Thursday, March 31
Kraske: The Chat: GOP pollster says some "Never
Trump" Republicans will come around; Black Trade Unionists on
importance of labor to stymie conservatives; Dem operative David
Poger's seduction line as he finger-poked a Capitol intern's lapel pin +
P-D: NGA decision will clarify future of McKee's plans
for North Side
KWMU: Dept. of Labor employee stops by St. Louis,
promotes program to help homeless veterans
P-D: EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy gives local group
time on her schedule; Agency data shows no danger near West Lake
Landfill, but "Just Moms STL" wants federal buyout of properties anyway
P-D: Constitution Party's Cynthia Davis, who lives in
the 2nd Congressional district, to run in 3rd Congressional district
GOP primary against Blaine Luetkemeyer; St. Charles Councilman
Mary West (R) to challenge Rep. Chrissy Sommer (R-St. Charles)
Columbia Missourian: Politifact analysis:
Kinder's claim on minority employment "Mostly True"
The Missouri Times: HRCC celebrates strong showing in
candidate filing; 36 more Republicans than Democrats are running
unopposed
KC Star: Democrats wish for positive effect from a
possible anti-Trump backlash this fall; House Minority Leader
Jake Hummel on party's legislative decay: "We've hit rock bottom,
and it's only up from here." +
P-D: Overview of statewide-office filing, key local
races: Jamilah Nasheed vs. computer programmer/keyboard activist,
area GOP primaries
SOS.mo.gov: Candidate filing list
CDT: Nixon stresses preparedness at Red Cross disaster
summit X
Missourinet: Nixon, Democratic elected officials speak
at labor rally
The Missouri Times: Labor rally draws thousands to
Jefferson City; All-Democrat speaking lineup critical of 'right
to work,' 'paycheck protection'
P-D: Missouri ID plan to meet federal requirements
moves ahead in House
KWMU: Missouri Senate endorses revamped fuel tax hike
Missourinet: Senate proposal would ask Missourians to
vote on 5.9 cent fuel tax hike
P-D: Plan to hike gas tax by 5.9 cents emerges in
Missouri Senate
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St.
Peters) would allow concealed-carry permit holders to bring their
firearms for protection on St. Louis' MetroLink, other public
transportation
The Missouri Times: Missouri Bankers Association to
work with treasurer to improve personal finance classes
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Paul Fitzwater (R-Potosi)
would expand brain injury law for youth sports
P-D: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) disappointed
in business community's response to SJR 39
KWMU: LGBTQIA-focused 'OutGames' canceled due to low
participation numbers, lack of support
The Missouri Times: National popular vote discussion
may reach both chambers
KC Star: Former KC mayors gather to defend earnings
tax; Organizers bring Kay Barnes plate of small cupcakes for her
78th birthday, while other elderly attendees sit and clap +
The Missouri Times: Profile: Frank Vatterott,
Chair of St. Louis County Municipal Court Improvement Commission
KWMU: "St. Louis on the Air": Ferguson
Commission Co-Chair Starsky Wilson, Arch City Defenders' Thomas Harvey
present one side of municipal-court overhaul issue
P-D: Former St. Louis City Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr.
hit with tax liens; Missouri Supreme Court suspended law license
after Bosley admitted to mishandling clients' funds
KC Star editorial: SJR 39 would enshrine bigotry in
the Missouri Constitution +
KC Star's Sanchez: Celebrating International
Transgender Day of Visibility; There's no need for anxiety when
transgender people bring opposite-sex genitalia into your restroom +
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Wednesday, March
30 The
Missouri Times' Barklage Cup Final Four: Jason Rosenbaum vs.
Sammy Panettiere, Alex Eaton vs. Jeremy LaFaver
One year ago: Veteran GOP communicator Spence Jackson
found dead
Missouri State University Foundation page: Donate to
Spence Jackson Memorial Scholarship
KC Star: Bernie Sanders' connections with two UMKC
economists run deep +
P-D: After McCaskill push, Senate files contempt claim
against Backpage.com in federal court
Washington Post: Following McCaskill subpoena, Senate
goes to court to demand documents from Backpage.com
KWMU: Nuclear workers, families seek cash payouts from
federal Department of Labor program; Man who chose to smoke,
"elderly woman with silver hair,' others want taxpayer dollars
KWMU: Candidate filing notes: Chappelle-Nadal
machinations ensure she's listed last on Clay's re-election
ballot; Two GOP state rep candidates in historically Dem areas
face no opposition; Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors)
gets free primary pass in black district; More
Drebes:
Alex Stafford to run in GOP primary for seat of Rep. David Wood
(R-Versailles), blatantly breaks curmudgeonly Combest Campaign
Commandment
The Missouri Times: Union-backed Dem files against
Rep. Dan Shaul (R-Imperial)
Kraske: The Chat: Kinder says Missourians want
"return to law and order" after attack on Darren Wilson; Sen.
David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) on likelihood of tax increase for
transportation +
Columbia Missourian: Politifact ranking:
Hanaway's statement about length of Missouri's barber-code regulations
rated "True"
P-D: Some legislators rent Jefferson City living space
from lobbyists
AP:
Lawmakers pass limits on paid political consulting
CDT: University of Missouri budget in limbo as Senate
panel debates state spending X
Missourinet: Senate Budget Chair Kurt Schaefer says
Medicaid would take all state revenue and then some
Missourinet: Budget panel holds off on proposal for
University of Missouri funding
AP:
Senate panel boosts higher ed funding
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Jake Hummel (D-St.
Louis) would improve blind literacy
Missourinet: Amendment from Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash
Grove) would add "life begins at conception" to Missouri Constitution
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Constitution pro-life
language proposal draws tense debate
AP:
Update on abortion, fetal-tissue proposals
The Missouri Times: Supporters of SB 5 plot course
after court ruling
The Missouri Times: Koster to appeal ruling on SB 5
AP:
Koster to appeal court overhaul ruling
P-D: Ruling on municipal court reform law puts focus
on 'special laws'
KWMU: "St. Louis on the Air": Ferguson
Commission Co-Chair Starsky Wilson, Arch City Defenders' Thomas Harvey
to give one side of municipal court overhaul debate
The Missouri Times: Ameren, Noranda fight for grid
modernization bill
P-D: Regulators zap Ameren rate hike plan
The Missouri Times: Livestock liability bill perfected
in Senate
AP:
Public hearing on Ferguson settlement is April 19
P-D editorial: NGA report on environmental impact
suggests St. Louis is the place to be
WSJ editorial: Show Me your donors: Kurt
Schaefer, a "trial-lawyer favorite," pushes law to hamstring Joshua
Hawley
P-D editorial: Judge's ruling is a bump in
court-overhaul road, not a dead end
CDT's Waters: Let's welcome Kevin McDonald to
Columbia; Officer of "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" may be
worth his $235k/yr. salary, or maybe not, we'll see X
Priddy:
A dose of reality for departing legislators: In seven weeks, the
temporary power to which you've grown addicted - and the hollow hellos
from smarmyface Capitol types - will disappear from your life.
And no one will care but you.
Messenger: Ferguson activist runs for mayor of
Baltimore; Also, Missouri Republicans are wrong to push voter ID
P-D letter: St. Ann resident suggests than people who
whine about traffic tickets stop breaking the law
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Tuesday, March 29
Missourinet: Missouri congressional delegation staff
safe after Capitol shooting
SE
Missourian: Farmington man to fill Dem ballot slot against Jason
Smith; Dave Cowell, who used to go by the name "Dave Starr," is
all set to "take our country back" and "bring our community together" +
SNL: "Moms Clean Air Force" rally draws ten (10) to
support Obama's Clean Power Plan; Group includes Rep. Charlie
Norr, schoolkids, obese man with "Let Us Breathe" sign X
CDT: SBA approves funding for local women's business
center; $672,000 in taxpayer money to fund "one-on-one coaching
and counseling" for gals with big ideas X
AP: Former KC mayor files for governor;
Octogenarian Charlie Wheeler will have name on Dem primary ballot
against November standard-bearer Chris Koster
Columbia Missourian: Politifact analysis: Kinder
statement that St. Louis is "most dangerous city" is "mostly
false"; Professor says St. Louis' homicide epidemic does not mean
people are necessarily in danger
Drebes:
McCaskill backs former aide Greg Razer in safe Dem state rep race
P-D: Democratic operative accused of harassing interns
can return, with conditions; David Poger must notify Capitol
Police 24 hours before visiting, check in upon arrival, avoid general
creepery
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature restraining order
dropped against man accused of harassing interns
AP:
Missouri ends restraining order on Democratic operative
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers may act quickly to attempt to
override Nixon's veto of 'paycheck protection'
JCNT: Senate panel to work on House-passed budget X
SE
Missourian: Bill from Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) would
require schools to put anti-bullying policy on paper, report number of
incidents +
Missourinet: Bill would create Missouri Missing
Persons Advocate, database to help close cases
P-D: Brain injury funding gets push from Missouri
lawmakers
JCNT: U.S. Health and Human Services report:
91,000 uninsured Missourians going without mental health treatment X
KC Star: SJR 39 opponent's hypothetical: Losing
KC's NCAA sporting events - and U.S. Figure Skating championships -
could cost Missouri $3.1 million in state tax revenue +
AP:
KC Sports Commission official: If NCAA canceled every major KC
event - and U.S. Figure Skating officials did too - impact on state tax
revenue would be $3.1 million
The Missouri Times: Earnings tax vote to continue
regardless of votes in KC, STL
KC Star: Deep Background podcast: Kraske &
Helling welcome reporter Lynn Horsley to talk about KC earnings tax vote +
KWMU: Judge deals big blow to Ferguson-inspired
municipal overhaul
AP: Judge strikes down municipal court law
The Missouri Times: Parts of SB 5 thrown out in Cole
County court
P-D: Judge guts municipal court overhaul law
KMOV: Court strikes down law limiting revenue from
traffic tickets
The Missouri Times: American Farm Bureau study:
Missouri shoppers see slowdown in food price increase
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee considering
tougher racial profiling laws
P-D: Consultant paid by Wildwood supports city's
position against EPA
KC Star endorsement: Yes on earnings tax +
CDT's Waters: The news University of Missouri
president should come from academia, or maybe business X
KC Star letter: AARP volunteer wants McCaskill to
crack down on unscrupulous financial advisers
+
P-D letter: Man who lives near proposed North St.
Louis City NGA site responds to critical letter, confirms that most
residents are poor but not necessarily thieving or violent
P-D letter: St. Charles County woman says bad bills
could keep important safety information - including data on West Lake
Landfill - from the public
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Monday, March 28 Vote
in Barklage Cup Elite Eight: Grace vs. Panettiere; Rowden
vs. Rosenbaum; Schmitt vs. Eaton; Kelly vs. LaFaver
P-D: Federal spending in Missouri equivalent of more
than a fifth of economy
KWMU: NGA to announce decision on site location Friday
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mayor
Francis Slay says St. Louis will be "hurt in a big way" if NGA chooses
Illinois, promotes "Yes" vote on earnings tax, says Hillary Clinton
will win Missouri in November
P-D: EPA set to remove part of Wildwood Superfund site
from National Priorities List; City wants to keep site on list,
pays for its own study to refute EPA
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Scott
Sifton (D-Affton); Panel of UFCW's Collin Reischman, ACLU's
Jeffrey Mittman, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles, Rep. Paul Curtman
(R-Pacific) on Trump, SJR 39, Ferguson and DOJ, more
Rosenbaum: Missouri gubernatorial candidates talk
about a post-Ferguson agenda
Drebes:
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) to run for state Senate in 2018
Kraske: The Chat: Ron Richard on the majority's
prerogative to pass legislation; Mike Kehoe on transportation
funding; Bob Priddy on the late John T. Russell +
KWMU: Second-half preview: Budget
Missourinet: Interest groups prepare for second
half; Missouri Chamber, Missouri Kids First, Empower Missouri,
Missouri Prosecutors Association each list a top priority
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
talks likelihood of tax increase for transportation
SNL: MSU Public Affairs Week focuses on 'building
healthy communities'; Speakers included rep from Bernie Sanders
campaign, out-of-state "Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking"
prof, "The Biggest Loser" actress/activist Jillian Michaels, others X
Columbia Missourian: Most-read stories of the
week: Only 2 of 10 involve Mizzou race histrionics
KC Star: KC church replaces "Black Lives Matter"
banner; Black female's Easter sermon: "White Christianity
likes to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus almost as a form of
entitlement." +
Washington Missourian editorial: Is an "office of
diversity" at Mizzou really necessary? The racial climate isn't
that bad, and "overcoming prejudice" is about as likely as football
team winning a national championship X
Student Life (Washington University) columnist Ariel
Kravitz: Preparing for fall campaign dramatics in light of Emory
chalk-writing hysterics: "Protesting Trump is valid;
protesting Trump supporters is not"
