Friday, January 31,
2020
Missourinet: Hawley wants to hear from Biden and
Schiff, if Senate calls witnesses
SNL: Flu-related deaths hit 550 in Missouri; No
reported cases of coronavirus X
The Missouri Times: Mid-week update: Scott
Faughn on Missouri polls, Cleaner Missouri, Eric Greitens' next moves,
much more
CDT: Gov. Parson weighs in on Cleaner Missouri X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson weighs in on political bias
in audits, state employees supporting candidates
AP: Missouri gubernatorial candidates talk transparency
SNL: Campaign for Missouri recreational weed begins X
The Missouri Times: Group to seek signatures for
recreational marijuana initiative
AP: Missouri ballot initiative pushes for recreational
marijuana
P-D: Missouri marijuana backers will try to get
recreational weed on 2020 ballot X
AP: If Missouri follows trends, some marijuana
licenses will sell
KWMU: Profile: Missouri Senate's Conservative
Caucus
The Missouri Times: 2019 Statesman of the Year:
Caleb Jones
KWMU: After all-night filibuster, Senate GOP promise
return for state legislative redistricting measure
The Missouri Times: Inside the Cleaner Missouri
redistricting fight in the Legislature
KCUR: Kansas City, Mo. won't tempt Kansas companies
across the state line with big tax breaks
AP: Missouri Senate backs limits on tax breaks in
floodplains
KWMU: Schmitt seeks to revive traffic fine caps for
St. Louis County cities
The Missouri Times: House passes licensing reciprocity
legislation to aid military families
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man irked by Post-Dispatch's
"unrestrained liberal bias" X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian unhappy with Josh
Hawley's defeat of Claire McCaskill, attempts baseball analogy X
P-D letter: St. Louis man scolds Missouri Republicans
for bad policy behavior, wants them to "sit down and evaluate" what
they've done X
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Thursday, January 30,
2020
Brownfield Ag News: USDA to spend $61 million on
broadband in Missouri; Comments from Gov. Parson
KC Star: Jason Kander quits voting-rights campaign as
Let America Vote "merges" with larger group; End Citizens United
will retire Kander's attempt at non-profit and super PAC arms X
SE
Missourian: At SEMO MLK event, political activist Angela Davis
shares her testimony about racism, militarism, "heteropatriarchy,"
other American evils +
KC Star: Cleaver wagers KC BBQ in Super Bowl bets with
Pelosi, other California Dems X
Reuters: Warren Buffett gives up on newspapers;
Berkshire Hathaway dumps unit on Post-Dispatch parent Lee Enterprises
The Missouri Times: Poll from Gov. Parson's PAC shows
governor with commanding lead over Nicole Galloway
KWMU: Galloway's office faces questions from Missouri
lawmakers about Hawley audit
Missourinet: Missouri House committee hears testimony
from Galloway's office about ongoing Hawley audit
Columbia Missourian: Staffer removed from Hawley
audit, but Galloway's office insists no bias occured
AP: Lawmakers question Galloway's office over Hawley
audit
AP:
GOP senators propose "Cleaner Missouri" ethics bill
P-D: Senate takes up GOP's "Cleaner Missouri" plan X
Columbia Missourian: Democrats oppose "Cleaner
Missouri" ethics and redistricting plan
KC Star: Missouri Republicans offer redistricting plan X
St. Joseph News-Press: More than 80 state lawmakers
calling for changes to Missouri bail rules X
SE
Missourian: Bill from Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) would enact
statewide prescription monitoring program +
AP: Opioid prescriptions down significantly in
Missouri Medicaid
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Steve Helms
(R-Springfield) seeks transparency for health care costs
Columbia Missourian: Tired of spam calls?
Lawmakers learn they may not be much you can do
KWMU: Some St. Louis City aldermen criticize state
lawmakers for officer-emancipation bill
Columbia Missourian: Law aiming to spur urban farming
heard by House committee
KC Star: FBI won't run background checks on Missouri
medical marijuana employees until law is passed X
AP: Missouri Capitol to shine red for Super Bowl-bound
Chiefs
Messenger: Republicans turn backs on criminal justice
overhaul in misguided attempt to upend bail rules X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Consumer Energy Alliance's
Brydon Ross: A solution in search of a problem - don't mess with
Missouri's energy market
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Wednesday, January 29,
2020
KWMU: Roy Blunt opposes impeachment, backs medical
marijuana banking
KWMU: Trump trial showcases Missouri method of
impeachment
P-D: Absentee voting starts for March 10 Missouri
presidential primary X
KC Star: Kansas City caucus groupies follow Democrats
around Iowa; 61-year-old man recounts thrill of walking hotel
hallways and spotting Joe Biden wearing sweatpants X
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler meets with University
Hospital officials, talks prescription drug proposals
Brownfield Ag News: USDA invests $61 million in rural
Missouri broadband
Columbia Missourian: No coronavirus cases in Missouri,
but health officials are paying close attention
SE
Missourian: Gov. Parson appoints Lloyd Smith to SEMO Board of
Regents +
The Missouri Times: 'Milestone' reached as Missouri
sends first batch of untested rape kits to lab, Schmitt says
KWMU: Missouri begins testing backlog of more than
7,000 rape kits
SNL: Abandoned airplanes sit at Missouri airports for
years - and the airports can't touch them X
KWMU: Missourians will likely vote in 2020 how to draw
Missouri General Assembly districts
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House to investigate
allegations of bias in Galloway's auditor office
KMOX: Mark Reardon show: Rep. Justin Hill
(R-Lake Saint Louis) explains how new bail rules let rapists, other
criminals loose (begins at 16:45)
KWMU: Judge says proposed consent judgment on public
defender workload is unworkable
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers begin to tackle $35
million debt to county prisons
AP: House committee discusses state's success in
reducing number of children on Medicaid
P-D: Lawmakers, officials showcase state's improvement
in verifying Medicaid eligibility X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers discuss benefits of
eligibility verification on Medicaid enrollment
P-D: Missouri House endorses plan to make it easier
for military spouses to land jobs X
The Missouri Times: Wiemann's transparency bill given
initial green light by House committee
Missourinet: Sports wagering bill is now heading to
Missouri House floor
