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Saturday, April 29
Brownfield Ag News: Trump Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue
speaks in KC; Audio of full speech and interview
Missouri Farmer Today: USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue
discusses plans during Missouri visit
High Plains Journal: Secretary Perdue visits Kansas
City
The Missouri Times: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson meets with
new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
P-D: Congressional delegation votes for the week
SNL: Out-of-state professors visit Drury, criticize
Trump X
Missourinet: Task Force 1 deploys to help with
expected flooding in Missouri
KWMU: "St. Louis on the Air": ACORN (rebranded
"MORE,") other liberal groups get 30 minutes to promote today's
"People's Climate March"
KC Star: Liberal groups' march may disrupt traffic for
working people during Monday rush hour +
Drebes:
GOP combatants line up to fill Ron Richard's state Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Silvey responds to Greitens' Taco
Bill video with one of his own, talks budget and takes aim at
dark-money attacks
The Missouri Times: Greitens found guilty of ethics
violation
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jason Rosenbaum
talks about the rift between Sen. Rob Schaaf and Gov. Eric Greitens
P-D: Greitens buys home in Warren County
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of April 24
The Missouri Times: This Week in the General
Assembly: Week of April 24
KWMU: Crunch time: A look at legislation
entering the final two weeks of legislative session
Missourinet: Bill for veterans homes stalled in
Missouri House
KC Star: Bill would allow electronic monitoring of
domestic abuse defendants +
SNL: Missouri's Case.net now offers text notifications
for tracking cases X
AP: St. Louis businesses brace for impact of higher
minimum wage
CDT: Choi: University of Missouri System not
'retrenching' amid budget trimming X
Missourinet: MoDOT says fatal motorcycle crashes reach
all-time high in Missouri
CDT: Columbia pharmacies begin using drug monitoring
program X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: OAKS volunteer receives award from Parson +
KWMU: Amendment from Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon) would
prohibit publicly-funded facilities from promoting abortion
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: First 100 days for Trump,
Greitens show lack of transparency +
P-D letter: Schaaf and Empower Missouri's Jeanette
Mott Oxford: Missouri should not expand Medicaid managed care
P-D letter: Bridgeton resident suggests trying other
solutions instead of tax credit for poor families
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Friday, April 28
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Missourian: Jason Smith praises Trump's inquiry into aluminum
imports
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KC Star: Anti-Trump group disrupts Kansas
congressman's speech at UMKC Law School; UMKC coed says she
screamed and stomped to protest "division" +
P-D: Ann Wagner's human trafficking bill seeks tougher
sanctions, more education
KWMU: Local scientist who wants federal funding
opposes cuts to federal funding
Missourinet: Northern Missouri tech company adds 100
new jobs, praises state business climate; Comments from Sam Graves
FOX4KC: Congressional delegation wants local VA to
offer mammograms
KWMU: ACORN (rebranded "MORE"), others organize
"People's Climate March" tomorrow in St. Louis City
Drebes:
Brian Schmidt registers new organization, Missouri Children's
Leadership Council
Missourinet: Greitens says he disagrees with his PAC
releasing Schaaf's cell phone number
The Missouri Times: Pro-cannabis PAC joins Greitens'
non-profit, runs social media ad against Schaaf
KC Star: Video: Greitens signs bill while taking
a Lyft to get Taco Bell; Comely blonde chauffeurs governor whilst
discussing legislation, economic benefits of part-time jobs +
Missourinet: Lawmakers look to finalize budget that
doesn't include midyear cuts
The Missouri Times: House sends Onder's PLA bill to
governor's desk
KWMU: Bill would spare public works projects from
being forced to use all-union labor; Other action includes
education savings accounts, Zoo bill
AP:
Missouri lawmakers pass limits on public construction
The Missouri Times: Bootheel leaders ask Libla to let
SB 190 come to a vote
AP:
Missouri Senate passes school choice, transfer proposal
The Missouri Times: Remington Research poll suggests
voters could favor education savings accounts for school choice
AP: University of Missouri sets new policies in wake
of agitators' protests
CDT: University of Missouri System to lose millions of
dollars to lower enrollment X
Columbia Missourian: Curators will vote on UM System
tuition increase next month
P-D: Declining enrollment leads to budget woes for
University of Missouri System
KWMU: UMSL will close $15M deficit ahead of
schedule; UM System proposes tuition increases
AP:
Missouri House passes bill to protect Airbnb, other rentals
AP:
Missouri House wants more information on state legal costs
The Missouri Times: PSC compels Empire to fulfill OPC
data requests
Washington Missourian editorial: Sen. Blunt is right -
Blaine Amendment has outlived its time X
Washington Missourian editorial: Gov. Arrogant
Greitens is no white knight X
KC Star editorial: 'Full' funding for Missouri public
schools? Sort of. +
KC Star editorial: Ride-sharing services still need
scrutiny. Is there an app for that? +
Communist Party USA's People's World bureau chief Tony
Pecinovsky: McCaskill demonstrates the limits of neo-liberal
centrism
P-D's Stacy Washington: Liberal Missouri media shows
its bias on guns
KC Star letter: Liberal Lee's Summit septuagenarian
responds to Todd Graves' response to Star editorial on Ron Richard +
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls responds
to letter on teachers' retirement system changes
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenarian says Missouri
legislators are trying to steal her pension money
P-D letter: St. Louis Community and Family
Partnership's Ruth Ehresman: Legislature should pass earned
income tax credit to help the poor
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Thursday, April 27
The Atlantic: McCaskill "couldn't disagree more" with
DNC chief Tom Perez, says party should not have litmus tests
The Missouri Times: Soros group targets Wagner's
district with new anti-Trump ads
KRES/KWIX: Luetkemeyer analyzes economy under Trump,
Obamacare alternatives, more
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson: Veterans bill
signed by Trump will help rural Missouri veterans
P-D: After work by McCaskill and others, deal may be
close to cover retired United Mine Workers' health care
SE
Missourian: State Supreme Court rules against Jason Smith's
mother in dog-kennel defamation case +
The Missouri Times: St. Louis' Boeing vies with two
others for major defense contract
KC Star: Founder of White Privilege Conference issues
warning to Caucasoids: "This is not a 'diversity' conference.
It's not a kumbaya experience." +
KCUR: Schmitt launches savings program for people with
disabilities
KSHB: Through State Treasurer Eric Schmitt's program,
people with disabilities can put up to $100,000 in savings account
SNL: Dixon orders 100 dozen Hurts' donuts to ease
Capitol tensions X
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Senate budget
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes state budget;
Negotiations with the House next
Missourinet: Missouri Senate passes state budget,
chambers to negotiate differences
The Missouri Times: Chappelle-Nadal pushes taxpayer
buyout as Fitzpatrick stresses fiscal discipline
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick says Senate's funding of
education could muddy negotiations
SNL: Springfield-area senators split over education
funding X
AP:
Missouri House OKs payouts for extra expenses
P-D: Managed care expansion on track after vote in
Missouri Senate
Quincy Herald-Whig: Advocates for school choice attend
forum
Columbia Missourian: Program would create four adult
high schools in Missouri
P-D: Missouri House OKs allowing state employees to
earn pensions faster
JCNT: Deaf advocates stress importance of legislative
involvement X
Missourinet: Ashcroft, Hawley, legislative leaders
fight court's decision to make abuse victim divulge address to attacker
AP:
Missouri proposes new protections for domestic abuse victims
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers get involved in fight to
protect whereabouts of abuse victims
AP:
St. Louis City's minimum wage may rise as early as next week
KWMU: New St. Louis City minimum wage could begin next
week
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court sets execution date for
Marcellus Williams amid drug controversy
AP:
August execution date set for Missouri inmate; Murderer Marcellus
Williams broke into woman's home, stabbed her 43 times with a butcher
knife
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court sets August
execution date for murderer; Victim was a former Post-Dispatch
reporter
KWMU: Cases of syphilis transmitted in pregnancy rise
in Missouri
Missourinet: Liberal groups complain about
conservative legislation; "Moral Missouri" coalition includes
NAACP, NARAL, Sierra Club, et al.
KWMU: Galloway: Ferguson court in 'disarray'
Missourinet: Galloway's audit of Ferguson Municipal
Court finds $26k in illegal fees, missing money and records
P-D: Galloway issues damning report alleging Ferguson
court collected illegal fees, lost records
SNL editorial: Missouri must move forward on
industrial hemp X
KC Star editorial: Gimmicky-named "White Privilege
Conference" not enough to address real race issues +
CDT cartoon: Mocking Greitens' direct-to-voters social
media approach X
P-D op-ed: Mackinac Center of Public Policy's F.
