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SNL: Nixon: Goals haven't changed;
Incoming governor wants to meet priorities in spite of recession
Columbia Missourian: Bob Holden, Carl Bearden, Rod
Jetton offer advice for Jay Nixon
P-D Political Fix: Journalists favored Nixon with
donations? Maybe. Maybe not.
AP: Nixon proposes new economic focus that might
compete with DREAM program for funding
Missourinet: Higher education a priority of Senate
President Pro Tem Charlie Shields
KRCG: Look ahead: Blunt e-mail lawsuit, Missouri
Roundtable for Life
The Maneater: Proposition A might not help higher
education
P-D Political Fix: Open thread
The Maneater: MU students pursue political internship
opportunities
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT to begin Safe and Sound
bridge campaign
Memphis Democrat: Safe and Sound bridge contracts
awarded in Knox, Scotland Counties
P-D: FEMA approves millions for St. Louis-area storm
damage
KOLR10: Sen. Bond announces more than $43 million in
funds for Missouri homeowners
Joplin Globe: Appeal hearing set on Roaring River CAFO
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Emerson staff to meet one-on-one with 8th
District constituents
Suburban Journals' Pokin: Councilman Joe Brazil not
backing off libel suit against Jeff Roe
KC
Star: 2008 decline in U.S. executions has states reflecting on
capital punishment
KC Star letter: Kudos to Missouri Department of
Conservation
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KY3: Coonrod says he's applied for DNR post;
More on the Nixon appointment process
SNL: Who will have Gov. Nixon's allegiance?
SNL: Journalists favored Nixon over Hulshof,
contribution data shows
SNL: Database of Hulshof, Nixon contributions
SNL: Donations to Nixon hit almost $150,000
SNL: Hulshof bankrolled by GOP committees
CDT: Hulshof praised as curtain falls; Outgoing
politico mum since defeat
KC
Star: Budget woes await lawmakers in Missouri, Kansas
Joplin Globe: State budget shortfall forces hard
choices for education, others
Carthage Press: Speaker-in-waiting Ron Richard to wait
no longer
Joplin Globe: Rep. Ed Emery's bill targets
adult-oriented businesses
KC
Star: Low gas prices spark fuel tax hike talk
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: Hiring freeze will put
even more stress on state's public defenders
P-D: St. Louis mayoral Democratic primary gets confused
PubDef: Video: Coleman files for mayor - but not
that Coleman
PubDef: St. Louis media gets the story wrong
Walsh: On Antonio French and the Maida Coleman coverage
CDT: Group wants Amber Alert for Alzheimer's patients
KC
Star editorial: Issues to watch in Missouri in 2009
CDT editorial: E-verify; Pressure on employers
SNL editorial: As speaker, Ron Richard aims to be the
anti-Jetton
SNL letter: Authorities continue to miss point of
Lampe's anti-bullying bill
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P-D: Missouri legislature to start its 2009 session
this week with hope, fear
AP: Agencies in angst over state budget
P-D: Incoming Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard ready
to get to work
P-D: New Senate leader Charlie Shields brings deep
experience to post
KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from Rep. Jay
Wasson
SNL: Opponents of judicial nomination process to sit
on panels
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Keep education the state's highest priority,
Blunt says
SNL: Gov. Blunt to successors: Keep education
No. 1 priority
AP: Blunt names Lowell Pearson to national committee
on state laws
Livengood: Coonrod: Appointment report is news
to him; St. Onge as 'Transportation Czar' debated
SNL: Rep. Shane Schoeller calls for tougher abuse
prevention
CDT: Minimum wage bumps up automatically
KRCG: Restaurants react to wage increase
Joplin Globe: Financing, collection top attorney
general's consumer complaint list
St. Louis Business Journal: Economic index falls for
Missouri
P-D: Predictions for 2009: Kit Bond will run for
re-election
St. Louis Review: Bishops to fight against Freedom of
Choice Act
Columbia Missourian: More than 200 march in Columbia
for peace in Gaza
KOMU: Israeli bombings protest
