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Wednesday, April 29, 2020
The Hill: Lacy Clay knocks failed Georgia gov
candidate Stacey Abrams for lobbying for VP slot: "You cannot
show up at the winner's window with loser's tickets"
AP: Battered by floods, U.S. river communities try new
remedies
CDT: Vicky Hartzler's family business applies for, and
receives, federal Paycheck Protection Program loans
KWMU: Feds give boost to cooperative efforts against
drugs, crime in St. Louis region
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's bipartisan CARES Act team
OK's direct relief money to counties next week
The Missouri Times: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) leads bipartisan effort to protect Missourians' federal
stimulus checks from state tax
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Tuesday press briefing and Q&A
CDT: Missouri's COVID-19 case count lowest in three
weeks
AP:
Gov. Parson: Hospitalizations down sharply in most areas of state
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson says state
hospitalizations are down as he prepares to open economy
KC Star: Gov. Parson reports sharp decline in China
virus hospitalizations in Missouri
P-D: Gov. Parson: Hospitalizations for
coronavirus drop everywhere in Missouri but St. Louis region
P-D: Missouri's China virus deaths increase by 26 on
Tuesday
Missourinet: Missouri House to vote on final approval
of state operating budget today
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jeff Shawan (R-Poplar Bluff)
offers resolution to 'hold China responsible' for Wuhan virus outbreak
Columbia Missourian: Senators discuss seclusion room
legislation, student curator position
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Missouri
Democratic Party to hold summer convention online; SNAP handouts
expanded, again; Eureka to defy St. Louis County stay-at-home
order; more
KC Star: Eric Greitens donates 150 faulty N95 masks to
Missouri fire department
The Missouri Times: Update: Missouri counties'
stay-at-home orders
SNL: Coronavirus may limit recreation on area rivers
Missourinet: Federal investigators cite communication,
design problems in duck boat sinking
SNL: NTSB casts blame on Coast Guard, Ripley in report
on Branson duck boat tragedy
AP:
Coast Guard, Ripley Entertainment criticized in boat crash
P-D editorial: In Parson versus Galloway, the Defender
of Darkness meets his match
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri should allow
no-excuses absentee voting
P-D op-ed: Moms Demand Action member: Pandemic
an opportune time to pass gun-control measures
P-D's Beth O'Malley: Post-Dispatch comment section
policing: All references to "Trump Derangement Syndrome,"
"libtard" or other hurtful words is strictly forbidden
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson: Missouri begins
to reopen, but will 'look very different for a while'
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson explains first
steps of "Show Me Strong Recovery" plan, takes questions from reporters
SNL: Gov. Parson says businesses can reopen and
gatherings can resume May 4
KWMU: Missouri to reopen businesses next week, local
rules still apply
AP: Missouri will reopen businesses Monday, with
guidelines
KC Star: Missouri will ease China virus restrictions
May 4, including ban on large gatherings
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson says businesses can
reopen May 4 with some restrictions
P-D: Back in business for retail, restaurants and
churches across Missouri next week, with rules, governor says
The Missouri Times: Interview series: DED
Director Rob Dixon talks with Scott Faughn about impact of coronavirus
on Missouri's bottom line
AP: House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith
(R-Carthage) pitches $700 million in state budget cuts
SNL: Here are 3 big things to know about the state
budget right now
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers move efficiently
through budget discussions
P-D: Facing budget realities, Missouri lawmakers piece
together revamped spending plan
Columbia Missourian: Strict penalties for fentanyl
trafficking advance in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Amid coronavirus and budget talks,
Senate advances bill to help sexual assault victims
P-D: Missouri's China virus cases pass 7,000
The Missouri Times: Updated numbers: Coronavirus
cases among Missouri prison inmates, staff
KWMU: Testing aims to better understand coronavirus
spread across Missouri
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri expands testing related
to meat plants
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Education discusses
classes this fall, students dodging school work
SE
Missourian: Area county clerks prepare for June elections amid
coronavirus concerns
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court rejects request
from convicted murderer, clearing way for May execution
KC Star editorial: Missouri could pay a steep price
for Gov. Mike Parson's rush to reopen businesses
Joplin Globe editorial: DHSS' 'secret' plan shafts
Missourians
P-D op-ed: Missouri youths aging out of foster care
face destitution during the shutdown
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to Gov. Parson's
response to Post-Dispatch's editorial on simple-minded rural Missourians
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Monday, April 27, 2020
St.
Joseph News-Press: Missouri could tax federal stimulus
checks; Gov. Parson, Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) working
to fix loophole
This
Week in Missouri Politics: AG Eric Schmitt talks with Scott
Faughn about lawsuit against China and CCP, price gouging, more;
Panel of Gov. Parson campaign manager Steele Shippy and veteran St.
Louis County Democratic campaign consultant Jane Dueker talks state
government's response to coronavirus, expanded testing, state budget,
more
Missourinet:
Approving budget is top priority for Gov. Parson, Schatz and Haahr
Missourinet:
House to tackle state budget today; Lawmakers encouraged to wear
masks
KWMU:
Missouri lawmakers return to Jefferson City; State budget is top
priority
Columbia
Missourian: Lawmakers face grueling deadline to pass state budget
KC
Star: Missouri reports 171 new China virus cases Sunday
P-D:
St. Louis region reaches possible peak for hospitalizations
P-D:
Some businesses in partially-reopened Franklin County cite state
coronavirus rules in staying closed
KC
Star editorial: Gov. Parson should do more to help renters avoid
being evicted for skipping out on rent
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: Local "social justice and peace group" wants
Gov. Parson to let loose as many prisoners "as can be done safely and
promptly"
P-D
letter: Cherry-picking coronavirus stats another example of
editorial board's bias against rural Missourians
Columbia
Missourian letter: Columbia man thanks Gov. Parson for granting
clemency to Dimetrious Woods
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Sunday, April 26, 2020
P-D: Pandemic stands to compound St. Louis region's
risk through flood season; Comments from Great Rivers Habitat
Alliance's David Stokes, FEMA, others
SNL: About 150 protest stay-at-home order near
Battlefield Mall
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers discuss expectations for
return to Capitol
CDT: Missouri budget plan shows almost $500 million in
cuts
JCNT: MoDOT could face deep construction cuts
SE
Missourian: No new COVID-19 cases reported in area Saturday
P-D: Rate of China virus infections should slowly
begin to drop, local task force chief says
AP: Missouri working to quickly test workers at
packing plants
SNL: Even as Springfield opens up, businesses brace
for uncertain economic return
KC Star: Area activists want Gov. Parson to suspend
landlords' ability to collect rent
JCNT: 2020 Missouri KIDS COUNT report could help
assess COVID-19 health outcomes in Missouri
SNL: DSS Director Jennifer Tidball does double-duty as
foster mom, opens her home to 2-year-old twins in need;
Biological mother, out of most recent drug rehab, wants Tidball to
abandon rights as foster mom
KC Star: Profile: From North Carolina to
Missouri, environmental and pro-choice activists have taken aim at Dr.
