Election reform looks to be an important issue in the next legislative session. An interim committee on election reform met to hear testimony form Missourians.Fradulent voting and early voting may be hot topics according to chairwoman, Senator Anita Yeckel.
Sen. Anita Yeckel, R-St. Louis County, was a member of the committee opposing the implementation of the law in 1999. Yeckel says air quality in St. Louis was not bad to begin with and the law is not a "major fix" because there are other factors besides burning fuel that contribute to air pollution. Yeckel's main opposition to the program, however, is the MTBE component in the reformulated gasoline.
Sen. Anita Yeckel, R-St. Louis County, was a member of the committee opposing the implementation of the law in 1999. Yeckel says air quality in St. Louis was not bad to begin with and the law is not a "major fix" because there are other factors besides burning fuel that contribute to air pollution. Yeckel's main opposition to the program, however, is the MTBE component in the reformulated gasoline.
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Anita Yeckel, R-St. Louis, says she supports a plan to allow betting on simulcasted horse races, but it is not likely to come under consideration in the Senate this session. The bill remains in a Senate committee.
Missouri's production of meth, a foul-smelling cocktail of lethal gases and the active ingredient in cough medicine, still ranks second in the nation, said Sen. Anita Yeckel, R-St. Louis County.
St. Louis Sentor Anita Yeckel is proposing a bill in the Missouri Senate, limiting the amount of over-the-counter cold medication sold, to three packets per time. Cold medication is targeted because it contains ephederine, a key ingredient in methamphetamine production. Nancy Bukar with the Consumer Health Care Products Association says this bill would help curb meth production.
JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri residents would be able to buy only three packs of cold medicine like Sudafed at a time, if Sen. Anita Yeckel, R-St. Louis County, has her way. Yeckel's bill, an attempt to slow methamphetimine production in Missouri, reviewed by the Senate Crime Committee Wednesday.
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. Anita Yeckel, R-St. Louis County, introduced legislation designed to stop the mass production of methemphitmine in Missouri. The bill limits the amount of cold medicine that may be purchased at one time.
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