KBIA: Central Missourians march in support of
Palestinians in Gaza
KC
Star: Missourians wanting to power their own homes are finding it
difficult
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missourians who make their
homes green could get tax break
Missourinet: Missourians hurt by September storms must
apply for FEMA aid by January 12
Mexico Ledger: License office closed in Mexico
STL Business Journal: MoDOT announces top road
projects for 2009
SE Missourian: MoDOT official discusses initiatives at
First Friday Coffee
AP: Missouri wants new homes for prairie chickens
P-D: Sen. Maida Coleman decides against running for
St. Louis mayor, claims conspiracy
P-D Political Fix: Maida Coleman bows out of Dem
primary
ArchCityChronicle.com:
Maida's virtual campaign office: 7th Ward location lacks
occupancy permit
Walsh: More on the Maida Coleman dramedy
P-D Political Fix: French twist: Blogger making
surprise bid for alderman
KC Star
editorial: The top 2009 issues for Missouri's General Assembly
Joplin Globe editorial: Constitution a pawn in secret
ballot battle
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Preserve secret union
votes
Independence Examiner op-ed: Sen. Matt Bartle:
Lawmakers must affirm right to life
SNL op-ed: Christian County Clerk Kay Brown:
Partnership on voting at schools benefits all
SNL letter: Ignorance of rules driving Viebrock's
animal legislation
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KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from Show-Me
Institute's David Stokes
KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from Missouri
Budget Project's Amy Blouin
SNL: They said it ...; The year in Missouri
political quotes
KC
Star's Shelly: Sorting Missouri's political players: Bond,
McCaskill, Blunt, Carnahan, more
SNL: Greene County Presiding Commissioner Dave
Coonrod: KSPR report about becoming DNR director not true
AP:
New Missouri laws take effect
SE Missourian: Missouri minimum wage rises 40 cents
SNL: Ron Richard plans 'to do what's best' for Missouri
KY3: Video: Lawmakers consider shuffling new
casino money
AP: Missouri lawmakers look to divert new casino tax
money
Joplin Globe: Proposal seeks guarantee of secret union
ballots
Columbia Missourian: Bill would make insurance
companies cover infertility treatments
SNL: Future Senate hopeful Ron Richard aims to restore
Capitol
MayorSlay.com: St. Louis City's agenda for the
upcoming session of the Missouri Legislature
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: Rep. Ellen Brandom will
continue to involve constituents in issues
Richmond Daily News: Local communities gear up for
possible stimulus
Missourinet: Missouri above average in flu deaths
P-D's Sorkin: Court finds fine print in payday loan
contract 'unconscionable'
KMOX: State Sen. Maida Coleman is running for St.
Louis mayor
P-D Political Fix: Slay gets more than half of
aldermen, chair of city Dems, former Gov. Bob Holden
PubDef: Antonio French: I'm running for alderman
and this is why ...
Branson Daily News: Paper to publish twice weekly,
focus on Internet updates
SNL editorial: Neal St. Onge following the
money; "Slimy move" requires hard look at need for inspector
general slot
Columbia Missourian's Kennedy: Getting the change we
both deserve and demand; Gov. Nixon "a mystery"
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Catanese: More to the story: A behind-the-scenes
look at Kinder's Lincoln Day announcement, Steelman-Hulshof, more
Walsh: Favorite "surprise" stories of 2008
KSPR:
Ozarker considered for DNR chief
P-D: Missouri attorney general reports results of
mediation
Joplin Globe: Officials say DREAM program likely to
continue under Nixon
AP: Attorney Chet Pleban objects to Gov. Blunt e-mail
settlement
AP: Complaints over house irk judicial nominee Rod
Chapel
CDT: Unions object to secret ballot proposal
KY3:
Missouri raises its minimum wage
KOMU: Minimum wage increases
SNL: Village law sparked big stir among Missouri
General Assembly
SNL: Registry reform on freshman Rep. Eric Burlison's
to-do list
Missourinet: Concerns expressed over calls for
expanded occupational licensing requirements
SNL: Push continues for Christian County audit
