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Sunday, April 29
CDT: Tribune subpoenaed for Greitens video X
Platte County Landmark: Amid controversy, Greitens
makes appearance in Platte County; Governor uses back entrance to
avoid media
P-D editorial: While the EPA shortchanges St. Louis,
Pruitt enjoys the perks of power X
KC Star editorial: Eric Greitens blames Josh Hawley
for this mess? Is the governor serious? X
KC Star's Allison Kite: Missouri senators wrong to
oppose opioid drug tracking; Comments from Schaaf, Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis County [sic]) X
KC Star letter: Kingsville woman notes Star's
sloppiness around naming location of counties
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P-D letter: Imperial septuagenarian displeased that
Kim Gardner spends money "like a drunken sailor" X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman opposes Taylor's
concealed-weapons bill X
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Saturday, April 28
AP: Senate confirms Timothy Garrison as U.S. Attorney
for western Missouri
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns, Episode 8:
How an investigator, an attorney general and $100,000 in cash affected
Greitens' week
SNL: Even if he's impeached, Greitens likely to fight
to stay on the job X
Drebes:
Second-guessing Greitens' new turn-and-run approach to news cameras
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Bob Onder talks budget bill and 'paycheck
protection'; Panel of David Barklage, Brad Bakker, Reps. John
Mayfield and Marsha Haefner talk impeachment, Greitens vs. Hawley, more
P-D: Judge says Hawley can continue investigating
Greitens X
AP:
$100,000 to attorney in Greitens case involved client
P-D: St. Louis judge in Greitens case orders inquiry
into source of $100,000 cash payment X
AP:
Greitens' lawyers reluctant to release deposition
KC Star: Woman who had multiple sexual encounters with
Greitens: Order to give up her phone for examination 'victimizes
her again' X
P-D: Hawley's office deposes Danny Laub in Washington,
D.C. X
KC Star: Hawley gave Cole County prosecutor evidence
alleging new crime by Greitens X
The Missouri Times: SD 17 special election:
Lauren Arthur outraises Kevin Corlew in April quarterly filings
CDT: Dem state rep candidate wants Greitens to resign X
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers working on budget and other
bills as May deadlines loom
KC Star: Missouri Senate may not confirm education
nominees who did Greitens' 'bidding' X
P-D: In Missouri, lawmakers have a beef with fake meat X
SNL editorial: Local women's group uses Greitens'
scandal to pitch domestic violence education
X
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislators' budget
is good news for older Missourians X
P-D editorial briefs: MO DNR should not have returned
federal funds X
Messenger: Missouri regulator 'moved mountains' to
help private trucking company X
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Friday, April 27
P-D: McCaskill votes yes on Pompeo as secretary of
state
SNL: Gun control advocates to host forum in
Springfield tomorrow X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air event promo: Lawyer
to explain why artwork depicting police officers as animals should be
displayed at U.S. Capitol
SNL: Greitens claims Hawley is too prejudiced to lead
investigations into governor X
KWMU: Judge hears Greitens restraining order request
against Hawley
Missourinet: Judge hears arguments in case to remove
Hawley from Greitens investigation
P-D: Investigator on Greitens' criminal case refuses
to answer deposition questions
Missourinet: Judge in Greitens' initial felony case
won't depose Roy Temple
The Missouri Times: Richardson says 'a majority of
Republicans' have signed petition for special session
Missourinet: Richardson: House committee
investigating Greitens to issue another report
Missourinet: Speaker Todd Richardson, Superminority
Whip Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) share views on special session
JCNT: Senate gives first approval to Merit System
changes X
KC Star: Planned Parenthood groups continue battle
against Missouri's new pro-life law X
The Missouri Times: Shared parenting bill moving
through Legislature
The Missouri Times: Audit finds MoDOT, Highway Patrol
employees engaged in questionable, biased practices; Drivewyze
vs. HELP Inc.
AP: Audit calls out agency work with trucking company
The Missouri Times: Civil engineers group gives
Missouri a C- on infrastructure report card
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri laws make drug take
back essential X
SNL: Bill would carve out exemption for City Utilities
coal ash landfill X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri extends dicamba deadline
for SE Missouri; Dept. of Ag says wet weather means farmers need
more time to use popular, effective herbicide
The Missouri Times: Juror appreciation week kicks off
next week
P-D editorial: Radio host with ugly views should be
silenced by Congress X
JCNT editorial: Hawley erred in calling for Greitens'
resignation X
KC Star editorial: If Eric Greitens wants to govern,
he must actually face Missouri voters X
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Beware of
signing liberals' Clean Missouri/Blue Missouri petitions
P-D op-ed: Wash U. public health student:
Healthy housing is under siege in Missouri X
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Thursday, April 26
Missourinet: McCaskill: Russia likely affected
all 50 states in 2016 elections
KWMU: Alzado Harris, 34, confesses to vandalizing
Jewish cemetery
Missourinet: Florissant man confesses to vandalism at
Jewish cemetery
AP:
Man confesses to vandalizing Jewish cemetery
This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: On
Danny Laub, The Mission Continues, and upcoming book on Greitens
controversies
The Missouri Times: Greitens' defense team issues
notice to depose St. Louis Circuit Attorney's lead investgator
KWMU: House committee investigating Greitens hires
extra help
KC Star: House committee hires Edward 'Chip' Robertson X
P-D: Greitens show limps along as governor lobbies
lawmakers; impeachment looms X
SNL: GOP to Jim Evans: You're not a real
Republican X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Republican Party seeks to
remove four candidates from primary elections, saying they are not
'Republican candidates'
KWMU: Missouri Senate approves Ethics Commission
appointee, but full confirmation on hold
Missourinet: Haahr's tax overhaul bill assigned to
Missouri Senate Ways and Means Committee
The Missouri Times: Senate OKs budget plan cutting
back $50 million from education foundation formula
Missourinet: Missouri Senate forges a plan to fund
K-12 and higher education
KC Star: Senate budget falls shy of full foundation
formula funding X
KWMU: Local college students complain about
money; Man who chose to go $60,000 into debt blames his personal
financial predicament on Rex Sinquefield and Missouri legislators
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears case on
transgender demands in schools; Teenage girl wants to use boys'
locker room
KC Star: Missouri Supreme Court hears Blue Springs
girl's case on locker-room access X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: April 25, 2018
P-D editorial: Prosecution in Greitens case not
exactly a well-oiled machine X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder: Remembering Bobby
Kennedy's visit to Cape 50 years ago +
Jensen:
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- and Greitens could hurt Hawley this fall +
P-D letter: Affton man says Rep. Bob Burns (D-Affton)
should be held to higher standard X
P-D letter: League of Women Voters opposes state tax
cuts X
P-D letter: Breckenridge Hills man takes note of
Post-Dispatch's consistently sloppy editing, questionable headlines and
zero institutional knowledge X
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Wednesday, April 25
KWMU: Greitens' attorneys want Gardner off Mission
Continues fundraising case
The Missouri Times: No ruling in Greitens team's
attempt to disqualify Gardner in felony computer tampering case
Missourinet: Missouri judge continues to weigh request
to dismiss prosecutor in felony case against Greitens
AP:
Greitens case: Judge weighs disqualifying prosecutors
AP:
Greitens to speak at officer association's prayer breakfast
P-D: Greitens to speak at law enforcement breakfast X
CDT: On Greitens, Missouri's senior GOP figures remain
silent X
The Missouri Times: 30 Under 30 issue
KWMU: St. Louis-based network for women's startups
expands to six cities; St. Louis market led by Robin Carnahan
alum Mindy Mazur
The Missouri Times: Eddy Justice appointment withdrawn
from Senate floor after senators threaten filibuster
Columbia Missourian: Senate halts confirmation of Eddy
Justice to state education board
The Missouri Times: Legislation to move 'right to
work' to August ballot advances out of committee
KWMU: Proposal to move 'right to work' vote to August
advances
Columbia Missourian: Effort to move 'right to work'
vote to August ballot gets initial approval
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Anti-Trump author
Sarah Kendzior promotes her book (50 minutes)
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Legislators
aren't spending enough taxpayer money on Missouri universities
P-D: University officials unhappy about tightening
their belts X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
pleased with tax overhaul package, talks fuel tax possibilities
Missourinet: Missouri House gives first-round approval
to bill banning boycott of Israel
Missourinet: Lawmakers to examine Missouri Dept. of
Agriculture's funding level
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri leaders, agronomists
hopeful dicamba training pays off; Dept. of Ag requiring
application training for the herbicide
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature asked to recognize
pornography as a public health risk
KWMU: Anti-Ameren protest draws small crowd
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court to hear two LGBTQIA*
cases: Man claims to be treated poorly at work because he's
gay; Teenage girl wants to use boys' locker room
KC Star editorial: The crew circling Eric Greitens may
be questionable, but the governor still needs to go X
P-D editorial: Missourians need legislative help to
curb air ambulance charges X
Helling: Is Claire McCaskill lucky or good?
