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Monday, July 30
Washington Examiner: Club for Growth targets McCaskill with
hard-hitting ad about Shepard, domestic violence
P-D: Congressional votes for the week: VA
secretary, federal spending, health care policies, more X
Missourinet: New U.S. attorney for Western Missouri
sworn in; Tim Garrison talks importance of locking up members of
Mexican drug cartels
This Week in Missouri Politics: Dave Schatz, Steve
Stenger debate Proposition A; Senate District 14 Democrats Joe
Adams, Sharon Pace, Brian Williams talk priorities
SE
Missourian endorsement: Yes on Proposition A +
KC Star op-ed: Trump campaign's Brad Parscale:
McCaskill can side with Missouri - or extremist Democrats - on Kavanaugh X
Messenger: Americans for Prosperity's Proposition A
mail piece is deceptive X
KC Star influencer series: Thoughts on gun control X
P-D letter: Ann Wagner should oppose adoption bill
that's not pro-LGBTQIA* enough X
P-D letter: St. Charles octogenarian applauds Aisha
Sultan column on Democratic "pink wave;" Gaggle of liberal gals
will totally win their elections in Trump terrritory X
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Sunday, July 29
KWMU: Gov. Parson, Ann Wagner rally grassroots troops
as part of GOP's National Week of Action
SNL: Primary preview: McCaskill, Hawley expected
to roll to wins in U.S. Senate primaries X
KC Star: Labor rallies against 'right to work'
measure; Local boss says unions importing muscle from Los
Angeles, Kansas to defeat Missouri's Proposition A X
JCNT: Primary preview: 6th Senate District
candidates answer Prop A, tax cut questions X
JCNT: Primary preview: House District 60
Democrats weigh in on smoking at the Capitol
X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce & Industries seeks
president & CEO
CDT: Law professor to publish 'lessons' from 2015
University of Missouri race agitations X
P-D editorial: Lack of regulatory action to blame for
duck boat tragedy, local traffic death X
P-D editorial: Russia meddles in Missouri elections.
Where does Josh Hawley stand? X
JCNT editorial: Parson takes welcome steps to address
drought X
SNL op-ed: Gov. Mike Parson: Missouri supports
Branson, families X
CDT op-ed: Improving K-12 education through school
choice programs X
P-D letter: Webster Groves liberal wants Missouri
Hospital Association to push Medicaid expansion ballot initiative X
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Saturday, July 28
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Missourian: On farm tour, Smith backs Trump's tariffs, urges
patience
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P-D: Former Gov. Jay Nixon weighs in on Trump tariffs X
KWMU: McCaskill calls for tougher federal response to
Russian hackers
SNL: How does digital "screen time" affect kids? Blunt
supports funding for research X
KC Star: Congress didn't act after 1999 duck boat
accident; Some say action needed after Branson X
Missourinet: Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob),
family work with U.S. Coast Guard and State Patrol to retrieve sunken
duck boat
Columbia Missourian: U.S. Congressional District 4
Democratic candidate profile: Renee Hoagenson
Columbia Missourian: U.S. Congressional District 4
Democratic candidate profile: Hallie Thompson
KC Star: U.S. attorney clears David Humphreys of
wrongdoing in pay-to-play controversy X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Jack Cardetti, Sen.
Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) debate Proposition A
KWMU: Primary preview: House District 87:
Sam Gladney vs. Ian Mackey for Stacey Newman's seat
The Missouri Times: House District 87 candidate
profile: Sam Gladney
P-D: GOP state rep candidate Hardy Billington
maintains consistent views on LGBTQIA* issues
X
Drebes:
Rex Sinquefield re-emerges
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of July 23, 2018
CDT: Choi gets two-year contract extension from
curators X
AP: University of Missouri President Mun Choi given
2-year contract extension
KC Star: UM System President Mun Choi refuses pay
raise on contract extension X
St. Joseph News-Press: Appeals court rules on school
attendance challenge X
Washington Missourian: Paramedics can become public
safety officers thanks to Senate Bill 870 X
P-D: More funding for public defenders, push for
clemency among measures to be pursued to stem mass incarceration in
Missouri X
The Missouri Times: National groups call for inmates
to go on strike August 21
KC Star editorial: Whether you love or loathe Claire
McCaskill, Russia's attempted hack is an outrage X
Washington Missourian letter: Washington octogenarian
opposes Proposition A X
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian wants state
lawmakers to fund Maternal Mortality Review Board X
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Friday, July 27
KWMU: Trump touts tariffs at Granite City steel mill
P-D: Trump touts tariffs at Granite City steel plant +
Missourinet: Audio: Trump's Granite City speech
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt request drought help for
Missouri farmers and ranchers
JCNT: DNR drought committee begins discussions X
P-D: From drinking water to farms, drought's effect
creeping across Missouri X
KC Star: Missouri's federal and state lawmakers weigh
in on Duck Boat tragedy and proposed legislation X
Missourinet: Russians sent phishing e-mails to
McCaskill's U.S. Senate staffers
AP: McCaskill confirms Russian hacking attempt on her
Senate office e-mails
KC Star: 'Putin is a thug,' McCaskill says after
reported Russian hacking attempt X
Columbia Misssourian: Primary preview: Vicky
Hartzler's re-election
Columbia Missourian: Primary preview: John Webb
mounts his third Dem congressional campaign
SNL: Missouri unions winning 'right to work' money
battle - and it's not close X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Jack
Cardetti, Bob Onder to debate Proposition A today
Misssourinet: Overview: Proposition A
P-D: St. Louis police union wants former president
Gary Wiegert to stop stumping for Proposition A X
P-D: GOP state legislative candidates hold diverse
positions on Proposition A X
AP: Jim Talent leads effort to oppose Clean Missouri's
"gerrymandering"
CDT: Local union official organizes socialist group
meeting; Democratic state rep candidate, others mastermind plan
to "chip away at and eventually abolish capitalism" X
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Missouri Democratic Party hands daughter of
former mayor the title of "Southern Missouri Political Director";
Idealistic young woman set to burn summer, fall trying to turn Bootheel
blue +
Columbia Missourian: Area youngster overcomes
dyslexia, lobbies state legislators on behalf of disabled little brother
Drebes: State looks for help in identifying "federal
revenue enhancement opportunities"
The Missouri Times: Americans for Prosperity, ACLU
bring together bipartisan panel to discuss "mass incarceration"
The Missouri Times: State reimbursements to county
jails questioned in new lawsuit over jail bills
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers plan September hearing
on state Department of Agriculture funding concerns
KWMU: Missouri could offset emissions from agriculture
by conserving the soil, climate-change group says
P-D editorial: Hawley should drop Obamacare lawsuit X
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Thursday, July 26
Morning Consult: America's most and least popular
senators; Trump's approval rating in Missouri six points higher
than McCaskill
Missourinet: McCaskill one of only two vulnerable
senators trailing Trump's approval rating
P-D: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen giving
away a machine that makes gun parts X
KC Star: Petersen giving away machine which can build
part of AR-15 X
Missourinet: Petersen campaign benefits from media
freakout over giveaway
SNL: McCaskill, Blunt split on $12 billion payout to
farmers impacted by trade negotiations X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri farmer says trade issues
'not just China'
The Missouri Times: Blunt receives Brewers Association
Legislative Champion Award
P-D: Ann Wagner responds to lawsuit, First Amendment
criticisms of new anti-sex-trafficking law X
KWMU: Primary preview: 1st Congressional
District: Lacy Clay vs. Cori Bush
KWMU: Primary preview: 2nd Congressional
Democrats line up to fill ballot slot for Ann Wagner's re-election
The Missouri Times: Wasinger hits the TV airwaves with
new ad
KWMU: Primary preview: Missouri Senate District
18: Cindy O'Laughlin vs. Craig Redmon vs. Lindell Shumake vs.
