Sunday, May 31
Fox4KC: Kansas City considered for pilot public
housing program; Comments from U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
Kraske: The Chat: Simon & Schuster on
McCaskill's book; Rep. Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City) on how KS
food-tax increase will help Missouri +
CDT: Senate in defensive posture in LeVota intern
investigation X
Washington Missourian: Disabled will get job
experience with new employment program funded by the state
AP: Judge gives deadline for sorting out Mamtek claims
CDT: Head of Missouri public defender system
retiring; Cathy "Cat" Kelly will open "holistic bookstore" called
"Heart, Body and Soul" X
St. Joseph News-Press: Little impact expected if
Kansas City raises minimum wage X
Washington Missourian: Scott Holste says Nixon "very
close" to appointing someone to vacant seat on Franklin County
Commission
P-D: Police handle eight "Black Lives Matter"
protesters blocking traffic in Washington Avenue entertainment district
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Ideology divides
farmers and EPA; In Missouri, as much as half a million acres
could be subjected to new federal oversight X
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislature shouldn't
have let bullying bill fall through the cracks
JCNT editorial: Task force to combat human trafficking X
KC Star editorial: Volunteers are needed to help
endangered kids after record caseload increase in Missouri +
Washington Missourian editorial: The youngs spend too
much time texting; Also, Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union) is
right: Kids these days need to appreciate the sacrifice made by
veterans
Washington Missourian editorial: Journalism has lost
another "one of a kind" in Martin Duggan
SE
Missourian editor Bob Miller: Missouri DNR sends out piles of
fluff, but didn't bother informing the newspaper about a boil-water
alert +
P-D letter: Paid solicitors' efforts to remove Mayor
James Knowles from office are small, narrow-minded
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Saturday, May 30
KWMU: Senate to hold rare Sunday session to act on
federal surveillance authority; McCaskill, Blunt differ on
Patriot Act
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt want to keep
rural mail service vibrant
KSPR: McCaskill announces that mail processing center
gets reprieve from planned closure
SNL: Plans to close mail processing center on hold
indefinitely X
AP: Italian manufacturer to open in Missouri after
trade mission
Missourinet: Missouri Senate hires attorney for
alleged harassment case
Kraske: New study shows that isolated capitals like
Jefferson City tend to be more corrupt +
KC Star: One year after Brandon Ellingson drowned in
handcuffs, family still sees a 'lack of accountability' +
P-D: Poor adults in Missouri may get better access to
health care
The Missouri Times: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) led
effort to free pot felon Jeff Mizanskey
CDT: Missouri State Teachers Association survey:
Teachers say there's too much testing X
CDT: Contractors seeking share of proceeds from sale
of Mamtek site X
Missourinet: Missouri's heavy rains wash bacteria into
recreational waterways
AP: Judge defers ruling on probe into handling of
Ferguson case
P-D: St. Louis County judge will hear grand jury
critic in Michael Brown shooting case
KWMU: Federal judge says grand juror argument against
secrecy belongs in state court
JCNT editorial: New Fulton facility shows a modern
approach to mental illness X
P-D editorial: Nixon's arrogant tactics may doom the
stadium project
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: With the
exception of education, Republicans were wrong on every topic this
session
P-D letter: St. Louis County man offers sarcastic take
on Ann Wagner's support of stockbrokers
P-D letter: Florissant woman says only legislators who
support gas-tax hike should see road improvements in their districts
P-D letter: Not even state officials are in Normandy
students' corner
P-D letter: If there is a memorial for Michael Brown,
why not another for all lowlifes who died while trying to injure law
enforcement?
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Friday, May 29
KWMU: Blunt expresses support for community health
centers in Missouri
KCUR (Kansas City): McCaskill encourages pro bono work
on behalf of veterans
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: McCaskill visits
Warrensburg, says roads and political advertising need attention in D.C.
Washington Post: Simon & Schuster's Priscilla
Painton says publisher bought McCaskill book because "she's so blunt on
the page, it's scary"
KODE (Joplin): Rep. Billy Long discusses
transportation with Neosho business leaders
KC Star: HUD secretary visits KC, says he believes
city's low-cost housing efforts are on the rebound +
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on state mental
hospital, Richardson on intern-program working group +
KWMU: Lawmakers stage all-out blitz on Nixon's ability
to extend stadium bonds by fiat
Missourinet: Lawmakers sue governor to block state
funding for new football stadium
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers sue Nixon over NFL
stadium funds
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democratic Party seeks to
rally online support for Nixon's upcoming veto of 'right to work'
Washington Missourian: Rep. Paul Curtman
(R-Union): Reforms to welfare, municipal court big
achievements; On transportation, everything except a tax increase
should be on the table
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
says changes to Medicaid and welfare were among highlights of the
session
AP: Missouri group to examine human trafficking
policies
KY3 (Springfield): Pharmacy license of Rep. Lynn
Morris (R-Ozark) under probation for state violations
KOAM (Joplin): Humanist group files lawsuit against
Joplin Schools challenging field trip to Christian sports complex
Washington Times: Missouri school officials sued for
field trip to Christian sports venue
AP: Lawsuit alleges that courts in St. Ann, a St.
