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Monday, May 12
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CDT: Unity desired by Democrats at convention
McClellan: What made Gov. Blunt drop out? Stay
tuned ...
SNL's Overstreet: E-mail troubles highlight potency of
written words
P-D Political Fix: Gephardt, Robin Carnahan make
headlines on The Huffington Post
CDT: Bridge for sale?
Webster-Kirkwood Times: Statewide initiatives could
appear on Nov. 8 ballot
P-D Political Fix: Open thread
Missourinet: Senate leaders prepare for final week
St. Louis Beacon: Drebes: Fate of controversial
bills may rest with three GOP state senators
Missourinet: Various reform measures top House leader
priority list
KC
Star: Missouri legislators look for common ground as session
enters final week
CDT Politics Blog: Photo ID bill to be heard on Monday
KC
Star's Scott: Voter ID laws have put a lock on the ballot box
P-D: Health insurance bill faces tough road in Jeff
City
Missourinet: Identity theft protection near passage
P-D: Consumers seek to brake auto dealers'
lawsuit-shield bill
SNL: Sex offenders left off list may be added
KC
Star: Student loan providers back out
KC
Star editorial: Missouri budget falls short on education, health
care
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Rep. Rob Schaaf:
Some work goes unnoticed
CDT letter: Big farms necessary to feed our country
JCNT letter: Observations on article about tax revenues
St. Joseph News-Press letters: Sam Graves' performance
as congressman
SNL letter: Blunt, others support evil act of Real ID
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Sunday, May 11
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AP: Democrats divided on candidates; Speakers
plead for eventual unity at state convention
P-D Political Fix: Gephardt: Bush worst
president. Ever.
CDT Politics Blog: Video: Gephardt: Bush
'worst president ever'
AP: Top Mo. Democrats denounce Republican voter ID
measure
P-D Political Fix: Save the nuns, Graham says, as he
calls for blocking Photo ID bill
CDT Politics Blog: Video: Graham talks about
presidential campaign
P-D Political Fix: Nixon and Clay: New BFFs
CDT Politics Blog: Video: McCaskill at Dem
convention: Election about "real people"
P-D: Obama heads to Cape Girardeau, courts rural vote
KY3:
Steelman touts state income tax-decrease plan
P-D Political Fix: Lyndon Bode, Dem running for 9th
District U.S. House seat, plans tour of his territory
CDT: Weak market prompts MOHELA bond buyback offer
KC
Star: Revenue Department sued over higher records fee
SNL: Legislative hot topics include 'village law'
Columbia Missourian: Groundbreaking for visitor
education complex
CDT: Dignitaries hail progress of agriculture showcase
CDT editorial: Those e-mails: What's in there,
anyway?
SNL op-ed: Rep. Bob Dixon: Legislative session
sees highs, lows
SNL op-ed: Children's Division improved in past four
years
CDT op-ed: Compete Missouri might enhance MU's
reputation
KC Star letter: Execution for child rape
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Saturday, May 10
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P-D Political Fix: Obama camp holds weekend
voter-registration drive in Missouri
KY3 Political Notebook: Skelton touts Hillary's swing
state appeal
CDT Politics Blog: Video: Bond sounds off on
easing gas tax, photo ID
P-D: Blunt uses same open-records weapon against
critics
KY3 Political Notebook: Video: Steelman responds
to P-D story
KY3
Political Notebook: Tart tort: Asked about tort reform at
Friday presser, Steelman dodges ... then hits Hulshof
CDT Politics Blog: Nixon lambastes photo
identification measure
P-D Political Fix: Photo ID: A campaign issue?
CDT Politics Blog: Roger Wilson stumps for Clint
Zweifel
P-D Political Fix: Connie Johnson case underway
P-D Political Fix: Connie Johnson's court date is a
definite maybe
P-D Political Fix: Nixon among lots of pols among area
commencement speakers
AP: Mo. Supreme Court judge defends judicial selection
system
ArchCityChronicle.com: Rachel Storch vs. Michael
Roberts Jr.
