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2019 4/29/92
Brownfield Ag News: Parson: Significant progress
with Corps on flooding
P-D: Earth Day festival: "Impeach Trump"
stickers, theories on the dangers of safe herbicides and plastic
straws, etc. X
Columbia Missourian: At Earth Day festival,
environmentalists share lifestyle recommendations: Households
should use "family cloth" after toilet use instead of tissue paper,
other totally sane and sanitary ideas
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-Weldon Spring) on Internet sales tax, charter schools, relationship
with Parson; Panel of Reps. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold),
Rep. Don Mayhew (R-Crocker), Angela Bingaman, Gregg Keller talk Title
IX and due process, "Clean Missouri," anti-trafficking, charter
schools, more
Missourinet: PDMP could go to Missouri Senate floor
for debate this week
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri's humorous highway
signs include, "Get your head out of your apps," more; MoDOT
seeks punny suggestions from public
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Farewell column series, Part
III: I'm one of only two independent journalists covering D.C.
for Missouri, and that's a real shame X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Wash U. Med School's Dr.
Rupa Patel: To improve Missouri's health, we must decriminalize
HIV
KC Star op-ed: Urban health center's LaTrischa
Miles: Bills from Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) and Tracy
McCreery (D-Olivette) help bring Missouri's HIV policies into the 21st
century X
P-D letter: St. Louis City mother recounts savagery
her daughter faced in St. Louis Public Schools, thanks Sen. Andrew
Koenig (R-Manchester) for work on Empowerment Scholarship Accounts X
P-D letter: Town and Country woman dislikes coal and
Ameren X
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KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Sam Graves' forum focuses on
rural broadband; Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) talks potential
effects on Medicaid costs, transportation, and slowing the demographic
rural brain drain
SNL: Voters could get chance to make voices heard on
redistricting X
Joplin Globe's Joe Hadsall "ICYMI" podcast: Mark
Pedroli promotes his Sunshine Law lawsuits X
SE
Missourian: Missouri moves step closer to restoring film tax
credits; Rep. Kathy Swan's bill faces final action in House +
St. Joseph News-Press: State may seek to prop up pot
prices to discourage black-market arbitrage
Missourinet: Big turnout expected tomorrow at Capitol
for conservation tax hearing
JCNT: Governor's Mansion to undergo renovations,
repairs X
P-D: Legislation would pay for female inmates'
feminine products X
Messenger: NAACP suspends county branch president
after contradictory positions on Title IX due process and Better
Together X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man jabs KWMU for hypsensitivity
over Don Marsh's friendly greeting X
P-D letter: St. Charles feminist triggered by Blunt
office's response to her e-mail, condemns him for "misogyny" X
SNL letter: Missouri Coalition for the Environment's
Ed Smith opposes Lincoln Hough's bill on infrastructure vandalism X
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Saturday, April 27,
2019
The Missouri Times: SCOTUS declines to take up case on
Missouri's campaign finance restrictions
KWMU/Corporation for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America"
racism reporter Andrea Henderson: President Donald Trump's racism
inspires local theatre troupe's immigration play
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT working to assure access
for farmers after flood
Missourinet: Another victim of the flood: Tax
revenue for rural Northwest Missouri counties
P-D: Former House Speaker and lieutenant governor
Kenneth Rothman dies X
AP: Greitens' Austin Chambers to lead Republican State
Leadership Committee
SE
Missourian: Primary battles begin as third-party attack ads
target Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) +
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Matt
Sain (D-Kansas City)
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Virgin Hyperloop One
CEO Jay Walder
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers fear hidden college
costs, want to wrap fees into tuition
SNL: Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Springfield) plans to bring
vaccine bill back next year X
P-D editorial briefs: Burlison's anti-spoofing bill
would help hang up the robocallers X
P-D op-ed: D.C.-based civil liberties group:
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Friday, April 26, 2019
P-D: Cori Bush denies responsibility for erroneous FEC
report, blames campaign staff for "clerical error" X
P-D: Entire Missouri congressional delegation requests
federal flood disaster declaration X
Missourinet: Parson, Hegeman urging Corps to focus on
flood control
JCNT: Federal transportation representative offers
local officials advice X
KMOV: Director of St. Louis City "workforce training"
department quits abruptly amid federal investigation; KMOV was
first to report allegedly-falsified timesheets from Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City)
P-D: Feds, state auditor's office investigating St.
Louis City no-show job scheme X
The Missouri Times: State leaders commemorate 50th
anniversary of Vietnam war
JCNT: Vietnam War veterans remember and are remembered
at Capitol X
Columbia Missourian: Vietnam veterans honored at the
Capitol
Missourinet: Video: Vietnam veterans talk about
Capitol ceremony
KC Star: Parson's office protects Missourians'
personal information from media inquiries; Governor's team
invoked confidentiality in fewer than 10% of requests X
KCUR: Higher ed, transportation still on the table in
state budget discussions
Missourinet: Highlights of $30 billion state budget
passed by Senate
JCNT: Senate endorses 'Capitol Complex tax credit' X
The Missouri Times: Senate advances expanded child
protection, anti-trafficking legislation
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho)
optimistic legislators will give school districts freedom to offer
elective classes on the Bible
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint
Louis) says legislation would provide low-cost, short-term insurance
The Missouri Times: Senate gives nod to bill adding
certain nonviolent offenses to potential expungement list
The Missouri Times: Advisory committee approves
medical marijuana officer background application questions
KC Star: Legislation would ban anyone under 18 from
using commercial tanning beds X
Joplin Globe editorial: CAFO bill should be defeated X
KC Star op-ed: Eagle Forum's Anne Schlafly Cori:
The Equal Rights Amendment is an outdated relic. Women don't need it. X
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Missourian op-ed: Empower Missouri's Tracy Morrow:
Wallingford wrong to propose Medicaid work requirement +
Columbia Missourian's Gaelle Fournier: Rep. Dave
Griffith (R-Jefferson City) wrong about exact number of veterans courts
in Texas
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Thursday, April 25, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Parson asks for federal disaster
declaration
KC Star: DSCC, allies still advancing complaints about
Hawley's 2017 office e-mails X
The Missouri Times: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
promotes savings accounts for Missourians with disabilities
The Missouri Times: Senate passes budget as revenues
start trending up
Columbia Missourian: Higher ed funding stable, K-12
funding up under Senate budget
The Missouri Times: Cierpiot's 'border war' bill
passes through House
Missourinet: Missouri House committee to issue final
report about Department of Revenue
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers look to force insurance
companies to cover therapies for disabled kids
Washington Missourian: 'Lyndon's Law' clears Senate
committee, with full vote scheduled next week
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects federal
reimbursement allowance reauthorization after lengthy debate
P-D: Movie-makers might be tempted to return to
Missouri if lawmakers revive tax-credit program X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers debate film tax credits
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte)
says free-speech bill would help ensure campus guests are treated with
respect
P-D: Legislators weigh in on Title IX due process
legislation X
