Saturday, May 31
CDT's Ashley Jost: Learning Curve column:
McCaskill to hold another sexual-assault hearing, this time focusing on
Title IX
X
KCTV: With help from McCaskill, veteran receives VA
benefits; While stationed in Iceland during Vietnam War, man was
sexually assaulted by another man
SNL: VA turmoil: Reaction from the local VFW bar X
P-D: Congress working toward funding of
Growlers; Comments from offices of McCaskill, Clay, Wagner
KC Star: New White House spokesman Josh Earnest hails
from Kansas City +
U.S. News & World Report: Throwback Thursday
pic: Homecoming Queen Claire McCaskill on dance floor with
bespectacled boogier
SE
Missourian: MU law prof Joshua Hawley discusses Hobby Lobby case
at Cape church +
AP:
Appeals court overturns Missouri flag-burning law; Koster has
previously defended flag, citing Missourians' "patriotic sentiment"
Drebes:
Former Missouri Republican Party Communications Director and current
lobbyist Daryl Duwe's newest political thriller, Half Past Evil,
available now
KC Star: Missouri still owes 300,000 taxpayers their
refunds +
KC Star: While praising Kansas' tax policy, Rex
Sinquefield calls Gov. Jay Nixon an "idiot" +
P-D: Rex Sinquefield, in D.C. speech, calls Nixon an
'idiot' for vetoing tax cut; Spokeswoman Laura Slay says
megadonor's remarks "were born out of frustration"
Washington Missourian: Two early voting questions may
go on statewide ballot; County Clerk Debbie Door (R) says early
voting not likely to increase turnout
JCNT: Finger-pointing continues over state budget X
JCNT: Jones, Dempsey finish their jobs; Bills
are formally signed, sealed and delivered to Nixon X
The Missouri Times: Last-minute Senate deal impacts
priorities for both parties
The Missouri Times: New "Capitol 101" series:
Consequences of Senate vacancies
Washington Missourian: Washington School District
Superintendent Lori VanLeer says school standards bill is a compromise,
says she is tired of drama
KC Star: 'Sound cannon' makes its debut on Missouri
highways
CDT: 'Grain Belt Express' project raises questions of
health risks X
P-D editorial: 10 good reasons to vote against
transportation sales tax increase
P-D editorial: On Sinquefield's "idiot" remark and
desire to cut taxes; Also, he's in the market to purchase the
next Missouri governor, whomever he or she may be
Shelly: Rex Sinquefield calls Jay Nixon an "idiot" for
being fiscally responsible +
P-D letter: Greed, personal shortsidedness in school
transfer legislation
P-D letter: Response to op-ed on inherent
discrimination in student performance data: Perhaps the failing
students' parents aren't doing enough
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Friday, May 30
NY Times: Lawmakers' modest proposal: To pass
spending bills on time; Blunt: "We have lost touch with the
normal order of things"
NY Times: 'Upset' GM engineer spoke in inquiry;
Comments from McCaskill
CDT: Hartzler visits Truman VA amid national scandal X
KMBC: Blunt: Mental health issues for veterans
may need urgent care
KCUR: Blunt addresses VA wait times at Truman Memorial
Veterans Hospital
Columbia Missourian: Blunt: Truman Veterans
Hospital highly rated despite national scandal
CDT: Blunt highlights mental health care at VA
hospital stop X
P-D Kaiser Health News coverage: Affordable Care Act
scorecard: Saving, but glitches and sticker shock too;
Local residents share their stories
P-D: Missouri's declining Medicaid caseload stands out
in national report
P-D: Attorney General Chris Koster: Missouri
needs its own execution pharmacy
KC Star: Koster proposes Missouri make its own lethal
injection chemicals +
AP: Koster proposes execution drug lab
Washington Missourian: Local officials say they would
have preferred transportation tax appear on November ballot;
Griesheimer suggests Nixon has "ulterior motives"
AP: Republicans Vicky Hartzler, Blaine Luetkemeyer,
Billy Long, Jason Smith will tour state in support of "Right to Farm"
amendment
The Missouri Times: Momentum behind "Right to Farm"
continues to grow; Comments from supporters
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Lager on broader tax-cut
debate +
Missourinet: Nixon: Tax cuts damaging to state,
local governments
SE
Missourian: Nixon: Tax cut bills hurt region +
SNL: Local officials fear loss of millions due to tax
cuts X
JCNT: Fulton hospital still a priority X
P-D: Sports commission thrilled to land SEC
tournament; Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale), author of tax-credit
bill, calls announcement "seminal moment" in relationship with SEC
AP: Missouri Senate panel to review tax policies
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Sen. Mike Kehoe
(R-Columbia) on Tesla bill, transportation funding, more
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St.
Clair): 911 call centers should be combined to save taxpayer money
P-D: For Normandy transfer students, school year
closes with uncertainty
Missourinet: Missouri Department of Insurance brings
$4.7 million to policyholders during first quarter of the year
P-D editorial: Murder rampage gives form to women's
rage through "#YesAllWomen" hashtag activism; Meanwhile,
McCaskill a leader in making actual, real-life changes
KC Star editorial: Missouri rushes transportation
sales tax to the ballot +
McClellan: Transfer 'fix' is a bad bill; Smart,
dedicated people are looking to solve the problem, but "none of them
work in the Legislature"
P-D op-ed: Anti-Peabody "Take Back St. Louis"
lawyers: King Coal is undermining our democracy
SNL letter: Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield) should
support Medicaid expansion X
SNL letter: Missouri School Boards' Association's
Carter Ward: Show-Me Institute's stand hurts children X
P-D letter: State takeover doesn't help school
districts
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman's sarcastic take on
Ed Chief Chris Nicastro and Riverview Gardens failure
Washington Missourian letter: Ameren's David
Strubberg: Moving coal ash from "wet" to "dry" storage system is
the right thing to do for environment, area residents and Missouri
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Thursday, May 29
AP: Blunt: No answers yet on VA concerns in St.
Louis
KPLR: Upset veteran vents frustration during Blunt's
visit to hospital, chastises "all these leaders who ain't leadin nothin
but each other"
KSDK: Blunt on VA: Firing Shinseki isn't the
answer
SE
Missourian: Blunt calls for improved mental health services +
Hannibal Courier-Post: Blunt conducts mental-services
roundtable
KSMU: In Springfield, Blunt calls for mental health
care reform
KOLR: In the Ozarks, Blunt talks mental health care
reform
KC Star: Republican National Convention site committee
to visit Kansas City June 4-6 +
AP: Missouri sets meeting on Obama administration's
proposed carbon standards
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau video pokes
fun at EPA proposal, parodies "Let it Go" from Disney movie Frozen
The Missouri Times: GOP consultant Jeff Roe questions
validity of Dems' early-voting initiative signatures
The Missouri Times: Supporters react to August date
for transportation tax; Comments from Sen. Mike Kehoe
(R-Columbia), Bill McKenna, consultant/lobbyist Jane Dueker
P-D: St. Louis regional leaders face quick deadline to
prioritize transportation spending
Drebes: Winners from session: The House
Republican list
KC Star: Gov. Jay Nixon denounces Missouri General
Assembly's latecoming tax breaks +
P-D: Nixon slams Legislature over $776M 'smorgasboard'
of special-interest tax cuts
The Missouri Times: Nixon slams last-minute
'giveaways' from Legislature
AP: Nixon says tax breaks could cost local governments
Monett
Times: Bill from Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) on abortion
waiting period awaits Nixon's action
Missourinet: Student Religious Liberty Bill awaits
action
P-D: Normandy teachers brace for state intervention
KC Star: KC high schools report improved test scores
as churches defend suspended Southwest principal; School was site
of two rapes, including one of 13-year-old autistic girl +
CDT: Language in multiple bills would strengthen
penalties for disarming police; Governor has yet to sign them X
SNL: Bill would tighten state day-care laws X
AP: Missouri lawmakers propose joint justice system
committee
KSDK: War of words heats up between state auditor and
MSD: Tom Schweich vs. Lance LeComb
AP: Kansas company to build biogas plant in
Missouri; BioStar Systems could receive $1.5 million in state
incentives
KC Star: KCP&L's energy-efficiency plans are back
on track +
Washington Missourian: Ameren landfill liner's
proximity to water table argued at hearing
P-D: KMOX radio host Charlie Brennan's speeding ticket
case goes to Missouri Supreme Court
P-D editorial: Voucher veto paves way for progress in
Normandy
CDT's Waters: McCaskill is right - "secret
shopper"-type survey is a good tool to evaluate VA care X
SNL op-ed: Former state Rep. Thomas Long (R):
Transportation sales tax one of several needs in funding infrastructure X
P-D letter: Medicaid-expansion supporters should
change messaging direction, put more emphasis on bringing Medicaid
dollars back to Missouri
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Wednesday, May 28
Daily Mail (UK): Blunt among those calling for Kerry
to grant asylum to Sudanese woman
Kraske: BuzzChatter: McCaskill on transportation
sales tax increase +
KMOX: Audio: Lacy Clay on inviting Paul Ryan to
town, need for new housing starts to kick-start economy, upcoming
Harris-Stowe jobs fair, more
JCNT: Nixon staff says sales tax cuts could cost
Missouri more than $27 million X
SE
Missourian: Holly Rehder's 'paycheck protection' traded for
abortion bill; Sikeston Republican says she'll continue push to
change state's "antiquated" labor laws +
Missourinet: Missouri gambling has changed in its 20
years
Drebes:
Help wanted: Missouri Office of the Public Counsel seeks Senior
Public Counsel
AP: Bill would allow first responders to give overdose
antidote
Missourinet: Missouri's "Puppies for Parole" program
has international influence
SE
Missourian: Missouri Department of Natural Resources plans
pesticide collection events across Missouri +
P-D: Height of proposed Ameren coal ash landfill is at
issue
P-D: Ballwin, O'Fallon seek change in Ameren Missouri
streetlight policy
P-D: Judge keeps "Take Back St. Louis" initiative off
ballot
KMOX: Judge: No vote on proposal to limit tax
breaks to energy companies
AP: St. Louis touts unified economic development plan
SNL: Speaker Tim Jones names Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Nixa)
"Freshman Legislator of the Year" X
P-D: Highlights of CDT piece on Gov. Jay Nixon and
Mizzou basketball coach Kim Anderson
Joplin Globe editorial: Hijacking religion in
Sudan; Blunt should continue fight on behalf of Sudanese woman X
KC Star editorial: After Wentzville allegation,
Obamacare centers should be investigated +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missourians should
call McCaskill, Blunt staffers and weigh in on VA
P-D op-ed: Former P-D education reporter Virginia
Gilbert: Missouri uses flawed data to penalize poor, minority
students
P-D op-ed: Antiquated, burdensome laws hurt craft
brewers in Missouri and beyond
KC Star letter: Kansas man says Missouri GOP
opposition to Medicaid expansion "virtually inhumane;"
Grandmothers Against Gun Violence opposes gun bill +
P-D letter: Transportation sales tax proposal is a
back-door tax increase
P-D letter: Sarcastic take on Missouri education
funding, gambling and marijuana
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Tuesday, May 27
Rosenbaum: Nixon and McCaskill may sing different
tunes on transportation tax
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Transfer law and
transportation tax +
Missourinet: Public perception of MoDOT could be key
in sales tax increase's fate
AP:
Missouri behind pace in paying tax refunds
P-D: Nearly 4,000 unlicensed Missouri day cares poised
to face new oversight
SE
Missourian: Perryville school district moving to fewer school
days; "We're going to have a flat budget because you never know what's
happening in our Legislature" +
Drebes:
Tesla issue is not dead
Missouri Ruralist: Farmers seek flood damage
compensation from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
P-D's Amy Bertrand: Missouri's "Free Fishing Days" are
June 7-8
P-D editorial: Fixing TIFs could be first step toward
regionalism; Missouri's TIF laws far more generous to developers
than those in other states
Helling: Ronald Reagan's centrism and KC as 2016 GOP
convention site +
P-D's Deb Peterson: Legislature's 18-and-under tan ban
isn't enough; "Go crazy, DHSS folks, go crazy"
Missouri Ruralist: April piece on Right to Farm should
have included more details on proposal
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says all of Missouri's
elected officials - state and federal, of both parties - deserve to be
"swept out the door"
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Monday, May
26 Memorial Day
P-D: Vets' representation in Congress has fallen
drastically since post-Vietnam years
The Hill: McCaskill continues to lead fight against
patent 'trolls'
Joplin Globe's Susan Redden: Man who ran as Dem in 2nd
District against Russ Carnahan [sic]
will run as Republican against Billy Long; Richard says hemp oil
bill does not portend marijuana legalization
X
Drebes:
Susan Montee has formed a 2016 campaign committee
Missourinet: Senate sponsor OK with transportation tax
on August ballot
Washington Missourian: Bill from Rep. Paul Curtman
(R-Pacific) will adjust tax brackets for inflation
AP: In end-of-session flurry, Missouri tax breaks were
either expanded, or clarified
P-D:
Paying colleges for performance is either a good policy or a passing fad
The Missouri Times: Case study: The push against
Common Core; Comments from Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-St. Charles),
legislative assistant Nina Dean
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri dairy measure is the
nation's first
P-D: Prominent St. Louis housing activist Bertha
Gilkey dies in Alabama
P-D letter: Ballwin may says he received subpar
constituent service from McCaskill's office regarding veterans'
headstones
JCNT letter: Nixon should veto abortion waiting-period
bill, which was passed under the cover of darkness X
P-D letter: DESE brings poor track record on saving
school districts
P-D letter: Bel-Nor resident says paper distorts
community's socioeconomic composition
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Sunday, May 25
P-D: Missouri's casino industry turns 20 - a look at
the ups and downs
Joplin Globe's Mike Pound: Billy Long, area
legislators speak at "Eggs and Issues" brunch on VA, transportation
sales tax, prescription drug benefit, right to work, more X
Drebes:
David Humphreys contributes $111,111 to Tom Schweich - bringing
auditor's cash on hand to one million at end of quarter
The Missouri Times: Bob Onder announces endorsements
in state Senate primary: Ann Wagner, state reps, committeepeople
P-D: Nixon shortens campaign by putting sales tax on
August ballot
AP: Missouri lawmakers back electronic privacy efforts
The Missouri Times: Republicans, lobbyists respond to
Nixon's veto announcement of SB493
KC Star: Lake of the Ozarks residents will take land
dispute to court +
P-D editorial: Want the Legislature's attention?
