Thursday, April 12
The Missouri Times: House committee to extend its
investigation, Legislature will seek special session
JCNT: House leaders talking special session amid calls
for Greitens' resignation X
The Missouri Times: Woman's story includes a slap,
other aggressive behavior from Greitens during multiple encounters
KWMU: Woman in Greitens affair says first encounter
was not consensual
SNL: Greitens report: Woman details multiple
sexual encounters with Greitens X
AP:
Report: Greitens was aggressor in unwanted sexual encounter
KC Star: Woman: First sexual encounter with
Greitens was not consensual X
P-D: Woman details her multiple sexual encounters with
Greitens
Columbia Missourian: House investigative report
details woman's sexual encounters with Greitens
The Missouri Times: Greitens decries House
investigative report, calls it 'full of lies'
JCNT: Greitens: House committee's report is
product of 'political witch hunt' X
Missourinet: Greitens calls House committee report
'one-sided tabloid trash gossip'
KC Star: Greitens says he's target of 'political witch
hunt,' vows to fight X
SNL: McCaskill, Hawley say Greitens should resign X
KC Star: Hawley calls on Greitens to 'resign
immediately' X
KC Star: Hartzler: Report on Greitens 'surpasses
disturbing'; McCaskill calls for resignation X
The Missouri Times: Peter Kinder calls for resignation
or impeachment of governor; Parson calls for the state to 'move
forward'
SE
Missourian: Peter Kinder calls for Greitens to resign or face
impeachment; local lawmakers not calling for impeachment yet +
CDT: Missouri House Republicans ready to consider
impeaching Greitens X
Missourinet: Richardson, Beatty react to Greitens
report
P-D: What's next? 'Moral turpitude' allows
Legislature to impeach officials X
The Missouri Times: Twitter bots working overtime on
behalf of Greitens
P-D: Trump signs Wagner, McCaskill sex-trafficking bill X
JCNT: Rallies continue to support pro-gun rights,
opposition to anti-gun legislation X
The Missouri Times: Senate committee approves Eddy
Justice appointment, now headed to the floor
Columbia Missourian: Senate cuts prescription drug
monitoring program in budget proposal
Washington Missourian: Schatz bill limits commercial
vehicle stops performed by Franklin County
P-D: Family sues Missouri prison officials, employees
over death at St. Louis halfway house X
The Missouri Times: House looks to form Bicentennial
Commission
SNL: 'Turkey fans' are legal, but Missouri Dept. of
Conservation urges caution X
Missourinet: Urban clergy unhappy with gun bill
P-D: Local clergy complain about concealed carry
proposal from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) X
Washington Missourian editorial: Money flowing to
McCaskill and Hawley would be better spent on other things
P-D editorial: Sessions-Kushner feud holds policy
implications for Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Step down, Gov. Greitens, or
prepare to be impeached X
P-D editorial: Amid stories of sexual perversion and
abuse, Greitens cannot continue as governor X
CDT op-ed: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler: In the
growing digital divide, rural Missouri is getting left behind X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Ray Hartmann is
right - Eric Greitens is a coward, and this newspaper identified him as
a phony early on X
Messenger: House report stings like the slap woman
claims Greitens gave her X
P-D letter: Affton woman attempts analogy involving a
mouse and Eric Greitens X
KC Star letter: Grandview sexagenarian still angry
over Legislature's decision to honor Rush Limbaugh six (6) years ago X
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Wednesday, April 11
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt questions Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg over data X
Missourinet: Blunt questions Facebook exec during
lengthy U.S. Senate panel hearing
KWMU: Missouri farmers wait for U.S., China to find
common ground
P-D: Trump nominates St. Louis lawyer Stephen Clark to
a federal judgeship X
SE
Missourian: Trump nominates Sheriff John Jordan for federal
marshal post +
AP:
Jason Kander to release book ahead of presidential campaign
P-D: League of Women Voters, 2018 congressional
runner-ups, others congregate to dream about "getting money out of
politics"
Drebes: Empower Missouri adds lobbyists Jeremy
LaFaver, Sammy Panettiere and Jeff Brooks
Clayton Times: Judge issues tentative gag order in
Greitens case
KWMU: Judge places partial gag order on participants
in Greitens felony trial
Missourinet: Temporary gag order against public
comment issued in Greitens' criminal case
P-D: Wave of Greitens case pretrial publicity prompts
partial gag order
This Week in Missouri Politics mid-week update: "They
went too far": Scott Faughn on Greitens team's legal strategy,
House report holdout, Twistagatory bots, Hawley's approach, much much
more
AP:
Woman's attorney accuses governor's team of 'smear campaign'
Missourinet: House GOP, Dems plan press conferences
after report's release
P-D: Mason-Dixon poll shows Greitens' approval
underwater, especially among women X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democratic Party
continues push to tie Hawley to Greitens
The Missouri Times: Is history on the side of
appointing a lieutenant governor if it were vacant?
SE
Missourinet: Missouri Senate to decide fate of bill to ban
abortions after baby is capable of feeling pain +
Missourinet: Munzlinger optimistic about industrial
hemp bill
AP:
Missouri Senate bill would expand St. Louis Sheriff's reach
KWMU: Not much progress for Missouri students on
national education assessment
Missourinet: Missouri Senate adopts proposal to impose
term limits on U.S. Congress
JCNT: Rally against "pay gap" draws fewer than 50 to
Capitol; Gals complain about "occupational segregation," other
injustices X
P-D editorial: Greitens can save everyone more
embarrassment by just going away X
KC Star editorial: Greitens is dragging his feet on
Ethics Commission because of complaint against him X
Jensen:
HUD secretary's mission to improve department will help Missouri +
P-D op-ed: Early childhood education advocates:
Credit to Blunt for pushing Early Head Start funding X
Messenger: Greitens' attempt to blindfold Missouri
voters could leave a lasting mark on the state
X
Waters: Who says we need a gas tax increase? X
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Tuesday, April 10
P-D: Congress returns to battles about old, new
economy; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
AP:
McCaskill raises $3.9 million for re-election bid
KC Star: McCaskill rakes in cash ahead of tough
re-election fight X
P-D: Jamie Allman off the television airwaves after
Tweet about Parkland activist X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Local immigrants
complain about Trump, promote anti-Trump forum
Drebes:
Northland KC PAC formed to help Kevin Corlew
The Missouri Times: First Lady breaks silence on
scandal, disputes timeline of ex-husband
The Missouri Times: Does the photo exist? The governor
refuses to say.
SNL: Greitens admitted more than once to taking
nonconsensual photo, woman's attorney says X
KWMU: Greitens' filing contends ex-mistress may have
seen photo in 'dream'
P-D: Greitens' lawyers dispute 'dream' evidence X
The Missouri Times: After 9 hours of deposition,
Greitens' team attempts to discredit photo claim
The Missouri Times: Ex-mistress confirms photo again,
asking Greitens to accept responsibility for his actions
Missourinet: Lawyer for woman accuses Greitens' team
of mischaracterizing testimony, wants full transcript released
Missourinet: St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office
accuses Greitens' defense of attempting to try case in the media
KC Star: Greitens' lawyers challenge credibility of
woman allegedly photographed while nude X
The Missouri Times: Special investigative committee
deadline extended, Barnes says 'nothing has changed'
JCNT: Barnes: Greitens report coming this
week; committee's work extended X
Missourinet: Barnes: Missouri House committee
will release a Greitens report this week
KWMU: Deadline extended for Missouri lawmakers
investigating Greitens
P-D: Legislative report on Greitens expected tomorrow
AP:
Attorneys seeking information from Confide headquarters
Brownfield Ag News: Eric Schmitt's Missouri FIRST
change allows loan renewals for small business and ag operations
Clayton Times: Krewson, Stenger ask Greitens to fill
long-vacated Bi-State Development Board seat
SNL: In slow start, 12 rural Missouri schools join
Greitens' broadband initiative in first year
X
P-D: National test results show Missouri sets a lower
bar for student proficiency X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
talks tax overhaul, urges caution to "get it right"
Columbia Missourian: Tax credits for donations to
pregnancy resource centers may be reauthorized
Columbia Missourian: Parents could temporarily give up
custody of children under proposed law
Columbia Missourian: Sex offenders register for a
lifetime, but a bill would let some petition for removal
AP:
Missouri Senate calls for term limits in U.S. Constitution
Missourinet: MoDOT worker who had a close call:
"I'm begging people to buckle up, put your phones down"
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears bill to
change animal confiscation procedures
Missourinet: Hawley launches investigation into
Clinton-Peabody conditions
SE
Missourian editorial: 13 new citizens join America with pride,
distinction +
KC Star editorial: Does Missouri really want to
commemorate a racist in the nation's Capitol?
X
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian wants Greitens to step
down immediately X
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Monday, April 9
Missourinet:
McCaskill, Galloway speak at annual event for SW MO Dems
AP: McCaskill announces federal grant for housing for
homeless veterans
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Reps. Jean
Evans and Nick Schroer, Jim Lembke, Sam Gladney talk Missouri GOP tax
cuts, Hawley and Clinton-Peabody housing project conditions, House's
report on Greitens, raise-the-age legislation, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) tells Mannies & Rosenbaum why Democrats
should want Greitens out now, much more
Missourinet: Woman at center of Greitens case says
memory of photograph might have just been from "a dream," talks about
sending erotic pictures to Greitens after basement encounter
P-D: Report: Sheena Greitens says husbands'
mistress' ex stalked her X
KC Star: Greitens report set for release X
SNL: Video: Capitol reporter Will Schmitt talks
budget, Greitens report, Elijah Haahr's tax cuts X
St. Joseph News-Press: In three-way race, Tony
Luetkemeyer brands himself as outsider X
St. Joseph News-Press: Republicans meet to discuss Van
Meter candidacy X
Drebes:
House Budget Chair Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) explains why
March 2018 net revenues were below March 2017 revenues
P-D: As filing day approaches, Missouri tax office
showing improvement
CDT: Senate Appropriations Committee to begin budget
deliberations X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hansen supports Missouri abortion
bill
KWMU: Volkswagen settlement could overhaul Missouri's
aging fleet of school buses
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Senate discussed
motorcycle helmets
Columbia Missourian: Why Missouri officials are
celebrating U.S. 36 for its innovation
KC Star editorial: What we still don't know about the
Greitens investigation - and who is paying for his lawyers X
P-D editorial: Proposed cuts to tax-credit program
would hamper fight against blight X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: A Chinese trade war would be bad for Missouri farmers
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: If Greitens'
hairdresser is telling the truth, then governor should be impeached X
P-D letters: Septuagenarian couple expresses anger
over pro-gun legislation, wants Greitens and state legislators to drop
their gun-free zones X
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Sunday, April 8
SNL: At Democrat Days of the Ozarks, Dems hope 'blue
wave' will buoy McCaskill and Galloway - and drown 'right to work' X
KSDK: Gun-control group rallies in Kirkwood
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Anti-Trump
activists promote "Immigration: Frankenstein Law Tears Families Apart"
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview
P-D: Greitens' attorneys make last-ditch attempt to
delay probe report X
CDT: Friends, family celebrate the life of Wendy Noren X
Columbia Missourian: Friends and officials remember
Noren's steely resolve, expertise and love for Boone County
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Wash U. seeks director of community relations and
local government affairs
KWMU: Federal, state tax cuts to trim state's income
by $218 million in 2018
CDT: New health data site drills down into Missouri
zip codes; Comments from Missouri Hospital Association's Dave
Dillon X
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers take step to criminalize
owners of fake service dogs X
P-D editorial: Greitens proves to be his own worst
enemy with ill-timed radio ad X
P-D The Bottom Line video series: Nicklaus and
Gallagher discuss GOP legislation on prevailing wage X
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Saturday, April 7
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Missourian: Immigrants embrace citizenship at naturalization
ceremony; Men and women follow well-established process to become
Americans
+
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer defends Trump tariffs:
"China has been a bully on the playground a long time."
SE
Missourian: Abortion survivor Gianna Jessen speaks at annual
Lincoln Day celebration +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Cattlemen's Association
holding annual steak fry June 9
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of April 2, 2018
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns, Episode 5:
House committee report anticipation, Curtman complaint versus Gardner,
more analysis
P-D: Greitens filing suggests accuser was paid X
P-D: Greitens' former lover questioned for hours in
deposition X
Missourinet: Missouri Senate budget leader Dan Brown
skeptical of Greitens' attorney hire
Missourinet: Missouri Senate plan allows Ethics probe
of Greitens even if he stalls commission appointments
AP: Greitens' attorney tries to toss Confide case
KWMU: Legislature considers child custody, service dog
bills as deadline arrives for Greitens committee
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hoskins talks potential term
limit changes
SNL: Thanks to Haahr's overhaul bill, Missourians are
one step closer to a tax cut X
AP: Greitens OKs $700M budget hike, mainly for Medicaid
Missourinet: Missouri Senate votes to restore
whistleblower protections for government workers
The Missouri Times: House committee hears three bills
legalizing sports betting
Missourinet: British official emphasizes free trade
and security in address to Missouri lawmakers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Atlanta School District reps
recognized in the House
P-D: After Doe Run: Former company town adjusts
to a new reality X
Columbia Missourian: Capitol interns, university staff
talk mandatory sexual-harassment training
Washington Missourian editorial: Anticipation in the
Capitol for House's report on Greitens X
P-D op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway:
Taxpayers deserve greater transparency in state contracting - not less X
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Change the
terms of the limits
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Friday, April 6
Quincy Herald-Whig: Hawley in Hannibal: Middle
class way of life 'under threat'
Brownfield Ag News: China tariffs a threat to Missouri
soybean growers' bottom line
The Missouri Times: Tariffs could hurt Missouri farmers
SNL: Trade fight with China could hurt Missouri
farmers. Upside: cheaper bacon. X
Columbia Missourian: Threatened tariffs could take
toll on Missouri farmers
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst:
Trump has entered into a high-risk policy
Clayton Times: Democratic challenger for 2nd District
earns End Citizens United endorsement; Cort VanOstran seeks to
fill Dem ballot slot for Ann Wagner's re-election
KWMU: Missouri Coalition for the Environment sues Army
Corps of Engineers for refusing to release water permits
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf, Higdon speak to Tea
Party Group; Higdon says he was offered $35k to switch vote on
'right to work' X
St. Joseph News-Press: Van Meter off the ballot? Not
so fast. X
Drebes:
Free pass list: The incumbents without primary or
general-election opponents
KWMU: House committee will release Greitens report
next week
The Missouri Times: Capitol tense ahead of
investigative committee report's release
SNL: Missouri lawmakers investigating Greitens to
finish report next week X
Missourinet: House investigation of Greitens to be
released next week
JCNT: House report on Greitens will be released next
week X
P-D: Jefferson City braces for committee's release of
Greitens report
Missourinet: Greitens' team again raises questions
about investigator, says woman is being victimized
KWMU: Greitens subpoenaed as part of investigation
into charity donor list
KC Star: AG Hawley serves Greitens subpoena as part of
probe into charity list X
SNL: Soccergate: Greitens blamed Greene County
Lincoln Day tardiness on youth sporting event that was cancelled X
Missourinet: Galloway audit: MO DSS continues to
drop the ball on Medicaid and CHIP provider eligibility checks
The Missouri Times: House perfects Haahr's tax
overhaul bill
AP:
Senate approves bill to address ethics conflicts
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): AAA in favor of
texting-while-driving bans
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
and fellow Vietnam Vets honored in Jefferson City
Columbia Missourian: Clean water law changes could
remove permit requirements for farmers
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: April 4, 2018
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court rules
preventing felon gun ownership is constitutional
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers to blame for
5-year-old shooting his brother X
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Abortion survivor to celebrate life
at Lincoln Day +
P-D letter: Longtime liberal activist Ruth Ehresman
opposes SNAP changes X
KC Star letter: Raytown octogenarian angry over rural
legislators' influence in Missouri, wants KC-area residents to form
51st state X
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Thursday, April 5
KWMU: Blunt visits Missouri Capitol, says he hopes
DACA deal can be reached
Missourinet: Blunt says 51 percent of rural
Missourians lack access to broadband
KC Star: Missouri soybean growers 'at the mercy' of
China and Trump as trade positioning escalates
X
AP:
Study blames engineering along Mississippi River for worsened floods
KWMU: Mining company ordered to clean up lead
contamination in St. Francois County
This Week in Missouri Politics: Mid-week update:
Scott Faughn on Greitens' request to delay House report, Curtman's
positioning for dark money, Senate 34 GOP subterfuge and shadiness,
much more
P-D: Barnes says 'no' to Greitens' request for delay X
P-D: Greitens lawyers say investigator lied and may be
withholding documents X
St. Joseph News-Press: Republicans vote to remove
Democrat Scot Van Meter from ballot in Senate 34 X
JCNT: Residents learn about medical marijuana
consequences X
Drebes:
Missouri Ethics Commission fines former Rep. Bert Atkins (D-Florissant)
for multiple violations
Missourinet: Honoring Missouri's brave:
Firefighters Day at the state Capitol
St. Joseph News-Press: Parson promotes 'Buy Mo!'
initiative X
The Missouri Times: World Wide Technology challenging
Missouri in court on loss of large state contract
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
massive tax plan
KWMU: Missouri Republicans offer several pro-life
bills during second half of session
Missourinet: Rep. Dean Plocher (R-St. Louis County)
wants to legalize sports betting in Missouri
KC Star: Missouri bills would legalize sports betting
P-D: Missouri Senate endorses reversal of 'small
portion' of last year's discrimination law X
The Missouri Times: Senate committee signs off on
asbestos, venue and joinder bills
Columbia Missourian: House committee hears bill to
allow promotion of off-label drugs
The Missouri Times: Senate committee hears Berry's
utility bill as House holds Senate version on standby
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears case on
future of massive wind energy transmission line
Missourinet: Hawley to investigate St. Louis housing
complex conditions
The Missouri Times: Restaurant association brings
'Taste of Missouri' to Capitol
P-D editorial: Trump's trade war will inflict heavy
agriculture-sector casualties here X
KC Star editorial: Hartzler should do more to stand up
to Trump on trade X
KC Star editorial: Don't delay: Missouri
lawmakers investigating Greitens are right to press ahead with report X
JCNT editorial: Raising minimum wage wrong approach to
poverty X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Carl Bearden: Missouri
lawmakers should maximize federal tax cuts
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Wednesday, April 4
Missourinet: Blunt to address Missouri House today
AP:
Missouri revenue up 3.8 percent
KWMU: Missouri's general-revenue income for the year
appears to stall
The Missouri Times: Razer, Hannegan, Catalyst Group to
host first Capitol Pride event
KC Star: Greitens wants committee investigating him to
hold report until after criminal trial X
Missourinet: Missouri House could debate Haahr's
tax-overhaul package this week
The Missouri Times: Senate weighs resolution to change
term limits
Missourinet: Missouri House passes work requirements
for food stamp recipients
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House approves work
requirements for those on food stamps
The Missouri Times: Republicans are abandoning
opposition to the Missouri Plan
KC Star: Missouri House votes to bar abortions after
baby is capable of feeling pain X
Columbia Missourian: House passes bill restricting
abortions 20 weeks after life begins
Missourinet: Rep. Tom Hurst (R-Meta) wants to make it
a felony to take minors out of state for abortions
Columbia Missourian: Missouri bill would require teens
under 18 to be prosecuted in juvenile court
The Missouri Times: Audit finds inaccuracies in
unemployment insurance program financial activities
Missourinet: Audit finds millions in potential errors
of unemployment insurance benefits
The Missouri Times: Nixon urges Missouri Supreme Court
to overturn order and allow Clean Line to move forward
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court asked to
remove roadblock to Grain Belt Express
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court hears oral arguments in
fight over stalled transmission line
Missourinet: Measure passed by the Missouri Senate
addresses industrial waste from coal power plants
KC Star: Proposed feedlot expansion near Powell
Gardens spurs debate at Missouri DNR hearing
X
P-D: St. Louis activist Elizabeth Vega arrested in
Memphis protest; Husky Hispanic a fixture at
Ferguson/police-involved shooting/illegal-immigrant rallies X
P-D editorial: Legislature's food stamp work rules are
worse than we thought X
KC Star editorial: An expanded feedlot and tons of
manure do not belong near Powell Gardens X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: Missouri should follow Utah on child
neglect law +
KC Star letter: KC octogenarian mocks McCaskill's
Beverly Hills fundraiser X
P-D letter: Labor lawyer opposes 'right to work' X
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Tuesday, April 3
AP: In Missouri, Senate candidate Josh Hawley walks
Trump tightrope
Missourinet: Columbia College poli sci prof Terry
Smith says GOP is wise to link President Trump to Missouri Senate race
SNL: MSU coed hopes gun-control rally will launch her
political career; Feminist Hannah Brashers outraged by guns and
"toxic masculinity" X
Missourinet: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) says
'right to work' would increase union jobs
P-D: Courtney Curtis files suit to get on Senate
ballot; Missouri Democratic Party trying to block state rep X
Drebes:
Crystal Quade mulls state Senate run
The Missouri Times: Hannah Beers joins Clout Public
Affairs
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Bill
Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about tax
cuts, Ron Richard's comments, Greitens' lack of interaction with
legislators, more
AP:
Missouri measure would limit insurance company payouts
KC Star: With tech jobs open in KC, Missouri eyes
boost to computer science in high school X
Columbia Missourian: Overview: Legislation
dealing with protecting children outside of the womb
P-D: Missouri pays another six-figure settlement in
latest harassment case involving female prison guard
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers consider legislation
that would allow death row inmates to donate organs
The Missouri Times: Hawley issues subpoena to Facebook
seeking answers on data sharing
KWMU: Hawley subpoenas Facebook over user data
Missourinet: Hawley investigates if Facebook knows and
shares too much about its users, Android consumers
AP:
Hawley demands info from Facebook on data
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Missouri AG Hawley files suit
against Facebook; Photo of Hawley, taken by Jason Rosenbaum for
2016 Politically Speaking podcast, used without attribution X
Clayton Times: WalletHub ranks Missouri among best for
ROI on state, local taxes
KC Star editorial: Here's how Missouri can ensure
election ballots are secure and every vote gets counted X
SE
Missourian op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway: Your
Missouri tax refund could be late again +
Clayton Times op-ed: Consumer Council of Missouri's
John Coffman: Massive political spending by Ameren pushes
double-digit rate increase
KC Star letter: Kansas woman perturbed by seasoned
citizens' letters to the editor X
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Monday, April 2
Missourinet: McCaskill defends vote against tax cuts,
says pharmaceutical industry "took a $50 billion windfall"
P-D: McCaskill-Wagner sex trafficking bill prompts
online shutdowns, controversy X
AP:
Clean Line Energy Project turns to Gov. Jay Nixon to revive its project
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St.
Joseph) talks about Greitens, 34th District GOP primary shenanigans,
more; Panel of Reps. Kevin Engler, Tom Hannegan, Tracy McCreery,
Greg Razer talks Greitens, MONA, state budget, more
St. Joseph News-Press: After flipping parties,
Republicans want Scot Van Meter off ballot X
Rosenbaum: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) will sue
after Democrats block him from filing for state Senate seat
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Office of Attorney General seeks Assistant Attorney
General
AP:
Hawley warns of phone, e-mail scams seeking tax info
Washington Missourian: House passes DHSS budget
cuts; Agency offers no comment to three inquiries from newspaper X
Washington Missourian: Missouri House's restoration of
higher ed cuts is good news for East Central College X
AP:
Missouri House advances bill on hiring veterans
AP:
Missouri House advancing bill on opioids
Missourinet: Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield) wants to
crack down on payday lenders
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans crack down on
mythical food stamp slackers X
P-D editorial: Activist legislators are trying to move
the abortion debate to the Supreme Court X
Messenger: After Greitens targets The Satanic Temple,
a lecture on the moral high ground follows X
P-D letter: Rock Hill man attemps nonpartisan analysis
of McCaskill's Beverly Hills fundraiser X
KC Star letter: Kansas City octogenarian pleased with
McCaskill vote against tax cuts X
P-D letter: Ron Paul supporter praises Rob Schaaf for
ethics stand, endorses Clean Missouri initiative X
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KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hartzler: Tax cuts are
working
JCNT: Tax cut plan needs Senate vote X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) says Eigel's tax bill is revenue-neutral
KC Star: GOP lawmakers look to cut taxes and fund
transportation X
SNL: Eigel's bill would free college sororities, other
social clubs from sales taxes on membership dues X
Columbia Missourian: Lincoln University given
preferential treatment by legislators, but administrators want even
more money from state; School alumni refuse to give back to
university with donations
AP: Missouri Senate considers banning touchscreen
voting
JCNT: House passes amended Adrian's Island bill X
Missourinet: Part of Highway P in St. Charles County
could be named after Waylon Jennings
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Distracted drivers a concern for
MoDOT
P-D editorial: Lacy Clay correct to question Trump's
interest in citizenship question X
McClellan: Many political futures wrapped up in
Greitens' case X
P-D letter: St. Charles County man says he is
"sickened" by legislators and staff taking advantage of tuition benefits X
P-D letter: Florissant man suggests state invest more
money in online education rather than brick-and-mortar institutions X
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Saturday, March 31
Clayton Times: Lacy Clay speaks to Clayton Democrats,
says unions' anti-'right to work' campaign doesn't connect with voters
P-D: Labor issues will likely be a focus for Democrats
in 2018 X
Washington Missourian: Franklin County Lincoln Day
dinner features Luetkemeyer, others; Curtman circulates petition
to protect state monuments from historical revisionists X
P-D: GOP Senate candidate Austin Petersen calls for
legalization of machine guns X
Washington Missourian: Overview of filings for
federal, state offices X
KWMU: Overbuilt levees are raising flood risks in
northeast Missouri
P-D: Corps' St. Louis District says all heights are
correct for area's Mississippi River levees
The Missouri Times: Diane Franklin goes all in with
$100k donation to her Senate bid
Columbia Missourian: Cathy Richards files for state
representative as Republican; Former Boone County Democratic
official says party has been overtaken by radicals and "far-left
liberals"
CDT: Pro-life activists rally in Columbia ahead of
court hearing X
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns: Weekly update
on events in ongoing saga: Rex Burlison and the jury of peers
Drebes:
Greitens makes a handful of appointments to boards and commissions
Missourinet: Hawley to announce investigation
involving a major tech company on Wednesday
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers advance state budget and
several other bills after returning from spring break
AP:
In-home budget cuts affect fewer than 400 senior citizens, handicapped
Missourinet: Richard, Kehoe share thoughts on Eigel's
tax package
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce DeGroot (R-Chesterfield) wants
accused rapists to lose parental rights but still pay child support
The Missouri Times: Missouri Air Conservation
Commission looks to rescind nine obsolete, out-of-date rules
SNL: Cops swarm to scene at News-Leader parking
lot; Man on probation for dope drives 49 in a 25 with suspended
license, curses police; Criminal's girlfriend blames racism X
JCNT editorial: Federal budget could help Lincoln
University X
P-D editorial briefs: McCaskill vs. Clinton;
Missouri GOP wrong on foam cups, drunk driving, and statues X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers don't need
Greitens; Legislature doing quite well under Ron Richard and Todd
Richardson X
KC Star editorial: House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty, other lawmakers shouldn't benefit from college courses
on the public's dime X
Washington Examiner's Emily Jashinsky: Hawley campaign
highlights anniversary of McCaskill's vote against Gorsuch
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man praises Clay and Wagner
for supporting anti-poverty program, wants Wagner to support gun control X
KC Star letter: Prairie Village trucking company
responds to anti-trucking op-ed X
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Friday, March 30
KCUR: Area illegals fear enforcement of immigration
laws; Advocacy group claims nearly 20,000 anchor babies live in
KC area
JCNT: Missouri River Regional Library hosts discussion
on immigration policy X
Brownfield Ag News: Americans for Farmers and Families
launches project to protect ag from trade retaliation; Former
Rep. Casey Guernsey (R) spearheads effort
St. Joseph News-Press: With November victory, Sam
Graves will set record for 6th District terms
X
St. Joseph News-Press: Video: Graves talks guns,
border wall and Trump X
Clayton Times: Lacy Clay to speak at Clayton Township
Democrats monthly meeting
SE
Missourian: Lincoln Day dinner speaker Alveda King injured, won't
attend; Pro-life advocate Gianna Jensen will headline instead +
JCNT: Mollie Freebairn to try again for state
Senate; Democrat came within eighty (80) points of victory in
2014 nail-biter X
Drebes:
Patricia Churchill to rep Missouri Supreme Court
Kirksville Daily Express: Treasurer Eric Schmitt touts
loan program for small businesses
KTVO (Kirksville): Schmitt's new lending program cuts
red tape for small business owners
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers honor scores of Vietnam
Veterans X
The Missouri Times: In Fox News interview, Hawley
calls situation with Greitens 'very grave'
JCNT: Special House committee investigating Greitens
meets at Capitol X
Missourinet: Missouri House approves $28 billion
budget after Bourbon virus takes center stage
KWMU: Missouri House sends $28 billion budget to the
Senate
AP:
House GOP budget boosts funding for early education
P-D: Missouri House sends its budget to the Senate X
KC Star: Education wins in House budget X
Missourinet: House debate shows diverse views on
sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols
KWMU: Missouri Senate gives first-round approval to
tax cut proposal
AP:
Senate leaders express concerns about plan to overhaul state's taxes
The Missouri Times: Senate votes to lower cap on
historic tax credits
SNL: Citing Greene County's legal bills, Senate votes
to give more power to state auditor X
Columbia Missourian: Opioid, marijuana legislation
making its way through Legislature
The Missouri Times: General Assembly rolls back
restrictions on college degree programs
SE
Missourian: Dicamba lawsuits will play out in Cape courtroom +
Joplin Globe editorial: Statue of Truman should
replace Francis Preston Blair Jr. in Statuary Hall X
P-D editorial: Missouri Senate makes the same insane
tax-cut mistake, hopes for different result X
KCUR's Dan Margolies: State of Missouri pays the price
for trying to undermine Obamacare
P-D letter: Richmond Heights septuagenarian urges
sophisticated St. Louis liberal youths to educate rural hayseeds about
benefits of gun control X
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Thursday, March 29
KC Star: McCaskill asked black leaders to push back on
criticism of her campaign. No one would. X
Politico: Obama will appear at McCaskill fundraiser in
Beverly Hills
P-D: GOP rejoices in news of McCaskill-Obama Beverly
Hills party X
KWMU: Local National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
leader prepares for new headquarters and more demand for analysis
Drebes:
Freedom, Inc. fined by Missouri Ethics Commission for botching
disclosures on 741 expenditures for 21 campaigns
P-D: Greitens goes on offense with new radio ad
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Chief Justice Zel
Fischer addresses gathering in Moberly
The Missouri Times: Unions rally against 'right to
work' at Capitol
JCNT: Unions rally against 'right to work' X
Missourinet: Unions rally at Capitol against 'right to
work'
KWMU: Unions rally against 'right to work,' other bills
JCNT: General Laws Committee hears from Rowden, 'right
to work' supporters X
SNL: Popular Missouri income tax deduction will
probably double next year X
The Missouri Times: Senate gives initial approval to
Eigel's massive tax overhaul measure
Missourinet: Missouri Senate gives initial approval to
sweeping tax plan
P-D: Missouri Senate passes massive tax-cut package
KC Star: Missouri Senate passes income-tax cut X
KWMU: Missouri House finishes amending state
budget; vote scheduled today
P-D: Gas-tax hike receiving renewed attention from
Missouri lawmakers
JCNT: MoDOT prepares for 9-bridge repair project X
The Missouri Times: Per Rule 47, arbitration bill
shelved
KWMU: GOP bill would require specific signage at
schools where teachers carry firearms
KC Star: Bill from Rep. Shawn Rhoades (R-West Plains)
would expand right-to-carry areas X
Columbia Missourian: Gun debate heats up
The Missouri Times: Missouri AARP pushes for
Franklin's CARE Act to aid family caregivers
The Missouri Times: Rowden's sports-betting bill
advances out of committee
KC Star: Bill from Rep. Becky Ruth (R-Festus) would
help first-time home buyers X
P-D editorial: Court ruling frees "retirement
investors [sic]" to profit
against clients' best interests; Rep. Ann Wagner wrong to fight
regulatory overreach X
P-D editorial: Lawmakers consider reversing
post-Ferguson court reforms passed just three years ago X
SNL editorial: Missouri has processes to hold
officials accountable. They just don't work.
X
P-D letter: Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
thanks Blunt for preserving incentives for adoption X
KC Star letters: Springfield septuagenarian expresses
resentment over young people's "overpriced, fancy phones," says
Missouri legislators will put olds and the handicapped in dog
shelters; KC septuagenarian says the 250 voters registered at
gun-control rally will flip control of Congress and the Missouri
Legislature X
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Wednesday, March 28
The Missouri Times: Candidate filing ends:
Comprehensive list of all candidates for Missouri's state and federal
offices
KWMU: No big last-minute surprises as Missouri's
candidate filing ends
JCNT: Democrats running against incumbent Republican
congressmen sign "Our Promise to America" document, use imaginations to
describe a world in which they are winners X
CDT: Missouri Democrats take realistic view of
November success, accept fate as legislative minority; Rep. Kip
Kendrick (D-Columbia) says 2018 will be "rebuilding" year X
AP:
Overview of federal, state candidate filings
SNL: McCaskill calls for 'common-sense gun safety' at
MSU forum X
P-D: Clay blasts Dept. of Commerce decision to add
citizenship question to 2020 Census, says asking about legal status is
"racist"
SE
Missourian: Naturalization ceremony to take place in April +
This Week
in Missouri Politics: Mid-week update: Judge Rex Burlison's
wise decision, Greitens' team political and legal strategy, Ike Turner
Republicans, much more
KWMU: Jefferson County could be canary in coal mine
for Missouri GOP
Missourinet: Unions to bus in members for anti-'right
to work' rally at Capitol today
Drebes:
Kids Win Missouri seeks director of policy and advocacy
The Missouri Times: Budget perfected: House
restores proposed cuts to education, agrees to tuition cap with
universities
SNL: House, university leaders strike deal to restore
Greitens' cuts to colleges X
Columbia Missourian: UM stands to get $14 million in
exchange for a 1 percent tuition cap
AP:
Missouri House, state schools work out funding deal
Missourinet: Agreement between schools and legislature
to boost funding for higher education
P-D: House moving to restore proposed cuts to education X
P-D freelancer Virginia Young: Missouri legislators
can go to school on the state's dime X
Missourinet: Budget moving to House floor restores
some funding for MoDOT
Columbia Missourian: Lawsuit limits earn favor in
state legislature
The Missouri Times: Curtman's bill legalizing
industrial hemp approved by Senate committee
Missourinet: MetroLink officials tell Missouri
lawmakers they need a dedicated transit police force
The Missouri Times: Five expedited Certificate of
Needs approved
KWMU: How Missouri is making it easier to transfer
college credits
SE
Missourian: Hawley broadens inquiry into Mississippi County jail +
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans taking needed
steps to lift veil of government secrecy X
P-D editorial: Judge Rex Burlison eases concerns about
his impartiality in the Greitens case X
KC Star's Tod Palmer: State Senate candidate Hillary
Shields (D), Lee's Summit students are local heroes in fight for gun
control X
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: Bag Head's not
dead yet; Sexagenarian columnist imagines conversation between
himself and fictitious Jheri-curl adorned grifter regarding guns and
other hot topics X
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Tuesday, March 27
KWMU: McCaskill calls for more federal attention to
rising drug prices
SNL: In Springfield speech, Blunt praises Trump's
results and splits with him on trade X
SNL: Video: Blunt on omnibus spending bill,
gun-control marches, Kudlow, transportation funding, more X
The Missouri Times: As Clinton unfavorability in
Missouri hits 62 percent, Missouri Rising pins McCaskill to Clinton
Missourinet: Hawley ad links McCaskill to Clinton
ripping Trump voters
The Missouri Times: Walsh happy with November date for
'right to work' vote
The Missouri Times: Anti-corporate ag group leader
garners ethics complaint for not registering as lobbyist
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 19, 2018
The Missouri Times: Judge denies Greitens' defense
team's request for trial by judge
KWMU: Jury will hear felony trial of Greitens
Missourinet: Greitens trial will be decided by a jury,
not a judge
Missourinet: Judge rejects request by Greitens' legal
team to dismiss felony case
AP:
Judge lets indictment of Greitens go forward
JCNT: 1965 ruling backs judge's trial-by-jury decision
in Greitens' case X
P-D: Judge denies motion to dismiss Greitens case X
P-D: Greitens' appointment czar quietly left
administration in January X
Drebes: Missouri tax policy could use a guy like Joel
Walters
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers set to begin hammering
out a budget plan
P-D: Missouri House endorses abortion ban for unborn
babies older than 20 weeks X
Missourinet: House gives initial approval to ban most
abortions after 20 weeks
P-D: New mothers grappling with addiction could get
more help getting clean in Missouri X
The Missouri Times: Bills to strengthen Sunshine Law
heard in committee
Columbia Missourian: Sunshine Law would get stronger
enforcement under new bill
KC Star: After actions by Greitens, lawmakers take up
bills to bolster open records laws X
Missourinet: Curtman: Industrial hemp bill would
"keep Missouri economic development dollars in Missouri"
The Missouri Times: Roden unsuccessful in adding
'Champ's Law' as amendment to service dog bill
KWMU: Some rural Missouri schools contract with
private security firm to teach teachers proper firearms use
Columbia Missourian: Update on utility legislation
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers to honor Vietnam veterans
Thursday X
Missourinet: House committee considers bill with
consequences for racial profiling by police
P-D editorial: Hawley puts needed distance between
himself and Greitens X
KC Star letters: Gun-control march reaction:
Teenage girl detests NRA and the "pit" of America; Septuagenarian
woman dislikes "horrible" NRA X
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Monday, March 26
The Hill: On MSNBC, McCaskill distances herself from
Hillary Clinton
Washington Examiner: McCaskill slams Hillary
Clinton: She needs to respect all Americans, 'not just the ones
who voted for her'
Washington Missourian: Feds' new bill would boost
military here; Blunt secures hundreds of millions
St. Joseph News-Press: Effect of federal tax law could
extend to other utilities X
Columbia Missourian: At "Wine, Women and Words" event,
Black Women with Voices endorse Renee Hoagenson (D) over Vicky
Hartzler; Group members read poems about fried chicken,
gardening, other spellbinding imagery
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) talks prevailing wage, choosing when to
filibuster, Greitens, more; Panel of Aaron Baker, Angela
Bingaman, Joe Patterson, Pat White talk prevailing wage, McCaskill vs.
Hawley, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Scott
Sifton (D-Affton) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about cracking
down on dark money, heroin, Greitens and Missouri Ethics Commission
vacancies, more
Columbia Missourian: The dark-money battle over 'right
to work': Business groups vs. "We are Missouri"
Missourinet: Court documents outline strategy of
Greitens' defense team and St. Louis City prosecutors
The Missouri Times: Coalition of media organizations
calls for broadcast coverage of Greitens trial
AP:
Missouri Legislature resumes work amid investigations
AP: Bill targets lawsuits in 'plaintiff-friendly' St.
Louis City
AP: Missouri workplace bill dies amid "#metoo" trend
Missourinet: Missouri Senate bill would phase out most
electronic voting machines
SNL: United Healthcare Foundation report: Too
many Missouri women drinking to excess and doing drugs, as well as
smoking while pregnant X
KC Star editorial: McCaskill and Wagner battle sex
trafficking on Backpage - and score a bipartisan win X
KC Star letter: Ecumenical Leadership Council of
Missouri praises Democratic prosecutor Kim Gardner, insists that
Greitens will be treated fairly X
SNL letter: Springfield man dislikes Elijah Haahr's
tax cuts X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman talks pot brownies, wants
Missouri lawmakers to be "a little less uptight" about marijuana X
P-D letter: O'Fallon man notes Post-Dispatch hypocrisy
in bashing Facebook while requiring commenters to log into Facebook X
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Sunday, March 25
P-D: Thousands march in downtown St. Louis for gun
control; McCaskill poses for selfies X
P-D: Photo gallery: Black Lives Matter activists
pound African drums, shout during separate "silent protest" X
KWMU: Gun-control rally photo gallery: Lacy Clay
primary opponent Cori Bush attempts to march near incumbent;
Youth raise "Black Power" fists; More
KC Star: Gun-control rally in KC draws
thousands; Pro-2nd Amendment attendee draws "rebukes and stares" X
SNL: Former Gov. Bob Holden (D) headlines Springfield
gun-control rally X
SNL: Photo gallery: "Hey, NRA, Stop Being a
DICK," other efficacious signs X
CDT: Residents march for gun control X
Columbia Missourian: Students lead march for gun
control
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: Student
holds sign blaming "complissit [sic]"
legislators; Caucasoid
senior citizen sports Kangol hat; more
SNL: Blunt, Long, Greitens speak at Greene County
Lincoln Day event; Hawley attends St. Louis County Lincoln Day X
SNL: Photo gallery: Sen. Roy Blunt talks with
state Senate candidate Eric Burlison, more X
SNL: Auditor Galloway, Greene County saga becomes
campaign issue for GOP state auditor candidates X
Drebes:
Former Sen. Rita Days (D) to run for mayor of Bel-Nor
Washington Missourian: Preview: Second half of
Missouri legislative session
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Industrial hemp bill to be
discussed tomorrow
KC Star: Medical boards don't post disciplinary
actions from other states; KC doctor was sued 13 times in Illinois X
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri's roads,
bridges may have to become worse before federal and state legislators
do anything X
Horrigan: U.S. Senate matchup likely to pit
private-school product Josh Hawley versus "Country Claire" McCaskill
SNL op-ed: Rep. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield):
Preserve NAFTA to help agricultural producers
X
SNL op-ed: Ron Fitzwater: McCaskill, Blunt have
opportunity to help stop opioid overdoses X
SNL op-ed: Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield):
Real payday loan reform X
Sanchez: Profile: Cheryl Pilate, attorney for
murderer Russell Bucklew X
KC Star op-ed: Stacy Washington: We don't need
larger semi-trucks on Missouri roads X
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Saturday, March 24
P-D: Congressional votes for the week: A look at
who voted "Yes" and "Not" [sic] X
KWMU: Rural schools getting their cut of federal
logging revenue again
KWMU: Event promo: "March for Our Lives"
gun-control rally
KC Star: Event promo: "March for Our Lives"
gun-control rally X
Missourinet: Gun-control groups plan marches in eight
Missouri cities today
SNL: Springfield school walkouts: Area girl
calling herself "Aaron" says she will shoot NRA; Counterprotests
feature patriotic students waving American flags, vowing to make
America safe again X
The Missouri Times: Analysis: What a federal
court's ruling on "dark money" means for Missouri
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns: Weekly update
on events in ongoing saga
The Missouri Times: Hawley confirms 15 subpoenas
issued in The Mission Continues investigation
The Missouri Times: With subpoena power, Hawley would
reopen Confide investigation
KWMU: Hawley steps up pressure in The Mission
Continues inquiry
Missourinet: Hawley calls on those subpoenaed to
cooperate in Greitens investigation
P-D: Hawley's office has issued subpoenas in
investigation of Greitens' veterans charity X
KWMU: Gardner alleges Greitens could have used
text-erasing app in invasion of privacy case
Faughn: Updating the players in the Greitens
investigation
Messenger: Of judges, appearances of impropriety and
Gov. Eric Greitens: A tale of two cases
P-D: Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner (D): Greitens
used message-destroying app in invasion of privacy case X
KC Star: Prosecutors seek to disqualify Greitens'
defense team ahead of his felony trial X
Drebes:
Ethics complaints against Rep. Mary Nichols (D-Maryland Heights)
dismissed
JCNT: Greitens reports possible Blind Pension Fund
fraud X
AP: Hundreds of licensed Missouri drivers receive
blind benefits
KWMU: Preview: Second half of legislative session
Missourinet: Democrats preview second half of
session; Thoughts from House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City)
KC Star: Marriage-bill advocacy series: Missouri
seeks to toughen child bride law X
CDT op-ed: "Phil [sic]
Brooks": The decline of committee hearings X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Cape Girardeau physician Richard Martin:
Medical marijuana legislation is a bad idea +
KC Star letter: Salisbury farmer glad Blunt, others
understand value of NAFTA to Missouri's ag community X
P-D letter: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur):
Gun background checks make sense X
P-D letter: St. Charles sexagenarian wants Legislature
to beef up no-call list enforcement X
P-D letter: St. Louis Earth Day's Jennifer
DeRose: Time for Legislature to support ban on Styrofoam X
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Friday, March 23
KC Star: McCaskill undecided on Mike Pompeo as
secretary of state X
Missourinet: McCaskill says metal tariffs will hurt
Missouri's manufacturing and agriculture industries
SNL: Hawley ad tying McCaskill to Clinton draws praise
from Rush Limbaugh X
The Missouri Times: Hawley's office pushes back
against criticism from Democratic lawyers
CDT: At hearing, Hartzler highlights Russian troll
attack during MU race agitation X
Missourinet: Hartzler: Americans "need to wake
up" to nefarious efforts of Russian Twitter trolls
KC Star: New census numbers show Kansas City holding
ground, St. Louis slipping X
The Missouri Times: Amendment 2 provision barring
businesses from contributing to their own PACs being challenged in court
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: State auditor
candidate series: Nicole Galloway offers election preview:
"I am tough and I am thorough"
KC Star: Republicans may move 'right to work' election
to August X
KWMU: Missouri Ethics Commission in limbo without a
quorum
Missourinet: Ex-husband of Greitens' lover seeks order
of protection from the governor
P-D: Top Greitens aides say legal woes are not a
distraction
KWMU: Schmitt seeks to make state loan program more
accessible
KC Business Journal: Missouri revamps loan program to
better support small businesses, farmers
Missourinet: Schmitt launches program to help expand
small businesses and farms
JCNT: Efforts to changes state's employee culture
moving forward X
KC Star: Bill from Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) would
protect whistleblowing professors at Missouri universities X
Columbia Missourian: Moms Demand Action, other groups
recruiting students for gun-control march; Student "organizer"
says Saturday traipse will help candidates "clean of NRA money"
SNL: Students hold gun-control rally; Sen. Bob
Dixon (R-Springfield), local elected officials sit through lectures
from teenagers X
Columbia Missourian: 'How a bill becomes a law'
series: Overview
Columbia Missourian: 'How a bill becomes a law'
series: Drafting a bill
Columbia Missourian: 'How a bill becomes a law'
series: Legislative hearings
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Dept. of Conservation
investigating after white pelicans shot X
Missourinet: Nasheed asks HUD secretary to come to
Missouri for emergency meeting on Clinton Peabody
P-D: Nasheed, Franks lead protest over public housing
project's living conditions
KC Star editorial: Missouri not doing enough to
protect elections from foreign meddling X
CDT editorial: Let free market decide University of
Missouri's tuition X
P-D editorial: Missouri prisons shouldn't come
equipped with revolving doors
P-D's Raasch: McCaskill, Blunt, Hawley camps give
statements on Cambridge Analytica
KC Star letter: Kansas man sides with lawmakers versus
DHSS over Bourbon virus data X
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Thursday, March 22
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Missourian: McCaskill touts passing of bill targeting sex
trafficking +
P-D: Long fight against online sex trafficking for
McCaskill, Wagner culminates in Senate passage
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt race to avoid sending
federal workers home from looming shutdown
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: GOP U.S.
Senate primary candidate Tony Monetti talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum
about his military service, support for more significant tax cuts, more
Drebes:
Rex Returns: Sinquefield tosses $250k to Missouri Club for
Growth, could play in McCaskill race
SE
Missourian: Cape County Democrats to attend St. Louis gun-control
rally Saturday +
SNL: Mystery Springfield statehouse candidate says his
main concern in eugenic sterilization; Dennis Lee Chilton says
running as a Democrat meant enduring too much "crap" X
KWMU: Census Bureau: St. Louis no longer among
the top 20 most populous metro areas
P-D: St. Louis region falls out of the Top 20 metros
in the U.S.
KWMU: Judge in Greitens' case will not speed up trial
date
P-D: St. Louis judge keeps May 14 trial date in
Greitens case
AP: Experts: Plenty of reasons for Greitens to
seek bench trial
JCNT: Six Democratic lawyers challenge Hawley's
'Confide' investigation X
JCNT: Parson splits with Greitens on sports complex
tax credits X
Missourinet: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) talks
rural broadband
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: March 21, 2018
KWMU: Judge finds St. Louis County public defenders
have unconstitutionally high caseloads; ACLU also sued state in
federal court last year
SNL: Condemned man still wants Missouri to kill him
with gas instead of needles X
SNL: Galloway renews call for Greene County audit X
KC Star editorial: Missouri GOP attacks the poor by
saying no cigarettes, booze with welfare money
X
JCNT editorial: Missouri earns A+ for adult education X
KC Star editorial: Community theater is not sufficient
community service in death of Brandon Ellingson X
P-D op-ed: Sen. Claire McCaskill: Combatting sex
trafficking and stopping the next Backpage
KC Star letters: KC man thinks students'
class-skipping will "make a difference" to GOP legislators; Lee's
Summit man says MO DNR ignores the rights of local residents X
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Wednesday, March 21
KWMU: Hundreds of veterans in Missouri lost out on
care at non-VA facilities, report says
SNL: Missouri to get $28 million in federal funding
for conservation, outdoor recreation X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: DESE seeks government affairs coordinator
P-D: Obituary: Visitation, funeral arrangements
for Rep. Cloria Brown
The Missouri Times: Schmitt announces Missouri FIRST
initiative to help small businesses and farmers
KY3: Schmitt promotes loan program in Springfield
SNL: Lifting limits on small-business loans will spur
economy, State Treasurer Eric Schmitt says X
JCNT: State program overhaul to benefit farmers, small
business owners X
JCNT: Galloway launches second audit into income tax
refunds process X
SNL: Hawley's office: 'Not unusual' that
Greitens' lawyer monitored staff's Confide interviews X
KWMU: Greitens' attorneys say prosecutor misled grand
jurors about the law
AP:
Greitens attorneys: No evidence photo was transmitted
Missourinet: Greitens' attorneys question whether key
photo exists
KWMU: A closer look at the House committee that wields
power over Greitens' future
Missourinet: Dixon overhauling bill to bring LGBT and
religious freedom groups together
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rural broadband bill passes out
of House
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Senate passes industrial hemp bill
Missourinet: Anti-payday-loan group supports bill
capping interest
SNL: Springfield Public Schools to let students skip
class Friday for gun-control rally X
KWMU: U.S. Supreme Court grants second stay of
execution for Russell Bucklew
Missourinet: Prosecutor calls murderer who escapes
execution a "homicidal Energizer bunny"
KC Star: U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Russell
Bucklew at last minute X
AP:
Bucklew gets second stay of execution from high court
JCNT editorial: Raise the age for juvenile criminals -
it's the right thing to do X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Big shift in remedial
higher ed courses at Missouri's state schools
X
P-D op-ed: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights): Basye, Cornejo and some Democrats are wrong on gun
control
Jensen:
Gun control won't solve gun violence; Comment from MSU coed
raises questions about who is to judge "bad guns" and "bad people" +
P-D letter: Coalition to Protect the Missouri River
calls Messenger's column 'divisive'
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man wants more state
government regulation of opioids
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
passes judgment on Missouri budget decisions
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Tuesday, March 20
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt, other senators keep
pressure on Trump over Renewable Fuel Standard
Missourinet: Missouri Catholic policy group supports
bill to protect pro-life health providers
JCNT: 'Growing Pains' star charms at Vitae Foundation
event X
The Missouri Times: In campaign ad, Hawley highlights
McCaskill's support of Hillary Clinton
KC Star: NRSC event tomorrow will raise money for
Hawley X
KWMU: Rep. Cloria Brown (R-St. Louis County) dies
after battle with cancer
The Missouri Times: Missourians mourn passing of Rep.
Cloria Brown (R-St. Louis County)
Missourinet: Speaker Todd Richardson: "Missouri
has lost a humble public servant in Cloria Brown"
SNL: Dee Wampler's 10-year-old granddaughter dies
after public battle with cancer X
CDT: Friends, family remember Lizzy Wampler X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Republican Party seeks administrative
assistant
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Mini-profiles of
local activist youths: Coed pushing gun control, Black Lives
Matter/girl power/LGBTQIA* teen, pro-life Catholic Caucasoid male
Clayton Times: Greitens defense team wants to move up
trial date
KWMU: Greitens' defense team looks to speed up trial -
again
P-D: Greitens wants trial to start in two weeks and
will ask for judge, not jury, to hear case
AP:
Greitens wants criminal trial moved up to April 3
KC Star: Subpoenas issued as part of investigation of
Greitens' use of charity donor list X
The Missouri Times: Republicans could move 'right to
work' vote to August
Missourinet: Rep. Mike Henderson (R-Bonne Terre) wants
to ban texting-while-driving in Missouri's school zones
SE
Missourian: Judge rejects government defendants' arguments in
personal-injury lawsuit +
Missourinet: Former Missourinet news director Bob
Priddy to be inducted into Missouri Broadcasters Association Hall of
Fame
Missourinet: Three options remain for Missouri man
scheduled to be executed today
KC Star editorial: Missourians can't trust Hawley
investigation into Greitens' use of text-destroying app X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri taxpayers
deserve more from SNAP recipients abusing the system X
SE
Missourian's Adrienne Ross: Turning pupils into protesters;
Students used as pawns for anti-Trump and anti-NRA liberals +
KC Star op-ed: Abortionist Colleen McNicholas:
Missouri's pro-life health clinics must be shut down X
KC Star's Allison Kite: Missouri Republicans' budget
cuts are punishing your grandma X
KC Star letter: Anti-death-penalty group applauds
Star's anti-death-penalty editorial X
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Monday, March 19
Politico: In Missouri and other key states,
Republicans bet their Senate majority on Trump
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Rep. Phil
Christofanelli (R-St. Charles), Gregg Keller, Mark Dalton, JP Johnson
on U.S. Senate race, Haahr's tax cut plan, Greitens and MEC, more
SNL: Local officials don't know Springfield candidate
who registered as Republican and Democrat X
P-D: Halftime report: Despite Greitens
distraction, Missouri Legislature moving forward on key priorities
Missourinet: Richardson is hopeful Missouri House will
decide on transportation funding solution by May
P-D: EPA extends rebates to Missouri schools for
cleaner bus upgrades
SNL: Activists plan gun-control event Friday;
MSU coed says policy goal is "not to take away all your guns," just
"the bad ones" X
Missourinet: Still on Missouri Legislature's
agenda: Seat belt law, texting-while-driving, boat dock safety
P-D: The Bottom Line video series: Business
reporters David Nicklaus and Jim Gallagher talk changes at the St.
Louis Regional Chamber
AP:
Bucklew execution scheduled for tomorrow
Missourinet: Bucklew set to be executed tomorrow
P-D editorial: Immigration officials should give
illegal aliens in Missouri a break
P-D editorial: It's time for Mike Parson to replace
Eric Greitens as governor
KC Star editorial: Abolish the death penalty in
Missouri X
KC Star's editorial: Why Greitens should halt
tomorrow's execution of a guilty man X
P-D's Samantha Liss: Courageous St. Louis women take
on the gun lobby; Come support "March for Our Lives" and attend
the next Moms Demand Action meeting
Messenger: Corporate donations drive Missouri push to
limit residents' access to courts
P-D letter: Archdiocese maintains opposition to death
penalty
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Sunday, March 18
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
Drebes:
Stacy Reliford going to Pfizer
P-D: Democrats called his Greitens investigation a
'sham.' Now, the investigator is defending himself.
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
talks about lack of quorum on Ethics Commission
AP: Missouri lawmakers, DHSS battle over Bourbon virus
data
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) talks gas tax, diesel tax
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindall Shumake (R-Hannibal)
talks benefits of prevailing wage bill
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri prisoners to receive
smart tablets X
Washington Missourian: Students split on gun
issues; Some call for gun control, others want teachers to be
able to carry firearms X
P-D: Rockwood sixth-grader repeats as winner of
Post-Dispatch spelling bee; Minority female chooses to study
hard, achieves goal
Missourinet: Bill would make theatre in Arrow Rock the
state's official theatre
CDT: Galloway's office releases report on civil
seizures X
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri River
flooding: Not nature, the Corps to blame
X
Waters: Columbia Public Schools handled school
walk-outs correctly X
P-D letter: St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society
supports Schupp's bill on "surprise billing"
P-D letter: University City woman upset about decision
to live in a state that is "gun-obsessed"
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Saturday, March 17 Happy Saint
Patrick's Day!