KC Star: Timeline for passage of due-process
protections unclear X
The Missouri Times: Former major league hurler Chris
Young visits legislators to advocate for sports betting
Daily
American Republic: Law enforcement, bail bond agents and the
public brace for changes to bail policies
P-D: Liberals unhappy with Medicaid renewal system
process; Comments from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, SLU
law prof, others X
KBIA: Missouri Department of Conservation launches "Be
Bear Aware" campaign as black bears begin prowling for food;
Missourians advised to avoid infested areas
P-D: Caucasoids hold "Black Lives Matter" signs
outside Ladue Schnucks; Female thieves, male accomplice stole
from grocery store X
KC Star: Petty fights in Congress could delay disaster
relief for Missouri flood victims X
P-D editorial: Captain awaits justice from Missouri
National Guard after sexual assault X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lobbyist tried to gut
Title IX protections to help his son. He almost got away with it. X
P-D op-ed: Congressional candidate Cort VanOstran
(D): Pass "Equality Act" for LGBTQIA* rights X
Columbia Missourian's Sidney Steele: Rep. Nick Schroer
(R-O'Fallon) is a liar - female babies are not "women"
Washington Missourian letter: Missouri Gaming
Association's Mike Winter: Proposed gambling expansion would
bypass Missouri voters and casino regulations
X
P-D letter: Maryland Heights sexagenarian says Rex
Sinquefield purchases politicians, "strives to wreak havoc and destroy
the state" X
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
P-D: Clay challenger Cori Bush touts fundraising on
Twitter, but reports raising no money to FEC X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Matt Blunt
talks to Rosenbaum about American auto industry, Missouri Medicaid, and
his legacy
St. Joseph News-Press: River roundtable, hosted by
Rep. Sam Graves, finds Corps policies wanting
The Missouri Times: Senate committee admonishes Army
Corps of Engineers regarding flood control
JCNT: Hegeman asks Senate committee to endorse flood
control resolution
SNL: Parson calls election for Ozarks House seat X
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Robert Sauls (D-Independence)
Columbia Missourian: State revenue figures up from
last year, letting legislators breathe easier
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Republicans in House seek to give
Missouri voters a voice on redistricting; Comments from "Rep. J.
Eggleston (R-Mayfield [sic])" X
The Missouri Times: House Republicans say legislation
improves "Clean Missouri"
Missourinet: GOP legislation seeks to give voters a
voice on redistricting changes
Columbia Missourian: House moves to give voters a say
on redistricting process
The Missouri Times: House passes changes to initiative
petition process
SNL: Rep. Jeff Messenger (R-Republic) says he'll bring
back retiree-recruitment legislation next year
X
The Missouri Times: Massive criminal justice overhaul
bill clears another hurdle
KC Star: Son's battle against Washington University
inquisitions helped inspire Democrat's legislative efforts;
Richard McIntosh seeks justice for Title IX victims X
JCNT: Legislators ride Katy Trail to drum up support
for Rock Island Trail X
The Missouri Times: Inside the Senate's federal
reimbursement allowance program battle
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers advance bills allowing
Medicaid reimbursement rate adjustments for care facilities
P-D editorial: State should change position on
confidentiality and turn over marijuana application information to
Post-Dispatch X
P-D op-ed: Missouri NAACP Environmental Justice
Committee Chair Bruce Morrison: Trump's move on Waters of the
U.S. rule discriminates against blacks X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Eddy Justice: "Red
Flag" laws are a giant red flag - and have no place in Missouri
Messenger: Battle against mass incarceration is making
a dent in Missouri's prison population X
Priddy: Missouri casinos are bad corporate citizens
and are cheating everyone (957 words)
P-D letter: Fenton woman with dementia thanks Hawley
for supporting Alzheimer's research X
P-D letter: Ferguson sexagenarian opposes efforts to
expand charter schools X
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Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Politico: Trump wins over big donors who snubbed him
in 2016; Missouri's Jack Oliver plays a key role
KCUR: Flooded farmers in Missouri want federal
disaster assistance like Nebraska and Iowa
The Missouri Times: Parson calls for November 5
special election for vacant House seats
The Missouri Times: 'Women in Policy' roundtable event
to be held at Capitol next week; Panel to include Missouri
Supreme Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge, Kate Casas, Rowden Chief of
Staff Alex Cypert
KWMU: Group of black leaders call for St. Louis County
NAACP leader John Gaskin III to resign after Better Together
endorsement; Gaskin supporters point to "Clean Missouri," say
payola-for-endorsement setup is common
P-D: Area black leaders denounce merger plan and call
for NAACP president to resign X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Bruce
Franks (D-St. Louis City) talks with Rosenbaum about opposition to
Better Together, support for Clean Missouri, more
Missourinet: Senate could debate CAFO bill today
Joplin Globe: Senate bill focuses on CAFO regulations X
SNL: Rep. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) would curb judges'
death penalty power X
The Missouri Times: Medical marijuana facility
application questions revised for economic impact and competitiveness
The Missouri Times: Medical marijuana seed-to-sale
tracking contract under protest
The Missouri Times: In expedited ballot, Missouri
Health Facilities Review Committee approves MRI replacement
KWMU: A look at MoDOT's roadkill-pickup process
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers introduce flood of
prisoner-tampon bills
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans' effort to change
Clean Missouri is infuriating X
KC Star editorial: Republicans will do anything - even
tricking black Democrats - to overturn Clean Missouri X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Everything Phyllis
Schlafly warned the Equal Rights Amendment would do happened anyway X
P-D op-ed: Missouri Biotechnology Association's Kelly
Gillespie: Life sciences respect essential to Missouri patients
and economy X
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Monday, April 22, 2019
P-D: Congressional Democrats target energy companies,
including Ameren, over industry's lobbying efforts X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Mike Cierpiot
(R-Lee's Summit) talks with Scott Faughn about Senate Conservative
Caucus, charter schools, transportation funding, attack on UMKC
campus; Panel of Jeremy LaFaver, John Mayfield, Reps. Brandon
Ellington (D-Kansas City), Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg) discuss UMKC
attack, Title IX due process, transportation bonding
KC Star: Some black Democrats join Republicans in
fighting Clean Missouri gerrymandering X
Daily
American Republic: Local officials, bail bond agents react to
coming changes in criminal justice
SNL: House Republicans seek sale of Eleven Point State
Park X
P-D: Awarding of medical marijuana administration
contract draws lawsuit over process X
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Missourian op-ed: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape
Girardeau): Work requirements for Medicaid make sense +
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian questions Ann Wagner's
motives for family-leave bill X
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to letter
supporting charter schools X
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Sunday, April 21,
2019 Happy Easter!
P-D: Boeing getting its North St. Louis County site
ready to build F-15s X
AP: Census: 52 Missouri counties lost population
in 2018
KC Star: Profile: Septuagenarian feminist
Carolyn McGowan spins yarns of male microaggressions, dreams of ERA
passage to settle the score X
JCNT: 'Clean Missouri' group upset over proposed
amendment X
Missourinet: Fathers of Springfield murderer and
victim urge Missouri lawmakers to pass "Hailey's Law"
Columbia Missourian: Legislative fix to fire services
confusion not certain this year
JCNT: Bernskoetter confident CAFO bill will pass X
CDT: Medical marijuana facilities: How close is
too close to schools, day cares and churches?
