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Monday, December 30, 2019
SNL: Here's what Blunt, Hawley are saying about
impeachment X
Columbia Missourian: 2019 set a record for flooding in
Missouri. How bad was the damage?
St. Joseph News-Press: Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby)
predicts a conservative budget X
Missourinet: Toll roads "dead on arrival," says Senate
Transportation Committee Chairman Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff)
St. Joseph News-Press: Fear of the unknown looms with
Grain Belt Express X
SNL: Bill from Rep. John Black (R-Marshfield) could
boost investment in nuclear power facilities
X
P-D editorial/endorsement: From abortion to guns to
opioids, Missouri was wrong in 2019; Democrat Nicole Galloway can
change the course set by Gov. Mike Parson X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Former Rep. Phil Tate
(D-Gallatin) had the right emphasis for rural Missouri X
KWMU op-ed: Missouri lawmakers should change civil
asset seizure laws
P-D letter: Ferguson sexagenarian says Blunt has sold
his soul to Trump X
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Sunday, December 29,
2019
The Hill: Hawley on impeachment: "I'm ready to
vote now. I think the articles are a joke."
CDT: Michela Skelton (D) gives up on bid for Caleb
Rowden's seat X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) says Conservative Caucus agenda is consistent with
Missouri Republican Party platform
Washington Missourian: 2020 legislative preview:
Nearly 1,000 bills prefiled X
CDT: For now, state prison workers won't have union
dues subtracted from paychecks X
JCNT: State Board of Education: Raise teacher
pay to stay competitive X
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Mark Ellebracht
(D-Liberty) aims to make promoting suicide a felony
JCNT: All systems 'go' on medical marijuana in Missouri X
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Medical marijuana cultivation license goes to
Caruthersville +
Joplin Globe: Southwest Missouri family sues state
over denial of cultivation license X
P-D: Rejected applicant for marijuana cultivation
facility cites 'right to farm' law in suit, challenges Missouri's
scoring system X
Washington Missourian: State rejects medicinal pot
growing sites X
Washington Missourian: No bills to legalize
recreational marijuana filed in Missouri X
St. Joseph News-Press: Medical marijuana raises
questions for law enforcement officers X
Washington Missourian editorial: Data from Sen. Blunt
shows how Missouri benefits from defense spending X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Don't let up on flood
prevention X
JCNT editorial: Missouri should allocate more funds to
smoking cessation X
KC Star op-ed: Support House Bill 567 from Rep. Ron
Hicks (R-Dardenne Prairie) to allow medical marijuana users to adopt X
Waters: The injustice of marijuana distribution X
SNL letter: Democrat duo say Billy Long ignores voters X
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Saturday, December 28, 2019
KC Star: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman
Mike Sanders used campaign funds to illegally pay phone bills X
Columbia Missourian: Michela Skelton quits bid for
Caleb Rowden's seat; Democrat throws in the towel to focus on
"queer, pansexual" issues of LGBTQIA* community
Joplin Globe: Missouri's minimum wage to rise yet
again next week X
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Missourian: Medical marijuana cultivation facilities in southeast
Missouri among those approved by state +
SNL: Springfield won't get marijuana cultivation
facility X
Joplin Globe: Sarcoxie Nursery among those whose
medical marijuana applications were denied X
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dottie Bailey (R-Eureka)
prefiles school discipline bill to address seclusion, restraint X
P-D: Missouri on track to match inmate overdose death
tally from 2018 X
JCNT: Amtrak ridership down in Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Legislators should ban school
district employees from coaching if criminal charges are pending X
JCNT editorial: Missouri program succeeds at finding
work for vets X
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Like President Trump, Sen. Josh
Hawley defines a new conservative approach to governing +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Survey gives insight into Missouri farmers' priorities,
concerns
Joplin Globe letter: Neosho's Kevin Wilson responds to
SNAP column, says Missourians have a different view of handouts and
work ethic than do Chicago liberals X
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian says Hawley is
taking impeachment too lightly X
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman says Ann Wagner
puts party above faith X
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Friday, December 27, 2019
Rosenbaum: 2020 preview: Ann Wagner vs. Jill
Schupp; Gov. Parson vs. Nicole Galloway; Medicaid
expansion; Clean Missouri fix; more
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: AG Eric
Schmitt's statement on daily opioid death tally rated "Mostly True"
KWMU: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) says Clean
Missouri fix will be a Senate priority
P-D: With vigorish no longer subtracted, Missouri's
prison guards seeing fatter paychecks; Union, state still
negotiating contract X
Missourinet: Double-digit jump in Missourians getting
college certificate or degree
The Missouri Times: DHSS approves medical marijuana
cultivation, transportation facilities
Missourinet: Missouri chooses 60 medical marijuana
growing operations
JCNT: 60 medical marijuana cultivation facilities
chosen X
CDT: Few area medical pot growers to be licensed X
KC Star: Missouri licenses medical marijuana growers,
transporters, including 8 in KC area X
SNL: Missouri to grant medical marijuana cultivation
licenses by the end of the week X
P-D: More than a dozen awarded licenses to grow
medical marijuana in St. Louis X
Missourinet: Funeral services set for former state
Rep. Phil Tate (D-Gallatin)
P-D: Gaming machines spreading across Missouri present
new addiction concerns X
AP:
DOJ oversight of St. Louis County Family Court ends
KC Star editorial: Gov. Mike Parson is sitting on a
backlog of 3,500 clemency cases. Why won't he act? X
JCNT editorial: AG Eric Schmitt puts needed focus on
Medicaid fraud X
KC Star op-ed: Jonah Golberg: Senators like Josh
Hawley rail against 'elites' to play outsider
X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Response to Americans for
Prosperity-AARP joint op-ed on doctor shortage and expanding the role
of nurses
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Thursday, December 26,
2019
St.