Maybe Missouri GOP is just lousy at picking candidates X
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Congress 1, human
trafficking 0 X
P-D op-ed: Greitens' lawyers divert attention by
attacking investigator X
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Tuesday, April 24
SNL: Plug pulled on VP Pence appearance in
Springfield; Spokeswoman for Trump nonprofit says she has "no
idea" if cancellation is related to Greitens' troubles X
SNL: Hawley argues calling on Greitens to resign was
'critical' part of AG's job X
Missourinet: Attorney for ex-husband says he was paid
$100,000 in Greitens felony case
AP:
Ex-husband's attorney gets $100,000 payment in Greitens case
KC Star: Attorney of ex-husband in Greitens case
received $100,000 from unknown source X
KWMU: Judge orders investigator to show up Thursday to
redo deposition
Clayton Times: Prosecution's investigator ordered to
appear Thursday for re-deposition in Greitens' invasion of privacy case
The Missouri Times: Greitens' defense team seeks to
disqualify Gardner in second felony case
P-D: Possible perjury cited by Greitens' lawyers, who
want prosecutors disqualified X
JCNT: Special House committee keeps working X
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
Jon Prouty and Shamed Dogan talk about Greitens' political duplicity
and lack of party loyalty
KWMU: Some Missouri lawmakers not calling on Greitens
to resign, despite growing legal troubles
Missourinet: Iowa governor says it's up to Missourians
to decide Greitens' fate
The Missouri Times: Burns has 'no intention of
resigning' over call-ins to controversial radio show
AP:
Burns won't resign over calls to radio show
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Conservative
writers Guy Benson and Mary Katharine Ham explain how liberals'
intolerance and lack of humor works to limit free speech
The Missouri Times: David Wasinger's campaign picking
up steam in state auditor's race
Drebes:
Two candidates withdraw from their state Senate races
The Missouri Times: Home stretch: Bills to watch
as session's end draws near
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
medical marijuana bill
P-D: Missouri House endorses medical marijuana measure X
Columbia Missourian: Senators consider DWI impact
panels, revising treatment courts
SE
Missourian: State budget cuts could reduce autism services +
Columbia Missourian: CAFOs wouldn't benefit from
proposed exemptions to clean water law
Columbia Missourian: How a Bill Becomes a Law
series: Differences between the House and Senate go beyond the
surface
KWMU: U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Bostic case on
long sentences for juveniles
AP:
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Missouri man with 241-year prison term
Missourinet: State House resolution would denounce
Missouri's Dred Scott decision
KWMU: At St. Louis conference, liberals complain about
federal housing policies and perceived racism
SNL: What should you do when you spot a slow-moving
turtle on the road? Here's the Missouri Department of Conservation's
advice. X
KWMU: Missouri tops the nation for black homicide
rate, again
P-D editorial: Greitens launched his political career
by looting a charity X
P-D editorial: Rep. Bob Burns (D-Affton) stands in
defense of an avowed racist X
KC Star editorial: Burns should resign after defending
radio host who specializes in racist rants X
P-D op-ed: Anti-Trump group: McCaskill should
oppose Pompeo as secretary of state X
P-D op-ed: Mizzou law school prof Frank Bowman:
Yes, Greitens can be impeached right now X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian suggests that
those complaining about municipal tickets and fines should stop
breaking the law X
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Monday, April 23
KWMU: With political career on virtual life support,
some wonder how long Greitens can hang on
Politico: Analysis: Greitens divides Missouri
GOP, just in time for McCaskill's re-election; Comments from John
Hancock, James Harris
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Jon Prouty,
Reps. Bruce Franks and Shamed Dogan, PROMO's Steph Perkins talk
Greitens vs. Hawley, much more
SNL: Blunt announces that Missouri gets federal grant
to fight escalating opioid overdose deaths X
Brownfield Ag News: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson says Missouri
needs more farmer lawmakers
Drebes:
Ron Richard endorses David Wasinger for state auditor
JCNT: Walk for Life participants forge through rain X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's HBCUs receive more
funding per student than MU, other state schools
AP:
Missouri House votes to regulate powdered alcohol
Washington Missourian: Schatz work truck stopped after
bill language added limited commercial inspections
Missourinet: Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho) looks ahead
to county service
CDT: New hearing set for Mamtek's Bruce Cole X
JCNT editorial: Ban lobbyist gifts, leave term limits
alone X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers want to cut
taxes to win your vote X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers should raise the
gas tax X
P-D's Samantha Liss: Bill from Sen. Jill Schupp
(D-Creve Coeur) would remedy injustice of air ambulance bills X
St. Joseph News-Press' Zach Barrett: Gun bill from
Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) a bad idea X
SNL letter: Springfield man enjoyed watching Billy
Long question Mark Zuckerberg X
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man who writes letters to
congressional offices believes he is entitled to more thorough responses X
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Sunday, April
22 Earth
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P-D: Hawley hires Katie Walsh, St. Louis native and
former top Trump aide, to help boost fundraising X
KC Star: Missouri Scout poll: McCaskill 48,
Hawley 44; Trump approval 50%; Greitens approval 37% X
P-D: At Texas County Lincoln Day dinner, Greitens
ignores scandal in speech to supporters X
SNL: Greitens is fighting multiple scandals. Here's
what happened and what's next. X
Columbia Missourian: Many lawmakers still reluctant to
take public stand on Greitens
KC Star: Amid week of distractions, Missouri lawmakers
move to isolate embattled governor X
KWMU: Democrats demand Rep. Bob Burns (D-Affton)
resign after appearing on Bob Romanik's radio show
SNL: Democrat asked to leave Legislature for backing
radio host known for racist rants X
P-D: Democratic leaders want Burns to resign over
calls to controversial radio host X
Drebes:
Kim Tuttle's "Motherputter" ladies' golf apparel line
Columbia Missourian: Slashed funding cuts community
colleges deeper
P-D: Anti-coal activists want Wash U. to divest from
fossil-fuel companies; Protesters in SEIU garb crash alumni event
to deliver message to chancellor, who was not there X
P-D: Traffic enforcement, court collections continue
to drop in post-Ferguson era X
P-D editorial: As attention focuses on Greitens,
another ruinous tax-cut bill advances X
P-D editorial briefs: Credit to House Republicans for
strengthening Sunshine Law efforts X
Washington Missourian editorial: University of
Missouri promotes its economic impact X
Messenger: Area veteran featured in pro-pot videos
exaggerates tales of military service, gender reassignment surgery,
other biographical facts X
P-D letter: Wentzville septuagenarian says Trump won't
chastise Greitens X
P-D letter: St. Charles septuagenarian says Greitens