Messenger: SJR 39 should be stopped
P-D letter: Fenton man says reporter Stephen Deere's
in-depth piece about Ferguson should win an award
P-D letter: Coalition of Labor Union Women local
president: Woman who chose to leave her two toddlers alone was
forced to work by oppressive welfare laws; Toddlers who went to
the hospital for smoke inhalation look just fine now
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Sunday, March
27 Happy Easter!
P-D:
NGA decision expected Friday; St. Louis leaders hope agency
chooses "urban renewal" over safe Illinois cornfield in President
Obama's home state
SNL:
'Found' taxpayer money: Mysterious old federal bookmark for
$800,000 could be a boon for Springfield X
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics preview:
Guest Scott Sifton; Panel of UFCW's Collin Reischman, ACLU's
Jeffrey Mittman, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles, Rep. Paul Curtman
(R-Pacific)
Drebes: Republican
Governors Association forms state PAC to funnel money for general
election
CDT:
Dozens of party committee seats still open as filing deadline nears
X
JCNT:
Second-half preview: Ethics legislation, voter ID, education,
transportation funding; Comments from local lawmakers X
AP:
Second-half preview: Voter ID, ethics, transportation
funding; Comments from legislators, MU's Peverill Squire
AP:
Second-half preview: Issue blurbs
Columbia
Missourian: An in-depth look at lobbyist gifts; Sen. Joe
Keaveny (D-St. Louis) leads among all senators, accepting nearly
$10,000 in gifts; Comments from Caleb Rowden, Progress Missouri's
Kevin Garner, MU's Peverill Squire
CDT:
Proposed lobbyist gift ban would extend to local government officials
X
CDT:
State law murky on who qualifies as a local lobbyist X
SE
Missourian: Meth use rises sharply in Cape Girardeau area;
As law enforcement and media focus on heroin, Mexicans ship cheap meth
north to Missouri +
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Taxpayers to help Noranda workers affected by
layoffs; Each of 850 workers is allotted $1,250 +
JCNT:
State Employee of the Month: Megan Sidebottom X
Lebanon
Daily Record: Obituary: Former state Sen. John Russell
Priddy:
Remembering John T. Russell
P-D
endorsement: Yes to Prop E (earnings tax)
P-D
"Bottom Line" video: Seasoned business reporters Jim Gallagher
and David Nicklaus discuss earnings tax while day-drinking at Broadway
Oyster Bar
Messenger:
Note to Missouri Supreme Court: There is a name behind every
lawbreaker who gets a ticket; Grown man can't afford to post his
own bail, has to ask Dem Committeewoman Patricia "Patricialicious"
Bynes to spot him some cash
Columbia
Missourian's Tom Warhover: Editor congratulates his paper for
covering university issues
SNL's
Stephen Herzog: Engagement editor describes his job, signals
Gannett's new focus on social media and in-person events X
P-D
letter: Edwardsville man says P-D editorial board manages to
outdo its terrible Ferguson coverage by beating "cornfield" meme to
death and by suggesting NGA employees should be sent to North St. Louis
City war zone
P-D
letter: Union man says NGA's mission is national defense, not
saving an area that urbanites destroyed
P-D
letter: Raise Your Hand for Kids' Linda Rallo: Tobacco tax
initiative is laser-focused on children's health, education
P-D
letter: St. Charles woman disagrees with abortion-notification
requirement
P-D
letter: Moscow Mills Mayor Michael Clynch says Senate Bill 572
demonstrates state government overreach
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Saturday, March 26
Missourinet: McCaskill criticizes Cruz's call to keep
a closer eye on Muslims
JCNT: Blunt following, but not analyzing, presidential
primaries X
Marshfield Mail: Memorial services today for Leroy
Blunt
Washington Missourian: McCaskill backs community
colleges, supports A+ Scholarship program X
Washington Missourian: All four GOP gov candidates
speak at Franklin County GOP dinner; Highlights of key messages
from Brunner, Greitens, Hanaway, Kinder X
P-D: Husbands of Reps. Sue Allen (R-Town and Country),
Rochelle Walton Gray (D-Florissant) seek to keep seats all in the family
The Missouri Times: Organizers of December's Capitol
Masquerade Ball say event raised $150,000 for charity
Missourinet: Senate Budget Chair Kurt Schaefer
(R-Columbia) on Planned Parenthood funding cut, and tie to MU
KWMU: A new Missouri park? Local lawmakers are
saying no to land purchased around the Eleven Point
JCNT: MoDOT building new Barrel Bob; Thieving
miscreants still on the loose X
KC Star: Mother of 19-year-old pedestrian killed by
hit-and-run driver wants Legislature to stiffen penalties +
CDT: Study from The Pew Charitable Trusts on
incarceration rates ranks Missouri 17th-best at locking up its criminals X
CDT: Checkoff program proves divisive among Missouri
cattle producers X
P-D editorial briefs: Various criticisms and
name-calling (e.g. "dim bulbs") of area public servants and utilities,
including Reps. Sue Allen (R) and Courtney Curtis (D-St. Louis),
Laclede Gas
P-D op-ed: Sens. Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt:
NGA should send its employees to work in North St. Louis City, rather
than "open cornfield"
P-D op-ed: Ghostwriter for 99-year-old Frankie
Freeman: NGA should realize "diversity, inclusion and social
justice - more than the quietude of cornfields - are
indispensible to its national defense mission"
P-D letter: St. Louis man says that if NGA chooses
Illinois, then North St. Louis City site should be new location for
veterans hospital
KC Star letter: Independence man says Sam Graves is
consistently wrong about KCI airport +
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Friday, March
25 Good
Friday 2016
Barklage Cup: Sweet Sixteen
Kraske: Chris Koster and other Dems tie GOP to Trump,
but calculating the "Trump effect" is proving infinitely difficult +
Missourinet: McCaskill: Missouri is 20% below
national average for higher ed funding
CDT: McCaskill says Missouri A+ Scholarship should be
a model for the nation X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill warns Missouri
lawmakers about college affordability; Kurt Schaefer predicts how
Senate Dems will handle hurt feelings after break +
Columbia Missourian: Politifact: Hartzler's
claim on workforce stats "Mostly False"
P-D: Luetkemeyer, others ask that NIH funding not
include fetal tissue procured from abortion providers
KWMU: Progressive energy groups want Missouri to
support Clean Power Plan; AG Chris Koster (D) calls Obama's plan
"economically risky"
CDT: At Columbia campaign stop, Joshua Hawley says
he'll use AG's office to challenge federal authority X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Justin
Alferman (R-Hermann) chats with journoduo on ethics overhaul, House vs.
Senate, more
Missourinet: SJR 39 backers say Missouri House must
pass it as it is
KC Star: SJR 39 overview: Comments from
legislators, activists, businesses +
Missourinet: Mizzou fundraising chief talks about
impact of race dramatics on donations, says alumni can expect more
"overcommunicating" during these "challenging times"
CDT: MU Faculty Council: Don't select another
Tim Wolfe for UM System president X
Missourinet: House Minority Caucus Leader Gail McCann
Beatty wants MU discussion more on race issues, less on budget cuts
The Missouri Times: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-St. Louis)
calls to make the Cardinals Missouri's official baseball team
P-D: Laclede Group renaming gas utility company Spire
KWMU: Overview of St. Louis City's April 5 earnings
tax vote
KWMU: EPA: Still no significant health risk
posed by West Lake Landfill radiological waste; Agency updates map
The Missouri Times: EPA releases updated map for West
Lake Landfill
P-D: EPA releases updated map of radiologically
impacted material
Columbia Missourian: Fifth-graders learn what it takes
to create a newspaper; Kids born circa 2005 manage to meet
deadlines, learn about newspaper distribution
KC Star: Late KU basketball game may delay
delivery; NYSE-traded multimedia conglomerate, with $200M
printing facility in downtown KC, rationalizes why it won't deliver
newspapers on time +
P-D editorial: McCaskill seeks to offer escape route
from the college debt dungeon
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Franklin and
Warren Counties will vote for GOP presidential candidate - but Roy
Blunt isn't saying who he's supporting in the primary
KC Star's Barbara Shelly: Retirement column:
Republicans wrong about earnings tax, SJR 39; Seasoned liberal
columnist rides off into the sunset +
CDT's Pete Bland: Concerned Student 1950 documentary
now available online; Heroic students acted bravely and are
certainly on the right side of history X
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area woman dismayed by
Eric Greitens keeping $1M from sex abuser; Also, youngsters
should stop looking at porn on their electronic devices X
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau Mayor Harry Rediger says Senate
Bill 572 would punish decent cities like Cape
+
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Thursday, March 24 New
round: Barklage Cup Sweet Sixteen: Vote before 5 p.m. today
Columbia Missourian: McCaskill calls for loan
refinancing and transparency, "gives props" to Legislature for A+
Scholarship program; Senior United States senator offers advice
to state legislators on how to budget state government funds to state
university system
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: Young adults
meet with McCaskill, explain their decisions to borrow large sums of
money and the struggle of being expected to pay it back
KRCG: McCaskill pushes for student loan refinance
measure
SE
Missourian: McCaskill voices concern over student-loan debt +
SNL: On tour, McCaskill pushes for student loan
refinancing, college affordability X
KOLR: McCaskill stops in Nixa, listens to student debt
concerns
KMOX: SCOTUS deadlocks on Missouri case;
McCaskill incensed
P-D: Shoe factory owner wants to move building out of
NGA site; Buster Brown building owner thinks feds might choose to
send employees to North St. Louis City location over safe Illinois
farmland
Drebes:
Ethics Commission dismisses complaint about Eric Greitens
P-D: Statewide voters would have to approve earnings
tax elimination under measure
The Missouri Times: Missouri Association for Social
Welfare, rebranded as "Empower Missouri," says new food-stamp standards
could shake 30,000 takers off the dole
Missourinet: Missouri could shed up to 30,000
food-stamp recipients come April 1
Missourinet: Sponsors of lobbyist gift ban hope for
action when Missouri session resumes
Missourinet: Schaefer doesn't expect effort to slow
budget process
KWMU: A look at proposed budget cuts to Planned
Parenthood
Columbia Missourian: Foley blames part of enrollment
drop on "media narrative" and "politics of the situation"
KWMU: University of Missouri chooses male over two
female candidates for diversity slot; Kevin McDonald to be paid
$235k/yr. as "Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion"
AP:
Kevin McDonald will work to "foster more inclusive campus environments"
CDT: University of Missouri hires system diversity
officer; During interview for job, Kevin McDonald said one of his
strengths is "conflict resolution" X
Columbia Missourian: UM System hires Kevin McDonald as
first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer; Race
problems will be solved through "collaboration," "a true culture of
respect," etc.
P-D: University of Missouri hires diversity officer
The Missouri Times: MO Dept. of Corrections loses
court fight over Sunshine Law
P-D: Missouri Gaming Commission approves transfer of
casino properties
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Galloway presents audit of Public
Administrator's office
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Annual
accountant-answers-tax-questions show
KC Star: Ozarks meth warning: Your drugs may be
contaminated, so bring them in for testing +
P-D editorial: Execution drug scofflaws get a third
warning
KC Star editorial: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves attacks KCI
plan but gets key facts wrong +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Benchmarking vs. St. Louis
series: Upbeat census figures unveiled for Kansas City - but not
St. Louis +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Sept. 2015:
Benchmarking vs. St. Louis series: As Chiefs tackle Rams, should
Kansas City revel in the huge woes of St. Louis? +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Aug. 2015:
Benchmarking vs. St. Louis series: KC doesn't need a new sports
facility, unlike "down-on-its-luck St. Louis"
+
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: July 2015:
Benchmarking vs. St. Louis series: Kansas City metropolitan area
thumps St. Louis in new population growth +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: June 2015:
Benchmarking vs. St. Louis series: In job growth, KC needs to be
avoid becoming "like stagnant St. Louis" +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Jan. 2015:
Benchmarking vs. St. Louis series: "I often point out, Kansas
City looks at least a little better than St. Louis in key metrics" +
P-D op-ed: Clay & Slay: Feds should choose
North St. Louis City for NGA site
Priddy:
Legislative halftime assessment: Thoughts on campaign finance,
abortion, topical reference to popular 1960 song, more
P-D letter: Webster Groves man sarcastically
acknowledges "cynical" view that politics might potentially play a role
in NGA's site selection
P-D letter: WashMo couple wants Luetkemeyer to
apologize to Sen. Elizabeth Warren
JCNT letter: Missouri Budget Project's Tom Kruckemeyer
wants legislators to expand Medicaid X
P-D letter: Alumni Association members oppose budget
cuts for University of Missouri System
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Wednesday, March 23 The
Missouri Times' Barklage Cup, Round #2: Vote for/against your
favorite/unfavorite politicos, use hashtag to raise $ for Epilepsy
Foundation
KC Star: McCaskill: Donald Trump ignorant for
suggesting pullback from NATO +
Missourinet: Blunt stresses importance of border
control after attack in Brussels
CDT: Mizzou journalism students in Belgium safe in
wake of Brussels attacks X
Missourinet: Missouri students and faculty safe in
Brussels after terrorist attacks
AP:
Leroy Blunt, father of Sen. Roy Blunt, dies
Missourinet: Blunt: Not unusual to block SCOTUS
nomination during election year
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Obama and Cuba;
McCaskill on SCOTUS nominations; Jake Hummel on legislative
staffers earning money as political consultants +
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill cites student debt as
looming 'crisis' X
KC Star: At KC forum, McCaskill discusses college
spending and borrowing woes +
KMBC: McCaskill pushes college affordability during KC
roundtable
KWMU: Clay targets Institutions for Mental Disease
exclusion as blockade to expanding drug treatment
P-D: U.S. Supreme Court's tie vote upholds loan bias
ruling in Missouri case
P-D: EPA collected 3,000 tons of debris, hazardous
material after December flooding
Drebes:
Former Rep. Bert Atkins (D-Florissant) becomes second Dem to file for
Keith English's state rep seat
Missourinet: Sponsors predict compromise on Missouri
bill to 'cool off' legislators
P-D: Lobbyists, liaisons would take anti-harassment
training under measure; Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis) talks
about David Poger (D) case, efforts to minimize creeper activity
The Missouri Times: Senate Republicans disagree over
teacher pension rates
SNL: Faith Voices of Southwest Missouri holds
anti-payday-loan rally on streetcorner; Comments from area
pastors, adult woman who chose to borrow money at unfavorable interest
rate X
P-D: Barrel Bob, MoDOT's safety mascot, is
'barrelnapped'; Victim is 10 ft. tall, "50 lb. of twisted steel
and safety zeal"
CDT: Former National Guard officer agrees to pay
$100,000 to settle Mamtek lawsuit X
The
Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St. Peters) seeks to
end dog breed discrimination
P-D: SLU study: Poor people who choose to break
the law dislike dealing with municipal court system
KWMU: "Eduation Equality Index" shows that poor kids
fail to keep pace with peers whose parents earn a decent living
Columbia Missourian: MU committee affirms
free-expression rights on campus
Columbia Missourian: Concerned Student 1950
documentary now available online
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Taxpayer-funded
program seeks to encourage black men to finish college; Director
Keith Ware addresses crushing weight of societal expectations:
"(T)hat stigma that as a man, you should be able to provide, take care
of yourself."
