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Saturday, March 30, 2019
AP: Flooding prompts criticism of way Missouri River
dams run; Comments from Josh Hawley, others
Missourinet: Blunt tours Atchison County, where flood
recovery slowly - and fearfully - begins
Missourinet: Parson signs executive order to ease
requirements during, after flooding
JCNT: Parson signs executive order allowing DNR to
waive some rules during state of emergency X
Missourinet: State budget committee members consider
aid to Missouri communities damaged by flooding
KWMU: Secretary Ben Carson tours St. Louis City HUD
developments, Opportunity Zones
P-D: Carson touts Opportunity Zones in St. Louis City
visit X
Missourinet: HUD Secretary Ben Carson visits St. Louis
City to promote Opportunity Zones program
KC Star: Hawley wants Google to reveal what it told
Trump in private meeting X
P-D: Veteran newsman Don Marsh, host of KWMU's "St.
Louis on the Air," quits with little notice X
The Missouri Times: Petition-filing updates:
Better Together, Medicaid expansion
CDT: Hemp series, Part II: Hemp market grows as
restrictions fall X
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Missourian: Former state Rep. Marvin Proffer (D-Jackson) dies +
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 25, 2019
The Missouri Times: Senate considers reviving film tax
credit
The Missouri Times: Missouri NEA supports bill from
Sen. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas City) to 'improve current system' for
charter schools
Columbia Missourian: Measles cases are on the rise in
Missouri, other states
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur)
pushes for more screening, treatment of postpartum depression
St. Joseph News-Press: Flood highlights importance of
air base X
KC Star editorial: Special Olympics funding isn't
partisan. Why couldn't Roy Blunt tell Betsy DeVos that? X
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Hawley speaks on Congressional
dysfunction, Neomi Rao and pro-life issues +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Missourians should continue to lead in fight against WOTUS
P-D op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Phil Galewitz:
Moving troubled kids from Medicaid to managed care could lead to more
suicides in Missouri X
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman says Missouri liberals
should blame feds, not state legislators, for lack of Medicaid expansion X
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Friday, March 29, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Parson to meet with Iowa and
Nebraska governors over Corps flood policy
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Promo for event at
UMSL featuring anti-Trump headliners; Liberal woman decries "the
horror of the moment we're living in"
The Missouri Times: Profile: Missouri
Conservation Commission appointee Barry Orscheln
SNL: FAQ: How Missouri will award pot dispensary
licenses X
CDT: Hemp series (Part I): Hemp was once a cash
crop in mid-Missouri, and it could be back soon X
CDT: Parson talks workforce development,
infrastructure in talk at MU X
CDT: Parson: State revenue picture murky X
The Missouri Times: House sends 2020 budget onward as
DOR uncertain if state will meet 2019 revenue estimates
Missourinet: Transportation and Corrections pay among
highlights of budget passed by Missouri House
KC Star's Crystal Thomas: Missouri House passes $30
billion budget; Comments from DOR Legislative Director "Mark
Seittmann [sic]" X
P-D: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) continues effort
to link work requirements to Medicaid X
The Missouri Times: Bill moving impeachment trials to
Senate advances to House
AP:
Legislation would limit impeachment criteria for top officials
JCNT: Missouri Senate votes to limit impeachment X
P-D: Bill would make impeaching Missouri governor
tougher X
SNL: Republicans seek to raise bar for initiative
petitions X
P-D: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) says bill
would help protect 'critical infrastructure' from activists' attacks
and vandalization X
The Missouri Times: Missouri NAACP, St. Louis County
NAACP differ on Title IX due process legislation
KWMU: Criminal justice measures advance in House
KWMU: After years of state intervention, school board
to regain control of St. Louis Public Schools; Missouri School
Boards' Association does its best to prepare city officials for job
duties
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Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation Regional Office
to expand in Cape Girardeau County Park North
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JCNT editorial: We're hyped about a Missouri
Hyperloop, but at what cost? X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Gov. Mike Parson:
Basin states need to speak with unified voice on Missouri River
management
P-D letter: Alzheimer's-awareness activist wants Blunt
to vote for more research funding X
KC Star letter: Sugar Creek sexagenarian angry over
Blunt's opposition to Obamacare, threatens to vote against him in 2022 X
P-D letter: Clayton sexagenarian mocks Hawley's
education, cites 1952 Supreme Court case X
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Thursday, March 28, 2019
P-D: Hawley critical of Corps' handling of flood
control
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CDT: As flood recedes, federal aid issues rise X
AP: EPA: No toxic releases at Superfund sites in
Missouri, other flooded states
The Missouri Times: Missouri hemp producers launch
statewide association
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Activist
profile: Moms Demand Action
JCNT: Parson provides support for blood drives X
The Missouri Times: Senate gubernatorial committee
advances some appointments, puts others off for week
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Former lawmakers succeed in
gaining gubernatorial appointments; Reshuffling of statewide
officeholders included "Eric Scmitt [sic]" X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Derek Grier (R-Chesterfield),
Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) speak on legislation giving all
Missourians access to 'meaningful work'
JCNT: House Elections Committee considering proposed
changes to initiative petitions system X
KWMU: House committee looks to raise bar on initiative
petitions
AP:
Legislation from Missouri Republicans focuses on ballot initiative
petitions
The Missouri Times: House Republicans give initial
approval to closed primary elections
P-D: Republicans seek closed primaries in Missouri X
The Missouri Times: Senate advances bill reducing
burden placed on Missouri community colleges
KC Star: Missouri considers electronic prescriptions
to curb opioid abuse; doctors wary X
P-D: Better Together faces another challenge:
backlash from lawmakers in Jefferson City X
JCNT: Programs highlighted during Corrections day at
the Capitol X
The Missouri Times: House votes to add some statewide
oversight on private probation
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill looks to change animal
confiscation process
The Missouri Times: Senate votes to establish pilot
program aimed at helping homeless population
Missourinet: House endorses proposed changes to
vehicle inspection requirements
AP: Missouri bill could exempt 1 million cars from
inspections
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of March 27, 2019
P-D editorial: Trump, Hawley bid to kill Obamacare
endangers America's health - and the GOP's X
P-D editorial: Legislature conjures magic money to
fund a make-believe 2020 budget X
JCNT editorial: Sentencing overhaul making progress X
Joplin Globe editorial: REAL ID a needed option X
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
KC Star: Blunt secures change in disaster relief bill
to include flood victims; Hawley meets with senior Army Corps of
Engineers officials X
AP: EPA assessing Superfund sites in flooded areas
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Promo for
event at UMSL featuring anti-Trump headliners
P-D: Federal subpoena regarding Stenger pay-to-play
operation also seeks personnel records for former Lacy Clay aide Lou
Aboussie, source says X
The Missouri Times: After car accident, Rep. Rebecca
Roeber (R-Lee's Summit) in serious condition but not 'out by any
stretch of the imagination'
Missourinet: Rebecca Roeber in serious condition after
vehicle crash
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Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club honors
Kathy Swan, Donna Lichtenegger +
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Missourian: Democratic candidate for attorney general Elad Gross
speaks to Southeast Missouri State University College Democrats +
Missourinet: Ashcroft calling for initiative petition
overhaul
SNL: After success in other states, liberals mull
statewide vote to expand Medicaid X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield)
announces bid for floor leader, promises to act as "servant" of House
KWMU: How Missourians can get REAL ID licenses, and
what that means for air travel
The Missouri Times: House perfects FY 2020 budget,
endorses general revenue for roads, uses Lottery fund for Fast-Track
P-D: Missouri House OKs $30 billion budget for 2020 X
AP: House advances plan for $100M for roads, bridges
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Deb
Lavender (D-Kirkwood) talks with Rosenbaum about her problems with
Republican budgets, etc.