is innocent until proven guilty X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis sexagenarian says state
GOP legislators want to worsen health care for Missourians X
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Saturday, April 21
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Missourian: McCaskill announces $8.7 million in federal money for
Cape veterans home
KWMU: Greitens charged with felony related to
illegally obtaining fundraising list
The Missouri Times: Second indictment issued against
Greitens
SNL: Greitens indicted for stealing donor list
AP:
Greitens charged over charity donor list
P-D: Greitens charged with felony computer tampering
KC Star: Greitens charged with second felony after AG
investigation into veterans charity
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns, Episode 7: 4
huge events that diminished Greitens' standing
This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week update:
Burlison, Danny Laub, much more from the Stein of Knowledge
The Missouri Times: Dark money group targets Schaaf
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers balance regular business with
observing Greitens' legal battles
Drebes:
Ed Emery ties Greitens' alleged red pill/BDSM behavior to pornography
AP:
Lawmakers consider withholding bills from Greitens
AP:
Legislators approve numerous changes to elections
SNL: 4/20 marijuana update: Missour
legislation; Pot enthusiasts watch Cheech & Chong; More
AP:
Missouri designates $3M for sexual assault evidence testing
KWMU: Students skip class in the name of gun control,
complain about NRA
SNL editorial: Lawmakers should agree on these three
tax changes
KC Star editorial: Here's why lawmakers should
legalize medical marijuana in Missouri
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit man compares Greitens to
Bill Clinton
P-D letter: Glendale feminist expresses anger over
slavery and Post-Dispatch's coverage of Greitens
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20 4/20
KWMU: McCaskill and Hawley among Missouri's top
money-raisers
AP: Hawley trails McCaskill in fundraising
KWMU: Judge refuses to throw out felony charge against
Greitens
Missourinet: Judge rules criminal case against
Greitens will proceed
P-D: Judge refuses to dismiss case against Greitens X
KC Star: Invasion-of-privacy case will proceed, but
judge scolds prosecutors X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
rebukes Greitens defense team's call for Hawley's recusal
Missourinet: Richardson: 'I'm not going to put
any artificial deadline on this committee'
CDT: Petition gains steam in House X
P-D: 'Substantial' number of House Republicans have
signed petition for special session, speaker says X
SE
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The Missouri Times: Senate approves one appointment to
Ethics Commission, quorum re-established
SNL: Greitens, Greene County cases ahead for Ethics
Commission X
The Missouri Times: Photos: 2018 Annual
Legislative Softball Tournament
CDT: Hazmat team investigates letter sent to Senate
office X
The Missouri Times: Fire crews called to Capitol for
'suspicious package'
Missourinet: Freakout over 'suspicious package' delays
Missouri Senate session
Missourinet: Nasheed mocks Greitens' alleged tough-guy
posturing against Hawley, says AG is 'so small' in stature
The Missouri Times: Nasheed requests 'additional
security' to protect against Greitens
Columbia Missourian: Prescription drug, Sunshine Law,
no-call list bills all pass House
The Missouri Times: House moves to strengthen
Missouri's open records laws
KC Star editorial: McCaskill and Blunt should protect
Mueller from President Trump X
P-D editorial: Judge makes the right call to proceed
with Greitens' trial X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Phill Brooks:
Greitens' potential impeachment is unprecedented
P-D's Tod Robberson: With friends like local radio
host Bob Romanik, why does Greitens need lawyers? X
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian says Greitens has
no shame in his heart X
P-D letter: Chesterfield grandma claims her newborn
grandkids want Greitens to resign X
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia woman says
pro-gun legislators should fear gun-control advocates, who will totally
oust them in November
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Thursday, April 19
SNL:
Greitens asks for court order to block Hawley from investigating him
X
The
Missouri Times: Greitens files request for restraining order
against Hawley
P-D:
Greitens' attorneys ask judge to forbid Hawley from investigating him
KWMU:
Prosecutor facing looming deadline to charge Greitens for charity donor
list
P-D:
Judge to rule today on dismissal of Greitens' criminal case X
P-D:
Defense lawyers claim former FBI agent being investigated for perjury
in case against Greitens X
SNL:
A look at the Missouri impeachment process X
CDT:
Boone County House members split on Greitens X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Charlie Shields, Sheila Solon weigh in on
Greitens at Buchanan County GOP meeting X
AP:
Greitens banking on public backing in not resigning post as governor
P-D:
White House debating how to deal with Greitens, a man who refuses to
quit X
Missourinet:
UCM poli sci prof Robynn Kuhlmann doubts Trump intervenes in Greitens'
fate
KC
Star: Dems seize opportunity to take aim at Hawley, say AG should
have been investigating Greitens sooner X
P-D:
McCaskill says she'd vote to repeal tax cuts aimed at wealthy, but not
middle class
Drebes:
Greitens' faux deregulation continues; Examples of superficial
wordplay used to reach symbolic "reduced regulation by a third" claim
The
Missouri Times: Tax cuts on Tax Day: Missouri House
approves Haahr's massive revenue overhaul bill
Columbia
Missourian: Major tax package passes House, moves to Senate
The
Missouri Times: Tax Day, take two: How state and federal
cuts are affecting revenue
AP: House,
top Senate budgeter split on school funding
Columbia
Missourian: Bright Flight scholarship expansion would keep
students in Missouri post-graduation
Missourinet:
Missouri House gives initial approval to beef up the state's open
records law
Missourinet:
Coal ash bill heads to House floor
The
Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri PSC: April 18,
2018
Missourinet:
Legislative aide arrested at Missouri Capitol for online interactions
with undercover decoy
SNL:
Governor's office providing resolution to honor Nixa officer who died
X
KOMU:
Migration is paused for American White Pelicans, says Missouri
Department of Conservation
P-D:
Missouri leads nation in black homicide rate, study finds X
CDT
editorial: Greitens should resign; Missouri is bigger than
one man X
Columbia
Missourian's Sandy Davidson: People with baggage should never run
for office
P-D's
Raasch: If a governor falls in a Flyover State, is it national
news? X
P-D
op-ed: CEO of old-folks home wants legislators to spend more
money on elderly X
SNL
letter: Springfield liberal wishes Elijah Haahr and Jay Wasson
were more like Hubert Humphrey X
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Wednesday, April 18
The Missouri Times: Hawley says Greitens may have
committed a felony in using donor list
The Missouri Times: Hawley hands over evidence
regarding Greitens' use of donor list to raise money
KWMU: Hawley: Evidence exists to charge Greitens
for obtaining charity fundraising list
SNL: Hawley says he has evidence Greitens committed a
felony X
This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: A Time
to Choose: Are Republicans with Josh Hawley or Eric Greitens?