Louis suburb, violate rights of the poor
JCNT editorial: Missouri State Penitentiary database
reflects history, volunteerism X
P-D editorial: No quarrel with free public preschool
in St. Louis
Christian County Headliner op-ed: Rep. Eric Burlison
(R-Springfield): Gov. Nixon can support worker freedom by
supporting 'right to work'
P-D op-ed: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale):
Taxpayers are not ATMs for municipalities
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Thursday, May 28
KWMU: Martin Duggan obituary: Former
Globe-Democrat editor and provocateur extraordinaire of Donnybrook
P-D: Martin Duggan dies; 'an old-fashioned
conservative'
P-D: Blunt criticizes EPA's "power grab" on water
rules; Comments from MO DNR, others
KMOX: McCaskill helps Vietnam war vet get his medal
JCNT: HUD secretary in Missouri, will visit Jefferson
City and Kansas City X
KWMU: Major area GOP donors line up behind Hanaway in
2016 contest for governor
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Mike Parson talks
about why he's running for governor; David Steelman talks about
'right to work' and more
The Missouri Times: Joshua Hawley's
yet-to-be-announced bid for attorney general at center of Mizzou unpaid
leave policy debate
Drebes: Former P-D editorial page editor Christine
Bertelson leaves Nixon's office for a different job in state government
AP: Missouri House intern program under review
KWMU: Rep. Jeanne Kirkton (D-Kirkwood) among those on
Richardson's intern-program panel
Fulton Sun: Nixon, mental health officials break
ground on new Fulton State Hospital X
KWMU: Ceremony kicks off construction of new Fulton
State Hospital
The Missouri Times: Nixon breaks ground on new state
mental hospital
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Rebecca Roeber (R-Lee's
Summit) says adding severe immunodeficiency disease to newborn testing
should be a no-brainer
Missouri Viewpoints: Renewable energy: Are solar
panels welcome in your neighborhood? Renew Missouri, homeowners
associations disagree
JCNT: Lawmakers sue Nixon, sports authority over
proposed football stadium X
P-D: Lawmakers sue Nixon, calling stadium cash
'illegal'
AP: Missouri lawmakers file lawsuit over Rams stadium
CDT: Appeals court upholds attorney general's power
under no-call laws X
SE
Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation: Ash borer
beetle spread 'inevitable' +
KWMU: SIU-Carbondale study: Blacks and whites
saw the attack on Darren Wilson and ensuing riots differently
P-D: Michael Brown's parents still seeking money from
Ferguson; 'Wrongful death' case moved to federal court
JCNT editorial: Timely review of Capitol intern program X
KC Star editorial: Nixon's welcome act of clemency may
spare man a life sentence for marijuana conviction +
SE
Missourian op-ed: Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
Chairman Stephen Miller: Nixon, GOP should link arms for more
transportation funding +
Helling: Transportation bill remains a bridge too far
for federal and state legislators +
P-D op-ed: Dr. Randy Jotte: Medicaid pilot
offers cost-saving solution for 'Super Utilizers'
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Without Medicaid
expansion, too many of our veterans have no safety net
CDT op-ed: Former state Sen. John Loudon
(R-Chesterfield): Missouri Democrats, Republicans should support
midwives X
CDT letter: Kurt Schaefer demonstrates "showmanship"
on Medicaid expansion because he's running for attorney general X
P-D letter: Coverage of municipal court overhaul
portrays municipalities as the enemy and dopehead scofflaws as
sympathetic characters
KC Star letter: Obama was wrong to criticize Ferguson
and Baltimore rioters, whose outrage was justified +
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Wednesday, May 27 Software
challenges this morning - thanks for your patience.
KWMU: White House delays new rules on emissions
opposed by Blunt
AP: Nixon delays state energy plan deadline
KWMU: D.C. correspondent Jim Howard gives update on
congressional actions, what's next
KWMU: State Rep. Bill Otto (D-Maryland Heights) says
he plans to fill ballot slot against U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (R)
AP: Otto to give up state rep seat, volunteers to fill
Dem ballot slot in safe GOP district
Drebes:
David Kirby, formerly of Chris Koster's campaign, to join law firm
Lewis Rice
AP: Missouri Senate hires attorney for 'workplace
harassment complaint;' Lawyer for Keaveny's law firm takes the
case
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon to launch construction
of new state mental hospital +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Robert
Cornejo (R-St. Peters) on bid for House majority leader, 'right to
work,' more
AP: Nixon announces $2 million for road repairs for
tornado damages
P-D: Missouri hemp oil program slow to take off
Missourinet: Database of historic prison records now
online
KWMU: Normandy Middle School students say they are
upset about lowered expectations
JCNT: Appeals court backs Koster, overturns ruling on
civil investigation X
KWMU: Municipal court reform effort gets financial
boost from MacArthur Foundation
KWMU: Activists say recall effort against Knowles will
move forward
P-D: Activists pack Ferguson meeting over possibility
of mayor's recall
P-D editorial: Nebraska's enlightened conservatives
abolish the death penalty
P-D letter: Smithfield VP says Post-Dispatch reporting
is flat wrong
P-D letter: Legislators weaken oversight on foreign
ownership of Missouri land
P-D letter: It's illogical to honor Michael Brown
instead of innocent youths who are killed
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Tuesday, May 26
KMBC (Kansas Ciy): KC observes Memorial Day at
National WWI site; Comments from Blunt
KOMU (Columbia): State Treasurer Clint Zweifel's
office aims to reunite veterans with military medals
KMZU (Carrollton): Blunt weighs in on GOP teaming with
Obama on fast-track legislation; VA hospital problems; More
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt, Sen. Debbie Stabenow
(D-Mich.) team up to expand community mental health services +
Missourinet: Secretary of State candidate Jay Ashcroft
files voter photo ID initiative petition
KWMU: MoDOT's rough road to finding more funding
continues
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
