Tuesday, February 28
The Missouri Times: Missouri Republicans call on
McCaskill to confirm Gorsuch
PBS: How Americans see Donald Trump, according to
three regional newspapers: St. Joseph News-Press Chairman David
Bradley says Trump has made some misstatements, says area residents are
largely satisfied and most hope Trump keeps his promises
St. Joseph News-Press: Area liberals outraged over
Bradley's comments about Trump; Group of nearly 50 gathers
outside News-Press office during workday X
St. Joseph News-Press: Protest photo gallery:
Woman wearing yarn labia atop skull; More X
Columbia Missourian: Kander talks voter rights to
liberal lawyers' group
Helling: Democrats must find better candidates, or
they'll keep losing +
CDT: Columbia man arrested after attacking police
officer at St. Louis LGBTQIA* parade X
P-D: St. Louis woman jumps on back of officer, tries
to interfere with arrest at St. Louis LGBTQIA* parade
KC Star: Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Stephen
Webber calls on Greitens to condemn Trump's comments about war +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) says workers' comp bill will help stop "double-dipping"
KWMU: Missouri's chief public defender, Michael
Barrett, says he'll close offices around the state unless Legislature
gives him more money
Missourinet: State Public Defender Michael Barrett
requests $70 million in funding
AP:
Public defenders want more money from legislators
The Missouri Times: House approves extensions for
pregnancy resource center tax credits
KSGF: Nick Reed show: Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston) talks about PDMP legislation, addresses Reed's skepticism
of program, says she looks forward to Eric Burlison representing
Springfield in the Missouri Senate soon
P-D: Lincoln County joins prescription drug monitoring
database
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
explains REAL ID conundrum
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
gives REAL ID update
P-D: Purchases of land for Missouri parks put on hold
Missourinet: Missouri House looks at expanding hemp
extract use for serious health conditions
SNL: State electrician's license discussed in Senate X
Missourinet: House endorses tougher fines for those
who choose to break herbicide-application laws
The Missouri Times: Great Plains files application,
PSC sets intervention deadline
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Public Library to allow
concealed weapons indefinitely
AP:
Judge says state knowingly violated Sunshine Law
U.S.
News & World Report: State rankings: Missouri #37
P-D: U.S. News & World Report ranks Missouri in
bottom third of states
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill, Sen. Dave
Schatz (R-Sullivan) stand up for area's bridge needs X
P-D editorial: Windfall gives Greitens an opportunity
to show compassion for Missouri's olds, disabled and kids
KC Star op-ed: Concerned Women for America's Bev
Ehlen: McCaskill should support Gorsuch
+
KC Star op-ed: NARAL's Alison Dreith: McCaskill
should oppose Gorsuch +
St. Joseph News-Press's Newton: REAL ID debate is
messy and tiresome X
Waters: Mike Middleton deserves credit for more than
hanging in there X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Values Project's
Molly Teichman: Politicians' effort to help liquor megastore
Total Wine may hurt Missouri families
P-D letter: Bridgeton man says Post-Dispatch reporter
Kurt Erickson's predictably-slanted piece on lt. gov. office furniture
appeals to left-leaning, low-information readers
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Monday, February 27
P-D: Inside the Trump White House, St. Louis native
Katie Walsh plays key role
The New Yorker's Kathryn Schulz: Liberals target GOP
congressional offices with phone calls; KC woman brags about
calling Blunt's D.C. office every day, tells reporter she is a
"registered Independent" - though Missouri does not have party
registration
St. Joseph News-Press: Local immigration attorneys
provide advice to illegal aliens hiding out in Missouri: Don't
break more laws by committing other crimes X
Faughn: Jay Wasson may be Missouri's most influential
senator; Nixa Republican shares thoughts on Greitens, PQ, 'right
to work,' prevailing wage, building trust with Democrats, and the crop
of young senators
Missourinet: PDMP sponsor Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston) shares her own family's battle with drug addiction, opioid
abuse
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Assistant
Superminority Floor Leader Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis) on ethics bills,
REAL ID, tort overhaul; Panel of St. Louis City Democratic
mayoral campaign staffers
Missourinet: Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage):
further scrutiny of St. Louis Community Release Center is in process
St. Joseph News-Press: Hundreds of local bridges
deemed structurally deficient X
Washington Missourian: Bill from Rep. Lynn Morris
(R-Nixa) would change county budget process, could remove auditor as
budget officer
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove)
would install abortion exhibit in Missouri Capitol
P-D editorial: Special interests are trying, again, to
reverse voters' will on campaign cash
SNL letter: Bolivar man unhappy that McCaskill, Blunt,
Long not holding town halls during break X
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia sexagenarian
demands Vicky Hartzler hold town halls, says incumbent - who won by
forty (40) points in 2016 - is in danger of losing seat
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man wants Post-Dispatch to
make more frequent reference to Greitens' intellectual, Democratic past
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Sunday, February 26
KWMU: Missouri GOP has singular message at Lincoln
Days: It's time to get to work
SNL: Lincoln Days happenings: Blunt speech and
protest; Greitens speech; Ashcroft speaks to GOP attorneys
group; panel of female department heads; MRP Vice Chair Kay
Hoflander on looking toward 2018 X
KY3: Missouri Republicans gather for Lincoln Days
P-D: At Lincoln Days, Missouri Republicans talk 2018
races
JCNT: Anti-Trump rally draws less than three dozen
outside Luetkemeyer's office; Veteran social justice warrior Sue
Gibson says she wants GOP to support "Black Lives Matter," transgender
campaigns, etc. X
CDT: Hartzler's Steve Walsh says congresswoman's
one-on-one meetings are more productive than staged "spectacles for the
media" X
Missourinet: Columbia man who converted to Islam and
planned KC ISIS attack being held without bond
Columbia Missourian: Blunt's Columbia office gets new
location
KWMU: LGBTQIA* activists rally downtown, express anger
over Emery's alternative-facilities bill
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis) on tort overhaul
proposals, REAL ID, ethics bills; Panel of St. Louis City
Democratic mayoral candidate staffers
Drebes:
Nixon holdovers on the way out; Labor scion Hugh McVey, nephew of
longtime Missouri AFL-CIO boss Duke McVey, departs Dept. of Labor and
Industrial Relations
SNL: Legislative roundup: REAL ID, drug
monitoring X
CDT: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia): Ethics
bills would uphold Greitens' campaign promises
X
Columbia Missourian: Overview: Tort overhaul
proposals
P-D: These 14 St. Louis charter schools have struggled
for 14 years, but continue to evade closure
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Missouri House passes bill to increase fines
for farmers who choose to break herbicide application laws
AP:
St. Louis airport could soon get booze-to-go policy
KC Star: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) proposes "Never
Again Act" to highlight history of abortion X
P-D: Tiniest victims of Missouri's heroin epidemic
flood into foster care
P-D editorial: VP Mike Pence wrong to call Obamacare a
"nightmare" during St. Louis visit
JCNT editorial: A state family-friendly leave policy
is a win-win X
Waters: Time for Missouri to comply with REAL ID X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Gasoline tax for
transportation should range between 5.9 cents and 10 cents - and still
will not solve MoDOT's problems X
P-D letter: Maryland Heights sexagenarian dislikes
Blunt, expresses her anger over senator's re-election
P-D letter: Manchester sexagenarian demands Ann Wagner
hold town halls, says incumbent - re-elected in 2016 by 20 points - is
in danger of losing seat
P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian dislikes fellow
Democrats' town-hall campaign, says anti-Trump protesters should behave
in a more civil fashion
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian is pleased with
Post-Dispatch's criticism of Eric Greitens, wants paper to "drown him
with more articles"
SE
Missourian letter: Palmyra septuagenarian supports eminent domain
bills proposed by Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) +
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Saturday, February
25
The Official 2017 Missouri Lincoln Day
Bingo Card
The Missouri Times: Special Lincoln Days print
edition: Lincoln Days schedule, Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies racks
up national awards; more
The Missouri Times: Lincoln Days kicks off in
Springfield; Attendees talk 2018 GOP U.S. Senate primary, more
Missourinet: Lincoln Days features U.S. Senate primary
hopefuls, celebration of November victories, more
KSPR: Video: Lincoln Days attendees gather in
Springfield; Comments from Republicans Tom Mendenhall, Danette
Proctor; Sexagenarian anti-Blunt protester Rita Bruin says she
has been "borderline depressed" since Hillary Clinton's defeat
P-D: Liberal groups continue push for congressional
town halls
KWMU: Local congressional delegation's communications
staffers pen statements regarding town hall forums
SNL: Transgender rally draws more than 100 in
Springfield X
SNL: Photo gallery: Amorphous human holds sign
declaring "F@CK TERFS" (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists);
Organizer Bethany Johnson wears Captain American shield on back, yarn
labia hat atop skull; More X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of February 20
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Greitens' Parker Briden talks
about jobs coming to Northeast Missouri
The Missouri Times: Greitens rounds out 10-member tax
credit committee: Policy Director Will Scharf, former GOP state
Sens. Jason Crowell and John Lamping, others
KC Star: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) inquires
about Greitens' travel
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton)
talks budget battles, appropriation of settlement monies
SNL: Missouri legislators meet at Springfield Expedia
facility to tout short-term rental bill X
SNL: Greitens appoints pair to MSU governing board X
SNL: MSU to raise tuition next year X
Columbia Missourian: House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) asks UM System to retract support of
discrimination bills
P-D: Few Missouri public high school students pass AP
courses; 2013 photo of Hazelwood East AP government teacher
attempting to instruct Spanish Lake youths
KC Star: Two non-urban districts in the KC region
named to state's Advanced Placement Honor Roll
+
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Greitens
overstates number of students not enrolled in physics
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) wants
to create 'History of Abortion' exhibit in Capitol
P-D: Push to expand gambling underway in Missouri
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: House passes bill to stiffen penalties on
farmers who choose to make illegal applications of approved herbicide +
KWMU: Bill to strengthen penalties for misuse of
herbicides moves forward
The Missouri Times: PSC orders Great Plains to file