CDT Politics Blog: Video: Tilley looks toward
next year
AP: Lawsuit is filed over fees to obtain driver's
license records
KY3 Political Notebook: Champion's anti-meth bill
clears Assembly
CDT: KCI plane plant may bring work to mid-Missouri
CDT: Graham, Loudon get their way
CDT Class Notes Blog: Funds would expand career center
AP: State troopers to get training on immigration
AP: Mo. judge rejects Planned Parenthood effort
P-D Political Fix: Matt and Melanie go all out for
their "Idol:" David Cook
Walsh: Celebrating David Cook Day - 'Tis the reason
for the season
SNL: State attorney general sues embattled roofer
P-D Political Fix: Raise your glass with Slay and
Carnahan: St. Louis Brewers Heritage Festival
KMOX: National Park Service agrees to discuss Arch
Grounds upgrades
CDT Politics Blog: World explodes as Mike Gravel does
Soulja Boy dance
ArchCityChronicle.com: Cops catch the crook that broke
into Drebes' house
P-D The Platform: Wash U. law professors object to
Schlafly honor
SNL op-ed: Trish Vincent: Editorial had double
standard
KC
Star op-ed: Missouri needs to protect against frivolous lawsuits
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Friday, May 9
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CDT Politics Blog: Susan Montee: Obama's
Norwegian superstar
KC
Star Prime Buzz: KC pastor heading to Kentucky to campaign for
Clinton
AP: Judge moves defamation lawsuit against Blunt,
staffers
P-D Political Fix: Governor's office comments on
Post-Dispatch story
P-D Political Fix: Audio of Eckersley conversation
CDT Politics Blog: Governor takes aim at Harris in
e-mail records flap
SNL: Blunt's office denies effort to 'bully' Harris
P-D: Steelman aide's work, pay data don't match
CDT Politics Blog: Hulshof backs photo identification
measure
AP: Hulshof endorses voter photo IDs for Missouri
Missourinet: Voter photo ID passes House, heads to
Senate with one week left
CDT: House wants voter ID on ballot
AP: Photo ID could be required for voting
P-D Political Fix: More fuel on the photo ID fire
P-D Political Fix: Letter carriers deliver for Jeff
Harris
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Main Justice knew of local ACORN indictments,
email shows
CDT Politics Blog: Video: Tilley on last week of
session
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Second Injury Fund legislation dies in the House
KMOX: Mo. lawmakers target meth, grant nurses new
powers
KC
Star Prime Buzz: An ethics loophole you can drive a bus through
is finally closed
Missourinet: Senate approves utility regulation bill
SNL: Bill authorizes power plant construction
KC
Star: Aquila can keep Cass County plant, Senate says
P-D Political Fix: Honesty in the Aquila debate
Missourinet: Bombardier: It's not just for
Kansas City
Walsh: Midwives and NASCAR ... and some thoughts from
Isaiah
Columbia Missourian: Anti-illegal immigration group
makes push for Senate bill
SNL: House approves crime lab funds
AP: Mo. lawmakers create panel to study autism
AP: Missouri professors protest campus spending
AP: Mo. lawmakers approve $140 million construction
budget
Joplin Globe: House amendments imperil proposed
stricter odor rules
St. Joseph News-Press: State backing kick-starts
stalled railroad bridge crossing plans
KMOX: State representative demands developer reveal
plans: Jamilah Nasheed and Paul McKee
P-D Political Fix: Blunt seats two political allies on
state boards: Ed Martin and Gregg Keller
Kirkwood-Webster Journal: Controversial tax sparks
debate; Arts groups rely on special tax targeting athletes,
entertainers
P-D Political Fix: McCaskill, Missouri delegation mark
Harry's 124th
SNL: Bill would reimburse for jailed illegal immigrants
P-D: Residents to get say on Arch grounds
P-D Political Fix: In the other graduation ceremony,
Bob Kerrey to address Webster
Columbia Missourian: Attorneys general reach
children's safety agreement with Facebook
P-D: Red flags spur inquiry into KWMU books
SNL: Senior Democrats meeting next week
SNL editorial: Retaliation threatens to sink
legacy; Blunt's office sets poor example by wasting money with
requests
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Probably not the best
way to do business: DOR's Omar Davis
KC Star letters: Ticket scalping; Selecting
judges; Photo ID
