Radio Story - Missouri's governor is criticizing the school desegretation plan stalled in the Senate Education Committee. Newspaper Story - Appeals by the St. Louis school desegregation settlement coordinator fails to budget rural opposition to the desegregtion bill. Newspaper Story - Missouri is part of a Pentagon pilot program that would allow overseas citizens to vote through the Internet. Radio Story - Lawmakers are urged to block goverment retirement benefits to officials convicted of crimes like former House Speaker Bob Griffin. Annual inspections are being accelerated.
Officials say the capitol is safe.
The senator who cast the vote that sustained Gov. Mel Carnahan's veto of a partial-birth abortion measure has sponsored a nearly identical bill. She said the language in last year's bill was to vague. Radio Story - St Louis County Senator Betty Sims sponsors a measure calling for a partial birth abortion ban even though she helped defeat a similar bill last year. Newspaper Story - Misssouri's Secretary of State endorsed a presidential primary for the state at a legislative committee hearing. This week, college interns working at the state capitol complete a sexual harassment seminar.