Thursday, December 31 New Year's Eve
Missourinet: Nixon: Hundreds of Missourians
rescued from flooded areas
Missourinet: Obama offers federal help to Nixon in
Missouri's flood fight
Missourinet: Corps: 'Low probability' Birds
Point, Missouri levee will be breached again
SE
Missourian: Corps: Blowing Birds Point levee unlikely
+
Missourinet: International soliders who died in
Missouri flooding identified
P-D: Nixon surveys Missouri flood damage
JCNT: Federal help for flooding up in the air X
AP: Flooding updates
KWMU: St. Louis City agency files eminent domain suit
to clear land for spy agency
JCNT:
Immigrant shares unique view of America; Man from African nation
chooses to work two jobs, makes concerted effort to speak more clearly,
applauds the opportunities the United States provides X
JCNT: Missouri's presidential primary finalized X
Drebes:
Renew Missouri forms campaign committee to support clean energy measures
The Missouri Times: Matt Mallinson makes SD11
Democratic primary a three-way race
Kraske: Mike Sanders leaves office with a big fat
campaign account: More than $500,000 cash on hand +
KWMU: With a year left in office, Gov. Jay Nixon looks
at his political past, present and future
The Missouri Times: Conservatives chastise Homeland
Security over Real ID Act enforcement
KWMU: Kinder slams federal driver license law
co-sponsored by Blunt as 'intrusive and misguided'
P-D: Gas tax hike to come up again in Missouri
Legislature
KC
Star: Legislature looks to clean up behavior in 2016;
Proposals
target campaign contributions, in-Capitol boozing, general creepery +
P-D:
Colleges continue to supply fresh sets of interns to Missouri
Capitol;
Universities spell out guidelines, while legislators and staff will sit
through harassment lecture
KWMU: Spelling Bee win gives area teen more than prize
money; Minority student chooses to work hard, achieves success
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit) on difference between how Dems and GOP view law enforcement +
The Missouri Times: Municipal group strikes back at
consolidation advocates
KWMU: KWMU host talks to KWMU reporters about KWMU's
biggest public health stories of the year
Missourinet: Officials investigating poaching of an
elk in Southeast Missouri
AP: Dead elk in Missouri restoration efforts under
investigation
P-D: Nuclear waste opponents fund study on landfill
radon; 100% of soil samples fall below EPA threshold for cleanup
P-D: Broadcast legend Anne Keefe dies at 90
SE
Missourian editorial: New Year's Eve: Spend some time
thinking about
how you're going to get your life together - also, don't drink and drive +
JCNT editorial: Don't drink and drive tonight X
P-D editorial: A high school diploma ought to mean
something; State needs to start spending more money on education
SNL op-ed: University of Minnesota prof: How is
Obamacare playing out in Missouri? Not well. X
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Wednesday, December 30
Missourinet: Missouri National Guard activated to help
with areas damaged by flooding
KWMU: Nixon activates National Guard as high water
threatens treatment plants
AP: Flooding updates
KWMU: Blunt says boost in NIH funding will produce
jobs, save tax dollars
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Show-Me Institute's Brenda Talent
talks
with Mannies & Rosenbaum about KC and STL earnings taxes, education
savings accounts, stadium financing, more
KC Star: Sugar Creek Mayor Matt Mallinson joins
Democratic primary for LeVota's state Senate seat +
The Missouri Times: Profile: Ryan Clearwater,
legislative assistant to Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific)
Drebes:
Former state Sen. Tom Dempsey (R-St. Charles) registers to lobby in
Florida
Missourinet: Missouri State of the State set for
January 20
P-D: Missouri officials vow to take up drivers license
dispute
AP: Clarification on Monday's voter ID piece:
Updating Kander's quote
Kraske: The Chat: Holsman on climate change,
Solon on OTC birth control +
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. John McCaherty (R-High
Ridge) proposes free credit freezes, freezes for children's credit
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jeanie Lauer (R-Blue Springs)
looks to update 911 regulations
CDT: Despite ruling, Planned Parenthood clinic cannot
provide abortions X
P-D: St. Louis stadium plan arrives at NFL offices
AP: St. Louis stadium plan sent to NFL
AP: Some lawmakers will keep talking about Ferguson,
municipal-court issues
KWMU: KWMU host talks to KWMU reporter about KWMU's
biggest court stories of the year
P-D: Rain falls on landfill; Runoff is not
radioactive, but Missouri taxpayers will pay for testing anyway
P-D editorial: Uberizing the Missouri Legislature is a
bad idea; Attempted punchline involves drunk-driving "joke"
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: America must prepare for
threats to electric grid X
Priddy:
Septuagenarian offers 1352-word treatise in opposition to GOP voter ID
proposals
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian offers series of questions
for Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education X
Hartmann: A tribute to Anne Keefe, Grand Dame
P-D op-ed: Sierra Club: Mississippi River report
card fails to grade what matters
Messenger:
Parkway North grad/entrepreneur Darian Wigfall has a plan to save
wayward black youth: peddling fiction books with black
protagonists
"DeShaun" and "Jasmine"
SNL letter: Battlefield man dislikes Blunt clan's
lobbying activities, succumbs to urge to make "blunt" pun X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man predicts that
lobbyists for fantasy-sports sites will attempt to influence state
legislators
P-D letter: Clayton woman says Forest Park rightly has
memorials for soliders on both sides of Civil War
SNL
letter: Springfield man says Down-syndrome babies can be a real
pain
to deal with, suggests Rep. David Sater (R-Cassville) must be "living
under a rock" X
KC
Star letter: Smithville man calls conservative state legislators
"morons," proposes solution: Get rid of all current legislators +
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Tuesday, December 29
Rosenbaum: We've got 21 questions, and they're all
about Missouri politics
National Journal: U.S. Senate race rankings:
Jason Kander a long shot, but will force GOP to spend money
Kraske: The Chat: Jason Kander on Iraq, Ron
Leone on tobacco taxes and transportation funding +
National Journal: Missouri is national GOP's top
target among gov races; Chris Koster the favorite, as GOP heads
into costly primary
The Missouri Times: Joe Camel raises his hand for
kids; Linda Rallo talks about R.J. Reynolds' $1M contribution to
Raise Your Hand for Kids
P-D: Labor unions support Missouri GOP lawmakers who
oppose 'right to work;' List of union donations to area
Republicans
The Missouri Times: The 6 biggest issues of 2016
KWMU: Reporters Marshall Griffin and Jim Howard
discuss their biggest stories of 2015
AP: AP's top 10 Missouri stories of 2015: Royals
WS win, Mizzou dramatics, Schweich suicide, KC and STL record-setting
homicides, 'right to work' debate, more
Missourinet: Nixon: Flooding danger has not
passed, don't drive into water
Missourinet: At least 7 die in Missouri in weekend
flooding
AP: Nixon: Missouri's storm-related death toll
rises to 10
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Climate Center weighs
in on El Nino and its impact on Missouri winter
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City)
says flooding shows need for Legislature to get serious about climate
change
KC Star: Missouri still looking for highway funding
solution +
St. Joseph News-Press: Senator ready to call bluff on
REAL ID; Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph) doubts feds will follow
through on "no boarding airplane" threats X
KMZU (Carrollton): Governor's Conference on
Agriculture draws 750; Ag Director Richard Fordyce explains
importance of discussing ag with "city cousins"
The Missouri Times: DHSS blocked from revoking Planned
Parenthood abortion license
P-D: State blocked from revoking Columbia Planned
Parenthood's abortion license
AP: Judge blocks state from revoking Columbia Planned
Parenthood abortion license
Columbia Missourian: Federal judge allows Planned
Parenthood to keep license to perform abortions
CDT: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) proposes bill
recognizing veterans after ichthus controversy; Boone County
Commission is removing Gulf War memorial due to offensive "Jesus fish"
symbol X
KC Star: Low gas prices cut Amtrak ridership in
Missouri +
P-D: Better Together, CitiesStrong trade volleys in
skirmish over city-county merger; Comments from Better Together's
Dave Leipholtz, CitiesStrong reps
KWMU: Floodwater from Coldwater Creek is not
radioactive, but homeowners can spend Army Corps' time and resources on
testing anyway
P-D: Ferguson looter charged with stealing from
Dellwood Market; Donovan Doan pilfered beer, then took to
Facebook with looterbraggery: "#iaintscared"
P-D editorial: The Year of the Cop: New level of
police accountability is a good thing
P-D op-ed: Nixon should grant clemency to woman who
shot her husband in his sleep
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian columnist weighs
gun-purchase holiday idea, mulls conundrum of providing column space to
non-starter proposals X
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
supports conclusions of Johns Hopkins gun-control study
P-D letter: St. Louis man disputes conclusions of
Johns Hopkins gun-control study
P-D letter: Clayton octogenarian dislikes tax-free
gun-purchase idea, says she finds Rep. Jered Taylor's (R-Nixa) idea
"truly incredible"
KC Star letter: KC near-sexagenarian mocks Taylor's
gun-purchase holiday idea, says he should focus on people who need help
buying groceries and health care +
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Monday, December
28 MoDOT map of traffic
issues
Kraske: The Chat: Kander mocks Trump in
fundraising letter; Linda Black on poachers; Mike Moon on
"gun-free zone" liability +
National Journal: Q&A with Jason Kander on foreign
policy, "Black Lives Matter" versus "All Lives Matter," more
P-D: Missouri's 2016 ballots could include measures on
minimum wage, marijuana, taxes, campaign contribution limits
JCNT: Push for tobacco tax takes new road; Ron
Leone says MoDOT wants "a home run, but are going to have to take some
singles" X
Missourinet: Nixon declares state of emergency due to
flooding
Missourinet: Historic rainfall and flooding continues
in Missouri, winter storm adds to the mix
AP: Missouri lawmakers renew push for photo ID for
voters
KWMU: Student transfer case headed for another court
hearing
CDT: Columbia's biggest stories of 2015, in words and
pictures; Pics include angry Mizzou protester shouting into
bullhorn, male Planned Parenthood supporter wearing pink, Gary Pinkel
frowning after team lets him down in his final game, more X
KWMU: SLU poll finds that people caught breaking
municipal laws dislike paying fines; Majority of black and white
scofflaws choose to not blame their traffic stops on "racial profiling"
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Fewer Confederate flags, but still a tough year for racial
progress; Mizzou histrionics among "signs of hope"
Messenger: As cities circle the wagons, they repeat
history of a divided St. Louis; Consolidating municipalities will
help everyone, including poor black children
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Sunday, December
27 MoDOT map of flooded roads
KC
Star: "Top <x>" journomeme: Top 10 stories of 2015
+
P-D:
"Top <x>" journomeme: Top 15 takeaways from 2015
St.
