Thursday, June 30
KC Star: Missouri Democrats: Where was sponsor
Roy Blunt during Zika negotiations? +
Kraske: Kander on Blunt and Zika; Missouri
Ethics Commission on complaint against Josh Hawley +
P-D: Blunt the first U.S. candidate to use new
Facebook ad feature
P-D: VA pushes back on McCaskill bill to help WWII
vets who claim mustard gas exposure
Brownfield Ag News: Brexit vote likely will impact US
ag exports; Comments from University of Missouri's Scott Brown
The Missouri Times: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith letter urges
Koster to join lawsuit opposing transgender bathroom rule;
Missouri GOP delegation co-signs letter
P-D: Senate committee passes McCaskill-Blunt plan for
Delta Queen to again steam the Mississippi
AP:
Delta Queen closer to cruising again after Senate panel's vote
AP:
Greitens' bumper-sticker gimmick: "ISIS hunting permit"
P-D: Greitens campaign distributes "ISIS hunting
permit" stickers; Spokesman Austin Chambers notes that by mocking
campaign gimmick, media give candidate valuable column space and air
time
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum chat with Rick Stream about his state Senate bid, right
to work, school transfer bill, more
CDT: Martha Stevens and Cathy Richards battle for
Stephen Webber's safe Dem seat; Richards on Stevens'
establishment support: "Here goes another time that somebody's
chosen and I don't really know why, and I don't like it" X
The Missouri Times: Lobbying firm Dentons goes
nationwide; Comments from Brian Grace
Drebes:
Katie Gamble, daughter of Bill Gamble, becomes full-fledged Missouri
lobbyist
Columbia Missourian: Boone County clerk searches for
additional poll workers
AP:
Supreme Court's impact on Missouri abortion laws unsettled
P-D: Clinic vows to resume abortions in Columbia after
Supreme Court ruling
Missourinet: Nixon to restrict 'tens of millions' of
spending in new state budget
Missourinet: Key bills awaiting action by Nixon before
deadline
Missourinet: Nixon to respond this week to
Legislature's defunding of Planned Parenthood
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Nixon gun-bill veto brings reaction;
Comments from owner of Bootheel Guns and Ammo, override preview from
Rep. Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering) +
KWMU: Nixon signs bill restricting use of local tax
incentives
The Missouri Times: Auditor gets more tools under bill
signed by Nixon
Columbia Missourian: Nixon signs bill that could
affect local community improvement districts
AP:
Nixon backs Missouri power line for wind energy
CDT: House leader Richardson names final members of
University of Missouri Review Commission; House Minority Leader
Jake Hummel not impressed, says gang is product of "ongoing GOP temper
tantrum" X
Columbia Missourian: House Speaker Todd Richardson
appoints last four people to review the UM system
Missourinet: Final appointments to University of
Missouri Review Commission made, including Jeanne Sinquefield
The Missouri Times: Richardson names four to
University of Missouri commission
CDT: Animal-rights group "Stop Animal Exploitation
NOW!" calls for fines after University of Missouri inspection X
The Missouri Times: PSC denies Great Plains request
for expedited answer on Westar deal
P-D: Employee mugged, carjacked on Post-Dispatch
parking lot at Martin Luther King Dr.; Black male, age 20-23,
6'1" and 175 pounds on the loose
Waters: On SCOTUS ruling and impact to Missouri
abortion laws X
P-D op-ed: State Treasurer Nicole Galloway:
Overhaul promises more transparency of special taxing districts
P-D letter: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield):
Nixon gets it wrong in vetoing common-sense gun bill
SE
Missourian letter: Missouri Health Care for All's Rachael Baker
says GOP legislators are killing two (2) Missourians each day by not
expanding Medicaid +
P-D letter: St. Peters man wonders when woe-is-me
whiners will start taking responsibility for their criminal mentality
and savage behavior
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Wednesday, June 29
P-D: Zika funding falls in Senate, explodes in
Missouri's U.S. Senate race
KC Star: Blunt played key role in shaping bipartisan
Zika-funding bill; Kander uses loss to attack Blunt +
Washington Post: Efforts to fight Zika fail as
lawmakers play politics with looming health crisis X
Missourinet: Veterans continue Honor Flights to
Washington, D.C.
Kraske: The Chat: Missouri Right to Life's Patty
Skain and SOS candidate Jay Ashcroft on SCOTUS rulings; Payday
loan lender on stifling impact of federal regulations +
SE
Missourian: Democratic attorney general candidate Teresa Hensley
makes stop in Cape Girardeau, touts courtroom experience +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission
dismisses complaint about Josh Hawley
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Andrew
Koenig (R-Manchester) on his time in the House - and his bid for the
Senate
The Missouri Times: Fight for Mike Colona's seat
highlights Dem divide; Ben Murray calls himself "a little more
lefty," while Peter Merideth warns against Dems becoming "the Tea Party
of the left"
Drebes: 2016 watch: Alderman Megan Green
endorses Ben Murray for Mike Colona's safe Dem state rep seat
Hannibal Courier-Post: Kinder to present Veterans
Service Award to Rev. Ronn Pashia; Hannibal man chose to overcome
his alcohol addiction and serve others X
AP:
Nixon to freeze millions of spending in new Missouri budget
Missourinet: Nixon acts on 15 bills, including
agriculture, taxes and military
The Missouri Times: Nixon takes action on 15 bills,
vetoing 8 and signing 7
KWMU: Nixon vetoes 8 bills, signs 7, several involving
tax breaks
Missourinet: Nixon vetoes litigation reforms backed by
business groups
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber frustrated by
Nixon vetoes
P-D: Nixon vetoes stricter rules for expert witnesses
AP:
Nixon vetoes Missouri tax break, litigation bills
KC Star: Nixon vetoes changes to Clean Water Commission +
SE
Missourian: Swan, Lichtenegger say GOP likely has the votes to
override Nixon's gun veto +
The Missouri Times: Koster calls for Legislature to
get prescription drug monitoring program done; Comments from
Holly Rehder, Rob Schaaf
AP:
Appeals court upholds dismissal of challenge to Senate rules;
Three-judge panel says liberal Progress Missouri cannot record state
Senate committee meeting because public already has access to footage
The Missouri Times: Court upholds Senate committee
recording rules
KC Star: Court rules on Senate committee-recording
dispute +
AP: Nixon says he does not want to be University of
Missouri System president
KWMU: Outsourcing substitute teachers deemed a success
Missourinet: Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon) recalls
"tense" relationship with outgoing conservation director
P-D: Missing records, improper fees: Audit says
Pine Lawn probably owes state $400,000
Missourinet: Missouri to receive part of $14.7 billion
settlement with Volkswagen
The Missouri Times: WalletHub ranks Missouri #19 in
patriotism
Messenger: St. Louis jury sends $17.6 million message
in opioid abuse verdict
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian dislikes guns,
says Missouri legislators have been bought and paid for by the NRA
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Tuesday, June 28
P-D: U.S. Senate fundraising: Bush in for Blunt,
reaction from Kander camp, more
Kraske: The Chat: Kander on Blunt and
Trump; Nixon on guns +
Rosenbaum: Democratic National Convention chief talks
about putting together a party platform
P-D: In wake of Orlando massacre, Washington D.C. man
threatens to shoot Blunt, other Republicans
SNL: Top MSU, Ozarks Technical College officials
support federal push to reinstate year-round Pell Grants X
KSMU: Blunt pushes for changes to Pell Grants
KWMU: Supreme Court action likely to toss Missouri's
abortion restrictions back into court
Missourinet: U.S. Supreme Court ruling could affect
Missouri's abortion clinic law
The Missouri Times: SCOTUS decision on abortion could
affect Missouri
CDT: Supreme Court overturns Texas abortion laws that
mirror Missouri restrictions X
Columbia Missourian: Supreme Court abortion ruling
could impact similar Missouri laws
AP:
Supreme Court ruling throws Missouri abortion laws into question
P-D: Supreme Court ruling could impact Missouri laws
KC Star: Activists react to SCOTUS ruling +
Missourinet: Missouri NARAL: SCOTUS abortion
clinic ruling adds to importance of elections
Missourinet: Missouri advocates praise Supreme Court
ruling on taking guns from wife-beaters
The Missouri Times: Raise Your Hand for Kids prepares
for final stage on tobacco tax ballot measure
Drebes:
Marijuana advocates form Better Way Missouri PAC; Eapen Thampy to
serve as deputy treasurer, Josh Schisler as treasurer
Drebes:
Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) to run for Senate Republican Caucus Chair
Drebes:
Doug Beck to take over Genise Montecillo's House seat; Pipefitter
also serves on Affton School Board in safe Dem district
Missourinet: Nixon vetoes Missouri gun-rights
expansion bill
Missourinet: Munzlinger, Burlison expect override of
Nixon's veto
The Missouri Times: Nixon vetoes constitutional-carry
bill; GOP vows to override
KWMU: Nixon vetoes gun bill
Columbia Missourian: Nixon vetoes concealed-carry,
'stand your ground' bill
KC Star: Missouri GOP leaders forecast override of
Nixon gun veto +
KC Star: Nixon veto sets up showdown with Legislature +
P-D: Missouri Republicans vow override of Nixon veto
The Missouri Times: Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell
Knob) suspicious about timing of income tax refunds
P-D: New law mandates dyslexia screening in
Missouri; Piece omits information about bill sponsors - Sen.
Scott Sifton (D-Affton), GOP Reps. Kathy Swan and Eric Burlison
The Missouri Time: Cities file reports in compliance
with SB 5
The Missouri Times: Former owner of Jefferson City's
Capitol Plaza hotel files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
AP:
Hammons hotel chain declares bankruptcy to focus on legal issues
P-D editorial: Time for Texas - and Missouri - to stop
blocking abortion access with claims of protecting women's health
P-D editorial: Nixon's veto is a step forward for
sensible gun laws
KC Star editorial: Blueprint to Missouri gun-control
victory: Simply convince pro-2nd Amendment GOP legislators to
flip-flop on concealed carry +
Columbia Missourian letter: NARAL organizer:
Missouri's legislative "extremists" hurt women
P-D letter: Missouri Coalition for Quality Care's Dave
Damico: Legislators should spend more taxpayer money on olds and
the handicapped, voters should care, etc.