application in merger case
Gateway Journalism Review: Three veteran reporters
depart Post-Dispatch; In face of declining subscriptions, paper
launches "TRUTH" ad campaign
P-D editorial: Some Missouri Republicans agree with
ACLU on REAL ID, but the Republicans are being crackpots about it
P-D editorial: Rep. Jeff Pogue (R-Salem) pushes a bill
to help landowners pollute without consequences
KC Star editorial: St. Louis City correct to fight
Missouri Legislature on abortion +
P-D letter: NARAL employee disagrees with Greitens,
Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters) on abortion
CDT letter: Sexagenarian poverty activist applauds
newspaper's advocacy journalism and dedication to hard-knock, woe-is-me
stories X
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Friday, February
24 The Official 2017
Missouri Lincoln Day
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SNL: Republicans set to swarm Springfield for Lincoln
Days X
SNL: Liberal "Indivisible" group will protest Blunt at
Lincoln Days tomorrow, says it wants him to participate in their
"street town hall" X
KC Star: Area delegation responds to liberal groups'
town-hall campaign +
CDT: Liberals protest Hartzler outside local Chamber
of Commerce meeting X
CDT: Luetkemeyer, Hartzler look to pull back Dodd-Frank X
Drebes:
Ian Mackey to run for Stacey Newman's safe Democratic seat in Richmond
Heights area
Riverfront Times: After Post-Dispatch's rush to
judgment on rape allegation, Steve Roberts looks to clear his name
Rosenbaum: Greitens reflects on his Jewish faith
through lens of cemetery vandalism
KWMU: Jewish Federation of St. Louis credits Greitens'
team for mobilizing quickly after cemetery vandalism; Local
Anti-Defamation League leader blames nationwide incidents on Trump
campaign
The Missouri Times: Greitens restores some funding to
K-12 transportation, home services programs
KWMU: Greitens shrinks size of proposed Medicaid,
school bus cuts
Missourinet: Greitens eyes settlement money to ease
cuts to Missouri's home services, school busing
AP:
Greitens wants to use tobacco money to restore Medicaid cuts
SNL: Greitens says $52 million in tobacco money will
help undo his cuts; Protesters gather in Springfield anyway X
P-D: Tobacco money will help avoid cuts of in-home
care, Greitens says
The Missouri Times: House votes to give the unemployed
a minimum three months of handouts
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers call for monthly reports
on state's lawsuit settlements
KWMU: Corrections worker: Nepotism,
fraternization rampant in agency
Missourinet: Breakthrough testimony by prison
employees after administrators are vague about scandal
AP:
Missouri prison employees slam work environment
P-D: A step toward a prescription drug database in
Missouri advances
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) discusses virtual schools
Missourinet: Rep. Jason Chipman (R-Steelville) wants
to prevent public universities from requiring students to live in
campus housing past freshman year
Missourinet: Families of killer, victim ask Missouri
Legislature to expedite Amber Alerts protocol
Missourinet: Judge lets Sierra Club intervene in court
battle against Ameren
P-D: Cracked plaster, damaged hardwood flooring to get
repairs in Parson's office; Office gets refurbishment treatment
for first time in at least 12 years
KC Star editorial: Missouri farmers would suffer from
Trump-inspired trade war +
KC Star editorial: Graves should be part of KCI
solution +
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Vicky Hartzler
cares about people who make local economy work, doesn't care much about
protesters
SNL letter: Republic septuagenarian says Blunt, Long
are wrong on Obamacare X
KC Star letter: Former Dem lt. gov candidate Winston
Apple proposes proportional representation +
P-D letter: Former Ferguson Police Chief Tom
Jackson: Messenger wrong to criticize Jeff Roorda;
Columnist has luxury of living in Wildwood and avoiding savagery
Disclosure
Thursday, February 23
KWMU: VP Mike Pence's message to Missouri: Small
businesses are a priority, as is health care
Missourinet: Pence visits company, vandalized Jewish
cemetery
AP:
Pence lauds small business during Missouri visit
P-D: Pence condemns vandalism at Jewish cemetery
KWMU: While visiting St. Louis area, VP Mike Pence and
Gov. Eric Greitens condemn vandalism at Jewish cemetery
Washington Examiner: Conservative group targets
McCaskill in ads boosting Gorsuch's Supreme Court bid
Politico: Conservative group tied to Senate GOP
leadership targets GOP, Dem lawmakers - including McCaskill - to repeal
Obamacare
Columbia Missourian: Local Democrats, peace activists,
Indians protest Hartzler outside Chamber of Commerce event; Trump
supporter holds one-man counter-rally, suggests liberals get over their
election defeat
Columbia Missourian: Obamacare supporters compare
medical maladies at rally; Overweight woman laments hip and knee
problems, etc.
CDT: Obamacare supporters swap sad stories at
rally; Woman claims "a slip in the mud" and knee injury made her
homeless, former city councilwoman weeps, etc.
X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact: Blunt's
statement on Missouri's health insurance coverage rated "Half True"
SE
Missourian: Immigrant student is unhappy with Trump, says her
father - who speaks English and holds multiple advanced degrees -
misunderstood "fine print" of visa law +
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer: We're losing one
community bank a day; he and Hartzler blast Dodd-Frank
AP:
Greitens shuns state plane, flies at private costs
Missourinet: Greitens' campaign pledge for statewide
term limits sees action with Kraus' legislative proposal
KWMU: Missouri's male population underrepresented in
Greitens' Cabinet picks; Nominees for major agencies include
three men, five women
AP:
GOP bill would allow the unemployed to hang out on the dole for at
least three months
KWMU: Greitens' proposed budget cuts spare farmers,
but not biodiesel debt
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers face off in
REAL ID debates
KWMU: Missouri Republicans have robust debate on REAL
ID measures
Columbia Missourian: REAL ID debate stalls in Senate
The Missouri Times: House Budget Committee questions
Governor's Office budget and use of funds
The Missouri Times: Eigel proposes vast I-70 overhaul
with general revenue funds
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT finishes Highway 13
bridge repairs X
P-D: Alzheimers care givers oppose budget cuts
The Missouri Times: House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) blasts Mizzou for endorsing Austin's
discrimination suit overhaul bill
CDT: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty
scolds UM for lobbyist's testimony X
KWMU: Local attorney says GOP's proposed changes to
discrimination law are needed
AP:
Missouri Senate advances prescription drug monitoring bill
St. Joseph News-Press: State unveils new license plate X
AP: Missouri corrections officer charged with false
imprisonment; Ozark Correctional Center employee pushed co-worker
into cell, where she stayed alone for several minutes until her
co-worker boyfriend set her free
P-D: Marquette High grad Erica Cao named Gates Scholar
for second time; Minority student chooses to work hard, achieves
success
P-D: Jennings man convicted of felony for looting shoe
store during Ferguson riots
P-D editorial: Gov. Eric Greitens: Cannot or
will not answer questions?
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: Sexagenarian
reporter bashes critics of news media, says his job is to provide
"truly fair and balanced" journalism while he fights for the "poor,
needy and disabled" X
P-D letter: Olivette man says Greitens is enamored
with himself and should stop whining about the media
P-D letter: University City woman wants legislators to
spend more money on K-12 schools
CDT letter: Administrative law attorney David
Woodsmall: Lawmakers should oppose bill backed by utility
companies X
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Wednesday, February 22
KTVI (St. Louis): McCaskill visits Mexico border to
get first-hand look at issues facing border patrol agents
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft weighs in on new
immigration order on FOX Business
KWMU: Local immigrant-advocacy group calls reality of
Trump immigration order "a real tragedy"
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: New Trump
immigration rules create fear among immigrants; Public radio
station provides forum for two anti-Trump perspectives, zero voices
supporting deportation policy
KWMU: Survey: Public radio station takes part in
national investigation, asks why readers do not trust them for unbiased
information
KC Star: Columbia man who converted to Islam caught
plotting ISIS terror attack on Kansas City +
Missourinet: Columbia man who converted to Islam
planned terrorist attack on Kansas City
KMIZ: Columbia man converted to Islam, planned
Presidents' Day attack
AP:
Missouri man charged with trying to plan terrorist attack in KC
Columbia Missourian: Pro-Obamacare rally draws 250 in
Columbia; McCaskill staff attends
P-D: Anti-Trump activists protest outside Blunt's
office, say they'll target Ann Wagner next
Missourinet: Pence to visit St. Louis County today
AP: VP Mike Pence to make stop in Fenton today to talk
jobs
P-D: Greitens says he will talk about jobs during
visit with Trump
The Missouri Times: Women's Policy Network holds
second year of mentor program
KWMU: Greitens' team plans volunteer activity at
Jewish cemetery
AP:
Greitens makes statement on vandalism at Jewish cemetery
P-D: Vandalism at University City Jewish cemetery
draws widespread condemnation
CDT: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) offers
to personally help any constituent who can't manage to get a voter ID
on their own X
AP:
Bill from Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) would mandate e-verify
checks to keep employees from hiring illegal aliens; ACLU opposes
bill
SE
Missourian: Wallingford, other senators push Hawley to fight REAL
ID bill +
SNL: Issue overview: What the Missouri
Legislature is doing about REAL ID X
SNL: Springfield legislators push compliance with REAL
ID X
Columbia Missourian: Proposed state amendment would
eliminate income tax, cap state spending
The Missouri Times: Eigel to propose funding
transportation through general revenue
The Missouri Times: Holsman calls for $60 million of
settlement money to be used to restore funding to Greitens' budget cuts
Missourinet: $10 million from court settlement to
assist with Missouri budget crunch; Holsman would like to see more
Missourinet: DOC controversy inspires proposal from
Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) to monitor
state payouts for lawsuit claims
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Today's episode to
explore Legislature's proposed discrimination bill
Missourinet: Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) proposes
alternate facilities for K-12 transgender students
KWMU: Senate committee hears Emery's bill to allow
public schools to provide alternative facilities for kids calling
themselves "transgender"
AP:
Emery bill provides alternative restroom, locker room options for
transgender students
The Missouri Times: Bill to provide alternative
restrooms for transgender students draws crowd
KC Star: Woman raising funds for her
transgender-rights group books her 9-year-old boy - dressed up like a
girl and calling himself "Avery" - a speaking slot at Senate committee
hearing +
P-D: Emery bill draws testimony from activists, two
boys calling themselves girls, parents
Columbia Missourian: Boys deliver prepared speeches on
Emery's transgender-facilities bill
KWMU: Missouri Board of Education critical of St.