St. Joseph News-Press: Excess tax revenue, or the
right figure? Decimal point puts Montee, Daviess County at odds
P-D: Missouri taxpayers waiting later than normal
SNL: Bond staffer to host Listening Post at courthouse
AP: Jury still out on farm program's impact
P-D: Prosecutor drops remaining felony charge against
Lori Drew
P-D: Parent company of St. Louis Post-Dispatch warned
by NYSE that it may be delisted
Joplin Globe editorial: Resolutions must be
kept; Nixon made no-tax-increase pledge
SNL op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Joseph Haslag:
Raising taxes isn't answer to fiscal difficulties
KC Star's Penn: Cleaver warns: On Inauguration
Day, forget D.C. and try TV
P-D letter: The cost of giving state employees another
day off
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AP: Weather dominated Missouri news in 2008
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Top 10 local political stories of 2008
AP: Nixon appoints ex-health care CEO to oversee
Department of Social Services
P-D Political Fix: Longtime hospital executive will
help Nixon revamp Medicaid
Walsh: Another day, another Cabinet appointment for
the incoming governor
AP: Blunt has a job waiting for him
KC
Star: Gov. Blunt to work with Romney's son upon leaving office
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Matt Blunt's going private
SNL: Gov. Blunt to enter investment sector
P-D Political Fix: Blunt's next gig: Investing
with Mitt Romney's son
Springfield Business Journal: Private equity firm
hires Gov. Blunt
Missourinet: Movement launched to place secret ballot
guarantees in Missouri Constitution
KC
Star: State amendment effort seeks to guarantee privacy for union
and other voters
St. Joseph News-Press: Group works to preserve
secret-ballot elections
KOMU: Ballot movement launches
AP: Missouri immigration restrictions take effect in
2009
Springfield Business Journal: House Speaker-elect Ron
Richard visits Springfield, Branson
Columbia Missourian: 'Robocall' legislation upcoming
in Missouri House and Senate
Missourinet: John Loudon still waiting for Missouri
Supreme Court ruling on his workers' comp bill
AP: State grants for stem cell use debated
JCNT: Catherine Hanaway to speak at Missouri
Governor's Prayer Breakfast
Columbia Missourian: 2008 a big year for state
Rep.-elect Stephen Webber
SNL: Rep. Jay Wasson wants reform for funeral deals,
overhaul of housing panel
Neosho Daily News: Rep. Marilyn Ruestman readying
high-profile legislation this session
CDT: Novelty lighters target of Rep. Ed Wildberger's
bill
Joplin Globe: Construction law protects jobs for
Missouri workers
SE Missourian: Regional planning commissions prepare
spending lists for Obama's stimulus plan
KC
Star: States assemble highway wish lists for federal stimulus
money
P-D: Recession may exacerbate Medicaid problems
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: Some minimum-wage workers
will see pay increase this Thursday
Joplin Globe: Minimum wage jumps Thursday in Missouri
Missourinet: Helping with heat in the cold:
Missouri Energy Task Force
KC Star: Judge nominee Rod Chapel's home subject of
complaints
AP: Red-light cameras challenged
SNL editorial: Anti-bullying bill takes guts;
Protecting gay kids, others should have lawmakers' attention
P-D letter: Bailout votes of Hulshof, Akin
SNL letter: Rep. Roy Blunt's votes unconstitutional
SNL letter: Viebrock obsessed with animal abuse notion
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P-D Political Fix: Bond: Israel has a right to
defend itself
KWMU: Pro-Palestinian group targets Kit Bond over
Israeli air strikes
KMOX: Sen. Bond urged to call for cease-fire in Gaza
Missourinet: New early voting attempt readied
AP: Proposal requires secret ballots for union
elections
P-D Political Fix: Amendment aims to thwart union
legislation
P-D Political Fix: Missouri Lawyers Weekly honors
"go-to guy" Chuck Hatfield
AP: Koster picks judges for top office spots
P-D Political Fix: Another black robe joins Koster's
team
Walsh: Trial judge to join Team Koster
SNL: Ron Richard opposes giving "transportation czar"
job to Neal St. Onge
JCNT: Incoming area lawmakers ready to tackle issues