Nate Walker
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate District 18
candidate profile: Craig Redmon (R-Canton)
The Missouri Times: Primary preview: House
District 110 GOP primary for Kirk Mathews' seat: Dottie Bailey
vs. Matt Doell
P-D: Gov. Mike Parson meets with colleagues in Colorado
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of July 25, 2018
Missourinet: Hawley issues new subpoena to Google for
possible violations of Missouri antitrust laws
KWMU: Cortex MetroLink station set to open;
"Rep. Peter Meredith [sic]"
recommends change to ticket policy
Columbia Missourian: MU law professor pens law journal
article on 2015 campus race agitation and harm to university image
KC Star editorial: McCaskill is vulnerable, and
Hawley's attacks on her are desperate X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jeff Roorda: Both
parties would do well to open their tent flaps; It's hard out
here for a pro-life, pro-gun, pro-police Democrat
P-D letter: Women's Foundation of Greater St. Louis
opposes Proposition A
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Wednesday, July 25
Missourinet: Trump in Kansas City: Biggest
winner in trade talks will be farmers
Missourinet: Audio: Trump's full speech in
Kansas City
WhiteHouse.gov: Remarks by President Trump at the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States National Convention in
Kansas City, MO
AP:
In Kansas City, Trump says he's ready for a new deal with Iran
KMBC: Video: Trump pays tribute to victims of
duck boat tragedy
P-D: At VFW event, Trump praises Josh Hawley X
KC Star: Trump, speaking at VFW convention in KC,
urges patience on tariffs X
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt make back-to-back
statements on Senate floor about Duck Boat tragedy
P-D: Lawmakers from Missouri eye duck boat safety
after Table Rock Lake deaths X
The
Hill: 10 dark horse candidates for Speaker of the House:
Ann Wagner, others
Missourinet: August 'right to work' measure is a
referendum, which is rare
P-D: Louisiana resident John Goodman opposes
Missouri's Proposition A X
The Missouri Times: Senate 34 update: Chamber
PAC endorses Luetkemeyer, race gets heated over attack ads as Schaaf
weighs in
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Forum features GOP candidates for
Brian Munzlinger's state Senate seat
SNL: Primary previews: Upcoming victories for
Elijah Haahr, Lynn Morris, Steve Helms against also-rans X
KWMU: Primary preview: House District 95 GOP
primary: Joe Patterson vs. Michael O'Donnell
JCNT: House District 60 Democratic candidates weigh in
on Medicaid, taxes and NRA X
Drebes:
Drebes on "zombie committees": Don Gosen, Robin Smith, Brian
Nieves, John Diehl
CDT: Boone County Clerk Taylor Burks: Before
voter ID, voter fraud happened 'all the time'
X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester)
elected to executive board of Women's Legislative Network
P-D editorial: Missourians should use petitions to go
around lawmakers on Medicaid expansion X
Jensen:
McCaskill walking a fine line to position herself against Democratic
activists' socialism +
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: ICE isn't the enemy X
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Both sides
cherry-pick when it comes to Proposition A
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: We want reader input on draft policy
regarding reporting of - and search engine access to - misdemeanor
crimes +
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian says Prop A
would lower wages +
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Tuesday, July 24
KC Star: Businesses linked to McCaskill's husband get
$131 million in federal dollars X
AP: ICE success story: Agents capture illegal
alien living in Kansas City, send her back to Mexico
Missourinet: Poplar Bluff plant requests tariff relief
The Missouri Times: Liberals want Hawley to drop
lawsuit against Obamacare provision
P-D: Democrats wants Hawley to withdraw from Obamacare
lawsuit X
SE
Missourian: Overview: Proposition A, the 'right to work'
ballot initiative +
KWMU: Primary preview: GOP state auditor
candidates
SNL: Primary preview: GOP primary for Crystal
Quade's state rep seat X
The Missouri Times: Legal battle over gas tax lands in
court August 3
Missourinet: Parson says mayors across Missouri
support gasoline tax increase
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Bar seeks deputy government relations
counsel
The Missouri Times: Career retrospective, Part
I: Ron Richard talks about growing up, his start in local
politics, and why a certain member of the Democratic superminority can
kiss his grits
SNL: Obscure 167-year-old law governs boat lawsuits X
The Missouri Times: MoDOT joins other transportation
stakeholders in signing pledge to fight human trafficking
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT signs human trafficking
pledge X
St. Joseph News-Press: Law could change districts'
approach to snow days X
CDT: University of Missouri concealed weapons lawsuit
to start tomorrow X
SE
Missourian letter: Leopold sexagenarian opposes 'right to work'
based on unions' support of Democrats and abortion policies +
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Monday, July 23
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Briefs: Lacy Clay on Bruce
Franks' unquenchable thirst for attention; "Secretary of State
Richard [sic] Pompeo," other
foreign policy leaders have Blunt's trust X
SNL: Primary preview: Billy Long's re-election X
SNL: Primary preview: 7th Congressional District
Democratic primary X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Tracy McCreery
and Rocky Miller, Mike Colona, Mary Elizabeth Coleman talk
McCaskill-Hawley, state auditor race, Clean Missouri, more
Drebes:
MOSERS seeks legislative & policy coordinator
KC Star: The Mission Continues moves out of shadow
cast by Greitens X
P-D: Advocates fantasize about Medicaid expansion in
Missouri; Speaker-to-be Elijah Haahr provides reality check X
Missourinet: New Missouri law designed to let counties
collect mobile fees for 911 services
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau alarmed by
court decision on Grain Belt Express
P-D columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha Sultan: A
pink wave of female Democratic candidates in Trump-friendly St. Charles
County; Gals gab about dreams of winning elections to Congress,
state Legislature X
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian encourages 'Yes'
vote on Prop A +
P-D letter: Local union official responds to Mehan
letter on Prop A X
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Sunday, July 22
P-D:
Congressional votes for the week: Carbon tax, election authority
funding, immigration-law enforcement, more X
KWMU:
Up-and-coming liberal Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stumps for Lacy Clay's
primary opponent
Missourinet:
Billy Long discusses Table Rock Lake tragedy and possible congressional
action
SNL:
Hawley urges duck boat owner to cooperate X
Missourinet:
Hawley: There are multiple investigations into deadly Table Rock
Lake incident
KWMU:
Wash U. study finds no increase in youth marijuana use in states with
reduced penalties
St.
