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2006 Politics Stories

• 12/13/2006: Newspaper Story - President Dan Mehan applauds proposal for premium offsets for small businesses.
• 12/13/2006: Radio Story - UM System president Elson Floyd takes a job in Washington state.
• 12/11/2006: Radio Story - Candidates would have one of their campaign tools removed under a bill to block automated phone calls that has been filed in the upcomming legislative session.
• 12/ 6/2006: Newspaper Story - The governor is expected to release a new health care program for uninsured Missourians in January.
• 11/29/2006: Radio Story - Parents and stateworkers informed lawmakers about problems in adoption and child support processes at a senate committee hearing.
• 11/29/2006: Newspaper Story - The Patriot Guard Riders is a group of men and women dedicating their days to attned the funerals of fallen soldiers
• 11/29/2006: Newspaper Story - The state's salary commission voted unanimously today to recommend pay raises for state officials, judges and legislators.
• 11/27/2006: Newspaper Story - Salary commission chairman says he thinks a judicial pay raise will be recommended.
• 11/27/2006: Radio Story - Newly elected representatives and senators met in the Capitol today for an orientation
• 11/27/2006: Newspaper Story - A fire in a assisted living facility in Southwest Missouri kills 10
• 11/15/2006: Radio Story - The Supreme Court heard arguments on an anti-abortion law.
• 11/14/2006: Radio Story - Missouri didn't know for hours on election night who won the Senate race . . . and the reason is that counties decide when to turn in their unofficial vote counts.
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - Results from Amendment 6 and 7
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - Just a few minutes before midnight on Tuesday, Montee led Thomas 51 to 45 percent.
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - A spokesperson for Gov. Blunt said the state's Salary Commission could start meeting at any time.
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri Democrats picked up two seats in the Misouri Senate
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - Representatives from organizations opposing Amendment 2 say they aren't giving up the fight to educate Missourians on the true nature of the initiative.
• 11/ 7/2006: Radio Story - While other states are reporting polling problems, there's bipartisan agreement in Missouri over the state's untroubled electoral process. Carolyn Tseng and Beverly Rivera have more from the State Capitol.
• 11/ 6/2006: Radio Story - The Secretary of State's Communication Director says voting should go smoothly
• 11/ 6/2006: Radio Story - With the election nearing Democrats are concentrating on getting people to the polls. Rachel Bunning has more from the Capitol.
• 11/ 6/2006: Radio Story - The day before the Missouri midterm elections, the Missouri Republican Party made sure to stay focused. Robbie Fisher has more from Jefferson City.
• 11/ 6/2006: Radio Story - The state's leading opponent to stem cell research will start election night by slipping into his running shoes. Hillari Duthoo has more from the state Capitol.
• 11/ 3/2006: Radio Story - A leader for the Democratic Party says they will not recapture House in Missouri, but will gain ground in the legislature on November 7th. Robbie Fisher has more from the Capitol.
• 11/ 3/2006: Newspaper Story - Sen. Coleman says she is seeking re-election for the minority floor leader
• 11/ 1/2006: Newspaper Story - Missourians will no longer be able to use
• 10/30/2006: Newspaper Story - Catholics United for the Common Good released their voting guide today for Missourians addressing issues varying from minimum wage to stem cell research.
• 10/30/2006: Radio Story - What you need to know about minimum wage before you vote.
• 10/30/2006: Radio Story - Amendment 7 would deny pensions to convicted officials, but some Missouri lawmakers say the real change is in the fine print.
• 10/27/2006: Newspaper Story - The 100-word summary of Amendment 2 that is set to appear on the ballot Nov. 7 is the center of the debate for some opponents of the initiative.
• 10/25/2006: Newspaper Story - Amendment 7 would take pensions away from elected officials, give more power to compensation commission
• 10/25/2006: Radio Story - A Missouri business lobbying group says,
• 10/25/2006: Newspaper Story - An ad created by the Vitae Caring Foundation, a group releasing educational ads about stem cell research, featuring an emotional college student is really an actress.