Joplin Globe letter: Activist judges and Aquila
Thursday, May 8
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P-D Political Fix: Chappelle-Nadal about to jump off
superdelegate fence; Medley to stay on
KC
Star: Clinton will follow through with primaries, supporters say
P-D Political Fix: McCaskill on Clinton-Obama
St. Joseph News-Press: Governor hopeful makes a visit
Mannies: Gubernatorial campaign takes Hulshof out of
Washington; Dems to gather for final delegate picks
P-D: Recording: Blunt lawyer warned bosses about
e-mail policy
SNL: E-mail friction; Blunt's office requests
Nixon's backup tapes
KC
Star: Governor fires back in dispute over e-mails
CDT: Governor's office requests e-mail records from
Harris
P-D Political Fix: Blunt goes after Democratic AG
candidate, who is grateful
KY3 Political Notebook: Blunt now targets Harris'
e-mails
CDT Politics Blog: E-mail request could be fruitless
Columbia Missourian: Governor turns table on critical
representative - asks for e-mails
SNL: State tax would build more facilities for vets
KY3 Political Notebook: Page pushes veterans ballot
initiative
P-D's Feldstein: Group aims to expand health care for
all
KY3 Political Notebook: Photo ID debate ramps up
CDT Politics Blog: House reopens photo identification
debate
AP:
Voter ID bill passes Missouri House
P-D: Mo. voters may decide on photo ID requirement
KC
Star: Voter ID measure moves ahead in Missouri
KWMU: Missouri House endorses voter ID amendment
KC
Star: Missouri Senate sends $22.4 billion spending plan to Blunt
Missourinet: Lawmakers approved $22.5 billion spending
plan
KWMU: Missouri General Assembly passes state budget
AP: Expenses higher than expected tax revenues
P-D: Canadian aircraft maker gets tax credit deal
CDT Politics Blog: Video: Press conference on
Bombardier
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers approve $240M to lure
Bombardier plant
Columbia Missourian: House offers tax break to attract
airplane manufacturer
Missourinet: $240 million deal approved for Bombardier
AP: Mo. lawmakers back tax breaks for Canadian
airplane maker
Missourinet: Checkered flag in sight for midwifery bill
P-D Political Fix: Carl Edwards: Midwifery
champion?
ArchCityChronicle.com: Graham, Loudon make peace
SNL: Bloated village law bill shoved into next week
KMOX: Missouri's meth problem gets international
attention
AP: International conference for meth control held in
St. Louis
P-D: Mo. combat veterans could get tuition break
Missourinet: More than MOST: legislature expands
college savings program
SNL: Lawmakers seek to add judge positions
CDT Politics Blog: Luetkemeyer: Make tax cuts,
not gas tax cuts
P-D Political Fix: 'Women for Hubbard' meet at the Met
CDT Politics Blog: Sean Spence and Mary Still announce
endorsements
Fulton Sun: Another former British PM follows
Churchill's footsteps to Westminster campus
CDT: John Major echoes Churchill history
Walsh on Major visit: Oh so British ... informative,
yet condescending
KY3 Political Notebook: Roy Blunt's Whip endangered?
P-D Political Fix: Phyllis Schlafly: Campus
critics have too much time
Student Life: Q&A with Phyllis Schlafly
STL Business Journal: Doe Run completes federal clean
air standards implementation plan
SNL: Parents' letter objects to veterans center;
Group to ask for help from Bond, McCaskill
KC
Star: Special events today in honor of Truman's birthday;
Missouri state offices closed
P-D Political Fix: Bright idea: City garages to
go green
Joplin Globe editorial: Blunt's moves mock Sunshine Law
CDT editorial: Legislators' conflicts of
interest: Of course, but justified?
P-D cartoon: Stouffer's silencer bill
CDT letter: Midkiff's false claims misleading to
readers
CDT letter: Midkiff got facts wrong on reporter's
employer
KC Star letters: Onder and abortion; Aquila
JCNT letter: Pay hike does not reflect value of state
workers
SNL letter: State senators ignore Missourians' needs
SNL letter: Put convictions on driver's license
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SNL: Danforth: U.S. politics embracing extremes
SNL: Former senator thinks McCain will prevail
KC
Star: McCaskill on Obama's North Carolina victory
CNN: McCaskill on seating FL, MI delegates:
"Don't change the rules in the middle of the contest."