Vincent Vernuccio: Missouri legislators should not stop with
'right to work' and 'paycheck protection,' should keep pushing forward
on pro-worker policies
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Legislators should
not pass Romine's discrimination bill
P-D editorial page editor Tod Robberson: Rep. Bruce
Franks (D-St. Louis City) and other liberals are wrong - there is no
constitutional right to commit street savagery in the name of "protest"
P-D letter: Rock Hill man opposes Trinity Lutheran
Church suit, says churches should pay taxes
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Wednesday, April 26
Politico: How McCaskill, other vulnerable Dems have
fared in Trump's first 100 days
Washington Post: Blunt says Trump's comments on
possible wall delay "helpful" to getting budget deal done
KWMU: Area Chinese women impressed by Sheena Greitens'
ability to speak Oriental language, express anger over "xenophobic"
2016 ads against Kurt Schaefer
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Jay Ashcroft speaks to local GOP
club, talks voter ID legislation and "Safe at Home" program
The Missouri Times: GOP internecine warfare continues
as Hoskins, Schaaf take aim at Greitens adviser Austin Chambers
Missourinet: Fiery remarks against Greitens and
adviser Austin Chambers open key budget debate in Senate
KWMU: Schaaf continues to be formidable stumbling
block for Greitens
The Missouri Times: Kehoe still optimistic on passing
lobbyist gift ban, despite new distractions
Messenger: Ethics overhaul in three acts, a Missouri
tragedy: After Schaaf hubbub dies down, Missouri voters must fix
what legislators won't
The Missouri Times' Benjamin Peters: To PQ or not to
PQ: The Missouri Senate's battle for tradition
SNL: Missouri lawmakers might miss budget deadline,
necessitating a special session; Comments from House Democratic
Caucus Chief of Staff Marc Powers X
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Senate budget
AP:
Missouri Senate votes to increase funding for public K-12 schools
Missourinet: Missouri Senate votes to fully fund
education
Columbia Missourian: Senate fully funds K-12 formula
KWMU: State budget fully funds Missouri's K-12
schools, though Greitens can say no
KC Star: New education fund in Kansas City just gave
nearly $2 million to two charter schools
KWMU: Corporate income tax revenues drop in Missouri
Missourinet: Missouri House panel scrutinizes all tax
credits offered by state
The Missouri Times: Greitens chooses Brent Powell as
next Missouri Supreme Court judge
KWMU: Greitens names Jackson County judge to fill
Missouri Supreme Court vacancy
AP:
Judge W. Brent Powell appointed to Missouri Supreme Court
KWMU: Missouri House passes abortion legislation, now
up to Senate
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
says 911 legislation will improve service in rural Missouri
KC Star: Most KC taxis to operate like Uber and Lyft
in wake of new state law +
Columbia Missourian: Progress stalls on paid parental
leave in Missouri Legislature
AP: Missouri bill would raise adult crimes age
Missourinet: Missouri House holds moment of silence
for two slain Laclede Gas workers; Criminal Clinton Willis,
convicted of burglary and crack-cocaine charges, shot and killed two
workers in North St. Louis City
Missourinet: Chappelle-Nadal says dramatic struggle of
those who chose to purchase homes near landfill is "very, very, very,
very similar" to Ferguson activists' "trauma"
P-D op-ed: Missouri should do something about violent
pit bulls
KC Star letters: KC man mocks "White Privilege
Conference" organizers' profiteering; Lee's Summit man wants gas
tax for Missouri roads; Local "Indivisible" leader expresses her
anger at Blunt +
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Tuesday, April 25
Reuters: Trump's wall push may be delayed as
government shutdown looms; Blunt says spending-bill decision must
be made by tonight
Missourinet: Blunt backs Trump's approach to North
Korea threats
SNL: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson: Trump's action on
Veterans Choice program could help Missouri veterans +
Joplin Globe: Immigration officials yet to hold alien
roundups in area; Three arrests since Trump inauguration have
enforced Obama-era rules X
KC Star: 'White Privilege Conference' ready to open in
KC +
Drebes:
State employee moves: Michael Quinlan, Christine Krug, Ryan
Asbridge
Missourinet: Schmitt announces savings account program
for the disabled
KMBC: MO ABLE to help Missourians with disabilities
save money
Columbia Missourian: MO ABLE opens up chances to save
JCNT: Jefferson City man makes case for MO ABLE X
The Missouri Times: Schaaf talks with Scott Faughn
about lobbyist gifts, Greitens' dark money, impact on governor's White
House bid, more
The Missouri Times: Humphreys bipartisan contributions
continue to draw attention; Schaaf suggests Greitens revamp
ethics approach prior to White House bid
AP:
Schaaf moving out of room he rented from lobbyist
Missourinet: Schaaf not ruling out further
filibustering
KWMU: Greitens talks anti-Schaaf campaign after
signing ride-hailing legislation, says nonprofit "is separate from me"
P-D: Greitens: 'I have no day-to-day
responsibilities' with nonprofit
The Missouri Times: Ridesharing companies celebrate as
Greitens signs Uber bill
KC Star: New Missouri law overrides city rules, might
bring Lyft back to Kansas City
P-D: Greitens signs law smoothing the way for Uber,
Lyft to operate statewide
JCNT: Uber operating in Jefferson City X
SE
Missourian: Cape school board backs repeal of prevailing-wage law +
KWMU: Data privacy concerns may keep Jefferson County
from tracking opioid prescriptions
Missourinet: Missouri Senate ag committee approves
Curtman's industrial hemp bill; Missouri Farm Bureau testifies
against it
Missourinet: Schupp says utilities industry funded
robocalls in her district
AP: Missouri House passes legislation to track fetal
tissue
WGEM: School choice advocates meet in Hannibal, talk
HB 634
KWMU: Normandy School District officials hope students
don't let them down with poor MAP scores
P-D editorial: Greitens fails his own ethics test
KC Star editorial: Time is running out to explain
Missouri's new voter ID rules +
JCNT editorial: Alcohol advertising and free
speech; Legislators should pass HB 433
X
SNL editorial: Making costly accomodations for girl
who wants to use boys' public school restrooms was a wise choice for
school district X
Waters: Pruitt, Blunt won't win the war on coal - but
they may be able to tweak enforcement excesses
X
KC Star op-ed: MRP Chairman Todd Graves: Star
editorial wrong about Ron Richard +
Helling: In church case and ethics fight, Greitens
trades policy for politics - and fails at both
+
Newton: Posting Schaaf's cell phone number was a
"bush-league move" by Greitens X
P-D op-ed: United Way of Greater St. Louis' Orvin
Kimbrough: A state earned income tax credit helps Missouri's
working families
P-D op-ed: Retired teacher: Rex Sinquefield
takes aim at Missouri teacher pensions
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Monday, April 24
Washington Examiner: McCaskill, Sen. Susan Collins
(R-Maine) seek to stop financial scams targeting seniors
Columbia Missourian: Area olds promote their political
involvement; Thoughts from local liberals at League of Women
Voters, Muleskinners
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Caleb Rowden
(R-Columbia) talks about battle with Schaaf; Panel of state
legislators talks Greitens' nonprofit, Senate decorum, more
Drebes: The
Legislature's big task this week
KWMU: Disabled Missourians can save for long-term care
under Schmitt's new MO ABLE program
Missourinet: Missouri Senate turmoil could limit
volume of legislation passed this session
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri School Boards'
Association's Brent Ghan talks Senate vs. House school funding levels,
blocking harmful legislation, more
P-D: Missouri Senators move to keep drunk driving
checkpoints in budget
P-D: Lobbyist gift ban legislation likely to fail
again this session
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Statement from
Rep. Allen Andrews (R-Grant City) on unemployment insurance funding
rated "True"
KC Star: Bills seek to address sexual abuse in nursing
homes and mental-health facilities +
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court considers grisly
experiences in MoDOT worker's compensation case
Columbia Missourian: Missouri steps up trapping and
killing of feral hogs
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis
City): "We need to get to the root cause (of DOC problems,) which
is the warden"
KC Star editorial: Help wanted in Kansas City, where
federal jobs remain unfilled +
P-D editorial: Bill from Rep. Lyle Rowland
(R-Cedarcreek) would make reaching 911 far less frustrating
SNL op-ed: Blunt should stop Trump's cuts to Community
Development Block Grants X
KC Star op-ed: Missouri Budget Project's Amy
Blouin: Bad tax policy at the core of Missouri's budget problems +
P-D's Mark Schlinkmann: After losing Jeff City fight
to Uber, taxi agency may loosen cab rules
KC Star letter: Area woman wants state legislators to
raise gas tax +
P-D letter: Frontenac woman says violence makes her
cry, and legislators should pass gun-control laws
P-D letter: Florissant nonagenarian wants Legislature
to pass 2014 bill sponsored by former Rep. Keith English (I-Florissant)
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Sunday, April 23
The Chart (Missouri Southern): Immigrant students hold
forum to discuss themselves; Mexican coed laments "constant
struggle" of illegal status
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: McCaskill's
statement on refugees rated "False"
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Blaine Luetkemeyer, Vicky
Hartzler celebrate "new paradigm" of clean air, affordable energy under
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt
KSMU (Springfield): Photos from March for Science rally
KC Star: March for Science draws wide array of issue
activists +
P-D: Thousands gather in downtown St. Louis for St.