JCNT: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark) pitches Osage
River as potential gambling waterway X
CDT: House votes to block Grain Belt line
Missourinet: Missouri reviewing ways to boost mental
health services in schools
Columbia Missourian: Legislation to limit use of
seclusion rooms in schools approved by House committee
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn defends
department's stance on feral hogs
KC Star: American Lung Association criticizes
Missouri's smoking laws, wants higher taxes X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers are cashing out
for lucrative, taxpayer-funded state jobs X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man details how he wrote
Hawley a letter on impeachment and showed him what's what X
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian says bill on
library standards forces her to "experience a range of emotions"
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Tuesday, January 28,
2020
Missourinet: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks in
Jefferson City, says federal tax credit plan is "the conservative,
federalist cure for what plagues American education" X
JCNT: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos touts
religious freedom in education in Jefferson City X
CDT: At education conference, DeVos touts tax credits X
Columbia Missourian: Title IX persecutions, federal
oversight major themes of DeVos speech
P-D: DCCC puts Jill Schupp on "Red to Blue" list, says
Dem will put up a fight in Ann Wagner's re-election X
AP:
Missouri donation limits rise slightly for legislative candidates
The Missouri Times: Profile: Missouri Coalition
Against Domestic and Sexual Violence's Colleen Coble
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri considers ads in
airports amid Coronavirus outbreak X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington)
appointed to State Tax Commission
AP: Gov. Parson taps third state senator for new job
AP: Gov. Parson appoints Pamela Westbrooks-Hodge to
Missouri education board
JCNT: Gov. Parson, Blues fans rally around Stanley Cup
at Capitol X
JCNT: President Pro Tem Schatz proposes investigation
of state auditor X
KWMU: MoDOT tries pay raises to stem departures
Columbia Missourian: Fatalities involving commercial
vehicles are rising in Missouri; Thoughts from Missouri Trucking
Association's Tom Crawford, others
SNL: College of the Ozarks makes another push for its
own police force X
AP: Missouri House passes bill targeting wind energy
line
Columbia Missourian: Grain Belt Express heads back to
the Senate
P-D: Grain Belt Express power line gets thumbs-down in
Missouri House X
Columbia Missourian: State senators discuss tracking
opioid prescriptions, rape evidence kits
Missourinet: State racks up millions in unpaid bills
owed to Amtrak
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers draw attention to
feral hog issue during budget hearing
KWMU: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) talks legislative wish list: Medicaid expansion,
etc.
CDT: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) calls for NCAA
changes X
P-D editorial: Hawley's call for big-tech regulatory
framework is misguided X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Missouri farmers pleased to see action on trade
Nicklaus: Unions get bigger in anti-union Missouri X
P-D letter: Citizens for Modern Transit wants more
money for public transit X
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Monday, January 27,
2020
AP: Missouri, three other states unite to try to limit
flooding
St. Joseph News-Press: Early application for REAL ID
encouraged by airport X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Paul Wieland
(R-Imperial) talks with Scott Faughn about Clean Missouri fix,
pro-labor Republicans, Gov. Parson vs. Galloway, more; Panel of
Reps. Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis City) and Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis
County), Joe Lakin, alderman candidate Anne Schweitzer (D-St. Louis
City) talk Clean Missouri, Medicaid expansion campaign, impeachment,
more
AP:
Abortion among key issues in Missouri 2020 governor's race
SNL: As Missouri's weed market emerges, so do
questions, lawsuits and conflicts X
St. Joseph News-Press: Texting ban resurfaces in
Missouri House X
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers say Supreme Court got
it wrong on 'disastrous' bail changes
JCNT: Small school districts say move to 4-day week
helps attract, retain teachers X
KC Star editorial: Missouri Legislature is AWOL, so
it's up to KC Council to ban texting and driving X
Joplin Globe editorial: MSSU takes a deeper dive into
college students' voting X
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Sunday, January 26,
2020
P-D: Photo gallery: Anti-war protesters rally
outside Boeing; Woman with bull nose ring shouts unironically
into bullhorn; Signs include "Boeing Kills," "War Pigs," other
compelling intellectual appeals X
SNL: Former Gov. Scott Walker will deliver keynote at
Missouri Lincoln Days X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
says federal water rule fight is not over
SNL: Blunt, Hawley praise rollback of Obama-era water
rules; Local Sierra Club woman unhappy
X
Washington Missourian: Four Franklin County businesses
approved for medical marijuana sales X
KC Star: Failed applicants for medical marijuana
licenses complain about selection process; Woman who dumped $160k
of retirement funds into business scheme calls setback "kind of a
mystery" X
SNL: Here are 3 things Gov. Parson's budget could mean
for Springfield X
P-D: Diverse policy views from Gov. Parson and GOP
lawmakers leads to rigorous debate on state budget, tax incentives,
taming urban crime, other topics X
KC Star: State data shows Buchanan County leads the
way in prosecuting deadbeat parents for non-support X
SNL: Kerfuffle over Hailey's Law involves definition
of "clickable links" in emergency alerts X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
explains motivation behind his rural broadband bill
Missourinet: College of the Ozarks security bill to be
heard by Missouri House committee on Monday
P-D editorial: Missouri's prohibition of plastic-bag
laws is worse than doing nothing X
P-D editorial: Ameren seeks a rate cut of pennies.
Regulators say it should be dollars. X
P-D letter: Sexagenarian "environmental philosophy"
professor says Blunt and Hawley impeachment positions are frightening X
P-D letter: Maplewood woman wants Blunt and Hawley to
flip-flop on impeachment process X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur septuagenarian questions Gov.