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Monday, June 27
KMOV: George W. Bush to appear at fundraiser for Roy
Blunt in St. Louis tonight
SNL: Democrats hope Trump will hurt Blunt in Missouri X
KWMU: "Yes, we are giving away free [sic] money!" Taxpayer-funded
program giving double dollars for fruits and veggies to expand into
urban grocery stores; Organizers think they'll convince welfare
recipients to replace sugary treats with healthy food
SE
Missourian: Area employers enthused about prospect of new
technical schools; Companies are "hurting greatly" in search of
Missourians who want to work for a living +
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on cable company
shenanigans; Missouri Right to Life on repeated attempts to
contact Eric Greitens +
P-D: Dem gov primary preview: Seasoned citizens
Charlie Wheeler, Leonard Steinman compete for silver medal;
Summary of fundraising, recap of 2014 NYT story on Koster campaign
contributions
This Week in Missouri Politics: Statewide debate
series: Bev Randles, Mike Parson argue over Club for Growth and
lobbyist gifts; Panelists Mark Siettmann, David Barklage, Andrew
Koenig, Paul Curtman get into heated discussion over gov and lt. gov
race, Curtman's votes, lobbyist gifts, more
AP:
As expected, Nixon to veto gun-rights bill today
P-D: Nixon to veto gun bill today
KWMU: Cattle tax credit renewed, other agriculture
measures signed by Nixon
Columbia Missourian: R. Bowen Loftin moves out and on
to a new chapter; Photos of former chancellor getting eyebrows
trimmed, cooking chicken, attempting to maintain balance on stability
ball, sorting bow-tie gimmicks, more
SE
Missourian: New heroin-overdose drug will save lives, area health
officials say +
Missourinet: Rep. Steve Lynch (R-Waynesville) wants
Missouri to mirror St. Louis City's 'Good Samaritan' drug overdose law
AP:
Drug that killed Prince leads Missouri law enforcement to change
drug-handling procedures; Fentanyl, used by dopeheads to increase
potency of other drugs, can be deadly if absorbed through skin or
inhaled
Missourinet: Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon) calls ban on
hunting feral hogs "frustrating"
KC Star op-ed: MSU coed says she's "afraid of the
world I live in," wants Missouri lawmakers to push gun-control measures +
Washington Missourian letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian
dislikes both Blunt and Kander
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Sunday, June 26
CDT: At Columbia campaign stop, Jason Kander calls for
federal balanced budget amendment X
P-D: Area congressional delegation's votes for the week
Washington Post: A sex misconduct case exposes flaws
in how the Naval Academy scrutinizes instructors; Comments from
McCaskill
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Mike Parson vs. Bev Randles for lt. gov; Panel of
David Barklage, Mark Siettmann, Paul Curtman, Andrew Koenig
Columbia Missourian: Candidates highlight priorities
at Farm Bureau Strawberry Festival: Hanaway on protecting
Missourians from violent immigrants, and ending Planned
Parenthood; Stephen Webber for expanding Medicaid and LGBTQIA
rights; Caleb Rowden on cutting taxes and limiting spending
Fulton Sun: Missouri to allow rating systems for
preschools X
Washington Missourian: East Central College, St.
Francis Borgia officials laud bill from Rep. Justin Alferman
(R-Hermann) to expand A+ scholarships X
AP: Proposal from Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)
will help train teachers in how to deal with emotionally-fragile kids
CDT: Columbia Public Schools dispute federal agency's
report of high chronic absenteeism X
CDT: Chronic absenteeism less than 10 percent in
majority of Boone County districts X
KC Star editorial: McCaskill, Portman right to push
cable companies; Providers have demonstrated that they can't be
trusted +
Washington Missourian editorial: Education bill -
featuring CPR, civics test, and students showing some respect to the
American flag - is a good one X
P-D editorial: "Toxic stress" is the reason some
youngsters grow up to cause trouble and leech off taxpayers;
Medical schools should treat it like a real thing
Washington Missourian editorial: County must take
advantage of MoDOT's Missouri Moves Cost Share Program X
KC Star's Derek Donovan: Paper's "Public Editor" moved
to another project, won't return until November elections are over +
P-D's Gallagher: New rules likely to force some payday
and title lenders out of business; Comments from area business
owner who provides loans to Missourians in need
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Saturday, June 25
Helling: KC Star introduces weekly "Trailwatch"
recapping Missouri campaign news; Blunt vs. Kander, gov primary,
NARAL endorses gals over guys, more +
P-D: National Democrats covene in St. Louis to draft
party platform; Clinton, Sanders factions split on minimum wage
P-D: Former St. Charles County GOP leader Eugene Dokes
admits disability fraud; Man who botched 2012 presidential caucus
and his wife, Kenyota, bilked taxpayers for $48k while claiming fake
disability
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Mannies on Missouri
GOP activists' anti-Trump effort; Mannies, Rosenbaum, SLU
assistant prof Amber Hinsley on social media in campaigns and news
coverage
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer: economic impact
unknown after SCOTUS ruling on Obama immigration order
Missourinet: McCaskill: More than 10,000
Missourians overcharged by cable providers
The Missouri Times: Statewide candidates answer
questions about LGBTQIA rights: No responses from Eric Greitens,
Russ Carnahan, Jay Ashcroft
The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life endorses
Kinder, Hanaway, Brunner ... but not Greitens
The Missouri Times: Hanaway again calls for halt to
Syrian refugee relocation
CDT: Catherine Hanaway, Jay Ashcroft, Will Kraus
attend Strawberry Festival X
The Missouri Times: On weekly radio segment, Axiom's
Aaron Baker makes Star Wars analogies for gov candidates
KC Star: Sinquefield's Missouri Club for Growth
hammers Mike Parson over lobbyist gifts
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Lt. Gov. candidate Bev Randles visits Kennett
CDT: Missouri Ethics Commission dismisses complaint
about Josh Hawley
KWMU: Rancor hits TV airwaves in Missouri GOP's battle
for attorney general
Drebes:
Freedom Inc. plays role in battle between Bonnaye Mims and Richard
Brown for urban seat in Dem superminority
CDT: Medicaid and marijuana divide Dems seeking to
replace Rep. Steven Webber (D-Columbia); Cathy Richards
unenthusiastic about Medicaid expansion, says Missourians will be stuck
with the tab X
SNL: After inquiry, GOP state rep candidate takes down
campaign sign on church property X
The Missouri Times: Unions launch prevailing ad
campaign
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs ag bills at Missouri
State Fair
Brownfield Ag News: Some Missouri livestock bills
signed into law
KC Star: Missouri extends tuition-free college offer
to private high school students +
The Missouri Times: Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
celebrates "home run" higher education bill
CDT: Sen. David Pearce, educators celebrate bill
during appearance at MU X
CDT: Melissa Click appeals denial of unemployment
benefits for firing by University of Missouri
X
CDT: Nixon signs bills naming roads for highway patrol
trooper, fallen military members X
Missourinet: Tom Draper named Interim Director at
Missouri Department of Conservation
KWMU: Missouri Department of Conservation bans feral
hog hunting on state lands
Columbia Missourian: Missouri bans hunting of feral
hogs on public land
P-D: Records documenting Michael Brown's juvenile
criminal behavior released to lawyers
P-D editorial: Blunt supports Pell Grants: "Yes,
a Republican wants to restore a social program that a Democrat cut"
P-D family columnist/household-and-beauty product reviewer
Aisha Sultan: Area woman unable to tune out street preachers'
"hateful" barking in Delmar Loop; Also, Missouri's gun laws are
really scary
KC Star op-ed: South Kansas City man says human/sex
trafficking is slavery; Posters for Dept. of Homeland Security
"Blue Campaign" employ comely Caucasoid with lithe frame and dark red
lipstick +
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Friday, June 24
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer says House Dems' sit-in stunt
was an attack on gun rights; McCaskill disagrees
SE
Missourian: McCaskill, Senate subcommittee go after cable
companies for overcharging customers +
St. Joseph News-Press: Senate hearing focuses on
pay-TV services; Comments from McCaskill
X
P-D: McCaskill, Ohio's Portman criticize cable
companies' billing, customer service
AP: Blunt, Kander back balanced budget amendment
SNL: Blunt to appear at Jordan Valley Health Center
groundbreaking today X
Missouri Farmer Today: Internet access important to
agriculture, rural communities; Missouri Farm Bureau's Garrett
Hawkins on requests to FCC
The Missouri Times: Parson event features agriculture
advocate - and founder of Lucas Oil - Forrest Lucas
Kraske: Jay Ashcroft failed to vote in seven elections
from 2000 to 2012; Campaign sends written statement, declines
request for interview +
The Missouri Times: New ads intensify GOP race for
attorney general
CDT: Kurt Schaefer vs. Josh Hawley ad wars highlight
bitterness in GOP AG race X
P-D: Lead attorney: Josh Hawley played little or
no role in terrorist-defense case
The Missouri Times: While Republicans tear each other
apart in AG race, Democrats campaign
KWMU: Voter registration for August primary ends July 6
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on human
trafficking; Annie E. Casey Foundation on number of poor
Missourians who do not provide for their offspring +
St. Joseph News-Press: State investigation finds area
woman stole $18,155 in taxpayer money by filing for fraudulent welfare
benefits X
Columbia Missourian: Census data ranks fastest-growing
counties in Missouri: Platte, Boone, Christian, St. Charles
P-D: More election judges needed in rapidly-expanding
St. Charles County
Heat Street, via Fox News: Mike Middleton: Those
who didn't support race protests were 'bitter, angry people'
KWMU: Expanded A+ scholarships, daily Pledge of
Allegiance among new provisions signed by Gov. Nixon
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs four bills, including
ride-sharing insurance requirements
The Missouri Times: Nixon vetoes omnibus bill for
dispute over fees
Missourinet: Nixon expected to act on at least two
agriculture bills today
KWMU: Missouri Republicans hold firm on commitment to
not expand Medicaid; Comments from director of public health
clinic, black diabetes patients, etc.