Joseph News-Press: No cliffs, but McCaskill, Blunt and Graves
face government's fiscal challenges X
The
Missouri Times: Part Two: Five of the most important people
of 2016
KODE
(Joplin): Missouri state Sen. Emory Melton (R) passes away
P-D:
Ethics proposals for 2016: Mandating how lawmakers can and cannot
make a living for months/years after leaving office, telling citizens
how much of their own money they can donate to candidates, more
CDT:
Eight interim officials directing University of Missouri as year ends
X
KWMU:
Unused gift cards are sitting in state's Unclaimed Property stash
JCNT:
Women's group forms to gain firearm training X
P-D:
Q&A with author of Johns Hopkins gun-control study
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: McCaskill, Blunt, Graves are right
to urge Corps to stand with Missouri River stakeholders rather than
birds X
JCNT
editorial: Students urged to commit to graduation; Today's
youngsters should find inspiration in a 52-year-old Beach Boys song
X
KC
Star's Steve Rose: Owning up to incorrect 2015 predictions:
Claire McCaskill passing on governor's race, more +
Messenger:
Fired Missouri Guard employee seeks justice as military stonewalls
CDT's
Waters: Simple solution for St. Louis stadium conundrum:
Build a new stadium for a new team X
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Saturday, December
26 First Day of Kwanzaa!
Missourinet: Hartzler: Congress paves the way
for fighter jets to be built in Missouri and Whiteman expansion
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri House Democratic Caucus seeks director of
communications
The Examiner (Eastern Jackson County): Nixon previews
2016 legislative session, weighs in on campaign-finance overhaul,
making the trucking industry bear the brunt of transportation funding,
Medicaid expansion's DOA status, more
KMZU (Carrollton): Rep. Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton)
previews his bills for session: Voter ID, castle doctrine,
alternative fuel vehicles, livestock, more
P-D: Missouri will see battle over fantasy sports sites
Missourinet: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) considers
liability insurance requirement for gun-free businesses
KOMU: Sheltered workshops provide employment
opportunities for those with mental and developmental
disabilities; Director of Governor's Council on Disability
questions approach, effectiveness
CDT: Nixon appoints Boone County Presiding
Commissioner Dan Atwill to Missouri Workforce Development Board X
KOMU: Taxpayers subsidizing an increasing number of
student meals in Columbia, Jefferson City, Kirksville areas;
Nearly half of students in Columbia Public Schools accept handouts
High Plains Journal: Missouri producers speak out on
beef checkoff referendum
KMZU (Carrollton): Turkey, deer hunting dates and
regulations will change March 2016
P-D letter: Affton man dislikes Alzheimer's PAC ad in
support of Blunt
P-D letter: Des Peres couple says Confederate Memorial
reminds us to respect diversity of views
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Friday, December
25 Merry
Christmas!
SNL: Blunt wins goodies in massive tax and spending
bill X
P-D: 2015 year in review: Congressional
delegation's accomplishments
Kraske: 2015 year in review: Notable quotables +
KC Star: Despite feds' threats, you can still use your
Missouri driver's license to fly +
AP: Q&A: Feds' threats to force Missouri to
comply with REAL ID
The Missouri Times: Part One: Five of the most
important people in 2016
Kraske: The Chat: Sales-tax holiday for
guns; Missouri lawmakers required to sit through harassment
lecture on Jan. 11 +
KC Star: MoDOT chair endorses gas tax increase +
KWMU: Legislative proposals target Missouri Department
of Conservation
Missourinet: Rep. Linda Black (R-Park Hills) wants to
make poaching in Missouri costlier
JCNT: Rep. Tim Wood (R-Versailles) makes changes in
boat wake legislation X
P-D: Missouri Lottery introduces bacon-scented tickets
CDT: Toy gun exchange in its second year in
Columbia; Youngsters can trade in not-actual-firearms to receive
"Hamster of Happiness," "Talking Mistletoe," other effete toys X
JCNT: Artist entries sought for 'Equality
Matters;' William Woods display seeks depictions of racism,
sexism, oppression, etc. X
KWMU: Slay wants Confederate memorial out of Forest
Park
P-D: Committee supports removing Confederate Monument
from Forest Park
KC Star editorial: Real ID refusal might potentially
cause problems in Missouri some day, maybe; "Responsible" state
leaders should compromise with feds +
CDT letter: "Name withheld upon request" feminist says
GOP legislators want to keep women "barefoot, pregnant and back in the
kitchen"
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Thursday, December 24
Christmas Eve
P-D: Among local senators, Blunt spoke most on Senate
floor in '15
P-D: Feds stop sharing asset forfeitures with local
police after $1.2 billion in spending cuts
KWMU: Clay, Cleaver tout $22.5 million in omnibus bill
for police body cameras
AP: Feds threaten to end Missouri's exemption from
Real ID requirements, claim Missouri IDs might no longer be accepted at
airports
The Missouri Times: Part One: Ten of the most
fascinating people of 2015
The Missouri Times: Part Two: Ten of the most
fascinating people of 2015
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Lt. Gov.
Peter Kinder chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about gov race, stadium
funding, "Hands Up Don't Shoot" lie, 'right to work,' much more
Drebes: Chris Koster continues to lead all GOP
candidates for governor
The Missouri Times: Profile: Peter Merideth,
candidate in Democratic primary for Mike Colona's open state rep seat
Missourinet: Nixon considers legacy, life after
Missouri Governor
CDT: Revenue agreement elusive as legislative session
nears X
AP: Renewable energy efforts stymied by transmission
roadblocks; A closer look at Clean Line Energy Partners and the
Grain Belt Express
KWMU: Rep. Steve Lynch (R-Waynesville) makes new push
for heroin antidote bill
CDT: UM curators meet in closed session X
Columbia Missourian: Student who posted threats on Yik
Yak gets his punishment: No more Internet, at least for now
The Missouri Times: Audits show ongoing municipal
reform
JCNT: Medicaid, local seniors agencies provide meals
for area olds X
The Missouri Times: Anti-death penalty group releases
first annual report
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce approves vote on proposed state beef checkoff
P-D: Animal rights activists make a scene at Tilles
Park display; Quotes from angry woman screaming at families
JCNT editorial: Nudge common sense; Ban texting
while driving X
CDT's Waters: Proposal to make Daylight Savings Time
permanent won't go very far X
P-D op-ed: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's Jason
Dodson: Adult Abuse Act has been helping keep Missourians safe
for 35 years
SNL op-ed: Blunt: National Institutes of Health
receives $2 billion funding increase next year
X
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Wednesday, December 23
KC Star: Obamacare Q&A: Information for
Missouri's grown men and women who couldn't manage to make the Dec. 15
deadline or the Dec. 17 extension +
KC Star: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver seeks congressional
inquiry of nuclear workers compensation program +
AP: Disciplined St. Louis attorney get law license
back; Edward Griesedieck was involved in Missouri Democratic
Party/Roger Wilson/Missouri Employers Mutual shenanigans
AP: Missouri's population growth lagging behind
national rate
Kraske: The Chat: Mike Sanders on returning to
civilian life; Ron Richard on impact of last session's 'right to
work' debate on governor's race +
Missourinet: Nixon preparing budget proposal, expects
agreement on revenue projection
KWMU: Proposal from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would
create sales tax holiday for gun purchases in Missouri
Missourinet: Lawmaker proposes sales tax holiday for
gun purchases
CDT: MU graduate students hope union contract will
bring stability X
P-D: Student transfers from Riverview Gardens could
end soon, parents warned
KWMU: CitiesStrong out to challenge notion that less
local government is better
P-D: New group formed to tout collaboration, not
consolidation, of St. Louis County municipalities
The Missouri Times: CitiesStrong founded to create
stronger St. Louis municipal governments
KWMU: Galloway audits ding St. Ann, Foristell courts
for illegal fees
P-D: Nixon makes appointments to St. Charles
Convention Center Board: former state Sen. Fred Dyer (R-St.
Charles), pipefitter John Scherr (D) and attorney Paul Woody (D)
The Missouri Times: Appointments Project expands
statewide, takes credit for helping Nixon fill two slots with
females: Interior Design, Healing Arts
KWMU: Franciscan Sisters of Mary tout their
"ecological justice"; Self-described "aging congregation" says it
makes a difference by visiting landfill twice a month,
moving investment funds out of "Wall Street type things"
P-D editorial: Congress tries its hand at legislating,
with mixed results; On spending bill, Blunt votes yes, McCaskill
no
Washington Missourian editorial: Raising taxes on
smokers to pay for roads is inevitable
KC Star editorial: Mike Sanders brought clean
government to Jackson County +
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Protecting American
industry from import fraud X
Messenger: Illinois governor joins Nixon in poor use
of governor's most important power; Missouri gov should pardon
more criminals
National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru: Iran, terrorism, and
... the Missouri AG race? Kurt Schaefer's posturing puts him on
the opposite side of Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, John Ashcroft and other GOP
stalwarts
Forbes op-ed: Response to Sebelius calling Missouri
and other states "stupid" for not expanding Medicaid
CDT op-ed: Race Matters Community Group's David
Tager: Psychologist describes examples of white privilege,
including that Uncle Sam is most often depicted as Caucasoid male X
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Tuesday, December 22
Wall Street Journal: Drama kings, queens applaud
Blunt's new tax credits for live theater productions
KWMU: House committee approves Luetkemeyer bill to
'reform' public housing
P-D: Teamsters rally outside McCaskill's office, call
on senator to support Bernie Sanders' bill on pensions
KC Star: Drebes/Jeff Roe poll: Donald Trump
could sweep Missouri GOP convention delegates
+
Helling: Social welfare group seeks candidate to put
name on U.S. Senate ballot; Centrist Project helped KS
independent spend millions in losing effort last year +
Drebes:
Democrat Winton Apple says he's running for lieutenant governor
CDT: Joshua Hawley seeks exemption for churches,
businesses to refuse same-sex couples X
KC Star: Democrat Mike Sanders to resign after nine
years as Jackson County executive +
Kraske: The Chat: Kinder on Ellingson
drowning; Wash U. lower-digestive-tract surgery resident weighs
in on urban gunplay +
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: RTW
Republicans should remember how the Camp Carnahan liberal litmus helped
Missouri Dems lose the Legislature; Eigel taps pop culture in
race against Zerr; Greitens pick up mother's milk from dairy group
Missourinet: Ron Richard: 'Right to work' would
need more support in House before getting time in 2016 Senate
The Missouri Times: GOP House members to push union
pension transparency, labor regulations
Missourinet: Nixon: Chance to redevelop
riverfront with stadium deal 'once-in-a-lifetime'
The Missouri Times: Former state Rep. Tim Flook
(R-Liberty) tapped as new Clay County Associate Circuit Judge
AP: Tim Flook appointed to new judgeship
The Missouri Times: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts
Summit) travels to United Arab Emirates on "nuclear fact-finding tour"
CDT: UM curators to hold special closed meeting today X
CDT: Mini-profile of Mike Middleton: Interim
president shares insights: Build organizational structure to
address concerns, change doesn't happen overnight, educating students
is top priority, etc. X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar)