on Foundation Formula funding increase
Missourinet: Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine
Neighbors) will try again to let human trafficking victims hide
addresses
P-D: Missouri's prison system deals with contraband
drug problem
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): National Fish & Wildlife
Service allocation to Missouri Department of Conservation totals nearly
$30 million
Investor's Business Daily's John Merline: Ferguson
'protesters' are now protesting they didn't get paid; Millennial
Activists United holds sit-in at ACORN (rebranded as "MORE")
JCNT letter: Rules about interns should focus on
behavior of legislators, not the young coeds
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Monday, May 25
Memorial Day
Washington Post: McCaskill knocks Rand Paul's
"grandstanding" during NSA debate
KWMU: Anti-Monsanto protesters gather at Missouri
Botanical Garden; Dog expresses transspecies behavior by donning
bee costume in public
Drebes:
AFSCME's Jeff Mazur files campaign committee to support 2016 measure on
minimum wage and benefits for home-care employees
AP: With ethics bills failing in the Legislature,
Missourians may get 2016 ballot vote on overhaul
St. Joseph News-Press: Congress still stumbles on
long-term highway bill X
Rosenbaum: 'Jay won't raise taxes' pledge resurfaces
during road funding debate
KC Star: Missouri bridge maintenance issues grow +
Missourinet: Bonding proposal for new Missouri
veterans' home to be back in '16
Missourinet: Effort would expand Veterans Memorial at
Missouri Capitol
KC Star: Liberals, conservatives agree: Welfare
cuts could be a hint of things to come; Comments from Show-Me
Institute's Mike Rathbone, Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) +
P-D: Municipalities ticket for trees and toys, as
traffic revenue declines; Revenue limits under Macks Creek law
apply only to traffic cases
KWMU: UMSL study: St. Louis Asians achieve
higher median income, youth-employment level versus other races;
Authors imagine economic impact of "income equality"
P-D: Group claims it has enough signatures on petition
for Ferguson recall election
KC Star editorial: Diehl, LeVota situations might have
been avoided if interns had clearer rules +
CDT's Waters: Locus of control: State
Legislature vs. local ordinances; Plus, non sequitur "kitchen
tip" on how to make store-bought cake frosting go further X
KC Star's Joe Robertson: Charlie Shields, next state
school board president, had Kansas City's back
+
KWMU Race, Culture and Diversity fellow Emanuele
Berry:
Students from Seckman and "97 percent African America [sic]" Hazelwood East "are pair up [sic]" in racial-understanding
exchange to visit "each others [sic]
schools"; Berkeley prof Rodolfo Mendoza Denton [sic] says program won't help much Update:
Corrected
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Sunday, May 24
SNL: How Obamacare subsidy case could affect Missouri
and Greene County X
SNL: Some local police sought - and got - much more
military gear X
SE
Missourian: Missouri Veterans Cemetery director passionate about
tending to veterans' remains +
Drebes:
Sen. Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City) considering bid for lieutenant
governor, could rally core Dem constituencies
JCNT: Interns program to be studied for possible
improvements X
AP: Clock running out for Missouri transportation
funding fix
P-D: Gas-tax hike is dead. What's next for MoDOT?
P-D: Video: Seasoned reporters David Nicklaus
and Jim Gallagher have barroom conversation about 'right to work'
legislation and effects
KWMU: Students want to see badly-behaved peers receive
fewer out-of-school suspensions
P-D: Critics of Smithfield Foods say company sought to
benefit from foreign-ownership legislation
Columbia Missourian: HSUS says Missouri puppy-mill
laws not strong enough; Comments from Missouri Deptartment of
Agriculture's Sarah Alsager
CDT: Mamtek contractor struggling to get paid four
years after collapse of factory project X
Washington Missourian: Commissioners slam
Post-Dispatch editorial on citizen input
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Find road funds, use
wisely X
CDT op-ed: Retired lobbyist Terry Schlemeier:
Republicans wrong about welfare cuts, Medicaid expansion,
transportation funding, 'right to work,' more
X
KC Star's Diuguid: Missouri has seen five
unintentional shootings involving children in 2015, and one death
+
P-D letter: To deal with rioters, give police more
iron, not less; McCaskill and Clay should see the savagery that
police face
P-D letter: Criminal Justice Ministry: Help
released prisoners to help themselves
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman says Diehl worked
to help corporations, not the people
KC Star letter: Woman who interned in Jeff City in the
1970s not surprised by legislators' interest in interns +
P-D letter: Man says angry woman's letter about
Diehl's appearance was offensive
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Saturday, May 23
AP:
McCaskill, Blunt vote to advance Obama's trade bill
St.
Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt apply pressure to improve VA
system
KSDK:
New acting VA director expects short stay in St. Louis;
McCaskill, Blunt not pleased
KMOX:
Acting St. Louis VA director responds to complaints
P-D:
Ann Wagner vows war on Labor Department
P-D:
Area congressional delegation's votes for the week
KWMU:
EPA gives away $190,000 in taxpayer dollars to community college
job-training program
KC
Star: Title IX at center of debate over MSSU's actions,
responsibilities in intern texting case +
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Columbia's KBIA visits Kennett, tapes program on
"health barriers" +
P-D:
Normandy superintendent says no one fired, but dysfunction being
addressed
P-D:
Boating accidents grab headlines each summer, but are gradually
declining in Missouri
KWMU:
Bridgeton Landfill faces fines for not measuring emissions
KWMU:
Nixon commutes life sentence of man convicted of marijuana-related
offenses
Missourinet:
Brother 'elated' man serving life sentence for pot offenses will get
parole hearing
Missourinet:
Nixon commutes sentence of man serving life for pot offenses, issues 5
pardons to other criminals who served their time
AP:
Nixon commutes man's sentence for pot offenses
St.