Louis' largest charter network, still reauthorizes it
CDT: House committee to start work on higher ed budget X
P-D: House approves police protections; Urban
legislators unhappy
P-D: Lawmakers debate changing booze rules at Lambert
Missourinet: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) takes
aim at 'pill mills'
KWMU: GOP House bill would strike down St. Louis
City's 'abortion sanctuary city' law
SNL: Stacey Barfield pushes for 'Hailey's Law' without
husband X
KC Star: Mom thinks UMKC stripper is a victim of human
trafficking +
AP:
Democrats ask Greitens to allow expanded family leave
P-D editorial: A prescription drug database would turn
off the drug spigot in St. Louis
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Tuesday, February 21
KC Star: Hundreds protest Trump at 'Not My President'
rally +
TonysKansasCity.com: Photos, compendium of local news
coverage from anti-Trump rally
KWMU: Lacy Clay to file suit over painting depicting
police as animals
AP:
Clay intends to sue over removal of painting
P-D: Taking down anti-police painting violated 1st
Amendment, Clay claims in planned lawsuit
Japan Times: Billy Long part of bipartisan delegation
visiting with government officials in Tokyo
Rosenbaum: The political money pipeline now can flow
through Missouri's elected officials
CDT: Kit Bond puts mid-Missouri mansion on the market X
KWMU: Former AG Chris Koster takes job at Centene
The Missouri Times: Koster to work as vice president
at Centene Corporation
AP:
Koster gets new job at Centene Corp.
The Missouri Times: The evolution of Rich
AuBuchon: Tort reform and beyond
Drebes:
Ryan McKenna hangs out a shingle as government consultant
The Missouri Times: Former McCaskill, SEIU staffer
Brandon Davis joins GPS Impact
The Missouri Times: Kansas City Democratic Reps. Jon
Carpenter and Lauren Arthur launch podcast; Sen. Jill Schupp
(D-Creve Coeur) starts all-female podcast inspired by "The View"
KC Star: State spent $52 million under Nixon
administration to settle discrimination, other lawsuits; Comments
from House Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) +
Missourinet: Rep. Mark Ellebracht (D-Liberty) wants
governors to disclose inaugural-fund donors, calls Humphreys'
contribution to Richard inappropriate
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Libla calls out House for lack of action on
bridge funding +
SNL: In-home medical care group plans rally Thursday
to protest budget cuts X
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers hear from treatment
experts, consider opioid proposals
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court to decide
if cities have the right to set their own minimum wage
P-D: Greitens yet to say what he'll do with $50
million in tobacco settlement money
P-D: Greitens: St. Louis should not be an
'Abortion Sanctuary City'
Missourinet: Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) says
compromise on charter schools 'possible'
KWMU: Bill from Rep. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) would allow
K-12 schools to provide alternative accomodations for transgender
students, keep young men out of girls' restrooms and locker rooms
Daily
American Republic: Sucker punch during girls' basketball game,
caught on video, prompts Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Poplar Bluff) to propose
legislation +
JCNT: Protest of higher ed budget cuts draws nearly a
dozen outside Governor's Mansion X
Columbia Missourian: New profile outlines traits,
expectations for MU chancellor
SNL: Dixon bill would allow real estate notices to
shift from print publications to online X
CDT: Emery bill could hinder city efforts to expand
broadband X
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
wants gun owners to be required to report lost or stolen firearms
The Maneater: MU law professor unhappy with
legislature's 2016 gun bill, calls it "macho posturing"
P-D: Proposal would add utility vehicles to Missouri
'move over' law
P-D: University City police investigate damage to
headstones at Jewish cemetery; Greitens staff posts statement to
Facebook
KC Star editorial: Work on REAL ID compromise should
continue +
P-D editorial: Missouri has too many inmates and not
enough space or money. Time for some bold thinking.
P-D editorial: Men and women of St. Louis law
enforcement are wrong to have former Democratic state Rep. Jeff Roorda
represent them
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Help St. Louis
Women's March organizers fight the Trump agenda by filling out online
survey
Messenger: Federal judge welcomes immigrants to
America in trying times
The Maneater's Emmett Ferguson: Higher education cuts
means MU is going to need to make up for some serious cash
Waters: How to legislate anti-discrimination X
KC Star letter: Independence man compares Greitens'
budget cuts to foreclosing on widows and shutting down orphanages +
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Monday, February 20
Presidents' Day
CDT: Democrats see opportunity in resistance to
Trump's governing; Comments from MDP's Stephen Webber, MRP's Todd
Graves, Hartzler, local state rep candidates X
KWMU: Local artists to complain about Trump's victory
at "Not My Presidents' Day" event in St. Louis City; Public radio
station previews tonight's anti-Trump event, provides downloadable
audio of anti-Trump artist's song, etc.
KWMU: Survey: Public radio station takes part in
national media investigation, asks why readers do not trust them for
unbiased information
KC Star: Survey: Newspaper takes part in
national media investigation, asks why readers do not trust them for
unbiased information +
P-D: Lacy Clay to file federal lawsuit over display of
portrait depicting police as animals
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-St. Charles); Panel of Jason Rosenbaum, Reps. Becky Ruth
(R-Festus) and Joe Adams (D-University City), Jack Spooner talk Trump,
UM Board of Curators, Greitens' approach to handling reporters
Drebes: Jay Ashcroft's audacious power move against
Greitens
Columbia Missourian: Elected officials seek to
determine cost of Missouri voter ID law
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Sheena Greitens
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Mike Parson visits
Perryville; Lt. gov tours local businesses, visits site of
proposed Vietnam Memorial
P-D: David Nicklaus and Jim Gallagher's "Bottom Line"
video series: Sexagenarian business reporters disagree with
legislators' 'right to work' push, says GOP is trying to hurt unions
Missourinet: House Transporation Committee Chair Bill
Reiboldt (R-Neosho): Missouri lawmakers are studying all
possibilities for I-70
Missourinet: Terminated Missouri corrections officer
seeks to testify before legislative committee
Missourinet: Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) says
charging prisoners a 50-cent copay could cut down on frivolous
medical-care visits
SNL: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) renews pitch for
Greene County sales tax X
St. Louis Review: Missouri legislation seeks to
pre-empt city's 'abortion sanctuary' ordinance
P-D: Missouri lawmakers weigh changes to state-run
virtual education program
KWMU: To attract students, UMSL and other schools try
moving brick-and-mortar experience online
P-D editorial: St. Louis women deserve protection from
retaliation for reproductive health decisions
Columbia Missourian op-ed New DHSS Director Randall
Williams: How I spent my first day in Missouri
Priddy:
Thoughts on new Missouri license plate design (1,537 words)
SNL letter: Local sexagenarian says Long is
hypocritical on Trump executive orders X
P-D letter: University City environmentalist applauds
McCaskill for opposing Pruitt
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Missourian letter: Labor advocate opposes GOP prevailing-wage
legislation +
KC Star letter: KC trial attorney Chris Benjamin
opposes GOP collateral source bill +
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Sunday, February 19
Washington Times: McCaskill, other Dems question
Trump's smartphone security
Capital Press: McCaskill, Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)
sponsor bill to end 'duplicative' pesticide permits
CDT: Hartzler staff sits through liberals' complaints
at listening forum; Steve Walsh, Spencer Tuma hear from man who
wants to use women's restrooms, Clinton supporters who blame election
loss on Russia, more X
KOMU: Group joins National General Strike Day with
flash mob of twelve (12) people downtown; Organizer laments
"carrying around a lot of pain and trauma that has been internalized
because of just the legacy of settler colonialism and slavery and
racism"
NBC News: More than 1,000 sign up for Monday
anti-Trump rally in KC
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Bill Eigel; Panel of Jason Rosenbaum, Reps.
Becky Ruth (R-Festus) and Joe Adams (D-University City), Jack Spooner
talk Trump, UM Board of Curators, Greitens' relationship with media
JCNT: Greitens team taps Harry Otto as director of
legislative affairs for Missouri Department of Economic Development X
JCNT: Comparing Missouri state workers' jobs to those
in other states X
SNL: Legislation to block lawsuits, big awards rolls
through Missouri House and Senate X
AP:
Permit interest drops after passage of Missouri gun law
CDT: Library changes signs prohibiting guns X
SE
Missourian: Vargas: Southeast faces $6.73 million
shortfall, looks at possible tuition increases
+
KC Star: For second year in a row, Rep. Mike Moon
(R-Ash Grove) proposes "personhood" amendment
+
Brownfield Ag News: Hawley takes California egg case
to U.S. Supreme Court
Washington Missourian editorial: 'Right to work' not a
panacea, but not the end of the world either
X
Washington Missourian editorial: Politicians should
stop the dressing-down gimmick; Greitens, at least, put on a tie
for his inauguration X
SNL editorial: Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield)
oversteps boundaries with bill on local jail funding X
Washington Missourian editorial: Political correctness
surrounding Ferguson riots is out of control
X
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Gov. Eric Greitens evaded my
question about his upcoming trip to D.C., and doesn't spend enough time
hanging out with reporters
P-D letter: Area feminist "extremely alarmed" by
impact HHS nominee Tom Price could have on Planned Parenthood in
Missouri
KC Star letters: Missouri man, Kansas man criticize
GOP legislators for obstinance on REAL ID +
SNL letter: Bolivar man suggests potential immigrants'
status be dependent upon the cuisine they bring with them X
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man unhappy with Hawley
over egg policy, sarcastically suggests legislators legalize
cockfighting
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Saturday, February 18
Missourinet: Blunt says national security advisor's
resignation was the right move
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt split on EPA nominee
Scott Pruitt
CNN: McCaskill talks 2018 re-election, says she's
taking deliberate approach to Trump nominees
P-D: Almost two-thirds of St. Louis-built Navy Super
Hornets out of service because of wear
P-D: Immigration raids net 13 criminal aliens in and
around St. Louis; 3 had previously been deported and illegally
re-infested the U.S.
