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KU license plate ban on the way to Nixon

Missouri House and Senate have reached an agreement on a bill banning the creation of a KU license plate in Missouri.
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Missouri House and Senate have reached an agreement on a bill banning the creation of a KU license plate in Missouri.

Language that would ban the creation of a Kansas Jayhawks specialty license plate in Missouri is on its way to Governor Jay Nixon. The State Senate Wednesday passed a higher education bill that contained the anti-Jayhawk amendment, which had been added on by the House on Tuesday.  GOP Senator Bob Dixon of Springfield sponsored the main bill and supported the amendment.

“We have followed this since it was put on in the House, and it actually became more popular than anything else in the bill…people really want to get this done,” Dixon said.

The amendment would require legislative approval for specialty license plates that feature out-of-state colleges and universities.  Its author, Democratic House Member Stephen Webber of Columbia, says he’ll work to reverse it if KU agrees to renew the Border Showdown with Mizzou.

Missouri Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a proud alumnus of the University of Mississippi (a.k.a., Ole Miss), and has been in radio for over 20 years, starting out as a deejay. His big break in news came when the first President Bush ordered the invasion of Panama in 1989. Marshall was working the graveyard shift at a rock station, and began ripping news bulletins off the old AP teletype and reading updates between songs. From there on, his radio career turned toward news reporting and anchoring. In 1999, he became the capital bureau chief for Florida's Radio Networks, and in 2003 he became News Director at WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio. During his time in Tallahassee he covered seven legislative sessions, Governor Jeb Bush's administration, four hurricanes, the Terri Schiavo saga, and the 2000 presidential recount. Before coming to Missouri, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Blue Ridge Mountains, reporting and anchoring for WWNC-AM in Asheville, North Carolina. Marshall lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Julie, their dogs, Max and Mason, and their cat, Honey.
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