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Sisters Helping Each
other to Reach a Higher Height (S.H.E.R.A.H.) encourages women to go
love themselves
Missourinet: Judge rules Missouri must reveal maker of
execution drugs
KWMU: Judge rules that Missouri Dept. of Corrections
violated Sunshine Law in execution case
AP:
Judge rules Missouri must name source of execution drug
P-D editorial: McCaskill working to clear the air of
Backpage.com's stench
P-D editorial: Using taxpayer dollars to train child
care workers can help break cycle of poverty; Women in North St.
Louis City housing project will totally turn their lives around
Gateway Journalism Review's Terry Ganey: State
departments say The Missouri Times did not pay withholding,
unemployment insurance taxes for period of time between 2014-15
Scott Faughn, via Twitter: "The older I get the fewer
pitches in the dirt I swing at."
KC Star letter: Adult male who calls himself "Corky"
dislikes that Missouri legislators have received less than one million
dollars in lobbyist gifts +
P-D letter: Clayton man opposes Raise Your Hand for
Kids' ballot initiative
P-D letter: St. Louis man says SJR 39 protects
Missouri's religious citizens
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Tuesday, March 22 2016
#Barklage Cup: Round 2
P-D: McCaskill says "collegial" relationship with
Blunt won't stop her from trying to help Kander come close in November
KC Star: Dems hopeful Missouri primary winner Donald
Trump will face backlash with voters, which could lower Blunt's
re-election margin; Comments from MU's Peverill Squire (61),
others +
JCNT: Blunt re-election campaign launches ag
tour; Speakers include reps from state Farm Bureau, cattlemen,
corn growers, dairy, pork producers, and soybean grower groups X
JCNT: Blunt thinks Cuba trip wrong idea X
Kraske: The Chat: Koster tries to tie GOP rivals
to Trump; Richardson on Medicaid spending conundrum; Kehoe
on dealing with emotional state senators +
KC Star: "Deep Background" podcast: Kraske and
Helling enter podcasting journoduo tag-team ranks, talk about Missouri
Dem and GOP primaries, McCaskill, more +
KC Star: Donald Trump tweets about Jeff Roe, local
media reacts +
Missourinet: McCaskill calls for hearing on SCOTUS
nominee Merrick Garland
KWMU: McCaskill embarks on statewide college
affordability tour
P-D: McCaskill: Colleges should be more
accountable, state lawmakers less noisy
KC Star: Graves: No reason to trust KC Aviation
Dept. on new airport plan +
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rates Greitens' claim
on tax brackets "False"
Drebes:
Russ Carnahan to hold lt. gov. campaign kickoff next Wednesday
Drebes:
Senate Republicans dismayed that Chappelle-Nadal compared them to
members of the Ku Klux Klan
KC Star: Legislative halftime report +
P-D: In rare agreement, Nixon and GOP agree on state
worker raises
Missourinet: Senate Dems hope for compromise on voter
photo ID proposal
Missourinet: One ethics bill close to going to Nixon,
but House Democrats are not impressed
Missourinet: Plan would tax and regulate fantasy
sports in Missouri like gambling; Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton)
seeks to level the playing field between industries
KC Star: Uber picks up support for statewide bill that
would override Kansas City's restrictions +
SNL: Uber opposes Springfield law designed for it X
JCNT: Wanted: miscreants who characternapped
MoDOT's Barrel Bob X
Hannibal Courier-Post: New MO Dept. of Conservation
webcast focuses on feral hogs; Animal invaders cause destruction,
but native property owners can fight back X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Anna Croslin, Nixon
nominee to Commission on Human Rights: Immigrants have it really
rough, kids are really mean, America is "anti-Muslim," etc.
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: North St.
Louis City's "Sisters Helping Each Other Reach a Higher Height" to hold
"Rage Against Poverty" event
P-D editorial: Blunt, others are wrong: The "war
on coal" isn't just being fought by the EPA, but bankers too
KC Star editorial: One-size-fits-all municipal court
bill is a bad fit for Kansas City +
CDT op-ed: First Chance for Children's Jack
Jensen: Stem cell group's posturing on Raise Your Hand for Kids'
ballot measure will hurt children X
SE
Missourian's Adrienne Ross: Missouri primary results show that
every vote really does count, sometimes +
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Monday, March 21
P-D: Federal grant will subsidize "child-care
apprenticeship" program for women in St. Louis housing project;
Program will also help get women state subsidies
KWMU: Catholic Charities spreads word to Latinos about
FEMA flood payouts, reports zero takers as "many are undocumented"
Kraske: The Chat: Luetkemeyer on Elizabeth
Warren; Nixon on 'paycheck protection'
+
KWMU: St. Louis implements iPads citywide for voter
check-in; St. Louis County hopes to use similar technology in
November
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Paul
Wieland; Panel of Jeff Mazur, MO Dems' David Turner, Rick Stream,
and KTRS' Mark Zinn talk Greitens' donor controversy, presidential
politics, SJR 39, more
Kirksville Daily Express: Nixon meets with area school
leaders and students, explains tax philosophy and more
KWMU: Speaker Todd Richardson, Minority Leader Jake
Hummel offer halftime assessments
P-D: Legislators break down first half of session
Columbia Missourian: Politifact analysis: Rep.
Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) half-right on voter ID statement; Many
of those without state IDs today will be able to get a new one
Missourinet: Missouri House passes school
anti-bullying measures before break
AP:
State legislators focus on intersection of police technology and privacy
Missourinet: Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)
proposes keeping police reports private in suicide, sex assault cases
Kirksville Daily Express: Capitol briefs for the week
KMOX: Mizzoui Alumni Association President Sherri
Gallick urges letter-writing campaign to restore funding
Columbia Missourian: Black professor offers helpful
idea for keeping black faculty: "dedicate a large amount of
funding specifically to diversity and inclusion and then earmarking
that money for faculty retention"
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery:
Ethnomusicology professor Stephanie Shonekan's office: Little
monkeys, black Barbie doll, more
KMZU (Carrollton): Missouri DHSS receives national
accreditation, one of only 16 states to achieve recognition
AP:
A month after police officers began carrying opiate antidote, Narcan
used to save dope enthusiast who crashed car
KC Star: Overview of April 5 earnings-tax election +
P-D: Video of anti-violence march: "We're
showing that African-Americans are responding to when African-Americans
kill African-Americans"; Man suggests his speech, parade, "the
move" will change pattern of behavior
KC Star: For the first time in centuries, KC will see
total eclipse of the sun; Residents will see day turn to night,
and they'll see it more than ever +
Washington Missourian editorial: Outcome of Trump vs.
Clinton in Missouri: Who knows? X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Missouri picks
Clinton, Trump; The country will be fine with either, but life
sure has been rosier X
Priddy: Retirement learnings and reflections:
Pandora (est. 2000) is a neat Internet music site; Updated
thoughts on Senate press table; What's the deal with computer
assembly instructions?; More
JCNT letter: Woman from Citizens' Climate Lobby wants
Blunt to change his stance on Obama's Clean Power Plan X
P-D letter: Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis' Faith
Sandler weighs in on Missouri immigranti-tuition debate of Spring 2015
JCNT letter: Versailles man dislikes "arrogant
chutzpah" displayed by Ron Richard and "ideological lemmings of both
parties" X
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Sunday, March 20
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith says he will support Trump if
he is GOP nominee; Rubio supporter does not plan on endorsing
remaining candidates, says GOP should not stand in the way of voters'
choice +
KC Star: Anti-Trump protester who slapped police horse
is arrested; April Foster, a 29-year-old Caucasoid female, chose
to take out activist rage on innocent animal
+
AP: Anti-Trump protester who slapped KC police horse
arrested, charged; Grown woman screamed at horse, presumably in
English (human) language, before resorting to violence
Missourinet: Senate supports McCaskill's measure to
hold Backpage.com in contempt
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial): Panel of Jeff
Mazur, Missouri Democratic Party's David Turner, Rick Stream, KTRS'
Mark Zinn
Drebes: Rosenbaum's scoop: Rep. Rochelle Walton
Gray (D-Black Jack) to leave Legislature, will run for St. Louis County
Council seat held by Mike O'Mara (D)
AP:
Nixon vetoes bill on union fees
Missourinet: Keaveny says first half of session was
'unproductive'
Columbia Missourian: Dock wiring safety bill stalls in
Legislature for second time
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri dairy producers 'pleased
and hopeful' regarding funding for Dairy Revitalization Act
KWMU: City charter school seeks more black
students; City Garden Montessori School is in decent area of city
with rising property values, for now
JCNT: Missouri State Penitentiary redevelopment talk
surfaces X
P-D: More on how the Ferguson-DOJ consent degree came
to be
KWMU: 'We Must Stop Killing Each Other' campaign,
handed $55k of city taxpayer money, fails to decrease homicide
numbers; Organizers want more money
P-D editorial: Time for Obama to step up for St.
