Bill Raack

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Raack has been in radio for over 20 years. After graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1983, he worked at commercial radio stations in Kansas and then Illinois. He moved to public radio in 1990, joining the staff of WILL-AM/FM in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, as a host/reporter and then as news director in 1993. He returned to his hometown of St. Louis in 1995 as the local host of St. Louis Public Radio's Morning Edition program and also served as a reporter/producer until 1998, when he was named news director. Bill and his wife Kim are proud parents of two public-radio-listening children.

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Area potholes get filled
4:22 pm
Mon March 18, 2013

MoDOT Wants You To Report Those Pesky Potholes

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Missouri Department of Transportation workers patch a pothole on Monday on South Woods Mill Road near Route 40 in Town and Country.
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You’ve seen them popping up all over the roads in the area. Now, the Missouri Department of Transportation wants you to let them know where they are.


MoDOT’s enhanced pothole repair initiative started Monday. The agency’s goal is to temporarily patch as many potholes as possible as quickly as possible. District engineer Ed Hassinger says that means they want the public to let them know where the worst potholes are. They’ll try to have them filled as quickly as possible, perhaps even within 24 hours.

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McCaskill Pay Cut
5:02 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

Sen. McCaskill Promises To Take Pay Cut

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Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri says she will take a cut in pay as a show of solidarity with those federal workers who face furloughs due to the sequester.

McCaskill and Senator Bill Nelson of Florida have proposed a bill that would reduce congressional salaries once the furloughs begin. McCaskill says she wants to hold lawmakers accountable for not coming up with an alternative to the sequester as a means of cutting federal spending.

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2011 Mississippi River Flood
2:33 pm
Mon February 25, 2013

Report: 2011 Flood "Exposed Vulnerabilities" On Mississippi River

The confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the near-historic Mississippi River flood of 2011 caused $2.8 billion in damage and tested the system of levees, reservoirs and floodways like no other flood before it.

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Winter Storm
5:04 pm
Wed February 20, 2013

St. Louis Area Wrestles Winter Storm Aftermath

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A motorist is helped after encountering a snow drift on Highway 64 in Ladue, Mo. on February 21, 2013.
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Snowflakes fall around the Lou Brock statue as Busch Stadium workers begin to clear the area in St. Louis on February 21, 2013. A morning ice storm and then several inches of snow have slowed or closed roads, businesses and schools.
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State of the State Address
11:39 am
Mon January 28, 2013

Gov. Nixon Delivers 2013 'State Of The State' Address

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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon smiles as he prepares to deliver the State of the State address in the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. on Jan. 28, 2013.
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(l-r) Mo. House Speaker Tim Jones (R, Eureka) and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (R) listen as Gov. Jay Nixon (D) delivers his annual State of the State Address.
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Gov. Nixon delivers his annual State of the State Address on Jan. 28th, 2013.
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House Speaker Tim Jones (R) listens as Gov. Jay Nixon (D) delivers the 2013 State of the State Address.
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A panoramic view of the Mo. House chamber as Gov. Nixon delivers his 2013 State of the State Address.
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Updated at 5:45 a.m. to include feature story on the Governor's State of the State Address by Marshall Griffin.

Governor Jay Nixon (D) pitched a $25.7 billion budget to the state of Missouri during Monday’s State of the State Address.  It includes spending increases for K-12 schools, Higher Education, and the proposed Medicaid expansion he’s been calling for since late November.  St. Louis Public Radio’s Marshall Griffin takes a closer look at the Governor’s speech and his proposed spending plan for next year:

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