receives governing award from Missouri State University
KC Star: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) introduces
bill to allow concealed carry on state-school campuses; Comments
from assorted critics +
NY Times: In Missouri, urbanites use guns for violent
purposes, including human-on-human hunting
CDT: State attorney: Arguments to delay Ernest
Lee Johnson's execution are lacking; Murderer's lawyers say
lethal injection may cause pain to man who bashed in victims' skulls
with a hammer X
Columbia Missourian: St. Louis officer trainer fights
"biased policing" with history, interactive education sessions
SNL: Koster wants answers on Springfield City Council
flap X
P-D: Former Hazelwood superintendent now working for
St. Louis Public Schools; Grayling Tobias left North County
district and Ferguson Commission for "health reasons"
P-D: Animal-rights activists plan to make a scene at
Tilles Park's "Winter Wonderland"
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Smart use of data can help restore trust between police and citizens
CDT's Water: Kurt Schaefer's actions on Planned
Parenthood are just publicity stunts X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Latina columnist says
Missouri's white legislators "do not value black lives. They value
white, rural voters." +
CDT letter: Kurt Schaefer should stop trying to block
research on 72-hour abortion waiting period X
P-D letter: St. Louis man says he is disappointed that
Alderman Antonio French "sold out" and supported stadium
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Monday, December
21 Winter
Solstice
CDT: EPA gives $91,000 to mid-Missouri group to
connect students, communities to Missouri River X
Kraske: The Chat: John Brunner on Syrian
terrorists and refugees; Gov. Jay Nixon on stadium financing vote +
JCNT: Christmas program at Capitol set for tomorrow X
KC Star: Some state legislative staffers provide for
themselves and their families by working two jobs; A look at
seven Republicans, zero Democrats +
Missourinet: Kinder calls Iowa man's death while in
police custody a 'dark episode,' says he would reverse patrol merger
KWMU: Lawmakers will try again to change student
transfer law
KWMU: Wash U. surgery resident Pamela Choi weighs in
on Second Amendment, attributes urban violence to Missouri gun laws
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Rochelle Walton Gray
(D-Black Jack) would give scofflaws a chance at community service
instead of paying a fine
KWMU: Opiate addiction outreach center opens in south
St. Louis
St. Joseph News-Press: Traffic fatalities rise in
Missouri; Local officials hope seat belt law will have an impact X
AP: New preserve in Missouri seeks to protect
endangered bats
JCNT editorial: Law clarifies challenge of
child-on-child sexual abuse X
P-D editorial: Missouri should regulate DraftKings and
FanDuel
Messenger: Cities look foolish fighting against higher
police standards
JCNT letter: Holts Summit man says Blaine Luetkemeyer
is the Grinch for opposing climate pact X
SNL letter: Willard resident disappointed that
universities are afraid to say no to students
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Sunday, December 20
KODE (Joplin): Congressman Billy Long votes to make
tax cuts permanent
KMZU (Carrollton): New deal offers permanent tax
relief for Missouri small businesses; Comments from
NFIB/Missouri's Brad Jones
SNL: Andy Blunt's lobbying work faces scrutiny as he
manages father's re-election bid X
KC Star: Donald Trump builds lead without the tools of
traditional campaigns; Comments from University of Missouri's
Marvin Overby +
JCNT: Proposed amendment would make daylight savings
permanent X
CDT: Kurt Schaefer targets rival Joshua Hawley over
terrorist group case X
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers look to rescue road, bridge funding +
P-D: Lawmakers introduce bans on texting-while-driving
Hannibal Courier-Post: Stopping drugs in NEMO, Part
I: No cure-all to stop meth
Hannibal Courier-Post: Stopping drugs in NEMO, Part
II: Combating the silent epidemic of prescription abuse
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Nixon, Ag Director Richard
Fordyce recognize KRES/KWIX's Kyle Hill as winner of Missouri Ag
Communicator Award for 2015
KOMU: Salmonella bacteria found on Missouri
farm; MO DHSS orders egg processing facility closed for now
AP: New preserve in Missouri aims to protect
endangered bats
CDT: Founders of True/False Film Festival handed
honorary Mizzou degrees; David Wilson says Caucasoids "must own
our history of racism" X
P-D letter: Local leader of Asthma and Allergy
Foundation: Prescription requirements do not treat underlying
cause of meth abuse
P-D letter: Not building the stadium doesn't mean
there will be more money for other needs
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Saturday, December 19
SNL: Rubio talks "American Dream" in Joplin stop X
KODE (Joplin): Video: Marco Rubio makes stop in
Joplin
KOAM (Joplin): Video: Marco Rubio holds rally in
Joplin
P-D: McCaskill only area Senate 'no' vote on $1.1
trillion tax-and-spend bill
KC Star: How the Missouri congressional delegation
voted on spending bill +
Bloomberg: McCaskill- Collins Senate panel will
continue examining prescription drug prices despite Shkreli's arrest
CDT: Local educators cautiously optimistic about Every
Student Succeeds Act X
P-D: Among Obama's 95 pardons Friday, one from St.
Louis: Crack cocaine distributor Lelus Crawford
KWMU: St. Louis Fed: Unemployment drops but job
growth tepid
The Missouri Times: Cigarette tax increase petitioners
gathering signatures to get on ballot
KC Star: Ron Richard opens the door to discussing a
return of campaign contribution caps +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Pharmacy Association
joins coalition supporting prescription drug monitoring program;
Comments from MPA's Ron Fitzwater, Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
KWMU: St. Louis aldermen approve stadium funding plan
- now it's the NFL's turn to act
P-D: St. Louis approves financing package for new
football stadium
Missourinet: Board approves financing package for new
St. Louis football stadium
AP: Missouri Planned Parenthood argues to keep
abortion license
KWMU: Fight over Missouri municipal court law didn't
start overnight
AP: Lawsuit filed challenging St. Louis County police
ordinance
CDT: Nixon to interview candidates for Board of
Curators student representative X
CDT: MU grad students say they have collected more
than 1,000 signatures calling for union election X
Columbia Missourian: Mental health services working to
meet student demand for more counselors of color; Mixed-race
female, down in the dumps about freshman-floor drama and other
struggles, describes the trauma of unloading troubles to a white man
AP: Auditor Nicole Galloway questions $860K in fund
transfers in Gallatin
KC Star: Trooper charged in death of Brandon
Ellingson, who drowned in handcuffs +
Missourinet: Charges filed against Missouri state
trooper in drowning of Iowa man
P-D: Missouri trooper charged in the drowning of
handcuffed boater at Lake of the Ozarks
P-D: Political gadfly Bill Haas mixes fiction with hit
of truth in novella
JCNT editorial: Missouri legislators should prioritize
prescription-drug database X
P-D editorial: Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville)
exemplifies Legislature's know-nothing extremism
KC Star editorial: Plenty of blame to go around for
the death of Brandon Ellingson +
KC Star op-ed: Benedictine College student Katie
Hollcraft: Starfish Project, other efforts seek to help victims
of human trafficking; KC, STL considered trafficking hubs +
P-D letters: Area men criticize Brattin, Schaefer for
legislation targeting University of Missouri
Columbia Missourian letter: Self-described "linguist
and civil rights activist" says committee should investigate Schaefer's
actions against Planned Parenthood
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Friday, December 18
Missourinet: Marco Rubio makes campaign stop in Joplin
today
Kraske: Remembering a Trump visit to Missouri, and
assessing the possibility of President Trump
+
Kraske: The Chat: Billy Long on GOP and
Trump; David Limbaugh on new book; Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St.
Peters) on pro-'right-to-work' forces making the perfect the enemy of
the good +
CDT: Panel discusses countering 'Islamophobia' and
Donald Trump X
Missourinet: Graves supports spending bill that would
include $600 billion in cuts
KWMU: $1.1 trillion spending plan includes more than
$1 billion for Missouri projects
St. Joseph News-Press: Congress set to pass major
spending bill; Comments from Blunt, Eagle Forum's Ed Martin X
KC Star: GOP PAC posts tracker video of Chris Koster
at DC airport chatting with veteran Missouri politico and Pfizer rep
Drue Duncan +
KWMU: GOP attorney general candidate Josh Hawley seeks
to protect opponents of same-sex marriage
KWMU: Signature gathering underway for plan to hike
Missouri's tobacco tax by 23 cents a pack
AP: Backers of cigarette tax begin gathering signatures
Drebes: John Collins-Muhammad to run in safe Dem state
rep seat; Rep. Kim Gardner will not run for re-election, will run
for St. Louis City Circuit Attorney instead
The Missouri Times: Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St. Peters) will
not run for re-election, will run for mayor instead
KC Star: Nixon endorses small bump in gas tax +
The Missouri Times: Kinder asks Nixon to reveal more
information on stadium funding
KTVI (St. Louis): New documents say new NFL stadium
plans cost $10 million; Comments from Kinder
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Kinder calls for more football
stadium details
AP: St. Louis City aldermen to hold key vote on
stadium financing today
P-D: Goodell: $300 million for St. Louis stadium
'fundamentally inconsistent' with NFL policy
P-D: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) becomes fourth
lawmakers to eliminate St. Louis, Kansas City earnings tax
Missourinet: Bill would have an additional requirement
for minors seeking an abortion in Missouri
The Missouri Times: GOP legislators propose pro-life
legislation
KWMU: Battle for prescription drug monitoring renewed
for 2016 Missouri legislative session
The Missouri Times: Suspicious activity at Bagnell Dam
not worrisome for Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark)
CDT: Bills targeting UM multiply despite withdrawal of
Brattin scholarship proposal X
CDT: Interim president Mike Middleton to make $477,544
annually X
Columbia Missourian: Mike Middleton signs contract to
rake in $40,000 per month
CDT: Mitchell to helm "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Task Force" X
AP: Associate dean David Mitchell will be chairman of
MU's diversity task force
Columbia Missourian: UM system appoints MU law
professor as chair of diversity task force
KWMU: Riverview Gardens pushes for accreditation
upgrade
The Missouri Times: PSC rated 'good' by audit,
releases annual report
P-D: Missouri audit chides PSC on manufactured home
oversight
Missourinet: Nixon, West Virginia gov place wager on
D-II championship game: BBQ vs. apples
KC Star editorial: Payday lender should let damaged
building be demolished and replaced with something more wholesome +
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Campus coed explains her
pro-life position
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Holiday
wishes: Let's move on and forget about how Melissa Click and
Janna Basler behaved
P-D letter: Barnhart woman says Kurt Schaefer uses
intimidation and harassment, and isn't fit for office
P-D letter: Area woman says ex-cons who want to work
for a living would be helped by "ban the box" legislation
JCNT letter: Mizzou grad finds alumni fundraising
letter insulting, won't write another check until Melissa Click is fired X
P-D letter: Ladue man suggests "Black Lives Matter"
mantra should be applied to every black-on-black murder
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Thursday, December 17
KWMU: In first year of Obamacare, number of uninsured
clogging up St. Louis emergency-room space decreases 5 percent