The
Monett Times: District reps for McCaskill, Blunt, Long talks
tariffs, banking bill, gun control at Chamber breakfast;
Fitzpatrick talks state budget, higher ed funding, more
The Missouri Times: Hawley becomes latest Republican
target for a Democratic ethics complaint
Drebes:
Help Wanted: American Cancer Society seeks Missouri government
relations director
SNL: Hawley's office didn't challenge Greitens'
executive privilege claim, fearing backfire X
JCNT: Assistant AG defends Sunshine probes X
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns: Miniseries
hosted by Mannies & Rosenbaum recaps the week in gubernatorial drama
KWMU: Halftime arrives for Missouri 2018 legislative
session
Washington Missourian: State committee votes for cuts
to DHSS budget over Bourbon virus reporting X
Missourinet: House to debate Haahr tax bill after
Spring Break
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House supports bill
cracking down on welfare abuse
Washington Missourian: Twin Bi-State Development bills
moving quickly through Legislature
The Missouri Times: House approves Gregory's bill for
state to regulate amateur MMA, kickboxing
Columbia Missourian: Bill pushes for mental health
services, active shooter training in schools
Missourinet: Holiday weekend includes statewide
Missouri State Highway Patrol enforcement
AP:
Activists seek release of inmate Bobby Bostic; Budding criminal
and pal robbed and shot at a group delivering presents for the needy,
then carjacked and sexually assaulted a woman, then celebrated with a
dope party
P-D editorial briefs: Greitens and Missouri Ethics
Commission; GOP crackdown on welfare recipients' frivolous
spending
KC Star editorial: Missouri may legalize sports betting X
CDT editorial: Wendy Noren was a legend X
KC Star's Max Londberg: Bobby Bostic should be freed
from jail X
SNL letter: Joplin feminist angry over Dixon's support
of faith-based pregnancy resource centers X
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Faucett man urges
lawmakers to keep historic tax credits X
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Friday, March 16
P-D: Democrat lawyer Jane Dueker says Hawley broke the
law by not disclosing free legal services he received
KWMU: Attorneys for Greitens say they still don't have
photo at center of felony case
SNL: Greitens gets to choose the people who will
investigate him for an ethics violation X
The Missouri Times: Senators not happy about lame duck
Ethics Commission, suggest Lt. Gov. Mike Parson make MEC appointments
The Missouri Times: Before losing quorum, Missouri
Ethics Commission selects new chair and vice chair
JCNT: Senators discuss options without active Ethics
Commission X
AP:
Lawmakers voice concerns about Ethics Commission
Missourinet: Missouri Senate weighing options for MEC
P-D: After complaint, Greitens choosing ethics
committee is a "constitutional crisis," Dixon says
SNL: NYU Law School report: Greitens' nonprofit
an example of 'secret cash' trend X
P-D: Profile: Lobbyist Edens Davis
P-D: Greitens visits Cherokee Street shop whose owner
is being harassed for supporting police
Missourinet: Spring Break update: Mid-session
comments from Speaker Todd Richardson, House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty
Missourinet: Missouri House members deliver on threat
to cut health department over virus info
The Missouri Times: Kolkmeyer's venue and joinder bill
moving to Senate
The Missouri Times: House moves forward on rural
broadband grant program
KWMU: Senate discusses legislation to bring broadband
to rural Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Grant to improve Missouri
broadband access passes House
AP:
House votes to stiffen penalties for welfare fraud
KWMU: Some Missouri schools allow teachers to carry
firearms to protect themselves, students
Washington Missourian: Bill would raise juvenile court
age
Missourinet: Missouri Senate approves bill on
industrial hemp
KWMU: House Democrats pushing bill to ban foreign
ownership of Missouri farmland
Washington Missourian editorial: Leadership
vacuum: Response to state employee survey story from SNL's Will
Schmitt X
JCNT editorial: Senate takes first step toward fixing
state roads, bridges X
KC Star editorial: GOP lawmaker wrong to want to
install porn-blocking software on computers X
SE
Missourian editorial: Annual Sunshine Week editorial +
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: McCaskill "helped
shape" a very bad banking bill X
Messenger: Landmark ruling cements flooding
reality: The Missouri River needs room to roam
KC Star's Tessa Weinberg: New limits on food stamps
will hurt children X
P-D letter: Teenage girl who skipped class in name of
gun-control activism says playing hooky was "amazing and inspiring"
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Thursday, March 15
KWMU: Trump touches down in St. Louis to bolster
Hawley's Senate bid
P-D: At Boeing roundtable, Trump hears about benefits
of his tax overhaul package
P-D: Photo gallery: Trump visit
AP:
Trump visits Missouri
Washington Post: In St. Louis speech, Trump pokes fun
at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, describes negotiations
KWMU: Landowners win suit against Army Corps of
Engineers for Missouri River flood damage
KC Star: Judge says Corps of Engineers is responsible
for damaging floods along Missouri River X
AP:
Judge: Corps responsible for flooding on Missouri River
P-D: Man investigating Greitens affair was himself
investigated by the FBI for bigamy
SNL: Complaint alleges Greitens lied to Missouri
Ethics Commission about donor list X
AP: New complaint from Roy Temple cites Greitens' use
of charity resources
The Missouri Times: Uncertainty surrounds Greitens'
legal defense as lobbyist gift from former 'at no cost' attorneys
The Missouri Times: Barnes confirms subpoenas have
been used in investigation
Missourinet: Barnes updates reporters about Missouri
House committee investigating Greitens' indictment
JCNT: Barnes: House investigative committee "on
track" X
KWMU: Committee investigating Greitens indictment has
issued subpoenas, but other details scant
CDT: No deal on tuition freeze as House panel reviews
budget X
The Missouri Times: Still waiting on tuition freeze
deal, House committee signs off on budget bills
SNL: House lawmakers carve out funding for Springfield
medical campus, pharmacy school X
Drebes:
Background on Carol Jones, her Capitol lobbyists and why they're trying
to block HB 1650
KWMU: Advocates see Missouri case as the next frontier
in juvenile sentencing reform
JCNT: Communications workers bring state employee
complaints to Capitol X
The Missouri Times: House bill divides Berry's utility
bill in two, gives initial approval
The Missouri Times: Organizations call on Legislature
to pass utility rate caps, House moving forward with bills
Missourinet's Jason Taylor: Utility legislation moves
further than previous years in Missouri with passage of House
bill; Comments from Rep. "Peter Meredith [sic]"
KC Star's Tessa Weinberg: Marriage-bill advocacy
series: Bill from Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester) supported by
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, House Speaker Pro Tem "Elijah Haar [sic]" X
Clayton Times: Clayton High School senior one of three
students in the world to land perfect score on AP chemistry test;
Tong Zhao chooses to work hard, achieves success
KWMU: Anti-gun protests give area students reason to
skip class
SE
Missourian: Local students skip class in name of activism +
P-D: Local class-skipping activities include school
assemblies, 'die-ins,' other free time
P-D: Photo gallery: Teen girl weeps, leans on
male shoulder for support; Other dramatic adolescent-angst shots
CDT: Hundreds of students get free time for walk-out X
Columbia Missourian: Photos: Students laugh,
joke during walkout free time
KWMU: Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds
race-conflict series heaquartered in St. Louis; Diversity
champions took no-whites-need-apply approach to hiring for series on
"intersection of race, identify and culture"
SE
Missourian editorial: Smelter is big news, important economically
to region +
KC Star editorial: Why is Greitens leaving the
Missouri Ethics Commission to languish? X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Josh Hawley launches
the Senate campaign we don't need; GOP candidate must stop
deriding "elites on the coasts" X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian
wonders: What if Eric Greitens is innocent? X
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Wednesday, March 14
The Missouri Times: Hawley kicks off U.S. Senate
campaign; Trump to appear with GOP hopeful tonight
KWMU: Trump visit expected to bolster bank account,
and hopes, of Josh Hawley
Rosenbaum: Hawley banking on Trump helping his
campaign against McCaskill
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Trump comes to St. Louis for his
third Missouri presidential visit; Comments from Hawley
consultant "Bradd [sic] Todd,"
1/2 of P-D polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson)
P-D: Hawley strikes populist stance at Chesterfield
event
SNL: At Springfield rally, Hawley vows to take on
"D.C. cartel" X
SNL: Hawley rally photo gallery: Protesters hold
handwritten signs with same catchphrase; Morbidly obese protester
tests strength of small folding chair; More X
Missourinet: IRS: More than $23 million in
unclaimed Missouri tax refunds about to expire
SNL: Christian County GOP troubled by infighting X
The Missouri Times: Kristian Starner to join Cerner's
government affairs team
JCNT: Pro-life movement has day in Capitol X
The Missouri Times: Sifton asks Galloway to
investigate whether Hawley's records are open under Sunshine Law
KC Star: Sifton seeks investigation into Hawley's
disclosure of records under Sunshine Law X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Frankford)
talks Foundation Formula funding, restoring nursing home cuts
The Missouri Times: Full repeal of prevailing wage
passes House with narrow margin
P-D: Repeal of prevailing wage earns bipartisan
support in House
Missourinet: Missouri House gives final passage to
prevailing wage repeal, sends bill to Senate
KWMU: Benevolent tax credit being weighed by Missouri
Senate panel
Columbia Missourian: Effort to create state bridge
repair fund lacks one thing: money
St. Joseph News-Press: New MoDOT district engineer
appointed
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
talks industrial hemp legislation
JCNT: Senate education testimony includes local voices X
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools transition process
officially starts but there's no hard deadline
SNL: Regulatory uncertainty surrounds payday loans X
Missourinet: Missouri Gaming Commission
official: Your March Madness pool is illegal
JCNT: Clean Water Law amendment to hit House floor X
KWMU: Environmental regulators are trying to turn a
former lead mining site back into a forest
KC Star editorial: Missouri should make a vow:
Don't be a destination for 15-year-old brides
X
JCNT editorial: Missouri deer hunters again show their
generosity X
KC Star op-ed: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson: Trump tax
overhaul reaps benefits for Missourians X
Messenger: From Jetton to Greitens, a lesson in the
political perils of pride
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Public may never know who's
paying Greitens' legal bills X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Conversion therapy
bill doesn't go far enough
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian responds to letter
about St. Louis County corruption, says corruption lies mostly with
Republican Party and Greitens
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Tuesday, March 13
P-D: Another day, another U.S. Senate poll;
Gravis surveyed fewer than 1,000 Missouri voters, versus Axios' 17,000+
The Missouri Times: Gravis polling shows tight U.S.
Senate race, Greitens disapproval at 50%
P-D: Gravis poll shows poor approve-disapprove number
for Greitens
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Austin
Petersen talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum about running as a
Republican, abortion, Trump tax plan, soliciting endorsements from GOP
congressmen, more
AP:
Greitens unlikely to campaign for Hawley; Comments from SLU
polisci prof/Dem consultant Ken Warren
KC Star: Trump's St. Louis roundtable event to focus
on tax cuts; Reformatted event to focus on workers' stories, not
politicians' messages X
The Missouri Times: Soybean, corn associations oppose
capping RINs
CDT: Tributes to Wendy Noren honor her work to improve
elections X
The Missouri Times: TWIMP panel talks job, the economy
and Greitens
The Missouri Times: Dowd Bennett no longer defending
Greitens in Confide lawsuit
P-D: Source: Prosecutors turn over testimony of
former lover and Greitens phone records to defense
The Missouri Times: Ways and Means passes Haahr's tax
bill with 6-3 vote
Missourinet: House committee approves Haahr tax bill
Columbia Missourian: Haahr's tax package clears
another hurdle in the House
JCNT: 10-cent fuels tax increase passes first Senate
hurdle X
Missourinet: GOP House members keep the pressure on
DHSS to provide Bourbon virus numbers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
says House will restore much of Greitens' education cuts
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane)
discusses budget priorities, higher ed spending
Missourinet: House approves welfare bill;
Measure would keep those on the dole from spending taxpayer money at
liquor stores, strip clubs
P-D: Push to allow parole officers to protect
themselves with guns wavering in Legislature
Columbia Missourian: Supporters say House bill would
help rural hospitals and clinics defend against superfluous lawsuits
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger talks omnibus ag bill,
hemp legislation
Missourinet: Nasheed wants to consolidate all Missouri
departments to state data center
The Missouri Times: Conservation Federation of
Missouri holds annual convention
KC Star editorial: Forget Trump's proposal. Florida
gun law should be the model for Missouri. X
P-D editorial: A bad discrimination law prompts
federal repercussions for Missouri
KC Star letter: Kearney man dislikes length of
Missouri's tax form X
P-D letter: Wildwood woman expresses fear of firearms
in bars
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Monday, March 12
SNL: Josh Hawley will kick off Senate campaign against
McCaskill with tour this week X
P-D: Josh Hawley kicking off Senate bid with tour
tomorrow
Missourinet: Southeast Missouri official fighting for
area jobs says Trump tariffs a good thing
CDT: Wendy Noren, longtime Boone County clerk, dies
after lengthy battle with cancer X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of GOP Reps.
John Wiemann and Jean Evans, Dem Reps. Brandon Ellington and Gretchen
Bangert talk Trump tariffs, prevailing wage, special investigative
committee, industrial hemp, more
P-D: Once a selling point, Greitens' charity now under
microscope
Drebes:
Greitens, opponents, Mission Continues fortify their positions
Missourinet: Richardson, Kendrick discuss process for
Missouri House committee investigating Greitens' indictment
JCNT: DSS director still being overpaid X
Missouri Farmer Today: Wide-ranging discussions at
Missouri legislative day
St. Louis Jewish Light: Anti-"boycott, divestment and
sanctions against Israel" bill advances in Missouri Legislature
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill could make drug use during
pregnancy a felony
JCNT: Arts campus in Kansas City back on legislative
agenda X
KWMU: School districts' communications staff pen
statements on planned walkouts
SNL: Springfield's first CBD store touts healing
powers of hemp oil. Doctors, a lawyer are wary. X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Annual fly-in puts
St. Joseph region on D.C. agenda X
KC Star editorial: Weapons down: Missouri
lawmakers should curb celebratory gunfire X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Susan
Pendergrass: What's going on with high school graduation rates in
Missouri?
Columbia Missourian letter: Form letter against
asbestos legislation, "written" by Jefferson City man
Daily Journal letter: Form letter against asbestos
legislation, verbatim language as above, "written" by Hillsboro woman
CDT letter: Form letter against asbestos legislation,
verbatim language as above, "written" by Columbia sexagenarian X
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Sunday, March 11
SNL: Federal, state lawmakers weigh in on Anthem
ER-visit policy; Comments from Missouri Hospital Association's
Dave Dillon X
CDT: Profile: Despite media hysteria, local 2nd
Amendment supporters Larry and Brenda Potterfield stand with NRA X
Washington Missourian: Washington School District to
let high school kids skip class Wednesday X
SNL: Photo gallery: 2nd Amendment enthusiasts
sport patriotic gear X
Drebes: Jeanie Lauer to run for Jackson County
Legislature
Missourinet: Missouri House week in review:
taxes and investigation dominate attention
Columbia Missourian: What's next for Greitens?
Missouri Constitution provides multiple possibilities
Columbia Missourian: Legislators weigh in on
hypothetical Gov. Parson scenario; Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
(D-University City) wants Greitens to remain in office since "Parson
would be worse"
Columbia Missourian: Protest for more higher-ed
funding draws small crowd; Coed seeking to become social worker
angry at Greitens over her decision to take on excessive debt
JCNT: Sparse crowd attempts chants outside Governor's
Mansion; Student from North St. Louis County expresses resentment
about humble upbringing, complains about future salary in career she
chose X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Industrial hemp bill almost
through the Senate
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Pensions bill from Rep. Tim
Remole (R-Excello) presented to Senate committee
St. Joseph News-Press: CDC data: Some expectant
mothers still smoking in Missouri X
KC Star: Marriage-age bill advocacy feature:
Teen bride, lawmakers weigh in on raising Missouri's marriage age X
KC Star: Marriage-age bill advocacy feature:
Years later, 15-year-old male who married 17-year-old girlfriend is
happy with his decision X
KC Star: Marriage-age bill advocacy feature:
Some Missouri grooms could have been charged with "rape" in other states X
JCNT: Conservation Federation of Missouri committee
votes to promote 5 new state parks projects X
SNL editorial: Leaked employee survey shows Missouri
must fix its leadership problem X
Washington Missourian editorial: Nonresident hunting
and fishing bill should be shot down X
Washington Missourian editorial: Hawthorn Foundation
turns 35 X
McClellan: The Greitens affair is a matter for the
electorate
P-D op-ed: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson: Free trade is
vital to Missouri's economy
P-D's Samantha Liss: Missouri lawmakers must fix
insurers' "balance billing" scheme
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Saturday, March 10
P-D: Trump to visit Boeing on Wednesday afternoon
prior to Hawley event at night
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith, Greitens, Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville)
speak at smelter event; Former Noranda worker, now employed at
new site: "We wouldn't be here without Trump." +
Missourinet: Aluminum smelter expected to create 450
new jobs with average salary of $64k
SNL: Conservative activist Georjene Tilton announces
bid for Lyndall Fraker's state rep seat X
Drebes:
Rep. Cora Faith Walker (D-Ferguson) to hold D.C. fundraiser next week
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 5, 2018
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns: New weekly
Q&A series to focus on governor's saga
AP:
Husband of woman who had affair with Greitens testifies
The Missouri Times: Ex-husband's attorney accuses
Greitens and supporters of 'slut-shaming'
JCNT: Lawyer accuses Greitens' legal team of
'slut-shaming' X
P-D: In evolving realm of privacy law, Greitens case
has little precedent
KWMU: Missouri House and Senate pass 41 bills this
week as Spring Break approaches
Missourinet: Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis County)
eager to get his Revenue Department savings plan moving forward
The Missouri Times: Lack of state oversight for
private probation services leaves system open for abuse
CDT: No movement on budget deal tied to tuition freeze X
Missourinet: Bill would allow universities and
community colleges to offer higher degrees
JCNT: Senate sends STEM bill to House X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers suggest prohibiting
local bans, fees and taxes on disposable food containers
JCNT: Missouri Department of Natural Resources,
Callaway County work toward clean water X
Clayton Times: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) to
hold special committee hearing on airport oversight
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: 'No' on gas tax?
Offer a better idea. X
JCNT editorial: State must strike a balance with
opioid initiative X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Greitens, say yes this time to
UMKC's downtown arts campus X
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian who testified in
favor of Equal Rights Amendment calls testimony "brilliant" X
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Friday, March 9
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill one of 16 Democrats
to support GOP bill to roll back Dodd-Frank red tape X
P-D: Poll: McCaskill is 8 points behind Hawley
Missourinet: Poll shows Hawley ahead of McCaskill in
U.S. Senate race
KWMU: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith wants to restore
timber-revenue payments to rural school districts
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Rep. Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering) speaks at
Dunklin County Lincoln Day dinner, talks defending 2nd Amendment from
liberals +
P-D: Greitens' defense lawyers ask about rewards,
threats made by prosecutors to woman
The Missouri Times: Richardson fields questions about
investigative committee and transparency, asks for patience
SNL: Consent and the Greitens case:
Pontifications from legal types, female lawmakers X
KTVI (St. Louis): Kim Gardner asked why she's putting
more effort into Greitens case than she does St. Louis City's violent
crime
SNL: Leaked workforce survey data show widespread
leadership problems in Missouri government X
The Missouri Times: Missouri's unemployment rate
remains steady
Missourinet: Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) invites
public to attend today's smelter event at former Noranda site
Drebes:
Alex Zumsteg to serve as chief of staff to Sen. Caleb Rowden
(R-Columbia)
The Missouri Times: Missouri House approves of 23 bills
AP:
House passes changes to asbestos lawsuits
KWMU: Missouri House passes pro-business asbestos bill
Missourinet: Missouri House passes asbestos bill
The Missouri Times: Senate rolls through third-read
calendar, knocks out Raise the Age, captive cervids, and MO ABLE bills
AP:
Senate approves Wallingford's bill to increase age for adult courts
KWMU: Missouri Dept. of Labor and Industrial Relations
working with HUD to clear up misinterpretations of last year's Senate
Bill 43
CDT: Missouri House budget plan offers relief for
higher education X
CDT: Campus abortion foes, MU dispute reason for
poster removal X
Columbia Missourian: Posters removed in Ellis Library
not related to student group's petition
P-D editorial: In Iron County, the rural health care
catastrophe comes home; Missouri Republicans wrong to not expand
Medicaid
CDT editorial: At UM, cuts are unfortunate, but
necessary X
P-D Editorial Page Editor Tod Robberson: A look at how
Eric Greitens' list of accumulated enemies made his scandal the story
of the year
Messenger: Lawyer who filed Confide lawsuit takes
Hawley to school
Phill Brooks: The House has two ways to deal with
Greitens
SNL letter: Battlefield sexagenarian outraged over
Billy Long's effort to extend 529 options X
P-D letter: Brentwood sexagenarian wants Republicans
to expand Medicaid
P-D letter: Greendale sexagenarian baffled by concept
of campaign nondisclosure agreements
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Thursday, March 8
KSDK: McCaskill, Blunt team up for gun
background-check legislation
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer weighs in on
teachers, school resource officers protecting themselves and students
with firearms
Columbia Missourian: Columbia gun shops uphold
existing laws related to firearms purchases
Washington Post: Branson business owners attend
'Hispanics 101' for Puerto Rico lessons; City businesses seek to
attract hardworking Boricua
KBIA (Columbia): Local marijuana activists describe
health ailments, pot pilgrimages to Colorado and weed's mellowing
effects
Gateway Journalism Review: Are social media accounts
public records? Court will decide.
The Missouri Times: Graves Garrett forms legal expense
fund for Greitens' staff
SNL: Briefs: Lawmakers investigate Greitens in
police station
KWMU: Nasheed, Schaaf urge committee investigating
Greitens' indictment to be more transparent
Drebes:
Kehoe's civil service overhaul could help state employees get promoted
faster
St. Joseph News-Press: Prevailing wage repeal passes
House
SNL: Ticked: Missouri lawmakers pledge budget
cut if health officials withhold Bourbon virus data
Washington Missourian: DHSS director blasted for
withholding Bourbon virus info; Budget cuts threatened
Columbia Missourian: House panel plans to restore
higher education cuts if tuition stays flat
AP:
Fitzpatrick finds funds for higher education
The Missouri Times: Budget tops Ozark Technical
Community College's priorities
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Moberly Area Community College
work approved with HB19 money
KWMU: Parents flock to meetings on how to use 529
plans for private K-12 tuition
KWMU: Greitens' plan for CHIP money seeks to
revitalize rural Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly
(R-Mountain Grove) would allow some nurses to practice independently
JCNT: Bill increasing coverage for chiropractic visits
passes Senate
Columbia Missourian: Obstacles for telehealth would be
removed in proposed bill
KC Star: Bill from Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis
County) targets frivolous lawsuits
The Missouri Times: 'Asbestos Bankruptcy Transparency
Act' perfected by the House
JCNT: Landowner rights discussed in rural broadband
bill
The Missouri Times: Senate gives initial approval to
Munzlinger's industrial hemp bill
The Missouri Times: House committee hears three
different liquor bills
SNL: Alzheimer's rally in Missouri Capitol draws more
than 100 in purple and with flowers
JCNT: Alzheimer's advocates lobby for continued
respite funding
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of March 7, 2018
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch
(R-Hallsville) explains poaching-fines bill
KC Star editorial: Secretive investigation into
secretive Gov. Greitens can't be trusted
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Hawley correct
to join anti-Obamacare lawsuit
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Police station stakeout creates
jocular environment for political reporters young and old
KC Star op-ed: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan: Not
enough Junior Mints in a box? That shouldn't be grounds for a lawsuit,
and bill would prevent such nonsense
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Wednesday, March 7
P-D: Missouri exporters share thoughts on Trump
tariffs; Comments from American Automotive Policy Council's Matt
Blunt, Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
The Missouri Times: Coalition fighting to preserve
NAFTA grows as Trump puts pressure on Canada, Mexico; Comments
from Missouri Corn Growers' Shane Kinne, others
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: At Lincoln Day dinner, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith
gives update on efforts to rescind regulations, Trump, biased national
news media, Pelosi's "crumbs" condescension, more +
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville)
welcome new aluminum smelter to New Madrid +
Missourinet: Revival of aluminum plant gives hope to
New Madrid
P-D: Amazon opening first Missouri fulfillment center
in St. Peters, creating 1,500 jobs
SNL: Steve Forbes to speak in April at College of the
Ozarks X
P-D: At Bridgeton meeting, EPA officials sit through
complaints about West Lake Landfill cleanup plan
The Missouri Times: The Mission Continues continues to
distance themselves from Greitens
AP:
Charity backs probe into 'misuse' of resources by Greitens
KWMU: Special committee investigating Greitens'
indictment holds brief first meeting
The Missouri Times: House investigative committee to
hold closed hearing today
Missourinet: Missouri House committee investigating
Greitens indictment to meet today
P-D: Secrecy concerns send Greitens investigation to
Jeff City police station
KC Star: House investigation of Greitens begins X
P-D: Greitens trial will stay in St. Louis;
Jurors could be sequestered
SNL: Greitens campaign staff signed nondisclosure
agreements X
KWMU: Politicians and candidates ponder the impact of
Greitens' troubles at the ballot box
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Republican Party seeks regional field
directors
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Jill
Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) talks Greitens, whistleblower protections,
'paycheck protection' and prevailing wage, more
The Missouri Times: House perfects Justus' prevailing
wage repeal bill
AP:
Missouri House votes to repeal prevailing wage law
Missourinet: Prevailing wage bill moves forward
Missourinet: Cierpiot bill would have gov, gov lite
run on same ticket
The Missouri Times: MLB, casinos back differing sports
betting bills in Senate
AP:
House bill would relax university meal plan mandate
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) seeks to revise
condemnation law in wake of her court battle with city of Cape Girardeau +
KWMU: Federal court upholds execution of Missouri
inmate; Rapist/murderer Russell Bucklew scheduled to assume room
temperature March 20
KWMU: Ferguson monitor says city is on pace to meet
requirements of consent decree
AP:
Court-appointed monitor: Ferguson needs more staff to implement
policies
P-D editorial: Missouri, other states betting Supreme
Court will legalize sports wagers
P-D editorial: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) wrong
to address intern harassment issue
Jensen:
'Hate' label potentially harmful to Sikeston; Southern Poverty
Law Center fabricated tale of a cross lighting
+
P-D letter: Bridgeton septuagenarian angry over
Homeland Security enforcing immigration laws
P-D letter: Fenton man says "incompetent" Kim Gardner
loves to burn through taxpayer money
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Tuesday, March 6
Rosenbaum: At Democrat Days, party leaders home in on
GOP rivals, Trump tariffs and a critical election
KCUR: Jason Kander sticks to Democratic talking
points, says 'maybe' he'll run for office again
Missourinet: McCaskill weighs in on Missouri gun
giveaways, further firearms restrictions
SNL: Springfield man announces Libertarian bid for
U.S. Senate X
KC Star: Activists rally after illegal immigrants are
arrested; Despite online petitions and other keyboard jockeying,
lawyers for aliens say situation is "all bleak," "pretty hopeless" X
The Missouri Times: Missourians for Patient Care
boasts about fundraising lead over other pot initiatives
Columbia Missourian: 'Serial petitioning' becoming a
trend for policymaking
The Missouri Times: Legal defense fund for Greitens
created, House investigative committee prepares for first meeting
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
Rowden talks 'doing the right thing' regarding Greitens
Missourinet: St. Louis City Prosecuting Attorney Kim
Gardner adds high-profile member to team prosecuting Greitens;
Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. represented family of police assailant Michael
Brown
AP: Lawyer for Michael Brown's estate joins Greitens
prosecution
P-D: House probe of Greitens starts today
The Missouri Times: Seasoned Democrats twitstigate
Greitens over "executive privilege"
AP:
Second Satanic Temple member sues over Missouri abortion laws
AP:
Missouri Senate passes bill on parental rights, rape
AP:
New Missouri initiative to target opioid over-prescription
AP:
Missouri House passes prescription drug take-back bill
The Missouri Times: House Ways and Means Committee
hears Haahr's tax bill
Missourinet: Haahr optimistic about tax-overhaul bill
KWMU: Haahr sponsoring proposal to cut Missouri's
income tax
CDT: Enrollment losses, state cuts put MU in $60
million budget hole X
AP:
House passes bill to require legal names on ballot
St. Joseph News-Press: Proposal would legalize sports
betting in Missouri X
JCNT: PSC hosting water rate hearings beginning today X
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: St. Francis Street Committee Chairman
Chancellor Wayne visits Jefferson City, talks chiropractor
reimbursements and block grants +
AP:
Missouri Senate boosts training on sexual harassment; Lawmakers,
staff will now sit through lectures every other year
P-D editorial: Hawley sees no evil, speaks no evil in
Confide probe against Greitens
Washington Missourian editorial: With Hawley report on
Confide, Greitens team celebrating any win it can get X
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri's historic tax
credits protect city's history X
P-D op-ed: SLU med school prof: EPA solution for
West Lake Landfill doesn't go far enough; Republic Services is a
profitable corporation and must be punished
Columbia Missourian's Kathryn Hardison: Hypocritcal
Greitens criticizes lobbyists, then gains three in a week
KOLR: MSU's Brian Calfano: It is too soon to
call for Greitens' resignation
Priddy:
Succession: A historical view of the lieutenant governor
replacing the governor (2,036 words)
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Monday, March 5
KWMU: Illegal immigrants, supporters lead march on
Delmar Loop Friday night; Group arrives at McCaskill's office
after it's closed for the week
Clayton Times: Ann Wagner files for re-election
P-D: Second Amendment rally in Jefferson County draws
200
Missourinet: Jason Smith, asked about Greitens, shares
thoughts
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Caleb Rowden
talks Greitens; Panel of Reps. Donna Baringer (D), Shamed Dogan
(R), Bruce Franks (D), Mike Henderson (R) talk Greitens, investigation
committee, more
Hannibal Courier-Post: Nate Walker, Cindy O'Laughlin
disagree on Greitens
AP:
Missouri Senate approves changes to education board make up
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Macon Superintendent wants more
state money for foundation formula, transportation
CDT: Bill to loosen state tuition cap stalled in Senate X
AP:
Bill would require legal last names on candidate filing
Columbia Missourian: Proposed conversion therapy bill
from Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette) misses the religious mark
Missourinet: Southern Poverty Law Center says number
of Missouri "hate groups" has declined
KC Star editorial: After Florida school shooting,
Missouri lawmakers want to make gun laws even worse X
P-D editorial: Pregnant drug addicts need treatment,
not punishment
P-D editorial: Low funding and large caseloads put
Missouri's public defenders at sharp disadvantage
Messenger: Greitens accused of using Boys State emails
to benefit his campaign
P-D letter: Local pipefitters official disagrees with
Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) on 'right to work'
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian says he's tired
of Messenger tying every issue - including Greitens' alleged blackmail
- to race
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Munday, March 4
KWMU: Demo Days coverage: As Missouri Democrats
gear up for elections, a divide emerges about Greitens' future
Clayton Times: Visitation Academy student one of two
Missourians selected for United States Senate Youth Program
Washington Missourian: Gun-control group holds signs
outside local gun show X
Clayton Times: Former Clay staffer Brian Williams to
run against former Reps. Joe Adams and Sharon Pace for
Chappelle-Nadal's seat
CDT: Hawley won't defend Greitens in lawsuit X
JCNT: Barnes: Lawmakers' sole duty is to
determine facts behind Greitens indictment X
Hartmann: The hypocrite: Eric Greitens
solidifies his legacy
Drebes:
Anthem drops plan to change reimbursement for multiple-procedures
doctor visits
CDT: Bill would help families with children with
developmental disabilities X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) says
Ameren bill a 'win-win' for everyone
P-D editorial: Greitens drags the charity he founded
into ethical muck
SNL letter: Springfield man says Billy Long is
reasonable on immigration X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian says Kim Gardner
should focus on St. Louis City crime, not her vanity prosecution of
Greitens
P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian applauds
Post-Dispatch for focus on Greitens
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Saturday, March 3
KWMU: On St. Louis County visit, Blunt touches on
Trump tariff talk - and Greitens' woes
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri agricultural groups
express concern over impact of potential trade battles X
JCNT: McCaskill aims to end tax breaks for pharma
industry ads X
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Monthly profile of independent
U.S. Senate candidate Craig O'Dear X
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: February 15: Monthly
profile of independent U.S. Senate candidate Craig O'Dear X
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: January 10: Monthly
profile of independent U.S. Senate candidate Craig O'Dear X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: U.S. Rep.
Ann Wagner talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum about sex trafficking,
Greitens, Trump, midterm outlook for GOP
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Ann Wagner talks
sex-trafficking bill
Missourinet: Lacy Clay files for a tenth term
KWMU: Study shows more Missourians are vulnerable to
river flooding than previously estimated; Comments from Great
Rivers Habitat Alliance's David Stokes, others
Washington Missourian: Rep. Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific)
won't seek third term X
Columbia Missourian: Veterinarian files to run as
Democrat against Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville)
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of February 26, 2018
AP:
Greitens criticizes St. Louis City Prosecuting Attorney Kim Gardner (D)
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers keep moving forward on bills
despite cloud of Greitens' indictment
Missourinet: Sen. Dan Brown (R-Rolla) plans to use $80
million in new CHIP money for programs in "crisis mode"
AP:
Greitens, lawmakers at odds on how to spend $80 million
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission could
soon be short of a quorum due to expired terms
KWMU: Bill to reduce juvenile population in adult jail
gets first-round approval from Missouri Senate
Columbia Missourian: Amendment limits bill to ban
cellphone use while driving
SE
Missourian: State rebuffs court report on David Robinson's
conviction +
KC Star editorial: Trump's tariffs on steel and
aluminum will do economic damage in Missouri
X
KC Star editorial: Greitens' secret texting app has no
place in Missouri government X
P-D family columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha
Sultan: The NRA better watch out in Trump country; Liberal
gals' anti-gun klatch will totally change political climate and
election results in Missouri
SE
Missourian op-ed: Edison Electric Institute's Philip
Moeller: SB 564 will provide a smarter energy grid for Missouri +
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Friday, March 2
Washington Post: Blunt concerned with impact tariffs
could have on Missouri businesses
KWMU: McCaskill zeroes in on guns, drugs and Greitens
SNL: Trump to visit St. Louis for Hawley on March 14 X
P-D: Planned Parenthood announces $20 million campaign
push - but won't bother spending money in Missouri
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith says Malden tornado
highlights why changes are needed in disaster aid
P-D: Moms Demand Action chapter declares victory after
"packed" meeting; Gaggle of gals posts pics to Instagram, plans
road trip
Sedalia Democrat: Parson speaks to Pettis County GOP,
talks McCaskill-Hawley, 2nd Amendment, Buy Missouri
AP:
Greitens faces inquiry into using political invite on a charity e-mail
P-D: Hawley announces probe into Greitens' former
charity
KWMU: Hawley looking into The Mission Continues,
clears Greitens for use of Confide app
SNL: No sign Greitens or his office broke law by
sending self-destructing texts, Hawley says X
Missourinet: Hawley closes one inquiry into Greitens'
office, opens another about charity Greitens founded
The Missouri Times: AG report says Greitens' office
didn't break any laws with use of Confide app
AP:
Hawley says no apparent violation with Greitens' use of confidential app
P-D: Top aides to Greitens called to testify in probe
of governor
KWMU: Missouri House unanimously authorizes special
committee to investigate Greitens' indictment
AP:
House authorizes own probe into Greitens
Missourinet: House launches investigation into Greitens
KTVO (Kirksville): State Treasurer Eric Schmitt brings
to light affordable education savings plan
The Missouri Times: University of Missouri System
looks to showcase work with legislative day
Missourinet: Missouri House committee considers
separate proposals on tuition and tenure
AP:
Missouri agrees to pay $21M to underpaid blind residents
The Missouri Times: House energy bill moves out of
committee
Missourinet: Contentious 2016 religious freedom
measure part of wide-ranging Senate bill
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers weigh changes to indigent
defense
Washington Missourian: Union city officials closely
watching House bills
The Missouri Times: Compromise moves working animal
bill forward with bipartisan support
KC Star editorial: Back off, Missouri lawmakers. KC
school district should decide future of Southwest High School X
Kraske: Electing a political outsider like Greitens
has its risks X
Messenger: A high school student studied The Missouri
Continues, and then the Greitens campaign came calling
P-D letter: Grover man wants Messenger's column placed
in opinion section, not next to news
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KWMU: William H.T. 'Bucky' Bush, brother and uncle of
presidents, dies
Missourinet:
Hawley makes U.S. Senate bid official
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Keith English
(D-Florissant) found dead in apparent suicide
KWMU: Former Rep. Keith English has died
SNL: Republicans reserve ability to change date of
Missouri's 'right to work' vote X
P-D: 'Right to work' vote could move to August
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific) pens
letter saying he will not run for re-election
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith to tour
tornado-damaged Malden today
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Greitens visits Malden to view damage +
KWMU: Greitens to go to trial May 14
Missourinet: May court date set as prosecutors in
Missouri admit they don't have key photo
P-D: St. Louis judge sets May 14 trial date for
Greitens; photo "does not exist," lawyer for Greitens says
KC Star: St. Louis City prosecutors don't have photo
at center of Greitens case +
The Missouri Times: Barnes files resolution to launch
House investigation of Gov. Greitens
KC Star: Law firm defending Greitens hires statehouse
lobbyist
P-D: At least 13 GOP House members want Greitens out.
Just don't ask who they are.
KC Star: Greitens reaching out to Missouri GOP
leaders, including Ann Wagner +
SNL: Americans for Prosperity won't back Senate's tax
overhaul plan
KWMU: Missouri Senate panel considering 'paycheck
protection' bill
The Missouri Times: One step forward, two steps
back: The Senate dance around joinder and venue continues
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau talks Waters
of the U.S. rule, farm bill at state legislative day
Missourinet: Speaker Todd Richardson emphasizes
agriculture and broadband in address to Missouri Farm Bureau
The Missouri Times: Major League Baseball backs
Hoskins' sports betting bill
KWMU: Senate proposes bill to limit fee increases at
public universities
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers clash over proposals to
eliminate tenure and tuition caps
Missourinet: At committee hearing, Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport) fires back at Conservation Federation of Missouri's
Brandon Butler
SNL: Heftier poaching penalties proposed by Rep. Jered
Taylor (R-Nixa) win Missouri House's approval
The Missouri Times: House votes to increase fines for
poaching
P-D: Senate approves bill to raise age to be tried as
an adult from 17 to 18
The Missouri Times: At Capitol Day, Dept. of
Corrections touts programs aimed at reducing recidivism
Clayton Times: St. Louis area state legislators file
resolutions to support local control for St. Louis consolidation
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of February 28, 2018
P-D editorial: Greitens must get one thing
straight: There was no consent to the photo; Governor has
no right to challenge woman's version of events
P-D editorial: Think Missouri's gun laws are dangerous
now? Just wait.
P-D's Raasch: At Senate committee hearing, McCaskill
tells folksy tale about chatting with woman at Missouri supermarket
P-D letter: Pacific woman says Kim Gardner (D) is
engaging in political bigotry
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Wednesday, February 28
Columbia Missourian: More than 3,000 young illegals
can renew DACA applications
P-D: Ann Wagner's sex-trafficking bill passes House
after multi-year push
Hannibal Courier-Post: Demo Days set for this
weekend; Octogenarian organizer John Yancey weighs in on school
violence, recalls "Tommy Guns" of his youth
The Missouri Times: Filing day compendium: U.S.
Senate, statewides, legislative races
KWMU: Few surprises as Missouri's 2018 candidates
begin filing to get on ballot
JCNT: Eight Republicans file for U.S. Senate on first
day of filing X
SNL: Hawley files for office, supports Trump's
gun-control stance X
KC Star: As he files for U.S. Senate, Josh Hawley
entertains reporters' questions on Greitens, guns and Trump X
SE
Missourian: Filing day briefs: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, state
legislative incumbents to face token opposition +
Columbia Missourian: Filing-day notes
The Missouri Times: Missouri farmers, ranchers gather
in Capitol for Missouri Farm Bureau's legislative day
JCNT: Farmers push for rural broadband Internet X
The Missouri Times: C. Brooks Hurst now leads Missouri
Soybean Association
KCUR: Missouri joins states arguing no tax penalty, no
Affordable Care Act
SNL: Jeff Notes: Lawmakers investigating
Greitens may meet in private; Governor's lawyers say prosecutor's
reference to "photo" evidence is woman's professional headshot X
KC Star: Prosecutor releases list of evidence in case
against Greitens X
P-D: Greitens defense team says prosecutors may hide
evidence by using private investigators
AP:
Use of private firm for Greitens investigation questioned
The Missouri Times: Schaaf bill takes aim at A New
Missouri
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
says potential impeachment proceedings will avoid partisanship
The Missouri Times: Democratic poll says voters think
Greitens should resign
KWMU: Bill to extend tax credits for pro-life
pregnancy resource centers passes Missouri House
AP:
Report says more women from Missouri, other states traveling to
Illinois for abortions
JCNT: Kirk Cameron to speak at Vitae Foundation
fundraiser X
Columbia Missourian: House committee passes several
bills expanding gun rights in Missouri
Missourinet: Speaker Todd Richardson proposes
pro-Israel business bill
The Missouri Times: Video: Sen. Maria
Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) appears to shove, shriek at blind
man during public meeting; Coldwater Creek activist group
denounces assault, says violent approach is better suited for West Lake
Landfill crowd
Hannibal Courier-Post: Court of Appeals moves Grain
Belt case to Missouri Supreme Court
AP:
Missouri court revives proposed Midwest power line
Missourinet: Massive Missouri Capitol construction
project starts Friday in Jefferson City
AP:
Portrait of George Washington Carver installed in Governor's Mansion
JCNT editorial: In interest of state, Greitens should
resign X
KC Star editorial: House panel should consider one
question: Did Greitens commit a felony?
X
Helling: Greitens' lawyers are on shaky legal ground
in fighting grand jury indictment X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Gun buyback
programs work and Missouri should use them
P-D letter: Lee's Summit man says Greitens should
resign
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian criticizes
Post-Dispatch for printing pro-Greitens letter
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau gynecologist dislikes opioid
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Tuesday, February 27
The Missouri Times: Judge Roy Moore endorses Coutland
Sykes for U.S. Senate
AP:
Moore endorses feminist-baiting GOP candidate Courtland Sykes
P-D: 'MODreamers" hold press conference in Central
West End; Illegal alien "Rigo" recounts dramatic tale of sneaking
across the Mexican border as a chico
SE
Missourian: Cape County Democrats will help gather signatures for
"Clean Missouri," "Raise Up Missouri" drives
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The Missouri Times: Former teacher to run against Rep.
David Gregory (R-St. Louis County)
The Missouri Times: House moves forward with Greitens
investigation, Barnes to lead committee
Missourinet: Jay Barnes to chair House committee
investigating governor's indictment
Missourinet: Impeachment process clarified
JCNT: Missouri House launches Greitens probe X
Columbia Missourian: GOP leaders launch investigation
into Greitens while some lawmakers ask him to resign
KWMU: Missouri GOP divided over Greitens' future
CDT: Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) undecided on
Greitens' future X
P-D: Missouri House launches probe; prosecutors
may seek more charges
Missourinet: Rep. Allen Andrews (R-Grant City):
Greitens has broken the confidence of the people
AP:
House forms panel to investigate Greitens
KCUR: Analysis: Legal experts say prosecutor
probably has photo Greitens took of woman
P-D: E-mail shows how Greitens team began using
charity donor list to ask for money
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) says
Greitens might not like legislators' forthcoming higher-ed funding plan
The Missouri Times: Swan files legislation to
establish 'Charter Schools Task Force'
Missourinet: Missouri House passes
parental-notification abortion bill
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Reps. Craig Redmon, Nate Walker
explain why they voted against marriage-age bill
The Missouri Times: 'Revenge porn' bill moves to Senate
JCNT: Lawmakers fire verbal shots at each other over
firearms bills X
P-D: Missouri lawmakers debate expanding lawful carry
to bars, college campuses
The Missouri Time: Capitol to undergo major renovation
beginning March 2018
P-D editorial: Lawmakers should ban convicted stalkers
and abusers from owning guns
Waters: The proper punishment for Greitens X
P-D letter: St. Louis County man wonders how many
hypocritical, self-righteous state legislators have skeletons in their
closets
KC Star letters: Liberty man says Greitens' hiring of
lobbyist proves guilt; Gladstone man claims he's so tired of
political news that he'll stop writing letters to the editor X
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Monday, February 26
CDT: Illegal immigrants, supporters rally to complain
about Trump; Speaker mocks First Lady Melania Trump's citizenship
status X
Columbia Missourian: Immigration rally draws
100; Speakers include illegal alien, "social documentary
photographer," woman slated to take November 2018 loss against Hartzler
AP: Several states tackle gerrymandering;
Unions, George Soros among those funding "Clean Missouri" campaign
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Dave Schatz
(R-Sullivan) talks Greitens indictment, opioid legislation,
transportation, Senate pro tem campaign; Panel of Jo Mannies,
Reps. Kathie Conway and Gina Mitten, Ray Hartmann talk indictment,
impeachment, more
P-D: Indictment of Greitens expected to be focus in
Missouri House today
Missourinet: Hoskins weighs in on Greitens' indictment
P-D: Attorney Al Watkins' newest gimmick:
Stripper who filmed lovers seeks pardon from Greitens
Drebes: Maria Chappelle-Nadal calls Gina Walsh a
"Judas Dixiecrat"
Missourinet: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) wants to keep
government, state schools from restricting guns
KWMU: School districts attempt to manage influx of
immigrant children who don't speak English
KWMU: Advocacy group complains about St. Louis City's
tax incentives, demands "racially equitable development"
SE
Missourian editorial: Laura Bush reminds audience that education
is vital for all +
Joplin Globe editorial: Greitens should step aside X
P-D editorial: Effort to strengthen Missouri's open
records and meetings laws deserves Legislature's action X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Palestinian man: No,
Missouri Legislature, you cannot sell our First Amendment rights for
dark money
KC Star letter: KC septuagenarian hopes Greitens'
troubles will bring down President Donald Trump X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian compares
Greitens' nude photography to Rembrandt's artwork
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Sunday, February 25
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Is Claire McCaskill really the
centrist that she claims to be?
Sedalia Democrat: Rep. Vicky Hartzler hosts roundtable
with Sedalia Tyson employees
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer discusses Trump's
infrastructure proposal
P-D: Feds prepare to select construction firms to
build $1.7 billion NGA campus
P-D: Some Poplar Bluff residents have a soft spot for
illegal immigrant; Local business owners say Honduran alien works
hard
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Veterans Commission seeks general counsel
KC Star: St. Joseph businessman and GOP donor Stan
Herzog in ICU after choking at D.C. steakhouse
SNL: Greitens declares state of emergency in response
to flooding in southern Missouri X
SE
Missourian: State of emergency declared in Missouri +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
on Greitens' law firm hiring lobbyists
JCNT: A look at Greitens' two paths: Criminal
process and impeachment procedures X
P-D: Prepping for impeachment: Here's what
Greitens and lawmakers face in the coming days
AP: Indictment of Greitens could have political ripples
JCNT: Professor: Law hinges on expectation of
privacy X
SNL: More than a dozen Missouri schools allow trained
teachers to carry firearms on the job X
P-D: Why aren't big-budget movies filmed in Missouri
anymore? No more film-production tax credits.
Washington Missourian: Lawmakers want answers about
Bourbon virus testing X
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should resign X
P-D editorial: The longer Greitens stays, the more
disgrace he brings. Time for him to go.
CDT editorial: Greitens' effectiveness to lead is
tapped out X
JCNT editorial: A note about our coverage of Greitens'
indictment: No mug shots, no dragging children into the debate X
Washington Missourian editorial: Arming teachers is a
bad idea X
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian criticizes Billy
Long for support from NRA and farm groups, says incumbent's Democratic
opponent will win in November X
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Saturday, February 24
KWMU: In wake of Florida shootings, local students
split on gun control; Clayton High School student Neel
Vallurupalli says armed teachers could help mitigate damage done by
shooters
KC Star: Thousands of Blue Springs students plan to
skip class in early March X
SNL: Local Moms Demand Action chapter plans field trip
to Jefferson City; Gals gab about recent events, organize car
pools, imagine that their drop-bys at legislative offices make a
difference X
KWMU: After 'Atomic Homefront' release, frustrated
residents fill Army Corps Coldwater Creek meeting
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Jill Schupp has open campaign roles
The Missouri Times: Republicans defer to House
committee's investigation after MOGOP calls indictment 'political hit
job'
KC Star: Missouri GOP takes aim at Dem prosecutor, but
Hawley, lawmakers support investigation X
The Missouri Times: The path to impeachment:
Speaker's committee could seek ouster of Greitens
The Missouri Times: Greitens served with Harvey
Weinstein on Soros-backed NYC charity board
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Indictment talk dominates
Missourinet: Schaaf says he expected indictment of
Greitens
SE
Missourian: Lichtenegger, Swan call for Greitens to step down +
KWMU: More Republicans call for Greitens to step down,
while Democrats step back
The Missouri Times: Hoskins says governor must 'do
what is right'
Washington Missourian: Local lawmakers weigh in on
indictment
Missourinet: Nasheed calls for impeachment proceedings
KWMU: Q&A about Greitens indictment
KWMU: Five legal issues from the Greitens indictment
SNL: Greitens is no 'Peeping Tom,' his attorneys argue
in motion to dismiss felony charge X
AP:
Greitens indicted under law aimed at 'Peeping Toms'
P-D: Greitens case could test the definition of
'privacy' in the smartphone era
P-D: Who is Mike Parson? Meet the man who could
replace Greitens
Columbia Missourian: Mike Parson described as a
'straight shooter'
Missourinet: Missouri House honors lawmaker who
donated kidney
KWMU: Protest zone at St. Louis City Planned
Parenthood narrowly earns first-round approval
SNL editorial: Time to remove Greitens from office X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should not treat pregnant
drug addicts like criminals
P-D editorial briefs: Mocking Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash
Grove) for marriage-age comments
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Black voters are a
problem for Claire McCaskill X
Messenger: In the case of State v. Greitens, Lady
Justice wears a blindfold
P-D's Kristen Taketa: Brave students risk detention to
stand up against Missouri Legislature and state's lax gun laws
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian says Long, Trump
do not represent southwest Missourians X
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Friday, February 23
P-D: Gateway Arch National Park gets presidential seal
of approval
KWMU: Lawmakers and agricultural groups team up in
support of NAFTA; Comments from Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby),
Missouri Corn Growers' Shane Kinne, Missouri Dairy's Dave Drennan
The Missouri Times: Governor indicted by grand jury,
taken into custody; Greitens' lawyers will appeal
The Missouri Times: Libla, Romine call for Greitens to
consider resigning
The Missouri Times: Following indictment, House will
open investigation into governor
SNL: Greitens indicted on felony invasion of privacy
charge X
CDT: Rowden calls on Greitens to resign X
KWMU: Grand jury indicts Greitens
KWMU: What you need to know about the Greitens
indictment
AP:
Greitens indicted on invastion of privacy charge
P-D: Greitens indicted for felony invasion of privacy
P-D: Some lawmakers call for Greitens to resign;
GOP leaders call for an investigation
The Atlantic: The indictment of Eric Greitens;
From rising star to felony charges in barely one year
KC Star's Max Londberg: Twitter highlights:
Missouri political pundits, East Coast media roast Greitens with
one-liners X
Missourinet: Nasheed calls on Speaker Richardson to
begin impeachment process
SNL: Haahr's tax overhaul plan includes tax cuts,
higher DMV fees X
The Missouri Times: Haahr files bill to cut taxes
while generating revenue for roads, bridges
SNL: Greitens' higher ed cuts can be restored,
Fitzpatrick says X
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick outlines plan to restore
proposed Missouri higher education cuts
Missourinet: Missouri Senate starts process to boost
funding for nursing homes
The Missouri Times: Republicans look to fix state's
'bad reputation' for legal climate with Munzlinger's venue and joinder
legislation, but bill gets laid over
The Missouri Times: Kaufman Fund pens letter calling
for General Assembly's opposition to asbestos bill
The Missouri Times: House sends industrial hemp,
homeowners' association bills to Senate
KWMU: Pro & con: House Bill 2179 to penalize
companies boycotting Israel
The Missouri Times: PSC signs off on Spire rate case
KWMU: Regulators, environmentalists and scientists
weigh in on how to keep Missouri's lakes clean
Missourinet: Resolution from Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve
Coeur) addresses Equal Rights Amendment
P-D editorial: When the NRA is under fire, Sen. Roy
Blunt comes to the rescue
KC Star editorial: Greitens didn't shoot straight with
Missourians, can't govern under indictment X
P-D editorial: Greitens must resign
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Greitens' problems do
harm to state X
Washington Missourian editorial: Distracted driving is
deadly; Legislature should pass Dixon's bill X
Messenger: Greitens slithers up to the biggest snake
in the swamp and seeks salvation
Phill Brooks: Flaring tempers do nothing but divide
Missouri's Senate
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Thursday, February 22
Variety: Josh Hawley slams McCaskill over Hollywood
ties
CNBC: McCaskill, two other vulnerable Senate Dems show
why party is at risk of losing seats in 2018
SE
Missourian: Former First Lady Laura Bush speaks at Show Me
Center, stresses education +
The Missouri Times: Bill White launches TV ad for
Senate bid
SNL: Greitens, allies still have Confide accounts
following Capitol purge X
Missourinet: Hawley to release results soon in inquiry
into Greitens' use of Confide app
The Missouri Times: Legislation filed to strengthen
Missouri's open records laws
Missourinet: Missouri Senate starts process to boost
funding for nursing homes
AP:
Legislature moves forward on drug take-back program
SNL: Missouri Senate talks medical marijuana X
Missourinet: Missouri high school class of 2017
increased score on AP exams; Asians (3.46 average) outpaced
whites (3.13), with Hispanics (2.66) and blacks (1.92) pulling up the
rear
Columbia Missourian: Bill that would allow Mizzou to
charge higher tuition stalls in Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Justin Alferman
(R-Hermann) would immediately suspend license of drivers who hit
construction workers
JCNT: Advocates lobby to help prevent suicides in
Missouri X
St. Joseph News-Press: House bill seeks to do away
with car inspections X
The Missouri Times: Munzlinger honored with award from
Missouri Agribusiness Association
Missourinet: 'Missouri Sliced Bread Day' legislation
is approved by Missouri House
P-D: National advocacy group 'Human Rights Watch'
criticizes private probation companies in Missouri
SE
Missourian: Allegations of timecard fraud in Oran in hands of
Hawley's office to avoid conflict of interest
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KC Star editorial: KC listening session came up with
no good reason for the EPA to repeal the Clean Power Plan X
P-D editorial: Another embarrassment for Missouri's
executioners
Gateway Journalism Review: Terry Ganey: How
Gatehouse Media has gutted the Columbia Daily Tribune
P-D op-ed: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph): Bill
that benefits utilities comes at the expense of Missourians
P-D op-ed: SLU law prof Chad Flanders: The
problem with 'stand your ground' laws
KC Star's Tessa Weinberg: Missouri bill to criminalize
pregnant women who do drugs would hurt more than help; Thoughts
from Campaign Life Missouri's Sam Lee, American Congress of OB/GYNs
"Sarah Topps [sic]," state
legislators X
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Wednesday, February 21
P-D: McCaskill says VA has reversed itself and paid
claims to 17 WWII vets exposed to mustard gas
KWMU: DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison visits St. Louis,
meets with black activists
KWMU: St. Louis activist uses 'Black Panther' film to
register minority voters
P-D: Army Corps of Engineers to give update on
Coldwater Creek cleanup
P-D: Illinois businessman contributes $500k to
pro-'right to work' campaign
Drebes:
Bill Otto running for a different House seat this time around
KWMU: Joe Reagan resigns as St. Louis Regional Chamber
CEO
CDT: Greitens pays visit to Mexico veterans home X
CDT: Greitens: Taxpayers not funding attorneys'
fees for investigation X
The Missouri Times: Greitens' defense files for open
records lawsuit to be dismissed
KC Star: Lawmakers pass 'revenge porn' measure, with
Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) making Greitens "duct tape" joke X
The Missouri Times: Forced arbitration? Not for sexual
harassment claims, Hawley says
Missourinet: Hawley says costs of state's harassment
and discrimination payouts are not sustainable
The Missouri Times: Emery's utility bill on hold for
now as House looks to send their own version to the Senate
SNL: Marriage bill divides Springfield lawmakers X
KMOX: House passes measure to ban marriage under age
15; Comments from "Rep. Warren Moon [sic]"
P-D: More Missouri students take AP exams, but black
students continue to disappoint; Asians, whites score higher than
state mean
Missourinet: Court rejects lawsuit intended to
reinstate fired Missouri Education Commissioner
P-D: Judge rejects push to reverse firing on
Missouri's top educator
The Missouri Times: Bill would enable city buses to
transport high schoolers
The Missouri Times: Hoskins introduces legislation
legalizing sports gambling in Missouri
KWMU: Gun-control group visits Capitol
Missourinet: Gun-control group visits Capitol offices
AP:
Missouri House gives initial approval to industrial hemp
JCNT: Bill would limit TIF projects to blighted areas X
Columbia Missourian: Bill would put sales tax increase
for public safety on Centralia ballot
P-D: Centene says subsidiary will no longer provide
drugs for Missouri executions
KC Star editorial: Scott Pruitt's EPA will talk
so-called Clean Power Plan in KC today X
P-D editorial: McCaskill helpful in the fight against
Big Pain
KWMU "race, identity and culture" reporter Ashley
Lisenby: #MeToo founder's speech at Webster University addresses
white women co-opting the hashtag and other emotional struggles
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: St. Louis City
Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's investigation of Greitens is political
and not based on public safety
P-D op-ed: If Greitens took a picture during pull-up
lessons, he is guilty of "perversion" and should resign
KC Star op-ed: Union contractors' leader:
Repealing the prevailing wage on construction jobs hurts workers and
the economy X
St. Joseph News-Press letter: St. Joseph Downtown
Partnership's Rhabecca Boerkircher: Historic tax credits
essential to ensuring Downtown thrives X
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Tuesday, February 20
Washington Examiner: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves talks
federal transportation funding
Faughn: The players involved in the Greitens
investigation
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirsville)
says investigation into Greitens goes beyond blackmail allegations
Missourinet: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) says
investigation into Greitens "could turn into a witch hunt"
The Missouri Times: Three House reps vying for
Silvey's seat
The Missouri Times: Ron Rammaha in race for Rep.
Cloria Brown's seat
Clayton Times: Jimmy Loomis resigns as Clayton
Township Democratic committeeman
KWMU: Parson visits St. Louis Veterans home;
Conditions continue to improve, residents and families say
Missourinet: Parson honors those fighting for change
at veterans home
P-D: Parson thanks those who exposed problems at
veterans home
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf calls out colleagues
over utility rate legislation X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Dan
Hegeman (R-Cosby) on tax credits and the Senate's relationship with
Gov. Greitens
The Missouri Times: Hegeman asks Senate to weigh the
needs of the state when considering historic tax credits, bill laid over
P-D: Lawmakers debate historic tax credits
KWMU: Low-income housing tax credit freeze casts
shadow over legislative session
The Missouri Times: DOR projecting quarter-million
increase in costs for postage
Missourinet: Missouri bill would provide more than
three months of unemployment benefits
P-D: In Texas County, indigent defendants will be
defended by private attorneys
JCNT: Firearms bill hearings delayed a week X
SNL: Greitens' staff met with board members before
Vandeven's firing, appointee says X
Missourinet: Missouri House passes bill that would ban
marriage of kids 14 and younger
JCNT: Bill would create new opportunities for
Missourians with disabilities X
St. Joseph News-Press: Texting and driving bills shut
down X
CDT: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) battles critics of
hunting permit bill X
JCNT: Lawmakers asked to improve abuse case
investigations X
Missourinet: Committee report sent to Speaker Todd
Richardson about Warren Love's Facebook comment
Columbia Missourian: Dueling demonstrations outside
abortion facility pits pro-life group versus "Guild of Silly
Heathens"; Pro-choice group dresses up as female genitalia, waves
"Honk if You're Horny" signs
SNL: National advocacy group gives Missouri poor
ranking for health X
P-D editorial: Roy Blunt is kept in line by NRA cash
P-D editorial: Hawley steps up for workers in
harassment arbitration cases
KC Star editorial: More women die when domestic
abusers own guns, but Missouri legislators don't care X
Priddy:
To prevent a school shooting in Missouri, legislators should spend more
money on mental health care
KWMU's Rachel Lippmann: Former KWMU reporter Chris
McDaniel now writing for Buzzfeed, still targeting Missouris' execution
drug supplier
JCNT letter: Prolific letter-writer Sue Gibson
responds to letter responding to McCaskill's abortion stance X
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Monday, February 19
KWMU: Missouri could struggle to draw federal funds
with new infrastructure plan; Comments from Regional Chamber's
Hart Nelson
P-D: Tight clamp on immigration hits Marshall,
Mo.; El Salvadorans are in the United States legally, for now
P-D: Jesse Jackson, 76, makes appearance in St. Louis
City
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Rep. David
Gregory (R-St. Louis County) talks audit of Dept. of Revenue;
Panel of Reps. Donna Baringer (D-St. Louis City) and Tom Hannegan
(R-St. Charles), David Barklage, Jane Dueker talk corruption
investigation, budget, more
Drebes:
Annette Read's America First MO, formerly Show-Me Trump, to open office
early next month
KC Star: Date set for special election for Silvey's
state Senate seat X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Equifax seeks regional director for state government
relations
KWMU: Former St. Louis judge has joined governor's
legal team
Columbia Missourian: MU communications prof, PR pros
offer analysis on how Greitens has handled scandal
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) talks
Greitens' higher ed cuts
Columbia Missourian: Legislators debate prevailing wage
Missourinet: Springfield mayor pushes for Missouri
primary seat belt law
P-D: MoDOT to hold session on plans for I-270 in North
St. Louis County
AP: Missouri works to secure national bicycle route
SNL: Lawyers call case against Springfield massage
parlors weak. Just wait, Hawley's office says.
X
KC Star editorial: No more swanky dinners or free
booze? Missouri lawmakers should ban lobbyist gifts X
P-D editorial: Missouri's rural way of life threatened
by more than wind power
Messenger: Hallmark, Hawley and the #MeToo
movement; forced arbitration falls flat
CDT Managing Editor Charles Westmoreland: Democratic
state auditor gives lesson in fiscal discipline X
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian dislikes Hawley's
support for military parade X
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Sunday, February 18
P-D: Big military budget refuels St. Louis-built Super
Hornet
JCNT: Pressure to legalize marijuana in Missouri is
high X
The Missouri Times: Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis
County) talks $36M in potential savings on This Week in Missouri
Politics
SNL: Bill to empower auditor, backed by local
officials, stalls in Missouri Senate X
Missourinet: The number of Missouri students enrolled
at University of Arkansas has doubled in ten years; Rep. Greg
Razer (D-Kansas City) points out Razorbacks' recruiting success
SNL: MSU, Drury researchers to study opinions on
poverty; Residents of five counties - or those claiming to be -
can take online survey regarding poor people's work ethic, other topics X
KC Star: Neosho gun shop owner helps son's baseball
team by donating rifle for raffle; Facebook post triggers
gun-control proponents, elicits emotional responses X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) says
retirement bill has earned bipartisan support
P-D: Real estate series: St. Louis City couple
complains about redlining, says US Bank lender suggested they consider
a safer neighborhood - and other outrages
P-D: Real estate series: Red-hot O'Fallon, Mo.
keeps growing and growing; Low crime rate, safe schools draw
high-earning homeowners
Washington Missourian: Bill from Rep. Nate Tate (R-St.
Clair) would ban synthetic human urine X
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau NAACP holds dinner; Speakers say
every vote counts, tout power of "community," etc. +
Clayton Times: St. Louis NAACP to honor Rosa Parks at
annual event
KC Star editorial: McCaskill, Blunt should compromise
on immigration X
P-D editorial: Auditor Nicole Galloway suggests
common-sense budgeting. What a concept.
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Utility rates due a
reset X
Washington Missourian editorial: Child marriages a bad
idea X
Waters: Senate Bill 612 is a sneaky tax credit X
P-D op-ed: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan:
Bipartisan energy legislation is good for Missouri electric customers
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian wants Blunt
to add special section to Senate website so she can complain about his
Second Amendment stance
SNL letter: Local union communications director
disagrees with Eric Burlison on 'right to work' X
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Saturday, February 17
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
AP:
Blunt: Trump to nominate Timothy Garrison as U.S. attorney
SNL: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen says
AR-15 raffle involved 'a lot of due diligence'
X
The Missouri Times: Initiative petition for medical
marijuana raises $250k
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of February 12, 2018
Drebes: Mark Ausmus, former chief of staff to Speaker
Bob Griffin (D), files age-discrimination suit against Missouri
Department of Revenue
KWMU: Missouri House passes 17 bills, kills one, while
the Senate focuses on utility bill
Columbia Missourian: Missouri lawmakers fear looming
infrastructure crisis
St. Joseph News-Press: Historic Preservation Tax Bill
could see work next week X
The Missouri Times: 'Raise the Age' legislation back
again
Columbia Missourian: Conservation Federation of
Missouri's Brandon Butler accuses Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) of
nepotism; Basye says allegations are bovine excrement
KC Star: GOP legislators hope to get rid of mandatory
vehicle inspections X
Missourinet: Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington):
Gun control is not the answer to mass shootings
AP:
Missouri Department of Mental Health notifying 1,000 people about
mailing error
The Missouri Times: Legislation would open doors for
Missouri farmers to grow hemp
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: February 15, 2018
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Doug Beck (D-St. Louis
County) would designate a Blake Snyder Memorial Highway
P-D editorial briefs: In support of sex-education
additions from Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
CDT op-ed: National Parents Organization of Missouri's
Linda Reutzel: It's time to align Missouri's family courts with
research X
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Trump's EPA budget
shows disregard for St. Louisans' health
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Friday, February 16
St. Joseph News-Press: Senate finds no path on
immigration; Comments from Blunt X
KCUR: Mexican alien could be deported as soon as
today; Crecensio Mendez-Ramirez claims he must stay in Missouri
because he's wanted by Mexican drug cartels
P-D: Blunt says Russian election influence was
marginal; Intelligence Committee report coming soon
SE
Missourian: Former First Lady Laura Bush to speak at Show Me
Center +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Republican Party looking
for paid volunteers to gather signatures for pro-'right to work'
petition
Drebes: New Approach says it's nearing signature
target for cannabis initiative
KC Star: Medical marijuana gaining steam in
Missouri; Comments from New Approach Missouri's Jack Cardetti X
Missourinet: Investigators dispatched by office of St.
Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner (D) talk with Speaker Todd
Richardson, Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty about Greitens
The Missouri Times: Emery's utility bill passes the
Senate, heads to House
Missourinet:
Missouri Senate passes contentious utility bill after intense debate
Washington Missourian: Schatz advocates for gas tax
KWMU: The jobless could enjoy 13 weeks of benefits
under bill passed by Missouri House
KCUR: Senate committee favors taxing out-of-state
entertainers to bring in millions for arts
P-D: Lawmakers target Anthem's controversial emergency
room policy
KWMU: St. Louis City schools look at residency program
to encourage new teachers to stick it out; Half of teachers throw
in the towel within 5 years
P-D: Missouri teacher preparation program ratings aim
to help keep teachers on the job
Columbia Missourian: Total ban on texting and driving
heard by Senate committee
SNL: Comments solicited by Missouri State Parks oppose
selling closed state parks X
KWMU: Ameren Missouri plans to close all coal ash
ponds but will leave the waste in place
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Agriculture makes
budget plea to cover cost of dicamba investigations; Some
pesticide applicators choose to use approved herbicide irresponsibly
Columbia Missourian: Moms Demand Action trying to stop
state campus carry bill
KC Star: Lawmakers discuss domestic abusers and gun
restrictions X
SNL: Fewer gun-free zones or fewer guns:
Missouri lawmakers split on what's safer X
Missourinet: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-Richmond Heights)
talks Florida shooting, gun control
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
promotes resolution to make youth violence a health epidemic
KC Star editorial: Where is the Republican who will
take on the NRA? Blunt should flip-flop on gun control X
Washington Missourian editorial: Historic tax credits
work X
KC Star op-ed: Georgetown University coed wants
McCaskill and Blunt to support path to citizenship for illegals X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Phill Brooks: Fiscal
notes matter
P-D letter: Webster Groves School Board's Jean Dugan
says state legislators spend too much time talking about charter schools
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Thursday, February 15
Fortune: Blunt warns Trump against starting reciprocal
battle on tariffs
Missourinet: McCaskill report questions $9 million
drug maker/pain management group relationships
The Missouri Times: Elijah Haahr returns from
Washington, D.C. after attending President Trump's infrastructure
rollout
Missourinet: Libertarian group launches ad blitz today
critical of McCaskill's vote against tax cuts
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Monthly profile of independent
U.S. Senate candidate Craig O'Dear
SNL: Spence Jackson Memorial Scholarship Fund honors
memory of former Ashcroft/Bond/Blunt/Schweich communicator;
Thoughts from Jeff Layman, Joe Passanise, Scott Faughn, others
The Missouri Times: Missouri high court upholds former
Sen. Robin Wright-Jones' (D-St. Louis City) ethics violation fees
The Missouri Times: Investigators from the office of
St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner (D) expand Greitens probe,
begin interviewing lawmakers
Missourinet: Investigators from St. Louis City visit
Capitol as part of Greitens probe
St. Joseph News-Press: Greitens promotes tax plan in
St. Joseph
The Missouri Times: Missouri Municipal League welcomes
Ashcroft, legislators at annual conference
Missourinet: Transportation is a top priority for
Missouri Municipal League
SE
Missourian: Election officials give reasons why local systems are
protected from hacking; Thoughts from Cape Girardeau County Clerk
Kara Clark Summers, others
The Missouri Times: Senate utility bill filibuster
returns, compromise apparently no longer standing
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) wants
teacher voice on State Board of Education, proposes bill
The Missouri Times: Marriage age bill encounters
resistance during perfection
The Missouri Times: Moon's bill seeks to refund sales
tax from assessments, Budget Committee passes two bills out of committee
JCNT: Bill seeks changes for state workers;
Measure would modify job classifications, offer managers more
flexibility
Columbia Missourian: Legislation would honor officers
killed in the line of duty
P-D: Student journalists would be shielded from
censorship under proposal
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers want to get rid of
residency rule used to attack Hawley
KWMU: Missouri Senate panel revives password
protection efforts
Missourinet: Missouri House committee looks at two
swatting bills after Wichita tragedy
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers consider doing away
with vehicle safety inspections
Missourinet: Missouri mayors want a primary seat belt
law
St. Joseph News-Press: Tax cuts spur KCP&L rate
update case
P-D: In "#metoo" complaint era, Hawley and legislative
Republicans split on private handling of employment disputes
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers take Gov. Eric
Greitens to school on Board of Education
KC Star editorial: 2018 elections in Missouri could be
hacked
P-D op-ed: Institute for Justice attorney:
Missouri Legislature should not repeal Ferguson-inspired laws
JCNT letter: Saint Elizabeth septuagenarian questions
how McCaskill reconciles Catholic faith with support for abortion
P-D letter: Arnold sexagenarian says disgruntled
Americans must rise up, form alternative political parties, realize
every vote matters, etc.
KC Star letter: Kansas septuagenarian man dislikes
Missouri legislators' approach to gun laws; Kansas septuagenarian
woman says Star prints too many letters from men
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Wednesday, February 14
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill pushes for opioid
makers' disclosures X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Conservation Federation of Missouri roles
Columbia Missourian: Greitens in favor of revoking
citizenship for Columbia man who aided terrorists
KCUR's Up to Date: Jason Rosenbaum, UMSL's Dave
Robertson talk with Steve Kraske about redistricting, gerrymandering,
and what lies ahead
The Missouri Times: Missouri School Boards'
Association hosts legislative day in Jefferson City; Thoughts
from MSBA's Melissa Randol, others
SNL: Attorneys spar for hours as judge weighs whether
to void Vandeven firing X
Columbia Missourian: Consent may soon be required as
part of statewide sexual education curriculum
The Missouri Times: Senate tax plan moves forward,
Greitens' version stalled
SE
Missourian: Missouri Senate panel passes bill to cut income
taxes, raise gas tax +
The Missouri Times: Audit of Dept. of Revenue from
Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis County) highlights $36 million in cost
savings
AP:
Missouri House votes to trim length of unemployment benefits
KC Star: KC restaurant owner's plea to
lawmakers: Let me put more felons to work X
The Missouri Times: Syringe access bill gets
bipartisan support in House
AP:
House advances needle-exchange bill
KC Star: Proposal would raise fee to file initiative
petition X
CDT: Report: Russia used fake KKK news to
instigate more fear during University of Missouri's 2015 race agitation X
JCNT: House approves Adrian's Island bill X
Columbia Missourian: Critics say Clean Water Law
revisions would allow for more pollution
The Missouri Times: Police pensions predicament in St.
Louis City heads to Jefferson City
KC Star: Proposal from Rep. Rusty Black
(R-Chillicothe) would honor home of sliced bread X
Columbia Missourian: Sean Spence seeks to build on
KOPN's 45-year history; Former Dem campaign manager/consultant
serves as general manager for public radio station
P-D editorial: Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters)
right to want to keep tabs on Missouri's plethora of special taxing
districts
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: AT&T's John Sondag on impact of Trump
tax cuts on workers; Jason Smith on rural broadband +
Jensen:
Yes, I'm a senior citizen - I earned it; Response to KC Star
letter from sexagenarian complaining about use of term "seniors" +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Bob Dixon
(R-Springfield): You won't believe what's going on at the Capitol
- principled public service
KC Star op-ed: Rep. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas
City): Forced arbitration keeps Missouri's employees in the dark X
P-D letter: Self-described political independent
frustrated by Post-Dispatch's chronic bias
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Tuesday, February 13
Missourinet: In response to GOP tax cuts, Tyson Foods
to give bonuses to 5,000 Missouri workers
TIME: Americans for Prosperity to run ads critical of
McCaskill for opposing tax cuts
USA Today: McCaskill says advocacy groups became
'cheerleaders for opioids'
P-D: McCaskill says top opioid manufacturers gave
millions to pain groups
SNL: Josh Hawley says Missouri 'would love to' host
military parade desired by President Trump X
KC Star: Silicon Valley entrepreneur, who gave Hawley
$300k for 2016 AG campaign, gave $5,400 in November for U.S. Senate
campaign; Peter Thiel has been longtime critic of Google X
SE
Missourian: Rebuilding roads, bridges, ports requires funding
partnership +
KWMU: What's next for the West Lake Landfill
KC Star: Unions renew 'Fight for $15' minimum wage
increase +
The Missouri Times: Jim Murphy running for Rep. Cloria
Brown's seat
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Bill Otto to run
against GOP Rep. Tom Hannegan
The Missouri Times: Rodney Boyd, Kate Casas, Brian
Grace, Kelvin Simmons leave Dentons, start Nexus group
Missourinet: Galloway presents her budget to House
committee
SNL: Missouri GOP leaders agree (sort of) about tax
cuts, but the devil remains in the details X
Columbia Missourian: MU medical program, other higher
ed initiatives could lose all state funding
The Missouri Times: House votes down gubernatorial
priority police dog bill, advances labor and liquor legislation
P-D: Boosting penalties for those who assault police
dogs fizzles
AP:
Missouri House passes bill on public union dues
SNL: Bill that could delay state enforcement of water
pollution heard by Missouri lawmakers X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill aims to keep opioids out
of the wrong hands X
Missourinet: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) wants sex
education to include curriculum about sexual harassment, violence and
consent
Missourinet: Legislature considers updating sex
offender registry
The Missouri Times: Chez Monet opens at the Capitol
KC Star editorial: 'The bridge to Kansas': Why
hasn't Missouri learned from Brownback's tax cut mistakes? X
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Don't gift
medical marijuana to McCaskill
The Missouri Times op-ed: Liquor bill will hurt
Missouri, help Total Wine
SE
Missourian letter: Sexagenarian Democrat says Greitens'
effectiveness has ben hampered +
P-D letter: Easterseals Midwest CEO says legislators
should support fair play for nonprofit workers
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Monday, February 12
Missouri State Holiday - Lincoln Day
Missourinet: Bi-state group supporting illegal aliens
wants looser immigration policy; Mexican pobrecita says she lives
in fear thanks to President Trump
KC Star: Emanuel Cleaver weighs in on alien - living
illegally in Kansas - arrested by ICE; Congressman suggests
letter he sent to Trump might make a difference X
CDT: Nonprofits discuss impact of increase in federal
tax code's standard deduction X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Rep.-elect Mike
Revis (D-Fenton) talks special election win, labor issue; Panel
of Reps. Beck Ruth (R-Festus) and Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon), Jeff
Roorda, ACLU's Jeffrey Mittman talks utility legislation, Revis' win,
"raise the age" legislation
The Missouri Times: Rep.-elect Mike Revis (D-Fenton)
talks his win on This Week in Missouri Politics
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Craig
Razer (D-Kansas City) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about impact
of tax cuts, MoDOT's budget needs, MONA, Mike Revis' win, more
Missourinet: Missouri state and county government
offices closed for Lincoln Day
Columbia Missourian: SOS Jay Ashcroft pushing for more
money to support broadband in libraries
P-D: Judge: Missouri taxpayers must pay for
transgender prisoners' hormone therapy
Washington Missourian: Greitens doesn't support
proposed gas tax increase suggested by 21st Century Committee X
Columbia Missourian: House bill would empower trained
campus faculty as protection officers
P-D: Decision on St. Louis school board and charter
school renewals among delays from state board standoff
Columbia Missourian: What is Native American art?
Missouri lawmakers trying to define it
Columbia Missourian: Bills address postpartum care
AP:
Missouri bill would mark official day for sliced bread
P-D: Advocacy group gives Missouri poor score for
traffic safety laws
Messenger: Will old Rock Island rail line get new life
as a trail? Missouri waits.
KC Star letter: Area sexagenarian says use of term
"seniors" is demeaning to olds X
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Sunday, February 11
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Profile: Presidential
candidate Jason Kander and campaign mastermind Abe Rakov
P-D: DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison joins Lacy Clay to
push for minimum wage; Comments from "Raise the Wage" leader
"Betty [sic] Douglas"
KSDK (St. Louis): "Raise the Wage" group rallies in
Ferguson; Bettie Douglas, age 60, explains travails of managing a
household budget
SNL: Speaker-to-be Elijah Haahr to attend
transportation roundtable with Trump and Pence tomorrow X
Washington Missourian: Greitens deflects questions
about affair X
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf opposes Greitens' tax
plan
P-D editorial: Lawmakers make it easier for monopolies
to raise electricity and gas rates
SNL op-ed: Eric Burlison: 'Right to work' gives
workers a choice X
KC Star op-ed: Nursing home CEO: Missouri
legislators should spend more money on nursing home
reimbursement; Also, greeting card industry must stop pushing
ageist retirement cards X
JCNT op-ed: Conservation Federation of Missouri's
Brandon Butler: Legislation aims to rob Missourians of
conservation resources X
P-D letter: Bellefontaine Neighbors conservative mocks
Post-Dispatch's liberal bent, stock market ignorance and glee over one
(1) Democratic state legislative win
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Saturday, February 10
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Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith votes against budget deal that
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Drebes:
Kit Bond alum Judy Dungan appointed by President Trump to GSA post
KC Star: McCaskill blames state legislators for
women's incarceration rates X
St. Joseph News-Press: Man who stabbed bar employee to
death had a green card; Social media reports suggested Eliseo
Hernandez-Sebastian was an illegal alien X
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler bill would rename
Columbia post office after fallen soldier
AP:
Study: Failure of Mississippi River locks would cost millions
The Missouri Times: Greitens' defense in blackmail
investigation not pro bono
KC Star: Galloway warns state budget 'starting to walk
towards the bridge to Kansas' X
JCNT: Legislators: Broadband, higher state pay
are priorities X
KWMU: Growing discontent with state testing among
school superintendents
CDT: At forum, state reps say higher education funding
a priority X
KC Star: New UMKC chancellor promises 'something
spectacular' for Kansas City X
AP:
Missouri National Guard to partner with Israeli Home Front Command
West Plains Daily Quill: Quail Forever sponsors youth
hunt next Saturday; Rep. Shawn Rhoads (R-West Plains) donates
cash to cover cost of hunter caps and vests kids will receive
KC Star: NAACP's Nimrod Chapel to represent former
corrections officer seeking cash from Missouri Dept. of
Corrections; Latino man claims he was discriminated against due
to race, "adult attention deficit disorder" X
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislators, not
their interns, are the problem in Jefferson City; State
lawmakers, staff should sit through longer versions of anti-harassment
training X
KC Star's Tessa Weinberg: Legislature should pass LGBT
protections, but Republicans stand in the way
X
SNL letter: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson):
McCaskill failed constituents on late-term abortion vote X
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Friday, February 9
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt talk budget deal
SNL: U.S. Rep. Billy Long talks Nunes memo, Mueller
probe X
AP:
Feds seek to revoke citizenship of man who illegally funneled money to
Iraq; Mubarek Hamed's "Islamic-American Relief Agency" was based
in Columbia, Mo.
P-D: Gateway Arch National Park just needs Trump's
signature to become official name
The Missouri Times: Senate finds compromise during
24-hour filibuster, perfect's Emery's utility bill
P-D: After 24-hour filibuster, Missouri Senate
endorses electricity rate deal sought by Ameren
AP:
Senators filibuster utility rates
Missourinet: Missouri Senate gives initial approval to
utility legislation
Missourinet: Governor faces media at Missouri Press
Association event
CDT: Greitens takes question from Post-Dispatch's
Christopher Ave over photo of woman, says topic has already been covered X
KWMU: As Greitens touts tax-cut proposal, he declines
to get behind fuel-tax increase
KWMU: Reactions to Greitens' proposal to trim higher ed
CDT: Galloway warns of dire budget possibilities in
'stress test' X
The Missouri Times: Galloway: We cannot grow our
way out of a budget hole
Missourinet: Galloway says state budget unstable,
vulnerable to economic downturn
SNL: Jeff Notes briefs: 'X-ray' of Missouri
workforce shows low morale; utility bill sparks filibuster X
JCNT: Administration looks to improve state employee
culture X
KWMU: Proposal would reduce time for seeking
personal-injury payout in Missouri
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce DeGroot (R-Chesterfield) says
bill would prevent 'double-dipping' from those seeking asbestos jackpots
The Missouri Times: Anne Precythe touts numerous
changes at Dept. of Corrections
Drebes:
St. Louis Business Journal endorses Wiemann proposal to put municipal
financial information on a public website
KC Star op-ed: Mizzou Professor Emeritus Art
Jago: Missouri has too many public universities. It must close
campuses. X
SNL op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway:
Petition process plays vital role X
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian praises McCaskill
for holding town halls, wants GOP officials to do the same X
P-D letter: St. Louis County feminist angry at
Danforth over Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings from 1991
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Thursday, February 8
WDAF (Kansas City): "National Day of Action" for
supporters of illegal aliens draws crowd of six (6) outside McCaskill's
office
St. Joseph News-Press: Prosecutor says murderer's
potential illegal-alien status "isn't relevant ... not appropriate" X
KWMU: Hawley's allies believe views on human
trafficking will boost support from base; McCaskill calls
comments "stupid and ignorant"
KWMU: Rural ambulances make do while waiting for
Congress to renew funding
CDT: Saundra McDowell enters GOP race for state auditor X
Rosenbaum: Democrats rejoice after capturing Jefferson
County-based state House seat
KC Star's Jason Hancock: A Democrat flips a Missouri
House seat, and infighting ensues; Comments from veteran GOP
brain Scott Dieckhaus, "Rep. Peter Meridith [sic]"
P-D: Hand-wringing for Republicans, rejoicing for
Democrats in Missouri House special election
KMOV (St. Louis): Attorney representing man at center
of Greitens allegations being asked to stop seeking publicity
AP:
Report suggests improvements for Missouri veterans homes
Drebes:
Chappelle-Nadal, mad at Wallingford for signing West Lake Landfill
letter, gives Cape senator a receipt
The Missouri Times: Schaaf, Libla lead filibuster
against Emery's 'utility tax' bill
The Missouri Times: Committee hears Romine's
gubernatorial appointment reform bill, supporters say 'the process is
broken'
KWMU: Senate bill targets Greitens' appointments to
state boards and commissions
Columbia Missourian: Senate bill would restrict when
governor can make appointments
P-D: Critics pan how Greitens' cabinet member is paid
JCNT: Lawmakers again asked to require paper ballots X
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Rocky Miller
(R-Lake Ozark) on minors' abortion notification given preliminary
approval
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider higher
penalties for Missouri protesters blocking highways
The Missouri Times: Columbia Chamber of Commerce
supports easing work-related barriers for convicted felons
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia)
seeks to expand Safe at Home confidentiality program
Columbia Missourian: Bill would shrink window to seek
personal-injury payday
The Missouri Times: Eggleston's bill gives more towns
option to be non-election towns
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: February 7, 2018
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of
Conservation updating black bear research page; Department uses
ID tags to track movements of young animals X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Women's Voices
Raised for Social Justice promote "Juvenile Injustice" campaign to
tackle schools' discipline of poorly-behaved black children
JCNT editorial: Proposal to scuttle House internship
program misguided X
P-D op-ed: Wash U. undergrads Anirudh Prahu and Ishaan
Shah: Republicans in Missouri won't expand Medicaid, so state
should make it easier for physicians to monitor care of pregnant women
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Wednesday, February 7
Washington Examiner: Blunt: Republicans,
Democrats "pretty close" to budget deal
Missourinet: Hartzler for budget bill, Cleaver against
it
SNL: Jeff Notes briefs: Aaron Willard joins
pro-Hawley PAC; Conservative Christian writer Jake Meador pushes
back against intentional misrepresentation of Hawley's
human-trafficking remarks X
KC Star: Jack Danforth, Jim Talent reiterate support
for Josh Hawley X
KWMU: EPA seeking public feedback on West Lake plan
The Missouri Times: Republicans handed first special
election defeat in over a decade amid Greitens scandal
P-D: Democrats snag Missouri House seat, Republicans
win 3 others in special election
SNL: Blind ambition: Visually-impaired man sees
himself running in GOP primary against Rep. Steve Helms
(R-Springfield); Deshon Porter failed to gather enough signatures
to run for city council in 2017, says Helms is doing a good job X
Drebes:
Initiative petitions filed for fuel tax
The Missouri Times: A look at grand jury's role in
Greitens case
The Missouri Times: Senate, Greitens offer competing
tax-overhaul plans
The Missouri Times: Steve Corsi drawing salary from
two state agencies
The Missouri Times: Americans for Farmers &
Families talks impact of NAFTA on Missouri; Comments from Casey
Guernsey, Missouri Corn Growers' Shane Kinne, Missouri Dairy
Association's Dave Drennan, others
AP:
Missouri schools get discounted price on tests after company's 2017
slip-up
KWMU: Latest attempt at charter-school expansion would
target failing schools, not districts
Missourinet: Rep. John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon) wants
chiropractic services offered to Medicaid recipients
The Missouri Times: Committee hears emotion-packed
testimony on Neely's medical marijuana bill
Columbia Missourian: Medical marijuana proposal
limited to those with terminal conditions
The
Missouri Times: Report suggests improvements for Missouri
veterans homes
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Dan Houx
(R-Warrensburg) would address lack of coroner training
KWMU: Senators propose limiting gifts from lobbyists
to $40 a day
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri House looking at
abandoned aircraft bill
The Missouri Times: Credit unions converge on Capitol
SNL: After Greene County sheriff sued over jail, Rep.
Ken Wilson (R-Smithville) wants law changed X
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
would recognize Grammy Award winner Rhonda Vincent, who grew up in
Missouri
JCNT editorial: Missouri State Penitentiary makes
progress X
P-D's Kevin McDermott and Chuck Raasch: Hawley now
facing whispers of buyers' remorse within party; Recap of Roll
Call, Politico, USA Today's original reporting
CDT op-ed: UM President Mun Choi: Universities
offer solutions to revive rural Missouri X
KC Star op-ed: D.C.-based think tank: Missouri
should keep juvenile offenders from a life of crime
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Local leader of
"Persisterhood" feminist group, a retired college English professor,
wants Greitens impeached X
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian dislikes
Missouri-American's request to Public Service Commission
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Roll Call: In Missouri's U.S. Senate race, Democrats
hope for GOP primary; Comments from Jack Cardetti, John Hancock,
Gregg Keller, others
USA Today: Kit Bond hopes Josh Hawley picks up
campaign pace, wants to see AG "gear up and get with it"
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner rakes in $2 million in
re-election campaign
Drebes:
McCaskill comes out in favor of medical marijuana
The Missouri Times: Four House seats up for grab in
2018 special elections; Republicans 'cautiously optimistic'
Missourinet: Poor People's Campaign holds rally at
Capitol; Attendees include Missouri Faith Voices and
pro-illegal-immigrant group, with Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
making late appearance
SNL: Ex-husband of Gov. Greitens' former mistress
subpoenaed by St. Louis grand jury, attorney says X
P-D: Man who released Greitens audio says he was
subpoenaed to appear before grand jury
AP:
Attorney says grand jury is investigating Greitens' affair
The Missouri Times: Greitens looks to continue state
job cuts while bringing in jobs in other sectors
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
talks about Greitens' "tough sell" of tax cuts and budget cuts
St. Joseph News-Press: Proposal to cut historic tax
credits moves forward in Missouri Senate X
Missourinet: SOS Jay Ashcroft emphasizes the
importance of libraries during budget testimony
Missourinet: Ashcroft supports legislative proposal to
limit skyrocketing number of initiative petitions
P-D: Missouri taxpayers hit with $23 million in legal
payouts last year; Harris-Stowe State University issued $5.5
million judgment for discriminating against white woman
KWMU: Proposal from Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane)
would crack down on protesters who block interstate highways
JCNT: Senate Judicary Committee hears 13 bills, takes
no action; Riddle seeks to protect drivers from humanoid speed
bumps X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers question whether foster
system should speed search for biological parents
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee could soon vote
on whether to restore whistleblower protections
AP:
Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) wants House intern program suspended
Brownfield Ag News: Democratic bill would limit global
diversity of Missouri farmland ownership
Maryville Daily Forum: Missouri Department of
Conservation eliminates 6,500 feral hogs from Missouri in 2017
KWMU: New team leads regional fight against violent
crime; Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain Stephen Ferrier,
U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen join urban leaders in attempt to decrease
homicides
SE
Missourian: NAACP President Nimrod Chapel speaks to Cape Rotary
Club, talks SB 43 and efforts to discourage travel and economic
activity in Missouri +
P-D editorial: Rep. T.J. Berry (R-Kearney) waxes silly
with bid to delegitimize weddings outside religious institutions
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Missouri's
congressional districts are drawn in a relatively clean pattern X
Priddy:
Lawmakers should support Ron Richard-Dan Hegeman plan to restore
Capitol building
P-D letter: Green Park liberal applauds reporter Kevin
McDermott for "enlightening" anti-Hawley piece
P-D letter: Oakville sexagenarian, a product of
Mizzou's journalism school, dissects Kevin McDermott's anti-Hawley piece
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Monday, February 5
CNN: Senate seats most likely to flip in
November: McCaskill ranked #3
P-D: Illegal alien evades immigration authorities by
camping out in basement of Mapelwood church
KWMU: Activists react to EPA plan for West Lake
Landfill
AP:
'Right-to-work' holdouts face new efforts to change labor laws;
Missourians to vote on referendum in November
P-D: Democrats dream of beating back their
superminority status; A look at four local state rep races
Drebes: State
Treasurer Eric Schmitt joins adjunct faculty of SLU
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-Weldon Spring) talks tax cut for Missourians; Panel of Rep.
Bryan Spencer (R-Wentzville), Kate Casas, Sam Gladney and Jim Gwinner
talk tax proposals, Hawley and sex trafficking, more
The Missouri Times: Eigel talks tax cuts on This Week
in Missouri Politics
KWMU: Missouri's taxing districts facing increased
scrutiny
JCNT: Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) focused on cutting
boards and cutting government
Missourinet: Missouri legal expense fund legislation
to be heard in House committee Tuesday
CDT: Bill to allow students to use city transit headed
to vote
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Chamber of Commerce to
host transportation conference later this month
Columbia Missourian: State looks at increasing
penalties for assaulting or killing law enforcement animals;
Greitens announces support for proposal via Facebook without advising
bill sponsor Rep. Robert Cornejo (R-St. Charles)
AP:
Missouri National Guard brings training program to Joplin
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol cafeteria to reopen
Friday
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette) targets conversion therapy
SNL: National library group promotes list of books
challenged in Missouri since 2014
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: McCaskill stands with far left on
abortion vote
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: A day-by-day
look at January and early February in Missouri politics
KC Star letter: Warrensburg woman dislikes Hawley's
comments on sex trafficking, urges AG to "get off his high horse"
P-D letter: Creve Coeur parent responds to piece on
districts' teacher diversity, says paper should be ashamed of reporter
Kristen Taketa's shoddy journalism and race agitation
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Sunday, February 4
KWMU: Lincoln Days report: Missouri Republicans
believe tax cuts are turning the tide
P-D: GOP unity on display at Lincoln Days
KC Star: Lincoln Day notes: Rasmussen speech,
media speculation on U.S. Senate primary, more
X
Columbia Missourian: NAACP quarterly meeting reveals
tensions; "Race Matters, Friends" activist gets lippy with
Executive Board Member Gov. Bob Holden
SNL: Former Springfield Councilman Craig Fishel (R) to
run for Kevin Austin's open state rep seat X
St. Joseph News-Press: Local state legislative
fundraising totals and their major donors: Tony Luetkemeyer,
Harry Roberts, Martin Rucker, Austin Montee, others X
JCNT: Missouri sets initiative petitions record - again X
SNL: Ashcroft wants U.S. Supreme Court to block other
states' gerrymandering rulings X
SNL: Missouri thinks a popular tax deduction has been
eliminated. Analysts aren't so sure. X
Columbia Missourian: Legislature considers work
requirement for able-bodied Missourians on food stamps
JCNT: Greitens' budget proposes more cuts in state
workforce X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) talks
about retirement benefit legislation aimed at helping soil and water
conservation district employees
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of
Conservation updating black bear research page
X
AP: House harassment investigations have cost
taxpayers $22,000; Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City)
accused Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis) of calling her "boo," other
abominations
Washington Missourian editorial: While not necessary
in Missouri, it's still a smart move for gun owners to obtain a permit
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Drug courts make sense X
SNL op-ed: Sen. Roy Blunt: Tax reform is paying
off for Missouri families X
P-D's Kevin Horrigan: Mocking Greitens via imaginary
"Eric Greitens Organization (EGO)" booster club; 68-year-old
columnist pokes at 23-year-old Parker Briden
SNL letter: Caucasoid coed says Greitens is "just
another white politician who successfully uses his powers to abuse
others" X
P-D letter: Webster Groves man interprets Hawley's
statement as suggesting sex trafficking began 50 years ago
P-D letter: Florissant woman accuses Missouri-American
Water of "weaponization of water," thinks legislators should be "fired"
for not opposing company
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian attempts topical humor
on Missouri law and property taxes, with punchline involving lobbyists
and "asses" X
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Saturday, February 3
Roll Call: "Take Five" Q&A feature: Roy
Blunt on mental health funding, lessons learned as House Majority Whip,
more
KC Star: Blunt weighs in on House Intelligence
Committee memo; Junior senator says he doesn't plan to weigh in
on every McCaskill-Hawley campaign volley X
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Missouri Coalition
for the Environment's Ed Smith on EPA's West Lake Landfill decision
KWMU: Former New York Times reporter speaks at Planned
Parenthood fundraiser, says liberal views never affected her reporting
The Missouri Times: Saundra McDowell announces bid for
state auditor
SNL: Attorney with local ties running for state auditor X
SNL: Local state legislative races start shaping
up: Senators-to-be Eric Burlison and Lincoln Hough, more X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of January 29, 2018
SE
Missourian: Local lawmakers: Greitens' budget needs
modification to protect universities' funding
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Missourinet: MoDOT's Patrick McKenna weighs options
under President Trump's infrastructure plan
Drebes:
New House subcommittees
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri American seeks to grow
low-income payment model X
Columbia Missourian: Environmental advocates support
utility-rate legislation from Riddle, Emery
St. Joseph News-Press: Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby),
Rep. Pat Conway (D-St. Joseph) meet with social service agencies to
discuss funding X
St. Joseph News-Press: Airbnb starts paying taxes in
Missouri X
The Missouri Times: Bill easing restrictions on bingo
moving through Legislature
Missourinet: Missouri flu cases climb by 1,300 from
previous week
AP:
Lawsuits over herbicide dicamba to be heard in St. Louis
P-D editorial briefs: Short takes on GOP statewide
officials' Twitter bot followers, Parson and budget request, state parks
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Josh Hawley uses human
trafficking to aid "religious right's idiotic culture wars" X
SNL op-ed: Manhattan Institute for Policy
Research: Keep reforming Missouri lawsuit abuse X
KC Star letter: Gallatin septuagenarian reads Sam
Graves' online poll, deduces that congressional "surveys" might
potentially contain loaded questions X
P-D letter: Illinois septuagenarian expresses anger at
Josh Hawley and "Judeo-Christian culture" over sexism
P-D letter: Creve Coeur sexagenarian attempts sarcasm
regarding Greitens' higher-ed cuts
P-D letter: Kentucky-based Consumer Energy
Alliance: Improve Missouri's electrical grid and limit rate
increases
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Friday, February 2
Missourinet: Blunt says funding local health services
could become incentive to pass federal budget
Drebes: Washington Post notes Missouri native Johnny
DeStefano's role as confidant to Trump Chief of Staff John Kelly
St. Joseph News-Press: Anti-Trump "resistance" group
hears from two congressional candidates; Henry Martin, Jacques
Chery will compete for chance to finish runner-up to Sam Graves in
November X
The Missouri Times: Pollster Scott Rasmussen to speak
tomorrow at Lincoln Days
The Missouri Times: EPA opts for partial excavation of
West Lake Landfill
Missourinet: Rep. Mark Matthiesen (R-Maryland Heights)
pleased with EPA decision
KWMU: EPA proposes partial removal of West Lake
Landfill nuclear waste
P-D: EPA wants to do partial excavation of
contaminants at West Lake Landfill site
Missourinet: Lacy Clay's communications staff pens
statement on West Lake Landfill and EPA decision
KWMU: Greitens holds all the cards in embargo of state
low-income housing tax credit
SNL: Senate showdown over Greitens' appointees sets
stage for Board of Education battle X
The Missouri Times: Senate does not confirm MHDC
appointees, but questions still remain
Missourinet: Senate declines to take action on
Greitens appointees
KWMU: Greitens seeks funding boost for college
scholarships while cutting higher ed budget
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
says rising tuition costs could become a crisis
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Malden mayor says news of college campus
closings devastates small town +
SNL: Under Greitens' budget, deep cuts to school
busing remain X
Columbia Missourian: Senators express doubt about
governor's tax plan
KWMU: Lawmakers send human trafficking bill to Greitens
Missourinet: Legislature passes human trafficking bill
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers inch closer to getting more
bills ready to be voted on
SNL: 'Cliff effect' bill from Rep. Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) receives support despite witness' 15-minute
anti-capitalist screed X
P-D: Romine's proposal would give arbitrators more
power in employment disputes
SE
Missourian: Juvenile officer says juvenile-justice bill would
burden counties with costs +
The Missouri Times: Ag committee approves of bill
ensuring right to use working animals
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of January 31, 2018
P-D: At public hearings, PSC receives feedback on
water rates; Comments from Missouri-American Water's Brian
Russell, others
Columbia Missourian: Using shackles on incarcerated
women in labor addressed in Nasheed's bill
Columbia Missourian: Sexual assault care inconsistent
throughout state, so nurse examiners lead the way
P-D editorial: EPA's solution to West Lake will leave
region exposed to nuclear dangers
KC Star editorial: How many billions of dollars does
it take to keep Missouri prisoners healthy? X
P-D editorial: Hawley ignores centuries of human
trafficking in his spin on morality
KC Star op-ed: Association of American Railroads' CEO
Ed Hamberger: McCaskill and Blunt are right - Missouri's economy
needs a modernized NAFTA X
P-D Editorial Page Editor Tod Robberson: Eric
Greitens, defender of freedom and phone app installation dates
KC Star op-ed: College student government leaders
oppose cuts to higher ed X
KC Star's Tessa Weinberg: Greitens' social media
should be subject to open-records law X
P-D letter: Ellisville man expresses outrage over
Parson's request for "chauffeur"
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P-D: Post-Dispatch parent Lee Enterprises announces Q1
earnings, says company benefits from Trump tax package
St. Joseph News-Press: Local employees reaping
benefits of Trump tax cuts
AP:
Trump's plan calls for states to pay for most of infrastructure
SNL: Springfield-area Republicans in Congress are safe
after train crashes en route to GOP retreat
Missourinet: Vicky Hartzler, Ann Wagner both unharmed
after train crash in Virginia
KWMU: Hawley's campaign money for U.S. Senate lags
well behind McCaskill's total
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT faces poor employee morale,
strained resources
The Missouri Times: Parson corrects Post-Dispatch's
mischaracterization of budget request for 'personal driver'
AP:
Greitens' tax cuts will shift burden to businesses
Missourinet: State budget proposal includes using
consultants to find efficiencies
The Missouri Times: Senate filibusters the withdrawing
of Greitens' appointees
Missourinet: Senate holds lengthy debate on whether to
ditch Greitens' appointees
P-D: Greitens appointees subject of Senate debate in
Wednesday night marathon
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane)
praises Greitens' appointees, talks legislation to protect businesses
from frivolous lawsuits
KC Star: Greitens' attorneys say ban on using
text-erasing app would violate free-speech rights
P-D: University presidents sound alarm to lawmakers
over governor's proposed budget cuts
Columbia Missourian: Finding additional cuts a
daunting task for state universities
CDT: Bill would revise tuition caps at Missouri's
public universities
Columbia Missourian: Senate bill would raise tuition
cap at public universities statewide
The Missouri Times: Missouri Alliance for Historic
Preservation study highlights benefits of historic tax credits
Missourinet: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City)
hopeful about human trafficking legislation: "This is a human
rights issue and this is a civil rights issue"
KC Star: In December speech to pastors, Hawley
attributed sex-trafficking epidemic to decline in moral values
Drebes:
Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) pounds Anthem for "unconscionable
policy of denying ER claims," more
The Missouri Times: Charter school bill from Rep.
Rebecca Roeber (R-Lee's Summit) packs hearing room
Missourinet: House to consider 'paycheck protection'
bill
Fulton Sun: Compromise bill addresses prevailing wage
concerns
St. Joseph News-Press: Senate bill would permit video
lottery games
Columbia Missourian: Pair of proposed bills seek to
stop flow of opioids
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Marceline students win DESE
contest for anti-opioid video
Columbia Missourian: New legislation would cut special
state fund for the blind
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers are asked to ban state
contracts for supporters of Israeli boycott
Missourinet: Missourians will not be voting on
daylight savings time proposal in November
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Bill Reiboldt
(R-Neosho) puts regulation of seeds, chemical fertilizers in hands of
agriculture agencies
KWMU: Galloway to review St. Louis City spending
policies
KC Star editorial: Who should take the blame for
Harley-Davidson closing its Kansas City plant? Eric Greitens.
SNL op-ed: CEO of old folks' home: Missouri
should spend more money on Medicaid
P-D op-ed: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University
City): Legislators who oppose action on West Lake Landfill
perpetuate "genocide"
P-D letter: St. Albans septuagenarian opposes new 529
rule, says it will help Missouri kids attend private schools
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian expresses anger over
Greitens' salary, opposes use of consultants to find efficiencies
P-D letter: Ballwin sexagenarian says Greitens' budget
shows Republicans only care about the rich
P-D letter: Creve Coeur sexagenarian mocks Greitens
for Harley-Davidson leaving Missouri
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Wednesday, January 31
Missourinet: Missouri delegation's communications
staffers pen reactions to Trump's State of the Union address
Missourinet: SOTU reactions: Interview with
Jason Smith, statement written by Lacy Clay's staff
SE
Missourian: McCaskill explains opposition to GOP tax cuts +
CDT: Grad student to run for Congress; Hallie
Thompson seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot for Vicky Hartzler's
re-election X
SNL: Greitens comes to Springfield to promote plan to
reduce taxes for '97 percent' X
P-D: Analysis shows Greitens' tax package would cut
$374 million, but aides say it's $800 million
KWMU: Some Missouri Republicans want tax cuts, but
many lawmakers fear impact on state's bottom line
CDT: University leader: Higher ed warned not to
seek tuition hike waivers X
The Missouri Times: Hawley updates Budget Committee on
state's legal expense fund, up to $415 million in potential claims
AP:
Parson requests budget for driver; Lt. gov has smallest staff of
all statewide officials
SE
Missourian: Lawmakers set sights on repealing, overhauling
prevailing wage law +
Drebes:
Neely's medical marijuana bill garners more than token support, likely
to roll on
KC Star: Hyperloop One says KC to St. Louis is a top 5
route, begins closer study +
Missourinet: Missouri coalition launches study about
hyperloop
AP:
Feasibility study to examine Missouri hyperloop system
Columbia Missourian: House committee hears testimony
on 20-week abortion ban
Columbia Missourian: Hummel, Nasheed push to roll back
changes in law governing anti-discrimination lawsuits
KWMU: Profile: Charles Robinson, St. Louis
Public Schools truancy officer
Missourinet: Greene County sheriff still wants
Galloway to hand over whistleblower complaints
P-D editorial: The good ideas are buried deep in
Greitens' tax reform plan
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: Jason Smith details the pro-business,
anti-red-tape provisions he's helped turn into law; Greitens'
higher ed cuts could cripple Missouri's prospects +
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: Greitens wants more
charter schools, which may choke the life out of KC district schools X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Addiction doctor:
Rolling back Medicaid will worsen Missouri's opioid crisis
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Marriage bill from
Rep. T.J. Berry (R-Kearney) is unnecessary
KWMU's Kae Petrin: "Income inequality," unfair
expenses conspire to keep local African-Americans down; Area man
explains trauma of cell-phone data plan, costly wi-fi, other atrocities
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian thinks print media -
especially the unbiased New York Times and Washington Post - is more
truthful than Trump X
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Tuesday, January 30
Politico: Blunt, other Republicans seek to tame Trump
on trade
Washington Times: Blunt says memo on FISA warrants
needs to be released
KWMU: The EPA could propose a cleanup plan for West
Lake Landfill. Here's what to expect.
P-D: Liberal mega-donor George Soros bigfoots into
"Clean Missouri" ballot initiative campaign
The Missouri Times: Twitter bots follow Greitens by
the thousands, mostly avoid other lawmakers
Drebes:
James Murphy, father of Wieland's Jamie Murphy, to run for state rep
The Missouri Times: Chez Monet to open in the Capitol
Cafeteria next week
Missourinet: Hawley says he can help if Gardner
requests aid in Greitens investigation
Missourinet: Hawley presents budget to House committee
and faces questions from Democrats
Columbia Missourian: Greitens' tax cut plan gains fans
in rural Macon
SE
Missourian: Greitens proposes tax cut for most Missourians
KWMU: Greitens reveals more details of tax proposal as
lawmakers mull their options
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: House
Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) talks to
Mannies & Rosenbaum about opposition to tax cuts, support for more
spending, Republicans' heartless budgetary policy, etc.
KWMU: Ryan Silvey talks about why he left the Missouri
Senate for the Public Service Commission
AP: Missouri not considering selling 4 closed state
parks
P-D: Missouri not considering selling any of four
mothballed state parks, official says
The Missouri Times: Walmart, GM and more ask lawmakers
to consider Missouri Energy Freedom Act
Columbia Missourian: House debates series of bills
overhauling foster care
SE
Missourian: SEMO to discontinue classes at Malden site
Daily
American Republic: Missouri Highway Patrol receives overdose
medications
Missourinet: MADD wants lawmakers to restore state
funding for DUI checkpoints
P-D: Missouri Department of Conservation's netting
operation puts Creve Coeur Lake carp in the crosshairs
AP:
Hawley defends AG office over failure to timely produce documents in
"police brutality" case
KWMU: Arch City Defenders' new executive director
complains about perceived injustices, expresses anger over St. Louis
City's new public safety director suggesting that black people are
responsible for black-on-black crime
P-D editorial: EPA chief's only true option is to
remove West Lake's radioactive hazards; The most expensive option
is definitely the best
KC Star editorial: Is Greitens trying to recreate the
Kansas tax cut disaster?
P-D editorial: Does Missouri owe sick prisoners a
super-expensive cure?
P-D's Raasch: Blunt a "lead cheerleader" for Trump's
good economic news
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian says former Missouri
Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders willfully broke the law
P-D letter: Ellisville woman wants PSC to reject
Missouri American Water's request for rate increase
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Monday, January 29
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guests U.S. Reps.
Vicky Hartzler, Jason Smith talk Trump's first year in office,
government shutdown, much more
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Department of Social Services seeks
Missouri Medicaid Director
KCUR: Q&A on Satanic Temple's challenge of
Missouri abortion laws
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Greitens to vist Moberly
today; Comments from Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
SNL: Greitens wants to change state worker rules.
Lawmakers say they don't know what he means.
X
P-D: Hiring, firing and rewarding state employees
should be easier, Greitens says, but offers no details
SE
Missourian: Vargas: Southeast faces 'bad' funding cuts
under governor's budget plan +
SNL: Greitens wants to expand A+ scholarship program
to private school students X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Ag Director Chris Chinn talks
department priorities, collaboration between state agencies
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger talks about progress
of his industrial hemp legislation
Columbia Missourian: Local hair braider defends
cosmetology requirements over deregulation bill
AP: Missouri Highway Patrol ends field tests for drugs
over concerns about powerful fentanyl
Columbia Missourian: Missouri sees widespread
influenza activity on par with other states
KCUR/Kaiser Health News: Missouri faces costly
conundrum: How to treat inmates carrying Hepatitis C
KCUR: Rep. Barbara Anne Washington (D-Kansas City)
talks about serving in Democratic superminority, Greitens' affair,
juvenile criminals, more
P-D editorial: GOP lawmakers, led by Reps. Robert
Cornejo and Scott Fitzpatrick, continue their war on the poor
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Lawmakers should
strengthen protections for student journalists
X
P-D op-ed: Concerned Women for America's Stephanie
Rubach Marshall: McCaskill should support bill to limit number of
low-skilled immigrants
Messenger: Death of Terry Schlemeier is reminder of
simpler times in Missouri politics
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Lift the ban on
felons selling alcohol and lottery tickets
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Swamped in scandals, Greitens
faces conflict with his own party X
Columbia Missourian's new "Conversations" feature:
Comments, pulled from social media, on Greitens' higher ed budget
P-D letter: Missouri Sierra Club's John Hickey on
impact of shutdown on EPA
P-D letter: Arnold sexagenarian says she wants
Greitens to stop acting like such a Navy SEAL
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Sunday, January 28
KWMU: At first St. Louis area town hall, McCaskill
opines on government shutdown, weighs in on state Legislature
Missourinet: McCaskill does not expect February
shutdown, predicts border security deal
KC Star: Missouri man calls Hartzler's Columbia
office, makes second threat in recent weeks against government X
JCNT: March for Life attendees say the tide is turning X
Drebes:
St. Louis Community Colleges seek government and community relations
liason
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
expects more funding will be added to higher ed
JCNT: Area college administrators, lawmakers unhappy
with governor's budget proposals X
JCNT: Greitens cites disparity between teacher and
administrator pay X
P-D: School districts struggle to find qualified black
teachers
P-D: Graph: Medicaid's budget burden, 2013-2017
P-D: Chart: Five most expensive services and
programs in 2017 Medicaid budget
P-D: Graph: Handicapped population had largest
increase in Medicaid spend per person
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens' package of
higher-ed cuts are a dumb idea X
JCNT editorial: Proposal would put needed teeth into
Sunshine Law X
CDT op-ed: Phill Brooks: Missouri heading for a
looming budget cliff X
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian lists
legislative wishes: Tax online purchases (except medicine for
olds), punish trucking industry for road usage, more X
KC Star letter: MEDA's Trey Davis responds to Libla
letter on Ameren and electric rates X
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Saturday, January 27
KMIZ:
In afternoon speech to Columbia Chamber of Commerce, McCaskill talks
bipartisanship, opioid legislation, more
CDT:
In nighttime speech to Columbia Democrats, McCaskill takes aim at
Hawley, makes jokes about Greitens' sex scandal X
Columbia
Missourian: McCaskill says she will execute "the most aggressive
grassroots plan that has ever been devised"
Columbia
Missourian: McCaskill speaks at Mizzou College Democrats
event; DACA protesters interrupt (in English)
KC
Star: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders
pleads guilty to wire fraud charge X
Drebes: Bits: Dana
Loesch profiled by NY Times Style section; Jonas Hughes to
Chappelle-Nadal's office; Lucas Dieckhaus drops out of state rep
race
Columbia
Missourian: Nicole Galloway speaks to local Democratic group
The
Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's Office: Week of
January 22, 2018
Missourinet:
Lawmakers seek ways to implement Greitens' proposed permanent pay raise
for state workers
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) talks higher ed funding,
transportation funding
KWMU:
Next week's legislative action: SNAP handouts, lobbyist gifts,
budget
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester) says marriage-age
bill protects children from those who would do them harm
Washington
Missourian: Sharp decrease in gun permits issued due to change in
state law
CDT:
Centralia seeks change to state law regarding sales tax increases X
SNL:
Missouri Foundation for Health study: Death rates for white
Missourians increasing at higher rates than that of minorities;
Opioid abuse one factor X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Chillicothe seeks state status as creator of
sliced bread X
Missourinet:
Advocacy group gives Missouri poor marks on highway safety and auto
safety
The
Missouri Times: State of Missouri settles lawsuit regarding West
Lake Landfill while Pruitt mulls decision on site
P-D:
St. Louis City selection committee votes unanimously to give Rex
Sinquefield's Grow Missouri role in airport privatization
KC
Star editorial: With a guilty plea, Mike Sanders' downfall is
complete X
SNL
editorial: Courtland Sykes is a sexist X
KC
Star editorial: Greitens bears responsibility for the latest blow
to UMKC downtown conservatory X
CDT
op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Rik Hafer: Education and its
economic impact in Missouri X
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Friday, January 26
Newsweek: In Facebook post, GOP U.S. Senate candidate
Courtland Sykes speaks out against feminists, encourages young women to
develop homemaker skills
KWMU: Area solar panel importer opposes higher tariff
on solar panels
KMBZ: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Mike
Sanders to plead guilty in federal court
KC Star: 'Clean Missouri' takes $250,000 in
pass-through cash from George Soros; Liberal billionaire's group
gave $300k to "MOVE Ballot Fund," which kept $50k vigorish X
Rosenbaum: Lawmakers want to place firewall between
candidates and PACs
Drebes:
New committee formed to support initiative petition to raise taxes on
long-term capital gains and dividends
Missourinet: Parson to represent state in historic USS
Missouri ceremony at Pearl Harbor
The Missouri Times: State workers could see a raise in
the next fiscal year
SNL: Top Republican lawmakers speak out against
Greitens' higher education cuts, refund loan idea X
Columbia Missourian: At Boone County legislative
forum, legislators talk higher ed funding
KWMU: GOP leaders balking at Greitens' plan to
establish line of credit
AP:
GOP not behind all of Greitens' proposed budget
Missourinet: Greitens touts increase in K-12 budget,
but proposal falls short of key benchmark; Comments from
AlignEd's Linda Rallo, MSBA's Brent Ghan
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Putnam County superintendent
discusses funding expectations for Foundation Formula and transportation
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick says Missouri pension system
is strong, despite some poor returns
The Missouri Times: Senators discuss impeachment on
chamber floor; Ron Richard says Senate 'won't get in the middle
of an ongoing investigation'
Columbia Missourian: Legislature unsure of role in
investigating Greitens
SE
Missourian: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) wants to legalize
medical marijuana +
The Missouri Times: 'First-Time Home Buyer Savings
Account Act' from Rep. Becky Ruth (R-Festus) heard in committee
The Missouri Times: House passes bill on degrees at
public institutions, three others
St. Joseph News-Press: Residents ask Missouri PSC to
ease water rate hike X
P-D: Missouri weighs use of Volkswagen settlement for
school bus upgrades, other emission-reduction projects
CDT: Bill seeks 'crash course' in police training for
those with military background X
Columbia Missourian: Proposal would require warrant
for gathering information from cell phones
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake
Saint Louis) would standardize probation drug, alcohol testing
Missourinet: Sen. Shalonn 'Kiki' Curls (D-Kansas City)
wants Missouri Dept. of Agriculture to apply for federal seniors
farmers' market nutrition program
Missourinet: DHSS says Missouri flu cases increase by
about 200 from previous week
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Gaming Commission
donates to kids, challenges others to do the same
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should step
aside, let Mike Parson take the reins
JCNT editorial: Human trafficking bill well-intended,
but flawed X
P-D letter: Bissinger's CEO thanks McCaskill for
helping lower the price of sugar
KC Star letter: Raytown septuagenarian applauds
McCaskill for working with Republicans on budget X
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian says
Greitens is arrogant
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Thursday, January 25
Washington Post: Blunt disapproves of Trump's tariff
stance
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith: NAFTA faces 'bumpy' road in coming
months +
Missourinet: Congress reauthorizes CHIP
Washington Examiner: Blunt looking for opioid-research
funds, says grant programs to state hold promise
KC Star: McCaskill votes against Brownback nomination X
USA Today: McCaskill teams with Sen. Jeff Flake
(R-Ariz.) for anti-"pork" eating stunt; Senior senator promotes
Arthur Bryant BBQ sauce
Washington Post: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to
rule soon on West Lake landfill
CDT: Obituary: Veteran lobbyist Terry
Schlemeier; Memorial celebration to be held tomorrow in Columbia X
AP:
Democrats: Greitens should sign affidavit about affair
P-D: Missouri Democratic Party wants Greitens to sign
affidavit certifying his denials
The Missouri Times: In State of the Judiciary speech,
Fischer calls treatment courts the 'front lines' of opioid battle
JCNT: State of the Judiciary focuses on opioid
treatment funding X
Missourinet: Supreme Court chief justice says 15
Missouri counties have no access to treatment court
KWMU: Missouri chief judge calls for drug court
expansion in State of Judiciary message
SNL: Missouri Department of Social Services ends
annual reports X
SNL: Springfield wins protest of Missouri welfare
contract award X
The Missouri Times: Fitzpatrick shoots down Greitens'
budget proposal for tax anticipation loans
Missourinet: Prevailing-wage bills make return
The Missouri Times: Johnson's broadband bill aims to
get rural Missouri connected
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Ag Director Chris Chinn talks
rural broadband access
Columbia Missourian: Proposed broadband grant system
may provide relief for rural areas
Brownfield Ag News: Munzlinger sponsors industrial
hemp bill
Columbia Missourian: Proposal from Rep. Jason Chipman
(R-Steelville) would remove state-school students' mandatory health fees
JCNT: Fitzwater advocates for computer science in
schools X
P-D's Kristen Taketa: Area liberals angry over school
board candidate's social media posts; Comment from 1/2 of P-D
polisci prof pundit pool (SLU's Ken Warren)
SNL: Missouri lawmakers to consider free needle
exchange legislation X
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears
utility-rate bills
SE
Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources teams with cops
to help Special Olympics +
SE
Missourian: State, city, county governments deny responsibility
for Common Pleas Courthouse basement stairs +
Columbia Missourian: Riddle's bill would change
Missouri's statute of limitations for product liability
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Jeanie Riddle previews
legislation: foster care, addressing child abuse and neglect,
MoDOT utility corridor, keeping protesters from blocking interstates
The Missouri Times: Reiboldt aims to clarify animal
trespass bill
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers must step up and
do what Gov. Greitens cannot - lead X
JCNT editorial: Greitens' state pay raise proposal a
start X
SNL editorial: Missouri can't thrive by cutting higher
education X
P-D editorial: This year, Ameren seeks just a little
bit of regulatory relief. The case isn't strong.
Messenger: Judges send message to Missouri AG Josh
Hawley: Do your job.
KC Star op-ed: Walmart Director of Military
Programs: Missouri veterans deserve a better pharmacy system X
P-D op-ed: University of Central Missouri's Chuck
Ambrose: State should spend more money on higher ed
Columbia Missourian's Tyler Wornell:
Performance-contingent funding makes matters worse for state schools
CDT op-ed: Craig Van Matre: Remembering Terry
Schlemeier X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man responds to editorial mocking
Trump's intelligence, suggests editorial board and columnists take
cognitive test and publish results
SNL letter: Branson septuagenarian wants Greitens to
do more to attract businesses to Missouri X
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Wednesday, January 24
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt find optimism
in shutdown's aftermath X
KWMU: Profile: Area illegal alien, facing
deportation, evades immigration authorities
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: How you can help
local alien breaking the law and evading immigration authorities
Drebes:
Candidates with the most cash on hand: January quarter
KC Star: "Rep. Donna Fautsch [sic]" announces plans to seek
re-election to Missouri House in 2018 X
Faughn: What I learned when I got knocked off my
horse: On owning up to mistakes, Greitens, and dark-money attacks
on state's journalists
P-D: St. Louis City circuit attorney has broad power
over Greitens probe but little to go on, experts say
AP:
Satanic Temple member fights Missouri abortion restrictions
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court weighs Satanist's
challenge to state's informed consent law
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears Satanist's
challenge to abortion laws
Missourinet: Hawley wants subpoena power in open
records cases, penalties for violators
CDT: Cartwright: State cuts would compromise
University of Missouri goals X
Missourinet: Rowden calls Greitens' higher ed cuts
'lazy and shortsighted'
AP:
Missouri lawmakers raise concerns about school busing cuts
The Missouri Times: Ways and Means committee debate
heats up over income tax
The Missouri Times: Prevailing wage dominates House
Economic Development Committee
The Missouri Times: No support for Hegeman's bill on
historic tax credits in Local Government and Elections
KWMU: Missouri Senate weighing tax credit cuts and
banning lobbyist gifts
SNL: Jeff Notes briefs: Senate debates 'circuit
breaker' tax credit X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Frankford)
seeing improvement from Department of Corrections
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Jim Neely
(R-Cameron) would criminalize 'revenge porn'
Missourinet: Rally against human trafficking has a
bipartisan tone
AP:
Missouri bill pushes expungement for trafficking victims
JCNT: Missouri a battleground for human trafficking X
Missourinet: Consumers Council of Missouri wants
utility companies to lower rates
JCNT: Joe Maxwell's Organization for Competitive
Markets wants legislators to prohibit foreign interests from buying
Missouri farmland X
KC Star editorial: Cuts to colleges and
Medicaid: Greitens' budget speeds up Missouri's slide to
mediocrity
P-D editorial: Greitens' new budget is just like the
old one, only worse
KC Star editorial: A good week for transparency:
What Josh Hawley is doing right X
KC Star editorial: Electric rate bill tries to evade
Missouri Public Service Commission X
Messenger: Don't let Greitens swipe left on Missouri
college funding
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: On Greitens and being a gentleman +
P-D op-ed: University City woman: Questions
Greitens should be asking himself
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: After Greitens
affair, do we have the capacity to forgive?
P-D letter: Maplewood man wants Greitens to resign
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Tuesday, January 23
KC Star: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) praises
McCaskill for role in shutdown negotiations
Missourinet:
Hartzler critical of Senate Democrats for shutdown
SNL: In Facebook post, GOP U.S. Senate primary
candidate Courtland Sykes compares liberals to Disney villains;
McCaskill compared to Ursula in "The Little Mermaid"
St. Joseph News-Press: Republicans raising big money
to fill Schaaf's state Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Jordan Presnell drops out of
Democratic primary for Gary Cross' state rep seat
KWMU: Hawley wants lawmakers to beef up Sunshine Law
AP:
Hawley wants penalties for officials violating records laws
The Missouri Times: Greitens' budget adds more money
for elementary and secondary education, roads and bridges
JCNT: Greitens' proposal for state budget includes pay
raises for some state workers
KWMU: Greitens unveils next year's state budget, but
media focus remains on his personal life
P-D: At budget press conference, media press Greitens
about photographing semi-nude woman
Missourinet: Key points in Greitens' 2019 budget
proposal
CDT: Central Missouri legislators oppose Greitens'
higher ed cuts
Columbia Missourian: Elementary and secondary
education to see increases with Greitens' budget
P-D: Greitens' budget increases funding for roads and
bridges, trims higher ed
AP: Greitens' budget boosts funds for K-12 schools
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Marsha
Haefner (R-Oakville) chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about calling
for Greitens' resignation, impact of tax cuts, more
The Missouri Times: House committee signs off on
arbitration agreements, takes up venue bill
The Missouri Times: Senate committee hears legislation
on false liens, expungement for prostitution, and raising the age for
juvenile criminals
The Missouri Times: Munzlinger's hemp bill heard in
committee
Missourinet: Munzlinger proposes industrial hemp
program
P-D: Missouri lawmakers considering plan to allow
17-year-olds to be tried in juvenile court
Missourinet: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) hopes
Amber Alert bill gets quick action in 2018
Missourinet: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City)
to hold sex-trafficking awareness rally at Capitol today
Columbia Missourian: Proposed bill would allow
community colleges to offer four-year degrees
CDT: Echoes of fall 2015 race agitation apparent at
University of Missouri provost forum
P-D editorial: Hawley's pursuit of Sunshine Law
violators serves notice to both parties
Waters: On the death of Terry Schlemeier
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Greitens is morally
bankrupt
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian says Greitens
needs a dose of morality
P-D letter: Webster Groves feminist angry over Women's
March article placement
P-D letter: Maryville man responds to ArchCity
Defenders promotional profile piece, says poor people can avoid jail by
following the law
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Monday, January 22
Fox Business: Blunt on Fox's "Sunday Morning
Futures": Government shutdown hurting military and nation's
defense
Missourinet: Blunt, McCaskill prepare for vote on
funding resolution
KWMU: Montreal meetings on NAFTA could impact
thousands of Missouri workers
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Courtland Sykes
talks about resume, primary campaign against Josh Hawley, says
candidates with "secret lifestyles" should not run for office;
Panel of Reps. Phil Christofanelli (R), Peter Meredith (D), Gina Mitten
(D), Nate Walker (R) talk Greitens and subsequent investigatations,
lobbyist-gift ban, more
The Missouri Times: Courtland Sykes discusses his U.S.