Joseph News-Press: 'Right to work' issue generates strong emotions
X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Schaaf endorses Harry Roberts, slams Tony
Luetkemeyer and 'dark money' X
JCNT:
State legislative candidates differ on transportation issues X
JCNT:
Videos: Forums for 6th Senate District Dems, House District 60
Dems, House District 60 Republicans X
JCNT
editorial: Jay Barnes led Greitens committee with fairness and
professionalism X
KC
Star letter: Republic man defends union dues, opposes Prop A X
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Saturday, July 21
SNL: Branson duck boat tragedy: 17 dead;
Reactions from President Donald Trump, McCaskill, Blunt X
P-D: At press event hours after tragedy, reporters
repeatedly question Gov. Mike Parson and Rep. Don Phillips
(R-Kimberling City) on Missouri life preserver laws X
The Missouri Times: Missouri pork, cattle associations
endorse Hawley for U.S. Senate
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosebaum analyze latest in McCaskill-Hawley, Lacy Clay vs. Cori
Bush, 2nd Congressional Dem primary
P-D: Blunt leadership PAC has spent less than $120k
since 2013; Ann Wagner's leadership PACs spent less than $25k
over three years X
The Missouri Times: Primary preview: House
District 97 Republicans: Phil Amato, Mary Elizabeth Coleman,
David Linton
KWMU: Primary Preview: House District 84
Democrats: Brad Bakker vs. Wiley Price IV
Drebes:
Justin Alferman empties campaign account
Drebes:
Joe Engler leaving Vescovo's office for Sen. Mike Bernskoetter's office
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of July 16, 2018
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri slashes budget for
awarding property restoration tax credits X
St. Joseph News-Press: State lawmakers notice prison
concerns about overstaffing X
P-D: St. Louis Uber driver has put video of hundreds
of passengers online; Missouri's status as one-party consent
state provides cover X
CDT endorsement: Yes on "Clean Missouri" ballot
initiative X
JCNT editorial: Legislature made the right move on
marriage age X
P-D editorial brief: State Highway Patrol trooper and
2014 drowning X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Drive to feed kids gearing up at Missouri State Fair
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis octogenarian dislikes
"the corporations, big banks and industrialists" and their newfangled
"right to work" X
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Friday, July 20
The Missouri Times: Pence fundraises for Hawley in St.
Louis
KWMU: Pence champions Trump, Hawley in St. Louis visit
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Jo Mannies
to recap, analyze Pence visit
Missourinet: During St. Louis visit, Pence highlights
tax cuts and Trump's performance on Russia
P-D: In St. Louis visit, Pence touts promises made and
kept X
P-D: McCaskill sponsors Senate move to oppose
Hawley-backed lawsuit challenging Obamacare X
Missourinet: MU's Peverill Squire on importance of
SCOTUS vote to McCaskill's liberal base
KWMU: Protesters occupy ICE office downtown
P-D: About 70 protesters block downtown intersection,
21 arrested; Crowd delivers persuasive immigration message by
creating traffic jam, screaming in Spanish X
P-D: Immigration protest photo gallery: Obese
woman with buzz cut blocks car with hocks; Androgynous human
jumps on hood of moving car, makes vulgar hand gesture;
Middle-aged woman hangs Trump pinata; Other efficacious acts X
AP: Six black bears killed on Missouri roads this
year; Wild animals got in path of automobiles, met painful demise
The Missouri Times: Trial attorney cash in the
spotlight; GOP state Senate candidate Cindy O'Laughlin, Missouri
Chamber both critical of lawyers' campaign contributions
The Missouri Times: Primary preview: GOP
candidates Jim Murphy and Ron Rammaha for the late Cloria Brown's seat
JCNT: Primary preview: 6th Senate District
Democrats X
The Missouri Times: Poll from Rep. Bill White's
campaign shows candidate leading in GOP primary for Ron Richard's seat
JCNT: Primary preview: House District 60
Democrats X
The Missouri Times: House Democrats fire back at
Republican megadonor David Humphreys' cease-and-desist letter
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City) to resign Sunday to take county government job
SE
Missourian: Parson talks agriculture, opportunity at Farm Bureau
event +
KWMU: Parson explains line-item vetoes in Missouri
budget
Missourinet: New Missouri law intended to provide
check on Anthem's ER policy
CDT: Criminal age raised to 18 in Missouri X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: July 19, 2018
SE
Missourian: Hawley's office files criminal charges in Wayne
County public corruption case +
The Missouri Times: Audit discovery leads to AG Josh
Hawley filing public corruption charges against former Greenville City
Clerk
KC Star editorial: Parson's foolish, penny-pinching
veto will put stroke, heart attack patients at risk X
P-D op-ed: Rep. Doug Beck (D-Affton): Missouri's
education policy is failing our children, our future X
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Thursday, July 19
P-D: VP Pence to speak at forum, attend fundraiser for
Hawley today +
AP: Trump to address VFW convention next Tuesday in
Kansas City
KC Star: Trump will visit KC on Tuesday to address
veterans, raise money for Josh Hawley X
AP: Americans for Prosperity releases anti-McCaskill
ads
AP: Democratic PAC slams Hawley again over claims
against donor
Missourinet: Third-party ads in U.S. Senate race hit
simultaneously
P-D: Pro- and anti-McCaskill ads hit TV, digital
screens X
Missourinet: McCaskill says Missouri would be hurt by
U.S. Postal Service privatization
P-D: Troubled St. Louis City housing slum was at
center of drug-trafficking ring, federal indictment alleges; Area
resident eats police's free ice cream handout but won't accept police's
anti-crime flyer X
Columbia Missourian: Primary preview: GOP
primary for state auditor: David Wasinger vs. Paul Curtman vs.