Parson's patriotism X
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Saturday, January 25, 2020
JCNT: Local pro-life advocates take part in March for
Life X
P-D: Galloway posts Sunshine requests online; In
2016, DSCC asked for audits of Roy Blunt's secretary of state office
from 1985-1993 X
SNL: Missouri issues complete list of licensed medical
marijuana dispensaries X
CDT: Columbia to have 7 marijuana dispensaries X
SE
Missourian: State approves four medical marijuana dispensaries in
Cape, one in Jackson +
KC Star: Missouri approves 40 medical marijuana
dispensaries in the Kansas City area X
P-D: Dozens of marijuana dispensaries licensed across
St. Louis area X
Columbia Missourian: Mizzou's online portal offers new
"pronoun" categories: Options for "non-binary" and "gender
nonconforming" humanoids include "Ze/Hir" and "Ey/Em"
SNL: Why Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) wants a Hyperloop X
Joplin Globe: MoDOT's Pat McKenna: High turnover
puts agency in 'triage mode' X
AP: Missouri prisons paring back as prison population
drops
AP: Lawmakers slam Missouri Supreme Court over bail
rules
P-D: Deposition brings to the fore familiar names in
Gardner, Greitens drama X
The Missouri Times: With jobs on the line, Spire will
appeal court's rejection of its infrastructure system replacement
process
The Missouri Times: Evergy, hedge fund disagree on
best approach to maximize shareholder value
KC Star op-ed: Dave Roland: Gov. Parson should
call special election to fill KC's Dem state Senate seats X
Priddy: Legislature should change law on casino
admission fee and help pay for National Steamboat Museum (1,868 words)
KC Star letter: Albany sexagenarian disagrees with
Blunt and Hawley on impeachment, reminisces about Stuart Symington X
P-D letter: Pacific sexagenarian disagrees with Schatz
on gerrymandering, says non-citizens should be counted as legal citizens X
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says gas tax increase
should be accompanied by electric car tax X
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Friday, January 24, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley: Impeachment
managers not making their case X
SE
Missourian: Political activist Angela Davis to be keynote speaker
at MLK dinner next week +
KWMU: Elections 2020: People can vote in
Missouri without photo ID
The Missouri Times: Missouri unemployment rate remains
low in December
Columbia Missourian: Corrections, criminal justice
highlight initial Senate budget discussions
Missourinet: What you need to know about Gov. Parson's
proposed prison budget
Missourinet: Schatz: Rural Missouri hospitals
are critical to their communities
Columbia Missourian: Area lawmakers support increase
in Precision Health Initiative budget
SNL: Drag queens plan Capitol protest of library
standards bill X
SNL: Missouri begins announcing medical marijuana
dispensary licenses one day early X
KWMU: Missouri awards 192 dispensary licenses for
medical marijuana program
Missourinet: State awards 192 licenses for medical
marijuana dispensaries
CDT: State issues marijuana dispensary licenses X
P-D: Missouri begins licensing medical marijuana
dispensaries X
P-D: Ameren agrees to cut rates, but disagrees with
state over size X
Missourinet: Hunters at odds with Missouri Department
of Conservation, U.S. Forest Service over feral hog restrictions
P-D editorial: Show-trial atmosphere is angering
Republicans, as Blunt and Hawley are learning
X
Joplin Globe editorial: Indifference, not ignorance,
drives violations of Missouri Sunshine Law X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Library standards
bill goes too far X
SE
Missourian editorial: Drugs are a scourge on society - causing
death in southeast Missouri +
KC Star op-ed: Democratic attorney general primary
candidate Rich Finneran: AG Eric Schmitt wrong to file Obamacare
lawsuit X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-Weldon Spring) wrong to propose Clean Missouri fix
SNL
op-ed: Missouri State Public Defender's office's Sarah
Johnson: Support bill from Rep. Ingrid Burnett (D-Kansas City) to
give juvenile delinquents a second chance X
P-D
letter: Olivette woman disagrees with Blunt and Hawley on
impeachment X
P-D
letter: Maplewood woman says GOP efforts on gerrymandering are
"shenanigans" X
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau man opposes bill from Rep. Ben
Baker (R-Neosho) to tighten standards for drag queens campaigns X
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Fox News: Sen. Josh Hawley says Nadler was playing to
his base before chief Justice John Roberts admonished him
P-D: George Herbert 'Bert' Walker III dies at age 88 X
JCNT: Jefferson City area to benefit from federal
disaster recovery grant X
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice
George W. Draper III notes his own historic tenure, court's bicentennial
The Missouri Times: Draper touts criminal justice
overhaul efforts in State of Judiciary address
JCNT: Chief justice: Missouri public defenders
need more funding X
KWMU: Chief Missouri justice urges more funding for
public defenders, court technology in annual address
AP:
Missouri lawmakers try again with voter ID after court loss
SNL: Republicans look to revive voter ID law X
The Missouri Times: Ashcroft promotes initiative
petition changes before Senate committee
JCNT: Proposed measures tackle initiative petitions X
Joplin Globe: Panel hears proposals to raise the bar
for changing state constitution X
Columbia Missourian: Corrections, criminal justice
highlight initial Senate budget discussions
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers likely to end residency
requirement for St. Louis City police
AP:
Missouri lawmakers propose longer prison sentences for fentanyl
Missourinet: MoDOT director calls turnover rate 'a
crisis'
The Missouri Times: More than 80 state representatives
ask Supreme Court to reverse course on pre-trial bail rules
KWMU: St. Louis County drug monitoring program
continues to grow across Missouri
Missourinet: Bipartisan Missouri House resolution
describes NCAA's sanctions against Mizzou as "appalling"
P-D's David Nicklaus: Missouri unions add 47,000
members, putting total at 15-year high X
P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian displeased
by proposed Clean Missouri fix X
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
P-D: Hundreds of citizen soldiers from Missouri gear
up for Afghanistan X
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley praises trade deal,
keeps wary eye on China X
SNL: How Rep. Billy Long broke his shoulder X
SNL: HUD awards $1 million to local agencies X
AP: Corps trim water flowing into lower Missouri River
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Dan
Hegeman (R-Cosby) on budget revenue estimate, low-income housing tax
credits, redistricting, Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan
AP: Lawmakers debate approaches to curbing urban
criminal behavior
JCNT: GOP bills stiffen penalties for violent criminals
P-D: Republicans propose tougher sentences for gun
criminals X
KWMU: House Democrats propose gun control measures to
tame urban violence
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers take various approaches
to urban gun violence
The Missouri Times: Bipartisan group of lawmakers band
together to push for parole changes for minors
Missourinet: Lawmakers ask Gov. Parson to grant
clemency to Bobby Bostic
KOMU: Bill from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) would
update criminal sentencing for minors
P-D: Major League Soccer group "full steam ahead"
despite tax credit setback X
P-D: More money for busing school kids could be on
fast track in Missouri Senate X
KWMU: Bill from Rep. Chrissy Sommer (R-St. Charles)
would tighten up standards around "emotional support animals"
P-D: Rep. Jim Neely (R-Cameron) sponsors legislation
to lower sales tax on tampons X
Columbia Missourian: GOP legislation would reduce tax
on feminine hygiene products
Missourinet: Lawmakers consider tampon legislation
Missourinet: Drag queens to hold Capitol protest in
March to oppose proposed library standards
The Missouri Times: Grain Belt Express: What to
know about the transmission line project
Waters: Proposed gerrymandering fix sets up the
political fight of the season X
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Tuesday, January 21,
2020
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guests David Barklage
and Jane Dueker talk with Scott Faughn about Dem presidential primary,
Gov. Parson's re-election, Medicaid, infrastructure; Panel of
Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters), Missouri Strategies' Earl
Simms, NAACP's John Bowman, Planned Parenthood's Jesse Lawder on Gov.