X
CDT: Tribune managing editor to depart; Charles
Westmoreland lasted nearly two years at paper
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Washington Missourian editorial: With Clean Missouri
legislation, Republicans move to keep it partisan X
P-D's Nicklaus: For-profit coding boot camp hopes VA
approval will lead to growth X
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Populist politics is the
perfect breeding ground for anti-vaccination nonsense X
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Saturday, April 20,
2019 4/20
P-D: Beyond exonerating Trump, Mueller Report mentions
Russian Twitter bot with Missouri handle
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Natural Resources
Conservation Service declares local disaster in five counties
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt joins
17-state coalition seeking new Waters of the U.S. rule
The Missouri Times: Initiative petitions on ranked
voting, renewable energy approved to circulate
CDT: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) defends
blocking Twitter accounts that annoy her X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of April 15, 2019
The Missouri Times: Senate committee hears pair of
bills modifying death penalty guidelines
The Missouri Times: Senate hears proposal changing
minimum wage requirements for private schools
AP:
Missouri measures could affect local rules regarding large farms
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: April 17, 2019
Columbia Missourian: MU study suggests smaller market
for medical marijuana
AP:
Speaker: Discipline done for Missouri lawmaker over gossip
Washington Missourian editorial: Transportation
proposal is, at least, a start X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Flood protection must come first on Missouri River
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman complains about "wage gap"
and state's minimum wage X
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Friday, April 19, 2019
Missourinet: Missouri's delegation reacts to Mueller
report
KWMU: Full federal appeals court to decide whether
unpaid lobbyists in Missouri must register
The Missouri Times: Steve Corsi resigns as head of
DSS, takes position with faith-based non-profit
JCNT: DSS director resigns X
P-D: Missouri's social services chief leaving in June X
KC Star's Edward McKinley: Title IX due process bill
runs into filibuster in Senate; Comments from "Sen. Bob [sic] Eigel" X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette)
seeks to close domestic violence gun 'loophole'
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers hear testimony on
concealed-carry legislation
KWMU: City-County merger plan could face big hurdles
from Missouri lawmakers
The Missouri Times: Senate passes St. Louis
City-County merger resolution
P-D: Statewide vote on St. Louis City-County merger
gets thumbs-down in Missouri Senate X
KWMU: St. Louis County NAACP endorses St. Louis
City-County merger
P-D: St. Louis County NAACP endorses merger - then its
president admits he's paid to advocate for it
X
The Missouri Times: House moves forward with bill
limiting use of eminent domain
Missourinet: Missouri House gives final approval to
Grain Belt legislation
AP:
House backs landowners fighting wind energy line
Columbia Missourian: State lawmakers briefed on
national agriculture outlook
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider regulating
drones
SNL: Puff, puff, live: MoDOT to celebrate stoner
holiday by cracking down on weed-impaired drivers X
AP:
Bill to reduce penalties for pot possession fails in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Bill updating Missouri's HIV laws
moves out of committee
The Missouri Times: Schmitt awards dozens of medical
centers for compliance with rape kits
SNL: Woman who arranged mother's murder wants Parson
to shorten prison sentence X
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans are right to
protect property owners from eminent domain abuse X
Messenger: President of NAACP adding voice to those
trying to protect Title IX in Missouri X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Missouri Republicans
blast UMKC chancellor over protest, but he did nothing wrong X
KC Star op-ed: Minorities for Medical Marijuana's Erik
Range: Minorities are entitled to profits from Missouri's
cannabis industry X
KWMU: Kaiser Health News unsigned op-ed: Gay
men's "Dominoes Gang" sex parties, drug users help spread syphllis
throughout rural Missouri; State lawmakers to blame
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Thursday, April 18,
2019
The Missouri Times: Blunt stresses workforce
development, broadband access, and more in address to Missouri House
JCNT: Blunt to Missouri House: Nation's economy
best it's been in years X
Missourinet: Blunt calls for Missouri PDMP bill,
emphasizes importance of broadband
KWMU: In Jefferson City, Blunt promotes workforce
development programs
JCNT: Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst
testifies about flooding at U.S. Senate hearing X
SNL: Parson urges OTC graduates to stay in Missouri X
SE
Missourian: Schmitt seeks anecdotes for opioid lawsuit +
KCUR: Berkeley, CA group unhappy with amount of dark
money spent to influence Missouri elections
P-D: Don Marsh declines St. Louis Public Radio
lifetime achievement award after station's hypersensitive histrionics X
SNL: Senate legislation seeks changes on term limits X
The Missouri Times: Initiative petition changes move
forward in House, stall in Senate
AP:
Missouri House backs filing fees for initiative petitions
Columbia Missourian: House legislation addresses
initiative petition processes
The Missouri Times: House perfects sweeping criminal
justice overhaul bill
The Missouri Times: House moves to place limits on
lawsuits alleging harm from products
CDT: Senate boosts MU research center funding X
KC Star: UM System President Mun Choi defends UMKC
chancellor before Missouri House committee; Initial statement
from C. Mauli Agrawal criticized conservative speaker's "extreme views" X
Columbia Missourian's Ashlyn O'Hara: Lawmakers
question Choi, UMKC's "C. Mauli Argawal [sic]"
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint
Louis) says legislation would save students from forced fee payments
Missourinet: Bill on Title IX inquisitions stalls in
Missouri Senate
Washington Missourian: ECC president opposes proposal
to expand concealed-carry freedoms to campus
X
KC Star: Charter schools say they are losing millions
in tax revenue to KC district X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court rules
lawmakers unconstitutionally cut funding for specific executive branch
employee
The Missouri Times: Committee approves seven questions
for dispensary applications
The Missouri Times: Committee unanimously approves
amended questions for cultivator applications
KWMU: Obituary: John E. 'Jack' Galmiche III led
Nine Network of public media into the digital age
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit): Reaching compromise and maintaining local control
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Missouri Republicans desperate to
undo much-needed ethics measures X
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Wednesday, April 17,
2019
Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Senate committee hearing in
Iowa to focus on Missouri River flooding
AP: U.S. Senate hearing to focus on preventing more
Missouri River flooding
Missourinet: Missouri flood aid package stalls in
Congress, but Blunt expects eventual passage
KMOX: Charlie Brennan show: Veteran newsman Don
Marsh names names, describes behind-the-scenes "millennial ambush" from
hypersensitive KWMU employees that led to his departure (begins around
14:30)
The Missouri Times: April 2019 quarterly
filings: What we learned
Missourinet: Parson announces new effort to train 500
Missouri manufacturing technicians
The Missouri Times: Missouri high court affirms
governor's ability to appoint lieutenant governor
AP: Missouri Supreme Court upholds appointment of Lt.