Randall Williams
KC Star op-ed: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D):
USPS a lifeline for rural Missourians. Don't let politics kill it.
SNL op-ed: League of Women Voters
septuagenarian: Refusing to expand absentee ballot permissions is
"the new poll tax"
P-D op-ed: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
octogenarian: Journalists must be recognized as essential
employees
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Missourian op-ed: National Parents Organization's Linda
Reutzel: Legislature should resume shared parenting progress
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Saturday, April 25, 2020
Missourinet: Blunt among lawmakers calling for media
advertising boost during coronavirus threat
P-D: Blunt pens letter to federal budget office for
local media relief during coronavirus pandemic
KC Star: Newspaper launches charity drive to benefit
itself; Paper says $200k will help "ensur(e) sustainability for
the Star" (note: fundraising plea protected behind paywall)
Columbia Missourian: Federal stimulus gives mixed
relief for local small business owners
P-D: Analysis: Feds handing out billions - but
not enough to North St. Louis City businesses
P-D: Washington University lecturer on Chinese
business networks criticizes Schmitt's lawsuit against China
government, Chicoms; Missouri Farm Bureau praises attorney general
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson extends emergency
declaration as COVID-19 deaths climb
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Plan for reopening coming
next week
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson extends state of
emergency to June 15
AP:
Gov. Parson's plan to include guidance for church services, sports
KC Star: Gov. Parson extends Missouri emergency
declaration; says gyms, barber shops can reopen May 4
P-D: Gov. Parson extends state of emergency order,
says restaurants and barber shops can reopen May 4
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Mental Health says 49
workers, 34 patients test positive for coronavirus in Missouri
SE
Missourian: Mississippi County reports 20 inmates at Southeast
Correctional Center test positive for COVID-19
Missourinet: Missouri meat-packing plant confirms 16
COVID-19 cases; mass testing of employees
SNL: House Speaker Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) backs
part of clerks' plan to expand absentee ballot options
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau Republicans Wayne Wallingford, Barry
Hovis preview upcoming General Assembly budget session
P-D: Open roads during pandemic lead to dangerous
speeds by some Missouri drivers
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri and the city of
Joplin should reopen with care
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Budget Project's
Amy Blouin: Waiting until June to pass budget would bring greater
certainty for Missouri
The Missouri Times op-ed: CEAM's Laura Slay and Joe
Ojilie: New federal funding for COVID-19 fight should not
discriminate against children in private schools
SNL letter: Woman who left Missouri to live in
Washington, D.C. says Gov. Parson's decision to reopen economy will
kill people
P-D letter: League of Women Voters sexagenarians
criticize Ashcroft over absentee ballots
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Friday, April 24, 2020
KWMU: Blunt successfully pushes proposal to speed up
coronavirus testing
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Billy Long talks China virus
topics: Effects on economy, hospitals' preparations, vote on
bipartisan spending bill, more
St. Joseph News-Press: Area law professors weigh in on
AG Eric Schmitt's lawsuit against Chinese government, Chicoms
Missourinet: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
launches website for Missourians to track how state spends federal
coronavirus money
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Secretary of State
Jay Ashcroft talks safety precautions at polling locations
KWMU: Some Missouri election officials and voters want
more absentee ballots during coronavirus crisis
KWMU: We asked four Missouri voters: Do you feel
safe going to the polls in the time of coronavirus?
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: House
Speaker Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about
Legislature's return to Capitol, safety precautions, legislation to
lower standards for absentee ballot requests, more
AP: Some state lawmakers see China virus pitting
health concerns versus their public duty
CDT: State budget to be cut $700 million to make up
for coronavirus shortfall
Missourinet: Audio: Gov. Parson's Thursday press
briefing
Columbia Missourian: State addresses antibody testing,
child care as stay-at-home order set to expire
KWMU: Franklin County readies to open for (some)
business
Joplin Globe: Businesses in counties with no COVID-19
cases frustrated by inability to reopen; BBQ owner: "I
could be ready at 5 p.m. tonight."
AP: Exurb counties break from urban areas on reopening
plans
P-D: Missouri, Illinois governors differ on reopening
details
SNL: 59,000 more file for unemployment in Missouri
JCNT: Almost 60,000 more Missourians file for
unemployment
Missourinet: 398,000 Missourians have filed for
unemployment since mid-March
P-D: Missouri tops 6,300 coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
Missourinet: 22 inmates within Missouri prison test
positive for coronavirus
P-D: 22 inmates test positive for coronavirus at
southeast Missouri prison
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus cases among Missouri
inmates, prison staff: A look at the numbers
P-D: Amid coronavirus, Missouri nurse practitioners
want more autonomy
The Missouri Times: PSC continues to extend waivers
for utilities amid COVID-19
The Missouri Times: With Gov. Parson's signature,
Dimetrious Woods' story outside prison continues
P-D editorial: The day two top Missouri Republicans
brought China to its knees
Joplin Globe editorial: Lawsuit against China and
Communist Party a misfire
JCNT editorial: State budget cuts painful but necessary
The Missouri Times op-ed: Americans for Prosperity -
Missouri's Jeremy Cady and ACLU of Missouri's Sara Baker: Opening
state government now raises First Amendment Constitutional concerns
Dana Loesch: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: We didn't
mean to suggest simple-minded rural folk are simple-minded; Why
the "Amelia Bedelia tactic" doesn't hold water
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Thursday, April 23, 2020
Missourinet: Blunt: Missouri hospitals will get
more of CARES Act funds this week
P-D: Hawley criticizes major universities for
accepting federal relief
AP: China takes aim at Missouri AG Eric Schmitt, calls
lawsuit "very absurd"
KWMU: Dept. of Defense lifts suspension of new
recruits heading to Fort Leonard Wood
Missourinet: Two Democrats added to governor's
coronavirus funding work group
Missourinet: Video and summary: Highlights from
Gov. Parson's Wednesday press briefing
P-D: Back in business: Gov. Parson says most
businesses can reopen from virus shutdown on May 4
KC Star: Gov. Parson says Missouri businesses can
reopen May 4, but local orders stay in place
P-D: Franklin County leader to enable relaunch of
commerce
JCNT: Missouri doctor: When non-pandemic health
care returns, it won't be the same
CDT: Rural county cases climb as state testing lags
far behind goal
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Gov. Parson on
reopening economy, expanding criteria for who can be tested; Two
more prison inmates test positive; more
Missourinet: Missouri National Guard helps get food to
K-12 students
KWMU: Financial pain of pandemic shutdown could stall
gains in early childhood education
SNL: Gov. Parson responds to Post-Dispatch editorial
on rural Missourians, criticizes elitist tone; Editorial page
editor Tod Robberson "flummoxed"
SNL: Stuck at home? New Missouri Dept. of
Conservation podcast about the outdoors might help
KWMU: SEIU Healthcare organizes protest against
nursing homes
P-D: Unionized nursing home workers, in middle of
contract negotiations, hold protest; Some workers stage
counterprotest, say owners already providing adequate PPE and financial
support
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: ACLU of Missouri's
Tony Rothert talks absentee ballot lawsuit
Columbia Missourian: Legislation could bring charter
