Photo ID
8:13 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Missouri House passes photo ID resolution

Credit Marshall Griffin, St. Louis Public Radio
Mo. Capitol

A proposed constitutional amendment that would require Missouri voters to show photo identification at the polls has passed the Missouri House.

The resolution’s sponsor, State Representative Stanley Cox (R, Sedalia), argued that a photo ID is a better method of identification that a utility bill, which is allowed under current law.

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From St. Louis on the Air
6:21 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

A discussion on the ramifications of Bin Laden's death

Credit (via White House photographer Pete Souza)

On today's St. Louis on the Air, our guests shared their unique perspectives on the death of Osama bin Laden, and what it means for the war on terror.

You can listen to the full show here, but here are a few highlights:

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Spring Flooding
5:35 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Army Corps decides to blow up Missouri levee

Credit (via Butler Miller)
An aerial look at the flooding around Cairo, Ill. on April 28, 2011.

Updated 10:30 p.m. May 2:

Around 10:15, the Army Corps of Engineers posted to its Facebook page that the first section of the levee had been breached.

Updated 5:58 p.m. May 2 with information that levee will be broken and additional information:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to detonate the Birds Point levee in southern Missouri tonight.

Officials announced the decision this evening.

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Death of Osama Bin Laden
4:38 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Behind the scenes with President Obama: the mission against Osama Bin Laden

Credit (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza/via White House Flickr account)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011.

("Please note: a classified document seen in the above photograph has been obscured."- Pete Souza)

These are a series of photos from chief official White House photographer for President Obama, Pete Souza. He describes them on his Twitter account as "Behind the scenes photos of President Obama from yesterday's mission in Pakistan."

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death of Osama Bin Laden
4:10 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Missouri veterans say U.S. mission continues, despite Bin Laden's death

Some military veterans from Missouri say America’s mission in Iraq and Afghanistan isn’t over, just because Osama Bin Laden is now dead. 

Major John Gillum of Jefferson City served in Iraq and Afghanistan with both the Army Reserve and the Missouri National Guard.

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SLPS audit
3:00 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

SLPS subpoenaed over attendance numbers

Credit (Marshall Griffin/St. Louis Public Radio)
Mo. auditor Tom Schweich has activated his rapid response team to investigate allegations that the St. Louis Public Schools falsified attendance records.

Updated at 9:20 a.m. May 3:

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has listed the specific school involved in the allegations as Patrick Henry Downtown Academy.

Updated at 5:30 p.m. May 2 with a statement from the St. Louis Public Schools

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Bin Laden death
2:26 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Local politicians react to death of Osama Bin Laden

Updated 2:15 p.m. May 2 with information from conference call with Sen. Blunt

From Senator Roy Blunt:

"Osama bin Laden's death is a major victory for America. This development is the culmination of the sacrifices and dedication from our brave troops and intelligence professionals. After nearly a decade, it also brings a great measure of justice and closure for all Americans who lost loved ones as a result of the brutal attacks against our nation on 9/11. While this does not mean the end of our fight against global terrorism, bin Laden's death is a major blow to al-Qaeda and the terrorist organizations he financed."

In a Monday conference call, Blunt praised the president for sending Special Forces into bin Laden's Pakistani compound, rather than conducting a bombing raid.

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Education Funding
1:47 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Mo. Gov. Nixon signs education funding legislation

Credit (UPI/Bill Greenblatt)
Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon shakes hands in Jan. with students after outlining his plan that would include low-income students in the A-plus Community College scholarship program. Nixon signed legislation today regarding education funding in Mo.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation allowing the use of $189 million in federal education money to fill shortfalls in state funding.

Nixon signed the measure Monday at a high school in Linn, about a half-hour east of Jefferson City.

The federal money won't yield a net increase in the funding of local school districts. But it will help avoid a reduction in basic state aid to schools during this and future academic years.

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Osama Bin Laden Killed
12:37 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Bin Laden's Last Stand: A Fiery Raid In Pakistan

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:54 am

Helicopters descended out of darkness on the most important counterterrorism mission in U.S. history. It was an operation so secret, only a select few U.S. officials knew what was about to happen.

The location was a fortified compound in an affluent area north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. The target was Osama bin Laden.

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Missouri Budget
12:02 pm
Mon May 2, 2011

Mo. budget stalled on education, social services

Credit (via Flickr/jennlynndesign)
An interior view of the dome at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo.

Will be updated.

Funding for education is being pitted against aid to the elderly and disabled as Missouri lawmakers attempt to negotiate a final version of the state budget.

Negotiations stalled shortly after they started Monday because of a disagreement among House and Senate members about how much Missouri can afford to spend in the fiscal year that starts July 1.

At issue are the amounts of money going toward public school busing, colleges and universities, in-home care providers for the disabled and prescription drug aid for seniors and the disabled.

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