Write a bigger check.
JCNT editorial: State workers give generously X
KC Star op-ed: Sen. Roy Blunt: Improve mental
health care for our veterans +
CDT op-ed: Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia): Rep.
Chris Kelly (D) will be missed at the Capitol
X
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Surprise: Jay Nixon
just put Missouri's largest tax increase ever on Aug. 5 ballot +
SNL's Jonathan Shorman: Summer coverage will include
Nixon's vetoes and potential for special session X
CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Andrew Wilson:
School transfer bill was flawed, and tax cuts weren't broad enough X
SNL letter: Missouri Republicans should address the
positive data of Obamacare's benefits X
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Saturday, May 24
Fox
4 KC: Possibility of RNC to KC is exciting, but also requires
precise planning
Kraske:
BuzzChatter: Blunt tees off on Obama administration +
KSDK:
Vets could see doctors in private sector under new proposal;
Comments from Rep. Ann Wagner
CDT:
McCaskill praises Truman VA as she releases results of survey X
KBIA:
At MU, McCaskill announces results of survey
97.1
FM (St. Louis): Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer talks to Jamie Allman
about "Operation Choke Point" and targeting of gun shops and
manufacturers
Missourinet:
Nixon sets five proposed constitutional amendments for August primary
ballot
AP:
Nixon sets election dates for ballot measures: August to include
transportation tax, guns, right to farm, veterans lottery ticket,
electronic privacy
Missourinet:
Nixon will veto proposed changes to student transfer law
AP:
Nixon says he will veto student transfer legislation
P-D:
Nixon will veto school transfer bill
Missourinet:
Rep. Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood): No different transfer bill would
be passed in special session
CDT:
Missouri College Advising Corps grows with grant funding X
SE
Missourian: Area legislators comment on end of session +
AP:
Bill permits removal of rowdy Missouri campers
KMOX:
Audio: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder talks about effort on behalf of Lyft
Drebes: Chris Blank
leaves AP, will seek Master's of Public Health at SLU
P-D:
Larry Conners notes KMOV firing anniversary with social media swirls
KC
Star editorial: Missouri's good work with disabled citizens
nearly clears waiting lists +
JCNT
editorial: Nixon might veto some GOP bills; Mid-Missouri
editorial board attempts Greek mythological allegory X
SNL
op-ed: Missouri Rural Crisis Center's Rhonda Perry: Expand
Medicaid for rural Missouri X
Daily
Journal letter: On Tuesday, everyone should call the offices of
Clair [sic] McCaskill, Roy
Blunt, and Jason Smith and spend staffers' time talking about veterans'
care
KC
Star letter: Missouri Pharmacy Association's Ron Fitzwater:
Budget bill would aid patients managing multiple medications +
P-D
letter: Three-day waiting period for abortion is too long
P-D
letter: Three-day waiting period for abortion is not too long
P-D
letter: Mother of transsexual says child enhances society
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Friday, May 23
KC Star: Kansas City makes latest cut for 2016 GOP
National Convention +
P-D: McCaskill says VA doing better in St. Louis, but
improvements still needed
P-D: Ann Wagner, Blaine Luetkemeyer call for head of
VA to resign
P-D: Environmental groups ask judge to halt several
projects planned by Army Corps of Engineers
MSNBC: Victims push for Princeton Review to rank
schools by reports of sexual assault; McCaskill comments on
campus-crime reporting
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Medicaid expansion in
Missouri looking more likely +
Missourinet: State education board won't approve cost
of lawsuit against it
Missourinet: MU law professor discusses
constitutionality of proposed transfer law
P-D: Delay of Missouri execution raises more questions
than answers
P-D: Decisions coming for Bridgeton landfill settlement
Washington Missourian: Labadie Environmental
Organization delivers coal ash petition to Nixon
Missourinet: New lottery ticket on ballot in November
KC Star editorial: Get on Kansas City's bandwagon to
win the 2016 GOP National Convention +
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislature displayed
less silliness, more bipartisanship this session; Post-Dispatch's
"hogs at the trough" metaphor still applicable, though
Washington Missourian editorial: MoDOT is a
responsible state agency, and voters will approve transportation sales
tax increase
Weekly Standard: The Scrapbook: Response to
WaPo's John Kelly anti-Truman-naming column
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Jay Nixon, Roy
Blunt might be VP contenders
P-D letter: Florissant man expresses regret over
voting for "Democrat in Name Only" Keith English, dislikes
gerrymandered districts and sales tax proposal, laments ALEC's influence
KC Star letters: Missouri should not consider tax cuts
until revenue increases; Nixon should not veto abortion bill +
P-D letter: Deacon responds to "women thrown under
bus" metaphor by emphasizing that aborted babies don't make it that far
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls:
Education establishment hijacked transfer fix
P-D letter: Transfer problem won't be fixed until rich
people see educational refugees infiltrating top-tier private schools
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Thursday, May 22
KMOV: Obamacare contractor may have overestimated
workload; Lawmakers want answers
Columbia Missourian: In the era of "Affordable Care,"
some Missourians still uninsured - by choice
Columbia Missourian: Young Missourians lag in health
insurance enrollment
AP: Blunt plans mental health care tour across
Missouri next week
KSDK: STL VA clarifies patient load; Ann Wagner
joins McCaskill, Blunt in calling for investigation
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt offer amendment to keep
fighter jet production in St. Louis going
SE
Missourian: House bill contains almost $18M for Cape flood control +
KC Star: Kansas City will learn today whether it is
still a candidate for 2016 GOP National Convention +
P-D: Former state Rep. Churie Spring (D-Florissant)
fined $11,165 by Missouri Ethics Commission for various violations
Drebes: The case for Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis) as
Minority Floor Leader
CDT: Republican House candidates talk Common Core at
Pachyderm meeting X
AP: Normandy files lawsuit over transfer law
St. Joseph News-Press: GOP state Sens. David Pearce,
Rob Schaaf visit Rosecrans X
Missourinet: U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of
convicted murderer Russell Bucklew
AP: Supreme Court halts Missouri execution
P-D: Supreme Court puts execution of Missouri man on
hold
P-D: Petitioners to ask Nixon to halt Ameren's coal
ash landfill construction
AP: EPA water task force to work with universities,
including University of Missouri
SNL editorial: Obamacare contractor issue far too
typical of our government X
Joplin Globe editorial: Reform campus reporting of
sexual assaults X
KC Star editorial: Don't arm Missouri teachers +
P-D editorial: State is right to take over Normandy
Washington Post's Melinda Henneberger: In fight
against sex assaults on campus, awareness must translate into action
Shelly: Gov. Jay Nixon: Gamblers and Legislature
shortchanged schools +
CDT's Waters: Nixon should veto Common Core
replacement bill X
P-D op-ed: MOHealthNet Chair and Wash U's Brown School
of Social Work prof Timothy McBride: Health care for the
uninsured is our problem
St. Louis Beacon op-ed: Voluntary Interdistrict
Coordinating Council's Susan Uchitelle: Student transfer
legislation is a study in chaos
JCNT letter: Senate gallery singer John Bennett
recounts his group's "dramatic, prophetic action" to help
Medicaid-expansion effort X
Joplin Globe letter: State sales tax for
transportation punishes those who don't drive, and gives Wal-Mart a
free pass X
KC Star letter: Missouri Republicans' voter-ID
proposals are mean-spirited, and Jesus Christ would disapprove +
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Wednesday, May 21
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt point to
priorities in military bill X
Washington Times: Congress to rein in Obama's
targeting of gun retailers; Comments from Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
AP: McCaskill weighs in on state ballot issue, says
she supports transportation sales tax
Helling: Laying 2016 GOP convention odds:
Cincinnati and Dallas at the top; KC, others pull up the rear +
Washington Post's "She the People" blog: McCaskill's
first roundtable on sexual assault looks at campus crime-reporting law
Kraske: BuzzChatter: McCaskill on desire for
stiffer penalties +
P-D: House passes Ann Wagner's sex-advertising bill
SNL: Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Nixa) to develop Medicaid
expansion plan, says more Republicans are open to idea than one year ago X
The Missouri Times: Organization profile: Grow
Missouri; Treasurer Aaron Willard details agenda, Rep. John Diehl
(R-Town and Country) offers praise for group's objectives
KC Star: Liberal groups contemplate voter override of
Missouri tax cuts; Comments from Missouri Budget Project and
Progress Missouri, reaction from Grow Missouri
+
JCNT: Fulton State Hospital project likely safe X
Missourinet: Nixon withholds more education spending,
cites lottery and gaming revenue shortfalls
P-D: Nixon announces $35M cut in education funding
AP: Nixon announces education funding cuts
Missourinet: Reps. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City), Noel
Torpey (R-Independence) seek to sway Nixon on transfer legislation
P-D: Missouri school board votes to replace Normandy
School District
AP: Officials replace uaccredited Normandy district
Missourinet: State board votes to lapse Normandy
School District
Columbia Missourian: GOP candidates for Missouri House
tout education, agriculture
P-D: St. Louis doctor's crusade finally ends with
tanning bed bill
P-D: Move by Legislature could exempt St. Charles
casino from smoking ban
Missourinet: U.S. Supreme Court stays Bucklew
execution; Nixon denies clemency
Missourinet: Bucklew execution stayed by U.S. Supreme
Court
AP: Missouri might still be able to execute Bucklew by
midnight
AP: Missouri Department of Conservation reminds
hunters, anglers that squirrel and bass seasons open on Saturday
Joplin Globe editorial: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel,
Rep. Tony Dugger (R-Hartville) take on pension-advance companies X
P-D editorial: At least one city has sensible gun
laws; D.C. doesn't have to worry about gun-loving Republican
legislators
KC Star editorial: Republicans celebrate end of
session with "willy-nilly orgy of tax breaks"
+
Washington Post's John Kelly: Missouri pols seek to
rename Union Station, "treating our city as a personal Erector set they
can play with as they like"
CDT's Waters: TIF tussle: Running to Jefferson
City X
Columbia Missourian's Rose Nolen: Octogenarian
columnist says her cell phone is usually "out of batteries [sic]," believes Missouri texting
ban should apply to all ages
KC Star letter: Kansas liberal dislikes idea of GOP
convention in area, says there are already too many conservatives
"running around here" as it is +
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Tuesday, May 20
Fox 2 St. Louis: Blunt outraged over lack of work at
Wentzville Obamacare facility
KC Star: Blunt bears down on mental health issues of
military members +
KC Star: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to speak at Memorial Day
event +
Kraske: BuzzChatter: McCaskill supports FTC's
crackdown on "green coffee bean diet" hucksters +
KC Star: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