FOX 4 KC: Two bills before Missouri Legislature help
fight back against non-consensual towing
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg)
pushes anti-"boondoggle" bill disclosing status of state projects
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jack Bondon (R-Belton) seeks
change in limit on linked deposits
The Missouri Times: Enhanced penalties for attacks on
first responders spurs fierce debate in Senate
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Dean Plocher (R-Des
Peres): No on statewide vote to force St. Louis City-County merger
JCNT letter: Jefferson City gun-control activist
opposes conceal-carry legislation X
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Tuesday, March 26, 2019
P-D: Blunt, Hawley weigh in on Mueller report X
KCUR: The Missouri River is now primed for
catastrophic spring floods
KCUR: 10 failed levees in Midwest flood zone were not
inspected by federal government
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Statement by
Rep. Tommie Pierson, Jr. (D-St. Louis) on lack of African-American
success in attaining state department leadership rated "True"
The Missouri Times: Kehoe "enthused" after Hyperloop
task force holds first meeting
JCNT: Hyperloop group begins study of high-speed
cross-state transportation X
SNL: Galloway finds "ongoing failure" by state to
adequately review child care providers X
P-D: Missouri Chamber of Commerce report says state is
in top 10 for technology job growth X
AP:
REAL ID-compliant licenses now available in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres)
proposes lobbyist gift ban; League of Women Voters members
shuffle into hearing room to "groan" in disapproval
Washington Missourian: Cities get zoning questions
regarding medical marijuana X
The Missouri Times: Matthew Charles, President Trump's
State of the Union guest, advocates for criminal justice overhaul in
Missouri
Missourinet: Trump State of the Union guest visits
Missouri to support proposed criminal justice system overhaul
JCNT: Ex-inmate joins Missouri justice overhaul effort X
Columbia Missourian: First man freed from prison under
First Step Act calls for Missouri reforms
P-D: Lawmakers studying plan to give judges more
flexibility on prison tems X
P-D: Missouri's money woes could help effort to make
sports betting legal X
The Missouri Times: Bill honoring the late Rep. Cloria
Brown signed into law
P-D: Stretch of Lindbergh Boulevard named for former
Rep. Cloria Brown X
Washington Missourian: Increase in drug use linked to
STD rise in Franklin County and statewide X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Blunt correct to
fight for consumer protection regarding facial recognition technology X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Shamed Dogan
(R-Ballwin): Fighting the smears against those improving Title IX
P-D op-ed: Man who ran unsuccessful campaign in urban
state rep district unhappy with GOP's efforts on Amendment 1 X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Cassville Chamber of
Commerce's Rachael Freeman: Video lottery machines aren't going
to bring prosperity to rural Missouri
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Monday, March 25, 2019
KC Star: "It's in our soul": Missouri farmers
tormented by floods will not give up the land X
AP:
Midwest flood risk may persist for months +
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT surveying road conditions
as waters recede X
KWMU: North St. Louis County man gets probation for
cemetery vandalization; 2017 incident sparked histrionic "hate"
headlines
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest host Brittany
Robbins leads panel of David Barklage, Kathie Conway, Jane Dueker, and
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) through discussion on charter
schools, Better Together, infrastructure, more
Missourinet: Missourians can officially get REAL IDs
Missourinet: Parson to sign Cloria Brown Highway bill
today
SNL: State legislative update: Second-half
preview X
Missourinet: State legislative update:
Second-half preview
JCNT: Rep. Kent Haden (R-Mexico) to carry legislation
clarifying regulatory authority over animal ag
X
KWMU: Rules changed to help black candidates in
Ferguson-Florissant school board elections; ACLU cheers victory
over "white voting bloc"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Wind farm taxes
should stay local X
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: High school freshman Layton Lipke,
son of former Rep. Scott Lipke (R-Jackson), uses camera skills to tell
veteran's stories +
Messenger: Better Together plans to file a new
statewide petition - and Steve Stenger won't be king X
SNL letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian angry over GOP
attempts to clean up Amendment 1 X
P-D letter: Bonne Terre sexagenarian disagrees with
conceal-carry legislation X
P-D letter: Kansas City marijuana enthusiast disagrees
with Onder legislation regarding edibles X
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Sunday, March 24, 2019
KWMU: Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio embraces his
controversial past in speech to St. Louis County GOP; Better
Together also a hot topic among attendees
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Missourian: Oliver North extols virtues of United States during
50th annual Lincoln Day celebration +
SNL: Party leaders attempt to motivate Greene County
Dems; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade says her Monday
press conferences are worth the effort X
P-D: Pro-life youth group marches from abortion
facility to Gateway Arch X
KC Star: Farmers, elected officials, activists weigh
in on Army Corp of Engineers and flooding X
P-D: Man who toppled headstones at Jewish cemetery in
U. City gets probation; Northwoods resident Alzado Harris blames
behavior on drugs and alcohol X
P-D: State legislative update: Second-half
preview X
Joplin Globe: REAL ID driver's licenses to become
available Monday X
SNL: Bill from Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) aims
to help city weed out unkempt lawns, offer more tools to fight nuisances X
Joplin Globe op-ed: Neosho octogenarian says 401(k)
freedom bill from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Republic) puts Missourians in
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Saturday, March 23, 2019
P-D: Feds say NGA project still on schedule for 2023
completion X
KC Star: Flooding forces evacuations in northwest
Missouri towns X
The Missouri Times: New initiative petitions look to
alter medical marijuana amendment, ethical standards
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Wiley Price IV
(D-St. Louis City)
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 18, 2019
P-D: Parson visits three state prisons to promote
pay-raise plan X
The Missouri Times: Missouri to issue REAL
ID-compliant licenses starting Monday
JCNT: Old Capitol cafeteria space becoming hearing room X
KWMU: HIV remains persistent problem in
Missouri; Blacks, gay men lead infection rankings
P-D editorial briefs: Blunt and border-emergency
proposal, McDaniel and gun legislation X
KC Star editorial: Serious or not, AR-15 bill is a new
low for Missouri Legislature X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Missouri River floods prove need for more protection