schools to Missouri
AP: Judge rules against DHSS in open records case
KC Star: Judge fines DHSS $12k for violating public
records law
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson's working group for aid
disbursement is eerily white, male, Republican
JCNT editorial: Ignore the 'reopen now' protesters
Messenger: For first act of clemency, Gov. Parson
chooses St. Louis City native who faced return to prison
P-D letter: SLU law student and associate prof want
lawmakers to pass Wayfair tax
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020
KWMU: Missouri sues China, Communist Party over
coronavirus pandemic
Missourinet: Missouri becomes first state to sue China
over communist coverup
SNL: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt sues China over
coronavirus coverup
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Tuesday press briefing
Missourinet: Gov. Parson orders flags to fly at
half-staff at fire stations today, says Kansas City EMT who died of
China virus "died heroically and selflessly in service to others"
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson signs off on military
spouses licensing reciprocity bills
KWMU: Missouri allows professional license reciprocity
for military spouses
The Missouri Times: Hundreds of protesters rally
against stay-at-home order at Missouri's Capitol
CDT: Protesters take to Jefferson City streets to
oppose stay-at-home orders
JCNT: Protesters call for immediate opening of economy
KWMU: Hundreds gather at Capitol, St. Louis County for
'Reopen Missouri' effort
SNL: Dozens protest lockdowns in Springfield,
mirroring protests statewide
SNL: Photo gallery: Protestors urge officials to
end stay-at-home effort
P-D: Protesters gather at Missouri Capitol, downtown
Clayton to demand reopening economy
KC Star: Some conservatives promote protests of
'stay-at-home' orders
SNL: Springfield, Greene County extend stay-at-home
orders
P-D: Franklin County will allow some businesses to
re-open Friday
The Missouri Times: Missouri's response to
coronavirus: A timeline
KWMU: St. Louis area now seeing fewer coronavirus cases
Missourinet: Missouri prison inmate tests positive for
coronavirus
P-D: First Missouri Department of Corrections prisoner
tests positive for China virus
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus cases among Missouri
inmates, prison staff: A look at the numbers
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Franklin County
begins to reopen; USDA allows SNAP recipients to buy food
online; more
The Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood endorses
Democrat in 2nd Congressional District race
Missourinet: High-profile corrections officer overtime
case heads to Missouri Supreme Court today
KWMU: Activists explore new angle against Ameren, tie
coronavirus to emissions
P-D editorial: Simple-minded rural Missourians
vulnerable to "seductive voices of uninformed pundits"
KC Star editorial: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) wrong
to want to end China virus state of emergency
JCNT editorial: Capitol press corps deserves new
Q&A process during Gov. Parson's briefings
Messenger: Area salon owner feels entitled to
unemployment check, complains about application process
SNL's Steve Pokin: Some stay-at-home protesters made
sense, others did not
KC Star op-ed: Dem gov candidate Nicole
Galloway: Coronavirus pandemic a good time for Gov. Parson to
expand Medicaid
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020
The Missouri Times: 2020 statewide campaign tip
sheet: Gov. Parson vs. Galloway; Fitzpatrick vs.
Englund; Kehoe, Schmitt and Ashcroft vs. others
Missourinet: Cleaver says Congress working to get more
money to small businesses affected by China virus
P-D: Amid rising coronavirus death toll, feds tell
nursing homes to improve reporting
Jon
Rust: Former U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson faces coronavirus
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Monday press briefing
JCNT: Missouri plans further $47 million in state
spending restrictions
The Missouri Times: Video series: Sen. Doug
Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) on the work that remains for senators; St.
Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann (R) on his "philosophical
problem" with government shutdown mandates
SNL: Self-employed and gig workers can now get
unemployment in Missouri. Here's how.
The Missouri Times: Walmart, Amazon part of Missouri's
waiver request for SNAP handouts to cover online grocery purchases
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Federal waiver
request for SNAP handouts and online grocery shopping; faulty
Chinese masks; staff member at Vandalia women's prison tests
positive; more
CDT: St. Louis LLC created by "politically connected
St. Louis law firm" refunds $9 million to Missouri for rejected Chinese
masks
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson announces new budget
cuts, state reaches agreement on KN95 masks
The Missouri Times: Missouri receives refund for
faulty made-in-China masks
P-D: Gov. Parson directs economic stimulus working
group to meet in public
KC Star: Gov. Parson optimistic on Missouri's May 4
goal
SNL: Locals plan protests of stay-at-home orders,
mirroring plans at Capitol
AP: Protesters against stay-at-home orders held in
Kansas City
KC Star: Protesters in KC say it's time to ease
stay-at-home orders
KC Star: Activists protest along I-70, want Gov.
Parson to keep landlords from collecting rent; Area grownups
explain why they should not pay for living space
JCNT: Callabyte receives state broadband grant
Joplin Globe editorial: Those protesting stay-at-home
orders should leave their guns at home
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Missouri CAFOs seek
only to feed agribusiness profits
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Monday, April 20, 2020
This Week in Missouri Politics: Gov. Mike Parson talks
with Scott Faughn about COVID-19, plans to reopen state's economy,
state budget pain, what the "new normal" will look like for
Missourians, much more
AP:
Missouri coronavirus death toll grows to 198; 5,991 infected
P-D: Missouri crests 5,600 China virus cases
KC Star: Coronavirus death toll rises to 89 in KC metro
Missourinet: Missouri's veteran homes take strict
measures against coronavirus
KWMU: Local pandemic task force leader opposes lifting
stay-at-home orders "too soon"
St. Joseph News-Press: Budget cuts loom with state
lawmakers set to return
SNL: With patient counts dropping drastically, Ozarks
urgent cares turn to telemedicine
SNL: AT&T tells DirecTV channels to 'carefully
review' whether they should keep Jim Bakker show; Trump
Administration, AG Eric Schmitt have taken action after televangelist
peddled coronavirus cure
P-D: Police and domestic violence advocates report
uptick in calls for help since stay-at-home orders
Missourinet: Court: Fredericktown's "The
Offsets" must remain closed; AG Eric Schmitt praises ruling, says
nine people have died at "old flooded lead mine" since '80s
KC Star editorial: On masks and more, what Gov. Parson
says about China virus is just not true
SNL letters: Greene County Democratic Party official
Gene Davison criticizes Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) for securing
masks for legislators; Springfield octogenarian wants Gov. Parson
to be more like Teddy Roosevelt; Rep. Jon Patterson (R-Lee's
Summit) praises Gov. Parson's approach to personal
responsibility; Faith Voices United activist wants Billy Long to
sponsor interest-rate legislation
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Sunday, April 19, 2020
Joplin Globe: U.S. Rep. Billy Long favors gradual
reopening of economy on May 4
JCNT: State measures gaps in process to reopen Missouri
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Missouri
Humanities looking to give away federal money; Number of
seriously ill in STL area continues downward trend; More
CDT: University of Washington model suggests Missouri
deaths may have already peaked
Joplin Globe: Forecast sees Missouri past China virus
peaks
Missourinet: Florissant hotel is Missouri's first
alternate care site for COVID-19; three patients there now
AP:
Nurses' program shortened as Missouri coronavirus cases rise
SNL: ACLU sues Missouri to lower absentee ballot
standards
Columbia Missourian: Firearm sales spike in Missouri,
as in much of U.S.