Louis' NGA bid; St. Louis' North Side is so bad that Obama
(D-Illinois) should choose Missouri over Illinois
CDT op-ed: Terry Schleimeier: In opposition to
repeal of KC and STL city earnings tax X
Columbia Missourian's Maggie Walters: Area man wins
paper's "Show Me the Errors" contest; Newspaper demonstrates
sense of humor, does not get defensive when readers point out errors
McClellan: Sexagenarian columnist provides update on
health problems
P-D letter: St. Louis man disagrees with Blunt's
approach to SCOTUS nominee
P-D letter: St. Charles man says Onder, other SJR 39
supporters are "hateful"
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Saturday, March 19
St. Joseph News-Press: Buchanan County voters went in
extreme directions: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders X
Washington Missourian: Sanders, Trump carry Franklin
County primaries X
JCNT: Luetkemeyer explains Warren comments X
AP: Sen. Elizabeth Warren responds to Luetkemeyer
calling her a "Darth Vader"; Feminist compares herself to a
princess
SE
Missourian: Area dermatologist seeks to fill Dem ballot slot for
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith's re-election +
Missourinet: Deadline nears for Missourians to
register for federal flood assistance
KWMU: City's emininent domain suit for NGA land
expanded
CDT: Josh Hawley to talk SCOTUS nominee Merrick
Garland, more at diner forums in Columbia, Springfield and St. Louis X
SNL: Rock'n Ribs rejects pot group's request for
vendor booth; No comment from New Approach Missouri X
Missourinet: Nixon vetoes 'paycheck protection' bill
The Missouri Times: Nixon vetoes 'paycheck protection'
P-D: Nixon vetoes 'paycheck protection,' sets up
override attempt before session ends
P-D: MoDOT construction to touch every interstate in
St. Louis region this summer; Area projects total $228 million
this fiscal year
SNL: Nixon stops in Nixa "to give props for high marks" X
SNL: Bill to allow Greene County early education tax
advances X
CDT: UM System diversity task force searching for
members X
SNL: MSU diversity speaker provides list of forbidden
phrases: "I don't see color," "That's so gay," other sentences
with devastating effects on the human psyche
X
St. Joseph News-Press: Sens. Mike Parson and Dan
Hegeman, Rep. Eggleston give legislative updates to corn and soybean
grower groups; Meeting held on farm of Ag Director Richard Fordyce X
JCNT: Conservation Federation of Missouri names Jay
and Georganne Nixon as its 2015 Conservationists of the Year X
JCNT: Ameren files for rate decrease X
P-D: Ron Richard skeptical of Ameren rate plan
SE
Missourian: Unlike state, St. Louis and KC chambers, same-sex
marriage resolution not on Cape Chamber's agenda +
KWMU: Business groups launch offensive against
'religious shield' amendment
P-D: Business leaders say same-sex marriage plan would
further tarnish state in wake of Ferguson riots
KC Star: NAACP opposes SJR 39
+
JCNT editorial: Mid-Mo. newspaper become the first to
use "mind your Ps and Qs" headline pun to address previous question
debate X
Washington Missourian editorial: Campus concealed
carry is a bad idea X
P-D editorial: Uber proposal is bad, and they
shouldn't have placed their logo next to Missouri seal
P-D op-ed: Cortex CEO: NGA would benefit from
being Cortex's neighbor, only a 10-minute car ride away during
non-rush-hour traffic
KC Star op-ed: Community organizer Molly
Fleming: SJR 39 is vile +
Columbia Missourian letter: Area liberal responds to
Kenney column on presidential campaigns, hopes no one thinks he's a
racist for voting for Bernie Sanders
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Friday, March 18
The
Missouri Times' Barklage Cup: Vote for your favorite MO
politicos, tweet, help raise $ for Epilepsy Foundation
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum break down the super-close presidential primaries
P-D: Voter turnout soared in St. Louis region,
matching national trend
KC Star: Sanders concedes Democratic primary;
Clinton wins +
Kraske: The Chat: John Hancock on GOP
presidential primary results; Nixon on House GOP budget action
and his plan for tuition freeze +
Kraske: McCaskill talks about her dislike of Donald
Trump, breast cancer, receiving a blanket from black ladies in
Louisiana, more +
AP: At McCaskill Senate hearing, lawmakers challenge
Turing executives on drug price hikes
P-D: Senate passes McCaskill-Portman resolution
holding Backpage.com in contempt over sex trafficking subpoenas
Wall Street Journal: McCaskill leads charge to hold
Backpage.com in contempt
SNL: Senate to take sex-ad website to court, per
McCaskill measure X
JCNT: Luetkemeyer calls Sen. Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) "the Darth Vader of the financial services world," suggests
someone "neuter" her X
CDT: Opponents urge Greitens to return money from
Silicon Valley investor sued over sex abuse; Candidate attended
fundraiser with Michael Goguen this week X
CDT: GOP gov debate focuses on donation from sex
abuser, University of Missouri X
KWMU: Greitens hammered over $1 million donation at
GOP governor's debate
KWMU: Missouri contest for governor roiled by lawsuit
against Greitens' donor alleging sexual abuse
The Missouri Times: Greitens faces further scrutiny
over top donor
SNL: Greitens in hot seat as Missouri governor
hopefuls debate X
P-D: Missouri GOP governor candidates spar over
donations from donor accused of sex abuse
Columbia Missourian: Gubernatorial candidates spar
about campaign contributions, UM System funding cuts
KOMU: Candidates spar during GOP governor debate
AP:
Greitens keeps money from donor sued for sex abuse
Drebes:
Latest MoScout poll: Kinder leads Hanaway by 15; Schmitt
leads Brown by 13
JCNT: Missouri Medicaid Coaltion turns out over 100
for Capitol rally X
SE
Missourian: Mental health awareness series: Limited
hospital bed space proves challenge in caring for mentally ill +
SE
Missourian: Mental health awareness series: In many cases,
Missourians with mental health challenges have freedom to purchase guns +
AP:
House passes limit on paid consulting
AP: House passes half-billion dollar increase to
Missouri budget
Missourinet: Missouri Senate will consider overturning
$1 million withheld by governor
Missourinet: House proposes expansion to Missouri
minor abortion law
AP:
Missouri moves to tighten abortion-notification requirement
The Missouri Times: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark)
passes bill tightening abortion process for minors
CDT: University of Missouri curators defend Melissa
Click firing in letter to AAUP X
P-D: UM board says Melissa Click firing was handled
properly
Columbia Missourian: Part-time professors comprise
academia's 'working poor'; Some appreciate having part-time gig,
while others lament the income opportunities in the career they chose
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber voices opposition
to SJR 39
KC Star: Missouri Chamber says it opposes SJR 39 +
P-D: Missouri Chamber of Commerce opposes SJR 39
AP:
Missouri Chamber opposes religious-objections measure
Missourinet: Richard says he believes Democrats are
starting to get over PQ-related emotions
JCNT: Missouri Senate goes on Spring Break X
KWMU: Legislature considers pilot program to address
roots of violent crime in St. Louis
KWMU: Missouri Department of Conservation, others
sponsor Saturday's annual river cleanup
P-D: Ferguson and DOJ enter consent decree to resolve
lawsuit
P-D editorial: 'Conscience protection' bill not only
discriminatory, but anti-business
KC Star editorial: Here come the misleading ads
against Kansas City's earnings tax +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Collection of tweets from
people who disagree with Blunt on SCOTUS +
Shelly: Making SJR 39 law would devastate Missouri,
relegate state to "backwater status" +
CDT letter: St. Louis City's Eli Horowitz wants
McCaskill and Nixon to side with Obama on Clean Power Plan X
CDT letter: Area man dislikes Schaefer, mocks Vermont
Law School degree X
Columbia Missourian letter: Rep. Caleb Rowden
(R-Columbia): Missouri House cuts to MU are reactionary, misplaced
P-D letter: Prolific LTE author Martin Walsh disagrees
with Legislature on guns, Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Florissant man disagrees with everything
the Legislature does
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Thursday, March
17
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Rosenbaum: Making sense of razor-thin results in
Missouri's presidential primaries
KWMU: Jo Mannies, UMSL's Dave Robertson dissect
Missouri primary
AP: Election analysis: Comments from John
Hancock, Roy Temple, MU's Martin Overby
P-D: Election analysis: SLU's Ken Warren
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers hopes
to avoid recount of presidential primary votes
+
KWMU: Missouri's recount process is long, complicated
- and rarely pays off
Kraske: The Chat: Dem vet Chuck Hatfield on
futility of recounts; Hanaway campaign on Greitens' contribution
from man accused of sex abuse +
Missourinet: Missouri AFL-CIO boss, NAACP leader
disagree with Blunt on SCOTUS nominee
P-D: Missouri congressional delegation pushes for 14
more Boeing Super Hornets
Washington Post: Republicans beat measure to limit
airline baggage and ticket-change fees; McCaskill says industry
consolidation has led to "bad behavior"
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau visits
Washington, D.C. this week; Graves gives evening Capitol tour
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Chamber to host GOP gov
forum tonight
Drebes:
Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis) endorses Peter Meredith over former
campaign treasurer Ben Murray
Missourinet: Missouri House proposes first use of
constitutional power to overturn Nixon's budget restrictions
KWMU: Missouri House reverses Nixon spending cuts
AP: House votes to override Nixon's budget limits
Missourinet: Nixon: Honor my budget plan to
avoid college tuition hike
The Missouri Times: Tobacco settlement bill rife with
interest, debate
AP:
Mizzou to close 2 dorms because of declining enrollment
The Missouri Times: Uber endorses new ridesharing
legislation
KC Star: Police pan bill to exempt Uber and taxis from
local regulations at Missouri Senate hearing
+
SNL: Uber cites plans to launch in Springfield as
company pushes for legislation X
Brownfield Ag News: Elementary students begin Ag Week
with farm visit; Ag Director Richard Fordyce serves as primary
instructor
High Plains Journal: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce opens Western Farm Show
JCNT: Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) proposes bill for
mobile app beer sales at events X
JCNT: Drug prevention group lays out myths about
marijuana X
Columbia Missourian: Hemp advocacy group seeks to
dispel notion that it is advocating for marijuana, sets up info table
under marijuana banner
Columbia Missourian: Legislators fail to address new,
more dangerous strains of K2; Comments from former Rep. Ward
Franz (R), law enforcement, adults who have chosen to smoke dangerous,
loosely-regulated drug
JCNT: Bill would let Lake Mykee, Holts Summit merge X
KWMU: Japanese woman one of two Nixon nominees for
Missouri Commission on Human Rights
P-D editorial: Blunt should give Supreme Court nominee
a fair hearing
JCNT editorial: Bright future for Missouri's top
industry - agriculture X
Washington Missourian editorial: Annual Sunshine Week
editorial
P-D editorial: Annual Sunshine Week editorial
P-D editorial: Ferguson's flip-flop and the struggle
to regain credibility
Jensen:
Missouri Grandparents Against Gun Violence's tut-tutting over
gun-related phrases is both naive and humorous
+
Shelly: Uber's Missouri team succeeds in co-branding
press conference; Company places logo next to Missouri seal on
podium, achieves bonus media coverage +
P-D op-ed: HSUS's Amanda Good: Bill from Sen.
Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) would protect state's worst animal abusers
Messenger: Woman charged with felony child
endangerment a victim of "criminalization of poverty"; Column on
Jeannetta Maclin earns woman praise, free clothes, other rewards;
Toddlers found unconscious after apartment fire have recovered, are
staying with responsible parent
P-D letter: Messenger's column on woe-is-me
child-abandoning woman is cavalier; Imagine the liberal outcry if
the perpetrator was a middle-class Caucausian woman
P-D letter: Ameren says SB 1028 benefits all
Missourians
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Wednesday, March 16 SOS.mo.gov: Unofficial
Missouri election results
KWMU: Clinton, Trump apparent victories promote
different messages
Missourinet: Clinton, Trump appear to eke out narrow
wins
P-D: Clinton, Trump appear to eke out razor-thin wins
P-D: Recounts possible in both of Missouri's
presidential primaries
AP:
Trump, Clinton lead in close races
KC Star: Trump sweeps to victory in three of five
states, including Missouri
KC Star: Video: Voter-on-the-street interviews
conducted at polling places
SE
Missourian: Cruz, Sanders carry Cape Girardeau County
CDT: Boone County bucks state trend with Sanders, Cruz
as turnout exceeds 2008
Columbia Missourian: Cruz and Sanders win Boone County
Columbia Missourian: Highlights from dozens of
voter-on-the-street interviews conducted at polling places
P-D: Photo gallerys: Area watch parties for
Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz
KC Star: Video shows pepper spray helped effectively
subdue anti-Trump protester
The Missouri Times: Catherine Hanaway questions ties
between Eric Greitens and embattled venture capitalist; Donor
Michael Goguen agreed to pay $40 million to rent lithe brunette for
intercoursing
P-D: Hanaway calls for Greitens to return $1 million
contribution from alleged sexual assailant
The Missouri Times: Missouri unemployment falls to 4.2
percent
Drebes:
Missouri House of Representatives committee roster moves
Columbia Missourian: Sunshine Week event features two
professors from outside Missouri
The Missouri Times: Campus conceal carry bills debated
in House Emerging Issues Committee
SNL: MSU diversity week programs begin today;
Sessions address treating blondes as lesser females, the plight of
black males in higher education, mixing olds and youngs in a workplace,
other vital topics
CDT: University of Missouri curators reject Melissa
Click's appeal
KWMU: University of Missouri curators say no to
Melissa Click
KC Star: University of Missouri curators reject
Melissa Click's appeal of firing
CDT: University of Missouri backs proposal for outside
review of rules, operations
KWMU: Oversight panel for the UM System gets initial
support
KWMU: Presentation before state school board shows
Normandy high schoolers continue to disappoint
The Missouri Times: In vetro fertizilation bill would
define embryos as human life
The Missouri Times: Businesses largely oppose SJR 39
bill
P-D: Keaveny explains emotional reaction to SJR
39: "I represent a very liberal caucus and we just passed a
constitutional amendment that is very conservative"
Missourinet: Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City) says
opponents of SJR 39 are being over-the-top dramatic about potential
economic impact
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court: Boy Scouts not responsible for man who
preyed on young boy
KWMU: This summer's PrideFest to focus on "transgender
women of color"
Columbia Missourian: Christian man who became a Muslim
and changed his name to "Imam Suhaib Webb" tackles "Islamophobia,"
Nicki Minaj, Fetty Wap, other critical topics in campus chat
KWMU: Ferguson City Council accepts DOJ consent decree
Missourinet: Ferguson City Council unanimously
approves Justice Department deal
P-D: Ferguson City Council unanimously approves
agreement with DOJ
P-D: Photo: Michael Brown Sr. shakes hands with
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles while wearing a hat indoors
AP:
Ferguson City Council votes to accept DOJ deal
P-D: CBS may sell or spin off KMOX, other radio
stations
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Sunshine Law means access
to enrollment-diversity stats; Journalism major calls himself "a
