Tagged: roy blunt

Regional news coverage from the KBIA Newsroom, including:

• Missouri Senator Roy Blunt addresses Missouri House.
• Missouri Senator Rob Schaaf attempts to block legislation authorizing government database to track prescription drugs.
• Columbia College breaks ground on $14 million science building Thursday.
• Missouri lawmakers unlikely to pass legislation making I-70 a toll raod in 2012.

Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt briefly addressed the Missouri House Thursday.

One year after the intentional breach of the Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri, Sen. Roy Blunt is criticizing the Army Corps of Engineers for the pace of efforts to rebuild the levee.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News room, including:

• Missouri Senate debates various opinions on state budget.
• Federal money used to build five community health centers across Missouri.
• Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) calls for speedier rebuilding effort of Birds Point Levee.
  

US Senator Claire McCaskill says President Barack Obama’s budget, which was released Monday, is a workable document.

The Obama administration continues to come under fire for a rule that would make religious organizations cover contraceptives under employees' health care plans. A compromise announced on Friday has not placated the president's critics, including members of Missouri's congressional delegation.