KC Star: China virus leads to disagreements over
nursing home information; Comments from Dr. Sanmi Areola,
activist Mitzi McFatrich
Missourinet: Floyd Warmann dies; served as top
aide to Gov. Warren Hearnes (D) for eight years
P-D: Spanish Lake's Floyd Warmann, former St. Louis
County police commissioner and businessman, dies at 87
P-D editorial: Hawley plan would keep workers employed
even as they shelter. It makes sense.
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Keep coronavirus
response local, and don't give in to groupthink
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian expresses anger
at KMOX, says hearing Rush Limbaugh's voice makes him "choke back tears"
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Saturday, April 18, 2020
KWMU: Campaign finance reporting: Jill Schupp
edges Ann Wagner for quarter, but incumbent has nearly $2 million
cash-on-hand advantage; Gov. Parson outraises Nicole
Galloway; More
The Missouri Times: April 2020 quarterly
filings: Statewide offices
The Missouri Times: April 2020 quarterly
filings: PACs
The Missouri Times: April 2020 quarterly
filings: Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: April 2020 quarterly
filings: Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Liberty Alliance files MEC
complaint against Rep. Ian Mackey, says Richmond Heights Democrat sent
fundraising appeal via Facebook from Capitol office while House was in
session
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Reopening will not be like
flipping a switch
KWMU: Gov. Parson says if his plan is followed some
businesses will reopen by May 4
SNL: Capitol protests of 'stay-at-home' orders planned
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
KC Star: Veterans Affairs Medical Center in KC
accounts for dozens of city's coronavirus cases
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Latest business
loan figures; Gov. Parson expands testing; Unemployment
benefits update; ACLU sues Ashcroft to lower absentee
standards; More
The Missouri Times: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) calls for temporary staff increase at Labor amid
unemployment surge
SNL: Gov. Parson: Missouri was cheated on faulty
masks
Columbia Missourian: State in multimillion dollar
dispute over faulty masks
Columbia Missourian: Empower Missouri, others want
Gov. Parson to lower standards on absentee ballots
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Q&A with new
UMSL Chancellor Kristin Sobolik
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Hawley's proposal would help
businesses rehire workers
Jon
Rust: Paper confirms outbreak of COVID-19 at Sikeston
convalescent center; Missouri should institute "strike teams" to
deploy assistance to overwhelmed retirement home staffs
SNL's Chris Dixon: Gov. Parson deserves praise for not
politicizing coronavirus response
The Missouri Times op-ed: District 122 (Lynch) GOP
state rep candidate Bill Hardwick: Freedom is our chief advantage
in the fight against COVID-19
P-D letter: Ladue septuagenarian says having
epidemiologist son makes him an expert on disease transmission, wants
Gov. Parson to lower absentee standards
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Friday, April 17, 2020
Missourinet: Blunt hopes President Trump doesn't pull
funding to World Health Organization
KWMU: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: Local governments
should decide on coronavirus reopening
SNL: Gov. Parson extends statewide social distancing
order through May 3
CDT: Gov. Parson extends stay-at-home order to early
May
JCNT: Gov. Parson extends stay-at-home order through
May 3
Missourinet: Gov. Parson extends Missouri stay-at-home
order through May 3 with reopening planned in phases
KWMU: Gov. Parson extends Missouri's statewide
stay-at-home order, expects some businesses to open May 4
AP:
Gov. Parson extends stay-at-home order to May 3, then 'back to work'
The Missouri Times: Missouri efforts to let SNAP
handouts cover online grocery purchases important, Gov. Parson says
Missourinet: Another 101,000 Missourians file for
unemployment
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Unemployment insurance
fund cannot help all Missourians seeking benefits
P-D: St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, St. Louis County
Executive Sam Page extend stay-at-home orders
SNL: Springfield, Greene County leaders likely to
issue new emergency orders next week
SE
Missourian: Scott County's COVID-19 cases continue rise
Missourinet: Rep. Alan Green (D-Florissant) talks
about China virus' racism against African-Americans
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Lincoln County
prisoner tests positive for China virus; Trump's task force on
re-opening the economy; More
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Greene
County Clerk Shane Schoeller (R) and Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon
(D) talk with Rosenbaum about path for Missouri elections amid
coronavirus
KWMU: Campaign to place recreational marijuana on
ballot says China virus killed effort
St. Joseph News-Press: Outlook remains steady for
moderate chance of floods
P-D: Missouri casino regulator calls for audit of
state gaming commission
KC Star: Kansas City Public Schools accused of
discrimination in second attendance fraud lawsuit
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court upholds life sentences for older teens
Joplin Globe editorial: Media deserve to be at Gov.