Parson's State of the State, Medicaid expansion, Clean Missouri and
gerrymandering, more
AP: Police: Armed guard 'saved lives' at urban
KC nightclub shooting; Shooter Jahron Swift, 29, put down after
injuring 15 partygoers
Missourinet: Deadly KC shooting not believed to be
gang related
The Missouri Times: Victory Enterprises launches new
digital media company; Joe Lakin will serve as CEO of Objective
Media
P-D: Post-Dispatch promotes campaign-contribution
database; App will provide no data on PACs, "dark money," or
local elected officials X
Missourinet: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) says
Gov. Parson is defying Trump by continuing to accept refugees
Missourinet: St. Louis City police chief, AG Eric
Schmitt support bill to emancipate city police officers from urban
subjugation; Comments from Rep. Ron Hicks (R-Dardenne Prairie)
The Missouri Times: DHSS refutes claims of 'scoring
irregularities' with medical marijuana licenses
KC Star: Missouri judge to consider if Independence
medical marijuana rules are too restrictive X
P-D: Amid consumer gripes, Missouri again seeking to
hang up on robocalls X
P-D editorial: Oath of impartiality is serious. Blunt
and Hawley must honor it. X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson forgets what he told KC
mayor about gun laws. How convenient. X
Joplin Globe editorial: State law should say if games
are slots or not X
KC Star op-ed: Pain management specialist Shavonne
Danner: Scare tactics skew the conversation about monitoring
prescription drugs in Missouri X
P-D letter: St. Louis man upset over Blunt and Hawley
support for Trump X
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Monday, January 20, 2020 Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Day - a state holiday, by order of Gov. John
Ashcroft
KC Star: 2 dead, at least 15 wounded at urban KC
nightclub; Armed security guard puts down shooter X
P-D: Missouri identifies 110,000 previously uncounted
addresses ahead of 2020 Census count X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Republicans outraise
Democrats ahead of 2020 election X
Missourinet: Dem gov candidate Nicole Galloway blames
late 2018 tax refunds on 'dysfunction' of Gov. Parson administration
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's proposed K-12 schools
budget boosts spending by $10 million
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri's workforce development
benefits rural communities, too; Comments from Gov. Mike Parson
P-D: Gov. Parson calls for more consolidation of
prison space X
Missourinet: Schatz: The Stanley Cup is coming
to the Missouri Capitol this month
KC Star editorial: Child sex abuse victims in Missouri
should have more than 10 years to file civil lawsuits X
Joplin Globe op-ed: Tom Kruckemeyer: State
lawmakers should raise tobacco taxes X
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Sunday, January 19,
2020
KC Star: Hawley 2024: Missouri Republican could
be 'Donald Trump 2.0,' say conservative supporters; Comments from
James Harris, Gregg Keller, others X
P-D: Photo gallery: Women's March:
Caucasoid male wearing yarn-labia hat beats African drum; Obese
cosplayer portrays Marie Antoinette; Signs include "Ban Viagra,"
"No Women's Liberation Without Socialist Revolution," "Down With the
Patriarchy," other efficacious and realistic messages X
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump activists congregate
downtown
CDT: Anti-Trump rally organizers seek to rebrand
event, say event is not about Trump X
SNL: Voter ID law gutted by Missouri Supreme Court X
SNL: Here's how Missouri Democrats responded to Gov.
Parson's State of the State: Thoughts from gov candidate Nicole
Galloway, Senate leader Gina Walsh, House Superminority Leader Crystal
Quade X
JCNT: Gov. Parson supports improving teacher pay X
SNL: Teacher pay starts below $32k in half of
southwest Missouri districts; Gov. Parson seeks to increase
salaries X
Joplin Globe: Missouri proposals would boost teacher
pay, strengthen recruitment and retention X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill targets use of seclusion
rooms in public schools X
P-D: Pot business license denials spur appeals
alleging scoring flaws X
SNL: Missouri court orders delay in one medical
marijuana dispensary license decision X
JCNT: Democrats: Gov. Parson doesn't do enough
to support gun control X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Sheriffs Association
calls for changes to DOC policy X
Washington Missourian editorial: State of the State
recap X
Washington Missourian editorial: Questions surround
the future of medical pot in Missouri X
McClellan: Taking the high road on pot X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: With no online options,
Missouri limits choices for gamblers
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman criticizes Blunt and Hawley
on impeachment, attempts "Show Me" punchline
X
KC Star letter: Clean Missouri volunteer expresses
anger over legislators' gerrymandering fix X
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Saturday, January 18, 2020
CDT: Boonville hospital closes; Woman who seeks
to fill Democratic ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler blames
incumbent's opposition to Obamacare X
Missourinet: Poplar Bluff, Sedalia, Bloomfield,
Columbia, and Wentzville highlighted in Missouri State of the State
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rosenbaum,
others talk Gov. Parson's State of the State, medical marijuana
campaign's donors, more
KWMU: Missouri succeeds in getting residents off
Medicaid rolls; Rep. Deb Lavender (D-Kirkwood): "We are
setting the pace in the nation at how many children have dropped off"
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill aimed at limiting "drag
queen story hour" campaigns angers local librarian X
Washington Missourian: City preps for first medical
pot business X
KWMU: More school closures coming for consistently
shrinking St. Louis Public Schools
SE
Missourian: Solar farm project in Cape County stalls +
SNL: Excessive algae bloom puts Lake Springfield on
impaired waters list X
KC Star editorial: China infiltrated University of
Missouri with propaganda - with our permission
X
Joplin Globe editorial: AG Eric Schmitt's online
tracking of rape kits keeps victims aware, fosters transparency X
JCNT editorial: Missouri needs to improve maternal
health X
CDT op-ed: Phill Brooks: Gov. Parson proposes a
historic change in Missouri's highway funding
X
P-D op-ed: Women's Voices Raised for Social
Justice/Empower Missouri joint op-ed: Gov. Parson should pardon
murderer Eric Clemmons X
KC Star letter: Kansas septuagenarian wants AG Eric
Schmitt to flip-flop on Obamacare X
P-D letter: St. Peters man wants Blunt and Hawley to
take a harder line on President Trump X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman disagrees with Gov.