Missourinet: Hawley: Potential criminal acts
committed by Greitens using veterans charity donor list
AP:
Greitens could face charge for charity donor list
KC Star: Hawley: Greitens committed 'potentially
criminal acts' involving veterans charity X
The Missouri Times: General Assembly leadership calls
for resignation, Senate wishes to begin impeachment
SNL: Missouri Republicans seek Eric Greitens' ouster X
KWMU: Top Republican legislative leaders call on
Greitens to resign
Missourinet: GOP legislative leadership calls on
Greitens to resign
P-D: Top GOP lawmakers call for Greitens to resign X
P-D: Missouri lawmakers begin circulating petition
calling themselves in for special session X
KC Star: Missouri Republicans choosing sides:
Josh Hawley vs. Eric Greitens X
KC Star: Republican legislative leaders call for
Greitens to resign X
Missourinet: Reps. Lindell Shumake, Cheri Toalson
Reisch say they're withholding judgment on Greitens
AP:
Potential Greitens impeachment would face legal ambiguities
KWMU: Overview of Greitens' political and legal issues
Missourinet: Flurry of accusations and charges fuel
political and legal upheaval in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Ron Richard endorses David
Wasinger for state auditor
Drebes:
Damon Shelby Porter, alum of Clint Zweifel and Jay Nixon, promoted at
Association of Global Automakers
P-D: Amid Greitens turmoil, Missouri House approves
tax cut X
The Missouri Times: Report puts UM System economic
impact at $5.4 billion annual
Missourinet: University of Missouri System says it has
$5.4 billion annual impact
Missourinet: Munzlinger, Houghton hopeful Missouri
working animal bill will pass
Missourinet: After passing the Missouri House, state
Senators consider bill to fund broadband expansion
The Missouri Times: Jefferson City and REALTORS
celebrate 50th anniversary of Fair Housing Act
KC Star editorial: How many felony charges will
Greitens face before he does the right thing and resigns? X
P-D editorial: This time, Greitens is accused of
cheating on his veterans charity X
KC Star editorial: Listen to faith leaders, Missouri
legislators: God and guns don't go together X
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Facebook wrong
to block conservative views X
P-D op-ed: Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice
Michael A. Wolff: Greitens impeachment: Are we there yet? X
P-D letter: St. Peters woman disapproves of both Trump
and Greitens X
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Tuesday, April 17
KWMU: Obituary: Veteran black activist Eric
Vickers dies at 65
KWMU: Event promo: Join St. Louis Public Radio
at Left Bank Books to support Sarah Kendzior's new anti-Trump book
KWMU: After months of complaints, new administrator
named for St. Louis Veterans Home
Missourinet: New leadership named for troubled St.
Louis Veterans Home
KWMU: McCaskill among state's top money-raisers
CDT: Hartzler outpacing rivals in fundraising
The Missouri Times: April 2018 quarterly
filings: Statewide
The Missouri Times: April 2018 quarterly
filings: State auditor
The Missouri Times: April 2018 quarterly
filings: State Senate
The Missouri Times: April 2018 quarterly
filings: State House
KC Star's Tessa Weinberg: Legislators debate medical
marijuana bills; Comments from Jack Cardetti, Reps. Jim Neely and
"Kirk Matthews [sic]"
The Missouri Times: Annual child abuse advocacy event
moves to Millbottom
P-D: Letter sent to Greitens from Peter Kinder
foreshadowed dark-money issues to come; Governor's supporters
created "LG PAC" to make it appear as if Kinder was attacking Brunner
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers return to work under
Greitens cloud
KWMU: Judge to decide Thursday if Greitens trial
continues
The Missouri Times: Judge to rule Thursday on whether
to dismiss Greitens' felony invasion of privacy case
Missourinet: Judge to rule Thursday in request for
dismissal of Greitens' criminal case
P-D: Judge to rule Thursday on dismissal of Greitens'
criminal case
AP:
Greitens' prosecution: Relying on investigator was a mistake
The Missouri Times: Greitens' attorney asks for AG
recusal in veterans charity investigation; Hawley calls request
'frivolous'
Missourinet: Greitens attorney says AG 'clearly
compromised' probe into donor list; Hawley calls claim 'frivolous'
Missourinet: Greitens supporter Scott Walker:
"It's difficult, if not impossible, for Greitens to continue to govern."
SNL: What national liberal and conservative voices are
saying about Greitens
The Missouri Times: Lembke apologizes to friends for
supporting Greitens, calls for resignation
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
not rushing to judgment after Greitens report
The Missouri Times: What the Greitens scandal could
mean for Trump and the Republican Party
AP:
Missouri ethics nominees: No promises made to Greitens
Drebes: Education transportation funding
Missourinet: Conservation Federation of Missouri wants
to block Missouri lawmakers from involvement in the state Conservation
Department
SE
Missourian editorial: Donna Lichtenegger's pro-life bill a good
step toward respecting life
St. Joseph News-Press' Newton: Missouri will weather
the Greitens storm
SE
Missourian op-ed: Nursing home operator: Legislature should
fund nursing home services
P-D letter: National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis
applauds Ann Wagner and Claire McCaskill for efforts to curb sex
trafficking
P-D letter: Farmington septuagenarian offended that
McCaskill was not invited to sex-trafficking bill signing
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian irked by
Post-Dispatch's consistent anti-Greitens bias
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Monday, April 16
KCUR: Missouri lawmakers support Syria airstrikes
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
mid-week update: Scott Faughn's Stein of Knowledge:
Greitens' next move, Ann Wagner and Josh Hawley, House committee member
leaking report to Greitens team, much more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Reps. Kathie
Conway and Gretchen Bangert, Scott Dieckhaus and Jane Dueker talk House
report on Greitens
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Gain McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City) says Legislature has enough votes to call
special session about disciplining Greitens
AP:
Massachusetts academic offers psychological assessment of Greitens'
lover, from afar
Missourinet: Shalonn "Kiki" Curls (D-Kansas
City): Farmer's market bill will help Missouri agriculture and
low-income seniors
Columbia Missourian: State audit of Columbia finances
could cost $750,000 or more
SE
Missourian editorial: Jordan receives deserved nomination from
President Trump +
P-D editorial: Claire McCaskill and Ann Wagner played
key roles in shutting down Backpage.com X
KC Star editorial: Here's how Missouri Democrats and
Republicans can work together to impeach Gov. Greitens X
CDT editorial: Give tax breaks a break X
P-D editorial: Legislature moves to limit city's
big-verdict industry X
SNL op-ed: Scott Charton: Greitens, the Fifth
Amendment and impeachment X
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian says Greitens
morally unfit to lead X
P-D letter: New Haven septuagenarian says Greitens
cannot be trusted and must resign X
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Sunday, April 15
KC Star: Whether criminal or not-yet-criminal,
'everyone's a target' of ICE these days; Agents continue to make
progress ridding KC of dangerous illegals X
P-D: Jason Kander previews presidential stump speech
at New Hampshire event
JCNT: Local farming groups hope trade deal can stop
dueling tariffs X
JCNT: Missourians show support for Second Amendment at
Capitol rally X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Promo for
liberal Sarah Kendzior's new anti-Trump book
P-D: McCaskill visits city housing project, hears
complaints
KC Star: Claire McCaskill roasted by actual Mizzou
fans after tweeting mistake about Memorial Stadium X
SNL: Wonders of Wildlife to show George W. Bush
veteran paintings X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Beyond Housing seeks manager of public policy and
special projects
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Panel of Reps. Kathie Conway and Gretchen Bangert, Scott
Dieckhaus, Jane Dueker talk Greitens developments
KC Star: Experts assess Greitens' impact on state
legislative races; Comments from John Hancock, Ryan Silvey, others X
P-D: Veterans of The Mission Continues react to
Greitens drama X
CDT: Without state credits, tax credit requests grow X
St. Joseph News-Press: Vacancies remain on Missouri
Western's Board of Governors X
AP: Missouri considers unprecedented addiction help
for moms
P-D editorial: Jamie Allman learns the hard way about
threatening a teen with assault X
P-D's Nicklaus: Ameren's $133 million tax windfall
should go to consumers X
SNL letter: Willard sexagenarian calls Greitens a
disgrace, demands he resign X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says Missouri Department
of Corrections must do a better job of helping offenders X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur gun-control advocate unhappy
with Post-Dispatch use of "anti-gun" in headline X
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Saturday, April 14
Clayton Times: Veteran black activist Eric Vickers dies
P-D: Civil rights attorney and activist Eric Vickers
remembered as 'an enemy of injustice' X
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns, Episode 6:
Rosenbaum, others talk House report, Greitens' fate in court,
impeachment, more
The Missouri Times: White House is taking Greitens
situation 'very seriously'
AP:
Democrats use Greitens' woes to attack Hawley
KC Star: Who's tougher on Greitens? McCaskill and
Hawley slug it out X
KWMU: Payment for ex-husband's legal fees elicits
legislative scrutiny
SNL: In Gov. Greitens' 'hot potato' criminal case,
lawyers accuse opponents of misconduct X
CDT: Parson: No official 'is larger than the
state of Missouri' X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
reiterates that Greitens should resign
Drebes: List of elected officials who have called for
Greitens to resign
AP:
Analysis: Acquittal of Greitens wouldn't guarantee political
survival
SNL: Missouri Democrats to oppose special session in
push to impeach Greitens X
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City) wants Greitens impeached during regular
session; Governor's lawyers want criminal case dismissed
P-D: Greitens' woes bring gridlock to Capitol X
KC Star: Finding impartial jury for Greitens trial?