SNL: Billy Long says GOP leaders shouldn't undercut
Trump X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on visa-using
terrorists; Greitens' Austin Chambers on his candidate's prolific
fundraising +
Columbia Missourian: Panel on 'Islamophobia' draws
70; Speakers complain about Donald Trump's comments, other
perceived slights
KC Star: Blunt gets more money for National Institutes
of Health +
AP: U.S. Postal Service employees plead guilty in
conspiracy; Florissant residents Korey Howard, Quentin Cook, Sean
West pilfered valuable items they spotted in mailroom
KWMU: City signs deal with McKee for land in NGA site
P-D: McKee and city have deal on NorthSide property
SE
Missourian: David Limbaugh - brother of Rush - writes book on Old
Testament, says politics and Bible go hand in hand +
KWMU: Chris Koster, Eric Greitens continue to rake in
the most campaign money
St. Joseph News-Press: Backers of cigarette tax hike
begin collecting signatures this week X
Drebes: "Missourians for Renewable Energy" PAC formed
CDT: Area Democratic leader Bruce Wilson passes away X
Columbia Missourian: Bruce Wilson remembered as
'character' loyal to community, Democratic Party
The Missouri Times: Masquerade ball photo
gallery: Capitol types, plus some attractive people
The Missouri Times: Reps. Randy Dunn (D-Kansas City),
Kim Gardner (D-St. Louis) propose automatic voter registration
KWMU: Pro-'right-to-work' group begins ad campaign
targeting Republican opponents
The Missouri Times: GOP's internecine feud continues
over 'right to work'
P-D: New ad campaign launched against Missouri
Republicans who opposed 'right to work'
CDT: Bill targeting athlete scholarships withdrawn X
Missourinet: Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) pulls
bill that would revoke scholarships of protesting athletes
AP:
Brattin withdraws proposal to strip scholarship from athletes who chose
to not play
P-D: Sponsor withdraws athlete strike proposal
Columbia Missourian: State rep withdraws bill to
revoke athletes' scholarships
Columbia Missourian: Update: Janna Basler, MU
assistant director of Greek Life, back after physical confrontation
caught on video
CDT: American-Islamic group calls for sensitivity
training at MU X
CDT: Graduate student group blasts MU insurance
recommendations X
KWMU: Jamaa Learning Center will close in June;
North St. Louis City charter school failed to manage money properly,
earned single-digit proficiency in core subjects
P-D: Jamaa Learning Center becomes latest charter
school to close
P-D: Slay, Reed approve stadium financing
KWMU: In the proposed footprint of a new St. Louis
stadium, a photographic tour of what's already there
The Missouri Times: Missouri Medal of Valor awarded to
nine public safety officers
The Missouri Times: Department of Conservation expands
regulations and territory of CWD management zones
KWMU: Ferguson, DOJ officials report progress in
negotiations
AP: Ferguson, DOJ close to agreement
P-D: Ferguson protesters challenge validity of
'interfering with police' law
AP: Nixon's son pleads guilty to driving while
intoxicated
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Gov. Bob Holden,
others support U.S. Citizenship Civics Test for high-school seniors X
P-D editorial: Politics and money drive advocates of
keeping nuclear waste in Bridgeton
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: With Will Kraus'
voter ID proposal, GOP seeks to control elections
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Let's value student-athletes,
at MU and all colleges, more as students than athletes +
P-D op-ed: Teacher in unaccredited Normandy School
District says she provides a sanctuary from Missouri's racist state
legislators and taxpayers
JCNT letter: Area man says those who gripe about lack
of black professors should consider why there are so few qualified
candidates X
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Wednesday, December 16
KC Star: Several GOP candidates still haven't filed
for Missouri primary +
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt support visa
waiver reforms X
Drebes: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) sends letter to
colleagues clarifying position on Syrian refugee camps
CDT: Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation,
Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, Islamic Center to host discussion of
"Islamophobia" tonight X
P-D: Andy Blunt says there is no conflict between his
lobbying and running U.S. Senate campaign
Kraske: The Chat: Andy Blunt on conflict of
interest; Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) on racism and
state-school athletic scholarship proposals; MO Chamber on
transportation +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: What the Every Student Succeeds Act changes
from No Child Left Behind; Comments from local school officials,
congressional delegation's communications staff +
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: McCaskill's FAST
designed to speed permit process for businesses X
KWMU: Gateway to Better Health receives $30M
grant; Adults unable to provide health insurance for themselves
and their offspring will enjoy health services for another year
ELLE Magazine: McCaskill, Gillibrand chat with
reporter about campus sexual assault legislation, sororities, the role
of alcohol in intercoursing, the occasional false accusation of "rape,"
more
The Missouri Times: PAC begins mail campaign claiming
Eric Greitens is not a conservative
The Missouri Times: Greitens shows strong week of
fundraising, but most coming from outside Missouri
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum talk with Rep. Tommy Pierson (D-Bellefontaine
Neighbors) on Nixon's performance during Ferguson, running for gov
lite, and why Chris Koster needs him
AP: Missouri unemployment rate falls to 4.7%
The Missouri Times: Missouri jobs report released by
DED
Missourinet: Videos: Missouri Republican House,
Senate leaders preview 2016 session
Missourinet: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis) refiles
bill meant to protect LGBT persons from discrimination
The Missouri Times: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville)
seeks to ban Down syndrome abortion
Missourinet: Rep. Linda Black (R-Park Hills) to
propose DNA testing of all arrested for felonies
CDT: University of Missouri employee Janna Basler back
at work after physical confrontation with student photographer X
Columbia Missourian: Janna Basler, MU assistant
director of Greek Life, back on the job after fallout from
controversial video
AP: Backlash begins over University of Missouri
protest response
The Missouri Times: Rep. Rick Brattin
(R-Harrisonville) looks to revoke scholarships for athletes that do not
play
Missourinet: Black lawmakers says scholarship
proposals are racist; Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) says
punishing players who choose not to play makes black athletes
"subjugated livestock"
SE
Missourian: SEMO regents approve online tuition change +
KC Star: Nixon touts higher graduation rates that
place Missouri in top 10 nationally +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
seeks to verify that expert testimony is actually expert
KWMU: State board provides $3 million line of credit
to Regional Sports Authority
KWMU: Aldermen give initial approval to financing
package for new NFL stadium
KWMU: Business year in review: KWMU host
interviews KWMU reporters about KWMU's biggest stories of the year
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol chandelier readied for
new year
P-D: Des Peres approves contract for deer
survey; Missouri Department of Conservation says sharpshooters,
managed hunts can help reduce population of wild animals
AP: Member of unsigned Ferguson rap group shot in the
head in St. Louis city, dies; James "Swagg Huncho" Johnson, Jr.
waxed poetic about Michael Brown
Rosenbaum: Ferguson's new city manager envisions a
bright future for beleaguered town
KC Star editorial: Absurd bill to silence athletes is
one of several threats to Missouri universities +
P-D op-ed: Washington University social work
dean: American needs less guns, more safety on college campuses
P-D letter: Washington University alum responds to
chancellor's self-back-patting op-ed, says proletariat posturing is
ironic
P-D letter: Jewish woman disagrees with Jewish man who
disagreed with Jewish woman about Jewish view of politics
P-D letter: Crestwood woman says that if Jesus were
alive, he'd worship at Rabbi Susan Talve's synagogue
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Tuesday, December 15
Columbia Missourian: Area officials, Muslims react to
Trump's proposal to halt Muslim immigration
Kraske: The Chat: Todd Richardson on 'right to
work,' David Sater on Down syndrome abortions
+
The Missouri Times: Kinder releases new ad touting
conservative achievements
The Missouri Times: Season's Beatings: Personal
vendettas heat up as Greitens and Brunner quarrel, St. Louis City
alderman alleges stadium bribe, Messenger targets Tilley, more
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Senate seeks writer
JCNT: Missouri Chamber of Commerce promotes 2016
agenda: Transportation spending, 'right to work,' workers' comp X
Missourinet: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur):
Sater's bill to bar Down syndrome abortions is an attack by
conservatives
The Missouri Times: Conflict grows between
anti-abortion proponents and Planned Parenthood
KC Star: Kathleen Sebelius speaks at Planned
Parenthood event, says opposition to Medicaid expansion is "morally
repugnant and economically stupid" +
KWMU: State Board to consider giving Regional Sports
Authority $3 million line of credit
Missourinet: Missouri legislative leaders:
transportation funding a priority, maybe not fuel tax hike
KWMU: New MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna talks fuel
tax, federal highway dollars, toll roads and more
Missourinet: Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) wants
scholarships stripped if athletes strike
CDT: Bill would revoke scholarships of athletes who
boycott games X
Columbia Missourian: Bill to revoke student-athlete
scholarships is pre-filed in Missouri House
AP: Missouri bill would strip scholarships if athletes
strike
P-D: Legislation targets athletes who threaten to
strike
SE
Missourian: SEMO regents to consider new tuition rates for online
degree programs +
KWMU: Education year in review: KWMU host
interviews KWMU reporter about KWMU's biggest stories
The Missouri Times: Rep. Robert Cornejo (R-St. Peters)
files legislation expanding gun accessibility
AP: Retired judges argue for back pay to Missouri
Supreme Court
SE
Missourian: Mississippi River to reach flood stage by Saturday +
P-D: Ferguson says lack of public input on cost,
reforms are obstacles to agreement with DOJ
AP: St. Louis court to accept payments online
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Redistricting should count residents, not voters; Battle pits
GOP-leaning rural areas versus "urban areas ... with their larger
populations of undocumented immigrants and felons"
KC Star editorial: Kathleen Sebelius calls out Kansas,
Missouri on women's health issues +
KC Star editorial: Jay Nixon's go-it-alone approach
wrong way on St. Louis stadium plan +
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Andrew Wilson:
The unspeakable in full pursuit of - a football stadium
P-D sports columnist Ben Frederickson: With
football-scholarship legislation, GOP Reps. Rick Brattin, Kurt Bahr
show they are boneheads
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Adjunct prof
compares struggle of campus journalism classes to being in literal "war
zone," compares himself to "a wounded general"
Columbia Missourian's Gene Robertson: Sexagenarian
recalls campus diversity struggle in days of yore, offers advice:
"Keep your eyes on the prize," "seize the time," other non-specific
recommendations
KC Star letter: Olivette doctor thinks Legislature
should expand Medicaid +
P-D letter: St. Louis Regional Chamber's Joe Reagan
says businesses can help sustain positive change started by Ferguson
Commission
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Monday, December 14
St.