Saundra McDowell vs. Kevin Roach
The Missouri Times: Poll from Tony Luetkemeyer's
campaign shows candidate with 9-point lead in GOP state Senate primary
KWMU: Primary preview: Missouri's 14th Senate
District Democratic primary: Three-way dance between Sharon Pace,
Brian Williams and Joe Adams
Drebes: 16th Senate District: Justin Brown ad
touts "rural values," protecting U.S. from illegal aliens and other
anti-American types
The Missouri Times: Dems to take lt. gov. challenge to
Missouri Supreme Court
Missourinet: Missouri Democratic Party appealing
judge's decision in lawsuit involving Kehoe appointment
AP: Democrats appeal lt. gov. ruling
The Missouri Times: House Budget Committee discusses
messy managed care changes, DSS admits mistakes were made
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers blast 'bungled' rollout of
controversial Medicaid amendment X
Missourinet: Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) is new House
Budget Committee vice-chair
The Missouri Times: Committee approves certificates of
need for new assisted living facilities in Farmington, Lee's Summit
KWMU: UMSL Title IX coordinator/"Chief Equity Officer"
criticizes Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for emphasizing rights of
the accused
KWMU: EPA rule to give more power to states;
Missouri environmental activists unhappy
The Missouri Times: Parts of northern Missouri now on
drought alert
Missourinet: Parson places 47 Missouri counties on
drought alert
Missourinet: Report shows car thefts on the rise in
Missouri, especially urban areas
P-D editorial: Eric Greitens is gone, but his
dark-money legacy lives on X
P-D op-ed: Vice President Mike Pence: We're
delivering for Missouri X
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: After 30 years,
time to reauthorize National Telecommunications and Information
Administration X
Washington Missourian letter: Franklin County GOP
Central Committee disagrees with state group's decision to support Josh
Hawley before primary X
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Wednesday, July 18
SNL: McCaskill: Bass Pro's boat business
endangered by President Trump's aluminum tariff X
AP: McCaskill calls for end to trade war, cites harm
to Missouri
P-D: Blunt, Clay weigh in on Trump and Putin X
CDT: Woman seeking to fill Democratic slot in 4th
Congressional District holds "impromptu news conference" to criticize
Hartzler, Trump X
Columbia Missourian: Democratic primary hopeful Renee
Hoagenson asks if Hartzler is on "Team America"
AP: Hawley campaign spokeswoman calls Russia 'bad
actor'
The Missouri Times: July 2018 Tip Sheet:
Statewide, state Senate and House
The Missouri Times: End-of-quarter briefs:
Greitens, 'right to work,' state auditor, SD 34, Schupp
AP:
Unions pour millions into Missouri to fight 'right to work'
P-D: New 'Nothing to See Here' investigative
series: Medical marijuana push in Missouri gets help from secret
donations pouring in X
JCNT: Local legislative candidates release fundraising
totals X
The Missouri Times: House Budget Committee lambastes
DHSS and Parson administration over trauma care program
AP:
Missouri stroke, heart attack program in limbo after gubernatorial veto
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick: "There will be hell to
pay" if DHSS attempts budget shell game
Missourinet: Parson says Missouri time-critical
diagnosis funding will come from DHSS budget, despite veto
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court renews
Grain Belt Express with unanimous decision
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court reverses decision
that blocked massive wind power line
CDT: Boone County officials, state lawmakers seek
solution to fireworks wars; Comments from Sen. Caleb Rowden,
"Chuck Bayse [sic]" X
AP: Ex-trooper in handcuffed-drowning case loses
officer permit
P-D editorial: Blunt must stand up to Trump and refuse
to work with him X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers offer weak
bleating after Trump drools on Putin X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Handicapping the
4th Congressional District primary: Analysis based upon yard
signs and "online posts"
P-D op-ed: Former union rep: 'Right to work' is
a big lie X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man believes liberal group's
theory that 'right to work' would hurt working people X
KC Star letter: ACLU's Sara Baker responds to
editorial on Ferguson and municipal fines, says state lawmakers should
spend more money on courts X
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Tuesday, July 17
SNL: McCaskill, Blunt critical of Trump's comments on
Russia and Putin X
AP: McCaskill, Blunt back finding of Russian
interference
Missourinet: Congressional delegation weighs in on
Trump, Russia
Missourinet: Hartzler supports Trump's attempt to get
NATO countries to boost defense spending
P-D: Ann Wagner releases new ad X
KWMU: Campaign roundup: Ann Wagner's new
ad; State auditor finance reports; Greitens' legal bills
The Missouri Times: July 2018 filings: Statewide
candidates
The Missouri Times: July 2018 quarterly filings:
State Senate
The Missouri Times: July 2018 quarterly filings:
State House
The Missouri Times: Parson meets with rural leaders,
says he'll be supporting 'right to work' campaign
The Missouri Times: Clean Missouri digital ad features
Schaaf
AP: Greitens' campaign spent $610k on legal fees in
final months
P-D: Campaign spending: Highlights from
Greitens, Parson reports X
KC Star: Greitens' campaign fund spends cash on legal
fees, still has $1.1 million on hand X
P-D: Campaign finance report summaries: State
auditor, select local state legislative races
X
Drebes: Jill Schupp set to roll to re-election
AP: John Stormer, popular conservative author who
moved to Missouri in the 1950s, dies at 90
SNL: Lawmakers' plan to replace Thomas Hart Benton
statue refers to wrong Benton, governor says
X
Missourinet: House Budget Committee hearing to focus
on Medicaid reimbursement
Missourinet: House Budget Committee to discuss
time-critical diagnosis (TCD) funding today
CDT: Reisch unblocks constituent on Twitter, calls
lawsuit "frivolous" X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should spend more money on
schools X
Priddy: A Modest Proposal: Eliminate all sales
taxes, including Internet, to boost Missouri income tax revenue
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian says changing state
motorcycle helmet laws will encourage tourism
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Monday, July 16
SNL: Missouri farmers see long-term benefits of trade
realignment, stay optimistic through tariff hubbub X
CDT: Primary preview: 4th Congressional
Democratic primary: Renee Hoagenson vs. Hallie Thompson X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bernie Sanders supporters going
door-to-door for liberal causes in St. Joseph
X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe on
working with the Parson administration, what it was like to work with
Ron Richard, much more
AP:
Missouri groups clash over "Clean Missouri" plan
Drebes:
Humphreys vehicle winds down, sends leftover cash to HRCC