P-D: University City Muslim dislikes Trump, takes trip
to D.C. to complain
P-D: Medical marijuana backers gear up for 2018
campaign
Drebes:
Richard Moore joins Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives
CDT: Supreme Court of Missouri Commission on Racial
and Ethnic Fairness forum draws four (4) attendees X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office, week of Feb. 13: New curators, a contentious relationship
with the press, and a bill to disclose inaugural donors
KMOX: Greitens to meet with Trump next week
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
says Rep. Rebecca Roeber (R-Lee's Summit) attempted "scolding" him at
his desk over charter schools
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn
talks state budget cuts, Greitens' priorities
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union) talks
budget, education funding
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
talks budget cuts, education legislation
AP: Overview: Tort overhaul proposals
The Missouri Times: Dept. of Corrections hearing
leaves questions unanswered, irks legislators
P-D: Federal suit says Missouri prison officials
ignored attacks, sexual assaults of inmate
CDT: UM backs bill to limit discrimination suits X
P-D: Some higher ed officials support discrimination
bill, but most keep quiet
KC Star: Capitol briefs: Missouri Plan, hair
braiding, Greitens' support of PDMP +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri legislators aim to
rename Jay Nixon State Park
The Missouri Times: PSC to order Great Plains Energy
to file acquisition applications in Westar merger
KC Star: Missouri animal activists unhappy with access
to dog-breeding documents +
KC Star editorial: Greitens could provide pivotal
boost to combat opioid abuse +
P-D editorial: Short takes: On Rep. Warren Love
(R-Osceola) and Lincoln, Greitens and PDMP, Gateway Pundit
KC Star editorial: Missourians deserve to know the
source of death penalty drugs +
JCNT editorial: Lant's silencing of NAACP president an
embarrassment X
SNL op-ed: Jay Ashcroft: Scott Pruitt the right
man for the EPA job X
Messenger: The Fire Roorda bandwagon grows; Men
and women of the St. Louis police force are wrong to have former
Democratic state rep represent them
P-D letter: Local liberal wants Ann Wagner to hold
public forums to answer for Trump
JCNT letter: Local liberal wants congressional reps to
hold public forums to answer for Trump X
CDT letter: Columbia woman questions Vicky Hartzler's
religious faith X
JCNT letter: Sexagenarian conservative responds to
liberal's letter responding to Luetkemeyer's response to her letter X
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Friday, February 17
KMOX: McCaskill, Blunt react to Trump's press
conference
Missourinet: McCaskill seeks to bolster congressional
oversight on Russia sanction changes
KWMU: McCaskill plans trip to Mexico border
KWMU: Tariff talk causes uncertainty among those who
do business with Mexico
KC Star: Pelosi and other leading Dems sit in on ICE
meeting on illegals, but Cleaver fails to make the cut +
KC Star: Immigration Q&A with local experts,
federal officials: Green cards, anchor babies, refugees, much more +
TonysKansasCity.com: Compendium of KC "Day Without
Immigrants" news coverage
KC Star: Kansas City Hispanic families get help with
education from Mexican consulate; KC Public Schools
Superintendent Mark Bedell says schools will be a "safe haven" for
aliens +
KC Star: Anti-Trump rally draws hundreds;
Comments from illegal alien and her anchor baby, others +
KC Star: Video: 11-year old muchacha playing
hooky from school: "I am here today because immigrants they [sic] make up the United States ...
it is racism there is [sic]
rising in our country ... this will help, like, soften it." +
P-D: Some Mexican restaurants shut down to mark
anti-Trump "Day Without Immigrants"
CDT: Photo: Area sexagenarian holds sign at
"Impeach Trump" rally X
The Maneater: Editor of MU literary magazine opposes
proposed cuts to federal funding
Rasmussen: 2018 Senate rankings: McCaskill seat
a toss up; Incumbent "lucked out" in 2012 with Akin, and "some
Democrats might actually prefer Jason Kander to McCaskill"
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Dick
Gephardt previews talk to activists at Wash U. this weekend, discusses
current state of political discourse, 'right to work,' need for
vocational schools, more
The Missouri Times: New Approach Missouri to get head
start on medical marijuana ballot issue
AP:
Missouri Democrat wants disclosure of inaugural donations
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson to discuss jobs and
retirees today in Branson
The Missouri Times: The Missouri Plan at center of
debate once again; Thoughts from James Harris, Greitens' Will
Scharf, others
AP:
Lawmakers move forward with proposals to end union-only contracts in
public construction
KWMU: Capitol briefs: PLAs, hair braiding,
stiffer penalties for attacks on law enforcement
AP:
Hair braiding bill advances through Missouri House
AP:
Lawmakers questions officials on prison harassment
P-D: Amid sexual harassment hubbub, Missouri prisons
deemed 'dysfunctional'
Missourinet: Administrators provide little insight at
House hearing on DOC
Missourinet: Key Missouri lawmakers disagree on
quality of inmate health care
The Missouri Times: House passes police protection
bills: 'We have your backs'
Columbia Missourian: House passes two new bills in
support of law enforcement
Missourinet: Missouri House passes measures to protect
law enforcement personnel
AP:
Missouri House passes increased protections for police
P-D: Off-duty St. Louis County officer's killing of
Black Lives Matter sympathizer ruled justified
AP:
St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch (D): Off-duty officer
justified in shooting Black Lives Matter intruder
Columbia Missourian: Greitens allows visitors to bring
guns into Capitol without new law
Columbia Missourian: Columbia library to revise gun
signage after threat of lawsuit; Rep. Cheri Reisch (R-Hallsville)
was criticized for bringing a gun to forum earlier this month
CDT: Reisch discusses bringing gun to library X
P-D: State lawmakers could block changes to St. Louis
anti-discrimination ordinance
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Lawyers seek damages from Monsanto after some
farmers caused damage using non-Monsanto products despite warnings from
Monsanto; Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) proposes cracking down
on farmers who choose to break the law +
The Missouri Times: Opponents call gas ratemaking
bills "weather taxes"
KWMU: Sierra Club intervenes on federal air quality
lawsuit against Ameren Missouri
SNL: Applications now accepted for Women Legislators
of Missouri scholarship; Males need not apply X
P-D: Experienced reporters departing the
Post-Dispatch: Jim Gallagher, Steve Giegerich, Tim Bryant, others
KC Star editorial: Republicans wrong to strip Nixon's
name off state park; Democrats wrong to nitpick Hawley on
residency +
P-D editorial: Nine GOP state senators show misguided
obstinancy on REAL ID
P-D editorial: Raising Missouri's marriage age will
cut down on sex trafficking
KC Star editorial: Rep. Bill Lant (R-Pineville) wrong
to cut off microphone of NAACP leader +
P-D letter: Fenton sexagenarian says Blunt is right on
Michael Flynn, wrong on David Petraeus
KC Star letter: Republic septuagenarian says McCaskill
is right to be thoughful - not knee-jerk - on Gorsuch +
P-D letter: Olivette man suggests Post-Dispatch begin
calling violent miscreants rioters, not "protesters"
SNL letter: Mansfield man suggests conservatives begin
acting like liberals and create havoc whenever an election is lost X
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Thursday, February 16
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt clash on how to investigate
Flynn, Trump administration contacts with Russia
KWMU: Trump's travel ban helps block diseased
refugees; Comments from SLU assistant prof
KWMU: Cap on refugees may give local
foreigner-resettlement organizations some breathing room
Missourinet: McCaskill saw 'red flags' on Andrew
Puzder, including "not paying taxes on illegal immigrants"
P-D: Former St. Louis attorney Andrew Puzder withdraws
from consideration as Labor nominee
KC Star: Labor groups, minimum-wage activists
celebrate Puzder withdrawal; Fran Marion, BBQ chicken po' boy
artist/butterfly shrimp sous chef at local Popeye's, takes partial
credit for Labor nominee's decision +
SE
Missourian: Clinton campaign aide's speech at SEMO draws 50;
"Director of Progressive Media" Zerlena Maxwell blames Clinton's loss
on racism, sexism, and "rape culture" +
Roll Call's Nathan Gonzales: Jason Kander may have
made a big mistake; Signing on to Clinton's super-PAC, enlisting
liberals for his own PAC will affect his next campaign
Drebes: Nixonite Chris Pieper joins Blitz, Bardgett
& Deutsch
JCNT: Federal advocacy group praises Missouri for
volume of taxpayer-subsidized breakfast handouts; Comments from
Empower Missouri's Jeanette Mott Oxford X
P-D: Greitens talks prescription drug monitoring
during Facebook Live segment; Governor answers pre-selected
questions for 15 minutes
Terry Ganey: Greitens plays hide-and-seek with press
The Missouri Times: Greitens taps Jeff Layman, Darryl
Chatman and Jamie Farmer as new UM Curators
CDT: Greitens fills three of five vacancies on Board
of Curators X
Columbia Missourian: Greitens appoints three members
to UM System Board of Curators
KWMU: Former Mizzou football player among Greitens'
picks for university system's governing body
Columbia Missourian: UM System Review Commission cites
lack of stable funding, not leadership, as key shortcoming
KRES/KWIX: Moberly Area Community College President
Jeff Lashley meets with lawmakers to discuss budget
P-D: GoFundMe report highlights stories of coeds
crowdfunding tuition; Teen girl says she accepts tuition payments
from "friends"
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
opposes bill from Rep. Rebecca Roeber (R-Lee's Summit) expanding
charter schools, says it is an attack on rural schools
Missourinet: State Children's Division says it can
live with budget cut from Greitens
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Transportation cuts costly for
Putnam County schools
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) says
restoring some education cuts a possibility
Lake Sun: Budget talk with Rep. David Wood
(R-Versailles), Part I: On why tax credits help big cities but
not rural Missouri, the need for more tourism spending, more
Lake Sun: Budget talk with Rep. David Wood
(R-Versailles), Part II: On Obamacare's impact, addressing the
fact that 10% of Medicaid recipients leech a majority of the program's
cost, more
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) doesn't support fuel tax and highway changes
The Missouri Times: Public union certification bill
worries police, firefighter labor reps
SNL: Lawmakers circulate REAL ID letter to Hawley X
KC Star: Federal rules on ID rile some in General
Assembly who say Missourians 'want their privacy' +
Missourinet: NAACP President Nimrod Chapel praises
Greitens and Richardson, disagrees with them on 'right to work'
KWMU: GOP bill would remove Nixon's name from new
state park
SE
Missourian: Bill from Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) would
bar sex offenders from children's museums, zoos +
The Missouri Times: Amendment from Rep. Mike Moon
(R-Ash Grove) seeks to ban all abortions in Missouri
AP:
Hawley says he's appealing egg law
SNL editorial: Blunt's leadership needed on NSA probe X
KC Star editorial: David Humphrey's pay-to-play
politics have no place in debate over lawsuit reform +
P-D op-ed: Sexagenarian liberal activist Glenn
Koenen: Response to Stacy Washington column on state welfare
overhaul
Priddy: Thoughts on the new Missouri license plate
SNL letter: St. Louis social worker unhappy with Billy
Long's position on abortion, wants him to represent views of people
outside of his district X
P-D letter: Missouri Coalition for Quality Care's Dave
Damico opposes Greitens' cuts to in-home care
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Wednesday, February 15
SNL: Blunt: Intel committee should question
ousted NSA chief in probe of Russia ties X
P-D: Blunt says ongoing Intelligence probe of Russian
influence important in wake of Flynn resignation