Gov. Kehoe
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court: Parson had
authority to appoint Kehoe
AP: Missouri bill would undo law on where attorney
general lives
AP: Schmitt's office seeks stories about ravages of
opioids
AP: Missouri Senate passes term-limit proposal for
statewide officials
SNL: Republicans want transparency rules for Clean
Missouri's new redistricting czar
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Burlison's
petition numbers check out
The Missouri Times: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint
Louis) calls on University of Missouri System President Mun Choi to ask
for UMKC chancellor's resignation
KC Star: GOP lawmakers seek to hold UMKC chancellor
accountable after dismissive statement on campus attack X
Columbia Missourian: Senate budget chair proposes $10
million for MU medical complex
The Missouri Times: Senate unanimously passes domestic
violence, sexual abuse protection bill
Columbia Missourian: Senate debates Title IX due
process bill
Columbia Missourian: Senate holds hearing on freedom
for school districts to choose to offer elective Bible classes
The Missouri Times: Cierpiot, Conservative Caucus
still working through disagreements
The Missouri Times: Missouri farmers, ranchers join
together to lobby lawmakers at Capitol
The Missouri Times: Crowd backs private property rights
Missourinet: Kehoe emcees rally in favor of bill to
halt Grain Belt Expressway
The Missouri Times: House moves forward with bill
limiting use of eminent domain
The Missouri Times: Capitol braces for Grain Belt
fight: What to know about the proposed project
Columbia Missourian: House wants to stop Grain Belt
Express from using eminent domain
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
Grain Belt-related legislation
AP: Missouri House erects barrier to wind power line
CDT: House passes bill restricting Grain Belt project X
Columbia Missourian: Fast-track scholarship bill faces
stalemate from school-choice supporters in the Senate
The Missouri Times: Wieland moves to address air
ambulance costs billed to insured patients
AP: Court says Missouri lawmakers wrongly cut
administrative law judge's salary
SE
Missourian: Trap, don't hunt: Missouri Dept. of
Conservation discourages hunting of destructive feral hogs invading
area counties +
KWMU: State school board ends decade-long oversight of
St. Louis City schools
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education votes to
return control of St. Louis Public Schools to elected board
P-D editorial: The Missouri GOP defends local control
- unless a hog farm wants to move in +
Joplin Globe op-ed: State Auditor Nicole
Galloway: DOR failure left individual taxpayers in the dark
Priddy: On sports betting and casino admission figures
in Missouri (2,083 words)
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
The Missouri Times: In wake of assault on campus,
Sater suggests UMKC chancellor resign
KC Star: Schmitt seeks to dismiss DSCC suit against
Hawley X
The Missouri Times: April 2019 quarterly
filings: Statewide candidates
The Missouri Times: April 2019 quarterly
filings: Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: April 2019 quarterly
filings: Missouri House
The Missouri Times: April 2019 quarterly
filings: Committees
P-D: He's gone from office, but Greitens is still
paying legal bills X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Dean
Plocher (R-Des Peres) talks to Rosenbaum about Better Together,
infrastructure bonding, low-income housing tax credits, more
The Missouri Times: Senate officially passes
infrastructure bonding bill
AP:
Missouri Senate passes bridge-funding plan
The Missouri Times: Cierpiot lambasts Senate's
Conservative Caucus, cites 'inconsistencies' with legislative priorities
KC Star: Cierpiot talks about challenges of
compromising with Conservative Caucus X
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers form new caucus to aid
local governments
AP:
Missouri House passes bill to waive penalties for taxpayers
Columbia Missourian: House passes carjacking, tax
extension, digital license bills
The Missouri Times: House committee advances sports
betting bill with royalty fee
Columbia Missourian: Proposal places limits on open
state demographer position
Washington Missourian: School start date should be
decided locally, Washington superintendent says
The Missouri Times: JCAR acts as 'quasi-judicial'
oversight on agency rulemaking
Columbia Missourian: United by tragedy, two fathers
support Amber Alert bill from Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield)
Missourinet: Missouri lawmaker amends Gold Star
Families monument bill in compromise
SNL: How businesses will apply to sell medical pot X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Hoskins right
that state still owes tens of millions on bonds issued to build The
Dome at America's Center
P-D: Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger wins
Pulitzer Prize for series on "debtors' prisons" X
KC Star: Star columnist Melinda Henneberger named
Pulitzer Prize finalist for thoughts on "institutional sexism and
misogyny," etc. X
P-D editorial: Honoring Tony Messenger X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man says national
popular-vote campaign is wrong for Missouri X
P-D letter: O'Fallon man disagrees with Blunt on
debate time for Trump nominees X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man disappointed by editorial
board's suggestion that black voters should vote for only black
candidates X
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Monday, April 15, 2019
St.