to speak at ladies-group luncheon in December
+
MSNBC: McCaskill, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) host
group chat on campus sexual assault
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill's sexual-assault
crusade has witnessed "a trail of tears and inaction" X
Bloomberg: McCaskill seeks stiffer fines for colleges
over sexual assaults
Washington Times: McCaskill sees data deficiency on
college sex assaults
McClatchy: McCaskill, other lawmakers seek to prevent
sexual assaults
SNL: McCaskill nabs $70K advance for tell-all
narrative of 2012 campaign; Majority of proceeds will go to
author Terry Ganey, charity X
Drebes:
McCaskill to do event for Deb Lavender, running again for Rick Stream's
open state rep seat
AP: Luetkemeyer considering a gubernatorial primary
challenge to Catherine Hanaway, concedes "(Republicans) as a party
suffer when we have primaries at the state level"
AP: Missouri lawmakers send 8 issues to voters:
Early voting, transportation tax, more
P-D: E15 arrives, though consumers may have to look
hard to find it; Missouri rule allows higher ethanol blend, but
adoption will not take off without change in policy, prices
AP: Gov. Nixon, Speaker Tim Jones attend Danforth
Center expansion event
Joplin Globe's Emily Younker: State Treasurer Clint
Zweifel promotes college-savings program at Joplin school X
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Nixon's push for
Medicaid expansion dies
Missourinet: Legislature votes to kill MoHealthNet
oversight committee
Missourinet: Gun law nullification dies on final day
of regular session
P-D: Hundreds of parents in limbo over changes to
student transfers
AP: Missouri State Board of Education to discuss plans
for Normandy
St. Joseph News-Press: Food banks brace for bill's
impact; When Nixon signs bill, drug felons will be able to get
food stamps X
Missourinet: Legislature proposes measures to make
mental health workers safer
SE
Missourian: Countdown to execution series: Murder victim's
mother leaves justice to higher power +
AP: Nixon says he sees no reason to intervene in
execution of Russell Bucklew: "This guy committed very, very
heinous crimes"
AP: An overview of Missouri's next execution
P-D editorial: Jay Nixon and the summer of
vetoes; Governor's detached style is mostly to blame for bad GOP
bills, but he can save face by channeling the Old Jay Nixon
KC Star editorial: Missouri Legislature flunks
school-transfer test; Special session will be no help, as voucher
lobby will continue to block progress +
KC Star editorial: Nixon should halt execution +
CDT's Waters: Chris Kelly's departure from Legislature
diminishes government X
Helling: KC's bid for Republican convention is riding
on streetcar rails +
CDT letter: Transportation tax favors trucks, "huge
coporate agricultural interests," and the politicians and lobbyists who
party on luxury yachts at Lake of the Ozarks
X
P-D letter: Sinquefield's pixie dust transfixes
legislators; Conservatives want growth for the privileged, hard
times for everyone else
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Monday, May 19
P-D: Congress tries new approaches to mental health
issues; Blunt teams with Stabenow (D-Mich.) for "a bipartisan
pairing rare in the current Congress"
NBC: Meet the Press transcript: Claire McCaskill
criticizes Karl Rove, says Republicans fear Hillary Clinton
Kraske: BuzzChatter: McCaskill on Rove;
Nixon's level of engagement with legislature
+
Rosenbaum: We asked five questions about the
legislative session: Here are the answers
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Missouri conservatives win
big this session; Other winners: Diehl, unions,
consultants; Losers: Nixon, ethics
+
AP:
Analysis: For Republicans this session, moderation was prevalent
despite a still generally-conservative bent
Joplin Globe's Susan Redden: Legislators to recap
session at Friday "Eggs and Issues" brunch; Ron Richard, several
other legislators to run unopposed this fall
X
Missourinet: Speaker Tim Jones, Rep. Genise Monticello
(D-St. Louis) weigh in on potential for school-transfer special session
KC Star: Kansas City school, parents push hard for
pre-kindergarten +
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Mike Thomson (R-Maryville)
still working on higher-ed issues X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri lawmakers approve omnibus
ag bills
Missourinet: Nixon blasts GOP last-day tax breaks for
farmers markets, manufactured homes, personal seat licenses, other
targeted sectors
SE
Missourian: Countdown to execution series: Questions plague
lethal injection +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit) seeks re-election as assistant floor leader, reiterates support
for Rep. Todd Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff) as Majority Floor Leader
Drebes:
Complaint against Clay County Commissioner and former state Sen. Luann
Ridgeway (R) closed
KC Star editorial: At Missouri's Squaw Creek refuge,
wind energy and wildlife refuge appear to collide +
P-D letter: McCaskill-Blunt call for Obamacare
processing accountability a bit too late; When will Shinseki be
held accountable for VA problems?
P-D letter: Post-Dispatch is covering Serco boondoggle
as if it just uncovered Watergate; Editorial board was a
cheerleader when Obamacare brought jobs to Wentzville
P-D letter: Missouri is a second-rate state, thanks to
Republican males' discriminatory nature
P-D letter: Missouri should end the secrecy around
executions, and then end the death penalty altogether
SE
Missourian letter: Ameren charges consumers two limbs for service +
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Sunday, May 18
Fox News: Worker at Wentzville Obamacare-processing
center: "I was bored out of my mind ... and I have a conscience"
KC Star: While losing election battles, Tea Party says
it is winning the messaging war; Comments from Carl Bearden, SLU
prof Adam Myers +
USA Today: McCaskill to appear on Meet the Press, will
discuss Karl Rove's comments about Hillary Clinton's health issues
AP: Gov. Jay Nixon (D), Republicans had different
priorities
P-D: Nixon increasingly at odds with Missouri
Legislature
CDT: Chris Kelly finds ways to reach goals in final
days of legislative session X
JCNT: Area legislators discuss legislative priorities
for next session X
AP: Infrastructure fared better in 2014 session
Missourinet: Missouri Senate leaders talk hits and
misses
Washington Missourian: Statewide sales tax bill passes
St. Joseph News-Press: New "funding cliff" poses
problem for transportation X
JCNT: Paycheck protection dies, but will return next
year X
JCNT: Restoring dental benefits makes advocates
smile; Funding was cut from Medicaid in 2005 X
JCNT: Bill would make Missouri third state with
72-hour abortion waiting period
P-D: Poverty and low school achievement go hand in
hand; Experts discuss Riverview Gardens' white-flight-induced
decline
SE
Missourian: Attorneys for convicted murderer Russell Bucklew ask
court to allow taping of execution +
SE
Missourian: Countdown to execution series: Experts give
historical perspective on Missouri's death penalty +
SE
Missourian: Death penalty in Southeast Missouri timeline +
SNL: PROMO says it doesn't expect larger implications
from area lesbian's divorce; List of LGBTQA websites X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri State Highway Patrol
begins summer safe-driving campaign X
P-D: Coastal Energy Corp., EPA lapses lead to hazards
on the Eleven Point River
Drebes:
Melody Bezenek names director of Missouri Press Foundation
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Veterans deserve
better; Blunt's idea for revamping care structure is intriguing X
Washington Missouriane editorial: Ameren's PR team
builds a convincing case - and electric rates will probably go higher
CDT's Waters: Opposing Medicaid expansion shows
Republicans are "stupid" X
SNL op-ed: Rep. Charlie Norr (D-Springfield):
Why I voted against tax cuts: Cost is too high, and it benefits
the wealthy over others X
P-D letter: Response to "hogs at the trough"
editorial: Every Missouri legislator, regardless of party, should
be thrown out
P-D letter: Instead of dismantling school-transfer
law, repeal it and start over
P-D letter: Reality eludes pro-lifers; Nixon
should veto abortion waiting-period bill
P-D letter: Response to waiting-period
editorial: Regardless of when it's performed, abortion still
kills a baby
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
reiterates opposition to gun legislation
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Saturday, May 17
Missourinet: Videos: House Dems, GOP recap 2014
legislative session
AP: Missouri lawmakers wrap up annual session
AP: Legislative scorecard: What passed, what
failed
P-D: Preschool bill provides bipartisan ending to
Missouri legislative session
P-D: Legislative scorecard: What passed, what
failed
KC Star: Republicans have much to show from Missouri
legislative session +
CDT: Legislators finish session upbeat; Nixon
blasts special tax breaks X
KSMU: MU journalism icon Phill Brooks: Session a
"mixed bag" for Nixon
Missourinet: Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis)
says he believes Nixon will start helping Democratic legislative
candidates this year
St. Joseph News-Press: Area legislators comment on
session X
JCNT: Area legislators comment on session X
AP: Nixon: Missouri lawmakers busted state budget
Missourinet: Budget director will work with lawmakers
on how association dues are paid
AP: Missouri lawmakers renew prescription drug benefit
for more than 200,000 low-income and disabled seniors
AP: Missouri lawmakers fall short on gun nullification
Washington Missourian: Early-voting effort raises
concerns for county clerk; Initiative petition lacks funding
provision to help counties
AP: Constitutional amendment would let Legislature
override gubernatorial decisions to reduce spending
CDT: House passes bond bill that would fund Lafferre
Hall work X
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers pass bill that lets the
terminally ill try drugs not fully approved +
Missourinet: Nixon's office indicates special session
coming on school transfers
P-D: Normandy schools task force would remake the
district
SNL: Dyslexia legislation approved X
CDT: Legislators approve measure that would restrict
TIF use X
Kraske: Ronnie White gets a rare second chance +
AP: GM recalls 2.7M more cars; McCaskill says
she'll keep the pressure on
KSMU: As McCaskill shines light on campus rapes
nationwide, MSU takes a look at its policies
KC Star editorial: Session recap: The good
included criminal code revamp and oral chemotheraphy; Rex
Sinquefield and ALEC play the heavies; rehash of Virginia Young's
"hog" allegory, more +
P-D editorial: Lawmakers abandon Normandy kids
again; Nixon should veto voucher bill
Joplin Globe op-ed: Honoring Harry S Truman by
renaming D.C.'s Union Station X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: McCaskill deserves a medal of
valor for work on sexual assault issue +
P-D letter: People of Missouri should be very angry,
and put "good old boys out to pasture"
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Friday, May 16 Final Day of
Missouri General Assembly
Regular Session
P-D: McCaskill calls for Inspector General
investigation into Wentzville Obamacare facility; Blunt says his
office has heard of more cases
KMOV: Lawmakers demand answers after report on
Obamcare contractor
AP: Contractor for Obamacare scrutinized
P-D: Obamacare contractor's global reach yields
government contracts, influence
CDT: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel urges kids to
'invest time in learning' during school visit
X
SE
Missourian: AG Chris Koster says condemned killer should have
created vascular-disease excuse sooner
Missourinet: ACLU, media suits demand information from