• 10/25/2006: Newspaper Story - The ballot measure would ammend the state's constitution to allow veterans' organizations to be exempt from real and personal property taxes.
• 10/24/2006: Radio Story - An indepth look at the contrasting views of the two candidates for Missouri State Auditor
• 10/23/2006: Radio Story - Governor Blunt unveils an addition Sex Offender Registry
• 10/16/2006: Newspaper Story - Small business owners in support of Prop B gathered today in Columbia, Kansas City and St. Louis
• 10/16/2006: Radio Story - Democrats are calling it a
• 10/11/2006: Radio Story - The Supreme Court ruled today that the tobacco tax amendment will be allowed on the ballot on Nov. 7.
• 10/ 5/2006: Radio Story - MU's Director of Service Learning Anne-Marie Foley says the capital internship program prides itself on its professionalism.
• 10/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - The third-party candidates for state auditor both say their independence from party lines is an important plus.
• 10/ 3/2006: Radio Story - If you go to the polls in November, what you find might depend upon Missouri Supreme Court's ruling on a case it will hear tomorrow. Diana Choksey (Diana Chok-see)
• 10/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - The people who will be most affected by Proposition B may not be voting in this year's election.
• 10/ 2/2006: Radio Story - Governor Matt Blunt is giving Congressman Mark Foley's campaign contribution to charity.
• 10/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - The state Supreme Court will hear two cases Wednesday morning: voter ID and the toabacco tax ballot measure
• 9/27/2006: Newspaper Story - State auditor candidates both say their experience will help them do the job.
• 9/27/2006: Newspaper Story - As the Election season heats up, political parties are increasing their efforts primarily to get voters to the polls for this decisive election
• 9/27/2006: Radio Story - The MOHELA board voted to approve the governor's plan to sell off part of it's assets. Hillari Duthoo (DOO-thoh) has more from the state Capitol.
• 9/26/2006: Radio Story - Governor Blunt is taking his plan back to the legislature because of threats made by the Attorney General and other unnamed parties
• 9/26/2006: Radio Story - The governor sent his college loan sale back to state lawmakers who failed to reach agreement on the plan during the past legislative session. This latest announcement creates another hurtle for the governor's plan that has faced many since it was first proposed in January.
• 9/26/2006: Radio Story - Missouri governor's decision on legislative approval draws praise from the leading opponent of the college loan board
• 9/25/2006: Radio Story - Governor Blunt's office issued a statement saying that any MOHELA deal would require approval from the legislature. Hillari Duthoo (DOO-thoh) has more from the state Capitol.
• 9/21/2006: Radio Story - Opponents and proponents of the stem cell ballot fight for voters through an ad campaign battle.
• 9/20/2006: Newspaper Story - A business owner and his employee personify the arguments over the minimum wage proposal on the November ballot.
• 9/20/2006: Radio Story - Citizens looking for free State IDs because of the Voter ID law will now be asked for an $11 dollar fee
• 9/20/2006: Newspaper Story - Gov. Matt Blunt's Chief-of-Staff said that a delay is possible after the resignation of three MOHELA board members.
• 9/20/2006: Radio Story - A House Democrat says MOHELA resignations are cause for re-examination of Governor Blunt's proposal. Hillari Duthoo (DOO-thoh) has more from the state Capitol.
• 9/19/2006: Radio Story - Governor Matt Blunt is looking to appoint a MOHELA board memeber shortly before the board votes on his plan
• 9/19/2006: Radio Story - Bag pipes often are used to set the tone for a somber occasion. They were used in Missouri this month -- just after the legislature's veto session. The occasion, was a retirement and remeberance cermoney marked by the departure of the legislature's longest serving current member.
• 9/18/2006: Radio Story - The overturn of the Voter ID law stopped the Department of Revenue from issuing free government photo IDs
• 9/18/2006: Radio Story - Citizens looking for free State IDs because of the Voter ID law will now be asked for an $11 dollar fee
• 9/18/2006: Radio Story - Sen. Delbert Scott says he plans to appeal the voter ID decision. Robbie Fisher has more from Jefferson City.