Senate campaign on This Week in Missouri Politics
KTVI (St. Louis): Video: Greitens talks about
affair, family and political fallout
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear Satanic
Temple's challenge to state's abortion regulations
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Bill from Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) would keep deadbeat dads from receiving SNAP handouts
P-D: Two-time killer, not state leaders, changes
smoking policy in Missouri prisons
JCNT: Bill would double width of utility corridors X
P-D: New executive director of ArchCity Defenders
complains about Sen. Bob Dixon's pushback against municipal-overhaul
overreach, other injustices
Columbia Missourian: Area liberals to hold panel on
perceived racial discrimination, LGBTQIA* issues, marijuana,
etc.; Panelists include NAACP's Nimrod Chapel, Rep. Kip Kendrick
(D-Columbia), Rudi Keller
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Human trafficking in
Missouri makes for modern-day slavery X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Savings on state car
fleet set a good example X
P-D editorial: Missouri's scuzzy green lakes are
likely to stay that way
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Options for Women helps save young
lives by providing alternatives to abortion; Wallingford named to
top Senate committee +
KC Star's Andy Marso: Corizon Health has $2 billion
contracts with Missouri and Kansas, but there's little accountability X
Waters: In dispute with Galloway, Greitens is not to
be believed X
Columbia Missourian's Sandy Davidson: Missouri must
stay a step ahead and pass a 'revenge porn' law
P-D letter: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff):
Ameren promotes bill that would raise electric rates
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Sunday, January 21
Columbia Missourian: At GOP rally, attendees praise
Trump and slam McCaskill
JCNT: Supporters of the president say he has America
on the right track again X
KWMU: Anti-Trump march makes it way through St.
Louis; Comments from Clay primary challenger Cori Bush, Missouri
legislative staffer smuggled into the United States as a child, others
P-D: Anti-Trump crowd marches through St. Louis City
P-D: Photo: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
(D-University City) leads anti-Trump march
CDT's Claire Colby: Organizers claim anti-Trump march
drew 1,650; Speakers include Michela Skelton, seeking rematch
against "Sarah [sic] Walsh" X
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump march numbers
down; Last year's protest drew 3,600
JCNT: Marchers at Columbia rally complain about Trump X
AP: Greitens: 'No blackmail,' 'no violence' in
affair
KTVI (St. Louis): Teaser: Greitens to talk about
blackmail allegations on Fox 2 tonight
P-D: Schaaf says he has spoken to FBI about Greitens
SNL: Sunshine request update: Greitens and team
met with charter school advocate Ken Zeff in July X
Missourinet: Hearing on Munzlinger's industrial hemp
bill Monday
P-D: St. Charles County officials at odds over whether
Legislature must OK river bluff subdivision
P-D editorial: Payday lenders find friends at the
Consumer Financial Destruction Bureau; Luetkemeyer has received
$36,900 (or 1.4% of his campaign cash) from payday lenders
P-D letter: Area "future health care provider" unhappy
with GOP approach to Medicaid
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Saturday, January 20
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
Missourinet: Anti-Trump march expected to draw at
least 8,000 in St. Louis
KC Star: Two anti-Trump marches are happening in
Kansas, but none in KC X
P-D: Missouri's March for Life attendees feel like
Washington is moving their way; Group hears from Blunt, Hartzler,
Long, Luetkemeyer, Smith, Wagner
Missourinet: Thousands of St. Louis area pro-life
advocates attend DC march
JCNT: Area students energized by pro-life march's
message X
P-D: Former VA shop foreman gets 20 months for
kickback scheme
Drebes:
Public Policy Polling (D) says Democrats are gaining momentum in
Missouri
P-D: Greitens' campaign operation sharing office
building with his non-profit
The Missouri Times: Charlie Davis pulls out of SD 32
race
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of January 15, 2018
CNN: FBI opened inquiry into Missouri Gov. Eric
Greitens
KC Star: Greitens' attorney calls on CNN to retract
report on FBI probe X
SNL: As Jefferson City rumor mill cranks out Greitens
resignation reports, GOP lawmakers focus on their work X
KWMU: Jo Mannies, politics editor Fred Ehrlich weigh
in on how Greitens scandal has affected his efficacy as governor
Columbia Missourian: Dim prospects for Greitens,
Columbia College prof tells "silver-haired Muleskinners;" Terry
Smith gives advice on beating Trump to elderly Democrats
AP:
Failed bid to land Amazon HQ had $2.5B in incentives
JCNT: DNR cutting 86 vehicles from fleet X
JCNT: MOSERS replaces Watson as director, names
replacement X
KWMU: Legislature prepares for state budget, more
bills, keeps an eye on Greitens scandal
The Missouri Times: REALTORS tout legislative agenda
in annual Capitol Conference
KC Star: After K-9 death, sheriff supports bill from
Rep. Robert Cornejo that could increase penalty of assaulting law
enforcement animals X
KRCG (Jefferson City): 'Swatting' death leads to bill
from Rep. Bill Kidd (R-Independence) for tougher penalties
CDT: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia): University
of Missouri might see 10 percent state cut X
Columbia Missourian: New elementary school name
suggestions accepted starting in February; "Lee" to be erased due
to connection to Civil War history
The Missouri Times: Spire lays to bed old claims of
increased rates with proven savings in latest rate case
Daily Journal: MO Dept. of Conservation to accept
applications Feb. 1 for turkey hunts
P-D: St. Louis City man gets 12 years for robbery of
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City); Tavion Bell also carjacked
two women as they left Christmas Mass
JCNT editorial: Greitens embarrasses state, but
resignation calls premature X
SNL editorial: Greitens should not seek to cut
corporate tax rate X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri is aiming to
stop opioid addiction, and St. Joseph groups should compete for funding X
P-D's Chuck Raasch: In Shutdown City, the blame game
is never-ending
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian responds to
letter responding to Messenger column responding to Greitens' response
to blackmail allegations
KC Star letter: Independence octogenarian says user
fee, based on odometer readings, is the best way to pay for Missouri
roads X
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Friday, January 19
KC Star: McCaskill plays key role in sending
surveillance bill to Trump's desk X
Newsweek: Profile: Craig O'Dear, KC attorney who
claims he'll run for U.S. Senate as an independent
P-D: Ed Martin terminated from CNN 'for cause,' he says
KWMU: Racial divide splits "Women's March"
crowd; Some sects offended by last year's labia-shaped hats
because "bright pink tone marginalized women of color" and excluded
self-identified "women" with male genitalia
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump march to be held
tomorrow; Speakers include MU astronomy professor, state rep
runner-up Michela Skelton
KWMU: As ballot measures loom, some Republicans want
Legislature to take lead on medical marijuana
CDT: Union carpenter steps into contest to challenge
Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) X
Drebes:
Mary Scruggs, who worked legislative affairs for Association of
Missouri Electrical Cooperatives, retires
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers postponing judgment in Greitens'
affair scandal +
KC Star: Greitens counsel Lucinda Luetkemeyer attends
weekend event at Mar-a-Lago X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Crystal
Quade (D-Springfield) talks Greitens, in-home care cuts, budget, higher
taxes, more
SNL: Jeff Notes: Greitens issues statemens on
tax plan, deregulation progress; Democrats complain about 2015
welfare changes X
KWMU: Greitens unveils highlights of his tax plan, but
holds off on full details
CDT: Greitens outlines tax cut goals, but offers no
details X
Missourinet: Greitens calls on Legislature to pass
tax-cut plan
Missourinet: Greitens releases overview of tax plan
P-D: Greitens avoids spotlight, releases tax-cut plan
Columbia Missourian: Senate leaders say Greitens
controversy won't slow down chamber's business
The Missouri Times: Amazon passes over Missouri for
second headquarters
Missourinet: Missouri does not make the cut for
Amazon's second headquarters
Missourinet: How much did Missouri offer to Amazon in
tax incentives? Billions.
The Missouri Times: Senate confirms three
interim-appointed directors
The Missouri Times: Collective bargaining and
'paycheck protection' get a hearing in Senate Committee on General Laws
Missourinet: House committee hears bill on worker
claims against employers
P-D: If Missouri gets hit by big snowfall, MoDOT says
worker shortage will mean tough sledding
The Missouri Times: Kelly withdraws earned paid family
leave bill
P-D: Bill would lift Missouri's tuition cap
Missourinet: State Department of Mental Health says
survey involving LGBTQ questions is not school requirement
SNL: Greitens' staff met with board members before
education officials' firing, appointee says X
KWMU: State-appointed board endorses returning power
over St. Louis schools to elected board
P-D: Appointees tell state school leaders: Bring
back elected board in St. Louis City
P-D: Sprawling backlog of DNR permits is winnowing -
maybe too quickly, critics say
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: January 20, 2018
Missourinet: Rep. J. Eggleston (R-Maysville) donated
kidney
KWMU: Hawley accuses Stenger of violating state's open
records law
KWMU: Arch City Defenders outraged after black
Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards suggests black people are
responsible for black-on-black crime
P-D editorial: State budget picture is more dire than
usual. Where's that tax-cut boom?
P-D editorial: Hawley's lawsuit shines light where
Stenger prefers darkness
Kraske: Greitens survives first full week after
blackmail allegations X
Washington Missourian letter: Anonymous letter-writer
dislikes Greitens X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian cares little
about Greitens affair and more about state campaign-finance laws
P-D letter: Shrewsbury man says Democrats should
support 'right to work'
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Thursday, January 18
P-D's Chuck Raasch: "Blaine Lutekemeyer [sic]" has almost $2.6 million in
campaign coffers Update:
Fixed at 7:15 a.m.
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Immigration
advocates say Trump policies helped limit the number of refugees
landing in St. Louis last year
Columbia Missourian: Missouri joins national voter
registration accuracy, access initiative
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: What we learned
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: Statewide officials
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: Missouri House
AP:
Lawmakers say Greitens scandal distracts from tax-overhaul effort
The Missouri Times: Statewide startup investment fund
may become reality
AP:
Amended lawsuit seeks to overturn firing of state Education
Commissioner Margie Vandeven
KWMU: Task force recommends St. Louis public schools
return to local control ... eventually
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist gift ban on to the Senate
AP:
House approves lobbyist gift ban
KWMU: Missouri House sends three bills to Senate,
including a ban on lobbyist gifts
The Missouri Times: Human trafficking bill flies
through Missouri House
AP:
House targets child trafficking with measure
The Missouri Times: Emery's utility bill passes
committee with 9-1 vote
Missourinet: Missouri Hospital Association:
Missouri had 921 opioid overdose deaths in 2016
The Missouri Times: Out of their hair: House
passes braiding bill
SNL: Sheriff called state lawmakers on whistleblower
bill. It wasn't about Galloway, he said. X
P-D: Hawley alleges open-records violations by
Stenger's staff
KC Star: Missouri is epicenter of national flu
outbreak, according to 'smart thermometer' app
X
SE
Missourian: Chronic wasting disease found in 2 Southeast Missouri
deer; whether disease transferable to humans unknown +
P-D editorial: For Greitens, prolonged silence can be
politically deadly
P-D editorial: Semi-good news on kids' health care
program in Missouri. Why not share it?
JCNT editorial: Adult high schools a good investment
for future X
Waters: Greitens' plight offers a lesson to voters X
SNL op-ed: MU prof Aaron Hedlund: Greitens has
delivered substantial results for Missouri, and citizens should give
him a break X
P-D op-ed: CEO of senior-citizens health care
group: Lawmakers must find money fix for Medicaid
CDT op-ed: Why Mike Parson's 'Buy Missouri' misses the
mark X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman disappointed by
Messenger's hatred for Greitens
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Wednesday, January 17
KWMU: Illegal aliens, other DACA supporters to rally
outside Blunt's office today
KWMU: Change of management at St. Louis Veterans Home
pleases relatives
KWMU: Greitens among the state's top money-raisers
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: State auditor
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: State Senate
Drebes:
Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) announces new staff
KWMU: Republican lawmakers ramp up pressure for
Greitens to step aside
CDT: Greitens posts apology as GOP lawmakers' calls
for resignation begin X
Missourinet: Five GOP lawmakers call for Greitens'
resignation
AP:
Greitens: Scandal won't deter work
SNL: As pressure mounts, Greitens issues new apology X
SNL: More details emerge on Democrats' knowlege of
Greitens affair during gov race X
P-D: Missouri Republicans debate whether Greitens
should stay or go
P-D: Lawyer for scorned ex-husband distributes more
recordings of secretly-recorded conversations
KC Star: Five GOP lawmakers call on Greitens to resign X
Columbia Missourian: Local lawmakers weigh in on
Greitens affair scandal
The Missouri Times: On his new radio show, Ed Martin
calls for resignation of Greitens
Columbia Missourian: New state position created to
coordinate broadband efforts, Greitens announces
The Missouri Times: Eigel, Koenig tag-team tax
overhaul in Senate Ways and Means Committee
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
says most of his constituents are not convinced Missouri needs to boost
fuel tax for transportation; Survey also revealed district
thoughts on nonviolent offenders, religious freedom for business owners
Missourinet: Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) says funding fix for disabled Missourians
is still urgent
The Missouri Times: Asbestos case, arbitration
agreements lead to lively debate in Special Committee on Litigation
Reform
Dunklin
Democrat: Medicinal marijuana may not be legal in Missouri, but
local woman says CBD oil has benefits
SNL: Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-LaMonte): No college
degree in Missouri without passing citizenship test X
P-D: Missouri's plan to improve worst-performing
schools gets federal seal of approval
Missourinet: Dogan: It takes more training in
Missouri to braid hair than it does to be a police officer
Missourinet: Missouri's deer hunting season totals
spike
Missourinet: Deer hunting businesses, Conservation
Department do battle in Missouri Supreme Court
KC Star editorial: Greitens can't stay in hiding if he
wants to do his job X
KC Star Editorial Page Editor Colleen Nelson:
Editorial board adds diversity with addition of Toriano Porter;
Board now consists of 3 white men, 2 white women, 1 Hispanic woman, 1
black man X
P-D editorial: Three weeks ago: Post-Dispatch
editorial board profiles its writers: 3 white males (ages 68, 61,
61), 1 white woman (64), 1 Hispanic man (58)
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian says she is
disappointed that Greitens has given Illinois residents something to
laugh at
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Tuesday, January 16
The Hill: Blunt would "be pleased" to see Romney run
for U.S. Senate
SNL: Jeff Notes: MU's Aaron Hedlund not
challenging Josh Hawley in U.S. Senate primary
X
Missourinet:
Cori Bush, challenging Lacy Clay in 1st Congressional District
Democratic primary, speaks to new liberal group in Springfield
The Missouri Times: Deadline to register for statewide
Lincoln Days coming up
The Missouri Times: How we got here: An
anthology of controversies and conflict between Greitens and the
General Assembly - and a look at the quickness with which John Diehl,
Paul LeVota, and Don Gosen chose to resign
The Missouri Times: GOP megadonor David Humphreys mum
on Greitens
P-D: Lawyer for scorned husband releases audio of
phone conversation with Greitens counsel Lucina Luetkemeyer, recorded
prior to KMOV report; Luetkemeyer declined lawyer's suggestion to
call back from state landline
KWMU: With political future in peril, Greitens holds
off on tax plan tour
Missourinet: Greitens reschedules tax cut tour
AP:
Greitens delays tax policy tour after admitting to affair
P-D: Greitens postpones statewide tour on tax overhaul
KC Star: Remington Research poll shows Greitens'
approval rating takes 10-point hit in wake of scandal X
Missourinet: UCM political science prof Robynn
Kuhlmann says history shows Greitens will survive sex scandal
The Missouri Times: Town ordinance takes center stage
in HD 39 Democratic nomination of city officer
The Missouri Times: Greitens' COO tells cabinet to
prepare for $300 million in reductions
KWMU: Missouri's spending on early childhood education
could increase, but not by much, school leaders say
Missourinet: Legislative panel continues work to
overhaul climate within Missouri's prisons
Missourinet: Missouri Municipal League outlines 2018
priorities
KWMU: State and federal wildlife officials launch
assault on Asian carp
P-D: Blacks killing blacks is a problem
African-Americans have to address, St. Louis public safety director
says; McCaskill among politicians making appearance at MLK event
P-D editorial: Greitens evades responsibility with
social media pseudo-apology
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Three decades ago,
Kit Bond made Missouri a leader in early childhood education X
P-D op-ed: National Safety Council's Deborah
Hersman: Missouri can lead with practical roadway safety
improvements
P-D's Samantha Liss: Funding for Missouri kids'
insurance program will run out soon, and the handicapped will pay the
price
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson sexagenarian says she frequently
writes to Blunt's office with criticism, but appreciates his response
to Trump's expletive about lesser countries +
KC Star letter: Orrick man says Fodor's anti-Missouri
mention shows publisher's East Coast agenda X
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man wants Greitens to
leave Missouri
P-D letter: Manchester feminist attempts to tie
Greitens' alleged S&M activities to political ideology and state
legislation
P-D letter: Arnold sexagenarian looks forward to
reading more "grime and slime" from Greitens' scandal
P-D letter: Shrewsbury liberal recommends Greitens
reinvent himself by flip-flopping on state issues and embracing
progressive policies
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Monday, January 15 Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King State Holiday
P-D: Under Trump, EPA Superfund delistings spike -
including Wildwood
Missourinet: Mid-Missouri financial planner expects
federal tax cut to spur "huge" boost in construction
Drebes:
Missouri Chamber spins off GovWatch
This Week in Missouri Politics: Reps. Kathie Conway
(R-St. Charles), Jean Evans (R-Manchester), Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette), Democratic lawyer Jane Dueker discuss Greitens affair and
political implications
KC Star: Greitens' political future in doubt;
Comments from Florida pollster X
Missourinet: Hawley provides update on human
trafficking, Confide app and the former Mississippi County sheriff
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Fodor's "no-visit"
label for Missouri based on oversimplification of SB 43, NAACP
publicity gimmick X
Messenger: Greitens finds himself on a deserted island
surrounded by snakes
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Briefs:
On nudity and invasion of privacy laws, freedom for ex-cons to work at
convenience stores, hair braiding, Greitens appointees
KC Star letter: KC liberal wants Blunt to criticize
Trump X
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Sunday, January 14
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Vicky Hartzler talks
infrastructure spending, Trump's plan for public-private partnerships
Sedalia Democrat: Area woman seeks to fill Democratic
ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler X
SNL: Could foreign hackers mess with Missouri
elections? Jay Ashcroft doesn't think so. X
JCNT: Profile: Kelli Jones; Lt. Gov's
communications director goes from teaching to practicing her skill X
CDT: Greitens in political peril X
Washington Missourian: Local legislators take
wait-and-see approach with Greitens X
AP: Recap of various Greitens controversies
JCNT: Transportation task force recommends changes in
public policy, funding methods X
JCNT: State cutting 30 vehicles from Office of
Administration fleet X
AP: Lawsuit over drugs for Missouri's foster kids
proceeds
KC Star: Jackson County officials want Hawley to look
at County Executive Frank White's taxes, finances X
Washington Missourian editorial: Hoodwinked:
Eric Greitens should resign - not for extramarital affair, but because
he's a political poser X
CDT editorial: Allegations against Greitens follow
pattern of deceptive behavior X
P-D editorial: Greitens and Trump are the Thelma and
Louise of American politics
SNL editorial: On Greitens, Galloway, and predictable
partisanship X
SNL op-ed: Phill Brooks: Evaluating success of
legislators requires more than a metric X
SNL letter: Neosho sexagenarian expresses anger at
Blunt, Long for supporting tax cuts X
P-D letter: Olivette sexagenarian notes
Post-Dispatch's consistent sloppiness, inability to properly punctuate
headlines
P-D letter: St. Louis man wants Nasheed to focus on
alleged misdeeds of Steve Roberts as intently as she focuses on those
of Eric Greitens
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Saturday, January 13
Missourinet: Democratic poll shows McCaskill-Hawley
race within margin of error
Drebes:
Alex Curchin joins Speaker Todd Richardson's staff as senior counsel to
the Speaker
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of January 8, 2018
Rosenbaum: Greitens railed against 'career
politicians,' now few are coming to his rescue
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Mannies and
Rosenbaum talk about week's happenings, with comments from David
Barklage, John Hancock, state legislators
The Missouri Times: Greitens' attorney calls story 'a
political hit piece,' and Roy Temple responds
CDT: Roy Temple denies being source of Greitens
allegations X
AP:
Greitens seeks path forward after affair admission
P-D: Greitens strategizing for survival;
Comments from Hancock, national GOP pollster Frank Luntz, 1/2 of P-D
polisci prof pundit pool (SLU's Ken Warren)
SNL: Woman at center of Greitens affair breaks silence
via written statement, asks for privacy; Ex-husband responds via
statement X
P-D: Woman at center of Greitens story asks for
privacy; Greitens asks lawmakers for forgiveness
SNL: Greitens picks a new judge from St. Louis City
prosecutor's office; Democrat Kim Gardner's office says appointee
was not involved in Thursday's investigation announcement X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: KMOV reporter Lauren
Trager, KWMU executive editor Shula Neuman talk about journalism ethics
and Greitens case
P-D: Audio: Politics editor Christopher Ave,
reporters Kevin McDermott and Jack Suntrup talk about ethics of
reporting Greitens story
SNL's Stephen Herzog: Why KMOV shouldn't have run
woman's story without her consent X
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) holds key
chairmanship in tax reform effort +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri health officials say
it's too early to tell if flu shot was less effective
SE
Missourian: City of Oran rates violate state law, auditors
find; report details financial-management problems +
West Plains Daily Quill: 15 new cases of chronic
wasting disease out of nearly 18,400 deer tested
P-D: Black activist Frankie Freeman dies at 101
P-D editorial briefs: Blunt family lobbying empire
expands; Dogan's hair-braiding bill a sensible step to cut
regulation
KC Star editorial: Greitens avoids tough issues and
focuses on the easy stuff in State of the State +
Messenger: With presidential campaign aspirations
gone, Greitens must focus on Missouri
CDT op-ed: Sen. Claire McCaskill: What's so
scary about holding town halls? X
P-D op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway:
Taxpayer-funded nondisclosure agreements can hide big problems
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian disagrees
with GOP agenda, accepts reality that Luetkemeyer will keep getting
re-elected X
SNL letter: Willow Springs sexagenarian wants Greitens
to resign X
KC Star letter: Belton man says Chappelle-Nadal's
comments were more serious than Love's; KC sexagenarian says Fox
News and "talk radio" brainwashed Missourians into voting for Greitens X
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Friday, January 12
P-D: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen raises
about $93,000 in fourth quarter of 2017
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air audio: Mannies,
Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin discuss how Greitens sex story overshadowed
State of the State
The Missouri Times: As gubernatorial sex scandal
unfolding, Republican leaders call for accountability
The Missouri Times: Libla, Romine lead the Senate in
call for Hawley to investigate allegations against Greitens
Missourinet: Romine says if allegations against
Greitens are true, the governor should resign or face impeachment
Missourinet: Libla wants investigation into sexual
allegations against Greitens
St. Joseph News-Press: Local legislators condemn
Greitens, shy away from impeachment X
P-D: St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner (D)
launches criminal investigation of Greitens
Talking Points Memo: Veteran Democratic consultant Roy
Temple talks about reaching out to scorned ex-husband in 2016, visiting
man's house twice to get details, more
P-D: Missouri statutes clearly outlaw non-consensual
photos; 'blackmail' issue is less clear
P-D: Audio: Excerpts of woman, recorded by
husband without her knowledge or consent, describing sexual encounters
with Greitens
The Missouri Times: How the impeachment process works
in Missouri
The Missouri Times: After news of affair and alleged
blackmail, gubernatorial tour spot in Poplar Bluff cancels
Clayton Times: STL County Executive candidate/Greitens
campaign donor shuns governor after scandal
AP:
States addressing shortcomings in sex misconduct policies
KWMU: Untangling the legal issues in the wake of
governor's admission
KWMU: By the numbers: What's behind Missouri's
tardy tax refunds
The Missouri Times: COO's Task Force on Fleet
Management finds more than $2 million in potential savings
The Missouri Times: Emery's utility bill returns with
new provisions, opposition remains the same
Missourinet: Legislative update: Dems skeptical
of Greitens' upcoming tax plan; Basye's bill to provide insurance
to the disabled
SE
Missourian: Official: Steel mill 'still looking to operate'
and New Madrid 'still very much in the running' +
KWMU: Substance abuse and poor mental health drive up
deaths among Missouri's rural whites
P-D editorial: Hypocrisy, thy name is Eric
Greitens; Governor should expect no sympathy
P-D editorial: Greitens falls victim to his own
relentless ego
KC Star editorial: Greitens' affair wasn't criminal,
but extortion and coercion would be X
Riverfront Times' Sarah Fenske: Eric Greitens is in
the hot seat. But we're wrong to let a scorned ex drive this story.
KWMU Executive Editor Shula Neuman: We had the
Greitens story too, and chose not to run it
Kraske: An affair and blackmail allegations: How
well did Missourians really know Eric Greitens? X
Columbia Missourian's Sandy Davidson: Greitens'
personal life becomes political tragedy
P-D letter: Public transit group supports gas tax hike
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Thursday, January 11
St. Joseph News-Press: Congressional delegation's
committee roles reflect lawmakers' expertise, state needs X
Kansas City Business Journal: Former Roy Blunt aide
Tom Salisbury becomes SBA's new regional director
The Missouri Times: Withdrawing from NAFTA could be a
'catastrophe' for Missouri; Comments from Blunt, MO Ag Director
Chris Chinn
AP:
McCaskill introduces bill to end Postal Service quirk for northern
Missouri residents
KWMU: Greitens admits he engaged in affair before he
entered politics; Sheena Greitens: "I want ... those who
wish to peddle gossip to stay away from me and my children"
KMOV (St. Louis): Blackmail alleged as Greitens admits
to extramarital affair
SNL: Greitens admits to extramarital affair X
P-D: Greitens admits affair and denies blackmail
allegations
KWMU: Greitens calls for more cuts in taxes, more
trims in state government
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin to analyze
State of the State at noon today
The Missouri Times: State of the State 2018:
Governor outlines priorities, leaves out the budget
CDT: Greitens calls for more tax cuts in State of the
State address X
SNL: 'Many Missourians still struggle,' Greitens says
while pledging to work hard X
JCNT: Governor extols state government, doesn't
mention state pay X
AP:
Greitens pledges bold tax overhaul
P-D: Greitens promotes possible tax cuts in State of
the State address
Drebes:
On taxes, Ron Richard doesn't want "a Brownback thing"
Missourinet: Audio: Gov. Eric Greitens' State of
the State address
Missourinet: Lawmakers react to Greitens' State of the
State address
Missourinet: Audio: Dem response by House
Democratic Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City)
Missourinet: Comparing Greitens' first State of the
State to last night's
SNL's Will Schmitt's "Jeff Notes" blog: Hawley reports
state made $30 million in legal payouts last year X
The Missouri Times: DHSS confirms PDMP is up and
running
AP:
Missouri House advances bill on gifts from lobbyists
CDT: Choi, Cartwright pitch plans for University of
Missouri to state lawmakers X
Missourinet: Missouri bill would require high school
students to complete computer science course
P-D: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) seeks to help
cities deal with overreach of 2015 court-fines legislation
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
kicks off tanning bill with coalition of support
JCNT: Coalition pushes for more restriction on tanning
bed use X
P-D: State approves Ameren transmission line for
northeast Missouri
KWMU: Federal appeals court weighs future of lawsuit
over Michael Brown's death
SE
Missourian editorial: New Missouri law should help adoptees with
family medical history +
JCNT editorial: Greitens, MO Dept. of Revenue let
Missourians down on tax refunds X
P-D editorial: A blueprint for overhauling Missouri's
broken corrections system
KC Star editorial: Warren Love should not get off
scot-free X
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Wednesday, January 10
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers may debate the return
of earmarks; Comments from McCaskill X
KC Star: Donald Trump-Steve Bannon split spells
trouble for U.S. Senate hopeful Josh Hawley; Comments from GOP
primary challengers, conservative radio host Jamie Allman X
Messenger: KC lawyer claims he'll run for U.S. Senate
as independent; Man says people are tired of partisan politics,
it's time for a new approach, etc.
KC
Star: KC lawyer claims he'll run for U.S. Senate as independent
X
Columbia Missourian: Opioid crisis drives decline in
Missouri life expectancy
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Democratic
Reps. Kip Kendrick, Martha Stevens talks Dems' rural efforts, dark
money, more
The Missouri Times: State of the State, one year
later: How did Greitens fare on delivering his promises?
Missourinet: Missourinet to have live coverage of
State of the State and Democratic response
AP:
Greitens touts Missouri's own plan to keep lakes clean
Missourinet: Missouri veterans leader wants embattled
St. Louis Veterans Home chief gone
AP:
Leader recommends head of St. Louis Veterans Home be fired
St. Joseph News-Press: Galloway: Missouri not
paying tax refunds on time, pays more than $400,000 in interest X
AP:
Missouri revenue growth lags behind expectations
SNL: Citing federal tax bill, Missouri cuts state
revenue growth projection in half X
Missourinet: Steep drop in revenue projections could
mean fewer cuts to services
The Missouri Times: Is the third time the charm?
Fitzpatrick reintroduces bill limiting unemployment benefits
The Missouri Times: Kelly introduces paid family leave
legislation
SE
Missourian: Southeast to cut workforce to meet budget needs
caused by state cuts +
P-D: Layoffs, buyouts affect SEMO amid budget
uncertainty
The Missouri Times: Anti-trafficking bill passes House
committees
Missourinet: Proposed restrictions to lobbyist gifts
heads to Missouri House floor
Missourinet: Democrats file multiple ethics bills,
criticize Greitens
The Missouri Times: House's Special Committee on
Litigation Reform hears DeGroot's interpleading bill
SNL: Sierra Club argues against selling 3 closed state
parks X
SE
Missourian: Missouri Cattlemen Association calls for protection
of those found not guilty of animal abuse +
AP:
University of Missouri officials speak at Missouri House Special
Committee on Urban Issues
KC Star editorial: Should Missouri raise taxes for
road and bridge repairs? Let the voter decide +
P-D editorial: Governor's meddling on education
creates giant mess; Actions prompt lawsuit from appointee "who
Greitens' [sic] dumped"
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Legislative
preview: State revenue, transportation, PDMP, marijuana and hemp,
ethics
P-D letter: Glendale conservative dislikes
McCaskill-Blunt plan to remove Jefferson's name from Arch grounds
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Tuesday, January 9
AP:
McCaskill raises $2.9M for re-election bid
P-D: McCaskill raises $2.9 million in last quarter of
2017, record $11.8 million for year
P-D: City Dems to host fundraiser for McCaskill
SNL's Will Schmitt's new "Jeff Notes" blog: Catherine
Hanaway, Gregg Hartley, Andy Blunt form new firm to lobby federal and
state lawmakers X
P-D: Jesse Jackson to speak at St. Louis Public
Library Black History Month event
Drebes:
Cara Hoover leaves KCP&L to start her own contract lobbying firm
Missourinet: Preview: Tomorrow night's State of
the State
JCNT: State pay tops 2 area lawmakers' wish list for
State of the State message X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri lawmakers may consider
gas-tax hike X
CDT: Galloway blasts Greitens for slow refunds,
interfering with work X
The Missouri Times: New audit shows more and more
Missourians receiving late tax refunds
KWMU: Galloway says money shortfall and Greitens are
to blame for late income tax refunds
AP:
Audit: Missouri increasingly late on tax refunds
Missourinet: Galloway slams Greitens administration
for jump in late tax refunds
P-D: Greitens administration obstructed audit of
Missouri tax refund process, Galloway says
KWMU: Lack of quorum is delaying search for next
Missouri education commissioner
Missourinet: Ten applicants, thousands of comments on
Missouri education chief post
P-D: Amid controversy, scant interest shown in top
school post
JCNT: State Board of Education hears testimony on
desired commissioner traits X
JCNT: Judge keeps state education 'Sunshine' lawsuit
going X
Rosenbaum: 5 loose ends from first week in Jefferson
City: Silvey, LIHTC, transportation tax, more
The Missouri Times: House looks to push ethics bill to
floor quickly
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
calls ethics bill "pretty strict"
KC Star: Lobbyist-gift totals continue downward
trend; lawmakers discuss gift ban X
Missourinet: Contentious 2017 utility bill is back in
Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: Five certificates of need
approved, one denied
The Missouri Times: Missouri's ag groups praise
Greitens for comments against EPA's proposed rule
Missourinet: New Missouri coalition: Skin cancer
is the most commonly diagnosed in America
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear regulation
case as state reports increase in deadly deer disease
P-D editorial: Fuel tax increase is the fastest, most
direct way to meet state transportation needs
P-D editorial: Greitens' use of Confide app violates
his transparency pledge
P-D letter: Illinois sexagenarian disagrees with Ann
Wagner on financial regulations
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian wants intelligence
test to prohibit "dummies" from voting, claims to be "registered
Democrat" despite no party registration in Missouri X
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Monday, January 8
P-D: Under GOP tax law, parents in Missouri can now
claim tax deductions for private school tuition
Wall Street Journal: Trump nominee to lead Indian
Health Services faces claims of misrepresentation; Former workers
at Missouri hospital question leadership roles of Robert Weaver
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Democrats line up to fill
ballot slot for Ann Wagner's November re-election; Comments from
1/2 of P-D polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson)
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Lt. Gov.
Mike Parson chats with Rosenbaum about veterans homes, low-income
housing tax credits, transportation, more
Missourinet: Seat belts and texting-while-driving
highlighted in Missouri transportation task force report
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MoDOT's Brian Haefner says
Missourians are willing to spend more on roads to improve quality
Missourinet: Missouri House committee expected to vote
on ethics bill today
SNL: Greitens' sidelined Missouri school board
appointees to meet with senators X
KWMU: Parents still wary of Normandy schools
St. Joseph News-Press: Briefs: Missouri Farm
Bureau, Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging lay out
legislative agendas X
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Broadband access helps farmers stay competitive
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Conservation plans Missouri
Master Naturalist training in Camdenton X
Missourinet: California company bashes Missouri as
travel destination, draws heavily from NAACP "travel advisory"
promotional campaign
JCNT editorial: Let voters decide fuel tax X
The Missouri Times columnist Jennifer Bukowsky: Tell
state legislators to stop treading upon our right to self-defense
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Sunday, January 7
P-D: Blunt, Clay speak at annual MLK event
CDT: VA Secretary acted to end dispute between MU,
Truman Memorial X
KC Star's Max Londberg: Iowa-based gimmick t-shirt
company peddles anti-Greitens t-shirt X
August 2015: KC Star: Iowa-based gimmick t-shirt
company peddles anti-Missouri Legislature shirt
AP: Greitens calls for new veterans hiring law
SNL: Missouri revamps HR policy for state workers
after research project by COO's former firm X
SNL: Bridge tolls, pay-by-the-mile, DMV fees suggested
as future Missouri highway funding X
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf opposes Greitens' move
on education board X
Columbia Missourian's: Rural broadband features:
Greitens brings in over $40 million for broadband in rural schools, but
it's not enough
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Little legislative progress on improving Missouri broadband
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature: In
rural schools, teachers prepare for the unexpected
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Broadband allow students to get creative with technology
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Telehealth gives rural Missouri greater access to health care
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Many Missourians are forced to live off the grid
JCNT: LED lighting at the Capitol expected to pay off
in the long run X
P-D editorial: Trump's Justice Department wants to
undo Obama's work in Ferguson
Washington Missourian editorial: No matter the federal
designation, the Arch is still the Arch X
KC
Star editorial: Missouri faces a choice: Cut taxes or
invest in the state's future X
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislators should
give Missourians the chance to vote on transportation tax X
SNL editorial: After ranch allegations, state should
reconsider religious exemptions X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Transportation funding, broadband should top list of
legislative priorities
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Greitens' first year:
Ethical clouds, unforced errors X
P-D letter: Local trial attorney: Bring Missouri
in line with other states on juvenile sentencing
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian disagrees with NRA
on state gun laws
SNL letter: Septuagenarian Mountain View couple wants
Senate to reject Greitens appointee "Eddie [sic] Justice," others X
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Saturday, January 6
Agri-Pulse: McCaskill, Blunt seek 2019 funding for
Mississippi River waterways
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce
lays out top federal, state legislative priorities X
The Missouri Time: Hickory County Democrat seeks to
fill ballot slot for Warren Love's re-election
Drebes:
Senate Dems still not putting Chappelle-Nadal back on committees
The Missouri Times: Freshman senators Rowden, Hoskins
step up to committee chairmanship
The Missouri Times: State Board of Education rendered
ineffective with Greitens' re-appointments, so what now?
SNL: Video: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City) on
transportation task force X
Brownfield Ag News: Proposed Missouri law would add
oversight to animal abuse training
KC Star: Fired Missouri trooper in Lake of the Ozarks
drowning case wants his job back X
KMIZ (Columbia): Trooper fired for actions that led to
drowning sues Highway Patrol to get his job back
Missourinet: MoDOT warns of slick Missouri roads
tomorrow
CDT: Terri Leifeste named new Tribune publisher;
Gatehouse Media tasks 57-year-old with serving advertisers and engaging
with readers X
Columbia Missourian: Tribune gets new publisher
P-D editorial: Eigel's proposal to make first day of
deer season a holiday will irritate "the 94 percent of us" who aren't
hunters
Helling: After a year of conflict, Greitens just might
be learning how to work with Missouri lawmakers X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian wants legislators
to legalize marijuana
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian expresses anger over
Ryan Silvey's PSC salary, attempts analogy comparing appointment to
"It's a Wonderful Life" X
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Friday, January 5
SNL: Citing GOP tax overhaul, Springfield bank to pay
bonuses to all employees X
The Missouri Times: Former Cruz chief joins Axiom's PR
arm as new president
SNL: Missouri GOP to celebrate Trump's first year with
event Jan. 20 X
The Missouri Times: January 2018 Tip Sheet:
Statewides and State Senate races
St. Joseph News-Press: Buchanan County GOP to
interview potential candidates to ensure they are actually Republicans X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Speaker Todd
Richardson chats with Rosenbaum about gas tax hike, Amendment 2
consequences, "dark money," Greitens, and future plans
Missourinet: Lawmakers attend Governor's Prayer
Breakfast
JCNT: Prayer Breakfast speaker urges courage in
politics X
The Missouri Times: Official portrait of Nixon unveiled
Missourinet: Nixon's portrait presented in Jefferson
City
SNL's Will Schmitt: New "Jeff Notes" blog:
Briefs on Nixon's portrait, state tax brackets X
The Missouri Times: Richardson: No reason to
decouple Missouri's tax code
The Missouri Times: Senate confirms appointments of
Kraus, Silvey to Tax Commission and Public Service Commission
KWMU: Silvey resigns from Missouri Senate to join
Public Service Commission
Missourinet: Silvey confirmed to PSC
The Missouri Times: Crowell appointment to Missouri
Housing Development Commission withdrawn
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Callaway
County) aims to revamp Missouri's boards and commissions
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Chamber of Commerce
urges legislators to stabilize UM System funding in 2018
The Missouri Times: Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola)
renegs on oath to abide by Ethics Committee decision, citing confusion
SNL: Love says hanging comment has been blown out of
proportion X
SNL: Video: Rep. Warren Love takes questions
from Democrats X
KWMU: House Ethics Committee considers sanctions
against Love
Missourinet: No discipline for legislator who said
that monument vandals should be hanged
P-D: Love evades punishment over Facebook comment, for
now
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: January 3, 2018
SE
Missourian: Missouri DNR meeting in Cape to focus on Mississippi
River flood management +
Washington Missourian editorial: Blunt champions tax
credits X
KC Star editorial: Greitens and lawmakers must reach a
truce in the battle over Missouri Board of Education X
CDT editorial: Greitens' actions drawing too much
controversy for him to be effective X
JCNT editorial: Celebrating fewer deaths on Missouri
roads in 2017 X
P-D letter: Greenway Network's Greg Poleski wants
Greitens to re-open four state parks
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Thursday, January 4
AP: White House, lawmakers hopeful after 'positive'
budget talks; Comments from Blunt
AP: AG Jeff Sessions names Timothy Garrison interim
U.S. attorney for western Missouri
KWMU: Senate approves bill to change city's landmark
to Gateway Arch National Park
The Missouri Times: Rep. Sue Meredith (D-St. Louis
County) will not seek re-election
Clayton Times: Clayton Township Democrats to hold
monthly meeting tonight; Guest speakers include Adam Kustra, who
managed Bernie Sanders' 2016 Missouri campaign, and Ferguson Councilman
Wesley Bell, who represents the ward where police officer Darren Wilson
was attacked
The Missouri Times: Kehoe defining his legacy through
infrastructure policy, patient dealmaking; Jefferson City
lawmaker named 2017 Missouri Statesman of the Year
Missourinet: ACLU to appeal judge's dismissal of
Missouri voter ID lawsuit
KWMU: Missouri foster children top agenda for First
Lady Sheena Greitens
Drebes:
Speaker-to-be Elijah Haahr lists legislative priorities
KWMU: Ethics and appointments highlight first day of
Missouri 2018 legislative session
AP:
Missouri Legislature begins 2018 with focus on ethics, tax changes
SNL: Missouri House appears ready to go, but Senate
starts with griping at Greitens X
SNL: Videos: Missouri House Republicans,
Democrats lay out session priorities while posing in fig-leaf positions X
Missourinet: House GOP, Dems outline 2018 priorities
The Missouri Times: With session underway, questions
about Board of Education appointments arise
The Missouri Times: Greitens withdraws, reappoints
five members to State Board of Education
CDT: Greitens, Senate wrestle over Board of Education
nominees X
SNL: Greitens' appointee do-over paralyzes Missouri
school board X
Missourinet: Ron Richard undecided about holding
hearings for school board appointees
AP:
Work stalls on finding Missouri education leader
P-D: On first day of legislative session, Greitens
tries to buy time for school picks
Columbia Missouri: Education board drama dominates
first day of legislative session
KC Star: Procedural move gives Greitens' appointees
more time for Senate confirmation X
The Missouri Times: 21st Century Transportation System
Task Force releases report, calls for 10-cent fuel tax increase
KWMU: Airbnb to collect state tax in Missouri after
reaching agreement with state
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
modifies veterans homes bonding bill to ameliorate colleagues' concerns
Washington Missourian: Local lawmakers file 32 bills
Hannibal Courier-Post: Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Frankford)
tries again to ban texting while driving
P-D: 'We won, you know?' Nasheed wants to put
Confederate monuments in a museum
SE
Missourian: Cape autism institute hopes for restoration of state
funding this year to prevent closing +
CDT: Tax cuts prompts PSC to look at electric, gas
rates X
Missourinet: Visiting bird continues to capture
interest of Missourians; Comments from Missouri Department of
Conservation's Sarah Kendrick
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Conservation
offering handgun workshop for women
P-D: St. Louis City's new police chief thinks he'll
handle protesters well
AP: At start of legislative session, Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City) refuses to pledge allegiance to the flag
SNL editorial: 2018 state legislative wish list:
Increase fuel tax, restore in-home care, fund community colleges, trim
the tax-credit fat, more X
JCNT editorial: Greitens, legislators must be more
transparent regarding dark money and Confide app X
KC Star editorial: Missouri prisons must prepare for
mass nicotine withdrawal when smoking ban takes effect X
P-D editorial: Bobby Bostic - who as a teen was into
robbing, shooting, carjacking and fondling his victims - deserves a
state parole hearing to show how he's changed
P-D op-ed: University of Missouri should not sell land
for private development
P-D letter: Crestwood man dislikes Greitens'
"fast-track" approach to inevitable presidential bid
P-D letter: Ballwin man mocks P-D editorial board's
self-glorifying profile piece, says notion of separate editorial and
news functions is "institutionally arrogant"
KC Star letter: Area sexagenarian recommends brushing
up on road rules by reading Missouri and Kansas drivers manuals every
year X
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Wednesday, January 3
CNN: The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in
2018: Missouri at #3
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt talks 2018
agendas X
Rosenbaum: 2018 listicle: Ten (10!) political
questions to be answered this year: McCaskill-Hawley, Greitens,
dark money, Galloway, unions, St. Louis City race-riot aftermath, more
Drebes:
Pat Thomas files "Missouri Values" initiative petitions for
conservative causes
KC Star: Ethics complaint against David Humphreys is
dismissed X
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin preview
2018 legislative session
The Missouri Times: Ryan Silvey appointed to PSC,
waiting until confirmation to leave Senate
AP:
Silvey appointed to PSC
P-D: Greitens appoints KC lawmaker to Public Service
Commission
KC Star: Greitens appoints Silvey to PSC X
The Missouri Times: Sunshine Project files lawsuit
against Greitens over alleged use of Confide app
AP:
Organization files lawsuit against Greitens over use of app
KC Star: Lawsuit filed over Greitens' use of Confide
app X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri AAA spokesman talks seat
belt law, texting-while-driving ban
CDT: Task force proposes fuel tax hike, new fees on
electric cars X
KWMU: Transportation task force wants Missouri
lawmakers and voters to raise fuel tax
Missourinet: Corlew: Missouri's transportation
system "intersects with every part of life"
Columbia Missourian: Task force recommends bringing
gas tax hike to voters - again
JCNT: State task force proposes fuel tax increase X
AP:
Panel recommends 10-cent gas tax increase
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Interim education commissioner
talks Missouri transportation funding and impact on rural districts,
says he doesn't expect situation to improve anytime soon
Missourinet: Greitens' moves with education board to
be early hot topic in Missouri Legislature
KC Star: Only one person so far wants Missouri's big
education job X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill targets law that St.
Joseph School District was sued over X
P-D: State board approves college budget
recommendation, tying dollars to performance
P-D: Profile: New Mizzou Chancellor Alexander
Cartwright
CDT: House Democratic superminority jabs at Greitens
with ethics proposals X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democrats push for ethics
legislation
CDT: House Dems propose 10-bill ethics package X
P-D: Missouri weighs proposal on domestic abusers and
guns
KC Star: Legislative preview: Taxes,
appointments, campaign finance, open records, health care X
SNL: Greene County sheriff sues state auditor X
Missourinet: Greene County sheriff sues Galloway for
not releasing whistleblower complaints
Missourinet: Some Missouri New Year's crash figures
improve, others go downhill
KC Star editorial: Greitens' meddling has scared off
applicants for Missouri education commissioner
X
P-D editorial: When it comes to corporate welfare,
Wisconsin leaves Missouri in the dust
P-D editorial: Missouri should protect domestic
violence victims from guns
KC Star editorial: St. Louis City just took 842 guns
off the streets. Why doesn't Kansas City do the same? X
Messenger: Mission Impossible? Attorneys sue
Greitens over disappearing texts
KC Star letter: Empower Missouri's Jeanette Mott
Oxford dislikes Eigel's tax-overhaul proposal
X
P-D letter: Pacific septuagenarian liberal blames ALEC
for Missouri Republicans' tax-cutting agenda
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian conservative
says Post-Dispatch has turned into print version of MSNBC
P-D letter: St. Ann sexagenarian says she doesn't
doesn't use text messaging, wants law to punish those who text while
driving
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Tuesday, January 2
KWMU: Both parties banking on tax bill as a 2018
campaign issue
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer preparing
cybersecurity bill
Drebes:
Another Amendment 2 update from the Missouri Ethics Commission
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin to discuss
2018 legislative session on air today, seek listener questions
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers: transportation, tax credits on
legislative agenda +
Missourinet: Former Gov. Jay Nixon's portrait to be
presented Thursday
AP:
Missouri to ban smoking in prisons this year
St. Joseph News-Press: After Missouri cut funding for
test-taking, ACT organization still offering fee waivers to poor
students X
Missourinet: House Dems talks agenda; Comments
from Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City), others
P-D editorial: Mini-profiles of Post-Dispatch
editorial writers: Kevin Horrigan (68), Deb Peterson (64), Ray
Farris (61), Tod Robberson (61), Gilbert Bailon (58)
Dallas Morning News' Carl Leubsdorf: Tongue-in-cheek
predictions for 2018: Jason Kander to announce presidential bid
in September
P-D op-ed: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's Joel
Ferber: Medicaid's advances fight deadly diseases
KC Star letter: Liberty sexagenarian appreciates
Star's newfound interest in investigative journalism X
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Chuck Raasch: "<X> things" journomeme: Five (5!) keys
to 2018 politics in Missouri
Washington
Missourian: Blunt touts tax credits during visit X
Drebes:
MOScout End-of-Year Readers' Poll: Legislators: Who does
their homework, best on floor, most sincere, most likely to be
governor, more
Missourinet:
Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) previews 2018 legislative agenda
Missourinet:
AAA Missouri gives a thumbs-up to efforts of transportation task force
Washington
Missourian: Pacific Chamber of Commerce loses bid to retain
management of Pacific license office
St.
Joseph News-Press: State relies on hotline to help smokers quit
KMZU:
Trenton resident named to National Dairy Board
JCNT
editorial: End antiquated residency requirement for Missouri's
attorney general X
KC
Star editorial: A 2018 agenda for Missouri lawmakers:
Republicans should expand Medicaid, flip-flop on SB 43, raise taxes,
etc. X
KC
Star letter: Kansas septuagenarian wants Missouri legislators to
start raising taxes X
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Sunday, December
31 New Year's Eve
KWMU: Top photos of 2017: Black Lives Matter
trooper with desecrated American flag; Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St.
Louis City) posing; protester attempting to instigate
police; more
JCNT: Lawmakers back in session Wednesday X
Columbia Missourian: 2018 state legislative
preview: Taxes, education, lobbyist gifts
Columbia Missourian: A look at Boone County lawmakers'
legislative records
Columbia Missourian: Analysis: Legislators'
effectiveness in passing bills coincides with power
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Randolph County official says
state's 'unfunded mandates' are causing headaches for counties
Missourinet: On New Year's Eve, Missouri troopers to
focus on areas with history of alcohol-related accidents
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): New Year's Eve safety advice from
the Missouri State Highway Patrol
CDT: Options available to Missourians seeking to
expunge criminal records X
Washington Missourian editorial: Too early to make
predictions for 2018 races, including McCaskill's X
Washington Missourian editorial: Private firm wins
state license office over Washington Chamber of Commerce X
SNL op-ed: Man seeking to fill Democratic ballot slot
in 7th Congressional District: Billy Long to blame for locals'
decision to eat ramen noodles X
The Chronicle of Higher Education op-ed: Health and
education in Missouri's Bootheel: Region's obesity, poor health
due to state legislators' refusal to expand Medicaid
P-D letter: Former congressional and state rep
candidate Glenn Koenen (D): Missouri Republicans' goal is to keep
poor kids from eating
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Saturday, December 30
Sedalia Democrat: Hartzler talks tax overhaul,
McCaskill, more
Missourinet: Columbia College polisci prof Terry Smith
says Hawley has a good shot at unseating McCaskill
The Missouri Times: Ethics complaint against Humphreys
dismissed, commission finds no grounds of violation
The Missouri Times: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts
Summit) launching 'The Big Risk Podcast' to share stories of risk and
success in the business world
Drebes:
Help Wanted: St. Louis City seeks Democratic director of elections
AP: Minimum wage to rise yet again in Missouri
KWMU: "<X> things" journomeme: Five (5!)
things to know about population growth in Missouri, the country and the
world
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) pushes for
constitutional amendment to bar state board members from voting before
Senate confirmation +
SE
Missourian: Thanks to new state law, adoptees will have access to
birth certificates Jan. 1 +
Missourinet: Hawley warns Missourians against
insurance billing practice
SE
Missourian: Two Bootheel farmers file lawsuit against Monsanto
over dicamba herbicide crop damage; Southeast Missouri State
University rep says Monsanto offered proper warnings to farmers who
chose to break state law +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
presents House Resolution to veteran radio man
Columbia Missourian: Most-read online stories of
2017: Japanese beetles (#1), REAL ID (#5), Sheena Greitens
profile (#6), MU budget cuts and layoffs (#7)
P-D: Post-Dispatch names Lisa Brown as business editor
KC Star: Kansas City posts largest homicide total in
24 years X
JCNT editorial: Missouri must stop trying 17-year-olds
as adults X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: A thank-you note to those who read the
Missourian in 2017 +
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian wants Greitens to
pardon Patty Prewitt
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Friday, December 29
AP: Dems hope to use tax overhaul as a club against
GOP; Hawley campaign begins "Claire McTaxall" blitz
Drebes:
Speaker's office news: Kenny Ross and Ryan Nonnemaker
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Monticello)
talks fuel tax, other revenue possibilities
Missourinet: Missouri commission's decision likely to
dissolve Kansas City, Branson housing plans
Missourinet: Rowden wants to let school districts
lease city buses
Missourinet: Missouri highway safety advocates warn
about holiday drinking and driving
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans want to repeat
Kansas' tax-cutting mistakes X
The American Spectator op-ed: Show-Me Institute's
Andrew Wilson: Five (5) government-shrinking steps Missouri
legislators should take in 2018
P-D op-ed: Missouri NAACP President Nimrod
Chapel: Former prosecutor Jennifer Joyce contributed to the
Reggie Clemons ordeal
P-D letter: Farmington septuagenarian suggests each
section of the Post-Dispatch has a quota for mopey liberal headlines
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Thursday, December 28
KWMU: Blunt expects Congress to leave entitlements
alone in 2018
KMOV: Video: Blunt tours Washington, Mo., touts
tax plan
KC Star: Missouri's Obamacare enrollment numbers
virtually unchanged from last year X
Missourinet: Missouri Hospital Association's Dave
Dillon shares thoughts on individual mandate, Medicare spending
KC Star: Hawley campaign maintains focus on
McCaskill; Comments from James Harris, others X
The Missouri Times: Dates set for 2018 Lincoln Days
Drebes:
Twitter ads against Galloway
The Missouri Times: Rachel Hassani joins Hahn O'Daniel
KWMU: State legislative preview: Greitens vs.
Senate, 'right to work' ballot initiative, taxes, health care, campaign
finance regulations, more
AP:
Greitens proposes foster care changes
Missourinet: Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester) says bill
would strengthen Missouri's competitiveness in sports event industry
Missourinet: Legislative preview: Briefs on bills
P-D: Missouri officials fail to report effects of 2015
welfare cuts, Sen. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis City) says
KRES/KWIX: MoDOT graded well by Missourians for 2017
JCNT: Governor's Prayer Breakfast next week X
P-D editorial: After divisive 2017, Missourians need
less pizzazz, more progress from Greitens
SNL op-ed: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson: Tax cuts will
bring meaningful change, help Missourians X
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Wednesday, December 27
KTVI (St. Louis): Video: Blunt talks tax
cuts, government shutdown, DACA, Russia, more
P-D: Overview: McCaskill's 2018 re-election
campaign; Thoughts from 1/2 of P-D polisci prof pundit pool (Dave
Robertson, UMSL), plus one-time appearance from MSU polisci prof Jeremy
Walling
Poynter.org: As editorial pages shrink, the Kansas
City Star chooses to to big instead; Steve Kraske, Dave Helling,
others lead surge in paper's editorial substance and sway
AP: Associate Press ranks top news stories of
2017: St. Louis race riots (#1), GOP domination of statewide
offices and Legislature (#2), Chappelle-Nadal and Love online agitation
(#4), PDMP (#7)
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Victory Enterprises seeks digital account strategist
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Caleb
Rowden (R-Columbia) talks impact of federal tax bill, Missouri Senate's
relationship with Greitens, campaign finance, more
CDT: MU economist: Federal tax plan to cost $58
million loss to Missouri revenue X
KC Star: Schmitt, Eigel, Fitzwater promote tax cuts X
The Missouri Times: Court of Appeals rules governor
did not overstep by withholding funds from public defenders
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court rejects
Planned Parenthood's challenge to 72-hour law
Missourinet: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) files bill
aimed at helping disabled have increased insurance coverage
Missourinet: Missouri expected to spend $17 million in
correctional officer overtime costs this year
CDT: Legislators again sponsor school bus bill X
Missourinet: St. Louis NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt
says state uses charter schools to "keep its foot on the necks ... of
black children"
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove)
writes Grinch poem, accuses Dept. of Revenue of 'stealing'
Missourinet: Five Missourians died in Christmas
holiday traffic crashes
The Missouri Times: Missouri leads national effort to
remove X-LITE guard rails
P-D: Fishing around the Christmas tree: MO Dept.
of Conservation needs Christmas trees for Spanish Lake Park and St.
Charles County's Busch Wildlife Lake #33
KC Star editorial: Missouri must stop prosecuting
17-year-olds as adults X
P-D op-ed: Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette):
Greitens should grant clemency to Patty Prewitt
P-D letter: Illinois man says he enjoyed paper's "Best
of" photos feature, except for glut of photos of street mobs
P-D letter: St. Peters man responds to piece about
urban homicide total, says fathers should start taking responsibility
for the children they create
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Tuesday, December
26 First Day of Kwanzaa
Politico: Top 10 U.S. Senate races:
McCaskill-Hawley rated #2
Drebes:
New committee former to oppose "Clean Missouri" and anti-"right to
work" ballot initiatives
Missourinet: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt continues
advocacy to lower taxes
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Greitens
spokesman Parker Briden's statement on education funding rated "Mostly
False"
P-D: Charter-school advocates, critics debate value of
annual performance report score
Missourinet: A snapshot of some pre-filed bills for
upcoming Missouri legislative session
KWMU: Advocates for Missouri's young criminals eye two
major changes in 2018
KWMU: Child psychologist: Spending more money on
child psychologists would keep black students from misbehaving
AP: Urban killings rise in clusters; St. Louis
City murderers have banner year
KC Star editorial: Remembering Neal Patterson, James
Nutter III and Steve Glorioso X
SNL op-ed: The battle against opioid abuse requires
more than just PDMP and more federal funding
X
Waters: To fund transportation, state legislators
should push for tax increases over and over again X
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's R.W. Hafer: Are
Missouri businesses taxed too much? Yes.
P-D op-ed: Women's Foundation's Wendy Doyle:
Missouri should lead on parental leave for state employees
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Monday, December 25 Merry Christmas!
NY Times: After a chaotic start, Congress has made a
conservative mark; Blunt says Trump has gained appreciation for
process, and Blunt values Trump's "fresh set of eyes"
Drebes: Missouri State Medical Association shuffle
Missourinet: New administrator announced for troubled
St. Louis Veterans Home
CDT: After LIHTC cuts, city leaders revisiting ways to
support affordable housing X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch
(R-Hallsville) says tort overhaul has salvaged Missouri from its past
as a "haven" for litigious types
St. Joseph News-Press: Revised model could give
Missouri colleges extra funding X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Moberly Area Community College
President Dr. Jeff Lashley praises area state reps and senators -
"without exception" - for support of higher ed
CDT: Boone County pushes for state rental regulations X
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Sunday, December
24 Christmas Eve
Hannibal Courier-Post: Local officials relieved tax
bill didn't eliminate tax-exempt municipal bonds
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Statement from Jason Smith on tax cuts and job creation rated "Mostly
False"
St. Joseph News-Press: CDC puts Missouri on
'widespread' levels of influenza activity X
SNL: Greitens uses Facebook to maneuver around
Missouri's mainstream news media X
Drebes: Supporter of Tim Meadows (D-Imperial) says
former state rep is being recruited to run for state Senate
CDT: Housing tax credit cuts stymie Columbia Housing
Authority plans X
CDT: Stores sell cannabis extract despite state
regulations X
Missourinet: Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) available
to constituents at diner every weekday morning he's in town;
Greitens name-checked Katie's Diner in his first State of the State
P-D: St. Louis City's homicide tally hits 21-year-high
with Friday shootings; Three black women shot dead
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Statement from Rep. Cora Faith Walker (D-Ferguson) on black life
expectancy rated "Mostly True"
P-D: St. Louis City gun buyback program attracts
peaceful morning crowd; St. Charles participant: "The wrong
people are turning them in. The gangbangers and criminals ... are still
sleeping."
P-D editorial: Senior Republicans in Missouri pushing
back against Greitens
P-D letter: Chesterfield octogenarian shares her
thoughts on hens, pecks at Hawley over need for more regulations
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Saturday, December 23
KC Business Journal: KC craft brewing scene cheers
Blunt-sponsored provision in tax overhaul bill
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
Columbia Missourian: Truman Veterans' Hospital
employees outscore their peers in national surveys
P-D: New interim director named for St. Louis Veterans
Home
Drebes:
Joe Adams kicks off bid for Chappelle-Nadal's seat
The Missouri Times: Court of Appeals rules governor
did not overstep by withholding funds from Public Defenders
SNL: Local school leaders meet with Greitens, talk
about ways to move forward X
CDT: Unions back GOP bills to protect mental health of
police officers X
KC Star: White Missouri prison worker wins $1.4
million lawsuit against MO Dept. of Corrections over racial
discrimination complaint X
Missourinet: More than 1,500 Missouri children adopted
this year
KC Star editorial: Clay, Cleaver voting against
disaster-relief funding is shameful and hypocritical X
The Hill op-ed: Indian financial-group leader:
McCaskill, drug companies plotted to infringe upon sovereignty of St.
Regis Mohawks
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian upset he got
voice mail when calling Roy Blunt's office
KC Star letter: Kansas septuagenarian praises Missouri
for making smoking-cessation programs a relatively low priority X
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Friday, December 22
Kraske: Missouri pols' notable quotables of 2017 X
KWMU: Outside groups ramp up presence in Missouri's
crucial U.S. Senate contest
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
McCaskill's statement on fentanyl deaths rated "Half True"
KC Star: Local hospital VP wants CHIP extension X
Columbia Missourian: Obamacare enrollment in Missouri
nearly doubles in final days
The Missouri Times: DESE seeking input from public in
search for next commissioner
SNL: Survey seeks input on qualities of Missouri's
next education commissioner X
KWMU: Missouri Department of Mental Health to rule on
proposed location for methadone clinic
Drebes:
Cierpiot files roofing bill
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Cattlemen's Association
encouraged by state tax commission vote
The Missouri Times: How should Missouri assess state
utility regulation?