Missouri Department of Corrections
P-D: Post-Dispatch, other media sue for execution drug
disclosure
P-D: Unions turn up the pressure on McDonald's with
protests; Micro- and macroeconomic analysis from employees Corey
Ford, Ifama Kellin, LaShunda Moore
P-D: Missouri Legislature passes bill lifting lifetime
ban from food stamps for drug felons
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers vote to lift food-stamp
ban for drug felons +
AP: Missouri bill lets drug felons get food stamps
CDT: Transportation sales tax to go on Missouri ballot X
P-D: Video: P-D reporters David Nicklaus and Jim
Gallagher discuss income-tax cut, say it won't make a big difference
JCNT: Feminists stage 72-hour 'women's filibuster' to
protest abortion waiting-period bill X
Washington Post: Missouri Democrats help advance bill
on abortion waiting period
St. Louis Review: Missouri Senate passes bill that
would increase waiting period for abortions
LA Times: Missouri is latest battleground over
abortion rights, restrictions
Missourinet: Nixon hints at veto of abortion
waiting-period bill
The Missouri Time: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
CDT: Discussion of Silvey's Medicaid bill derailed by
GOP opponents X
AP: Lawmakers back criminal checks for Obamacare
'navigators'
KC Star: Missouri Legislature passes student transfer
bill with private school option +
P-D: School transfer bill sent to Nixon's desk
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass student transfer measure
Missourinet: Legislature sends proposed transfer fix
to Nixon
Missourinet: Nixon urged to not veto transfer bill
AP:
Missouri lawmakers pass measure that would ditch Common Core
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers approve a Common Core
compromise +
KOLR: Fate of teacher tenure may be decided by
voters; Comments from Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Poplar Bluff), former
state Sen. Jane Cunningham (R)
AP: Missourians to vote on new veterans lottery ticket
SNL: Legislative flap threatens funds for new MSU
building X
St. Joseph News-Press: Red-light camera bill dead this
session X
The Missouri Times: Legislative personality
profile: What makes Rep. Caleb Jones (R-California) so successful
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass captive deer changes
SE Missourian: Disease rules for some deer could be
costly +
Washington Missourian: Endangered mussels may affect
county's bridge project; Missouri Dept. of Conservation, U.S.
Fish & Wildlife requested survey
P-D editorial: Leadership and accountability can fix
the troubled VA
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Legislature's
greatest failure is inaction on Medicaid expansion
Shelly: No Medicaid expansion in Missouri - thanks to
GOP senators Rob Schaaf, Kurt Schaefer and John Lamping +
P-D op-ed: Mizzou profs: Time to pull the plug
on Missouri car dealers' crony capitalism
P-D letter: Response to editorial board's criticism of
pro-life movement
KC Star letter: GOP voter ID proposal will exacerbate
polarization +
P-D letter: Dems Jason Kander, John Wright, Scott
Sifton right to push for lobbyist-gift ban
P-D letter: Clever symbolism in Virginia Young's
hog-legislator piece was not lost on St. Louis County man
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Thursday, May 15
P-D: Members of Congress seeking probe into Wentzville
Obamacare center; Taxpayers paid workers to nap, play Pictionary
KMOV: Blunt says he's concerned with claims
surrounding Wentzville Obamacare processing facility; Worker
claims employees did no work, were instructed to act busy
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Obamacare-processing waste,
ethics legislation, transportation funding, more +
P-D: SEIU-funded fast-food protests take place at two
St. Louis locations today
St. Louis Magazine:
How we kill: The state of Missouri's death penalty
St. Louis Magazine's William Powell: Missouri prisons
ban St. Louis Magazine's May issue over the story above, say
"information ... can be used to instill violence or hatred among the
inmate population"
AP: Attorneys for convicted killer seek execution
stay; Koster has no comment at this time
AP: Thief says she was unaware she wasn't a citizen,
now faces deportation; Online petition urges Nixon to intervene
JCNT: Sex offender presses for chance to be off
registry; At 16 and 17, young man had sexual contact with girl
two-to-three years his junior X
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
KC Star: Tax Foundation weighs in on recent Missouri
tax cuts: Bill is not a monumental shift either way +
AP: Lawmakers pass business truce with Kansas
CDT: Nixon, activists make pitch for Medicaid expansion X
SNL: Last-minute Medicaid effort fails X
Missourinet: Medicaid expansion dies its final death
SNL: Legislature approves 72-hour abortion waiting
period X
Missourinet: Bill expanding abortion waiting period to
72 hours heads to Nixon
AP: Lawmakers pass 3-day abortion wait period
P-D: Missouri Legislature approves 3-day abortion
waiting period
AP: House roll call on abortion waiting bill
JCNT: Senate sends 'fixes' of new criminal code to
Nixon X
P-D: Sales tax increase for transportation heads to
ballot
Missourinet: Legislature puts sales tax increase for
transportation to Missouri voters
AP:
Missouri voters to decide transportation sales tax
JCNT: Area legislators weigh in on transportation tax
proposal X
Missourinet: Legislature offers voters early voting
measure
P-D: Missouri lawmakers send early-voting proposal to
ballot
AP:
Missouri lawmakers endorse early-voting measure amendment
AP: Nixon paid Governors Association dues with
children's-division budget
Missourinet: House Republicans, Nixon clash over using
Children's Division money to pay National Governors Assocation dues
KC Star: Republicans criticize how Nixon paid NGA dues +
AP: Lawmakers approve bill to block "pension advances"
Drebes:
Christine Page departs Regional Chamber to lead Government Affairs at
Missouri American Water
P-D: Group calls for regional approach to tax
incentives; Comments from Better Together's Dave Leipholtz
Missourinet: Video: Mel Hancock inducted into
Hall of Famous Missourians
AP:
Tax-limits champion Mel Hancock honored at Capitol
The Missouri Times: Candidate profile: State
Senate candidate Jay Ashcroft
Drebes:
Legislative quote of the day: Grown man in seersucker suit
questions personal limits of sycophancy
Washington Missourian editorial: GOP legislators
congratulate themselves, but "baby-man" tax cut is fairly benign;
Its effects on Missouri economy remain to be seen
P-D editorial: Lawmakers dining on hog is the perfect
metaphor for the Missouri Legislature
P-D op-ed: Sen. Roy Blunt: Second century of our
national parks should be defined by public-private partnerships
P-D op-ed: Former Build-A-Bear Chief Executive Bear
Maxine Clark: In support of student-transfer bill
KC Star letters: Republicans passed income-tax cut -
ipso facto, every single member of Legislature should be
"flushed"; Medicaid access is a right, not a privilege +
P-D letter: Nixon is wrong on tax cuts, and he is
overweight
Washington Missourian letter: Voter fraud is not a
serious problem in Missouri
Washington Missourian letter: Legislation is needed
regarding solar renewable energy credits
P-D letter: Response to VA coverage
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Wednesday, May 14
CNN: Congressional sisterhood a powerful voice for the
voiceless; Ann Wagner, Claire McCaskill raise profile through
Nigeria, alleged-sexual-assault campaigns
KMOX: Whistleblower: Obamacare processing center
workers in Wentzville paid to do nothing
KMOV: Video of Obamacare whistleblower story
AP: Biden makes rain-shortened appearance at Gateway
Arch to tout economic benefits of renovation project
P-D: Biden lauds Arch renovation project in defending
infrastructure spending
KWMU: In visit to Arch, Biden praises investments in
infrastructure
P-D: VA whistleblower says mental health care lagging
AP: Lax psychiatric care alleged at St. Louis VA
The Examiner (Independence/Blue Springs): Cleaver pays
tribute to Truman in accepting award
P-D: Entire Missouri delegation now on board with
effort to name D.C.'s Union Station after Truman
AP: Jobs rise, unemployment rate dips in Missouri
AP:
Missouri still has 366,000 tax refunds to send
JCNT: Nixon repeats call for Medicaid expansion X
AP: Rex Sinquefield gives $1.5M to Grow Missouri
P-D: Legislators eat food; Ethics bills unlikely
to pass
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Speaker Tim
Jones on "paycheck protection" and voter ID fortunes, transportation
tax, income tax vs. sales tax, 2016 attorney general bid
KC Star: Lawmakers extend abortion waiting period to
72 hours in deal tied to voting and union rules; "Democrats, in
the end, gave more than they got" +
CDT: Senate Republicans make deal to pass bills on
abortion, early voting X
Shelly: The Missouri Senate after dark: What
Dems conceded, and why +
SNL: Last week, Legislature voted to override Nixon's
tax cut; Retrospective coverage of May 6 vote X
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
Columbia Missourian: Tax increase to fund
transportation stalls in House
Missourinet: Criminal code measure goes into effect
without signature
AP: Nixon lets criminal code overhaul become law
SNL: Nixon lets criminal code become law, wants
cleaned-up bill passed this week X
KWMU: Nixon allows criminal code rewrite to become law
P-D: Nixon lets criminal-code revamp become law
Missourinet: House passes gun nullification legislation
KWMU: Dispute among Republicans may once again kill
gun bill
AP: Missouri Republicans at odds on gun nullification
P-D: Missouri student transfer bill moves closer to
passage
Missourinet: House-Senate lawmakers finalize
compromise on transfer proposal
KWMU: Negotiations completed over student transfer
bill that includes private option
KC Star: Nixon, Rick Stream disagree on sending public
dollars to private schools +
Missourinet: Nixon wants 'private option' out of
transfer bill, House sponsor says it won't pass without it
KC Star: Nixon says public money for private schools
"is where I draw the line" +
SNL: Legislature approves more time for child abuse
workers to complete investigations X
JCNT: State employee wage panel continues work X
CDT: Bill that bans the sale of e-cigarettes to minors
wins House approval X
KOMU: Versailles family pushing for cannabis-oil bill
Missourinet: Lawmakers consider non-certified drugs
for the terminally ill
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Nondiscrimination Act
(MONA) stalls before deadline
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers unlikely to clear the way
for Kansas City's red-light cameras +
JCNT: Advocacy group places shoes on Capitol steps to
raise awareness of foster-care issues X
KOMU: Missouri's "Puppies for Parole" program becomes
a model for England
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court upholds death
penalty in 1991 case; Walter Barton attacked 81-year old woman
with baseball bat, stabbed her eyes and jugular, then sexually
assaulted her and left her for dead
SNL editorial: Existing car-dealer system serves
public; Bill to ban direct sales of automobiles is good for
consumers, communities X
P-D op-ed: Legislature should keep funding for adult
dental care Medicaid in budget
The Missouri Times' Scott Faughn: Collin Reischman to
take on new role as managing editor of The Missouri Times
KC Star letter: Medicaid protesters' Senate-gallery
unruliness underscores chasm between haves and have-nots +
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Tuesday, May 13
The Hill: GOP blocks energy bill, scuttling vote on
Keystone XL pipeline; Dem staffer says Blunt carbon-tax
prohibition not discussed seriously in negotiations
