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2006 Liberities Stories

• 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
• 11/27/2006: Newspaper Story - A fire in a assisted living facility in Southwest Missouri kills 10
• 11/15/2006: Radio Story - The Supreme Court heard testimony today concerning Gov. Matt Blunt's law creating civil liability for adults who
• 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/ 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.
• 10/23/2006: Newspaper Story - The governor unveiled an enhanced sex-offender registry that includes more physical descriptions and information on offenders in the state.
• 10/16/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Supreme Court stuck down a law requiring voters to show a government issued ID at the polls
• 10/16/2006: Radio Story - Democrats are calling it a
• 10/11/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision to allow the tabacoo tax increase proposal to appear on the November ballot
• 10/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over the constitutionality of the voter id case
• 10/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - The state Supreme Court will hear two cases Wednesday morning: voter ID and the toabacco tax ballot measure
• 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
• 9/18/2006: Newspaper Story - The department of revenue is looking for an appeal from the attorney general's office for clarification to last weeks court ruling.
• 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
• 9/13/2006: Radio Story - A Cole County Circuit judge hopes to have a decision on the Voter ID case at the end of next week.
• 9/ 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
• 8/25/2006: Radio Story - A piece of the Pentagon damaged on Sept. 11 will be on display in the capitol building for a week.
• 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/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - The Senate passed an amendment banning eminent domain "solely" for economic development.
• 4/25/2006: Radio Story - A bill won first round approval in the Senate Monday to penalize employers who hire illegal immigrants.
• 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.
• 4/20/2006: Radio Story - The Senate approved the legislation 23 to 10 despite Democratic filibuster attempts.
• 4/17/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's Farm Bureau announces opposition to the House-passed bill on eminent domain.
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Even supporters say the bill doesn't go far enough to curb abuses.
• 4/ 6/2006: Radio Story - The House voted to pass a bill that repeals the Missouri's helmet law.
• 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 - 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.
• 3/28/2006: Newspaper Story - More than a hundred men and women came to the Capitol for a rally and to talk to legislators.
• 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 - 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.
• 3/14/2006: Newspaper Story - The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill to reform the state's eminent domain system.
• 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/ 7/2006: Newspaper Story - A bill that combines several sex offender laws passed through the Senate on Tuesday and will now proceed to the House.
• 3/ 7/2006: Newspaper Story - Rep. J.C. Kuessner, D-Eminence, sponsored the change.
• 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.
• 2/23/2006: Newspaper Story - Senate President Pro Tem Mike Gibbons, R-St. Louis County has sponsored a bill to compensate former inmates exonerated by DNA evidence.
• 2/21/2006: Newspaper Story - Sens. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, and Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, have filed similar bills that would protect reporters from having to disclose their sources in court.
• 2/21/2006: Radio Story - The bill will restrict when protests will be allowed at funerals.
• 2/21/2006: Newspaper Story - The Senate Education Committee heard a proposal Tuesday to possibly allow the Bible to be taught in public schools.
• 2/13/2006: Radio Story - Rep. Jim Lembke proposed legislation that would tighten the definition of blight.
• 2/13/2006: Radio Story - Lembke says the current definition of blight is too loose.
• 2/13/2006: Radio Story - Rep. Jim Lembke proposed a tighter definition of blight in an effort to curb eminent domain abuse in the state.
• 2/ 7/2006: Radio Story - House Republican Brian Baker wants to outlaw alcohol at the Capitol building, except for certain exceptions.
• 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.
• 1/25/2006: Radio Story - A proposed Amendment would ban the use of Eminent Domain for private redevelopment.
• 1/18/2006: Radio Story - Speakers discussed their opposition to stem cell research and human cloning.
• 4/17/2003: Radio Story - The bureau says the bill does not protect home owner's rights enough and is a watered-down version of the original bill.