P-D: Supporters of time-critical diagnosis (TCD)
system to attend budget hearing tomorrow in Jefferson City X
Missourinet: Company's scheme at Missouri hospital
prompts legal action, call for federal probe; Comments from
Auditor Nicole Galloway
SE
Missourian editorial: On local election races and paid letters X
CDT editorial: New tuition-hike law gives higher ed
stability X
KC Star op-ed: Wickr platform's Audra Grassia:
Greitens misused private messaging, but secure communications are vital
in government X
KC Star influencer series: Thoughts on universal
pre-K, other education issues X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur woman wants McCaskill and
Blunt to vote for women-and-children bill X
P-D letter: Labor lawyer responds to Dan Mehan letter
on 'right to work' X
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Sunday, July 15
P-D: Key congressional votes for the week X
CDT: McCaskill, Hawley make stops in Columbia X
P-D: Pence to attend fundraiser for Hawley on Thursday X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of July 9, 2018
CDT: Movement might start soon on child-care rating
system X
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Corrections has logged 1
million hours of overtime in 2018 X
Missourinet: Wallethub: Missouri's two biggest
cities are poorly managed
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Yes on Proposition
A, 'right to work' X
JCNT editorial: Have a say in hemp's future in Missouri X
KC Star letter: Eldon man thanks Blunt for
cancer-research funding, wants Luetkemeyer to vote for bill X
P-D letter: Retired union carpenter accuses Mehan of
wanting to "knee-cap" unions X
P-D letter: Manchester sexagenarian responds to Mehan
op-ed on 'right to work,' says business owners seek to hurt workers in
exchange for profits X
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Saturday, July 14
AP:
Pence to fundraise for Hawley in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: 4th Congressional District
Democrats attend forum; Renee Hoagenson and Hallie Thompson
battle to fill Dem slot for Hartzler's re-election
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe
The Missouri Times: Proponents of fuel tax increase
announce leadership team; Dan Kleinsorge to serve as campaign
manager
P-D: Overview: Proposition A, the 'right to
work' proposal X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum break down the 'right to work' campaigns and the GOP
primary for state auditor
The Missouri Times: GOP candidates for state auditor
square off at forum, debate qualifications for the office
Drebes:
Early fundraising numbers: State Senate and House numbers
Drebes:
Eric Wilson leaves Missouri Bar, joins Veterans United Home Loans
P-D: Parson OKs changes to prevailing wage law for
construction projects X
The Missouri Times: Parson vetoes two bills, one
resolution
AP: Glitch leads to veto of Truman statue swap
AP:
Parson signs bill to raise marriage age in Missouri
KC Star: Parson signs law banning marriage of
15-year-olds X
KWMU: Watkins wants a different judge for contempt
claim against him in Greitens case
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies analyzes
former Gov. Greitens' latest legal issues
P-D: Missouri prison guard loses harassment suit
against state X
Messenger: Former inmates point to Missouri prison
guard and say #MeToo X
KC Star letters: Kansas woman wants McCaskill to vote
'No' on Kavanaugh; KC octogenarian expresses anger at Pence and
support for McCaskill X
P-D letter: American Cervid Alliance says MO Dept. of
Conservation shows bias with deer-farm regulations X
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Friday, July 13
KWMU: McCaskill heavily outspending Hawley as U.S.
Senate contest heats up
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Blame President Trump for
intensity of McCaskill-Hawley messaging X
P-D: Congressional primary previews: Clay and
Wagner vs. also-rans X
KWMU: Lacy Clay urges ICE to temporarily drop plans to
deport illegal alien living in Maplewood
P-D: Pence scheduled to be in downtown St. Louis next
week to tout tax cuts X
The Missouri Times: July 2018 Tipsheet:
Statewides and state Senate races
The Missouri Times: Anti-'right to work' campaign to
spend more than $13 million this cycle
The Missouri Times: Fuel tax proponents want
opportunity to defend measure in court
P-D: GOP state auditor candidates share views at St.
Louis Area Young Republicans Club X
The Missouri Times: Primary update: Tony
Luetkemeyer vs. Harry Roberts for Schaaf's seat
SNL: Governor signs Elijah Haahr's tax cut bill X
SNL: Photo gallery: Parson signs bill to cut
Missourians' taxes X
The Missouri Times: Parson signs income tax cut into
law, individual income tax rate lowered to 5.4% starting in 2019
Missourinet: Parson signs income tax cut in Springfield
Missourinet: Parson attends Dollar Tree ribbon-cutting
in Warrensburg; Distribution center will service stores in 11
states
Brownfield Ag News: Parson: Agriculture is top
industry in the state, must be adequately funded
SE
Missourian: Speaker Todd Richardson, Sen. Wayne Wallingford talk
tariffs, education, skilled workforce issues at press event;
Richardson: "We don't have a shortage of English majors. We have
a shortage of nurses." +
The Missouri Times: House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) headed to new role in Jackson County
KC Star: Hospitals fear budget cut could endanger
stroke, heart attack, trauma patients X
KC Star editorial: Creative mail piece from Americans
for Prosperity could trick simple-minded voters X
P-D letter: St. Louis County man suggests McCaskill's
SCOTUS vote will be based on her own political survival X
P-D letter: Sexagenarian Olivette feminist says
McCaskill and Blunt must oppose Kavanaugh because he is wrong on
LGBTQIA* and gals' issues X
SE
Missourian letter: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan: Prop A
will provide worker freedom and a stronger economy +
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Thursday, July 12
The Missouri Times: Trump to attend Hawley fundraiser
on July 24
KC Star: At KC event, Pence promotes Hawley and
criticizes McCaskill; Agitators' disruptions drowned out by
patriots chanting "U-S-A! U-S-A!" X
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt on same side for tariff
vote
KC Star: As opioids poured into Missouri, the DEA
failed, McCaskill says X
P-D: Inconsistent government oversight fuels opioid
crisis, McCaskill report says
Missourinet: McCaskill report says 1.6 billion opioids
entered Missouri in five years
SNL: E-mails suggest Missouri COO Drew Erdmann raised
money for Greitens; Erdmann says no X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Gina
Mitten (D-Richmond Heights) on Greitens investigation and the need for
all nonprofits - including liberal ones - to reveal their dark-money
donors
Drebes:
Courtney Curtis may run as Independent in Senate 14
The Missouri Times: Judge dismisses lawsuit
challenging Kehoe's appointment, says action is within governor's
authority
KWMU: Lawsuit to toss Kehoe from lieutenant governor's
office tossed out
P-D: Judge dumps Democratic bid to oust Missouri
lieutenant governor X