'Pretty close to impossible,' experts say X
Missourinet: Democratic Sens. Jill Schupp, Jamilah
Nasheed provide mental health evaluation of Eric Greitens
St. Joseph News-Press: Republican group calls on Van
Meter to quit X
The Missouri Times: Herding cats to water:
Vescovo seamlessly transitions to leadership
Washington Missourian: Home of Rep. Randy Tate (R-St.
Clair) targeted by prowler; Police say mentally ill man used to
live in area, may be lurking around
AP:
Missouri Senate votes to lower corporate tax rate
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes bills tackling term
limits and lobbyist gift bans
The Missouri Times: Leadership St. Louis, Coro Fellows
learn ins and outs of Missouri politics
The Missouri Times: Crime victims, survivors, and
their advocates honored at ceremony
SNL editorial: We have a long way to go to rid
Missouri of abusive men. We can start with the governor. X
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens is finished X
Messenger: Greitens doesn't want his board
appointments to embarrass him. Wait, what? X
KC Star's Sanchez: Greitens' victim screams lessons we
should learn about sexual assault X
P-D letter: Area doctors applaud Blunt for NIH funding X
KC Star letter: KC woman theorizes why Greitens' lover
kept coming back to him after "assault" X
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Friday, April 13
KWMU:
If Greitens doesn't go, his fellow Republicans may show him the door
anyway
KWMU:
Senate could see slowdown if Greitens impeachment process doesn't start
soon
The
Missouri Times: Kehoe calls for Greitens to resign
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Hoskins calls for Greitens impeachment process to move
forward
The
Missouri Times: Senators say Greitens lacks 'moral fortitude' to
lead
Washington
Missourian: Local lawmakers react to House report on Greitens'
affair X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) still waiting to pass
judgment on Greitens, says there are two sides to every story
The
Missouri Times: GOP megadonor David Humphreys calls for Greitens'
resignation
SNL:
Calls for Greitens to resign mount X
KC
Star: GOP donors, electeds weigh in on Greitens; Comments
from Humphreys, Hawley, Hartzler, Graves, "Anne [sic] Wagner" X
Clayton
Times: Greitens blasts Gardner on Twitter, claiming she 'directly
contradicted allegations in the House report'
KWMU:
Greitens attorneys accuse prosecutor of 'gross misconduct'
SNL:
Greitens claims prosecutor 'hid a video' that undermines allegations in
House report X
The
Missouri Times: Greitens' defense attorneys accuse Gardner of
withholding evidence, 'gross misconduct'
P-D:
Greitens' defense team accuses Gardner of misconduct X
AP:
Greitens borrows phrases from Trump in criticizing "witch hunt"
Missourinet:
When deciding next steps for Greitens, Legislature could consider
'moral turpitude'
SNL:
In House report testimony, woman claims Greitens patted her down when
she entered his house before first sexual encounter X
SNL:
Hawley names Greitens' staffers who used Confide X
KC
Star: Chappelle-Nadal calls for reparations for slavery,
criticizes McCaskill and Missouri Democrats X
Missourinet:
McCaskill to tour Clinton-Peabody tomorrow
Missourinet:
In 'right to work' battle, both sides focus on jobs/wages
Drebes:
Preview: Three-way 2023 GOP race for Speaker of the House
AP:
Missouri Senate approves bill banning lobbyist gifts
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) reacts to potential term
limit changes
Columbia
Missourian: Ag Director Chris Chinn says state looks to cut
regulations for farmers
The
Missouri Times: Legislators stress need to be involved to medical
students
Columbia
Missourian: Curators weigh increasing tuition for fall 2018 to
combat budget cuts
The
Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri PSC: April 12,
2018
P-D
editorial: Politically toxic governor doesn't understand that
it's time to go X
KC
Star editorial: Greitens has responded to scandal with cowardice.
Woman and lawmakers have shown courage. X
Kraske:
Greitens is confused about who the victim is in this case. It's not the
governor. X
Messenger:
Greitens wants his day in court, but seeks to deny the same right to
other Missourians X
Waters:
What's next for Greitens? X
KC
Star op-ed: Rep. Ingrid Burnett (D-Kansas City):
Missourians don't need the distraction of Greitens X
P-D
letter: Illinois septuagenarian dislikes Missouri's MAP test X
P-D
letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian dislikes Jamie Allman,
celebrates temporary departure from television X
P-D
letter: O'Fallon sexagenarian says Allman brouhaha show liberals'
intolerance, double standards on humor X
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Thursday, April 12
The Missouri Times: House committee to extend its
investigation, Legislature will seek special session
JCNT: House leaders talking special session amid calls
for Greitens' resignation X
The Missouri Times: Woman's story includes a slap,
other aggressive behavior from Greitens during multiple encounters
KWMU: Woman in Greitens affair says first encounter
was not consensual
SNL: Greitens report: Woman details multiple
sexual encounters with Greitens X
AP:
Report: Greitens was aggressor in unwanted sexual encounter
KC Star: Woman: First sexual encounter with
Greitens was not consensual X
P-D: Woman details her multiple sexual encounters with
Greitens
Columbia Missourian: House investigative report
details woman's sexual encounters with Greitens
The Missouri Times: Greitens decries House
investigative report, calls it 'full of lies'
JCNT: Greitens: House committee's report is
product of 'political witch hunt' X
Missourinet: Greitens calls House committee report
'one-sided tabloid trash gossip'
KC Star: Greitens says he's target of 'political witch
hunt,' vows to fight X
SNL: McCaskill, Hawley say Greitens should resign X
KC Star: Hawley calls on Greitens to 'resign
immediately' X
KC Star: Hartzler: Report on Greitens 'surpasses
disturbing'; McCaskill calls for resignation X
The Missouri Times: Peter Kinder calls for resignation
or impeachment of governor; Parson calls for the state to 'move
forward'
SE
Missourian: Peter Kinder calls for Greitens to resign or face
impeachment; local lawmakers not calling for impeachment yet +
CDT: Missouri House Republicans ready to consider
impeaching Greitens X
Missourinet: Richardson, Beatty react to Greitens
report
P-D: What's next? 'Moral turpitude' allows
Legislature to impeach officials X
The Missouri Times: Twitter bots working overtime on
behalf of Greitens
P-D: Trump signs Wagner, McCaskill sex-trafficking bill X
JCNT: Rallies continue to support pro-gun rights,
opposition to anti-gun legislation X
The Missouri Times: Senate committee approves Eddy
Justice appointment, now headed to the floor
Columbia Missourian: Senate cuts prescription drug
monitoring program in budget proposal
Washington Missourian: Schatz bill limits commercial
vehicle stops performed by Franklin County
P-D: Family sues Missouri prison officials, employees
over death at St. Louis halfway house X
The Missouri Times: House looks to form Bicentennial
Commission