Joseph News-Press: 2020 flood outlook: More problems
possible X
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Missourian: State OKs permits for medical pot transport +
Missourinet:
MoDOT, University of Missouri launch new center to expand
transportation R&D
KWMU:
Mark Twain National Forest looking to goats to continue forest
improvement
St.
Joseph News-Press: USDA survey to assess state's cattle numbers
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SNL
op-ed: Retired Missouri State prof: Hawley's bills on tech,
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P-D
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Wednesday, December 25,
2019 Merry Christmas!
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau pleased by
USMCA
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt praises increased federal
health funding
KC Star: GOP leaders vow to move quickly to give
voters a voice on gerrymandering
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court upholds St. Louis County
sales tax distribution system
P-D: Chesterfield must share its sales tax revenues
with other cities, Missouri Supreme Court says
St. Joseph News-Press: State gets $33.5 million grant
for early learning
Columbia Missourian: Missouri saw higher education
graduation rate increase by 15%
Brownfield Ag News: Ag economist: Missouri
farmers should lock in hemp contracts before investing in crop
Missourinet: Missouri Court of Appeals sides with
Clean Water Commission's decision about Valley Oaks CAFO
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri rightly touts
progress on veterans' employment data
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Tuesday, December 24,
2019 Christmas Eve
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Missourian: Brazil's minister of agriculture meets with local
farmers
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P-D: David Humphreys withdraws effort to thwart
pro-life policy, calls ballot referendum effort "no longer viable" X
The Missouri Times: Ryan Jones jumps into GOP state
rep primary for Elaine Gannon's seat
Missourinet: Missouri state offices to close at 1 p.m.
today
KWMU: Rep. Dan Shaul (R-Imperial) on gaming machines,
sports betting, gun control
St. Joseph News-Press: DHSS certifies 21 medical
marijuana transportation facilities X
Joplin Globe: Missouri continues implementation of
medical marijuana regulations X
KWMU: Legal recreational marijuana in Illinois may
cause headaches for Missouri employers
Missourinet: Missouri to transition WIC handouts from
checks to debit cards
Missourinet: Missouri gets $33.5 million grant to
boost early learning efforts for kids
Missourinet: Missouri state troopers will be visible
today and Christmas Day
Missourinet: Missouri flu cases spike by 43% from
previous week
P-D editorial: Blunt's defense of President Trump is
disturbing X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man thanks Hawley, Wagner,
Clay for maternal/child nutrition funding X
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Monday, December 23, 2019
CNN "State of the Union" transcript: Sen. Roy Blunt on
impeachment, Christianity Today
attack on Trump, more
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Missourian: AG Eric Schmitt reflects on first year in office,
looks to 2020 +
Missourinet: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) predicts
gas tax increase plan would raise $144 million annually for Missouri
transportation
P-D: Doe Run series: Gov. Parson first statewide
official to publicly support Peruvian courts handling Peruvian
pollution cases X
SNL: Tiny Ozark chub fish found in Missouri won't be
listed as endangered species
Joplin Globe editorial: State made the right call
pulling MLS tax credits; St. Louis City residents haven't support
a soccer stadium, and the St. Louis region already received the gift of
GM tax breaks X
KC Star editorial: Kansas City should follow St. Louis
City's lead to skirt state gun laws, declare parks "child care
facilities" X
P-D editorial: Bill from Rep. Chris Carter (D-St.
Louis City) to return St. Louis City police to state control should
stay in the holster X
CNN's Allison Gordon: Blunt dodges questions on Ukraine
KWMU's Sara Fentem: Missouri Medicaid expansion on
track for victory, will improve health care in urban and rural areas
JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian wants Blunt,
Hawley to support impeachment X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man declares "blue
uprising" in central Missouri, led by woman taking 2020 loss to Vicky
Hartzler X
P-D letter: Webster Groves octogenarian upset at Gov.
Parson for siding with the "dark side" via Doe Run X
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Sunday, December 22, 2019
Columbia Missourian: Missouri on track to hit lowest
number of people unemployed in nine years
Columbia Missourian: MU to build new bio lab with
$24.8 million federal dollars
AP: Monthly survey of bankers in Missouri, other
Midwest/Plains/Western states shows waning rural economy
JCNT: MO HealthNet Director Todd Richardson reflects
on agency challenges; Medicaid's trajectory not sustainable for
state budget X
JCNT: AG Eric Schmitt's office recovers $25 million in
Medicaid fraud cases X
Joplin Globe: Legislative preview: A look at
area lawmakers' pre-filed bills X
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislative preview: Rep.
Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph) on 2020 priorities X
Missourinet: Former Tarko College in northwest
Missouri to re-open as Tarkio Technology Institute
SNL op-ed: Area doctor: Congress' fix for
"surprise medical billing" could make Missouri's doctor shortage worse X
SNL op-ed: AG Eric Schmitt: SAFE Kits initiative
will ensure backlog of sex-assault kits never happens again X
KC Star letter: "Citizens' Climate Lobby-Kansas City"
congratulates itself on city council resolution praising congressional
carbon tax X
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Saturday, December 21,
2019
KC Star: Gov. Parson calls impeachment "a scam."
