Holden announced the state expects an additional $50 to $100 million dollar budget shortfall.

That means any plan with a large fiscal note, including the Cardinals issue, will be under increased scrutiny.

proponents argue that off-track betting is needed to get encourage a business to develop a horse race track in Missouri.

Although Missourians approved on-track betting in 1984, no race track has been developed.

Dolan submitted a new map of redrawn district lines to the Senate Redistricting Committee. He called his map a "working document."

Wilson is a member of the student council which helps plan and run the school's character education program. This kind of character based education is an example of one of Gov. Bob Holden's major policy initiatives this legislative session.

The Missouri legislature passed has emergency appropriations request to use $126 million of the state's tobacco settlement money for a predicted budget shortfall.

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Opponents say local school boards should be given money to distribute to the teachers they feel should be given incentives.

Right now, only 44 of 60,000 teachers in Missouri are national board certified.

The provision to was adopted as an amendment to broad anti-crime bill. The House adjourned Tuesday before reaching a vote on the full bill itself.

The amendment was offered by the House majority leader, Rep. Wayne Crump, who also is sponsor of legislation to legalize concealed weapons.

They responded to the changes in the bill, saying they still don't do enough to make the bill sound policy, and they gave out a newspaper with arguments against the plan and the names and phone numbers of all state senators and representatives.