KBIA Newscast for November 30, 2011

Senators Claire McCaskill and Pat Toomey
Senator McCaskill

Regional news coverage, including:

  • Senator Claire McCaskill introduces legislation to end earmarks.
  • Senator Roy Blunt votes to continue funding for horse meat inspections.
  • Columbia Public Schools' snow day child care so popular it's full.
  • Apartment complex for homeless youth breaks ground.
  • Missouri House and Senate redistricted borders announced based on data from 2010 census.
  • The Missouri Economic Development department defends its role in Mamtek controversy.
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As a born and raised Cleveland, Ohioan, Leanne Butkovic is no stranger to extreme fluctuating weather, frustrating sports teams and the charm of the Midwest and the people within it. She is a senior in the convergence journalism sequence at the University of Missouri-Columbia and has worked in several different newsrooms, yet has always had a penchant for radio. Since her freshman year, Leanne has produced her own music show on the university's student-run radio station, KCOU. She has also contributed to several magazines and their online affiliates based in Ohio, including Scene Magazine and multiple trade publications. She was an intern for VICE Media, working in their online documentary TV 'station' VBS.tv, in New York City this summer.
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  1. Senator McCaskill seeks permanent ban on pork barrel projects
  2. Senator Blunt votes in favor of horse meat inspections
  3. Apartment complex for homeless youth breaks ground for spring completion
  4. Columbia Public Schools introduces snow day child supervision
  5. Testimonies reveal Mamtek's Chinese plant was unverified