Newscast for December 15, 2011

Regional news coverage including:

• A team of Missouri researchers has been awarded a grant to study online voting systems.
• A Democratic House member from Kansas City is proposing legislation to cap political donations and create new restrictions for lobbyists.
• A Missouri senator wants to change the secretive process used to draw new legislative districts.
• Proponents of a new sales tax in Jefferson City have begun campaigning in earnest.