KC
Star Prime Buzz: McCaskill moving up the DC charts: Has
backing Obama made her a star?
P-D Political Fix: Local Clinton backers cite economy,
experience in Indiana calls
P-D Political Fix: Missouri allies cite bellwether
status to help Obama in Indiana
P-D Political Fix: Former British Prime Minister John
Major in town
Missourinet: Steelman unveils $200-million tax relief
deal
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Steelman proposes $171 million tax break for
Missouri
AP: Mo. governor candidate Steelman proposes state tax
breaks
SE Missourian: Hulshof highlights senior, veteran
issues
P-D Political Fix: Hulshof handles "tracker" with
aplomb
KY3 Political Notebook: Nixon, Hulshof continue
property tax debate
STL Business Journal: Missouri revenue collections up
2.2%
AP: Lack of money won't halt Missouri e-mail archive
system
KC
Star: Lawyers set strategies in Blunt office's e-mail case
P-D Political Fix: Blunt to Nixon on e-mail
fight: Show me your backup tapes
KY3 Political Notebook: Blunt now seeks Nixon's
back-up tapes
Hendricks:
E-mail fiasco proves keeping secrets was top priority
P-D Political Fix: Blunt lawsuit gets first House
floor mention
The Maneater: MoCRI initiative misses ballot
Jensen: Good and bad of the week: Affirmative
action petition, photo ID ruling
CDT: Fuel prices stir energy debate; Ninth
District candidates speak out
CDT: Ninth District candidate Q&A: Should
the federal fuel tax be temporarily suspended?
KWMU: Heated debate expected over health care funding
P-D: Lawmakers criticize huge increase in rates to
provide driving data
St. Joseph News-Press: Driver's insurance rates could
rise; Fee increase would hit big companies hard
KC
Star: Higher fees for Missouri motor vehicle and driver records
anger insurance companies
AP: Lawmakers balk at driver's license record fee
increase
Missourinet: Call it VOIP, call it deregulation, it's
going to the governor
KY3 Political Notebook: Harris accuses Donnelly of
ducking vote
KOMU: Telecom bill raises controversy
Missourinet: Senate debates quarter-per-month cell
phone fee
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes higher education budget
The Maneater: Proposal threatens student curator vote
P-D Political Fix: Lawmakers approve parolee funding
for computers
P-D Political Fix: Traveling comedy show comes to
House Rules hearing
SNL: Bill lets pharmacies appeal audits
CDT: Bills advance local projects
Missourinet: Senate says "kill horses."
Missourinet's Walsh: Senate Pie Day
CDT Politics Blog: Sean Spence gets engaged
ArchCityChronicle.com: Steve Brown gets another mayor
in battle to replace Donnelly
PubDef: Clay, Williamson endorse El-Amin;
Two-time primary opponent Joe Palm "rapidly finding himself alone on a
political island"
P-D Political Fix: El-Amin corrals support of
congressman, alderman
KC
Star: Sexual abuse alleged at mental health facility
SNL: MSU's emergency test 'not acceptable'
P-D: Money raised to help pupils switch schools;
Sinquefield among donors
KC
Star editorial: Court should closely examine allegations about
Blunt e-mail
JCNT editorial: Recognize state workers with combined
salary increase
P-D editorial: The undead: Bills await passage
in final eight days of session
CDT editorial: Petitions: Beware of easy
conclusions
The Maneater editorial: Student voice has
weight: Ward Connerly's petition
The Maneater editorial: Pass 'student curator' bill now
CDT op-ed: MOHELA board fleeced students;
Greer's words ring hollow in light of facts
KC
Star op-ed: Legislative limit on courts should be rejected
SE Missourian op-ed: Bill would protect Missouri
businesses from silly lawsuits
The Maneater op-ed: Judy Baker's Glenn Rehn:
Political activism starts now
KC Star letters: McCaskill and Air Force; Costs
of long-term care; Graves a friendly congressman
P-D letter: Teacher certification bill shortchanges
students
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Missourinet: GOP officials question loyalty of dozens
of elected delegates
P-D Political Fix: Ron Paul supporters have their day
in court, er, armory
Missourinet's Walsh: Ron Paul supporters say they're
being targeted by GOP
MayorSlay.com: Online poll: Stimulus checks
KY3 Political Notebook: Wake them in July:
Voters yet to tune in to gubernatorial campaigns
KMOX:
Rival Republicans in gov's race stump for votes in St. Louis
AP: GOP governor candidates in St. Louis
P-D Political Fix: Steelman revisits earnings-tax
proposal in front of stadium "hole"
KWMU: Steelman proposes city earnings tax repeal
P-D Political Fix: Hulshof talks about the elderly,
vets and earnings tax
KWMU: Hulshof suggests tax freeze for senior citizens
KY3 Political Notebook: Cut or freeze: Hulshof
& Nixon face off on tax plans
P-D: Lawsuit contends Blunt's aides ordered staffers
to break the law
KC Star: Blunt or aides erased e-mails, lawsuit
contends
AP: Suit: E-mail tapes' destruction ordered
Missourinet: Suit accuses Blunt of ordering
destruction of e-mails
P-D: Missouri petition drive falls short, angering
California backer
KC
Star's Shelly: Good riddance to the anti-affirmative action drive
in Missouri
KMOX: "Clean Energy Initiative" could appear on
November ballot
MayorSlay.com: Slay on casino measure, Ward Connerly's
petition
P-D Political Fix: Slay pleased to see gambling
measure go to voters
P-D Political Fix: Court decision gives a push to
Voter ID bill in House
AP: Voter registration soars in the first few months
of 2008
Missourinet: Final budget work begins with fiscal
picture gloomy
Missourinet: House Speaker denies the session is
moving slowly
KY3 Political Notebook: Kinder calls on lawmakers to
restore senior funding, says budget "clock is ticking"
KWMU: Missouri House passes K-12 budget
STL Business Journal Online Poll: What should the
Missouri Legislature do regarding Blunt's "Insure Missouri" program?
Missourinet: Tuition discounts for combat veterans
SNL: Ignition lock bill gets 7-0 vote in committee
KC
Star: Missouri House OKs bill allowing telecoms in rural areas to
increase rates
AP: Phone bills in rural areas may go up
AP: How Mo. House members voted on telephone
legislation
SNL: Committee reduces scope of Dixon's proposed
Children's Bill of Courtroom Rights
ArchCityChronicle.com: Missouri belatedly joins credit
protection efforts
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Barnes: Graves is in big oil's pocket
CDT Politics Blog: Bob Onder to Ken Jacob: Let's
rumble
CDT Politics Blog: Luetkemeyer campaign pans
Onder-Jacob debate
CDT Politics Blog: Rep. Danie Moore opposed to federal
gas tax holiday
CDT Politics Blog: Department of Agriculture's Katie
Smith defends ethanol in column
STL Business Journal: Emerson, Missouri Farm Bureau
sign as new Tour of Missouri sponsors
P-D Political Fix: Another judge bows out of Connie
Johnson case
P-D Political Fix: Koster on American Idol:
"It's tremendous entertainment"
P-D Political Fix: Jim Avery gets mediation job
Neosho
Daily News: Facility honors doctors, Rep. Kevin Wilson
Student Life (Wash U.): Students organize to protest
Schlafly degree (link via Drebes)
P-D: Washington U. takes heat about honoring Phyllis
Schlafly
Horrigan: Should Wash U honor Phyllis Schlafly?
AP: Clay co-sponsors bill to decriminalize some
marijuana possession
PubDef: Lacy Clay and Ron Paul agree on one
thing: marijuana legalization
PubDef: Teachers union unionizes charter school
P-D: Potty parity haunts Chaifetz Arena; State
law dictates number of bathroom fixtures for women, men
Lake Sun Leader: The noodler and the damage done
P-D editorial: Canadian fleece: Bombardier Inc.
P-D editorial: Slumlord heaven: Senate Bill 781
SNL op-ed: Agency checking organizations serving
children does good job
SE Missourian letter: Bill would add insurance coverage
St. Joseph News-Press letters: Schaaf on tipped
workers' wages; Sheehan on innovation center
P-D letter: Rail shipping a preferable alternative to
other transportation solutions
KC Star letter: League of Women Voters opposes photo
ID requirement
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P-D Political Fix: Mo GOP targeting 300 pro-Ron Paul
delegates at Monday 'credentials meeting'
AP: Affirmative action petition misses deadline
KMOX: Anti-affirmative action drive dies
P-D Political Fix: ACORN celebrates failure of
anti-affirmative action measure
ArchCityChronicle.com: Missourians pass on petition,
affirmative action continues
The Pitch: San Diego Minutemen on Missouri streets?