Louis' March for Science
CDT: Activists march in support of scientists X
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph joins international
March for Science X
AP: First 100 days: Judging Greitens'
performance versus campaign promises
McClatchy: Greitens' social media draws wide array of
assessments; Republican man says Greitens seems genuine;
SLU prof Ken Warren (D) calls approach to press "arrogant;" KC
woman dislikes tryhard workout showoffery, calls it "gross"
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Caleb Rowden gives background on battle versus Schaaf
and thoughts on moving forward; All-legislator panel talks
Greitens' nonprofit, Senate decorum, more
Drebes:
On Neitzsche, Schaaf and Rowden
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
not concerned about compressed budget timeline
KC Star: Preview: Final three weeks of
legislative session +
SNL: Ten bills that could change education in
Springfield X
Washington Missourian: Bill to fund Scottrade
renovations moving ahead X
P-D: Next move is up to Ameren after Missouri opts not
to regulate charging stations
NY Times editorial: Supreme Court should rule against
Missouri church
KC Star editorial: Sam Graves should help city with
funding for Buck O'Neil bridge +
P-D op-ed: Alliance for Defending Freedom's James
Gottry explains rationale for Trinity Lutheran Church's lawsuit
SE
Missourian op-ed: Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner
Clint Tracy: Prevailing wage drives up costs for local projects +
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian applauds Blunt
for supporting medical research funding X
SNL letter: Area coed disagrees with Billy Long on
abortion and Obamacare, says a town hall would give her "a gratifying
experience" X
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Saturday, April 22 Earth Day
Knoxville News Sentinel: Blunt speaks at Lincoln Day
Dinner, says occasional dark day is brightened by knowledge that
Hillary Clinton isn't president
SNL: Springfield's 'March for Science' to draw diverse
amalgam of ideologies; Organizers will deliver message-laden
banners to offices of McCaskill, Blunt, Long
X
KWMU: St. Louis scientists participate in 'March for
Science'
Missourinet: International science event will have
strong presence in Missouri
Drebes: Greitens hosts dinner at Governor's Mansion
with female leaders, promotes administration's push for more female
leaders
The Missouri Times: First 100 Days: A look at
how Greitens, Parson, Ashcroft, Schmitt, Hawley have tracked against
their campaign promises
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of April 17
The Missouri Times: Schmitt prepares to roll out MO
ABLE program
The Missouri Times: This Week in the General
Assembly: Week of April 17
The Missouri Times: Greitens' nonprofit criticizes
Schaaf, posts senator's personal phone number online
SNL: Greitens' nonprofit publishes GOP state senator's
cellphone phone number X
KWMU: Greitens' nonprofit zeroes in on Schaaf in
online ad
P-D: Some Democrats, Republicans rent sleeping space
from lobbyists
SNL: D.C. group asks U.S. attorney to investigate
Missouri Senate leader X
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers may miss May 5 deadline,
raising possibility of special session
P-D: GOP infighting could delay budget progress
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) on
proposed tax on propane and electricity used in electric cars
SNL: Transgender-accommodating costs: Ozark High
School will spend more than $20k to renovate restrooms for one (1) girl
who refuses to use female facilities X
KC Star editorial: U.S. attorney should investigate
Missouri Senate leader Ron Richard +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Great Plains-Westar
merger delay could cost ratepayers the benefit of operational
efficiencies X
P-D editorial: Legislature should help Jefferson City
promote jailhouse tourism
Messenger: Rep. Bruce DeGroot (R-Chesterfield)
switches teams, files bill to help debt-collector clients
Washington Missourian letter: Area septuagenarian says
McCaskill's constituent "survey" reveals her liberal bent X
P-D letter: Bel-Nor septuagenarian says Blunt is
scared of defending Trump at town halls
Washington
Missourian letter: Area sexagenarian dislikes proposal from
Antonio French, liberal college students to make urban area a
"sanctuary city" for illegal aliens X
P-D
letter: St. Louis Equal Housing and Opportunity Council's Will
Jordan criticizes Post-Dispatch reporting on Romine's bill
KC
Star letter: Grandparents Against Gun Violence's Judy Sherry
unhappy about newspaper's use of "silver bullet," says society must
stop using "70 words and phrases that refer to guns and shooting" +
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Friday, April 21
Missourinet: EPA Chief Scott Pruitt tells Missouri
crowd war on coal is over
CDT: EPA chief celebrates rollback of Obama regulations X
Drebes: McCaskill faces uphill battle for re-election
Columbia Missourian: Blunt secures $10 million for
Missouri to fight opioid abuse
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith: New health-care package could be
unveiled soon +
KWMU: Missouri Arts Council opposes cuts to its
federal funding
SE
Missourian: Peter Kinder honored at Boy Scout dinner +
SE
Missourian: Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Poplar Bluff) needs liver
transplant +
Drebes:
House 21 update: Daniel O'Neill, John Mayfield
Kraske: GOP targets Nixon-appointed judges, and the
former governor should only blame himself +
SNL: Planned Parenthood to offer abortions in
Springfield and Joplin X
The Missouri Times: DOR turns over documents to
Galloway's office
AP:
DOR gives records after auditor's subpoena
KWMU: Missouri revenue department turns over tax
refund information
The Missouri Times: Schaaf raises stakes in managed
care fight
The Missouri Times: Rowden questions Schaaf's
motivation on Senate floor
The Missouri Times: Weigh station bill dies on House
floor despite FBI inquiry
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Bill
Eigel (R-St. Charles County) chats with Rosenbaum about boosting
transportation funding without raising taxes, potential PDMP pitfalls,
more
AP:
Plan to end tax break for Missouri seniors, disabled stalls
Columbia Missourian: Dueling budgets reflect growing
distance between House and Senate
The Missouri Times: Republicans fail to take up
discrimination bill as session enters crunch time; McGaugh
expects bill to come up next week
KWMU: Missouri House delays vote on workplace
discrimination bill
SE
Missourian: County commissioners voice support for repealing
prevailing-wage law +
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Hegeman's
statement on University of Missouri bonuses rated "Half True"
Missourinet: Committee investigating Missouri's prison
system wraps up with DOC director
The Missouri Times: PSC declares it does not have EVF
authority
SNL: 'Hailey's Law' heard in bogged-down Senate X
Missourinet: Late in the game, 'Hailey's Law' still
pedaling through Missouri Legislature
AP:
State alters program for abuse victims after court order
KC Star: After provocative debate, prospects appear
dim for LGBTQIA* rights in Missouri +
P-D editorial: Missouri needs a higher gas tax to pay
for better roads and safer bridges
CDT cartoon: Milk-carton cliche, featuring Vicky
Hartzler X
P-D's Stacy Washington: Bipartisan Uber and Lyft bill
passage gives hope for more good legislation
KC Star op-ed: Mesothelioma widow opposes HB 333 +
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: State
legislators fail local residents by failing to pass PDMP X
P-D letter: Manchester liberal applauds McCaskill's
opposition to Gorsuch
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman opposes cuts to
"circuit breaker" program
SE
Missourian letter: MEDA's Trey Davis responds to "false and
uneducated" op-ed from "highfalutin'" attorney David Woodsmall +
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20 4/20
The Missouri Times: Blunt makes brief surprise visit
to Missouri House; Junior senator talks EPA, Blaine Amendment,
more
P-D: Blunt backs Trump's North Korea actions
KWMU: Blunt announces $10 million federal grant to
Missouri to fight opioid crisis
SNL: McCaskill reaffirms opposition to 'dark money'
after $500,000 ad buy from secretive Schumer PAC X
KC Star: Dark money group launches ad campaign
supporting McCaskill days after she pans dark money +
Rolla Daily News: Rep. Jason Smith faces constituents
at town hall, talks EPA, Trump budget, more
Missourinet: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to appear
with Blunt in northern Missouri today
P-D: Anti-Trump activists hold mock town hall;
Stunt features mannequin dressed as Blunt, depiction of elephant
posterior, etc.
P-D: Missouri playground case touches on separation of
church and state
Columbia Missourian: After arguments, Supreme Court
leans toward local church in religious freedom case
NPR: Playground case could breach barrier between tax
coffers, religious schools
Drebes:
Former Rep. John Bowman (D-St. Louis), who resigned after bank fraud
indictment, lobbying for UAW
CDT: Democrat Michela Skelton leads in 50th District
fundraising X
Columbia Missourian: 50th House District candidates
file campaign finance reports
St. Joseph News-Press: Profile: Young Democrats
of Missouri's Houston Roberts X
JCNT: Auditor subpoenas DOR records X
AP:
Galloway issues subpoena to revenue department
KWMU: Galloway goes after DOR over tax refund
information
Missourinet: State auditor subpoenas DOR, claims
Greitens is stonewalling
Columbia Missourian: Galloway subpoenas DOR
P-D: Owner of troubled Festus nursing home admits
stealing Medicaid funds, spending cash on strippers and other toys
Missourinet: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur), others
continue push for Medicaid expansion
P-D: Pay-to-play allegations against Missouri Senate
leader draw complaint
The Missouri Times' Rachel Herndon Dunn: HELP vs.
Drivewyze: Backstory of how conflict led to FBI investigation
The Missouri Times: Schaaf boots House bills off
Senate consent calendar: "Actions have consequences"
The Missouri Times: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) on
Senate personality conflicts, the PQ, and more
KWMU: Buckle up: No major funding increases for
fixing Missour's roads, bridges
The Missouri Times: Alternative fuels showcased at
Capitol; Proponents call them solutions to state funding issues
Missourinet: Missouri House gives green light to State
Legal Expense Fund bill; Hawley to issue first report this month
AP:
Missouri House advances abortion proposal
KWMU: Federal judge blocks two of Missouri's abortion
restrictions
AP:
Judge blocks Missouri's abortion-restricting rules
The Missouri Times: AIM board visits Capitol for
legislative day
The Missouri Times: As Missouri PSC awaits Great
Plains-Westar merger briefs, Kansas regulators reject combination
SE
Missourian: Millions at stake over Ameren fight with property tax
assessments +
KWMU: Ameren begins major upgrades at Lake of the
Ozarks dam
AP:
Work begins on $52 million improvements to Bagnell Dam
Missourinet: House committee to hear MONA
Missourinet: Powdered alcohol bill heads to Missouri
Senate
KWMU: Galloway begins audit of Hazelwood schools at
parents' request
KC Star editorial: Urban mayors Sly James and Lyda
Krewson must team up to teach Missouri's GOP legislators what's what +
P-D editorial: A good-faith effort to help homeowners
around West Lake Landfill
P-D Editorial Board Editor Tod Robberson: Schaaf does
the right thing by criticizing Greitens' dark money
Priddy:
Remembering Jerry Nachtigal
P-D letter: Wash U School of Social Work staff thank
McCaskill, Blunt for supporting scientific research funding
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman expresses anger at
Post-Dispatch for not covering anti-Trump rally
CDT letter: Columbia Missouri State Teachers
Association thanks local legislators for voting against charter school
bill X
SNL letter: Springfield man responds to letter
responding to PDMP legislation X
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Wednesday, April 19
Politico: Chuck Schumer's SuperPAC launches radio ads
in Missouri supporting McCaskill
CDT: Local Democratic National Committee member
Persephone Dakopolos files six (6) delinquent campaign finance
reports; "People Over Profits" was created to help Bernie Sanders X
West Plains Daily Quill: Local sect of national
anti-Trump "Indivisible" group to hold town hall tomorrow night
Columbia Missourian: Rally for illegal immigrants
draws 100
AP:
Judge rejects Clay's effort to reinstall cops-as-animals painting in
Capitol
The Missouri Times: 2018 tip sheet: Missouri
Senate races
The Missouri Times: 2018 tip sheet: Missouri
House races
Drebes:
Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) gets support from prominent businessman
David Steward
The Missouri Times: Veterans appeal to Greitens to
legalize medical marijuana
P-D: Woman who accused Rep. Steven Roberts (D-St.
Louis City) of assault two years ago seeks $25k payday; Roberts'
attorney calls opportunistic timing "suspect"
The Missouri Times: Business community optimistic
about future of Missouri's economy; Comments from St. Louis
Regional Chamber's Hart Nelson, AIM's Ray McCarty, national ALEC rep
AP:
Missouri unemployment drops to 3.9 percent
The Missouri Times: Attorney general's office recuses
self from Trinity Lutheran case, citing Greitens' executive order
CDT: Lawyers: Trinity Lutheran religious freedom
case should proceed despite Greitens' policy change X
KWMU: Hawley's office recuses itself from lawsuit
AP:
Hawley: Church lawsuit should proceed
Missourinet: AG office recuses itself from U.S.
Supreme Court lawsuit
P-D: Lawyers argue Missouri church-state Supreme Court
case should go on; AG office recuses itself
JCNT: Missouri Senate remembers 13 former colleagues X
The Missouri Times: House votes to take Rehder's PDMP
bill to conference
KC Star: Program to monitor prescription drugs runs
into new roadblocks in Missouri statehouse +
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers clash over details in
prescription drug monitoring bill
Missourinet: Transportation Task Force might have
traction to get through Missouri Legislature
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
says lawmakers may need special session to pass budget
P-D: Missouri Senate talks 'circuit breaker'
legislation
Missourinet: Ride-sharing legislation makes its way to
Greitens
P-D: House sends student transfer bill to the Senate
AP:
Missouri House passes changes to student transfer policy
KWMU: Missouri education department drops goal of
having schools among nation's 10 best
KBIA (Columbia): House votes to block new state parks
KWMU: Narrower-than-proposed version of St. Louis Zoo
tax bill passes in House
Missourinet: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis
City): Missouri has a "very serious problem with homelessness"
KWMU: After taking double-digit spanking, failed
Ferguson mayoral candidate Ella Jones says she'll work with Mayor James
Knowles
P-D editorial: State lawmakers should fund Missouri
Technology Corp.