Joseph News-Press: Ethanol industry battles Big Oil for market
share; Comments from Missouri Corn Growers Association's Morris
Heitman X
KMWU:
Climate change could mean more downpours and droughts for Missouri's
farmers
Truman
Index: Climate-change protest brings out nearly two dozen
children, adults
P-D:
Congressional delegation votes for the week
Cass
County Democrat Missourian: Former doctor seeks to fill Dem
ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler
SE
Missourian: Federal money will pay for some repairs on South
Sprigg Street bridge +
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jay Ashcroft; Panel of
Jeff Roorda, Kevin Stamps, Tom Dempsey and Glen Kolkmeyer discuss
person of the year, issue of the year, GOP gov race, more
KOMU:
Missouri State Capitol Commission hosts masquerade
Missourinet:
Speaker Todd Richardson won't predict whether House will vote on 'right
to work' in 2016
KSGF:
Nick Reed show: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) recaps Heidi
Cruz visit, shares opinions on GOP legislators who complain about
taking tough 'right to work' vote in 2016 (2:10)
Missourinet:
Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) wants to ban abortions based on
diagnoses of Down syndrome
KMZU
(Carrollton): Sens. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis), Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) talk human trafficking legislation
KOMU:
Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) wants to stop sale of powdered alcohol
The
Maneater: Middleton gives first report as interim president in
second day of curators meeting
The
Maneater: Curators discuss moving forward after "challenging
times" in the UM system
KOMU:
Reported discrimination at MU more than black and white; Jewish
student explains struggle of people thinking her parents are
rich; Asian coed laments expectation of high academic
achievement; Other examples of painful oppression
Columbia
Missourian: Big donor Richard Kinder has power, influence far
beyond MU
KWMU:
Ten-year anniversary of reservoir breach that flooded Johnson's
Shut-ins state park
KWMU:
Speakers at urban gun-violence rally denounce "crazy acceptance of
concealed weapons," other Second Amendment issues
P-D:
West Lake Landfill owners seek to build, solidify support from public
and legislators
P-D
outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial: McCaskill, others
right to push for expanding women's roles in the military
P-D
editorial: Kurt Schaefer is the Grinch - and he wants to steal
abortion rights, academic freedom and local tax authority
KC
Star editorial: Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
poised for strong second decade, and helps fix the terrible situation
caused by Missouri Legislature +
KC
Star editorial video: Area ladies who support Medicaid expansion
share their views with editorial board +
SNL
op-ed: HSUS' Amanda Good: By associating with Missouri Farm
Bureau, governor candidates take pandering to a whole new level X
KC
Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: Variety of opinion is a matter
of perspective; New voices should write letters and get novel
ideas in the mix +
JCNT
letter: Area man mocks feminist rally that drew five (5) to
Capitol X
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Sunday, December 13
Washington Missourian: Local superintendent applauds
repeal of No Child Left Behind X
Drebes:
Monsanto's Duane Simpson promoted, will take on Frank Plescia's former
role leading U.S. State & Local Government Affairs
CDT: Legislative session to consider marijuana
legalization as medical initiative moves forward X
SNL: Charlie Norr, Eric Burlison set their eyes on the
Senate X
JCNT: Mass shooting cases produce legislation; A
look at federal, state proposals X
Columbia Missourian: Race drama, teaching waivers to
play role in lawmakers' discussion about MU funding
AP: New laws to ease doctor shortage see long delays,
criticism
JCNT: Child-on-child abuse reports exceed
estimates; Legislation tracked juveniles with problem sexual
behaviors X
CDT: Abortion spotlight: A look at Sam Lee,
other major players in Missouri debate X
CDT: Abortion spotlight: Timeline of Missouri's
abortion history X
CDT: Abortion spotlight: Abortion regulations in
Missouri X
KWMU: Vandal shatters windows at Planned Parenthood
clinic; South Grand location does not perform abortions
P-D: Windows, glass broken at health clinic in south
St. Louis City
CDT: Effort to restore Missouri monument at Vicksburg
stalls X
P-D: Missouri clears a path for a companion to the
Katy Trail
Washington Missourian editorial: Selfish state
legislators worry about their own elections rather than generating more
revenue for Missouri's roads X
St. Joseph News-Press' Newton: Missouri officials are
right to put the brakes on Obama's Clean Energy Plan X
P-D's Gallagher: Will handing cash to Missouri's poor
families prompt them to save for college? Maybe, maybe not.
Columbia Missourian's Maggie Walter: Using pronoun
"they," new honorific "Mx." will please transgender humanoids who
refuse to accept heteronormative binary "he or she" language
discrimination
SNL letter: Greene County man responds to Billy Long
op-ed on environment and energy, references Old Testament X
SNL letter: Area woman says Billy Long is wrong about
Obamacare X
P-D letter: Westminster College President Benjamin Ola
Akande praises Wash U.'s Mark Wrighton for weighing in on
community-betterment efforts
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Saturday, December 12
KWMU: Clinton ignites supporters with rousing St.
Louis speech that takes on GOP
P-D: Hillary Clinton touts economic plan at St. Louis
campaign event
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Obamacare: In
Missouri, nearly 90,000 people sign up for coverage
Sedalia Democrat: Latest interest-group study:
Missouri ranks 36th "healthiest"
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: States incentivizing
military bases like they do businesses; Comments from Blunt X
KC Star: Missouri cellphone purchases and propane
thefts are noted, but authorities see no link
+
The Missouri Times: End of 'No Child Left Behind'
signals shift of control over education; Comments from state
education groups, Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau)
The Missouri Times: One-on-one with Rep. Jason
Smith: On Paul Ryan, possibility of budget deal, new chief of
staff, more
The Missouri Times: Jason Smith hires new
district-based chief of staff: Eric Bohl
SE
Missourian: Smith names former Cape lawyer Eric Bohl as chief of
staff +
Drebes:
Help Wanted for three jobs: GOP campaign social media gig;
Two roles dealing with state legislators for ~ $40-50k/yr.
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum talk with Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) and Steve
Tilley about presidential predictions, GOP gov race, 'right to work,'
gun control, transportation funding, more
Missourinet: Tax incentives for businesses that
relocate to Missouri proposed again
AP: Missouri Planned Parenthood denies abortion record
request
P-D: Ban on abortions because of Down syndrome
diagnosis proposed
CDT: UM curators elect new board leaders:
Caucasoid female as chair, Caucasoid male as vice chair X
CDT: Interim president: University of Missouri
faces many challenges X
KWMU: Middleton speaks at St. Louis meeting, says he
views MU's public embarrassment as "being chosen to take the lead and
set the world right"
Columbia Missourian: UM curators announce steps to fix
racism: 18-month lecture series on "the black experience," plus a
traveling Negro Leagues road show, "... because who doesn't like
baseball?"
CDT: Panel tells curators about race plans;
Freshmen will be subjected to "teach-in" lectures from Black Studies
and Gender and Women's Studies professors X
Columbia Missourian: Diversity Awareness Partnership
event draws 40; Highlight was "fishbowl," a game in which adults
sit in concentric circles and discuss their feelings
SNL: Minority students complain to MSU Board of
Governors; List of demands include funding a statue of a minority
somewhere on campus, bigger budgets for minority programs, other ways
to spend more money X
KWMU: St. Louis alderman Megan Green alleges stadium
debate took corrupt turn
KC Star: Fight over St. Louis football stadium is a
billion-dollar game of chicken +
Columbia Missourian: Multiple juvenile justice bills
pre-filed for 2016
KWMU: Gun-control crusader Rabbi Susan Talve to
headline anti-gun-violence rally Sunday
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill seeks to redirect hotel
inspections X
KC Star: Missouri stands alone in blocking project to
carry Kansas wind power energy +
P-D: Union official tells his side in
'Ferghanistan'; Jeff Roorda shares views on strong-arm robber
Michael Brown's assault on Darren Wilson, elected officials' responses,
"Ferguson effect," much more in new book
JCNT editorial: Bill from Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar)
focuses on human toll of drunk driving X
KC Star editorial: Help needy students by learning
from failure of KC charter school +
Priddy: Second column in three weeks promoting Capitol
masquerade fundraiser
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says liberal darling
Rabbi Susan Talve is so far left wing, she doesn't represent most of
the St. Louis Jewish community
Washington Missourian letter: Area man offers advice
to campus caterwaulers: "Quit being so self-centered. Grow up and
face the world." X
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Friday, December 11
P-D: Blunt a 'no' on education overhaul;
McCaskill gets Chamber praise for construction bill
SNL: McCaskill teams up with business to ease
regulatory hurdles X
Kraske: The Chat: All-Claire edition:
Obama's inability to see others' points of view, Hillary's aloofness,
Ted Cruz's reputation among senators, more +
P-D: McCaskill calls Ted Cruz a 'jerk,' but says he
could win GOP nomination
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith named to powerful House leadership group +
The Missouri Times: Jason Smith joins House Steering
Committee
National Journal: Jason Kander camp lays out
national-security focused oppo
St. Joseph News-Press: Uninsured penalties almost
double for 2016; Comments from local Obamacare navigator X
KWMU: Obamacare questions answered
KWMU: McCaskill chipping in $10k to fund Jeff City
intern hotline; Coeds will have another outlet to report
harassment, general creepery
Missourinet: McCaskill donates $10,000 to start
Missouri Capitol intern hotline
AP: McCaskill donates hotline bling to benefit Capitol
interns
The Missouri Times: Greitens and Brunner continue to
battle after phone recording
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft completes statewide
tour of counties
The Missouri Times: Incorrect legal brief leads to
more confusion surrounding AG candidate Joshua Hawley's arguing before
U.S. Supreme Court
SNL: Lawyer wants to replace Charlie Norr X
Missourinet: Missouri Kids First's Emily van Schenkhof
wants more state money for Missouri child sex crime caseworkers
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Planned Parenthood
reps weigh in on Planned Parenthood controversies
SNL: Nixon announces $1.7M for projects to MSU's West
Plains campus X
CDT: Higher education plan sets five-year goals for
Missouri colleges X
KWMU: Flat tuition proposed for University of Missouri
students
KWMU: St. Louis stadium plan clears big obstacle -
other hurdles remain
P-D: St. Louis stadium proposal gets crucial backing
from aldermanic committee
AP: St. Louis committee OKs football stadium financing
P-D: Alderman Megan Green alleges 'bribery' and
'corruption' in stadium vote
The Missouri Times: Missouri Collectors Association
cautiously supportive of Koster's debt collection reforms
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court considering
whether sex abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts can advance
AP: Missouri high court weighs sex abuse suit against
Boy Scouts
KWMU: Republic Services will comply with EPA order to
protect against surface fires at West Lake
AP: EPA orders fire prevention steps for landfill
KWMU: "Black Student Guide" from 1973 shows Washington
University student gripes are nothing new; Empowerment booklet
insisted "shuckin' and jivin' around ain't gonna git it"
P-D: Ferguson protester who set fire at Berkeley
QuikTrip sentenced to 8 years in prison
P-D editorial: David Barklage, other political
consultants in Missouri drive sleazy campaign tactics
JCNT editorial: State workers extend spirit of
generosity X
Messenger: Tilley connection could offer feds
interesting twist in Kinder inquiry
Waters: 'Our' new team: Evaluating Mike
Middleton and Hank Foley's odds for success X
Columbia Missourian letter: Missouri Cannabis
Association's Laura Harrison disappointed that Missourian covered only
certain marijuana petitions, and not the one she supports
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman wants to see House-seat
reduction, term-limits tweak on Missouri ballot
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Thursday, December 10
The
Hill: Pentagon blasts Ted Cruz proposals that would lead to
'apocalyptic war;' McCaskill says carpet-bomb strategy would help
ISIS recruit "misguided barbarians"
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill on carpet-bomb effects on women and
children; Logan Thompson on disappearing Kinder cash; More
+
KC
Star: Blunt endorses gun sale ban for foreign visitors without
visas +
KWMU:
What local experts, officials say about the new school bill that shifts
more power to states; Messages from congressional delegation's
communications staff
Warrensburg
Daily Star-Journal: Presiding commissioner wants to see action on
Blunt effort to close Internet tax loophole, not pleased that money
goes to state
NPR:
McCaskill's Special Committee on Aging questions 'egregious' price
hikes for specialty medicines
The
Hill: Senators slam pharma CEO for drug pricing, purchase of $2
million Wu-Tang Clan album; McCaskill: "My biggest
challenge today is to not lose my temper"
USA
Today: At McCaskill-Collins hearing, experts testify on steep
drug price hikes
Washington
Post: Doctors, hospitals condemn out-of-control drug prices as
Senate investigation begins; Comments from McCaskill
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith tries to end EPA rules on wood stoves
+
KWMU:
Emanuel Cleaver attends 13th Amendment event, gets misty-eyed
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Tommy Pierson (D-St. Louis) kicks off
campaign for lieutenant governor
KWMU:
2015 in review: Podcasting tag-team champs Mannies &
Rosenbaum on the biggest local political stories of the year
The
Missouri Times: Supreme Court rules in favor of extending
workers' compensation
JCNT:
Missouri Chamber of Commerce unhappy with high court, will ask
Legislature to fix law X
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court weighs case on gun shop liability
The
Missouri Times: Earnings tax challenge may have new legal backing
Missourinet:
Kraus wants to expand secretary of state's role in voter fraud cases
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City) files senior
property tax relief bill
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) joins in on
ethics legislation pre-filings
CDT:
UM curators to discuss tuition, fees today X
CDT:
Diversity Awareness Partnership hosts first panel discussion;
Consensus opinion is to do more talking X
Columbia
Missourain: Diversity Awareness Partnership to hold second and
third meetings this week
P-D:
Express Scripts and UMSL announce $2.5 million to support low-income
students; Bridge Program targets kids from Hazelwood, Ferg-Flor,
the 'View, other North County districts
KWMU:
On eve of crucial committee hearing, St. Louis stadium financing
proposal gets a makeover
Drebes: Brian
Schmidt issues stadium study: Costs, benefits of different
scenarios
Missourinet:
Producers split over possible Missouri beef checkoff
Brownfield
Ag News: Missouri producers testify at state beef checkoff meeting
Brownfield Ag
News: Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) promotes cage-free egg
production; Interview with HSUS-Missouri's Wes Shoemyer
P-D:
Public meeting on Coldwater Creek draws 300; 17-year-old girl
declares connection between her disease and growing up in North County
P-D:
St. Louis County working with feds on Coldwater Creek study
AP:
Secret Santa brings gifts of cash to Ferguson; Photo of area
residents embracing Caucasoid cash-carrier
P-D:
Rabbi Susan Talve, who raised profile during Ferguson drama acts, uses
role at White House Hannukah ceremony to blast guns, West Lake
Landfill's "fires of toxic nuclear waste," etc.
