Ten of the nation’s largest banks have been granted permission to repay 68 billion dollars in Troubled Asset Relief Program funds.

Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson, who represents Missouri’s 8th District, joins Jacob McCleland over the phone to explain why she believes these repaid TARP funds should go directly towards paying down the national debt.

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The Missouri Attorney General’s office recently released its 2008 Vehicle Stops Report. The report lays out the racial and ethnic makeup of individuals pulled over by police. The Attorney General uses this information to determine if racial profiling is a continuing practice among Missouri’s law enforcement agencies. The report found that African-Americans continue to be stopped at disproportional rates compared to white and Hispanic drivers.

Missouri law requires that all law enforcement agencies submit detailed reports of each driver who has been pulled over, including each individual’s race.

Jeff Rojek, a professor of criminology at the University of South Carolina and one of the authors of the report, speaks about the numbers on the report.

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At the end of December 2009, Jane Stephens will retire as provost of Southeast Missouri State University.

Dr. Stephens has been Southeast’s provost since 2000. During her career she has also served as assistant provost, academic associate in the office of the provost, director of honors and coordinator of the Governor’s Scholarship Program. She was also Executive Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of South Carolina.

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