Parson's press briefings
P-D editorial: When tough times call for bold answers,
Gov. Parson dodges and evades
KC Star op-ed: Winnetonka High School Principal Eric
Johnson: Sen. Blunt has the power, expertise to help homeless
Missouri students during pandemic
Phill Brooks: Remembering bipartisanship and Jack
Buechner
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's Wednesday
press briefing, Q&A
JCNT: Governor weighs how to reopen Missouri
AP: Gov. Parson to decide soon on reopening Missouri
businesses
KC Star: Kansas City mayor makes it official:
stay-at-home order extended until May 15
Missourinet: St. Louis County stay-at-home order
expected to be extended
AP: Missouri unemployment hits 4.5% amid pandemic
P-D: Missouri says unemployment benefits will soon
flow to gig workers, self-employed
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
KC Star: China virus kills 14 more in Missouri as new
cases jump by more than 200
The Missouri Times: Missouri leaders interview
series: Scott Faughn talks with Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) about
stay-at-home orders, PPE, and more; Faughn and University of
Missouri System President Mun Choi discuss layoffs, plans for fall
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Missouri
unemployment, stay-at-home orders, recreation marijuana campaign,
Galloway salvo, more
SNL: Gov. Parson calls absentee-voting push 'a
Democrat-Republican' thing; Thoughts from Dem gov candidate
Nicole Galloway, others
The Missouri Times: Galloway sends Dept. of Public
Safety list of questions about masks
AP: Effort to put recreational marijuana on fall
ballot falters
The Missouri Times: General Assembly's Republican
leadership confirms return to Capitol
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers to return to Jefferson
City on April 27, will practice social distancing
CDT: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) working to allow
some food-stamp recipients to get handouts delivered directly to their
home
P-D: Restaurants in Missouri get a temporary green
light to sell to-go cocktails
Missourinet: Missouri State University leaders take
pay cuts
The Missouri Times: DHSS, two medical marijuana
facilities settle after appeals
KWMU: St. Charles to raise levees to cut flood
insurance costs and attract development; Comments from Great
Rivers Habitat Alliance Executive Director David Stokes
AP: D.C. group labels lower Missouri River and upper
Mississippi River "most endangered waterways"
KC Star editorial: Whatever 'reopening' date Kansas
City and Missouri choose, the coronavirus danger won't be over
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers want to
reconvene during pandemic for all the wrong reasons
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Florissant Mayor Tom
Schneider (D): Gov. Parson once again demonstrates leadership and
pragmatism - this time, on Internet sales tax
KC Star op-ed: Rep. Jon Patterson (R-Lee's
Summit): 'Immunity certificates' will be key to reopening
Missouri's economy safely
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Wednesday, April 15,
2020 Tax
Day
KWMU: What you need to know about coronavirus stimulus
checks
SNL: As Springfield small businesses wait on federal
stimulus funding, leaders offer tips and advice
St. Joseph News-Press: Away from Washington, Blunt and
Hawley stay involved in fighting virus
Missourinet: FAA awards Missouri $152 million to help
75 airports deal with COVID-19
JCNT: Mid-Missouri airports to get federal assistance
during pandemic
JCNT: Federal aid coming for Mid-Missouri transit
providers
Missourinet: Auditor Nicole Galloway's office creating
online tool to track federal money coming to Missouri
JCNT: State receiving N95 masks to replace recalled
shipments
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Federal aid for
airports; UM System cuts; Mixed drinks to go; More
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson: State begins
to issue unemployment benefits, evaluate reopening
Columbia Missourian: State not near capacity on ICU
beds, ventilators
SNL: Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia)
eyes return to Capitol April 27; Democrats complain
P-D: Missouri House superminority unhappy with GOP
plan to return to work
SNL: Missouri coronavirus cases surge by nearly 300
P-D: Eight new deaths reported in St. Louis County on
Monday
KWMU: Tracking cases by zip code shows China virus'
racism
P-D: St. Louis County NAACP hosts coronavirus virtual
town hall: Wuhan virus' racism, victimhood, etc.
The Missouri Times: Missouri bars, restaurants can
sell mixed drinks to go after DPS changes rule
KWMU: Missouri prisoners make masks and sanitizer
Missourinet: Missouri Hospital Association's Herb Kuhn
says member hospitals are losing $32 million daily during coronavirus
outbreak
P-D: Popular scenic counties in rural Missouri are
asking most visitors to stay away
KC Star: Wuhan virus toll on Missouri colleges will be
significant
Missourinet: University of Missouri leadership to take
10 percent pay cut, starting in May
Missourinet: AG Eric Schmitt opposes effort by St.
Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner (D) to give convicted murderer
new trial
P-D editorial: Universal vote-by-mail option a
necessary step in the wake of the pandemic.
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson, Kansas Gov. Kelly
should team up to reopen the economy
KC Star editorial: Feeding KC-area schoolchildren puts
cafeteria workers at risk for coronavirus
The Missouri Times op-ed: United for Missouri's Carl
Bearden: It's time to reopen Missouri and get back to work
The Missouri Times op-ed: House Speaker Pro Tem John
Wiemann (R-O'Fallon): Stop pitting nurses against hospitals
during the pandemic
P-D op-ed: Washington University sociology
profs: From slavery to Pruitt-Igoe to Wuhan: China virus
the latest attack in conspiracy against St. Louis blacks
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian wants Blunt
to turn on President Trump, "reflect the shame that we Missourians feel"
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
KOMU: Blunt announces $208 million in federal funding
for Missouri schools
P-D: U.S. agriculture faces $20 billion loss from
coronavirus, says new University of Missouri report
JCNT: Cautious optimism about Missouri River flooding
forecast
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: St.
Louis-based liberal author Sarah Kendzior talks about new anti-Trump
book, why her Midwest location boosts her status among fellow left-wing
journalists, media coverage of Ferguson riots, more
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Secretary of state
candidate Yinka Faleti (D), state Senate candidate Michelle Sherod (D)
promote their campaigns
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Monday press briefing
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: New federal
money for Missouri schools; Lawmakers to return to regular
session at end of month; More
JCNT: Hospitals face massive financial challenges
KC Star: KC metro shutdown orders could be extended
P-D: Expect local stay-at-home orders to be extended
as St. Louis area braces for more China virus deaths
The Missouri Times: Missouri's first alternative care
facility ready to open, accept patients
KWMU: State struggles to keep up with unemployment
applications
KWMU: Unemployment diaries: St. Louisans share
hard-knock stories, blame their current financial situation and lack of
savings on recent pandemic
AP: Blacks disproportionate percentage of Missouri's
China virus deaths
The Missouri Times: 2 Missouri Corrections employees
test positive for coronavirus
The Missouri Times: State recalls 48k masks given to
first responders earlier this month
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature looks to
return to regular session by end of month
CDT: Next year's budget on the minds of state lawmakers
Missourinet: Bipartisan group of lawmakers organizes
fundraising effort for nurses; Comments from Rep. Mary Elizabeth
Coleman (R-Arnold)
The Missouri Times: Video: Scott Faughn talks
with House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield)
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments
in Lamar Johnson case; St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim
Gardner (D) wants new trial for man convicted of 1994 murder
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson won't force Missourians
to wear masks at grocery stores, but shoppers should do so anyway
KC Star editorial: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft
wrong to allow some workers to return to private offices
P-D editorial: On coronavirus education, St. Louis
City should have targeted "less informed" black community sooner
P-D op-ed: Missouri Voter Protection Coalition's
Denise Lieberman: Missouri must loosen absentee voting standards
KWMU/Corporation for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America"
racism reporter Andrea Henderson: On Wuhan virus' racism, Mayor
Lyda Krewson ignoring north St. Louis City, and the Tuskegee syphilis
experiments
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Monday, April 13, 2020
SNL: St. Louis IRS agent: Beware of stimulus
scams
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
Missourinet: DHSS: Missouri now has 110 COVID-19
deaths
P-D: St. Louis City death toll ticks up by two
AP:
More than 4,100 positive coronavirus cases in Missouri
KC Star: KC area manufacturers step up to enlist in
Wuhan virus fight but say they face federal red tape
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) on
community college funding, Internet sales tax
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Moberly Finance Director Greg
Hodge says Internet sales tax would help Missouri communities now
Missourinet: Two companies reach deal to expand
broadband Internet to rural Missouri
AP:
Missouri plans first elk hunt this fall after herd grows
P-D editorial: Pandemic adds urgency for expansion of
online food shopping for SNAP handout recipients
P-D editorial: Missouri gun rights warriors declare
themselves unbeholden to federal law
P-D letter: Manchester woman unhappy over Gov.
