Marshall Griffin

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Statehouse Reporter

St. Louis Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a native of Mississippi and proud alumnus of Ole Miss (welcome to the SEC, Mizzou!). He 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, their cat, Honey, and their newly-adopted puppy, Liberty Belle.

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MO Statehouse

12:19 pm

Thu April 21, 2011

Mo. Senate passes FY2012 budget

By Marshall Griffin

The Missouri Senate has passed the state budget for next year.

The Senate’s $23.2 billion spending plan cuts the state’s higher education budget by 4.8 percent, and provides an additional $20 million for school bus funding. Kurt Schaefer (R, Columbia) sponsored the budget bills in the Senate.

Shrinking the Missouri House

11:27 am

Thu April 21, 2011

Mo. Senate passes plan to shrink House

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The Missouri House of Representatives chambers during Gov. Jay Nixon's State of the State Address on Jan. 19, 2011.

By Marshall Griffin

A proposed constitutional amendment that would shrink the size of the Missouri House from 163 members to 103 has passed the Missouri Senate.

If it passes both chambers, the measure would go before voters next year.

State Senator Jim Lembke (R, Lemay) says the downsizing would not happen right away.

Dog breeding law

1:01 am

Thu April 21, 2011

Dueling Prop B rallies held in Mo. capital as Nixon weighs options

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Several hundred people attended a rally at the State Capitol calling on Gov. Nixon to sign SB 113, which would roll back many of the provisions in Proposition B.

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A young woman holds a sign lampooning the Humane Society of the U.S., which opposes any changes to Proposition B.

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Around a hundred Proposition B supporters rally in front of the Mo. Governor's Mansion, calling on Gov. Nixon to veto Senate Bill 113.

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Demonstrators hold signs while calling on Gov. Nixon to veto Senate Bill 113, which would roll back many of Proposition B's regulations.

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Rebeccah and Greg McNay of Kansas City brought their dogs, Bonnie and Clyde, to the pro-Proposition B rally outside the Governor's Mansion.

By Marshall Griffin

As Governor Jay Nixon (D) weighs his options on a bill to roll back voter-approved dog breeding regulations, supporters and opponents of Proposition B staged dueling rallies a few blocks from each other in Jefferson City.

Several hundred people gathered outside the State Capitol to urge the governor to sign a bill passed by the Missouri House and Senate that would remove the 50-dog per breeder limit and relax provisions for living space and veterinary exams.

Aerotropolis bill

9:55 pm

Wed April 20, 2011

Aerotropolis bill before Mo. Senate committee

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Lambert-St. Louis International Airport

By Marshall Griffin

After easily passing the House last week, a Missouri Senate committee is now considering a bill designed to make Lambert Airport an international air cargo hub.

The so-called Aerotropolis bill would provide around $480 million in tax credits to companies that develop air cargo facilities at or near Lambert. Airport Director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge told the committee that the bill is about more than just doing business with China.

MO Statehouse

7:39 pm

Tue April 19, 2011

Nuclear site permit may be dead for 2011

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Ameren Missouri's Callaway Nuclear plant

By Marshall Griffin

Legislation that would allow Missouri utility customers to be billed for a site permit for a second nuclear reactor may be dead for the session.

The measure had recently been added to a separate bill dealing with utility deposits and the Office of Public Counsel.

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