The Hill: McCaskill calls for select committee to
investigate Russia influence in U.S. elections
St. Joseph News-Press: Russia again at center stage
for U.S. foreign policy; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt X
KBIA: Neosho doctor among those offering "medical
memberships" for those who can't pay for traditional health insurance
The Missouri Times: Newly-enacted campaign
contribution law bans corporate donations to all candidates
The Missouri Times: Greitens names new Dept. of
Revenue leader: Joel Walters of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Missourinet: Greitens speaks at NAACP dinner, talks
jobs, justice, public safety
The Missouri Times: House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) wants Greitens to replace Lant as
committee chair
P-D: Superminority leader angry about Lant: "A
white man abused his power to stop a black man from expressing a
contrary view"
Missourinet: At NAACP event, Richardson says House
"was not at its best" when cutting off Nimrod Chapel's microphone
SNL: NAACP leader, offended by treatment at House
committee hearing, wants an audience with the governor X
Messenger: NAACP leader sends message to Republicans -
he will not be silenced
Missourinet: Gas tax hike unlikely to pass this session
KWMU: Advocates for the disabled oppose Greitens budget
Washington Missourian: Local K-12, higher ed leaders
visit Jefferson City to discuss state budget impacts X
SE
Missourian: Operator of carGo ride-hailing venture sees benefit
of state bill to regulate industry +
Columbia Missourian: Higher education on the chopping
block, again
KWMU: New governor, new momentum for Missouri charter
school and school choice advocates
Missourinet: Missouri House panel approves resolution
supporting sheltered workshops
The Missouri Times: House perfects police protection
bills from Haefner, Hill
P-D: Ferguson officer's self-defense shooting of
strong-arm robber looms large in debate over police legislation
Missourinet: Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty
(D-Kansas City) introduces proposal to require special prosecutor for
officer shootings
SNL: Lawmakers consider making 'revenge porn' a crime X
P-D: Missouri gets new license plates celebrating
bicentennial
The Missouri Times: Court of Appeals reverses ruling,
says Sunshine Law was not violated in execution drug case
KWMU: Court rules Missouri election officials did not
violate Sunshine Law in execution cases
P-D editorial: Missouri voter photo ID law could be
victim of its own high cost
JCNT editorial: AG Josh Hawley makes right call to
conform with residency requirement X
KC Star editorial: Kansas airport plan must lift
Missouri off the runway on KCI improvements +
KC Star op-ed: McCaskill: Our fight against sex
trafficking website backpage.com +
Helling: Blunt tiptoes away from Trump +
Springfield Business Journal Editor Eric Olson: Eric
Greitens and team ignore, evade questions from the media and public
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Consumer
protection laws are under attack; Recap of other liberal
newspaper columnists' thoughts
CDT letter: Fayette man says DeVos purchased her vote
from Blunt X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says Ann Wagner sides with
Wall Street and big business
CDT letter: Anonymous letter-writer asks why Tribune
relegates real news to nether region of newspaper to focus on
bleeding-heart poverty-tales series
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Tuesday, February 14
P-D: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) blasts Labor
nominee Andrew Puzder as business groups, protesters mobilize;
Unions orchestrate urban march during workday
SNL: Activists urge McCaskill to confirm Gorsuch X
KC Star: Immigration enforcement surge across Midwest
leads to capture of 26 illegals in KC area +
KWMU: Refugee shares story: Korean woman came to
the U.S. legally, contributes to society: North Koreans "are
struggling but they are working hard and studying hard"
The Missouri Times: Hahn O'Daniel lobbying firm adds
Rachel Treppler to staff
The Missouri Times: Samuel Wright, Dallas Ernst face
off in bid for Missouri Federation of College Republicans chair
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Ryan
Silvey (R-Kansas City) chats with journoduo about diversity of opinions
within GOP caucus, Greitens' eventual evolution to compromiser,
prevailing wage, more
Missourinet: Prescription drug monitoring program
moving through Missouri Legislature again
KWMU: House Republicans eye strengthening definition
of employment discrimination
SNL: Republican asks NAACP president to keep committee
testimony pertinent to topic at hand, draws criticism X
Missourinet: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-Richmond Heights)
calls Rep. Bill Lant "racist" for cutting off NAACP Missouri President
Nimrod Chapel
Missourinet: DOC officials claim Missouri prisons are
at capacity; Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) says state is
"on a collision course for a new prison"
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) wants to
raise age of adult crimes to 18 +
CDT: Measure aims to create state regulations for
Uber, Lyft X
St. Joseph News-Press: Proposed bill expands
activities for home school students X
P-D: Critics of Missouri marriage age seek to raise it
Columbia Missourian: Proposed bills aim to protect
minors affected by prostitution and child abuse
Missourinet: Proposal from Rep. Brandon Ellington
(D-Kansas City) would track complaints against law enforcement
KC Star editorial: Eric Greitens' confrontational
style is no way to govern +
Helling: Woody Overton's policy reach was wide in
Kansas City +
P-D op-ed: SEIU communications staff, signed by
janitor: Puzder betrays working people, from
Washington University to Hardee's
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Waiting for 'right
to work' to produce X
Waters: A new era for University of Missouri funding X
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Monday, February 13
SNL: Preliminary data: Missouri Obamacare
sign-ups drop almost 16 percent X
SNL: With no Obamacare replacement, hospitals in limbo X
KC Star: Anti-Trump activists generate Sunday-morning
fear among immigrants; ICE makes it clear enforcement efforts do
not target churches +
Missourinet: Jason Smith asks Trump to revoke U.S.
Fish & Wildlife order: "It's absolutely ridiculous"
St. Joseph News-Press: Local educators, teachers'
union weigh in on impact of Betsy DeVos as Education chief X
St. Joseph News-Press: Gun and knife show comes to
town; Pawn shop owner says most people happy with Trump X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sly James;
Panel of Reps. Kevin Corlew (R), Jon Carpenter (D), Greg Razer (D), KC
Star's Colleen Nelson talk Greitens vs. Missouri Senate, 'right to
work,' who won the week, more
Rosenbaum: Breaking down Greitens' potential choices
to the Missouri Supreme Court
Columbia Missourian: UM Board of Curators Chairman
Maurice Graham says budget cuts put system in 'challenging' situation
P-D: Many transfer students to stay in decent
districts despite Riverview Gardens re-accreditation
P-D editorial: Higher education and technology are job
creators, so why is Greitens cutting their funding?
KC Star's Derek Donovan: Star readers share why they
voted for Donald Trump +
Messenger: Injured firefighter has question for County
Prosecutor Bob McCulloch, Eric Greitens and Josh Hawley: Who will
have her back?
P-D letter: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan:
Missouri's broken consumer protection law must be changed
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Sunday, February 12
NY Times: State GOP leaders move swiftly as party
bickers in Congress; STL labor boss John Stiffler: "They're
killing us here in the state of Missouri"
KC Star: Trump's vows of support resonate with KC-area
law enforcement officials +
Wichita Eagle: Kansas, Missouri included in national
immigration crackdown; ICE targeted five Midwest states to
capture illegals
KC Star: High-school foreigners weigh in on Trump's
approach to immigration; Thoughts from Mexican girl whose parents
smuggled her across the border, legal Filipino who thinks Trump "could
make America great," others +
KC Star: Video: Teenage foreigners talk tough to
Trump: Mexican muchacha calls Trump "childish," says she will not
let him "push my people around"; Other spicy Latin backtalk +
CDT: Competing local rallies support, oppose Planned
Parenthood X
Columbia Missourian: Abortion protests draw activists
on both sides
SNL: "Defund Planned Parenthood" rally draws 50 X
AP: Rallies for, and against, Planned Parenthood in
St. Louis
P-D: Photo gallery: Planned Parenthood protests
P-D: Missouri S&T gets $300k Title IX grant;
Taxpayer money earmarked to educate students on "sexual harassment,"
etc.
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Sly James; Panel of KC Star Editorial Page
Editor Colleen Nelson, Reps. Kevin Corlew (R), Greg Razer (D), Jon
Carpenter (D)
SE
Missourian: Lawmakers put prevailing wage in crosshairs;
laborers object +
CDT: Curators discuss state budget cuts in dire terms X
CDT: UM System Review Commission presents report to
curators X
AP: Care providers say Medicaid cuts will shift costs
P-D: Missouri Republicans would benefit from statutes
limiting lawsuits
Columbia Missourian: Advocates for increasing
Missouri's marriage age say 15 is too low
SNL: Lawmakers argue utility law: Improvement or
'nightmare' X
KC Star editorial: Someone, anyone, needs to take the
long view in Missouri; Term limits make legislators myopic +
SNL editorial: Time to measure 'right to work' X
P-D letter: Oakville man says employee pay is the
problem in Missouri Department of Corrections
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Saturday, February 11
KC Star: Woody Overton, longtime Democratic insider in
KC, dies
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KC Star: With Trump travel ban lifted, Somali woman
and brood arrive in KC; Bringing along eight (8) kids - father
AWOL - nets her $8,325 in taxpayer-funded handouts +
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Weekly recap: Blunt on
Sessions, McCaskill on Gorsuch
KWMU: Jason Kander continues raising profile to
advance voting rights, Democratic candidates
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office, week of Feb. 6: 'Right to work,' new DHSS head, key code
installed on press office door
Twitter: Greitens' Parker Briden: Post-Dispatch
reporter Kurt Erickson misleads about "press office" key code
installation
KWMU: Hawley addresses Democrats' residency concerns,
rents apartment
P-D: Hawley rents apartment in Jefferson City
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Polsinelli labor and
employment attorney Brad Kafka on legal implications of Missouri's
'right to work' law
KC Star: Capitol briefs: Concealed-carry at the
Capitol; Education spending; Greitens' "your beady little
eyes" sweet nothings +
Missourinet: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) prefers
changes to government instead of service cuts to shore up state budget
CDT: Proponents push statewide prescription drug
program X
CDT: UM Curators approve increase to room and board
rates X
P-D: University leaders consider waivers for tuition
increases
KWMU: Curators: Possible UM System tuition
increase a 'Band-Aid'
P-D: Truman State names new president
KC Star: Richard says bill aims to end frivolous
lawsuits +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
seeks to overhaul criminal justice by raising the age of juvenile
jurisdiction
CDT: Signs posted, but law not clear on guns in
libraries X
Nevada Daily Mail: Weather creates a high fire
danger; MO Dept. of Conservation warns against unpleasant
combination of dryness and windiness
KWMU: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-Richmond Heights) advocates
for cutting taxes on feminine hygiene products
The Missouri Times: Galloway announces new policy to
cover domestic violence-related leave for employees
SNL: Executive editor Paul Berry leaving for job in
Colorado X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: McCaskill on the spot
with Trump voters; Senior senator should vet nominees then let
them run their departments X
P-D editorial: Proposal from Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St.
