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2012 Ethics 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/ 3/2012: Radio Story - Scott Sifton prefiles bill that would ban any gift from lobbyist to lawmakers, or any staff or family of lawmakers.
• 11/13/2012: Radio Story - Director of the Mo. Dept. of Revenue has refused to attend the past three committee meetings on government bidding
• 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
• 9/19/2012: Radio Story - Missouri Supreme court hears arguments regarding MOSIRA funding bill being unconstitutional
• 9/12/2012: Radio Story - High ranking Republicans join in calls for Saint Louis local control.
• 9/12/2012: Radio Story - Lawmakers override governor's veto of contraception legislation
• 9/ 5/2012: Newspaper Story - An audit criticizes Gov. Jay Nixon for billing other state agencies for travel and employees.
• 9/ 5/2012: Radio Story - Governor Nixon is in hot water again after an audit reveals he shifted $1.7 million in office costs.
• 5/18/2012: Newspaper Story - For some legislators, the Capitol is a place of prayer as well as lawmaking.
• 5/18/2012: Radio Story - Mo. lawmakers approve earlier hours to serve alcohol at Lambert International Airport
• 5/ 8/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House voted to defund the women's instute at UMSL
• 5/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - News summary for May 8
• 5/ 8/2012: Radio Story - A bill that would protect the rights of alternative to abortion agencies was perfected in the House.
• 5/ 2/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri lawmaker takes a public stance against a bill that would limit sexuality discussions in school.
• 5/ 2/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Replubican representative speaks out against bill banning discussion of sexual orientation in schools
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - House Committee approves a bill that would create a committee to study the future of Missouri Employers Mutual.
• 4/30/2012: Newspaper Story - Environmental groups criticized a bill that would allow Ameren to increase rates.
• 4/30/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri Senate Committee heard a bill keeping animals from gaining rights equal or greater than human rights.
• 4/26/2012: Radio Story - House passes bill that would protect whistle blowers, after opponents said it would limit their rights.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri Senate decided not to cut healthcare benefits for the blind and visually impaired.
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - Has the time come to raise the tobacco tax to save Missouri's economy?
• 4/25/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri House endorses new requirements for economic development incentives following Mamtek failure.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Missouri military personnel criticized the state's National Guard in a Senate hearing Wednesday.
• 4/18/2012: Radio Story - Cole County Circuit Clerk resigns following state audit found 'very serious' financial issues.
• 4/17/2012: Newspaper Story - Senate General Laws Committee hears testimony on bill which would modify Missouri's Sunshine Law
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - The fight between free speech and religion continued at the state Capitol.
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - The Missouri auditor will appeal a court ruling that struck down the fiscal note for a tax ballot initiative.
• 4/16/2012: Radio Story - House Committee passes slimmed down version of twice-vetoed workplace discrimination bill.
• 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/ 4/2012: Newspaper Story - A bill raising the bar for wrongful death in inmate suicides stirs emotions in the Missouri House
• 4/ 4/2012: Radio Story - Legislators spoke in favor of disability rights after hundreds rallied at the Capitol
• 4/ 2/2012: Radio Story - After taking advantage of federal tax exemptions, Missouri Employers Mutual is the subject of House legislation.
• 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 Rules and Ethics Committee heard a bill that would place a cap on campaign contributions.
• 3/20/2012: Radio Story - The Senate's only licensed physician continues to block a prescription drug monitoring plan.
• 3/19/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri Democrats seek to reform failing ethics in the state government.
• 3/19/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri women send toilet paper to House Speaker as part of "Flush Rush" campaign.
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - Missouri could move to a closed primary system in 2013, forcing voters to vote according to their affiliation
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - A Missouri women's group wants House Speaker Steve Tilley to "Flush Rush."
• 3/19/2012: Radio Story - House Democrats propose new ethics legislation, similar to the bill passed in 2010 the Mo. Supreme Court threw out.
• 3/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers go on spring break after passing business bills, but many things remain on their agenda.
• 3/ 8/2012: Radio Story - Dispatch's inaccurate editorial saying women were shut out of contraception floor debate causes stir.
• 3/ 6/2012: Radio Story - The House Minority Caucus calls for the Speaker of the House to not go through with plans to induct Limbaugh.
• 3/ 6/2012: Radio Story - The House Minority Caucus calls for the Speaker of the House to not go through with plans to induct Limbaugh.
• 2/29/2012: Radio Story - The Senate Government Accountability Committee discussed an audit of the death penalty.
• 2/29/2012: Newspaper Story - Crackdown on unlicensed child care providers evokes emotional testimony at hearing
• 2/29/2012: Newspaper Story - Costs of the Missouri death penalty could soon be unveiled
• 2/28/2012: Radio Story - Faith leaders gather to protest pay day loans at the Capitol.
• 2/27/2012: Radio Story - FBI is investigating campaign contributions from a Missouri state-funded insurance company.
• 2/23/2012: Radio Story - Bipartisan House leaders are calling for a review of the state's redistricting process
• 2/22/2012: Radio Story - Senators debated new additions to no-call list legislation.
• 2/22/2012: Radio Story - The house officially declared their opposition to a federal health mandate, but not without debate.
• 2/21/2012: Newspaper Story - Lack of communication with Gov. cited as a reason for lack of ethics legislation
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - Missouri joins other states in the proposal of Caylee's Law.
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - After the Jerry Sandusky hearings, Missouri Senators debate to revamp child abuse reporting laws.
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - The Senate Judiciary heard a bill that would make deliberately disrupting a house of worship illegal
• 2/20/2012: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon's call to state lawmakers to take action on an ethics bill falls mostly on deaf ears.
• 2/14/2012: Radio Story - A state Senate committee passed a bill reacting with the birth control portion of Obamacare.
• 2/13/2012: Newspaper Story - Planned Parenthood rallied in support of Obama's Affordable Care Act at the Missouri Capitol
• 2/13/2012: Radio Story - Legislation adding cell phones to Missouri's no call list faced no objection in Senate floor debate.
• 2/13/2012: Radio Story - Planned Parenthood Rallies Behind Affordable Care Act
• 2/ 8/2012: Newspaper Story - The proposed bill would not require health care providers to provide contraceptives to their employees.
• 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 - A House bill protects health care provider's from violating consciences
• 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/ 6/2012: Radio Story - House bill restricts legislative retirement benefits to 16 years
• 2/ 1/2012: Radio Story - Representatives hear opposition from Planned Parenthood on new abortion bill
• 1/30/2012: Newspaper Story - Bill proposed to facilitate transportation between children and their incarcerated mothers.
• 1/30/2012: Radio Story - Acting director Jason Hall appeared before a committee today to approve his appointment.
• 1/25/2012: Radio Story - Adoptees lobby for more access to medical history
• 1/19/2012: Radio Story - The House investigation into Mamtek's failed Moberly plant heard testimony from the company's patent lawyer.
• 1/18/2012: Newspaper Story - Senators question members of the Economic Development department's on involvement in the Moberly Mamtek project.