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2011 Welfare Stories

• 12/ 7/2011: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers discussed ways to fund the state's budget-strained veterans homes.
• 11/ 3/2011: Radio Story - The Department of Social Services refuses to comment after 40 workers refused to go into work.
• 10/13/2011: Radio Story - MO DSS refuses to talk about the new welfare drug testing program - months after the bill was signed into law.
• 9/12/2011: Radio Story - A brain-eating amoeba in freshwater kills a Kansas resident less than 200 miles away from Missouri.
• 9/ 7/2011: Radio Story - Tea Party members voice their opposition to funding a trading hub with China.
• 9/ 1/2011: Radio Story - After many complaints from Missourians, the state has decided to terminate it's contract with Syncare,
• 8/31/2011: Radio Story - Budget Committee Members question the success of a new Health & Senior Services program.
• 5/12/2011: Radio Story - Missouri's legislature passed two separate late-term abortion ban bills Thursday, with passionate debate in the House and no discussion in the Senate.
• 5/10/2011: Newspaper Story - Welfare drug testing heads to the Governor's desk after the Missouri House gave final approval.
• 5/10/2011: Radio Story - The Governor now will decide on a bill passed by the House and Senate that would take funds away from welfare recipients who fail drug tests
• 5/10/2011: Radio Story - Missouri's House is sending a bill banning fake cocaine and fake pot onto Gov. Jay Nixon.
• 5/ 5/2011: Radio Story - A House committee bill substitute places funding cap on low-income housing tax credits
• 5/ 3/2011: Radio Story - Senate committee hears testimony on House-passed youth head injury bills
• 4/12/2011: Newspaper Story - A Missouri Senate committee is urged to require drug testing of welfare recipients.
• 3/24/2011: Radio Story - Missouri Considers Drug Testing Welfare Recipients
• 2/23/2011: Radio Story - Opinions about school choice fueled talks during a Senate Education Committee meeting.
• 2/21/2011: Newspaper Story - A bill heard in the House will begin the phasing out of Missouri's habilitation centers for people with disabilities, in favor of community living situations.
• 2/21/2011: Radio Story - A House committee met Monday to start deliberation on the fate of Missouri's six habilitation centers.
• 2/ 3/2011: Radio Story - Three top Republicans send a letter to Missouri's Attorney General urging him to take a stance on the lawsuit against Federal Health care
• 1/27/2011: Radio Story - House Speaker Steve Tilley says he has faith in the drug testing bill for welfare passing.
• 1/26/2011: Radio Story - The House passes welfare drug testing by an overwhelming majority
• 1/26/2011: Newspaper Story - If passed, a new law will legalize the testing of some welfare recipients based solely on suspicion