The Missouri Times op-ed: Conservation Federation of
Missouri's Tyler Schwartze: Feral hogs are bad news
Messenger: Two days after debtors' prison ruling,
Missouri judge tries to collect pay-to-stay bills X
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian dislikes
conceal-carry legislation X
P-D letter: St. Charles woman thinks calling Jefferson
City offices might change legislators' positions on conceal-carry X
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Friday, March 22,
2019 Former Lt.
Gov. Bill Phelps passes away
The Missouri Times: Parson declares state of emergency
due to flooding
Missourinet: Worsening flood conditions prompt Parson
to declare state of emergency in Missouri
Missourinet: Parson and Graves tour flood-damaged
northwest Missouri; St. Joseph under flash flood warning
Missourinet: Graves: Flooding worse than in 1993
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves, residents speak out
against Army Corps of Engineers' river management X
KC Star: Parson declares state of emergency as floods
force evacuations in northwest Missouri X
KWMU: EPA provides feedback on state's coal ash and
landfill regulations
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. LaKeySha
Bosley (D-St. Louis City)
The Missouri Times: Chamber 2030 report projects
Missouri in top 10 states for technology growth
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Parson
statement about academic degrees in Missouri rated "True"
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers tackle joinder and venue
issue
JCNT editorial: Missouri's system for impeachment
doesn't need fixing X
P-D op-ed: ACLU's Tony Rothert: Changing
election rules can help ensure fewer whites win school board elections X
P-D's Raasch: Blunt should criticize Trump more often X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian skeptical of
Blunt's motives on border-emergency vote X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian disagrees with
Hawley vote on border wall, attempts "con law" punchline X
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Thursday, March 21, 2019
Missourinet: Parson, Graves, Cleaver tour flood damage
AP:
Flooding alters Amtrak's KC-to-STL service
SNL: Christian County GOP leader changes tune, says
Blunt is welcome at Lincoln/Trump Day dinner
X
KWMU: Fort Leonard Wood adds staff and increases
communication to fix base housing issues
Missourinet: Parson orders flags at half-staff to
honor Missouri Army Reservist killed in Kuwait
KWMU: Looking to 2030, Parson and tech leaders aim to
put Missouri on top
JCNT: Missouri Chamber Foundation report:
Missouri to be among top 10 tech states within 5 years X
KCUR: Up to Date: House Superminority Leader
Crystal Quade talks with Kraske about Parson, taxes and House Dems'
quest for relevance
P-D: Democrats lead the way in House absences;
Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) misses 48 of 188 votes,
says rough schedule makes her more likely than colleagues to fall ill X
P-D: St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler
hires former Missouri Legislative Black Caucus Chair Steve Webb
(D-Florissant), who departed House after felony theft X
The Missouri Times: What's next for the Missouri
Department of Revenue and taxpayers
SNL: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) says he faced "hate,
vile attacks" after proposing change to teacher pensions X
CDT: Clean Missouri backers hire Planned Parenthood's
polling firm to help fight GOP legislative fixes X
AP:
Missouri approves Midwest wind-energy power line
The Missouri Times: PSC approves massive transmission
project facilitating renewable energy, economic growth
KWMU: PSC approves Grain Belt Express
KC Star: State moves forward on wind energy
transmission line X
KCUR: Celebrating 100th General Assembly and 100 years
at the Capitol: Comments from House Chief Clerk Dana Rademan
Miller, Bob Priddy, others
KWMU: Missouri State Board of Nursing expands five of
state's nursing programs
JCNT editorial: Frustration with Missouri Department
of Revenue boils over X
KC Star editorial: Before expanding charter schools,
lawmakers should make some fixes first X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Casey Guernsey: Let's
let Trump & DeVos overhaul Title IX, not Gary Romine
The Missouri Times op-ed: Hannibal Mayor James
Hark: Grain Belt Express approval by PSC benefits all Missourians
Columbia Missourian letter: Mizzou "peace studies"
professor dislikes bipartisan effort on Title IX
P-D letter: St. Louis County man disagrees with
Post-Dispatch's logic on conceal-carry X
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Wednesday, March 20,
2019
Missourinet: Flooding causes major roadblocks for
Missouri farmers
The Missouri Times: Eddy Justice launches 2020
campaign for state Senate
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Dottie Bailey
(R-Eureka)
JCNT: Parson: Reorganization effort progressing X
The Missouri Times: Restructuring of state agencies
moves into next phase
Missourinet: Parson touts state government
restructuring, says DED is being outperformed by other states
SNL: When will patients be able to step into a
Missouri marijuana dispensary? Hint: It's not January 1, 2020;
Comments from MoCannTrade's Jack Cardetti, DHSS' Lisa Cox, others X
SNL: Video: What you should know about
Missouri's marijuana rules X
Columbia Missourian: Supporters of joint lawsuit
limitations headed for first major victory
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court rules those
unable to pay jail debts cannot be sent back to prison
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court strikes down jail time for jail debts
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court rules that courts cannot
threaten more jail time for failure to pay jail debt X
Missourinet: Senate bill would create Missouri
steamboat and state museums - funded by casino boat fees
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Congress should
demand Army Corps of Engineers prioritize flood control over wildlife
habitat X
Joplin Globe editorial: Hear Blunt out, don't shut him
out X
JCNT editorial: Lawmakers should stop filing "fake"
legislation intended to prove a point X
P-D editorial: Billington's legislation seeking
greater transparency reeks of hypocrisy X
Jensen:
Missouri study could shine light on "family tradition" of welfare
dependency +
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Missourian letter: Marble Hill man says Blunt "wimped out" on
border-emergency vote +
P-D letter: Moms Demand Action sexagenarian dislikes
conceal-carry legislation X
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Tuesday, March 19, 2019
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Missourian: Former U.S. Rep. Bill Burlison (D) dies; Loss
in 1980 election to Bill Emerson changed Bootheel's partisan trajectory +
KC Star: Christian County GOP members split on Blunt's
border-emergency vote X
KWMU: Pelosi joins Clay in Ferguson to stump for
voting-rights legislation
P-D: Pelosi promotes House election-law package,
endorses Lacy Clay in visit to Ferguson X
Missourinet: Pelosi visits Ferguson to promote
voting-rights bill
Missourinet: Missouri flooding update: Road
outage list, governor warns of water dangers
JCNT: Mid-Missouri flood conditions mild compared to
northern part of state X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Ashley Bland
Manlove (D-Kansas City)
Missourinet: Legislative session halftime
report: Analysis from Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr, House
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) seeks to
ban drivers from texting +
Missourinet: North St. Louis County day care files
appeal with DHSS in attempt to remain open; Video captured
behemoth tossing three-year old against cabinet, splitting girl's head
open
P-D editorial: Parson should veto bipartisan Title IX
bills X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon
Spring): Conservatives agree that Missouri colleges must protect
due process
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Sen. Mike
Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City) responds quickly to Sunshine Law request
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Monday, March 18, 2019
AP: More evacuations in Midwest as flood waters move
downstream
Missourinet: Mid-Missouri judge hears arguments in
Hawley subpoena case
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Lt. Gov.