JCNT: First portion of Fulton State Hospital complete X
The Missouri Times: Nixon tours first completed part
of Fulton State Hospital rebuild
KWMU: Fulton State Hospital set to move emergency
command and other services into new building
The Missouri Times: State Auditor Nicole Galloway
touts progress in cybersecurity campaign
JCNT:
MoDOT considers solar roadways X
Drebes:
Missouri House of Representatives bidding out janitorial services
Waters: By praising Concerned Student 1950 protesters,
Mike Middleton irritates many white people X
P-D letter: Town and Country woman praises Billy Long
and Ann Wagner for sponsoring women & children legislation, wants
McCaskill and Blunt to do the same
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Thursday, June 23
CDT: Sanders' Boone County leader Persephone Dakopolos
wins seat on Democratic National Committee; Jennifer Bukowsky and
Sara Walsh will serve as delegates to GOP convention X
Kraske: The Chat: "Black Men for Bernie" draws
double-digit (12) crowd in St. Louis; Carl Bearden on effort to
deny Trump GOP nomination +
The Missouri Times: St. Louis labor boss Jeff Aboussie
holds fundraiser for Roy Blunt in D.C.; Union stalwart says Blunt
"has a long record of being a friend of the building trades"
P-D: Ed Martin argues for removal of law firm trying
to dump him from Schlafly's Eagle Forum board
KC Star: Emanuel Cleaver is literally sitting on the
floor of the U.S. House; 71-year-old man proves point by resting
on carpet for a while +
P-D: Lacy Clay, age 59, sits on House floor
SNL: Billy Long critical of House Dems' "publicity
stunt" X
P-D: After Obama voter complains, Gasconade County
sheriff removes parody pics of Obama and Clinton
KWMU: Health insurance marketplace aggressively seeks
millennial shoppers; St. Louis Effort for AIDS targets gay pride
parades, bars looking for sign-ups
KWMU: Four in St. Louis charged as part of a
nationwide crackdown on health care fraud; Azeem Meo set up shell
company to fleece taxpayers, while others wrote phony prescriptions for
dope
Gawker: Everything we know about the shady "Draper
Sterling" getting paid by the Trump campaign - including ties to
Missouri
The Missouri Times: GOP gov debate at Boys State
includes discussion of transgender restroom choice; Brunner gets
biggest applause of night by suggesting he'd defend his granddaughters
from men entering ladies' restroom
The Missouri Times: Drebes-Jeff Roe poll of GOP
statewide primaries: Brunner, Randles, Ashcroft, Schaefer lead by
various margins
Sedalia Democrat: Mike Parson talks agriculture on the
Missouri State Fairgrounds
The Missouri Times: Bev Randles, Mike Parson launch TV
spots in lieutenant governor's race
P-D: Super PAC enters fray in attorney general race,
adding to growing campaign ad war
Drebes:
NARAL Missouri makes primary endorsements: Judy Baker over Pat
Contreras, Jessica Podhola over former Rep. John Rizzo (D), Rachel
Johns over Rep. Joshua Peters (D), more
The Missouri Times: New PAC takes aim at anti-SJR 39
Republicans; Caleb Rowden, Jim Hansen, Anne Zerr
CDT: At GOP meeting, man who says he's voting for
Rowden expresses displeasure with incumbent's SJR 39 vote; Rowden
says he's unsure how he would have voted on "personhood" amendment X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Former Missouri Dept. of Social Services worker
ordered to pay $52,000 in restitution for food-stamp fraud;
Pamela O'Dell worked out of Dunklin County office +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Task Force 1 receives
$1.25 million in state funding
P-D: Nixon lifts ban on rating system for Missouri
child cares
AP:
New law requires civics test, CPR for high-schoolers
The Missouri Times: Omnibus education bill includes
remedial education program, civics requirement
P-D: City schools chief says district leaders intend
no harm against charters
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs Haahr's bill to combat
human trafficking
Missourinet: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) hopes
Nixon will soon sign bill meant to save children from hot cars
KWMU: Missouri Capitol gets facelift that goes below
skin deep
The Missouri Times: PSC denies transfer of customers
from TNCI to Matrix
Columbia Missourian: Street photographer's images of
student protests join museum collection; Subjects include wealthy
student who chose to starve himself, other scenes from fall drama
Waters: MU budget: Not the end of the world X
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Wednesday, June 22
KTRS
(St. Louis): "Black Men for Bernie" draws crowd of twelve (12) to
Old Courthouse steps; Stepmom of Michael Brown shows up to
promote "change" but won't endorse Sanders
KWMU:
Veteran conservative leader Carl Bearden leads anti-Trump "free the
delegates" campaign to deny GOP primary winner the nomination
KC
Star: Missourians now part of effort to seek GOP alternative to
Donald Trump +
P-D:
Trump campaign made payment to firm with ties to anti-Greitens attack
site
Kraske:
The Chat: Trump adviser disputes notion Hillary could win
Missouri; MU professor blames lack of black interest in state
parks on segregation +
P-D:
Rep. Clay holds annual job fair Monday at Harris-Stowe; Annual
event will feature over 100 employers looking for people who want to
work for a living
The
Missouri Times: GOP gov candidates debate for the first time
since Orlando
The
Missouri Times: Video: Missouri GOP governor candidates
debate at Missouri Boys State
The
Missouri Times: Scott Faughn: On Eric Greitens' connection
to Hank Monsees, Pat Contreras' active effort against Judy Baker, and
the need for Missouri Press Association to demonstrate some testicular
fortitude on the Sunshine Law
The
Missouri Times: Kurt Schaefer visits recipients of first
responder funding
CDT:
Schaefer gets kudos for help securing state funds for rescue task forces
X
Missourinet:
Report says an increasing number of Missouri adults fail to provide for
their offspring; Annie E. Casey Foundation suggests state spend
more taxpayer money "investing in kids"
Missourinet:
Missouri bill to make opioid overdose antidote more available becomes
law
KWMU:
Bill expanding use of overdose-fighting drug signed into law in Missouri
The
Missouri Times: Nixon signs bill increasing access to opiate
treatment drug
P-D:
Nixon signs new law for drug overdoses
Columbia
Missourian: Bill expanding access to naloxone signed into law
AP: Nixon
signs bill for more access to anti-overdose medicine
Missourinet:
Nixon to sign bill making advertising sex with trafficking victims a
crime
CDT:
Mike Middleton blames complacent leaders, 'perfect storm' for outcome
of University of Missouri protests X
Missourinet:
Middleton 'not surprised' University of Missouri censured by academic
group
AP:
Mizzou's interim president discusses racial discord, future
P-D:
UM interim president calls Mizzou problems part of struggle on race
Columbia
Missourian: Moms Demand Action, Race Matters gather to view
anti-gun movie; Advocates believe they will influence Missouri
gun laws by filling out form-letter postcards
CDT:
Grain Belt Express Clean Line project prepares for second round X
P-D:
St. Louis County poised to move Board of Elections to Northwest Plaza
KWMU:
KWMU wins award for website
KC
Star editorial: Anti-gun groups are "re-energized" by recent
debate and could totally defeat Roy Blunt +
KC
Star editorial: Lobby hard to spend taxpayer money on UMKC arts
campus +
P-D
editorial: Don't let the drug that killed Prince get a foothold
in Missouri; State legislators need to spend more taxpayer money
on preventative programs
SE Missourian
editorial: Step-therapy law a middle ground for patients,
insurance companies +
Waters:
Whoever wins the GOP gov primary, he or she will lose to Chris Koster
X
P-D
letter: Maplewood man thinks the reason Roy Blunt is wealthy is
because of NRA campaign contributions
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Tuesday, June
21 First
(Full) Day of
Summer
Missourinet: Adviser disputes notion Trump could cause
Missouri to support a Democratic presidential candidate
Drebes:
Hillary Clinton campaign suggests it's looking to buy ad time in
Missouri, hires Seattle native Ansley Lacitis as state director
KC Star: Gloves coming off in Blunt vs. Kander U.S.
Senate race +
KC Star: Jason Kander, Roy Blunt joust via Twitter +
Missourinet: University of Missouri emergency
physician urges safety during hot weather
KC Star: Missouri health officials watch for local
Zika bites +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Boys State to host GOP
gubernatorial candidate forum tonight; Scott Faughn to moderate
The Missouri Times: LG PAC is anti-Brunner, treasurer
says; Hank Monsees hangs up on reporter
KC Star: Mysterious PAC in Missouri denies link with
Eric Greitens +
AP: PAC treasurer denies ties to Eric Greitens
P-D: Absentee voting for Missouri's primaries begins
today
The Missouri Times: New economic indicators show
potential for Missouri
KTVI (St. Louis): Municipal court overhaul bill
becomes law
Missourinet: Monday marked last day for Senate to view
Planned Parenthood documents
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber endorses Green
Line project
Carthage Press: Kinder presents Veterans Service Award
to local artist
The Missouri Times: Renee Hulshof sees role of UM
Review
Commission as 'huge undertaking'
Columbia Missourian: NORML chapter clashes with Mizzou
over proposed t-shirt design
Columbia Missourian: MU internal audit highly critical
of CAFNR
Missourinet: MU researcher: Black people avoid
visiting state parks due to slavery, segregation; Study focused
on one (1) park in Texas, so researcher wants more money
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Local districts prepare for state-mandated CPR
training +
P-D: Not in class: Chronic absenteeism a problem
throughout region; Suburban North Conference dominates rankings,
with Normandy High School edging out Hazelwood East at top of the list
Washington Post: Transgender restroom overview;
Former principal at St. Louis County elementary school talks about
allowing third-grade boy - who decided he was a female - to use girls'
restroom
Obituary: Richard Sifton, father of Sen. Scott Sifton
(D-St. Louis)
P-D editorial: Missouri must keep the 'public' in
Public Service Commission; Relaxing rules is a shady move
P-D op-ed: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-University City) on
guns and abortion; Sexagenarian recounts her efforts to end
violence by live-tweeting 15 hours of U.S. Senate floor debate
Waters: Melissa Click, redux; Many, if not most,
agreed with the curators decision, so who cares what AAUP says? X
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: MU censure may ruin
its ability to recruit a diverse faculty; Columnist compares GOP
legislators to members of the Mafia
KC Star letter: Area man dislikes Greitens' gun ad,
says guns should be confiscated +
P-D letter: Area woman applauds herself for visiting
White House, commends herself for being "on the front lines in
Missouri," says it was "humbling [sic]"
to take a trip and gab with other gals
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Monday, June 20
Missourinet: Sanders delegates outnumber Clinton
delegates at Missouri Democratic Party convention
P-D: A look at Blunt, Kander fundraising; Data
from campaign reports, spin from spokespeople;
Newspaper spells name of future U.S. Senate endorsee
incorrectly
KWMU: McCaskill, Blunt take legislative steps to
reduce opioid addiction
SNL "Answer Man" column: After 10.25 years of state
service, Blunt earns $3,060/month pension X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Peter
Kinder; Panel of Mike Kelley, Mindy Mazur, Kinder spokeswoman Pam
Dixon, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles debate GOP primary,
Kinder vs. Koster, Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) vs. white labor
power structure, more
AP:
AG Chris Koster (D) successfully fights to keep murderer in jail;
Rodney Lincoln stabbed woman to death before sodomizing her with a
broomstick, then slashed 7-year-old girl's genitals, then cut
4-year-old girl's throat
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on voter ID legislation +
Missourinet: Bill expanding Missouri municipal court
overhaul signed, critics call it 'unnecessary'
Washington Missourian: First aid, CPR training
currently taught at Washington High School - new legislation now
requires it
SNL: Reject transgender bathroom order, letter-writers
tell Springfield school officials; Most letters are generic form
letters X
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: Noranda seeks bidders for Southeast Missouri
plant +
P-D: He has manufacturing jobs in Hazelwood - but
filling them is another matter; Comments from men and women who
choose to work for a living
P-D's Gallagher: How to get a skill - and a
