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2006 Revenue Stories

• 12/13/2006: Radio Story - UM System president Elson Floyd takes a job in Washington state.
• 11/29/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's House Democrats have a new proposal to slow down the trend of rising college costs in 2007.
• 11/15/2006: Newspaper Story - Gov. Blunt's chief of staff issued a letter to the MOHELA board on Monday calling for transparency.
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - Results from Amendment 6 and 7
• 10/30/2006: Radio Story - What you need to know about minimum wage before you vote.
• 10/24/2006: Radio Story - An indepth look at the contrasting views of the two candidates for Missouri State Auditor
• 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.
• 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.
• 9/25/2006: 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.
• 9/25/2006: Newspaper Story - The governor announced that he will wait for legisaltive approval to sell the state's loan authority
• 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: 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.
• 9/18/2006: 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
• 9/18/2006: 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.
• 9/11/2006: 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/ 8/2006: Radio Story - A Circuit Court judge said he would make a ruling on the proposed tobacco tax measure on Monday
• 9/ 6/2006: Radio Story - Attorney General asks MOHELA to reject governor's proposal
• 8/31/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's Governer's office rejects plan for a financial analysis of his college loan asset sale idea
• 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: 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 - Democrats raise questions about Blunt's new MOHELA proposal
• 5/10/2006: Radio Story - Senator John Cauthorn saved the governor's ethanol plan by compromising with the House.
• 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/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri legislature appropriated $899 million for public higher education and a 2.7 percent increase for the University of Missouri System.
• 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/ 1/2006: Radio Story - The new money would pay for general expenses for the Water Patrol
• 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.
• 4/27/2006: Newspaper Story - A proposal to cap state funding for colleges and universities at 2002 levels remains alive as the legislature enters the last two weeks of the session.
• 4/27/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's Senate passed a bill Thursday that would combine current state-offered scholarships for both public and private schools into one program.
• 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: Newspaper Story - The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that requires gasoline distributors to sell ethanol-blended gasoline.
• 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.
• 4/22/2006: Newspaper Story - Legislators both in support and opposed the sale of student loans have questioned the legality of the proposal
• 4/21/2006: Newspaper Story - A plan to cap funding for higher education institutions is headed to a Senate committee hearing.
• 4/20/2006: Newspaper Story - UMKC's Institute for Human Development misused its name in a brochure, according to a university spokesman.
• 4/19/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri Senate is moving on legislation to increase resources in an emergency fund for immediate use.
• 4/18/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri's House Budget Committee drops a proposal to use college loan sale profits to help finance a prison.
• 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.
• 4/13/2006: Radio Story - Attorney General Jay Nixon received an injunction Thursday that resolves lawsuit he filed against the mobile home company in 2004
• 4/13/2006: Newspaper Story - Even supporters say the bill doesn't go far enough to curb abuses.
• 4/11/2006: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House passed a bill that would cap higher education tuition to match the common price index.
• 4/ 5/2006: Radio Story - Some lawmakers are concerned about the impact ethanol will have on the price Missouri drivers pay at the pump.
• 4/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - Members of the People for Public Schools protested against a bill that they call a voucher bill.
• 4/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - Legislative wrangling over how to spend the $450 million expected from the sale of college loans continues to raise questions over whether the funds will even be available.
• 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.
• 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.
• 3/14/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri's governor won a key test vote on his plans to sell a portion of the state's college loan program.
• 3/14/2006: Radio Story - Gov. Blunt spoke with President Bush Tuesday asking for federal money to help deal with damages from the weekend's severe weather.
• 3/14/2006: Newspaper Story - Creation of a Medicaid fraud bill follows two months of extensive testimony.
• 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/ 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/ 7/2006: Newspaper Story - Rep. J.C. Kuessner, D-Eminence, sponsored the change.
• 3/ 2/2006: Radio Story - Builder and State Representative Bob Johnson says the housing bubble burst will lead to unemployment in construction and in turn, effect business and commerce.
• 2/22/2006: Radio Story - Republican Senator John Cauthorn wants to reduce the amount of revenue generated by traffic tickets in smaller towns.
• 2/21/2006: Radio Story - Claire McCaskill said in a press conference Tuesday that the DNR has wasted much of the tax payers' money.
• 2/21/2006: Radio Story - The governor recommended that the facility be closed last year.
• 2/21/2006: Radio Story - The governor recommended for the facility to be closed last year.
• 2/14/2006: Radio Story - Missouri's attorney general's office tells lawmakers the state's college loan program was pressured by the governor's office to sell off its assets.
• 2/13/2006: Radio Story - Lembke says the current definition of blight is too loose.
• 2/ 8/2006: Radio Story - The Senate Economic Development committee voted 7-0 to pass a bill restricting when cities can seize private lands for private redevelopment.
• 1/31/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri's college loan board voted to pursue sale of some of its assets without legislative approval.
• 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.
• 1/26/2006: Radio Story - Gov. Blunt toured three college campuses in an effort to gain support to get rid of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.
• 1/26/2006: Radio Story - Governor Blunt traveled the state Thursday, promoting his latest move for the betterment of Missouri higher education.