Hershey's kiss in a bucket of vanilla ice cream"
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: SJR 39 must be
stopped
CDT op-ed: Ferguson court system was bad, but Senate
Bill 572 would unfairly disrupt better court systems
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Tuesday, March 15
KWMU: Chelsea Clinton arrives, Bernie Sanders returns
to urge people to vote
P-D: Candidates, surrogates make sweeps through
Missouri
CDT: Chelsea Clinton makes stop in Columbia X
Columbia Missourian: Chelsea Clinton's visit
highlights importance of early childhood education
KC Star: Dem poll shows Sanders leading Clinton 47-46
percent +
KC Star: Chicago's Kendrick Washington, three locals
charged with disorderly conduct at Trump rally; Police discuss
use of pepper spray to corral protesters into proper place +
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: KC rally fallout: Those
who fight for "economic justice for the poor and systematically
downtrodden" will totally stop Donald Trump today +
AP:
How Missouri splits its delegates for president
KWMU: 'Talking' voting machines, other equipment
ensure voters with disabilities can cast ballots
JCNT: Blunt recommends state wait for Clean Power Plan X
KWMU: McCaskill gets back to work, targets NGA and
Backpage.com
Missourinet: McCaskill back in D.C. after cancer
treatment
AP:
McCaskill gets back to work
Washington Missourian: Franklin County Lincoln Day
dinner to feature all four GOP gov candidates
Drebes:
Yancy Williams, formerly chief of staff to Kurt Schaefer, registers to
lobby
Missourinet: Israel trade mission trip planned for
Missouri delegation
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on education funding,
same-sex marriage objectors and ethics overhaul; Ron Richard on
access to his office's e-mails +
P-D: Despite controversy over same-sex marriage
objector proposal, NCAA still holding tournament games in St. Louis
KC Star: City manager fears that in the future, some
event organizers might possibly skip Missouri some day over marriage
objector proposal +
Missourinet: Democrats continue to slow business in
Missouri Senate after same-sex marriage vote
KWMU: Democrats retaliate against GOP's use of PQ last
week; Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis), 59, says experience was
"traumatic"
Missourinet: Keaveny says he doesn't plan to let hurt
feelings lead to "holding the budget hostage"
Missourinet: Act named for children who died on Lake
of the Ozarks gets first Missouri House debate
CDT: University of Missouri curators name chairs of
presidential search committee X
CDT: University of Missouri presidential search
committee meets in advance of public forums X
KWMU: University of Missouri names co-chairs of
presidential search committee, search firm
Columbia Missourian: Curators name co-chairs to
presidential search committee
CDT: Melissa Click remains on paid suspension at
University of Missouri pending appeal of dismissal X
Columbia Missourian: Melissa Click on paid suspension
while UM Curators wade through appeals process
Columbia Missourian: Legislature discusses wide array
of concealed-carry bills
AP:
State may broaden concealed-carry on campuses
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: Union president talks about Noranda layoffs,
says company owes back pay +
P-D: DOJ warns local courts in U.S. about use of
fines, fees
KWMU: Urban League gets $2 million boost for jobs
center in Ferguson
KWMU: Non-profit organizes brainstorming session on
reducing gun violence; Insight from unsigned rapper Cedric
"C-Sharp" Redmon, others
P-D editorial: Passion, enthusiasm at St. Louis
rallies shows why Missourians must not vote for Donald Trump
P-D editorial: McDonald's should be applauded for
paying workers in Missouri one (1) dollar more than the state's minimum
wage
Waters: MU budget shortfall is actually an opportunity X
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Gov. Jay Nixon's boasts
about jobs are mostly empty rhetoric +
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: Survey says Missouri not the
healthiest state for olds +
SE
Missourian letter: Area Cruz supporter who attended rally on SEMO
campus disagrees with liberal academic, supports all candidates having
access to university building +
P-D letter: Fulton man says Missouri legislature needs
to keep agriculture companies from polluting water supply
P-D letter: Maryland Heights man responds to letter
from LGBTQIA activist who chose to leave state
KC Star letter: Area man says those who have failed to
attain wealth need politicians to rein in Rex Sinquefield and other
achievers +
P-D letter: Florissant man dislikes lazy newspaper
editors attributing Marlon Deandre Griffin and other criminals to city
proper, when many such miscreants are actually from other parts of
North County
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Monday, March 14
Presidential Primary Eve
Rosenbaum: Missouri plays key role in picking the next
president
KC Star: KC Police Chief Darryl Forte talks about use
of pepper spray on anti-Trump crowd, says targets were "known
anarchists" and "outside agitators" +
Kraske: Protests like the one in Kansas City will dog
Donald Trump for months +
Kraske: The Chat: Donald Trump quotes, reactions +
KWMU: Sanders highlights hope that Missouri will be
another Michigan
P-D: Optimistic Sanders tells roaring St. Louis crowd
to watch for Michigan repeat
P-D: Photo gallery: Bernie Sanders rally in
Affton
Kraske: Presidential primary predictions from The
Great Kraskini, Helling, UMSL's Dave Robertson, seasoned Dem Steve
Glorioso, GOP vet James Harris +
Missourinet: Kander's office predicts turnout of 34%,
up from 2012
SE
Missourian: Most election officials expect turnout of over 30% +
Drebes:
Former Rep. Brent Lasater (R) to skip House race and instead try for
state Senate
Columbia Missourian: Politifact: Rep. Caleb
Rowden (R-Columbia) mostly right about Missouri residents supporting
voter ID; State rep cited Drebes' Missouri Scout poll results
Missourinet: Proposed Missouri budget continues GOP
opposition to Medicaid expansion
KWMU: Planned Parenthood president: barring
Medicaid funds is a waste of Missouri tax dollars
JCNT: 'Previous Question' motions rarely used in state
Senate's history X
KC Star: In charter school lotteries, KC families play
emotional game +
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Richard Fordyce says
Panama Canal expansion may lead to more Missouri River shipping
Brownfield Ag News: MU gets $4.2M from National
Science Foundation for corn/drought-stress research; Comments
from Nixon
P-D: Small gym inside Capitol helps House members,
staff engage in healthy behavior; Comments from retired cage
fighter Keith English (I-Florissant)
AP:
Sunshine Week: Senators Richard (R), Keaveny (D) united in
keeping emails private; Richard says constituent correspondence
often includes sensitive topics
AP: Sunshine Week: Overview of each state's
open-records laws
JCNT editorial: "Medical marijuana" petitions are a
smokescreen to allow recreational weed; Citizens should attend
info sessions, take a stand against pot X
KC Star editorial: KC summer youth jobs program will
help keep kids out of the Plaza, teach them to dress decently;
Mayor asks companies to either let a youth into their office for eight
weeks or pay $3,000 to send kid somewhere else
+
Priddy: Republicans who support SJR 39 are like
members of Kansas' Wesboro Baptist Church
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Sunshine Week:
Unsmiling feminist shares her thoughts
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Sunshine Week:
Caucasoid coed shares her thoughts
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Sunshine Week:
Rwandan coed shares her thoughts
P-D letter: University City liberal disagrees with GOP
legislators
P-D letter: St. Charles man says Post-Dispatch
editorial played down Melissa Click's outrageous actions
JCNT letter: Area man disagrees with Barnes on
expert-witness standards X
KC Star letter: Septuagenarian Judy Sherry of
Grandparents Against Gun Violence wants people to stop using loaded
phrases like "under the gun," "magic bullet" and "half cocked" +
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Sunday, March
13 Daylight Savings begins
KWMU: Hillary Clinton pledges support for unions, and
accuses Trump of inciting unrest
KMOX: Hillary Clinton brings her message to St.
Louis; Chelsea Clinton to make campaign appearance Monday
KTVI (St. Louis): In St. Louis speech, Clinton calls
Trump's rhetoric 'political arson'
KSDK (St. Louis): Hillary Clinton campaigns in St.
Louis
P-D: Clinton and Cruz visit St. Louis, both criticize
Trump
KWMU: Cruz appeals to staunch conservatives;
promises jobs, freedom, security at West County rally
KTVI (St. Louis): Ted Cruz stumps for votes in St.
Louis
KMOV (St. Louis): Cruz event much less controversial
than Trump's
KSDK (St. Louis): Ted Cruz campaigns in St. Louis
SE
Missourian: Cruz makes Cape stop on GOP campaign trail +
KFVS: Ted Cruz in Cape for rally, press conference
KC Star: Ted Cruz urges Missouri GOP to choose
alternative to Donald Trump +
SNL: Ted Cruz says only he can beat Trump X
Columbia Missourian: Cruz supporters look to divert
attention from Trump with rally in Springfield
KOLR (Springfield): Cruz jabs at Trump
KSPR (Springfield): Ted Cruz fires up supporters
KSGF: Cruz urges thousands of supporters to get behind
him to beat Trump
KC Star: Trump takes on protesters again in Kansas City +
KC Star: Anti-Trump protester slaps police horse in
the face; Photos of angry woman assaulting innocent animal +
KTVI (St. Louis): Bernie Sanders to speak at Affton
High School this morning
KMOX: Bernie Sanders to speak at Affton High today,
St. Charles' Family Arena Monday night
CDT: Actor Justin Bartha visits Sanders' Columbia
office, heads to St. Louis today X
SNL: Sanders campaign says nearly 5,000 attended rally
in Springfield X
Columbia Missourian: Bernie Sanders draws thousands to
rally in Springfield
KSPR (Springfield): Bernie Sanders stops in Springfield
P-D: Missouri primary preview
JCNT: Blunt: Wait on filling Supreme Court
vacancy X
P-D: Congressional delegation's votes for the week
P-D: F-15 jobs in St. Louis tangled in Mideast politics
The Missouri Times: Raise Your Hand for Kids'
initiative petition receives criticism over alleged threat to research
JCNT: Two prayer rallies announced for Capitol X
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Sen. Bob Onder
(R-Lake Saint Louis) on SJR 39
AP:
Future uncertain for proposal to defund Planned Parenthood
JCNT: Women's group opposes sex offender registry X
P-D editorial: Editorial board says it cares about the
health of the Republican Party, urges primary voters to oppose Trump
Washington Missourian editorial: Mizzou is reeling,
but is not knocked out X
Washington Missourian editorial: Letting MSU launch
new post-grad programs is a bad idea X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: How many laws do
citizens need? Proposals from Rep. Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton)
may be superfluous X
Waters: State legislators should do something about
transportation funding
P-D op-ed: Missouri Cures' Donn Rubin and Dena Ladd
oppose Raise Your Hand for Kids' ballot initiative
KC Star's Steve Rose: Effort to undo KC's earnings tax
is inexplicable +
Columbia Missourian's William Schmitt: Sunshine Week
P-D letter: Man who chose to leave Missouri for
Minnesota criticizes state legislators
P-D letter: Webster Groves pastor supports
religious-liberty bill, dislikes
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex/asexual activists
imposing their will on others
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Saturday, March 12
KWMU: Trump draws boisterous fans - and foes - to St.
Louis rally
KWMU: Behind the Headlines feature: Newscast
producer Stephanie Lecci says "overwhelmingly white" Trump crowd was
"highly patriotic"
P-D: Trump jeers at rivals, protesters, media in
raucous St. Louis appearance
KC Star: After chaos in Chicago, Donald Trump is
coming to crowded downtown KC today +
KC Star: Ahead of GOP candidate's rally, anti-Trump
group vowing to "shut it down" +
SE
Missourian: Ted Cruz coming to Cape Girardeau today +
SNL: Ted Cruz to speak in Springfield today X
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner endorses Ted Cruz
The Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt endorses Ted Cruz
CDT: Heidi Cruz visits Columbia to promote husband's
effort to overtake Trump X
Columbia Missourian: Heidi Cruz makes campaign stop in
Columbia
KC Star: Bill Clinton says in KC that Hillary will
stand up for average Americans +
SNL: Bill Clinton pitches for Hillary in Springfield X
CDT: Sanders campaign says Columbia rally today is not
confirmed X
Columbia Missourian: Sanders not coming to
Columbia; staff pulls Facebook invitation
SNL: Sanders to speak at rally in Springfield today X
SE
Missourian: Poll: Trump, Clinton lead in Missouri +
CDT: Poll: Clinton, Trump have narrow leads X
P-D: Trump, Clinton have slight poll leads ahead of
Tuesday's primary
P-D: Poll data: Blunt, McCaskill, Kander,
Kinder, 'right to work,' illegal/undocumented immigrants, ethics
provisions, Mizzou funding, more
KC Star: Summary of poll data
+
CDT: Summary of poll data on ethics overhaul,
contribution limits X
P-D: Democrats are critical of Blunt's opposition to
any Obama Supreme Court nominee
Columbia Missourian: Politifact: McCaskill gets
numbers wrong on correlation between prescription drug and heroin
abuse; Claim is rated "False."
Columbia Missourian: Feds grant Missouri health care
centers $2.4 million to treat opioid abuse
Drebes: David Humphreys' Accountability Committee
buying TV ads
P-D: Sinquefield contributions to anti-tax effort top
$2 million
Missourinet: Same-sex marriage objector ballot issue
shifts to Missouri House
Missourinet: Nixon: Missouri 'veering
dangerously off course' on funding Missouri schools
Missourinet: Nixon: spending limit proposed on
Missouri school formula 'a step backwards'
KWMU: Flood of comments prompts delay in vote on new
Missouri learning standards
CDT: University of Missouri enrollment and budget
picture 'grim' for fall, faculty leader says
X
Columbia Missourian: Nixon condemns legislative effort
to cut UM System budget
JCNT: Governor's numbers say Lincoln University loses
more than it gains X
Missourinet: Schupp, McCreery propose six weeks of
paid family medical leave
KC Star endorsements: Hillary Clinton and John Kasich +
The Missouri Times endorsements: Hillary Clinton and
Ted Cruz
Priddy:
Missouri's presidential primary and the GOP's "Anyboy But Trump" factor
Waters: Anti-gay Missouri legislators deserve to be
"spanked" in court X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Grad student on Sunshine
Week
P-D letter: Coalition to Protect the Missouri River's
Randy Asbury says Missouri River Manual correctly balances competing
interests
P-D letter: Man who does not live in Bob Onder's
district says Onder should listen to gay constituents
KC Star letter: Sexagenarian male who serves as local
president of Brady Campaign says campus concealed carry is "scary" +
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Friday, March 11
P-D: St. Louis prepares for downtown Trump rally today
P-D: Hillary Clinton to hold St. Louis rally tomorrow
in advance of Tuesday's primary
SNL: Bill Clinton to visit Springfield today X
Columbia Missourian: Campaign spokespeople express
optimism for Tuesday's results; Clinton supporter who sells
campaign buttons says young people prefer Sanders
Kraske: On a national level, the Democrats are the
party that should be worried; Also, with a Chris Koster loss,
Missouri Democrats would be "in the wilderness" +
KC Star: Video: Nixon weighs in on Mexican who
killed Americans; Reporter prods Nixon to weigh in on Donald Trump +
KWMU: Behind the Headlines podcast: Jefferson
City's Marshall Griffin, others discuss filibuster, March 15 primary
P-D: Koster says Missouri will be the first to
prosecute Mexican woman-beater/drunk driver for murders
KC Star: Murderer tries to kill himself while in
custody, fails +
SNL: Republican Steve Helms, legislative aid for Rep.