SNL: Bill would attach names to amendments;
Legislation inspired by the 2007 "village law" controversy
P-D Political Fix: State Rep. Kenny Biermann to do
double duty by serving on school board, in Legislature
St. Joseph News-Press: Audit questions Medicaid fraud
controls
P-D Political Fix: County Executives Steve Ehlmann,
Charlie Dooley file suit challenging new state fee
P-D Political Fix: St. Louis seeks economic stimulus
money for 10 development projects
SNL: Roy Blunt, media get sneak peek of new airport
terminal
KOLR-10: Roy Blunt gets glimpse of new airport terminal
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Sam Graves' anti-Kay Barnes ad on liberal site's
"sleaziest" list
KOMU: Bad weather affects MoDOT work
SE Missourian: Increased salt prices force
transportation departments to get creative
AP: Missouri farming unit returns home from Afghanistan
Fulton Sun: Gov. Blunt plans to appoint Daniel Roe to
replace Ron Craighead as assessor
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Nixon, Shields share
jobs agenda
KC Star letter: Time to update Missouri voting
procedures
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Columbia Missourian: Missouri campaign expenses
reached record heights in 2008
Missourinet: Skelton applauds move to increase troop
strength in Afghanistan
AP: Unemployment can aid Missouri construction
KC
Star: Nuclear proposal energizes debate in Missouri
P-D Political Fix: Open thread
SNL: Rep. Ed Emery's bill targets adult
entertainment; Lawmaker plans to refile legislation aimed at
strip clubs
SNL: Rep. Sara Lampe's bill aims to protect groups
from bullying; Homosexual teens in Springfield hope measure
succeeds
KC
Star: Missouri offers course-specific exams at high school level
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: School employees may begin to fork over
earnings toward Social Security
Walsh: Caroline Kennedy campaign inspires the great
political party game of "What if?" in Missouri
SE Missourian editorial: Permit sensibility:
Decision by Missouri Conservation Commission shows democracy in action
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Chamber's Dan
Mehan: Downturn offers chance to encourage economic innovation
SNL op-ed: Power plan law hurts in long run
CDT letter: Student curator would be a real asset to
UM board
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Kraske:
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SE Missourian: Sen. Jason Crowell's bill offers
Medicaid break to doctors
SNL: Sen. Dan Clemens focusing on landfills, schools
SNL: Rep. Bob Dixon's bill aims to protect children
who testify in criminal trials
CDT: Bill levies waste fee on haulers; Sponsor
says tough times favor passage
SE Missourian: Recreation reclassification: EPA
wants Mississippi River designated as safe for swimmers
Columbia Missourian: LGBT community promotes domestic
partnership registry
P-D editorial: Blunt statements on e-mail scandal
unsettling
CDT editorial: Rainy Day Funds: What good are
they?
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Campuses bracing for
budget cuts
SE Missourian editorial: Southeast Missouri State's
budget
KC
Star editorial: Federal aid should go to projects with fast impact
SNL op-ed: Better economy begins with health care
benefits
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KMOX: Sen. Bond returns from Middle East
P-D: New federal prosecutors, marshals to be
named; Hanaway considering array of options
P-D: Ideas flow toward funding; Area leaders
compile stimulus wish lists
KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from
Springfield mayoral candidate Jim O'Neal
KMOX: Missouri gets transportation czar: Neal
St. Onge
Missourinet: Adjutant General King Sidwell, under
fire, wants to stay
SNL: Rep. Mike Parson wants new laws for petitioners
Joplin Globe: Donations help Children's Center build
Butler home
CDT: High-profile offender again denied a pardon
Branson Daily News: Higher hunting-fishing fees nixed
P-D Political Fix: Death of Litton's mother recalls
what might have been
P-D: Thomas Eagleton's FBI file offers glimpse into
Watergate era
P-D Political Fix: Sen. Maida Coleman for mayor?
