by admin | Jan 17, 2001 | News
Very little of Mark Twain National Forest is included in the $60 million acres of land under new federal protection. Charlotte Wiggins, spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service in Rolla, says lands out West near fast-developing areas were the target of the order, which...
by admin | Dec 22, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri Congressman Jim Talent is leaving Congress on a high note. His Community Renewal Act has been signed by President Clinton. Talent says it couldn’t have been accomplished without the help of the Clinton Administration and the leadership in Congress. He...
by admin | Nov 2, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Time is running out for Missouri’s Capitol Hill lawmakers to get in some campaigning prior to election day. Senators and members of Congress are being kept in the nation’s capital because Congress has yet to pass an appropriations bill to keep the...
by admin | Oct 20, 2000 | Politics / Govt
President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore and their wives were among the national political figures who paid tribute to Governor Carnahan. Clinton, in the keynote speech, described his long friendship with Carnahan, dating back to the 1992 Presidential campaign. It...
by admin | Oct 20, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri says good-bye to Mel Carnahan, the 51st governor of the state who died Monday night in a plane crash south of St. Louis. A procession began at the governor’s mansion and wound its way to the south lawn of the State Capitol. State supreme court judge...