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October 2013 Stories

• 10/31/2013: Radio Story - Gun bill sponsor says new gun bill can pass #MOLeg despite containing most of the same language as HB 436
• 10/30/2013: Radio Story - On day two of a committee hearing on Medicaid reform, lawmakers are asking more questions.
• 10/30/2013: Radio Story - Proposed teacher evaluations will hold educators and administrators accountable
• 10/29/2013: Radio Story - The now former head of @GovJayNixon 's unemployment benefits agency says her firing was the cost of whistleblowing
• 10/29/2013: Radio Story - The Missouri Supreme Court denies survival benefits for same-sex parter of deceased highway patrolman
• 10/29/2013: Radio Story - Missouri's Medicaid Transformation chairman recommended privatizing Medicaid Tuesday.
• 10/28/2013: Radio Story - The Missouri National Guard joins World Series security team at Busch Stadium
• 10/28/2013: Radio Story - Attendance to the Missouri State Fair continues an upward trend despite rodeo clown incident.
• 10/27/2013: NewsBook - News summary for the week of October 21, 2013
• 10/24/2013: Newspaper Story - Nixon's administration withdraws support for food stamp cuts
• 10/24/2013: Radio Story - Gov. Nixon shuts down proposed changes to food stamp program
• 10/24/2013: Radio Story - Missouri chapter of the ACLU says new Department of Corrections rule is a 1st Amendment violation
• 10/23/2013: Radio Story - Lawmaker says Mo. Department of Corrections is part of larger problem
• 10/23/2013: Radio Story - K-12 education is vital to Missouri's economic competitiveness, says Gov. Nixon
• 10/22/2013: Newspaper Story - Potential ballot measure would increase taxes to fund roadway improvements
• 10/22/2013: Radio Story - A proposed ballot measure will increase taxes if it passed. A similar bill failed in the General Assembly in May.
• 10/22/2013: Radio Story - The government shutdown is over, but Missouri still has no idea what to do about payment of federal workers.
• 10/20/2013: NewsBook - News summary for the week of October 14, 2013
• 10/21/2013: Radio Story - An educational consulting firm has plans to help Kansas City Public Schools
• 10/21/2013: Radio Story - Missouri public defender system faces budget battles
• 10/21/2013: Radio Story - Nixon says education funding will increase substantially in the next fiscal year.
• 10/17/2013: Radio Story - Lawmaker scolded Gov. Jay Nixon and the Missouri Department of Corrections for halting an upcoming execution
• 10/17/2013: Newspaper Story - @repckelly is getting out of the General Assembly because nothing gets done
• 10/17/2013: Radio Story - Some localities won't receive federal funds until November or December due to government shutdown
• 10/17/2013: Radio Story - Rep. Chris Kelly not seeking another House term
• 10/17/2013: Radio Story - Previously furloughed Mo. National Guard employees wait to hear from DOD if they will get paid
• 10/16/2013: Radio Story - Missouri Department of Education breathes a sign of relief
• 10/16/2013: Radio Story - Rep. Stacy Newman, among other state officials, pressure Nodaway Co. Prosecutor to reopen Coleman case.
• 10/15/2013: Radio Story - State Rep. from Maryville says sexual assault case "blown out of proportion"
• 10/15/2013: Newspaper Story - State Rep. says Maryville sexual assault case "blown out of proportion"
• 10/13/2013: NewsBook - News summary for the week of October 7, 2013
• 10/11/2013: Radio Story - Nixon announces plans for a proposal to reopen national parks.
• 10/11/2013: Radio Story - The Governor's office and Hagler have yet to comment on replacement of Director of Ag
• 10/10/2013: Newspaper Story - Multi-state lawsuit settlement could help Missourians recover lost funds
• 10/10/2013: Radio Story - Attorney says Missouri Dept. of Corrections still has enough Propofol for lethal execution
• 10/10/2013: Newspaper Story - Mo. Dept. of Corrections has not commented on availability of drug for executions
• 10/ 9/2013: Radio Story - Lawmakers refuse increased cap on ethanol in gasoline
• 10/ 9/2013: Newspaper Story - State lawmakers halt increased cap on ethanol in gasoline
• 10/ 9/2013: Radio Story - After controversy, the Mo. Dept. of Corrections will return it's shipment of propofol to the distributor
• 10/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Missouri unemployment rises 10.4 percent week of government shutdown. Other states have similar issues.
• 10/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Missouri's education department says anxiety is high over debt ceiling breach
• 10/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Thousands of Missourians could go without food stamps if waiver expires
• 10/ 8/2013: Radio Story - Lobbyist wants student represenatives on state university boards to have voting rights
• 10/ 8/2013: Newspaper Story - Former chief of staff to Governor Mel Carnahan is behind new initiative
• 10/ 8/2013: Newspaper Story - Tens of thousands of Missourians will get kicked off food stamps in a state administrating proposal passes
• 10/ 7/2013: Radio Story - Missouri lawmaker asks governor to address lethal injection concerns
• 10/ 7/2013: Newspaper Story - State lawmaker asks governor to carry out upcoming executions
• 10/ 7/2013: Newspaper Story - Missouri lawmakers weigh options to repeal a previous cap on amounts of ethanol in gas
• 10/ 7/2013: Radio Story - A hearing weighing the possibility of allowing greater amounts of ethanol in gasoline is in recess until Wednesday
• 10/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Missouri will see an extra 900k this year and will save $4.8 million over the next 15 years from refinancing bonds
• 10/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - @GovJayNixon announced state will save $900,000 this year from bond refinancing, $4.8 million over 15 yrs
• 10/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - A state audit found Lt. Gov. using thousands from state funds for a website w/out legal authority
• 10/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Lt. Gov.'s office audit found plans to illegally collect government whistle-blower reports
• 10/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - Audit reports Office of Administration failed to cancel former employees' purchasing card accounts
• 10/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Use of Propofol in upcoming Missouri executions draws ire of Anesthesiologists Society
• 10/ 3/2013: Radio Story - Once again the Missouri Court Plan faces criticism.
• 10/ 3/2013: Newspaper Story - Mo. Sec. of State approved initiative to repeal the Non-Partisan Court Plan for circulation
• 10/ 2/2013: Newspaper Story - Many Missouri lawmakers in D.C are refusing congressional pay during shutdown
• 10/ 2/2013: Radio Story - Missouri Senate Medicaid committee still indecisive about expanding Medicaid
• 10/ 1/2013: Radio Story - State budget director said Medicaid not cut with shut down, but would be if deficit not corrected.
• 10/ 1/2013: Newspaper Story - State budget director more concerned over debt ceiling than government shut down
• 10/ 1/2013: Radio Story - CDC data shows a sharp decrease in cases of West Nile virus
• 10/ 1/2013: Newspaper Story - State Education Department comes under fire over unaccredited schools
• 10/ 1/2013: Newspaper Story - CDC is reporting major drop off in West Nile Virus cases in Missouri
• 10/ 1/2013: Radio Story - Missouri Supreme Court rejects the state auditor's lawsuit against the governor's budget withholding powers.
• 10/ 1/2013: Radio Story - Two Republican state lawmakers say failing districts need new teachers