Domain name says yes
Walsh: Coleman candidacy could be good for St. Louis
reporters
Joplin Globe editorial: Save it for a rainy day:
Legislators should hold off on tapping into reserve fund
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KY3/AP:
Video: The 2008 Political Year in Review
Missourinet: Flooding in Missouri this year more
widespread than perceived
St. Louis American: Ward Connerly and Tim Asher
attempt another ban of affirmative action in Missouri
AP: Rep. Sara Lampe vows to fight voucher attempt
SNL: For Rep. Jim Viebrock, controversial animal bill
at top of agenda
SNL Politics Blog: Matt Blunt wishes Missourians a
final 'Merry Christmas' as governor
SNL Politics Blog: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder extends his
own Christmas greetings to Missourians
Missourinet: Division of Workforce Development offers
rapid response for about-to-be-jobless
P-D: Former TWA flight attendants still hope to return
to the skies
AP: MoDOT picks five finalists in Amtrak naming contest
Politico: GOP staffers plan for inauguration;
Comments from Charles Chamberlayne of Bond's office
St. Louis Beacon: St. Louis County compiles its "wish
list" of economic stimulus projects for Santa Obama
Joplin Globe: Area itemizes projects for funding from
stimulus package
AP: Mother of former Congressman Jerry Litton dies
P-D: State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed wants new adjutant
general for Missouri National Guard
St. Louis American: Committee close to mayor pays to
play in black press
AP: K.C. school district mulls breakup
KC
Star editorial: E-mail settlement doesn't excuse Matt Blunt's bad
behavior
Joplin Globe editorial: Out with the old at DNR
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Walsh: Merry Christmas - not "Happy Holidays" or
"Season's Greetings" - from the Missourinet
Missourinet: Missouri Department of Mental Health
urges Missourians to support each other during the Christmas season
P-D Political Fix: Report: Missouri, Illinois on
track to lose Congressional seats
Mannies: Is the tone in state politics bipartisanship
or bye, Blunt?
P-D Political Fix: Gov. Blunt plays Santa Claus, hands
out pardons
AP: Blunt pardons four guilty of stealing offenses
P-D: United Way/Missouri Foundation for Health 2-1-1
call center acts as heart monitor for region
P-D Political Fix: Obama's Missouri director now
leading "Day of Service" push
P-D Political Fix: Local fertility doc delivers $25K
for Obama's inaugural
P-D The Platform: Video: Dave Drebes Players
perform Christmas concert at Way Out Club
SNL: Rep. Sara Lampe worries about fate of education
services
CDT: Higher-ed document warns of dire impact
KC
Star: UMKC's chancellor ready to take charge
AP: Audit faults report of Missouri fraud unit
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KY3 Political Notebook: Bond: U.S. doesn't have
winning strategy in Afghanistan
P-D Political Fix: Bond: Time to get it right in
Afghanistan, Pakistan
Columbia Missourian: Few inaugural event tickets left
for Missourians; McCaskill no longer taking requests
P-D Political Fix: Three more Gephardt alums are
drafted by Obama
P-D: Blunt settles lawsuit over his administration's
e-mails
KC
Star: Blunt settles dispute over e-mails
KY3:
Blunt settles e-mail deletion lawsuit
Missourinet: E-mail controversy could be resolved as
Blunt leaves office
Messenger: As e-mail lawsuit is settled, Scott
Eckersley still hopes to regain reputation
P-D Political Fix: Nixon seems confident in himself,
Mizzou at econ presser
Walsh: Missouri Democrats tout changes that come with
Nixon headed to governor's office
P-D Political Fix: Reps. Allen Icet, Rick Stream to
handle budget chores in Missouri House
P-D Political Fix: Nasheed to Nixon: Tap Rainy
Day fund to help Missouri economy
AP: Area lawmakers want reserve fund tapped
Joplin Globe: University leaders say budget cuts would
lead to layoffs, tuition hikes
Columbia Missourian: Report says Missouri
universities', colleges' tuition may soar, economy may suffer
SNL: Senator champions landowner rights; Sen.
