970s to eat algae as a safe alternative to pesticides. In the wake of floods in the Deep South in the 1980s, they escaped off fish farms and swam north. Great Lakes Fishery Commission spokesman Marc Gaden (GAY-den) says the invasive species are now a permanent fixture on the Mississippi and Illinois River systems. Researchers are trying to create a pesticide that will kill the Asian carp, but not harm other organisms.
• 9/ 9/2010: Newspaper Story - Missouri's insurance industry predicts few problems with the federal law expanding child health coverage.
• 9/ 8/2010: Radio Story - Governor Jay Nixon's tax credit task force met in Jefferson City to discuss how to reform Missouri's tax credits
• 9/ 8/2010: Newspaper Story - The state auditor has released a report blasting two major tax credit programs just as the governor's tax credit reform commission gets underway.
• 9/ 8/2010: Radio Story - Audit shows tax credit program falls victim to data errors and inflated forecasts.
• 9/ 8/2010: Radio Story - The retirement system for public school teachers may take away benefits for future teachers.
• 9/ 8/2010: Radio Story - A proposal to reintroduce elk into Missouri is in the works.
• 9/ 7/2010: Radio Story - The list of contestants for Missouri's final casino license is down to four, and two St. Louis area proposals are still in the running.
• 9/ 7/2010: Radio Story - Missouri's bridges rank 40th in the country, even as the state spends hundreds of millions of dollars to repair them.
• 9/ 7/2010: Radio Story - A Missouri man who admits he almost shot a future president during World War II gets France's highest military honor.
• 9/ 5/2010: News summary for the week of August 30, 2010
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Armadillos have been spotted in every Missouri county, but the state's Conservation Department tells KMOX they're really quite harmless.
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - The Missouri Gaming Commission will choose a priority candidate for the state's up-for-grabs casino license by year's end.
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Missourians are taking strides to become healthier and more sustainable.
• 9/ 2/2010: Newspaper Story - Missouri's revenue increased 0.8 percent for August and individual income tax collections rose 3.6 percent.
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - A Cole County Circuit judge allowed a request to postpone a hearing putting a restraining order on Missouri State Rep. Brian Nieves.
• 9/ 2/2010: Radio Story - Missouri's revenue rises in August, although tax collection is still down this fiscal year
• 9/ 1/2010: Newspaper Story - Attorney General Chris Koster plans to examine Missouri's domestic violence laws in a series of meetings
• 9/ 1/2010: Radio Story - Attorney General Chris Koster created a task force to examine Missouri's domestic violence laws.
• 9/ 1/2010: Radio Story - Humidity and dry weather create breeding grounds for fungus.
• 9/ 1/2010: Radio Story - A grass fungus has become a huge problem for Missouri's golf courses.