Missourinet: Additional state troopers will be on the
road for Christmas travel
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT planning major projects
for 2018 X
Missourinet: MO DHSS: Missouri's flu cases
continue to take significant climb
Missourinet: Missouri 'safety net' hospital happy a
tax credit will support its joint clinic in KC with YMCA
Missourinet: Hawley: Predator is a pedophile
"with a history of molesting female children"
KWMU: News Director Bill Raack to serve last day
today; Maria Altman to assume his duties
KC Star letter: Seattle, Wa. feminist takes umbrage
with Cleaver's comments on sexual harassment "paranoia" X
P-D letter: O'Fallon sexagenarian wants defenders of
homicidal rapist Reginald Clemons to apologize for prolonging pain of
Kerry sisters' family
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Thursday, December
21 First
Day of Winter
P-D: On the tax cuts, the information wars have only
begun; Thoughts from McCaskill, Blunt
Missourinet: Missouri delegation, communications
staffers weigh in on tax cuts
The Missouri Times: Impact of federal tax reform on
Missouri
KWMU: EPA's plan to clean up Missouri's lakes may not
be strong enough to prevent pollution
Faughn: Build that wall - to keep East Coast
bureaucrats from infesting our state; Thoughts on Greitens
following Parson and Messenger's lead, Hawley and Sunshine, much more
The Missouri Times: Hawley's office launches
investigation into Greitens' and staff's use of Confide app
KWMU: Greitens' use of texting application is under
investigation for breaching open records laws
AP:
Greitens under review over messaging app
Missourinet: Hawley to investigate alleged covert
messaging
Missourinet: Sifton taking a wait-and-see approach to
Hawley's investigation of Greitens
KWMU: Bill from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) would
relieve firefighters from proving they got cancer on the job
Missourinet: Greitens supports bill to boost workers'
compensation for fire fighters
AP:
Greitens backs workers' compensation boost for firefighters
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) introduces bill to
control tax credits; seeks to reinstate film tax credit +
Missourinet: Missouri transportation task force to
recommend primary seat belt law
P-D: Sen. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis City):
Missouri officials fail to report effects of 2015 welfare cuts
Drebes: On
HB 1273, MOHELA, and millennials' habit of borrowing more money than
they can pay back
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of December 20, 2017
SE
Missourian: State software glitches affecting revenue
distribution to cities, counties +
Missourinet: Greitens signs order releasing Judy
Henderson from prison
AP:
Greitens commutes life sentence in 1981 crime
P-D: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) wants new
investigation into 2013 shooting; Criminal led police on chase,
pointed Glock at police officers before being put down
KC Star editorial: Greitens' secret text messages will
get needed scrutiny in attorney general's investigation X
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Wednesday, December 20
Washington Post: Democrats unlikely to force DACA vote
this week, probably averting shutdown; McCaskill says she's "not
drawing a line in the sand" on timing
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's Obamacare enrollment
falls
AP:
McCaskill announces that Dept. of Homeland Security approves St. Louis
Cardinals' Safety Act proposal
St. Joseph News-Press: Area man seeks to fill
Democratic ballot slot in Graves' re-election
X
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin recap top
stories of 2017: Greitens' first year as gov, St. Louis race
riots, more
Drebes:
Rep. Bill White contributes $100,000 of his own money into his campaign
for state Senate
AP:
Missouri revenue chief expects minor federal tax effect
AP:
Missouri unemployment drops lower
The Missouri Times: Parson, Schmitt defend rural
Missouri with 'no' votes on ending low-income housing tax credits
KWMU: Greitens succeeds in push to halt low-income
housing tax credits
Missourinet: Missouri ditches low-income housing tax
credit
The Missouri Times: 21st Century Transportation System
Task Force holds final meeting, report expected within next week
Missourinet: Missouri transportation task force to
recommend gasoline and diesel tax increase
Columbia Missourian: State approves new
performance-based funding measures for higher ed
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
would set age restriction for tanning beds
AP:
Missouri House Democrats pitch bill on opioid abuse
Columbia Missourian: Lack of maternal health care puts
pregnant women at risk in rural Missouri
AP:
Missouri sees high mortality rates for pregnant women
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers differ on fixing St.
Louis area landfill before EPA head decides
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court sides with Bayer
against 85 out-of-state plaintiffs
KC Star editorial: Children in foster care in Missouri
deserve better X
P-D editorial: More victims of Reggie Clemons:
defendants who might actually be innocent
KC Star's Andy Marso: Mortality rate for pregnant
Missouri women is high. Why? Because legislators won't expand Medicaid X
KC Star letter: Gravois Mills sexagenarian wants
full-time Water Patrol; KC sexagenarian unmoved by Graves'
pro-tax-cut constituent newsletter X
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman thanks Messenger, Rick
Stream for advocacy on behalf of Missouri veterans
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Tuesday, December 19
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
KC Star: Conservative group says Galloway is violating
Sunshine Law, wants AG to investigate
KC Star: Greitens adviser Nick Ayers linked to
nonprofit that funded attacks against GOP rivals
The Missouri Times: Halfway through FY2018, over $165
million currently restricted
Drebes:
Under Trump, Missouri has more freedom to change food stamp laws;
Hoskins and Sater have pre-filed legislation
P-D: Correction: Paper corrects name of Rep.
Kathie Conway (R-St. Charles) without acknowledgement
P-D: Hearing cancelled for lawmaker who hoped on
Facebook for hanging of vandals
The Missouri Times: Democrats call for rescheduled
ethics hearing for Love
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City) outraged that Legislature isn't prioritizing
hearing on lawmaker's Facebook post
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Bill Kidd (R-Independence)
would help protect U.S. companies from rulings under foreign law
SE
Missourian: Former Scott City mayor files defamation suit against
Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston), two others
KWMU: Casino deal involves thousands of St. Louis area
workers and millions in taxes
P-D: $2.8 billion deal will change ownership of
several St. Louis area casinos
P-D: Murderer pleads guilty - a second time - to Chain
of Rocks murders; Reginald Clemons and pals befriended two
sisters at gathering, robbed them, gang-raped them, then pushed them
off bridge to their death
KWMU: Reginald Clemons pleads guilty to Chain of Rocks
murders
AP:
Ex-Missouri death-row inmate re-sentenced to life in prison
P-D editorial: Protect Missouri's employees and make
government accountable with whistleblower protections
P-D letter: Ballwin sexagenarian dislikes Trump, says
he will not be voting for Ann Wagner when she's re-elected
KC Star letter: Independence septuagenarian mocks
Greitens' incessant chestpuffery, offers sarcastic suggestions for
other macho-man stunts
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Monday, December 18
The Standard (Missouri State): Sen. Roy Blunt speaks
at fall commencement
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri officials aim to cut
regulations; Thoughts from Gov. Eric Greitens, farmer/Ag Director
Chris Chinn, rancher/Lt. Gov. Mike Parson
Kirksville Daily Express: Missouri Democratic Party
promotes "Farmer's Bill of Rights"; Chairman Stephen Webber takes
aim at Munzlinger Chief of Staff Pat Thomas
Drebes:
Former state Rep. Sue Allen (R-Town and Country) to run for Town and
Country City Council, replacing Linda Rallo
JCNT: Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City), local
brewery owner hold ring-off for Salvation Army
X
Missourinet: Missouri transportation task force
prepares to make recommendations
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers to discuss
texting-and-driving ban ... again X
P-D: Some I-44 bridge work is nearly done, but there's
a lot more to come
Missourinet: Kansas City charter school loses
sponsorship, two others get probation
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Missouri still grappling with
shortage of prison guards; Comments from St. Charles GOP "Rep.
Kathy [sic] Conway"
SE
Missourian: Forum on juvenile-justice system draws sparse
crowd; Fewer than 12 show up to complain about discrimination,
education system, other perceived injustices
+
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri announces first wave of
dicamba penalties
P-D: Penn National to buy Pinnacle Entertainment in
$2.8 billion deal; Missouri Gaming Commission will have to
approve transfer of control
KC Star editorial: Missouri legislators should stand
up to Greitens in 2018 X
Joplin Globe editorial: Ending low-income housing tax
credits would hurt Joplin's seniors, poor X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should spend tobacco
settlement money on helping smokers kick the habit X
Messenger: Secret texts a metaphor for all that has
gone wrong in Greitens' first year
KC Star letters: KC liberal thinks calling Blunt's
office will affect support of tax cuts; Local septuagenarian
takes pride in paper's news/editorial campaign against Greitens X
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Sunday, December 17
P-D:
Ed Martin, CNN's controversial Trump surrogate, keeps smiling
KWMU:
McCaskill opines on federal tax bill and net neutrality at town hall
CDT:
Financial stakes drive battle over tax credits X
CDT:
Mini-profiles: Low-income housing residents X
AP:
Analysis: Board picks help Missouri governors promote policy
change
Drebes: Help
Wanted: MOHELA seeks Chief Information Officer
SE
Missourian: Jay Knudson resigns as president of Board of Regents
at Southeast +
KC
Star: Missouri trooper in handcuffed drowning case slapped with
final discipline protocol X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) to
introduce more gun legislation this session X
Washington
Missourian editorial: Schatz's willingness to propose gas-tax
increase sets him apart from "me-first" legislators X
P-D
editorial: Children's deaths should trouble everyone about lax
home-school regulation
Washington
Missourian editorial: MU's 2015 race agitation has not
significantly hurt its fundraising X
SNL
editorial: Sending good thoughts to Springfield Chamber's Matt
Morrow X
Columbia
Missourian's Lucille Sherman: Responses to "NoMORedTape" not what
Greitens was hoping for
P-D
letter: Jefferson County woman would prefer having urban diner
owner as governor instead of Greitens
KC
Star letter: Kansas man attempts punchline involving traffic
tickets and Confide app X
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Saturday, December 16
The Hill: White House still eyeing gas tax hike to pay
for infrastructure plan; Sam Graves says it could be a nonstarter
in the House
The Missouri Times: Hawley unveils 'Claire McTaxAll'
website in first shots at Democratic incumbent
P-D: Top 10 most-read stories of 2017:
Chappelle-Nadal assassination wish (#10), Ferguson rioter/Twitter
celebrity Edward "@eyeFLOODpanties" Crawford kills himself (#6),
Stockley riots (#1)
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of December 11, 2017
The Missouri Times: A look at the Justice Reinvestment
Initiative
AP:
Change in Missouri health-insurance plan would affect fewer than 100
AIDS carriers
Missourinet: Missouri House Ethics Committee schedules
hearing to discuss August Facebook post from Rep. Warren Love
(R-Osceola)
SNL: Galloway offers to investigate Greene County for
'free' X
P-D editorial brief: Legislation from Rep. Justin
Alferman (R-Hermann) will help protect against food-prep sabotage
SNL's Cheryl Whitsitt: Upcoming editorials on Greene
County audit issue will not include participation of editorial board
member married to county spokeswoman X
Waters: Democrats' Alabama fantasy must meet
reality: Liberals who pray for Trump's demise should recognize
that Missouri is no longer a bellwether
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Chairman of Missouri
Association of Veterans Organizations applauds Greitens for shaking up
veterans commission X
SNL letter: MSU English prof calls Greitens a phony,
says he is wrong on every issue X
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Friday, December 15
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Dems hope Alabama race bodes well
for Missouri; Comments from U.S. Senate candidates, 1/2 of P-D
polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson)
Kraske: Democrats waltz into 2018 with optimism in
their eyes X
P-D: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen
accepting Bitcoin donations
Missourinet: Blunt praises GOP tax plan
AP: Blunt pleased with FCC vote on net neutrality
Joplin Globe: McCaskill, Blunt: Joplin granted
extension for tornado-recovery funds X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Trump
statement on Missouri unemployment rated "False"
KWMU: Illegal alien living in St. Louis gets the boot
from immigration authorities, heads back to Mexico
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Beat reporters for
arts/culture/protests/LGBTQIA* topics recap favorite stories of
2017: Local feminists coping with pain of Hillary Clinton's
November 2016 loss, area boy dressing up as girl, movie celebrating St.
Louis riots, more
KC Star: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman
Mike Sanders takes leave from law practice in wake of FBI probe
SNL: Missouri Democratic Party makes rural stops,
promotes "Farmer's Bill of Rights" X
P-D: Missouri Democratic Party takes aim at Hawley
over appeal of money for blind Missourians
Missourinet: Missouri Alliance for Freedom runs ads
targeting Nicole Galloway
The Missouri Times: Missouri House Democrats look to
expand superminority
The Missouri Times: Fitzwater joins Eigel in push for
tax overhaul in Missouri
Washington Missourian: Schatz files 10-cent fuel tax
hike proposal, files 22 bills for 2018 session
X
Missourinet: Boone County Presiding
Commissioner: I-70 must be highest priority for Missouri
transportation task force
Missourinet: Speedy search underway for new Missouri
Education Commissioner
The Missouri Times: Missouri State Board of Education
to open search to applicants starting Friday
KWMU: Greitens' picks for State Board of Education
accelerate commissioner search process
KC Star: After ousting education commissioner, state
board haggles over hiring new leader X
Reuters: Missouri issues first fines over dicamba in
2016; Minority of farmers chose to break law by misapplying
herbicide
AP:
Greitens praises help for CAFOs
The Missouri Times: Spire rate case could signal
change in precedent at PSC
P-D editorial: Greitens wrong to appoint farmers to
Clean Water Commission
Washington Missourian editorial: Obsessed with
tough-guy photo ops, Greitens doesn't follow through on campaign
promises and runs a secretive operation X
Messenger: E-mails, secret texts and your right to
know. A Missouri Sunshine Law tale
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian says paper's
anti-Greitens series demonstrates its brand of yellow journalism
P-D letter: St. Louis woman wants a Democratic
governor, as well as a Missouri Nondiscrimination Act
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Thursday, December 14
The Hill: After Moore's loss, Blunt says slim
majorities can be easier to manage
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Lacy Clay, Ann Wagner demonstrate
partisan double-standards on sexual harassment allegations
KWMU: Locals weigh in on net neutrality debate
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Gary
Romine (R-Farmington) talks with journduo about Vandeven ouster,
Greitens' lack of communication with Senate, running for Senate
president pro tem, more
Missourinet: Romine files bill in response to
education commissioner turmoil
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Moberly school board bashes
Greitens' education moves; Superintendent says governor's
approach is short-sighted
Missourinet: Missouri veterans leader resigns, another
put on leave
P-D: Missouri veterans chief resigns under pressure
from governor
The Missouri Times: Greitens targets Schupp with
accusations regarding issues in veterans homes
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri legislators eyeing
their own tax reform X
KWMU: Republican lawmakers seeking more tax relief
Missourinet: Tax overhaul plan gains support among GOP
legislators
Drebes:
GOP Rep. Elaine Gannon's education bill
AP:
University of Missouri endowment tops $1B for the first time
KC Star: UMKC new building project funded with
millions in gifts and state money X
Missourinet: Speeding, seat belts and funding dominate
discussion at Missouri transportation meeting
Columbia Missourian: Task force hasn't given up on
Missouri Hyperloop
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
McKenna's statement on Hyperloop rated "Half True"
Missourinet: Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens
stresses need to improve foster care before legislative panel
Missourinet: Missouri task force to consider
improvements in behavioral health network
Columbia Missourian: Task force recommends mental
health support for released prisoners
Missourinet: Southeast Missouri steel mill
series: New Madrid leader is optimistic about steel mill, and
prepared if it doesn't happen
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of December 13, 2017
SE
Missourian: Forum on juvenile justice set for Saturday +
AP:
Bourbon virus not found in ticks at Meramec State Park
KC Star editorial: Missouri Ethics Commission should
do more to find kickback schemes like those of former Missouri
Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders
P-D
family columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha Sultan: Community
college sociology prof promotes anti-gun postcard sent to Blunt
P-D op-ed: Housing developer: Greitens takes the
money, but not the politics, out of tax credit program
P-D letter: Fenton septuagenarian thanks Post-Dispatch
for its anti-Greitens series
KC Star letter: Kansas septuagenarian wishes Greitens
was more like Gov. Sam Brownback
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Wednesday, December 13
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill fears bill's language
will hinder inspector general probes X
P-D: Wagner's sex-trafficking bill advances, but it's
garnered fresh opposition
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Hartzler
statement on Missouri's FEMA cases rated "Mostly True"
SNL: Former Ashcroft aide and current Springfield
Chamber of Commerce President Matt Morrow battling cancer X
The Missouri Times: Democratic lawyer extraordinaire
Chuck Hatfield says Hawley could choose to investigate or sue Greitens
over texting app
Springfield Business Journal: Mini-profile:
Elijah Haahr set to become youngest Speaker of the House in history
The Missouri Times: Employees seek compensation for
lost wages in lawsuit against Dept. of Insurance, Financial
Institutions and Professional Registration
Columbia Missourian: House subcommittee continues
discussion on potential work-study program
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Columbia schools involved in
public transportation bill; Comments from Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport)
KWMU: Utilities and environmentalists call for
Missouri to spend VW funds on electric vehicles
AP:
Missouri commission OKs two CAFOs
KWMU: State appeals court blocks Darren Wilson grand
juror from speaking about the case
P-D editorial: A governor devoted to transparency
should have no use for Confide app
KC Star editorial: Officials' text messages are public
records, and we should be allowed to see them
X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Greitens should
embrace transparency X
JCNT letter: Holts Summit woman expresses anger that
Luetkemeyer has not responded to her letters, threatens to plop down in
district office X
CDT letter: Columbia man disagrees with "Vickie [sic] Hartzler" on tax cuts X
KC Star letter: Kansas man attempts analogy involving
Confide app and Revolutionary War muskets X
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Tuesday, December 12
P-D: U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley says
allegations against Roy Moore are "very serious"
Clayton Times: Former candidate for U.S. House
District 2 blasts Democratic primary opponents
Drebes:
Saundra McDowell could join GOP primary for state auditor
The Missouri Times: Republican Danny Busick will seek
Nate Walker's state rep seat
The Missouri Times: Republicans lining up to fill Paul
Curtman's shoes in 109th District
KWMU: Greitens wants state veterans administrators
fired after problems at St. Louis Veterans Home
The Missouri Times: Greitens replaces five Missouri
Veterans Commissioners, calls for removal of Carter and Kay
Missourinet: Veterans home investigation prompts
Greitens to demand new leadership
AP:
Greitens calls for investigations into veterans homes, leadership
change at St. Louis facility
P-D: Problems at St. Louis Veterans Home prompt
governor to call for administrator's firing
Missourinet: Schupp says Greitens may be stacking
veterans commission panel to fire top leaders
The Missouri Times: The search for a new
commissioner: What will they be looking for?
AP's
Summer Ballentine and Margaret Stafford:
Analysis/evaluation: Why is Eric Greitens obsessed with showing
off his physical fitness?
Columbia Missourian: Liberal gals take pride in being
blocked by Greitens' social media
AP:
Hawley to form program to help with legal problems
Missourinet: Greitens downplays KC Star piece on
messaging app, says "liberal media outlet" is desperate to attack his
agenda
AP:
Hawley weighs in on Confide messaging app
P-D: Hawley says text messages are public records
Columbia Missourian: Governor, state agencies largely
exempt from Hawley's scrutiny
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
previews budget talks, education and social services funding
Missourinet: Rep. Rick Brattin
(R-Harrisonville): 'We pay for personal property or real property
taxes forever'
Missourinet: Missouri House Committee looks for waiver
from Obamacare while Congress makes moves
Missourinet: Far-reaching foster care study announced
by First Lady Sheena Greitens
The Missouri Times: Rep. TJ Berry (R-Kearney) files
bill to cap electric rates and modernize Missouri's energy grid
SNL: Avoiding state audit lets county sidestep
Sunshine Law X
KWMU: Missouri's Department of Agriculture places
restrictions on Monsanto and DuPont's dicamba products
KC Star editorial: Missouri is making it easier to get
away with sexual harassment in the workplace
X
P-D editorial: Greitens acts, finally, to address
veterans home issues
KC Star editorial: Greitens should have helped
veterans sooner, but he was too busy staging chest-puffing photo-ops X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jennifer Bukowsky: If
women want to be taken seriously in Missouri politics, they should
avoid sexual misbehavior
Messenger: Greitens finally seeks change at veterans
home. Good. Lives are at stake.
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Greitens travels too much
Waters: UM President Mun Choi is making a difference X
SE
Missourian letter: Poplar Bluff man opposes term-limit extension,
supports ban on lobbyist gifts +
P-D letter: Chesterfield octogenarian opposes
Greitens' appointments to Clean Water Commission, recounts what water
was like in the old-timey days
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Monday, December 11
The
Hill: Spending bill mathletics: House Republicans could jam
bill with defense-first package and dare vulnerable McCaskill to vote
against it
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt on
federal tax overhaul, McCaskill vs. Hawley, retooling Missouri
pensions, more
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Eric Schmitt on federal tax
reform, Trump's support in Missouri, Greitens, McCaskill vs. Hawley,
more; Panel of Ray Hartmann, Sarah Wood Martin, Jon Prouty, and
Jennifer Bukowsky on Greitens and Vandeven, federal tax cuts
KWMU:
Area Muslims march against Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as
Israel's capital
Drebes:
Missouri House Committee shuffling
KWMU:
Group seeking to prevent infant deaths is raising cash through private
donations; Group finds path forward after $20k state contract was
reallocated
P-D's
Jack Suntrup: Greitens' first year in office: Assessments
of legislative accomplishments, relationships with legislators,
rock-climbing/rappelling machismo, more
Missourinet:
Legislative preview: Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho) files
seat-belt legislation
Missourinet:
Legislative preview: Rep. TJ Berry (R-Kearney) to reintroduce
marriage legislation
Missourinet:
Legislative preview: Rep. Richard Brown (D-Kansas City) proposes
gun legislation
KC
Star editorial: McCaskill is correct: More men should jump
on harassment wave
P-D
editorial: Correction to anti-Greitens series editorial
KC
Star editorial: Who else was involved in former Missouri
Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders' kickback scheme?
The
Hill op-ed: Brain & Behavioral Research Foundation's
Scientific Council President Herbert Pardes: Heartening to see
Roy Blunt, others lead the way on mental health funding
Washington
Post's Jennifer Rubin: Distinguished pols of the week:
McCaskill, other Dem gals show coordinate their disposal of Franken
SNL
op-ed: Greitens did right thing on Board of Education
P-D
letter: Fenton man says P-D anti-gun editorial was hypocritical
P-D
letter: Manchester feminist alarmed by provisions in Senate Bill
5 six (6) months after passage
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Sunday, December 10
KBIA (Columbia): Area alien shares feelings on
DACA; Mexican coed tells harrowing tale of paperwork required for
Europe jaunt
Drebes:
Kate Whiting joins St. Louis Realtors as new Assistant of Government
Affairs
CDT: As costs increase, state funding for school
busing goes down X
P-D: Starved, beaten and forgotten: Child deaths
in Missouri and Illinois expose how predators exploit home-school system
Joplin Globe: Prefiled bills tackle bump stocks,
prevailing wage, abortion
JCNT: Rep. Karla May (D-St. Louis) files land-grant
funding bill for Lincoln University X
SNL: In critical statement, Galloway again calls for
Greene County to request investigation X
P-D: Best of photographer Christian Gooden's 2017
shots: Black Lives Matter crowd burning American flag, protesters
attacking police officers, protesters attacking motorists, more
P-D editorial: Anti-Greitens series promo, Part
II: Centerpiece quote from "state Rep. [sic] Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff)"
McClellan: For 2020 presidential hopes, Claire
McCaskill offers Dems a much better chance than fake Indian Elizabeth
Warren
P-D letter: Local Democratic campaign consultant Mark
Travers: Ann Wagner, Jason Smith wrong on guns
P-D letter: St. Louis Equity Fund's John Kennedy wants
state to continue low-income housing tax credits
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Saturday, December 9
P-D: Ann Wagner's bill on online sex trafficking gets
key test in House next week
KY3: McCaskill, Blunt say they support CHIP funding
Sedalia Democrat: Local Presbyterian pastor thanks
Hartzler for opportunity to give opening prayer for U.S. House of
Representatives
The Missouri Times: Activist group claims
congressional delegation supports their position on West Lake Landfill
Drebes:
Former Missouri politico Gina Loudon pens Breitbart piece in support of
Alabama's Roy Moore
Washington Missourian: Despite internecine GOP
battles, Rep. Justin Alferman (R-Hermann) anticipates ethics bill
passing the House
SEMO Times: Sen. Gary Romine (R-Ste. Genevieve) talks
with Scott Faughn about discrimination bill, Greitens' team not sharing
information, praise for Democratic Sens. Scott Sifton and Gina Walsh,
transportation funding, more
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Greitens' onetime vows of
transparency now lost behind a veil of dark money
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Lack of sunshine under Greitens
leads to information underload
P-D: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton) calls for
investigation after report of Greitens' use of text-deleting app
KC Star: Greitens' self-destructing texts inspire call
for AG investigation; Letter to AG sent by "Sen. Scott Sifton
(D-St. Louis [sic])" X
P-D correction: Editor Gilbert Bailon acknowledges
error in yesterday's kickoff editorial for anti-Greitens series
P-D: Change in law could end residency questions for
Missouri AG Josh Hawley; Bill sponsored by "Republican state Rep.
Lindall [sic] Shumake"
KWMU: Pre-filed bill would strike down requirement for
Missouri attorney general
Dunklin
Democrat: Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Webber
promotes "Farmer's Bill of Rights" in rural areas +
P-D: Greitens' long-awaited prescription drug
monitoring program is up and running
St. Joseph News-Press: Area independent living center
hopes for funding this legislative session X
P-D: Agencies weigh options to fight Big River erosion
and lead contamination
P-D: David Steelman elected to be next chairman of
University of Missouri Board of Curators
CDT: Board of Curators elects David Steelman as
chairman X
Missourinet: UMSL-sponsored urban charter school to
close; Students produced disappointing test scores
SNL: Advocates for raising Missouri's criminal
prosecution age make their case X
P-D: St. Louis City could break 200-homicide mark in
2017; Mayor blames guns
KWMU: Mayor's Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards
talks gun buyback: "I don't expect the criminals and crooks to
come in here and bring me a gun."
KC Star editorial: Cleaver was right to vote 'no' on
Trump impeachment X
P-D editorial brief: Mocking Chillicothe GOP Rep.
Rusty Black for seeking to honor his hometown
The Weekly Standard's Tony Mecia: McCaskill and other
Dems' phony, vapid case against tax cuts
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's
Jeremy Cady: McCaskill's stance on tax overhaul is politics as
usual
P-D letter: Man who lives in Wildwood claims to make
only $25,000/yr., disagrees with Blunt on tax cuts
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian says Chris Koster
lost votes for governor because he sided with Missouri egg producers
over animal-rights activists
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Friday, December 8
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt push for fair
rewriting of NAFTA X
Missourinet: Blunt, Hartzler take to Senate and House
floors, respectively, to promote GOP tax cuts
Missourinet: Missouri's liberal advocacy groups oppose
GOP tax cuts
JCNT: Protest at Luetkemeyer's office draws fewer than
20 to complain about tax cuts X
JCNT: Luetkemeyer hosting annual constituent days X
Missourinet: McCaskill defends Obama-era Internet
regulations
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Immigration law
expert Jim Hacking, area Muslim activist promote town hall on Trump
terrorist ban
Missourinet: EPA to roll out plan in January for West
Lake Landfill
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Blunt's
pro-accuser statement regarding sexual harassment rated "Half True"
KC Star: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman
Mike Sanders used quadriplegic friend to run illegal kickback scheme X
The Missouri Times: Seasoned feminist Rep. Stacey
Newman (D-Richmond Heights) endorses Joe Adams over Sharon Pace for
Chappelle-Nadal's seat
Drebes:
John Simmons to run for Paul Curtman's House seat
The Missouri Times: A 30-year retrospective on the
career of Jay Nixon: Part IV
The Missouri Times: A 30-year retrospective on the
career of Jay Nixon: Part V
P-D: Preview: "Mission accomplished?" weekend
series to focus on Greitens' dark money, lack of transparency, frequent
travel, and inattentiveness to Post-Dispatch reporters' demands
The Missouri Times: Some Greitens staffers use Confide
app on their personal phones
P-D: Missouri owes $19 million in refunds for federal
child care subsidies, audit says
The Missouri Times: Looking to 2018: Prefiled
bills that could play a major role in the upcoming session
Missourinet: Munzlinger's plan would increase size of
Missouri Conservation Commission
P-D: Hundreds of homes planned on University of
Missouri-owned land around Missouri Bluffs Golf Club
SNL: In sign of the times, homeschool group from
southwest Missouri calls it quits X
P-D: The secret world of investigating prison deaths
in Missouri
KWMU: Missouri Air Conservation Commission approves
plan to show EPA that Jefferson County air is cleaner
P-D: State says Jefferson County meets sulphur dioxide
standards
KWMU: Area transgenders hope online telethon raises
cash; Facebook-streamed show to feature makeup-for-men tutorials,
burlesque from "The Derriere Beyond Compare"
P-D editorial: "Mission accomplished?" weekend series
kickoff: Greitens attacks Nicole Galloway with dark money, as
she's "the only Democrat on the 2018 statewide ballot [sic]"
KC Star editorial: Greitens is making Hillary Clinton
look like a secrecy amateur X
P-D editorial: Missouri wrong to embrace "the more
guns, the better" philosophy
P-D op-ed: The trucking industry should foot the bill
for Missouri road improvements
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Thursday, December 7 Pearl Harbor Day
P-D: McCaskill, other Senate women call for Al Franken
to resign
KCUR: McCaskill, other Democratic women call for
Franken to resign
SNL: McCaskill: Male senators need to lead on
sexual harassment X
Missourinet: Blunt holds hearing to explore options
for fighting opioids
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer talks tax cuts and
repeal of individual mandate, says his barbershop crew would rather pay
fines than be forced into Obamacare
Brownfield Ag News: House Agriculture Committee's
ranking Democrat, Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), talks 2018 Farm Bill at
Missouri Farm Bureau forum
SeekingAlpha.com: Lee Enterprises, parent company of
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Q4 earnings call transcript: Revenue
down, with more price increases for subscribers on the horizon (free
registration required)
Columbia Missourian: Sean Spence named KOPN general
manager; Former Democratic campaign consultant previously served
as director of Mid-Missouri Better Business Bureau
Washington Missourian: Lucas Dieckhaus to seek state
representative seat
AP: Greitens praises Trump's decision on Israel
KWMU: Dueling philosophies between Greitens and
Democrats on Missouri's agriculture industry
P-D: Chesterfield trial lawyer unhappy with Greitens'
pro-agriculture appointments to Clean Water Commission
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Moberly superintendent opposes
Greitens' charter-school agenda, wants to hear governor's vision for
education
Columbia Missourian: Eddy Justice says he wasn't
pressured by Greitens to fire education commissioner
JCNT: House committee questions safety on LU, MU
campuses
KWMU: National Council of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
St. Louis Chapter leader Howard Weissman wants Jefferson City to "get
its act together" on PDMP
SNL: Galloway: Whistleblowers need protection X
Missourinet: Galloway, Democratic superminority wish
to change SB 43
SNL: Galloway urges investigation of Greene County
after potential misuse of public resources X
SNL: Why Galloway is asking permission to investigate
Greene County X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: December 6, 2017
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to decide if
self-defense was improperly left out of murder case
Missourinet: Rep. Alan Green (D-Florissant) wants
legislators to sit through "Unconscious Racial Bias Training;"
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) questions efficacy
SE
Missourian editorial: Pearl Harbor Day is time to reflect and
thank World War II vets +
SNL editorial: Teacher pay report shows need for
collaboration X
P-D editorial: Greitens' platitudes don't match the
numbers on education
KC Star editorial: Josh Hawley's egg lawsuit
unnecessary
KC Star editorial: To catch more rapists, Missouri
must test more rape kits
CDT op-ed: Tim Jones: Three ways the Senate tax
plan helps Missourians X
KC Star op-ed: Missouri Charter Public School
Association: Charter schools play a major role in educating
Kansas City
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Greitens' penchant for
secrecy goes digital with messaging app that leaves no trace
P-D letter: St. Louis man disputes claims from
low-income housing tax credit critics, including Post-Dispatch
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Wednesday, December 6
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt weigh in on potential victory of
Alabama's Judge Roy Moore
P-D: Lee Enterprises, parent of Post-Dispatch, reports
fourth quarter 2017 results: Lower total revenue, with 0.6% rise
in subscription revenue from charging customers more
The Missouri Times: A retrospective on the 30-year
career of Jay Nixon: Part III
Dunklin
Democrat: Dunklin County Democratic Women host holiday
party; Comments from MDP Chairman Stephen Webber, woman seeking
to fill Democratic ballot slot against Jason Smith, others +
Missourinet: Missouri State Employee Charitable
Campaign raises more than $1 million
SNL: Eigel's big tax overhaul proposal involves slowly
doing away with personal income taxes X
KWMU: Galloway report finds school superintendents'
pay increases outpacing teachers
SNL: Vandeven: Greitens never shared vision for
education X
KWMU: Board of Education Member Eddy Justice defends
Vandeven ouster
Columbia Missourian: Educators unsettled, state board
divided after Vandeven's ousting
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Gina
Mitten (D-Richmond Heights) weighs in on Vandeven brouhaha, campaign
contribution restrictions, and Dem dreams of picking up GOP legislative
seats in 2018
CDT: Rep. Martha Stevens (D-Columbia) proposes needle
exchange to prevent disease X
Missourinet: Missouri prisons struggle with critical
correctional officer shortage
KWMU: State appeals court sides with Tesla in dispute
over dealerships
KWMU: Environmental activists demand tougher laws to
address runoff in Missouri's large lakes
Missourinet: Hawley releases investigation on Stockley
civil lawsuit wrongdoing
P-D: 'Clear discovery violation' during negotiations
with Anthony Lamar Smith family, Missouri AG says
P-D editorial: Josh Hawley takes another crack at the
great Missouri egg case
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: No time to
waste in addressing opioid crisis X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: List of Missouri
GOP transgressions, with attempted punchline involving climate change
and "hot air"
P-D op-ed: George Washington University coed dislikes
Missouri's new laws for abortion providers and their customers
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit septuagenarian opposes
GOP tax cuts, thinks writing letters to Congress will make a difference X
P-D letter: Wentzville sexagenarian says Greitens was
too soft on urban rioters and too ham-handed with Vandeven
P-D letter: Manchester woman responds to letter
responding to poverty coverage, says men should take responsibility for
the children they create
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Tuesday, December 5
Hoosier Ag Today (Indiana): McCaskill opposes GOP
estate tax break, says it does not benefit Missouri farmers
The Missouri Times: Retrospective on the 30-year
career of Jay Nixon: Part II
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Supreme Court of Missouri seeks government relations
counsel
The Missouri Times: Parson calls for ouster of St.
Louis Veterans Home administrator
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson wants new leadership
at embattled veterans home
AP:
Parson wants new veterans' home head
KWMU: Hawley continues Koster's legal fight against
California over egg regulations
AP:
13 states, including Missouri, launch new legal challenge to California
egg law
Missourinet:
Hawley announces renewed push in egg lawsuit against California
SNL: State audit supports Greitens' claim about
teacher pay disparity, especially charters X
P-D: Missouri schools are spending more on
superintendent pay, other non-classroom costs
SNL: Missouri school board to start commissioner
search next week after controversial firing X
SNL: Greitens' education tactics could spark filibuster X
JCNT: Missouri Democratic Party promotes "Farmer's
Bill of Rights" to oppose large agriculture companies X
Missourinet: Members of House Democratic Superminority
to introduce symbolic spending bills
Missourinet: Rep. Cora Faith Walker (D-Ferguson)
introduces CHIP-funding bill
Missourinet: Missouri DHSS: Flu season hits
Missouri hard and early
SNL: #lovemynewspaper day promotion: Compliment
the News-Leader for their coverage and win beer, other prizes X
KWMU: The Evening Whirl keeps on spinning in St.
Louis; City's premier black newspaper takes pride in calling
suspects 'crooks,' other politically-incorrect straight talk
KC Star editorial: Republicans Blunt, Graves wrong to
support GOP tax bills X
P-D editorial: A win for Greitens is a big loss for
Missouri public education
KC Star op-ed: Blue Springs teacher: Some
questions for Greitens about education priorities X
P-D letter: St. Louis liberal disagrees with Blunt on
tax cuts
KC Star letter: Sugar Creek man seeks to punish GOP
lawmakers for tax cuts, assumes he'll still be around to vote against
Blunt in 2022 X
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Monday, December 4
JCNT: Hartzler talks new farm bill at Missouri Farm
Bureau forum X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jay Nixon on
campaign contribution limits, tone of political discourse,
transportation funding, advice for new candidates; Panel of Jack
Cardetti, David Barklage, Reps. Robert Cornejo (R-St. Peters) and Tracy
McCreery (D-Olivette) talk Nixon's legacy, Greitens and DESE
The Missouri Times: Retrospective on the 30-year
career of Jay Nixon: Part I
Drebes: MO SOS filing shows Leadership for America's
board of directors
SNL: Hawley challenges California egg law again X
SE
Missourian: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) proposes change
to term limits +
Missourinet: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring)
introduces major tax overhaul
Missourinet: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) says
Missouri is one of only five states that prosecute all 17-year-olds
like adults
KSMU: Springfield Public School superintendent issues
statement following firing of Margie Vandeven
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education Member Mike
Jones (D) says next education leader will be "tainted"
Washington Missourian: Opioids not only drugs killing
area residents - meth still on the scene X
CDT: Most local pharmacies selling overdose antidote X
P-D: Cash-strapped St. Louis City could see a state
audit if some residents get their way
P-D: Small groups of protesters traipse through
Galleria, chant anti-profit ditty
USA Today op-ed, 11/28: Former Obamacare chief Andy
Slavitt: "The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office expects
everyone's insurance to rise 10%"; Bad news for "Americans who
have serious chronic conditions or pay for nursing home care or
high-cost medications"
P-D family columnist Aisha Sultan: "The non-partisan
Congressional Budget Office expects everyone's insurance to rise
10%"; Bad news for "Americans who have serious chronic conditions
or pay for nursing home care or high-cost medications"
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Josh Hawley speaking to
evangelical group this weekend - and Christians should disavow Donald
Trump
CDT op-ed: Phill Brooks: A challenge to
constitutional independence: On Greitens' Board of Education
machinations X
CDT op-ed: National Institute for Labor Relations
Research's Stan Greer: 'Right to work' states have a higher
standard of living X
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Sunday, December 3
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Blunt's
statement on Missouri's mental-health leadership rated "Mostly True"
Drebes:
In St. Charles, Trump praises historic tax credits - though they may be
stripped from tax bill
P-D: Greitens speaks at ribbon-cutting for Monsanto's
$400 million Chesterfield expansion
SNL: Ban on bump stocks, teen tanning among Missouri
lawmakers' early proposals X
AP: Missouri a 'high risk' state for deer accidents
P-D photo gallery: Photographer David Carson's best of
2017, from rioters to wild animals on the loose
P-D editorial: Attendance records at Riverview Gardens
merit thorough audit
CDT Editor Charles Westmoreland: Please detach
yourself from the Tribune of the past and accept the better version
that exists today; Don't compare us to the Columbia Missourian,
which has "the advantage of free labor and government subsidy" X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman wants state lawmakers to
pass "Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights"
KC Star letter: Kearney septuagenarian dislikes Trump,
Greitens, Cierpiot - and the Democratic Party too
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Saturday, December 2
NY Times: Senate tax bill votes: McCaskill no,
Blunt yes
Missourinet:
Blunt: New tax policy puts us in great position for coming growth
The Hill: McCaskill: Lobbyists gave Dems a list
of GOP amendments to tax bill
The Hill: Democrats defeat GOP bid to shield
conservative college from endowment tax; McCaskill says provision
was written for DeVos family
P-D: Blunt says he's tried to limit contact with Trump
as Intelligence Committee probe continues
SNL: Blunt won't say if Trump pressed him to 'wrap up'
Russia probe X
KC Star: Obamacare enrollment brisk in Missouri, but
deadline looms
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies talks
Trump visit, says she knows better than to take Trump's "fake news"
applause line personally
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: St. Charles Police
Department Lt. Chad Fisk talks preparations for Trump visit
The Missouri Times: HRCC names Wes Sutton finance
director
Drebes:
Newly-minted House Floor Leader Rob Vescovo staffs up with esteemed Joe
Engler and Leslie Korte
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of November 27, 2017
The Missouri Times: Greitens gets his way in second
round; Vandeven fired as commissioner
KWMU: Greitens gets his way on second try;
Vandeven fired as education leader
SNL: On second try, state school board fires
commissioner X
Missourinet: Vandeven departs, says "schools are the
soul of Missouri"
AP:
Greitens appointees oust Missouri education leader
KWMU: Normandy sheds unaccredited status in long
turnaround effort; Students still lag far behind state average
for achievement, graduation rate
AP:
Missouri's only unaccredited school district gets upgraded
Missourinet: Under Munzlinger plan, Missourians would
vote in 2020 on conservation sales tax
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of November 30, 2017
SE
Missourian: Sunday newspaper delivery to be replaced with
Saturday "Weekend Edition" delivery, adapting to shopping habits and
weekend schedules +
Dunklin
Demorat: Jeff Dorris named editor of Dunklin Democrat +
KC Star editorial: Greitens bullies his way to firing
the Missouri education commissioner. But for what?
P-D editorial briefs: St. Louis Regional Chamber
should not have honored Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar); Conservative
blogger Jim Hoft is "trash"
The Missouri Times op-ed: Margie Vandeven: I
know Missouri will stay strong in its commitment to our children
SE
Missourian op-ed: Former Sen. Jason Crowell (R-Cape
Girardeau): Lawmakers must reform Low Income Housing Tax Credit
program +
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson septuagenarian conservative T. Robin
Cole III wants McCaskill to support tax cuts
+
P-D letter: Ladue septuagenarian wonders why
Post-Dispatch highlights black social justice warriors, but never black
murderers, rapists and robbers
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Friday, December 1
P-D: Blunt, GOP leaders increasingly confident tax
cuts will pass
Drebes: Staff
updates: Kyle Aubuchon headed to work for U.S. Rep. Jason
Smith; More
KWMU: St. Louis On the Air: Area humanoids
provide update on politically-correct transgender lingo: Proper
pronouns, "non-binary," "queer," "dead name," etc.
Faughn: November's winners and losers:
Post-Dispatch and Tony Messenger, for their coordinated campaign
against low-income housing tax credits; Greitens' preference to
build more Pruitt-Igoe slums rather than meaningful rural housing
projects; More on Eigel, Romine, Ron Richard, KC Star, and
Governor's Five Dwarves of DESE
P-D: Democratic fundraiser Matthew Liberman charged
with racially-motivated gun crime in St. Louis City
The Missouri Times: Galloway requests dismissal in
Missouri Alliance for Freedom's Sunshine case
Missourinet: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring)
discusses proposed tax cut and St. Charles County's superior growth
The Missouri Times: PSRS/PEERS concerned pensions
could be hurt by provisions in federal tax reform legislation
SNL: Planned Parenthood unhappy over costs of new
abortion regulations X
SNL: Locals plead to save low-income housing tax
credit that Greitens says wastes money X
The Missouri Times: Lawsuits and resignations:
What you need to know ahead of the next Board of Education meeting
KWMU: Court decisions, state Board of Education
resignation once again put Vandeven's job in jeopardy
AP:
Appointee resigns from embattled Missouri education board
SNL: Greitens' appointee to state school board resigns X
SNL: Judge rules against man removed from state Board
of Education X
SNL: Missouri State Teachers Association:
Turnover on state school board unprecedented, troubling X
Missourinet: Judge blocks ousted state school board
member from keeping his seat ahead of Friday meeting
P-D: Judge rejects plea to stop Greitens' ouster of
Missouri school board chief
KWMU: Normandy schools poised to move up from
unaccredited status
Missourinet: Munzlinger says Missouri is "missing the
boat" on industrial hemp
CDT: Law making it easier to expunge criminal records
in Missouri takes effect Jan. 1; Comments from Missouri Bar's
Farrah Fite X
Missourinet: Hailey's Law to be pre-filed today
P-D: Merger could affect four of six St. Louis-area
casinos
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Voter fraud is found
in Missouri X
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers should place more
regulations on gun stores
P-D letter: Creve Coeur liberal wants McCaskill to
oppose GOP tax cuts
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Thursday, November 30
KWMU: Trump promotes tax cut plan in St. Charles speech
SNL: Trump returns to Missouri to talk taxes, McCaskill X
AP:
Trump plugs Josh Hawley, stumps for tax bill
P-D: Trump talks taxes, throws support to Josh Hawley
in Missouri's U.S. Senate race
KC Star: Trump speaks in St. Charles, says he'll help
Josh Hawley
Missourinet: Trump speech in St. Charles features
Christmas decorations: "With Trump as your President, we're going
to be celebrating Merry Christmas again"
KWMU: Trump protesters, supporters converge in St.
Charles
Missourinet: Graves says Trump tax cut will help
Missouri's middle class
Missourinet: Congressional delegation weighs in on
Trump tax cuts
Clayton Times: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt talks tax
overhaul on Fox Business Network
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Randolph County Clerk Will Ellis
describes crowd atmosphere, recaps Trump's speech
KC Star: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Courtland Sykes
stands up for Roy Moore, decries liberal media's campaign against
Alabama's GOP candidate
P-D: Post-Dispatch family columnist/beauty-product
reviewer Aisha Sultan hosts discussion with anti-Trump author;
Immigrant Khizr Khan peddles book at library
KWMU: Obamacare signups brisk in Missouri;
Comments from Cover Missouri's Tim Williams
Missourinet: Hospitals hope for federal funding;
Comments from Truman Medical CEO Charlie Shields, Missouri Hospital
Association's Dave Dillon
AP:
Federal judge allows Missouri Backpage.com investigation
Columbia Missourian: Opioid summit explores
implications of crisis on state and local levels
Drebes:
Greitens' first real foray into education policy has a surprising
solitary plank
Missourinet: Two lawsuits filed over attempts to dump
Vandeven
P-D: E-mails show Riverview Gardens administrators
tried to cook the books to show improved student attendance
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
readies to file 'Raise the Age' bill once again
Missourinet: Group's study claims Missouri's jail
population has increased by 50% over a period of seven years
AP:
DHSS Director Randall Williams supports needle-exchange legislation
The Missouri Times: Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) to pre-file bill allowing for cultivation of
industrial hemp
SNL: Lawsuit seeks to block Eleven Point State Park X
AP:
3 Missouri state parks to close for deer hunts
KC Star editorial: The KC School District has too many
charters
P-D editorial: Lawmakers must overhaul how education
is funded; "Inequality" of property taxes unfairly favors those
who choose to live in decent school districts
SNL op-ed: Jennifer Edwards: Why I accepted the
Board of Education appointment X
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Wednesday, November 29
KWMU: Trump to tout St. Charles as national example of
economic growth
Missourinet: Rep. Jason Smith says tax cuts will
"unleash the economy;" Missouri Democratic Party criticizes plan
Missourinet: Tax-cut reactions: McCaskill,
Hartzler, Americans for Prosperity, Missouri Budget Project
P-D: Missouri GOP delegation expected to accompany
Trump to St. Charles event
AP:
McCaskill, Blunt back extension for Joplin tornado funding
SNL: Conservative U.S. Senate candidate Courtland
Sykes endorses Roy Moore in 40-minute 'mini-documentary' X
Drebes:
New House chairmanships
The Missouri Times: SEMO steel mill and smelter still
awaiting decision from companies
SNL: Homeland Security grants Missouri's request for
REAL ID compliance waiver X
The Missouri Times: Missouri granted REAL ID extension
AP:
Missourians can fly with current IDs for up to 1 more year
Missourinet: Missouri granted REAL ID extension
through most of 2018
The Missouri Times: State's new abortion laws take
effect this week
The Missouri Times: State Board of Education sued for
violating Sunshine Law during vote to oust commissioner
SNL: Second lawsuit of the day filed about Missouri
Board of Education turmoil X
KWMU: Joplin man sues Greitens over removal from state
education board
AP:
Greitens sued over removal from school board
KC Star: Lawsuit alleges Greitens and school board
broke the law
SNL: Reps. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa), Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) debate gun control at MSU forum X
P-D: Mizzou rolls out lofty goals for bolstered
enrollment, graduation, employment
CDT: University of Missouri sets new goals to increase
enrollment, graduation rates X
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers cool to plan to cap electric-rate
increases +
Missourinet: State's unclaimed property auction in
Columbia to feature baseballs cards, HOF Ozzie Smith signed ball, much
more
KWMU: MO DNR rejects demands to toughen odor laws for
CAFOs
P-D: Missouri State Parks extends comment period for
parks in limbo
P-D editorial: Trump will try to sell tax cuts in St.
Charles County; County is 87% white and voted 60% for Trump, with
the highest median household income of any county in Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Other states make
progress on transportation funding, but Missouri does not
SNL op-ed: Rep. Billy Long: New tax code will
work for everyone X
P-D op-ed: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring): We
should also overhaul Missouri's tax code
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: If public
schools innovate, private alternatives may not be needed
P-D letter: St. Charles County small business owner
says McCaskill should stand up for tax cuts to show she's "not just
another liberal in election mode"
P-D letter: St. Louis County man responds to paper's
property-tax "equality" crusade, says taxpayers have freely chosen the
situation
P-D letter: Fenton man wants Missouri to abolish
personal property tax
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Tuesday, November 28
SNL: Analysis: Is Roy Blunt supporting a bill to
raise Missourians' taxes? No. X
KWMU: Trump to highlight tax overhaul in his first
presidential stop to St. Louis area
Missourinet: Missouri gears up for Trump visit
AP:
Trump to speak tomorrow in St. Charles
P-D: Trump coming to St. Charles tomorrow to promote
tax cuts
KC Star: Trump to visit Missouri tomorrow to promote
tax overhaul
SNL: Trips on McCaskill family's private plane no
longer publicly disclosed X
Missourinet: Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) to
participate in White House conference on veterans issues
P-D: Gun store burglaries in St. Louis area latest
examples of growing nationwide problem
The Missouri Times: 'Right to work' set to appear on
November ballot after signatures certified
The Missouri Times: Ethics complaint filed against
Senate District 34 campaign of Harry Roberts (R)
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission seeks
to bar Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) from producing evidence in
hearing
Missourinet: Southeast Missouri steel mill
series: Widespread hope in Southeast Missouri about steel mill
and smelter
The Missouri Times: Fitzpatrick says Greitens does
have 'some statutory authority' regarding metal detectors, but using
new officers would be a problem
Columbia Missourian: MU dreams of increasing new
undergrad enrollment to 6,000 by 2023
The Missouri Times: Missouri Grocers Association joins
call for utility rate caps
KWMU: More wind energy on the horizon for Ameren
Missouri's corporate and municipal customers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Dept. of Conservation
calendar offering nature calendars for $9; Daily notes include
lunar cycles, animal behaviors to watch out for, more
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
recounts protesters' Black Friday "shut it down" blip
P-D editorial: Time for Missouri to tackle its backlog
of untested rape kits
P-D letter: Daughter of former Missouri Speaker of the
House/federal inmate Richard Rabbitt (D) says parading around Galleria
mall with Black Lives Matter troop made her feel loved and accepted
P-D letter: Maplewood man wonders if Black Lives
Matter crowd comprehends that "no profits" means no jobs
P-D letter: Fenton sexagenarian notes Post-Dispatch
staff's consistent inattention to detail
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Monday, November 27
The Hill: Blunt introduces bipartisan bill to extend
community health center funding for five years
Washington Missourian: City hopes to receive federal
funding for eight local infrastructure projects X
SNL: House GOP tax bill would let Missourians keep
more of what they earn; Springfield taxpayers would save more
than other Missourians thanks to use of standard deduction X
Missourinet: Wash U. law prof opposes GOP tax plans
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Family Health Council seeks policy director
AP:
Greitens makes first nomination to medical board, will focus on opioids
JCNT: Local veteran Brian Kempker shares story of
transition from Marines to Capitol Police X
Missourinet: Southeast Missouri steel mill
series: Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) expects final decision by
end of December
KWMU: Payday loan regulations will be up for more
discussion in Jefferson City
KWMU: PJ Wilson, former director of Renew Missouri,
brings solar power to Puerto Ricans
P-D: Some Missouri public defenders complain about
their caseload
SE
Missourian: Oh, deer: 2017 hunting season looking up +
P-D: Race protesters traipse through West County Mall,
Walmart; Employees endure "No justice, no profits" ditty for
several minutes before reopening to customers
P-D editorial: Ann Wagner among those happy to see
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Richard Cordray, an Obama
appointee, depart
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MU Political Science icon
David Webber: It's a traffic jungle out there - Missourians
should put down their cell phones and focus on the road
SNL op-ed: MSU math prof Larry Campbell:
Greitens wrong to support charter schools X
P-D letter: University City liberal expresses anger
over GOP voter ID law
JCNT letter: Local octogenarian recounts time spent
working for DESE, opposes Greitens' moves on state education board X
KC Star letter: Area sexagenarian thanks KC Star,
local NPR affilliate and Rachel Maddow for their objective journalism
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Sunday, November 26
P-D's Nicklaus: Local higher ed leaders oppose taxes
on their endowment investment gains; Comments from Wash U.'s
lame-duck Chancellor Mark Wrighton, SLU's Fred Pestello
Hannibal Courier-Post: Hannibal asking McCaskill,
Blunt to secure federal funding to protect against downtown vehicle
attacks X
P-D: Corruption, defamation claims fly in lawsuit
against St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Council
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Statement regarding high-tech growth on Missouri's Amazon-luring
website rated "Mostly True"
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
says his constituents favor fuel tax increase
CDT: Transportation, local control, rental standards
top local groups' lobbying agenda X
Washington Missourian: Drugs kill more than car
crashes in Franklin County this year X
CDT: Medicaid offers Boonville man a chance to battle
back from opioid addiction; Missouri's State Targeted Response
project puts on panel at MACC X
SNL: Assemblies of God's loan fund fined by state
after investigation X
SNL: MU Extension leading the way with dicamba
training, heifer sales X
AP:
Rape-kit audit set to be done in early 2018
Columbia Missourian: Activist profile: "Race
Matters, Friends" President Traci Wilson-Kleekamp battles injustice by
making knick-knacks depicting "white male privilege," other relevant
and efficacious acts
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should set
aside his presidential campaign and focus on Missouri X
SNL op-ed: Nature Conservancy of Missouri's Adam
McLane: A change in wildfire funding will help our Missouri
forests X
SNL letter: Springfield man wants McCaskill to support
tax cuts X
P-D letter: Sunset Hills man says low-income housing
tax credits work
SNL letter: Joe Knodell: Years ago, Peter
Kinder, Rod Jetton and Jason Crowell stood up to educrats - and today,
Eddy Justice and Claudia Greim can do the same
X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man wonders why Post-Dispatch
doesn't report the race of city's murder victims
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Saturday, November 25
P-D's Raasch: Under the radar, Blunt, Luetkemeyer,
Wagner take aim at government regulations
KC Star: Missouri residents with Iowa addresses?
McCaskill wants to fix 'one of the dumbest' problems
Hannibal Courier-Post: With Greitens' action on low
income housing tax credits, St. Elizabeth renovation may be in jeopardy
JCNT: Retailers want cap on electricity rates;
Comments from MRA's David Overfelt X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Farm Bureau survey
will help set 2018 state legislative goals X
CDT: Late test score release puts school leaders
behind in assessing students X
KWMU: Historians fear Ferguson-Florissant School
District may close two historic buildings; Families are fleeing,
avoiding North St. Louis County area
Washington Missourian: Rep. Nathan Tate (R-St. Clair)
wants to ban fake urine purchases X
Missourinet: Hawley offers tips to help Missourians
avoid holiday scams
KWMU: Ameren warns customers to watch out for utility
scams
West Plains Daily Quill: Missouri Dept. of
Conservation reports an uptick in deer harvested this month
P-D: Galleria manages through protester stunt, reopens
in 40 minutes
P-D video: Latest stunt ends with protesters subdued,
handcuffed; Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) sees camera,
begins mugging and howling (1:33)
Waters: Greitens' revenge: All-out purge attempt
fails X
P-D's Jeremy Kohler: Legislature's failure to fully
fund foundation formula hurts the poor via property taxes
P-D op-ed: Local employment attorneys: Thanks to
Missouri's Senate Bill 43, the state welcomes Harvey Weinstein and
other harassers
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Friday, November 24
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt gear up for
tax overhaul debate X
Washington Missourian: Luetkemeyer meets with women
business owners, hears their call for lower taxes X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
McCaskill campaign criticism of Josh Hawley rated "Mostly False"
P-D: Even if it passes, unions' "Clean Missouri"
initiative likely to face legal challenge
Missourinet: Southeast Missouri residents say
Noranda's smelter closing has been devastating
Missourinet: DHSS: Number of flu cases are
beginning to climb in Missouri
SNL: Hawley's office successfully prosecutes Greene
County fraudster X
KSMU: To prevent invasive species spread on waterways,
Missouri Dept. of Conservation coordinating with duck hunters
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: In Missouri,
veterans' suicide rate is higher than the national average X
P-D editorial: Greitens' failed bid to fire education
chief exposes his lack of experience
P-D op-ed: Former leader of local Black Trade
Unionists: 'Right to work' was created to keep black people poor
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Thursday, November 23
Happy Thanksgiving!
CDT: Local illegal alien profile: Mexican
muchacha, already profiled by Columbia Missourian earlier this week,
tells same stories X
JCNT: Local American Legion post bans NFL games over
players' disrespect X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
concerned over potential impact of NAFTA renegotiation
Missourinet: 'Right to work' law to go before Missouri
voters
AP: Missouri 'right to work' law headed for public vote
The Missouri Times: Lane J. Roberts, former Joplin
Police Chief, running for Missouri House of Representatives
Missourinet: Hawley takes aim at Uber over data-breach
coverup
AP: Hawley investigating Uber after breach
St. Joseph News-Press: Downtown development halted due
to possible tax credit losses X
SNL: Greitens sidesteps board drama, blames anonymous
bureaucrats for education problems X
P-D: State recommends upgrading Normandy's
accreditation three years after state takeover
P-D: Enrollment decline has Ferguson-Florissant
weighing redistricting options; School board president says
parents eschew North St. Louis County in favor of safe communities like
Wentzville
St. Joseph News-Press: National Safety Commission
gives Missouri an 'F' grade for highway safety
P-D editorial: Thanksgiving toasts: McCaskill
for mustard-gas work, Michael Brown's mother, sarcastic 'thanks' to
Greitens for international junkets
KBIA op-ed: Commonwealth Foundation sponsored
content: Trump hurting rural hospitals in Missouri, other states
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Wednesday, November 22
KY3 (Springfield): Area liberals congregate on
streetcorner during work day, want Blunt to flip-flop on tax
cuts; Local woman gloats over Republicans' failure to repeal
Obamacare
CDT: GOP tax plan could help eliminate tuition wavers
for state-school employees X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Ann
Wagner statement about Planned Parenthood/ACLU/Satanist abortion push
rated "False"
P-D: McCaskill, others make appearance at statue
dedication for centenarian civil rights activist Frankie Freeman
KWMU: 100-year-old civil rights activist gets a statue
in St. Louis City
Drebes:
Lucas Dieckhaus, younger brother of GOP campaign mastermind Scott
Dieckhaus, to run for state rep
The Missouri Times: Nucor to build new micro mill in
Sedalia, creating more than 250 jobs
Missourinet: About 250 steel plant jobs headed to
western Missouri
AP:
Missouri minimum wage set to rise yet again
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
named chair of House Judiciary Committee
KWMU: Greitens' bid to install new education
commissioner fails
Missourinet: Greitens signals education battle will
continue
SNL: Top education official narrowly survives removal
attempt X
SNL: Missouri Board of Education: We don't know
who represents Southwest Missouri X
AP:
Vote to oust Missouri education chief falls one vote short
KC Star: Greitens fails to force firing of Missouri
education commissioner
The Missouri Times: Twenty mayors plead with Missouri
Housing Development Commission to not eliminate Low Income Housing Tax
Credit
The Missouri Times: Six Missouri nursing homes suing
DHSS for denied operating licenses
Missourinet: Lawsuit dropped as plaintiffs get
Hepatitis C coverage under Medicaid in Missouri
KWMU: Missouri's restrictions on dicamba herbicide 'a
tightrope act' for growers
Missourinet: Hawley steps in to prevent murderer Ricky
Kidd from venue-shopping for release
SE
Missourian: State Supreme Court sets execution date for Russell
Bucklew in Cape Girardeau County murder case
+
KWMU: State sets execution date for Russell Bucklew
KWMU: Protester Celebration Series: Local
authors peddle book on famous riots and protests in St. Louis history
KC Star editorial: Greitens loses big on foiled
attempt to fire Missouri education commissioner
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: McCaskill, Blunt,
Hartzler should vote against tax bill
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Greitens not moving quickly
enough to satisfy Star's Sunshine requests
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man expresses anger over
Blaine Luetkemeyer's personal net worth X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian wants
Luetkemeyer to flip-flop on Obamacare X
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian opposes Greitens on
taxes, minimum wage and veterans home issue
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Tuesday, November 21
KMOV: Blunt talks tax bill, Al Franken, more in St.