Joseph News-Press: Hydrologist warns flooding along the Missouri
River is far from over
KC
Star: "I'm just not going to be bullied." Sen. Josh Hawley's
first 100 days in the U.S. Senate X
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Dave Schatz on transportation
compromise, workforce development, Senate personalities, more;
Panel of Joe Lakin, Don Hinkle, Lindsay Pattan, Jeff Rainford talk
infrastructure spending, pro-life bills, workforce development, more
KMWU:
Missouri lawmakers hope to provide relief for unexpected tax bills
Missourinet:
Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) says state departments use slush
fund from unfilled jobs
KWMU:
St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners gearing up for upgrades
Missourinet:
Missouri House expected to vote tomorrow on Grain Belt bill;
rally planned
P-D:
Missouri hopes to lasso national rodeo event with upgrades to state
fairgrounds; Comments from MO Dept. of Ag's Sami Jo Freeman X
Joplin
Globe editorial: Wrong process for concealed-carry bill X
Phill
Brooks: Let Parson be Parson X
Messenger:
The Missouri River is a 'mad elephant' that won't be tamed by 'bigger
and better' levees X
SE Missourian
letter: Burfordville woman opposes closed-primary proposal +
P-D
letter: St. Louis woman opposes proposal to expand
concealed-carry freedoms X
Columbia
Missourian letter: Columbia liberal questions state lawmakers'
Christianity, says Mizzou should be forced to pay employees $15/hour
minimum wage
SE Missourian
letter: Cape Girardeau liberal responds to pro-life response to
original letter +
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Sunday, April 14, 2019
P-D: Congressional votes for the week: Net
neutrality, Trump nominees X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission
dismisses multiple complaints
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of April 8, 2019
The Missouri Times: DOR drafting emergency amendment,
revised regulation for withholding tax calculation
JCNT: DOR official: Missouri taxpayers are owing
less X
SNL: GOP lawmakers seek to create a day of remembrance
for those harmed by Communist regimes X
SNL: At Springfield preschool, Commissioner of
Education Margie Vandeven hails kids' needs for 'proper start' X
P-D: In-depth look at Missouri Dept. of Corrections
recruitment, training X
P-D: What it will take to license or sell marijuana in
Missouri X
SE
Missourian: Drone-use policy allows hobby in state conservation
areas +
SNL: State purchasing 1,192 acres in Shannon County X
KC Star editorial: In Missouri, a D-list conservative
was sad to be squirted with the makings of a bubble bath X
JCNT editorial: Lawmakers should focus on increasing
immunization rates X
SNL op-ed: Brewer Science's Terry Brewer:
Benefit Corporations can help Missouri workforce X
KC Star op-ed: Former Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas
City): Collecting e-sales taxes is not a tax hike X
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Saturday, April 13,
2019
AP: UMKC student charged after attacking conservative
speaker during speech
KC Star: Conservative speaker attacked on UMKC
campus; LGBTQIA* activists offended by Michael Knowles'
presentation on biology of men and women
KWMU: Former Ferguson activist packs protesters in
rental van, heads to El Paso to complain about border-security efforts
KWMU: More details emerge regarding Don Marsh's
decision to leave station over "you look good" histrionics;
Producer Evie Hemphill sent e-mail scolding Marsh for commenting on
75-year-old Karen Foss' appearance; Veteran newsman told KWMU
reporter Bob Duffy to "get a room" after fellow senior citizen hugged
co-worker in 2016; Other unforgiveably sexist acts
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Speaker Pro
Tem John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon) on bridge-funding compromise, Better
Together, much more
AP: No Missouri politicians suspected of wrongdoing in
Arkansas charity-fraud case; Alleged shysters made contributions
to three former GOP elected officials
Missourinet: Parson says soldiers will not tame St.
Louis City criminals: "We can't take over the law enforcement
jobs"
Joplin Globe: Senate finds compromise on
infrastructure plan; vote in offing X
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects domestic violence,
sexual assault protection bill
P-D: Parson names associate judge to St. Louis circuit
judge post X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Lots of talk, but
still no road plan
The Missouri Times op-ed: St. Louis County NAACP's
John Gaskin III: Lack of due process in Title IX inquisitions
continues to impact African-Americans
P-D letter: Illinois man disappointed by KWMU's lack
of transparency in Don Marsh brouhaha X
P-D letter: House Springs sexagenarian expresses anger
at Paul Wieland over 911 funding, voters for electing him X
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Friday, April 12, 2019
P-D: Clay, Wagner aggressively fundraising in
anticipation of 2020 election challenges X
CDT: Fellow farmers tell Hartzler that federal rules
hamper flood control efforts X
KWMU: New U.S. attorneys to bring federal weight to
St. Louis Safer Streets cases
Missourinet:
Schmitt teams up with federal prosecutors in attempt to tackle St.
Louis' violent crime
The Missouri Times: 2019 100 list: Institutions
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Keri Ingle
(D-Lee's Summit)
AP:
Planned Parenthood wants stay in Columbia abortion-facility case
SNL: State names medical pot advisory committees X
P-D: Missouri wants feedback on medical marijuana
rules, applications for licenses X
KC Star: Medical marijuana advocates dispute
University of Missouri study; Jack Cardetti questions report's
hazy math X
KC Star: St. Louis real estate reporter duped into
covering Greitens-comeback hoax; Trademark 'oh-snap!' quotables
from Jeff Smith X
The Missouri Times: Schatz forges compromise on
highway funding
JCNT: Missouri Senate gives first-round approval to
bridges bonding plan X
Missourinet: Missouri Senate strikes deal on
governor's proposed bridge funding plan
AP:
Missouri Senate reaches accord on funding to fix 250 bridges
The Missouri Times: Missouri One Start program, a
governor priority, given initial Senate approval
P-D: Hellbender could become state's official
endangered species X
The Missouri Times: One year after legislation, hair
braiding video and certificate become available
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: April 10, 2019
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Second Amendment
rights don't stop at the edge of campus
KC Star editorial: With measles on the rise, why is
Missouri lawmaker kowtowing to the anti-vaccine crowd? X
P-D editorial: Get ready for elected-board rule over
St. Louis Public Schools X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Blake Hurst: Lawmakers should address Clean Line Energy
decision
Ray Hartmann: Better Together can be stopped - and a
'reasonable Republican' in Jefferson City has a way to do it
Messenger: Who holds the key to the jailhouse doors in
Missouri's debtors' prisons? X
SNL op-ed: Area feminist touts her performance reading
statement against pro-life bill, praises herself for being "forceful" X
The Missouri Times letter: Missouri Charter Public
School Association's Doug Thaman: The only thing to fear is the
mediocrity we already have
P-D letter: Valley Park septuagenarian praises Don
Marsh, agrees with Karen Foss that older folks like being told they
look good X
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Thursday, April 11, 2019
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Josh Hawley
talks to Jason Rosenbaum about first few months in U.S. Senate:
Debate efficiency moves, Rao, Facebook and Google, Mueller, more
KWMU: Fed agency: Missouri producing less carbon
pollution than a decade ago
SE
Missourian: Army Corp of Engineers: Mississippi River
levels to remain high through May +
AP: Proposed Missouri budget includes $8 million for
flood recovery
KC Star: Top Missouri budgeter allots money for flood
aid X
The Missouri Times: 2019 100 list: Forces
The Missouri Times: 2019 100 list: Lifesavers
The Missouri Times: 2019 100 list: Navigators
The Missouri Times: Photo gallery: 2019
legislative softball tournament
JCNT: Governor's Mansion hosts Holocaust commemoration
event X
JCNT: Parson: Work remains for crime victims'
rights X
The Missouri Times: At event for crime victims,
Schmitt reiterates commitment to testing rape kits
AP: Satanic Temple challenges Missouri abortion law
CDT: Planned Parenthood seeks stay in Columbia clinic
case X
CDT: State budget waits on tax surge as Senate
considers spending X
KWMU: Senate trying to make progress on finding a way
to fix Missouri's bridges
The Missouri Times: Republicans discuss transportation
bonding bill overnight
KC Star: After hours of robust debate, Republicans
close to agreement on bridge funding X
The Missouri Times: House perfects bill easing burden
of unexpected tax bills
SNL: House moves to address 'surprise' tax bills X
AP: Missouri House votes to stall fees for late tax
payments
Columbia Missourian: House members want to give
taxpayers extra time, but the clock is ticking
Missourinet: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit)
praises Parson's government restructuring plan
The Missouri Times: House conservative caucus backs
changes to Title IX
AP: House backs measure to hold tax votes in general
elections
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers discuss return to paper
ballots
SNL: Rep. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield) wants 'PSA'
on hazardous waste sites X
Columbia Missourian: House committee discusses
Senate's fentanyl, medical marijuana bills
P-D: State-school study claims Missouri will license
twice as many marijuana growers as it needs X
Columbia Missourian: Use the force, Jason
Holsman: Senate debates his 'Jedi bill' on open-air cremations
P-D editorial: School start-date bill prioritizes
tourism dollars over education X
Joplin Globe editorial: The Bible belongs only in
Sunday school, not public school X
CDT editorial: There's a cure for state legislators'
anti-vax ignorance X
P-D op-ed: National Parents Organization-Missouri
chapter's Linda Reutzel: Missouri poised to give our children
what they deserve - shared time with both parents X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Patrick
Ishmael: Electricity choice would be good for Missouri consumers
P-D letter: Freedom Center of Missouri's Dave
Roland: Second Amendment proposal is founded on legal principles X
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Susan
Pendergrass: Lawmakers are defying parents who want charter
schools X
P-D letter: Eureka woman expresses fear of "loaded,
hidden weapons" X
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019
KC Star: Judge rejects Dem candidate's request to
subpoena Hawley, says 2020 AG hopeful provided "no evidence" X
P-D: Judge denies Dem candidate's request for Hawley
deposition X
Missourinet: Parson wants outside agency to review
Army Corps of Engineers river management
AP:
Midwest states bracing for renewed flooding impact
KWMU: A first look at the NGA headquarters in St.