decent-paying job - on the cheap; St. Louis Building Trades and
Construction Council's Jeff Aboussie says high-paying apprenticeships
are plentiful for minorities who want to work
KC Star op-ed: Payday loan operator say federal
regulations will hurt needy Missourians struggling for access to cash +
KC Star "Letter of the Week": Area woman says that
with swimsuit season upon us, parents should tell oinky offspring that
it's okay to be fat +
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Sunday, June 19 Father's Day
and Juneteenth
CDT: Juneteenth event draws less than 50; Mizzou
student: "I don't celebrate July 4, I celebrate Juneteenth
because my ancestors weren't free on July 4." X
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Parks and Recreation
Department sponsors Juneteenth event; Black culture celebrated
through artifact displays, African music, and preteen hip-hop dance
group "jumping, spinning and shaking their hips"
JCNT: Attendance down at this year's Juneteenth
celebration; Photos of children making crafts and playing games,
obese man preparing fried food, more X
Rosenbaum: At convention, Democrats look past primary
fight to focus on Trump; Bernie Sanders supporters make clean
sweep of state's DNC committeepeople spots
The Missouri Times: Democratic state party convention
works through logistical snafus; Clinton caucus chair Jack Coatar
expresses disappointment over lack of participation from Clinton
supporters
AP: First GOP ads for governor hit airwaves
The Missouri Times: New information links LG PAC with
Eric Greitens; Website was designed to implicate Peter Kinder's
campaign as culprit of anonymous attack
KMBC transcript/video: Reporter Micheal Mahoney on the
coordination between Eric Greitens and LG PAC (link via The Missouri
Times)
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
Preview: Guest Peter Kinder; Panel of Mike Kelley, Mindy
Mazur, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles, and Kinder campaign manager Pam
Dixon discuss GOP primary, Kinder vs. Koster matchup, more
Drebes:
Rex Sinquefield event for Mike Pence draws usual GOP suspects
CDT: Melissa Click firing lands University of Missouri
on association censure list for third time X
KWMU: AAUP votes to censure Mizzou over firing of
Melissa Click
P-D: National academic group censures Mizzou over
Click firing
SE
Missourian: Programs help students stay on track to attend
college; Comments from state Dept. of Higher Education's Jessican
Duren +
Washington Missourian editorial: In an age of
terrorism from Islamic radicals, school CPR bill more important than
ever X
Washington Missourian editorial: Displaying the
Confederate flag is a harmless display of our past history; The
politically-correct crowd should stop trying to make an issue out it X
Washington Missourian op-ed: Sen. Dave Schatz
(R-Sullivan) wants Nixon to allow concealed-carry bill to become law X
P-D op-ed: University City Mayor Shelley Welsch:
Nixon should veto gun bill
P-D letter: St. Louis man suggests working people
become outraged over Rex Sinquefield and "his ethically challenged
Missouri Republicans" for trying to cut taxes
P-D letter: Clayton woman recaps slavery and Dred
Scott, suggests Missourians be more supportive of desegregation program
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Saturday, June
18 Juneteenth
Eve
KWMU: Where Missouri's members of Congress stand on
proposals to change gun policies
SNL: Blunt fundraising team keeps candidate's schedule
packed with fundraisers; A look at past and upcoming events X
P-D: George W. Bush to appear at Blunt fundraiser at
Hunter Farms on June 27
Missourinet: Missouri Democrats gather in Sedalia for
state convention; 34 presidential delegates bound to vote for
Sanders, 34 bound to Clinton at national convention
CDT: Missouri to receive $7.5 million in taxpayer
money - spread across 20 health centers - to improve oral health care
services X
SNL: Drury books political heavyweights Carl Bernstein
("All the President's Men") and P.J. O'Rourke for September event X
Drebes: Brunner campaign asks stations to drop LG PAC
ad; LG PAC attorneys respond
The Missouri Times: Self-professed bin Laden killer to
appear with Eric Greitens; Gov candidate and Robert O'Neill are
both repped by same speakers' bureau
The Missouri Times: Will Kraus receives endorsement
from Missouri Cattlemen's Association
CDT: Mid-Missouri NORML to suspend local petition
initiative drive while awaiting word on statewide effort X
JCNT: Fathers' rights advocates hope Nixon signs bill
to support 50/50 parenting in custody cases X
KC Star: Mental health advocates complain about lack
of Missouri Medicaid expansion +
Columbia Missourian: UM curators seek $718 million in
state funding for FY18
KC Star: MU curators ask the state for $48 million to
build UMKC's downtown arts campus +
KWMU: Diversity takes up time on curators'
agenda; Board also approves request to Legislature for $133
million in capital improvements
CDT: Middleton claims progress in rebuilding
University of Missouri's image since November protests X
Columbia Missourian: Curators sit through talks on
diversity
CDT: MU free speech policy draft up for comment X
Columbia Missourian: Coalition for Graduate Workers to
launch campaign complaining about budget cuts
Missourinet: Nixon signs bill from Sen. David Pearce
(R-Warrensburg) to help Missouri college students graduate on time
KWMU: A look at what the region's school desegregation
program can legally do to make it last longer
The Missouri Times: SB 5 municipal court overhaul
signed by Nixon
AP: Nixon signs bill to limit Missouri cities' profit
from fines
JCNT: Nixon OKs Lake Mykee-Holts Summit merger X
The Missouri Times: PSC modifies Ameren order so
utility can take advantage of more favorable markets
JCNT editorial: Prioritize protecting kids in hot
cars; Nixon should sign bill from Rep. Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) X
Messenger: Recap of conversation with octogenarian
woman unhappy about West Lake Landfill
P-D letter: Octogenarian woman wants to see more good
news on the front page of the Post-Dispatch
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Friday, June 17
Washington Post: Thanks to McCaskill bill, there may
be an end in sight for controversial - and often invisible - resort fees X
KC Star: Emanuel Cleaver raises questions about Airbnb +
Kraske: The Chat: Claire McCaskill on
guns; Jay Barnes on Josh Hawley; Jeanette Mott Oxford on
welfare recipients +
SE
Missourian: Area Pachyderms sit through talk from seasoned
citizen challenging Jason Smith in primary; Hal Brown lists top
priorities as flat tax, EPA overhaul, other issues on which incumbent
has led +
Fox News blog: At Mizzou vigil for Orlando victims,
Black Lives Matter activist takes stage to criticize white
attendees; Gay activist speaks out, says he's tired of
self-entitled chronic malcontents dividing communities by color
Columbia Missourian: St. Louis woman arrested in
connection with threats toward detention center employees;
Kiwanese Williams promised to make Orlando massacre "look like nothing"
KC Star: Labor unions are spending big on Chris
Koster's campaign for Missouri governor +
The Missouri Times: Eagle Forum endorses Jay Ashcroft
for secretary of state
JCNT: AG candidate Jake Zimmerman makes pitch to area
Democrats X
WTAD (Quincy/Hannibal): Audio: Axiom Strategies'
Aaron Baker on opposition to Raise Your Hand for Kids' tobacco tax
initiative
The Missouri Times: 30 women changing politics;
Christine Page, Ellie Glenn, Erin Brower, Jane Dueker, Jessica Pabst,
Kim Tuttle, Katie Casas, Megan Shackelford, Mindy Mazur, Tracy King,
Tricia Workman, Monica Combest, more
P-D: New rules help wean thousands of Missourians from
teat of taxpayer-funded handout program
The Missouri Times: $262 million going to Missouri
colleges and universities
Missourinet: Nearly 500 state facilities will receive
upgrades; Comments from House Budget Committee Vice Chairman
Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob)
AP:
New Missouri law aimed at helping college transfer students
Missourinet: Four appointed to University of Missouri
review commission
The Missouri Times: Ron Richard announces appointments
to UM System Review Commission
CDT: Renee Hulshof, Dave Spence named to University of
Missouri Review Commission X
Columbia Missourian: Renee Hulshof, three others named
to UM System Review Commission
CDT: Consultant surprised by number of people willing
to take on University of Missouri president job X
Columbia Missourian: Number of people interested in UM
president job a "pleasant surprise"
KWMU: University of Missouri official claims next
president will be chosen based on "talent," "skill" and
"knowledge"; UMSL's Tom George discusses drop in enrollment
Columbia Missourian: Student given probation for Yik
Yak threat against blacks
CDT: Muslim student drops lawsuit alleging professor
made racist comments; Fatma El-Walid's original tale claimed she
felt anxiety from "discriminatory, sexist, demeaning, humiliating
comments" from Latino man X
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools can't manage to get
civil rights paperwork together on time; Obama's Education
Department says it's no problem, district can just turn it in later
Columbia Missourian: Hands-only CPR training now a
requirement for Missouri high school students
JCNT: PSC modifies order on Ameren debt X
JCNT: New rules try to reduce feral pigs in state X
Missourinet:
One of Missouri's most wanted is no longer on the loose; Cops
capture Caucausoid career crook Vernon Phelps
Washington
Missourian editorial: First editorial board in Missouri to
publish biennial "Election is coming/You must get informed/Purchase our
newspaper" piece of primary campaign cycle X
KC
Star editorial: Missouri Southern rightly restarts legislative
internships at the Capitol +
Priddy: A
list of criticisms of GOP gov ads, and a recap of Missouri Times and Jo
Mannies coverage of shady "LG PAC"
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Thursday, June 16
Missourinet: Heat and humidity creating dangerous
conditions across Missouri; Avoid working outside in the
afternoon, stay hydrated, and look out for your neighbors - especially
olds
P-D: Public Policy Polling (D) numbers:
McCaskill approval 48, disapproval 38, no opinion 15
Missourinet: McCaskill participates in Democratic
filibuster over gun law proposals
P-D: McCaskill joins Democratic filibuster
CDT: Kander calls for ban on gun sales to suspected
terrorists X
SE
Missourian: Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson waives
conceald-carry fees after Islamic terrorist's Orlando shooting spree +
Drebes: Campaign-limits initiative petition may be
flawed
The Missouri Times: Stem-cell proponent makes $100,000
contribution to Eric Greitens
SEMO Times: Eric Schmitt stumps in Poplar Bluff
Kraske: The Chat: Judy Baker's primary opponent
uses "Trump Hates Me" fundraising line +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Dem AG
candidate Teresa Hensley on her 25-point loss to Vicky Hartzler in
2012, experience as county prosecutor, gun-docket proposal, more
CDT: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) questions
Hawley's legal experience, readiness to be attorney general X
JCNT: Barnes presses Hawley on courtroom experience X
The Missouri Times: Chris Roepe to join John Bardgett
& Associates
The Missouri Times: Rep. John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon)
receives Missouri Centurion Award; Comments from Missouri Century
Foundation Chairman Gregg Keller
The Missouri Times: Kander convenes Elections
Integrity Task Force; Members include STL and KC feds, KC Police
Chief Darryl Forte, Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers,
others
SE
Missourian: Missouri employment drops after reaching all-time high +
Missourinet: Nixon signs law meant to fight child
abuse and neglect
The
Missouri Times: Child abuse bill gets Nixon's signature
The Missouri Times: MoDOT's "Missouri Moves"
cost-share program starts accepting applications
P-D: Missouri inmate loses case against Parole Board
over vacant seats
CDT: Proposed University of Missouri budget shows $2
million cut in system payroll X
CDT: Profile: Board of Curators student
representative appointee Patrick Graham X
CDT: Minority internship program designed to inspire
CPS students to become educators; Whites need not apply, but
superintendent says program will break stereotypes X
Washington Missourian: National health group claims
food insecurity among seniors rose 3 percent in Missouri;
Franklin County official says it's not a problem there X
The Missouri Times: Jury rules with soybean farmers in
checkoff case
P-D: Document shows some EPA officials saw West Lake
waste removal as 'feasible'
KWMU: What's driving up homicides in the U.S.?
