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Rachel Higginbotham is a senior Newspaper Reporting and Anthropology student at the University of Missouri. Before working for MDN, she reported for Adelante!, a bilingual monthly for the mid-Missouri Hispanic population. She is also a contributing writer for ActNow.com.au, an online inititative of the Inspire Foundation, based in Sydney, Australia.

Rachel Higginbotham Stories

• 5/ 9/2007: Radio Story - An amendment to a Missouri economic development bill would legalize ticket scapling for sporting events.
• 2/19/2007: Radio Story - The House Democratic Leader sent a letter to the governor voicing his disapproval of the sale.
• 2/12/2007: Radio Story - The bills would allow Missourians to kill anyone breaking into their home or car.
• 1/29/2007: Radio Story - The proposal to reject a pay raise for judges, lawmakers and elected officials died in committee.
• 1/24/2007: Newspaper Story - Full text of Gov. Matt Blunt's 2007 State of the State speech from the governor's Web site.
• 1/22/2007: Radio Story - Rep. Jeff Roorda is sponsoring a bill that would prevent non-compliant police agencies from enforcing the law.

Stories by Rachel Higginbotham include:

• 12/13/2006: Newspaper Story - President Dan Mehan applauds proposal for premium offsets for small businesses.
• 11/29/2006: Newspaper Story - The state's salary commission voted unanimously today to recommend pay raises for state officials, judges and legislators.
• 11/27/2006: Newspaper Story - Salary commission chairman says he thinks a judicial pay raise will be recommended.
• 11/15/2006: Newspaper Story - Gov. Blunt's chief of staff issued a letter to the MOHELA board on Monday calling for transparency.
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - Just a few minutes before midnight on Tuesday, Montee led Thomas 51 to 45 percent.
• 11/ 8/2006: Newspaper Story - A spokesperson for Gov. Blunt said the state's Salary Commission could start meeting at any time.
• 11/ 1/2006: Newspaper Story - Missourians will no longer be able to use
• 10/30/2006: Radio Story - Amendment 7 would deny pensions to convicted officials, but some Missouri lawmakers say the real change is in the fine print.
• 10/25/2006: Newspaper Story - Amendment 7 would take pensions away from elected officials, give more power to compensation commission
• 10/16/2006: Newspaper Story - Small business owners in support of Prop B gathered today in Columbia, Kansas City and St. Louis
• 10/ 4/2006: Newspaper Story - The third-party candidates for state auditor both say their independence from party lines is an important plus.
• 10/ 2/2006: Newspaper Story - The people who will be most affected by Proposition B may not be voting in this year's election.
• 9/27/2006: Newspaper Story - State auditor candidates both say their experience will help them do the job.
• 9/20/2006: Newspaper Story - A business owner and his employee personify the arguments over the minimum wage proposal on the November ballot.
• 9/20/2006: Newspaper Story - Gov. Matt Blunt's Chief-of-Staff said that a delay is possible after the resignation of three MOHELA board members.
• 9/13/2006: Newspaper Story - The results of a ballot recount for the Republican state auditor candidate primary were announced today.
• 9/ 6/2006: Newspaper Story - A spokesperson for the governor's office dismissed Attorney General Jay Nixon's letter to the MOHELA board as a rant.
• 8/30/2006: Newspaper Story - The governor approved almost $1 million in tax credits for Missouri not-for-profits, including Boone Hospital Foundation
• 8/28/2006: Newspaper Story - Missouri experienced a double-digit percentage drop in unemployment last month.
• 8/23/2006: Newspaper Story - S.O.S. Jobs, Give Missourians a Raise release conflicting sets of data concerning Prop B.