Louis City
The Missouri Times: 2019 100 list: The playmakers
KC Star: State won't institutionalize discrimination
when distributing medical marijuana licenses; DHSS to judge
proposals based on the content of their character, not the color of the
author's skin X
KCUR: University of Missouri study claims supply of
Missouri medical marijuana will outpace demand
Missourinet: GOP's diversity of opinions on Parson's
bridge plan sparks lengthy filibuster
P-D: Senators debate transportation funding X
The Missouri Times: Republican senators join together
in push for Internet tax
Columbia Missourian: House gives initial OK to online
sales tax
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dottie Bailey (R-Eureka)
says "informed consent" legislation is neither pro- nor anti-vaccine X
SE
Missourian: Area schools see little opposition to childhood
vaccines +
Columbia Missourian: Bill would limit use of
restraints, seclusion rooms in Missouri schools
P-D: Shrinking summer vacations spur call for Missouri
schools to start later X
SNL: High school LGBTQIA* group to visit Capitol
today; Teens to explain emotional hardship of having one (1)
paper poster removed from school wall, other harrowing atrocities X
The Missouri Times: House gives initial approval to
carjacking bill from Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis County)
P-D: Anti-carjacking proposal one step closer to
becoming law in Missouri X
The Missouri Times: House votes to clear needle
exchange programs to fight IV drug use, disease
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Missouri Public
Utilities Alliance addresses recent approval of Grain Belt Express by
PSC
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers push for a local vote on
St. Louis City-St. Louis County merger
Missourinet: MoDOT uses new tool in fight against work
zone construction traffic crashes
KWMU: State officials ban lead shot on conservation
areas to reduce effects on wildlife
P-D editorial: Softly killing public education by
sending taxpayer money to private schools X
P-D editorial: Common-sense bill would ban tax
incentives for floodplain construction X
Priddy:
A few thoughts on state funding for steamboat museum (2,085 words)
Columbia Missourian's Alexis Hamby: State legislators,
tobacco lobbyists to blame for Missouri's lack of anti-smoking measures
Columbia Missourian letter: Local Alzheimer's-research
advocate impressed by Blunt's knowledge of topic
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia man says senators
are doing corporations' bidding on CAFOs
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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
P-D: St. Louis lawyer Stephen Clark could get Senate
vote soon as a result of Blunt effort on debate efficiency X
KC Star: Chiefs lineman recently completed internship
with Sen. Josh Hawley
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Feminist
coalition invents "Repro Week of Action"; Gal groups to perform
"poetry slams," open mic nights, other efficacious theatrics
KWMU: Transgenders cheer February Missouri Supreme
Court ruling that allows students to use opposite sex's locker rooms
and bathrooms; Comments from "nonbinary transgender"
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Jim Murphy
(R-St. Louis County)
The Missouri Times: Meet Sally Hemenway, Nexus Group's
new economic development finance advisor
P-D: New road and bridge funding plan surfaces in
Missouri Senate X
The Missouri Times: Rep. J. Eggleston (R-Maysville)
proposes Internet sales tax, reducing income tax in 'revenue-neutral'
bill
KC Star: Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr says probe
into state tax refund issue will continue X
The Missouri Times: House OKs concealed carry on
college campuses
P-D: House votes to expand conceal-carry freedom to
university grounds X
P-D: Anti-vaccine proposals aired in Missouri
Legislature X
AP:
Missouri bill would bar discrimination for not vaccinating
Columbia Missourian's Rosemond Crown: Bill would make
it illegal to refuse unvaccinated children; Comments from "Rep.
Lynn Morris (R-Nexa [sic])
SNL: Medical pot: Missouri drafts doctor
paperwork rules X
The Missouri Times: State to source blind scorer for
medical marijuana license applications
P-D: Who will grow commercial cannabis in
Missouri? Few farmers, but other green thumbs may have a role X
KWMU: Obituary: UMSL leader and KWMU founder Don
Driemeier dies at 80
SE
Missourian editorial: Poll volunteers play important role in our
elections +
P-D op-ed: Lacy Clay: On the Fair Housing Act,
the city of Black Jack and "disparate impact"
X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Tim Jones: Missouri
conservatives should unite behind campus due process
SE
Missourian op-ed: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston): Boycotts
of Israel are not the answer +
Columbia Missourian's Tessa Weinberg: Black students
outpace whites in suspensions; Racism and poverty - not behavior
or bad choices - to blame
P-D letter: Ladue sexagenarian applauds Ann Wagner for
creating suburban Republican caucus X
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian offended by
Wallingford's gas-tax proposal +
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Monday, April 8, 2019
Washington Times: Lawmakers consider resurrecting
budget supercommittee; Comments from Blunt
Washington Missourian: At Washington stop, State
Auditor Nicole Galloway talks DOR, Clean Missouri, initiative-petition
changes, more X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Karla May (D-St.
Louis City) on charter schools, Senate compromises, more; Panel
of Reps. Gretchen Bangert (D-Florissant), Phil Christofanelli (R-St.