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Highway funding
should be a priority; Greitens has been too quiet on the issue X
SNL op-ed: Drug monitoring won't solve opioid issue X
CDT op-ed: Former Missouri Juvenile Justice
Association Director Vivian Murphy: It's time for Missouri to
raise the age on juvenile justice X
KC Star letter: Septuagenarian woman who chooses to
live in Kansas wants Missouri legislators to ban plastic bags +
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Tuesday, April
18 Tax
Day
WSJ: Fundraising by Senate Democrats - including
McCaskill - jumps ahead of 2018 election
KY3: McCaskill calls herself 'underdog' in re-election
race
KWMU: Fundraising reports: McCaskill, Wagner set
strong pace; State officeholders feel stifling effects of new
contribution limits
P-D: Summary of congressional delegation's PAC
receipts; Ann Wagner talks fundraising on Scott Faughn's This
Week in Missouri Politics
P-D: Summary of statewide officeholders' April
campaign finance reports
The Missouri Times: Working with Trump 'amazing,' says
Wagner
The Missouri Times: Handicapping 2018: Who will
take on Ann Wagner for GOP U.S. Senate nomination, and which Republican
will fill her 2nd District House seat?
Columbia Missourian: New website shows Truman
Veterans' Hospital wait times
P-D: Federal judge denies Clay's lawsuit seeking
re-hanging of cops-as-animals painting
KQED (Northern California): Queer and
undocumented: Bisexual Mexican muchacha Yahaira Carrillo recounts
sneaking across the border into California, then invading Missouri
before returning West
AP:
Jerry Nachtigal, spokesman for Govs. Carnahan, Wilson and Holden, dies
of cancer in South Dakota
Drebes:
Ron Richard appoints Stephen Cale Bradford to Missouri Achieving a
Better Life Experience board
Missourinet: Missouri Senate expected to focus on tax
credit repeal, budget, changes to labor and education laws
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane)
talks balance between charter-school legislation and public school
funding
St. Joseph News-Press: Education bills move through
Missouri Legislature X
Missourinet: E-mails outline possible additional cuts
at Mizzou; staff travel budgets in some divisions being reviewed
Missourinet: Electricians group backs bill that would
require greater boat dock safety standards
Missourinet: Lawmakers consider proposal to expand St.
Louis offender rehabilitation program
KC Star editorial: Supreme Court should remove
religious prejudice from Missouri Law +
P-D editorial: Court should deny church taxpayer
resources
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: McCaskill waxes
nostalgic about Missouri's olden days of John Ashcroft, Harriett Woods
and a yet-to-turn-solid-red state X
Waters: Greitens on church and state X
P-D letter: St. Charles sexagenarian responds to
letter responding to McCaskill's response to Gorsuch
P-D letter: Sunset Hills man responds to letter
responding to McCaskill's response to Gorsuch
P-D letter: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan:
Regulators should approve north Missouri infrastructure project
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Monday, April 17
Brownfield Ag News: McCaskill says Trump trade policy
could hurt Missouri farmers
P-D: Missouri's 2016 congressional incumbents spent
significant campaign cash; Newspaper publishes expense-report
details six (6) months after general election
CDT: Unitarian Universalist church plans rally to
promote 'sanctuary' status for illegal aliens
X
CDT: New fed website shows wait time for specialty
appointments at Truman VA is longer than most state hospitals and
clinics X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Ann Wagner on Trump,
McCaskill, Gorsuch, Hawley and more; Panel of Ray Hartmann,
former Rep. Chris Kelly (D-Columbia) and Reps. Bryan Spencer
(R-Wentzville) and Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) on state budget,
managed care, more
Drebes:
GOP communicator extraordinaire Jason Klindt moves into marketing role
for KCP&L
AP:
Supreme Court, with Gorsuch, set to hear Missouri church-playground case
Columbia Missourian: Supreme Court will interpret
religious freedom in Trinity Lutheran Church case
KWMU: Higher ed officials want more state funding for
scholarship programs
KC Star: Student journalists' rights: Bill from
Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City) would strengthen free-speech shield
in Missouri +
Missourinet: Recreation enthusiasts angry over
waterways bill in Legislature
CDT: National county-health rankings show Boone County
has a high rate of chlamydia, but quality clinical care X
P-D: Buyouts could be coming for those who chose to
purchase a home near the West Lake Landfill
JCNT editorial: AG Josh Hawley takes needed steps
against trafficking X
P-D editorial: Compromise on ride-hailing companies
was the best St. Louis City could expect
P-D editorial: Missouri's burdensome abortion
regulations deserve to be reversed in court
SE
Missourian Publisher Jon Rust: No more pseudonyms on
semissourian.com; Local school districts, governments pledge to
be more engaged in online discussion if commenters use their real names +
Messenger: In battle of Ameren vs. the assessors,
school funding is held hostage
P-D letter: Town and Country woman applauds Clay and
Wagner for supporting global child health programs
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man wants Greitens to
compromise on Medicaid expansion
Columbia Missourian letter: Glendale man says GOP
legislators want to force churches to allow guns
KC Star letters: Kansas City sexagenarian says changes
to Obamacare would hurt Missourians; Lee's Summit octogenarian
opposes Missouri Gas Energy rate increase +
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian mocks Leonard
Pitts column, says Pepsi protest ad should have depicted Kendall Jenner
behaving like a savage
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Sunday, April
16 Happy Easter!
KC Star: Trump administration changes Obamacare rules,
but Blue Cross and Blue Shield of KC says more fixes needed +
Joplin Globe: Illegal immigrants at MSSU boast about
their status at campus forum; Alien coed unhappy that GOP state
legislators won't hand her taxpayer money X
SNL: Federal payments to rural Missouri school
districts in danger due to change in forestland revenue distribution X
JCNT: Federal budget could cut $300K from Jefferson
City Public Schools funding X
JCNT: Trump's budget could affect area youth programs X
KC Star: Union haul: Boilermakers union bosses'
salaries and perks climb as membership sinks; Former president of
KC local: "There's nothing democratic about what they do" +
KC Star: 'Mother of all bombs' dropped on radical
Muslims is a runt compared to Missouri-based father of all bombs +
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Ann Wagner on her U.S. Senate bid; Panel of
Riverfront Times and St. Louis magazine founder Ray Hartmann, former
Rep. Chris Kelly (D-Columbia), Reps. Bryan Spencer (R-Wentzville) and
Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) discuss Wagner vs. Hawley, state
budget, more
Drebes:
Help Wanted: National Alliance on Mental Illness of Missouri
seeks Executive Director
JCNT: Jay Nixon reflects on time in office X
AP:
Church lawsuit against Missouri uncertain after Greitens' rule change
KC Star: A Missouri church's playground is now a First
Amendment exercise for Supreme Court +
Columbia Missourian: Lobbyists providing fewer gifts
to lawmakers; Campaign Life Missouri's Sam Lee among those
providing pure wisdom rather than trinkets, tickets or meals
CDT: Lawmakers may restore UM System funding X
SNL: Dixon works behind scenes for early childhood
education sales tax push X
KWMU: In St. Louis Public Schools, too many white and
Asian students qualify for gifted programs; Superintendent Kelvin
Adams hopes to rectify grave injustice
AP:
White Missourians between the ages of 25 to 54 more likely to die from
overdose
AP:
Missouri Dept. of Conservation study finds deep drop in once-common bat
species
JCNT: State parks remain vital interest 100 years
after system began X
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens correct to
streamline state boards X
P-D editorial: Missouri taxpayers in debt for $1
billion from unaccountable tax districts
P-D's Samantha Liss: Patients likely to fall through
the cracks during Medicaid managed care rollout in Missouri
P-D op-ed: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City): Romine's bill would cripple Missouri
Human Rights Act
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian says
McCaskill's vote on Gorsuch was based on politics, not principle
SNL letter: Springfield man wonders why Ozarks
Technical Community College raised tuition and gave employees a pay
raise X
P-D letter: St. Charles County man says syndicated
columnist Leonard Pitts is incorrect regarding Michael Brown's attack
on Darren Wilson
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Saturday, April 15
NY Times: McCaskill's survival plan in pro-Trump
Missouri: Stay in the center
KC Star: McCaskill weighs in on Russia, Syria, state
GOP legislators' 'right to work' bill +
SNL: McCaskill holds town hall in Springfield X
SNL: Photo gallery: McCaskill supporters cheer
senior senator at town hall X
KSMU: McCaskill fields questions on abortion, Trump
during Springfield town hall
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission
continues work to educate on campaign contribution changes
KC Star: GOP Sens. Rob Schaaf, Ryan Silvey recommend
Greitens be more transparent about anonymous donors +
Drebes: Meet Ron Hicks and Associates; Former
GOP state rep has been back to the Capitol, but must wait to register
as a lobbyist
The Missouri Times: This Week in the General
Assembly: April 13, 2017
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Statehouse reporter
Marshall Griffin recaps recent legislative happenings
KC Star: Legislative briefs: PDMP,
transportation funding, campus concealed-carry
+
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane)
previews final month of the legislative session
KWMU: New federal law allowing states to deny Planned
Parenthood funding won't immediately affect Missouri
KC Star: Missouri Western, MSSU join trend of schools
no longer requiring ACT or SAT +
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Mike Bernskoetter
(R-Jefferson City) seeks to boost tourism at historic Missouri prison
Daily Journal: Missouri Department of Conservation
warns against adopting wildlife; Young animals "are better off in
their natural habitats," become dangerous as they get older
KMOV (St. Louis): Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
wants federal, state funding to help young urbanites deal with "toxic
stress"
KC Star editorial briefs: Truman State College