Joseph News-Press: IBEW business manager asked to repay stolen
funds X
P-D:
Popular sports website Deadspin.com targets Fredbird for holding
"Police Lives Matter" sign
P-D
editorial: Historic committee has Missouri's judicial integrity
in its hands
KC
Star editorial: KC should raise minimum wage this summer +
KC
Star letter: Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit) on "Vets4Energy" to
support energy independence +
CDT
letter: Legislature should expand Medicaid X
P-D
letter: McCaskill shows selective outrage over Game of Thrones
plot lines
P-D
letter: McCaskill fan disagrees with senator's "self-serving"
Game of Thrones criticism
P-D
letter: Shady move by Noranda investor
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Friday, May 22
KWMU: Department of Veterans Affairs 'vetting'
candidate for St. Louis health-care system; Thoughts from
McCaskill, Blunt
P-D/Kaiser Health News: Missouri group looks to fill
void in health plan review
KPLR (St. Louis): Military sex offenders evade
registering on state offender list; Comments from McCaskill
Missourinet: McCaskill supports limits on military
equipment going to police
Kraske: The Chat: Emanuel Cleaver wants study of
young black suicides; Alternative GOP narratives emerge in Diehl
case +
ABC 30 (St. Louis): Video: St. Louis Area Young
Republicans pulling in millennials; Jamie Allman talks with STLYR
leaders Pam Dixon, Brittany Wagner
KWMU: Jay Ashcroft files initiative petition to
require photo IDs
AP: Jay Ashcroft files voter ID amendment
Drebes:
Jacob Turk may run again, this time for Will Kraus' state Senate seat
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: Boyfriend proposes to Rep. Shelley Keeney
(R-Marble Hill) on floor of House +
Drebes: Missouri Legislature's intern non-disclosure
agreement was circulated weeks prior to LeVota and Diehl stories
breaking
Missourinet: LeVota's office under investigation
regarding alleged harassment of intern
The Examiner (Independence): LeVota says he's open to
investigation regarding interns
P-D: Missouri Senate, University of Central Missouri
investigating case of interns leaving office of Sen. Paul LeVota
(D-Independence)
KWMU: More on Columbia Daily Tribune reporter Rudi
Keller's breaking news of Senate intern
The Missouri Times: More hats in the ring in race for
majority floor leader
P-D: Republicans vie for floor leader's job in
Missouri House
P-D: Missouri boosts its commitment to startup
investing
Missourinet: Missouri could face Canadian sanctions
over labeling program
Missourinet: MoDOT says: Going to Cards-Royals
in KC? Great, just don't take I-70W.
Missourinet: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) says he
will continue to rebel against EPA BBQ grill study
JCNT: Parts of Lincoln University graduation speech
plagiarized; HBCU invited Atlanta "motivational speaker" honored
by Black Enterprise magazine X
P-D: Ameren and Franklin County join to block legal
challenges to coal ash landfill
The Missouri Times: PSC discusses Ozark Shores Water
sale, auditor request
KWMU: McKee pays taxes on Northside properties
KC Star: KC buys time to adopt a higher minimum wage,
could happen this summer +
KTVO (Kirksville): Missouri Department of Conservation
helps women pull the trigger on an outdoor skill; 'For women
only' classes help women overcome fear of shooting guns
KWMU: Ladies' policy group says Missouri women
11th-best in the nation for political participation
AP: Damage from looters, arsonists has hurt Ferguson's
budget
P-D: Heap of stuffed animals from Michael Brown pile
wasn't trashed, Urban League says
Washington Missourian editorial: Mocking GOP
legislators' applauding of Diehl upon departure
Investor's Business Daily editorial: Missouri shows
strength of right-to-work movement
Washington Missourian editorial: GOP Reps. Dave Schatz
and Dave Hinson didn't pass transportation bills this year, but at
least they tried
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Missouri
Legislature's final grade for the year: C-
Washington Missourian letter: Right-to-work laws
encourage freeloading
SE
Missourian: Missouri legislators should expand Medicaid +
KC Star letters: Dems are hypocrites on Diehl;
Former PSC Commissioner Terry Jarrett says Nixon should opt out of
Clean Power Plan +
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Thursday, May 21
P-D: McCaskill blasts officials who OK'd $36 million command
center in Afghanistan
McClatchy: McCaskill calls spending "one of the most
outrageous, deliberate and wasteful misuses of taxpayer dollars in
Afghanistan we've seen"
CDT: Missourians to get a look at new health insurance
premium increases of 10 percent or more starting June 1 X
MSNBC: Video: "Ambition is ladylike":
McCaskill inspires gals with keynote at Beltway "women's empowerment"
event
AP: Missouri loses jobs while unemployment increases
steadily
Helling: Diehl case exemplifies how much more arrogant
and entitled St. Louisans are than Kansas Citians +
CDT: Senate office under investigation for sexual
harassment of intern; Sen. Paul LeVota (D-Independence) says he's
unaware, warns against "sensationalism" X
St. Louis Business Journal: Columbia Daily Tribune
reports LeVota intern story
P-D: Some in GOP broke ranks to oppose Diehl after KC
Star printed Katie Graham's screenshots
KWMU: Nixon celebrates funding for Missouri Technology
Corporation
CDT: Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) to seek majority
leader post in Missouri House X
Columbia Missourian: Rowden will run for House
majority leader post
AP: Compared to 2014, Missouri legislators sent fewer
tax changes to Nixon
Missourinet: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis
City): Democrats might still be emotional over PQ come next
January
Missourinet: Missouri to have human trafficking task
force, other measure to wait
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers disagree whether
transfer bill helps Normandy schools
P-D: Q&A about district transfers
KWMU: Missouri home health care workers call on Nixon
to implement pay hike
JCNT: Home care workers want Nixon to activate contract X
Missourinet: Missouri sets date to execute man who
raped, killed Strafford girl in 2001
Missourinet: Koster's office joins nationwide suit
against four sham charities
P-D: St. Louis hopes stadium progress overcomes L.A.