Peters), Tom Hannegan (R-St. Charles), Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette) on
charter schools, Galloway's first move in gov campaign, geriatric
parole, more
SNL: House moves to hike driver's license fees in bid
to save rural offices X
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislators eyeing tax on
Internet purchases X
P-D: Missouri's charter schools say they miss out on
millions in local revenue X
Columbia Missourian: Liberal group says charter
schools contribute to segregation
P-D editorial: Greitens showed us the impeachment
system is just fine. Leave it alone. X
KC Star editorial: Why is Missouri Secretary of State
Jay Ashcroft stealing Kris Kobach's lousy ideas? X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Mike Cunningham
(R-Rogersville): Lack of common ground in Senate's charter school
debate
Messenger: Missouri Republicans loathe to take guns
out of domestic abusers' hands X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff): Ameren
is like a fox managing a hen house +
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Missouri taking the lead on fighting misleading labeling
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Sunday, April 7, 2019
P-D: Congressional votes for the week:
Obamacare, Yemen, more X
P-D's Raasch: Thoughts on Biden brouhaha:
Comments from Claire McCaskill on MSNBC, tweets posted to Jean
Carnahan's account X
KC Star: New details of Branson's sunken duck boat
revealed in Coast Guard safety records X
SNL: "Anti-commandeering" bill aims to protect Second
Amendment, Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) says X
Joplin Globe: Bill from Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho)
inspires discussion of religious freedom in education, Bible's
influence on founding of America X
P-D: St. Louis Public Schools expected to return to
control of elected board; Comments from Missouri School Boards'
Association's Melissa Randol X
St. Joseph News-Press: Local House members look to
advance their legislation X
JCNT: CAFO bill from Sen. Mike Bernskoetter
(R-Jefferson City) ready for debate X
P-D editorial: Parole bill would save state money,
right old wrongs X
P-D letter: Former Missouri Highway Patrol
Superintendent Ron Replogle: State legislators wrong to oppose
federally-funded sobriety checkpoints X
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Saturday, April 6, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Parson seeks federal flooding
assessments
P-D: St. Charles County man threatened to kill Hawley
in Facebook post, feds say X
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Real estate/class envy beat:
McCaskill's Washington condo for sale for $3.2 million X
P-D's Jack Suntrup: Real estate/class envy beat:
Josh Hawley sells house in Columbia X
The Missouri Times: Missouri women reflect on landmark
voting rights anniversary; Comments from Reps. Tracy McCreery and
Brenda Shields, St. Louis Children's Hospital's Ellie Glenn, BJC's
Leann Chilton, others
The Missouri Times: Former Speaker of the House Jim
Kreider to give Teddy Roosevelt performance this month
The Missouri Times: Petition updates: Daylight
savings time, reduced jail terms
AP:
Ethics panel says Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark) spread false rumor
The Missouri Times: Stagnant revenue collections for
FY19 could have greater impact on FY20
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau):
Statewide online tax overhaul unlikely this year +
JCNT: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick:
Withholding conflict dates back decades X
P-D:
In Missouri, more discussion over tax changes X
The Missouri Times: House approves bill meant to stop
school-to-school movement of child abusers
The Missouri Times: Bill prohibiting anonymous freedom
of religion lawsuits ignites heated debate
KWMU: Missouri DHSS releases report on elderly hunger
JCNT: Missouri faces vaccination hesitation amid
measles cases X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: April 3, 2019
SNL op-ed: Missouri Rural Crisis Center's Roger
Allison: Bernskoetter's bill would let CAFO operators run amuck X
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Friday, April 5, 2019
AP:
Poplar Bluff nail manufacturer granted steel tariff exemption
Missourinet: Missouri nail company to boost production
after federal exemptions granted
KWMU: Missouri company secures trade exemption
P-D: Missouri nail maker wins tariff exemption and
begins planning a comeback X
KCUR: As Missouri recovers from devastating floods, a
Dutch architect suggests dramatic changes
P-D: Hawley's bill aims to make duck boats safer X
The Missouri Times: Labor advocate Tim Luebbert passes
Missourinet: Todd Richardson to be honored today in
Poplar Bluff; Former Speaker to receive Distinguished Alumni
Award from Three Rivers College
Columbia Missourian: UPDATED: Newspaper posts
correction regarding yesterday's Clean Missouri story, fixes district
of "Tracy McCreer [sic]"
P-D: Parson meets with tax-cut advocates X
KCUR: Secretary of state could get more authority to
investigate Missouri's voter fraud; Comments from Jay Ashcroft
Columbia Missourian: Bill addresses automatic voter
registration; Comments from Ashcroft's Nikolas Shores
SNL: Bill from Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) aims
to protect infrastructure from vandals' attacks X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers debate nuances of bill
to expand treatment for disabled children
KWMU: Missouri student journalists, teachers hope GOP
bill will stop censorship from school administrators
The Missouri Times: House approves changes to
Missouri's industrial hemp law
SNL: Springfield employers respond to medical marijuana X
P-D: Pot possession would not mean jail time in
Missouri under proposal from Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) X
AP:
House passes bill giving parole chance for older inmates
The Missouri Times: Schmitt sues Wood Heights over
alleged Sunshine Law violation
Joplin Globe: DNR monitoring Joplin's odor issues X
KC Star editorial: Ann Wagner deserves credit for
voting in favor of Violence Against Women Act
X
P-D editorial: Anti-vandalism bill aims to silence
environmentalists X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Libla's
deregulation-initiative bill could ultimately harm consumers
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Thursday, April 4, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Governors emphasize flood control
and more state involvement in meeting with Corps
Missourinet: Parson joins Iowa and Nebraska governors
to meet with Army Corps officials on flood prevention
AP:
Governors want more authority over Missouri River system
AP:
Missouri proposes tax-break ban for flood plain development
St. Joseph News-Press: Josh Hawley touts bill to bring
down drug prices X
KC Star: Blunt supports move to improve
appointee-approval times X
P-D: Blunt leads effort to speed appointee-approval
process X
Missourinet: Tweets sent from Jean Carnahan's account
express support for Joe Biden; Perfectly-punctuated eight-tweet
thread attributes cogent, coherent thoughts to 85-year-old
The Missouri Times: Schaaf's new "Show Me Integrity"
group to hold Capitol advocacy day next week
Columbia Missourian's Isabel Lohman and Samantha
Bowers: Lawmakers debate Clean Missouri provisions;
Comments from "Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-Jefferson City [sic])"
KWMU: Galloway finds uncertainty and confusion when it
comes to Missouri income taxes
The Missouri Times: House perfects bill giving SOS
subpoena power in voter fraud investigations
P-D: House votes to give secretary of state's office
more power to investigate fraud X
Columbia Missourian: House abortion bill expanded,
heard in Senate
The Missouri Times: "Border War" bill from Sen. Mike
Cierpiot (R-Lee's Summit) forges ahead
The Missouri Times: House perfects bill increasing
fees for licenses, vehicle titles
P-D: House proposal seeks to expand concealed-carry
freedoms to college campuses X
SNL: "Campus carry" wins initial House approval X
Brownfield Ag News: Lawmakers hear both sides of
transmission line argument
AP: Missouri bill would bar condemnation for wind
energy line
Missourinet: Nasheed: Legislation dealing with
St. Louis City-County merger "absolutely the most important bill that I
have filed this year"
SNL: Poaching bill fails in Senate ag committee X
The Missouri Times: Conservation Day at the Capitol
marked as another success
Joplin Globe: Area feminist angry after drive to
Jefferson City proves all for naught; ERA supporter says her
statement to committee would have included powerful language and clever
historical anecdotes X
P-D editorial: Changing election rules to handicap
white candidates doesn't always work X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Legislators should make
life harder for asbestos companies, not mesothelioma victims
KC Star's Toriano Porter: Rep. Nick Schroer
(R-O'Fallon) wrong to disagree with notion of 'white privilege';
Legislator's comments questioning theory are "so damn disrespectful" X
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Washington Post: Lacy Clay brushes off challenge from
Cori Bush and far-left supporters: "I'm gonna kick their [rump]
again, okay?"