UMSL's Rick Rosenfeld on the 'Ferguson Effect' and emboldened instincts
of the criminal element
P-D editorial: In wake of Islamic terrorist's attack,
Eric Greitens should pull ad featuring gun
JCNT editorial: Nixon should sign bill to give
criminal offenders a second chance X
Roll Call op-ed: McCaskill: The next step in
curbing sexual assaults in the military
National Review op-ed: Former Sen. Jim Talent on
Orlando
P-D op-ed: Reimagining integration based on economic
status; People who pay to live in decent school districts should
welcome poor kids into those schools
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Wednesday, June 15
KC Star: McCaskill, others say whistleblowers in
Defense Department deserve better +
P-D: Senate defense authorizing bill has Missouri
provisions
Kraske: The Chat: Jeff Roe on mainstream media
and Trump; Urban Democrat opposes GOP gun bill +
KC Star: Over 18 years, Blunt received less than $61k
from NRA +
KWMU: In wake of Omar Mir Seddique Mateen's terrorist
attack, candidates for governor - including Chris Koster - stand by
their positions on 2nd Amendment
Missourinet: Missouri State prof: Candidates
will talk about guns this election cycle
KC Star: Kansas City Democrats oppose GOP gun bill +
Helling: Parody of Eric Greitens' gun ad will make you
do a spit-take +
AP:
Rex Sinquefield gives $278k to Catherine Hanaway
Drebes: Judy Baker polling memo: We're winning,
and Pat Contreras is "virtually unknown"
P-D: Pat Contreras fundraising gimmick: "Donald
Trump hates me."
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City)
strikes at Josh Hawley for lack of experience
The Missouri Times: Text of Barnes' letter to Hawley
P-D: Missouri voters could OK two cigarette tax
hikes; then what?
The Missouri Times: Humphreys gives $25k to opponent
of Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
The Missouri Times: Victory Digital's Joe Lakin hires
Charles Puyear
The Missouri Times: In-state tuition status to be
given to National Guard, Reserves
The Missouri Times: CTE took work from across the
board to become a law, lobbyist says
KWMU: High school grads in Missouri will soon have to
have basic CPR training
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs CPR bill
Missourinet: Missouri to begin requiring CPR training
for high school graduates
KWMU: Riverview Gardens will have to wait on
accreditation upgrade
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: Drone
operators deserve credit; McCaskill serves as advocate
KC Star editorial: Nixon must veto bad changes to
Missouri's Clean Water Commission +
KC Star editorial: Taxpayers must spend more on
lead-paint cleanup; Paint dust is the reason young urbanites
catch STDs, perform poorly in school, steal, etc. +
P-D op-ed: AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka: The real
reason Republicans want voter ID is to keep blacks and olds from voting
Messenger: The solution to America's gun violence
epidemic should start with empathy; Nixon should veto terrible
gun bill on his desk
P-D letter: WWII vet dislikes attitude dispensed by
St. Louis VA secretarial staff
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Tuesday, June
14 Flag
Day
The Huffington Post: Gurus for Cruz, Bush, Rubio
campaigns reflect on loss to Trump; Behind-the-scenes insight
from Jeff Roe and Missouri's 2004 George W. Bush spokesman Danny Diaz
SE
Missourian: Area LGBTQIA bar, Muslims seek to help Orlando victims +
Columbia Missourian: Local LGBTQIA reaction to Omar
Mir Seddique Mateen's attack
KC Star: Local LGBTQIA reaction to Omar Mir Seddique
Mateen's attack +
KC Star: Mayor Sly James fights terror by wearing
rainbow bow tie; Social justice warriors join in by posting
Twitter selfies +
Missourinet: Local Muslim leader shows up at St. Louis
vigil
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on case of woman who
drank herself into oblivion and got raped behind a dumpster;
Nixon on serving as UM president; Jay Barnes on criminal
redemption +
KWMU: Wildwood unhappy with EPA effort to delist
Superfund site
SNL: EPA praises Springfield's environmental cleanup X
The Missouri Times: GOP gov candidates maintain arm's
reach of Trump, still lend support
The Missouri Times: Stephen Webber and Caleb Rowden
fight for the soul of Columbia
Drebes:
New PAC aims to punish Republicans who opposed SJR 39
Rosenbaum: Nixon reflects on failure to expand
Missouri's Medicaid program
AP:
Nixon signs bill to cut college costs for military members
Missourinet: Nixon signs military tuition, yoga, and
more bills into law
SE
Missourian: Nixon signs career, technical education measure into
law +
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs laws intended to
improve technical job-readiness
Missourinet: Audio: Jon Sundvold's first
interview since appointment to University of Missouri Board of Curators
CDT: University of Missouri diversity officer to serve
dual role X
Columbia Missourian: It's a rebuilding year: MU
turnover has affected all parts of administration
CDT: Libraries set to deal with University of Missouri
budget cuts X
Missourinet: "Step therapy" bill will bar requiring
Missourians to repeat ineffective medications
The Missouri Times: PSC considering changes to 'ex
parte' rules
P-D editorial: Sane gun laws are possible, but only if
outrage replaces apathy
Waters: UM curators: Short-term work to do X
Priddy:
One thing is clear in the Missouri death penalty debate:
Pentobarbital exterminates murderers flawlessly.
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman dislikes Greitens' use
of gun
P-D letter: Florissant woman dislikes GOP gov
candidates' use of guns
P-D letter: Kirkwood man dislikes Greitens' use of
gun, says African-American track athletes are terrified by the sound of
a starting gun
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson man laments political ads:
Republicans feature too many guns and dogs, while Democrats a little
too in-your-face with the "multicultural multiracial multisexual" stuff +
SE
Missourian letter: Laws should strengthen the ability of
grandparents to protect their grandkids from dopehead parents +
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit man says Missouri is
superior to Kansas in most regards - except that in low-tax Kansas, the
roads are paved, police are patrolling and the young restaurant help
acts civilized and knows how to make change +
CDT letter: Anonymous author dislikes Missouri
traffic-stop report coverage, says races differ on their decisions to
violate the law X
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Monday, June 13
KC
Star: Omar Mir Seddique Mateen opens fire at Florida LGBTQIA
nightclub; Comments from Missouri delegation's communications
staffers +
P-D:
Florida LGBTQIA nightclub shooting reaction: Missouri
congressional delegation's communications staffers write
empathy/tolerance/policy statements
KC
Star: Mayor Sly James says today will be "rainbow" day;
Bridge named to honor U.S. Sen. Kit Bond will be lit with LGBTQIA colors
+
KC
Star: Local LGBTQIA reaction to Islamic terrorist attack +
KWMU:
Local LGBTQIA reaction to Islamic terrorist attack
SNL:
Local LGBTQIA group plans Friday vigil X
Kraske:
The Chat: Kinder on Limbaugh endorsement; Mike Parson on
GOP internecine acrimony +
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest John Brunner; Martin
Casas, Angela Bingaman, David Barklage, Ken Waller discuss Brunner, GOP
campaigns, more
Drebes: Help
Wanted: Missouri Solar Energy Industry Organization seeks
executive director
JCNT:
Profile: Missouri House photographer Tim Bommel X
KWMU:
"Curious Louis" Q&A feature: Jason Rosenbaum explores why
Missourians are forced to pay taxes on their personal property
SE
Missourian: Step therapy overhaul bill may help patients who need
prescribed medication +
KWMU:
Nixon wants new curators to get to work in finding new UM System
president
AP:
Criminal record-sealing bill awaits action on Nixon's desk
St.