SE Missourian
editorial: Students participate in MoDOT bridge competition +
P-D
op-ed: Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton: What
an above-average, non-public institution can do to help Ferguson and
St. Louis area's poor kids; Also, it's time for more Medicaid
spending, public transit, etc.
P-D
letter: Des Peres man says Missouri Constitution prohibits
discrimination against Muslims
KC
Star letter: Woman who chooses to live in Kansas weighs in on
Missouri's earnings-tax issue +
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Wednesday, December 9
KWMU:
Hillary Clinton to highlight proposals to aid manufacturing during St.
Louis stop
P-D:
Hillary Clinton to appear at union hall in St. Louis Friday night
SNL:
In turnabout, Blunt backs new restrictions on visa waiver program X
KWIX
(Moberly): Retaliatory tariffs on country of orgin labeling
(COOL) could light fire under senators' feet; Comments from Blunt
KC
Star: Open enrollment fair for Obamacare today in Lee's Summit
+
KWMU:
St. Louis nears deal with McKee for land in proposed spy agency site
KMIZ:
Jemell Butler, 19, caught after third sexual assault, robbery in two
months; McCaskill weighs in on culpability of Backpage.com in sex
crimes
KWMU:
Veterans Treatment Courts, growing in the U.S., offer an alternative to
incarceration for good soldiers gone bad
AP:
Former Kinder staffer paid $60,000 more than reports showed
The
Missouri Times: Nixon holds annual Christmas tree decorating
ceremony
JCNT:
For 12th year in a row, Missouri state government employees have
pledged more than $1 million for 885 different charities X
Drebes:
Budget rumor has it that tax-amnesty revenue is very weak
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Citizens for the Arts drops off 1000
form letters at Nixon's office, wants more money for Missouri Arts
Council
The
Missouri Times: Nixon comments on ethics proposals, stadium issues
Kraske:
The Chat: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) on her ethics
overhaul +
Missourinet:
Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit) to offer voter ID legislation again in
2016
KWMU:
Pre-filed bills spotlight divide between Democrats and GOP on gun
control
Missourinet:
Missouri Supreme Court to hear case against shop that sold gun used by
daughter to kill father
CDT:
Mizzou Students for Life disagrees with Genocide Awareness Project's
tactics X
The
Maneater: Concerned Student 1950 co-founder expects Mizzou to
"come up with new, sneaky ways to continue the oppression"
The
Maneater: Diversity course requirement changed with student work
load in mind
Columbia
Missourian: MU committees discuss race ideas: mandatory
diversity requirement, "treat each person as a genius," etc.
KC
Star: Q&A with University of Missouri interim President Mike
Middleton: African-American surmises his race might possibly have
been a potential reason for his hiring, and other deductions +
Missourinet:
Bill to recognize mental health service dogs in Missouri offered for
2016
KWIX
(Moberly): Hearing today on proposed beef checkoff
increase; Comments from Ag Director Richard Fordyce
P-D:
West Lake cleanup hurt by weakening Superfund program, group says
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Even more economic benefits to come
from having National Guard in the community X
SNL
op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: The American energy sector is
stronger and more responsible than advertised X
Messenger:
Strong bond among patients helps navigate cancer journey
Rosenbaum:
A stirring speech about Ferguson you probably haven't heard - but should
P-D
letter: Foley man says editorial boards' anti-term-limits stance
protects career politicians like Bob Griffin
CDT
letter: Columbia native and Mizzou grad says he's disappointed at
"wimpy" Mizzou administrators kowtowing to whiny protesters and spoiled
athletes, mails back his diploma to Middleton X
P-D
letter: Affton man offers theory on recent Castle Doctrine
case: Property owner set up situation so that he could shoot
someone
P-D
letter: St. Louis County woman suggests property owner set up
alluring thievery situation, says there are too many gun owners "with
hate in their heart" looking to shoot criminals
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Tuesday, December 8
The Missouri Times: Blunt visits Cole County to talk
about infrastructure
Wall Street Journal: Rising drug costs to be in focus
at McCaskill's congressional hearing
Politico: McCaskill's committee to hold first hearings
since Valeant, Turing made news this summer
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on government as
free-spending Santa Claus; Koster makes his pitch for
agricultural vote +
SE
Missourian: Missouri gets $1.6M in federal dollars for flood
damage +
ESPNw (women): McCaskill and Gillibrand make Top 25
list for sexual assault work, earn flattering Marvel cartoon
"superhero" image of themselves
The Missouri Times: Heidi Cruz puts husband Ted on
Missouri ballot
KC Star: Sam Graves endorses Ted Cruz +
P-D: Former Kinder campaign manager Logan Thompson got
$64k in unreported payments from campaign
KWMU: Updated: Kinder alerts federal authorities
to financial discrepancies in some campaign reports
Missourinet: Missouri gov candidates oppose elected ag
secretary
The Missouri Times: Judy Baker formally announces bid
for state treasurer
KWMU: Former legislator Judy Baker launches Democratic
bid for Missouri treasurer
Drebes: Team Nixon, legislators set to battle over
consensus revenue estimate
Missourinet: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis), says he'd
like to move on after 'right to work' PQ move, but says some members of
his caucus still emotional
The Missouri Times: Will Kraus pre-files two bills on
election fraud
Missourinet: GOP senators, Newman offer gun-related
legislation
The Missouri Times: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
files 'Good Samaritan' protection bill
CDT: Missouri State Teachers Association sets
legislative priorities X
Columbia Missourian: Middleton appoints two Caucasoid
interim vice presidents
SNL: MSU hires outside investigator to review
allegations of 'racist treatment' X
P-D: Cost of riverfront football stadium to top $1.01
billion
St. Joseph News-Press: Wind project raises concerns X
JCNT: Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) sponsors "Toby's
Law"; Drunk drivers would pay for mandatory, court-approved
Victim Impact Panel X
KC Star: Gas chamber raised by Missouri inmates as
possible execution method; Attorneys for rapist/murderer say
firing squad would likely be met with GOP legislature's approval +
P-D: Feds say Coldwater Creek contamination buried,
won't cause danger; Corps to hold meeting tomorrow to present
facts and science, hear complaints and theories
KWMU: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finds low-level
radiation at three more houses and four businesses near Coldwater Creek
Columbia Missourian: Missouri hunters harvest nearly
10,000 deer during antlerless firearms seasons
Missourinet: Latest Missouri CWD case could lead to
another 'management zone'; Effective practices keep
disease-carrying animals from invading other areas
KWMU: At final meeting, Ferguson Commission looks to
leaders - and St. Louisans - to carry out its work
P-D: Ferguson Commission asks FOCUS St. Louis to
continue its work
P-D: Man who hacked St. Louis County police union gets
18 months; Criminal used three "Rebel but Gangster" or "RbG Black
Rebels" accounts
AP: "Operation Ferguson" member gets 18 months for
hacking Missouri police union website
P-D: Obituary: Donald Gralike, former Missouri
lawmaker and electrical union president, dies at 86; Democrat was
defeated by "Dick Gebhart [sic]"
in 1978 congressional primary UPDATE:
Fixed, with no attribution
KC Star editorial: Missouri courts must crack down on
unscrupulous debt collectors +
KC Star letter: Blue Springs woman says Sam Graves and
his cronies live in a privileged bubble, are wrong about Obamacare +
P-D letter: Easter Seals CEO says Nixon denies
critical need of people with developmental disabilities
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Nixon doing heroic work
to rein in municipalities
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Monday, December
7 Pearl
Harbor Day
The Hill: Dems threaten Reid tax deal;
McCaskill: "How are we ever going to get tax reform if we keep
giving out goodies at Christmas?"