Mike Kehoe talks to Rosenbaum about relationship with Parson, school
safety task force, hyperloop, workforce development, more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Robbyn Wahby
talks charter schools; Panel of MOGOP Executive Director Jean
Evans and Reps. Shamed Dogan, Wiley Price IV, and Steven Roberts talk
charter schools, DOR tax withholding errors, Title IX due process
legislation, more
Missourinet: MO DHSS releases proposed rules for
medical marijuana facilities
Columbia Missourian: Title IX legislation finds
support from UM curator, NAACP chapter
SNL: Libla calls for gas-tax hike X
St. Joseph News-Press: Luetkemeyer bill would apply
term limits to all statewide officeholders X
Joplin Globe: Sports-betting bill from Rep. Cody Smith
(R-Carthage) supported by Cardinals, Royals, MLB X
KCUR: Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) talks
constituent-privacy bill
Washington Missourian: "Ebker Bill" passes House by
wide margin, with bipartisan support X
SNL: House OKs poaching bill with even higher fines
than initially proposed X
P-D: Alice Liu becomes three-time St. Louis spelling
bee champion; Minority female chooses to work hard, achieves
success X
AP: Since Ferguson riots, six activists and agitators
have died - three by suicide, two by homicide, one by dope overdose
CDT editorial: DOR case shows that Sunshine Law matters X
Messenger: The Flood of 2019 begins as Missouri and
Mississippi rivers swell. Downstream, we wait.
X
Phill Brooks: State lawmakers return to tradition of
following calendar order of bills X
SNL op-ed: Area liberal disagrees with Burlison on
union issues, compares lawmakers to mules X
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Sunday, March 17,
2019 Happy St. Patrick's Day!
SNL: Blunt, Hawley differ on Trump's national
emergency declaration X
JCNT: Todd Richardson shares what he learned about
Medicaid from touring state X
JCNT: Missouri searches for path to contain Medicaid
spending X
JCNT: Rep. Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville): Revenue
director's resignation leaves questions X
SE
Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Conservation keeps adding tech to
connect people with outdoors +
Columbia Missourian: New task force fights for $238
million Missouri River bridge near Rocheport
CDT: Ameren refutes activist group's rumors that
nuclear power plants may close X
KC Star editorial: Blunt shows courage and common
sense in vote against Trump border emergency
X
Washington Missourian editorial: Blunt and Hawley
differ on emergency declaration, but Trump will probably be the winner X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Don't buy into Title
IX reform fear; Red herrings on "dark money" and "conflicts of
interest" distract from substantive policy issue X
Joplin Globe editorial: AG Eric Schmitt should
investigate Neosho City Council text messages
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Saturday, March 16, 2019
KWMU: Blunt votes against Trump's emergency
declaration on border wall
KC Star: Blunt votes to block Trump's use of emergency
powers to build wall X
P-D: Blunt votes against Trump's emergency declaration X
P-D: Cori Bush to challenge Lacy Clay in 2020
Democratic primary; 2018 primary silver medalist unsure if
Ocasio-Cortez will endorse X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 11, 2019
The Missouri Times: Ken Zellers named acting director
of DOR
Missourinet: Walters resigns, and COO gets chance to
stabilize agency
KC Star: Spring break legislative update:
Parson, GOP lawmakers have diverse views on transportation funding, DOR
issues X
AP:
NAACP branch supports adding due process to Title IX inquisitions
P-D: NAACP branch backs effort to change Title IX
persecutions: John Gaskin III: "The denial of due process
at Missouri's colleges disproportionately impacts African-American men" X
The Missouri Times: Title IX bill gains momentum
The Missouri Times: Senate bill aims to protect
Missourians from illegal alien invaders
AP: Rep. Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering) says gun bill
proves a point on government mandates
The Missouri Times: DHSS releases drafts of rules for
medical marijuana facilities
SNL: Missouri posts draft rules for medical marijuana
dispensaries, grow facilities and more X
SNL: DNR reps attempt to explain science at TCE
forum; Area man wants payday for those with "strange diseases" X
P-D editorial: Legislators approve harsh pro-life
measure X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Budget Project's
Amy Blouin: Let's give local business level playing field with
out-of-state companies
The Missouri Times op-ed: Gregg Keller:
Missouri's college students don't lose their constitutional rights when
they step on campus
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MU Journalism School's
Sandy Davidson: "Eek!" and "Gag!", OMG! Musings on dogs, "faux
paws," and Clean Missouri
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman expresses anger
over GOP pro-life legislation X
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Friday, March 15, 2019
Missourinet: Blunt, Hawley split on Trump emergency
declaration vote
P-D: Mental health program being tried in Missouri
gets support from Roy Blunt X
P-D: Mexican admits transporting illegal aliens caught
on Interstate 44 near Six Flags X
CDT: Draft news release shows state toned down
taxpayer warning X
CDT: Joel Walters to resign as director of revenue X
The Missouri Times: DOR Director Joel Walters expected
to resign today
Missourinet: DOR director to resign today
KWMU: Lawmakers go on spring break with fights on
abortion, transportation and finances ahead
The Missouri Times: At halfway point, roughly 100
bills volley between House and Senate
The Missouri Times: Senate approves supplemental
budget, sends bill back to the House
The Missouri Times: Libla proposes fuel tax increase
spread over multiple years
Columbia Missourian: New fuel tax proposal gets
support in hearing; Comments from "Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Franklin [sic]), Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles [sic])
The Missouri Times: Sen. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas City)
pushes for earned income tax credit program
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers reconsider low-income
housing tax credit
AP:
House considers trimming impeachment power after Greitens case
KWMU: Missouri House wants to allow school districts
to offer elective class on the Bible
SNL: House considers allowing medical marijuana
patients to expunge old possession charges X
The Missouri Times: State nursing board approves major
program expansions to address statewide workforce shortage
Columbia Missourian: House bill could reverse Missouri
death penalty law
SE
Missourian: State ponders more punitive poaching penalties;
Rep. Barry Hovis (R-Cape Girardeau) one of few opponents +
P-D editorial: Blunt joins in a rebuke of Trump.
Hawley chooses loyalty over the Constitution.
X
CDT editorial: Joel Walters finally makes the right
call in stepping down X
Washington Missourian editorial: When it comes to
transportation funding, Missouri is a backwards state X
Messenger: Missouri Republicans get new rallying cry
for gun-porn legislation: Not a Good Choice X
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
KWMU: FEMA urges St. Louisans to buy flood insurance
P-D: Obituary: Former Rep. Cindy Ostmann (R-St.
