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April 2013 Stories

• 4/30/2013: Radio Story - House backs measure to allow school teachers to carry guns
• 4/30/2013: Radio Story - A bill to protect gun rights and lower the Conceal and Carry age was passed out of a Senate Committee Tuesday.
• 4/30/2013: Radio Story - Senators clash on tax credit reform
• 4/30/2013: Radio Story - A House committee is asked to let gamblers borrow at gambling boats to gamble more.
• 4/30/2013: Newspaper Story - Casino advocates push to allow Missouri gamblers to use loans to gamble instead of cash or credit cards
• 4/30/2013: Newspaper Story - Spring forward no more: Mo. lawmakers push to end daylight saving time
• 4/30/2013: Newspaper Story - Republicans in both chambers push gun laws despite opposition from the vocal Democratic minority.
• 4/29/2013: Radio Story - Amidst the ongoing investigation of the DOR, the Boston bombings are now being thrown into the discussion
• 4/29/2013: Radio Story - The House approved a sex offender bill that lets low risk offenders off the registry after five years.
• 4/28/2013: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 22, 2013
• 4/25/2013: Radio Story - The Missouri House has voted to move some tax off of income and onto consumption.
• 4/25/2013: Radio Story - House approves bill allowing guns in company cars
• 4/25/2013: Radio Story - House Budget Committee takes a second crack at building bond measure
• 4/25/2013: Newspaper Story - State Rep. says "Don't Get Sick" bill would break poverty cycle
• 4/25/2013: Newspaper Story - Advocates push for crime victim rights in U.S. House on eve of Mo. Capitol crime victim ceremony
• 4/25/2013: Radio Story - Advocates push for crime victim rights in the U.S. House
• 4/25/2013: Newspaper Story - Nixon says he won't appear in Stoddard County on subpoena in gun trial
• 4/24/2013: Radio Story - Mo. DSS amends contract aimed at saving taxpayer money by moving state welfare recipients to federal disability
• 4/24/2013: Radio Story - Bill passes through the House that restricts state officials from enforcing federal gun laws
• 4/24/2013: Newspaper Story - A higher education funding formula would base funding for schools on performance and job placement
• 4/24/2013: Radio Story - Higher education bill tying career placement to funding gains first-round approval in state Senate
• 4/24/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri Medicaid overhaul appeared to have some life in the House Wednesday before failing a second time.
• 4/24/2013: Newspaper Story - House and Senate set to hash out details of major tax credit changes in conference.
• 4/24/2013: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House has passed a cut to the state's income tax rates and hike to sales tax rate.
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate has defeated Medicaid expansion in what could be the final vote on the issue this year.
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - After outrage over the sharing of Missouri's conceal-carry list, county sheriffs may take over the whole process.
• 4/23/2013: Newspaper Story - The Senate passed its budget Monday and it attempts to send a message to state agencies.
• 4/23/2013: Newspaper Story - A welfare transfer program could save the state money, but some say it comes with moral and economic implications.
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - Stoddard County lawyer subpoenas Nixon to testify in concealed carry drivers' license case
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - House Republicans voice approval for armed teachers
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers push to provide workers compensation coverage for police officers injured in the line of duty.
• 4/23/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri House pushes to include police psychological disorders in workers compensation
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - Tax overhaul measure sails easily through House Fiscal Review Committee
• 4/23/2013: Radio Story - A bridge to honor Stan "the man" gets caught in a political run down in the state Senate.
• 4/22/2013: Radio Story - House bill allows certain gamblers to take out tokens, coins on credit.
• 4/22/2013: Radio Story - A House committee questioned a contract that would move disabled Missourians to federal welfare program.
• 4/22/2013: Radio Story - Departments involved in license scandal feel deep cuts from proposed budget
• 4/21/2013: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 15, 2013
• 4/18/2013: Radio Story - Senate panel backs in-state tuition for veterans
• 4/18/2013: Radio Story - State senator challenged to duel in citizen letter to Columbia Daily Tribune
• 4/18/2013: Radio Story - Tensions continue to rise as gun debates take over the House floor
• 4/18/2013: Radio Story - Gun advocates rally in state Capitol as anti-gun control measure gets House approval
• 4/17/2013: Newspaper Story - A House committee passed a proposal to ask voters to raise sales tax to fund transportation projects for 10 years.
• 4/17/2013: Newspaper Story - Nearly two years after a tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo. lawmakers push for funding for a relief program
• 4/17/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers have stalled in discussion of Medicaid expansion in the state.
• 4/17/2013: Radio Story - Mo. Senate's budget leader cuts department funding to get answers about licensing scandal
• 4/16/2013: Radio Story - Mo. officials shared gun info with ATF in addition to Social Security
• 4/16/2013: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon rallies with Missourians for Medicaid expansion
• 4/16/2013: Radio Story - Governor says no more scanning gun owners' info for drivers licenses--Senators not fully satisfied
• 4/16/2013: Radio Story - State lawmakers clash on the Senate floor over major current issues
• 4/16/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers approve a plan to increase state sales tax for transportation projects
• 4/16/2013: Radio Story - A Missouri House committee has moved the tax policy debate to the floor after passing a Senate bill.