Joseph News-Press: New MoDOT app shows drivers estimated BAC
after drinking X
P-D:
PSC deals with questions about the $150 water bill proposal and the
businessman behind it
KC
Star: In efforts to fight payday loans, local nonprofits attempt
to teach poor people about "interest" and "contracts"; Last
week's session draws few attendees +
P-D
editorial: Missouri Medicaid recipients should have freedom to
flake on their taxpayer-subsidized doctor's appointments without penalty
KC
Star op-ed: Platte County's Bill Flynt: Concealed carry can
help protect law-abiding Missourians from criminal savagery +
P-D
op-ed: Former MO Lt. Gov/current HSUS Senior Political Director
Joe Maxwell: Nixon should veto bill that would protect ag data
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Sunday, June 12
Politico: Claire McCaskill weighs in on Stanford
University case; Story of assault on drunk woman gained national
attention
SNL: Billy Long's re-election to include primary
victory over 7 GOP opponents; Three Democrats seek to fill
November ballot slot X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest John Brunner; Panel of Martin Casas, Angela
Bingaman, David Barklage, Jefferson County Executive Ken Waller discuss
Brunner and GOP gov campaigns
Sedalia Democrat: Jay Ashcroft talks to area Pachyderms
JCNT: Nixon, DED's Mike Downing, Ag Director Richard
Fordyce work to expand Cuba trade agreements for Missouri
farmers; Retired prof who fled Cuba in the early '60s offers
criticism X
CDT: University of Missouri budget cuts hit man, woman
in theater faculty hard X
KC Star: University of Missouri denies potheads'
request to peddle t-shirts with marijuana leaf next to university's name +
JCNT: DESE's Ronald Lankford recounts education career X
KC Star: Missouri spends more taxpayer money than
Kansas on lead-paint cleanup; Researchers claim paint dust is to
blame for young urbanites' violent behavior, STDs, poor peformance in
school, etc. +
P-D editorial: Post-Dispatch editorial board has
waited "an entire century" for deals like NGA and McKee's NorthSide
Regeneration - and now North St. Louis City will totally turn around
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon appoints
diverse group to Board of Curators, and they deserve fair treatment
from Senate X
Waters: Roy Blunt shows his true colors - a pragmatic
lawmaker willing to work across the aisle X
CDT op-ed: American Academy of Pediatrics' Kristin
Sohl: Nixon should sign bill to increase meningitis awareness X
SNL letter: Prolific anti-Blunt letter-writer MJ
Grinstead expresses frustration upon seeing Blunt's grassroots
supporters out knocking doors, talking to voters last weekend X
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Saturday, June 11
P-D: Despite infighting, Eagle Forum hosting annual
event in Ladue; Janet Ashcroft to speak at "Sweethearts Luncheon"
P-D: Congressional delegation's votes for the week
Columbia Missourian: Area Senior Games competitor is
running as a write-in candidate for U.S. Senate
Drebes: Longtime Nixon aide Ted Ardini one step closer
to judgeship
KWMU: UMSL's "Behind the Headlines" podcast:
Mannies, UMSL's Dave Robertson, Sue Shear Institute's Vivan Eveloff
discuss Missouri gov ads and campaign finance laws, Trump, Hillary's
gender, more
The Missouri Times: Rush Limbaugh endorses Peter
Kinder for governor
P-D: Rush Limbaugh radio endorsement of Peter Kinder
in Missouri governor's race airing statewide
Moberly Monitor-Index: Local reps endorse Kinder's
stance on transgender restrooms; Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
says he worries about the dangers his grandkids - each in Missouri
public schools - could face
Columbia Missourian: Russ Carnahan skips Muleskinners
lieutenant governor forum; Tommy Pierson, Winston Apple make time
for local Democrats
CDT: Muleskinners president says Russ Carnahan
declined invite to speak to grassroots Dems; Pierson: "You
can't dis me in the primary then it's lock arms and 'Kumbaya' in the
general. It is not going to happen." X
SE
Missourian: Mike Parson laments campaign vitriol at Cape GOP
meeting +
The Missouri Times: Poll from Mike Parson's campaign
shows candidate leading Bev Randles 25-16, with 60 percent undecided
The Missouri Times: Ashcroft event draws 500 - include
Mike Huckabee - to farm; Former U.S. Senator performs cover of
Lee Greenwood song: "I'm Proud to be a Republican"
The Missouri Times: Rep. Genise Montecillo will not
seek fourth term, decides to return to teaching
The Missouri Times: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas
City) calls out Koster, DNR over response to gas leak
KC Star: Ellington calls for action and answers on
East Side gas contamination; Koster's office: "Rep.
Ellington appears to be unaware of the facts."
+
KWMU: Meeting federal standards for state IDs not yet
a priority for Missouri lawmakers
AP: Missouri Southern to resume intern program at
state Capitol
Missourinet: MoDOT to soon consider projects for
resumption of cost-share program
Missourinet: Daily fantasy sports industry will have
to pay to operate in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs daily fantasy sports
law
CDT: UMSL, other state schools to see enrollment
decline X
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools missed deadline to
report civil rights information
KWMU: Time running out - eventually - for school deseg
transfer program
KWMU: Cyber security audit launched at Orchard Farm
schools, part of state safety check
JCNT: State expands meningitis vaccine mandate X
P-D: Tony Messenger wins University of Missouri
journalism award
P-D editorial: Pension bill clears final hurdle
P-D's Aisha Sultan: Making child custody more fair to
divorced fathers; Columnist praises Missouri legislation, does
not identify sponsor (Rep. Jim Neely, R-Cameron)
P-D letter: St. Charles union official: GOP gov
candidates wrong to support 'right to work'
P-D letter: Imperial woman responds to piece on
obesity numbers, rationalizes reasons for female flabbiness
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Friday, June 10
KWMU:
At annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner (rebranded "Truman Dinner" because
aforementioned Democrats owned and/or intercoursed slaves in the
1700s), Missouri Democrats focus on Trump
KTVI
(St. Louis): Lindenwood professor Joe Cernik thinks Missouri GOP
donors will choose to allocate their cash to Blunt and gov candidates
rather than Trump
P-D:
Group aligned with McConnell, Rove boosts pro-Blunt ad spending in
Missouri
Politico:
On MSNBC, McCaskill delivers punchline referencing her victory over
Todd Akin four (4) years ago
Washington
Times: McCaskill campaign site still hawking hats with anti-Trump
catchphrase
Reuters:
McCaskill, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) scrutinize pay TV billing,
competitive practices
Washington
Missourian: East Central College president applauds Blunt's work
on Pell Grant restoration
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill on TSA bonuses +
P-D:
No boss at VA facilities? Then no bonuses for leaders,
Luetkemeyer urges
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): At EPA hearing, Missouri Ag Director Gary Fordyce
lauds positive impact of Renewable Fuels Standard on Missouri
Brownfield
Ag News: In Kansas City, EPA weighs testimony on ethanol volume
AP: EPA
plan to boost ethanol use gets hearing
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Jack Bondon (R-Belton) testifies in D.C.
about negative impact of Clean Power Plan
P-D:
In quickie smartphone vid, John Brunner mocks Eric Greitens' gun ad,
stands in front of anti-aircraft relic
KSMU:
Profile: Secretary of state candidate Will Kraus (R)
Columbia
Missourian: Stoddard County Prosecutor Russell Oliver hopes
complaint against Josh Hawley will promote political transparency
The
Missouri Times: Clay County GOP primary could come down to 'right
to work'; Incumbent Nick King vs. Mary Hill
The
Missouri Times: Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies team breaks up
monotony of work day with "Fountain Ball" competition
Drebes:
Appeal by Sen. Robin Wright-Jones (D-St. Louis City) of Missouri Ethics
Commission fines affirmed
SE
Missourian: Nixon signs GOP bill to allow more elderly, blind,
disabled to qualify for Medicaid assistance +
The
Missouri Times: Nixon signs bill from Rep. Kevin Engler
(R-Farmington) to expand services for disabled, seniors
Missourinet:
Bill from Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) to help domestic violence
victims signed into law
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Nixon announces $5.5 million for Kirksville autism
clinic
P-D:
As summit on gun violence in St. Louis convenes, grandson of former
state Rep. Betty Thompson (D-St. Louis) shot and killed
P-D:
Tyrell Thompson, grandson of Rep. Betty Thompson (D-St. Louis), shot
and killed; Police say three men involved, but do not release
descriptions of perps
Washington
Missourian: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) talks about specifics
of lifetime concealed-carry permits, decent people seeking to protect
themselves vs. criminal types, more
P-D:
St. Louis desegregation program headed for phase-out
The
Missouri Times: PSC to examine communications rules
P-D:
Missouri regulators want looser rules on meeting with utilities
Missourinet:
Two additional Zika virus cases confirmed in Missouri: Man who
traveled to Puerto Rico and man who traveled to Dominican Republic
Columbia
Missourian: Columbia working to prevent and educate on Zika
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Keep moving this summer to avoid "Dormant Butt
Syndrome"; Comments and data from area gluteal experts,
University of Missouri
Washington
Missourian editorial: Lawmakers made progress in cleaning up
Jefferson City this year, but need to pass more ethics laws next session
+
Washington
Missourian editorial: MoDOT funds for cost-sharing should be
spent on Highway 47 project +
P-D
editorial: Milking the poor with subprime car loans; Story
of man who chose to purchase a car at 29 percent interest rate is very
sad and a real shame
KC
Star editorial: MU must do better at hiring at retaining black
faculty, and should spend more taxpayer money to do it +
P-D
letter: St. Louis County man says that GOP gov primary is not
about Trump, but the Post-Dispatch sure wants it to be
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Thursday, June 9
Politico: McCaskill, other Hillary Clinton surrogates
to Trump: Bring it on
MSNBC: McCaskill on Hardball: "I do not" want to
be Clinton's VP
KC Star: McCaskill: Hillary Clinton's success 'a
very special moment' for gals +
Missourinet: Missouri volunteer for Bernie Sanders
weighs in on recent developments, today's meeting between Obama and
Sanders, more
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democrats to gather in
St. Louis tonight for Truman Dinner; Executive Director Crystal
Brinkley promises "high energy" event
KC Star: Missouri delegation makes pitch for F-35
fighter base at Whiteman +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Former Sen. Jim Talent among
those pushing for Renewable Fuels Standard compliance
KC Star: Republicans running for governor launch TV ads +
P-D: GOP gov candidates take to the airwaves
KWMU: Fresh batch of attack ads are funded by
anonymous donors; Monsees' anti-Brunner campaign, "One Nation,"
"Missouri Rising"
Kraske: The Chat: Catherine Hanaway on tax cuts +
KWMU: KWMU to host GOP gov debate July 6
The Missouri Times: Koster urges SCOTUS review of
Title IX case brought by transgender student
AP:
Realtors push state amendment that would bar sales tax on
services; Comments from Scott Charton
Drebes:
Rex Sinquefield subsidiary will oppose realtors' effort
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs health care related
bills
CDT: Nixon appoints three to open University of
Missouri curator posts: Jon Sunvold, Mary Nelson, Tom Voss X
Missourinet: Former MU basketball star Jon Sunvold,
others appointed to Board of Curators
KWMU: New curators named to fill UM board vacancies
AP:
Nixon appoints 3 new curators to UM board
P-D: Nixon names 3 new UM curators
P-D: Two Missouri districts will attempt to get more
black students to take AP classes
The Missouri Times: 'Road to Tomorrow' goes through
Missouri and could generate revenue for the state's highways
The Missouri Times: Missouri Highways and
Transportation Commission approves cost-share program, asks questions
about future funding
SE
Missourian: Law enforcement officers say I-55 skews data on race
and car stops +
Quincy Herald-Whig editorial: Veterans exposed to
mustard gas deserve better, and McCaskill's bill is a good start
Waters: Statistics on "racial profiling" deserve
healthy skepticism X
Priddy: Update on Senate's effort to provide reporters
new workspace
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Wednesday, June 8
Bloomberg: McCaskill, others probe five drugmakers on
price of overdose antidote
Missourinet: McCaskill questions executive bonuses,
whistleblower treatment at TSA
KWMU: Paul McKee announces new partnership and housing
near NGA
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Retired Teachers
Association opposes RYH4K tobacco tax amendment
P-D: Fact check from the GOP gov debate: Eric
Greitens vs. Catherine Hanaway vs. Chris Koster
Missourinet: Nixon signs bills to combat identity
theft, help domestic abuse victims
CDT: MoDOT convoy highlights alternative fuels X
JCNT: Nixon signs bill allowing local governments to
transfer "closed" retirement plans into LAGERS
X
Missourinet: University of Missouri summer enrollment
up 2%
CDT: Audit finds weak oversight led to embezzlement
from University of Missouri X
CDT: Retreat sought answers for low morale, distrust
among University of Missouri engineering faculty X
Columbia Missourian: MU Student Center offers
transgender students hormone replacement therapy; Self-identified
male, saddled with vagina at birth, recounts emotional pain of doctor
assuming he was a female
SNL: With $5 million of DESE money, Nixa will own
early childhood building in five years X
KWMU: State appeals court says Missouri education
officials erred in Normandy accreditation change
P-D: Missouri appeals court upholds transfer rights of
Normandy students
KMOV: Video: Fight between adults and students
caught on camera at Normandy High School; WARNING: Catfight
among participants of various weight classes includes violent
hair-pulling, slapping, shrieking
KWMU: Fight at Normandy high school leads to student
suspension, lawsuit, questions about security
KWMU: Riverview Gardens will remain unaccredited
P-D: After state review, Riverview Gardens will remain
unaccredited
The Missouri Times: Law enforcement agencies report
$12 million from federal asset forfeiture
KWMU: Army Corps of Engineers says it can't speed
cleanup of West Lake Landfill
P-D editorial: Another GOP gubernatorial debate is
short on policy, weak on fact
KC Star editorial: Criticisms of GOP candidates for
governor (e.g. "tax-phobic"), attorney general
+
Messenger: Predatory lenders find happy hunting in
Missouri; Photo of Ferguson man who chose to purchase a BMW at 19
percent interest
KC Star op-ed: Transgender writer/artist/poet Jordan
Hanson: KC to host leadership development summit for black
self-identifying females burdened with male genitalia +
P-D letter: St. Louis City Alderman Jeffrey Boyd
(D): Blunt should work to find someone willing to take the St.