Peters) passes away; Visitation and funeral this weekend
P-D: Rep. Doug Beck (D-Affton) to kick off bid for
state Senate on Saturday X
The Missouri Times: Parson appoints Munzlinger to
Probation and Parole Board, fills education board
The Missouri Times: Kehoe to lead school-safety task
force
JCNT: Parson fast-tracks school-safety task force X
SE
Missourian: Bill aims for due process in college sexual assault
cases +
P-D: 'John Doe' sues Washington U. over being
suspended without hearing after sexual-assault tale; University
opposes due-process legislation X
The Missouri Times: Senators hold up Koenig's
Empowerment Scholarship Account legislation for hours;
Republicans say they'll continue to block it
Missourinet: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) wants to
spend more money on Access Missouri
P-D: Lawmakers debate online-behavior mandate for
schools X
Columbia Missourian: Legislation would allow districts
to offer elective classes on the Bible
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Lawmakers debate elective Bible
classes; Comments from "Maria Chappell-Nadal [sic]" X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers allocate $200k for
schools to use career-exploration app
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Rep. Hannah
Kelly (R-Mountain Grove) correct about lack of functional kitchen at
school for disabled children
Missourinet: Missouri income tax penalty legislation
has bipartisan support; Revenue director to testify again
The Missouri Times: Eggleston's vehicle-inspection
bill perfected for second time this session
SNL: Some lawmakers support no-excuse absentee voting X
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers want to let medical marijuana
patients expunge their records
The Missouri Times: House moves to protect medical
marijuana cardholder information from federal government
JCNT: Senate committee considers transfer of state
land for Heartland Port X
SNL: Missouri lawmakers look to raise awareness of
endangered salamanders X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of March 13, 2019
KC Star editorial: Blunt looks for political cover
instead of rejecting Trump border emergency X
P-D editorial: Aide demonstrates why lawmakers
shouldn't expand conceal-carry venues X
KC Star editorial: Missouri bill would allow guns in
bars, churches, day cares. What could possibly go wrong? X
P-D letter: Area gals complain about Trump's changes
to family-planning program rules X
P-D letter: Clayton sexagenarian unhappy that Wagner,
Luetkemeyer, Smith voted against House Dem proposals X
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian applauds Raasch's
lamentations on journalism, says all students should be forced to read
column X
P-D letter: Affton sexagenarian outraged that
editorial page's "thumbs-up" graphic depicts a Caucasoid thumb X
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Wednesday, March 13,
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St.
Joseph News-Press: Hawley-backed bill strengthens privacy
protections X
KC
Star: Flood warnings issued along Missouri River near Kansas City
after rain and snow melt X
SNL:
National cannabis lobbyist tells St. Louis audience he sees 'light at
the end of the tunnel' X
SNL:
Smattering of southwest Missouri cannabis entrepreneurs take part in
St. Louis trade show X
The
Missouri Times: Vescovo announces bid for House Speaker
The
Missouri Times: Parson to issue executive order for School Safety
Task Force
JCNT:
Parson appoints 3 to Lincoln University Curators Board X
The
Missouri Times: Bill moving impeachment trials to Senate causes
consternation among some lawmakers
CDT:
Revenue woes, garnishment in background as committee approves budget
X
The
Missouri Times: Scaled-back Title IX bill voted out of House
committee
KWMU:
Missouri House committee approves changes to how colleges handle sexual
assault reports
Columbia
Missourian: Proposed Title IX changes revised; Comments
from "Rep. Mark Ellebracht (D-St. Louis [sic])
SE
Missourian: Rep. Rick Francis (R-Perryville) wants to push hemp
over the hump for farmers +
SNL:
Missouri House votes to make it easier to refill birth control X
SE
Missourian: New legislation addresses 911-funding sources +
The
Missouri Times: Public-private task force to look into
feasibility of hyperloop in Missouri
JCNT:
Missouri House forms Hyperloop committee X
AP: Panel
to study possibility of Hyperloop in Missouri
Missourinet:
New group aims to accelerate construction of Hyperloop in Missouri
KC
Star: Panel formed to accelerate Missouri Hyperloop construction
X
Missourinet:
Missouri Gold Star Families legislation stalls in House; key term
is "official"
Columbia
Missourian: Two years before Missouri's bicentennial, setup for
statewide celebration begins
JCNT:
State senator's aide arrested after bar fight X
P-D
editorial: Parson and the Legislature should try again to ask
voters for a fuel tax hike X
JCNT
editorial: House should follow Senate on public notices X
KC
Star editorial: Bill that would gut Title IX written by
dark-money lobbyist with a conflict X
P-D
op-ed: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston): As a sexual assault
survivor, I support campus due process protections X
Priddy:
Lawmakers should support a National Steamboat Museum in Jefferson City
P-D
letter: University City woman wants Blunt and Hawley to oppose
Trump on border move X
KC
Star letter: Independence man wants Legislature to put
stand-alone gas-tax measure on ballot X
SE Missourian
letter: Cape Girardeau man disappointed by Democrats' lack of
support for pro-life bills +
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019
The Missouri Times: Parson speaks at IAFF annual
legislative conference in D.C.
AP:
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee continues post-election bid
against Hawley, this time focused on open records
P-D: Four months after election, DSCC takes another
shot at Josh Hawley X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt, Haahr celebrate Sunshine
Week by highlighting transparency efforts
P-D: Cannabis trade show at Union Station draws
hundreds X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Kevin
Windham (D-Hillsdale) talks with Rosenbaum about felons voting, GOP's
pro-life legislation, the problems with St. Louis City-County merger,
more
JCNT: Judge Beetem blocks merit overhaul in unions'
lawsuit X
The Missouri Times: House committee signs off on
budget bills, funding pay increases and Fast-Track grants
AP:
Missouri House Dems oppose Parson plan to pay for roads
CDT: Attorney says bank must honor $118M garnishment
of state funds X
P-D: Missouri faces $118 million bill for prison
guards' back pay X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar), Sen.