Missourinet: Parson to sign Elijah Haahr's tax cut
bill today in Springfield
CDT: Missouri DED, Dept. of Higher Ed convene "Talent
for Tomorrow" regional meeting X
Columbia Missourian: State business, education leaders
emphasize student workforce prep
Missourinet: New state law provides start to examining
radioactive waste at Missouri sites
The Missouri Times: Missouri Highways and
Transportation Commission approves maintenance-focused five-year plan
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: July 11, 2018
The Missouri Times: Putnam County hospital ends
questionable billing practices, financials still in poor condition
Missourinet: Galloway's follow-up reveals end to
hospital's questionable lab billings, but poor financial state continues
P-D editorial: Josh Hawley lacks substance, is too
conservative X
KC Star editorial: Greitens put Missouri government up
for sale to anonymous millionaires X
P-D letter: Richmond Heights liberal mocks value of
Elijah Haahr's tax cut X
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Wednesday, July 11
AP:
McCaskill polling her supporters on Supreme Court decision
The Missouri Times: McCaskill stalls on making SCOTUS
decision, Hawley pushes for confirmation
AP:
Hawley seizes on SCOTUS vacancy in first ad
KWMU: Wash U. law prof weighs in on McCaskill's SCOTUS
dilemma
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: McCaskill's SCOTUS
stalling, Politico's puff piece featuring overdone down-home cursin',
more X
P-D's Chuck Raasch: McCaskill in tough spot on
Kavanaugh X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Times poll, conducted by
Jeff Roe's Remington Research (R), shows Hawley with slight edge over
McCaskill, 'right to work' failing in August
KC Star: National unions already positioning Prop A
result as "turnaround" for labor X
The Missouri Times: Liberal group Economic Policy
Institute opposes 'right to work'
AP: Pence to speak today in Kansas City
P-D: Lacy Clay calls on ICE to stay a deportation
order against illegal alien X
KWMU: Greitens accused of intentionally skirting state
election laws
SNL: Greitens' nonprofit could face huge fines X
The Missouri Times: Barnes files MEC complaint against
Greitens for Missouri, A New Missouri
JCNT: Ethics complaint filed against Greitens X
AP: Complaint filed by Barnes accuses Greitens of
concealing donors
Missourinet: Complaint alleges Greitens, campaign
teams violated laws
P-D: Nick Ayers targeted in new ethics complaint X
The Missouri Times: Kehoe to host Justin Brown
fundraiser on July 16
SE
Missourian: Primary preview: Barry Hovis vs. Tony LaForest
for Lichtenegger's seat +
Drebes:
House Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty takes Jackson County
government job
Missourinet: Parson to meet with rural Missouri mayors
today
KWMU: New law gives charter schools leeway to enroll
more poor and badly-behaved students
AP: Prison guard receives $800,000 settlement from
state in harassment case
P-D: Former Missouri prison guard who sued for sexual
harassment, poisoning gets $800,000 settlement
X
Columbia Missourian: Local legislators sit through
youth forum, answer questions about favorite food and movies
KC Star editorial: Pence's to-do list should include
spending more taxpayer money on KC infrastructure X
P-D editorial: McCaskill has yet to take a clear stand
on flood study X
KC Star op-ed: Vice President Mike Pence: The
Trump agenda is working for Kansas City X
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: The importance of a
conservative Supreme Court justice X
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Tuesday, July 10
AP: Reaction to Kavanaugh nomination: McCaskill,
Blunt, Hawley
Politico: A rollicking ride with Claire
McCaskill: Reporter joins McCaskill on campaign trips by land,
not air
The Missouri Time: Hawley releases first TV ad;
McCaskill fires back
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer says Scott Pruitt did
"a great job," talks about liberal/media attacks on former EPA chief
Missourinet: Cleaver: Trade wars have never
benefited any nation
JCNT: Jaycees fair abandons theme amid political
concerns; "Making It Great Again" slogan risked injuring feelings X
Missourinet: National group travels through Missouri
promoting Route 66
KFVS: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt visits Cape
Girardeau to remind leaders and owners about low-interest state loans
AP:
Missouri net revenue up 5 percent
P-D: Parson poised to sign measure lowering Missouri
income tax rates X
CDT: Law will allow higher education to recover cuts
through tuition X
KWMU: Abortion battle heats up again in Missouri
P-D: Missouri poised to regulate cage fighting after
years of lax oversight X
Missourinet: New Missouri law allows counties more
options to collect 911 fees
KC Star editorial: Missouri lets Worlds of Fun off
easy on toxic water pollution X
KC Star editorial: Fatal shooting of UMKC graduate
student from India tells the world KC is dangerous; Dreadlocked
criminal still on the loose X
SE
Missourian op-ed: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: American security
before politics +
SE
Missourian op-ed: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape
Girardeau): We need to examine broader reasons for health care
costs +
KC Star letters: Grain Valley sexagenarian wants MO
DNR to impose more regulations; Kansas nonagenarian disagrees
with Hartzler on food stamps X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur septuagenarian agrees with
Danforth communications team's op-ed, says candidates should be
forbidden from criticizing opponents' proposals X
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Monday, July 9
NBC: Meet the Press: Roy Blunt on SCOTUS, Russia
and North Korea, more
NBC: Meet the Press: Full transcript
P-D: Josh Hawley's first TV ad in U.S. Senate race is
aimed at upcoming fight over Supreme Court nominee X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Lauren Arthur on
McCaskill-Hawley, Kander, Parson, more; Panel of Rachael Herndon
Dunn, Roy Temple, state rep candidate Jon Patterson talk Prop A,
McCaskill-Hawley and SCOTUS vote, Parson, more
Columbia Missourian: Local political parties canvass
neighborhoods prior to primary election's voter registration deadline
St. Joseph News-Press: Harry Roberts, Tony Luetkemeyer
emphasize farming issues X
St. Joseph News-Press: Harry Roberts questions
dark-money source of pro-Luetkemeyer mailer X
Drebes:
Job rumors: Adam Crumbliss to take job in Parson
administration; Chris Moreland to do communications for Team
Parson
Drebes:
Job rumors: Alex Curchin to leave Speaker's office and move to
lt. gov. office
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court updates media
operating rules for court
KC Star: Environmental activists unhappy with DNR over
water quality permits, say new approach could affect pallid sturgeons X
KC Star editorial: "There's no punishment for not
showing up to court': How Missouri defendants get off easy;
After Ferguson, pendulum has swung too far in favor of scofflaws X
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to Onder letter on
'right to work' X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says 'right to work' will
