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• Cole County's circuit judge delays a decision on boats in moats. (01/23/98)
• Tax cuts dominate both the governor's State of the State address and GOP reaction. (01/21/98)
• House passes request for PSC to continue a long-distance phone service in rural areas. (01/20/98)
• Welfare to work proposed by GOP lawmakers. (01/19/98)
• A compromise is offered to a Senate committee for the English language bill. (01/19/98)

Missouri's six moat-based gambling boats were given another two weeks lease on life by Cole County Circuit Judge Byron Kinder.

Kinder delayed until early February a decision his temporary order blocking the state Gaming Commission from taking action against the boats.

The commission has schedule a disciplinary hearing on the boats after the state Supreme Court ruled that moat-based gambling was not authorized by the state constitution.

See our newspaper story for complete details.

Gov. Mel Carnahan gave his $100 million in property tax relief top billing in his State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature Wednesday.

But Republican leaders immediately charged the plan was too small. They proposed a package of cuts totalling $300 million.

There were few surprises in the governor's speech in which he repeated earlier proposals for tougher laws against meth and funds to provide day care services at local public schools.

We have a package of stories available for more information on the governor's proposals:

• A table of the governor's budget proposals.
• An infobox of the governor's major proposals.
• A newspaper story on GOP reaction.
• A newspaper story on details of the governor's recommendations for higher education.
• A radio story on the governor's proposal to block smut from computers at school.

By an overwhemling vote, the House has joined the Senate in protesting a PSC decision to let phone companies cease a rural LD calling service in rural areas.

The service, called COS, allows toll-free LD calls for regional areas.

The resolution, passed last week by the Senate, has no force of law other than expressing the legislature's opinion.

See our newspaper storyor our radio story more information.

House Republicans have proposed their own proposal to implement federal welfare reform.

The GOP plan would impose stronger requirements that welfare recipients register to work.

After legislative failure to pass a welfare reorganization bill, several Democratic lawmakers have said they were content to let the administration implement the bill.

See our newspaper story for details.

English would be the state's "common" language in a compromise proposed to the Senate Finance Committee as an alternative to the plan of previous years to make English the "official" language.

But even with the milder word and provisions for English training programs, the bill sparked opposition testimoney before the committee.

See our radio story for details.