Parson's approach to stay-at-home order
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Sunday, April 12,
2020 Happy Easter Sunday!
JCNT: Fewer people on Missouri roads good news for
highway construction projects
P-D: Missouri tops 4,000 coronavirus cases
KC Star: Missouri deaths from China virus top 100
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Area hospitals
see 26% increase in China virus patients this week
JCNT: Some state workers may receive pandemic stipends
SNL: Missouri Department of Labor deluged with
requests for unemployment checks; On Facebook, local hairdresser
claims she "stayed on the phone for hours, days"
SNL: Who decides which items and stores are essential?
Joplin Globe: Experts say pandemic driving drop in
Missouri child abuse hotline calls
KWMU: Eric Greitens, Sheena Greitens end their marriage
KC Star racism/inequality reporter Cortlynn Stark:
Wuhan virus unfairly attacks African-Americans in Kansas City,
especially "young black queer people"
SNL letter: Springfield woman expresses anger at Gov.
Parson for allowing religious gatherings in March
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Saturday, April 11,
2020
KWMU: Cities drained by 2019 flood struggle to respond
to China virus pandemic
The Missouri Times: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
leading working group analyzing federal coronavirus relief money
The Missouri Times: Missouri seeking waiver to allow
SNAP handouts to cover online grocery purchases
JCNT: Gov. Parson signs supplemental budget
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson signs supplemental
budget, creates working group
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's daily press
briefing
The Missouri Times: Updated timeline: Missouri's
response to coronavirus
SNL: Missouri reports 270 new coronavirus cases, 19
more related deaths
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Gov. Parson
signs supplemental budget; Three more elderly deaths in St. Louis
City; More data emerges on virus' racism
Washington Missourian: Area state reps file for
re-election
JCNT: Some Secretary of State staff going back to
office, with focus on safety
KWMU: Ashcroft paves way for some employees to return
to their private offices
P-D: Ashcroft builds plan to help vital employees
return to work
SE
Missourian: State funding cut halts pay for student employees
Columbia Missourian: Local public health agencies ask
state for funds
KWMU: Arch City Defenders, KC Tenants, et al. want
Gov. Parson to hamstring Missourians trying to collecting rent
KC Star: KC schools to resume food handouts after
worker tests negative for Wuhan virus
KC Star: Some reporters unhappy with Q&A format of
Gov. Parson's daily briefings
Columbia Missourian: MU Faculty Council wants elected
officials to stop referring to China virus/Wuhan virus as "China virus"
or "Wuhan Virus"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Blunt correct to push
for free Wuhan virus tests
The Missouri Times op-ed: Suspending, not terminating,
Medicaid for Missouri prison inmates will save state money
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Friday, April 10, 2020
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's daily
coronavirus briefing
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri lawmakers adjourn not
knowing when they'll be back
The Missouri Times: Missouri school districts to
remain closed for rest of school year, remote learning to continue
AP:
Gov. Parson orders schools to remain closed the rest of the year
SNL: Gov. Parson orders school buildings closed for
rest of 2019-20 school year
JCNT: Missouri public schools to remain closed for
rest of academic year
P-D: Missouri schools closed through end of the year
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Gov. Parson's
order on schools; USDA food packages; more
JCNT: Feds approve food assistance for Missourians
SNL: Here's how Gov. Parson's stay-at-home order is
working in southwest Missouri
SNL: Missouri coronavirus cases increase by 213,
deaths by 19
P-D: Missouri coronavirus deaths total 77
Columbia Missourian: University of Washington
projection puts Missouri's COVID-19 peak at April 21
The Missouri Times: Missouri unemployment remains high
amid coronavirus pandemic
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt continues rape kit
testing efforts despite coronavirus pandemic
P-D: University of Missouri Board of Curators approves
Kristin Sobolik as UMSL chancellor
JCNT editorial: Keep up with the Legislature remotely
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson's wide power over relief
funds comes with a duty to transparency
Scott Faughn: On Gov. Parson's stay-at-home order and
urban liberal media's narratives; Analysis on Haahr, Hough,
Vescovo, Quade, Erdmann; Upcoming This Week in Missouri Politics
episodes; More
KWMU's Ryan Delaney: Gov. Parson, who stubbornly
refused to issue statewide order, tries to retake the lead on pandemic
response by frontrunning school districts
P-D op-ed: Midwest Innocence Project's Tricia
Bushnell: To keep Missouri safe, Gov. Parson must let prisoners
loose
SNL op-ed: Rep. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield):
Overhaul of flooding programs remains a national priority
P-D letter: Illinois sexagenarian Democrat says
Missouri should be more like Illinois, blames Gov. Parson for
coronavirus deaths
SE
Missourian letter: Piedmont Area Chamber of Commerce President
Vinnie Clubb thanks U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner for sponsoring flood insurance
legislation
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Thursday, April 9, 2020
Missourinet: Blunt: Missouri's community health
centers getting $27 million to address coronavirus crisis
SNL: Better Business Bureau: Be cautious about
stimulus check scams, 'Zoom bombing'
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's daily
coronavirus briefing
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
P-D: Wuhan virus cases in Missouri top 3,300
P-D: China virus spreads across 49 Missouri nursing
homes; Franklin County reports 2 deaths
KWMU: Florissant hotel being converted to house
coronavirus patients if need arises; Comments from MO Health Net
Director Todd Richardson, Missouri Hospital Association's Dave Dillon
JCNT: State prepares to open first alternative care
site
Columbia Missourian: Work starting on state's first
alternative health care site
P-D: State turning St. Louis-area hotels into extra
hospitals
Missourinet: St. Louis County asks for National Guard
help in COVID-19 response
KWMU: China's racist virus: All 12 people who
died from COVID-19 in St. Louis City were black
P-D: Across the St. Louis region, Wuhan virus
disproportionately hits black residents
AP: Missouri health chief seeks racial data on China
virus cases
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Missouri
hospitality industry pounded; St. Louis City asks mobile
providers for free-Internet handouts; Wuhan's racism; More
SNL: Missouri lawmakers approve massive COVID-19 aid
package as cases climb
The Missouri Times: With coronavirus precautions in
place, General Assembly approves $6B supplemental budget
JCNT: Missouri Legislature passes historic budget
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers approve $6.2 billion
supplemental to battle coronavirus
AP: Missouri lawmakers approve multi-billion dollar
virus bill
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers approve $6.2 billion plan to
help fight coronavirus
P-D: $6 billion coronavirus spending plan heading to
Gov. Parson's desk
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers approve $6 billion Wuhan
virus emergency spending plan
The Missouri Times: Photo gallery: Lawmakers don
masks, gloves while working at Capitol
The Missouri Times: Grocery workers union wants to
require shoppers to wear face masks
KWMU: Union wants governor to mandate Missourians wear
face masks while grocery shopping
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: St. Louis
Post-Dispatch family columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha Sultan
promotes campaign to free murderer Patty Prewitt
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian unhappy
with President Trump and Gov. Parson responses to China virus
P-D letter: "The Bail Project" advocacy manager
applauds letting prisoners loose
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's daily
coronavirus briefing
The Missouri Times: In Missouri, first responders with
COVID-19 will be covered by workers' compensation
KC Star: Health centers in Missouri approved for
millions in federal coronavirus aid
SE
Missourian: Local businesses navigate state stay-at-home order
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Notes from Gov.