National Journal: Congress plans Obamacare exemption
to boost veteran employment; Senate version is sponsored by Blunt
P-D: Colleges raise questions about sex assault
surveys by McCaskill, White House; Association rep criticizes
"unfunded mandate" from White House
USA Today: McCaskill continues scrutiny of National
Guard's NASCAR sponsorship
AP: McCaskill among three Dem senators asking NCAA to
better protect athletes from "exploitation"
Shelly: Gov candidate Chris Koster playing it safe on
gay marriage +
Drebes:
Former Dem state Reps. Michael Spreng and Churie Spreng fined $11K for
wide array of violations
CDT: Local House district swings might have outsized
effect on veto override attempts X
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
Senate
KC Star: Missouri looks to link jobless benefits to
jobless rate +
P-D: Senate Dems, GOP strike deal: Dems stand
down on early voting and abortion, GOP drops voter ID and "paycheck
protection"
AP: Senate passes early voting measure
Missourinet: Diehl: Democrats unlikely to get
the Medicaid expansion vote they want
Missourinet: No action Monday on language that would
block Tesla sales
Missourinet: Tesla team arranges for car owners to
visit Capitol, hosts conference call with reporters
SNL: Tesla and dealers fight over ban X
AP: Diehl dislikes concept of Tesla ban
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: Tesla should feel
upset; Six-sentence summary of issue +
Missourinet: Lawmakers further tweak 'private option'
in student transfer proposal
AP: Lawmakers seek to complete Missouri transfer bill
KC Star: 72-hour abortion waiting period clears
Missouri Senate +
P-D: Missouri Senate passes 72 hour waiting period
before an abortion
Missourinet: Senate sends abortion waiting period bill
back to House
AP: Missouri Senate OKs 3-day abortion waiting period
Missourinet: Legislature passes
parental-consent-to-tan legislation
AP: Lawmakers require parental consent for tanning
Missourinet: Legislature proposes regulation of
electronic cigarettes
AP: Lawmakers pass e-cigarette regulations
AP: Solar industry seeks to salvage rebate effort
SE
Missourian: Lawyer for condemned killer says execution 'courting
disaster;' Cheryl Pilate warns that Nixon could face political
backlash +
KC Star: Missouri community colleges will have a role
in pilot program for competency-based education +
SE
Missourian: Positive reinforcement effort in schools nets fewer
discipline referrals; DESE issues awards
+
SE
Missourian: DED says 'Gone Girl' filming cost almost $3
million; Total tax credits total $894K
+
P-D editorial: Tesla gets a lesson in Missouri
lawmaking; Legislature should let MADA's bill die
KC Star editorial: Missouri abortion bill insults women +
CDT's Water: Angry, emotional Dems should stop "crying
in their milk" and support the transportation tax X
P-D op-ed: STL, KC police chiefs oppose GOP gun bill,
urge Legislature to keep urban communities safe
P-D op-ed: Former U.S. Sen. Jack Danforth (R):
Legislature should pass Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA)
SNL letter: Post-Dispatch mistake on infant mortality
leads to liberal letter-writer's false "facts"
X
SE
Missourian letter: Cutting taxes should not have been a priority
for Legislature - Missouri is already a low-tax state +
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael:
Income-tax cut just a first "baby step of progress" to a better,
free-market future
KC Star letter: National and international monied
interests, PACs work to keep Missouri's working class down +
P-D letter: Area union official Jeff Aboussie says
EPA's landfill action will put construction laborers back to work
P-D letter: Ameren Missouri employee living in
Illinois says company is doing its part for renewable energy
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Monday, May 12
KWMU: VP Joe Biden, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to
check out CityArchRiver project
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Hummel on transportation
tax, Obama on Mizzou's gay 7th-round draft pick +
P-D: St. Louis area delegation's votes on recent
legislation: IRS issues, Benghazi, charter schools, more
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers face last-minute load of
bills, on topics new and old
P-D: Missouri Legislature hits final week with full
plate
Missourinet: Work on criminal code revision not
finished
AP: Missouri budget spends more despite flat revenues
Missourinet: Children's Division director responds to
proposed funding increase
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan)
one of 12 state reps to vote against use of hemp for epilepsy treatment
Drebes:
Help wanted: With Christine Page now at Missouri American Water,
her old job at RCGA is open
KC Star: UMKC clinic on Troost offers advice to those
who want unemployment benefits; Law students make pleas to Labor
and Industrial Relations appeals boards +
AP: Nixon declares emergency after storms
P-D editorial: To alleviate pain of student debt,
Missouri should follow Oregon's lead and offer unique repayment plan
for state-schoolers
SNL op-ed: Republicans vote to cut taxes, but turn
their back on Medicaid expansion's big federal subsidy X
SE
Missourian letter: Jerry Ford, two-term Dem state rep (1979-83),
says Nixon right to veto tax break +
P-D letter: Vote by Rep. Keith English (D-Florissant)
will help make the poor even poorer
P-D letter: Rex Sinquefield made his money in
California, a good progressive state with higher taxes and bountiful
growth
P-D: Union, Mo. man upset over tax cut, calls on Rex
Sinquefield to pay for all of state's future needs
Washington Missourian letter: Area reps should vote
against transportation tax; Throwing more money at MoDOT will do
nothing to fix its inherent problems
SE
Missourian letter: Reducing the number of Missouri state rep
districts would have many advantages +
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Sunday, May
11 Mother's Day
KC Star: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver receives Truman
Award from Independence mayor; "This award touches my very soul" +
P-D: Analysis: A look at who benefits, and how
much, from Missouri's income-tax cut
P-D's Nicklaus: Tax cut won't cure Missouri's
ills; True pro-growth change would have paired tax cuts with
elimination of special-interest tax credits
JCNT: Missouri legislature considers changes to wine
and grape tax credits X
CDT: PQ procedure might force votes in the Missouri
Senate this week X
AP:
Republicans' union bill exempts first responders
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph School District
official: Dropping Common Core would not hurt kids X
AP: Missouri, other states target "patent trolls"
P-D: Noranda smelter, part of Bootheel economy for
decades, faces uncertain future; Ameren Missouri's biggest
customer seeks a rate cut
JCNT: Sen. Jolie Justus (D-Kansas City) at Missouri
Bar event: Legislature needs more lawyers X
CDT: Group reaches out to legislators, wants to see
Confederate battle flag fly at cemetery; Gov. Bob Holden had
Stars and Bars pulled from site in 2003 X
JCNT: MoDOT buying Boys and Girls Club site X
SNL editorial: Budget passage shows that some good
stuff gets done in Jefferson City X
KC Star editorial: Missouri has seen slightly more job
growth than Kansas; Still, Missouri legislators pass tax cuts to
keep up with neighbor +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Rethink sales tax for
roads; Gas tax, fees on trucks are better options X
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Farm Bureau's Larry Miller:
Opponents of Right to Farm try to confuse the issue with
foreign-ownership argument +
SNL letter: Shame on Speaker Tim Jones for advocating
tax cuts and welcoming Grover Norquist to Missouri X
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman urges Missourians
to "wake up," says income-tax cut shows legislators are greedy
P-D letter: Florissant man responds sarcastically to
Lager's limited-government zeal
P-D letter: Containment of deer diseases in Missouri
has been a cooperative effort
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Saturday, May 10
KOLR: Video: Sen. Roy Blunt says MO legislators
right to be concerned about Medicaid expansion; Junior senator
also addresses Obamacare, mental health care
P-D: Parade magazine feature on "WalMart Moms"
includes St. Louis focus group reaction
Kraske: Getting advance voting should be easy, but not
in Missouri; Dems, Republicans offer competing plans +
Drebes:
Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) reacts to statement made
on House floor by Rep. Josh Peters (D-St. Louis), sends $10K to his
primary opponent
Missourinet: House Democrats wants Medicaid expansion
vote before they'll vote for transportation sales tax hike
Missourinet: Nixon won't veto criminal code bill
SNL: Complaints flare at bill that would affect Tesla
sales +
P-D: Electric-car maker Tesla alleges 'sneak attack'
in Missouri Legislature by auto dealers
The Missouri Times: Legislative profile: Poplar
Bluff Republican Rep. Steve Cookson: Praise from lobbyist Franc
Flotron, CEAM's Katie Casas
CDT: Grain Belt Express power line plan draws
opposition X
P-D: Missouri Public Service Commission recommends
against Noranda rate request
St. Joseph News-Press: KCP&L says environmental
rules will drive up rates X
KC Star: Missouri set to establish 72-hour abortion
waiting period +
AP: Condemned prisoner's lawyers: Delicate blood
vessels could lead to 'torturous' execution process
KC Star: Suit filed to halt Missouri execution +
Missourinet: Execution date set for John
Winfield; Jilted University City man unable to accept that his
ex-girlfriend was over him, flew into violent jealous rage
P-D: Bridgeton athletic fields to remain open after
radiation testing
Washington Missourian editorial: Harry S Truman
deserves to have things named after him, in D.C. and Missouri
KC Star Capitol Watch editorial: Some bright spots in
budget, but still no Medicaid expansion; Steve Tilley signs on
with Tesla; Alcohol sales will be legal in Capitol +
P-D editorial: EPA urgency on Bridgeton should be felt
at West Lake Landfill
Horrigan: Joe Teasdale was governor before Republicans
took a hard right and started trying to punish entire categories of
people
P-D letter: Community college instructor:
Candidates should take pledge to not accept lobbyists' gifts
P-D letter: National Council on Alcohol and Drug
Abuse's Daniel Duncan: Missouri needs prescription drug
monitoring program
P-D letter: Students Against Peabody: McClellan
wrong on Peabody; Corporate/academic/political giants conspire to
keep public in the dark about renewable energy
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Friday, May 9
KC Star: Former Missouri Gov. Joseph 'Walkin' Joe'
Teasdale dies +
KWMU: Obituary: 'Walkin' Joe' Teasdale,
Missouri's 48th governor
Mannies: Teasdale's 'Walkin' Joe' image left its mark
in Missouri politics
Missourinet: Former Missouri Gov. Joe Teasdale dies
AP: Former Missouri Gov. Joseph Teasdale dies at 78
USA Today: Vicky Hartzler, others move to stop
National Guard cuts
USA Today: Hartzler: Women don't need their own
history museum: "I don't like to see us continuing to divide
ourselves into groups"
AP: Bill would rename Union Station after Truman
KC Star: McCaskill, Blunt want to rename D.C.'s Union
Station after Truman +
The Hill: McCaskill, want to rename Union Station
P-D: Didja hear the one about the Missouri politician
who joked about 4 U.S. deaths? Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights) twitstigates conservatives on Benghazi
Joplin Globe: HUD official: Joplin might be
candidate for even more funding X
AP: White House says Biden to attend "economic event"
in St. Louis on Tuesday
SE
Missourian: SEMO students submit survey results to Kander;