SNL: 'Turkey fans' are legal, but Missouri Dept. of
Conservation urges caution X
Missourinet: Urban clergy unhappy with gun bill
P-D: Local clergy complain about concealed carry
proposal from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) X
Washington Missourian editorial: Money flowing to
McCaskill and Hawley would be better spent on other things
P-D editorial: Sessions-Kushner feud holds policy
implications for Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Step down, Gov. Greitens, or
prepare to be impeached X
P-D editorial: Amid stories of sexual perversion and
abuse, Greitens cannot continue as governor X
CDT op-ed: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler: In the
growing digital divide, rural Missouri is getting left behind X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Ray Hartmann is
right - Eric Greitens is a coward, and this newspaper identified him as
a phony early on X
Messenger: House report stings like the slap woman
claims Greitens gave her X
P-D letter: Affton woman attempts analogy involving a
mouse and Eric Greitens X
KC Star letter: Grandview sexagenarian still angry
over Legislature's decision to honor Rush Limbaugh six (6) years ago X
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Wednesday, April 11
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt questions Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg over data X
Missourinet: Blunt questions Facebook exec during
lengthy U.S. Senate panel hearing
KWMU: Missouri farmers wait for U.S., China to find
common ground
P-D: Trump nominates St. Louis lawyer Stephen Clark to
a federal judgeship X
SE
Missourian: Trump nominates Sheriff John Jordan for federal
marshal post +
AP:
Jason Kander to release book ahead of presidential campaign
P-D: League of Women Voters, 2018 congressional
runner-ups, others congregate to dream about "getting money out of
politics"
Drebes: Empower Missouri adds lobbyists Jeremy
LaFaver, Sammy Panettiere and Jeff Brooks
Clayton Times: Judge issues tentative gag order in
Greitens case
KWMU: Judge places partial gag order on participants
in Greitens felony trial
Missourinet: Temporary gag order against public
comment issued in Greitens' criminal case
P-D: Wave of Greitens case pretrial publicity prompts
partial gag order
This Week in Missouri Politics mid-week update: "They
went too far": Scott Faughn on Greitens team's legal strategy,
House report holdout, Twistagatory bots, Hawley's approach, much much
more
AP:
Woman's attorney accuses governor's team of 'smear campaign'
Missourinet: House GOP, Dems plan press conferences
after report's release
P-D: Mason-Dixon poll shows Greitens' approval
underwater, especially among women X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democratic Party
continues push to tie Hawley to Greitens
The Missouri Times: Is history on the side of
appointing a lieutenant governor if it were vacant?
SE
Missourinet: Missouri Senate to decide fate of bill to ban
abortions after baby is capable of feeling pain +
Missourinet: Munzlinger optimistic about industrial
hemp bill
AP:
Missouri Senate bill would expand St. Louis Sheriff's reach
KWMU: Not much progress for Missouri students on
national education assessment
Missourinet: Missouri Senate adopts proposal to impose
term limits on U.S. Congress
JCNT: Rally against "pay gap" draws fewer than 50 to
Capitol; Gals complain about "occupational segregation," other
injustices X
P-D editorial: Greitens can save everyone more
embarrassment by just going away X
KC Star editorial: Greitens is dragging his feet on
Ethics Commission because of complaint against him X
Jensen:
HUD secretary's mission to improve department will help Missouri +
P-D op-ed: Early childhood education advocates:
Credit to Blunt for pushing Early Head Start funding X
Messenger: Greitens' attempt to blindfold Missouri
voters could leave a lasting mark on the state
X
Waters: Who says we need a gas tax increase? X
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Tuesday, April 10
P-D: Congress returns to battles about old, new
economy; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
AP:
McCaskill raises $3.9 million for re-election bid
KC Star: McCaskill rakes in cash ahead of tough
re-election fight X
P-D: Jamie Allman off the television airwaves after
Tweet about Parkland activist X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Local immigrants
complain about Trump, promote anti-Trump forum
Drebes:
Northland KC PAC formed to help Kevin Corlew
The Missouri Times: First Lady breaks silence on
scandal, disputes timeline of ex-husband
The Missouri Times: Does the photo exist? The governor
refuses to say.
SNL: Greitens admitted more than once to taking
nonconsensual photo, woman's attorney says X
KWMU: Greitens' filing contends ex-mistress may have
seen photo in 'dream'
P-D: Greitens' lawyers dispute 'dream' evidence X
The Missouri Times: After 9 hours of deposition,
Greitens' team attempts to discredit photo claim
The Missouri Times: Ex-mistress confirms photo again,
asking Greitens to accept responsibility for his actions
Missourinet: Lawyer for woman accuses Greitens' team
of mischaracterizing testimony, wants full transcript released
Missourinet: St. Louis Circuit Attorney's office
accuses Greitens' defense of attempting to try case in the media
KC Star: Greitens' lawyers challenge credibility of
woman allegedly photographed while nude X
The Missouri Times: Special investigative committee
deadline extended, Barnes says 'nothing has changed'
JCNT: Barnes: Greitens report coming this
week; committee's work extended X
Missourinet: Barnes: Missouri House committee
will release a Greitens report this week
KWMU: Deadline extended for Missouri lawmakers
investigating Greitens
P-D: Legislative report on Greitens expected tomorrow
AP:
Attorneys seeking information from Confide headquarters
Brownfield Ag News: Eric Schmitt's Missouri FIRST
change allows loan renewals for small business and ag operations
Clayton Times: Krewson, Stenger ask Greitens to fill
long-vacated Bi-State Development Board seat
SNL: In slow start, 12 rural Missouri schools join
Greitens' broadband initiative in first year
X
P-D: National test results show Missouri sets a lower
bar for student proficiency X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
talks tax overhaul, urges caution to "get it right"
Columbia Missourian: Tax credits for donations to
pregnancy resource centers may be reauthorized
Columbia Missourian: Parents could temporarily give up
custody of children under proposed law
Columbia Missourian: Sex offenders register for a
lifetime, but a bill would let some petition for removal
AP:
Missouri Senate calls for term limits in U.S. Constitution
Missourinet: MoDOT worker who had a close call:
"I'm begging people to buckle up, put your phones down"
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears bill to
change animal confiscation procedures
Missourinet: Hawley launches investigation into
Clinton-Peabody conditions
SE
Missourian editorial: 13 new citizens join America with pride,
distinction +
KC Star editorial: Does Missouri really want to
commemorate a racist in the nation's Capitol?
