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4:40 pm
Wed May 30, 2012

Missouri Legislature officially ends its 2012 session

Missouri's annual legislative session has officially come to a close.

Lawmakers stopped debating and passing legislation on May 18 in compliance with a constitutional deadline.

But the session officially ended Wednesday, when leaders of the House and Senate signed the bills that passed, delivered them to the governor and banged the gavel for the final time.

A total of 114 bills and proposed constitutional amendments passed the Legislature during its 2012 session.

Gov. Jay Nixon has 45 days to sign or veto legislation.

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8:49 am
Tue May 8, 2012

Newscast for May 8, 2012

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Debate in the Missouri Senate lasted for nearly 12 hours Monday night.

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11:26 am
Thu May 3, 2012

Newscast for May 03, 2012

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Politics
8:56 am
Wed March 21, 2012

Mo. House gives initial approval to 2013 budget

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Missouri legislators are wrangling over Gov. Nixon's proposed 2013 budget.

The Missouri House has given first-round approval to the state budget for next year.  As St. Louis Public Radio’s Marshall Griffin tells us, Republican leaders pushed through their plan to restore higher education cuts proposed by Governor Jay Nixon by refusing to fund a program for blind residents.

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8:51 am
Wed March 21, 2012

Newscast for March 21, 2012

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Legislation in Jefferson City calls for increased security at the Capitol.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, I'm Scott Kanowsky:

  • Missouri legislators wrangle with state budget.
  • Columbia Police will step up security during spring break.
  • Missouri Senate considers a bill putting more security cameras in the state capitol.
Politics
9:22 am
Tue February 14, 2012

Legislators spar over Obama budget

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Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) praised Obama's budget, while federal Republicans blasted it for not closing the country's large deficit gap.

US Senator Claire McCaskill says President Barack Obama’s budget, which was released Monday, is a workable document.

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