Karla May (D-St. Louis City) team up on criminal justice overhaul
proposal
Columbia Missourian: Model prisoners could get another
chance with increased parole board discretion
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Herman Morse (R-Dexter)
wants to study generational effects of welfare: "Welfare is
supposed to be a safety net, not necessarily a hammock"
SNL: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) confident "paycheck
protection" law will stand X
SE
Missourian: Legislation seeks statewide mission designation for
three academic programs at SEMO +
Columbia Missourian: House passes measure that would
extend prescriptions for birth control
SNL: TV shows and movies about Missouri aren't filmed
here. Bill from Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) would help change
that. X
P-D: Missouri lawmakers eyeing hike in driver's
license fees X
The Missouri Times: With feasibility determined,
Hyperloop to take in-depth look at Missouri reality
JCNT: Senate panel hears Bernskoetter's poaching fines
bill X
Missourinet: 'Missouri Sliced Bread Day' bill advances
to Missouri Senate
P-D editorial: Secrecy behind medical marijuana
licensing opens door for abuses X
SE
Missourian letter: Community Caring Council's Melissa Stickel
clarifies information in housing-assistance story +
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson man responds to letter from Cape
Girardeau septuagenarian who complained about GOP's pro-life legislation +
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Monday, March 11, 2019
KC Star: Flood warnings issued as rivers rise across
Kansas City region and northwest Missouri X
Joplin Globe: FEMA approves $3.5 million in storm
shelter grants for area districts X
P-D: Former St. Louisan Dick Gephardt aiding electric
car maker who is trying to build SUV X
P-D: Marijuana industry attracts hopefuls from across
Missouri - and beyond; Comments from Jack Cardetti, DHSS Director
Randall Williams X
P-D: State releases list of IT consulting companies
vying for marijuana-software contracts X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Becky Ruth
(R-Festus), LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City), Barklage's Steven
McCullough, ACLU's Sara Baker talk infrastructure spending, Title IX
changes, pro-life legislation, more
St. Joseph News-Press: Low-income housing tax credits
closer to being revived X
Columbia Missourian: Uncertainty looms over Missouri
charter school expansion
Missourinet: Missouri House set to debate private
college campus security legislation
KWMU: Dicamba herbicide an effective tool for those
who use it properly; MO Dept. of Ag takes action against those
who choose to break application guidelines
Missourinet: Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) proposes bill
intended to keep kids off adult websites
KC Star: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) files
"hands up, don't shoot" bill X
KC Star editorial: Plan to reduce the size of the
Missouri Legislature has merit X
SE
Missourian editorial: 911 funding should be higher priority for
Missouri safety X
Keller: Uncovering the garnishment of state bank
accounts X
SNL's Christopher Dixon: Effects of marijuana
legalization deserve serious discussion X
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Sunday, March 10, 2019
Brownfield Ag New: Former Ag Director Richard Fordyce,
now chief of USDA's Farm Service Agency, says implementation of farm
bill is FSA's top priority
JCNT: Lincoln University receives federal grant for
new agriculture building X
AP: Town by town, local journalism is dying in plain
sight; Ruthless corporations destroy newspapers with
mean-spirited principles like budgeting, profit-lost analysis
JCNT: State officials still seeking ways to improve
employees' salaries X
Joplin Globe: Parson still optimistic about
infrastructure deal after House introduces its own funding plan X
St. Joseph News-Press: Wind farms add to Missouri's
road woes X
SNL: GOP lawmakers pitch plan for tax-bill relief X
CDT: Supporters take aim at Missouri's tax-credit
calculator X
Columbia Missourian: Nonprofit backing Title IX
changes ramps up educational effort
KC Star's Edward McKinley: Lincoln University among
Richard McIntosh's clients; Comments from "Greg [sic] Keller" X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
discusses his rural broadband bill
KWMU: Missouri S&T robots may help state inspect
bridges
SNL: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) looks at expanding
concealed-carry freedoms X
SNL: Missouri Sierra Club unhappy with CU's coal ash
storage plan X
Washington Missourian editorial: Downsizing the
General Assembly X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should not punish owners
of fuel-efficient cars with higher registration fees X
Washington Missourian editorial: Why are some
newspapers dying? Blame GateHouse Media X
P-D's Raasch: Lamentations on publishers trimming
newsroom fat: You readers depend on journalists, even if you're
too stingy to pay X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. David Sater
(R-Cassville): The 'Green New Deal' would cost a lot of green
KC Star op-ed: Park University President Greg
Gunderson: Missouri bills, while well-intended, could weaken
Title IX and hurt students X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Hemp Trade
Association's Boyd Vancil and Tyler Morgan: 20 years later, a
freedom to farm hemp
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Saturday, March 9, 2019
P-D: Congressional votes for the week: Illegal
aliens, Ilhan Omar, more X
KCUR: Three KC-area hospitals penalized by Medicare
for high complication rates
The Missouri Times: To date, roughly one-third of
initiative petitions approved to gather signatures
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Better
Together's Kyle Juvers says Galloway's fiscal note is a 'push forward'
for pro-merger plan
The Missouri Times: Judges temporarily halt 'paycheck
protection' law, merit system overhaul
AP: Missouri judge blocks restrictions in HB 1413
P-D: Judges block laws involving unions X
CDT: Judge: Missouri Department of Corrections
to be garnished $118 million X
SNL: DHSS holds medical marijuana forum in Springfield X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 4, 2019
SE
Missourian: Parson addresses bridge funding at Jackson stop
touting workforce development +
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: AG Eric Schmitt
gives crime-fighting update at Lathrop Gage breakfast; Schatz,
Grier, Mulligan, McKenna provide legislative update
The Missouri Times: Fitzwater's bill to reduce the
size of state House moves forward
P-D: Group seeking to advance Title IX changes begins
campaign to educate lawmakers +
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette)
joins University of Missouri Extension's Marshall Stewart on panel to
discuss state ag issues
SE
Missourian: GOP lawmakers differ on plan to scrap vehicle
inspections +
KWMU: MoDOT plans for more construction along I-44 in
2019, other work on I-70, I-270
The Missouri Times: House committee to hear 'Breakfast
After the Bell' bills
JCNT editorial: Don't expand concealed-carry X
P-D editorial briefs: Missouri should suspend - not
cancel - Medicaid for prisoners X
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Friday, March 8, 2019
P-D: Clay calls on Commerce Secretary to resign after
another federal judge rules against Census citizenship question X
P-D: Fearing another 1993 disaster, Mississippi River
mayors calling for more flexibility on federal flood mitigation spending X
Twitter.com: P-D Political and National Editor
Christopher Ave departs
AP: Schmitt announces $30 million settlement in
sweepstakes scam aimed at elderly
The Missouri Times: Supporters of "Clean Missouri"
oppose GOP legislation on drawing districts; Comments from League
of Women Voters, others
Missourinet: Proposal to reduce Missouri House's size
gets green light from a House committee
The Missouri Times: House approves $483 million
supplemental budget
SNL: MSU, OTC notch early wins in House budget drafts X
P-D: Schatz raises red flag over new House plan to fix
roads and bridges in Missouri X
Missourinet: Another attempt to boost gas tax makes
its way to Missouri House committee
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) hopes to set scene
for new film and television production in Missouri +
The Missouri Times: Senate closes week without
tackling anticipated education bills
Columbia Missourian: Missouri lawmakers again consider
law honoring concealed-carry permits
AP: Missouri lawmakers back drone prohibition near
prisons
Washington Missourian: Electronic gaming machines in
use in Franklin County - and they're not regulated by Missouri Gaming
Commission X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: After day-care
savagery caught on tape, Missouri needs strong focus on child care X
JCNT editorial: Child health data shouldn't just be
kept, it should be used X
CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Andrew Wilson:
'Green New Deal' would be a raw deal for Missouri farmers X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit): Taking steps to end the costly border war with Kansas
Messenger: On Greitens, dark money, Title IX due
process, and St. Louis City's Lewis Reed X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake
Hurst: Missouri farmers should face consistent rules for raising
livestock
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Thursday, March 7, 2019
KCUR: Woodrow Wilson Foundation study claims 61
percent of Missourians would fail history portion of U.S. citizenship
test
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Lathrop Gage to
host legislative update breakfast tomorrow: Schmitt, MoDOT's
Patrick McKenna, Higher Ed's Zora Mulligan, Schatz, Derek Grier
JCNT: State leaders salute those keeping Missouri safe X
KCUR: New Missouri Highway Patrol superintendent
brings crime-fighting background to post
KCUR: Fiending to get doctor's approval for your
marijuana "need"? Missouri says hold your lighters.