Republicans had the audacity to invite a conservative speaker to
campus, and campus liberals refrained from violence +
KC Star editorial: 2018 state auditor endorsement
preview: University of Missouri, TDD audits show Democrat Nicole
Galloway is "hitting her stride" +
Waters: TDD audits are low-hanging fruit X
Messenger: State workers failed to disclose their
connection to company they regulated
P-D op-ed: Mayors from cities in MN, LA: Mayor
Francis Slay's legacy reaches the length of the Mississippi River
SNL letter: 2016 House District 136 silver medalist
Jeff Munzinger (D): Compassion hard to find in Missouri
Legislature X
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Friday, April 14
KC Star: McCaskill speaks to large group of supporters
at KC event, says Missourians voted for Trump out of 'pain' +
KC Star multimedia journalist Keith Myers:
Video: Following town hall, Missouri's senior United States
senator attempts popular 2015 dance move "The Dab" +
KC Star: Video: McCaskill talks Obamacare, more
at KC Star offices; Editorial Board members Colleen Nelson and
Melinda Henneberger nod, giggle and affirm on Obamacare, Cabinet
appointments, illegal immigrants, etc. +
Kraske: McCaskill goes country - emphasizing rural
issues - in first tough U.S. Senate election
+
P-D: McCaskill raises nearly $3 million in quarter
KWMU: United Way report shows 43 percent of Missouri
heads-of-households fail to provide enough for their family
The Missouri Times: Republican Hardy Billington shows
strong fundraising in bid for Todd Richardson's state rep seat
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Engler (R-Farmington)
joins #moleg podcast, talks Speaker of the House contenders and
Greitens' meddling, Hawley for U.S. Senate, Cardinals baseball, more
KWMU: Greitens issues policy change regarding state
grants and religious groups
AP:
Greitens: Religious organizations can apply for state grants
P-D: Greitens instructs DNR to consider religious
organizations for grants
SNL: Galloway slams tax districts' 'questionable
practices,' including one in Springfield X
The Missouri Times: Senate passes Rehder's PDMP bill
with major changes
P-D: Prescription drug monitoring program gets
long-awaited approval in Missouri Senate
KWMU: Senate passes prescription drug monitoring
program, with some changes
AP:
Missouri Senate passes prescription drug monitoring program
KWMU: What the Missouri Senate budget committee did
this week
The Missouri Times: Eigel: "We're going to have
a discussion about transportation, one way or another"
The Missouri Times: Uber bill breaks through General
Assembly, headed to governor's desk
AP:
Missouri lawmakers pass statewide rules for Uber, Lyft
KWMU: Uber, Lyft regulations sent to Greitens' desk
P-D: Uber, Lyft proposal heading to Greitens' desk
Missourinet: Lichtenegger, McCreery aim to change gun
bill's domestic-violence loophole
AP:
Senate advances new St. Louis Zoo tax rules
P-D: Need a job? Missouri's employment office
thinks Clayton firm can help
P-D: State settles appeal alleging North St. Louis
City facility lacks proper air pollution permit
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette) would restrict use of shackles on pregnant inmates
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court asked to resolve execution drug debate
P-D editorial: In Jefferson City, ethics reform is for
the other guys
SE
Missourian op-ed: Midwest Energy Consumers' Group's David
Woodsmall: Monopoly utilities lobby for higher rates, seek to
undermine Missouri Public Service Commission
+
P-D's David Nicklaus: Financial myopia may make
Missouri pension buyout a popular option
P-D letter: Glendale septuagenarian says McCaskill's
explanation of Gorsuch vote shows her social bias
P-D letter: Hazelwood septuagenarian disagrees with
Stacy Washington's column on school choice
P-D letter: RealTime Fantasy Sports' Tim Jensen says
Legislature must correct mistake that hurts fantasy sports companies
KC Star letter: Area liberal chastises Blunt for lack
of town halls, attempts analogy involving tulips and petunias +
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Thursday, April 13
KWMU: McCaskill's town hall in Jefferson County draws
friendly crowd
P-D: McCaskill greets friendly crowds at town halls,
takes shots at Republican colleagues
AP: McCaskill supporters turn out for senator's town
halls
Missourinet: McCaskill faces few critics at Fulton
town hall
CDT: McCaskill supporters give warm welcome to senior
senator at Fulton town hall X
Columbia Missourian: McCaskill talks re-election
campaign, more to friendly crowd
SE
Missourian: McCaskill talks bipartisanship, Trump, health care
during town hall meeting +
KC Star: Editorial board promotes Facebook Live
Q&A with McCaskill to be held today +
SNL: Sierra Club members promote McCaskill in
Jefferson City, meet with state legislators at Capitol; Comments
from Missouri chapter leader John Hickey X
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner sets high mark in
fundraising, signaling U.S. Senate run
P-D: Ann Wagner, eyeing Senate run, has nearly $3
million in the bank
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jason Smith: Republicans want to 'bust up'
IRS; believes Congress can pass tax-reform bill +
The
Arrow (SEMO): Federal budget proposal could affect local NPR
station KRCU
KWMU: A look at how $29.5 million HUD grant will be
spent in North St. Louis City; Urban Strategies' Esther Shin says
greenspaces, health education will totally make a difference
Columbia Missourian: At-a-glace updates on state
legislation: Discrimination-law updates, REAL ID, higher ed, more
AP:
Missouri House strikes down proposed gas tax
P-D: No appetite in Missouri House to send gas tax
hike to voters
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee wades through
state budget, delaying some decisions
AP:
Missouri budgeters plan for reboot and expansion of Amber Alert
Missourinet: House next in line to hear employment
discrimination bill
KWMU: Missouri-wide regulations for Uber, Lyft nearing
Greitens' desk
AP:
Bill would cap fees for contracted state lawyers
P-D: St. Louis one of many urban areas across the
country hitting roadblocks at statehouses
KWMU: Synthetic opioid deaths surge across St. Louis
region
SNL: Video: Student-on-the-street interviews
about campus concealed carry: MSU coed: "I think that,
like, students should have the right to carry their guns, but not on,
like, a university or public place" X
The Missouri Times: Sponsors of licensing bond
increase say they hope to protect consumers
P-D: Missouri House addressing conflict of interest
concerns between state officials, trucking company
SNL: Missouri waterways bill perplexes many at House
hearing X
The Missouri Times: McGaugh offers bill changing local
health ordinance rulemaking
AP:
Senators OK home buyouts aimed at St. Louis-area landfills
KWMU: State Senate passes bill to buy homes near West
Lake Landfill
KWMU: Accountability the main concern should
Ferguson's consent decree be scuttled
P-D: St. Louis City Hall reporter Koran Addo departs
Post-Dispatch, will go to work for mayor-elect whose election campaign
he covered
P-D op-ed: National Parents Organization of Missouri's
Linda Reutzel: Shared parenting bill will benefit Missouri
children
Waters: Time for passage of liquor-pricing bill X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: St. Louis woman expresses
anger at her state legislators for never responding to her petition
regarding asbestos
P-D letter: Septuagenarian McCaskill supporter proud
of senior senator's vote on Gorsuch
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Wednesday, April 12
The Pitch: Stephen Webber tries to lift an impotent
Missouri Democratic Party; Dem candidates dish on how Nixon and
recent state party leadership has failed Missouri's most loyal Democrats
Missourinet: McCaskill promotes town-hall tour
SNL: McCaskill to hold town hall in Springfield on
Friday X
P-D: Morning Consult polls: McCaskill at 47
favorable, 39 unfavorable; Blunt at 47 favorable, 38 unfavorable
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt lauds Trump team in
handling of global challenges X
KC Star: Blue Cross of Kansas City is close to turning
a profit on Obamacare +
SNL: Conservative radio host Dana Loesch bringing show
to Bass Pro X
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Lincoln Hough
(R-Springfield), now serving as a Greene County commissioner, may run
for Wasson's state Senate seat in 2018
Drebes:
Roster moves: List of state employees switching or starting jobs
KWMU: Greitens creates small-government task force,
says it won't cost Missouri money
The Missouri Times: Greitens targets boards and
commissions with latest executive order
AP:
Greitens creates new panel to reduce state boards
P-D: Greitens moves to eliminate unneeded special
boards and commissions
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Travis
Fitzwater (R-Potosi) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about budget,
PDMP, ride-hailing legislation, higher ed funding, Greitens, more
Missouri Viewpoints: Should Missouri government track
your prescriptions? Holly Rehder vs. Carl Bearden
AP:
Legislative budget leaders disagree on education funding
Columbia Missourian: As Senate begins digging into
state budget, more changes are coming
Columbia Missourian: Senate gives UM System some hope
for budget restorations
The Missouri Times: Missouri Technology Corporation
cuts could be sore spot for St. Louis startups, legislators
SE
Missourian: Local chiefs concerned over possible elimination of
DWI-checkpoint funding +
KWMU: Senate Republicans support wide-ranging omnibus
education bill
The Missouri Times: Children's Education Alliance of
Missouri continues touting charter schools across the state
P-D: Truman State grapples with visit from
conservative speaker Robert Spencer
The Missouri Times: Uber bill gets initial approval in
Senate, destined for trip back to House
AP:
Ride-hailing regulations pass Missouri Senate
P-D: Uber and Lyft would get break from local
regulations under proposal in Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Missouri Corrections Officers advocate,
Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Frankford) not shocked by graphic DOC report
Missourinet: Bill tightening restrictions on sex
offenders is approved unanimously by Missouri House committee
The Missouri Times: Backers of Emery's
grid-modernization bill fund constituent-contact campaign;
Opponents call efforts "utility propaganda"
P-D: Laclede Gas files first rate increase in four
years
Delta Farm Press: Spraying herbicides off-label in
Missouri will cost you; Greitens signs legislation to stiffen
penalties for scofflaws
KWMU: Missouri House passes industrial hemp bill, but
chances in Senate are thin
AP:
Missouri House votes to extend donations to organ donor fund
Missourinet: Bills in Legislature look to rein in
racial profiling by law enforcement
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
wants state to establish PTSD education programs for young urbanites
dealing with "toxic stress"
CDT: Tribune editor Jim Robertson to retire next month X
KC Star editorial: Conflicts of interest abound among
Missouri officials +
P-D editorial: Missouri's latest ethical
dilemma: High-tech truck weighing
Jensen:
Vote against Gorsuch could hurt McCaskill at ballot box +
Messenger: Missouri Supreme Court draws line in the
sand on rising court costs
P-D letter: St. Charles County Democratic activist
Carl Peterson says charter schools have demonstrated little innovation
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit septuagenarian dislikes
Greitens using Internet website Facebook +
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Tuesday, April 11
KMZU (Carrollton): Interview with McCaskill:
Rural schools, hospitals and broadband; Missouri Medicaid
expansion; Early positioning of Nicole Galloway's re-election
bid; more
KZIM (Cape Girardeau): McCaskill tries to get Missouri
ranchers access to the Chinese market
JCNT: McCaskill to hold campaign rally at country club
after town hall on Wednesday X
The Missouri Times: Prominent Missouri Republicans
promote "Draft Hawley" letter, want AG to take on McCaskill
P-D: Jack Danforth, Peter Kinder, Jane Cunningham,
Doug Russell, others sign draft-Hawley letter
AP:
Hawley supporters urge AG to run for U.S. Senate
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Dunklin County Lincoln Day dinner put focus on
veterans; Speaker Todd Richardson and other state legislators
speak, cap evening with "God Bless America" +
Columbia Missourian: Local Unitarian Universalist
church declares itself a sanctuary for illegal immigrants
CDT: Local church touts status as hideout for illegal
aliens X
AP:
Liberal ex-journalist pleads not guilty to threatening Jewish groups
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Missourian: Mississippi River forecast to cause little flooding
in Cape Girardeau +
Drebes:
March state revenue numbers, and what they mean to the budget
AP:
Missouri 'right to work' ballot proposal challenged in court
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Holly Rehder:
Speaker candidate talks 'right to work,' tort overhaul, PDMP,
Legislature's urban-rural divide, more
AP:
Missouri discrimination bill passes House committee unchanged
KWMU: House to vote on bill to update state
definition of workplace discrimination
Missourinet: Legislative Black Caucus, House
Democratic Superminority hold press conference criticizing Sen. Gary
Romine (R-Farmington) and discrimination bill
Columbia Missourian: Press conference by opponents
fails to stop discrimination bill
P-D: Legislation on lobbyist gifts advances, but
Greitens' term limits proposal floundering
SNL: Pitch for gun-free zones receives House hearing X
The Missouri Times: Opponents come on strong in House
General Laws hearing on gun legislation
Missourinet: Gun legislation draws standing-room-only
crowd
Columbia Missourian: Gun legislation draws a crowd
JCNT: Bill targets no-gun businesses for liability X
Missourinet: Proposals from Sen. Caleb Rowden
(R-Columbia), Rep. Becky Ruth (R-Festus) would offer tax break for
first-time homebuyers
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau announces
opposition to industrial hemp bill
AP:
Missouri House passes bill to allow industrial hemp farming
AP:
Missouri House passes bill giving immunity for overdose help
The Missouri Times: Galloway asks for changes to TDD
laws after uncovering massive oversight
P-D: Galloway: Missouri's taxing district law
allows unethical practices, poor oversight
CDT: Galloway's review flags issue in Columbia
transportation district X
JCNT: Audit rips Stone Ridge TDD X
KWMU: Galloway calls for overhaul of Transportation
Development District laws
Missourinet: Auditor calls on lawmakers to overhaul
TDD legislation
Columbia Missourian: Galloway blasts transportation
development district laws
AP:
Galloway criticizes transportation-related districts
P-D editorial: In a trade war with Mexico, Missouri
corn growers could be collateral damage
P-D op-ed: Auditor Nicole Galloway: Ethics
legislation needed to hold public officials accountable
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Retailers
Association's David Overfelt: HB433 would provide truth in
alcohol advertising
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Jay Nixon State
Park was a political folly
JCNT letter: Democrat Sue Gibson says House committee
hearings for discrimination bill is a farce X
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Monday, April 10
Washington Times: Opioid fight unites Democrats,
Republicans - even during Gorsuch vote; McCaskill reached out to
Trump's opioid task force leader Chris Christie
KC Star: Local mom-daughter heroin-addict duo shares
stories: Life of "soft" and hard drugs, abortion as birth
control, forged checks, jail time, more +
P-D: Missouri helps heroin addicts via state funding
for Vivitrol, a medication-assisted treatment; State also runs
three methadone clinics
P-D: 'Good Samaritan' and drug database proposals move
forward as Missouri grapples with opioid crisis
KC Star: After 137 years, Wentworth Military Academy
in Lexington, MO to close +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Holly Rehder
talks Speaker race, more; Panel of Rep. Jean Evans
(R-Manchester), former Rep. John Mayfield (D-Farmington), Steve Stenger
consultant Patrick Lynn,
UFCW 655 President Dave Cook talk McCaskill re-election bid, Greitens
meddling in Speaker race, budget, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Gina
Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) talks with journoduo about prevailing
wage, Missouri union members supporting Trump and Greitens, issues with
family leave policy, ethics legislation
Washington Missourian: A Better Road Forward plans
ballot initiative to ban toll roads X
St. Joseph News-Press: Term limits open up four
Buchanan County state legislative seats in 2018 X
Drebes:
New Dem, GOP state rep campaign committees
This Week in the Governor's Office: Week of April 3
KCUR: Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) talks about
pay-to-play allegations against Senate GOP leadership, says matter
deserves investigation (21:00), budget, transportation, more
Missourinet: Concealed firearms bill expected to draw
large turnout at hearing today
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
talks term-limits bill, PDMP
Columbia Missourian: Bill would have Missouri seeing
more ride-hailing companies
P-D editorial: Mallinckrodt has connection to
America's opioid problem; Schaaf stood in the way of PDMP, but
now even he sees the light
P-D editorial: AG Josh Hawley gets creative to combat
human traffickers
CDT op-ed: Edison Electric Institute's David
Owens: A stronger energy grid is a win for all Missourians X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman thanks McCaskill, Blunt,
Clay for support of Alzheimer's research funding
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian accuses Blunt,
Long of taking payoffs in exchange for telecom vote X
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Sunday, April 9
P-D: Trump inspires political activism in Missouri
across party, worldview spectrum
SNL: Greene County Democrats hold final Jackson Day
dinner; 66-year-old former supporting actress/labor advocate Tess
Harper says Hillary Clinton should have won election "because she was a
lot ... smarter than anyone (else) in the room" X
SNL: With Obamacare still in place, experts offer
advice about your taxes; Comments from Missouri Foundation for
Health's Nancy Kelley, assistant UM prof Andrew Zumwalt X
KWMU: Blunt seeks to retain funding for 4 Missouri
regional airports
SNL: McCaskill, Blunt, Long seek funding for Riverside
Bridge replacement X
CDT: At Boone County Lincoln Day dinner, Republicans
talk about keeping up momentum X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Holly Rehder on her bid for Speaker, more;
Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester), former Rep. John Mayfield
(D-Farmington), Patrick Lynn, UFCW 655 President Dave Cook talk U.S.
Senate race, Greitens meddling in Speaker race, ethics bills, more
Drebes: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt on MOSERS' threat
to state's AAA bond rating
JCNT: Schmitt promotes MOSERS revisions X
KC Star: Schaaf says his best hope is to reduce
"severity of badness" of PDMP bill +
Columbia Missourian: Workplace discrimination bill,
supported by University of Missouri System, headed for crucial vote
JCNT: House budget skips state worker pay raises X
AP:
Missouri mulls cutting funding for sobriety checkpoints
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill would limit use of cell
phones by taxi and Uber/Lyft drivers X
CDT: Pro-life activists mark end of '40 Days of Life'
campaign
Columbia Missourian: Infant mortality hits new lows
nationwide, in Missouri; Black activist blames "the system" for
higher black infant mortality rate compare to whites, Asians,
Hispanics, all others
Columbia Missourian: Four-day school weeks aid rural
Missouri districts
St. Joseph News-Press: Buchanan County program gives
students an insider view of elections X
P-D: Payday loan industry faces headwinds in Missouri
AP:
Galloway investigating Missouri role in trucking tech company
P-D's Nicklaus and Gallagher: Video:
Sexagenarian columnists talk about Legislature's move to block St.
Louis City's minimum wage increase
P-D's Horrigan: Sexagenarian columnist/editorial board
member says Legislature's tax increases for seniors, tax cuts for
fantasy sports are wrong
P-D op-ed: Missouri MADD's Robbie
Pace-Courtright: Legislative proposal ramps up dangers from
drunken driving
KC Star letter: KC man says McCaskill gave in to her
party's angst on Gorsuch +
P-D letter: Crestwood woman notes Mizzou enrollment
decrease correlates to university's coddling of hypersensitive students
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Saturday, April 8
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt, Luetkemeyer, Wagner support
strikes on Syria; Clay not ready to offer thoughts
KWMU: McCaskill, Blunt, Wagner share thoughts on Syria
strikes
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt split on Gorsuch vote
KOMU: McCaskill to hold eight town halls across
Missouri
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Jason Smith presented with National Association
of Manufacturers Award in Caruthersville +
Messenger: Illegal immigrants in St. Louis region
learn tricks to evade the law
KWMU: Chelsea Clinton's book tour makes stop in St.