X
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian wants Greitens to step
down immediately X
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Monday, April 9
Missourinet:
McCaskill, Galloway speak at annual event for SW MO Dems
AP: McCaskill announces federal grant for housing for
homeless veterans
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Reps. Jean
Evans and Nick Schroer, Jim Lembke, Sam Gladney talk Missouri GOP tax
cuts, Hawley and Clinton-Peabody housing project conditions, House's
report on Greitens, raise-the-age legislation, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) tells Mannies & Rosenbaum why Democrats
should want Greitens out now, much more
Missourinet: Woman at center of Greitens case says
memory of photograph might have just been from "a dream," talks about
sending erotic pictures to Greitens after basement encounter
P-D: Report: Sheena Greitens says husbands'
mistress' ex stalked her X
KC Star: Greitens report set for release X
SNL: Video: Capitol reporter Will Schmitt talks
budget, Greitens report, Elijah Haahr's tax cuts X
St. Joseph News-Press: In three-way race, Tony
Luetkemeyer brands himself as outsider X
St. Joseph News-Press: Republicans meet to discuss Van
Meter candidacy X
Drebes:
House Budget Chair Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) explains why
March 2018 net revenues were below March 2017 revenues
P-D: As filing day approaches, Missouri tax office
showing improvement
CDT: Senate Appropriations Committee to begin budget
deliberations X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hansen supports Missouri abortion
bill
KWMU: Volkswagen settlement could overhaul Missouri's
aging fleet of school buses
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Senate discussed
motorcycle helmets
Columbia Missourian: Why Missouri officials are
celebrating U.S. 36 for its innovation
KC Star editorial: What we still don't know about the
Greitens investigation - and who is paying for his lawyers X
P-D editorial: Proposed cuts to tax-credit program
would hamper fight against blight X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: A Chinese trade war would be bad for Missouri farmers
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: If Greitens'
hairdresser is telling the truth, then governor should be impeached X
P-D letters: Septuagenarian couple expresses anger
over pro-gun legislation, wants Greitens and state legislators to drop
their gun-free zones X
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Sunday, April 8
SNL: At Democrat Days of the Ozarks, Dems hope 'blue
wave' will buoy McCaskill and Galloway - and drown 'right to work' X
KSDK: Gun-control group rallies in Kirkwood
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Anti-Trump
activists promote "Immigration: Frankenstein Law Tears Families Apart"
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview
P-D: Greitens' attorneys make last-ditch attempt to
delay probe report X
CDT: Friends, family celebrate the life of Wendy Noren X
Columbia Missourian: Friends and officials remember
Noren's steely resolve, expertise and love for Boone County
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Wash U. seeks director of community relations and
local government affairs
KWMU: Federal, state tax cuts to trim state's income
by $218 million in 2018
CDT: New health data site drills down into Missouri
zip codes; Comments from Missouri Hospital Association's Dave
Dillon X
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers take step to criminalize
owners of fake service dogs X
P-D editorial: Greitens proves to be his own worst
enemy with ill-timed radio ad X
P-D The Bottom Line video series: Nicklaus and
Gallagher discuss GOP legislation on prevailing wage X
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Saturday, April 7
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Missourian: Immigrants embrace citizenship at naturalization
ceremony; Men and women follow well-established process to become
Americans
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Missourinet: Luetkemeyer defends Trump tariffs:
"China has been a bully on the playground a long time."
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Missourian: Abortion survivor Gianna Jessen speaks at annual
Lincoln Day celebration +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Cattlemen's Association
holding annual steak fry June 9
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of April 2, 2018
KWMU: As the Greitens World Turns, Episode 5:
House committee report anticipation, Curtman complaint versus Gardner,
more analysis
P-D: Greitens filing suggests accuser was paid X
P-D: Greitens' former lover questioned for hours in
deposition X
Missourinet: Missouri Senate budget leader Dan Brown
skeptical of Greitens' attorney hire
Missourinet: Missouri Senate plan allows Ethics probe
of Greitens even if he stalls commission appointments
AP: Greitens' attorney tries to toss Confide case
KWMU: Legislature considers child custody, service dog
bills as deadline arrives for Greitens committee
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hoskins talks potential term
limit changes
SNL: Thanks to Haahr's overhaul bill, Missourians are
one step closer to a tax cut X
AP: Greitens OKs $700M budget hike, mainly for Medicaid
Missourinet: Missouri Senate votes to restore
whistleblower protections for government workers
The Missouri Times: House committee hears three bills
legalizing sports betting
Missourinet: British official emphasizes free trade
and security in address to Missouri lawmakers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Atlanta School District reps
recognized in the House
P-D: After Doe Run: Former company town adjusts
to a new reality X
Columbia Missourian: Capitol interns, university staff
talk mandatory sexual-harassment training
Washington Missourian editorial: Anticipation in the
Capitol for House's report on Greitens X
P-D op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway:
Taxpayers deserve greater transparency in state contracting - not less X
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Change the
terms of the limits
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Friday, April 6
Quincy Herald-Whig: Hawley in Hannibal: Middle
class way of life 'under threat'
Brownfield Ag News: China tariffs a threat to Missouri
soybean growers' bottom line
The Missouri Times: Tariffs could hurt Missouri farmers
SNL: Trade fight with China could hurt Missouri
farmers. Upside: cheaper bacon. X
Columbia Missourian: Threatened tariffs could take
toll on Missouri farmers
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst:
Trump has entered into a high-risk policy
Clayton Times: Democratic challenger for 2nd District
earns End Citizens United endorsement; Cort VanOstran seeks to
fill Dem ballot slot for Ann Wagner's re-election
KWMU: Missouri Coalition for the Environment sues Army
Corps of Engineers for refusing to release water permits
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf, Higdon speak to Tea
Party Group; Higdon says he was offered $35k to switch vote on
'right to work' X
St. Joseph News-Press: Van Meter off the ballot? Not
so fast. X
Drebes:
Free pass list: The incumbents without primary or
general-election opponents
KWMU: House committee will release Greitens report
next week
The Missouri Times: Capitol tense ahead of
investigative committee report's release
SNL: Missouri lawmakers investigating Greitens to
finish report next week X
Missourinet: House investigation of Greitens to be
released next week
JCNT: House report on Greitens will be released next
week X
P-D: Jefferson City braces for committee's release of
Greitens report
Missourinet: Greitens' team again raises questions
about investigator, says woman is being victimized
KWMU: Greitens subpoenaed as part of investigation
into charity donor list
KC Star: AG Hawley serves Greitens subpoena as part of
probe into charity list X
SNL: Soccergate: Greitens blamed Greene County
Lincoln Day tardiness on youth sporting event that was cancelled X
Missourinet: Galloway audit: MO DSS continues to
drop the ball on Medicaid and CHIP provider eligibility checks
The Missouri Times: House perfects Haahr's tax
overhaul bill
AP:
Senate approves bill to address ethics conflicts
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): AAA in favor of
texting-while-driving bans
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
and fellow Vietnam Vets honored in Jefferson City
Columbia Missourian: Clean water law changes could
remove permit requirements for farmers
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: April 4, 2018
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court rules
preventing felon gun ownership is constitutional
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers to blame for
5-year-old shooting his brother X
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Abortion survivor to celebrate life
at Lincoln Day +
P-D letter: Longtime liberal activist Ruth Ehresman
opposes SNAP changes X
KC Star letter: Raytown octogenarian angry over rural
legislators' influence in Missouri, wants KC-area residents to form
51st state X
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Thursday, April 5
KWMU: Blunt visits Missouri Capitol, says he hopes
DACA deal can be reached
Missourinet: Blunt says 51 percent of rural
Missourians lack access to broadband
KC Star: Missouri soybean growers 'at the mercy' of
China and Trump as trade positioning escalates
X
AP:
Study blames engineering along Mississippi River for worsened floods
KWMU: Mining company ordered to clean up lead
contamination in St. Francois County
This Week in Missouri Politics: Mid-week update:
Scott Faughn on Greitens' request to delay House report, Curtman's
positioning for dark money, Senate 34 GOP subterfuge and shadiness,
much more
P-D: Barnes says 'no' to Greitens' request for delay X
P-D: Greitens lawyers say investigator lied and may be
withholding documents X
St. Joseph News-Press: Republicans vote to remove
Democrat Scot Van Meter from ballot in Senate 34 X
JCNT: Residents learn about medical marijuana
consequences X
Drebes:
Missouri Ethics Commission fines former Rep. Bert Atkins (D-Florissant)
for multiple violations
Missourinet: Honoring Missouri's brave:
Firefighters Day at the state Capitol
St. Joseph News-Press: Parson promotes 'Buy Mo!'