• 4/15/2013: Newspaper Story - Director of Revenue resigns after discovery that his department released private information
• 4/15/2013: Radio Story - In the same day Missouri State Highway Patrol says he wont step down, revenue department director resigns.
• 4/15/2013: Radio Story - Spokesperson for Gov. Nixon, Scott Holste, says the governor neither asked for nor encouraged Long's resignation.
• 4/15/2013: Radio Story - State Highway Patrol scanning fingerprints if officers have "reasonable suspicion" you have or will commit a crime
• 4/15/2013: Radio Story - Mo. Senator calls on Governor to answer pending questions on Revenue Department
• 4/14/2013: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 8, 2013
• 4/11/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers fight to help special needs children throughout Missouri
• 4/11/2013: Radio Story - Students from the University of Missouri system lobby at the state Capitol for student rights
• 4/11/2013: Radio Story - Republican lawmakers turn up the heat on state agencies that are sharing gun owner information
• 4/11/2013: Radio Story - Senators grill Public Safety, Highway Patrol officials on releases of gun owner info
• 4/11/2013: Newspaper Story - Mo. House fires back in gun information controversy
• 4/11/2013: Newspaper Story - MU students rally for student curator, other changes at Capitol
• 4/10/2013: Radio Story - Amendment on bill that allows St. Louis schools to fire incompetent tenured teachers is halted in House committee
• 4/10/2013: Newspaper Story - Legislation to increase performance-based funding for Missouri universities and colleges passed out of committee.
• 4/10/2013: Radio Story - Mo. lawmakers demand answers from Revenue Department on state database
• 4/10/2013: Radio Story - Democratic Representative says bill aimed to protect privacy is "deceptive."
• 4/10/2013: Newspaper Story - A bill to protect private information was charged with failing to address larger privacy infringements.
• 4/10/2013: Radio Story - Welfare benefits would be restricted after Senate gives initial approval bill
• 4/ 9/2013: Radio Story - House members put tax credit for the poor on the chopping block
• 4/ 9/2013: Radio Story - Nixon presses Medicaid expansion with Senate GOP; Republicans say no deal
• 4/ 9/2013: Radio Story - With six weeks left in session, lawmakers push to pass more gun laws
• 4/ 9/2013: Newspaper Story - House wants attorney general to appeal federal contraception mandate under federal law
• 4/ 9/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers push attorney general to appeal federal contraception rule
• 4/ 9/2013: Newspaper Story - Lawmakers work to recognize baseball great Jackie Robinson
• 4/ 9/2013: Radio Story - State Senator shows evidence of Department of Revenue disregarding state law on Senate Floor
• 4/ 8/2013: Radio Story - State Senator says a criminal code that hasn't been revised since 1979 probably won't be changed this year either.
• 4/ 8/2013: Newspaper Story - With six weeks left in session, lawmakers hesitant to pass criminal code revision
• 4/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Mo. Republicans back previously unsupported Medicaid provision
• 4/ 7/2013: NewsBook - News summary for the week of April 1, 2013
• 4/ 4/2013: Radio Story - Democratic rep: sale of driver data a bigger problem than sharing with feds
• 4/ 4/2013: Newspaper Story - Mo. Senate approves measure in support of gun ownership protection
• 4/ 4/2013: Radio Story - House panel hashes out spending for bond measure
• 4/ 4/2013: Newspaper Story - Half a million Missouri citizens will be eligible for health care tax credits in 2014 under Obamacare
• 4/ 4/2013: Radio Story - Thousands of Missourians could recieve federal health care tax credits
• 4/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Union workers are fighting the Senate's paycheck protection bill in the House
• 4/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers hear legislation proposal to extend normal school year by five weeks
• 4/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Senate sends vehicle tax bill to governor after he vetoed a similar one last year
• 4/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - Report card system to evaluate education system criticized as oversimlifying schools and teacher performance
• 4/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - Gov. Jay Nixon cited an Arkansas Medicaid plan as potential model for Missouri Medicaid expansion
• 4/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri House endorsed a bill to protect privacy from drones although lawmakers criticized its expanded reach.
• 4/ 3/2013: Radio Story - A House committee has passed a bill to expand Medicaid up to 100 percent of the poverty level
• 4/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - Debate in the Senate on a bill to extend the New Markets Tax Credit program shows difficulty of reform
• 4/ 2/2013: Radio Story - Mo. Department of Revenue surrenders mountain of documents in response to senate subpoena
• 4/ 2/2013: Newspaper Story - House committee passes bill to give military veterans in-state tuition at Missouri colleges
• 4/ 2/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers push to lower tuition rates for veterans
• 4/ 2/2013: Radio Story - Lt. Governor Peter Kinder says he is not worried about safety risks of a new pipeline in Missouri
• 4/ 2/2013: Radio Story - After passing the Senate floor in 5 hours, a tax overhaul bill meets debate in a House Committee
• 4/ 2/2013: Newspaper Story - Mo. Department of Revenue offers 50 boxes of documents to Senate in response to rare subpoena
• 4/ 2/2013: Radio Story - Senate votes to nix "circuit breaker" tax credit for low-income renters
• 4/ 2/2013: Newspaper Story - After passing the Senate floor in 5 hours, a tax overhaul bill meets opposition from a Republican Rep. in the House
• 4/ 1/2013: Radio Story - Lingering drought condtions could hit all Missourians in their pocketbooks.