Louis VA director job
P-D letter: NRA responds to criticisms from
gun-control groups on concealed-carry bill
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Tuesday, June 7
KOLR: McCaskill investigates mustard gas tests
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill defends embattled VA
secretary; Jay Barnes on Missouri campaign finance laws
KWMU: NGA decision spurs mixture of grief and anger in
residents fearful of change
P-D: With NGA deal done, officials endure residents'
"less specific feedback and general frustration"
KWMU: St. Louis Regional Chamber's Joe Reagan:
Inclusion is key for St. Louis economy
Missourinet: Raise Your Hand for Kids awaits
confirmation of signatures
The Missouri Times: Missouri Retired Teachers
Association and Public School Personnel opposes Raise Your Hand for
Kids initiative petition
KTVI (St. Louis): Video: John Brunner, Peter
Kinder, Catherine Hanaway, Eric Greitens debate
Missourinet: Missouri GOP gubernatorial candidates
debate Trump, Mizzou turmoil
The Missouri Times: GOP governor candidates debate in
St. Louis
KC Star: Missouri GOP gov candidates will, and might
not, campaign with Donald Trump +
P-D: GOP hopefuls for governor stand by Trump, but not
all say they'd campaign with him
AP:
GOP governor candidates talk Nixon, Mizzou and Ferguson, more
The Missouri Times: New ads mark escalation in
governor's race
KC Star: PAC behind anti-Brunner ad claims 'wrong
number' when reached by phone at Kansas office; Treasurer is
Richard Monsees +
KC Star: New ad from Eric Greitens features gun,
explosion +
KWMU: AG candidate Joshua Hawley on battling the
'Jefferson City cartel'
CDT: Ethics complaint targets Joshua Hawley over use
of not-for-profit groups X
The Missouri Times: Joshua Hawley target of new ethics
complaint
The Missouri Times: David Humphreys contributes
$50,000 to Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson)
The Missouri Times: House District 47 profile:
Republican Chuck Basye
Drebes:
GOP candidate for Tom Flanigan's state rep seat is buying air time
KWMU: Stricter measure against identity theft is among
new laws signed by Gov. Nixon
AP: Nixon signs bill targeting credit card fraud
Missourinet: Missouri Conservation Director Robert
Ziehmer reflects on career ahead of resignation
AP:
Missouri Conservation Director resigning in July
KC Star: Bill would expand Missourians' access to
concealed carry, create 'stand your ground' law +
Missourinet: Former University of Missouri employee
embezzled more than $716k over 9 years; Mount Vernon woman set up
fake businesses through SOS office, then sent invoices to university
Columbia Missourian: More than $700,000 embezzlement
from MU draws questions of accountability
P-D: Missouri budget could help ease pressure on
public defender system
P-D: Army Corps says it won't clean up landfill faster
than EPA
P-D: Federal judge orders Michael Brown investigation
information released, with restrictions
P-D editorial: The Tilley Shuffle and Missouri's
still-lax ethics laws
P-D op-ed: National Parents Organization of Missouri's
Linda Reutzel: Shared parenting bill is best for families
P-D letter: St. Louis City man wonders how the
Post-Dispatch would react if a Republican questioned NGA site's
"security" in the same manner Democrat Dick Durbin did
P-D letter: Webster Groves man dislikes
concealed-carry proposal
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Monday, June 6
Missourinet: KC Mayor Sly James (D) applauds Blunt's
legislative efforts on federal criminal justice reforms: "I think
it's great that we have a senator that's willing to do that."
P-D: St. Louis prepares for NGA's billion-dollar move
JCNT: MoDOT, port cities buoyed by increased barge
traffic X
AP: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) to raise cash at event
hosted by Rex Sinquefield
KNPN (St. Joseph): Video: Raise Your Hand for
Kids proposes tobacco tax increase in Missouri
This Week in Missouri Politics: Gov candidate series,
Part I: Barry Aycock, Jeff Mazur, Sarah Steelman, Caleb Rowden
discuss Eric Greitens
The Missouri Times: Anonymous committee begins attack
on Brunner; Treasurer is Kansas City's Hank Monsees
P-D: GOP gov candidates to debate tonight on St.
Louis' Fox 2 (KTVI)
Kraske: The Chat: NARAL touts Kurt Schaefer's
anti-abortion credentials, boosts Joshua Hawley's name ID;
Brunner's Mike Hafner on unprecedented number of GOP gov forums/debates +
KC Star: ACLU-Missouri's Gillian Wilcox says group is
"working really hard on lobbying" Missouri legislators on transgender
restroom/shower issue +
P-D: Led by Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale), lawmakers
put cuffs on Missouri ticket quotas
AP:
Bill from Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) would protect those who
save kids in hot cars
KWMU: Unaccredited districts put focus on summer
school; City, Normandy, Riverview parents appreciate ability to
get kids out of house/daycare for "academics and cultural experience
around dance, fun and different games"
KWMU: Elected board may run city schools again;
Upcoming talks could mean big changes
Missourinet: Black lawmakers say unbiased police
measures needed
P-D editorial: Blunt caught in the middle of Zika
budget plans and demands
P-D editorial: McCaskill helps America own up to its
dirty chemical-weapons secret
SNL op-ed: Claire McCaskill on veterans and
mustard-gas experiments X
Priddy: Retired broadcaster recounts debate inside his
own head regarding Missouri abortion proposals (SPOILER: climaxes
with 1951 Jack Benny reference); Word count = 1413
P-D letter: Belleville man wants NGA decision
overturned, says criteria never listed "urban renewal" as a criteria
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man says expanding
Medicaid would decrease emergency health care visits
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Sunday, June 5
Missourinet: McCaskill says VA secretary shouldn't
resign
CDT: Local business leaders wary of new federal
overtime regulations X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics gov
candidate series: Panel of Barry Aycock, Jeff Mazur, Sarah
Steelman and Caleb Rowden discuss Eric Greitens
P-D: Former Speaker of the House Steve Tilley
continues to follow letter of the law in managing campaign
contributions; Critics of Missouri campaign finance laws express
anger, angst
JCNT: Nixons encourage Missourians to join 100
Missouri Miles challenge X
St. Joseph News-Press: State of Missouri continues
work with Truckers Against Trafficking X
Columbia Missourian: Child ID kits can provide peace
of mind for Missouri parents
JCNT: Lincoln University race discrimination case
begins Monday; Black female allegedly forced white female to
"resign or be fired" because of skin color X
KC Star: University of Missouri - Columbia struggles
to hire black faculty; With qualified black candidates few and
far between, price to lure them to Mizzou is high +
JCNT: Moniteau County Library helps residents learn
English; DESE helps fund program for legal immigrants X
JCNT: DESE report says drug incidents increase at
Fulton High School X
P-D editorial: Final NGA decision means the real work
is only just beginning
P-D editorial: Nixon should veto this year's crazy gun
bill
P-D letter: Unflattering picture of Ann Wagner makes
paper's bias clear
SNL letter: Ballwin man says concealed-carry bill will
make Missouri safer X
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Saturday, June 4
P-D: What's behind the Blunt-Kander vets'
tempest; A closer look at the "props" word choice and subsequent
brouhaha
KWMU: McCaskill seeks to give VA more flexibility in
pay range for directors
P-D: Wanted: Good VA medical director that will
work in St. Louis
CDT: Koster's absence riles Muleskinners during
candidate forum; President says group wants to hear from
candidates, not surrogates; Leonard Steinman says running for
governor "keeps me out of the mental institution" X
Columbia Missourian: Koster passes on Muleskinners gov
forum; Seasoned citizens Charlie Wheeler, Leonard Steinman spend
twilight years competing for Democratic primary silver medal
KC Star: Once estranged, David Humphreys and Peter
Kinder are friends again +
SNL: Catherine Hanaway opens campaign office in
Springfield; Peyton Andrews to run it X
CDT: Josh Hawley uses prosecutor endorsements to shore
up credentials on crime X
CDT: Abortion rights groups target Schaefer over
Planned Parenthood documents X
The Missouri Times: House District 47 profile, Part
I: Democrat Susan McClintic
CDT: Mayor criticizes concealed-carry bill at
rally; Martha Stevens, running in Dem primary for House seat,
attends but refuses to comment on guns X
Missourinet: Nixon mum on signing or vetoing gun
rights bill
KWMU: Bill sent to Nixon requires hospitals to
disclose cost estimates
P-D: Missouri municipal utilities sign up for Grain
Belt Express
The Missouri Times: Municipal utility commission
green-lights purchase to transmit wind power
AP: Missouri utility group joins transmission line
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs bill from Rep. Sue
Allen (R-Town and Country) to address school bullying and youth suicide
JCNT: Sue Allen's bill aims to prevent youth suicide,
bullying X
Columbia Missourian: MU committee releases draft of
free expression policy
KWMU: Deseg agency says it has no role in keeping
black student in county from city charter school
Missourinet: KC Mayor Sly James: Traffic stop
report shows 'systematic racism' in law enforcement
KC Star editorial: Get tougher in reforming the
disgraceful payday loan industry +
Waters: Opening up Cuba could mean greater access to
better rum: Havana Club, Pusser's, more
X
P-D letter: American Cancer Society volunteer:
McCaskill must stand up to the tobacco industry, support more FDA
regulations
SNL letter: Area man mocks John Brunner for Christian
beliefs X
P-D letter: Ballwin woman defends St. Louis City
Democrat, criticizes Post-Dispatch for accepting Riverfront Times'
"sexism" spin without examination
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Friday, June 3
Missourinet: Creighton professor: Obama's
overtime pay rule could cause some Missouri businesses to close
CDT: No summer break for taxpayer-funded
lunches; "Lunch in the Park" and "Summer Food 4 Kids" offer
"free" handouts to kids X
KC Star: Payday lenders, activists attend KC hearing +
KC Star: Video: Caucasoid millennial attempts
rhythmic chant; Sly James speaks at hearing; More +
Columbia Missourian: Moms Demand Action picnic draws
60 to park; Activists write dry-erase messages honoring "Gabby
Gifford [sic]," others
KWMU: NGA makes it official - new home will be in St.