Parson's pro-life stance X
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Friday, January 17, 2020
KOMU: Blunt: President Trump deserves to make
his case
Missourinet: Ashcroft: Battle not over on voter
ID
P-D: Missouri Democrats fail to keep pace with
Republicans in fundraising X
P-D: Groups to begin collecting ballot signatures to
legalize recreational marijuana X
P-D: Push for Medicaid expansion could conflict with
GOP work requirements X
KWMU: Gov. Parson reiterates commitment to Second
Amendment; Reaction from House superminority leader
KWMU: St. Louis faith leaders discuss value of
churchgoers protecting themselves and others with firearms
KC Star: Bill from Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) would
restrict taxpayer-funded "Drag Queen Story Hour" sessions X
SNL: Baker bill would put limits around drag queen
campaigns X
JCNT: Veterans hosting suicide-prevention
program; Former WCW star Marc Mero/Johnny B. Badd among key
speakers X
KC Star editorial: Sen. Roy Blunt blasted Democrats
for impeachment secrecy, but now wants to limit access X
P-D
editorial: Gov. Parson speaks forcefully on tackling urban gun
violence X
P-D
editorial: Gov. Parson should be leading on Medicaid expansion
X
KC Star op-ed: Take off the red and blue jerseys,
Missouri should lead in fixing health care X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian wants Blunt
and Hawley to support impeachment X
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Thursday, January 16, 2020
AP: KC Democrat apologizes to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver for
Bill Cosby-related tweet; "Gender fluid" humanoid plans to appear
on Dem primary ballot versus incumbent
JCNT: Gov. Parson, lawmakers come together to honor
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. X
JCNT: Local lawmakers praise Gov. Parson's vision,
passion X
JCNT: Gov. Parson's budget includes 2% state worker
pay hike X
The Missouri Times: State of the State 2020:
Parson continues fight for workforce development, education
opportunities
KWMU: Gov. Parson calls for more funding to schools,
public safety in State of the State
SNL: Four big things from the State of the State X
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson prioritizes
education, workforce development in budget
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson asks lawmakers to
work together
AP: Gov. Parson talks budget, pitches plan to tame
urban crime
KC Star: Gov. Parson warns of "massive tax increase"
that Medicaid expansion would bring X
KC Star: In State of the State, Gov. Parson promises
to build new Buck O'Neil Bridge X
P-D: Gov. Parson delivers State of the State address
against 2020 election backdrop X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Ray Hartmann, KWMU's
Rachel Lippmann on changes to St. Louis City police residency
requirement
Columbia Missourian: MU cuts ties with Confucius
Institute following federal guideline changes
KWMU: Missouri has more than 350 blighted lakes and
rivers - some might be in your backyard
P-D editorial: Missouri voter ID court ruling is
message for GOP to stop impeding democracy X
KC Star editorial: Missouri schools' use of isolation
rooms and restraints is inhumane X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers must fix
unconstitutional public defender system X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina): Nicole Galloway must take a stand on impeachment
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Wednesday, January 15, 2020
KC Star: Blunt explains concept of Senate's closed
session for impeachment trial; Reporters unhappy X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Iranian civil rights
attorney complains about life in America, blames President Trump for
"other-izing all of us"
Columbia Missourian: League of Women Voters meeting
focuses on changing Electoral College process
Missourinet: Ashcroft says court ruling "eviscerates"
state voter ID law
KC Star: Ashcroft: Missouri Supreme Court ruling
"eviscerates" state's voter ID law X
AP: Missouri court permanently blocks key part of
voter ID
P-D:
Missouri's voter ID rules dealt blow by court ruling X
The Missouri Times: KC Democrats Jason Holsman,
Shalonn "Kiki" Curls depart state Senate for new roles
AP: Gov. Parson appoints two Democratic senators to
new jobs
AP: Missouri Republicans offer gerrymandering fix
P-D:
Missouri Republican bundles gerrymandering fix with other ethics changes X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: House Budget
Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) talks consensus revenue estimate, DOC
lawsuit, Medicaid expansion, more
Missourinet: Cody Smith: Missouri revenue has
been strong enough to avoid withholds
P-D: Senate
launches crackdown on gaming machines X
P-D:
Lawmakers, advocates push legislation to remove time limits from child
sex abuse lawsuits X
SNL: UM
System chief wants more money for schools X
KWMU: Harris-Stowe interim president wants more money
from lawmakers, says staff is entitled to "a living wage"
KWMU: Lawmakers likely to end residency requirement
for St. Louis City police
P-D: Plan
to lift residency requirements for St. Louis cops gets warm reception X
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Corrections, Missouri
Association of Sheriffs on different pages about release of convicted
felons
AP: Dept. of Corrections officer says he smuggled dope
into prison
AP: Lawsuit charges St. Louis City prosecutor Kim
Gardner with Sunshine Law violation
KWMU: Gardner receives support from black prosecutors
after filing federal lawsuit; Union leader calls conspiracy
allegations "the last act of a desperate woman"
AP: Black prosecutors back Gardner, complain about
racism
P-D
editorial: Gardner's frivolous lawsuit accuses detractors of
vast, racist conspiracy X
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Tuesday, January 14, 2020
The Missouri Times: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe picks up
several Missouri ag endorsements
SNL: Sinquefields were among donors to failed medical
marijuana campaign X
Missourinet: Two KC Democrats to leave Missouri Senate
this week: Jason Holsman headed to PSC, Shalonn "Kiki" Curls to
Labor Commission
JCNT: Multiple ways to watch tomorrow's State of the
State X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri higher education
institutions state their case for more funding
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers seek to crack down on
seclusion rooms, restraint in school
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers show bipartisan support
for bills restricting seclusion, restraint in schools
JCNT: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) calls
Hyperloop an opportunity for state X
P-D: Push
for Hyperloop begins in Missouri Legislature
X
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau wants state's
newly-created broadband program to be permanent
Columbia Missourian: Grain Belt Express debate renews,
transportation questions rise in committee hearing
P-D: After
misfire last year, Missouri lawmakers again trying to stop Grain Belt
Express X
Missourinet: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) wants
to tax vaping products like tobacco merchandise
P-D: No spending plan yet for millions in Missouri
medical marijuana money slated for vets X
P-D:
Proposal would give attorney general power to prosecute some criminal
gang cases X
P-D: Local deaths: St. Patrick Center founder
