Salvation Army Needs More Before Christmas The St. Louis Salvation Army's Tree of Lights program is almost two and a half million dollars short of its four and a half million dollar goal this year. The goal about twenty-five percent of the Salvation Army's entire annual budget. See our package of radio stories for details. Committee tables term limit vote Even though Missourians overwhelmingly voted in 1992 to implement term limit laws, a legislative committee tabled a recommendation Monday to bring the issue up for a vote again. Sen. John Schneider, D-Florissant, wanted the Joint Interim Committee on Term Limits to recommend changes to the current law.
Legislation is filed to block lawsuits against the gun industry.
Sen. Peter Kinder has filed legislation that would prohibit lawsuits against the gun industry by local governments. St. Louis city has such a lawsuit pending, but Kinder concedes he does not know if that state could block a lawsuit that has already been filed. See our newspaper story for details. Also see our radio story . Top education says pre-kindergarten education would close test score gap Education Commissioner Bob Bartman says better preschool education would lead to better test scores for black students.