KWIX (Moberly): Audio: Luetkemeyer on mass
shootings and those who push to "take all the guns away"
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Obamacare's partisan
problem; Author Joe Klein on Eric Greitens; Nixon on
gender-pay executive order +
P-D: Area congressional delegation's votes for the week
SE
Missourian: Congressional votes for the week +
P-D: St. Louis-area groups 'strongly condemn' San
Bernardino violence
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: Logan
Thompson and Kinder cash; Missouri Farm Bureau forum
nuggets; Anne Zerr vs. Bill Eigel; Updates on Robert
Knodell, Scott Dieckhaus and Jon Ratliff; More
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Chris
Koster; Panel of Richard McIntosh, Crystal Brinkley, Elijah
Haahr, Steve Tilley talk governor's race, urban earnings tax, more
Missourinet:
Video: Missouri Farm Bureau's gubernatorial candidate
forum: Chris Koster, Catherine Hanaway, Eric Greitens, Peter
Kinder, John Brunner
Missourinet: Candidates for governor talk
transportation at Missouri Farm Bureau forum
Missourinet: Hanaway, Kinder criticize MU protest
response at latest forum
AP: Koster, GOP gov hopefuls speak at Farm Bureau forum
Drebes: Catalyst Group lobbyists sign up fantasy
sports sites Fanduel, DraftKings as clients
JCNT: MoDOT features Jeff City alum's pitch for safe
roads X
Missourinet: Bills prompted by Ferguson are priorities
for Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis)
P-D: Was homeowner's decision to defend his property
and eliminate young thief a reasonable one? A look at Missouri's
Castle Doctrine
KWMU: Callaway nuclear plant union warns of possible
strike
Gateway Journalism Review: Post-Dispatch names new
editorial page editor to replace Tony Messenger
P-D editorial: Another legislative session provides
another chance to fix it; Throw out term limits, shrink size of
House
JCNT editorial: Enhanced officer training helps
everyone X
SNL editorial: Public petition wrong avenue for
discrimination complaints X
JCNT letter: Eldon man commends Blunt for supporting
cancer research X
P-D letter: Editorial wrongly assigns blame in boy's
death; Budding criminal and thieving pals are solely to blame
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Sunday, December 6
SNL: Blunt defends expansion of visa waivers as others
seek restrictions to program X
KWMU: Local "guerrilla/street artist" helps Syrian
refugees by glueing her mural posters on twelve (12) urban alleyways,
storefronts
SE
Missourian: Replacement of No Child Left Behind law draws mixed
reaction; Comments from U.S. Rep. Jason Smith +
Columbia Missourian: Two proposals for November 2016
ballot aim to legalize medical marijuana
Missourinet: Livestream today at 3 p.m.:
Missouri governor candidates at Missouri Farm Bureau forum
AP: Promises of a positive Missouri governor's race
questioned; Brunner campaign says it did not leak audio of
private conversation to media
The Missouri Times: Kinder's report shows over $68,000
to Logan Thompson unreported
Drebes:
Greta Bax to become new chief of staff to House Minority Leader Rep.
Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis)
KWMU: Planned Parenthood supporters turn out 100 for
city rally; Activist Ellen Dempsher: "Having unprotected
sex - that was my bad choice. Having an abortion was the good choice."
JCNT: Ron Richard to Chris Koster: Fight harder
against Planned Parenthood X
SNL: Ozarks-area lawmakers begin filing legislation X
CDT: University of Missouri interim President Mike
Middleton appoints interim vice presidents: White female for HR,
white male for academic affairs X
JCNT: Lincoln University issues press release
congratulating itself on second year of meeting state standards;
36.8% of freshmen manage to earn 24 credit hours their first year X
SNL: Students talk demands at MSU; One dozen
angry students express displeasure with media, also insist they were
complaining about race before Mizzou students gained spotlight X
JCNT: State still making an effort to be a "Top 10"
education state by 2020; Comments from DESE's Sarah Potter X
Columbia Missourian: Nearly two dozen attend early
Kwanzaa celebration aimed at teaching community about the importance of
holiday's values; Youngsters gyrate to dulcet tones of Silento's
"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
CDT: Child day care centers in Columbia undergo strict
state scrutiny X
P-D: Ex-cons-in-the-workforce series: Former
dope dealer cleans up his act, chooses to work for a living
P-D: Ex-cons-in-the-workforce series: Former
dope dealer chooses to work for a living - beginning with $8- and
$9-an-hour jobs - and progresses through ironworkers apprenticeship
program
West Plains Daily Quill: Missouri Department of
Agriculture to hold public meeting to discuss change to beef checkoff
program
JCNT editorial: Mizzou - and other state schools -
should end the sham of giving celebrities "honorary degrees" X
JCNT editorial: Missouri health care group endorse
opiod cautions X
CDT's Water: Cosby lesson shows the danger of honorary
degrees X
P-D letter: Shrewsbury man responds to outsourced
"freelance editorialists" editorial on GOP and Planned Parenthood
P-D letter: St. Louis man says bad stadium deal keeps
changing for the worse
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Saturday, December 5
P-D: Hillary Clinton to campaign next Friday in St.
Louis
NY Times: Not even catharsis is seen in Senate vote to
repeal health law; Comments from Blunt
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill aims to right postal
finances; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
X
KWMU: Foundation being laid for St. Louis 'Promise
Zone'; Achieving "alarmingly high unemployment, crime and
mortality rates" moves poor communities to the front of the line for
federal taxpayer dollars
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau forum to feature all
candidates for governor; Missourinet will livestream Sunday
afternoon
CDT: Kinder campaign revises campaign reports over
$50,000 discrepancy X
KWMU: Kinder alerts federal authorities to financial
discrepancies in some campaign reports
The Missouri Times: Kinder claims staff
misappropriated funds; Response from Barklage & Knodell
AP: Kinder says campaign money was misspent;
Response from David Barklage
P-D: Kinder says campaign money was misspent
SE
Missourian: 'Community champs' David Limbaugh and Gary Rust
interviewed at Chamber event +
AP: GOP Sens. Brian Munzlinger, Bob Dixon propose
lifting gun ban at colleges
The Missouri Times: Rowden pre-files legislation to
cut lobbying ties between legislators
P-D's Joe Holleman: Local teachers union tweet trips
over a real toughy: "there" versus "their"
KC Star: Missouri lawmaker begin filing bills for 2016 +
KWMU: Missouri legislators expect to focus on
abortion, and University of Missouri, in new session
CDT: University of Missouri lobbying team loses
newly-hired director; System will still receive services from
Andy Blunt at bargain $10,000/month X
KWMU: "Black Power" dean's behavior plays key role in
helping Harris-Stowe lose a second seven-figure bias suit; Money
won't come from Harris-Stowe, but rather taxpayer-supported state legal
expense fund
P-D: Harris-Stowe loses another costly discrimination
case
P-D: Task force leans on Missouri for last bit of
stadium financing
P-D: NFL officially sends deadline letter to St. Louis
stadium task force
AP: Nixon thanks NFL for providing timeline
P-D: Ameren suspends plans for huge solar farm along
I-70
KFVS: Missouri Department of Conservation says male
deer fell victim to Chronic Wasting Disease
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation: As
fall winds down, many "outdoorsman's thoughts (turn) to chasing
cottontails" X
AP: Governor orders state agencies to study "gender
wage gap"
Missourinet: Nixon's order calls for equal pay to
close "gender wage gap"
Missourinet: Gals' group praises equal pay
order; Comments from Women's Foundation CEO Wendy Doyle
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs executive order which
seeks to close "gender wage gap"
ProPublica: "Journalism in the Public Interest":
To address "race gap", Koster pushes debt collection "fixes"
Wall Street Journal op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's
Blake Hurst: How wind farms blow away rights on real farms (link
via @MattBlunt on Twitter)
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area woman says Graves
is a hypocrite for calling himself "pro-life" and opposing Syrian
refugees X
P-D letter: St. Louis man suggests that lawmakers who
support free flow of Syrian refugees should let a few move in with them
P-D letter: St. Charles man says right-wing media,
left-wing activist groups were mere bit players in Mizzou's tragic
comedy - and the Post-Dispatch should be ashamed for not doing a better
job covering the real story
P-D letter: Warson Woods man responds to letter
regarding parents not wanting their kids to become cops because of
anti-police sentiment
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Friday, December 4
Missourinet: Missouri's congressional delegation
supports passage of federal highway bill
St. Joseph News-Press: House pushes through highway
bill; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt, Graves X
Kraske: The Chat: Hartzler on highway
bill; KC Chamber's Jim Heeter on Schaefer's "mean-spirited"
effort to axe earnings tax +
Missourinet: Mid-Missouri Fellowship for
Reconciliation, others call for Missouri to take Syrian refugees
CDT: Mid-Missouri Fellowship for Reconciliation,
others call for U.S. to keep accepting Syrian refugees;
Septuagenarian compares anti-refugee sentiment to anti-Semitism X
JCNT: Missouri Faith Voices, others: Welcoming
refugees, security are not incompatible X
KWMU: Group encourages self-described "artists"
failing to earn significant income to sign up for Obamacare
KC Star: Claire McCaskill calls for more gun control +
Kraske: John Brunner recording - then releasing -
private phone call with Eric Greitens was "blatant deception, an
ethically bankrupt tactic" +
Missourinet: Missouri Republicans file ethics
proposals for 2016 session
P-D: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) seeks to
eliminate St. Louis City earnings tax
CDT: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) offers
sarcastic "72-hour waiting period" for gun purchases X
CDT: Bills filed to allow concealed weapons on
Missouri campuses X
CDT: Student senate calls for official statement on
Melissa Click's behavior at race demonstration
X
P-D: University of Missouri's interim leader says race
issues can't fester
The Missouri Times: David Smith declines
government-affairs job at University of Missouri, will remain at Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
SNL: Pal of top black MSU official alleges his friend
receives "racist treatment"; Local NAACP distances itself from
Du'Sean Howard's online petition X
KC Star: In a switch, Kansas City district will
sponsor new charter school +
The Missouri Times: Proponents of Missouri
Non-Discrimination Act to give bill another go in 2016
The Missouri Times: Nixon to announce "equal pay" plan
at Women's Foundation luncheon
Missourinet: Disease deadly to deer found in fifth
Missouri county
KWMU: Inspired by Ferguson riots and aftermath, Koster
wants to halt "abusive" debt collection procedures; Adults who
have chosen to take on debt and not repay in timely manner would get
more leeway
P-D: Koster seeks to stop "abusive" tactics in
recovering debt from deadbeats
KWMU: Organization for Black Struggle, sympathizers
call for public hearing once consent decree is filed
Columbia Journalism Review: P-D "freelance
editorialists" editorials penned by man in Oregon; Post-Dispatch
offers disclaimer, while KC Star does not; Comments from P-D's
Kevin Horrigan, KC Star's Steve Paul
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri should do
what we can to help Syrian refugees, but security concerns must be
addressed
P-D editorial: The penalty for being a stupid kid
shouldn't be death; Thoughts on Castle Doctrine and case of man
who eliminated thief
KC Star editorial: Editorial board seeks reader ideas
for reducing gun violence +
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Gun issue will be
with us forever; Many people avoid St. Louis City and other
violent areas X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Conversation
about race must continue; Local group that sits around and talks
about race will totally make a difference
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man says guns, not Syrian
refugees, are the biggest danger to Missourians
Washington Missourian letter: Ron Fitzwater on onerous
pseudoephedrine restrictions X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman suggests more money be
spent on early childhood education
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Thursday, December 3
Missourinet: Blunt: President underestimates
ISIS; McCaskill defends Obama
Columbia Missourian: Inside the refugee resettlement
process: Screening for terrorists, providing taxpayer-funded
"support services" and handouts, more
KWMU: Missouri needs matching funds to maximize
benefits of transportation plan
CDT: Peaceworks, Grass Roots Organizing, et al. to
show "Capitalism vs. the Climate" documentary at MU tonight X
Kraske: The Chat: Springfield parks director on
losing federal funds; Will Kraus on voter ID +
The Missouri Times: Jack Danforth endorses Mike Parson
over Bev Randles in GOP lieutenant governor primary
The Missouri Times: Tishaura Jones endorses Jake
Zimmerman over Teresa Hensley in Dem attorney general primary
The Missouri Times: Robert Knodell selected as new
HRCC executive director
JCNT: Capital City holiday cheer includes candlelight
tour of Governor's Mansion, other events; Photo of young boys
peeping into "Living Windows" at ballerina X
St. Joseph News-Press: Gun background checks hit
record high; Gun-store owner: "People want to keep
themselves safe, that's what it is." X
SNL: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) files bill to
allow concealed carry on Missouri campuses X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt files aggressive tax cut
bill
The Missouri Times: Schaefer targets KC, STL earnings
taxes
KC Star: Mayor Sly James, other KC officials oppose
effort to restrict tax revenue +
CDT: Order blocking Planned Parenthood license
revocation will stand until late December X
Missourinet: Judge extends order allowing Columbia
Planned Parenthood to keep license
AP: Missouri clinic to keep abortion license during
court battle
The Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood earns a small
victory in keeping license at Columbia affiliate
CDT: Abortion activists can use amplifier at Planned
Parenthood, city attorney tells court X
Missourinet: First bill stemming from Missouri Planned
Parenthood hearings filed
CDT: Bill filing opens with proposals on unions,
ethics and weapons on campus X
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers prefile bills X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt announces legislative
package for more disclosure on higher education classes
CDT: MU creates combined Office for Civil Rights and
Title IX X
Columbia Missourian: MU creates Office of Civil Rights
and Title IX
The Maneater: Multicultural Center hosts Allyship Week
amidst campus tensions; College males preparing to become
real-world men contemplate "feelings"
The Maneater: Bowen Loftin leaves one contract and
enters another
P-D: St. Louis Community College enrollment in 25-year
free fall
KWMU: Schmitt seeks to expand new municipal overhaul
measure
The Missouri Times: Pearce, House members move to ban
texting while driving
KWMU: Aldermen reject legislative effort to force
public vote on stadium financing
KWMU: With no way to track users, Missouri medical
associations try to cut back on narcotics prescriptions
P-D: Federal study to look at Coldwater Creek link to
illness; North County native/amateur epidemiologist: "We
all know we've been contaminated. We don't need a department to come in
and let us know."
