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5:35 pm
Thu January 13, 2011

Gov. Nixon releases $7.5 million for school bus funding in Mo.

Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon announced the release of funds for public school busing today. (via Flickr/wheany)
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Governor Jay Nixon has released $7.5 million for public school busing that he had earlier withheld due to Missouri's budget troubles.

The amount is just a fraction of the $70 million budgeted for public school transportation, the rest of which remains frozen.

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Mo. House of Representatives
3:03 pm
Thu January 13, 2011

Smoking still allowed in Mo. House Capitol offices

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The dome of the Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City, Mo. Mo. House of Representatives members voted against a ban on smoking in their Capitol offices today. (via Flickr/jimbowen0306)
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Though the recent trend in Missouri has been to go smoke free, the Missouri House voted today to continue to allow smoking in members' offices in the Capitol building.

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MO Statehouse
8:26 pm
Wed January 12, 2011

Mo. House committee votes to require drug testing for welfare recipients

Credit Marshall Griffin, St. Louis Public Radio
Members of the House Committee on General Laws passed legislation requiring welfare recipients to undergo drug testing in order to receive benefits on Wed. (Marshall Griffin/St. Louis Public Radio)
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A Missouri House committee has passed legislation that would require some welfare recipients to undergo drug testing in order to receive benefits.


Members of the House Committee on General Laws took testimony from supporters and opponents before casting their votes.


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