Parson's daily press briefing; Prison inmate dies; More
The Missouri Times: Missouri leaders tackle
coronavirus: Live interviews with Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis), AG Eric Schmitt, many more
SE
Missourian: Nurse practitioner rules waived in Missouri due to
coronavirus
The Missouri Times: Photo gallery: Lawmakers
return to Capitol with coronavirus precautions, social distancing
Missourinet: Missouri Senate panel wraps up work on
$5.8 billion coronavirus response plan
P-D: Missouri senators outline massive relief package
Missourinet: Missouri House expected to approve $5.8
billion supplemental today; masks ready for members
SNL: Missouri coronavirus cases increase by 315,
deaths by 14
P-D: Deaths related to China virus jump in St. Louis
County and across Missouri
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County records first COVID-19
death; Person was between 80 and 89 years old
AP:
Most coronavirus deaths in Missouri involving old people
KWMU: Nearly 50 Missouri nursing homes have residents
with COVID-19
KWMU: North St. Louis City zip code leads the area in
COVID-19 cases; Alderwoman complains about being "afterthought"
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: St. Charles
County Executive Steve Ehlmann (R) talks coronavirus response, federal
funding, more
The Missouri Times: How coronavirus has impacted
teaching certification requirements in Missouri
KC Star: Star hires two Gen Z reporters for racism and
criminal justice beats; 22-year-old vows to keep "holding systems
of power accountable"; 23-year-old explains what makes a great
reporter
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: St. Louis
Post-Dispatch family columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha Sultan
promotes campaign to free murderer Patty Prewitt from jail
KC Star's Michael Ryan: Gov. Parson's lax stay-at-home
order will cost him
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: "Book launch
conversation" promotional event tonight: Liberal author Sarah
Kendzior says President Trump seeks to destroy American economy, has
conspired with Kremlin and "transnational organized crime" since 1980s
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: ACLU's Sara Baker
promotes campaign to set Missouri state prisoners loose
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Timeline: Gov. Parson's
executive orders on coronavirus
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Gov. Parson's
daily press briefing; General revenue slides lower; HUD
commits $13.6M to Missouri; Two school districts suspend food
handouts; More
KC Star: Kansas City schools suspend food handout
program after workers contract coronavirus
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers organize fundraising
effort for nurses and restaurants; Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman
(R-Arnold) takes lead on organizing drop-off sites, answering questions
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri unemployment claims on
the rise
Missourinet: Missouri Senate gets back to work today
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers to tackle
multi-billion dollar supplemental; senators to be given masks
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature appears headed
toward special session to get state budget passed
P-D: With emergency aid package on the line, Missouri
lawmakers return to the Capitol
JCNT: Public asked to not visit Capitol while
Legislature is in session
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: St. Louis
Mayor Lyda Krewson on city's coronavirus response
KWMU: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) changes tune on Gov. Parson's statewide stay-at-home
order
KC Star: After demanding stay-at-home order, Gov.
Parson's critics say it's not restrictive enough
Columbia Missourian: Emerald ash borer appears in
three new Missouri counties
JCNT editorial: Stay-at-home order late, but the right
choice
KWMU Executive Editor Shula Neuman: Press deserves
special treatment above regular citizens at Capitol, should be given
in-person access to Gov. Parson
P-D letter: Wildwood sexagenarian says KMOX radio is
responsible for local coronavirus deaths
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Monday, April 6, 2020
Rosenbaum: Missouri campaign season is frozen amid
coronavirus fears - and 'normal' may be far away
KC Star: Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway adapt campaigns
to China virus environment
Missourinet: DHSS: Missouri now has 34 COVID-19
deaths
CDT: Missouri's coronavirus death toll hits 34
KC Star: China virus deaths in Missouri increase by 10
Sunday
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: First Franklin
County deaths; Iconic urban crime newspaper The St. Louis Evening
Whirl stops printing; School district stops delivering food
handouts
KC Star: Confusion marks municipalities' 'essential'
designations; KC head shop, urban beauty supply store rationalize
keeping doors open
Missourinet: More details on Missouri's 50% decline in
Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline calls
Missourinet: Missouri traffic fatalities up in 2020,
despite large drop in traffic due to coronavirus
JCNT: Missouri Budget Project offers tax and spending
ideas to help coronavirus recovery
St. Joseph News-Press: Levee repairs not slowed down
by coronavirus
Washington Missourian editorial: Gun shops essential
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Missourian editorial: MoDOT exemptions make sense during pandemic
Joplin Globe's Andy Ostmeyer: Newspaper changes:
No more daily sports section, no more weekend section
P-D letter: Connecticut man "truly angry" at Gov.
Parson for not forcing mandatory social distancing upon Missourians
SNL letter: Springfield pediatrician wants state to
expand spending for "medically complex conditions"
P-D letter: Poplar Bluff septuagenarian opposes Dept.
