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Jade also works at KOMU-TV in Columbia, MO. She plans to be a reporter after completion of her degree. 

Stories by Jade Mingus include:

• 12/13/2005: Radio Story - Gov. Matt Blunt and MoDot chief engineer Kevin Keith say toll roads are in Missouri's future
• 12/ 6/2005: Radio Story - The Public Counsel office wants an emergency clause added to the "Cold Weather Rule".
• 12/ 1/2005: Radio Story - House Republican Rod Jetton says he will back a bill that to make kids get vision tests.
• 11/29/2005: Radio Story - Missouri Democrats say they wanted the seat filled in the already scheduled February special elections.
• 11/10/2005: Radio Story - Health officials told the panel they are taking preventive measures to fight an outbreak.
• 10/27/2005: Radio Story - The commission now has the nine members necessary to hold a meeting.
• 10/14/2005: Radio Story - The bird flu is a national concern, but the Department of Health says Missourians shouldn't be too worried.
• 9/30/2005: Radio Story - Republicans say the move is neccessary to save time, but Democrats say it silences the voice of poor, rural Missourians.
• 9/ 2/2005: Radio Story - Friday morning major units from Columbia, Fulton, and Maryville left for New Orleans to provide aid.
• 8/25/2005: Radio Story - Department of Transportation spokesperson Jeff Briggs says his department would lose over 16 million dollars.
• 5/ 2/2005: Radio Story - Pet legislation was proposed by both Democrats and Republicans, but none of the bills were passed.
• 4/25/2005: Radio Story - The popularity of online gambling is grabbing money from the Missouri Lottery.
• 4/18/2005: Radio Story - Bill Alter was sworn into the senate today, before the Secretary of State's office recounted the votes.
• 4/13/2005: Radio Story - Democrat Trent Skaggs backed an amendment that would have saved the state of Missouri nearly 300,000 dollars.
• 4/ 6/2005: Radio Story - Hundreds of Missourians voiced their opposition to proposed healthcare cuts.
• 3/14/2005: Radio Story - St. Louis City Senator Pat Dougherty says the debate should last well into the night.
• 3/ 7/2005: Radio Story - Thousands of Missourians could lose their health care coverage if Republican Senator Chuck Purgason's bill to cut Medicaid spending passes.
• 2/14/2005: Radio Story - Senator Matt Bartle's bill that outlaws human cloning and SCNT, or somatic cell nuclear transfer.
• 2/ 2/2005: Radio Story - Mexico Senator John Cauthorn is backing a bill that would take the power to regulate confined animal feed organizations.
• 1/31/2005: Radio Story - Republican Carl Bearden says he hopes the new ownership of the paper will be more fair and balanced in their coverage of issues. However, Democratic Senator Pat Dougherty says the Post-Dispatch has previously done a good job covering controversial issues.
• 1/31/2005: Radio Story - Republican Representative Carl Bearden says he hopes the new ownership will work on a more fair and balanced newspaper. However, Democrats, like Senator Pat Dougherty argue the Post-Dispatch has done a good job of addressing controversial issues.
• 1/26/2005: Radio Story - House Democrats are upset that three weeks into the legislative session only two of their 58 bills have been assigned to committees.
• 1/26/2005: Radio Story - House Democrats are upset that three weeks into the legislative session only two of their 58 bills have been assigned to committees.
• 1/24/2005: Radio Story - Governor Matt Blunt's executive order is effective immediately. Blunt's order bans all video games, both violent and non-violent from Missouri state prisons.

Stories by Jade Mingus include:

• 12/ 7/2004: Radio Story - Matt Blunt named Springfield, Mo., native Ken McClure as his joint chief of staff on Tuesday. Blunt also named four other gubernatorial appointments including John Russell, as the deputy chief of staff for administration, and Rob Monsees as the deputy chief of staff for policy.
• 11/30/2004: Radio Story - Missourians cast 8,183 provisional ballots on November 2nd, but only 3,292 could be verified. Secretary of State and governer-elect Matt Blunt is scheduled to certify the official election results on Wednesday.
• 10/19/2004: Radio Story - Terrorism Committee Chairman John Griesheimer says his committee will discuss the use of employee background checks. The proposed hiring change is due to the FBI investigation of the Islamic American Relief Agency and its executive director, an employee of the Department of Natural Resources.
• 10/ 5/2004: Radio Story - State-wide politicians are attending debate watch parties with voters instead of showing up at the town hall forum debate. Some political analysts say it is because the debate is too risky for Missouri candidates.
• 9/28/2004: Radio Story - School officals say gas price hikes make it hard to transport students cheaply. Current gas prices also hurt school bus companies like First Student.
• 9/21/2004: Radio Story - Kerry has recently reduced funding for TV ads in Missouri. He is redirecting money to Ohio and Florida. Some politicans and analysts argue this will hurt the Democratic candidates in the state-wide races.
• 9/14/2004: Radio Story - Supporters say Amendment three will increase funding for Missouri Department of Transportation. Opponents say the initiative will make an already tight budget more strained.
• 8/31/2004: Radio Story - The Missouri Senior Rx program is set to end in December 2005 and begin again in July 2006 leaving a six month gap in prescription healthcare coverage.