• 9/18/2006: Radio Story - Payday and title loans are increasingly coming under fire from consumer protection groups because of high interest rates. Hillari Duthoo has the rest from the state Capitol.
• 9/13/2006: Radio Story - University presidents met with Governor Bluny to discuss Discovery Initiative
• 9/13/2006: Radio Story - St. Louis Representative Jack Jackson is still awaiting the results of the auditor's race recount, however he tells KMOX he doesn't think much will change.
• 9/13/2006: Radio Story - A Cole County Circuit judge hopes to have a decision on the Voter ID case at the end of next week.
• 9/13/2006: Newspaper Story - The results of a ballot recount for the Republican state auditor candidate primary were announced today.
• 9/12/2006: Radio Story - For the first time in more than two decades, Missouri lawmakers won't have any non-budget vetoes to discuss Wednesday at the legislature's annual veto session. Meghan Maskery has the story from Jefferson City.
• 9/11/2006: Newspaper Story - A Cole County circuit court judge rules in favor of a November ballot measure to increase tobacco tax
• 9/11/2006: Newspaper Story - The attorney general's office said MOHELA's board members could be sued if they pass the measure to sell the loan program.
• 9/11/2006: Radio Story - Nixon continues his protest of the Governor's new MOHELA plan
• 9/11/2006: Radio Story - There was a tribute to September 11th with keynote speaker Governor Matt Blunt
• 9/ 6/2006: Newspaper Story - A spokesperson for the governor's office dismissed Attorney General Jay Nixon's letter to the MOHELA board as a rant.
• 9/ 6/2006: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon asked MOHELA's board members to reject Governor Blunt's latest proposal.
• 9/ 6/2006: Radio Story - Attorney General asks MOHELA to reject governor's proposal
• 9/ 6/2006: Newspaper Story - A Cole County circuit court judge heard final arguments Wednesday in the voter ID case.
• 9/ 6/2006: Radio Story - Court hearing for voter ID yields no decision just yet
• 9/ 5/2006: Radio Story - Three former directors of Missouri's Natural Resources Department have joined a lawsuit fighting the current adminsitration's plans for the KATY trail.
• 8/30/2006: Radio Story - McCaskill issues audit of Department of Higher Education
• 8/28/2006: Newspaper Story - Gov. Blunt and legislative leaders agreeded on a new plan for higher education funding, according to the Associated Press.
• 8/28/2006: Newspaper Story - Some Missouri lawmakers question the legality of the governor's new MOHELA sales plan
• 8/28/2006: Radio Story - Questions about the latest plan to sell part of the state's college loan program are being raised by Missouri's top Democrat.
• 8/28/2006: Radio Story - Questions about the latest plan to sell part of the state's college loan authority are being raised by Missouri's top Democrat.
• 8/28/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's top Democrat raises questions about the Governor's latest moves to sell part of the state's college loan authority
• 8/28/2006: Radio Story - Democrats raise questions about Blunt's new MOHELA proposal
• 8/23/2006: Newspaper Story - S.O.S. Jobs, Give Missourians a Raise release conflicting sets of data concerning Prop B.
• 5/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Rifts among the Senate, House and the governor emerged in the final hours of the legislative session.
• 5/13/2006: Newspaper Story - The pope released his first encyclical in Janurary with a clear line drawn between Church and state
• 5/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House passed a bill that would require Missourians to show a photo ID when they go to vote.
• 5/ 4/2006: Radio Story - Friday at 6:00 pm is the deadline for decisions on budget bills.
• 5/ 3/2006: Radio Story - President Bush's new bird flu preparedness plan gives responsibility to local government.
• 5/ 3/2006: Radio Story - If bird flu were to hit Missouri, the state doesn't have the medical capabilities to keep up with the amount of outrbeaks.
• 5/ 2/2006: Radio Story - Tuesday the Missouri senate debated off and on a bill that would protect homeowners from eminent domain abuse.
• 5/ 2/2006: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate finalized it's Eminent Domain bill.