Louis
P-D: NGA will stay in St. Louis
Missourinet: Missouri officials applaud spy agency's
decision to stay in St. Louis
The Missouri Times: NGA location in St. Louis finalized
The Missouri Times: Blunt vs. Kander race attracting
national attention
KC Star: Chris Koster has more large donors than any
other candidate; Eastern Missouri Laborers District Council has
donated more than $750,000 +
AP: Humphreys family contributes to Peter Kinder, Bev
Randles, Joshua Hawley
KWMU: Ad blitz about to begin in Missouri GOP primary
contest for governor
The Missouri Times: Will Kraus touts endorsements in
secretary of state bid
Drebes:
Mike Colona vs. Nixon's Deborah Price - and others - in competition for
judge slot
Messenger: Fred Sauer vs. Rex Sinquefield is the best
battle in St. Louis
AP: Missouri budget director says state revenues up
3.4 percent
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on opening up Cuba
market to benefit Missouri; St. Louis NAACP leader complains
about law enforcement +
Missourinet: Missouri law enforcement aims to ensure
sex offenders comply with law
KC Star: MU committee offers glimpse at new free
speech policy to stop campout protests +
KY3 (Springfield): Bats emerge for summer
months; Missouri Department of Conservation reminds residents to
leave disease-carrying nocturnal predators alone
The Missouri Times: Black legislators weigh in on
racial-profiling report
P-D editorial: Crackdown is comeuppance for payday
predators
Cincinnati Enquirer: Obama economist: Obama
saved Ohio economy
Providence Journal: Obama economist: Obama saved
Rhode Island economy
P-D op-ed: Obama economist: Verbatim template
from above, with Missouri numbers dropped in
Priddy: Ethics bills include no enforcement mechanisms
or penalties
The Missouri Times op-ed: Lafayette County GOP Chair
Kay Hoflander: Analyzing the statewides: Greitens doesn't
bother with local GOP events; Hawley may not be ready for AG
job; More
P-D letter: St. Charles Democrat Ken Kielty criticizes
Blunt, GOP on Zika funding
KC Star letter: Area woman wants Nixon to veto
ag-information bill +
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Thursday, June 2
SNL: McCaskill touts veterans survey, benefits for
mustard gas survivors during Springfield visit
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill wants VA to care for
those in mustard gas experiments
KMBC: McCaskill seeks compensation for WWII mustard
gas test subjects
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Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith presents Korean War veteran
with medals for service
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Springfield's
approach to mental health treatment
KC Star: Loans are focus of public hearing in Kansas
City today; Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seeks to
protect adults from choosing to enter "payday debt traps"
Drebes:
Harvey Tettlebaum's actions against SJR 39 led to his exclusion from
2016 GOP delegate list
KWMU: Arch riverfront reopens on higher ground with
upgrades
P-D: Rebuilt and elevated Arch riverfront should mean
less flooding
ABC 30 (St. Louis): Video: Jamie Allman and Tim
Jones discuss GOP gov debate
JCNT: George Mason University study ranks Missouri
14th best for state 'fiscal health'
The Missouri Times: Nixon returns from Cuba trade
mission optimistic about agriculture
KWMU: Nixon looks to Cuba as market for Missouri goods
P-D: Nixon makes pitch for trade with Cuba to help
Missouri farmers, other businesses cash in
Missourinet: Missouri Chamber, others hope Nixon signs
tax breaks to incent employee ownership of companies
KWMU: Missouri Chamber pushes for governor to sign
employee ownership tax break
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Missourian: Local Republican legislators Wayne Wallingford, Kathy
Swan to provide legislative updates at First Friday coffee
The Missouri Times: KC Board of Election Commissioners
welcomes new chair: Husch Blackwell's J. Casey Martin
Columbia Missourian: Area immigrants choose to learn
English; Woman from East African country: "I live in
America. I need to speak English. I need everything about America."
KWMU: United Negro College Fund talks about national,
local efforts; Group has opened up scholarships to other
non-white minorities, though Caucasoids still need not apply
KC Star: Closed Kansas City public schools:
Sold, up for sale, demolished
Hannibal Courier-Post: Marion County participating in
state road reimbursement program
The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Service Commission
opts, for the moment, not to look at grid modernization
SNL: Missouri poacher fined only $99.50 for killing
black bear; Missouri Dept. of Conservation's Larry Yamnitz says
laws about mistreating wild animals need "more teeth"
KWMU: Missouri vehicle stops report could lead to
legislation; Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) says laws about
stopping minority drivers need "sharper teeth"
P-D: Experts discuss data flaws in police-stops report
JCNT: Cole County Sheriff's Department stops white
drivers at disproportionally high rate; Jefferson City police
pull over more males than females
Missourinet: Missouri report: Black drivers more
likely than white drivers to be stopped
AP:
Report: Black drivers get stopped more often
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Police Department's
Latisha Stroer: Traffic-stop data should not be taken at face
value
KWMU: Missouri Foundation for Health commits $6
million to Ferguson efforts, including those around "toxic stress" and
"recognizing implicit racial bias"
P-D: Missouri Foundation for Health to hand out $6
million to address Ferguson health issues
P-D editorial: Blunt can't have it both ways on
veterans issues
P-D op-ed: SLU Law's Mike Wolff: Public schools
vs. charter schools: Missouri Republicans' tax-cutting mentality
is to blame for funding challenges
P-D letter: Mehlville septuagenarian admires Michelle
Obama, wants Missouri congressional delegation to oppose cuts to
food-handout programs
P-D letter: Veteran pot activist Dan Viets says
medical marijuana can help reduce opioid overdoses
P-D letter: Area woman dislikes GOP proposal to hold
Medicaid recipients accountable for flaking on doctor appointments
KC Star letter: Area woman wonders why black community
doesn't teach "Black Lives Matter" to its own rapists, dope dealers and
murderers
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Wednesday, June 1
SNL: Blunt applauds Springfield response to mental
health issues X
KY3: Blunt cites Springfield Police Department mental
health program as example for nation
KSMU: Blunt, law enforcement address mental health
services
KC Star: McCaskill says she is stunned by U.S.
treatment of service members exposed to WWII chemical weapons +
Missourinet: McCaskill proposing help for WWII
veterans exposed to mustard gas
KWMU: McCaskill highlights troubles facing WWII
veterans involved in mustard-gas experiments
AP:
McCaskill pushes to help vets exposed to mustard gas
P-D: McCaskill to introduce bill aiding WWII vets
claiming exposure to mustard gas
KWMU: NGA victory means relocation for black church
The Missouri Times: Anti-Greitens SuperPAC under FEC,
MEC investigation
The Missouri Times: Mike Huckabee's daughter to help
John Brunner's campaign
Drebes: Senate 1 not a slam dunk for Dems; Scott
Sifton leads in poll and is still the favorite over Republican Randy
Jotte
KC Star: Rex Sinquefield continues big-money
contributions to candidates, causes +
Priddy: Rex Sinquefield writes a lot of checks, and
it's a shame that voters don't care
Missourinet: Seven killed in Memorial Day weekend
crashes in Missouri
P-D: Overhaul of firearms laws could provide
law-abiding Missourians with lifetime concealed-carry permits
KWMU: St. Louis City and County forming regional
prescription drug database; Mayoral candidate calls state
Legislature's refusal to pass bill "embarrassing"
The Missouri Times: PDMP measures signed in St. Louis
City and County
The Missouri Times: Charter schools file motion to
intervene in lawsuit over desegregation tax in St. Louis
P-D: Charter school parents move to intervene in
lawsuit that threatens their schools
The Missouri Times: PSC to approve Ameren request to
issue up to $150 million in bonds
KWMU: Two charter-school parents to join lawsuit that
could disrupt funding for their schools
JCNT: Lawmakers designate 'Phyllis Shelley'
highway; Area native, who died in 1987, was first Missouri
ambulance employee killed in the line of duty
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P-D: Missouri Governor's Mansion ranks high in
landscaping survey
KC Star editorial: Change the way districts are drawn
in Missouri - or else Republicans will control the Legislature again +
Jensen:
As the politically-correct crowd seeks to get rid of Confederate
memorials, let's remove Black Lives Matters displays for the very same
reason +
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