62% of students surveyed won't sign up for Obamacare; 60% say ACA
will not lower health-care costs +
CDT: Company to build radioisotope facility;
Project to create 68 jobs, use $884K through Missouri Works program X
The Missouri Times: Continuous updates on Missouri
House action
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Rick Perry praises Missouri
tax cut +
Helling: Missouri lawmakers not making deals these
days; For the good of democracy, Dems and Republicans need to
start compromising +
KWMU: Legislature sends FY2015 budget to Nixon, touts
education spending
Missourinet: Legislature approves $26.3B budget
P-D: Legislature sends $26.4B budget to Nixon's desk
Missourinet: Nixon issues statement on FY15 budget,
continues call for Medicaid expansion
JCNT: Funds included for major mid-MO projects X
JCNT: State pay raise, college funds impact area X
SE
Missourian: Southeast gets state funding increase +
AP: Missouri budget restores Medicaid benefits
Missourinet: Medicaid expands after all - a little
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass college building projects
Missourinet: Voter ID again sidetracked in Senate
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers find middle ground on
Common Core +
P-D: Tax credits for donations to pregnancy resource
centers, maternity homes and food pantries sent to Nixon
The Missouri Times: Pregnancy resource center
benevolent tax credits increased
SNL: Springfield mayor upset with lawmakers over
cell-phone towers, changes to government employees' retirement system X
AP: Missouri Senate passes parent consent bill for
tanning beds
Washington Missourian: Bill to name bridge after
former Sullivan mayor languishes in House
SNL: Knee surgery means Kickapoo won't get Nixon at
graduation X
The Missouri Times: Association profile: Arch
Grants
P-D: Facing regulatory and activist attacks, local
employer Peabody Energy seeks to bolster coal's image
AP: P-D parent Lee Enterprises posts $1.5M profit for
fiscal 2Q; Combined print and digital revenues down YOY, but
stand-alone digital revenue increased
JCNT editorial: Undignified "Rally for Dignity":
Uncivilized behavior could retard protesters' message X
Joplin Globe editorial: GOP impeachment talk was lunacy X
KC Star editorial: More minority teachers needed in
classrooms; UMKC official says Caucasians may have trouble
relating to struggles of young urbanites +
KWMU op-ed: UMSL's David Robertson and David
Kimball: Pushed into tax cuts by hard-right ALEC, Missouri
conservatives just peaked
Priddy: Frustration and disruption: Medicaid
protesters' outburst fails to move the Senate
Shelly: Reactions to Medicaid protesters shows that
Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City), Rep. Myron Neth (R-Liberty) are
"prissy" +
SNL op-ed: Missouri hemp oil bills fails to include THC X
SE
Missourian op-ed: SEMO Ag Chair Michael Aide: Agriculture
is a job-creator for our region, nation +
P-D letter: Tax cut is a step toward creating a
pro-business environment
KC Star letters: Adoption records should be open in
Missouri; Missouri rep for progressive Small Business Majority
supports EPA's carbon restrictions +
P-D letter: Genny Jessee: Editorial board should
be ashamed of itself for politicizing the hemp oil issue
JCNT letter: CBD oil passage: We all owe Willie
Nelson an apology X
P-D letter: Festus's Bunnie Gronborg: Republican
senators should accept guilt and shame for their behavior, repent, then
become advocates for Medicaid expansion
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Thursday, May 8
Truman Day - State holiday
KWMU: McCaskill holds decisive role in approving
Keystone XL pipeline
KWMU: Blunt says carbon tax would 'devastate' Missouri
jobs, drive up energy costs
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Blunt's position on carbon
tax +
P-D: Ann Wagner being considered for Benghazi
investigating committee
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Gender politics: Claire
McCaskill, Ann Wagner crusade on alleged sexual assaults and sex
trafficking
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show: Video: KC Star's
Dave Helling on Missouri's "slide into conservatism," Sinquefield, "no
organized liberal or progressive" efforts in state, Nixon's "low-level
feud" with McCaskill, more
MSNBC's The Last Word: Video: Protesters shut
down Missouri Senate; Comments from clergy, Howard Dean on
Medicaid fight
USA Today: McCaskill takes aim at National Guard's
fruitless NASCAR sponsorship
KC Star: Sam Graves not convinced yet on
single-terminal KCI +
KC Star: Liberty library recognized by White House +
AP: Senate casts ceremonial vote on resolution
validating Missouri's chess status
KWMU: Dick Durbin to headline Missouri Democrats'
biggest fundraising event - Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, June 7 in St.
Louis City
Drebes: Chuck Gatschenberger drops $220K of his own
money into primary battle with Vicki Schneider, Bob Onder
The Missouri Times: Early voting petitions
filed; Missouri County Clerks Association's Susette Taylor says
group supports early voting but opposes initiative's language
Missourinet: Legislature asks voters to consider
stronger gun rights
Washington Missourian: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific)
says he's still considering how to vote on sending transportation tax
to ballot
The Missouri Times: House updates: Rep. Wanda
Brown (R-Lincoln) takes aim at (unnamed in story) Democrat;
Republicans jump up and down to be recognized; More
AP: With one week left in session, Dems punish Rep.
Keith English (D-Florissant) by stripping freshman of committee
assignments
SE
Missourian: School officials plan for increased funding;
Missouri School Boards' Assocation says income-tax cut a long-term
funding concern +
The Missouri Times: Filibuster stalls - but doesn't
kill - paycheck protection
P-D: Plan for Missouri to implement federal emissions
regulations sent to Nixon
P-D: Poor Missourians could get dental coverage under
changes OK'd by lawmakers
JCNT: Public school testing changes heard by Missouri
Senate panel X
SNL: Bill to allow new local courts surcharge passed X
SNL: Student religious liberties bill from Rep. Elijah
Haahr (R-Springfield) heads to governor X
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass funeral protest law change
JCNT: Gov. Jay Nixon has knee surgery; Right
wheel undergoes arthroscopic procedure X
P-D: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder champions Lyft ride-sharing
cause
KWMU: EPA to test Bridgeton baseball fields for
radiation
P-D: EPA to test Bridgeton athletic complex for
radiation
Washington Missourian: Prayer ruling vindicates
Franklin County Commission, Griesheimer says
KWMU: ROTC course credit returns to Washington
University; Peaceniks burned campus building in 1970
KC Star editorial: Evidence from other states
continues to roll in - expanding Medicaid in Missouri would save lives +
P-D editorial: Stop the Missouri Legislature from
classifying captive deer as livestock
Washington Missourian editorial: Harry S Truman was a
man of the people, and for the people
Washington Missourian editorial: Sorry, ACLU - if you
don't like prayers, don't listen to them
CDT's Waters: Photo ID laws are unnecessary;
Republicans only support increased restrictions to suppress Dem votes X
KC Star letter: Missouri School Boards' Association's
Phil Hutchinson: With tax cut, Missouri Republicans + Keith
English just did something very dangerous +
SNL letter: Area woman disagrees with Rep. Kevin
Austin (R-Springfield) on Medicaid, accosts strangers in "parking lots,
restaurants and convenience stores" to conduct her own poll X
P-D letter: Heartland Institute fellow Joy Pullman
defends Chappelle-Nadal's comments about public and private schools
P-D letter: Put the energy from renewables into
Missouri's economy
JCNT letter: Article on nullification's history raised
important questions X
JCNT letter: Nullification article was interesting,
and Missouri Republicans are still ignorant of the U.S. Constitution X
SNL letter: Marijuana legalization: "Going to pot"
punchline opener, condemnation of non-"wholesome" acts, suggestions for
alternative stress-relieving activities X
P-D letter: Woman who still subscribes to newspaper
explains her buyer's remorse, with "10 times the information for free
on the Internet"
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Wednesday, May 7
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt speaks out for energy
debate, objects to carbon tax X
Drebes:
Former PSC Chairman Kevin Gunn launches Paladin Energy Strategies, LLC,
and opens The Law Offices of Kevin D. Gunn
KY3: Ash Grove schools work to fix financial problems
outlined in Schweich's audit
The Missouri Times: Continuous updates on Missouri
House action
The Missouri Times: Continuous updates on Missouri
Senate action
Missourinet: House votes to complete overturn of
veto; Tax-cut bill to become law
P-D: Missouri Legislature overrides Nixon's tax-cut
veto
P-D: Tax-cut vote casts light on freshman Keith
English (D-Florissant); Hummel says vote may affect committee
assignments next session
KC Star: Missouri legislators override Nixon's veto on
tax cuts +
SNL: Lawmakers override Nixon's veto X
CDT: Missouri House follows Senate to override Nixon's
tax-cut veto X
Missourinet: Nixon's response to tax-cut veto override
AP:
Four things to know about tax cut: What it does, who gets it, how
slowly it will be phased in, and two spins on its effects
SNL's Jonathan Shorman: Why Nixon could not stop the
tax cut X
AP: Protesters disrupt Medicaid debate in
Senate; Comments from African Methodist Episcopal church's
Cassandra Gould
JCNT: Participants in "rally for dignity" yell, sing,
disrupt Senate proceedings X
CDT: Protesters derail Senate agenda for 45 minutes X
P-D: Protesters chant, sing from Senate gallery;
Silvey says it's "frustrating ... to be sunk by the very people I'm
trying to help"
SNL: Shouting protesters shut down Senate
business; Organizer suggests more agitation could be in the works X
Missourinet: Video: Missouri Faith Voices
disrupts Senate proceedings, performs call-and-response chants
AP:
Missouri budget plan includes boost to education
AP: Missouri to use long-term debt for mental hospital
CDT: Funding for Fulton hospital work survives
conference committee X
Missourinet: Legislature adopts Nixon's plan to pay
for new Fulton Mental Hospital
P-D: Missouri lawmakers agree on funding plan for
Fulton State Hospital, increases for public schools
Missourinet: Budget agreement includes $5.1M boost for
state Children's Division
KC Star: Funding bump restored for Missouri's child
welfare agency +
SNL: Children's division to get more funding X
AP: Missouri Senate considers limits on union fees
P-D: Missouri Senate rejects exemptions from abortion
period for rape, incest
AP: Missouri Senate debates three-day abortion wait
period
P-D: Slay's office turns to Legislature to block
ACORN/MORE's anti-Peabody bill
JCNT: Nixon gets bill allowing alcohol sales at
special Capitol events X
KC Star: Missouri House to drop impeachment case
against Nixon +
SNL: Nixon to speak Friday at Kickapoo High School
graduation X
P-D: Parkway North students visit Normandy; Of
transfer conundrum, Parkway student hypothesizes she "would be, like,
majorly stressed out"
P-D: St. Louis City store owner admits food-stamp
fraud; Ebraheem Maki Naif pleads guilty to felony charge in
federal court
P-D editorial: Tax-cut veto override is a knockout
blow for state's future; IBEW Local 1 cagefighter Keith English
(D-Florissant) kicks Missouri in the groin
JCNT editorial: Hemp-oil bill should be signed into law X
KC Star editorial: Pass a reasonable red-light camera
bill +
CDT's Waters: Red-light cameras: State law
change needed X
Shelly: Thoughts on tax-cut vote: English
destined to be lonely; Kansas no longer cool; Republicans