and former St. Louis County Councilwoman Edith Cunnane (R) X
The Missouri Times: Joint op-ed: Americans for
Prosperity, ACLU, Empower Missouri: Legislators should be bold
and continue push for change in criminal justice laws this session
KC Star letter: KC septuagenarian urges Blunt to vote
to convict President Trump X
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Monday, January 13, 2020
KWMU: Young liberals from Clayton High School head to
Iowa to volunteer for Democratic presidential campaigns
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Greg Razer
(D-Kansas City) talks with Scott Faughn about transportation, MONA, Dem
priorities; Former Reps. Jeremy LaFaver and Kevin Corlew join
Missouri GOP Chairwoman Kay Hoflander to talk Clean Missouri and
gerrymandering, online sales tax, Medicaid expansion
P-D: James
Buford remembered as longtime Urban League leader 'respected by all' X
P-D:
Residency repeal for St. Louis City police among first items on
lawmakers' agenda X
St. Joseph News-Press: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) places odds on legal sports betting X
JCNT: Missouri Nondiscrimination Act introduced again X
KWMU: Rep. Raychel Proudie (D-Ferguson) talks
legislative priorities for House Committee on Urban Issues
Joplin
Globe: One manufacturing license awarded in southwest Missouri
for medical marijuana
CDT: Boone
County businesses lose bids for medical pot licenses X
Joplin
Globe: Missouri American Water continues to gather data for
reservoir phases X
Joplin
Globe: Scientists watch deer disease for species jump X
St. Joseph
News-Press: Missouri law enforcement, clinics see increase in
heroin users X
P-D
editorial: Gov. Parson's welcome note to refugees refreshingly
bucks the conservative trend X
Messenger:
Missouri Ethics Commission finding brings Missouri's marijuana industry
out of its smoky haze X
KC Star op-ed: Former Missouri Dept. of Social
Services Director Steve Roling: Good work is being done in the
foster system, but we must devote more resources X
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Sunday, January 12, 2020
Columbia
Missourian: Members of GOP congressional delegation sign amicus
brief calling for Roe reconsideration
Columbia
Missourian: Ashcroft, area legislators talk presidential primary,
fuel tax, online sales tax, more
JCNT:
Gov. Parson: More work needed to improve Dept. of Corrections,
law enforcement standards X
Brownfield
Ag News: Missouri Cattlemen's Association's Mike Deering talks
legislative priorities
SNL:
Jay Wasson says Post-Dispatch piece on road fund program was misleading
X
KCUR:
Planned Parenthood again challenges Missouri's cutoff of Medicaid
payments
JCNT:
86 medical marijuana manufacturing facilities approved X
KC
Star: Public defenders in St. Joseph complain about workload X
Columbia
Missourian: Get the flu vaccine this year, DHSS recommends
CDT:
Tribune staffers hope move into new office will improve performance,
say newspaper will try to do better X
P-D
letter: Florissant sexagenarian expresses anger over Gov.
Parson's health care insurance, GM incentives X
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Saturday, January 11, 2020
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Lacy Clay blasts
President Trump, won't pick a candidate in Dem primary
P-D: Bloomberg presidential campaign rents 28 Missouri
staffers X
KWMU: EPA gives Jefferson County $227k to educate
residents about lead
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt himself prosecutes
violent crime, secures guilty verdict
P-D: Sinquefields among dark-money donors to group
that backed medical marijuana question X
SE
Missourian: Medical marijuana manufacturing facilities approved +
SNL: Weed licenses: Missouri announces
manufacturing wins X
Missourinet: Missouri issues licenses for medical
marijuana-infused product manufacturers
KWMU: Area sisters, both physicians, have divergent
views on patients' medical marijuana "needs"
SNL: Clif Smart pitches lawmakers on more money for MSU X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MoDOT is prepared for weekend
weather
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Rasheen
Aldridge (D-St. Louis City) on urban violence, Ferguson, serving in
superminority, etc.
Washington Missourian editorial: Paying college
athletes: no perfect answers to big-money corruption X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Rural broadband getting state, federal push
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man wants Blunt and Hawley to
push for rigorous impeachment trial X
KC Star letter: Raytown woman upset at Hawley over
impeachment resolution X
P-D letter: University City man says building higher
levees for development is a bad idea X
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Friday, January 10, 2020
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Congressman
Lacy Clay on impeachment, Iran, more
Columbia Missourian: Columbia's resident impeachment
expert weighs in on process, Hawley proposal
JCNT: HUD's Ben Carson, Gov. Parson discuss visions of
leadership through faith X
Missourinet: HUD Secretary Ben Carson says proposed
changes will not roll back fair housing regulations
CDT: Corps trying to make more space for Missouri
River runoff X
St. Joseph News-Press: Corps updates local entities on
levee improvements X
AP: Gov. Parson outraises Galloway
The Missouri Times: Catalyst names Jasmine Wells and
Ethan Wilson to team
KSDK: AG Eric Schmitt secures murder conviction in
killing of refugee
KTVI: Schmitt obtains guilty verdict in St. Louis
murder case
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: St. Louis City
police chief says Post-Dispatch mischaracterized crime crackdown
SNL: Taming criminals through gun control:
Thoughts from Missouri lawmakers, professors
X
JCNT: Gov. Parson honors employee teams for quality,
productivity X
The Missouri Times: Mary Fox named Missouri State
Public Defender System director
P-D: St. Louis district supervisor picked to run
Missouri's public defender office X
KWMU: Missouri Senate leaders make redistricting
change prime priority in 2020 session
Columbia Missourian: Senate leadership urges civility,
lays out session goals
The Missouri Times: Rep. John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon)
files legislation on transparency in local government
CDT: Anti-CAFO activists oppose bill on inspections X
KWMU: Recruitment and salary increases part of effort
to retain teachers in Missouri
JCNT: State medical marijuana staff field concerns
about vaping X
The Missouri Times: MoCannTrade questions DHSS over
'possible systemic problems' with scoring system
P-D: Hemp launch opens new era in Missouri agriculture X
JCNT editorial: Gov. Parson made good choice to accept
refugees X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's pal talks about
'scorned' opponent Nicole Galloway like it's 1697 X
KC Star editorial: If two KC state senators resign,
city will get short shrift in Legislature X
Messenger: Hawley needs refresher course on what
happens in 'normal courtroom' X
P-D op-ed: UMSL associate research professor Rachel
Winograd: Missouri can't afford to go backward in effort to
combat overdose deaths X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian wants
Blunt to stop supporting Trump, says president's actions on Iran are
part of re-election scheme X
P-D letter: Illinois sexagenarian cheers Trump
impeachment, fantasizes about Hawley-Durbin fight X
P-D letter: Wentzville man demonstrates ability to
