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2012 Crime & Prisons Stories

• 12/13/2012: Radio Story - Missouri Senators held a hearing to debate possible changes in the states immigration policy for 2013
• 12/12/2012: Radio Story - St. Peters investor faces cease-and-desist order after alleged $800,000 investment scheme
• 12/ 5/2012: Radio Story - In a move unprecedented in recent memory, the FBI comes to the state Capitol to meet with staffers.
• 12/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Rep. Jeff Roorda prefiled bill forcing drug dealers buy tax stamps with a penalty if they get caught without them.
• 11/26/2012: Radio Story - Utility companies meet with Missouri Public Service Commissioners to discuss safety of electric grid from hackers
• 10/31/2012: Radio Story - With less than one week until the election, Missouri's candidates for governor spar over failed Mamtek factory.
• 10/31/2012: Newspaper Story - Spence: Nixon 'nowhere to be found' on Mamtek failure
• 10/26/2012: Radio Story - An MU Athletic Department employee initially tried to dispute $6400 spent at a Las Vegas Strip Club
• 10/24/2012: Radio Story - MU Athletics tightening rules on department credit cards after one staffer's $7,600 strip club escapade last year
• 10/17/2012: Radio Story - DSS: No TANF drug tests have been administered under 2011 law
• 10/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - St. Louis police force is looking to gain local control on the November ballot.
• 10/ 2/2012: Radio Story - St Louis police are looking to gain local control of the police force for the first time in over 100 years.
• 9/18/2012: Newspaper Story - The use of propofol for lethal injection is considered by some to be a step backwards in human rights.
• 9/13/2012: Radio Story - Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Wolff says Mo. Criminal Code needs updates
• 9/12/2012: Radio Story - High ranking Republicans join in calls for Saint Louis local control.
• 9/11/2012: Radio Story - Missouri may take it easy on first time substance abuse offenders
• 8/31/2012: Radio Story - Supporters say new state law puts brakes on red light camera tickets, but could slow down city revenue.
• 8/30/2012: Radio Story - A law went into effect today that will reduce the number of inmates to help save taxpayers' money.
• 8/30/2012: Radio Story - Missouri political parties at odds over gun control
• 5/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - News summary for May 8
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The bill could make it harder for citizens to commit voter fraud and for non U.S citizens to register to vote.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Cole County Circuit Clerk resigns following state audit found 'very serious' financial issues.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Both House and Senate approve measures to tighten laws on unlicensed childcare providers
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - The fight between free speech and religion continued at the state Capitol.
• 4/12/2012: Newspaper Story - Former Missouri Governor Roger Wilson indicted by grand jury for his involvent with Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/12/2012: Radio Story - Former Governor Roger Wilson indicted by a grand jury for his involvement with Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/11/2012: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers voted for an amendment to lessen the penalties for crack cocaine.
• 4/ 5/2012: Radio Story - As Jerry Sandusky appears in court, the Missouri House passes stricter mandatory reporting laws.
• 4/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - A bill raising the bar for wrongful death in inmate suicides stirs emotions in the Missouri House
• 4/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - House committee discusses bills to crack down on metal theft, eliminate phone usage while driving
• 3/26/2012: Radio Story - Drug Monitoring Program to prevent people from 'doctor shopping'
• 3/21/2012: Radio Story - The bill would exempt business owners from restricting the lawful carrying of firearms in a vehicle.
• 3/21/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House gave first round approval to a bill making it illegal to disrupt worshiping services.
• 3/20/2012: Radio Story - The Senate's only licensed physician continues to block a prescription drug monitoring plan.
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - Bill to increase money for brain injury fund, set up commission
• 3/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Bill monitoring prescription drugs met strong opposition from the only doctor in the Senate.
• 3/ 1/2012: Newspaper Story - An American Bar Association task force presented recommendations to review the death penalty in Missouri.
• 2/29/2012: Radio Story - Representatives approved a measure altering damage payouts in civil cases with multiple defendants.
• 2/29/2012: Radio Story - The Senate Government Accountability Committee discussed an audit of the death penalty.
• 2/29/2012: Newspaper Story - Costs of the Missouri death penalty could soon be unveiled
• 2/29/2012: Radio Story - The mother of a dead child testified in favor of a bill that cracks down on unlicensed day care providers.
• 2/29/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri's Senate has voted to back off on laws that send parole and probation violators back to prison
• 2/23/2012: Radio Story - Bipartisan House leaders are calling for a review of the state's redistricting process
• 2/22/2012: Radio Story - After last year's fallout at Penn state, Missouri's House looks to tighten mandatory reporting laws.
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - Missouri joins other states in the proposal of Caylee's Law.
• 2/20/2012: Newspaper Story - Representatives propose law that would require the guardian to report the death or disappearance of a child
• 2/20/2012: Newspaper Story - A Missouri Senate bill would make protesting at a religious institution a crime
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - The Senate Judiciary heard a bill that would make deliberately disrupting a house of worship illegal
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - A House Committee heard a bill that would prevent the public from seeing crime photos.
• 2/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - The Missouri House is considering legislation that would require schools to investigate bullying.
• 2/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - A bill in the Missouri House could crack down on unlicensed child care providers.
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Missouri House committee hears bill that requires gross negligence for any lawsuit over inmate suicides.
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House is considering new legislation which would require stricter anti-bullying policies in schools.
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Tina Meier testifies in front of the House Children and Families Committee in support of an anti-bullying bill.
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Missouri lawmakers propose a bill that would close foster parent's personal information to the general public.
• 2/ 8/2012: Radio Story - A House Committee discussed a bill that would crack down on unlicensed child care providers.
• 2/ 6/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri House committee discussed a bill that would allow advertisements on school buses
• 1/30/2012: Newspaper Story - Bill proposed to facilitate transportation between children and their incarcerated mothers.
• 1/30/2012: Radio Story - Legislation that would enable children to visit their incarcerated mothers
• 1/25/2012: Newspaper Story - The Capitol heightened its security after six legislators found crosshair stickers outside their offices Tuesday.
• 1/25/2012: Radio Story - Heightened Security at Missouri Capitol after Gun Stickers Cause Concern
• 1/24/2012: Radio Story - Cross hair stickers were placed on doors of six lawmakers.
• 1/19/2012: Radio Story - The House investigation into Mamtek's failed Moberly plant heard testimony from the company's patent lawyer.