still support the rich +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Kicking clergy out of
Senate chamber caps ugly 24 hours in Jefferson City +
P-D letter: Former St. Louis City Health and Hospitals
director supports Medicaid expansion
KC Star letters: Legislators should expand
Medicaid; Show-Me Institute says liberal Barb Shelly doesn't want
free-market topics discussed +
SNL letter: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield):
Why I voted to give my constituents a tax cut
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Tuesday, May 6
KWMU: Boeing's Growler aircraft unites Missouri's
congressional delegation
P-D: House Armed Services head backs funding for five
more Boeing growlers; McCaskill calls competitor Lockheed's
production problems "an embarrassment"
P-D: Ann Wagner chairing effort to recruit more female
GOP candidates
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Jetton's new book, early
voting, more +
AP: Lawmakers endorse March presidential primary
P-D:
Democrats select Alan Green to take Rep. Steve Webb's seat for
remainder of term; Green to face three other Dems on Aug. 5
ballot for full two-year term
Drebes: Rep. Kim Gardner (D-St. Louis City) takes over
caucus policy chairmanship from the late Rory Ellinger
KWMU: Teachers unions gear up to fight tenure
reform; Comments from CEAM's Katie Casas, MNEA's Mark Jones,
MSTA's Mike Wood
The Missouri Times: Transportation tax increase
shaping up as a race against time
The Missouri Times: Continuous updates on Missouri
House action
The Missouri Times: Continuous updates on Missouri
Senate action
KC Star: Fate of Missouri tax cuts rests in House
after Senate votes to override Nixon's veto +
KWMU: Missouri Senate overrides veto of tax-cut
bill; House to vote today
Missourinet: Senate does its part of the override
AP: Missouri Senate votes to override tax-cut veto
AP: Senate roll call votes on tax cut
AP: Rep. Keith English (D-Florissant) to vote for
income-tax cut, says it has triggers and fail-safes to protect state
revenues
P-D: English to vote with Republicans, says Nixon's
statements on budget "not 100 percent true"
SNL: Senate votes to override Nixon tax-cut veto X
CDT: Senate votes to override Nixon's veto of tax-cut
bill X
The Missouri Times: Voter ID legislation makes
progress in Senate
The Missouri Times: Video: Kinder-Kelly debate
on Ozark National Scenic Riverways
JCNT: Medicaid expansion survives in House; 10
different bills tagged with amendments X
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass notice requirement for
mammograms
Missourinet: House committee will not vote on attempt
to impeach Nixon
JCNT: Lawmakers send new Corrections overtime bill to
Nixon X
Riverfront Times: Missouri's new marijuana laws are
"small step" forward
Riverfront Times: Cornealious "Mike" Anderson freed
from prison, says the first thing he wants is chicken and bacon
P-D: Robber, jailed 13 years after his crime, is freed
P-D: Photo gallery: Family, journalists at
celebration with Cornealious, LaQonna and Nevaeh Anderson
AP: Man convicted of armed robbery avoids 13-year
prison sentence, goes home
CDT: Missouri Department of Revenue seeks second
Columbia license office X
Columbia Missourian: Revenue Department could open
second Columbia office
SNL: Editor David Stoeffler leaving for
Wisconsin; Paper seeks new executive editor X
KC Star editorial: Taxes in Missouri are already too
low - Missouri Democrats must hold the line against tax cuts +
Joplin Globe editorial: A wish to see quantitative
measurement of how much economic activity will be spurred by Missouri's
upcoming income tax cut X
P-D editorial: Hemp oil should grease the doors to
Medicaid expansion in Missouri
P-D op-ed: McCaskill, Blunt should oppose provision to
take $75 million "literally [sic]
out of the mouths of children and families"
Washington Post's Joe Davidson: IG's long stretch in
limbo is unfair to him, agency and taxpayers; Comments from
McCaskill
Phill Brooks: Historical view of veto overrides;
Nixon doesn't develop the relationships with legislative opponents that
previous governors did X
Joplin Globe op-ed: Missouri's rich - including people
like doctors and lawyers - don't need a tax break X
KWMU op-ed: Normandy Supe Tyrone J. McNichols:
Transfer bill needs to become law this session
CDT's Waters: Sarcastic take on Missouri
executions: The condemned should be hung in broad daylight, or
perhaps nailed to a cross X
Priddy: "Comity" Central: Sarcastic take on
lesbian divorce, nullification, and Missouri's history of dismissing
federal laws
SE
Missourian letter: Grow Missouri's Aaron Willard applauds
editorial board's even-handed approach to tax-cut issue +
P-D letter: Tax cut is a Republican scheme to help the
wealthy, and citizens should contact their rep
P-D letter: Kansas-based payday loan company responds
to Tishaura Jones' op-ed on payday loans
P-D letter: Response to P-D editorial on execution
missteps
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Monday, May 5
Rosenbaum: A Missouri power broker's fall: Rod
Jetton's new book, "Success Can Kill You," raises questions about
politics - and the type of people drawn to it
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Matt Blunt's post-gov
success; Missouri's first same-sex divorce; More +
P-D: Solar industry faces key incentive loss;
Rebate that fueled huge surge in panel installations is drawing to a
close
KWMU: Backers submit signatures for ballot proposal to
eliminate teacher tenure
SNL: Early-voting supporters say they have enough
signatures X
AP: Teacher tenure, early voting measures submitted to
Missouri secretary of state
Joplin Globe's Susan Redden: Local Dems try to break
GOP stronghold; State rep candidate says GOP opposition to
Medicaid expansion "just plain mean" X
Missourinet: Republicans prepare for veto
override; Audio of interview with Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit)
AP: Missouri lawmakers plan override vote on tax cut
KWMU: Missouri revenue drops in April, raising
questions and concerns
Missourinet: House, Senate budget conferees to meet
with budget due Friday
AP: Missouri Senate looks to curb union fee collection
P-D: Schools have reached testing overload
SE
Missourian: Cape district to use DESE-created survey to gauge
student, parent, staff opinions of school system +
KC Star: Missouri considering right-to-try drug law
for terminally ill patients +
JCNT: Hemp oil successes tempered by some risks X
JCNT: A look inside the 'politics' of passing the hemp
oil bill X
JCNT's Bob Watson: Access to hemp oil passes, but why
not Medicaid expansion? X
Fox4 Kansas City: Girl in hospital intensive care
after Medicaid stopped; State says notice is always given before
coverage is stopped
KC Star: Missouri is debating funding for beleaguered
child welfare agency +
Missourinet: Missouri Bar committee to propose review
of expungement laws
AP: Nixon names acting Missouri fire marshal
KWMU: MoDOT makes roadway alerts more user-friendly
St. Joseph News-Press: Grain Belt Express faces
eminent domain challenge X
KWMU: Former state Rep. Sam Page (D) chosen as Dem to
replace Kathleen Burkett on St. Louis County Council
AP: Hearing set for armed robber and prison no-show
Cornealious "Mike" Anderson
JCNT editorial: Override the veto and pass the tax
cut; Measure provides safeguards for govt. programs while
providing reasonable tax relief X
P-D editorial: Nixon could double pardon power with
Cornealious "Mike" Anderson; Governor should set a drug convict
and woman who shot husband in the head loose, too
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: People who oppose teacher
tenure and Common Core don't understand anything about teaching +
P-D letter: Victims and families, not their savage
killers, are dehumanized
JCNT letter: General Assembly focused on helping the
rich at the expense of the poor - and Sen. Mike Kehoe (R) must be
defeated X
P-D letter: Molendorp's vote a good sign Republicans
may "cave in to pressure" on Medicaid; Sen. Tom Dempsey should go
along with expansion, too
JCNT letter: Nullification bill insults federal
officers X
JCNT letter: Modern-day money-changers alive at well
at the state Capitol X
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Sunday, May 4
USA Today: Former Missouri governor advocates for car
companies; Matt Blunt is president of American Automotive Policy
Council
P-D: In offensive against sex trafficking, Ann Wagner
steps into controversial realm
SNL: At News-Leader Economic Forum, hospital execs
talks Obamacare, Medicaid expansion; Comments from area union
official, local job-creators X
KC Star: Some see proposed wind farm as a threat in
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge +
SNL: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Rep. Chris Kelly
(D-Columbia) square off in Ozark National Scenic Riverways debate X
CDT: Kinder, Kelly debate control of Ozark National
Scenic Riverway X
Drebes:
Filing news: List of state rep districts for which party
committees must still select candidates
JCNT: Today's debate over nullification actually began
with Founding Fathers; A constitutional duel continues in the
Missouri Legislature X
AP: As clock ticks, ethics legislation appears less
likely to pass
AP: Lawmakers mull plans for mental health facility
CDT: Boone County judge grants state's first same-sex
divorce; Local lesbians make Missouri history X
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Missourian editorial: Override of tax-cut veto would be
appropriate; Nixon loses credibility with his sky-is-falling
hyperbole +
SNL editorial: Legislature makes progress by cracking
down on payday lenders, funding education; Sen. Kurt Schaefer
(R-Columbia) a "strident squeal interrupting the hum of productivity" X
Maureen Dowd: Clintons overpower Obama; In light
of impending Hillary campaign, McCaskill among those forced to
awkwardly make nice
Messenger: Without funding, none of the new school
plans have a chance
CDT's Waters: At Mizzou, MLK's niece delivers an
appropriate pro-life message X
KC Star op-ed: Kansas lawyer: Medicaid expansion
would benefit Missouri +
CDT op-ed: Missouri Rural Crisis Center program
director: Medicaid expansion would benefit rural residents X
KC Star letter: Feds' Medicaid-expansion enticement
based on same principle as others scams +
SE
Missourian letter: Missouri Grocers Association's Dan
Shaul: Grocers support tax-cut bill +
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Saturday, May 3
Washington Post's Al Kamen: McCaskill questions John
Kerry about State Department's decision to hire PR firm to coach
officials
TonysKansasCity.com: KC GOP convention backers win $4
million in "seed money" from Missouri House budget
P-D: 'Sovereign nation' tax schemes land true
believers in prison
KWMU: John Boehner holds event at Dave Spence's
house; Catherine Hanaway, others attend
Drebes:
Schupp's potential state Senate opponent Jay Ashcroft hosts Springfield
fundraiser next week
KWMU: ALEC holds spring summit in Kansas City
AP: Missouri revenues falling behind projections
KWMU: Judge boosts Missouri's 2014 tobacco settlement
payment to $110M
P-D: Judge rules Missouri should receive millions more
in tobacco funds
AP: Judge orders re-figuring of Missouri's tobacco loss
JCNT: Nixon proposes Missouri Health Works plan X
JCNT: Lawmakers pass cannabis extract bill X
KC Star: Missouri revisits banning drug felons from
food stamps +
P-D: Opposition to Common Core diluted in bill
approved by Missouri Senate
P-D: Measure approved by House this week could derail
state efforts to remake Normandy schools
KWMU: School-attendance advocacy series: Focus
on rural Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Bill to allocate funds for
Lafferre Hall renovation advances to Missouri Senate