• 5/ 2/2006: Radio Story - An additional 215 million dollars will be spent on education in Missouri during the 2007 fiscal year.
• 5/ 1/2006: Radio Story - The new money would pay for general expenses for the Water Patrol
• 5/ 1/2006: Radio Story - Legislation could heavily impact businesses that hire illegal immigrants.
• 4/27/2006: Newspaper Story - A partial root canal briefly replaced Rep. Ed Robb, R-Columbia from a powerful House-Senate conference committee on Tuesday.
• 4/26/2006: Radio Story - The bill would make all official proceedings to be held in English.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - Sen. Tim Green defends his record with Vietnam veterans.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - A bill won first round approval in the Senate Monday to penalize employers who hire illegal immigrants.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - The Missouri House gave final approval to a bill that would entice the DaimlerChrysler plant to stay open in Fenton.
• 4/24/2006: Radio Story - The bill would require a state issued photo ID to vote.
• 4/20/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate debated well into Thursday afternoon over the issue of requiring voters to produce a photo ID at the polls.
• 4/19/2006: Radio Story - Debate centered around embryonic stem cell research and cloning, while the bill didn't address either subject.
• 4/18/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House passes legislation to expand lobbyist disclosure requirements.
• 4/18/2006: Radio Story - Democrats were caught off guard when a bill about campaign finance was passed for perfection.
• 4/18/2006: Radio Story - In a 7-1 vote, members of the Senate Transportation Committee voted to move HB 1532, a bill on auto emissions in St. Louis, to the Senate floor for further debate.
• 4/17/2006: Radio Story - The Kansas City Star reported the FBI is investigating political appointments made by the Governor.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Lobbyist issues have gotten special attention in the past several months.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - There is some comment, but little specifics behinds rumblings of an investigation concerning lobbying in Missouri.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Even supporters say the bill doesn't go far enough to curb abuses.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Boone County legislators sounded off on a possible investigation about lobbying in Jefferson City.
• 4/12/2006: Radio Story - The Missouri Department of Transportation is building a storehouse to hold ancient artifacts while struggling to fund building better roads.
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - In townhall fashion, the president addressed the administration's new Medicare plan.
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - President Bush visited with Missouri seniors and watched them sign up for Medicare Part D Tuesday.
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - The democratic party questioned Sen. Jim Talent's Medicare success numbers for Missourians saying they are misleading and inaccurate.
• 4/11/2006: Newspaper Story - Are the president's low poll numbers a liability to Republican Party candidates in the 2006 elections?
• 4/11/2006: Radio Story - Supporters and protesters alike hoped to see the Commander and Chief
• 4/10/2006: Radio Story - The committee plans to hold public hearings this spring.
• 4/ 6/2006: Newspaper Story - Scandals in Washington have made ethics reform a priority in Missouri.
• 4/ 5/2006: Radio Story - Republican Scott Rupp won in the contentious St. Charles County race.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - Senator Engler says cellphones and business fax-lines need to be protected from telemarketers and unwanted advertisements.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - In a 132-23 vote Thursday, the Missouri House decided to send a bill to the Senate that allows Missourians to use force to protect themselves in the event of an intrusion on private property.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - The governor, House and Senate all have different ideas on how to spend the profits of a possible sale of the state college loan authority.
• 4/ 4/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's House passed a bill allowing tax breaks for donations to certain pregnancy resource centers. But those centers offering information on abortion are not eligible for the incentive.
• 4/ 3/2006: Radio Story - With only six weeks left in this year's legislative session, bills still sitting in committee or ones that haven't even been assigned yet face an uphill battle.
• 4/ 3/2006: Radio Story - The senate majority floor leaders says he temporarily resigned to be consistent with senate bill 1254
• 3/16/2006: Newspaper Story - The Senate passed legislation to strips away limits on individual contributions to candidates.
• 3/16/2006: Radio Story - In a 29-3 vote Thursday, the Missouri Senate voted to pass a bill which removes campaign contribution limits.