Norma Champion also wants to evaluate state tax credits
CDT: Neal St. Onge finds new job on his old
committee; Colleague: Long-vacant post not needed
P-D Political Fix: Neal St. Onge seeking vacant state
House job; fellow Republican opposes move
SE Missourian: Bill would let learning disabled go to
graduation
P-D Political Fix: Jingle bell rock: Jeff Smith
jams for a cause
P-D: Missouri audit: Wait for child support
rulings too long
CDT: University snags virtual school, 50 new jobs
KRCG: Missouri Dept. of Agriculture employees kiss
pig, shave legs for charity
AP: Insurance rule challenged; PSC requires
power producers to get liability insurance
Missourinet: DHSS encourages Missourians to eat
healthy this holiday season
Missourinet: DHSS: Santa Flu is coming to town
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT touts decline in state
highway deaths
St. Louis Beacon: State Sen. Maida Coleman expects to
challenge incumbent Francis Slay in mayor's race
KMOX: Ameren gets real-world test of its "Power On"
program
SNL op-ed: MSU's Nietzel: Sunshine Law allows
for protecting records
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Missourinet: Nixon unveils jobs initiative, wins
support of Missouri Chamber
P-D: Nixon calls for business incentives to stimulate
Missouri economy
P-D Political Fix: Jay Nixon's jobs plan: Expand
Missouri tax credits, offer loans
St. Louis Beacon: Gov.-elect Nixon announces
job-creation plan for the state
AP: Nixon outlines economic plan
KC
Star: Next Missouri governor wants stimulus program to launch
quickly
KWMU: Nixon announces economic recovery plan
KRCG: Video: Gov.-elect Jay Nixon releases plan
for creating new jobs
KY3 Political Notebook: Nixon to establish auto task
force as part of jobs plan
CDT Capitol Notes: Nixon outlines JOBS initiative
The Maneater Politics Watch: Nixon unveils economic
proposal
P-D Political Fix: Jay Nixon unlikely to retain
current National Guard leader
KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from local
charity leader Jeff Nene
SNL: Department of Higher Education sends budget-cut
scenarios to legislature
Columbia Missourian: Missourian to cut back to five
days a week in print
CDT: MU curtails Missourian's operations to save money
Missourinet: Recounts certified; no results
change
P-D Political Fix: Final official: Lembke wins
by 70 votes in 1st District state Senate contest
SNL: Bill sponsored by Rep. Don Ruzicka would end
military pension taxes
SNL: Lampe pushes bill to protect students from bullies
AP: Proposed affirmative action ban prompts litigation
P-D: Audit: St. Louis treasurer's office rife
with family ties
P-D Political Fix: Montee's audit cites family ties in
city treasurer's office
AP: Montee shows St. Louis where to fix its finances
KSDK: Audit: No serious problems in city
departments
St. Louis Beacon: New audit of St. Louis city
government finds outmoded computers and underperforming parking meters
Missourinet: Conservation Commission backs away from
fee increases
Walsh: Take home the Governor's Mansion for Christmas
SE Missourian: Home-care attendants puzzled by
personal contact from union
P-D Political Fix: Group cites top ballot-issue
spending in '08; casinos top the list
SE Missourian: Planning continues for Sikeston's new
primary clinic for veterans
P-D: Army Corps of Engineers sues AmerenUE over 2005
Taum Sauk failure
KY3 Political Notebook: McCaskill one of 15 honorary
co-chairs for Obama inauguration
P-D editorial: Court reform or trademarked spin?
"Judicial Hellholes" list
SNL editorial: MSU's plans should be public;
Contingency proposals would affect employees, thousands of students
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Call in feds on sewers
CDT cartoon: Higher ed funding
SNL op-ed: Charlie Kruse on CAFOs:
Misinformation hurt small farmer
SNL op-ed: CAFOs: Fight continues to protect
resources
P-D letters: Public funding for stadiums
CDT letter: AmerenUE should look into better solutions
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Webster-Kirkwood Times: Unions angry with congressmen
who opposed automakers' rescue plan
AP: Nixon not using e-mail archive system
P-D Political Fix: Nixon not using Blunt's improved
e-mail retention system
P-D Political Fix: Open thread
KY3 Political Notebook: The Power of Blogging:
Catanese on Andrew Sullivan's piece in The Atlantic
P-D: Illinois meth address database to go public, but
not Missouri's
Columbia Missourian: Faltering economy might aggravate
consumer problems
Joplin Globe: More telephone companies opt out of PSC