Galloway declines to take a position. X
P-D: House Majority Leader Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) says
he'll continue to defend Second Amendment against legislative
encroachment X
SE
Missourian: Medical marijuana testing facilities approved;
none in SEMO +
KC Star: Missouri licenses one marijuana testing lab
within 30 miles of Kansas City X
KWMU: Missouri awards 10 licenses to test state's
medical marijuana
SNL: New cases of CWD found in Stone, Taney counties X
Missourinet: 24 cases of a deadly deer disease have
popped up in Missouri
The Missouri Times op-ed: Bill Owen: Video
lottery terminals mean bad news for our communities
Priddy: In praise of Mike Moon's outspoken opposition
to Ceres (1,380 words)
KC Star joint op-ed: Reporters: Our advocacy
series on foster care bureaucracy was great journalism; here's a
list of people who praised us X
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Friday, December 20,
2019
Missourinet: Ann Wagner gives shout out to St. Louis
region's 'Silicon Valley' for ag tech work
Missourinet: Cleaver joins delegation's Republicans in
supporting USMCA
JCNT: President Trump signs bill that will benefit
Lincoln University X
SNL: 'Pretty easy to trigger the liberals':
Billy Long trolls the left with $45 Trump bills X
Joplin Globe: Impeachment: Thoughts from
Missouri Republican State Committee Vice Chairman Nick Myers, Southwest
Missouri Democrats' Krista Stark X
KSDK (St. Louis): Award-winning journalist Christine
Byers leaves Post-Dispatch to write weekly column for TV station website
P-D: Lee Enterprises, parent company of Post-Dispatch,
announces quarterly results: Revenue down 11.5%, subscription
revenue down 4.6%, compensation down 9.7% X
AP:
AG candidate Elad Gross (D) to have Sunshine lawsuit heard by appellate
court
KWMU: Georgetown study highlights Missouri's success
in removing unqualified recipients from Medicaid rolls
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Missouri foster kids
to see increased protections after legal settlement
The Missouri Times: Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain
Grove) champions rape kit overhaul bill
SNL: Medical marijuana: Missouri notifies
winners of testing lab licenses X
Missourinet: See which medical marijuana testing sites
have been certified by Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: U.S. Attorney
Jeff Jensen's praise of Eastern Missouri's probation office rated "Half
True"
KWMU: Like predecessors Bob Holden and Jay Nixon, Gov.
Mike Parson declines to act on clemency requests during first year in
office
KC Star op-ed: Former public defender Dwight
Scroggins: Newspaper's heartstring-tugging advocacy series wrong
on key objective - system won't be fixed by spending more taxpayer money X
P-D sports columnist Ben Frederickson: Gov. Mike
Parson did not stick to the soccer plan for St. Louis X
P-D
letter: St. Louis woman wants state to mandate "comprehensive sex
education" for all schools X
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian demands Gov.
Parson grant clemency to murderer Patty Prewitt, other criminals X
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Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Missourian: Congressman Jason Smith: 'Absolutely no' on
impeachment +
KWMU: Clay, Cleaver vote to impeach President Trump
Missourinet: Congressional delegation and
communications staffers issue statements on impeachment
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley urges federal help in
fighting opioids X
Missourinet: Congress passes Hawley, Wagner efforts to
clean up untested rape kit piles
P-D: Judge: St. Charles County man who
threatened to kill Sen. Josh Hawley competent to stand trial X
Missourinet: Federal operation helps Kansas City crack
down on violent crime
P-D: Rep. Chris Carter (D-St. Louis City) wants state
to once again take control of city police department X
KC
Star: Uniting Missouri covering cost of Gov. Parson's flight to
D.C. last week; Plane is owned by McCaskill pal Rick DeStefane
X
The Missouri Times: Missouri unemployment rate remains
unchanged in November
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Activists discuss
effort by Reps. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City), Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette) to modernize state's HIV transmission laws X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Missouri
foster kids to see increased protections after legal settlement
P-D: With no jaw-dropping jackpots, Missouri lottery
revenues lagging X
Missourinet: MoDOT getting roads back to near-normal
conditions after winter storms
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O'Fallon)
want to halt playful highway messages
The Missouri Times: PSC approves order related to
Evergy, Nucor steel mill
SNL: Effort by two anti-CAFO councilmen to chastise
state legislators fails X
Columbia Missourian: Early stages of industrial hemp
leave room for growth in Missouri, experts say
KC Star editorial: New Missouri bill would let college
athletes be paid. The NCAA and Congress should act. X
KC Star editorial: State legislators must help stop
Clay County's corrupt commissioners X
Joplin Globe op-ed: AG candidate Elad Gross (D):
I am bringing corruption to light and fighting to take back Missouri X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Air Conservation
Commission's Ron Boyer: 'Missouri Nuclear Clean Power Act' needed
for competitive and fair energy marketplace X
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit sexagenarian expresses
anger over Blunt's support of Trump X
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Wednesday, December 18, 2019
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Missourian: MoveOn impeachment rally draws handful of liberal
activists
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JCNT: Anti-Trump rally draws fewer than 50 outside
Luetkemeyer's office X
KCUR: Missouri farmers keep close eye on trade
negotiations
JCNT: Ceres statue returns to top of the state Capitol X
The Missouri Times: State Tax Commission votes against
raising taxes on agricultural land
KWMU: State tax credits for St. Louis soccer stadium
are in limbo
P-D: Missouri officials say $30 million in public
money for soccer stadium too much X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Hospital Association
offers policy recommendations to address rural health care
challenges; Comments from MHA's Dave Dillon, others
The Missouri Times: 20 Missouri transportation
projects chosen for new cost-share program
SNL: Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O'Fallon) wants MoDOT
messages to stick to road conditions X
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT, University of Missouri
launch Missouri Center for Transportation Innovation
Columbia Missourian: Gun-control series:
Missouri gun-control advocates unhappy with NRA's influence;
Comments from Moms Demand Action, League of Women Voters, et al.
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Missouri
activists, lawmakers seek to modernize HIV transmission laws
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Keri
Ingle (D-Lee's Summit) on House superminority legislative priorities:
abortion, gun control, LGBTQIA* issues, etc.