force the handicapped to choose between taking medications or eating X
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Sunday, July 8
The Missouri Times: How the SCOTUS appointment will
impact Missouri's U.S. Senate race; Thoughts from Jack Cardetti,
Gregg Keller, Jeremy LaFaver
KWMU: Missouri soybean farmers brace for impact of
trade war
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Chamber of Commerce
issues statement on tariffs
SNL: Abortion stance tricky for Missouri Democrats X
JCNT: Primary preview: House District 60:
Jane Beetem, Pat Rowe Kerr and Dave Griffith for Jay Barnes' open seat X
Drebes:
Daniel Hartman is Josh Hawley's new chief of staff
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Americans for Prosperity seeks grassroots director
Columbia Missourian: Democratic Socialists of America
helps local liberals with traffic-stop-avoidance gimmick
Washington Missourian: Former state Sen. John
Griesheimer (R-Washington) retires after 36 years of public service X
CDT: Missouri paid abortion clinics the same day it
snubbed higher ed X
KC Star op-ed: Husch Blackwell's Jeff Simon:
NAFTA's benefit is an unambiguous positive for Missouri X
P-D op-ed: Jack Danforth's communications team:
How to fix America's political system: Lengthy McCaskill-Hawley
TV interviews, more blocks of TV time for policy discussions, etc. X
McClellan: A detective copes with the unsolved
mysteries of life; Man was injured by projectile thrown during
last October's race riots X
P-D letter: St. Louis conservative wishes
Post-Dispatch editorial board would have taken a day off from its usual
anti-American anger on July 4 X
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Saturday, July 7
KWMU: Politically Speaking new feature: Weekly
Missouri politics roundup: SCOTUS vote and U.S. Senate
race; MOGOP supporting Josh Hawley; Pro-life Missouri
Democrats; more
P-D: Election preview: Earning the suburban
woman vote; Comments from state Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester),
"U.S. Rep. Anne [sic] Wagner,"
others X
KWMU: Black officials organize second Arch
ribbon-cutting photo op
P-D: Black politicians hold their own ribbon-cutting X
The Missouri Times: Tom Robbins named partner at
Strategic Capitol Consulting
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Paul Curtman holds meet & greet/fundraiser
in Kennett +
The Missouri Times: SD34: Race to replace Rob
Schaaf heating up
The Missouri Times: Diane Franklin first to TV in SD16
with 'One Tough Grandma' ad
SNL: Parson signs bills in Springfield X
SNL: Parson signs bill at Springfield pharmacy to
create drug take-back program X
The Missouri Times: Parson signs legislation to aid
fight against opioid addiction, support family caregivers
AP:
Parson expands drug take-back programs
Missourinet: Parson: Missouri "will no longer be
the only state without a statewide 911 system"
Missourinet: WalletHub promotional study:
Missouri in the middle of the pack for speeding and reckless driving
laws
KC Star editorial: Why was Missouri conservation
director paid for years of comp time after termination? X
P-D letter: St. Louis County man responds to Onder
letter on 'right to work' X
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Friday, July 6
AP:
First Arch photo op doesn't cut it, so Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis
City) arranges second one today; Black politicians to hold
separate-but-equal ribbon-cutting, re-enact actual ceremony
St. Joseph News-Press: Book review: Presidential
candidate Jason Kander's book points to lessons in 'everyday courage' X
The Missouri Times: Casey Wheat named as HRCC's
interim executive director
SNL: Primary election preview: 'Right to work'
initiative X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri House of Representatives seeks budget
analyst
The Missouri Times: Democrats switch strategy in
lawsuit over lieutenant governor appointment
JCNT: Judge hears arguments on lt. gov appointment X
KWMU: Lawyers argue over validity of lt. governor
appointment
Missourinet: Cole County judge hears arguments in
lawsuit involving lt. gov appointment
AP:
Judge weighing whether to dismiss lt. gov. case
P-D: Judge questions Democratic strategy in fight over
Missouri lieutenant governor X
Missourinet: Parson signing most legislation sent his
way
SE
Missourian: Missouri Arts Council announces new 2019
budget; Arts Council of Southeast Missouri director expresses
gratitude to lawmakers, Gov. Parson X
Columbia Missourian: Advocacy group wants Parson to
hold state agency liable for mentally-disabled man's death
The Missouri Times: Audit finds MDC's separation
agreement with former director cost taxpayers more than $120k
P-D: Galloway criticizes Conservation chief's
separation agreement X
P-D: Missouri tax deduction for stillbirths still not
adding up after three years X
AP:
Mishap at Six Flags water park draws attention to lax regulations
P-D: Charter school parents deserve a say in lawsuit
that threatens their schools, federal appeals court rules X
The Missouri Times: PSC approves electric rate cuts
effective next month; Ameren rates cut by 6 percent
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn talks
dicamba damage, says 2018 more successful than 2017
P-D editorial: Photo at Arch ceremony underscores why
St. Louis' racial divide persists X
KC Star editorial: A good bet: Missouri should
get ready to offer sports gambling X
KWMU Race, Identity and Culture correspondent Ashley
Lisenby: All-Caucasoid Arch photo evokes horrific memories of
"when people of color were deliberatly [sic] excluded"
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Expedition into rural
Republican territory: Poplar Bluff residents not sophisticated
enough to blame Trump for job-killing tariff
X
KC Star letter: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
responds to editorial criticizing Vicky Hartzler, explains purpose of
Farm Bill X
Columbia Missourian letter: Missouri Rural Crisis
Center wants Congress to support Obamacare and state legislators to
expand Medicaid
Columbia Missourian letter: NEA member opposes 'right
to work'
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Thursday, July 5
Missourinet: Creighton University survey says trade
concerns a damper, but Missouri economy still growing
Brownfield Ag News: Americans for Farmers &
Families' Casey Guernsey, a former Missouri state rep, talks trade
retaliation and potential effects on farmers
P-D: Organizer of Arch ribbon-cutting apologizes for
preponderance of Caucasoid faces X
The Riverfront Times: Missouri Democrats vote to
welcome pro-life members, angering others
KC Star: Abortion plank in party platform roils
Missouri Dems; Comments from angry women, Stephen Webber X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Beyond Housing seeks government affairs and public
policy manager
Missourinet: Parson honors commitment made to hometown
Fourth of July event before becoming governor
St. Joseph News-Press: Public hearing set Monday in
KCP&L rate case X
KC Star editorial: Women could outnumber men in Nevada
legislature. Missouri should elect more gals.