P-D Political Fix: Open thread
AP: Mo. tax revenues drop sharply
Missourinet: Effort to limit growth of government
spending faces crucial week
St. Joseph News-Press: Final weeks of session bring
legislative hang-ups
Columbia Missourian: House committee won't vote on
Insure Missouri until hospitals sign off on regulation changes
Missourinet: High-tech healthcare: Telehealth
regulation uncertain
ArchCityChronicle.com: Jeff Smith on Bombardier
Jefferson County Journal: 'Half-staff bill' awaits
governor's signature
McClellan: Parents of autistic man seek help from state
P-D: Foreign repairs of U.S. planes worry some
lawmakers
KC
Star: High gas prices fuel a political blame game
CDT: Securities sales bear inspection; Some
investors 'screwed' in gambit, stuck with MOHELA securities
St. Joseph News-Press: Pre-need turmoil causes
concerns; Several state agencies examining 2 companies that sell
funeral contracts
P-D: New river bridge will be topic of public meetings
South County Times: State lawmakers push to end waste
hauling plan
SNL: Caution urged on 'choice' school;
Resident: Programs could hurt by skimming off top students
SNL editorial: Where do you stand on emissions bill?
P-D op-ed: Re-entry programs reduce crime and save
money
CDT op-ed: Family farmers feed nation, protect land
SE Missourian's Keller: More people working, more
people looking
P-D letters: Bond and discrimination
legislation; Photo ID; Nodler and budget decisions
CDT letter: Bill on informed consent offers women
protection
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KC Star: Democrats worry about long presidential
campaigns
Burlington (NC) Times News: McCaskill for Obama:
Come on, patriots
CDT Politics Blog: Ninth District candidates discuss
energy policy
CDT Politics Blog: Petition drives to end soon;
Signature efforts busier than usual
P-D: Petition deadline is here - but sign with caution
Joplin Globe's Hadsall: Nixon climbs to top in
gubernatorial fundraising
AP: Higher Medicaid payments benefit some lawmakers
P-D: Mo. bill aims to boost organ donation
SNL: State lauded for abuse reporting
JCNT: State workers honored at annual event
The Maneater: Fraternity sponsors political debate
P-D editorial: Class actions: Absurd and sublime
KC
Star editorial: Veto bait: Missouri lawmakers protect 'chop
shops' from lawsuits
KC
Star's Donovan: 'Embarrassment' is only in the eye of the
beholder: Kay Barnes' appearance on cover of gay magazine
P-D letters: Nixon's higher ed plan; Photo ID
requirement
The Maneater letter: Representative defends abortion
bill
CDT letter: Pund's past predicts great work in House
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P-D: President predicts better times ahead
AP: Bush reflective in Missouri speech
Missourinet: President comes to Missouri, says check
is in the mail
P-D: Photos from Bush visit
P-D:
Video: Bush tours World Wide Technology
P-D Political Fix: Tony LaRussa treasures memento of
tardy time with Bush
KC
Star Prime Buzz: The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is 'a brilliant
theologian,' Cleaver says in interview
Kraske:
Danforth thinks Obama has lost his punch
New Bern (NC) Sun Journal: McCaskill says Clinton,
McCain pushing "gimmick" on gas tax
AP: Farmers reaping money from Missouri tax credits
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Amy Blunt gets reprieve
AP: Blunt picks attorney for Ethics Commission,
Democrats balk
Platte County Landmark: Steelman campaigns here
Foley:
Here's what Sarah Steelman should be talking about
P-D Political Fix: Steelman seeks birthday cash
KY3 Political Notebook: Steelman seeks cash for her
birthday
Missourinet: Court of Appeals issues split ruling on
"Cures Without Cloning Initiative"
P-D Political Fix: Split decision in court, but
anti-stem group drops effort until 2010
KC
Star: Proposed ballot measure dealt setback
CDT Politics Blog: Anti-SCNT ballot item won't make
this year's ballot
AP: Judge rewrites part of proposed stem cell amendment
AP: Casino ballot initiative submitted
ArchCityChronicle.com: Loss limit signatures
ready; Link to Yes for Schools First press release
P-D Political Fix: State workers say pay bump favors
the rich
P-D Mound City Money: Forbes gets MOSERS' stance wrong