Eric Burlison, files for Lincoln Hough's open House seat; Trial
attorney Randy Alberhasky seeks to fill Dem ballot slot X
KWMU: Missouri House passes $27B state budget
Missourinet: Missouri House advances proposed FY 17
budget with $8.6M in cuts to MU
CDT: House vote sends bill with University of Missouri
cuts to state Senate X
CDT: Nixon announces grant to MU for crop research,
talks about legislative budget cuts X
Columbia Missourian: Nixon calls on lawmakers to
restore MU cuts, praises plant research
CDT: Hiring freeze, department cuts ordered at
University of Missouri X
Columbia Missourian: MU Faculty Council discusses
enrollment decrease and budget issues
KC Star: Enrollment drop forces University of Missouri
cuts and hiring freeze +
Columbia Missourian: Minority faculty members hold
panel, lament "institutional disadvantages," "stolen narratives," etc.
KWMU: Proposal to shield businesses who decline to
work on same-sex couples goes to Missouri House
JCNT: Kehoe on religious-liberty bill: "I
believe Missouri is a very God-fearing state"
X
Missourinet: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis) opens up
about emotional "scars" following legislative loss
P-D: Despite Democratic stall tactics, Missouri Senate
gives final approval to same-sex marriage measure
P-D: Missouri Senate gummed up a day after marathon
filibuster ends
The Missouri Times: Bitter debate over Senate journal
belies frustrations from previous question; Dixon, Silvey express
anger at GOP leadership
CDT: Judge sets hearing date for lawsuit over Columbia
clinic abortion license X
Washington Missourian: Senate passes beer cooler lease
bill
JCNT: Rally held at Capitol for Disability Rights
Legislative Day X
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: $1.7M available to assist workers affected by
layoffs at Noranda Aluminum +
JCNT editorial: Decorum can co-exist with honest
inquiry X
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislature should
pass texting-while-driving ban X
P-D editorial: Sunshine Week preview: Limits to
the Sunshine Law, newspaper's decision to name possible sexual assault
victim Brittany Burke against her consent, more
Messenger: Shameful anti-gay measure turns back the
clock in Missouri
Shelly: Kurt Schaefer wrong to politicize tragedy of
Mexican woman-beater/drunk driver who murdered Americans +
Waters: Concerned Student 1950 goes too far,
again; Group keeps pushing and will make themselves outliers soon X
Shelly: Recap of top-scams list via Koster's office +
P-D letter: Missouri Community Service Commission's
Cheryl Hibbeler on AmeriCorps' work to aid flood victims
P-D letter: Ballwin man expresses skepticism about
supposed "white guy in a red truck" racial epithet that sparked Mizzou
race histrionics
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Thursday, March 10
AP:
Mexican managed to elude U.S. immigration authorities last year, kills
five men in Missouri and Kansas this week; Less-than-legal
immigrant finally captured Wednesday morning
KC
Star: Immigration questions swirl around Mexican
woman-beater/drunk driver/homicide enthusiast
+
P-D: Man murdered by Mexican was machinist,
radio-controlled car enthusiast
Kraske: The Chat: Former Sen. Jim Talent on
Marco Rubio +
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack tells
Blunt streamlined reporting will be nationwide
Brownfield Ag News: Federal grant aimed at getting
more Missouri farmers to grow cover crops; Ag Director Richard
Fordyce explains positive impact on erosion, soil health
KWMU: Koster slams EPA for missed deadlines at West
Lake Landfill
P-D: Koster prods EPA on West Lake Landfill
The Missouri Times: Koster rejects proposals to fund
Highway Patrol through general revenue
The Missouri Times: Navy SEALs claim credit for video
critical of Greitens; 16 current and former SEALs insist bragging
and self-aggrandizement go against code, say Greitens never served in a
platoon
SNL: Peter Kinder presents Veterans Service awards to
five southwest Missouri volunteers X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Jay Ashcroft
on his loss to Jill Schupp, voter ID, using his dad in the primary
campaign, more
KZRG: State treasurer candidate Eric Schmitt speaks in
Joplin
JCNT: Rally stirs pot against medical marijuana;
"Keeping Missouri Kids Safe Coalition" says weed is not medicine X
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers push to restore hemp as crop X
Drebes:
Missouri Energy Development Association sets up three PACs to support
or oppose ballot initiatives
The Missouri Times: The Missouri Times announces
#moleg podcast
AP:
House panel trims Missouri's mid-year budget adjustment
KWMU: 'Religious shield' proposal endorsed by Missouri
Senate after GOP breaks filibuster
Missourinet: Senate filibuster ends
KC Star: Missouri religious freedom bill could lead to
gridlock; Democrats signal they may react emotionally to loss,
engage in "procedural chicanery" +
P-D: Democrats consider how to handle themselves after
legislative loss; Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis) promises "some
kind of response"
AP:
Religious exemption measure advances after 37-hour filibuster
The Missouri Times: National Precursor Log Exchange
continues to prevent illegal pseudoephedrine sales
Missourinet: Missouri House considers notification of
all parents, guardians before minor has an abortion
The Missouri Times: Historic in vitro human embryo
agreement bill filed in House
The Missouri Times: Degree program bills allow smaller
schools to start more post-grad programs
Gateway Journalism Review: Journalism school wanted
Melissa Click gone: An in-depth look at the behavior and
behind-the-scenes steps leading to termination
KC Star: Race protests and associated drama lead to
enrollment drop of 1,500, force University of Missouri cuts and hiring
freeze +
Columbia Missourian: MU will enact hiring freeze,
budget cuts
CDT: Cuts to University of Missouri clear House vote X
P-D: Student race summits continue in St. Louis
area; Students from Hazelwood East, lesser schools help teach
Caucasoids about "institutionalized racism, privilege and bias"
AP:
State House OKs high school CPR training requirement
KWMU: St. Louis City Schools Superintendent Kelvin
Adams on desire to raise taxes, not getting LA superintendent job, his
new plan to not suspend any student K-3 regardless of bad behavior, more
The Missouri Times: Repeal of prohibition-era
regulation vote imminent in House
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
files bill to reduce violent crime in KC; Dems Sly James, Chris
Koster express support
KWMU: Q&A: What a Peabody Energy bankruptcy
would mean
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: State Auditor Nicole Galloway flags former
Dunklin County public administrator
AP:
Database of problem police officers may get test in Ferguson
P-D editorial: Killings provide more fodder for
anti-immigration debate; Donald Trump, others will overreact to a
less-than-legal immigrant beating up a woman, driving drunk and
murdering five innocent Americans
P-D editorial: A filibuster reveals Missouri's bigotry
KC Star editorial: A worthy filibuster ends in
Missouri, but the fight to stop shameful anti-gay measure is on +
Priddy:
Correction to septuagenarian mathletics
P-D op-ed: Jay Ashcroft: Get serious about
meaningful ethics overhaul
KC Star letter: Matt Blunt: U.S. auto industry
provides jobs, positive economic impact to Missouri +
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Wednesday, March 9
KC Star: Bill Clinton cancels KC speech to small
crowd; Rep. Emanuel Cleaver says Hillary faces "an enthusiasm
gap, there's no question about it" +
KWMU: Bill Clinton lays out the stakes for his wife
and nation in Democratic presidential contest
KWMU: Heidi Cruz makes stop across the river from St.
Louis
P-D: Presidential candidates heavily wooing St. Louis
region on eve of Missouri and Illinois primaries
P-D: Photo gallery: Vintage female sports "Bill
Clinton for First Lady" t-shirt; more
KWMU: Donald Trump to appear at Peabody Opera House in
St. Louis City on Friday
The Missouri Times: Former Sen. Jim Talent on Trump,
Rubio, brokered convention
The Missouri Times: Former Gov. Bob Holden on Clinton
vs. Sanders, GOP field
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Chris Koster, Catherine Hanaway make campaign
stops in Dunklin County
SE
Missourian: Josh Hawley makes campaign stop in Cape Girardeau,
calls for end to 'culture of corruption' +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Lena Samford seeks to fill Democratic ballot
slot against Rep. Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering)
+
Drebes:
Lit piece from Randy Dinwiddie, running as GOP candidate in "State
Senate District 59 [sic],"
says one goal is to "keep [sic]
professional football in St. Louis"
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Budget Project seeks Outreach Coordinator
& Policy Analyst
Kraske: The Chat: Senate President Pro Tem Ron
Richard asks if he can have some decorum, please +
KC
Star: GOP kills filibuster of religious objections bill +
Missourinet: Filibuster continues on proposal aimed to
protect gay marriage opponents
The Missouri Times: Senate Dems filibuster SJR39
through second night
P-D: Filibuster stretches into its third day in
Missouri Senate
KWMU: Religious 'shield' proposal being blocked in the
Missouri Senate
AP:
Democrats filibuster religious objections measure
Missourinet: Missouri House prepared to send budget
proposal to Senate
Missourinet: Missouri House takes another $1 million
from Mizzou, declines performance funding restoration
CDT: Proposal to cut funding leads legislative labors
against university X
CDT: University of Missouri budget cut further as
Rowden effort fails X
KWMU: House gives first-round approval to budget
bills; Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis) would cut Nixon's
budget, move money to Parents as Teachers; more
P-D: University of Missouri trimmed further under
Missouri House budget
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House votes to boost
cuts for MU campus
AP:
Missouri House limits funding for MU, Planned Parenthood
Columbia Missourian: ASUM students hold annual lobby
day during budget debate
KWMU: Melissa Click appeals her firing by the
University of Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Melissa Click challenges
curators' decisions as AAUP investigation looms
The Missouri Times: Missouri Dept. of Economic
Development to help laid off Noranda workers
The Missouri Times: Heartland Credit Union Association
holds lobby day
SNL: MoDOT launches "enhanced pothole patrol" X
JCNT: Animal rights groups pan ag data bill X
KWMU: Ferguson poised to take final vote on federal
consent decree
AP:
Ferguson takes step to resolve lawsuit by DOJ
P-D: In Ferguson, meeting dominated by protocol still
draws a crowd
P-D: NAACP unhappy about firing of county
employee; Annette Slack used county computer to draft papers on
behalf of legal clients
P-D editorial: Free land should sweeten the deal for
NGA in St. Louis
P-D editorial: Legislature considers making Missouri's
terrible gun laws even worse
JCNT editorial: Cooler bill's chilling effect on voter
trust X
SE
Missourian editorial: SEMO did the right thing by holding a TEDx
talk on race +
Priddy: Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard was
correct to call for decorum; Additional thoughts on new workspace
for press corps
KC Star op-ed: University of Missouri interim
president Mike Middleton: Mizzou touches people, boosts economy
all over +
P-D op-ed: Mizzou political science prof Jay Dow says
Board of Curators was wrong to fire Melissa Click
Waters: How do black Mizzou athletes feel? Man
who chooses to wear dreadlocks dislikes "hood rat" stereotype X
P-D op-ed: Rex Sinquefield: Earnings tax puts
city at a competitive disadvantage
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Tuesday, March 8
KWMU: Bill Clinton to campaign for Hillary at
Bridgeton union hall today
KC Star: Local black leaders embrace Hillary before
primary; Area reverend who goes by nickname "Modest" says Clinton
is the best presidential candidate "in over a century"
The Missouri Times: Demo Days recap
P-D: Ann Wagner to host human trafficking training for
education professionals
KWMU: St. Louis offers NGA land for free; Lacy
Clay mocks Illinois offer, says best and brightest employees don't want
to work in a "cornfield"
P-D: St. Louis makes 'millennial' case with offer of
free land to spy agency
AP:
St. Louis offers free land for spy agency site
KWMU: Bill to transfer West Lake Landfill oversight
from EPA to Army Corps hits opposition in D.C.