Charles
Missourinet: Blunt brings tax-overhaul message to St.
Charles
Missourinet: Hartzler says House tax plan would
provide fairer system
Farm Journal: McCaskill, Blunt among senators asking
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for analysis of impact to ag of leaving
NAFTA
The Hill: Bipartisan bill from Blunt would fund five
years of CHIP
KWMU: EPA test results of Park Avenue warehouse fire
debris show no evidence of asbestos
P-D: No asbestos paydays for North St. Louis City
residents; Local woman unmoved by scientific data, holds out hope
for more taxpayer-funded tests
P-D: Blunt forms Senate group to help address sexual
harassment
P-D: Groups with Missouri ties hit with fine over
fundraising violation
Drebes:
Jane Cunningham (R) considering a bid to return to state Senate
CDT: Missouri minimum wage to increase yet again on
Jan. 1 X
AP:
Greitens fills vacancies on regional child-abuse boards
The Missouri Times: Greitens removes another school
board member hours before commissioner vote
Missourinet: Greitens' attempt to make Missouri
education chief shakeup appears to be back on track
SNL: Greitens removes Joplin appointee from state
school board X
AP:
Greitens removes education board appointee
KC Star: Greitens makes a last-minute shift to tilt
vote on education commissioner
P-D: Another school board member gets booted by
governor over commissioner spat
Missourinet: Nearly one-third of Missouri's charter
schools score in unaccredited or provisionally-accredited zone
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers praise, criticize Housing commission
action on tax credits +
Missourinet: KC Mayor Sly James calls meeting of
Missouri mayors, slams cut to low-income housing tax credits
CDT: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles) proposing plan to
preserve state revenue X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Retailers Association
calls for compromise with energy legislation
KWMU: Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) to introduce
payday loan legislation
Missourinet: Missouri state troopers will be
positioned at 20-mile intervals on Thanksgiving eve
The Missouri Times: Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis)
wants legislative staff to sit through "Unconscious Racial Bias
Training"
P-D: FBI, Justice Department investigating St. Louis
police conduct during riots
AP:
FBI, Justice Department to investigate St. Louis-area police
KWMU: Federal government opens civil rights
investigation into St. Louis police
P-D editorial: Greitens needs replacement plan after
killing low-income housing program
P-D's Raasch: Washington in a rapid (r)evolution
against men behaving badly
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian disagrees
with Ann Wagner on taxes, wants to confront her at town hall meeting
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian wants
legislators to raise fuel tax for road improvements +
P-D letter: Bellefontaine Neighbors man says limiting
police tools will cause more cops to flee St. Louis City's concrete
jungle
P-D letter: Sunset Hills woman disagrees with limiting
police tools used to herd and control rioters
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Monday, November 20
NBC's
Meet the Press: Blunt: Health care or not, tax bill will
pass the Senate
St.
Joseph News-Press: Local teachers' unions activate against GOP
tax-cut plan X
Columbia
Missourian: Alien profiles: Local Mexicans talk sneaking
across the border into San Diego, anchor babies, disdain for Donald
Trump, more
Columbia
Missourian: Alien profiles: Local Mexican woman recounts
lying to get across border at Tijuana, anchor babies, DACA, more
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Blaine Luetkemeyer talks GOP tax
bill, mid-Missourians' love for Trump, liberal media bias, more;
Panel of Charlie Brennan, Scott Dieckhaus, Conservation Federation's
Brandon Butler, Mike Jones talk state education brouhaha, Vescovo as
House Majority Floor Leader, more
JCNT:
Local transgender rally draws nearly a dozen to Capitol; Event
celebrates transgenders and "non-binary" humanoids X
Missouri
Ruralist: "MORE" tour takes place of governor's ag conference
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) opposes effort to
fire education commissioner +
Messenger:
Greitens, Crowell turn the tables in tax-credit debate
Columbia
Missourian: Greitens' plans don't slow growing prescription drug
monitoring network
P-D:
State grant enables help for heroin addicts; Comments from DHSS'
Randall Williams
JCNT:
Passport cards a 'REAL ID' solution for Missouri travelers X
Missouri
Ruralist: Missouri Dept. of Ag sets dates for application of BASF
herbicide
Waters:
Why attend MU? New administrators are dealing with minority
complaints as best they can, deserve support X
P-D
letter: Creve Coeur woman wants Clay and Wagner to support each
other's women-and-children legislation
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Sunday, November 19
CDT: Blunt to talk taxes in St. Charles
tomorrow; Tribune has skipped 23 of 24 most recent Blunt
conference calls X
CDT: Obamacare update: Boone County residents
pay steep insurance premiums for limited access X
JCNT: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson's report details issues at
Veterans Home X
The Missouri Times: Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies
acquires Maryland-based opposition research firm
Drebes:
On T.J. Berry's new gig, and why legislators should disclose when
they're "feeling out" potential job opportunities
SNL: To save millions, Greitens targets tax credit
meant to build housing for poor people X
SNL: Melissa Gelner urges Greitens to find 'common
ground' with state board, education leaders X
Columbia Missourian: In-home health cuts update:
Collection of stories from the handicapped
Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover: Paper's new
"Greitens Gauge" series to offer regular criticism of progress made by
GOP governor across 12 areas
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Support for
men and women of law enforcement
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Support for
school choice
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Defending
Missouri farmers and ranchers against EPA overreach
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Creating
jobs
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Passing
'right to work'
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Tax overhaul
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Rolling
back burdensome regulations
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Term limits
for statewide elected officials
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge:
Lobbyist-gift ban
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: End the
'revolving door' for legislators/lobbyists
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Improve
teacher pay
Columbia Missourian: Greitens Gauge: Port and
highway infrastructure improvements
Washington Missourian: MoDOT wants to preserve Route
66, will resurface Pacific section
JCNT: Subgroups of minority, poor, and
non-English-speaking foreigners continue to disappoint on MAP tests X
SNL: Sheena Greitens talks about child abuse reviews X
SNL: Missouri Dept. of Conservation announces new
rules for duck hunters X
P-D editorial: St. Louis City is overdue for a
comprehensive state audit
P-D editorial: During protests, police must allow
journalists to do their jobs
KC Star op-ed: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver:
Republicans' tax plan would hurt Missourians
P-D letter: Clayton octogenarian disagrees with
Greitens on charter schools
P-D letter: St. Louis County octogenarian says
students' poor test performance should be blamed on poverty
P-D letter: Carpenters' union leader calls Rep. Shamed
Dogan (R-Ballwin) a "bald-faced" liar, says use of term "union bosses"
constitutes hate speech
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian responds to
letter responding to deer-disease piece
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Saturday, November 18
Missourinet:
House GOP passes tax overhaul; Comments from delegation via
statements written by staff
KC
Star: McCaskill vote on GOP tax bill could be tough sell in
Trump-loving Missouri
CDT:
Hartzler: State lawmakers should act to prevent revenue loss from
federal tax changes X
Columbia
Missourian: Hartzler talks taxes at Columbia Chamber of Commerce
event
Columbia
Missourian: Westminster College handed $300,000 in federal
taxpayer money for "sexual violence prevention"
Drebes: Gem from Dept.
of Conservation report: Jefferson City's KRCG-TV far and away the
superior mid-MO station
The
Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's Office: Week of
November 13, 2017
KWMU:
Greitens leads effort to halt Missouri's low-income housing tax breaks
The
Missouri Times: Greitens' Missouri Housing Development
Commissioners past draft motion to not fund tax credits in FY2019
CDT:
State commission votes against tax credits for housing X
Columbia
Missourian: Commission votes to end tax credits for low-income
housing
KC
Star: Missouri Housing Development Commission votes to not issue
low-income housing tax credits; Comments from Missouri Growth
Association's Megan Werner, others
P-D:
Greitens, appointees move to withhold controversial low-income
development tax credits
SNL:
Area superintendents take aim at Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos,
Greitens X
CDT:
State scores drop for most Boone County districts X
The
Missouri Times: W. Brent Powell, newest member of the Missouri
Supreme Court, speaks to Missouri Bar
The
Missouri Times: Greitens appoints 27 members to child protection
boards
AP:
Missouri Dept. of Agriculture alters use of BASF's dicamba herbicide in
some areas
Reuters:
Missouri limits use of weedkiller dicamba
Brownfield
Ag News: Chinn says other dicamba labels coming soon
P-D:
St. Louis police issue special order reiterating rights of
journalists; Post-Dispatch reporter was unhappy about arrest
KWMU:
Area transgenders to gather Monday; Group highlights stat
claiming that nearly 0.04% percent of all black female transgenders are
murdered each year
Washington
Missourian editorial: Blunt's assessment on Alabama's Roy Moore
is correct
P-D
editorial brief: On Ed Martin's defense of Roy Moore
KC
Star's Melinda Henneberger: On Al Franken, Claire McCaskill and
Josh Hawley; Minnesota senator must resign, then it's time to
dump Trump
SNL
letter: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen: Hawley
taking Missouri for a ride with Google investigation X
SNL
letter: School superintendents to Greitens: Stop listening
to charter-school advocate and start listening to us X
KC
Star letters: Race group supports Vandeven, opposes
Greitens; KC man says Star editorial board confuses charter
schools with private schools
P-D
letter: Sierra Club's John Hickey: Ameren should do more to
provide "clean" energy
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Friday, November 17
KWMU: Franken's high-profile help to Missouri
Democrats now may be an embarrassment
Missourinet: McCaskill issues statement on Al Franken
SNL: McCaskill 'shocked and concerned' over Franken X
KC Star: McCaskill issues statement on Franken
The Missouri Times: Pro-life group says it will knock
on 300,000 doors in opposition to McCaskill's re-election
SNL: Billy Long, Springfield Chamber of Commerce
support House bill that cuts taxes X
KWMU: Wash U. researchers unhappy with Trump's paring
of federal research funding
KC Star: Area teen speaks out against Trump;
17-year-old boy who dresses up as a girl expresses outrage at a black
man's overtures, recounts startling women by walking into their
restrooms, other harrowing and triumphant tales
The Missouri Times: How a left-wing Massachusetts
company infiltrated the Dept. of Economic Development; REMI model
skews data against rural areas in favor of "social justice"
Columbia Missourian: Poltifact rating: Statement
from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) on gun control rated "Mostly True"
Missourinet: Missouri transportation task force nears
completion of its work
KWMU: Lawmakers from both parties backing Vandeven
The Missouri Times: Governor's office, House Democrats
spar over board appointment removal
SNL: Greitens' spokesman says Democrats' education
board claim a 'political stunt' X
Missourinet: House subcommittee hearing on student
loans draws sparse crowd
JCNT: Team approach urged to fight diabetes X
CDT: D.C.-based animal-rights group protests MU's use
of pigs for ER training X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Becky Ruth (R-Festus)
receives national award for work on newborn screening legislation
SE
Missourian: Decisions coming soon on steel mill, smelter in New
Madrid +
The Missouri Times: This Week in the PSC: Week
of November 16, 2017
SE
Missourian: Galloway audit: Bollinger County tax levies
violate state law; county commission disagrees +
KWMU: Protester Celebration Series: Neighborhood
Leadership Fellows program will attempt to harness energy of riots and
convert into civilized action
P-D editorial: GOP tax cut bill has ominous
implications for Missouri
KC Star editorial: You can't criticize dark money on
the right and excuse it on the left; Minimum-wage group evades
transparency, hides donors
Phill Brooks: Without speed-limit enforcement, I-70 is
more like an autobahn
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Thursday, November 16
KWMU: McCaskill, Blunt split on GOP tax plan
CDT: McCaskill slams GOP tax cuts as giveaway for
businesses, wealthy X
Missourinet: McCaskill critical of GOP tax cuts
JCNT: Missouri could gain thousands of jobs under tax
overhaul X
Missourinet: McCaskill engages in theatrical exchange
with Orrin Hatch over Medicaid spending
SNL: Pro-life activists criticize McCaskill's support
of Planned Parenthood X
Columbia Missourian: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt to
discuss federal tax policy with Trump economic advisers
Missourinet: Schmitt to meet with SBA Administrator
Linda McMahon, others today
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Obamacare enrollment ends Dec.
15; Insight from Missouri Foundation for Health's Nancy Kelly
KWMU: Hate crimes decline in Missouri
Drebes:
Want an endorsement in your legislative race? Don't come knocking on
Jay Barnes' door.
AP:
Missouri Democrat sues Josh Hawley over where he lives
SNL: Hawley: No link between Google suit and
Peter Thiel donations X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin)
announces his intent to run for Assistant Majority Floor Leader
SE
Missourian: Mileage tax topic of discussion at transportation
task force meeting +
The Missouri Times: State lawmakers call on Board of
Education to 'abandon efforts' to oust Commissioner Margie Vandeven
SNL: Democrats say Greitens' removal of Springfield
woman from Board of Education was unlawful X
AP:
Greitens appears to lack board votes to fire education chief
SNL: Charter school advocate Ken Zeff could become
Missouri's next education commissioner X
KC Star: A year after hitting mark, KC schools again
miss critical state measure
Missourinet: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) talks
Noranda, manufacturing jobs
The Missouri Times: Associated Industries of Missouri,
Missouri Chamber, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Corn Growers lead
charge against flawed classification of herbicide
AP:
Missouri agricultural groups challenge California's herbicide
classification
KWMU: Monsanto and grower groups sue California over
classification of glyphosate
Joplin Globe: Feral hog populations cause extensive
damage around state; Propper trapping techniques critical to
managing destructive animals
KWMU: Federal judge limits police techniques used to
corral, subdue protesters
AP:
Judge: Police cannot use chemicals to subdue protesters
P-D: Judge limits tools police can use to get
protesters under control
AP:
Review of old court cases continues in Ferguson
P-D: Review of old court cases continues, officials
tell residents in Ferguson
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should
listen to his own State Board of Education appointees
SE
Missourian editorial: Led by Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau),
statewide task force makes prudent recommendation on dyslexia ID
KC Star editorial: Provisional schools accreditation
is unacceptable for Kansas City students
CDT editorial: Missouri needs protections for student
journalists
P-D editorial: A court's stiff rebuke for St. Louis
police overreach during protests
The Missouri Times op-ed: Ag Director Chris
Chinn: With MORE tour, Dept. of Ag leaders get the show on the
road
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri State Teachers
Association troubled by Greitens' politicization of State Board of
Education
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: 2015
race-agitation retrospective: Part II: Next steps must
include white people sitting through complaint sessions, more
university study on "implicit bias," etc.
P-D letter: St. Louis woman unhappy that paper exposed
her to photos of deer hunting
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Wednesday, November 15
McClatchy: McCaskill says she may work with
Republicans on tax reform; "I could [sic] care less what the party line
is. I could [sic] care less
what Chuck Schumer says."
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill seeks 'level playing
field' in biodiesel market X
KWMU: VA St. Louis Health Care System leaders respond
to local veterans' concerns
Drebes:
Eapen Thampy breaks down the differences in Missouri's marijuana
initiative petitions
JCNT: Local Democratic Party leader sues Hawley over
residency X
Clayton Times: Rep. Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) selected as
next House majority floor leader
AP:
Vescovo chosen as Missouri House majority leader
The Missouri Times: House Budget Chair Scott
Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob): Tax overhaul debate making it hard to
estimate revenues
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick: Federal tax proposals
make state budget projections more challenging
CDT: Fitzpatrick: Lawmakers should act to
prevent loss from federal tax changes X
Columbia Missourian: Fitzpatrick addresss possible
impact of federal tax overhaul on Missouri
Missourinet: Rep. Patricia Pike (R-Adrian) convenes
medical professionals in Jefferson City to brainstorm on diabetes
Missourinet: Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville):
'Right to work' bill made the difference in competing for steel mill
Missourinet: Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) looks for
decision on steel mill and smelter by December 31
P-D: Missouri Board of Education expected to vote next
week on fate of state's top school leader
P-D: Most Missouri school districts fare well in
annual report cards
CDT: Columbia Public School's minority and poor
students disappoint with MAP scores X
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph School District sees
improvements on state's annual progress report
X
SNL: With solar farm, Nixa joins renewable power wave X
Missourinet: Missouri deer harvest numbers down
slightly opening weekend
Missourinet: Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis):
State liable for poor treatment and conditions at St. Louis City jail
KWMU: St. Louis City aldermen consider limiting the
techniques and tools police use to corral and subdue protesters
P-D editorial: Roy Moore's past presents Roy Blunt and
other Republicans with a values problem
P-D editorial: NGA, and jobs, are coming to St. Louis.
Will local students be ready?
Dunklin
Democrat ex-publisher Ron Kemp: Retiring from the newspaper
business, giving thanks to God and the Rust family +
Messenger: Missouri Ethics Commission should keep
pressing Tim Jones on contributions and Hong Kong investment
The Missouri Times letter: Local GOP leader Maryann
Manion: McCaskill is trying to legislate away Native American
tribe rights
JCNT letter: Veteran liberal activist Sue Gibson mocks
Luetkemeyer's support for National Adoption Awareness Month X
JCNT letter: Local liberal believes Luetkemeyer
represents only the wealthy X
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Tuesday, November 14
Missourinet: Blunt: Republicans on track to
approve major tax plan
SNL: McCaskill says Roy Moore 'not fit to serve,'
Blunt says Moore 'should have better answers'
X
AP:
Josh Hawley: Roy Moore should step aside if allegations are true
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: St. Louis VA reps
defend their organization against allegations of abuse
Faughn: Rs and Ds should stop complaining - both sides
used campaign laws to their advantage in Ciepiot-Shields; KC Star
editorial board becomes relevant after shedding rote writer;
Chappelle-Nadal to target Senate Dem colleagues this session;
Much more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Joe
Adams (D-University City) recounts accurately forecasting the
consequences of Amendment 2 on campaign transparency, talks Greitens
and state education board, more
KWMU: Hawley seeks information on Google's data
collection practices - and search preferences
AP:
Hawley investigating Google
Missourinet: Hawley subpoenas Google, says Missouri is
not giving company a "free pass"
SE
Missourian: GOP state Reps. Donna Lichtenegger and Kathy
Swan: More funding for roads, bridges may require tax increase +
The Missouri Times: Education officials, lawmakers
firing back at Greitens' attempt to oust State Board of Education
commissioner
SNL: Greitens appointee 'troubled' by push to oust
education commissioner X
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education could oust
Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven and Board President Charlie
Shields next week
Columbia Missourian: House committee sets sights on
launching state work-study program
Missourinet: Southeast Missouri official remains
hopeful about steel mill and smelter
P-D: New Dept. of Public Safety spokeswoman Sara
Dayley still free to do contract work for West County EMS & Fire
District
P-D: Unions turn out crowd to support elected St.
Louis City Public School board; Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis
City) drops in, recounts race-protest publicity
SE
Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments in Cape
attorney discipline case +
P-D: St. Louis civic and business leader Bob Baer dead
at 80
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Dept. of Conservation
says over 94,000 deer harvested opening weekend
CDT: Black Studies group gathers to watch Spike Lee
film, celebrate effects of 2015 campus protests X
Columbia Missourian: 'Two Years Later' event
celebrates university consequences of 2015 protests
KC Star editorial: If Trump blows up NAFTA, Missouri
workers would feel the pain
P-D editorial: Former Speaker Tim Jones living large
on Missouri's terrible campaign finance laws
KC Star editorial: More strong-arm tactics from
Greitens. This time, education is the target
KC Star op-ed: Josh Hawley: Missourians deserve
to know what Google does with their information
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Monday, November 13
Brownfield Ag News: McCaskill goes to bat for biodiesel
This Week in Missouri Politics: MSU President Clif
Smart talks university's resurgence, state funding challenges;
Panel of Joe Lakin, Jeff Roorda, Sam Gladney, Kristian Starner talk
Cierpiot's victory, St. Louis riots, St. Louis City's Proposition P
passage, McCaskill, top 2018 legislative issues, more
KWMU: Dark-money PACs among those propping up Raise Up
Missouri's minimum-wage ballot effort
Drebes:
Brief update on Democratic primary for Maria Chappelle-Nadal's state
Senate seat
P-D: Greitens appointee balking at move to fire state
school chief; Comments from Tim Sumners, Charlie Shields,
Missouri School Boards' Association's Melissa Randol, others
Missourinet: Missouri School Boards' Association's
Melissa Randol critical of Greitens' moves on State Board of Education
SNL: Reps. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa), Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) to discuss campus open carry law at Missouri State forum X
Missourinet: Hawley to take aim at "major tech
company" today
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph prescription drug
monitoring program called 'way overdue' X
Columbia Missourian: Two years after campus race
agitation, new leadership looks to send MU on upward trajectory
Missourinet: Rep. Patricia Pike (R-Adrian) to outline
legislative efforts to reduce diabetes among elderly Missourians
P-D: Empire Electric District Co. seeks to retire coal
plant early as it adds wind generation
JCNT: Lawyer gets ready to appeal court rulings that
favor Ameren on natural gas equipment X
Missourinet: Former Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce among farmers taking part in Soil Health Partnership research
P-D: 'A crying shame:' Missouri hunters bring in deer
to test for neurological disorder
P-D: Missouri Highway Patrol officer injured when
driver slams into back of Missouri Highway Patrol car
Columbia Missourian: First step in sexual assault kit
audit: 'Getting actual numbers,' Hawley says
SNL: Springfield race protest draws fewer than
25; Signs include "Black Womyn [sic]
Matter," "Black Lives Matter," etc. X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: State legislators
must help women business owners become freed from the yoke of
government regulations X
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: Local gun-control groups
fight valiantly to show guns could potentially end up in in school
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia liberal wants
McCaskill, Blunt, Hartzler to oppose GOP tax cuts
P-D letter: Frontenac liberal disappointed in
Post-Dispatch's lack of coverage in 2nd District Democratic primary and
reliance upon wire stories rather than local coverage
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
questions intelligence of Missouri Senate District 8 voters
P-D letter: Former St. Louis City Public Schools Board
of Education President David L. Jackson responds to editorial
supporting state-appointed board
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Sunday, November 12
SE
Missourian: Local Veterans Day events also focus on American flag +
SE
Missourian: Jackson American Legion turning off NFL games over
some players' disrespect to country +
KC Star: Cleaver speaks at National World War I Museum
and Memorial
Drebes:
Chris Dinkins, GOP candidate for Paul Fitzwater's seat, shares Mike
Cierpiot's view of siding with law enforcement over rioters
SNL: Springfield loses state welfare contract to
Kentucky firm with no 'regional knowledge' X
SNL: Missouri owes Greene County almost $1.8 million
in overdue jail payments X
CDT: Missouri opioid deaths on track to exceed traffic
fatalities X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Plug the leak in
Missouri's roads budget X
Columbia Missourian Executive Editor Mike Jenner:
Sexagenarian says his newspaper deserves the credit for Josh Hawley's
action on rape kits; Trump-style politicians are wrong to
criticize journalists
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson American Legion Commander explains why
Post 158 is banning NFL games from its TVs +
CDT letter: Poverty activist Rosezetta
Eichelberger: McCaskill wrong to criticize Obamaphone program X
P-D letter: Richmond Heights liberal wants to see
Black Lives Matter tribes advocate for gun control
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Saturday, November
11 Veterans Day
Dunklin
Democrat: Veterans Day profile: World War II veteran Hersel
Masterson remembers when Americans loved their country and showed
respect to the flag +
KWMU: Lacy Clay event highlights split among DACA
factions; Illegal-alien coed says she'll stop attending urban
photo-ops until more aliens are involved in rally planning
KWMU: VA series: Soldiers transitioning to
civilian life seek love, belonging
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis seeks government
relations coordinator
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of Nov. 6, 2017
P-D: Greitens announces pact between Israeli cyber
security firm and Missouri colleges
Messenger: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) tells her
story of sexual molestation as a pre-teen
Washington Missourian: Pacific aldermen, municipal
league worry that legislators might put St. Louis City-County merger on
statewide ballot X
KC Star: Former elected officials Paul LeVota (D), Tim
Jones (R) find success running campaign PACs
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Claim
from Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) over West Lake
Landfill theory does not warrant a rating
Columbia Missourian: Conservationists, legislators
push for stiffer poaching laws in Missouri
Missourinet: Mizzou to offer ROTC scholarship
The Missouri Times: States still trying to find the
answer to electronic vehicle charging station demands
KWMU: Missouri Dept. of Conservation asks hunters for
help with monitoring deer disease
P-D: Profiles in Courage: Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City) will never stop fighting
P-D editorial briefs: Ethics appeal from "Robin
Wrong-Jones" is laughable; Mike Cierpiot should be forced to sit
next to Maria Chappelle-Nadal on Senate floor
KC Star editorial: Tim Jones' success in navigating
Missouri's campaign finance system is unfair and must be stopped
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: 2015
race-agitation retrospective: Part I: How much harm did the
protesters do?
SNL letter: Republic octogenerian says Josh Hawley is
controlled by The Council of Foreign Relations, "the secret Shadows of
Power" X
KC Star letter: KC septuagenarian gets knickers in a
bundle over KC Star's lack of endorsement in Cierpoit race, demands
paper endorse Hillary Shields in 2018
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Friday, November 10
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) asks why
McCaskill, other Caucasoid Dems ignore black voters until election time
P-D's Joe Holleman: Fact check: Missouri
Democratic Party's claim that protest celebrity Rasheen "SheenBean"
Aldridge is "youngest Democratic committeeman in St. Louis history" is
false
CDT: McCaskill joins Hartzler effort to support VA
hiring X
KWMU: VA series: Some veterans feel disappointed
and isolated by St. Louis VA
The Missouri Times: Nasheed calling for removal of
Missouri Veterans Commission director
SE
Missourian: Federal jury finds Cape Girardeau neurosurgeon guilty
of Medicare and Medicaid kickback scheme +
SE
Missourian: Cape County boy writes letter to Trump, gets
courteous response from White House +
KC Star: Inspired by Maine, area man thinks he can get
Medicaid initiative on Missouri ballot; Missouri Hospital
Association's Dave Dillon: "Maine and Missouri are both 'M'
states, but that's where the similarities end."
The Missouri Times: Is the Republican caucus getting
too big? Victory Enterprises' Joe Lakin says no.
KSMU: Greitens' Deputy Counsel Justin Smith:
Nearly 6,000 comments so far on how to minimize red tape
The Missouri Times: First committee hearing on health
care markets leaves stakeholders asking for direction
Missourinet: Study: Missouri's cost of living
ranks fourth in nation during third quarter
Columbia Missourian: Missouri State Teachers
Association outlines 2018 legislative agenda
P-D: Raucous crowd at hearing on state-appointed St.
Louis City school board jeers expert's reliance upon facts, data
Columbia Missourian: MU Black Studies to host event
celebrating 2015 race agitation; Thoughts from ethnomusicology
associate professor Stephanie Shonekan
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri American makes case
for rate hike X
SE
Missourian: VietNow scam ordered to dissolve by Hawley +
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation requiring
hunters to have deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease X
Columbia Missourian: Hawley announces audit of
unprocessed sexual assault evidence kits
Missourinet: Hawley vows to investigate backlog of
untested rape kits
Washington Missourian: Bill Miller Sr. to be inducted
into St. Louis Media Hall of Fame X
KC Star editorial: Greitens is failing Missouri on the
opioid epidemic
P-D editorial: Missouri legislators should spend more
taxpayer money on higher education
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Missouri's move to limit
campaign donations puts elections in hands of big-money PACs
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Thursday, November 9
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Democrats extrapolate from
Virginia, Oklahoma results to fuel hope for next year
One year ago: Post-Dispatch staff gathers to express
anger over Trump victory; Political and national editor
Christopher Ave says media "as a breed are more educated than the
average American" (6:30); Family columnist/beauty-product
reviewer Aisha Sultan gets emotional about Trump's "racism" (8:30),
much more
P-D: Trump tax cuts could help slash spending in
Missouri
CDT: Graduate assistants would take big tax hit in GOP
plan X
Missourinet: Lacy Clay says GOP tax plan would mean
$900 billion tax increase
KWMU: VA series: Veterans describe "hoops and
cracks" of getting care through St. Louis VA system
KWMU: Renovated Soldiers Memorial will reopen for
Veterans Day 2018
KWMU: Vulnerable rural hospitals face tough decisions
on profitable but questionable billing schemes
Drebes:
Former staffer/lobbyist/Rep. Bruce Holt (D-St. Peters) retires
Missourinet: Missouri transportation task force
discusses safety issues; texting while driving called an
'epidemic'
Missourinet: Missouri House panel seeks remedies to
cost spikes in state's health care markets
Columbia Missourian: Legislators leave hearing on
insurance market plans with few answers
Clayton Times: St. Louis County releases report about
its prescription drug monitoring program
AP:
Missouri veterans court sees first graduate
Columbia Missourian: Tell us your thoughts on Mizzou's
decline since fall 2015's race histrionics
P-D: UMSL Twitter account shames St. Louis City voters
for backing 'killer cops'
P-D's Joe Holleman: Sara Dayley - former TV newscaster
and daughter of former St. Louis Cardinals middle reliever Ken Dayley -
to serve as spokeswoman for Missouri Department of Public Safety
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Nov. 8, 2017
KWMU: Environmentalists aim to halt Spire's gas
pipeline
St. Joseph News-Press: Film seeks to educate about
GMOs; Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby) among those viewing "Food
Evolution" X
Missourinet: Hawley's office settles with deceptive
charity
SNL: MoDOT deals with deer slaughter zone in
Springfield X
KC Star editorial: Mike Cierpiot won because of dirty
politics
KC Star editorial: To get Medicaid expansion in
Missouri, a petition drive is needed
P-D editorial: If Greitens is so committed to fight
opioid abuse, where's his program?
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: College of the
Ozarks wrong to offer patriotism class and wrong to stand up for the
National Anthem
KC Star letter: Area liberal expresses anger over Mike
Cierpiot's win
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Wednesday, November 8
SNL: Blunt open to granting citizenship to young
illegals
X
P-D: Blunt says DACA resolution could involve pathway
to citizenship for young aliens
The Hill: Some Dems eye big changes after Brazile
bombshell; McCaskill: "I refuse to look back"
P-D: Lacy Clay puts forth effort to get out the vote -
in Virginia, not St. Louis City
CDT: Federal tax proposals put state revenue in
danger; Missouri Budget Project's Tom Kruckmeyer calls standard
deduction "a ginormous revenue loser" for Missouri X
The Missouri Times: Election Night 2017:
Cierpiot surges to victory in SD 8 special
Missourinet: Cierpiot elected to Missouri Senate
KC Star: Mike Cierpiot wins seat in Missouri Senate
TonysKansasCity: Show-Me disappointment for
progressive pixie Hillary Shields; Missouri Democratic Party and
media outrage failed to bring down Mike Cierpiot
One week ago: P-D online admin Beth O'Malley:
Republican Mike Cierpiot is wrong about "St. Louis riots";
Collection of tweets from angry St. Louis-area liberals
P-D: Former Sen. Robin Wright-Jones (D-St. Louis
City), who dipped her hand in campaign fund, now wants court to erase
her Missouri Ethics Commission fines
AP:
Former St. Louis City Democratic senator fighting campaign violation
costs
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears Robin
Wright-Jones case
P-D: Ed Martin lands show on KXFN radio
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Shane
Roden (R-Cedar Hill) on U.S. Senate race, medical marijuana, how St.
Louis City rioters' behavior is counterproductive, more
Missourinet: Ashcroft wants to speed up payments for
election authorities
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
Rep. Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific) shares his vision of what a floor leader
should be
The Missouri Times: Cunningham: HCB3 replacement
will be 'hopefully one of the first bills in regular session'
KWMU: Missouri senators still want special session for
in-home health care - but time is running out
Missourinet: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles) to offer
tax overhaul
Missourinet: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) hopes to
see gas tax increase on 2018 statewide ballot
The Missouri Times: Capitol lighting project
illuminates art, soon to be completed
JCNT: Judge: Public defender system overloaded X
SE
Missourian: Court reverses course in Ameren's appeal over
assessments; schools can't touch money
+
AP: Ameren wins two more appeals on natural gas
assessments
KWMU: Analysis: Racial makeup of St. Louis City
schools
KWMU: Future of electricity production could be closer
to home
P-D editorial: State-appointed leadership - which
teachers' union opposes - works best for St. Louis Public Schools
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Beefing up
school lunches with Missouri Farm to School program X
Jensen:
Medical marijuana may go to Missouri voters +
P-D op-ed: PuppySpot CEO Greg Liberman: Missouri
Legislature must overhaul animal welfare laws
St. Joseph News-Press letter: St. Joseph woman says
Missouri power grid should include renewables
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Tuesday, November 7
P-D: Congressional votes for the week: Medicare
cost controls, CHIP renewal, more
Politico: McCaskill, other red-state Dems to meet with
Trump aide today on tax cuts
The Missouri Times: Parson calls for independent
investigation into St. Louis Veterans Home, citing lack of faith in
Missouri Veterans Commission
Messenger: Greitens inadvertently highlights sham
veterans' inquiry
SeekingAlpha.com: Gannett, parent company of
Springfield News-Leader, earnings call transcript: Execs talk
digital revenue growth, print revenue slide, plans to keep raising
subscription costs to stem circulation decline, more (free subscription
required)
The Missouri Times: New Shields mailer seeks to
further split GOP votes in SD 8 special election
The Missouri Times: St. Louis Police Officers
Association endorses Cierpiot for SD 8 bid
Drebes:
Former Rep. Neal St. Onge (R-Ballwin), viligante firefighter, detained
after springing to action and fighting fire
The Missouri Times: Government jobs increased under
Greitens? New data says yes.
AP:
Missouri funds from 2004 road measure don't pay debt service
The Missouri Times: Eigel proposes reducing income tax
from 5.9% to 4.8% for small business owners
KC Star: British HBO host mocks Missouri-Kansas
"border war" economics, gets geography wrong
P-D: Greitens may have to work with lawmakers on
drug-monitoring effort after all
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jack Bondon (R-Belton)
appointed as Missouri Health Facilities Review Committe chair
The Missouri Times: Missouri Health Facilities Review
Committee approves over $40 million in new application, $143 million in
new extensions
Missourinet: Springfield voters to enjoy ballot
security of new voter ID laws
SNL: Missouri State security officer dismissed after
video of him watching porn on the job goes viral X
KWMU: Philosophy vs. performance: Who should
govern St. Louis Public Schools
P-D: Speakers tell task force that school board is
best option for St. Louis
AP:
Judge rules against Missouri in juvenile parole case
SE
Missourian editorial: Peter Kinder off to good start on Delta
Regional Authority spending cuts +
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Patrick
Ishmael: Ignore the gimmicks. Here are the reasons Amazon should
come to Missouri.
Columbia Missouran op-ed: Rep. Martha Stevens
(D-Columbia): New law offers protection for those who report an
overdose
Waters: Reasons for University of Missouri to not
divest from fossil fuels X
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian agrees with
protesters' economic boycott, except part about Delmar Loop
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Monday, November 6
KWMU: Truman Dinner recap: Missouri Dems see
economic issues as way out of electoral wilderness
CDT: Number of new refugees on the decline locally X
AP:
Six Missouri utilities to share $120 million in federal funds
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Kirk Mathews
(R-Pacific) talks Majority Floor Leader race, SD 8, Trump's popularity,
more; Panel of Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis), Jane Dueker,
former Rep. John Mayfield, Joe Patterson talk Legislature's "social
justice warriors," Greitens vs. Blunt and McCaskill on veterans home
issue, McCaskill vs. Hawley, Courtland Sykes, more
Drebes:
A look at how far medical marijuana support has come in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Cierpiot, Shields prepare for
close SD 8 result
Missourinet: Rep. Deb Lavender (D-Kirkwood) still
upset about in-home care cuts
Columbia Missourian: Critical report on Greek system
ignored MU's own data on freshman academic performance
P-D: Elected, appointed or both? A look at St. Louis'
school board options
Missourinet: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City)
wants to raise minimum wage
P-D: After latest round of riots, St. Louis City
leaders once again point to Ferguson Commission report as a way forward
P-D editorial: Deadbeat state is cheating 3,000 blind
Missourians out of millions
KC Star editorial: Here's one way Greitens can shrink
state government: Combine or eliminate boards and commissions
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Sunday, November 5
P-D: At Missouri Dems' annual Truman Dinner in St.
Louis City, Al Franken yuks it up while bashing Trump and praising
McCaskill
SNL: Union's anti-'right to work' initiative may
appear on August - not November - ballot; Polisci profs weigh
impact on McCaskill race X
SNL: Unions forced a vote on Missouri's
'right-to-work' law. History is on their side.
X
CDT: Obamacare coverage, costs mostly unchanged from
2018 X
AP:
McCaskill says husband home from hospital after heart attack
Brownfield Ag News: USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue names
former Jay Nixon Ag Director Richard Fordyce (D) Farm Service Agency
State Director
SNL: Eyeing legal medical marijuana, Missouri's NORML
cannabis conference comes to Springfield X
The Missouri Times: Silver Hair Legislature
prioritizes medical marijuana as part of 2018 agenda
JCNT: Gold Star memorials honor veterans'
families; Lt. Gov. Mike Parson hosts Jefferson City's first
Veterans Week Kickoff X
AP: Cunningham reveals plan to save elderly, disabled
aid
SE
Missourian: Same MoDOT story: Funding for maintenance, no
improvements, engineer says +
AP:
States push to keep highway inner lanes clear for passing
P-D: Missouri Board of Education member Joe Driskill
to resign, citing work obligations
SNL: MSU just 20 students shy of hitting its 2021 goal
for number of graduates X
CDT: City may beef up protections to cover pregnancy,
adoption X
KC Star: Greitens fills two seats on KC police board
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Conservation says 2,889
turkeys harvested in gun season X
Columbia Missourian: Liberal groups hold panel on
"white supremacy," discuss white Black Lives Matter sympathizers;
Pamela Merritt of "Angry Black B!tch" blog not impressed by Caucasoid
"pumpkin spice lattes and leggings" activism
P-D editorial: Veterans home scandal puts Greitens on
the defensive
Washington Missourian editorial: Energy
realities: Ameren shifting to alternative energy X
P-D letter: Bridgeton septuagenarian notes Missouri
utility name change, attempts pun
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian says he's
boycotting St. Louis City until aldermen stop bowing to Black Lives
Matter propaganda and start honoring police
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Saturday, November 4
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Weekly 2018 U.S. Senate
update: McCaskill threads the needle between left wing and
Missouri voters; Conservative factions lining up behind Hawley,
for now
P-D: Internet Association changes course, supports
bipartisan legislation aimed at online sex trafficking
The Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood, unions among
top funders of Clean Missouri campaign
The Missouri Times: David Linton - son of longtime GOP
Rep. Bill Linton - to take on Democrat Mike Revis for John McCaherty's
vacant state rep seat
Clayton Times: State releases 2017 general revenue
report
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 30, 2017
P-D: Greitens heads to Israel
AP: Greitens heads to Israel for trade mission
P-D: With time running out, chatter about a special
session in Missouri hasn't stopped
CDT: Federal judge denies Planned Parenthood effort to
block new abortion rule X
Columbia Missourian: City councilman seeks support for
legalizing marijuana in the state
The Missouri Times: Missouri Community Colleges
Association awards six legislators
KWMU: A speed bump pops up on Missouri's solar road
project
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MoDOT is ready for bad winter
weather
Missourinet: MoDOT crews use annual drill as a dry run
to prepare for winter snow and ice
P-D: Woman went to St. Louis Courthouse to stab
Greitens appointee who ordered her car repossessed; North St.
Louis County resident planned to attack quadriplegic judge with box
cutter, then punched officer in the face
Washington Missourian: UPS driver receives public
safety award from Greitens
KC Star editorial: Greitens responds to complaints of
abuse at Missouri veterans home by playing politics
P-D editorial briefs: Missouri legislators should
spend more money on higher education
CDT op-ed: Boone County Clerk Taylor Burks:
Ensuring election integrity means updating cybersecurity X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Columbia attorney Jennifer
Bukowsky: In retrospect, cash spent to elect Mike Cierpiot should
have been saved for beating McCaskill
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Friday, November 3
Washington Examiner: Blunt on tax overhaul: "We
need to get it done this year."
KSN/KODE: A day on Capitol Hill with Roy Blunt
Missourinet: Vicky Hartzler shares thoughts on keeping
radical Islamic terrorists out of the U.S.
P-D: Continued push to secure benefits brings coal
miners union back to St. Louis
The Missouri Times: Greitens lambastes McCaskill,
Blunt in response to veterans home investigation letter
KWMU: Greitens blasts McCaskill, Blunt in letter about
veterans home
Missourinet: Greitens savages McCaskill, Blunt for
their joint letter calling for VA home investigation
AP:
Missouri Department of Public Safety investigating St. Louis Veterans
Home
Messenger: Nurse and doctor stand up for veterans in
St. Louis and get shown the door
Drebes:
Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) exploring bid for Chappelle-Nadal seat
The Missouri Times: Where are they now? The
#thumbstoppable Gus Wagner, former chief of staff to GOP Sens. Dan
Clemens and John Griesheimer
Missourinet: Monthly index shows stable economy, slow
growth for Missouri and multi-state region
JCNT: Greitens pledges more foster care, adoption
bills in 2018 X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact check: Statement
from Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) on machine guns rated
half-false
Washington Missourian: MoDOT safety upgrades to
continue next spring - through design-build project X
KC Star: MU apologizes after "MU Info" platform
compares state Legislature to Kevin Spacey's House of Cards
Columbia Missourian: University of Missouri Extension
urges farmers to complete USDA census
P-D: Ferguson activist gets probation for I-70 protest
incident; Alexis Templeton targeted white woman's car, punched
her in the eye
KWMU: Protest crowd launches economic boycott of local
and national employers; Activists aim to shut down Goldman Sachs,
Burger King, Target, Schnuck's supermarkets by withholding their
"purchasing power"
AP:
Treatment of blacks in St. Louis prompts economic boycott
P-D editorial: Missouri among top targets in Russian
cyberwar campaign
P-D editorial: Complaints persist at St. Louis
Veterans Home despite multiple invesigations. Where's Greitens?
P-D op-ed: Area woman wants Congress to spend more
taxpayer money on CHIP
KC Star op-ed: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph):
'Clean Missouri' effort deserves voters' support
Phill Brooks: Recent governors' communications staffs
have hidden their bosses from reporters, which hampers good journalism
Waters: University of Missouri should divest stocks of
fossil-fuel companies; Annual asset appreciation not worth price
of activists' caterwauling X
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Thursday, November 2
P-D: Senators say 'cyber war' with Russia continues
far beyond 2016 election; Blunt acknowledges free-speech
conundrum, while McCaskill and Wagner focus on sex trafficking
STL Jewish Light: Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
promotes her new autobiography, gushes over McCaskill
St. Joseph News-Press' "Josephine" women's magazine:
Anti-Trump "Persisterhood" gals group gathers to gab about feminism,
LGBTQIA* topics, listen to speaker from McCaskill's office and allied
liberal groups, etc.
The Missouri Times: Kyle Aubuchon headed to work for
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith after 5 1/2 years with Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar
Bluff)
KWMU: Greitens orders another investigation into St.
Louis Veterans Home
KWMU: Bill Clinton visits St. Louis to highlight
healthy eating programs
Missourinet: Bill Clinton emphasizes healthy diet in
Missouri school visit
AP: Gannett, owner of Springfield News-Leader, beats
quarterly earnings per share estimate but misses on revenue;
Stock down 11% this year
Drebes:
Rep. Josh Peters (D-St. Louis City) creates Push Forward PAC
STL Jewish Light: Greitens named to the Forward 50,
joining ranks of nation's "most influential, accomplished and
interesting Jews"
KWMU: Chris Chinn on her eventful first year as
Missouri's agriculture director
AP: Greitens' office casts doubt on special session
chatter
The Missouri Times: Greitens' task force calls for
elimination of more than 400 gubernatorial appointments
AP:
Panel recommends reducing Missouri gubernatorial appointees
P-D: New report recommends cutting gubernatorial
appointments, killing some panels
Missourinet: Missouri legislative task force on
dyslexia makes recommendations, sets tone for other states
JCNT: DESE: More schools depend on more local
funding
The Missouri Times: MoDOT's employee turnover rate
hovering around 10 percent, but what does it mean for Missouri's
transportation system?
Missourinet: MoDOT to conduct winter weather drill in
Missouri today
SE
Missourian: MoDOT engineer headlines First Friday coffee
JCNT: Capitol Police get new chief
The Missour Times: This Week in the Missouri Supreme
Court: Week of October 30, 2017
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Development
Commission further postpones annual meeting, raises mortgage interest
rates
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of November 1, 2017
P-D editorial: Moneyed interests find a way to thwart
voters' will on campaign donation limits
JCNT editorial: Legislature should address
cybersecurity issue
P-D op-ed: Ferguson resident Blake Ashby:
Protester complaints about "oppression" are not a believable or winning
argument
P-D letter: St. Charles man disputes veterans' home
issues outlined by Messenger and others
The Missouri Times letter: State Senate candidate
Cindi O'Laughlin: The idea of returning the state's rural roads
to the counties is a non-starter
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KMOV: Islamic terrorist responsible for NYC attack was
arrested while driving through St. Charles County in 2016
AP: Islamic terrorist's brushes with the law included
Missouri arrest, warrant
SE
Missourian: Obamacare open enrollment begins today +
Missourinet: Obamacare enrollment begins in Missouri
P-D: What Missourians need to know about Obamacare
enrollment
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt joint call for
investigation into abusive treatment at St. Louis Veteran's Home
The Missouri Times: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson recommends
independent investigation into Veteran's Home; Missouri Veterans
Commission Deputy Director Bryan Hunt says complaints are racist
KSDK: Abuse, neglect at Veteran's Home; Black
veteran: "I'd rather come home and die ... than be at the
(Veteran's) home."
Messenger: Families of veterans want help, while
Deputy Director Bryan Hunt cries racism
KWMU: GOP Rep. Ann Wagner backs idea of tax cuts - and
Mueller
The Missouri Times: Armstrong Teasdale attorney Brad
Bakker announces HD 84 campaign for Karla May's open seat
CDT: Appeals court upholds discrimination award
against state veterans commission; Plaintiff Pat Rowe Kerr now
running for state rep X
The Missouri Times: Ginger Steinmetz headed to
Statehouse Strategies
The Missouri Times: Hawley issues Civil Investigative
Demands to opioid distributers
Missourinet: Hawley: Opioid crisis 'hits us in
the most human of terms'
KWMU: Missouri expands legal battle against opioid
industry
Columbia Missourian: Hawley expands opioid
investigation to three more companies
The Missouri Times: Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia
releases report with recommendations for educators
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Missourian: Task force issues dyslexia-screening recommendations +
Columbia Missourian: State to develop guidelines for
screening and accommodating students with dyslexia
The Missouri Times: Grain Belt Express files for
appeal with Missouri Supreme Court
P-D: Protesters again make scene outside mayor's home
in Central West End
KWMU: Protester Celebration Series: Four black
women in their 50s-70s complain about racism
P-D editorial: Disguised as 'grassroots,' an Astroturf
tax-cut sales job comes to Missouri
KWMU's Nancy Fowler: Area transgenders stand tall
against Trump's discriminatory military policy
Jensen:
St. Louis City native Maxine Waters quickly becoming the new face of
the national Democratic Party +
P-D letter: Pacific septuagenarian says Blunt wants to
take health care away from olds to pay for tax cuts
P-D letter: Ballwin conservative laughs at Robberson's
suggestion the Post-Dispatch is 'fair and balanced'
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The Missouri Times: National "Tax Cut Now Tour" heads
to Missouri
AP:
Claire McCaskill's husband in intensive care
KWMU: Relatives claim pattern of negligence at St.
Louis Veteran's Home
P-D: Documentary on sex-trafficking scourge draws
crowd to Kirkwood High; Comments from U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner
KC Star: Feds: Racist graffiti, arson at black
KC church were cover-up for theft by black employee
AP:
"Hate crime" hoax a convenient excuse for ex-con to steal crack-cocaine
money from church
CDT: Renee Hoagensen, seeking to fill Democratic
ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler, boots campaign manager Nate Irvin
after his DWI crash and arrest X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
panel talks about role of experience in race for state auditor
The Missouri Times: Chris Dinkins chosen as GOP
nominee to replace Fitzwater
Missourinet: AG Josh Hawley to expand investigation
into pharmaceutical companies over opioid epidemic
SNL: PDMP slowly spreads in Missouri; Head of
American Medical Association says it's not enough X
Missourinet: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) to
introduce needle-exchange bill
KCUR: Planned Parenthood files second lawsuit
challenging portion of new Missouri abortion law
AP: Ron Richard: Special session on disabled
cuts unlikely
P-D: Missouri lawmakers won't have special session on
health care
Columbia Missourian: Capitol metal detectors reflect
rift between lawmakers, administration
JCNT: DNR eyes project for Volkswagen-settlement
revenue X
Missourinet: Lending Tree study: St. Louis,
Kansas City lag behind other urban centers for dynamic growth
Missourinet: 4,600 Missouri motorists struck deer in
2016; Animals meander onto roads, threaten safety of drivers
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Clem
Smith (D-Velda Village) talks about serving in Democratic
superminority, GOP bill to protect drivers from protesters blocking
roads, the need to get rid of white St. Louis City judges, more
P-D editorial: Legalizing medical marijuana sales
could boost Missouri's bottom line
CDT op-ed: Global Healthy Living Foundation's Seth
Ginsberg: Missouri's chronically-ill at risk of being denied
treatment X
P-D letter: Washington man is pleased D.C.
congressional staffers listened to his pitch on human trafficking
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says Greitens is
using education board for personal gain
P-D letter: St. Louis man calls urban marijuana
proposal "dumb"
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Monday, October 30
NBC's Meet the Press: Transcript: McCaskill
talks Trump's tax plan, name-checks presidential candidate Jason
Kander, more
Business Insider: How Austin Petersen went from
anti-Trump libertarian to MAGA Republican
St. Joseph News-Press: Local agency opposes cuts to
its federal funding X
KC Star: Local woman's latest fundraising stunt takes
aim at Betsy DeVos; Debi Jackson's previous gimmicks have
included enrolling son in Girl Scouts, etc.
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Lt. Gov. Mike
Parson on 'Buy Missouri,' transportation funding; Panel of Jo
Mannies, Reps. Joe Adams (D-University City), Phil Christofanelli
(R-St. Peters), Shane Roden (R-Cedar Hill) on SB43 and HUD funding, GOP
state auditor primary, Cierpiot's election, Hawley misrepresenting
McCaskill tweet, more
Missourinet: Profile: Springfield, Mo. chapter
of Missouri Faith Voices
P-D: Missouri groups try again to get medical
marijuana on the ballot
Columbia Missourian: Campaign contribution limits fail
to stem tide of donations
Columbia Missourian: Security expert visits Boone
County, talks election-ballot security
P-D: Missouri wants ideas on how to spend money from
Volkswagen settlement
St. Joseph News-Press: Silver Haired Legislature
delegates set priorities, aim to communicate with real legislators X
KC Star editorial: Why the Kansas-Missouri economic
border war is a waste of time and money
CDT op-ed: Columbia Housing Authority CEO Phil
Steinhaus: Low-income housing tax credits are crucial for Missouri X
Riverfront Times Editor Sarah Fenske: Post-Dispatch
editorial page editor chastises paper's writers for having opinions
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Sunday, October 29
SNL: Here's the status of Obamacare in Missouri, with
enrollment starting Nov. 1 X
AP:
16 public safety officers, 2 civilians honored for valor
JCNT: Area state Senate and House campaign fundraising
reports: Mike Bernskoetter for state Senate, Sara Walsh vs.
Michela Skelton rematch, more X
Drebes:
Moody's Analytics study shows value of systemic tax overhaul to Missouri
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers surveying residents on how
they want to pay for transportation needs
JCNT: Profile: Patrick Baker named new state
Senate administrator X
AP:
After 3 misfires, Greitens names new school board member
KRES/KWIX: Missouri Veterans Commission Service
Officer Arthur Nott-Hopkins talks services and benefits available to
Missouri's veterans
SNL: Greitens appoints numerous Springfield women to
political positions X
AP:
Greitens appoints 30 women to various boards, commissions
Joplin Globe: State still slow to pay counties for
housing prisoners
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should set
his presidential campaign aside and concentrate on Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Beware rural/urban
split on roads X
Washington Missourian editorial: The promise of
Hyperloop is profound, but Missouri officials should first focus on
fixing current roads and bridges X
SNL editorial: State must adjust community college
funding X
KC Star letter: American Farm Bureau's Young Farmers
& Ranchers Chairwoman Kalena Bruce of Stockton, Mo.: Tax cuts
would help revitalize rural communities
SNL letter: Willow Springs sexagenarian expresses
anger over Koch brothers' business success, roots for McCaskill victory X
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Saturday, October 28
Missourinet: McCaskill issues statement on taxes, says
Trump told her he won't cut taxes for "the rich"
Missourinet: McCaskill seeks info about Afghan
trainees going AWOL in the U.S.
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: SLU Health Law
Policy Center's Sidney Watson talks Obamacare open enrollment
SNL: Springfield gets $4M in HUD money to eliminate
urban "slums and blight" X
Columbia Missourian: Boone County Democrats name
office in honor of Wendy Noren
Kraske: Jacob Turk doesn't care if his independent
Missouri Senate campaign hurts the GOP
Drebes: Tim Jones' Leadership for America PAC
increases cash on hand through wise investments
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 21, 2017
The Missouri Times: Auditor cites fiscal note issues,
but 2017 House bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove) could
have addressed some concerns
The Missouri Times: On #moleg podcast, Senate Minority
Caucus Chief Counsel Chris Schappe talks parliamentary tricks and
serving as a bridge between Ds and Rs
KSMU: PDMP counties in southwest Missouri growing
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte)
contributes to national security, electromagnetic pulse study
SNL: Greitens names Joplin chaplain for state Board of
Education X
SNL: MSU Board of Governors bans masks, torches,
weapons from campus protests X
P-D: Missouri Highway Patrol cuts hours on St. Louis
interstates as pilot program ends
The Missouri Times: Highway Patrol wins award for
customer service
P-D: Municipal League says more than 3 dozen cities
united against statewide vote on city-county merger
P-D editorial briefs: On McCaskill and mustard
gas; Response to KC Star editorial board's jabs at St. Louis
SNL editorial: College of the Ozarks wisely requires
military science course X
McClellan: Amiable septuagenarian's medical
update: Old cancer, new cancer
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Friday, October 27
Missourinet: Jeff Roe poll shows Josh Hawley leading
Claire McCaskill 48-45; Columbia College prof Terry Smith weighs
in
Clayton Times: Cort VanOstran has $182k cash on hand,
leads pack among Dems seeking to fill ballot slot against Ann Wagner
AP: New Media Investment Group, parent of Columbia
Daily Tribune and other Missouri papers, reports Q3 loss
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Columbia Daily
Tribune is now run by "vulture capitalists," making the Missourian far
and away the best paper in town
KSGF: Nick Reed Show: Paul Curtman talks about
bid for state auditor, says Nicole Galloway is a "bureaucrat" who lacks
the leadership to work with Legislature (6:25)
SNL: Republican Paul Curtman promises Springfield
crowd leadership if elected Missouri auditor
X
P-D: State Senate races begin to take shape;
Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) to seek Chappelle-Nadal seat;
Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) may get free pass
The Missouri Times: Doug Libla fundraiser rakes in
more than $50k for charity
The Missouri Times: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint
Louis) tapped to lead new committee looking into stabilizing Missouri's
health insurance market
The Missouri Times: Missouri Health Facilities Review
Committee seat vacated ahead of Certificate of Need meeting;
Andrew Lear says interrogation into family made him uncomfortable
Clayton Times: Mizzou emerges as top school for online
courses
The Missouri Times: Ozarks Technical Community College
touts economic value to community
KWMU: Riverview Gardens principals say district is
falsifying attendance records to gain state re-accreditation
The Missouri Times: Historical Society explores
Missouri for bicentennial commemoration
Missourinet: St. Louis alderman will introduce bill to
reduce marijuana penalties today
JCNT: Last of Medicaid-stunt Senate-gallery disruptors
gets probation X
AP:
Media groups complain about reporter arrests during riots, pen
strongly-worded letter to mayor; Koran Addo, former City Hall
reporter and current City Hall employee, says he hasn't seen the letter
P-D: Protesters block traffic in Central West End,
migrate to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house for "noise rally"; Troop
chants, "Who's outside? We [sic]
outside!"
KWMU: St. Louis City tries to attract decent police
chief amidst strife; Protest leader lists desirable
characteristics of winner, admits group is seeking "a unicorn"
P-D editorial: Banking legislation shows Ann Wagner,
other Republicans won't fight for the little guy
P-D editorial: Gov. Greitens shrugs at ethics in
effort to sway school-commissioner decision
P-D editorial page editor Tod Robberson: Post-Dispatch
reporters should stop showing their blatant political bias on social
media
Columbia Missourian's Tateanna McCaskill: Greitens
wrong about MU enrollment drop
P-D letter: Former state Sen. Wayne Goode
(D-Normandy): State boards meant to be independent of governor,
Legislature
P-D letter: St. Louis man wonders why protest crowd
doesn't care about most St. Louis City murders
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Thursday, October 26
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Missourian: Trump appointee Peter Kinder seeks to make every
dollar count, trims $500k in administrative fat from Delta Regional
Authority
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Columbia Missourian: Obamacare navigators in Missouri
still peddling open enrollment
KWMU: Hawley says he sides with Trump on tax cuts,
blasts McCaskill
AP:
Hawley says he supports tax cuts for working Missourians, criticizes
McCaskill
USA Today's Deirdre Shesgreen: Pushback on tax-cut
claim leaves Hawley flummoxed
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Hawley lies about McCaskill and
taxes
Drebes: October quarter: Top 25 for most cash on
hand
CDT: Medical marijuana group joins in Parson veterans
event, and he's groovy with it X
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Missourian: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson visits Cape Girardeau to promote
'Buy Missouri' campaign +
Missourinet: Missouri COO Drew Erdmann says state is
competing for Amazon in a practical way
KC Star: Kansas City's Amazon plea is making all the
'most desperate stunts' lists
Missourinet: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts
Summit): Jobs will be a top theme in 2018 Missouri legislative
session
The Missouri Times: Mizzou emerges as top school for
online courses
AP:
College of the Ozarks encourages patriotism with required class for
freshmen
P-D: Riverview Gardens falsified attendance reports to
improve chances for re-accreditation, administrators allege in lawsuits
KC Star: 'Uber for birth control' draws fire in
Missouri, other states for offering Plan B
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of October 25, 2017
KWMU: St. Louis Alderman seeks to block enforcement of
state, federal marijuana laws
P-D: New bill would allow use, sale and growth of
marijuana in St. Louis City
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Department of
Conservation says fencing is an effective deterrent to feral
hogs; Wild animals' destructive rooting and wallowing costs $1.5
billion annually
KWMU: Protester Celebration Series: Sexagenarian
and millennial complain about law enforcement, perceived racism, etc.
KC Star editorial: Gov. Greitens, let's focus on
Missouri. The White House can wait.