The Missouri Times: Appeals court sides with Missouri
PSC over Grain Belt decision
Missourinet: Grain Belt Express Transmission line wins
in appeals challenge against landowners, Missouri Farm Bureau
AP:
Appeals court approves Grain Belt power line
SNL: SPS coach takes DESE job leading health, PE
programs X
AP:
State, Ameren reach preliminary deal on 144-mile bike trail
KWMU: Rock Island Trail takes a step forward but still
needs millions
JCNT: Missouri DNR to preserve Rock Island Line
Corridor X
CDT: Moberly prison records another inmate death X
P-D: Newspapers, other activists unhappy over fees for
public records X
SNL: Cheryl Whitsitt departs as News-Leader
editor; Amos Bridges to take over X
P-D editorial: Both parties agree that ending surprise
medical billing is crucial. Get it done. X
Joplin Globe editorial: AG Eric Schmitt right to take
on Doe Run over Current River pollution X
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Tuesday, December 17,
2019 MoDOT
traveler information map
KWMU: Snowstorm closes schools, businesses; 4
dead on Missouri highways
Missourinet: Army Corps of Engineers in Kansas City
declares end to 2019 flood event
SNL: Feds grant 36-hour extension to sign up for
Obamacare X
P-D: New federal data shows St. Louis County is
Missouri's economic giant X
JCNT: State offices to close afternoon of Christmas Eve X
Missourinet: State creates plan aimed at boosting
Missouri teacher pay and keeping them around
KWMU: Plan to boost Missouri teacher pay would cost
$400 million
Missourinet: Twenty local transportation projects
chosen to get Missouri cost share funding
P-D: After voters rejected a gas tax hike, Missouri
taps into general checkbook for road projects
X
The Missouri Times: Reps. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon),
Wes Rogers (D-Kansas City) team up with National College Players
Association to push for college athlete compensation
SNL: Marshfield officials dispute AG Eric Schmitt's
ticket-quota lawsuit X
JCNT: Some Capitol Complex buildings switch from
well-water to American Water X
P-D editorial: Whose lives does Gov. Parson value?
Peru lead-smelter case forces the question. X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Jeff Shawan (R-Poplar
Bluff): The stakes have never been higher in the war on Christmas
Columbia Missourian's Xander Negozio: Missouri should
provide more reimbursement money for disabled children's therapy
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian says Blunt,
Hawley wrong to support Sarah Pitlyk for federal judgeship X
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Monday, December 16, 2019
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Eric Schmitt
talks with Scott Faughn about rape kit backlog, traffic-ticket quotas,
urban crime, voluntary school prayer; Panel of Kaitlyn
Schallhorn, Mike Jones, GOP Reps. Robert Ross and Mary Elizabeth
Coleman talk school choice, illegal aliens voting, Medicaid expansion
KWMU: Missouri farmers can begin to grow industrial
hemp in 2020
Missourinet: DHSS says Missour flu cases double over
previous week's total
SNL: Springfield Public Schools lays out what it wants
from Legislature in 2020 X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill from Rep. Bill Falkner
(R-St. Joseph) would have LLCs file every five years X
SE
Missourian editorial: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick's office
helps residents with unclaimed property +
KC Star editorial: Driving while black in Missouri is
perilous. Will these changes reduce racial profiling? X
Messenger: Christmas fantasy: Gov. Parson reads
children a book about Medicaid X
Joplin Globe letters: Webb City sexagenarian supports
Clean Missouri; Joplin Globe sexagenarian disagrees with Billy
Long on Russia X
P-D letter: League of Women Voters septuagenarian
opposes Clean Missouri fix X
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Sunday, December 15,
2019
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley reflects on first year
in U.S. Senate: China, Facebook, Army Corps of Engineers, more X
Brownfield Ag News: Dept. of Ag Director Chris Chinn
on China deal, USMCA
SNL: Fact check: Missouri Democratic Party
statement about state's "uninsured young children" is false X
SNL: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) wants clear ban
on illegal-alien voting X
P-D: St. Louis City circumvents state gun law,
classifies parks as "child-care facilities" X
KMOX: St. Louis City surpasses 2018 totals for
homicides, shootings
CDT: GOP lawmakers sponsor legislation to hire more
police X
Washington Missourian: DHSS data shows flu cases
ramping up across the state X
KC Star editorial: To improve foster-parenting system,
Missouri should use Quality Parenting Initiative standards, and schools
should report foster kids' graduation rates X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Please mind the
cannabis gap: Marijuana on demand, as long as you find a friendly
doctor X
P-D editorial brief: Mocking Mike Moon X
P-D letter: Glendale woman says she is "angry" at
Blunt, Hawley and Wagner, demands they "resign immediately" X
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Saturday, December 14,
2019
Missourinet: Blunt talks mechanics of House
impeachment vote, Senate trial
Missourinet: Graves applauds move to seal
Mexico-Canada trade deal
P-D: Gov. Mike Parson, GM President Mark Reuss
announce company will invest $1.4 billion in Wentzville, keep 4,000
employees X
P-D: Photo gallery: GM President Mark Reuss,
Gov. Mike Parson, Sen. Roy Blunt, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe X
AP:
GM to invest $1.5 billion in Missouri truck plant
KWMU: Wentzville GM plant locks in $1.5B investment,
securing 4,000 jobs
KWMU: 6 applicants eligible for new state
"nonpartisan" demographer job
JCNT: Missouri departments pitch service improvements
in Show Me Challenge X
KTVI (St. Louis): Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring)
wants to eliminate vehicle property tax
KC Star: Legislative proposals would give homeowners
more rights, protections in assessment process
X
KWMU: State reports school district spending by
individual school