read other people's minds, says Josh Hawley is scared about impeachment X
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Thursday, January 9, 2020
Missourinet: HUD Secretary Ben Carson to keynote
Governor's Prayer Breakfast this morning
St. Joseph News-Press: SNAP restrictions won't affect
Missouri; State legislators already passed standards for handouts
years ago X
SNL: Kellyanne Conway will headline 2020 Missouri
Lincoln Days in Springfield X
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson rakes in $540k in Q4
fundraising
KC Star: Former Speaker Steve Tilley defends himself
after Galloway campaign attacks, says state auditor is "scorned" after
he rejected her pleas for cash
Faughn: Spring of senior year in Jeff City:
Thoughts on commission appointments for senators, GOP intraparty budget
battles, congressional redistricting, Galloway and impeachment, much
more
CDT: Gov. Parson cites 2019 high points, cooperation
in Chamber talk X
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson speaks at Chamber of
Commerce quarterly meeting
P-D: In talk to senators, Rowden preaches cooperation X
AP:
Redistricting, urban violence top agenda for Missouri lawmakers
KWMU: Missouri Legislature reconvenes with
redistricting, urban crime on the agenda
Missourinet: Legislative preview: Taming urban
violence, legalizing sports wagering
St. Joseph News-Press: Republicans seek gerrymandering
fix X
Columbia Missourian: Gerrymandering, fuel tax
increases among top issues this session
P-D: No consensus yet on state transportation funding
X
Columbia Missourian: Boone County lawmakers discuss
priorities for new legislative session
JCNT: 2020 Missouri General Assembly session opens X
Missourinet: Missouri voters could decide if they want
riverboat gambling along Osage River
The Missouri Times: Profile: Senate doorkeeper
Jim Bauer
SNL: Jay Wasson, two others appointed to MSU board X
JCNT: Highways and Transportation Commission approves
cost-share funding X
SE
Missourian: MoDOT to address 'poor' condition of I-55 Exit 93
interchange at public meeting +
JCNT: Missouri Highway Patrol to open shooting range
training facility X
KC Star letter: Kansas man disagrees with anti-Hawley
editorial X
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Wednesday, January 8, 2020
KWMU: With more flooding possible this year, FEMA
urges residents to get flood insurance
SNL: HUD Secretary Ben Carson coming to Jefferson City
this week for Governor's Prayer Breakfast X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson outlines priorities for
Missouri's 2020 legislative session
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature gets down to
business today
P-D: Missouri Republicans hold diverse views on budget
issues X
Missourinet: Missouri House or Senate coffee?
The longtime discussion brews again
KC Star: Down to the wire, Kansas City hires The
Giddens Group to lobby in Jefferson City X
P-D: Town and Country Mayor Jon Dalton shuts down
campaign committee, says state law on lobbying restrictions is
"contradictory and conflicting" X
KWMU: NEXT Missouri works to bring more focus on
Missouri startups
KWMU: Missouri's new medical marijuana industry puts
banks in a tough spot
JCNT: Amtrak, MoDOT to offer free companion travel X
P-D: Former state senator appointed to Missouri State
University board of governors; Jay Wasson's real estate company
also completes competitive process to receive transportation matching
funds X
P-D editorial: Missouri Republican lawmakers wrong on
wide range of 2020 session issues X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Hope springs eternal
for Legislature X
Joplin Globe editorial: The sound of silence should
give lawmakers their cue on Clean Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Lying to Missouri lawmakers is a
crime? Politicians should play by the same rules X
KC Star editorial: Does KC need an army of lobbyists
in Jefferson City? And how much does this cost us? X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Air Conservation
Commission's Ron Boyer: Initiative petitions would outdo
California with radical Renewable Energy Standard
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Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Fox News: Hawley to introduce measure to dismiss
impeachment, says Pelosi "disrespecting the Constitution"
KC Star: 10 Republicans back Hawley's proposal to
dismiss Trump impeachment X
SNL: Blunt, Hawley, Long applaud Iran strike X
Joplin Globe: Deadlines to register for first round in
presidential election fast approaching X
P-D: New charges against Vance Pearson signals likely
guilty plea; UAW capo, who once led Hazelwood-based region,
charged with embezzlement conspiracy X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Department of Agriculture
awards "food desert" matching grant
AP: Missouri revenue collections up 5.2%
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: 2020
legislative session preview
KC Star: 2020 legislative session preview X
P-D: 2020 legislative session preview X
Columbia Missourian: Clean Missouri gerrymandering to
be discussed by legislators; Comments from Missouri House
Democrats' spokesman Marc Powers
The Missouri Times: Republican leaders vow to protect
gun rights for Missourians
KWMU: Missouri Coalition for the Environment unhappy
with Gov. Parson's advisory group recommendations
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: STL Business
Journal's Jacob Kirn talks state incentives for MLS stadium
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau president
wants legislative fix for Rock Island Railroad corridor deal
Missourinet: Bipartisan backers of changing state's
HIV law say it's a matter of life and death
Missourinet: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark) wants
riverboat gambling along Lake of the Ozarks
SNL: Resolution could allow casinos on Lake of the
Ozarks
JCNT: Capitol workers prepare for session X
St. Joseph News-Press: State begins taking industrial
hemp applications X
KWMU: A St. Louis guide to legal marijuana in Missouri
and Illinois
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau considering agreement with DOJ to
house federal inmates +
KC Star editorial: Hawley's 'loony' plan to dismiss
impeachment unfair to everyone - even Trump X
KC Star op-ed: Missouri State Public Defender Interim
Director Greg Mermelstein responds to critical op-ed from former
prosecutor X
P-D letter: Crystal City man says Blunt sold his soul
to support Trump X
SNL letter: Area women recognize woman who led Kit
Bond's Parents as Teachers program in Springfield X
P-D letter: Oakville septuagenarian appalled by St.
Louis City's early 2020 homicide numbers, says thugs have no values X
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Monday, January 6, 2020
KC
Star: Democratic women filling ballot slots against Ann Wagner
and Vicky Hartzler won't commit to supporting Medicare for All X
P-D:
Soldiers Memorial vandalized with "No War", hammer-and-sickle graffiti
X
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Schatz talks upcoming gerrymandering
fix, tort overhaul, transportation funding, urban crime, more;
Panel of Jean Evans, AFL-CIO's Mike Louis, Jack Coatar talk Dem
presidential primary, Clean Missouri, Nicole Galloway's position on
impeachment, more
KWMU:
Missouri farmers see challenges in 2020 around trade, weather,
commodity prices
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) anticipates session's
charter school debates
St.