• 3/15/2006: Radio Story - Charlie Shields wants to prohibit contributions during a legislative session.
• 3/15/2006: Radio Story - Four people died in Renick in tornados Sunday. The town just missed the cutoff for a grant that would give them tornado sirens.
• 3/14/2006: Radio Story - Soon Missourians could compare prices online for their prescription drugs.
• 3/14/2006: Radio Story - The Democrats are using the filibuster in the hopes of preventing voter identification legislation from coming to a vote.
• 3/14/2006: Radio Story - The Missouri House Judiciary Committee heard testimony Tuesday from both sides of the eminent domain debate.
• 3/ 9/2006: Radio Story - If Missouri Senate Republicans get their way, voters will have to produce a photo ID when they go to the polls.
• 3/ 9/2006: Newspaper Story - Legislative caucuses have been accused of being smokescreens to avoid disclosure of gifts from lobbyists on legislative reports.
• 3/ 8/2006: Radio Story - Speaker Rod Jetton vehemently denies he was paid off by strip club owners to help kill legislation that would negatively impact the sex industry.
• 3/ 8/2006: Radio Story - Senator Michael GIbbons says he wants to clean house in the senate by getting rid of unneed committees that no longer have a purpose.
• 3/ 8/2006: Radio Story - State auditor Claire McCaskill recently concluded an audit of Transportation Development Districts, or TDD's. The audit found the TDD's were able to increase taxes without public knowledge
• 3/ 7/2006: Radio Story - An amendment to ban eminent domain seizures was struck down overwhelmingly by the Missouri House.
• 3/ 7/2006: Radio Story - The Governor defended his ethanol plan at his Advisory Council on Agrigulture.
• 3/ 6/2006: Radio Story - The Kansas City Star reported over the weekend that strip clubs donated $35,000 to a fundraising committee with close ties to House Speaker Rod Jetton.
• 3/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - Currently, a loophole is likely keeping thousands of dollars of lobbyist gifts off lawmakers' disclosure report.
• 3/ 1/2006: Radio Story - The same group that protested the funeral of a St. Joseph soldier killed in Iraq, stormed the Capitol Building today to protect the new law
• 3/ 1/2006: Radio Story - Senator Jason Crowell says Roe v. Wade was a wrong Supreme Court opinion and he wants a Missouri constitutional amendment to ban abortion all together.
• 2/28/2006: Radio Story - Lawmakers want to change current language in state law, so every Missourian exonorated for crimes they did not commit are eligable for compensation.
• 2/22/2006: Radio Story - Expert witness Rick Williams says the Qui Tam provision would help in catching violaters of Medicaid fraud law.
• 2/22/2006: Radio Story - A new bill would increase state funding for public schools
• 2/21/2006: Radio Story - State Auditor Claire McCaskill says Missourians want new representation in Washington, that is in touch with Missouri needs.
• 2/21/2006: Radio Story - The bill will restrict when protests will be allowed at funerals.
• 2/15/2006: Radio Story - Senator Rob Mayer's bill addresses the issue of union contractors use of project labor agreements in contract bidding processes.
• 2/14/2006: Radio Story - Hundreds gathered in the state capitol's rotunda to talk about cuts made to Missouri Health Care.
• 2/13/2006: Radio Story - The legislation aims to keep lobbyists from paying for legislator's trips not associated with business.
• 2/ 9/2006: Newspaper Story - The plan is a marked departure from Gov. Matt Blunt's proposal.
• 2/ 8/2006: Radio Story - Democrats tout their latest victory as a sign of Blunt's weakness.
• 2/ 8/2006: Radio Story - The survey was a result of the Taum Sauk reservoir flooding in December.
• 2/ 8/2006: Radio Story - Bill penalties include fines and possible suspension of the person's hunting license.
• 2/ 8/2006: Radio Story - The State Senate heard a measure Wednesday to create a fund to update paper medical records to an electronic form.
• 2/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, is now expected to be released from the hospital Thursday.
• 2/ 7/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri Transportation Department Director Pete Rahn called for Interstate 70 to be rebuilt "from the ground up."