CDT: Right to work bill still dead; Proposal has
gone nowhere since '78
CDT Class Notes Blog: Ed Robb helps Columbia Public
Schools save $$$
Missourinet: Blunt keeping track of damaging storms
KC
Star: Blunt discusses KC and Missouri storm damage on cable news
networks
CDT Politics Blog: Onder, Luetkemeyer diverge on gas
tax suspension
CDT Politics Blog: Olivo receptive to suspending
federal gas tax
Hendricks:
Barnes panders to farmers
CDT letter: Sean Spence is the kind of rep the 25th
District needs
KC
Star: Green moves from MoDOT
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P-D: Bush to defend economic stimulus package in
today's visit
AP: Survey: Missouri among states bucking
national economic trends
P-D Political Fix: LaRussa to greet Bush
KMOX: President's visit draws protest
P-D Political Fix: Pro-Vote to have pickets along Bush
route
KY3 Political Notebook: Nixon staying silent on
superdelegate status
P-D: EPA gets tough on lead emissions
SNL: Ashcroft says Patriot Act protects U.S.
freedoms; Former AG speaks to Springfield's local bar association
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Look out, Sam: Barnes ranks as second
best-funded congressional challenger
KY3 Political Notebook: Blunt cool on gas tax repeal
KY3 Political Notebook: Nixon touts $61M higher ed
plan; GOP rivals respond
SNL: Nixon proposes tuition-free college
KY3 Political Notebook: Hulshof touts tax record
Joplin Globe: State treasurer stumps during
gubernatorial-campaign stop
KY3 Political Notebook: Video: Blunt vs. Nixon
on e-mails
P-D Political Fix: Amy Blunt's job safe
P-D: North County legislator knocked off ballot
P-D Political Fix: Walton knocked off Senate ballot
AP: St. Louis Senate candidate challenging
disqualification
P-D Political Fix: Judge won't dismiss Connie Johnson
suit - or himself
CDT Politics Blog: Videos: Senate passes
Bombardier enticements
KC
Star: Revised tax-credit plan for Bombardier plant is approved
P-D: Subsidy bill gets trim, Mo. Senate OK
St. Joseph News-Press: State Senate OKs revised
Bombardier incentives
Missourinet: Senate approves Bombardier tax bid
Missourinet: Opponents can't stop Bombardier tax
credits in Senate
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Senate aims to bring
Canadian jet-manufacturing jobs to Kansas City
AP: GOP brings back effort to require photo ID to vote
CDT: Medicaid cuts surface in House; Income tax
proposal viewed as ploy
CDT Politics Blog: Videos: Jetton, LeVota on tax
increase proposal; Tilley on photo ID
Missourinet: Senate Budget Chair rejects claims
sheltered workshops' budget cut
P-D Political Fix: Senate panel OKs Aquila bill
KC
Star: Missouri Senate panel OKs bill to let Aquila keep operating
Cass County power plant
P-D's Sorkin: Hot weather bill gets unwelcome
passengers
Missourinet: Mortgage fraud bill passes House, goes to
governor
AP: Lawmakers pass bill adding penalties for mortgage
fraud
AP: Blunt signs teacher certification law
Missourinet: Blunt signs bill to address teacher
shortages
KC
Star: Blunt signs bill on alternative teacher certification for
professionals
SE Missourian: Blunt signs teacher bill in Cape
Girardeau
SNL: Senate approves crime lab funds
AP: States turn to new prison model
CDT Politics Blog: Let's eat turkey in a big brown
shoe; Jetton discusses village law
Lake Sun Leader: Chances 'village law' will be
repealed are 'Less than slim'
ArchCityChronicle.com: Don Calloway nabs Lacy Clay
endorsement
PubDef: Lacy Clay endorses Don Calloway
P-D Political Fix: El-Amin cycles to work for cancer
prevention
ArchCityChronicle.com: Goodnight Mike Roberts
Jr.: Rachel Storch's shock-and-awe host committee
P-D Political Fix: Cynthia Davis gets new Demo opponent
AP: Missourians, Illinoisans get chance to discuss
Mississippi River bridge
P-D: State lawmakers, county officials spar over trash
districts
KMOX: Battle lines drawn over trash districting
Joplin Globe editorial: Set aside politics, pass
health insurance legislation
SNL editorial: Extras will probably kill village law
repeal
P-D editorial: Steelman and the e-tax
KC Star letter: Kay Barnes vs. Sam Graves
P-D letter: Abortion legislation
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P-D Political Fix: Akin to accompany Bush to St.
