The 2nd Annual Cape Girardeau Storytelling Festival will be held April 3, 4 and 5 in downtown Cape Girardeau. Chuck Martin, Executive Director of the Cape Girardeau Convention & Visitor's Bureau, discuesses the festival and dispels some myths.
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The situation in Sudan has gone from bad to worse. On March 4, 2009, the International Criminal Court (ICC), issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes in the Darfur region. Over the last six years, at least two-hundred thousand people have died in Darfur, and 2.7 million people have been displaced, as a result of ethnic and political conflict.
Since the ICC arrest warrant was issued, Bashir has expelled 13 international aid agencies, who he claims are ICC spies. The humanitarian effort in Sudan is the largest in the world, as they provide aid for the millions who have lost their homes in the conflict. Bashir says that aid supplies are welcome, but that they will be distributed by Sudanese NGOs.
KRCU's Jacob McCleland spoke with Don Kraus, the CEO for Citizens for Global Solutions, an organization which promotes peace and human rights. It’s also one the leading U-S-based organizations that focuses on the International Criminal Court.
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A new bill introduced in the Missouri Senate would allow the Department of Social Services to perform drug tests on recipients of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Sen. Jason Crowell proposed the legislation. He says that the TANF program’s intention is to be temporary. It’s a way to help individuals transition from unemployment back into the work force. Crowell says that TANF is a working partnership between the government and the unemployed, and the first thing that needs to be done is to make sure that those on the public roles are not drug abusers. “You’re not going to find a permanent, well-paying job today in the private sector,” he notes, “if you can’t pass a drug screen.”
Sen. Crowell spoke with KRCU's Jacob McCleland.
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