initiative X
The Missouri Times: World Wide Technology challenging
Missouri in court on loss of large state contract
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
massive tax plan
KWMU: Missouri Republicans offer several pro-life
bills during second half of session
Missourinet: Rep. Dean Plocher (R-St. Louis County)
wants to legalize sports betting in Missouri
KC Star: Missouri bills would legalize sports betting
P-D: Missouri Senate endorses reversal of 'small
portion' of last year's discrimination law X
The Missouri Times: Senate committee signs off on
asbestos, venue and joinder bills
Columbia Missourian: House committee hears bill to
allow promotion of off-label drugs
The Missouri Times: Senate committee hears Berry's
utility bill as House holds Senate version on standby
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears case on
future of massive wind energy transmission line
Missourinet: Hawley to investigate St. Louis housing
complex conditions
The Missouri Times: Restaurant association brings
'Taste of Missouri' to Capitol
P-D editorial: Trump's trade war will inflict heavy
agriculture-sector casualties here X
KC Star editorial: Hartzler should do more to stand up
to Trump on trade X
KC Star editorial: Don't delay: Missouri
lawmakers investigating Greitens are right to press ahead with report X
JCNT editorial: Raising minimum wage wrong approach to
poverty X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Carl Bearden: Missouri
lawmakers should maximize federal tax cuts
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Wednesday, April 4
Missourinet: Blunt to address Missouri House today
AP:
Missouri revenue up 3.8 percent
KWMU: Missouri's general-revenue income for the year
appears to stall
The Missouri Times: Razer, Hannegan, Catalyst Group to
host first Capitol Pride event
KC Star: Greitens wants committee investigating him to
hold report until after criminal trial X
Missourinet: Missouri House could debate Haahr's
tax-overhaul package this week
The Missouri Times: Senate weighs resolution to change
term limits
Missourinet: Missouri House passes work requirements
for food stamp recipients
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House approves work
requirements for those on food stamps
The Missouri Times: Republicans are abandoning
opposition to the Missouri Plan
KC Star: Missouri House votes to bar abortions after
baby is capable of feeling pain X
Columbia Missourian: House passes bill restricting
abortions 20 weeks after life begins
Missourinet: Rep. Tom Hurst (R-Meta) wants to make it
a felony to take minors out of state for abortions
Columbia Missourian: Missouri bill would require teens
under 18 to be prosecuted in juvenile court
The Missouri Times: Audit finds inaccuracies in
unemployment insurance program financial activities
Missourinet: Audit finds millions in potential errors
of unemployment insurance benefits
The Missouri Times: Nixon urges Missouri Supreme Court
to overturn order and allow Clean Line to move forward
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court asked to
remove roadblock to Grain Belt Express
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court hears oral arguments in
fight over stalled transmission line
Missourinet: Measure passed by the Missouri Senate
addresses industrial waste from coal power plants
KC Star: Proposed feedlot expansion near Powell
Gardens spurs debate at Missouri DNR hearing
X
P-D: St. Louis activist Elizabeth Vega arrested in
Memphis protest; Husky Hispanic a fixture at
Ferguson/police-involved shooting/illegal-immigrant rallies X
P-D editorial: Legislature's food stamp work rules are
worse than we thought X
KC Star editorial: An expanded feedlot and tons of
manure do not belong near Powell Gardens X
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Missourian's Jon Rust: Missouri should follow Utah on child
neglect law +
KC Star letter: KC octogenarian mocks McCaskill's
Beverly Hills fundraiser X
P-D letter: Labor lawyer opposes 'right to work' X
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Tuesday, April 3
AP: In Missouri, Senate candidate Josh Hawley walks
Trump tightrope
Missourinet: Columbia College poli sci prof Terry
Smith says GOP is wise to link President Trump to Missouri Senate race
SNL: MSU coed hopes gun-control rally will launch her
political career; Feminist Hannah Brashers outraged by guns and
"toxic masculinity" X
Missourinet: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) says
'right to work' would increase union jobs
P-D: Courtney Curtis files suit to get on Senate
ballot; Missouri Democratic Party trying to block state rep X
Drebes:
Crystal Quade mulls state Senate run
The Missouri Times: Hannah Beers joins Clout Public
Affairs
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Bill
Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about tax
cuts, Ron Richard's comments, Greitens' lack of interaction with
legislators, more
AP:
Missouri measure would limit insurance company payouts
KC Star: With tech jobs open in KC, Missouri eyes
boost to computer science in high school X
Columbia Missourian: Overview: Legislation
dealing with protecting children outside of the womb
P-D: Missouri pays another six-figure settlement in
latest harassment case involving female prison guard
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers consider legislation
that would allow death row inmates to donate organs
The Missouri Times: Hawley issues subpoena to Facebook
seeking answers on data sharing
KWMU: Hawley subpoenas Facebook over user data
Missourinet: Hawley investigates if Facebook knows and
shares too much about its users, Android consumers
AP:
Hawley demands info from Facebook on data
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Missouri AG Hawley files suit
against Facebook; Photo of Hawley, taken by Jason Rosenbaum for
2016 Politically Speaking podcast, used without attribution X
Clayton Times: WalletHub ranks Missouri among best for
ROI on state, local taxes
KC Star editorial: Here's how Missouri can ensure
election ballots are secure and every vote gets counted X
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Missourian op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway: Your
Missouri tax refund could be late again +
Clayton Times op-ed: Consumer Council of Missouri's
John Coffman: Massive political spending by Ameren pushes
double-digit rate increase
KC Star letter: Kansas woman perturbed by seasoned
citizens' letters to the editor X
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Monday, April 2
Missourinet: McCaskill defends vote against tax cuts,
says pharmaceutical industry "took a $50 billion windfall"
P-D: McCaskill-Wagner sex trafficking bill prompts
online shutdowns, controversy X
AP:
Clean Line Energy Project turns to Gov. Jay Nixon to revive its project
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St.
Joseph) talks about Greitens, 34th District GOP primary shenanigans,
more; Panel of Reps. Kevin Engler, Tom Hannegan, Tracy McCreery,
Greg Razer talks Greitens, MONA, state budget, more
St. Joseph News-Press: After flipping parties,
Republicans want Scot Van Meter off ballot X
Rosenbaum: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) will sue
after Democrats block him from filing for state Senate seat
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Office of Attorney General seeks Assistant Attorney
General
AP:
Hawley warns of phone, e-mail scams seeking tax info
Washington Missourian: House passes DHSS budget
cuts; Agency offers no comment to three inquiries from newspaper X
Washington Missourian: Missouri House's restoration of
higher ed cuts is good news for East Central College X
AP:
Missouri House advances bill on hiring veterans
AP:
Missouri House advancing bill on opioids
Missourinet: Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield) wants to
crack down on payday lenders
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans crack down on
mythical food stamp slackers X
P-D editorial: Activist legislators are trying to move
the abortion debate to the Supreme Court X
Messenger: After Greitens targets The Satanic Temple,
a lecture on the moral high ground follows X
P-D letter: Rock Hill man attemps nonpartisan analysis
of McCaskill's Beverly Hills fundraiser X
KC Star letter: Kansas City octogenarian pleased with
McCaskill vote against tax cuts X
P-D letter: Ron Paul supporter praises Rob Schaaf for
ethics stand, endorses Clean Missouri initiative X
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April
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April
2015 Missouri political news headlines
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hartzler: Tax cuts are
working
JCNT: Tax cut plan needs Senate vote X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) says Eigel's tax bill is revenue-neutral
KC Star: GOP lawmakers look to cut taxes and fund
transportation X
SNL: Eigel's bill would free college sororities, other
social clubs from sales taxes on membership dues X
Columbia Missourian: Lincoln University given
preferential treatment by legislators, but administrators want even
more money from state; School alumni refuse to give back to
university with donations
AP: Missouri Senate considers banning touchscreen
voting
JCNT: House passes amended Adrian's Island bill X
Missourinet: Part of Highway P in St. Charles County
could be named after Waylon Jennings
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Distracted drivers a concern for
MoDOT
P-D editorial: Lacy Clay correct to question Trump's
interest in citizenship question X
McClellan: Many political futures wrapped up in
Greitens' case X
P-D letter: St. Charles County man says he is
"sickened" by legislators and staff taking advantage of tuition benefits X
P-D letter: Florissant man suggests state invest more
money in online education rather than brick-and-mortar institutions X
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