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Health & Medicine

Democrats in Washington are poised to use a controversial tactic to shepherd the health care overhaul bill to passage. Two Missouri Democrats have differing views on the matter.
 

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Senate passes penalty for throwing bodily fluids

by Bob Priddy 03/8/10 10:01 PM

Sex offenders who remain in state custody after finishing prison terms could face more prison time if they throw the wrong stuff at the wrong people. Sex offenders considered a sexually violent predators can be left in the custody of the mental health department indefinitely after they finish their prison time. A special Sexual Offender [...]

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Sen. Bond supports First Lady fight against obesity

by Jessica Machetta 03/4/10 1:33 PM

Senator Bond might not support President Obama’s vision of healthcare, but he is supporting a health push initiated by the First Lady.
Michelle Obama is tackling obesity, which threatens the health of one third of America’s children. And Senator Bond is backing her, saying government leaders have ignored the problem too long.
Bond points to a U.S. [...]

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Senate starts on future of economic development

by Bob Priddy 03/3/10 11:13 PM

Missouri has one of the nation’s worst records in startups of new businesses. Concerns that the state is falling farther and farther behind in the competition for jobs is producing a new legislative effort. Senator Tom Dempsey of St. Charles says Missouri’s present economic development efforts are “like bringing a knife to a gunfight.”

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Minority on majority report: “factually challenged”

by Bob Priddy 03/1/10 10:01 PM

Minority members of the senate committee that has investigated the reporting of contamination at the Lake of the Ozarks call the majority report “factually challenged.” The report signed by majority Republican members of the committee was sent to all committee members last Thursday for comments and recommended changes. Many committee members already had left the [...]

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