JCNT editorial: Supporting Missouri-made products,
services X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Black and Hispanic
students consistently disappoint in Missouri schools, but the United
Way is trying to help X
KC Star op-ed: Former NPR executive got to know
Missouri evangelicals and found a way out of his liberal comfort zone
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian responds to Eigel
op-ed on West Lake Landfill, disagrees with EPA's science and facts
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Wednesday, October 25
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, GOP attempt to keep
attention on tax reform X
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Blunt could get more attention
from D.C. media if he chose to attack Trump
AP: McCaskill helps WWII vet get benefits for mustard
gas claim
P-D: With McCaskill's help, WWII vet wins appeal over
mustard-gas exposure
KTVI: Macon man receives overdue benefits from federal
government
Missourinet: Vicky Hartzler wants to address VA hiring
shortage
The Missouri Times: #moleg podcast: Freewheeling
discussion with Launch Code executive director and Twitstigator
extraordinaire Jeff Mazur
The Missouri Times: Paul Curtman announces bid for
state auditor
KWMU: Paul Curtman jumps into race for Missouri auditor
Missourinet: Paul Curtman to run for auditor in 2018
The Missouri Times: Sam Cooper elected as new
executive director of Missouri GOP
JCNT: Dave Griffith becomes third Republican to enter
race for Jay Barnes' seat X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Democrats Tyler
Maxwell and Rosetta Okohson of M.O. Political Consulting
SNL: Buy Missouri, Lt. Gov. Mike Parson encourages
state's consumers X
SNL: Pro-life advocates rally as new laws take effect X
CDT: Pro-life activists start campaign as law takes
effect X
Missourinet: House Budget Committee Chairman Scott
Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) says options are there to replenish money
cut from nursing care
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Area doctors,
professors weigh in on opioid epidemic
JCNT: Appeals court: Human Rights Commission
must allow 2 employees to sue Office of Administration X
Missourinet: No more Missouri county jail payments to
be made this quarter
Missourinet: Missouri panel prepares to make criminal
justice recommendations
Missourinet: Council of State Governments says more
community treatment, policing will lower Missouri prison population
Missourinet: Former sheriff's deputy Rep. Galen Higdon
(R-St. Joseph) will file bills targeting driving safety
The Missouri Times: Renew Missouri calls on
Legislature to look into grid modernization
KC Star editorial: The ultrafast Hyperloop from KC to
St. Louis not really all that it's cracked up to be
P-D op-ed: U.S. Chamber's Glenn Spencer: Fixing
Obama's anti-employer NLRB policies will restore common sense to
workplaces in Missouri and beyond
KC Star op-ed: Longtime KC Star "society pages" editor
Laura Hockaday dies at 79; Reporter focused on minorities,
bragged of wearing flats to formal events instead of high heels
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man hopes someone checks
on Maria Chappelle-Nadal to make sure she is "sane and functionally
literate" X
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Tuesday, October 24
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt votes for the week:
Budget, Medicare, state and local tax deductions
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Hartzler
statement on military crash deaths rated "Mostly True"
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Cort VanOstran:
Visiting lecturer at Wash U. Law School seeks to fill Democratic ballot
slot in Ann Wagner's re-election
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Activist Tom
Schweizer peddles book on "white privilege"
JCNT: Members of Faith Voices for Jefferson City meet
to swap horror stories of "subliminal, institutional and environmental
racism" X
KWMU: ACLU seeks to limit police tools used to subdue
protesters; Group compares use of pepper spray to 1960s water
hoses
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
panelists talk Jacob Turk as stalking horse and impact on McCaskill's
re-election
KWMU: New limits to campaign financing confuse
Missouri's political candidates
Drebes:
New MEC opinion on filing on personal financial statements
The Missouri Times: Romine says he was 'not made
aware' of SB43/HUD letter
KWMU: Judge says new Missouri requirement does not
impose 'undue burden' on abortion customers
Columbia Missourian: New abortion regulations take
effect today
St. Joseph News-Press: Commission could support opiate
monitoring X
P-D: Greitens campaign reimbursed visiting school
board chief candidate; $1,576 covered hotels, rental-car expenses
and a cup of coffee
Brownfield Ag News: Getting more beef into Missouri
schools
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Broad reach to
bridge gap on broadband X
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Regional Chamber's Joe
Reagan: Congress should pass DREAM Act
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MU Law prof Sandy Davidson
says Judge Jeff Harris wrong to try to censor media
P-D letter: Ferguson man mocks Greitens' support of
Hyperloop
P-D letter: Ladue man mocks Greitens' support of
Hyperloop
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Monday, October 23
Missourinet: Greitens' speech in Iowa stirs
speculation about earlier-than-expected presidential bid
Missourinet: Cleaver, Congressional Black Caucus
focusing on race-agitating Russian Facebook ads from fall 2016
Sacramento Business Journal: McClatchy, parent company
of Kansas City Star, reports third-quarter loss
SeekingAlpha.com: McClatchy conference call
transcript: Company execs discuss drop in audience revenues,
including digital; "pretty nice gain" from dumping KC Star
building; benefits of cutting compensation costs;
maximizing "page views per editorial dollars spent;" much more (free
registration required)
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-St. Charles) on transportation funding plans; Panel of Reps.
Kathie Conway and Cora Walker, Matthew Lieberman and Jennifer Bukowsky
talk Greitens' office keeping HUD letter from legislators, Jacob Turk
as stalking horse, transportation, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast:
Speaker-to-be Elijah Haahr on state tax credits, 2018 'right to work'
ballot measure, funding transportation and overhauling utility
regulations, much more
Drebes:
Austin Montee, son of Susan Montee, to run for Pat Conway's open House
seat
The Missouri Times: Q&A: Sen. Gary Romine
(R-Farmington) on SB 43, governor's office not sharing letter from
feds, tendency of complainers to 'cry wolf' about imaginary
discrimination, work across the aisle with Sen. Scott Sifton
(D-Affton), more
JCNT: Profile: New Senate Administrator Patrick
Baker X
KSMU: Missouri State says it won't adapt to new Title
IX guidelines, says its process already gives falsely-accused men a
fair shake
St. Joseph News-Press: City Council in support of
Missouri Housing Development Commission projects X
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Missourian: Cape's casino flourishing as it celebrates fifth year +
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans will reneg on
their promise to restore aid for the disabled
Washington Missourian editorial: Low tax
reality: there will be some collateral damage when keeping taxes
low for working Missourians X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Missouri should not
sell off Eleven Point River park
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Sunday, October 22
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Jason Kander speaks to local
Dems, talks plans to open campaign offices in five states
Joplin Globe: Blunt, Jason Smith among those
introducing legislation to help protect and support victims of domestic
abuse
Washington Post: Claire McCaskill joins in on
Twitter's "#metoo" hashtag activism, recounts horror of former Speaker
of the House Bob Griffin's (D) oral sex punchline
KWMU: AFL-CIO locks convention doors to protect
attendees from St. Louis City protesters; Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City) reminds union leadership of his help in failing to
stop 'right to work': "I don't see a lot of the people that was [sic] calling for me to speak on the
floor."
P-D: Two men killed in separate shootings in St. Louis
City on Saturday; Zero protests or riots reported
Brownfield Ag News: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson to launch
'Buy Missouri' in fly-around
AP:
Few hit so far by cuts to aid for elderly, handicapped
AP:
Missouri waves birth-certificate fees for foster-care children
KC Star: Hyperloop: Missouri speed route from KC
to STL is top 5 contender, perhaps top 3
Columbia Missourian: Pharmacists say prescription drug
monitoring program a big help
AP:
Ameren making $130 million of repairs to Missouri nuclear plant
P-D: In Jefferson County air quality debate, Doe Run's
loss will be Ameren's gain
JCNT editorial: Bold proposals could change state's
industry, transportation X
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans' hateful new
discrimination law creates a deliberate $500,000 mistake
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Missourian editorial: Crime data rises; Law-abiding
citizens in "rough neighborhoods" are doing their best to discourage
hoodlums and support law enforcement +
Waters: 2018 endorsement series: "Law-and-order
moderate" Claire McCaskill over Josh Hawley X
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian responds to
letter responding to Kristen Taketa piece promoting diversity/guilt
lessons in schools, spins yarns of Southern segregation
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Saturday, October 21
P-D: St. Louis native Emily Murphy faces tough task
heading Trump's federal procurement, facilities office
Missourinet: UPDATE: Headline: "Liberal
group stages event to criticize southwest Missouri GOP congressman"
Missourinet: Original headline (Friday morning):
"Liberal group stages event to pester southwest Missouri GOP
congressman"
Missourinet: Jack Cardetti says GOP congressmen must
begin delivering on conservative promises made, or face voter wrath at
midterms
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview:
"Understanding What it Means to Be White and Privileged" author Tom
Schweizer given noon hour to promote his (self-published) book
Drebes:
Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) posts strong quarter with no GOP
opponent in sight
The Missouri Times: Carroll County Clerk Peggy McGaugh
to run to replace son in HD 39 special election
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 16, 2017
The Missouri Times: Buy Missouri is 'first of many'
from Lt. Gov. Mike Parson
The Missouri Times: Behind the Headlines: Why
did Missouri submit a separate bid for Amazon HQ2?
SNL: Long-term care cuts in Missouri affecting fewer
than 30 people X
KC Star: Fewer disabled Missourians impacted by budget
cuts than predicted so far
P-D: Lawmakers claim they have solution to health care
cuts for disabled and elderly
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): AG office's Casey Lawrence to
speak to area olds about Sunshine Law
The Missouri Times: PSC rule changes seek to add
broadband to USF offering, but jurisdiction questioned by providers
The Missouri Times: Police officers testify that
arrest warnings to troop of protesters were clear
P-D editorial: McCaskill doing her best to fix her
statements on DEA legislation
KC Star editorial: KC's bid for Amazon's HQ2 is a
template for the region's future
Washington Examiner op-ed: Does Claire McCaskill not
respect intellectual property, or does she just not like Native
Americans?
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Join the
Flagship Council to help educate ill-informed Greitens and legislators,
put Missouri State in its place and help the PAC elect pro-Mizzou
candidates
P-D letter: Oakville man suggests death row inmates
are charged for murder due to being murderers, not due to poverty or
their race
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Friday, October 20
Missourinet: Jason Smith to wrap up southern Missouri
tour today
SNL: Billy Long brings top federal arts official to
Springfield for tour of the town X
Missourinet: Liberal group stages event to pester
Billy Long
P-D: Trumka talks unions' agenda as AFL-CIO convenes
in St. Louis
KWMU: Open enrollment for Obamacare begins Nov. 1 amid
'daily confusion'
SNL: MSU among hundreds of colleges signing pro-DACA
letter to Congress X
KWMU: Federal grants will help school districts
dealing with non-English-speaking immigrants
Washington Missourian: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific)
not running for U.S. Senate, sets sights on auditor race instead X
Missourinet: Petition seeks constitutional amendment
to expand Medicaid in Missouri is approved; Missouri Hospital
Association's Dave Dillon prescribes dose of realism
St. Joseph News-Press: Andrew County Collector Phillip
Rogers to run for Delus Johnson's state rep seat X
The Missouri Times: Profile: The Kelley Group's
Show Me Victories
The Missouri Times: Governor pitches Missouri to
Amazon, touting hyperloop and the future
KWMU: St. Louis and Missouri submit bids for Amazon's
2nd headquarters
Missourinet: Missouri pitches to Amazon a three-city
innovation corridor
AP:
Missouri proposed innovation corridor for Amazon's 2nd home
AP:
Hyperloop One: Missouri among top 5 for high-speed track
P-D: Missouri banking on futuristic tube travel in bid
for Amazon HQ2
KC Star: KC area's secret bid for Amazon HQ offers a
few sites. Where could it go?
The Missouri Times: Greitens appoints Rep. Joe Don
McGaugh (R-Carrollton) as next Associate Circuit Judge for Carroll
County
P-D: Greitens names Joe Don McGaugh to judicial post
SNL: Greitens appoints Amy Dent as new Christian
County auditor X
JCNT: Earthquake drill highlights some longtime faults
in state's preparedness X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Greitens' statement on Veterans Treatment Court graduation rates rated
"Mostly True"
SNL: U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission says new
discrimination law won't imperil Missouri's federal funding X
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court rules on public defender caseloads
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court rules
against public defenders' stunt
Drebes:
As the State Board of Education Turns: Team Greitens could boot
Margie Vandeven after all
KWMU: Special education teachers spread thin in St.
Louis region
CDT: Members picked to rename Lee school;
Reference to Civil War figure deemed insensitive to certain groups X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of October 19, 2017
P-D: At public forum on West Lake Landfill, EPA
officials entertain theories from amateur epidemiologists
KWMU: Despite overwhelming weight of scientific
evidence that no radioactive material moved, EPA to conduct further
testing at West Lake Landfill; Activists celebrate "huge win"
SNL: As Missouri's elk herd grows, elk hunting season
might be just around the corner X
P-D: St. Louis police say their efforts to corral herd
of protesters and rioters was lawful and appropriate
The Missouri Times op-ed: Let's apply fringe West Lake
Landfill gals' group "Just Moms STL" logic to Obamacare and frolic in
the absurdity
KWMU's Durrie Bouscaren: Trump's decisions on health
care likely to hurt Missourians
The Missouri Times op-ed: Columbia activists freaking
out about Robert E. Lee school name should focus on academics instead
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Thursday, October 19
Missourinet: McCaskill criticizes GOP for not giving
specifics about proposed tax changes
CDT: Hartzler bills seek to spur VA recruiting X
CDT: Few revisions expected by Congress from 2014 farm
bill X
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler outlines plans for new
farm bill
The Missouri Times: Anarchy in the 8th:
Democrats score big win over Republicans by placing Jacob Turk on the
ballot
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) to
run for Brian Munzlinger's state Senate seat
Missourinet: Republicans jockey for position in race
to replace Munzlinger
The Missouri Times: As many as 7 candidates face off
for Republican nomination for Paul Fitzwater's HD 144 seat
Drebes: Ryan Nonnemaker leaving Bob Onder's office
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City): Greitens and GOP knew new law would cause
loss of federal funds
P-D: Restoring $35 million in cuts affecting old,
handicapped proving tough for Republicans
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers, locals look at
addressing opioid epidemic X
Missourinet: More than 500,000 Missourians prepare for
annual earthquake drill today
P-D: FBI in St. Louis arrests four sex traffickers,
rescues teenage girl
Missourinet: Young prostitutes, pimps captured in
trafficking crackdown
Columbia Missourian: Forum: MU Title IX leader
needs deep understanding of range of people, systems
KWMU: Hawley takes dim view of attorney general
reviewing police-involved killings
Columbia Missourian: "Race Matters, Friends" seek
volunteers to sit in on local traffic case hearings, document perceived
"unfair treatment"
P-D: Top-level EPA officials to sit through West Lake
Landfill activists' "community listening session"
KWMU: First wave of Stockley verdict protesters and
rioters might get off scot-free
P-D: Judge: Testimony about St. Louis City
police conduct during protests 'very, very concerning'
JCNT editorial: Galloway's audit shows need to improve
tracking of tax breaks X
The Missouri Times op-ed: NARAL's Alison Dreith:
Hawley takes his anti-choice obsession to the U.S. Senate
The Missouri Times op-ed: Campaign Life Missouri's Sam
Lee: Satan worshippers threatening Missouri values
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Blunt, Hartzler
should flip-flop on health care
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Wednesday, October 19
The Missouri Times: October quarterly filings:
What we learned
Jensen:
McCaskill unwise to kick off campaign with liberal Al Franken
SNL: McCaskill gets wooed by White House to join
tax-overhaul effort
P-D: McCaskill: 'Honest, sloppy' mistake led her
to blame cancer ordeal for going MIA on DEA
SNL: McCaskill admits 'sloppy' mistake on where she
was when DEA bill was signed
Missourinet: McCaskill: Trump's "sabotage" of
Obamacare could be remedied by legislation
AP:
McCaskill, Blunt pitch Kansas City and St. Louis for Amazon's second
headquarters
Missourinet: Mizzou economist hopes Amazon does not
choose Missouri for second HQ: "Missouri would be the biggest
sucker"
KC Star: KC wants all $40 million available from feds
for Buck O'Neil bridge fix
The Missouri Times: Jeff Roe's consulting empire
expands with acquisition of California-based Revolvis
Hannibal Courier-Post: Shelbina businesswoman Cindy
O'Laughlin (R) enters race for state Senate
KTVO (Kirksville): North Missouri businesswoman Cindy
O'Laughlin announces state Senate run
Chicago Tribune: Tax Foundation report: Missouri
ranks 16th in tax climate for business
Missourinet: Transportation task force debates
increase in gas tax
Missourinet: Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola) reacts to
House Ethics Committee
The Missouri Times: Ron Richard: Not considering
filing St. Louis City-County merger 'at this time'
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri Supreme
Court: Week of October 17, 2017
Washington Missourian: East Central College ready for
accreditation visit
JCNT: High-tech political learning on wheels;
Students board C-SPAN bus
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Missourian: Cape Girardeau's increasing homicide rate tied to
drugs
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Fox News
contributor's statement about St. Louis City and nation's highest crime
rate rated "Mostly True"
P-D: Protesters make a scene at court hearing on
Galleria arrests; Pack circles, howls at woman who spoke in
support of police
KWMU: Protesters' agitation has led to increased
earnings for police officers; Wash U. economics prof calls
protesters' economic relevance "miniscule"
Messenger: Military officer snubbed by Greitens in
quest for answers on violent arrest
KC Star editorial: What KC can learn from bidding for
Amazon's HQ2
Missourinet's Jason Taylor: Hartzler makes herself
scarce for town halls, spends time with district youth instead
P-D letter: Ballwin man responds to piece on Galloway
audit, wants legislators to stop handing out tax breaks
KC Star letter: Kansas octogenarian offended by
editorial on age limits for elected officials
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Tuesday, October 17
The Missouri Times: October 2017 Missouri quarterly
campaign finance filings
KWMU: Missouri auditor candidates amass cash for 2018
election
JCNT: Leonard Steinman launches U.S. Senate
race; Key plank involves replacing herbicides with hoes X
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt team up to pitch
Missouri for new Amazon headquarters
SNL: White House to host Speaker-elect Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield), others for tax talk today X
Brownfield Ag News: Greitens, other GOP governors
plead with Trump in Renewable Fuels Standard letter
The Missouri Times: Hawthorne Foundation brings
Greitens to Europe for second trade mission
Missourinet: Greitens to depart for second trade
mission
The Missouri Times: Ethics Committee to advance to
preliminary hearing after Warren Love's Facebook comment
Missourinet: Missouri House committee will hold
hearing about lawmaker's Facebook post
AP:
Ethics panel to review complaint against Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola)
KWMU: Missouri lawmaker who made 'hang 'em' remark on
Facebook will face ethics complaint
The Missouri Times: Kehoe on This Week in Missouri
Politics: Transportation, education, tax-credit overhaul big
issues of 2018
The Missouri Times: Schroer on TWIMP: Criminals
impeding traffic puts law-abiding Missourians at risk
CDT: University of Missouri System picks top GOP aide
Dustin Schnieders for staff lobbyist X
Columbia Missourian: University of Missouri System
hires director of governmental relations to oversee day-to-day
operations
SNL: Safer schools is mission of new group formed in
Missouri X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Sarah
Unsicker (D-Webster Groves) lists Democratic superminority's dreams,
including ending tax breaks for job creators, raising minimum wage, etc.
P-D editorial: McCaskill exposes the unholy alliance
between regulators and opioid profiteers
JCNT editorial: Greitens needs more
transparency; Blocking woman who used "puke" emoji on Facebook
was foolish X
P-D op-ed: Judy Baker: Threatened Medicaid, CHIP
programs are vital to our health care system
P-D op-ed: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring): If
the EPA wants to excavate the West Lake Landfill, the truck stops here
P-D letter: Veteran St. Louis City protesters says
urban youth need education, not woe-is-me self-pity "social justice"
lessons
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Monday, October 16
Missourinet: Al Franken to visit Missouri next month
to help McCaskill's re-election campaign
Washington Missourian: McCaskill talks re-election,
voting trends
P-D: Profile: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin
Petersen
Missourinet: Jason Smith meets with Pence on tax
overhaul, will tour southern Missouri this week
Missourinet: Blunt, Luetkemeyer applaud Trump's
support of coal; Comments from Sierra Club's John Hickey, others
AP: Joplin haggles with FEMA over tornado repairs
JCNT: C-SPAN to wheel into Jefferson City on rolling
bus tour of state capitals X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Mike Kehoe on
transportation funding, Cierpiot's election, HUD and discrimination
bill, Chappelle-Nadal; Panel of Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon),
Mindy Mazur, David Barklage, Anne Schweitzer talk Trump's health care
order and Senate Republicans' lack of testicular fortitude, McCaskill's
re-election, discrimination bill and HUD money, bill to stiffen
penalties for human roadblocks, more
The Missouri Times: Jeff Knight wins nomination for
special election to replace Sandy Crawford
Drebes:
Jamilah Nasheed's birthday bash fundraiser today
Washington Missourian: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan)
to run for Senate President Pro Tem X
KC Star: Criminals are stealing more firearms than
ever - and KC gun owners are making it too easy
P-D: Two slain, a dozen injured in St. Louis City
shootings since Saturday morning; Shootings lead to zero (0)
street protests
KC Star editorial: Missouri delegation should oppose
NRA on guns
CDT editorial: Auditing tax breaks: Galloway
finds another oversight X
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Sunday, October 15
SNL: Mizzou economics professor Aaron Hedlund,
weighing GOP Senate bid, talks to Greene County Pachyderms X
CDT: Josh Hawley on similar career path as John
Danforth X
KC Star: Josh Hawley attends Americans for Prosperity
seminar in New York
P-D: Paul Curtman could challenge David Wasinger in
GOP bid for state auditor nomination
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer expresses frustration
with U.S. Senate's lack of action of health care, tax overhaul and
immigration protections
P-D: Upset by players' disrespect, St. Charles VFW
post stops showing NFL games
Washington Missourian: Local Korean War Veterans group
opposes NFL players being 'disrespectful to the flag, the national
anthem and veterans wo served their country"
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Missouri Faith
Voices on the warpath for peace, social justice
P-D: Missouri farmers talk challenges, opportunities
enabled by decades-old weedkiller dicamba and new application
regulations
P-D: Downtown protesters block traffic
P-D: Protest photo gallery: Well-fed Caucasoid
displays "EAT IT" tattoo whilst blocking traffic, more
P-D editorial: Galloway's review of legislative tax
breaks lists 8-year cost to Missouri at $8 billion and up
Messenger: Protesters' disruptions earn capitulation
from Mayor Lyda Krewson
KC Star letters: Kansas men criticize Koch brothers
and tax cuts
SNL letter: Sen. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield):
Teamsters, trial lawyers goad West Lake Activists to caterwaul for
costly, unnecessary "excavation" X
P-D letter: St. Louis City man says North St. Louis
City magnet school is correct to avoid suspensions, focus on teaching
kids yoga and social justice
P-D letter: UMSL's J. Martin Rochester: Public
schools' focus on "diversity" is really social justice warrior
indoctrination
P-D letter: St. Charles woman responds to piece on
school group's slanted curriculum
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Saturday, October 14
KWMU: St. Louis illegal immigrant profile:
Mexican who snuck into America at age 2 complains about going to school
with white children, other atrocities
TonysKansasCity.com: Historic Kansas City theatre
cancels Milo Yiannapolous event, citing security concerns
SNL: Area Elizabeth Warren fan makes her own trading
cards of famous gals, rattles online tin cup for cash X
KWMU: Big names, big money come through to help
medical marijuana initiative; Comments from New Approach
Missouri's Jack Cardetti, others
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Sheila Solon to run
for Delus Johnson's open state rep seat
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 8, 2017
P-D: Greitens appoints attorney Katie Fowler as St.
Louis judge
SNL: Lower license fees for pharmacists, podiatrists
and psychologists to cost state $2 million X
Columbia Missourian: More than 20 states, including
Missouri, remain out of compliance with REAL ID law
Missourinet: EPA requires 2018 safeguards for popular
weedkiller dicamba
P-D: One of three men who assaulted police officers
during Ferguson riots gets probation, 'shock time'
KWMU: Protesters' Ferguson stunt succeeds, ends in
arrests; Congressional candidate Cori Bush (D) to police:
"You [sic] yanking her around,
you could have broke [sic] her
arm!"
P-D: Protesters block traffic in Ferguson
P-D: Protest photo gallery: Millennial
Caucasoids wave desecrated American flag, sit Indian-style in middle of
street
KC Star editorial: Campaign contribution caps mean the
world may never know how much Rex Sinquefield donates to conservatives
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: David Steelman's
views deserve a wider airing X
P-D editorial: Greitens right to consider Highway
Patrol for police investigations, wrong to praise cops who corralled
rioters
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: McCaskill's town
hall attracts mostly elderly women, features senior Senator's "frank,
factual, to-the-point" answers X
P-D letter: Florissant man suggests Amazon remove St.
Louis City from HQ consideration, look for a city whose mayor stands up
to street anarchists
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Friday, October 13
Bloomberg: Under Trump, Obamacare navigators' funding
teat drying up; Comments from Missouri Association of Area
Agencies on Aging
SNL: State senator who wished Trump dead links him to
Hitler X
AP:
Maria Chappelle-Nadal's latest social media post: Comparing Trump
to Hitler
Missourinet: Chappelle-Nadal's tweet compares Trump to
Hitler
Missourinet: Blunt says Missouri leads the nation in
mental health treatment
Columbia Missourian: Politifact check: Blunt
statement on length of tax code rated "True"
KWMU: McCaskill sets blistering fundraising pace,
while rival Hawley files first report
The Missouri Times: McCaskill breaks record with $2.9
million raised this quarter
SNL: McCaskill, Hawley boast of fundraising totals as
Missouri Senate race heats up X
Missourinet's Jason Taylor: BREAKING: Missouri's
U.S. Senate race could be expensive, competitive
The Missouri Times: Republicans accuse Dems of 'dirty
political games' with Jacob Turk as a spoiler in SD 8
Drebes:
Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) could get free pass in re-election
campaign
The Missouri Times: Profile: Republican Jack
Spooner
The Missouri Times: Hawley closer to prosecuting
trafficking ring
The Missouri Times: Enacting discrimination law means
Missouri could lose less than $500k/yr. in HUD funds
SNL: Missouri's new discrimination law imperils
federal funding, HUD told state in July X
KWMU: New discrimination law puts Missouri at odds
with HUD
AP:
Missouri discrimination law change means funding loss
KC Star: Discrimination law could cost Missouri less
than $500k in federal funds
Missourinet: Missouri's new discrimination law not in
compliance with federal standards
SE
Missourian: Bills addressing equal child custody to be filed,
legislators say +
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missourians invited to MDC
webcast on invasive species; Certain plants, animals travel to
areas they don't belong, cause headaches and economic damage
P-D: Protesters congregate in Clayton outside
Greitens' fundraiser, chant "Come outside/We [sic] outside!"; Group plans
agitation today in Ferguson
P-D photo gallery: Protester howls into the night
KWMU: ACLU documents students' misbehavior, punishment
AP:
Black students more likely to be punished for bad behavior, ACLU claims
Missourinet: ACLU report focuses on black students'
behavior, punishments
KC Star editorial: We may need age limits for
politicians, young and old; U.S. Senate has too many octogenarians
CDT editorial: AG Josh Hawley's political maneuver
should come as no surprise X
P-D editorial: The mayor came for a dialogue.
Protesters tried to see who could shout the loudest.
Columbia Missourian's Phill Brooks: Good state
regulations demand legislative expertise
P-D letter: Greenway Networks' Greg Poleski:
Greitens should reopen three new state parks, support new
rails-to-trails state park
KC Star letter: Kansas woman growing tired of
Greitens' incessant "athletic" tryhard chestpuffery
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Thursday, October 12
SNL: Blunt comes to Springfield to talk mental health
push X
KC Star: Blunt says new program will help fill
treatment gap in mental health care
KWMU: McCaskill offers Medicare option for middle-aged
people at 46th town hall
AP:
McCaskill petitions Homeland Security for help at Busch Stadium
Missourinet: McCaskill helps Cardinals' anti-terrorism
efforts
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill to GOP hopeful Josh
Hawley: Talk to Missourians X
KC Star: Blunt has kind words for Josh Hawley
Missourinet: Columbia woman seeks to fill Democratic
ballot slot in Vicky Hartzler's re-election
P-D: New U.S. attorney vows increased focus on violent
crime, opioids
Quincy Herald-Whig: Cindy O'Laughlin enters Missouri
Senate race
Kirksville Daily Express: Cindy O'Laughlin announces
run for Missouri state Senate
The Missouri Times: Lathrop Gage joins with Gallagher
Consultants to form new consulting firm
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: National
Review's David French talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum about
anti-free-speech stance of college thinskins and Trump's pro-Pledge
stance against NFL owners
P-D: National Review columnist tackles free speech,
NFL protests in talk at Wash U.
SNL: Greitens: 'The flag brings real patriots to
their feet, not their knees' X
P-D: In video, Greitens makes pitch for Amazon HQ to
choose Missouri
The Missouri Times: Galloway: Inaccurate fiscal
notes worsen 'budget crisis in Missouri'
KWMU: Galloway audit finds Missouri not accurately
tracking tax breaks
Missourinet: Galloway audit says tax-incentive system
does not adequately show fiscal impact
AP:
Galloway: State lacks tracking of tax breaks
AP: Missouri gets 4 more months to comply with REAL ID
Act
The Missouri Times: #moleg podcast: Sen. Dave
Schatz (R-Sullivan) talks transportation, Senate and his bid for pro tem
Drebes:
Schatz swings for the fences, as annual golf fundraiser brings in
six-figure sum
The Missouri Times: Transportation Task Force
entertains ideas on how to best improve Missouri infrastructure
Missourinet: State task force discusses transportation
funding options, including gas tax
Missourinet: Kehoe: Plan to preserve care for
handicapped Missourians to be submitted soon
SE
Missourian: Child-custody advocate: State law needs fix to
provide parents with more equal custody +
SNL: MoDOT: Open-container penalty has done some
good X
KWMU: Activists demand state officials encroach on EPA
jurisdiction and monitor radioactive waste in Bridgeton Landfill
stormwater
KWMU: Mayor Lyda Krewson attempts to speak with
protesters at forum, gets rewarded with screams and chants
P-D: Crowd at protester forum gets violent; Man
gets punched for suggesting Mayor Lyda Krewson be heard
P-D photo gallery: Angry woman screaming, grown man
wearing baseball cap indoors, etc.
KC Star editorial: Will Greitens keep his promise to
clean up state government?
P-D editorial: Former state lawmaker Caleb Jones and
current St. Louis City alderman Sarah Wood Martin should not choose to
feed their families by lobbying
KC Star op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's Jeremy
Cady: Will McCaskill help fix the broken tax code?
KCUR's Frank Morris: Blunt continues pushing for tax
cuts despite harm done to middle class, budget deficit
P-D letter: Bella Villa octogenarian says herds of
protesters on highways could block fire trucks, ambulances
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man responds to Tod
Robberson column, says black community is harmed by men who abandon the
children they create
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Wednesday, October 11
Missourinet:
Blunt welcomes Trump Administration's support of coal
KWMU:
On Mental Health Day, Blunt calls for truce between Trump and Sen. Bob
Corker (R-TN)
P-D:
Blunt suggests Trump and Corker should play nice
KC
Star: McCaskill: Brownback's Kansas should be 'cautionary
tale' on taxes
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): In wake of Las Vegas shooting, Luetkemeyer says
stories of gun owners fighting off attacks are rarely mentioned by media
The
Missouri Times: Hawley enters 2018 Missouri Senate race
The
Missouri Times: McCaskill, Courtland Sykes respond to Hawley's
U.S. Senate announcement
SNL:
GOP competitors lob criticisms at Josh Hawley X
Morning
Consult: Paul Curtman says he's considering state auditor bid,
speaks highly of Hawley
AP:
Hawley must unite GOP factions in Missouri Senate race
KWMU:
Hawley announces U.S. Senate bid, setting up possible matchup with
McCaskill
KWMU:
High crime rate earns North St. Louis County's Castle Point
neighborhood a cool million of taxpayer dollars to try to improve
behavior
The
Missouri Times: Democratic candidate's husband among those
signing Jacob Turk's state Senate petition
Drebes: Martin
Rucker II seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot in race for Schaaf's seat
KWMU:
Greitens isn't dismissing idea of changing who investigates
police-involved killings
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) answers
questions about his rap lyrics glamorizing violence against fellow
African-Americans, thorough intercoursing of females
P-D:
Protest updates: Pack marches to location where heroin dealer
pulled gun on officer, got put down; Bruce Franks to speak at
panel today, then lead group on streetwalk during business hours
Missourinet:
Greitens: 800 new National Guard jobs are coming to Missouri
The
Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue state over latest
abortion law
P-D:
Planned Parenthood sues Missouri over newest abortion law
Missourinet:
ACLU, Planned Parenthood file lawsuit challenging new abortion
regulations
CDT:
Planned Parenthood Columbia location given green light to terminate
fetuses X
Missourinet:
Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) wants to debate use of taxpayer money
on NFL teams
KC
Star: In wake of flag protests, Walker wants to review state
money used for Arrowhead
Messenger:
On Nate Walker, NFL protests and pack of protesters who made a scene in
state Senate gallery
CDT:
University of Missouri calls off search for staff lobbyist, will stick
with Andy Blunt X
Columbia
Missourian: Mistakes of past weak leadership won't be repeated,
Steelman says
CDT:
Curator David Steelman: University of Missouri events of 2015 "a
meltdown" X
SNL:
MSU's gun-control panel disussion draws fewer than 50 X
KWMU:
School districts taking responsibility for cost of ACTs after state
stops paying the tab
P-D:
Who should run St. Louis City schools? Appointed and elected school
boards trying to figure that out
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Hyperloop Coalition conducting hyper
loop study
Missourinet:
Missouri state trooper accused of having sex with underage boy
Missourinet:
Dallas Delay case highlights changes in Missouri law regarding first
degree murder
KC
Star editorial: Is it too much to ask that Claire McCaskill and
Josh Hawley fight fair in U.S. Senate race?
KC
Star editorial: Don't punish protesting NFL players by cutting
state money for Arrowhead Stadium
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Tuesday, October 10
AP: Josh Hawley announces bid for U.S. Senate
SNL: Hawley makes Senate bid official X
SNL: Ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon backs Hawley X
P-D's Kevin McDermott: To the surprise of no one,
Hawley formally throws his hat in the ring for U.S. Senate;
Thoughts from 1/2 of P-D poli sci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave
Robertson)
Missourinet: Hawley releases video announcing bid for
Senate
KC Star: Hawley challenging McCaskill for Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Quarterly fundraising numbers
begin to roll in; Analysis from Jack Cardetti and Scott Dieckhaus
P-D: Liberal "Media Matters" group takes aim at St.
Louis conservative radio host Jamie Allman
The Missouri Times: Buchanan County Presiding
Commissioner Harry Roberts announces bid for SD 34
AP:
Satanic Temple's abortion lawsuit headed to Missouri Supreme Court
AP:
Judge rules Missouri owes $26.3 million to blind residents
SNL: Missouri's REAL ID waiver just expired, but
Greitens says state has a plan X
KWMU: Likelihood of another special session getting
slimmer
The Missouri Times: House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) wants Greitens to testify against Rep.
Warren Love (R-Osceola)
Missourinet: Superminority Leader invites Greitens to
appear before committee to criticize Love
SE
Missourian: College algebra to be removed from Southeast required
curriculum; 2016 Senate bill helped pave the way for flexibility +
Missourinet: Nasheed to file legislation regarding
officer-involved deaths
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) and Dave Spence talk "root causes"
for riots and protests
P-D: Two St. Louis City judges sit through hours of
activist complaints involving "unfair" treatment
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri State
Highway Patrol must try to find elusive qualified minority applicants X
Hannibal Courier-Post's Eric Dundon: Public should be
more impressed than they are about journalists' use of Sunshine Law X
P-D letter: Black man says Post-Dispatch's milquetoast
Caucasoids should stop patronizing African-Americans and start holding
criminals accountable for savage behavior
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Monday, October 9
Columbus Day
KWMU:
At St. Charles gun show, 2nd Amendment enthusiasts add facts to 'bump
stock' hysteria
Quincy
Herald-Whig: Local group helping residents sign up for Obamacare
JCNT:
Rural hospitals continue to struggle in Missouri X
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jay Barnes on decision to choose
family over state Senate, culture of incivility and "abnormal" people,
more; Panel of Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City), Jack
Cardetti, Jeff Mazur, Dave Spence on abortion lawsuits, rage agitation
and street protests, Josh Hawley vs. Claire McCaskill, more
Missouri
Viewpoints: Missouri Marijuana Legalization Movement's Tim Gilio
talks about campaign for recreational and medical pot; Missouri
Jobs with Justice's Richard von Glahn shares details of liberals'
"Clean Missouri" plan
St.
Joseph News-Press: Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner Harry
Roberts (R) to run for Schaaf's seat; Rep. Delus Johnson (R) says
he "probably will not" run X
Drebes: Former Rep.
Jim Avery (R-Crestwood) registers as lobbyist
Missourinet:
Columbus Day one of 12 Missouri state holidays
Columbia
Missourian: Columbus Day now viewed through culturally-sensitive
prism; Comments from Indian coed, others
KC
Star: Satanist wins transfer of her abortion case to the Missouri
Supreme Court
Missourinet:
Missouri Supreme Court hears argument against law barring convicted
felon from having guns
Missourinet:
Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) thinks Missouri should overhaul county
jail payment system
KMOX:
Changing demographics at street protests: More whites than blacks
showing up to disrupt traffic, cause disturbances; Rep. Bruce
Franks (D-St. Louis City) says street activation hasn't begun "for real"
P-D:
Protesters mark 3-year anniversary of police shooting in St. Louis
City; Budding criminal VonDerrit Myers fired shots at officer,
was put down
KC
Star op-ed: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan: Greitens and
unified Legislature making sure Missouri isn't the 'Sue-Me State'
KC
Star letter: Area pediatrician wants delegation to extend
CHIP; KC man says Hartzler is "mindless"
P-D
letter: Webster Groves nonagenarian dislikes Blunt's position on
guns
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Sunday, October 8
CDT: Thanks to husband's riches, McCaskill leads
Missouri congressional delegation in wealth; Luetkemeyer,
Hartzler lead House delegation in assets X
SNL: Joplin's David Humphreys is Missouri's rising
Republican mega-donor X
JCNT: Frenchman speaks to Missouri Catholic
Conference, urges state to be kinder to immigrants X
Drebes:
Urban shuffling: Rep. Michael Butler (D-St. Louis City) to take
on incumbent Recorder of Deeds Sharon Carpenter, while Josh Peters and
Bruce Franks will battle for Nasheed's state Senate seat
SNL: Former Schweich treasurer Joe Passanise receives
'Lawyer of the Year' recognition X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
says Legislature will work with Eric Schmitt to keep state pensions
strong
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna
says smartphones are causing dramatic increases in Missouri fatalities
SE
Missourian: Missouri State Highway Patrol begins 'preliminary
inquiry' into Oran timecard fraud allegations
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Washington Missourian editorial: Blunt is right to
push for a fairer, simpler tax code X
Washington Missourian editorial: Patriotic stand by
College of the Ozarks on National Anthem is refreshing X
Washington Missourian editorial: Before being
judgmental about officer-involved shootings, we should imagine how we
would react if faced with street savagery X
KC Star op-ed: UMKC's Allan Katz: At upcoming
"civility" forums, attendees will ring bells when political speakers
get hysterical or dramatic
P-D letter: Florissant man suggests police impound
highway-blocking protesters' cars
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Saturday, October 7
Politico: In advance of poor Obamacare enrollment
numbers, McCaskill accuses GOP of "trying to sabotage the markets"
P-D: Federal, state lawmakers weigh in on Trump's new
birth control coverage rules
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
Missourinet: GOP Senate candidate Austin Petersen says
he feels 'singled out' for gun giveaway
P-D: Profile: GOP U.S. Senate candidate
Courtland Sykes; Instigatory online ads, written Q&A take
right-wing aim at "Big Media," feminist frumps and Muslim mayhem
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC commissioner - and
former NFL Pro Bowler - Bill Kenney talks about anti-Trump kneeling
protests
The Missouri Times: Missouri Soybean Association,
other ag groups denounce Joe Maxwell's liberal "Family Farm Action"
group
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 2, 2017
Drebes:
GOP critic says Greitens' anti-red-tape push could be mere window
dressing; Effort likely to culminate in self-glamorizing Facebook
video
SE
Missourian: Missouri DOD Director Rob Dixon speaks at First
Friday coffee, talks about need for skilled workforce +
KWMU: Some public defenders decline new cases after
Missouri Supreme Court disciplines lawyer
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court decision means
stealing convictions under state law stay in place
The Missouri Times: Grain Belt appeals PSC decision,
asks Court of Appeals to re-establish Commission's authority
The Missouri Times: Threat assessment amendment
depends on utilities bill
P-D: Protesters march in Ferguson, yell at police
officers; Congressional candidate Cori Bush delivers stump speech
to throng
KWMU: State of the Riots series, Episode 2:
Editor Shula Neuman, reporter Willis Ryder Arnold: Protesters'
highway shutdown and arrests, Board of Aldermen proposal limiting
police tools, more
JCNT editorial: Paying for college? Consider MOST +
P-D editorial briefs: David Humphreys must pay the
price for having lobbyist use a parking lot garage space
P-D letter: Missouri Pharmacy Association's Ron
Fitzwater: Pharmacists do their part in fight against meth
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Friday, October 6
Washington Post: The Axe Files: David Axelrod
talks to Jason Kander about 2020 presidential campaign, guns
SNL: A look at NRA activity in Missouri:
Endorsing Chris Koster (D) over Eric Greitens (R), supporting Blunt,
opposing McCaskill, more X
P-D: List of NRA, gun-control groups' activity in
Missouri
Helling: Blunt's support of 2nd Amendment in 2016
re-election was "a cutural signal" to voters
Reuters: McCaskill drafts bill in response to Allergan
patent maneuver
Politico: Josh Hawley has a phone chat with Steve
Bannon; Comments from James Harris, Jane Cunningham
KC Star: Josh Hawley chats with Steve Bannon about
U.S. Senate run; Ed Martin has not ruled out a primary bid
Missourinet: Missouri Hospital Association's Dave
Dillon, Truman Medical Centers' Charlie Shields talk CHIP renewal
P-D: Nick Pistor discusses new book 'Shooting
Lincoln,' detailing photography during the Civil War
SE
Missourian: Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Webber
holds meeting in Cape Girardeau, talks Medicaid +
JCNT: Barnes says no to state Senate race X
Missourinet: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City)
decides against state Senate run
Dunklin
Democrat: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft holds meeting in Kennett +
The Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt named Rodel Fellow by
Aspen Institute
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Justin
Alferman (R-Hermann) chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
campaign-contribution limits, possible special session for in-home
cuts, and suggests street-riot crowd attempt to articulate what they
want
KWMU: Missouri Highway Patrol struggling to find
qualified minority and lady applicants; Both groups more likely
than white men to throw in the towel during training
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court denies
transfer of 'right to work' cases
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri Supreme
Court: Week of October 2, 2017
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Development
Commission committee, annual commission meeting postponed
Drebes:
Bumps lie ahead for Greitens' Board of Education takeover plan;
Holsman could hinder gov's plans to stack the deck
SE
Missourian: Southeast president addresses budget challenges,
opportunities during state of university address +
P-D: Missouri highway signs have jokes; A look
behind the sometimes-lippy humor
Missourinet: Study: Missouri a "high-risk" state
for drivers hitting deer; Feeble-minded animals tend to get in
way of traffic, cause damage
P-D: Traffic-blocking protesters begin encountering
citizen opposition; Counterprotesters gather to show support for
police; One driver doesn't let pack of protesters stop vehicle's
progress
Washington Post: Limelight from riots, street stunts
help raise urban politicians' profiles: Mini-profiles of
congressional candidate Cori Bush, Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
P-D editorial: Street and mall riots less effective
than civilized voting activities
P-D editorial: Yes to outside police investigations.
No to St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's poor money management
and sense of entitlement.
P-D letter: St. Louis County man wonders why
anti-police editorial left out the "savagery and brutality" of
protesters
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Thursday, October 5
Politico: Blunt, others unveil bipartisan criminal
justice overhaul package
Washington Post: Blunt, bipartisan group unveil latest
attempt at sentencing overhaul
SE
Missourian: Local Moms Demand Action leader says Las Vegas
shooting ruined her event: "This was supposed to be a big party,
rah-rah" +
Missourinet: Americans for Prosperity to run ads
targeting McCaskill on taxes
P-D: Missouri U.S. Senate campaign bits: Former
Kander spokeswoman Anne Feldman to Dems' superPAC; Other Kander
staffers move to Iowa to lay groundwork for presidential campaign
AP:
Jeff Jensen confirmed as U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri
Dunklin
Democrat: MDP Chairman Stephen Webber to hold town hall meeting
tonight at Dunklin County Courthouse
AP: Greitens hits campaign trail for other GOP
governors
The Missouri Times: Greitens calls for special
election in HD 97, 129, 144
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Bernskoetter
(R-Jefferson City) kicks off Senate District 6 campaign
CDT: Caleb Jones leaving Greitens office for electric
co-op post X
The Missouri Times: Caleb Jones leaving governor's
office, takes VP job with Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives
Missourinet: Caleb Jones heading to Association of
Electric Cooperatives
AP:
Caleb Jones leaves governor's office for Missouri electric co-op job
The Missouri Times: To honor gals' group 25-year
anniversary, Greitens to hand out 25 appointments to 25 women in 25
days; Sheena Greitens delivers the news
Columbia Missourian: New health care funding proposals
would cut from senior tax credits
The Missouri Times: UM System looks to hire new
in-house lobbyist, but rules could prevent some from taking the
job; Top contenders include Kelly Gillespie, Jeff Davis, David
Pearce
SNL: Anti-Trump feminist speaks at MSU, makes dire
predictions of impending American autocracy X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Statement from Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) on Planned Parenthood
founder and eugenics rated "Mostly False"
Drebes: State bids out security guard services
Missourinet: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) wants to
increase penalties for those who block interstates without
permits; Rioters damaged cars in St. Charles last month
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 4, 2017
AP:
Missouri court rules in favor of lesbian seeking custody
P-D editorial: Alderman's bill goes overboard to
protect protesters, constrain police
P-D letter: Perryville sexagenarian says
sometimes-columnist Bill McClellan is no longer liberal enough
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenarian wants state
legislators to pass tighter gun laws
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Wednesday, October 4
Bloomberg: McCaskill blasts Trump for saying tax plan
won't benefit him
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill continues push for
contractor oversight X
SNL: Federal CHIP funding could run out in Missouri by
March X
SE
Missourian: Delta Regional Authority to invest $2.4 million to
aid economic development in region; Comments from Peter Kinder,
Jason Smith, Eric Greitens +
Missourinet: Missouri's Stephen Censky to serve as
USDA's second in command
The Missouri Times: AFL-CIO announces national
convention in St. Louis
P-D: GOP looks to hold legislative seats in special
elections
SNL: Greitens' team creates new official social media
accounts X
Missourinet: Missouri State Treasurer Eric
Schmitt: student loan debt has surpassed mortgage debt
Missourinet: State of Missouri sending out latest wave
of county jail reimbursements
P-D: Satanic Temple and Planned Parenthood score
initial win in abortion fight
The Missouri Times: Legal victory paves the way for
three pregnancy-termination clinics
Missourinet: Abortion provider moving quickly to
expand termination services after 8th Circuit Court decision
AP: New study examines how far women in each state
must travel to terminate unborn babies
SNL: DHSS memo: Missouri plans to require
abortion providers to have a physician on-call 24/7 X
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear challenge
to 2008 law banning convicted felons from having guns
The Missouri Times: Annual conference discusses ways
Missouri can move forward with energy consumption
KC Star: Charges dropped against illegal alien accused
of on-campus rape of UMKC student; February incident created
hysteria among campus rape activists
SE
Missourian: State declares test results for schools invalid +
SNL: Man nabbed after digging ginseng root on Missouri
Dept. of Conservation land X
KWMU: Missouri conservation officials propose ban on
commercial wild turtle trapping
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Conservation says fall
turkey hunting could be challenging
JCNT: Hundreds of mid-Missouri students pray
together; "See You at the Pole" events lead to zero broken
windows or assaults on law enforcement officers X
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City), others
participate in highway-blocking stunt; Woman who assaulted police
officer during Galleria riot addresses pack of protesters outside jail
P-D: Protests block highway; Police succeed in
corralling herd onto side streets
P-D: Alderman's proposal would limit police tools used
to control rioters
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Tuesday, October 3
Missourinet: Elected officials, candidates and staff
pen statements on Las Vegas
KY3 (Springfield): Blunt aims to give more protection
to victims of domestic violence
CNBC: More scrutiny for Allergan over Indian tribe
deal; McCaskill calls patent partnership an "absurd loophole"
Missourinet: NAFTA negotiation critical for Missouri
railroad company
AP: McCaskill unhappy with DeVos' stance on rights of
those accused of campus sex assaults, wants to talk to Trump about it
AP:
Community college sociology prof peddles book claiming citizens were
harmed by mysterious government airplanes spraying chemicals;
Government study shows no evidence, but Lacy Clay wants investigation
anyway
P-D: New campaign limits spur growth of PACs
The Missouri Times: Pat Rowe Kerr (R) to run for Jay
Barnes' open state rep seat
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri House seeks Publications Specialist
AP:
Monthly survey indicates more economic growth ahead for Midwest
The Missouri Times: Dose of legislative reality serves
as antidote for Democratic superminority's health care plan
SNL: Court ruling could speed up pregnancy
terminations in Springfield X
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood wins fight to expand
abortion in Missouri
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
talks needle-exchange bill
The Missouri Times: Missouri American Water case could
change how Missouri decides rates
Missourinet: Green lender in Missouri cooperating with
FBI investigation into contractor
KWMU: Union leader Jeff Roorda (D) to run for
Jefferson County county executive
P-D: Pepper spray deployed effectively during Friday
protest; Black clergy hold press conference to complain
KWMU: Small sect of protest crowd attempts to register
voters in St. Louis City
P-D editorial: To quell riots, St. Louis deploys a
commando.
Waters: Race at MU: Cartwright joins the fray X
P-D letter: Sierra Club rep opposes Greitens'
environmental moves
P-D letter: Wildwood man responds to protester
caterwauling, says people of his Jewish faith have faced discrimination
and still manage to thrive whilst loving America
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Monday, October 2
P-D's Raasch: McCaskill, Blunt typify how Washington
is adjusting to the spontaneity of Donald Trump
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Rep. Tracy
McCreery (D-Olivette), Jim Avery, Judy Baker, Brianna Lennon talk Jacob
Turk playing spoiler in state Senate race, Nicole Galloway's first
statewide election, Democratic superminority's health care plan, St.
Louis riots, more
Drebes:
Melissa Etheridge lends name to medical marijuana group's fundraising
e-mail
Brownfield Ag News: Josh Hawley, others attorneys
general urge EPA to abolish Obama's "Waters of the U.S." rule
P-D: Gov. Jay Nixon reflects: On legislators'
complaints of his "aloof" approach, Ferguson riots, Rams, state parks,
more
SNL: Restoring care for 8,000 Missourians likely means
cutting tax credits for seniors X
Washington Missourian: Rep. Nate Tate (R-St. Clair)
talks transportation at St. Clair Chamber of Commerce meeting X
Missourinet: Missouri falls six months behind in
paying county jail bills
Missourinet: National Chamber group, MATA weigh in on
new GOP-backed lawsuit laws
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Press Association
awareds: Columbia Missourian wins Best Online Newspaper or Website
P-D: Success of St. Louis police sergeant in
outsmarting rioters irks protesters
P-D editorial: Congress should change law hindering
Missouri's Western Governors University
P-D editorial: Target stores right to raise minimum
wage, while Missouri GOP legislators are still wrong; Greitens
lacked the courage to actually sign GOP bill
Washington Missourian editorial: National Newspaper
Week a good time to highlight the value of small newspapers X
KC Star letter: Jefferson City man wants state Dept.
of Conservation to treat deer the same way they treat mountain lions
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October
2016 Missouri political news headlines
October
2015 Missouri political news headlines
CDT: Rural hospitals on life support in Missouri X
Columbia Business Times: Former journalists find life
beyond the news cycle: A look at Scott Charton, John Fougere
Drebes:
Help Wanted: St. Louis Realtors seeks assistant director of
government affairs
CDT: Local activists, experts say "ban the box" law is
not doing minorities any favors X
CDT: State-school minority data: MU sees
decrease in black students since Fall 2015 race agitation; UMSL
Chancellor Tom George addresses high level of minority enrollment X
SNL: Drury University speaking series to host Rhode
Island conservative; Tom Nichols has a sense of humor, says many
Americans act like "Cheers" know-it-all Cliff Clavin X
SNL: Drury University speaking series to host St.
Louis liberal; Sarah Kendzior is a feminist, bemoans Trump's
"atrocities" X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Despite
street-protester logic, market is best at setting wages X
SNL editorial: Missouri State grows, thrives despite
cuts X
Washington Missourian editorial: Ameren Missouri is
right on renewables X
P-D editorial: Union employee who wrote pro-police
tweet should get their "butt" kicked out of the job
KWMU's David Cazeres: Heroic protesters won't be
deterred as they stomp around Galleria mall, impede traffic in Richmond
Heights
P-D letter: St. Charles man says Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City), other protesters should stop blaming white people
for their problems and try marching around their own violent
neighborhoods
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Saturday, September 30
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt, Jason Smith, Jay
Ashcroft work to further protect domestic violence victims
P-D: Blunt says he's more concerned with
election-hacking attempts than Ruskies' Facebook ads
The Missouri Times: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin
Petersen banned from Facebook for AR-15 giveaway
The Missouri Times: New PAC signals a leadership bid
for Gary Romine
The Missouri Times: Judge hears evidence in Missouri
Alliance for Freedom vs. Galloway case
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of Sept. 25, 2017
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
forecasts PDMP prospects for next session
CDT: University of Missouri System to announce
Jefferson City lobbyists next week
KC Star: National search for new UMKC chancellor begins
Columbia Missourian: UMSL, MU handed grants to train
social workers to work with 'vulnerable populations'; Taxpayers
spring for $1.8 million to each school
SNL: College of the Ozarks takes a stand for the
National Anthem; Private Christian college won't allow athletic
opponents to show signs of disrespect
AP: D.C.-based LGBTQIA* group wants Hawley to
investigate death of Joseph Matthew "Ally Lee" Steinfeld
The Missouri Times: Hawley hires Bryan Cave attorney
to investigate alleged wrongdoings in Stockley case
P-D: BREAKING: Bryan Cave among dozens of
Missouri law firms contributing to Missouri political candidates
KWMU: After Board of Aldermen honor dope peddler who
pulled gun on officer, Aldermen Joe Vaccaro and Jack Coatar ask board
to honor police department
P-D: Aldermen Joe Vaccaro, John [sic] Coatar want board to honor
police who endure street riots
KWMU: Taser, chemical sprays effective in subduing
race agitators outside Cardinals game; Congressional candidate
Cori Bush taunts black police officers, more
P-D: Protesters chant "No justice, no baseball!" as
baseball game goes on undisturbed
KWMU: State of the Riots series: Editor Shula
Neuman, reporter Willis Ryder Arnold share thoughts on agitation and
news coverage
Washington Missourian editorial: Big Media refuses to
state the facts: Anthony Lamar Smith was a common dope dealer
Messenger: White woman thinks her artwork will fix St.
Louis' racial divide
P-D letter: Brentwood sexagenarian says anti-opioid
efforts are too fragmented
P-D letter: Fenton sexagenarian has seen five (5)
people texting while driving despite MoDOT ads, and he's not happy
about it
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Friday, September 29
P-D: Roy Blunt, Jason Smith join in bipartisan federal
push to grant address anonymity for victims of domestic abuse
AP:
Missouri officials push to expand address-secrecy program
The Missouri Times: Court to hear Missouri Alliance
for Freedom v. Galloway suit over Sunshine Law today
The Missouri Times: D.C.-based group calls for
criminal investigation into Humphreys' Paul Mouton
Kraske: Birthday wish list: On today's milestone
birthday, columnist hopes for Missouri campaign ethics overhaul, an end
to petition-initiative nonsense, and other reasonable asks
Drebes:
Greitens makes State Highways and Transportation appointments
The Missouri Times: Parson's 'Buy Missouri' plan puts
focus on local goods and services
Missourinet: Missouri officials want to eliminate all
traffic deaths; Pedestrian deaths on North St. Louis County road
an issue
SE
Missourian: 'Epidemic' of addicted, negligent parents puts
pressure on Missouri's juvenile courts +
P-D: Missouri auctions off three more planes for
nearly $200,000
CDT: University of Missouri curators are not counting
on state support for funding X
Columbia Missourian: UM System Board of Curators
approves culture-shifting plans
P-D: University of Missouri curators plan an overhaul
of governing rules
The Missouri Times: Renovate America's business
practices being looked at by FBI, SEC
Missourinet: Green lender that recently expanded in
Missouri under investigation by FBI and SEC
KWMU: Protesters congregate, add to list of
demands: Firing of union leader, resignation of mayor, etc.
P-D: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) says
protesters have caused city $11 million in economic losses, celebrates
damage: "That sounds effective to me."
P-D: Apple cider vinegar, milk of magnesia among
projectiles thrown at police during riots
KWMU: Protester profile series: Percy Green and
Cori Bush; Octogenarian, Lacy Clay primary opponent reflect on
1960s glory and current campaign, respectively
KWMU: Hawley wants independent counsel to investigate
dope peddler's death
Missourinet: Hawley's outside counsel to review
allegations involving drug dealer who pulled gun on cop
KWMU: Discretion, interpretation at heart of St. Louis
police use of force policy for protests
Washington Missourian editorial: Mea culpa: We
were wrong about term limits - they're terrible
P-D editorial: Independent probe is justified when
police fail to draw the line on abuses
Columbia Missourian's Tessa Weinberg: Greitens among
elected officials using Twitter's "block" tool to help avoid harassment
on personal accounts
P-D letter: Clayton woman suggests urban protesters
focus on improving their own community, not disrupting traffic in
Clayton
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Thursday, September 28
SNL: McCaskill, Blunt, Long team up to send Riverside
Bridge bill to President Trump X
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt prepare for work on GOP
tax plan
Missourinet: McCaskill requests answers about drastic
increases in ER billing rates
KCUR: McCaskill questions billing practices of company
that staffs area hospital ERs
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
McCaskill statement on paid maternity leave rated "True"
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Thoughts on McCaskill's
re-election and GOP's U.S. Senate primary field
SNL: Trump's August visit to Springfield cost
taxpayers less than $7,500 X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber sues for right to
contribute to its own PAC
The Missouri Times: Federalist Society holds its first
meeting in Jefferson City
Drebes:
Shantel Smith to become new Legislative and Policy Director for
Missouri Dental Association; Katie Reichard to Missouri Coalition
for Community Behavioral Health
KWMU: Honoring Rev. Barry Lynn, the outgoing executive
director for Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
St. Louis Public Radio interview today, ceremony at Wash U. Oct. 1
The Missouri Times: Income tax cut starts first phase
Jan. 1
SNL: Banning passengers from drinking booze could free
up money for Missouri roads and bridges X
Missourinet: Missouri transportation conference
focuses on zero traffic deaths
The Missouri Times: Military veteran hopes state
officials will consider marijuana for PTSD symptoms, physical ailments
P-D: UMSL is 'alive and well' despite budget
challenges, chancellor says
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Sept. 27, 2017
KWMU: MacArthur Justice Center files suit against
Missouri Dept. of Corrections
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments
over law allowing prior sex crimes to be used in new cases
Missourinet: Tyson Poultry pleads guilty to violating
Clean Water Act; 2014 incident killed 108,000 fish in southwest
Missouri
SNL: Tyson pleads guilty to Clean Water Act violations X
AP:
LGBTQIA* groups use transgender's death to rekindle hate-crime debate
AP:
St. Louis City asks for outside investigation of protest response
KWMU: Second suit filed over St. Louis police tactics
in protests; city asks feds to help investigate
KC Star editorial: Why KC's push to raise wages is a
better strategy than Trump's tax cut for businesses
P-D editorial: Economic inequality is the undercurrent
for the region's unrest; If handed higher wages, rioters would
surely act civilized
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: GOP Senate candidate Courtland
Sykes stokes anti-immigrant sentiment, promotes baseless conspiracy
theories
P-D letter: Natural Resources Defense Council's Ashok
Gupta says Ameren, other major utilities see the path forward on
renewable energy
P-D letter: Chesterfield man disagrees with Board of
Aldermen's decision to honor heroin dealer
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Wednesday, September 27
Missourinet: Blunt warns of growing opioid epidemic
SNL: Congressional staffer, Navy vet Courtland Sykes
announces GOP Missouri Senate run as 'political outsider' X
SNL: Austin Petersen says complaints about 'fascist'
Trump have receded X
KWMU: Convoy of old military vehicles is traveling
Route 66 to pay tribute to veterans
Drebes:
Greitens supporters should be disappointed in governor's lack of
follow-through
The Missouri Times: #moleg podcast: Chuck
Hatfield explains how campaign-contribution restrictions are making
candidates creative, pension crisis and state lawsuit audits
The Missouri Times: Humphreys consultant Paul Mouton
fined for acting as lobbyist without registering
The Missouri Times: Rep. Joe Adams (D-University City)
announces 2018 bid for Chappelle-Nadal's open Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Hawley announces campaign to fight
human trafficking in local businesses
JCNT: Businesses join Hawley's fight on
trafficking; Comments from Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan, Missouri
American Water's Cheryl Norton X
Missourinet: Hawley calls trafficking an epidemic,
launches anti-trafficking business coalition
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Feministing.com columnist's claim about abortion law given worst
possible rating: "Pants on Fire"
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick optimistic about plan to
preserve care for 8,000 disabled Missourians
Columbia Missourian: Mother of "accident-prone"
preteen girl enjoys CHIP coverage, hopes the ride doesn't end in March
AP:
Missouri Democrats unveil health care proposals
Missouri Viewpoints: Education episode: Robbyn
Wahby on the charter school debate; Missouri Online Summer
Institute's Mike Brown talks online-classes expansion, policy
CDT: University of Missouri office, dedicated to
keeping minority students from flunking out, changes its name X
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court issues quick
decision to suspend attorney over his own felony plea
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of
Conservation seeks input at forum X
P-D: Protesters block traffic downtown, again
KWMU: Out-of-town "documentary filmmakers" file suit
against St. Louis police after being detained during street riot
Clayton Times: Video: Agitators disrupt St.
Louis County Council meeting, complain about police success in shutting
down mall riot
KWMU: County Council calls for investigation into
police conduct during mall riot
P-D: Agitators attend County Council meeting, yell
catchphrases
KWMU: Deciphering protesters' demands, and what's
realistic
KC Star editorial: The state of Missouri owes Jackson
County more than $800,000. Please pay up.