Missourinet: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) wants
to ease stress on foster kids
P-D: Missouri-based Doe Run wants Peru pollution
lawsuit settled in Peru; Gov. Parson shared thoughts with U.S.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo X
The Missouri Times: PSC greenlights Evergy's plans for
its energy efficiency programs
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Expanding school choice is
critical to Missouri's future
P-D letter: St. Charles woman expresses anger at Blunt
and Hawley for support of Trump X
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Friday, December 13, 2019
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Elizabeth Warren making a
serious play to win Missouri in 2020 by opening KC campaign office X
SNL: Moms Demand Action holding gun-control rally
tomorrow X
Missourinet: Gov. Mike Parson, GM president to give
update on Wentzville expansion
AP:
GM president to appear with Gov. Parson today to talk Wentzville
expansion
The Missouri Times: Schmitt reflects on first year as
attorney general: 'We're just getting started'
Missourinet: Galloway's office uncovers Medicaid
fraud, sends information to Schmitt's office for criminal charges
The Missouri Times: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield)
seeks to change Missouri constitution to ensure only U.S. citizens can
vote in state elections
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau legislative
policy focuses on dairy producers, feral hogs
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider radiologic
technologist licensure
SNL: Springfield Public Schools system deals with
increasing black, Hispanic populations: "We do have a number of
children who come to us literally not knowing a word of English" X
SNL: Dallas County drops drug charge against man with
Missouri medical marijuana card X
Washington Missourian: Plans for Busch Creek Greenway
awaiting MoDOT approval X
AP: Five years after first Ferguson riots, feds'
public meeting draws just 22 attendees
Washington Missourian editorial: AG Eric Schmitt
correct to defend voluntary school prayer - and most Missourians agree
with him X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Dr. Joel Ray: 'Surprise billing' needs
independent dispute resolution +
P-D letter: St. Charles man says Blaine Luetkemeyer is
"anti-American" for supporting Trump, believes incumbent - re-elected
by 32-point margin in 2018 - is vulnerable X
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Thursday, December 12,
2019
KWMU: Cities buying empty lots in flood-prone areas
could save taxpayers money, study claims; Comments from Great
Rivers Habitat Alliance's David Stokes, others
Missourinet: Graves says Missouri congressional
delegation is pressing feds to be more responsive to northwest Missouri
flood victims
AP: Flooded farmers face growing dilemma from
temperature changes
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer predicts impeachment
could hurt Democrats in election
Missourinet: SEMO poli sci prof says impeachment might
have impact on 2020 elections, or not
KC Star: Anti-ICE activists protest at UMB bank in
downtown KC over company's involvement in illegal-alien detention suit X
Columbia Missourian: USDA data: Food security in
Missouri is improving
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Nicole Galloway
makes pitch for governor, says Gov. Parson is an "insider," represents
"old way" (begins at 22:00)
P-D: Economic partnership chooses new lobbyist after
Stenger scandal: Bardgett out, Polsinelli in X
KC Star: Galloway audit finds evidence of Medicaid
fraud, refers allegations to AG Schmitt's office for criminal charges X
P-D: Georgetown study highlights Missouri's success in
purging the ineligible from Medicaid rolls X
Missourinet: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) hopeful
for PDMP passage in 2020
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) opposes PDMP, says St. Louis County results show
databases don't help reduce opioid deaths
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Legislative preview: Rep.
Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) opposes PDMP, talks school
transportation money and teacher salaries
The Missouri Times: O'Laughlin's tax credit committee
will continue through legislative session
P-D: Gun proposal sputters amid dissent among Missouri
Republicans X
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers in both chambers push
for HIV decriminalization ahead of session
KWMU: Missouri legislators seek to change HIV laws
The Missouri Times: Rep. Bruce DeGroot
(R-Chesterfield) seeks to change what records are publicly available on
CaseNet
KC Star editorial: Mike Moon wrong to oppose Ceres
statue X
Joplin Globe editorial: Mike Moon's religious
opposition to false idols deserves to be mocked X
CDT op-ed: Air ambulance company VP Joe Grygiel:
On "surprise medical billing" and air ambulances X
P-D op-ed: Reps. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin), Tracy
McCreery (D-Olivette): This Christmas season, Gov. Parson should
give the gift of clemency to murderer Patty Prewitt and other criminals X
Priddy: Ode to Ceres
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Wednesday, December
11, 2019
The Missouri Times: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, AG Eric
Schmitt request end to 'standoff' over federal rape kit legislation
reauthorization
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri flood recovery group
prepares for potential flooding in 2020 X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Nicole
Galloway to make her pitch for governor
The Missouri Times: Robert Ross officially jumps into
state Senate race
KC Star: Star to quit publishing Saturday print edition X
SeekingAlpha: McClatchy Company, owner of KC Star,
headed toward restructuring; Unfunded pension liability and weak
balance sheet too much to overcome
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to decide if
Planned Parenthood will receive Medicaid money
KWMU: Funding for Missouri Planned Parenthood clinics
in hands of state Supreme Court
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court weighs whether Planned