Joseph News-Press: Missouri making progress toward higher ed
degree goal X
Missourinet:
Rep. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City) proposes stolen-firearm
legislation
JCNT:
Legislative Library Administrator Nathan Elwood's services extend past
legislators and into the public X
P-D
editorial: Trump administration wrong to move USDA jobs to Kansas
City X
P-D
"The Bottom Line" video series: Business columnists David
Nicklaus and Jim Gallagher say Missouri's special taxing districts lack
transparency X
P-D
letter: St. Louis septuagenarian wants Blunt to support
impeachment X
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Sunday, January 5, 2020
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer talks
airstrike that killed Iranian military leader
CDT: Refugees who opened restaurant welcome Gov.
Parson's decision X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Gov. Parson makes four stops in
northeast Missouri, discusses grants
JCNT: 2020 legislative session preview: Gaming
machines, tort overhaul, more X
St. Joseph News-Press: Impact of Missouri's minimum
wage hike is unclear X
St. Joseph News-Press: Work remains for new marijuana
business X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Gov. Parson's
decision on refugees makes sense X
Joplin Globe editorial: Answers needed for medical
marijuana growers X
CDT op-ed: Bob Roper: Missouri fails to act on
school choice X
McClellan: The conundrum of the prison guards in
Missouri X
KC Star's Dave Helling: In Kansas City and St. Louis
City, momentum still moves forward X
Washington Missourian letter: Washington
septuagenarian praises MoDOT for design of new bridge X
P-D letter: Ladue septuagenarian wishes for a less
liberal and more objective Post-Dispatch editorial board X
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Saturday, January 4,
2020
SNL: Hawley to introduce motion to dismiss Dems'
impeachment charges X
P-D: Mayor wants Legislature to repeal residency rule
for all city employees, not just police X
P-D: Missouri prison guard wins $85,000 settlement
over wrongful firing X
P-D: Ex-chief investigator for St. Louis City circuit
attorney ordered to sit for deposition in perjury case; Special
grand jury indicted William Tisaby for perjury in Greitens case X
Washington Missourian: Pauline Masson retires as
editor of newspaper's Pacific edition X
Joplin Globe editorial: Gov. Parson made the right
call on refugees X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson says yes, we'll welcome
refugees in Missouri. It's the least we can do. X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Report on Missouri
utility costs is flawed, but raises some interesting points X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake
Hurst: Farm Bureau legislative priorities include property
rights, broadband
Messenger: Two murderers want clemency from Gov. Parson X
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Friday, January 3, 2020
KC Star: Sen. Josh Hawley floats measure to dismiss
'bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution' X
SE
Missourian: Social Security cost-of-living adjustment to affect
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St. Joseph News-Press: Coordination, new thinking key
for flood group X
SNL: County mulls approving local immigration program X
SNL: Gov. Parson defends decision to accept legal
refugees X
KWMU: Missouri minimum wage hikes continue, hit
$9.45/hour
KWMU: 2020 legislative preview: Budget,
Medicaid, Clean Missouri
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Jim
Murphy (R-St. Louis County) on redistricting, gun control, media
literacy, circumventing soft-on-crime prosecutors, more
Columbia Missourian's Emily Wolf: 2020 legislative
preview: Transportation funding bills from Democrat [sic] Doug Libla, others
P-D: Gov. Parson's stance on gaming machines at odds
with highway patrol X
Columbia Missourian: Efforts to pass Missouri
Nondiscrimination Act resume
Missourinet: MoDOT replacing 91-year-old bridge in
southeast Missouri; first project in "focus on bridges" plan
Joplin Globe: Judge denies Sarcoxie Nursery owner's
request for restraining order against state X
Columbia Missourian: Judge denies restraining order in
rejected marijuana grower's lawsuit
St. Joseph News-Press: Worst of flu season still to
come in Missouri X
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Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Conservation reports new CWD cases
in Perry County X
KC Star's Allison Kite: State gun legislation could
help Mayor Quinton Lucas decrease urban criminal behavior X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says
anti-Trump/anti-Wagner protesters are hypocrites X
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Thursday, January 2,
2020
KC Star: In 2019, Kansas City achieves its all-time
record for homicides X
P-D: 2019 homicide total is second-highest of decade
for St. Louis City X
P-D: Five homicides in first morning of 2020 in St.
Louis City X
Columbia Missourian: Columbia's minority students lag
behind same subgroups in other districts
P-D: Gov. Parson-appointed flood group issues list of
policy recommendations X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Service Commission
opens investigation into Spire's record-keeping, customer service
practices
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT to study region's
sinkholes X
Joplin Globe: MoDOT finishing internal review of Bella
Vista Bypass plan X
Joplin Globe editorial: Backed by Blunt and Hawley,
new law restricting robocalls is a good first step X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Big Marijuana have
cultivated an easygoing and carefree image, but the reality is quite
different in Missouri X
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Missourian's Jon Rust: The future of newspapers: the
Southeast Missourian will eventually reduce number of daily paper
editions, and the transition to digital-only subscribers is growing
KCUR's Aviva Okeson-Haberman: Missouri should tax
e-cigarettes at the same rate as tobacco
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2020 Happy New Year!
January 2019 Missouri
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Columbia
Missourian: Sen. Roy Blunt visits Columbia food bank
KWMU:
Gov. Parson-appointed advisory group calls for more flood protection
for rural areas
The
Missouri Times: Gov. Parson to Trump administration:
Missouri will continue to resettle "lawfully admitted" refugees
P-D:
Gov. Mike Parson says Missouri will continue accepting refugees X
KWMU:
2019: The year in photos: Caucasoid women at Planned
Parenthood rally; Multiple shots of urban women enduring
hardships involving free college and free transportation; Father
of man who assaulted police officer Darren Wilson wears hat
indoors; Other inspirational images
P-D:
Familiar faces take new roles advocating for Missouri employers:
Justin Alferman with nonprofit SSM Health, Alex Curchin with Centene
X
The
Missouri Times: Ethan Todd joining Capitol City Research as vice
president, senior partner
Missourinet:
Missouri's mimimum wage rate increases again
Missourinet:
Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's Summit) files Missouri Korean War Memorial
legislation
Joplin
Globe: Sarcoxie Nursery lawsuit gets support from provider of
medical marijuana X
SNL:
Missouri medical clinic shuts down, blaming 'other providers';
Woman rages at DHSS for "running all the good businesses ... out" and
licensing a competitor X
KC
Star: Area public defenders unhappy about monetary bond for
criminals; Jackson County lawyer wants murderer to be supervised
by mother, not jail X
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