• 2/ 7/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri Democrats scored a surprise win in a Republican stronghold in special elections held Tuesday.
• 2/ 7/2006: Radio Story - House Republican Brian Baker wants to outlaw alcohol at the Capitol building, except for certain exceptions.
• 2/ 6/2006: Radio Story - Voters would need a state issued photo ID to vote.
• 2/ 6/2006: Radio Story - House Democrat Rachel Storch wants to reward low-income students who stay away from drugs and alcohol.
• 2/ 2/2006: Radio Story - Late Wednesday, proponents of a new lobbyist breakfast fundraiser canceled the program.
• 2/ 2/2006: Radio Story - For more than a week MOHELA has dominated state debate.
• 2/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - Democrats charged the plan was meant to boost Gov. Matt Blunt's sagging poll numbers.
• 2/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - GOP leaders ended plans to have "round-table" discussions with state legislators in exchange for sizable donations to the Senate Majority Fund.
• 2/ 1/2006: Radio Story - Roy temple charges that $5000 round table discussions are unethical
• 2/ 1/2006: Radio Story - Republican leaders will host a series of 14 breakfast fundraisers at a cost of $1,000 each for lobbyists.
• 2/ 1/2006: Radio Story - Senate Republican Chairmen are planning a series of breakfasts with lobbyists. Democrats say it doesn't pass the smell test.
• 2/ 1/2006: Radio Story - Rep. Jeff Harris is planning to address the type of fundraising done by Republican Senators
• 2/ 1/2006: Radio Story - Senate Committee Republicans invite lobbyists for roundtable discussions.
• 1/31/2006: Radio Story - Minority leaders Jeff Harris and Maida Coleman are concered over the new MOHELA proposal and its effects on education.
• 1/31/2006: Radio Story - Confirmation of the man who has led the administration's effort to sell the student loan program is being blocked in Missouri's Senate.
• 1/31/2006: Radio Story - The MOHELA board voated unanimously to sell half its assets to fund the Governor's Lewis and Clark Discovery Initiative.
• 1/31/2006: Newspaper Story - A detailed look at which lobbyists are giving what to Columbia legislators and whether the system needs any alteration.
• 1/30/2006: Radio Story - Senator Matt Bartle calls for a rare round-table in hope to coordinate the legislature's efforts in protecting against and prosecuting sexual offenders.
• 1/30/2006: Radio Story - Republican Jim Antonio, a former state auditor for Missouri, travelled from Arkansas to lend his support to Democratic Senator Graham's bill. The bill would let the state auditor do performance audits and expand their access to government records.
• 1/25/2006: Radio Story - Treasurer Steelman is concerned of the effect that the MOHELA sale will have on students.
• 1/25/2006: Radio Story - Democrat's fear Blunt's plan's to sell the student loan group to a large investment firm.
• 1/25/2006: Radio Story - In his State of the Judiciary speech, Chief Justice Michael Wolff asked lawmakers to increase salaries for state judges.
• 1/25/2006: Radio Story - The proposed plan would give MU almost 175 million dollars.
• 1/25/2006: Radio Story - Senator Coleman fears community colleges will left out of the revenue created by the possible sale of MOHELA.
• 1/19/2006: Newspaper Story - Ed Robb, R-Columbia, is the new vice chairman of the budget committee.
• 1/18/2006: Radio Story - Under proposed legislation by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, the penalty for commiting fraud against seniors would increase.
• 1/18/2006: Radio Story - Speakers discussed their opposition to stem cell research and human cloning.
• 1/18/2006: Radio Story - Proposed legislation would allow businesses to opt out of junk mail they normally receive from registering with the Secretary of State's office.
• 1/11/2006: Radio Story - Governor Blunt's second address to the Missouri Assembly
• 1/25/2006: Radio Story - Governor Blunt is expected to announce plans to sell MOHELA, the state's student loan program.
• 1/ 3/2006: Radio Story - Minority leaders Jeff Harris and Maida Coleman are concered over the new MOHELA proposal and its effects on education.