Parenthood can receive Medicaid funds X
P-D: Office of Administration seeks to modernize call
centers, provide "chatbots" to answer inquiries more efficiently X
Missourinet: Kansas City Public Schools owes $192,000
for fake attendace records scheme
KC Star: Getting Kansas City schools accredited could
take four years, superintendent says X
The Missouri Times: Ceres returning to Missouri Capitol
SE
Missourian: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick's office to host
unclaimed property event next week in Cape Girardeau +
KC Star: A year later, MoDOT worker's slaying still
unsolved X
JCNT: Senate staffer pleads guilty in bar fight charges X
Banner
Press: School hosts coon hunt despite protests; FFA group
receives vulgar e-mails from animal-rights activists outside Missouri +
P-D: Organization for Black Struggle, others want
Schmitt to give convicted murderer Lamar Johnson a new trial X
KWMU: "Color of Change" activists demand Schmitt give
murderer a new trial
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: USMCA comes as a
relief to Missouri farmers X
Joplin Globe editorial: Gov. Parson deserves praise
for anti-vaping campaign X
KC Star editorial: Missouri man approved for medical
marijuana should not be in jail for pot possession X
P-D op-d: California septuagenarian says Missourians
should reject pro-gun legislators X
KWMU/Corporation for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America"
racism reporter Andrea Henderson: State lawmakers don't give
enough money to Harris-Stowe, Lincoln
JCNT letter: Holts Summit sexagenarian wants state
legislators to expand Medicaid X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man supports legislation
to end "surprise medical billing" X
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Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith calls impeachment
hearings "a sham," says Dem senators running for president are not
impartial jurors
Missourinet: Smith honors southern Missouri solider
seriously injured in Afghanistan
SNL: Americans for Prosperity criticizes Billy Long
over Export-Import Bank vote X
The Missouri Times: St. Louis union leader meets with
Trump, administration officials about urban crime: "Trump is the
one actually stepping up"
KC Star: Port Authority votes on USDA incentives, but
not happy with where the money goes X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
highlights: Rowden on Medicaid expansion; Panel on
Wagner-Schupp
Columbia Missourian: Gun control series: NRA
supports high school trapshooting teams, MU extension; Poplar
Bluff coach: "We couldn't have done it without them"
Columbia Missourian: Rowden pre-files bills aimed at
funding police officers for some Missouri cities
CDT: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) pushing fuel tax
to back bond issue
KC Star's Jason Hancock: AG Eric Schmitt recuses
himself in Sunshine case; In March, "Rep. Peter Meridith [sic]" asked Schmitt for a legal
opinion X
P-D: Bill from Rep. Chrissy Sommer (R-St. Charles)
could put collar on fake service animals X
The Missouri Times: Galloway audit: Special
taxing district 'unlawfully' used $300k for private business projects
and debts
Missourinet: Audit: Former sales tax district
board members used $100k to upgrade their gas station
P-D: New report rips use of special taxing districts
as 'personal piggy banks' X
SNL: Schmitt: Marshfield has ticket quotas
AP: Schmitt sues Marshfield over ticket quotas
P-D: DHSS requests more money to defend against deadly
Legionnaires' disease X
SE
Missourian: DHSS: Three flu-related deaths already reported
in Missouri +
Missourinet: Three people in Missouri die from flu
KC Star: Flu season peaking early in Missouri X
AP: Missouri settles lawsuit on foster kids on
psychotropic meds
Missourinet: Ceres expected to return to Missouri
Capitol next week; Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) calls metal
statue a "false god"
SNL: U.S. Forest Service decision on feral hog hunting
prompts major change in MDC policy X
KWMU: U.S. Forest Service puts an end to open season
on feral hogs in Mark Twain National Forest
P-D editorial: Missouri should set basic standards of
care for local jail inmates X
The Missouri Times joint op-ed: Americans for
Prosperity's Jeremy Cady and AARP's Craig Eichelman: Expand
access to health care by expanding the role of nurses
P-D letter: Oakville septuagenarian expresses anger
over KMOX's conservative talk radio lineup of Rush Limbaugh and Mark
Reardon X
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Monday, December 9,
2019
P-D: The Bottom Line video series: Josh Hawley
takes on Big Tech X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Senate Majority Leader
Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) talks with Scott Faughn about cost of
Medicaid expansion, fixing Clean Missouri, congressional redistricting,
more; Panel of Dan Kleinsorge, Jane Dueker, St. Louis City
Alderman Tom Oldenburg, Rep. Michael O'Donnell (R-Oakville) talk Ann
Wagner's re-election, Clean Missouri fix, Medicaid expansion, more
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments
Tuesday in key Planned Parenthood case
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri continues battling
opioid epidemic despite programs meant to help
X
KC Star: Kansas City government to choose lobbyist
around Christmastime X
JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation asks for
help counting birds X
P-D: Vendor mix-up delays some supplies to Scott
County Jail; Inmate's mother calls to complain about lack of
shampoo X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: A bully always backs
down; AG Eric Schmitt stands tall against bullies that try to
stop voluntary prayer X
Joplin Globe op-ed: Liberal activist Sherry
Buchanan: Missouri Legislature should raise taxes, not cut them X
Messenger: On Sunshine Law, Clean Missouri,
constituent privacy, and airport privatization
X
P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenarian unhappy with
Medicaid enrollment efficiencies X
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Sunday, December 8,
2019