Missourinet: State House-Senate committee agrees on
political consulting ethics proposal
The Missouri Times: Paid political consultant bill
gets through conference committee with new language
Missourinet: Senate Democrats filibuster bill seeking
to protect entities opposed to gay marriage
AP: Missouri Democrats stall religious objections bill
KC Star: Senate Democrats filibuster bill on religious
freedom and gay marriage
Columbia Missourian: Bill would repeal requirement for
concealed carry permits
Missourinet: Schaefer proposes commission to oversee
Mizzou
Columbia Missourian: AAUP to investigate Melissa
Click's firing
KC Star: Concerned Student 1950 protesters make a
scene while Spike Lee films the action
CDT: Spike Lee captures free footage for "2 Fists Up"
while student protesters act out
Columbia Missourian: Spike Lee visit photo
gallery: Oppressed females snap, chant and gyrate for millionaire
male's camera
CDT: Correction: Spike Lee at Mizzou to gather
footage for "Spike Lee's Lil' Joints," not esteemed ESPN "30 for 30"
series
Missourinet: Bans on texting, cell phone use while
driving are unopposed in Missouri House hearing
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers hear bill package that
would ban texting-while-driving
Columbia Missourian: Zero physician assistant licenses
issued in Missouri after two years
The Missouri Times: South steps of Capitol to be
closed through October
P-D: Sinquefield contribution to earnings tax fight
tops $1.4 million
AP:
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles: With costs clarified, DOJ agreement
near
KWMU: Researcher at Wash U School of Social Work talks
about "toxic stress," racism, "shaming" of those who have not improved
their own economic standing, etc.
P-D editorial: The choice-to-not-cater-gay-weddings
issue comes to Missouri
P-D editorial: Shackling science with a fetal-tissue
nonissue
Waters: "Stand your ground" laws are tough to
write; Thanks to "inherent racism," Caucasoids often find black
males with guns to be threatening
Priddy: Thoughts on Missouri public defender budget
and the case that inspired the Henry Fonda made-for-TV classic
"Gideon's Trumpet"
P-D's Nicklaus: Earnings tax debate should include
some alternatives
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Rep. Rick Brattin
(R-Harrisonville) is wrong to cling to guns and voters
P-D letter: Pacific man says government is spending
too much on NGA relocation
JCNT letter: Area man expresses anger over lawmakers
"dithering" while Missouri roads deteriorate
P-D letter: St. Louis woman wants raise for home
health care workers
P-D letter: Town and County dermatologist supports
biosimilars-biologic bill
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Monday, March 7
KWMU: Missouri's March 15 primary draws Cruz, Bill
Clinton to St. Louis area
SNL: "Anyone but" feeling strong as Springfield
Republicans prepare for presidential primary
X
St. Joseph News-Press: Video: Reporter Ken
Newton wonders how Roy Blunt feels about sharing a ticket with Donald
Trump X
Missourinet: Missouri Military Advocate nominee talks
about protecting Missouri assets from federal budget cuts
Missourinet: Deadline nears for Missourians' federal
help after December, January flooding
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Russ
Carnahan; Panel of Sean Nicholson, Nasheed's Blake Lawrence, Farm
Bureau's Ashley McDonald, Rep. Jay Houghton (R) discuss 'paycheck
protection,' earnings tax, soil/parks/water tax, and presidential
primary
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Chris
Koster's statement around Medicaid income threshold rated "Mostly True"
Kraske: Chris Koster, a Democrat for nearly a whole
decade, says GOP is "untethered ... from planet earth" +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): John Brunner to headline Macon
County Lincoln Day Dinner on Thursday night
Rosenbaum: St. Louis County's prescription drug
database may catch on elsewhere
KWMU: Missouri House to take up state budget;
Senate may debate fuel tax
KC Star: Weekly preview: Campaign contributions
limits, budget, texting-while-driving, elimination of sales tax on guns
and ammo, Buck O'Neil Bridge +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger introduces Rural Jobs
Act
KWMU: Entrepreneurial groups want more funding for
Missouri Technology Corporation
The Maneater: GOP bill would legalize concealed carry
on campus
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Truman State President Troy Paino
hopeful for restoration of funding boost
St. Joseph News-Press: Northwest Missouri State
announces Women's History Month events: Lily Ledbetter, Q&A
with area mayor, screening of 2004 suffrage documentary X
The Maneater: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) proposes
review on UM System and for MU to make changes
The Maneater: Board of Curators' 4-2 decision to fire
Melissa Click under scrutiny
Columbia Missourian: Spike Lee to include Mizzou
football team in ESPN "30 for 30" program
P-D's Ben Frederickson: A Spike Lee joint on Mizzou
boycott? Buckle up
Columbia Missourian: Most-read stories of the
week: Only 3 of 10 involve Melissa Click and/or race drama
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) wants to
tax drug dealers +
P-D: A Missouri law to protect children from abuse by
children sparks hundreds of hotline calls; Measure was sponsored
by Rep. Marsha Haefner (R-St. Louis County)
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): House bill would allow local 911
taxes on cell phones
The Maneater: Bill from Sen. Mike Cunningham
(R-Rogersville) addresses underage drinking
CDT: Bonds sold to build State Historical Society
research center X
Marshfield Mail: Missouri's paddlefish season opens
March 15; MO Dept. of Conservation says rising temps spark
predictable patterns from fertile females driven to breed
KWMU: Feminists to hold body-image panel:
Thoughts from a gender-assigned female who is now a man,
mammarily-gifted cosplay enthusiast, and septuagenarian nudist who
admits to missing the validation of men's catcalls and whistles
KWMU: Ferguson consent decree will likely be brought
back before city council
P-D: Feds say Ferguson could resolve costly lawsuit by
signing agreement
KC Star editorial: Democratic Sens. Jason Holsman,
Kiki Curls wrong to oppose ethics proposals +
JCNT editorial: Imposter drugs add urgency to need for
Rx monitoring X
P-D editorial: Upon further review, Ferguson comes to
its senses
P-D op-ed: Area AFL-CIO boss Jeff Aboussie:
Unions are ready to help build NGA
P-D's Gilbert Bailon: Tony Messenger sweeps state's
top three opinion writing awards
SNL op-ed: Citizens United's David Bossie: In
support of Josh Hawley for attorney general X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Missouri
unemployment numbers: There's a job in the area for anyone with a
skillset and a desire to work X
St. Joseph News-Press' Steve Booher: Thoughts on
Mizzou: Administration must hire "another Elson Floyd" to ease
racial tensions; Football players should continue to lead the
way; More X
The Maneater op-ed: Foley shouldn't have publicly
assured Click's job would be protected
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Sunday, March 6
KWMU: At Democrat Days, Koster and Kander signal
themes of their campaigns
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Dunklin County Lincoln Day will feature talks
from U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, Speaker Todd Richardson, state Rep. Andrew
McDaniel
SNL: Local Republicans celebrate Lincoln Days;
Schaefer and Hawley continue series of contentious exchanges X
SNL: Clinton, Sanders campaigns mobilize supporters
locally ahead of March 15 primary X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri's schizophrenic
history of presidential-nominating systems: State moved to
primary election in 1988 to boost Dick Gephardt X
Washington Missourian: FEMA recovery centers
transition to loan centers X
JCNT: Ron Richard calls on senators to have more
decorum; Senate President Pro Tem calls out members for
foul-mouthed language, bickering over previous votes X
Drebes:
After Gosen's resignation, Engler gets Insurance Committee chair
P-D: Supreme Court's ruling on abortion could have
impact in Missouri
Washington Missourian: Municipal court revenues higher
than expected when created in 2012 X
JCNT: Obesity prevention group lays out action
plan; Missouri Foundation for Health funds initiative to help
keep poor kids from also being fat X
CDT: Psychiatric hospital proposal reaches state
review level X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Kinder presents Veteran's Service Award to
Roger Wheeler +
KWMU: Researcher theorizes that St. Louis segregation
is a legacy of deliberate federal policy; Ferguson resident says
problems in black community are due to institutional racism, not sloth
or individual failures
KC Star: It's ridiculous that the leader of the
national Democratic Party is protecting payday lenders;
Industry-friendly federal bill might tighten laws in Missouri, but
still falls short +
SNL editorial: Missouri must build a teacher database X
Washington Missourian editorial: Colona's secession
bill is silly; Instead of sarcastic approach, urban legislators
should know their role and work with rural majority X
Washington Missourian editorial: Schaefer's "stand
your ground" proposal sparks questions to ponder X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: UM system making
progress - and Concerned Student 1950 will learn to accept what it's
been given X
Messenger: Danforth takes issue with his portrayal in
upcoming HBO movie; Missouri senator helped discredit Anita
Hill's tales about Clarence Thomas
SE
Missourian letter: Man who lost state rep race as a Democrat
questions conservative credentials of Doug Libla, Holly Rehder +
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Saturday, March 5
KHQA (Hannibal): Hannibal hosts Democrat Days;
Octogenarian host John Yancey: "We don't have anything like this
- except in St. Louis, Springfield and Kansas City"
KWMU: "Behind the Headlines" podcast: Mannies
and Rosenbaum recap their stories on Missouri presidential primary, Rex
vs. earnings tax
KWMU: Bond endorses Rubio, earlier had backed Bush
KC Star: Democratic pollsters, who predicted "tight"
outcome prior to Roy Blunt's 13-point victory in 2010, say Missourians
disagree with junior senator on SCOTUS appointment +
KWMU: State of Illinois sweetens NGA deal by $115
million
P-D: Bi-state battle for NGA intensifies as Missouri
prepares to match no-cost Illinois offer
KC Star: Missouri man visits Cuba, brings back Zika
virus +
Missourinet: Panama signs $200 million trade agreement
for Missouri goods
Missourinet: Joe Driskill nominated to be Missouri's
first-ever Military Advocate
Drebes:
Trio of bills from Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) target immigrant crime,
resource-leeching
KC Star: Moon's immigration bills yet to be assigned
to commitee +
Missourinet: Missouri House votes for easier access to
adoptees' birth certificates
JCNT: Bill would require newborn screening for fatal
condition X
CDT: University of Missouri plans for cuts up to 8
percent on Columbia campus X
CDT: True/False film stars Concerned Student 1950
activists; Indian male, two prominently-pierced Caucasoids given
"exclusive" access to protesters X
Columbia Missourian: True/False "March March" parade
photo gallery: Voter registration effort, adults wearing
rollerblades, adults playing with puppets in public, etc.
Columbia Missourian: Missouri bill guarantees opt-out
ability for standardized tests
KWMU: Unaccredited Riverview Gardens district spends
taxpayer money on "TV news" operation
KWMU: Student's quest to remain in charter school has
long, twisting backstory
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislation seeks to end ticket
quotas for police X
P-D: Trial delayed in Koster lawsuit against Bridgeton
landfill
KWMU: Ferguson names top four candidates to fill
police chief vacancy
P-D editorial briefs: Police video:
Chappelle-Nadal hops aboard social media myth train despite video
proof; Military vets get tuition discount
KC Star's Diuguid: Missouri's black-on-black homicides
are an embarrassment; A focus on "peace, reconciliation, mercy,
forgiveness" will totally change behavior +
Columbia Missourian letter: Area man disagrees with
Blunt on SCOTUS, compares U.S. senator to petulant child
P-D letter: Webster Groves man opposes prescription
drug monitoring program
CDT letter: Area man questions efficacy of
university's minority advocates X
KC Star letters: Independence man attempt analogizing
Missouri legislators and UM curators to Hitler; Man who chooses
to live in Kansas passes judgment on Missouri's enforcement of Sunshine
Law +
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Friday, March 4
KWMU: Missouri Democrats gather on less-than-friendly
rural turf for annual Democrat Days; Nixon will skip again as
attendance, caliber of speakers has dwindled since party's urbanization
Kraske: James Harris on importance of Missouri
presidential primary; Will Kraus on voter ID; Tom Flanigan
on proposed cuts to University of Missouri budget +
CDT: Missouri Republican candidates not ready to buck
Trump surge in primary X
KC Star: Dave Drebes' MoScout poll shows Trump leading
among Missouri GOP primary voters +
Kraske: Backers of Donald Trump apparently are
everywhere, but they aren't public about it +
KC Star: Liberal groups disagree with Blunt on SCOTUS
appointment; Crowd of ten (10) liberals shows up at KC district
office to complain +
JCNT: 'Iron Curtain' plus 70; Seasoned citizens'
amateur radio club still talking about that time Winston Churchill came
to town X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Russ
Carnahan holds up his end of a conversation on losing to Lacy Clay, why
he's a superior candidate compared to urbanites, more
P-D: Defense budget for NGA matches land near Scott
Air Force Base
KWMU: Sinquefield to bankroll group that seeks to end
St. Louis City's earnings tax
Drebes:
Social media posts can expose partisanship of "Independents"; Ron
Richard notes that appointee to State Board of the Healing Arts leans
to the left
The Missouri Times: Book traces former FCC chairman's
travels from southeast Missouri to Jefferson City and beyond
KWMU: A look at municipalities with more registered
voters than residents; Office of Prosecutor Bob McCulloch (D)
going after two individuals for voter fraud
KWMU: Missouri Senate sends more ethics changes to the
House
KC Star: Bill takes aim at campaign funds of
legislators who become lobbyists +
P-D: Paper updates lobbyist-gift database, encourages
people to care about trinkets, tickets, etc.