momentum
KODE (Joplin): Missouri Department of Conservation
warns motorists to be careful and watch for turtles crossing the road
KWMU: Plaque to be placed near spot where Michael
Brown assaulted officer Darren Wilson
P-D: Heap of weathered stuffed animals, mylar balloons
creating health and safety hazard removed from road; Urban League
disposes of Michael Brown trash in dumpster
P-D: Protesters who made a scene at Jennifer Joyce's
home get summonses; Kareem Jackson, Marcellus Buckley, Antoine
White, others charged with peace disturbance, resisting arrest,
trespassing
KC Star editorial: McCaskill's rules to limit police
militarization are sound +
JCNT editorial: Heal the division between Legislature
and Missouri Department of Conservation X
CDT's Waters: Legislature should have expanded
Medicaid, limited campaign contributions, and raised gas tax X
P-D op-ed: Medicaid expansion: The case for our
veterans
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: Increasing minimum wage will
increase competition for jobs +
P-D letter: With unemployment changes, Missouri GOP
throws seasonal workers under the bus
P-D letter: Climate change is making Missouri sneeze
and wheeze
CDT letter: D.C.'s "The Sentencing Project" disagrees
with Missouri prosecutors on bill to punish young criminals X
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Wednesday, May 20
KWMU: McCaskill, Blunt concerned with findings in
review of VA's St. Louis operations
KWMU: Bill to fight human trafficking goes to
president with Wagner provision
KTVI (St. Louis): Former County Police Chief Tim Fitch
says Obama using Ferguson as an example of 'police militarization' is
inaccurate
Missourinet: Missouri awaits U.S. Supreme Court
same-sex marriage decision
Drebes:
Politico piece mentions U.S. Rep. Jason Smith's fondness for smoothies
Drebes:
Danforth gives $10K to Mike Parson
AP: At the height of their power, Missouri Republicans
are dealing with tragedy, scandal
AP: Missouri fines Aetna for paying for uninsured
abortions
P-D/Kaiser Health News: Missouri officials:
State shouldn't owe feds for Medicaid rebates
KWMU: Senators address the impact of last week's
'right-to-work' PQ on future of the Senate
Kraske: The Chat: Sen. David Pearce
(R-Warrensburg) on transportation, Rep. Clem Smith (D-Velda Village
Hills) on lack of Ferguson legislation +
JCNT: Interest group report says Missouri's roads are
just part of a national problem X
AP: Missouri State Board of Education selects new
president: Former state Sen. Charlie Shields (R-St. Joseph)
KWMU: State Board of Education blasts school bill,
sees hope for Normandy
P-D: Efforts to improve Normandy schools have fallen
short, state board admits
KWMU: Bill from Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg),
Rep. Keith Frederick (R-Rolla) to cover eating disorders awaits Nixon's
signature
Columbia Missourian: Missouri DHSS offers free tests
for radon
P-D: 'Right to try' laws no guarantee patient will get
experimental drugs
KC Star: Fred Curls, grandfather of Sen. Shalonn
"Kiki" Curls (D-Kansas City), passes away +
P-D: Downtown state leaders worry it has become
dumping ground for state parolees
P-D: St. Louis police release report detailing
shooting of VonDerrit Myers; Details include criminal's movements
through ankle monitor, more
P-D: Protesters arrested at home of St. Louis Circuit
Attorney Jennifer Joyce (D); Police use pepper spray to control
pack angry over clearing of officer
P-D editorial: Obama/McCaskill/Clay on the right track
with police 'militarization' limits
KC Star editorial: Kansas City should pass a
responsible plan to boost the minimum wage +
Helling: Missouri Republicans' opposition to Medicaid
expansion is based on emotional fear of Obamacare, not sensible policy
disagreement +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missouri
Republicans did even more harm to the poor this year; Liberals
need to get out the vote next year and teach conservatives a lesson
P-D letter: "Text-message" editorial mocking
19-year-old college intern and Diehl was misleading
P-D letter: University City man says it's not fair for
the Speaker of the Missouri House to have so much influence over
legislation
P-D letter: Diehl resigned; Clinton should have
P-D letter: Messenger wrong to equate Clinton's abuse
of power with Diehl's text messages
KC Star letter: Area liberals celebrate, mock Diehl's
personal troubles; Former Rep. Sandra Reeves (D-Trimble) says
young female lawmakers are prey to older men
+
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman wants Diehl to know he is
not very attractive
P-D letter: St. Charles man mocks Diehl, uses free
lobbyist BBQ as punchline
P-D letter: Perennial candidate Bill Haas (D) says
Diehl-intern texts are nobody's business, suggests Jason Hancock abused
his power with reporting
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Tuesday, May 19
Washington Post: Obama joins Twitter, and should
follow Claire McCaskill
P-D: Obama unveils police reforms similar to those
proposed by McCaskill, Clay
KWMU: President set to ban certain military equipment
to local police
USA Today: Obama bans some military equipment sales to
police
KC Star: Some residents still displaced as Nixon sees
flood damage in Mosby, Mo. +
KMIZ (Columbia): Four charged after early-voting
backers submitted thousands of forged signatures; Comments from
Secretary of State Jason Kander
AP: Early-voting petition workers charged with
felonies; One of the four, Keven Hayes, already in custody
The Missouri Times: 2016 Outlook: Analysis of
the top statewide candidates, possible contenders, and also-rans
Missouri Viewpoints: New ideas for Missouri's justice
system: Thoughts from Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union), Judge Michael
Bradley
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies,
Rosenbaum and Marshall Griffin discuss the bizarre final week of the
Missouri Legislature
KWMU: On the Air audio: Mannies, Rosenbaum,
Marshall Griffin are joined by UMSL prof Terry Jones