of Conservation bills from GOP Reps. Robert Ross and Chris Dinkins
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Sunday, April 5, 2020
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Gov. Parson's
Missouri Disaster Medical Assistance Team; Gov. Parson gives more
details on statewide stay-at-home order
P-D: Missouri recruiting retired, student health care
workers for disaster assistance team
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Missourian: Missouri National Guard further explains alternate
sites for health care
SNL: At least 5 new deaths in Missouri from China virus
JCNT: Gov. Parson assures strong food, hospital
supplies
CDT: Pandemic politics: Gov. Parson, Galloway
engage on governor's leadership during crisis
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: ACLU's Sara
Baker to promote effort to let Missouri prisoners loose
Missourinet: Coronavirus outbreak expected to increase
drug and alcohol addiction across Missouri; Comments from
Missouri Dept. of Mental Health Director Mark Stringer
KWMU: Coronavirus is having mixed effects on
Missouri's farm economy
St. Joseph News-Press: State lawmakers reconvening to
discuss COVID funding
JCNT: Lincoln University laments 'devastating' budget
cut
St. Joseph News-Press: Permit fees for Missouri trout
fishing waived
Joplin Globe editorial: Bella Vista bypass completion
was a long time coming - Missouri was ready, Arkansas wasn't
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson should stop using
coronavirus for political gain
Messenger: Correction: Column incorrectly stated
that Gov. Parson was accountable for coronavirus death of veteran at
Missouri Veterans Home in North St. Louis County; test came back
negative
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Farming safely during the pandemic
P-D letter: Glendale man disagrees with editorial
board on Gov. Parson's approach to disease spread, says rural Missouri
isn't going to infect urban areas
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Saturday, April 4, 2020
The Hill: Hawley unveils initiative to rehire workers
laid off during coronavirus crisis, bolster domestic production
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson issues statewide
stay-at-home order; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) criticizes timing
SNL: Gov. Parson issues stay-at-home order;
House superminority leader says governor not focusing enough on
derelicts or travel restrictions
JCNT: Gov. Parson issues statewide stay-at-home order
AP:
Gov. Parson issues statewide order for stay at home
P-D: Governor orders all of Missouri to stay at home
to slow spread of Wuhan virus
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's daily press
briefing
The Missouri Times: Updated timeline: Missouri's
response to coronavirus
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Statewide
stay-at-home order; State extends heating-bill handouts;
St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson says she'll wear a mask when "running
errands"; More
P-D: From $33 million to $2.5 billion, cost of China
virus fight balloons in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers returning to
Capitol next week; What to know about procedural changes
KSDK: AG Eric Schmitt concerned about inmates released
due to coronavirus
KMOV: Mother of hit-and-run victim furious after
suspect released from jail due to COVID-19; Schmitt provides
examples of violent criminals let loose by St. Louis City
The Missouri Times: Kansas City woman running for Matt
Sain's safe Democratic state rep seat
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson finally makes right
decision with coronavirus order
KC Star's Jason Hancock, Allison Kite and Caitlyn
Rosen: Press briefing psychoanalysis: Gov. Parson getting
"visibily frustrated"
Jon
Rust: An update on masks, rapid tests and ventilators in Cape
P-D letter: Wentzville Democrat expresses anger at
Blunt, Hawley and Luetkemeyer, says support for Trump make them
"ineligible for my vote"
P-D letter: St. Peters man wants AG Eric Schmitt to
investigate inmates' release
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Friday, April 3, 2020
The Missouri Times: Statewide and House tip
sheet: 2020
Columbia Missourian: Pandemic creates hurdles for
national, local census efforts
The Missouri Times: Missouri's response to
coronavirus: A timeline
The Missouri Times: Missouri political leaders tackle
coronavirus: Live interviews with the Missouri Times:
DESE's Margie Vandeven, SOS Jay Ashcroft, more
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers expected to OK millions for
coronavirus fight next week
Missourinet: Legislators to return to Missouri Capitol
to vote on supplemental for COVID-19 virus funding
Missourinet: Gov. Parson suspends late penalties for
concealed carry permits; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) tweets her "disappointment"
KC Star: Gov. Parson suspends concealed carry late
penalties; Reaction from House superminority leader
SNL: Missouri unemployment claims skyrocket again,
doubling 'incredible' number last week
P-D: Missouri unemployment claims more than double as
stay-home orders take hold
Columbia Missourian: State responds to rising
unemployment due to coronavirus
P-D: Missouri's top casino regulator quitting amid
dispute with highway patrol
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Gov. Parson
issues another executive order regarding state paperwork; St.
Louis County to pursue scofflaw businesses; More
P-D: St. Louis County Executive Sam Page (D) asks DHSS
Director Randall Williams for more coronavirus tests and better data
P-D: DHSS: Naming nursing homes with coronavirus
cases violates state statutes
KWMU: Rolla hospital readies for coronavirus cases
SNL: DESE condemns April Fools' Day letter targeting
Missouri students
Missourinet: DESE warns public about fake "repeat a
grade" letter; Poorly-punctuated April 1 letter on DESE
letterhead - signed by "Candice B. Furreal" - fools some
The Missouri Times: Missouri utility workers take new
precautions during COVID-19
KWMU: St. Louis County to close all parks through
April 22
P-D: Ex-trooper fired after Lake of the Ozarks boating
death gets final state payout
KC Star editorial: Despite coronavirus, Missouri
lawmakers will reconvene. Anyone heard of videoconferences?
Columbia Missourian op-ed: SLU sociology prof Liz
Chiarello: Some Republicans do not care about coronavirus
fatalities; Gov. Parson has a "death wish" for Missouri
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
Fox News: Hawley says China sees coronavirus pandemic
'as a strategic opportunity ... they want to be the central power'
SNL: What to know about federal stimulus checks:
Salary threshold, taxes, timing, more
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: List of counties with 'stay at
home' restrictions
Missourinet: At least 19 people dead in Missouri from
coronavirus
SNL: University of Washington study predicts Missouri
won't hit coronavirus death peak until May 19
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Federal funds
for counties; State budget cuts; More
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's daily press briefing:
Details on state budget cuts
SNL: Gov. Parson cuts $176M amid outbreak;
Higher ed gets 8% haircut
The Missouri Times: Missouri restricts $180 million in
budget to deal with coronavirus fallout
P-D: Gov. Parson freezes $180 million in spending
Missourinet: Missouri House Budget Committee Chairman
Cody Smith (R-Carthage) backs Gov. Parson's withholds
KWMU: Constitutional rights and China virus
restrictions: Former Missouri Supreme Court Justice Michael Wolff
and Freedom Center of Missouri's Dave Roland
Missourinet: Missouri River likely to enter minor
flood stage this week
The Missouri Times: Elaine Gallon jumps into SD 3 race
on last day of filing
Columbia Missourian: Election filings: Columbia
Dems Kip Kendrick, Martha Stevens both get a free pass
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Missourian: Coronavirus causes changes in Missouri trucking
regulations
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Missourian op-ed: Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox: President
Trump and Gov. Parson already declared a state of emergency, but
fighting COVID-19 takes individual responsibility
The Missouri Times op-ed: Goldwater Institute's Naomi
Lopez and Christina Sandefur: Time to end Missouri's certificate
of need
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Wednesday, April 1,
2020 April Fools' Day
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April
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April
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April
2015 Missouri political news headlines
CDT: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler explains benefits of
pandemic relief bill in news conference
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's daily press briefing:
Potential temporary hospital sites; Helping Missourians who've
lost their jobs; Advice for candidates taking shots to score
political points; More
Missourinet: Overcrowding problems force Missouri to
temporarily close some state parks
SNL: Overcrowding closes four state parks
P-D: Dome eyed for overflow hospital
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Post-Dispatch
furloughs; DSS making special payments to some Child Care Subsidy
providers; Gov. Parson not considering releasing prisoners;
More
P-D AG Eric Schmitt demands list of prisoners released
from St. Louis City jails
The Missouri Times: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on
elections during coronavirus pandemic: 'Slightly different
process'; A conversation with Scott Faughn
SNL: County clerks say changes needed for elections in
a coronavirus pandemic
Rosenbaum: 8 takeaways from the end of Missouri's
candidate filing period
The Missouri Times: Dem gov candidate Nicole Galloway
criticizes Gov. Parson's handling of coronavirus pandemic
CDT: During daily pandemic press briefing, Gov. Parson
asked about Democratic gov candidate's criticisms
The Missouri Times: Saundra McDowell files to have
name on 2020 GOP gov ballot
P-D: Failed GOP candidate for state auditor will have
name on ballot against Gov. Parson
The Missouri Times: Scott Faughn breaks down the 2020
Senate races
The Missouri Times: Rep. Matt Sain (D-Kansas City)
forgoes re-election bid after single term
CDT: Missouri Senate to meet for vote on crisis
spending bill
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court extends ruling for
hearing cases during pandemic
P-D: Post-Dispatch to furlough employees, or cut pay
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Missouri's Gov. Mike
Parson in contention for governor who's done the least to contain Wuhan
virus
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