Missourinet: House vote sends 'paycheck protection'
legislation to Nixon
Missourinet: Roll call vote on 'paycheck protection'
P-D: 'Paycheck protection' bill sent to Nixon
Missourinet: House approves prescription drug
monitoring program
P-D: Prescription drug monitoring given final go-ahead
in House, heads to Senate
AP:
State House passes prescription drug monitoring bill
P-D: Lawmakers seek to change school-funding formula
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Home health care workers want higher pay +
Washington Missourian: Bill for lifetime concealed
carry circulates in Missouri Senate X
JCNT: Senate passes bill canceling state income taxes
for military in Missouri X
The Missouri Times: KC, STL mayors battle earnings tax
repeal
KC Star: Undoing Missouri water patrol merger no
longer necessary, says Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton) +
KC Star: Naming of new judge in trooper's case 'a
joke,' Brandon Ellingson's father says +
AP: House votes to open adoptee birth certificates
CDT: University of Missouri supporters oppose budget
cuts X
CDT: AAUP threatens investigation, censure of
University of Missouri over Melissa Click X
Columbia Missourian: Professors' group threatens
investigation into Melissa Click's firing, and Foley responds
SE
Missourian: TEDx speakers chat about race, culture in talks at
Southeast; Three Caucasoids and a black lady tackle racial
stereotypes, children's toys, other pressing issues +
St. Joseph News-Press: Women's History Month speaker
series at Missouri Western: Sexagenarian feminist complains about
unfairness of men making laws, men writing history books, men winning
presidential nominations, etc. X
Drebes:
Bill from Rep. Caleb Jones (R-Columbia) would protect municipalities
that lose population
JCNT: Schaefer pushes bill to regulate fantasy sports
games X
The Missouri Times: Beer bill narrowly passes through
Senate
SNL: Mother's Brewing Company says proposed beer
cooler law would hurt microbreweries X
AP:
Legislative battle ensues over beer-cooler bill in Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: PSC approves KCP&L solar
facility application, Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act plan
P-D: Judge clears way for trial in federal
government's lawsuit against Ameren
KWMU: Police chief Dotson: Body cameras unlikely
to be deployed until next year
SE
Missourian: Nixon's appointment surprises new Perry County
coordinator +
St. James Leader-Journal: Nixon fires opening gun to
begin trout season
JCNT editorial: Caleb Jones' bill to prevent lake
electrocutions is a good one X
P-D editorial: Missouri Supreme Court must reject
half-way reforms of municipal courts
Rust:
Missouri GOP pioneer Al Sikes to sign his new book Saturday in Sikeston +
Waters: Easing tensions between legislators and the
University of Missouri X
Priddy: Missouri should be more like New Mexico and
shorten its legislative session, eliminate lawmakers' salaries
KC Star's Diuguid: 'Stand your ground' proposal would
further liberalize gun laws in Missouri +
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Concerned
Student 1950 should learn to compromise, be happy with what they've
already been handed
KC Star letter: Eric Schmitt responds to editorial,
defends plan to cut taxes +
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman says that ruining lives -
via no action on texting-while-driving bills - is classic GOP
P-D letter: St. Louis man says police body cameras
will pay off in the long run
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Thursday, March 3
KWMU: Missouri discovers its presidential primary may
matter after all
SNL: Missouri selected for new federal food stamp
project X
KWMU: St. Louis Fed offers new data on millennials'
student debt; Young man who chose to borrow large sum of money
laments his struggle to pay it back
KWMU: What is the status of lead contamination and
remediation in St. Louis, following Flint crisis?
The Missouri Times: National popular vote splits
Republicans, moves forward
The Missouri Times: Health advocates object to tobacco
tax increase proposals
KC Star: Some health care groups oppose 2016 ballot
measures to increase tobacco tax +
Kraske: The Chat: Missouri State Troopers
Association supporting Kurt Schaefer for AG +
The Missouri Times: Ashley Beard-Fosnow files for
state rep; House could host sibling rivalry next session
Missourinet: Supreme Court sends Progress Missouri
case against Missouri Senate to appeals court
Missourinet: Court challenge possible if 'paycheck
protection' becomes law
P-D: St. Louis County gaining allies on prescription
drug monitoring program
The Missouri Times: Coming budget fight will revolve
around Mizzou
P-D: UM System cut remains in budget passed by House
committee
JCNT: Panel votes to cut $7.6M from UM System funding X
AP:
Panel OKs plan for $69M more for schools
P-D: City earnings tax debate gets heated in House
committee
KWMU: Francis Slay, Sly James oppose proposed earnings
tax repeals
AP:
Schaefer proposes expanding 'stand your ground' laws
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers discuss 'stand your
ground' law +
Columbia Missourian: Supreme Court decision could
challenge Missouri abortion law
KWMU: Beer battle resolved, for now; craft
brewers said to be worried
AP:
Proposal from Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis) would close police
reports of suicides
P-D: House committee approves bill to restrict police
records
P-D: Reginald Clemons set for summer trial in 1991
Chain of Rocks Bridge murders; Criminal and pals raped Julie and
Robin Kerry, then pushed them off bridge to their death
P-D: Ferguson expected to reconsider agreement with
Justice Department
P-D: Jury rejects claim that Ferguson police wrongly
beat suspect in 2009
P-D: Video refutes woman's claim that police officer
held her children at gunpoint; Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
(D-University City) still stands by stranger's Facebook tale
P-D editorial: No excuse for the mess around proposed
NGA-West site
SE
Missourian op-ed: Leaders of drug recovery center support
Rehder's bill on PDMP +
JCNT letter: Area man references his own previous
letters to the editor, adds additional sarcasm to concealed-carry debate X
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says two curators who
voted to spare Melissa Click should be fired
CDT letter: Area man celebrates Click firing, says
video proof ensured "no amount of professional theorizing and
pontificating could save her hide" X
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Wednesday, March 2
Missourinet:
Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) says he'll vote third party if Trump is
GOP nominee
Drebes:
Former congressional candidate Tommy Sowers (D) launches app: "It
feels good to literally [sic]
explode real estate commissions. Viva la revolucion!"
P-D:
Data shows St. Louis young adults choose to take on more student
debt; Fed official notes trend of young people risking financial
future by borrowing too much and welshing on debts
AP:
Violent crime earns St. Louis City creater access to taxpayer-funded
Justice Department programs
Faughn:
Turning 2016 Jefferson City into 1692 Salem, Massachusetts: How
self-righteous gossipy busybodies undermine good work of most
legislators - and should probably try looking in the mirror before
pointing fingers
KC
Star: Joshua Hawley, Kurt Schaefer rolling up endorsements in
Missouri GOP AG primary +
P-D:
Case closed, no charges in internecine Democratic street fight between
Reps. Courtney Curtis and Michael Butler
Drebes: Field
forms to fill Rep. Anne Zerr's seat: Former state Rep. Kenny
Biermann (D) and GOPsters Adam Schnelting and Tom Hannegan
The
Missouri Times: St. Louis City Alderman Donna Baringer to run for
safe Dem state rep seat
Missourinet:
Missouri trade delegation packs for Panama
Missourinet:
Missouri Senate passes 'paycheck protection' bill
Missourinet:
Photo: Senate roll call votes on 'paycheck protection' bill
The
Missouri Times: Democratic senators filibuster 'paycheck
protection' to no avail
P-D:
'Paycheck protection' bill filibustered in Missouri Senate, passes
anyway
KWMU:
Missouri Senate passes 'paycheck protection' bill
AP:
Missouri Senate approves 'paycheck protection' legislation
Missourinet:
Missouri House gives initial approval to prescription drug monitoring
program
The
Missouri Times: Rehder gathers coalition, gets PDMP perfected
AP:
Missouri House approves prescription drug monitoring program
KWMU:
With state unlikely to act, St. Louis County establishes prescription
drug monitoring program
P-D:
Leapfrogging state, St. Louis County becomes first jurisdiction to
enact prescription program
The
Missouri Times: Avalere Health study makes the case against
pseudoephedrine restrictions; Comments from Sen. Bob Onder
(R-Lake Saint Louis)
JCNT:
Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) pushes bill to help Department of Mental
Health in forced medication cases X
Missourinet:
Missouri House Budget Committee approves breaking out funds for
executions
CDT:
Lawmakers tour University of Missouri reactor to consider pitch for
expansion funds X
CDT:
Budget committee rejects Rowden effort to restore University of
Missouri cuts X
CDT:
Melissa Click firing solves part of budget issues for University of
Missouri X
Missourinet:
House Budget Committee maintains cut to University of Missouri
administration
P-D:
Plan could halt budget cuts for University of Missouri
P-D:
Residents petition for audit of Hazelwood School Board; Rep.
Keith English (I-Florissant) asks House, Senate leads to withhold funds
from crown jewel of North St. Louis County school districts
P-D:
St. Louis' two school boards meet to discuss tax plan
KWMU:
SLU associate med school prof laments "devastating" amount of stress
kids face, says parents are to blame for "overachievement pressure"
The
Missouri Times: Medical marijuana legislation continues to make
inroads
KWMU:
Municipal court working group leaves consolidation up to the Legislature
AP: Work
group proposes St. Louis-area municipal court reforms
KWMU:
Rex Sinquefield to bankroll group that seeks to end St. Louis' earnings
tax
Missourinet:
Senators advocate for a convention of the state legislatures
AP:
Missouri lawmakers consider police bias, body camera bills
Missourinet:
Voter deadline approaches for Missouri beef checkoff
P-D:
Bill from Rep. Mike Colona (D-Tower Grove) would split St. Louis City
from rest of Missouri; Cheeky proposal a wink to ideological
difference on gay rights, guns, etc.
KWMU:
Wash U data program helps make the case for the poor; Phone calls
to the United Way help line are tracked
JCNT:
Silver Haired Legislature members shuffle to Capitol, make
requests: More spending on state meals program, more spending on
Medicaid home-delivered food program, etc. X
P-D
editorial: Fair wages for home care workers delayed. Again.
P-D
editorial: Eliminate lead-paint contamination now or pay a higher
price later
Waters:
Concerned Student 1950 going too far, should be happy with what they've
been handed X
Priddy:
Seasoned citizen shares tale of sitting in doctor's waiting room,
paging through Reader's Digest - which still exists - and
thinking about "equal pay" proposals
P-D
letter: Chesterfield woman responds to environmentalist group on
Missouri and climate change, wonders how big carbon footprint was for
group's trip to Paris
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Tuesday, March 1
Rosenbaum: Candidates hone their election year
messaging at Lincoln Days
The Missouri Times: In closed-door meeting at Lincoln
Days, GOP statewide candidates agree to unite after primary
Kraske: The Chat: John Hancock on 2016 Missouri
GOP post-primary unity; Justin Alferman on voter ID; GOP
activist Frieda Keough on Trump and GOP presidential primary +
KC Star: National media discovers Jeff Roe; List
of recent formulaic profiles featuring quotes from clients, campaign
workers, frenemies, Democratic candidates whom he defeated, et al. +
The Missouri Times: Missouri State Troopers
Association votes unanimously to endorse Kurt Schaefer for attorney
general
P-D: Rep. Joe Adams (D-University City) tries to
distance himself from David Poger; State rep says
order-restrained Dem worked in campaigns in "far past," while records
show payments in 2014
The Missouri Times: Greg Razer to run for Jeremy
LaFaver's seat; Southeast Missouri native a veteran of Jean
Carnahan campaign, PROMO, McCaskill's district operation
KC Star: Missouri Republicans hold diverse views on
ethics legislation +
KC Star: Legislators, staff, media share opinions on
limits to Sunshine Law +
P-D: Shelved MoDOT program could help offset funding
woes, lawmakers say
Missourinet: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) opposes
paying toward infrastructure by shifting State Patrol budget
KWMU: Proposed fuel tax hike set for debate in
Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: After budget win, Missouri
Hospital Association moves to extend federal reimbursement allowance
Missourinet: Dissolution of Missouri Dept. of Health
and Senior Services proposed again
JCNT: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) proposes
making Lincoln University the state's 'flagship' campus;
Legislator says his goal is to hold Mizzou accountable X
CDT: University of Missouri should not fret over bill
lifting degree restrictions, MSU president says X
Washington Missourian: Local lawmakers say creation of
new state park near Arkansas border was misuse of funds
KWMU: Beer battle erupts in Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Bill to require outside investigation of
Missouri officer-involved deaths heard again
The Missouri Times: Pro-gun bills tested in Emerging
Issues Committee
KWMU: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights)
introduces another gun bill
CDT: Bill to honor veterans by renaming portions of
Highway 63 advances X
P-D editorial: GOP, Dem state senators wrong to hold
voice vote on ethics bill; Efforts by Nasheed, Curls to provide
coats to the poor among activities criticized
CDT's Waters: Melissa Click will probably sue;
Missouri legislators should at least end their threats to cut
university budgets X
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Catherine Hanaway's
comments on lawlessness "resonate with many Missouri residents," but
she fails to acknowledge that life isn't fair for black people
P-D's Gilbert Bailon: Post-Dispatch website gets
"clean, vibrant" redesign
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Missourian letter: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) on his bill
to stop Clean Power Plan +
P-D letter: Columbia man dislikes Legislature's
involvement in University of Missouri matters
P-D letter: Des Peres man says Legislature was right
to push for Click's firing
Columbia Missourian letter: Mizzou alum says
university governance needs complete overhaul
P-D letter: Defiance man says universities hardly
bring together a wealth of viewpoints: Examples include
disinvited conservative speakers, "safe spaces" for weak-willed
thinskins, etc.
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