JCNT: Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-Columbia) to deliver Lincoln
University graduation address next Saturday X
P-D: MADD to Nixon: Veto the revised criminal
code bill
AP: Lawyer wants to video upcoming execution
KWMU: Wash U's anti-Peabody protestors, who quit their
sit-in last week, hold school year's final rally
AP: 7 arrested at anti-Peabody protest
P-D: Narrated photo gallery: Activists
congregate outside Knight building, chant anti-Peabody catchphrases,
fail to deliver strongly-worded letter to CEO
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Missourian: Task force looks to 'nip' gun violence in local region +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Conservation Department
to give lessons on cooking and cleaning fish
KC Star "Capitol Watch" editorial: Nixon should veto
GOP tax cut +
P-D editorial: Chris Koster - "who puts his finger in
the air as well as any politician in Missouri" does the right thing by
asking EPA to weigh in on West Lake Landfill
Washington Missourian editorial: Bentley-driving
criminal defense lawyer Scott Rosenblum a good example of why Missouri
needs a drunk-driving civil forfeiture law
CDT's Waters: What Missouri needs is a veto of the
income-tax cut and passage of the transportation sales tax X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: While legislators
seek to throw money at Boeing, the Mercy hospital system quietly
contributes to Missouri's well-being
KC Star's Diuguid: Three-paragraph column connecting
anti-ALEC jabs to KC as potential GOP convention site +
P-D "Special to the Post-Dispatch" byline: Arnold
council takes stand against right-to-work laws
Washington Missourian letter: Rep. Paul Curtman is
exactly what constituents need in Jefferson City
KC Star letter: Motorcyclists should be required to
wear helmets +
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Friday, May 2
Politico: McCaskill one of 11 Senate Dems
co-sponsoring pro-Keystone bill; Blunt amendment regards carbon
dioxide emissions
USA Today: McCaskill says increase in sexual assault
reporting among troops shows female soldiers have newfound faith in
system
Politico: McCaskill, Gillibrand bury the hatchet, work
together on campus sexual assault campaign
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Nixon on tax cut;
McCaskill on sexual assaults; Thoughts on Priddy's response to
Rep. Josh Peters (D-St. Louis) +
Drebes: Missouri State Teachers Association forms
committee to oppose Rex Sinquefield initiative petition
KC Star: Conservative group ALEC will meet Friday in
Kansas City to develop state bills +
Shelly: Despite deep pockets, Rex Sinquefield is the
patron saint of lost causes +
AP: 152,335 sign up for health plans; HHS says
numbers do not reflect how many were previously uninsured, and how many
switched from other health plans
Kaiser Health News/P-D: Missouri exceeds HHS
expectations for health-care signups; Missouri Medicaid
Coalition's Michelle Trupiano says data shows people want health care
P-D: Medicaid bill wins symbolic vote, inches forward
in Missouri House
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Missourian: Local lawmakers support smaller tax increase for
transportation +
KC Star: Nixon vetoes income tax bill +
KC Star: Nixon points to Kansas as one more reason for
tax-cut veto +
KWMU: Nixon vetoes tax-cut bill, calls it "dangerous
scheme"
Missourinet: Nixon vetoes tax-cut bill, offers
counters to Republican arguments
P-D: Nixon vetoes tax-cut bill, says it would
devastate schools
AP: Nixon vetoes income-tax cut
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Missourian: MSBA president says school boards "under attack like
never before"; Phil Hutchinson opposes tax cut, says transfer
bill has turned into a "voucher bill" +
AP:
Lawmakers pass bill to limit jobless benefits
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass changes to payday
loans; Sen. Scott Sifton (D-St. Louis) says bill isn't perfect,
but provides "some great consumer protection"
P-D: Payday loan bill approved by Legislature, but
activists still not pleased
KWMU: Eric Schmitt shares son's medical saga in
support of bill allowing hemp use in Missouri
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass cannabis extract bill
Missourinet: Fighting seizures with hemp oil
P-D: Hemp extract bill to treat epilepsy sent to Nixon
The Missouri Times: Hemp oil heads to Nixon's desk
KC Star: Missouri Legislature approves cannabis
extract sought by parents of ailing kids +
AP: Missouri House defeats newborn care legislation
SNL: Former Greene County prosecutor Jill Patterson
'disappointed and angry' with Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) over
remarks regarding Children's Division workers
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CDT: Legislative supporters of criminal code overhaul
say DWI issue minor, fixable X
AP:
Missouri Senate OKs bill that could pave the way for state to ditch
Common Core
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Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford receives Silver Star banner
from Nixon; Cape Republican served on B-52 bomber in Vietnam, as
intelligence officer during first Gulf War +
CDT: Nixon honors four veterans during ceremony X
P-D: Nixon revisits St. Charles County tornado area
P-D editorial: Nixon should pull the plug on Missouri
executions, but he doesn't have the courage
SNL editorial briefs: Nixon should sign criminal code
bill; Jones, Grover Norquist should have done a better job
coordinating their anti-tax messaging to have a more powerful impact X
KC Star editorial: Conservative ALEC gathering will
work on power and policy; Liberals' allegations that ALEC
operates in secrecy are only party true +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Voters may get to
decide on transportation tax - but will enough local projects make the
cut? X
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Missourian op-ed: Americans for Prosperity-Missouri's Patrick
Werner: Nixon must choose between higher taxes and big government
or limited government and reasonable spending
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Helling: Tax policies in Missouri and Kansas are
broken beyond words X
P-D op-ed: Former state Rep. Tishaura Jones (D-St.
Louis City): Legislature should limit payday loan industry
McClellan: A success story at Normandy high:
Youngster transfers from good school to Normandy, maintains superior
academic status, is accepted to Washington University
CDT op-ed: Missouri Egg Council's Jo Manhart responds
to HSUS complaints about comfort of Missouri hens X
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Thursday, May 1
The Hill: Democrats double down on strategy of running
against Koch brothers; Blunt: Dems' change-the-subject plan
"not sticking, and I don't this this will either"
Washington Post: Cost of Pentagon weapons systems up a
half-trillion dollars, delays of more than two years; Comments
from McCaskill
KWMU: Clay invites Paul Ryan to St. Louis to see GOP
budget's effects on the poor, old, homeless, et al.; Ryan's
office is politely evasive
P-D: Lacy Clay, Jason Smith lead effort to make St.
Louis chess capital
AP: Nixon taps aide Dustin Allison to be Missouri
consumer advocate
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist profile: Ward Cook,
Cozad Company
CDT: Columbia yoga studio owner battles state over
workers' status; Hearing with Dept. of Labor and Industrial
Relations "referee" is today X
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Tax-cut indecision makes
Jeff Roorda the most popular legislator in the state; McCaskill
on minimum wage +
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Majority Leader John
Diehl (R-Town and Country) on tax cut, Dems' attempts to pressure
Roorda, prospects of sales tax for transportation passage
AP: Missouri House endorses student transfer bill
AP: Roll call vote on student transfer bill
KWMU: Missouri House amends, then passes, student
transfer fix
Missourinet: House passes student transfer fix with
scaled-back private school option
KC Star: Missouri House approves student transfer bill
with scaled-down private school option +
P-D: Missouri House OKs school transfer bill
JCNT: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) helps guide
school transfer bill to passage X
Missourinet: Rep. Josh Peters (D-St. Louis) says idea
to debate transfer law in private session only a 'message'
Priddy: Peters' closed-doors proposal "outlandish.
Unforgiveable. Gutless."
P-D: Normandy residents hold protest in Jefferson City
over schools
The Missouri Times: "Normandy Strong" activists rally
at the Capitol
CDT: MADD cites concern over wording in Criminal Code
bill X
AP: Missouri Senate passes gun nullification bill
P-D: Missouri Senate approves bill to penalize
enforcement of federal gun laws
SNL: Senate passes bill nullifying federal gun laws X
Missourinet: Federal gun law nullification bill back
to House
KBIA: Missouri's 72-hour abortion wait time bill
likely to pass this session
AP: Botched execution offers new evidence to
attorneys; Clayton Lockett, who shot a woman and watched while
accomplices buried her alive, survives 40 minutes longer than intended
KWMU: Oklahoma murderer dies via heart attack;
No comment from Missouri Department of Corrections
AP: Nixon has no plans to halt Missouri executions
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Missourian: Cape murderer set for execution May 21; Nixon
supports "the ultimate punishment" for the "most merciless and violent
crimes" +
P-D: Nixon has no plans to halt Missouri's executions
KC Star: Nixon: Missouri has a different
execution protocol and uses a different drug than Oklahoma +
The Missouri Times: Hemp oil bill nears final approval
JCNT: Senators asked to approve hemp growth X
AP: Missouri lawmakers back opening office in Israel
SNL: Lawmakers add more reasons to impeach Nixon X
Missourinet: Lawmakers must decide whether to proceed
with impeachment of Nixon
AP: Impeachment hearings against Nixon wrap up, no
vote yet
P-D: Baseball tournament moved from Bridgeton
following concerns about radioactive West Lake Landfill
Drebes:
Help wanted: Conservation Federation of Missouri seeks deputy
director, pays $50K-$65K
KC Star: Former Sen. Charlie Shields (R-St. Joseph)
named President and CEO of Truman Medical Centers +
St. Joseph News-Press: Charlie Shields gets top job at
Truman Medical X
P-D editorial: Lamping is right - GOP's inconsistency
on tax cuts vs. sales tax increase is "stupid"
KC Star editorial: Murderer sentenced to died on May
21 has delicate veins; Nixon should postpone execution to seek
more information +
The Hill op-ed: Brewer Science CEO Terry Brewer
(Rolla, Mo.): Blunt's bipartisan Revitalize American
Manufacturing and Innovation Act would help keep America a world leader
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Lifting Missouri's lifetime
food stamp ban for drug offenders just makes sense +
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Thoughts on
Common Core and tampering with tried-and-true education methods
Washington Missourian letter: Missouri Republicans
don't really support right to carry or right to work, they just hate
Obama and government
SNL letter: Missouri Republicans' nullification plans
start with guns, might be expanded to attack gays and minorities X
P-D letter: Let Common Core succeed without
interference from educators, politicians
SNL letter: Springfield teacher supports Common Core X
P-D letter: Using public funds for private schools is
not education reform
JCNT letter: Adding to fuel tax would be the fairest
way to pay for roads X
KC Star letter: If a motorcyclist chooses not to wear
a helmet, Missouri taxpayers shouldn't support sustaining his scrambled
brains +
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