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Missourian: Butler County Publishing purchases Dexter Daily
Statesman and North Stoddard Countian +
JCNT editorial: Secretary of State Jason Kander warns
Missourians to beware of identity-thieving online crooks X
KC Star editorial: Editorial board looking for area
denizens who made "notable difference" in community this year +
CDT's Waters: On state legislature and home rule for
Columbia X
P-D's Ben Hochman: Q: How can St. Louis be a
loser in NFL deal? A: Cash rules everything around
Kroenke's mustache.
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Wednesday, December 2
St. Joseph News-Press: President, Congress continue
energy tussle; Comments from Blunt X
The Missouri Times: Ameren shows negative impact of
federal regulations at community meeting
The Missouri Times. State Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
hosts citizens concerned about Clean Power Plan
KWMU: Blunt, McCaskill provisions included in highway
funding bill
P-D: Tentative highway bill has St. Louis-area imprint
SNL: New post puts U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler at center
of abortion debate X
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith's Chief of Staff Josh Haynes
leaves to take new job with health care company +
KC Star: Jessica Podhola, union official and former
exec director of Jackson County Dems, will challenge J.J. Rizzo in
primary +
Drebes:
Cheri Toalson Reisch to seek GOP nomination for Caleb Rowden's House
seat
JCNT: Medicaid panel seeks 'a Missouri solution' X
Missourinet: State lawmakers begin pre-filing bills
for 2016 session
Columbia Missourian: More than 200 bills pre-filed for
2016 legislative session
KWMU: Schaefer seeks to eliminate St. Louis and Kansas
City's earnings tax
KC Star: Kurt Schaefer takes aim at KC earnings tax +
Missourinet: Primary seat belt, texting-while-driving
bans proposed to Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield),
Human Trafficking Task Force prepare legislation for 2016
The Missouri Times: Schmitt pre-files bill to continue
municipal court overhaul
P-D: Schmitt's bill would further limit municipal
court revenue
CDT: Judge blocks state from revoking Columbia
abortion clinic's license X
JCNT: Grief, rage on Capitol steps; Five (5)
Planned Parenthood supporters display daisy chain of feminist unity,
solidarity X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Lottery Commission
receives 'good' marks on audit
KWMU: Jennings schools celebrate accreditation;
Riverview and St. Louis Public Schools must wait
P-D: Jennings schools boast of improvement: 40
percent of North County youngsters manage to pass reading tests, and
less than 27 percent passed math tests
Columbia Missourian: New initiative at MU creates
"safe space"; Young adults preparing for real world can curl up
on couches and ottomans, talk about their feelings and be "validated
and heard"
KC Star: Unofficial Mizzou 'White Student Union'
raises hackles +
CDT: Organization works to restore MU's image after
damage done by race histrionics X
SNL: MSU responds to 'demands' from minority student
groups, announces actions; Placation tactics include "anti-bias"
teams, attempts to find qualified minority job applicants, etc. X
KWMU: Federal health agency to visit North County
today, hear tales from those who attribute their health maladies to
Coldwater Creek radiation
KWMU: New training standards for Missouri law officers
include "implicit bias recognition," etc.
AP: Atchison County sheriff says sitting through
racial-bias lectures means time away from real police work
KWMU: St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar says it
will be years before exact understanding of "Ferguson effect"
KC Star editorial: Anti-abortion intimidation ripples
through Missouri, elsewhere; Kurt Schaefer holds hostile hearings +
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Republicans' pathetic response to Planned Parenthood shooting;
Kurt Schaefer singlehandedly intimidated University of Missouri System
CDT's Waters: Nicole Galloway: Local girl done
good X
KC Star's Diuguid: Sexagenarian columnist wants
readers to know about his workout regimen ("1 1/2 hours, five days a
week religiously since 1972"), offers thoughts on obesity, love of
McDonald's and Church's chicken and barbecue, more +
P-D letter: St. Louis woman suggests improvements to
Missouri's system for applying for handouts, making it easier to hop on
the dole
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis says he doesn't want his
son to be a cop thanks to "freakshow folks at 'lives matter'" groups
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Tuesday, December 1
SNL: Lapse of federal conservation fund puts Missouri
park projects in limbo; Comments from McCaskill and Blunt staff,
MO state parks director Bill Bryan
Columbia Missourian/PolitiFact: Blunt's claim about
future demand for food rated "True"
The Missouri Times: Heidi Cruz to make Missouri stops
on Monday
Kraske: The Chat: Nicole Galloway's soft launch
of 2018 campaign; Brad Ketcher on lack of GOP appetite for ethics
overhaul
The Missouri Times: Secretary of state candidate Will
Kraus says voter ID is his top priority, says requirement is "common
sense"
AP: Higher education leaders drop plans for cigarette
tax hike
Drebes:
Missouri Senate staff changes: Drew Dampf, Diane Lindsay, Heidi
Geisbuhler
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Jeanette
Mott Oxford of Missourians for Social Welfare - rebranded as Empower
Missouri - on her career, opposition to stadium projects, desire to
raise taxes on those achieving a high income, minority traffic stops,
more
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers spar in hearing on
refugee assistance
Missourinet: Video: Missouri House, Senate joint
hearing on state role in refugee assistance
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers question vetting of Syrian
refugees
CDT: Missouri legislative committees question
officials about refugees
AP: Missouri lawmakers question money for refugee
resettlement
The Missouri Times: Republicans and Democrats battle
in hearing over Syrian refugees
The Missouri Times: Democrats offer 'plan to keep
Missourians safe,' call GOP plan a 'do-nothing approach'
P-D: Missouri Republicans concerned about vetting of
Syrian refugees
JCNT: Lawmakers take 4 hours of testimony on refugees'
settling in Missouri
P-D: Intrigue at Rams park: Stan Kroenke meets
with Jay Nixon
Missourinet: Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)
accuses Nixon of withholding details on NFL stadium plan
Missourinet: Video: Missouri House hearing on
NFL stadium deal
The Missouri Times: Legislators question Office of
Administration on state stadium funding issues
P-D: Missouri lawmakers again raise problems with lack
of communication on stadium
KWMU: Nixon meets with Kroenke; still faces
opposition from GOP lawmakers over stadium funding plan
SE
Missourian: Missouri hunters bag 14 percent more deer in
November; DOC says controlling wild-animal population is good for
the state
P-D: 13-year-old thief, killed while stealing from car
in St. Louis, may test Missouri's 'Castle Doctrine'
AP: Planned Parenthood sues to keep Missouri clinic's
license
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood files lawsuit to try
and continue offering abortion at Columbia facility
Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood turns out 150
for rally; National Organization for Women, others yell "M-I-Z!
Shame on you!"
CDT: Demonstrators take abortion debate to University
of Missouri campus
Columbia Missourian: City will determine whether MU's
Melissa Click is prosecuted for assault
KWMU: Despite state funding cuts, St. Louis-based
Parents as Teachers helps prepare families to educate children
KWMU: State school board to consider accreditation
upgrade requests for three St. Louis area districts
P-D: New program at Riverview Gardens seeks to improve
graduation rates
JCNT: Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles) targets boat wakes
KC Star: As poverty and hunger grow in Warrensburg,
agencies try a new approach; Church groups, others provide help
for the downtrodden
SE
Missourian: Judge's ruling advances road project; land
dispute involves Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau)
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Hanaway makes headway
with reasonable transportation-funding plan
P-D op-ed: Peter Raven: Chris Koster, other
Missouri leaders should switch positions and support Obama's Clean
Power Plan
Shelly: Intimidation wins so far in Mizzou, Planned
Parenthood saga
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Nearly a thousand
(1,000) words on memories of Mizzou's Kellen Winslow, race divisions,
failure of Columbia's black population to achieve higher salaries, more
P-D letter: St. Louis man says city police chief isn't
to blame for "a bunch of malfeasants with guns running around killing
each other"
JCNT letter: Jefferson City Caucasoid not offended by
"honky" or "cracker," suggests oversensitive types learn to control
their emotions
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