Louis; Hulshof will be campaigning elsewhere
Mannies: Black Democrats differ at significance of
their friendship with Kinder; MO may lose congressional seat
CDT Politics Blog: McCaskill: Obama has election
locked down
KY3 Political Notebook: McCaskill: For they will
come
P-D: Durbin, Bond kill airlines' pension poison
SE Missourian: Bill to study Lewis & Clark trail
extension reaches president's desk
AP: Opponents of affirmative action accused of using
misleading tactics
STL American: Ward Connerly works with racist hate
groups in anti-affirmative action effort
KY3 Political Notebook: AG office to Blunt:
We've sent documents
P-D Political Fix: He's BAACK! Spence to speak
for Steelman
CDT Politics Blog: Spence Jackson to speak for Steelman
KY3 Political Notebook: Spence back in the
saddle; "He did not have to be convinced."
P-D: Steelman wants to abolish St. Louis earnings tax
MayorSlay.com: Sarah Steelman called
KMOX: Gas tax 'holiday' considered in Missouri
legislature
CDT Politics Blog: Living in cloud cuckoo land:
Rep. Steve Hunter's proposal to raise taxes to restore Medicaid cuts
P-D Political Fix: The lone holdout
P-D Political Fix: Purgason predicts budget deficit
P-D: Legislators balk at huge tax break
AP: Mo. revises enticements for Bombardier
KC
Star Prime Buzz: New Bombardier bill will limit tax credits to
$240 million
KC
Star: Aquila power plant could get break
AP: Patients get cut out of Medicaid benefits
SNL: Extra items tacked on to repeal of village law
P-D: Senate may enact tougher controls on pre-paid
funerals
AP: Counties to get more for holding Missouri prisoners
ArchCityChronicle.com: Jones - Johnson suit heating up
P-D Political Fix: Koster and Coffman reading from
different bibles?
P-D Political Fix: Speaker Jetton bags another big one
P-D Political Fix: Town hall session on illegal
immigration set for Ballwin
KMOX: State lawmakers meet with residents over county
trash dispute
KOMU: Something's missing: New license plates
lack hyphen
Branson Daily News: College of the Ozarks Lady Bobcats
honored by Missouri House of Representatives
SE Missourian: Researchers studying sex and the pallid
sturgeon
Missouri
Politics: Drebes +1
P-D editorial: Bi-partisan success: State
delegation travels to China
P-D op-ed: Ken Warren: Is a governor liable for
smearing someone's reputation?
KC Star letter: Onder response on abortion bill
STL American letter: Elbert Walton on Missouri Plan
P-D letter: Farm Bureau's Kruse: Rising costs,
uncertain market means farmers need security, too
SNL letter: Missouri makes simple effort to recycle
inconvenient
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P-D Political Fix: Skelton goes for Clinton - puts
Mo.'s superdelegates in deadlock
KC
Star: Skelton backs Clinton for Democratic nomination
KY3 Political Notebook: Ike backs Hil'
CDT Politics Blog: Skelton backs Clinton
KC
Star: Spirit of '76 convention in KC still reverberates
KC
Star: First Lady and Jenna Bush share new book with KC
P-D Political Fix: World Wide Technologies gets second
chance at Bush visit
AP: President Bush to visit St. Louis Friday
P-D Political Fix: Bush host generous to both sides of
the aisle
SE Missourian: FEMA: More people should buy
flood insurance
KY3 Political Notebook: Young Dem delegates to Denver
johncombestblog.com: Former Talent State Director
Gregg Keller named VP of Total Spectrum
P-D Political Fix: Bond: To c