regulations
KSHB: Newly unemployed find help is hard to find
SNL: Ron Richard appoints Rick Stream as vice chair of
House Budget Committee
SNL: Sen. Jack Goodman wants 'fair' ballot language
SNL: Rep. Mike Cunningham targets tax assessments
KY3:
Some protest a rule to protect health workers
Columbia Missourian: Foster care in Missouri offers
challenges, rewards
JCNT: Missouri House staffer faces misdemeanor drug
charges
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer prepares for new role on
Capitol Hill
SE Missourian editorial: Casino illogic
SNL op-ed: Trish Vincent: Newspaper fails to
give due credit to Gov. Blunt
SNL op-ed: State's higher education on downward spiral
P-D letter: Fee office system
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P-D Political Fix: Clay lauds Bush for OKing aid to
automakers
P-D Political Fix: Nixon to announce economic plan
Monday in St. Louis, Kansas City
KC
Star Prime Buzz: Nixon to talk jobs in KC
Columbia Missourian: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's role
alongside Nixon remains unclear
St. Joseph News-Press: Not all on board with Chiefs
camp
SNL: Key politicians got contributions from Chiefs
SNL: Republican Sen. Gary Nodler to stay busy with
budget
Joplin Globe: Building projects should still receive
fees from MOHELA
CDT Capitol Notes: Tour of Missouri rolls on;
Columbia vies to host start stage
CDT: State reverses course on hunting fee hikes
KC
Star: Evasive but legal, factory farms crop up in Missouri
AP: Missouri senior tax fuels services for the elderly
P-D: Economic freeze leaves some in the cold
SE Missourian: Some dealers at Cape Girardeau gun show
say sales up since election
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Patronage era passes
KC
Star editorial: Matt Blunt's biggest failure was leadership
CDT editorial: Tuition cap: Time to rescind
P-D letter: Higher ed funding
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SNL: Missouri lawmakers react to Bush's auto bailout
P-D Political Fix: Bond, early fan of bailout, cheers
auto rescue plan
St. Louis Beacon: Bond, Clay praise auto rescue plan
Missourinet: Wentzville GM officials pleased with auto
bailout
P-D: Politicians, UAW officials laud move
KMOX: UAW Fenton bashes Bush bailout wage cuts
St. Louis Beacon: Local autoworkers remain optimistic,
insist they are not to blame for manufacturers' woes
Kraske:
McCaskill, Graves are runners-up for Kraske's Missouri-Kansas Pol of
the Year
KY3 Political Notebook: Washington Post's
Cillizza: Bond 5th most vulnerable in 2010
CDT: Airport wins grant for runway sweeper;
McCaskill announces federal funds
P-D Political Fix: Nixon announces new hires, while
Blunt's check out
Walsh: Nixon picks Chief Deputy AG to be Director of
Revenue
AP: Nixon taps Karen Mitchell to run state tax agency
CDT Capitol Notes: Columbia resident tapped to head
revenue department
KOMU: Gubernatorial transition
KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from MSU's Tom
Wyrich
SE Missourian: Tax credit giveaway for football team
stirs debate
St. Louis Beacon: With budget cuts looming, state
universities forsee dramatic cuts in programs and students
KC
Star: University of Missouri system looks at how to live on less
KWMU: Drastic cuts possible for University of Missouri
system
CDT: University warns of job loss, tuition increases
Columbia Missourian: Impact of budget cuts will be
felt 'across all dimensions,' Forsee says
KOMU: Forsee talks budget cuts
KRCG: Gary Forsee explains budget scenarios
SNL: Tuition increase likely as MSU looks at budget
SE Missourian: SEMO outlines budget cut plans
AP: Missouri loses nearly 10,000 jobs in November
St. Joseph News-Press: Career center offers hope to
unemployed
SNL: State rep.-elect Tony Dugger not sure about early
voting
Missourinet: Missouri National Guard Afghan
agriculture team returning
P-D: Missouri National Guard members accuse top
general of discrimination
AP: Missouri begins prosecuting under cyberbullying law
Joplin Globe: Conservation Commission backs off permit
requirements, fee hike
AP: Missourians won't pay more to fish and hunt
SE Missourian: Central High School to be in Jay
Nixon's inauguration parade
KC Star letters: Nixon's fee office contract plan
SNL letter: Rep. Wayne Cooper taking things too far
P-D letter: Texas County commissioners oppose proposed
hunting, fishing permit changes
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P-D Political Fix: Gov.-elect Nixon and Senate leaders
on same page
