by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Senator John Ashcroft promoted his social security “lockbox” legislation during his first senatorial debate with Governor Carnahan. Ashcroft says, until his lockbox concept, lawmakers had been raiding the social security trust fund since the 1950’s....
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
In this year’s first senatorial debate, incumbent John Ashcroft promised to support U.S. Supreme Court Justices who interpret the constitution strictly. Governor Carnahan accused his democratic opponent of finding excuses to defeat promising candidates he...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | News
The ACLU has met with the lawyer for the Adrian school district and offered three remedies for parental complaints about the school’s principal. Wallace Henrickson had 4th grad boys strip to their underwear in front of him and a male coach and had 4th grade...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri Democratic Party Executive Director Roy Temple insists he isn’t disappointed that President Clinton had scheduled visits to Missouri to raise money for his wife’s senate campaign in New York. Temple understands some Democrats in the state resent...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Governor Carnahan and Senator John Ashcroft have wrapped up their two debates in the race for the U.S. Senate seat. Governor Carnahan aggressively defended his record on education, crime, and taxes, and repeatedly attacked Senator Ashcroft on for his record in...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
We may be seeing just the beginning of a new wave of Middle East terrorist activity. What is being described as a suicide bombing against the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen has killed 17 American naval sailors and injured dozens of others. With last week’s attack, M.U....
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Uncategorized
Students in a science class at Forsythe High School got a little closer to some mercury than school officials would have liked. Some of the mercury, which is a dangerous chemical, spilled and students came into contact with it. Steven Krysiak of the Department of...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | News
Missouri voters could get the last word on a planned “spring rise” on the Big Muddy. Senator Kit Bond says he’s dropped his fight with the White House, clearing the way for higher Missouri River levels in 2001. Bond needed nine senators to switch...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Politics / Govt
The two campaigns for the U.S. Senate have some differences of opinion as to why there have been only two debates. There had been hopes for as many as five debates between incumbent Republican John Ashcroft and Democratic challenger Mel Carnahan in the race for...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | News
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will soon have free reign to change the Missouri River levels. Senator Kit Bond has announced he’s dropping his battle with the White House. That means the corps will be able to institute a “spring rise” on the...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Uncategorized
(Jefferson County) Authorities are combing a rough, wooded area south of St. Louis…after a plane believed to be carrying Governor Carnahan crashed Monday night. Searchers say the rough terrain will make it almost impossible to identify victims of the plane crash...
by admin | Oct 16, 2000 | Education, Politics / Govt
Education funding became a big issue as the two major candidates for governor squared off in their third and final debate. Democrat Bob Holden came out strong against Republican Jim Talent’s Classroom Trust Fund proposal during the debate on Ozarks Public...