The Missouri Times: The biggest accomplishments of the
2015 legislative session
AP: Missouri GOP lawmakers used their historic
majorities to make changes to welfare, unemployment programs
Missourinet: Richardson: Too early to tell if
Legislature could overturn 'right to work' veto
Columbia Missourian: How the Missouri Dept. of
Conservation found its way: A look at how proponents, opponents
worked in public and private to get their way
Columbia Missourian: The Missouri Dept. of
Conservation bills, and how they would've worked
Missourinet: Funding for transportation to be a
priority in 2016 session
CDT: Nixon releases $10M to fund MU business school
building X
AP: University of Missouri to get $10M for new
learning center
KWMU: An urban clinic buckles in for another year
without Medicaid expansion
AP: State Auditor Nicole Galloway, Jackson County
court at odds over report
Missourinet: Decision on release of Missouri man
serving life for pot could come by 'relatively' early summer
Marshfield Mail: Spring means black bear sightings
will increase across southern Missouri; Dept. of Conservation
reminds Missourians to not be afraid of "a wild animal in the process
of doing what all wild animals do"
P-D: St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce
(D) says no charges will be brought against officer who put down
VonDerrit Myers
KWMU: Myers' mother expresses outrage with
"broken-ass" system, says she hoped for justice but "I knew we wasn't [sic] going to get it because the [sic] color of my son's skin"
JCNT editorial: Lack of traction leads to three
legislative casualties: Transportation funding, prescription drug
database, ethics reform X
P-D letter: Virginia Young and the Post-Dispatch were
unnecessarily mean to Diehl's family
P-D letter: Liberal Post-Dispatch harder on Diehl than
they would be on a Democrat
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman offers sarcastic take
on welfare and unemployment reform, attempts lobbyist punchline
SE
Missourian letter: State-school graduation ceremony marred by
ruckus and loud noises +
P-D letter: Decision to subsidize Noranda amounts to a
new tax
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Monday, May 18
KC Star: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) among those helping
the Royals salute Negro Leagues with "Dressed to the Nines Day at the K" +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Steve Tilley (R), Dems
Tim Green, Jane Dueker, Jeff Rainford applaud Diehl, evaluate Todd
Richardson; Tilley says 'right to work' is not a conservative
issue; more
KWMU: Jason Rosenbaum's end-of session photos in a
slideshow
Missourinet: GOP, Dems assess session's successes and
failures
P-D: Recap: Top 5 legislative accomplishments
Kraske: Another session, another disappointment when
it comes to ethics reform in Jefferson City +
KC Star: Groups on all sides lobby Nixon on student
transfer bill +
AP: States saying 'no' to cities seeking to regulate
businesses
Missourinet: Lawmakers promise review of Capitol
intern program
Missourinet: Lawmakers assess what Missouri
Legislature did for Ferguson
KWMU: Some St. Louis schools are looking to substitute
their substitute teachers
P-D: Municipal court series: Another drivers
license held hostage, this time by Hanley Hills court
KWMU: Part one of ongoing series: Tracking
lawbreakers through the public defender system
P-D: Ferguson business districts slowly mend after
riots
P-D: Ferguson home sales drop
JCNT editorial: Welfare and unemployment changes were
necessary, and categorizing Republicans as "cold-hearted" is unfair X
JCNT letter: Missouri Republicans are pompous;
Missourians were wrong to elect an overwhelming Republican majority in
both chambers X
P-D letter: Franklin County Democrat opposes 'right to
work'
P-D letter: Former state Sen. John Lamping (R):
Diehl situation reminds us of need for ethics legislation
P-D letter: Liberal St. Charles woman says boys - both
Republicans and Democrats - will be boys, and Katie Graham bears some
responsibility for texting
P-D letter: Diehl's texting not as bad as Missouri
Republicans killing 700 people a year by blocking Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Area woman attempts analogizing Diehl to
Nero
P-D letter: Children's Education Alliance of
Missouri: School transfer bill rightly expands options for parents
St. Joseph News-Press letter: MoDOT spending too much
taxpayer money defending unethical employees' actions X
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Sunday, May 17
NY Times: McCaskill on Elizabeth Warren: "She
has sought the spotlight the most," more
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on recurring dream
involving heated confrontations with men; Scott Dieckhaus on Todd
Richardson; Nixon on moving on from Diehl episode +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri farmers eager to
capitalize on better trade relations with Cuba
Drebes:
Hanaway hires up, nabs D.C.-based media consultant firm
JCNT: Nicole Galloway brings financial experience,
young perspective to state auditor's office X
JCNT: Observers: Senate's end both rare and no
big deal X
AP: Analysis: Months of work by Missouri
lawmakers ends in chaos
P-D: Legislative session leaves many frustrated, but
GOP got some priorities through
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
the only local state rep to oppose "right to work"
St. Joseph News-Press: Working class keeps lottery
rolling; MO Lottery says typical player has household income
between $25k and $60k X
P-D: Student who transferred from Riverview to
Kirkwood finds classes are harder at better school
SE
Missourian: Retiring SEMO President Ken Dobbins says goodbye at
gala +
SNL: 'Robust' gun, ammo sales boost federal funds to
state X
P-D: Ferguson shooting leads cop and ex-con to find
each other's humanity; Dennis Foster, retiring from Ferguson
force due to anti-police environment, gets a "thank you" from man whose
life he saved
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Worker rights