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Corn Growers Association
President Mike Moreland says Japan agreement is "great deal" for
Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Small group of MU law profs jumps
on Trump, again: Five claim president engaged in "impeachable
conduct," while six opposed confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh
JCNT: Quarterly fundraising recap: Blaine
Luetkemeyer, statewide candidates X
KC Star: Marijuana enthusiasts giddy about new freedom
to toke up; Suburban mom, who doesn't work for a living, says
smoking a bowl every morning helps alleviate "stress and weight of the
day" X
SNL: 2020 legislative preview: Clean Missouri
fix, urban gun violence, infrastructure, PDMP, charter schools X
SNL: 2020 legislative preview: 7 bills to watch X
St. Joseph News-Press: 2020 legislative preview:
Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) to focus on violent crime X
P-D: St. Louis City aldermen find workaround to usurp
state gun freedoms: label parks "child care facilities" X
Columbia Missourian: Critics unhappy with state's
approach to provide accountability, avoid isolation in juvenile
facilities X
SNL: Insurance company ranks Missouri 12th best state
for driving X
P-D editorial: Pro-life judge from St. Louis area fits
a Trump pattern threatening lasting damage X
SNL's Steve Pokin: County commissioners should
disregard Missouri Legislature and state law when making CAFO decisions X
P-D letter: Frontenac man backs 'bipartisan' Clean
Missouri X
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Saturday, December 7,
2019 Pearl Harbor Day
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rosenbaum
and others break the walls down on Ann Wagner vs. Jill Schupp, Medicaid
waivers, KC Star's advocacy series on criminals and public defenders,
candidates' theme music, more
P-D: UAW abolishes its corruption-plagued regional
office in Hazelwood X
AP:
Missouri's minimum wage to increase yet again on January 1
The Missouri Times: Ceres returns to Missouri Capitol
on cold December day: 'A part of history here'
JCNT: Ceres statue returns to Capitol grounds X
KWMU: Ceres statue returns to grace the Missouri
Capitol
Missourinet: First Lady Teresa Parson invites
Missourians to candlelight tours of Mansion today
The Missouri Times: Zim Schwartze named new Missouri
Missouri Capitol Police chief, will start in January
AP: AG Eric Schmitt backs high school football coach
who led players in voluntary prayer
The Missouri Times: Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester)
files bill to streamline rape kit testing process following AG report
St. Joseph News-Press: Medical marijuana rollout
causes dispute about legal protections X
JCNT editorial: Missouri Dept. of Ag offers
indispensable opportunity for youths interested in industry X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Peter Kinder: Remembering Pearl Harbor
and a Cape Girardeau son 78 years later +
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Friday, December 6, 2019
KC Star: Hawley grills top Pentagon official about
plans to send more troops to Middle East X
Columbia Missourian: Dams to release more water under
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan
AP:
Amount of water released into Missouri River being reduced
AP:
6 apply for Missouri's 'nonpartisan' redistricting post
The Missouri Times: Rex Sinquefield contributes
$185,000 to Curtis Trent; Springfield Republican competing with
Rep. Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) for floor leader
SNL: Springfield Chamber of Commerce PAC to refund
contribution from Springfield News-Leader; Newspaper calls
contribution "clerical error" X
The Missouri Times: Marijuana legalization initiative
petition approved to circulate
SNL: Missouri will award marijuana dispensary licenses
in January, most others more quickly X
P-D: Missouri will license all marijuana businesses by
Feb. 1, officials say X
KC Star: 22,000 in Missouri with "need" for marijuana
can purchase stash soon X
Columbia Missourian: Three steps to becoming a
Missouri hemp producer, department announces
Missourinet: Missouri's commercial hemp program
underway
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe: Seeing
restored Ceres at Missouri Capitol this weekend is 'once in a lifetime
gift'
Missourinet: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) to chair
House education committee
KWMU: Leader of anti-drug group wants Missouri
legislators to expand Medicaid
JCNT editorial: For practical purposes, 2020
legislative session has already started X
KWMU op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Laura Ungar:
Multiracial LGBTQIA* hero Laurie Punch campaigns for gun control
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Thursday, December 5, 2019
KWMU: After ruling out congressional bid, Jill Schupp
changes mind to challenge Ann Wagner; NRCC mocks Dems'
"sacrificial lamb"
P-D: U.S. Senate confirms St. Louis County lawyer
Sarah Pitlyk's appointment as federal judge X
KWMU: Reports of perceived 'hate crimes' plummet
almost 40% in Missouri
Missourinet: Medicare open enrollment ends this
Saturday for Missouri olds
The Missouri Times: Missouri's new, nonpartisan state
demographer: Who has applied?
The Missouri Times: Bill from Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) would thwart boys' schemes to compete against girls in
high school sports
KMIZ: State Board of Education ironing out legislative
plans
The Missouri Times: Ag groups, utilities ask Missouri
State Tax Commission not to raise taxes on agricultural land
St. Joseph News-Press: State's focus on industrial
hemp continues X
P-D: No smoking weed in state parks for Missouri
medical marijuana patients
The Missouri Times: Rep. David Evans (R-West Plains)
tackles changes to bond, parole rules in pair of bills
SE
Missourian: Missouri Gaming Commission approves casino license
transfer +
St. Joseph News-Press: Insurance company ranks
Missouri in middle of the pack for distracted driving X
P-D editorial: Scuttling Clean Missouri would be a GOP
step away from ethics and transparency X
Joplin Globe editorial: Legislature should give Gov.