CDT Capitol Notes: No new taxes ... and tomorrow's
Friday
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon silent on Chiefs' deal
Walsh: New Senate leader confident new governor will
approve KC Chiefs tax deal
SNL: Missouri Senate leader outlines his agenda
St. Joseph News-Press: Report sees 'grave danger' in
higher ed cuts
CDT: University cuts worry faculty
CDT: University warns of massive job loss in
worst-case scenario
Columbia Missourian: UM system report describes
possible cuts, tuition increase
Columbia Missourian: Budget cuts could affect MU
Health Care's ability to serve patients
KRCG: MU layoffs are last resort
SNL: Leaders: Schools can't afford cuts
KY3 Political Notebook: Missouri State University
President Mike Nietzel meets the press
P-D: Campuses predict dire impact from budget cuts
Daily American Republic: Three Rivers Communiy College
grapples with ways to tighten budgetary belt
SNL: Rep. Charlie Denison: Bad time for cuts to
schools
KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from Rep. Shane
Schoeller
KY3 Political Notebook: Nixon taps George A. Lombardi
to head Missouri Department of Corrections
AP: Lombardi named Missouri Department of Corrections
chief
P-D Political Fix: Gov. Blunt loaned Peter Kinder
$300,000 in closing days of race
CDT: IRS files tax lien in Hulshof dispute
Columbia Missourian: Missouri health care legislation
facing new challenges
KY3 Political Notebook: Rep. Mike Cunningham sponsors
bill to declare Dec. 25 as Christmas
P-D: St. Louis officials say numerous projects could
benefit from a federal public works project
SNL: Federal money could bring new jobs to Springfield
P-D Political Fix: Mo. congressional delegation
challenges feds over educators' retirement
SNL Schools Blog: Legislators ask for delay on change
in educators' retirement pensions
CDT Capitol Notes: Blaine Luetkemeyer fills four
senior staff posts
KY3 Political Notebook: Rep. Roy Blunt remembers Paul
Weyrich
CDT: Schools say air quality report stinks
AP: Farm Bureau appeals ruling on hog farm
CDT editorial: Education priorities: Whatever
happened to K-12?
Columbia Missourian op-ed: 'Emaciated' MU can't take
any more cuts
SNL op-ed: Outrageous housing; Nixon should
clean house at Missouri Housing Development Commission
P-D letter: Higher ed funding
SNL letter: Polling zones have place in schools
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Mannies: McCaskill is Missouri's key voice in
Washington; 2008 a mixed bag for Claire, Nixon, Bond, Blunt
KC
Star's Abouhalkah: Will McCaskill, Bond, Cleaver come through for
Kansas City?
P-D Political Fix: McCaskill blasts Cheney for OKing
torture
KY3 Political Notebook: Law prof: McCaskill
"naive" to oppose judicial pay raise
St. Joseph News-Press: Supporters stand behind camp's
economic benefits
Walsh: Nixon not yet giving "thumbs up" or "thumbs
down" to tax credit package for Chiefs
P-D The Platform: Now St. Joseph, Mo. is getting a
stadium subsidy
KY3 Political Notebook: Deadline day for higher ed to
submit "impact statements" for cuts
KOMU: Possible MU budget cuts
Columbia Missourian: MU faculty seeks answers as
chancellor provides few specifics on budget cuts
KY3 Political Notebook: Ozarks Technical College
President Hal Higdon expecting 3 to 5% mid-year higher ed cut
KY3: Nixon's Challenge: Thoughts from Ozarks
Technical College's Hal Higdon
KY3 Political Notebook: GOP vet Pat Thomas to close
Mexico fee office Dec. 31
Missourinet: Prepping for the bikes of summer
Joplin Globe: Rep. Ron Richard announces legislative
plan for 2009
AP: Incoming Speaker Ron Richard calls for 'family
recovery plan'
KWMU: Mo. House will focus on "pocketbook" issues in
2009
ArchCityChronicle.com: Rep. Allen Icet starts
committee for Senate run in 2010
Columbia Missourian: New bills would promote greener
living
AP: Lawmaker-elect Linda Fischer reprimanded by Ethics
Commission
SNL: Rep. Maynard Wallace wants fuel tax break for
schools
AP: MOHELA delays payments to state
KOMU: Outgoing DNR director warns successor
AP: Falling interest hurts Missouri investments
SNL: Southwest Missouri fire departments receive
grants; Rep. Roy Blunt announces federal funding
Joplin Globe: Economic stimulus might prime pump for
area water plan
Missourinet: State moves against real estate
investment company
AP: Audit criticizes oversight of Missouri food
inspections
Missourinet: Grants available for value-added
agriculture
AP: Link in popular hiking trail to be rebuilt
CDT: Hulshof's wife to fill radio slot
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