Louis
The Missouri Times: The Missouri Times Magazine
features Top 100 Lobbyists list, op-eds from legislators, activist
profiles, more
The Missouri Times Magazine - Special Edition
Drebes:
A Better Road Forward enlists Scott Dieckhaus to help oppose toll roads
KOMU: Greitens the first Missouri governor to visit
statewide technical skills competition
JCNT: Greitens praises skills competition, state
tech's work X
The Missouri Times: Holly Rehder: "...running
for Speaker is in the cards"
The Missouri Times: Governor's tax committee
establishes subcommittees
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) regarding technology trust fund enjoys broad bipartisan
support
KWMU: Republicans provide $6 million for youth summer
jobs
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester)
aims to block forced underage marriages and sex trafficking
KC Star: System that may break speed of sound could
come to Missouri; MoDOT's Tom Blair pushed for KC-STL route to be
included in Hyperloop's global challenge +
KC Star editorial: Blunt - approached at airport by
woman who stalked his flight - takes time to listen to sad health-care
tale; McCaskill to hold town halls +
P-D editorial: Gorsuch confirmed as Senate affirms the
great American divide; McCaskill laments Missourians' distaste
for compromise
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers shouldn't head
home until they ban gifts from lobbyists +
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers should allow
every municipality in the state to set their own sprinkler regulations +
P-D editorial briefs: Onder's use of abortion
reference to make point about zoo funding was not okay
Helling: Missouri Republicans continue tradition of
supporting pro-business policies +
The Missouri Times op-ed: RealTime Fantasy Sports' Tim
Jensen: Legislature must act to protect small businesses in
growing fantasy sports industry
P-D letter: Town and Country man says McCaskill's vote
on Gorsuch cements her 2018 defeat
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian wants
Post-Dispatch to be harder on Greitens, particularly around shady
501(c)(4) organizations
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Friday, April 7
KC Star: Blunt, other Republicans oppose Trump plan to
cut medical funding +
Missourinet: Trump supporters hold pro-Gorsuch rally
at Capitol
Columbia Missourian: Columbia-based Islamic American
Relief Organization, which illegally transferred $1.4M to Iraq, has
dissolved and divested funds
KWMU: Local arts organizations reliant upon federal
funding oppose cuts to their programs
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt push steamboat bill
AP:
Missouri, Mississippi Rivers flood, but damage expected to be minimal
Drebes:
Republican Brad Hudson to run for Rep. Don Phillips' open seat
The Missouri Times: Senate finally confirms
gubernatorial appointments after Greitens visit
Columbia Missourian: After delay, Senate confirms UM
System Board of Curators appointments
AP:
Senate confirms several Greitens appointees
The Missouri Times: House approves state's $27 billion
budget, Senate approval to come
AP:
Missouri House OKs budget with hike in K-12 school funding
P-D: Missouri House approves budget, sends $27.8B plan
to Senate
KWMU: Missouri House passes $27.8B state budget that
fully funds schools
SNL: Senate budget head: Fully funding
foundation formula not likely X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton)
talks budget, potential Senate opposition to early-childhood education
funding
KWMU: Area high-tech groups reliant upon state funding
oppose cuts to their funding
KWMU: Senate suggests boosting current Missouri budget
by $241M
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
panel compliments Fitzpatrick in work as budget chair
SNL: Prevailing wage law repeal meets organized
opposition X
Washington Missourian: REAL ID bill making progress in
Legislature X
SNL: In Senate committee, REAL ID remains divisive X
Columbia Missourian: Senate prepares to hear
prescription drug monitoring program bill
AP:
Missouri Republicans differ on Greitens' family leave policy
Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood wants to
expand abortion services in Missouri
CDT: City lobbyist directed to support state
transportation bill X
Missourinet: Legislation to create four adult high
schools is approved by Missouri Senate committee
The Missouri Times: Compromise reached between Onder
and Wieland on Uber bill
The Missouri Times: Battle over booze: What a
South Carolina decision could mean for Missouri
The Missouri Times: Economic development amendment
would add Bootheel support for electric-grid legislation
St. Joseph News-Press: State, utilities foster safe
digging X
Missourinet: More problems highlighted at latest
hearing over state's prisons
AP:
Missouri Senate moves to exempt veterans from business fees
AP:
Legislation on phone-tracking regulations passes Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Bill would allow elderly
life-without-parole inmates a hearing on release
Columbia Missourian: At Mizzou, Fordham professor
complains about gun laws, racial profiling, more
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Missourian: Probable-cause statement details attorney general's
charges against Mississippi County sheriff +
Rust:
Larry Ferrell a strong candidate for U.S. Attorney +
Washington Missourian op-ed: D.C.-based
elderly-research group supports Blunt in opposition to NIH funding cuts X
Waters: State Auditor Nicole Galloway is making a lot
of the office X
Messenger: FBI investigating Missouri legislative
dispute involving truckers
P-D's conservative columnist Stacy Washington:
Expanding school choice
P-D op-ed: "AngryBlackBitch" blogger/"Reproaction"
founder Pamela Merritt: Republicans want to take food from the
mouths of poor kids and hand it to pro-life groups
KC Star op-ed: Former head of Missouri Juvenile
Justice Association: Missouri fails 17-year-old criminals +
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Choi could learn
from his predecessors in tackling budget crisis
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Thursday, April 6
Washington Post: McCaskill says Trump's claims about
border wall are "embarrassing"
Real Clear Politics: Blunt weighs in on Democrats'
obstruction of Trump cabinet picks
The Missouri Times: Initiative petition filed to ban
toll roads in Missouri
SNL: Group proposes Missouri vote to ban toll roads X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton)
throws her name into competitive 2018 Senate District 16 race
P-D: North St. Louis County Democratic leader Elbert
Walton's law license suspended for 18 months by Missouri Supreme Court
AP:
House lawyer warns of bribery after donation e-mail; Solar power
advocate Serra-Lesa Ivener suggested campaign cash was available in
exchange for vote on legislation
Missourinet: Hundreds attend Firefighters Day at
Missouri Capitol; Attendees include Greitens, National Guard
Adjutant General Steve Danner, Rep. Shawn Rhoads (R-West Plains)
KWMU: State revenue numbers mean more money for
Missouri, fewer possible budget problems for lawmakers
Missourinet: House set to pass budget for upcoming
fiscal year
SNL: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) restores AG's
funding X
Missourinet: Missouri public defender system director
not hopeful $6 million would stay in his budget
Columbia Missourian: Politifact analysis:
Greitens statement on 'right to work' states and job growth rated "Half
True"
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Tim Remole
(R-Excello) seeks to bring accountability to foster care system
SNL: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) revives plan
for Capitol security commission X
P-D: Greitens, some GOP lawmakers disagree on family
leave policy
P-D: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) uses abortion
reference to make point about zoo funding
AP:
Judge plans to block Missouri's abortion-restriction rules
KWMU: Judge plans to strike down Missouri abortion
restrictions
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Marsha Haefner
(R-St. Louis County) would rank Missouri maternal and neonatal hospitals
AP:
House advances bill pushing medical help for overdoses
Missourinet: Unions make their case against prevailing
wage repeal
The Missouri Times: Curtman still looking for final
vote on industrial hemp bill
AP:
House advances bill to restrict powdered alcohol
Missourinet: Mizzou lays off 20 employees;
university cites enrollment drop, decline in state funding
Columbia Missourian: Newspaper seeks anonymous tips
about Mizzou job cuts
Columbia Missourian: MU sees decline in international
graduate student applications; Iranian man blames Trump
AP:
AG office: Mississippi County sheriff arrested on 18 criminal
offenses
P-D editorial: Children are the collateral damage of
nation's opioid epidemic; Greitens should do more to push for PDMP
P-D op-ed: Former Missouri Supreme Court attorney Bill
Thompson: Response to Messenger's 5-part series:
Legislators, courts acted within the law in regard to Sheriffs'
Retirement Fund
The Missouri Times op-ed: NFIB's Brad Jones: The
Legislature, not local governments, should set minimum wage
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Charter schools
bill needs work
KC Star letters: McCaskill and Gorsuch;
Missouri's alternatives to toll roads +
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Wednesday, April 5
Washington Times: Illegal immigration plummets after
Trump inauguration; McCaskill questions cost of building new
border wall
FOX News: Border wall 'critical' for reducing crime,
former agents testify; McCaskill says price tag would unfairly
burden taxpayers
Messenger: Greitens' Cardinals Opening Day appearance
is less than transparent; Campaign pays for six tickets for
children of National Guard soldiers serving overseas, four tickets for
staff
The Missouri Times: Greitens announces plan to bring
high-speed Internet to all Missouri schools
KBIA: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt launches MO ABLE
programs
AP:
Galloway audit: Missouri struggles to handle federal money
P-D: Audit: Missouri struggles to oversee
federal funds to health care, child care survivors
JCNT: State officials told to watch federal funds
better X
KWMU: Galloway: Missouri misspends a small
portion of federal money
P-D: Feds: Home health care workers were
actually gambling, cruising while billing Medicaid; Demagio
Smith, Tammara Bell, four other St. Louis City residents busted for
bilking taxpayers
Columbia Missourian: At-a-glance updates on Missouri
legislative issues: Medicaid, higher ed funding, charter schools,
more
The Missouri Times: House Budget Debates:
Appropriations bills perfected after long day in the chamber
AP:
Missouri House budget funds schools, blocks checkpoints
P-D: Public schools benefit under House budget plan
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers show mercy to UM System
budget
The Missouri Times: Schaaf ends opposition to Rehder's
PDMP bill
KWMU: Schaaf says he'll support Rehder's bill creating
prescription drug monitoring program
Missourinet: Schaaf ends opposition to Rehder's PDMP
bill
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) pleased with changes made to this session's PDMP bill
P-D: Missouri mulling pension payouts for some former
state workers
The Missouri Times: Taxis desire parity with emerging
rideshare companies
Missourinet: Missouri House committee hears testimony
about discrimination bill
Missourinet: MoDOT asking public to do its part for
safety of workers at highway projects
CDT: UM System president warns cuts will require 'bold
action' X
CDT: Missouri Dept. of Economic Development, Aurora
Organic Dairy issue Columbia plant announcement X
P-D: High turnout in Ferguson helps Mayor James
Knowles roll to re-election
KWMU: Ferguson retains Mayor James Knowles for a third
term
AP:
Ferguson mayor, who handled riots after strong-arm robber Michael
Brown's assault on police officer Darren Wilson, re-elected by residents
KWMU: Ferguson's federal consent decree among those AG
Jeff Sessions wants to review
Columbia Missourian: Black Studies Program, others
host Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery; Liberal author of
"They Can't Kill Us All" tells tales of riots reporting, social-justice
crusading, etc.
P-D editorial: For Hawley, grandstanding is more
important than protecting consumers
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Schaaf finally
relents on PDMP X
P-D op-ed: McCaskill should put voters over politics,
vote to confirm Gorsuch to Supreme Court
KC Star op-ed: National Association of Ticket Brokers'
Gary Adler: Missouri bill would fight bullies in event ticketing +
P-D op-ed: National Employment Law Project's Mitchell
Hirsch: Republicans want to steal raises from poor people who
need it the most
KC Star letter: KC woman says McCaskill story of
flushing opioids down the toilet sets a bad example of water
contamination +
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Tuesday, April 4
KC Star: McCaskill calls for GAO report on closing of
rural hospitals +
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt get Senate approval for historic
River Queen riverboat to resume cruises
Columbia Missourian: Local social welfare groups
unhappy about Trump budget
KC Star: Kansas City to host the national White
Privilege Conference +
KWMU: Greitens' political noprofits take center stage
in Missouri; 501(c)(4) organizations common for governors around
U.S.
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Greitens announces broadband
access program for schools
Missourinet: Greitens announces broadband program for
rural schools
KC Star: Greitens announces plan to bring broadband
Internet to rural Missouri schools +
The Missouri Times: Hawley releases details on new
fight against human trafficking
AP:
Hawley measure to control human trafficking
KWMU: Hawley proposes rules to prevent human
trafficking
Missourinet: Hawley launches initiatives aimed at
fighting human trafficking
Columbia Missourian: Hawley announces new tactics to
combat trafficking
P-D: Hawley announces new initiatives to combat human
trafficking
St. Joseph News-Press: Area Democrat leads local
delegation in accepting lobbyist gifts; Rep. Pat Conway (D-St.