Parson's gun proposal a chance X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Nonsupport toll
extends beyond attorneys; Missouri's cowardly deadbeat dads
create a critical economic challenge X
P-D op-ed: National Council of Jewish Women opposes
Sarah Pitlyk's confirmation as federal judge, citing abortion stance X
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019
The Missouri Times: Jill Schupp volunteers to fill
Democratic ballot slot for Ann Wagner's re-election
SE
Missourian: EPA: Jackson company in compliance with
emission guidelines +
KWMU: Missouri Coalition for the Environment sues EPA,
seeking to stop pollution runoff in lakes
SNL: Missouri environmental group sues EPA over lake
protection rules X
AP:
Activists sue EPA over water quality in Missouri lakes
KCUR: Duck boat owner can't use 19th century maritime
law to limit claims in Missouri disaster, judge rules
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson promotes Jeff Earl as
new legislative director
KWMU: St. Louis City asks for $15 million in state tax
credits for soccer stadium project
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep.-elect
Trish Gunby (D-St. Louis County) talks with Jo Mannies about special
election win, expectations for serving in House superminority
P-D: Missouri lawmakers float plan to let college
athletes get paid X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MACC President Dr. Jeff Lashley
talks legislative funding goals, says Gov. Parson understands value of
community colleges
KWMU: Missouri Dept. of Higher Education and Workforce
Development hopes program will get Missourians back to college to
finish degrees
KC Star: Conservative group says University of Central
Missouri does poor job supporting free speech
X
KCUR: Kansas City Public Schools misses full
accreditation, faces fallout from fake attendance numbers
KC Star: Falsifying attendance records will cost
Kansas City Public Schools nearly $200,000 X
CDT: Bill aims to set rules on student restraint X
Missourinet: Death certificate legislation is personal
for Rep. Donna Pfautsch (R-Harrisonville)
Missourinet: Missouri Cold Weather Rule underway to
keep heat on for payment derelicts
The Missouri Times: PSC approves changes to Missouri
American Water billing for St. Louis County customers
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson, looking for safety, seeks
refuge under a loosely tethered Trump tent X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers should allow
sports gambling, rein in video terminals in 2020 X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Narrow focus works
best on Missouri gun debate X
KC Star op-ed: Former Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights): Gregg Keller's tweets are offensive X
P-D letter: St. John man says Post-Dispatch editorial
board is hypocritical to oppose death penalty while supporting
infanticide X
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019
AP: UAW says it will bolster controls after
embezzlement scandal; St. Louis-area underbosses spent union dues
on cigars, golf green fees, swanky villas and more
SNL: Judge says 1851 law does not apply in duck boat
cases X
The Missouri Times: Kaitlyn Schallhorn named new
executive editor of The Missouri Times
SNL: News-Leader to experiment with new method of
customer feedback - removing reader comments
X
AP: Moody's Analytics report: Many states in
good shape to weather recession
AP: Monthly survey suggests economy slowing in 9
Midwest, Plains states
The Missouri Times: Legislative preview: A look
at what's ahead for 2020 session
The Missouri Times: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring)
talks with Scott Faughn about legislative priorities: Clean
Missouri fix, opioids, much more
JCNT: Lawmakers flood Capitol with bills on first day
of early filing X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) on Clean Missouri fix
Missourinet: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) hopes
stand-alone gas-tax measure makes it to ballot in 2020
CDT: Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) seeks to ease vehicle
licensing X
Columbia Missourian: Bipartisan bill from Reps. Dottie
Bailey (R-Eureka) and Ian Mackey (D-St. Louis) would address schools'
"seclusion and restraint" policies
Columbia Missourian: Legislative preview series:
Missouri farm bill rooted in history
Missourinet: Sports betting and gaming machines
addressed in Missouri House committee report
JCNT: New watchlist presented of public retirement
plans X
P-D: With construction looming, state financing on tap
for St. Louis soccer stadium X
P-D: More Missourians approved for medical marijuana
use than predicted X
KWMU: 'Report for America' advocacy journalism
series: Businesses see profit opportunities in Missouri's
cannabis space
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson says he'll listen to
Missouri voters on Medicaid expansion. It's about time. X
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson should be leading the
campaign for a Missouri vaping tax, not ruling it out X
The Missouri Times' Kaitlyn Schallhorn: Gov. Parson's
special session fixing vehicle sales issue is one we can all be
thankful for this holiday season
P-D
letter: Bellefontaine Habilitation Center Parents Association's
Mary Vitale: Disabled Missourians need more habilitation access
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Monday, December 2, 2019
KWMU: Missouri farmers still backing President Trump,
says Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
KC Star: Hawley, others push FEMA on flood-payout
process X
KWMU: Missouri Foundation for Health says cost for
Obamacare is rising
SNL: Cover Missouri, other advocacy groups to offer
in-person help for Obamacare signups X
KC Star: 'Report for America' to sponsor KC Star's new
gun-control series X
Report for
America: Seeking "gutsy" journalists "to hold powerful
institutions accountable"
Missourinet: Kansas City mayor looks forward to
working with Gov. Parson, says bipartisanship is critical in battling
crime
P-D: National effort to track police shootings slow to
catch on among Missouri departments X
P-D: Missouri Republicans considering options for
'Clean Missouri' fix X
JCNT: More outreach and promotion for state arts
council, including to veterans homes X
KWMU: Mental health care dominates Missouri
telemedicine field
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) says expanding Medicaid will hurt education
P-D: Liberal solution for vaping illnesses:
higher taxes X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri to launch application
process this month for hemp production
P-D: Earthquake simulator to make Missourians shake X
CDT: Boonville police chief defends record on rape kits X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri should
capture revenue from online sales taxes X
Joplin Globe editorial: Prioritize rape victims and
end the backlog of untested rape kits X
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian says Ukraine issue
will give Democrats control of Missouri in 2020 X
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P-D: NEW FEATURE: Post-Dispatch publishing home
addresses, telephone numbers of letter to the editor authors X
KC Star: College conservatives say their number are
growing; Comments from Missouri Federation of College Republicans
Chairman Jeffrey Metzler X
St. Joseph News-Press: Area hospitals prepare for
'tsunami' of expanded Medicare X
SNL: 2020 politics could force another delay of REAL ID X
Missourinet: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) says
"surprise billing" legislation is critical
Washington Missourian editorial: Sen. Blunt had a key
role in keeping NGA in St. Louis X
KC Star letter: American Bar Association applauds the
Star's advocacy journalism series on public defenders X
CDT letter: Columbia octogenarian baffled by REAL ID
requirements X
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian says her fellow
senior citizens believe in respecting voters' decisions, and voting
straight Republican undermines democracy X
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