Louis) to recognize official state handgun a contender for "Dumbest
Bill of the Year"
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Mizzou budget
cuts bring sadness
SNL op-ed: Missouri Foundation for Health's Bob
Hughes: The future of Medicaid in Missouri X
Messenger: In 2007, Ed Martin went 'to war' with a
judge - now she holds his fate in her hands
KC Star letter: Cameron man compares lawmakers' 'right
to work' legislation to that of puppy-mill fix
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Friday, February 10
KC Star: McCaskill misses meeting with Trump to meet
with teachers union; Senior senator says she'll vote against EPA,
HHS nominees +
SE
Missourian: McCaskill seeks congressional oversight of Russian
sanctions, argues against partisan 'food fight' +
Hannibal Courier-Post: Overview of McCaskill, Blunt
legislation over last two years X
KSHB (Kansas City): Area teen tells terrifying jogging
tale; Daughter of illegal aliens claims "some older guy" managed
to identify her as a Mexican while she was running, rolled down his
truck window, and accurately spat upon her face
Kraske: Kander pushing back against voter suppression
laws +
Drebes:
Jeremy LaFaver registers as lobbyist in Kansas
The Missouri Times: Anne Precythe promises 'new day'
for Dept. of Corrections
KWMU: New Corrections chief promises a "new culture"
in prisons
Missourinet: Anne Precythe outlines improvement plans
after scandal
The Missouri Times: Greitens appoints former North
Carolina State Health Director Dr. Randall Williams to head DHSS
AP:
Greitens taps North Carolina health chief
The Missouri Times: MoDOT director says department is
treading water
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick wants to increase education
funding in governor's proposed budget
Missourinet: DESE: 15 Missouri school districts
currently have four-day school week
Missourinet: Unions look to upend new 'right to work'
law through public vote
The Missouri Times: House hits police, firefighters
with 'paycheck protection' bill
KWMU: Missouri House passes public-sector union bill,
part of GOP's broad union agenda
KWMU: GOP legislators, advocacy groups disagree on
Medicare block grants
AP:
Richard seeks overhaul of consumer law
The Missouri Times: PSC welcomes new Office of Public
Counsel head in short agenda meeting
SE
Missourian: Greitens urges universities to follow Purdue's lead
on cutting costs +
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Pro-choice advocates
unhappy with Missouri's abortion laws
Missourinet: Rep. Nick Marshall (R-Parkville) to
propose expansion of gun rights for some Capitol visitors
KWMU: D.A.R.E. mascot under fire; Ferguson
activists say "Daren the Lion" too close to name of officer who put
down strong-armed robber in self-defense shooting
P-D editorial: Andrew Puzder, local boy made good, has
no business being Labor secretary
P-D's Stacy Washington: Missouri's welfare work
requirements help instill personal responsibility
SE
Missourian letter: Septuagenarian former Democratic state rep
candidate opposes GOP 'right to work' legislation +
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Thursday, February 9
AP: Democrats under pressure from liberal base to
obstruct Trump nominees at every turn; Cleaver: "We can't
afford to lose McCaskill, we can't afford to lose her, but I don't
know."
SNL: How McCaskill and Blunt have voted on Trump
nominees X
P-D: McCaskill meets with Trump's Supreme Court nominee
AP: State legislators come to Trump's defense;
Legislators in Missouri pass resolution praising Scott Pruitt
KWMU: Madeleine Albright speaks at Wash U. and Nerinx
Hall; Hillary Clinton supporter faults Trump travel ban's
"unintended consequences"
AP: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI): VA retaliating
against Missouri whistleblower
KY3 (Springfield): Blunt puts craft beverage bill back
on table; Comments from local craft brewery operator
KWMU: Woman who assaulted St. Louis Police Chief Sam
Dotson promotes her "Art House" for protesters' sign-making
Buffalo Reflex: GOP picks Sandy Crawford, Dems choose
Al Skalicky in state Senate race
Drebes:
Brett Dinkins to Dept. of Economic Development
SE
Missourian: Local judge David Dolan a candidate for Missouri
Supreme Court +
Columbia Missourian: State government weekly issue
overview: Higher ed, 'right to work,' Medicaid, more
Missourinet: New Missouri Dept. of Corrections
director to testify before House committee today
The Missouri Times: With 'right to work' done, Rep.
Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) moves on to PDMP legislation
Daily
American Republic: Stoddard County may adopt prescription drug
monitoring program +
Missourinet: Missouri House committee hears testimony
on needle exchange legislation
The Missouri Times: Details on Capitol's gun policy
P-D: Lawmakers question rule on visitors bringing guns
to Capitol
KWMU: Moms Demand Action protests at Capitol
Missourinet: Women's group protests guns
Missourinet: Galloway's 2016 review shows all Missouri
taxing authorities in compliance with property tax rates
The Missouri Times: Galloway says her office can
handle increased workload on same budget funding
AP:
School administrators unhappy with busing cuts
Columbia Missourian: As Missouri roads and bridges
deteriorate, funding for repairs nowhere in sight
P-D: Cost of implementing voter ID remains in question
The Missouri Times: Grover Norquist weighs in on Emery
and Miller's infrastructure bills
Missourinet: Libla measure would change civil court
rules
SNL: Lawmakers consider upping marriage age to combat
sex trafficking X
St. Joseph News-Press: Helmet law debate continues
The Missouri Times: Veterans organization supports
Neely's medical cannabis bill
SNL: Lawmaker files bill to end jail contract X
KWMU: UMSL professor Jerome Morris researching St.
Louis' voluntary deseg program
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says Ann Wagner wants to
protect poor financial guidance
P-D letter: Paraquad's Cathy Brown: Greitens'
budget takes aim at critical program for elderly, disabled
P-D letter: Democrat who lost St. Charles County state
rep race unhappy with Greitens' budget
KC Star letter: Belton man offers sarcastic take on
Greitens' tough-talking to state senators +
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Wednesday, February 8
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt split on DeVos vote
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri senators split on
DeVos vote X
Reuters: St. Louis-based Arch Coal says Trump
administration is positive for its business
KCUR: Area Mexicans dislike Trump's approach to
immigration
KSHB (Kansas City): Area anti-Trump protesters give
themselves a name: "Indivisible KC;" Leader says group is
tired of meeting with Blunt staff, wants face-to-face gripe session
with senator
Missourinet: Missouri joins lawsuit against Obama
administration's land regulations
SNL: Kander continues national campaign, launches new
campaign fund; Shane Schoeller rebuts claims X
P-D: Kander promotes new tax-exempt 527
AP:
Jason Kander launches "Let America Vote" campaign
Drebes:
Initiative petition bits: Marijuana and prohibiting
pay-per-signature approach
AP:
'Right to work' law could go before voters
Faughn: Behind the scenes of the pay-raise
fight: Greitens to Wieland: "I can see from the pupils in
your beady little eyes that you're afraid of me;" Much more
KWMU: Greitens follows predecessors in withdrawing
appointees to state boards, commissions
The Missouri Times: Barnes, Gaston, Goodman, Ehlmann
headline lengthy list of those applying for Missouri Supreme Court
vacancy
P-D: Steve Ehlmann, Ed Martin among candidates for the
vacant seat on Missouri Supreme Court
Missourinet: Parson outlines pro-business agenda,
wants to see more retirees move to Missouri
KWMU: Missouri officials' next step: Deciding
how to pay for voter ID law
The Missouri Times: State treasurer and secretary of
state present budgets before House committee
Missourinet: State senators scrutinize Greitens budget
P-D: Nursing homes claim Greitens budget plan could
trigger closures
Columbia Missourian: MU Medical School expansions
won't get state funding next year under proposed budget
The Missouri Times: House Budget hearing intensifies
as lawmakers question use of Capitol improvement bonds to fund security
upgrades
Columbia Missourian: Higher education collaboration
bill could help cut costs
The Missouri Times: Tort overhaul measures from
McGaugh and Corlew passed out of House
Missourinet: SLU Law prof disagrees with Sater on
Medicaid global waiver, says he has facts wrong
SNL: Lawmakers weigh penalties for attacks on police
and their dogs X
SNL: CCW permit holders now allowed to carry in Capitol X
KWMU: Galloway to examine two special taxing districts
in St. Louis area
KWMU: Update on Ferguson protester Mya Aaten-White,
shot in head by hoodlum during riots
KC Star editorial: Lawmakers in Missouri deserve pay
bumps; Public revulsion to pay increases is short-sighted
P-D editorial: Missouri's race to the bottom now
includes consumer protection
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Women's March
organizers plan follow-up meetings; Sessions will focus on
"conversations," "understanding," "empathy," etc.