Joseph) accepted less than $13,000 since 2011, more than all local
legislators combined X
The Missouri Times: 8 changes to note in the House
budget: Education spending, Medicaid, circuit breaker, more
The Missouri Times: Rehder's PDMP bill gains
significant Democratic support
AP:
House approves prescription drug database for monitoring program
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
supports REAL ID legislation
Missourinet: Missouri Senate could vote on
unemployment benefits today; GOP bill would allow nonworkers to
stay on the dole for at least three months
The Missouri Times: House hearing held on Romine's
discrimination bill
Missourinet: House discusses discrimination bill
KWMU: NAACP President Rod Chapel wraps up testimony
AP: House passes ban on red-light cameras
P-D: Fantasy-sports operators could see tax cut
CDT: UM president outlines timeline for budget cut
decisions X
Columbia Missourian: UM System president: Cuts
could include layoffs for staff, nontenure track faculty
KWMU: University of Missouri president: Layoffs
a possibility as budget-cutting process begins
P-D: Layoffs aren't off the table as University of
Missouri System schools battle budget cuts
Columbia Missourian: MU Residential Life to close
three more residence halls
Drebes:
Galloway's audit of Wayne County is not pretty
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Take Missouri's sex
trade seriously X
KC Star op-ed: UMKC law prof David Achtenberg:
Lisa Hardwick is not too liberal for Missouri Supreme Court +
KC Star letter: Save Haven law has protected nearly 50
babies in Missouri +
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Monday, April 3
Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel: Blunt to speak at county
GOP dinner April 21
Missourinet: Petraeus headlines Churchill weekend in
Fulton
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Francis
Slay; Panel of Rep. Peter Meredith (D-St. Louis City), Jeff
Mazur, Joe Lakin, St. Louis Police Officer Association's Joe Patterson
talk PDMP, budget, utilities legislation, more
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri voters could consider
renewable energy proposal in 2018 X
P-D: Lobbyist gifts reached all-time low in
2016; Less than $600k of trinkets, tickets and food supplied to
lawmakers, lowest since recordkeeping began in 2004
Drebes:
Under Hawley, deputy AGs get pay raises
The Missouri Times: First-year House budget leaders
find success in numbers
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Missourian: Holly Rehder talks about her bid for Speaker of the
House, PDMP legislation +
Columbia Missourian: Policy changes help improve
Jefferson City climate for interns
Missourinet: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City)
wants authorities to investigate fumes from leak in gas station's
underground tank
KC Star: Census data: KC area grows, St. Louis
metro area shrinks +
KWMU: Ferguson-Florissant school board candidates
weigh in on voting rights case; Judge ruled that too many white
candidates were winning at-large elections
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Politics poisons
Gorsuch vote; McCaskill, other Democrats still emotional about
November election results X
KC Star editorial: McCaskill, Democrats should stop
seeking revenge by filibustering Gorsuch +
Waters: Hank Foley leaves MU with good marks X
P-D's Samantha Liss: Republicans take aim at
Missourians with disabilities
P-D's Nicklaus and Gallagher: Video: Seasoned
citizens drink beer while discussing state tax credits, criticize
Banking [sic] Chair Scott
Fitzgerald [sic]
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Sunday, April 2
P-D: St. Louis avoids large influx of
immigrants; Hispanic Chamber President Karlos Ramirez says "less
anti-immigrant legislation" from Jefferson City might change that
KC Star: Star joins ProPublica effort to solicit
reader/activist tales of "hate crimes"; Reporting categories
include perceived meanness to immigrants, "status as a trans person,"
etc. +
P-D: Post-Dispatch wins award for "Social Justice
Journalism"
SE
Missourian: Librarian offers tips to identify "fake news,"
recognize media outlets' blatant bias +
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
Columbia Missourian: In Fulton, Gen. David Petraeus
says iron curtains remain despite Churchill's legacy
CDT: David Petraeus speaks in Fulton X
JCNT: "Three (3) Questions" with Gen. Petraeus X
P-D: Preview: Missouri's 2018 U.S. Senate race,
583 days out
SE
Missourian: Cape County Lincoln Days crowd hears from National
Right to Work rep, former deputy national security adviser; Gary
Rust, Peter Kinder receive recognition for decades of service +
Drebes:
GOP primary shaping up for Ron Richard's state Senate seat
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Francis Slay; Panel of Rep. Peter Meredith
(D-St. Louis), Joe Lakin, Jeff Mazur, St. Louis Police Officers
Association's Joe Patterson talk PDMP, budget, utilities legislation,
more
The Missouri Times: Analysis: Tracking Gov.
Greitens' campaign promises with legislative results
SNL: Legislative roundup: REAL ID, abortion and
more X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Greitens remains firmly against Medicaid
expansion +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Greitens to announce rural
development programs during tour of outstate schools tomorrow
SNL: Solar industry alarmed by net metering bill
supported by utility companies X
AP:
Metal detectors at Missouri Capitol might lose funding
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Greitens signs herbicide bill in Portageville +
CDT: Gun shop owners seek to clear up confusion about
Missouri's concealed carry law X
SE
Missourian: SEMO program inspires students to learn more about
government +
P-D editorial: Greitens hints at possible crack in the
Medicaid expansion door
P-D editorial: Climax to Tony Messenger's Sheriffs'
Retirement Fund Series; Sheriffs have no business generating
retirement funds off court fees
SNL joint op-ed: Galloway, others: Ethics
legislation needed to hold public officials accountable X
SNL's Steve Pokin: Update on Johnny Lee Wilson, local
man pardoned by Gov. Carnahan X
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Saturday, April
1 April
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April
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April
2015 Missouri political news headlines
KWMU: McCaskill joins other Democrats in planning to
vote against Gorsuch for Supreme Court
P-D: McCaskill to oppose Gorsuch nomination, support
Democratic filibuster
KWMU: McCaskill to vote against Trump's Supreme Court
nominee
Politico: McCaskill 'no' on Gorsuch moves Senate
toward nuclear fights
Missourinet: In speech to law enforcement, AG Jeff
Sessions vows to cut down on foreign drug lords and "thugs and gangs
who use violence and extortion" to peddle dope
KWMU: AG Jeff Sessions brings tough-on-crime message
to law enforcement leaders in St. Louis; Gender-fluid protester
twirls desecrated American flag, says he/she can "personally tell"
Sessions is "a racist"
AP: Sessions: Ferguson an emblem of tense
relationship between criminals and the police
The Missouri Times: New contribution limits affect
fundraising quarter ending
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 27
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
Legislature: Week of March 27
Missourinet: House committees approve State Legal
Expense Fund legislation
KWMU: Republicans may make concessions on minimum wage
bill that would affect St. Louis City
The Missouri Times: Rowden, Ruth present bill to
assist first-time home buyers
CDT: Senate blocks UM curator appointments X
Columbia Missourian: Boys dominate Missouri Geographic
Bee, securing all 10 finalist spots; Minority student Rohan Rao
chooses to work hard, crushes Caucasoid competition
Missourinet: Greitens signs bill to protect Missouri
farmers from law-breaking pesticide applicators
AP: Greitens OKs higher fines for illegal application
of herbicide
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
applauds court decision in Mark Twain Transmission project case
The Missouri Times: 'Hailey's Law' passes Missouri
House, heads to Senate
P-D: Twelve (12) people make a scence, block trash
trucks outside landfills
JCNT editorial: Senate should follow House in banning
gifts
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Friday, March 31
KC Star: McCaskill warns Democratic donors of pitfalls
of blocking Trump nominee for higher court +
P-D: Leaked tape: McCaskill tells donors she's
leery of filibustering Trump's Supreme Court pick
The Weekly Standard: McCaskill worried Gorsuch
filibuster will backfire
Politico: McCaskill agonizes over Gorsuch
The Hill: McCaskill to Bernie Sanders
supporters: "I need you, I want you"
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt helps question experts on
cyberattacks X
Washington Missourian: Blunt speaks at Franklin County
Lincoln Day dinner X
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith: Most GOP members on board with
health-care bill; others "holding out for perfection" +
Politico: White House shuffles West Wing staff;
Missourian Katie Walsh sent to fix Trump's outside political group,
which faltered during health care battle
Missourinet: David Petraeus to speak, join Churchill
fellows at Westminster College
JCNT: Elizabeth Hasselbeck speaks at Vitae
Foundation's 25-year anniversary event X
KC Star: Federal contractor has 350 job openings in
the Kansas City area +
Drebes:
Dick Doherty retires, for good; Seasoned lobbyist departs with
reputation as "a man of his word and a true gentleman"
The Missouri Times: Hawley celebrates Trump's actions
against Obama-era environmental regulations
KC Star: Hawley to provide monthly report on state
payments settling lawsuits +
P-D: Hawley to release monthly report on state's legal
settlements
Missourinet: Soldiers honored during Missouri Vietnam
Veterans Day
AP:
Greitens picks Missouri labor department director; Anna Hui to be
Missouri's first Asian-American cabinet member
The Missouri Times: Victims and advocates to be
honored during 'Crime Victims' Rights Week'
AP:
Missouri House passes prevailing wage repeal
KWMU: Legislature updates: Prevailing wage, REAL
ID, abortion, minimum wage
The Missouri Times: All eyes turn to Senate as House
passes REAL ID
AP:
Missouri House passes REAL ID compliance measure
KC Star: REAL ID bill clears Missouri House, but
hurdle awaits in Senate +
Missourinet: After House passage, REAL ID likely to
see slow action in the Senate
AP:
House passes bill overturning St. Louis abortion ordinance
Missourinet: Committee continues investigation into
Dept. of Corrections staff complaints
P-D: Paying for schools could trigger problems between
House and Senate in Missouri budget
The Missouri Times: Senate again decides against
confirming UM Curators
KWMU: Solar Foundation's Andrea Luecke says Missouri
has "decent" state-level policies to encourage alternative energy
Missourinet: Mother of daughter children at Lake of
the Ozarks blames Ameren, wants Missouri Legislature to boost dock
safety regulations
SNL: 'Hailey's Law' passes House, heads to Senate X
Missourinet: 'Hailey's Law' on Amber Alert system is
heading to Missouri Senate
P-D: Firefighter grazed by bullet while on duty in
Ferguson, chief says
P-D: Local PBS affiliate pulls plug on public affairs
show "Stay Tuned"; Station thought it could stimulate sensible
discussion via social media
KC Star editorial: McCaskill right to plunge ahead
with opioid probe +
JCNT editorial: New law puts A+ Scholarship Program on
equal footing X
SNL letter: Area man disagrees with "David Humphries [sic]" on prevailing wage X
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