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Stories by Sakina Dewji include:

• 11/17/1999: Radio Story - Missouri's immigrant workers may have a better chance at learning English if teaching certification requirements are loosed, a joint committee on immigration debates.
• 11/15/1999: Radio Story - The attorney for Missouri hospitals warned legislators that an agreement as to who gets the tabacco money has to be reached by Dec. 2001.
• 11/10/1999: Radio Story - As fires sweep through rural Missouri, Gov. Mel Carnahan reviews a request that would ban open fires.
• 11/ 8/1999: Radio Story - Missouri State Auditor relesed an audit report that shows that half of Missouri's public bodies do not adhere to Sunshine Law.
• 11/ 1/1999: Radio Story - State rules to restrict utilities from shutting off services for non-payment of bills go into effect the first of November.
• 10/20/1999: Radio Story - Some of Missouri's women legislators praised Dole today for her courage and wisdom for attempting to run for presidential nomination and her exit today.
• 10/18/1999: Newspaper Story - Missouri obtained a waiver that allowed it not to drop welfare recipients who had exceeded 2-year limit without getting a job or enrolling in school. Senate GOP Leader Steve Ehlmann said that was "typical of the Carnahan administration."
• 10/11/1999: Newspaper Story - Gov. Mel Carnahan called Sen. Ashcroft's successful effort to block the federal judgeship of Judge Ronnie White "politics at it's worst."
• 9/30/1999: Newspaper Story - Now that HB427 is law, it's up to the courts to decide whose interpretation of the bill is the correct one.
• 9/27/1999: Newspaper Story - Abortion is viewed differently in different cultures, religions and parts of the world.
• 9/27/1999: Newspaper Story - It mainly boils down to one word - separation. Months of disagreement would be solved if definition of separation would be agreed upon.
• 9/15/1999: Newspaper Story - Thousands gathered to support legislators in their bid to override Gov. Mel Carnahan's veto on partial-birth abortion.
• 9/15/1999: Despite being overriden in the Senate, Gov Mel Carnahan's veto on the criminal bill was met with silence in the House
• 9/13/1999: Newspaper Story - The Committee on domestic violence began talks to tackle the increasing problem of violence
• 9/ 9/1999: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Supreme Court hears arguments by Blue Cross as to why it should be allowed to become profit-making.