The Missouri Times: House Budget Chair Rep. Cody Smith
(R-Carthage) proposes $100 million in general revenue to fund
infrastructure
Missourinet: Smith: The solution to Missouri's
roads isn't to go further into debt
AP: House budget plan includes $100M for road, bridge
repairs
The Missouri Times: Senate committee takes deep dive
into state's tax credits
The Missouri Times: Senate Democrats say they'll keep
fighting bill modifying state's minimum wage
SNL: Republicans focus on gerrymandering elements of
Clean Missouri X
P-D: Lawmakers debate charter schools; Rep.
Wiley Price IV (D-St. Louis City): "There's been some fierce-@ss
conversations" X
Columbia Missourian: House passes bill to delay start
of school
The Missouri Times: Bill on due process and Title IX
hearings draws large crowd during House hearing
CDT: Attorneys Chris Slusher, Mike Colona weigh in on
proposed Title IX changes X
P-D: Washington University opposes bipartisan effort
on due process in Title IX investigations X
KC Star: Mini-profiles: Due-process advocates
Richard McIntosh, Chris Slusher are married to women with distinguished
legal and public service careers, serving under Democratic
administrations X
The Missouri Times: Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis
County) presents vehicle hijacking bill in committee
P-D: Proposal from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would
expand areas where concealed-carry licenses are honored X
Columbia Missourian: Bill would lower sales tax on
feminine hygiene products, as well as diapers for babies and olds
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of March 6, 2019
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Chris Dinkins
(R-Annapolis): For stronger families, it's time for Republicans
to rally behind Trump's plan for paid family leave
Priddy: Musings on steamboat museum and Parson's
infrastructure bonds
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian disapproves of
GOP House members' pro-life priorities +
KC Star letters: Ozark septuagenarian outraged over
GOP efforts to clean up Amendment 1; Kansas man says Star
reporters have transferred their angry liberal bias from Brownback to
Hawley X
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Wednesday, March 6,
2019
Missourinet:
Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders disbarred
P-D:
Gephardt says focus on Ocasio-Cortez overshadowing important stories
X
The
Missouri Times: Beetem takes Confide lawsuit under advisement
P-D:
Galloway begs off Better Together fight, calls cost savings "unknown"
X
KC
Star: With witness' consent, AG's office had staff member present
during Ashcroft investigation of Hawley X
The
Missouri Times: Active superintendent of Highway Patrol tapped
for role permanently
Missourinet:
Lt. Col. Eric Olson takes over as superintendent of Missouri Highway
Patrol
The
Missouri Times: Senate adopts rule change allowing senators to
abstain from votes
P-D:
Democrats stall GOP move on minimum wage X
SE
Missourian: Loss of grant closes door on housing assistance
program; Grown woman says she assumed government subsidies would
always cover 100% of her rent +
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) seeks to bring
back tax credits for film production companies
Columbia
Missourian's Natasha Vyhovsky: Bipartisan nonprofit backs effort
to improve Title IX process at universities; Key players include
Richard McIntosh, "Joe Larkin [sic]"
KC
Star: Bipartisan group seeks to fight for due process in Title IX
investigations X
P-D:
Bipartisan group says it hopes to bring fairness to Title IX processes
X
The
Missouri Times: Victory Enterprises poll shows majority of
Missourians oppose Title IX witch hunts
The
Missouri Times: Empowerment scholarship account programs see
success as Missouri lawmakers contemplate implementing similar awards
P-D:
Bill would stop cities from banning plastic bags and straws X
Missourinet:
'Sliced Bread Day' bill to go before Missouri House today
P-D
editorial: Protecting juvenile criminals' right to legal
representation X
Waters:
UM caucus ushers in a new day for university support X
P-D
op-ed: Ascension's Nick Ragone: Confidence Checkmate:
Chess is positioning Ferguson-Florissant students for success X
P-D
letter: Pacific septuagenarian mocks GOP legislators for pro-life
legislation X
P-D
letter: Springfield feminist attempts humor involving vasectomies
X
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Tuesday, March 5, 2019
The Missouri Times: Missouri Lincoln Days 2019:
Grassroots, grassroots, grassroots
KWMU: Three Lincoln Days takeaways: Parson's
plans, city-county merger and ballot initiatives
Missourinet: New federal broadband funds can help
rural Missouri - if utilities buy in
Columbia Missourian: Parson, lawmakers looking for
ways to make child care safer
JCNT: Parson names working group on day-care abuse X
Missourinet: Parson weighs in on Pine Lawn day care
workers' savage behavior
P-D: State moves to close Pine Lawn day care where
behemoth tossed 3-year-old girl, splitting head open X
P-D: Missouri shells out another $600,000 in
harassment case filed by prison worker X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe pleased with
progress and tone of current legislative session
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Denny
Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) talks with Rosenbaum about sports betting's
revenue benefits, PDMP, more
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hoskins looks to end border war
with Kansas
P-D: Missouri Senate approves long-sought legal changes X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts
Summit) proposes 'good government' resolution reducing size of state
House, increasing number of senators
JCNT: Fitzwater proposes amendment to reshape House,
Senate X
Missourinet: Fitzwater's proposed constitutional
amendment would reduce the size of the Missouri House
AP:
Eigel pitches alternative road repair plan
P-D: Effort to crack down on county 'debtors' prisons'
clears the Missouri House X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jack Bondon (R-Belton) looks
to adjust reimbursement rates for nursing homes that invest in
improvements
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Rep. Ron Hicks
(R-Dardenne Prairie) presents bill stopping dog ban laws
KC Star op-ed: Former Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights): Editorial was wrong to criticize abortion extremists on
both sides of issue X
P-D op-ed: Wash U. associate "social anthropology"
professor Bret Gustafson: Join environmental activists in
protesting Ameren's dirty fossil fuels X
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Monday, March 4, 2019
SNL: At Lincoln Days, Republicans offer preview of
2020 campaigns X
Columbia Missourian: Liberal activist Cori Bush
declares 2020 primary challenge to Lacy Clay, claims Clay supporters
threatened to kill her
The Maneater (Mizzou) "Move" Magazine: True/False Film
Fest features documentary of liberal female candidates; 2018
Democratic primary silver medalist Cori Bush touts her vuluptuous hips,
other relevant qualifications
This Week in Missouri Politics: 2020 Dem gov
frontrunner Scott Sifton talks with Scott Faughn about statewide
campaign, tort legislation and Senate filibuster, more; Panel of
Richard McIntosh, Jake Hummel, Lou Hamilton and Rep. Mary Elizabeth
Coleman (R-Arnold) talk pro-life bills, tort-bill debate, Title IX and
due process, more
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri marks FFA week with
future focus; Thoughts from Gov. Parson, Ag Director Chris Chinn
JCNT: Bobbie Herman shares memories from 30 years of
rubbing elbows with Missouri governors X
Missourinet: Walters: Missourians who prefer
bigger tax refunds need to take proactive action
P-D: Who's charging you sales taxes? Attempt by Rep.
Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters) to make a Missouri tax map meets
confusion, resistance X
Washington Missourian: 'Heartbeat' bill passes in House X
P-D: GOP bills could keep released inmates from
returning to jail, overdosing on drugs or experiencing a relapse of
mental illness X
SNL: Bill from Rep. Ron Hicks (R-Dardenne Prairie)
would end breed-specific dog legislation X
SNL: Missouri DNR says more TCE-extraction wells
planned X
P-D editorial: Bill to allow Bible study in public
school classrooms puts the First Amendment last X
CDT editorial: Title IX continues to leave us in the
dark X
Keller: Walters changes story on income tax receipts X
Phill Brooks: How social media has negatively impacted
young journalists and state government X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: 'Big Ag' has
purchased Republican state lawmakers' votes in exchange for favorable
CAFO legislation
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Sunday, March 3, 2019
KWMU: At Lincoln Days, Missouri Republicans gear up to
defend their gains
CDT: In visit to Ralls County, Blunt talks rural
broadband, Trump emergency declaration, more
X
P-D's Raasch: In the warming 'Green New Deal' debate,
a tale of coasts vs. midlands; Comments from 100% of
Post-Dispatch's polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson) X
P-D: Congressional votes for the week X
SNL: REAL IDs are almost here. Here's how to get one. X
Joplin Globe: Missouri bill would outlaw abortions if
Roe v. Wade overturned X
Washington Missourian: Prosecutor keeping tabs on
House bill; Convicts could be released early X
JCNT: MU Health Care doesn't rule out future
legislation for hospital sale X
Washington Missourian editorial: Carjacking rare in
our area, but state law is needed; Crime has a way of moving out
of St. Louis City into Franklin County X
Waters: Republican legislators wrong to propose
pro-life legislation and oppose "Rowe [sic]
vs. Wade"; Octogenarian says he doesn't want to blow his "whole
wad on the end of Rowe [sic]" X
SNL op-ed: Former city councilman opposes Burlison's
'Stop Socialism Act' X
Washington Missourian letter: Union, Mo. sexagenarian
disagrees with eliminating state auto safety inspections, supports
eliminating emissions testing X
SNL letters: Battlefield sexagenarian dislikes GOP
attempts to improve ballot initiatives; Springfield octogenarian
offended by Elijah Haahr's testament to Christianity and pro-life
principles X
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Saturday, March 2, 2019
Kraske's farewell column: Here's why I covered
politics for so many years: The hope for better days ahead
KC Star: Hawley takes the stage at CPAC X
KWMU: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finishes cleanup of
Manhattan Project site
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission issues
two advisory opinions, dismisses complaint against Jamilah Nasheed
The Missouri Times: Mr. Missouri: A conversation
with Mike Kehoe
The Missouri Times: Movers and Shakers: The
Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Nick
Schroer (R-O'Fallon) talks with Rosenbaum about abortion legislation,
constituent privacy, and fentanyl penalties
Missourinet: Missouri to begin offering REAL IDs this
month
AP:
Missouri 'on track' to offer REAL ID licenses this month
KC Star: GOP lawmakers hope Missouri keeps investing
in Chiefs, Royals stadiums X
KCUR: Steamboat Arabia Museum charts course away from
City Market, toward Jefferson City
SNL: Rep. Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff) wants to
ban anonymous church-and-state lawsuits X
KCUR: Thousands of Missouri inmates whose paroles were
revoked may be entitled to relief, judge rules
KC Star editorial: Blunt and Hawley must uphold the
Constitution and block Trump emergency X
CDT editorial: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) puts
needs above politics with disabled-kids legislation X
SNL op-ed: House Speaker Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield): Standing for the unborn
X
CDT op-ed: Columbia College President Scott
Dalrymple: GOP senators wrong to introduce Title IX legislation X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man wants state law banning
cell-phone use while driving X
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Friday, March 1, 2019
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2016 Missouri political news headlines
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2015 Missouri political news headlines
March
2014 Missouri political news headlines
P-D: Hawley votes 'yes' on Trump federal court nominee
Neomi Rao X
KWMU: Clay says Cohen hearing should be a wake-up call
for Americans about Trump
KWMU: Ashcroft finds Hawley didn't improperly use AG's
office for statewide bid
The Missouri Times: Ashcroft closes investigation into
Hawley, says no probable cause law was violated
P-D: Ashcroft: Investigation shows Hawley did
not misuse public resources X
AP: Ashcroft: No evidence Hawley misused public
resources
KC Star: Ashcroft investigation concludes that Hawley
didn't violate election law X
CDT: Parson continues statewide tour of problem bridges X
JCNT: Parson visits Cole County bridge on repair list X
The Missouri Times: Parson fills Conservation
Commission vacancy with CEO of Orscheln Industries
AP:
Missouri proposes truce with Kansas in business battle
JCNT: Kehoe encourages NFIB members to keep talking to
legislators X
The Missouri Times: House adds sunset to Fast Track
program, sends bill to Senate
AP:
House approves scholarship for older adults
P-D: Missouri House gives green light to governor's
'Fast Track' job program X
AP:
DOR director says he was in error, not tax withholding tables
P-D: With Missourians facing smaller refunds, state
tax chief admits changes were his idea X
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Eric Burlison
(R-Battlefield) looks to expand concealed-carry rights
Columbia Missourian: Fuel-efficient cars would cost
more to register under new proposal
The Missouri Times: Rep. Ron Hicks (R-Dardenne
Prairie) pushes to roll back pit-bull laws
Columbia Missourian: Senators debate Medicaid work
requirements
KWMU: Missouri Budget Project and Missouri Foundation
for Health continue push for Medicaid expansion
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Josh Hawley shows
he's willing to buck his own party's leadership
Joplin Globe editorial: Legislature should stop
policing-for-profit cash grab X
P-D's Raasch: Hawley's declarations of independence
riling up his party's right wing X
P-D op-ed: Michael Wolff and Dave Roland: How to
fix the initiative petition process X
SNL's Christopher Dixon: Car inspections boost tax
revenue, not safety X
P-D letter: Maryland Heights man dislikes GOP's
pro-life bill X
P-D letter: St. Charles man wants Legislature to
expand Medicaid X
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