P-D editorial: Ameren Missouri makes a timely, welcome
commitment to renewable energy
Helling: Cleaver, others trying to have it both ways
on hurricane relief and other horse-trading votes
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Citizens' Climate Lobby's
Robert Overmann: Left unaddressed, climate change will come for
Missouri
KWMU's Durrie Bouscaren: Area doctor wants Republicans
to expand Medicaid
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Post-Dispatch is too
hard on protesters
P-D letter: Washington man suggests that instead of
blocking streets and chanting catchphrases, protesters should try
volunteering to help children
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Tuesday, September 26
SNL: GOP Senate candidate Austin Petersen says AR-15
giveaway got him banned from Facebook X
Morning Consult's Eli Yokley: Sam Fox hosting
fundraiser for Josh Hawley, says AG will run for U.S. Senate
SNL: Sam Fox hosting fundraiser for Hawley X
KWMU: Mississippi River islands added to Great Rivers
National Wildlife Refuge
Drebes:
State auditor poll: A look at how Paul Curtman, Marsha Haefner,
Denny Hoskins, Kurt Schaefer, David Wasinger stack up against each other
The Missouri Times: Jacob Turk has enough signatures
to make 8th District Senate ballot
The Missouri Times: Top medicinal cannabis researcher
visits Jefferson City
Columbia Missourian: Politifact fact check:
Statement from Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) on "first income tax
cut in 100 years" rated Mostly True
KWMU: Riverview Gardens school transfer program
dwindles
The Missouri Times: On TWIMP, House members question
KCI bid process
P-D: Ameren Missouri to spend $1 million on wind
generation projects
Missourinet: Ameren Missouri announces major move
toward renewable energy resources
KWMU: Ameren to generate more wind and solar
power; Sierra Club still not happy
CDT: Bruce Cole denied hearing in effort to overturn
Mamtek conviction X
KWMU: Hawley wants independent counsel to review
Anthony Smith civil suit
P-D: Protesters congregate outside Busch Stadium,
block traffic; Police stymie herd attempting to block highway
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) promises
more headaches for area working people: "We will continue to
disturb your peace."
P-D: Protesters hold press conference to complain
about police tactics at Galleria mall riot
AP:
Urban leaders unhappy with fallout from weekend mall riot;
Protesters push "police riot" as alternative narrative for mob behavior
Missourinet: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights),
others express anger over police success tamping down mall riot
The Missouri Times: Union leader Jeff Roorda says
urban pols are responsible for riots, street agitation
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Urban pols
weigh in on dope dealer death, ensuing riots
KWMU: Protesters' new demand: St. Louis City
interim police chief must go
SNL editorial: Federal lawmakers should follow state
example, protect domestic violence victims by protecting information X
P-D editorial: Police badge is not a license to
administer street justice
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MU ethnomusicology and
black studies prof Stephanie Shonekan: Caucasoids' racist
icebergs put black folks up against "a cold hard place"; Two
local black girls pulled over by officers, other bone-chilling
atrocities
The Missouri Times letter: Professional protesters are
asking Trump's EPA to dig up an entire landfill and haul it through
rural Missouri
P-D letter: Dellwood man says Board of Aldermen
resolution is a slap in the face to families affected by heroin
P-D letter: O'Fallon man scoffs at Board of Aldermen
honoring heroin peddler, wonders if city will create drug dealer hall
of fame
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Monday, September 25
KWMU: At St. Louis event, Bannon says Trump's biggest
enemy is GOP establishment
AP:
In St. Louis, Bannon takes aim at 'corrupt' GOP establishment
P-D: Bannon takes aim at 'liberal' GOP establishment
Missourinet: Congress under gun to renew four key
health programs that impact Missouri hospitals
CDT: Anti-Trump climate march draws nearly 30 in
Columbia
This Week in Missouri Politics: Union leader Jeff
Roorda talks about police officers' efforts to control riot mobs,
questions "colossal failure" Krewson and other pols who disregard rule
of law, more; Panel of Reps. Kathie Conway, Marsha Haefner, Peter
Merideth, Steve Roberts discuss dope dealer's death, Josh Hawley's
appetite for U.S. Senate race, KCI brouhaha, more
Drebes: Willis Jones opens Capitol City Research
office in Jefferson City
SNL: SOS Jay Ashcroft visits Harmony House, touts
state law to protect victims
Missourinet: State owes counties $19 million in jail
payments; Missouri sheriff feels the pain
P-D: Football fans fill dorms left empty at Mizzou
after enrollment drop
AP:
7 charged with rioting after protest in St. Louis County
KWMU: Day 9 after Stockley verdict: Protesters
show solidarity for those arrested
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Citizens must be
vigilant over state boards, commissions
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MU romance language prof
Michael Ugarte: UM System should not have hired PR firm Edelman
after race agitation
Messenger: Letters from readers responding to police
chief 'help wanted' column
P-D letter: Wentzville man says Greitens should have
taken a harder line on rioters
KC Star letter: KC woman says state should ban dicamba
herbicide
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Sunday, September 24
Communist Party USA's People's World: Missouri's
Blaine Luetkemeyer, GOP colleagues kill payday loan bills
Drebes: Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington) sets up
leadership PAC
AP: Savings from four-day school week not as great as
expected
Reuters: Riots could derail St. Louis' bid for second
Amazon hub
P-D: Fighting for the narrative: St. Louis area
police use social media to set the record straight, correct protesters'
tales
Washington Missourian: Blood samples collected from
state park workers to check for tick disease; Bloodsucking
parasites cause untold damage to humans X
P-D: Rioters assault police officer, throw trash cans
at Galleria protest
P-D: Photo gallery: Rioters assault police
officers; Civilized patrons pick up trash cans thrown by
rioters; More
P-D: Video: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
delivers stump speech to protesters downtown, reads his professional
resume; Member of Democratic superminority claims he "makes laws"
KWMU: Police arrest 22 after riots at Galleria mall
SNL: State NAACP meeting features police chief, woman
who runs reading program for poor kids X
JCNT editorial: Greitens' handling of rioters much
better than Nixon's X
SNL op-ed: Before Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Warren
Love, there was Democrat Danny Staples - who suggested Lacy Clay's
tardiness was due to "stealing hubcaps" X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Journalism students take
pictures of rioters destroying property, get detained by police for
several minutes - and live to tell the tale
P-D letter: University City septuagenarian applauds
Bernie Sanders' call for Medicare expansion
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Saturday, September 23
Branson News: Blunt wants Army Corps of Engineers to
suspend Table Rock Lake Shoreline Management Plan
Missourinet: McCaskill: More than 2.5 million
Missourians affected by Equifax hack
JCNT: Luetkemeyer visiting mid-Missouri next week X
KWMU: Join St. Louis on the Air for a live
recording: Nick Pistor discusses "Shooting Lincoln" on Sept. 27
Columbia Missourian: MU evaluating new Title IX
guidelines but no immediate changes expected
KC Star: McCaskill says DeVos' action makes coeds less
safe on campus
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of Sept. 17, 2017
Missourinet: Greitens headed on trade mission to the
Orient
KWMU: Galloway's K-12 cybersecurity initiative, two
years later
Columbia Missourian: House committee irked by
governor's funding method for drug monitoring program
CDT: Inching forward: More Missouri cities,
counties monitoring painkillers X
P-D: Planned Parenthood asks Supreme Court to
intervene in effort to expand abortion access in Missouri
Drebes:
State issues RFP for annual external quality review of Managed Care
Programs
Brownfield Ag News: Taiwan letters of intent signed
with Missouri ag department
KC Star: Missouri prisons to go smoke-free as
double-murderer wins in court
SNL: MO Dept. of Conservation says black bears are
preparing for period of dormancy; Humans must avoid dispensing
free food, as wild animals will become reliant upon handouts X
KWMU: Agitators attempt disruption at St. Charles'
Oktoberfest, smash car windows with black-liberation flag; St.
Charles residents stand up to rioters, jeer "moment of silence"
P-D: Photo gallery: Mob attacks cars driven by
white people, breaks windshields
P-D: Video: Woman with bullhorn vows to not let
Oktoberfest attendees have fun
KWMU: New round of race riots means more political
competition for limelight
KWMU: St. Louis Board of Aldermen honor heroin dealer
Missourinet: ACLU sues City of St. Louis, claims
protesters were mistreated
KWMU: ACLU of Missouri sues St. Louis police over
protest tactics
P-D: Several people swept up in protest crowd Sunday
night complain about police tactics
P-D editorial: Hawley residency hubbub is silly;
Legislators should broaden law
Washington Missourian editorial: Hardly doom and gloom
at Mizzou X
Fulton Sun op-ed: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt:
Sanders, Churchill and the battle for economic freedom
KWMU's Durrie Bouscaren: GOP health care bill would
gut funding for those in need
West Plains Daily Quill op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's
Dan Cassidy: Rural broadband poised for success
CDT Editor Charles Westmoreland: Trib Talk is
repugnant, but I can't kill it yet - so here are some new rules X
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Friday, September 22
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt prepare for vote on GOP
health care plan
SNL: Bernie Sanders talks war on terror, climate
change and inequality during Missouri speech
X
Missourinet: Sanders emphasizes diplomacy during
Missouri lecture
Missourinet: Full audio: Bernie Sanders at
Westminster College
CDT: Sanders stresses diplomacy, cooperation over
military might X
CDT: Photo gallery: Bernie Sanders speech:
Young man wears "Make America Great Again" hat and Trump jersey, more X
KWMU: St. Charles County businesses, property owners
enjoy population boom; Area features state's second-largest GOP
voting block, 88% white population, no MetroLink
The Missouri Times: Assessing Jacob Turk's chances in
8th Senate district special election; Thoughts from Palm
Strategic's Jonathan Ratliff
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Monroe City Mayor Neal Minor
running for Lindell Shumake's House seat
SE
Missourian: Anne Limbaugh, wife of former Judge Stephen N.
Limbaugh, dies; Reflections from Peter Kinder, former state Rep.
Mary Kasten +
CDT: Aging election equipment comes with estimated $1
million replacement price tag X
The Missouri Times: Missouri's unique Corporate
Apportionment laws may help provide the 'stable, business-friendly
environment' Amazon wants
SNL: 'Let's work together,' state school board member
Peter Herschend says to Greitens X
Columbia Missourian: UM System hired top-tier PR firm
Edelman after race agitation of 2015
The Missouri Times: Commissioners say Missouri is
falling behind in reimbursing counties for jail per diems
The Missouri Times: Missouri, Alabama natural gas
companies become Spire
Missourinet: Despite bipartisan agreement among group
of state lawmakers, KC City Council OKs airport plan
CDT: Columbia School Board members will be required to
sit through "equity" and "inclusion" lectures
X
P-D: Local students earn Missouri AP award for
2017; Minority students Haran Kumar, Lucy Zhu choose to work
hard, achieve success
KWMU: HUD Secretary Ben Carson calls for peaceful
resolution of protests
KWMU: 'White allies' hold separate-but-equal
rally; Caucasoids unironically chant "No justice, no concerts!"
whilst concert takes place
AP:
'White allies' rally outside Billy Joel concert; Zero broken
windows or assaults on police reported
P-D: Protesters fail to shut down Billy Joel
concert; Separate group marches through Cheshire Hotel during
work day, bangs on guests' doors
KWMU: Civil rights leaders gather at forums, complain
about police and Krewson
P-D editorial: State agencies spend twice what was
reported to settle legal disputes. What are they hiding?
SE
Missourian editorial: Cape, Jackson make right decision to pay
for ACT +
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: 'Shouty old man' Bernie
Sanders still stokes Missouri students' passions
Messenger: From the streets to the pulpit: There
can be no peace without justice
KC Star's Jason Hancock: How has Greitens' handling of
St. Louis riots matched campaign rhetoric? Follow-up to theme explored
earlier in week by The Missouri Times, KWMU, AP, P-D
KC Star letter: Kansas sexagenarian dislikes how
Greitens talks about rioters
P-D letter: St. Louis man mocks urban legislators who
play protest superhero for TV and social media fame
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Thursday, September 21
Missourinet: No tickets left for today's Bernie
Sanders lecture in Fulton
SNL: Blunt, Greitens support new Obamacare repeal
Talking Points Memo: McCaskill's path to re-election
more complicated thanks to race riots; Liberals want senior
senator to more visibly side with protesters over police
SNL: Aaron Hedlund eyes Senate race even as D.C.
conservatives warn him to go easy on Josh Hawley
CDT: Hawley vote was legal in August special election
P-D: Hawley cleared over residency questions
SNL: FCC chair, Billy Long talk Internet in Ozark
SNL: Billy Long protects Springfield district staff by
using locks on office doors
SNL: Springfield veterans cemetery gets millions in
grant money to expand; Comments from McCaskill
CDT: Local groups afraid they'll get less money for
utility-assistance programs under Trump
Daily
American Repubic: Carter County says FEMA will cover only 50
percent of flood repairs
Drebes:
Democrat Sam Gladney to run for Stacey Newman's safe Dem seat
Missourinet: Rep. Paul Fitzwater (R-Potosi) to resign
to take patrol board post
Missourinet: Transportation task force meets in
Kirksville; Comments from Chairman Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City),
MoDOT's Patrick McKenna
SNL: Missouri school board not in 'any rush' to
replace commissioner
CDT: University of Missouri enrollment figures show
decline
Columbia Missourian: Mizzou to hand out college credit
hour for students who sit through racism lectures
SNL: MSU boasts largest freshman class since mid-1990s
P-D: St. Louis City circuit attorney asks state's help
prosecuting traffic tickets in legal limbo
Missourinet: Missouri state park workers being tested
for tick-borne virus; Blood-sucking parasites cause headaches and
fatigue
KWMU: Protesters say they used Clayton as "decoy,"
move disruption to Galleria mall
P-D: Protesters block Brentwood Boulevard near
Galleria during rush hour, disrupt commute of working people
AP:
Galleria escapes violence, vandalism at mall protest
AP:
Analysis: Greitens' handling of St. Louis riots
P-D: Pi Pizzeria owner takes on police union and "Blue
Lives Matter fanboy(s)"
P-D: Reporter-support series: Post-Dispatch
demands charges be dropped against reporter covering protest
KWMU: Protester-support series: ACLU's Jeffery
Mittman offers tips on how to disturb the peace while avoiding arrest
Missourinet: More Missouri school districts going to
four-day weeks
KC Star editorial: Missouri spends millions of
taxpayer dollars on legal expenses with no system to track the payments
SNL editorial: Greitens must answer on education board
moves
P-D editorial: Greitens stumbles in bid to politicize
the state education board
KC Star letter: KC man offended by St. Louis police
chief comments, want department control returned to state
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to Messenger piece,
asks why columnist lives in safe municipality with 2% black population
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Wednesday, September 20
P-D: GOP seeks to influence McCaskill, other Dems on
Graham-Cassidy health care proposal
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, GOP leaders back new
health bill
P-D: Mayor Lyda Krewson calls interim police chief's
anti-riot remarks "inflammatory" but stands by him
KWMU: Krewson postpones town hall meeting
Clayton Times: Clayton Police Department ready in case
rioters attack city taxpayers, businesses
KWMU: Protesters set up encampment outside of St.
Louis City jail
KWMU: Business leaders assess riots' economic damage
to St. Louis
P-D: Black Lives Matter stickers used to agitate
restaurant owners through "Whites Only" message
P-D: Pi Pizzeria owner mocks police tactical gear,
calls officers "dimwits" - then deletes his Twitter account
KWMU editor Shula Neuman: Newsroom rules:
Reporters should avoid using words favored by police and taxpayers
(e.g. "agitators," "riots," "looting," "thugs") to avoid offending
thuggish looting and rioting agitators
Jensen:
Reimagining Meghan Trainor's "All About That Bass" as "All About The
Race"; Perpetually-offended crowd ignores facts surrounding
dope-dealer death, would rather cry racism
The Missouri Times: Missouri AFL-CIO's Mike
Louis: Submitting petitions "best day I ever had"
Missourinet: Hawley's office to investigate Equifax
data breach
AP:
Third Greitens appointee to board of education withdraws
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education proposes $6.1
billion for next fiscal year
KWMU: DESE requests nearly $100M more for school next
year
Columbia Missourian: Minorities potentially
discriminated against in Title IX processes
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Moberly Area Community College
and and Missouri Dept. of Higher Education reach memorandum of
understanding
Missourinet: Transportation task force gathers in
Kirksville today
Missourinet: Missouri state trooper sentenced for 2014
drowning case at Lake of the Ozarks
KC Star: Trooper gets 10 days 'shock time' in Brandon
Ellingson drowning
P-D: Missouri trooper gets 10 days 'shock time' plus
two years probation in handcuffed drowning death
JCNT: Dept. of Corrections employee gets $1.97M in
harassment case
The Missouri Times: Agenda items from canceled
Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee near automatic approval
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: September 19, 2017
The Missouri Times: Bipartisan group of lawmakers
question KCI bid handling
P-D editorial: The protests are about police abuse.
The response must not be more abuse.
KC
Star editorial: "Whose streets? Our streets" chant okay for
protesters, must not be spoken by law enforcement
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri utilities require scrutiny
KC
Star letter: KC woman mocks faux-diversity posturing of
anti-DeVos employees at KC school
P-D letter: St. Louis man hopes for more riots, says
peace is too much to ask from the oppressed
P-D letter: St. Charles man wonders why black pastors
don't focus on daily black-on-black murder
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman tired of Post-Dispatch's
cheerleading of rioters
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man suggests criminals stop
running from police
P-D letter: Webster Groves woman dislikes
Post-Dispatch's promotion of street savagery
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Tuesday, September 19
The
Missouri Times: Ferguson vs. Stockley riots: How Greitens'
campaign promises are holding up
The
Missouri Times: Police vs. rioters: Whose side are
legislators on? Thoughts from union leader Jeff Roorda, St. Louis
City Dem Reps. Bruce Franks and Peter Merideth
P-D:
Protesters unhappy with police tactics used to herd, corral criminals
P-D:
Protesters, sympathizers outraged by police officers' trolling
chant: "Whose streets? Our streets!"
Messenger:
St. Louis City needs a new police chief; Some chanting required
P-D:
Weekend of riots takes economic toll on St. Louis
KWMU:
St. Louis on the Air: Black police group complains about Stockley
verdict
KWMU:
Day 4: Business clean up after rioters' destruction, students
seize opportunity to skip class
KWMU:
Rainfall keeps rioters at bay Monday night
P-D:
Monday pics: Protesters block streets to keep working people from
getting to their jobs; Rainfall keeps nighttime rioters at
bay; More
Missourinet:
AG Josh Hawley: "Violence is not protected by the First Amendment"
Columbia
Missourian: Minority students sound off on DACA at forum;
Latina coed complains about dearth of Latina "authority figures," other
travesties
JCNT:
McCaskill seeks postal service answers X
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Rob Vescovo (R-Jefferson
County) talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum about urban riots and
legislative response, 'right to work' and other
anti-union/worker-freedom laws, more
Drebes: Jacob Turk
could play spoiler in Mike Cierpiot's Senate election
SNL:
Greitens swaps out appointees on education board X
CDT:
Race was most talked-about concern in MU 2016 campus climate
survey; Some white students provide counter-argument to
"diversity" dogma X
Missourinet:
Galloway: Lawsuits, settlements against state have cost $115
million
JCNT:
Galloway: State's legal expense fund fails to ID costs X
The
Missouri Times: Clean Line asks for rehearing from Missouri PSC
KWMU:
As harvest season begins, farmers worry how dicamba herbicide could
affect next year's crop
P-D
editorial: Mayhem is not a plan. Protesters need to outline their
goals.
SNL
editorial: Greitens must answer on education board moves X
KC
Star op-ed: Lessons from DeVos' visit to a KC school with
gender-bender bathrooms, farm-to-table lunches
SNL
letter: Mountain View sexagenarian couple dislikes Jason Smith's
fiscal ideology, says incumbent - re-elected by fifty-one (51) point
margin - should be booted next year X
St.
Joseph News-Press letter: St. Joseph man wants legislators to
raise taxes to pay for smorgasboard of programs X
KC
Star letter: Independence man perturbed by St. Louis urbanites
rioting over dope-dealer death
P-D
letter: Ballwin man wonders why angry black pastor doesn't
encourage constructive behavior
P-D
letter: St. Louis man wonders why protesters don't stop tantruming
P-D
letter: Florissant man suggests that illegal protest actions be
treated like the crimes they are
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Monday, September 18
P-D: St. Louis Riots of 2017, Day 3: Urban
terrorists continue property-destruction spree; More than 80
arrested
KWMU: Riot coverage, Day 3: Mob trespasses on
SLU's campus, destroys property downtown
AP:
Rioters engage in third day of destruction
Belleville News-Democrat: Headed to downtown St. Louis
today? Expect to deal with protesters disrupting people who work for a
living.
KMOV: Police chief: "We're in control, this is
our city and we will protect it."
KMOV: Rioters throw chemicals on police officers
KMOV: Mob surrounds police vehicle after arrests
Rosenbaum: For Greitens and Krewson, riots put
campaign promises to the test
P-D: St. Louis City pastor celebrates impact of mayhem
with catchphrases: "You kill our kids, we'll kill your economy"
and "Resistance closes businesses, closes streets, closes malls."
KWMU: Delmar Loop businesses clean up after riot mob's
destruction
P-D: Greitens: 'You break a window, you're going
to be behind bars.'
P-D: Legal experts: Stockley verdict not a
surprise
P-D: Dept. of Justice won't prosecute Stockley for
civil rights violation
KC Star: As McCaskill touts record on seniors, donor
and family friend runs troubled homes
This Week in Missouri Politics: AFL-CIO's Mike
Louis; Panel of Rep. Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific), Jim Lembke, JP
Johnson, and NAACP's Jimmy Loomis talk Chappelle-Nadal and Warren Love,
Stockley verdict (pre-riots), 'right to work,' more
Columbia Missourian: Retired MU political science prof
David Webber debuts play to encourage citizens to 'Practice Democracy'
St. Joseph News-Press: Locals walk state of Missouri
to raise money for veterans X
P-D: Missouri schools may be losing out in flawed
Lottery contract
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT encourages Missourians to
complete 10-minute online survey X
CDT: Changes proposed to improve water quality of
Missouri lakes X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri State Highway Patrol
troopers to carry Narcan X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact check: NAACP
complaint about traffic stops rated "Half True"
P-D editorial: Greitens' task force overlooks
immigrant entrepreneurs at its own peril
P-D letter: Ian Mackey, Democratic candidate for
Stacey Newman's seat, criticizes Republicans for in-home care cuts
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Sunday, September 17
P-D:
St. Louis Riots of 2017, Day 2: Urban terrorists break windows,
assault police in Delmar Loop
P-D:
Photo gallery: Protesters throw paint on police; Squat
woman throws trash can through window, gets tear-gassed; Adults
take out anger on Delmar trash cans, storefront windows; More
P-D:
Video: Police attempt to corral pack of protesters; Pastor
tries using logic to convince rioters to stop destroying
property; View of vandalized storefronts
P-D:
Metro shuts down service to Delmar Loop after riots
KTVI:
Rioters breaks windows, throw paint at police officers
KTVI:
Protesters to reconvene today for another round of "peaceful"
demonstrations
KMOV:
Mob of protesters vandalize businesses, assault police in Delmar Loop
KMOV:
Photos: Stores heavily damaged after protesters clash with police
in Delmar Loop
KSDK:
Rioters damage 23 businesses in Delmar Loop
AP:
Rioters enjoy second night of destroying others' property, assaulting
police
KWMU:
Second day of riots brings more assaults on police officers, more
businesses damaged
KWMU:
Rioters convince U2, Ed Sheeran and St. Louis Symphony to cancel shows
P-D:
Analysis: A breakdown of the judge's ruling in Jason Stockley
murder case
KC
Star: Celebration of life for longtime Democratic consultant
Steve Glorioso set for Sept. 20
The
Missouri Times: Rep. John McCaherty (R-High Ridge) resigns his
seat, shifts focus to Jefferson County exec race
P-D:
McCaherty resigns, focuses on county exec race
SNL:
'Abortion is violence' display coming to MSU
Columbia
Missourian: Q&A with Ken Burton: Columbia police chief
talks AG's "profiling" numbers, futility of attempting to reason with
race agitators, more
P-D
editorial: Destroying public libraries, other uncivilized
behavior undermines protesters' objectives
Washington
Missourian editorial: Legislators should prioritize the funding
of in-home care next session
P-D
editorial briefs: Chappelle-Nadal's well-deserved
punishment; Rappelling stunt is classic Greitens grandstanding
and hotdogging
P-D
letter: Festus man appreciates Post-Dispatch's criticism of black
clergy agitation
SNL
letter: Area sexagenarian dislikes the way Trump talks about
liberal media
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Saturday, September 16
P-D: Rioters terrorize St. Louis City after Stockley
ruling; Photo of mob burning American flag, more
P-D: Rioters injure 9 police officers, break windows
at mayor's home
KWMU: Riot updates: Mob breaks windows at city
public library, restaurants
KSDK's Casey Nolen: Rioters take aim at St. Louis City
public library
P-D: Video: Mob surrounds TV reporter, throws
water on him; Vociferous mob member unironically eschews media
coverage: "Get da f@ck out of my movement, mothaf@cker! And I'm
<unintelligible> in yo mothaf@ckin' face!" (0:50)
KTVI: Mob threatens Caucasoid male reporter, female
videographer
KMOV: Video: Mob surrounds Krewson's home,
throws rocks and red paint
P-D: Judge's ruling in Stockley case (pdf)
P-D: A breakdown of the judge's ruling in the Stockley
case
P-D: Acquitted officer Stockley: "Everyone wants
someone to blame, but I'm just not the guy"
The Missouri Times: Elected officials' communications
staffers pen statements on Stockley case
KWMU: Collection of elected officials' Stockley/riot
statements written by communications staffers
Missourinet: Father of police assailant Michael Brown
weighs in on Stockley ruling
Columbia Missourian: Black students congregate to
complain about justice system; "Social inequalities" prof, others
unhappy that administration didn't protest verdict
JCNT: Area law enforcement don't anticipate Stockley
riots locally
KC Star: At Betsy DeVos visit, school offered students
"safe room" to hide in if they felt intimidated by Republican woman's
presence
SNL: Greitens' Board of Education nominee Missy Gelner
says governor no longer wanted her to serve, says she was pressured to
make "rash leadership decisions"
The Missouri Times: Kehoe, Hoskins lead effort to ask
for Chappelle-Nadal resignation
CDT: Federal appeals court blocks order to license
Missouri abortion clinics
The Missouri Times: Office of Public Counsel alleges
Empire Electric lost $100 million due to risky practices
The Missouri Times: Judge blocks activists from
returning to West Lake Landfill
P-D editorial: Reasonable doubt set Stockley free.
Reasonable outrage is the result.
KC Star editorial: Is your doctor struggling with
addiction? Missouri should do more to answer that question
Helling: Political consultant Steve Glorioso was the
essential Kansas Citian
Phill Brooks: An unusual summer for the Missouri
Legislature
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: At DeVos visit, students'
passive-aggressive signs make a big difference
P-D letter: Peace Economy Project's Jason
Sibert: Missouri GOP congressional delegation should stop
supporting defense spending
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Friday, September 15 Stockley
verdict in: Not guilty
KC Star: Longtime political consultant Steve Glorioso
dies at 70
TonysKansasCity.com: Local pols remember Steve
Glorioso; Collection of local media coverage, reflections
TonysKansasCity.com: Top contenders to 'take the
crown' of Steve Glorioso
Kraske: Ethics complaint could derail Platte County
Prosecutor Eric Zahnd's career - and potential appointment as U.S.
Attorney
Reuters: McCaskill, other senators criticize fraud in
'Obamaphone' program
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Blunt's
statements on rural broadband rated "True"
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Lacy
Clay's legal assessment of Maria Chappelle-Nadal's assassination
comment rated "Half True"
KC Star: Antifa vs. pro-America activists: A
look at open-carry laws and enforcement at protests
P-D: Judge decries 'gamesmanship' among Phyllis
Schlafly's warring children, denies restraining order
Drebes:
Lobbyists hold annual meeting, elect AT Strategies' Shannon Hawk as
president
Missourinet: Hawley: Missouri recovers more than
$2.6 million in Medicaid fraud payments
JCNT: State retirement package faces changes X
The Missouri Times: Security measures and governor's
PDMP called into question in House Budget Committee
AP:
Greitens, lawmakers clash on money for prescription program
P-D: Lawmakers urge Greitens to rein in budget changes
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick: Lawmakers to seek
solution to in-home care funding
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) talks
House effort to restore in-home care funding
P-D: State audit of effort to keep Rams in St. Louis
in limbo; Fitzpatrick says Galloway dropped the ball
The Missouri Times: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis
City) critical of Greitens' riot prep, claims governor got handsy at
clergy-placation meeting
KWMU: St. Louis City prepares for riots in wake of
Stockley verdict; Greitens activates National Guard, widow urges
protesters to behave in civilized manner
P-D: St. Louis region braces for rioters' behavior
after court ruling
P-D: Catholic schools in St. Louis City cancel classes
today to protect children from possible street savagery
Missourinet: Greitens moves to protect property,
law-abiding Missourians from potential hooliganism
KSDK: Station's coverage pledge: Cover trial
fallout while keeping its employees safe from rioters' violence
The Missouri Times: U.S. Chamber ratings give Missouri
low marks for legal climate; Assessment does not include new laws
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri Supreme
Court: Week of September 11, 2017
Washington Missourian: Washington High School students
top Missouri ACT average; Principal commends kids, teachers for
working hard X
SNL: MSU overtakes Mizzou as No. 1 choice among
Missouri ACT test-takers X
P-D: Northwest Missouri State University hops on
free-tuition-for-poor-kids bandwagon
SE
Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Conservation agents help fight
fires in western U.S. +
SNL editorial: Roy Blunt is right: National
Guard spending is wise investment X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: State Treasurer Eric
Schmitt is correct to warn about state pension crisis X
KC Star editorial: Mizzou's struggles could spell
opportunity for UMKC
P-D editorial: Black clergy who tacitly encourage
violence are not true leaders
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Hazardous waste
storage; Feds, state demand notification of potential issues but
don't offer same courtesy to local governments
X
Waters: Finally, more abortion-shopping choices in
Missouri; Voters should start terminating pro-life legislators at
the ballot box X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: MU's climate is
challenged, but changing
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian uphappy with
Jason Smith's vote on Harvey disaster aid +
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Thursday, September 14
Columbia Missourian: Graduate students hold DACA
protest
Columbia Missourian: Photo: Man with college
degree calls GOP congressional offices to complain about DACA, thinks
it matters
KC Star: Unions, anti-Trump groups to protest Betsy
DeVos appearance in KC
The Missouri Times: Dan Wibracht, who ran in
Democratic primary against Courtney Curtis, to run again in different
district
JCNT: Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) takes House oath X
The Missouri Times: Senate censures Chappelle-Nadal,
but leaves door open for later expulsion
SNL: Chappele-Nadal, Love dodge explusion for Facebook
posts, but will face more scrutiny X
KWMU: Chappelle-Nadal's punishment: A written
reprimand
AP:
Chappelle-Nadal censured over Trump assassination post
Missourinet: Additional attempts expected to oust
Chappelle-Nadal, restore elderly budget cuts
Missourinet: Matter of Warren Love's Facebook post
referred to House Ethics Committee; Comments from House
Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City)
P-D: Veto session: Chappelle-Nadal censure vote,
in-home care cuts debate
The Missouri Times: House votes to not override HCB3
veto
The Missouri Times: Republican leadership to look for
solution to in-home care cuts
Missourinet: Another attempt underway to restore cuts
to Missouri's seniors and disabled
AP:
GOP lawmakers pledge to find way to restore in-home care cuts
SNL: Legislators allow nursing-care cuts to stand X
SNL: Video: Dem, GOP legislators talk in-home
care cuts X
SNL: Rep. Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) given "vice
chair" title in Democratic superminority caucus X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers back to drawing board
in funding in-home health care
The Missouri Times: Committee approves application to
name bridge, 3 roadways
Missourinet: Schmitt: State pension system fails
to meet funding estimates by $5.2 billion
AP:
Schmitt says pensions underfunded by $5 billion
KC Star: Satanists lead the fight on behalf of Planned
Parenthood in Missouri
Missourinet: Clean energy industry says jobs are on
the rise in Missouri; Comments from Environment Entrepreneurs'
spokesman Tony Wyche
KC Star: #1 college choice for Missouri high school
grads? Missouri State, not Mizzou
KC Star editorial: State should hold more panel
meetings, spend more money on olds
KC Star editorial: Have you paid a traffic ticket in
Missouri? The state could end up owing you money
P-D letter: Florissant man says state, MoDOT are
always begging for more taxpayer money
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Wednesday, September 13
The Missouri Times: Al Franken to headline Missouri
Democrats' annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, rebranded "Truman Dinner"
KWMU: Area liberals unhappy with Trump's focus on
voter fraud; Comments from Denise Lieberman, et al.
Missourinet: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt pens piece
in support of Trump tax cuts
The Missouri Times: New poll sees Greitens' approval
rate slip from 53 percent to 49 percent
SNL: Unions pour big bucks into "CLEAN Missouri"
ballot initiative campaign X
The Missouri Times: Caleb Arthur pulls out of GOP
primary for Bob Dixon's Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Lincoln Hough jumps into GOP
primary for Bob Dixon's Senate seat
SNL: Hough shifts focus to different Senate race X
The Missouri Times: Republicans pick Rep. Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) to be next Speaker of the House
SNL: Elijah Haahr is GOP colleagues' pick to be next
Speaker of the House X
P-D: Republicans select Elijah Haahr as next Speaker
of the House
AP:
Missouri Republicans choose Haahr to be next House Speaker
KWMU: Elijah Haahr to be Speaker of the House
beginning in 2019
KWMU: House Democratic superminority members Joe Adams
(D-University City) and Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) say GOP
won't call special session or override any of Greitens' vetoes
The Missouri Times: Galloway's office announces audit
of Rams after two-year wait
SNL: MOSERS buyout plan calls for half of eligible
members to take offer, saving $100 million X
The Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood expansion
efforts face opposition after court ruling
AP:
Planned Parenthood to begin terminating pregnancies in Kansas City,
Columbia
SE
Missourian: Summit at Show-Me Center focuses on opioid
crisis; Comments from DHSS' Randall Williams, others +
Missourinet: Senate Economic Development Committee
Chair Jay Wasson (R-Nixa) bullish on Amazon
KC Star: Pros and cons for Amazon choosing Kansas
City, and why the dream could backfire
CDT: Survey: University of Missouri staff do not
feel valued X
Columbia Missourian: Campus climate survey shows MU
community isn't as comfortable as national average
KC Star: UMKC to host "Know Your Rights Day" for
youth; Organizer says, "We don't want there to be a Ferguson in
KC;" Lessons to include how to not assault police officers
SNL: Lawmakers mull statewide charter school expansion X
Drebes: St. Louis Regional Chamber event champions
early education; Speakers include former reporter Nancy Cambria,
whose job was eliminated by Post-Dispatch this year
Missourinet:
Missouri Supreme Court reverses awards given in Workers' Compensation
case over grisly experiences
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
would raise age of juvenile court jurisdiction
JCNT: Advocates push raising age of juveniles in court
system X
AP:
Missouri public defender disciplined for neglecting clients;
Columbia's Karl Hinkebein blamed heavy workload, unnamed illness for
his choices
KWMU: Greitens names panel to examine new DNA evidence
in Marcellus Williams' stabbing/throat-slashing murder case
SNL: Veteran blogger Randy Turner says man knocked on
his door, then punched him in the face X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Clean Line Energy's
limited options X
SNL letter: Springfield man responds to SNL's DACA
coverage, says McCaskill and Blunt should support real Americans and
not illegals X
KC Star letter: Raytown woman with handicapped mom
opposes cuts to in-home care
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Tuesday, September 12
KMOX: McCaskill, Blunt communications staff pen
bosses' emotional reflections on 9/11
KWMU: DACA advocacy/illegal-immigrant profile:
St. Louis City high school girl who snuck into the U.S. from Honduras
Missourinet: Federal agency holding conference in
Kansas City on homelessness in region
Missourinet: Former state Rep. Mike "Coach" Lair's
funeral is today in Jefferson City
Faughn: Rocky Miller chose his business over politics,
and we should all thank him; Thoughts on how keeping
Chappelle-Nadal around helps Republicans, and more
The Missouri Times: If Todd Richardson isn't taking on
Nicole Galloway for state auditor, then which Republican will?
The Missouri Times: St. Louis, Kansas City expected to
be among cities competing for Amazon headquarters project
KWMU: Greitens meets with clergy as St. Louis region
awaits Stockley verdict
P-D: Greitens meets with clergy as wait for Stockley
verdict continues
AP:
Greitens: Rights of peaceful protesters will be protected
KC Star: Video: Greitens attends PBR event in
Springfield, basks in spotlight whilst rappelling onto arena floor
SNL: Veto session preview: Activists gather to
complain about in-home cuts, swap tales of woe; legislators
contemplate Chappelle-Nadal and Warren Love; More X
P-D: Lawmakers set to meet for first time since social
media controversies, health care cuts
SE
Missourian: Wallingford: Expulsion unlikely for
Chappelle-Nadal +
P-D: If Chappelle-Nadal resigns, she would keep her
state pension; if not, she may lose it
The Missouri Times: Questions about Capitol security
appropriation could be answered in upcoming Budget Committee hearing
KWMU: Greitens' 'NoMoRedTape.com" crowdsources policy
ideas
KWMU: State, federal agencies can help stem gun
violence, but St. Louis City bears responsibility
KWMU: Planned Parenthood to offer abortions in KC,
Columbia
Drebes:
Eddy Justice jumping in with both feet to his new role on State Board
of Education
Missourinet: Charter school expansion arguments to
return to Missouri Capitol today
P-D: Wash U., SLU move up in U.S. News rankings, while
state schools drop down
KC Star: UMKC gets poor marks in diversity
study; Employees unhappy about low salary, perceived
discrimination, etc.
CDT: Committee will consider renaming Columbia's Lee
Elementary; Diversity Awareness Partnership regional manager says
she tries to "protect" daughter from U.S. X
KWMU: Federal grant to help 3 St. Louis-area districts
try to teach Engligh to foreigners; Ritenour School District has
highest percentage of non-English-speaking students
SE
Missourian: Ameren Missouri workers sent to Florida to help ease
power outages +
KC Star editorial: Shame on Missouri Republicans for
voting against Harvey relief bill
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should call
for a special session X
P-D letter: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur):
Best path to restore in-home cuts is to override Greitens' veto
P-D letter: Rock Hill man says black clergy's threats
of violence are reprehensible
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Monday, September 11
Missourinet: McCaskill emphasizes importance of Fort
Leonard Wood hospital and airline service
CDT: DACA supporters rally against Trump's "racist
ideology;" Thoughts from Mexican woman who snuck across the
border as a young chica X
Columbial Missourian: Illegal aliens, supporters rally
at courthouse; Leaders tell crowd that contacting state and local
elected officials will influence federal immigration policy
The Missouri Times: #moleg Podcast: Scott
Charton talks with hosts Scott Faughn and Becky Lohmann about media vs.
Trump and how social media has changed political interactions
This Week in Missouri Politics: Reps. Alan Green,
Crystal Quade, Becky Ruth, John Wiemann talk state auditor's race, veto
session, Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Warren Love, more
Drebes:
Missouri Chamber of Commerce hires Justin Arnold as new general counsel
Missourinet: Perpetual Medicaid debate to continue
into 2018 legislative session
KWMU: Satanic Temple challenges 72-hour abortion
waiting period
KC Star: Planned Parenthood to resume abortion
services at midtown Kansas City clinic
Sikeston Standard Democrat: Infant death rate in
Bootheel is cause for concern; September declared Infant
Mortality Awareness Month +
P-D: MoDOT: Getting better gas mileage could
result in paying more for license plates
Missourinet: State agency wants public defender
disciplined; Man blames poor performance on caseload, unnamed
illness
P-D editorial: State legislators - from the mid-1990s
to the present - to blame for black students' poor peformance;
Spending more money on in-school health care will totally make a
difference
Messenger: Missouri should enact former State
Treasurer Clint Zweifel's "Missouri Promise" for free college
P-D letter: Obamacare recipient unhappy about Anthem's
decision to withdraw from marketplace
P-D letter: Mid-East Area Agency on Aging's Mary
Schaefer: State can preserve vital services for senior citizens
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Sunday, September 10
KC Star: KC police disarm Antifa, other groups at
Washington Square rally
Tony's Kansas City: KC socialists outnumbered by
police at protest
Tony's Kansas City: Roundup of KC alt-left socialist
protest photos, news coverage
SNL: DACA supporters hold signs near Battlefield Mall X
St. Joseph News-Press: DACA decision could have
consequences for local aliens
Drebes:
Mizzou prof Aaron Hedlund, contemplating bid for GOP U.S. Senate
primary bid, pens tax-overhaul piece for National Review
P-D: Greitens touts job training, larger innovation
fund as economic strategy comes into focus
P-D: Report: Missouri sees strong growth in
'clean energy' jobs
CDT: Planned Parenthood could soon perform abortions
in Columbia, Kansas City X
SNL editorial: McCaskill, Blunt must stand up for
local aliens who want DACA X
KC Star editorial: McCaskill correct to try to stop
Betsy DeVos's Title IX efforts
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens is right -
illegal aliens who served in the U.S. military should be given
citizenship X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: McCaskill trying to stem the
opioid epidemic
P-D's David Nicklaus: Missouri innovation fund would
be big, bold bet on entrepreneurs
P-D's Kevin Horrigan: In the age of Unenlightenment,
most Republicans think colleges - including Mizzou - are bad for the
country
Joplin Globe's Crystal Thomas: State health care cuts
hammer area residents, businesses X
CDT Managing Editor Charles Westmoreland: For regional
newspapers, local content is all that matters; Paid subscribers
who complain about lack of comic strips or other old-timey features are
do-nothing dunderheads X
SNL letter: Ozark sexagenarian applauds McCaskill's
opposition to gun proposal X
P-D letter: St. Ann woman responds to Dave Roland's
op-ed, wants both Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Warren Love gone
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman suggests urban
protesters turn their attention to drug dealers
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Saturday, September 9
KC Star: Several streets near park to close
today; rally "slated to involve numerous groups and hundreds of
people from across the political and ideological spectrum"
Tonys Kansas City: KCPD top cop: Police prepared
to keep the peace between Antifa and Trump supporters today
SNL: MSU students send message to Trump by skipping
class; MSU spokesman says school has fewer than ten (10) illegal
aliens X
KC Star: Trump's influence figures in potential
McCaskill-Hawley matchup; Comments from James Harris, others
Dunklin
Democrat: Delta Center Field Day draws top state, federal
speakers: Blunt, Jason Smith, Greitens, MO Dept of Ag's Garrett
Hawkins; McCaskill speaks after late arrival +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature mourns loss
of Mike Lair: educator, reader, friend
Drebes:
Gov. Jay Nixon re-emerges on Twitter
The Missouri Times: W. Brent Powell formally joins the
Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
Senate: Week of September 2, 2017
KWMU: Despite calls for expulsion, Chappelle-Nadal may
stay in the Missouri Senate after all
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Rosenbaum previews
upcoming chapters in the Chappelle-Nadal and Warren Love sagas
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Dem
superminority members' claim about in-home care cuts rated "Mostly
False"
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Greitens' claim
of improving business climate rated "Half True"
KWMU: Regional leaders discuss what it would take to
bring Amazon's 2nd headquarters to St. Louis
Lake Expo: Mountain lions in Missouri: Dept. of
Conservation webcast will help sort fact from fiction about black
panthers, other wild animals
P-D: Black clergy to judge: 'The blood will be
on your hands' if activists riot, loot, kill after court verdict
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers should help the
disabled - and punish two misguided colleagues
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: KC school brainstorms ways to
make Betsy DeVos uncomfortable, mock her during visit next week
KWMU's Willis Ryder Arnold: Black transsexual's death
shows police disregard for trans/people of color/gender non-conforming
people
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Friday, September 8
SE
Missourian: Peter Kinder sworn in as head of Delta Regional
Authority
SNL: Blunt: Federal health budget benefits
Missouri
Missourinet: MSU activists to prove a point on DACA by
skipping class today
St. Joseph News-Press: Northwest Missouri State
University college prep program secures $1.77 million in federal funding
Drebes:
New Missouri Ethics Commission opinions
The Missouri Times: Todd Richardson forgoes Auditor's
race, intends to focus on role as Speaker
Clayton Times: David Wasinger to announce his bid for
state auditor
The Missouri Times: Palmyra Mayor Loren Graham to run
for Lindell Shumake's open House seat
The Missouri Times: Parson calls for special session
to oust Chappelle-Nadal and restore in-home care budget cuts
AP:
Missouri special session possible to address in-home budget cuts
Missourinet: Parson urges lawmakers to call special
session
P-D: Momentum builds for session on explusion,
reversing cuts
KWMU: Despite calls for expulsion, Maria
Chappelle-Nadal may stay in the Missouri Senate after all
KC Star: KC will make 'aggressive' bid for Amazon's
second headquarters, and its 50,000 jobs
KWMU: St. Louis City putting together proposal to
bring Amazon to town; Comments from MO Dept. of Economic
Development's Rob Dixon
P-D: St. Louis will put together a 'very competitive'
bid for new Amazon HQ, local officials say
AP:
St. Louis, Kansas City plan to bid for Amazon headquarters
KWMU: "Clean energy" sector jobs in Missouri are rising
Missourinet: Asians dominate Caucasoids in ACT scores,
with average of 23 vs. 20.8; Hispanics at 18.8, blacks at 16.5
The Missouri Times: Politics come to life as students
gather for annual Constitution Project
Columbia Missourian: MU student lobbying group pushing
modified mental health bill
AP:
Missouri public defender blames caseload, unnamed "chronic illness" for
poor performance
Washington Missourian editorial: Both Chappelle-Nadal,
Warren Love should go
P-D editorial: Hazardous waste illegally deposited in
Franklin County requires quick attention
CDT Managing Editor Charles Westmoreland: Changes at
paper: Summer layoffs, no more "Arrests and Summonses" section,
more
SNL's Steve Pokin: Warren Love calls to correct
misstatements in column
P-D letter: Pasasdena Hills sexagenarian dislikes
Messenger's take on Trump, Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Warren Love
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Thursday, September 7
SNL: In the Ozarks, young illegals live in
'overwhelming fear' X
AP:
Greitens: Immigrants in military should get citizenship
Sedalia Democrat: Secretary of the Air Force talks
future of Whiteman Air Force Base
P-D: Trump taps St. Louis native Emily Murphy to head
federal agency
P-D: McCaskill says one opioid maker lacked policies
to prevent overuse of dangerous painkiller
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Danforth continues
promoting anti-Trump campaign, speaking appearances
SE
Missourian: Former U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's papers to be added
to Southeast archive; Celebration planned +
SE
Missourian: Jackson woman heads to D.C. to push for cancer
research funding +
Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune: Mike Lair - former
teacher and legislator - passes away
Missourinet: Former Speaker Tim Jones remembers Mike
Lair
Drebes:
David Martin to run as Republican for Randy Dunn's open House seat
SNL: Police: Ozark man aimed gun at woman whose
political bumper stickers he found 'stupid' X
The Missouri Times: Greitens appoints Jason Crowell to
Missouri Housing Development Commission
AP:
Jason Crowell appointed to Missouri housing commission
KWMU: Greitens prepared to call in National Guard if
protests follow Stockley verdict; Activists have suggested mayhem
will ensue if court decision doesn't go their way
Missourinet: Greitens considers using National Guard
if activists riot over court ruling
P-D: Greitens may activate National Guard to contain
damage caused by rioters, looters
AP:
Greitens: Maria Chappelle-Nadal, Warren Love should leave office
SNL: With no precedent for possible Chappelle-Nadal
expulsion, Missouri Senate holds the power X
AP:
Missouri state employee pension program offers some buyouts
P-D: Missouri offering lump-sum pension payouts to
former workers
Missourinet: Three Missouri companies to add 800+ jobs
KC Star: Greitens warns about job-killing impact of
$15/hr. minimum wage; Counterpoint by McDonalds chef/freelance
macroeconomic analyst Douglesha Nicholson
Clayton Times: Greitens' Innovation Task Force
releases report, identifies ways to help entrepreneurs in Missouri
AP:
Missouri panel advises revamping investments to spur economy
P-D: Chappelle-Nadal, health care cuts could be on
agenda if Missouri Legislature meets in special session
AP:
Parson wants fix for senior cuts
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch
(R-Hallsville) talks Medicaid entitlement mentality, says government
isn't supposed "to do all and be all"
The Missouri Times: More unanswered questions on
Capitol metal detectors
P-D: Missouri lawmakers prepare to spar again over
charter school expansion
P-D: Missouri ranks below average in ACT scores, but
tested all its graduates
KC Star: School-discipline study: Boys 75
percent more likely to be disciplined than girls; Activists
complain about racial disparities
The Missouri Times: ATXI receives approvals for Mark
Twain Transmission Project, final route selected
AP:
Ameren to try again for Missouri approval of new power line
P-D: New route for Ameren's northeast Missouri
transmission line gains local approval
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of September 6, 2017
The Missouri Times: CenturyLink to expand broadband in
rural Missouri homes
P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian, former editor of
Labor Tribune, disagrees with Trump and Josh Hawley on tax cuts
P-D letter: Kirkwood social worker opposes death
penalty for murderer
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Wednesday, September 6
KWMU: Illegal immigrants unhappy about Trump and
DACA; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt, Mexican man who snuck
across the border as a young alien
KMOX: Immigrant rally draws 100; Mexican co-ed
lands speaking gig, says she aspires to become "Face of DACA"
Messenger: Alien profile: Mexico-ed Areli
Munoz-Reyes
KC Star: Protesters congregate to protest Trump;
Mexican alien who snuck across the border as a teen says he'll spend
the next six months protesting
Columbia Missourian: UM System releases statement
supporting DACA students
SNL: Springfield-area police glad Trump reversed
Obama's ban on military surplus program X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Former Sen.
John Danforth to provide uncontested criticism of President Donald
Trump, other complaints
Missourinet: Blunt wants hurricane relief paid in
multiple installments
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer talks possible tax
code revisions
KC Star: Jeanne Patterson, wife of Cerner CEO Neal
Patterson, dies at 59
Missourinet's Brian Hauswirth: Former Rep. Mike Lair
(R-Chillicothe) passes away
SE
Missourian: Laura Bush to speak in Cape as part of Speakers Series +
The Missouri Times: Aaron Baker: 2018 could be
the year of the preacher for the Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dan Stacy (R-Blue Springs)
gets a Dem challenger: Travis Hagewood
SNL: Springfield marijuana proponent resigns position
after comparing police and the KKK X
Clayton Times: State releases August 2017 general
revenue report
AP:
Missouri revenues up 6 percent
The Missouri Times: Governor's Innovation Task Force
releases report, identifies ways to help entrepreneurs in Missouri
P-D: Canadian leader talks with Greitens about Boeing
jobs
Missourinet: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt activates
Harmed-Area Emergency Loan Program (HELP) for Kansas City region after
flash flooding
Missourinet: Low-income nursing care to take spotlight
during Missouri lawmakers' veto session
P-D: When two St. Louis City cops were ambushed by
urban criminals, no Blue Alert was issued. Why not?
AP:
Missouri Lottery: Someone is holding $1 million ticket
KC Star 2018 endorsement: Yes on The Clean Missouri
Initiative
KC Star editorial: Missouri congressional delegation
should support illegals through DACA compromise
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers should hold a
special session to help elderly and disabled
Joplin Globe editorial: Warren Love should resign
SNL's Steve Pokin: Comparing and contrasting Maria
Chappelle-Nadal and Warren Love: What Chappelle-Nadal said was
way more specific and way more dangerous X
P-D op-ed: Freedom Center of Missouri's Dave
Roland: Legislature should not expel members for offensive remarks
KC Star letters: Area liberals want Blunt to oppose
Trump tax cuts
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Tuesday, September 5
KMOV (St. Louis): Minimum-wage group uses Labor Day
rally to bemoan Trump, Greitens, "nativism, racism, state violence,
Islamophobia, sexism, transphobia," etc.
KC Star: Cleaver, Democratic state legislators speak
at union Labor Day rally; Gals swap sad stories of health
maladies, budgeting woes
SNL: Unions, Democrats keep up optimistic appearance
at Labor Day picnic; Attendees include state legislative
candidates, man who seeks to fill Dem ballot slot in Billy Long's
re-election, others X
St. Joseph News-Press: Activists prepare for battle
over 'right to work' X
Missourinet: Graves: Trump's tax plan will give
all Missourians a raise
P-D: Feds: Millions of pounds of hazardous waste
illegally trucked to Missouri and stored on Franklin County floodplain
SNL: Rep. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield) to run for
state Senate X
Drebes:
Former state Rep. Connie Johnson (D-St. Louis City) returns to town to
work for City Treasurer Tishaura Jones
Missourinet: University of Missouri study:
Tweeting during debates increases political knowledge
Missourinet: Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis) explains
difference between Chappelle-Nadal assassination threat and Warren
Love's free speech; Wash U. academic bemoans term limits
SNL: New state law: If tax hike fails, county
will have to wait two years before trying again X
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Area handicapped
man unhappy about in-home service cuts
P-D: Profile: UM System President Mun Choi
KWMU: Where the Internet ends; Connections slow
or nonexistent for rural Missouri schoolkids
P-D: Adult education classes teach reading and math to
thousands for free - including adults with diplomas
AP: Some Missouri school districts to pay for ACT
KWMU: New Missouri high school will help teens
struggling with with addiction avoid temptations
KWMU: Catholics, fleeing St. Louis City and North
County for safer areas, leave some schools struggling; Principal
in Normandy district copes with "socioeconomically and spiritually
diverse" crowd
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court to consider how losing
parental rights in the past should impact the future
KWMU: With new website, Missouri legislative leaders
more confident that interns are safer from harassment
SNL op-ed: Area liberal unhappy with Billy Long's
support of Trump, expresses outrage over indignity of calling district
office and getting voice mail X
P-D op-ed: National Right to Work Committee's Mark
Mix: Missouri union bosses double down on forced union dues
SE
Missourian letter: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape
Girardeau): Natural gas, oil industry has economic benefit to
Missouri +
KC Star letters: Blue Springs nonagenarian disapproves
of Trump's visit to Springfield; KC sexagenarian defends
McCaskill, says Trump's actions are fueled by Obama's jokes at 2011
White House Correspondents' Dinner
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Monday, September
4 Labor Day
NBC News: Transcript of Blunt's appearance on "Meet
the Press": North Korea, debt ceiling, reaction to Danforth's
anti-Trump comments, more
Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen: Liberal KC
coed, visiting her hometown in Clark County, is forced to interact at
County Fair with unenlightened and unsophisticated Trump supporters -
and somehow survives
Missourinet: All available Missouri state troopers
will be on the roads and waterways today
St. Joseph News-Press: Law changes punishment for hate
offenses X
SNL: Mizzou signs pact to cover tuition for low-income
students X
P-D: Missouri's sexually violent predator treatment
program eludes federal scrutiny
KC Star editorial: Legislature should raise the gas tax
P-D editorial: Mizzou's focus on helping low-income
students should help boost enrollment
Messenger: Imagining Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Warren
Love in the Hall of Famous Missourians
Waters: Pro-marijuana legislators too timid to support
legalization should at least support a ballot initiative X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: MO Dept. of Natural
Resources was clueless under Nixon, and will get even worse under
Greitens
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Sunday, September 3
SNL: Springfield Chamber of Commerce, Missouri
economists size up Trump's tax overhaul outline X
SE
Missourian: Thanks to Trump, local police agencies again can
acquire surplus military equipment +
AP:
No shields for whistleblowing state workers in Missouri law
Columbia Missourian: Enrollment the prize for MU,
Missouri State
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Legislators should
show restraint before tossing out Chappelle-Nadal and/or Warren Love X
Washington Missourian editorial: Jay Nixon deserves
credit for resurgence of state parks system, and Greitens should
continue building on that momentum
KC Star editorial: The Kansas City Star is changing
headquarters, but the mission stays the same
The Guardian (UK): John Naughton: With her
leadership on sex-trafficking issue, McCaskill strikes fear into the
Internet's big boys
Waters: MSU vs. MU: Reaction to Ashley Jost's
Post-Dispatch piece X
SNL letter: Springfield Mayor Ken McClure thanks
citizens for civilized behavior during Trump visit X
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit septuagenarian dislikes
Trump, applauds McCaskill
P-D letter: Area environmentalist wants McCaskill,
Blunt to fight Trump on EPA funding, climate change
SNL letter: Pierce City woman wants Greitens to show
stronger support of state parks X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian opposes state
legislators' tort-overhaul campaign
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Saturday, September 2
SNL: Blunt prefers updating DACA program rather than
ending it
X
KWMU: Aliens fear Trump will end DACA; Thoughts
from Mexican coed whose parents snuck her across the border
Faughn: Dear Mr. Danforth, your self-righeous turkey
call politics are their own brand of divisive
SNL: Woman describes almost ending up in Trump
motorcade X
Washington Post: Blunt to appear on NBC's "Meet the
Press" tomorrow morning
Dunklin
Democrat: Congressman Smith visits Senath farm +
SNL: Anthem dials back Obamacare commitment in Missouri X
Columbia Missourian: Boone County left with no
Obamacare providers next year
P-D: Insurers seek steep rate increases on the
Missouri Obamacare exchange
KC Star: On Obamacare in Missouri and want to stay
with Cigna? A 42 percent premium increase is coming
CDT: Bernie Sanders to appear in Fulton where
Churchill, Gorbachev, Reagan spoke X
Columbia Missourian: Sanders to advocate "progressive
American foreign policy" at Westminster lecture
P-D: Bernie Sanders to speak at Westminster
Missourinet: Bernie Sanders to speak at Westminster
College later this month
KC Star: Bernie Sanders to speak at Westminster
Drebes:
Former Post-Dispatch reporter Nick Pistor registers to lobby
Missourinet: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) says
Chappelle-Nadal should leave office
The Missouri Times: Union advocates organize to repeal
2017 labor bills
JCNT: Liberals hold press conference to promote
Empower Missouri conference X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Doug
Beck (D-Affton) on labor's campaign against 'right to work,' competing
with other liberal ballot initiatives, Greitens' cuts to in-home
services, more
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of August 28, 2017
St. Joseph News-Press: Clean Line continues to seek
power project X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Mizzou vs.
MSU: Reaction to Ashley Jost's Post-Dispatch piece
KC Star letter: Stockton's Kalena Bruce, who leads
American Farm Bureau's Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee, prays for
Trump tax cuts
P-D letter: Fenton sexagenarian wants Chappelle-Nadal
removed from office
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Friday, September 1
September
2016 Missouri political news headlines
September
2015 Missouri political news headlines
SNL: If President Trump ends DACA, fewer than 4,000
Missouri illegals would be affected; Alien invaders in state make
up less than one-half (1/2) percent of "Dreamer" population nationwide X
SNL: Car careened toward Presidential motorcade on
Wednesday X
Hartmann: "St. Jack" Danforth's impotent criticism of
Trump won't amount to much; A look at aged Republican's
posturing, Josh Hawley vs. Ann Wagner tension, more
SNL: Oliver North speaks, Roy Blunt recognized at
Vitae Foundation event in Springfield X
KWMU: Ann Wagner includes transportation operations in
fight against sex trafficking
Clayton Times: Q&A with Bill Haas; Colorfly
gadfly seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot for Ann Wagner's 2018
re-election
Drebes:
Democrats fantasize about a competitive 30th Senate District race
Riverfront Times: St. Louis Post-Dispatch facing more
departures
SNL: Lawmakers weigh expelling Maria Chappelle-Nadal
and Warren Love X
The Missouri Times: Love calls for vandals to be
'found and hung from a tall tree'
Missourinet: Greitens says Chappelle-Nadal and Love
should face same fate, but Parson doesn't go that far
AP:
Missouri legislator's suggestion that criminals be hanged draws
condemnation
P-D: Legislators, Democratic party leaders line up to
criticize Love
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf on veto session:
"We really need to help the seniors that the governor threw under the
bus"
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
says fuel tax increase could be key to better Missouri roads
KC Star: State workers knew Adrian Jones was being
abused yet didn't help him, lawsuit says; Father and stepmom beat
boy, then fed dead body to pigs
SNL: Local prescription drug monitoring program begins
data collection X
AP:
Credit report suggests University of Missouri System is on track to
maintain status quo
KWMU: Missouri throws out results of two statewide
high school exams
P-D: EPA updates public on cleanup plans for West Lake
Landfill; Activists unhappy
Columbia Missourian: Changes in Missouri waterfowl
hunting seasons begin this year
Missourinet: Activist groups unhappy about jury
selection process; Comments from NAACP's Nimrod Chapel, others
JCNT: At Empower Missouri event, NAACP's Nimrod Chapel
takes aim at Cole County Prosecutor Mark Richardson X
Washington Missourian editorial: Analyzing MOScout of
the Internet's statewide poll linked here on Sunday X
KC Star editorial: Warren Love should join Maria
Chappelle-Nadal in resigning
SNL's Steve Pokin: A conversation with Springfield
radio host Nick Reed about the Trump visit, Soros' paid protesters, more X
KWMU's Rachel Lippmann: Guns are to blame for harming
four Missouri criminals' lives
P-D letter: St. Louis County liberal says Missouri
Chamber's Dan Mehan, other pro-business voices are hypocritical on
government mandates
KC Star letters: KC sexagenarian says Danforth's
diatribe didn't go far enough; Kearney septuagenarian wants
Chappelle-Nadal gone
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