P-D: As Mississippi River crests, St. Louis area could
dodge major flood impacts - at least temporarily X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Sen. Justin Brown
(R-Rolla)
The Missouri Times: Parson fills judicial vacancy on
7th, 21st circuits with O'Hara, Lay
Missourinet: Galloway: Another slip by DOR -
this time, an illegal one
AP:
Galloway: Missouri tax withholding change didn't follow law
CDT: Audit: Missouri could see $63 million more
withheld this year X
SNL: Galloway says state broke law in tweaking
withholding without public input X
P-D: Galloway says DOR illegally changed tax
withholding tables this year X
KC Star: Galloway: DOR broke the law by changing
tax withholding tables; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) weighs in X
The Missouri Times: Senate filibusters charter school
bill for hours
Columbia Missourian: Charter school legislation faces
filibuster
The Missouri Times: House gives initial approval to
bill altering college campus policies
The Missouri Times: Bill would limit who can use
eminent domain
Missourinet: Legislators fast-track bill to block
Grain Belt Express use of eminent domain
Columbia Missourian: House gives initial approval to
allowing concealed carry on college campuses
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers try again to ban state
contracts with businesses that boycott Israel
Columbia Missourian: GOP lawmakers discuss elective
Bible classes, "In God We Trust" legislation
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur)
still promoting rape-kit legislation
Missourinet: Rep. LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City)
talks about Better Together legislation
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court issues ruling in
Marvin Rice death penalty case
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol renovation project
reaching halfway mark
P-D: Election briefs: New voting rules have no
effect on Ferguson-Florissant School Board outcome; Lesley
McSpadden, mother of police assailant Michael Brown, finishes last in
Ferguson City Council race X
Jensen:
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correctness +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Carl Bearden: Don't
fall for Title IX lies
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: Briefs: Google selects paper as 1 of
10 in North America; Newspaper seeks business reporter +
P-D op-ed: Charter school advocate Michael
Petrilli: Let's irrigate North County's 'charter school deserts' X
P-D letter: Wildwood octogenarian responds to
editorial brief on border wall, says he won't vote to re-elect Blunt X
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Tuesday, April 2, 2019
AP: More rain causes new flood worries along the
Mississippi
KC Star: "Make America Great Again" hat triggers
liberal at Missouri Western; Militant woman caterwauls about
"white supremacy" to visiting high school student X
P-D's Raasch: Congress spins in circles as partisans
keep forcing pointless 'show' votes; Comments from 100% of
Post-Dispatch polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson) X
KCUR: U.S. Supreme Court rules Missouri's lethal
injection method of execution is not 'cruel and unusual'
AP: SCOTUS rules against Russell Bucklew;
Rapist/murderer says injection method is a threat to his delicate
capillaries
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Wiley
Price IV (D-St. Louis City) talks with Rosenbaum about early
impressions of serving in House superminority
The Missouri Times: General Assembly takes initiative
petition alterations under consideration
Columbia Missourian: Senate considers initiative
petition bill
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Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) says
incremental gas taxes raises through Legislature could fund roads +
JCNT: Missouri corrections officers still waiting on
$118 million payout from DOC X
Missourinet: Proposal to limit impeachment to crime,
corruption clears one chamber
The Missouri Times: Bill would remove growing
restrictions on hemp
The Missouri Times: Sweeping criminal justice overhaul
package prepared for consideration
AP: Missouri to cover more non-opioid treatments for
pain
P-D: Bill from Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis County)
would protect access to anti-psychotic medications for the poor X
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Sen. Doug Libla
(R-Poplar Bluff) files bill deregulating Missouri's energy market
Columbia Missourian: House committee considers
increasing protections for student freedom of speech, politics
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers respond after day care
tries to open next to facility with 17 sex offenders
Columbia Missourian: St. Louis Cardinals want drones
banned from flying near Busch Stadium
Missourinet: St. Louis Cardinals want no-fly zone for
drones near major sporting events
JCNT: Missouri legislative committee discusses funding
for state steamboat museum X
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Missourian: Southeast Missourian to work with Google, other
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Joplin Globe's Andy Ostmeyer: U.S. Rep. Billy Long
recalls summer guiding mule riders in Grand Canyon X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Ben Chavis: Missouri's
Title IX overhaul efforts can help stop invisible lynchings in America
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Remembering Rep.
Marvin Proffer X
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KWMU:
Fort Leonard Wood gets first black female leader
P-D:
Don Marsh opens up about leaving KWMU, says producer complained about
off-air comment; Veteran newsman told longtime friend Karen Foss,
75, that she "looked great" X
KWMU,
July 2018: Executive Editor Shula Neuman: St. Louis Public
Radio has too many experienced white male reporters, and we're working
to change that
KC
Star: Machinations begin in 2020 gov race X
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Justin Brown (R-Rolla) on
pro-business legislation, DOR, more; Panel of Reps. Alan Green
(D-Florissant), Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis), along with Scott Dieckhaus
and Jeff Roorda on charter schools, making deadbeat dads take
responsibility for their children, more
KC
Star: Missouri gets ready for medical marijuana rollout X
CDT:
Missourians line up to get in cannabis game X
P-D:
In debate over online sales taxes, some in Missouri GOP want to give it
back X
Missourinet:
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) angry over rejection of his
summer-jobs bill
P-D
editorial: Serious or not, bill to invalidate federal gun laws in
Missouri is repugnant X
KC
Star editorial: Missouri officials 'almost have to go to jail to
be impeached' under half-baked bill X
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Cattlemen's Association's Mike
Deering: Stop the Missouri Rural Crisis Center from gut-punching
progress and flipping the bird to science
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester):
Protect due process for students at our private, religious colleges and
universities
Columbia
Missourian's Ken Midkiff: McDaniel's pro-gun proposal not a
laughing matter
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