P-D op-ed: Nixa Public Schools Superintendent Stephen
Kleinsmith: Rein in tax credits to balance Missouri's budget
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Greitens budget
underfunds key issues
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Instead of
trimming government services, lawmakers should methodically eliminate
some departments
Washington Times op-ed: Missouri models Wisconsin on
labor reform
P-D letter: Area septuagenarian praises McCaskill for
supporting Gorsuch, keeping powder dry for other battles
SNL letter: Coal group rep says Scott Pruitt will be
good for Missouri X
KC Star letters: Man who attended Cleaver town hall
writes to newspaper to complain about television coverage; Area
man opposes Brattin's state-school tenure proposal, says GOP only looks
out for the wealthy +
CDT letter: College student says Greitens is a phony
populist, cites Public Policy Polling numbers on Medicaid expansion and
'right to work' X
Columbia Missourian letter: Anti-death-penalty
activist opposed execution of "Mark Christenson [sic]," unhappy with wait times when
calling Greitens' office
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Tuesday, February 7
Roll Call: Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch to meet
with McCaskill tomorrow
CDT: Teachers use "professional development day" to
protest outside Blunt's office; Columbia NEA branch provides form
letters to attendees X
Columbia Missourian: Anti-DeVos rally draws 30
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: Geriatric
woman wears "pink pussyhat" to protest DeVos; More
SNL: Rally outside Blunt's office draws 30 X
P-D: Pranksters troll Blunt by editing Wikipedia page,
noting his support of DeVos
KDNL: The Allman Report: Mother of student
attacked while wearing Trump hat appears in studio, shares more details
on incident and Parkway School District's reaction
P-D's Kristen Taketa: 3 students suspended after
Parkway school bus fight involving boy with Trump hat; Mother
"could not immediately be reached by the Post-Dispatch"
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Local seniors question politicians at OAKS
meeting; McCaskill's Christy Mercer, Blunt's Darren Lingle, Rep.
Andrew McDaniel, others talk Medicare COLAs, concealed-carry, 'right to
work' impact on area jobs, more +
KMIZ: McCaskill, state legislators take aim at sex
trafficking
Missourinet: Washington, D.C. Vietnam War Memorial
replica planned for Perryville
KTVI: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt says Missouri could
lose AAA bond rating
The Missouri Times: Greitens signs 'right to work'
bill into law, marking turning point for Missouri organized labor
Missourinet: Greitens: Missouri now "open for
business" with 'right to work'
SNL: Greitens signs 'right to work' in Springfield X
SNL: Photo gallery: Greitens' 'right to work'
signing ceremony X
AP:
Greitens signs bill making Missouri 28th 'right to work' state
AP:
'Right to work' not the end of Missouri labor bills
KC Star: Unions file referendum to overturn 'right to
work' +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri becomes 28th state to
adopt 'right to work'
Drebes: Ron Richard may be re-evaluating stance on tax
credits
Missourinet: Republican lawmakers look to roll back
tax credits, reduce corporate taxes
Missourinet: Rep. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas City)
supports push for tax-credit overhaul
P-D: Greitens suggests Purdue model as alternative to
raising college tuition
St. Joseph News-Press: Proposal to nix Jay Nixon
namesake state park X
The Missouri Times: Hearing held on Munzlinger's
captive cervids bill
St. Joseph News-Press: Prescription pills fuel spike
in drug cases X
CDT: State, county increase use of grand juries X
SE
Missourian editorial: Number of kids in foster care climbs +
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Mexican who disrupted Emanuel
Cleaver's immigration town hall should be forgiven; 27-year-old
man says Trump has given him "a lot of depression, a lot of anxiety and
nervousness" +
P-D letter: St. Charles man says rote criticism of
Trump shows Post-Dispatch's laziness
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Monday, February 6
Republic Monitor (Perryville): Vincentian Marian Youth
of Southeast Missouri attend March for Life in D.C.
JCNT: Renewed energy from 'pro-life generation' X
KMOV (St. Louis): Video: Sixth-grader attacked
on school bus for wearing "Make America Great Again" hat
Daily Mail (UK): St. Louis County student attacked on
school bus for wearing Trump hat
Student Life (Wash U.): Anti-Trump protesters march to
the Arch; Comments from organizer Wes Schnitker of Socialist
Alternative St. Louis
SE
Missourian: Smith seeks to block federal highway dollars to
sanctuary cities +
KCUR: Cleaver calls for resistance to Trump's
immigration policies
SNL: Somalis in Noel, Mo. react to Trump executive
order X
P-D: McCaskill faces dilemma on Trump's Supreme Court
nominee
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Paul Wieland
(R-Imperial) on his contentious one-on-one with Greitens; Panel
of James Harris, Jane Dueker, Reps. Dean Plocher (R-Town and Country)
and Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis City) talk 'right to work,' Greitens vs.
GOP senators, more
Drebes:
Missouri Insurance Director Chris Huff leaving
JCNT: Double duty in the House: Sherri Kempf
serving needs of two districts after getting a new boss X
Drebes:
Missouri unions extending contracts in advance of 'right to work'
implementation
SNL: Greitens to hold Springfield ceremony for 'right
to work' X
Missourinet: Greitens to hold ceremonies for 'right to
work' signing
P-D: Greitens to sign 'right to work' bill into law
today
JCNT: Lawmakers have different remedies to end state's
status as only one without drug monitoring X
SE
Missourian: SEMO Drug Task Force sees rise in meth, hydrocodone,
Xanax seizures +
KWMU: Missouri bill would expand access to private
schools, but also cut tax base
Missourinet: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) seeks to
clear up misinformation and quell hysteria over impact of criminal code
updates
P-D: St. Louis City Schools taking softer approach to
discipline; District's Deontrel Brownlee says badly-behaved
students enter "reflection room" to practice "mindfulness yoga"
Missourinet: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) wants
DNR to build state park in Kinloch
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Despite unions'
rhetoric, Missouri Republicans are not workers' enemy X
KC Star op-ed: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt:
Underfunded state pensions are Missouri's crisis on the horizon +
Priddy:
Missouri needs an unbiased economic index to guide policymaking
Columbia Missourian's Claire Mitzel: Bill from
pro-choice hero Rep. Deb Lavender (D-Kirkwood) targets state crisis
pregnancy centers' funding and pro-lifers' misinformation
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Sunday, February 5
CDT: Hundreds rally against abortion at Midwest March
for Life
X
Columbia Missourian: Midwest March for Life draws
hundreds to Jefferson City
KC Star: Cleaver holds town hall forum on immigration +
KC Star: Video: Overfed woman, others shout
"Shame on you!" at Trump supporter; Anti-Trump activists disagree
on value of protesting amidst anti-Trump crowd; More +
St. Joseph News-Press: Local reaction to Trump
executive order varies; Iranian man fears potential expiration of
non-refundable plane ticket X
CDT: Local reaction to Trump executive order:
Comments from Muslim woman, Eighth Congressional District Republican
Committee Chairman Eddy Justice, U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler X
P-D: Anti-Trump protesters congregate, again, downtown
P-D: Photo gallery: Anti-Trump protest:
Comely Iraqi drapes American flag over long, flowing Arab locks while
ginger Caucasoid attempts wearing American flag as hijab; More
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) on Greitens'
high-pressure lobbying approach; Panel of James Harris, Reps.
Dean Plocher (R-Town and Country) and Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis City),
Jane Dueker talk 'right to work,' Greitens vs. GOP senators, more
The Missouri Times: Republicans select Rep. Sandy
Crawford (R-Buffalo) to fill Mike Parson's state Senate seat
Washington Missourian: Local lawmakers weigh in on
'right to work;' GOP Reps. Justin Alferman and Paul Curtman vote
in favor, Rep. Nathan Tate against
St. Joseph News-Press: Reps. Galen Higdon (R-St.
Joseph), Pat Conway (D-St. Joseph) vote against 'right to work' X
SE
Missourian: Vargas: SEMO faces $4.4M cut in state funding +
AP: UM System hasn't ruled out tuition increases to
deal with cuts
St. Joseph News-Press: Bills would transfer lettered
routes to counties X
P-D: 'Normal for me is working,' says 86-year-old
MoDOT engineer
P-D: Municipal court business is way down after
Ferguson riots
KC Star editorial: Editorial board seeks comments from
Donald Trump voters +
Washington Missourian editorial: MoDOT working to
educate about the dangers of distracted driving X
P-D beauty-product reviewer/family columnist Aisha
Sultan: Missouri mother drags daughter to D.C. March for Life,
won't answer tough questions
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: A Russian child in Cape, a study of U.S.
visa policy +
P-D's Jim Gallagher: Missouri consumer law under
attack by GOP state legislators; Thoughts from Consumer Council
of Missouri's Cara Spencer, reaction from Missouri Chamber's Brian
Bunten
P-D letter: Area union member doesn't understand
"conservative rational [sic]"
of 'right to work'
P-D letter: Area man who avoided sending children to
public schools opposes vouchers
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Saturday, February 4
Kraske: McCaskill stuck in the middle voting on Trump
appointees +
P-D: Trump issues orders targeting Dodd-Frank;
Ann Wagner appears alongside President
SNL: Trump's proposed tax on Mexican imports will
impact Missouri; Comments from state-school profs, Missouri
Chamber's Dan Mehan X
P-D: Iranian high school student unhappy about Trump
executive order; Teen girl takes to Instagram to tell President
what's what
Messenger: Iraqi Muslim, seeking spousal visa via
Missouri
woman, unhappy about Trump executive order
People Magazine: Iraqi man, seeking spousal visa via
Missouri woman, unhappy about Trump executive order
Hilltop Monitor (William Jewell): Students attend
anti-Trump marches; Male feminist claims he calls Blunt's office
"every couple of days" since Clinton lost, thinks it will make a
difference
CDT: Pro-Obamacare rally draws small crowd; Area
man says he's been calling congressional offices, thinks it will make a
difference X
Columbia Missourian: "Save My Care" Obamacare bus
makes stop in Columbia, heads to Springfield
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves files bill to restore
Squaw Creek name: Obama official deemed name "offensive" to
Indians X
AP: Missouri revenue collections up 3 percent so far
this year
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of January 30
KJFF (Farmington): Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington) not
pleased by criticism from fellow Republican Greitens
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies breaks
down Eric Greitens' proposed state budget
Missourinet: Greitens' budget would trim aid for
seasoned citizens, disabled
KC Star: Advocacy groups oppose Greitens' budget
cuts; Comments from Paraquad's Cathy Brown, Missouri Alliance for
Home Care's Carol Hudspeth +
P-D: Missouri Technology Corporation affected in draft
Greitens budget
KWMU: UMSL consider tuition increase amid state
funding cuts
CDT: Greitens' budget slashes funding for University
of Missouri X
CDT: State Department of Education begins statewide
programs review X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Bruce DeGroot
(R-Chesterfield); Freshman rep focuses on tort overhaul
P-D: GOP lawmakers focus on tort overhaul
The Missouri Times: Labor-laws fight to continue with
prevailing wage battle
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape
Girardeau) wants to keep sex offenders away from children's museums and
zoos
Missourinet: Lawmakers consider allowing airport
travelers to carry drinks into concourses
P-D: Greitens administration dismisses Office of
Public Counsel James Owen
P-D: Confirmed report of female mountain lion raises
questions about the future of the species in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: New data shows health care access
improving for women in Missouri
P-D: Lee Enterprises, parent of Post-Dispatch, expands
buyout offers to union employees
KC Star editorial: Greitens' initial budget
reasonable, with a few glaring exceptions +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Legislation from Rep.