X
P-D letter: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis):
'Right to work' will help make union bosses more accountable to their
members X
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Wednesday, July
4 Independence
Day
KWMU: Supreme Court appointment will have impact on
Missouri's U.S. Senate contest
The Missouri Times: Missouri GOP gives RNC special
permission to fund Hawley ahead of primary
P-D: State, national Republicans agree to fund Hawley
ahead of primaries X
KC Star: Woman taking on Lacy Clay in Democratic
primary attempts to make body attributes a campaign issue, humblebrags
about "my round hips" X
Missourinet: Southeast Missouri town of Bismarck to
celebrate 150th anniversary during Fourth of July; Jason Smith to
serve as parade grand marshal
KWMU: Hundreds celebrate opening of Arch museum and
visitors center
Missourinet: Arch rededication ceremony draws hundreds
to downtown St. Louis
AP: Renovated museum opens as part of $380M Gateway
Arch project
P-D: Arch event draws hundreds; Ozzie Smith
serves as emcee X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) files
lawsuit to keep fuel tax increase off the November ballot
KWMU: Moon sues to stop referendum to raise Missouri's
fuel tax
The Missouri Times: Concerned Women for America
endorses Georjene Tilton in race to replace term-limited Fraker
Drebes:
Help Wanted: PROMO seeks communications manager
KC Star: E-mail from February 2017 give brief glimpse
into early days of Greitens' campaign nonprofit X
Columbia Missourian: Trump revokes Obama guidance on
race in school admissions
AP: Appeals court finds fault with Ferguson-Florissant
School District elections; Traditional at-large elections result
in too many Caucasoid winners, so rules must be changed
P-D: Ferguson-Florissant must change how school board
is elected
Twitter.com: Post-Dispatch K-12 education reporter
Kristen Taketa leaves Post-Dispatch for San Diego Union-Tribune
P-D: Ameren's 'green tariff' gets the green light,
giving cities and large customers better access to renewable energy X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Human trafficking
feature: Interviews with Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain
Norman Murphy, trafficking survivor Katie Rhoades
The Missouri Times: Missouri's high court rules
captive deer are still wildlife
KC Star editorial: With local jobs in jeopardy,
McCaskill must slow Trump's war on trade X
P-D's Nicklaus: The case of the missing soybeans, or
why tariffs' Missouri effect is being underestimated X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Retirement of
"Supreme Court Justice Robert [sic]
Kennedy" means Missouri Democrats must rally around McCaskill this fall UPDATE: Corrected without attribution
KC Star letter: UMKC film professor opposes 'right to
work' X
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Tuesday, July 3
KWMU: Some Missouri soybean farmers fear the worst if
Chinese tariffs go into effect
Columbia Missourian: Some Missouri soybean farmers
fear tariffs will cause soybean prices to collapse
Missourinet: Presidential candidate Jason Kander takes
break from KC mayoral race to talk federal immigration issues on MSNBC
P-D: Jason Kander promotes his book X
P-D: Webster Groves parade to feature both NRA, Moms
Demand Action X
Missourinet: Missouri State Highway Patrol preparing
for Fourth of July crashes; 26 people died in Missouri wrecks
last July 4 weekend
The Missouri Times: The Huckabee Show comes to
Missouri, Parson talks preserving the 'American Dream'
The Missouri Times: Parson signs bill establishing
Schoolchildren Health, Hunger and Hygiene Tax Credit, extends other tax
credits
CDT: State unable to transfer withheld funds before
fiscal year ended X
KWMU: Ozarks-area school administrators want bigger
budget, blame Doe Run
P-D: Government workers get some whistleblower
protection restored X
The Missouri Times: Nicole Wood named new Missouri
Conservation Commissioner
P-D editorial: Tariff negotiations should inspire
Jason Smith to stop supporting President Trump
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KC Star letter: Warrensburg septuagenarian accuses
Jason Kander of having a Greitens-like ego X
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Monday, July 2
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of David
Barklage, Jeremy LaFaver, Reps. Bruce DeGroot and Bruce Franks talk
McCaskill's SCOTUS vote conundrum, state auditor race, state Senate
primaries
Missourinet: Ashcroft testifies before U.S. Senate
committee, looks ahead to September summit
KWMU: Army Corps of Engineers tracks birds and bats to
improve habitats along the Mississippi River
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Algonquin/Liberty/Empire District seeks director of
government and public affairs
P-D: The Bottom Line video series:
Seasoned-citizen business columnists on Missouri's 'right to work'
battle; Timely references to "new governor" Eric Greitens, B-roll
of restaurant patrons in winter coats, zero (0) mentions of Proposition
A X
JCNT: Primary preview: 6th state Senate District
(Kehoe's seat) Democratic candidates respond to survey questions X
Missourinet: New state budget includes jump in public
school safety funding
P-D editorial: Negative impact of Trump's trade policy
is hitting home locally X
SNL's Steve Pokin: Confederate monument being
protected from criminal vandals X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Animal rights activist
Elizabeth Enochs on Legislature's real-meat bill: Discriminating
against vegans is like discriminating against black people
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's
Blake Hurst on Legislature's real-meat bill: Activists calling
fake meat "meat" is a bad idea anyway
KC Star influencer series: Survey of opinions on
tariffs X
KC Star influencer series: Survey of opinions on
Missouri economic development X
P-D letter: University City feminist wants pro-life
crisis pregnancy centers to go away X
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Sunday, July 1
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AP: McCaskill faces critical Supreme Court vote
KWMU: Anti-Trump activists gather downtown;
Illegal alien dislikes President's immigration policy
KWMU: Anti-Trump rally photo: Children dragged
to rally by parents sit on concrete, use protest signs to shield
themselves from scorching sun
KWMU: Anti-Trump rally photo: Illegal alien
sweats through shirt, shouts unnecessarily into megaphone
P-D: Anti-Trump rally draws two of Lacy Clay's
Democratic primary opponents X
P-D: Anti-Trump photo gallery: Middle-aged
Clayton woman seeks attention by dressing up as Lady Justice;
Other cosplay X
Columbia Missourian: MU Socialists organize anti-Trump
rally; Illegal immigrant insists on pronouncing "David" as
"Da-veed" as homage to alien heritage
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump rally photo
gallery: Middle-aged Columbia woman seeks attention by dressing
up as Lady Justice; Obese millennial wears superhero cape;
Other cosplay
KC Star: Anti-Trump rally draws nearly 2,000 X
Drebes:
Senate 32 preview: Bill White vs. Rob O'Brian
P-D: Cases build, outcry grows after disabled Missouri
man found dead in block of concrete; MO Dept. of Mental Health
among sued X
SNL: Coupons for alcohol could be on their way X
KC Star: Urban gun theft "victims" sell guns to pals,
report firearms as stolen X
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