Keith Frederick (R-Rolla) will boost rural medicine X
KC Star op-ed: Mayor Sly James opposes Trump
anti-terrorism order, touts protesters' civilized behavior +
P-D letter: St. Charles man says he disagrees with
Trump on many issues, but finds Post-Dispatch editorial board's
half-truths about policies misleading
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Friday, February 3
SNL: Blunt unmoved by criticism of Education nominee
Betsy DeVos X
KC Star: McCaskill, Blunt split on DeVos +
P-D: McCaskill uses opposition to DeVos in fundraising
e-mail; Blunt does the same with Supreme Court fight
P-D: McCaskill to oppose Trump's pick for HHS secretary
KWMU: Trump's executive order affects foreigners at
local universities; Iranian man laments "painful" hardship of
missing out on Persian New Year party next month
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Local reaction to
anti-terrorism executive order: Public radio station gives 30+
minutes to three (3) anti-Trump activists, zero (0) time for pro-order
voices
Student Life (Wash U.): Protestors block traffic in
business district, claim they'll continue protests "every week"
Drebes:
Former state Sen. Jolie Justus (D-Kansas City) visits Capitol, plans
2019 KC mayoral bid
KWMU: Fight or adapt: 'Right to work' law
delivers tough choices for Missouri's labor unions
The Missouri Times: House passes 'right to work'
bill; Greitens expected to sign today
Missourinet: Greitens' signature will make Missouri
the 28th 'right to work' state
P-D: Lawmakers send 'right to work' to Greitens' desk
AP:
Lawmakers send 'right to work' to governor
The Missouri Times: Greitens' budget calls for more
than $500 million in cuts
KWMU: Greitens lays out budget proposal, criticizes
'special interests'
Missourinet: Snapshot of Greitens' proposed $27
billion budget
AP: Greitens' budget sees mix of cuts, small hikes for
education
Columbia Missourian: Higher education hit with budget
cuts under Greitens' proposed budget
P-D: Greitens budget plan cuts aid for olds, disabled
Missourinet: Sens. Dan Brown (R-Rolla), Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) weigh in on Greitens budget
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Greitens' budget
cuts funds for immigration-test prep
The Missouri Times: Greitens' tax-credit-cutting
committee starts to take form
Missourinet: Legislative committee hears MoDOT plan
and case for more funding
Columbia Missourian: League of Women Voters
legislative forum draws liberal crowd; Rowden vows to fight cuts
to higher ed, want to ensure LGBTQIA* pendulum doesn't swing "too far"
CDT: Greitens withdraws two nominations to UM Board of
Curators X
Columbia Missourian: Greitens rejects Nixon's picks
for UM Board of Curators vacancies
CDT: Amazon starts taxing Missouri sales, but local
impact is unclear X
Missourinet: Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) wants to
change how often officers must fulfill required training
The Missouri Times: PSC denies Office of the Public
Counsel requests for rehearings
KC Star editorial: Rep. Cleaver town hall tomorrow
seeks to answer questions from legal immigrants, illegal aliens
P-D's Samantha Liss: Greitens misleading Missourians
about cost of Obamacare
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Missourian letter: SEMO prof applauds boss for statement on Trump
executive order +
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian applauds
career of former Dept. of Corrections chief George Lombardi
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Thursday, February 2
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt, Graves join
Trump in targeting regulations X
The Missouri Times: Charter school advocates call on
McCaskill to support Betsy DeVos
SE
Missourian: McCaskill: Dems boycotted Cabinet vote because
new information surfaced +
Columbia Missourian: Graduate students protest Trump
CDT: International students complain about Trump
executive order; Woman, 28 years old, cries about it X
KMOV: Protesters demonstrate in Clayton; Trump
supporter trolls liberals with "Cry Babies" sign
CDT: Photo gallery: Mid-Missouri Peaceworks
protest: Signs included attempted pormanteau ("Trump-ler,") calls
for "resistance," etc. X
KSDK (St. Louis): Bill from Rep. Don Phillips
(R-Kimberling City) would forbid rioters from wearing masks
Drebes:
Michael Goguen drops case against John Brunner
Missourinet: Senate audio sessions not made available
on Ashcroft's SOS website
P-D: Greitens touts jobs move to Hazelwood from China
The Missouri Times: Greitens taps Lt. Col. Sandy
Karsten to become first female superintendent of Missouri State Highway
Patrol
Missourinet: New Missouri Highway Patrol leader makes
history
AP:
Greitens picks first woman to lead Missouri State Highway Patrol
The Missouri Times: Governor's department head
selections heard by Appointments Committee
Missourinet: Senate committee considers Anne Precythe
as Greitens' pick to lead Dept. of Corrections
Missourinet: Missouri Public Safety Director Nominee
Andrew Juden will seek to find qualified minority recruits
The Missouri Times: House Democrats look to hold
Greitens accountable with ethics bills
P-D: 'Right to work' law: Questions and answers
Missourinet: Missouri GOP lawmakers target St. Louis
in fight against liability lawsuits
Missourinet: Truck platooning back on the agenda for
Missouri lawmakers; Comments from Missouri Trucking Association's
Tom Crawford, others
SNL: State Parks Director Bill Bryan fired X
SNL: Some lawmakers want state to stop buying park land X
AP:
Bill allows more breath-test evidence in DWI cases
P-D: Missouri joins probe of virus spread by pet rats
P-D: Lee Enterprises, parent company of Post-Dispatch,
reports lower revenue; Advertising and marketing services fall
10% as subscriptions continue to slide
KC Star editorial: Greitens' transparency problems grow +
KC Star editorial: Missouri must stop stalling and
combat prescription drug abuse; McCaskill successfully accessed
federal dollars to help link Jackson County with St. Louis County effort +
KC Star op-ed: Jason Kander: Trump's focus
should be on voter eligibility, not fraud +
Helling: 'Right to work' law will force labor to look
itself in the mirror +
Priddy:
Thoughts on Citizens Commission on the Compensation of State Elected
Officials (1,544 words)
SNL letter: Area man, unhappy about Trump's selection
of Betty DeVos, dislikes attitude of Blunt's D.C. staff X
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian agrees with
Post-Dispatch editorial board on Josh Hawley's residency
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Wednesday, February 1
P-D: With Supreme Court battle looming, McCaskill
defends Senate filibuster
CDT: Area liberals turn out 60 for protest, urge Blunt
to flip-flop on Trump cabinet picks; Trump supporter attends,
holds sign: "The silent majority stands with Trump."
Missourinet: Missouri Sierra Club opposes Trump
cabinet pick Scott Pruitt: "We're losing the EPA"
SE
Missourian: Area Muslim unhappy about Trump executive order +
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Missourian: SEMO President Carlos Vargas tries to reassure
students about travel ban +
KWMU: UMSL to international students: Don't
leave the country
CDT: Columbia College, Stephens College communications
staff write statements regarding Trump executive order X
Columbia Missourian: Area Iranian says he wants MU to
act more defiantly against Trump executive order
KWMU: March for Life participants return from D.C. as
a Missouri-based pro-life march gears up; Comments from Students
for Life's Reagan Barklage
Drebes:
Mark Siettmann joins Dept. of Revenue; Axion, Kraus alum will
serve as legislative director (link fixed)
The Missouri Times: Greitens criticizes Hoskins,
Wieland for HCR 4 votes
P-D: Greitens upset with GOP senators Hoskins and
Wieland, writes Facebook post about it
The Missouri Times: Greitens to reveal budget in Nixa
on Thursday
Missourinet: Greitens to release budget plan in Nixa
among special-needs children
P-D: Greitens to reveal budget Thursday; House
Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) calls event
with special-needs children "a publicity stunt"
Missourinet: House committee approves Senate version
of 'right to work;' "grandfather clause" is included
Columbia Missourian: House sets sights on repealing
prevailing wage
KC Star: Greitens attends D.C. event featuring
bipartisan public- and private-sector leaders
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The Missouri Times: Senate committee compares House
and Senate bills on lobbyist gift restrictions
Missourinet: Senators weigh in on ethics
legislation; Sen. Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City) says Greitens'
tinkering with gift restrictions ignores shade of dark-money cloud
AP:
Kehoe proposes $10 limit on lobbyist gifts
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider various ways
to limit donor influence
The Missouri Times: Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer (R-Odessa)
ready to carry next stage of tort-overhaul legislation: venue and
joinder
The Missouri Times: Bill from Sen. Andrew Koenig
(R-Manchester) cuts funds from low-income housing, historical
preservation tax credits
Missourinet: Missouri House committee considers
strengthening penalties against those who target first responders
Missourinet: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Cape
Girardeau) proposes changes to keep domestic abusers from owning guns
Columbia Missourian: Students at virtual universities
may be able to access state scholarship funds
AP:
Missouri opens applications for 'assistant physicians'
Missourinet: Convicted triple-murderer Mark Christeson
executed; Maries County Sheriff says justice has been served
KWMU: Missouri executes Mark Christeson for 1998
triple slayings
AP:
Missouri executes man for murdering woman, two children in 1998
P-D: Slideshow: Missouri execution scorecard
since 2000: Jay Nixon (21), Bob Holden (15), Matt Blunt (5), Mel
Carnahan (4 in 2000), Roger Wilson (1), Eric Greitens (1)
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: State, local
sales tax laws face massive transition
P-D op-ed: HSUS' Amanda Good: Missouri needs
strict oversight of animal breeders
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian disagrees with
Missouri Right to Life's Steve Rupp on importance of pro-life issues
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman ecstatic that
Post-Dispatch actually covered a pro-life event, for once
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