matter: 'Right to work' promotes personal liberty X
SNL editorial: Nixon should veto school-transfer bill X
Washington Missourian editorial: With every session's
partisan behavior, Missouri Legislature looks more and more like
Congress
Washington Missourian editorial: Diehl did the right
thing by resigning
Washington Missourian editorial: Borgia to begin
drug-testing high school students, and that's a good thing
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long (R): Drowning
the EPA's "Waters of the U.S." rule X
KC Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: Majority of
readers reacting to Star's publishing of Diehl texts are critical of
paper rather than supportive +
KC Star letter: Grown man expresses glee over reading
Diehl texts, pleads for Star to print more personal information:
"Please, oh please, oh please!" +
P-D letter: Missouri Charter Public Schools
Association's Douglas Thaman: Missouri education establishment is
more interested in protecting the status quo
SE
Missourian letter: Former regional state office director Gary
Gaines: Nixon controls information flow more than any other
administration, but a minority of reporters today can be a real pain +
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Saturday, May 16
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: McCaskill plugs
millions into bill to consolidate facilities at Whiteman
KOAM (Joplin): Blunt tours local manufacturer, talks
jobs and national defense
KODE (Joplin): Blunt tours Ducommun Incorporated
P-D: Votes by area members of Congress this week
P-D: With autobiography on sale this summer, McCaskill
shares tales at "women's empowerment" conference
Kraske: John Diehl not the first Missouri Speaker to
take a misstep +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Shelley Keeney (R-Marble
Hill) gets engaged
The Missouri Times: List of final day's Senate actions
The Missouri Times: List of final day's House actions
Rosenbaum: Lawmakers see promise and possibility in
Richardson's rise to power
The Missouri Times: Photos: Richardson takes the
reins
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Rather than replace
Diehl, Rep. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) nominates Todd Richardson
KWMU: Legislative session ends in frustration and
unfinished business
The Missouri Times: Senate advances Federal
Reimbursement Allowance (FRA) in midst of shutdown
AP: Missouri lawmakers reauthorize tax to fund Medicaid
P-D: Lawmakers send Medicaid tax renewal to Nixon,
while deadly-force bill fails
AP: Missouri lawmakers wrap up ahead of
deadline; deadly force bill fails
AP: Lawmakers approve tax-notification requirement
AP: Annual end-of-session recap: What passed,
what failed
KWMU: Annual end-of-session recap: What passed,
what failed
KC Star: Annual end-of-session recap: What
passed, what failed +
P-D: Annual end-of-session recap: What passed,
what failed
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers rate session as good X
Missourinet: Nixon confirms he will veto 'right to
work'
AP: Time limits on ballot language challenges sent to
governor
AP: Lawmakers approve expanding orders of protection
Missourinet: Changes to Missouri's lethal force law
fall short of passage
AP: Missouri deadly force bill fails
AP: Man who shot police at Ferguson protest indicted
P-D: Author Ken Burns spends Washington University
commencement speech on "state-sanctioned racism," "Black Lives Matter,"
etc.
CDT: Paper attempts "Trib Talks" online discussion
forum for political issues X
JCNT editorial: GOP passes priorities amid political
tribulations X
P-D editorial: Mocking 19-year-old college freshman
Katie Graham and John Diehl by recapping the Missouri Legislative
session via "text messages"
KC Star Capitol Watch editorial: Weekly list of GOP
transgressions: Republicans right on court limits and sales tax
for KC, wrong about everything else this year
+
KC Star letters: People mad about Diehl should take it
out on their local House member; Powerful men get sexual access,
and that's just terrible; Legislators should expand Medicaid +
P-D letter: Retired sociology-prof octogenarian
enjoyed gun-control piece from Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights)
P-D letter: Cranky curmudgeon Combest corrects Stacey
Newman's sexagenarian memory
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Friday, May 15
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt support bill pushing back
rail-safety system deadline
P-D: Senate committee, following House, pushing for 12
new Super Hornets built in St. Louis
AP: Jewish World War I vet to receive Medal of
Honor; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: Clay introduces more Ferguson-related legislation
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill tempers fellow Dem's
"sexism" stretch; Missouri leaders weigh in on Diehl resignation +
KC Star: Diehl resigning over texts with intern +
KTRS (St. Louis): McGraw Milhaven show: KC Star
reporter Jason Hancock gives insight into paper's approach to current
and upcoming Capitol intern stories
AP: Statements on Diehl's resignation; Comments
from every sect except Missouri Senate Democrats
Missourinet: Diehl resigns as Missouri speaker
KWMU: Diehl departs; GOP chooses Rep. Todd
Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff) as new leader
P-D: Diehl resigns, intern breaks silence; Katie
Graham, who took multiple screenshots of ongoing text-message
conversations before sharing them, hopes students trust her
recommendation of intern program
The Missouri Times: Diehl resigns Speaker post
AP: Speaker resigns after intern text messaging
Missourinet: Rep. Todd Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff) is
next Missouri Speaker of the House
The Missouri Times: Todd Richardson ascends to Speaker
post
AP: Missouri Republicans pick Todd Richardson as next
Speaker
P-D: Richardson named as new Missouri House Speaker
P-D: Universities plan to use Capitol texting issue as
a teaching moment
KTRS (St. Louis): McGraw Milhaven show: Rep.
Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) says sexism from Diehl nothing
new; Speaker's "abhorrent" behavior included "waving and winking"
at Dems from dais
AP: Speaker-controversy blurbs: Bob Griffin, Rod
Jetton, Steve Tilley
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
JCNT: Dysfunction crowds final day of session X
AP: Legislature enters final day
Missourinet: Senate leaders negotiating to try and end
deadlock
KWMU: $3.5 billion could go away today if Missouri
Senate doesn't pass medical funding bill
JCNT: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia): Special
session could change Medicaid X
KODE (Joplin): Webb City Chamber's Erin Turner says
'right to work' would level the playing field for Missouri businesses
KMOX: Missouri Chamber prepares for Nixon's veto of
'right to work'
SNL: Area union boss hopes veto is enough to kill
'right to work' X
AP: Missouri Supreme Court forms municipal court
working group
KWMU: Changes coming for Normandy schools, starting
with Charles Pearson as superintendent
P-D: New superintendent named for Normandy schools
JCNT editorial: Senate Dems and Republicans are at a
stalemate due to questionable tactics X
Washington Missourian editorial: GOP state reps should
stop playing politics with transportation funding
Washington Missourian editorial: National Police Week
a good time to appreciate officers' efforts dealing with violent drunks
and dopeheads
Messenger: From Scott Muschany to John Diehl, the
culture of entitlement in Capitol lives on
Shelly: John Diehl episode reflects a culture of
entitlement +
Hartmann: John Diehl's "apology" was worse than
texting with college intern
Archive: AP reporter Scott Charton on another Speaker
of the House upheaval: Bob Griffin
Washington Missouri's Bill Miller: Washington, Mo. is
the perfect place for Truman tribute
CDT's Waters: 'Right to work' is more about politics
than economic issues X
JCNT letter: Protester howls aside, law-abiding
Americans should point out that police officers' lives also matter X
JCNT letter: Area man says Missouri Republicans "could
care less [sic]" about workers X
P-D letter: Common Core opponent compares test-taking
to child labor
P-D letter: Society should take an honest view of
obesity; The country's fats are costing less-porky taxpayers
millions in health care costs that could be avoided
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Thursday, May 14
P-D: Congress moves on issues important to
region: Trade deals, EPA regs, Waters of the United States, more
Roll Call: Senators rebuff call to open defense bill
markup; McCaskill a leading proponent of opening up markup
Washington Post: Defense firm that employed drunk,
high contractors in Afghanistan wasted $135M in taxpayer dollars;
McCaskill demands review
Bloomberg: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) complains about
how Obama referred to Elizabeth Warren; McCaskill calls Brown's
feminist-supplicating yelps "silliness"
Drebes:
Ronda Stegmann to be new Legislative and Policy Coordinator at MOSERS
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
KC Star: Diehl says texting with intern demonstrated
"poor judgment"; Woman took screenshots of texts, shared them +
Missourinet: Diehl admits to texting with intern, asks
forgiveness
P-D: Diehl on texting with intern: "It was a
stupid thing to do, and I'm sorry"
The Missouri Times: Diehl says texting with intern was
"a stupid thing to do"
KWMU: Diehl hopes to weather texting controversy
AP: House Speaker apologizes for flirtatious texts
with intern
KC Star: List of politicians' reactions to hearing
about texts +
Missourinet: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis) wants
Diehl to step down, circulates petition
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Maybe we should pay attention
to what politicians do in office rather than who they're texting +
KC Star: The Chat: Rep. Eric Burlison
(R-Springfield) critical of KC Star sitting on intern story for weeks
then dropping it during 'right to work' week
+
KC Star's Steve Paul: McCaskill's forthcoming book
includes tales of old-timey legislators hitting on interns +
KWMU: House passes, but may have killed, 'right to
work'
Missourinet: 'Right to work' bill sent to Nixon to veto
AP: GOP 'right to work' bill set for governor's veto
P-D: 'Right to work' ready for Nixon's veto
P-D: Why Missouri unions see 'right to work' as a
threat; Comments from area bosses
JCNT: Senate Democrats make good on pledge to stall
bills in session's final days X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar)
updates his policy on recording committee hearings
AP: Parson says he would allow recordings of public
meetings
JCNT: Parson changes recording rules for his committee X
KC Star: Parson backs off ban on recording in his
committee +
JCNT: Medicaid-expansion advocates visit Capitol,
march and chant X
CDT: Missouri NEA, Missouri School Boards'
Association, others urging veto of student transfer bill X
AP: Missouri lawmakers OK office to advocate for
military bases
KWMU: With more options for virtual schools, more
attention paid to meeting state standards
AP: KC schools leader to depart for Atlanta-area
district job
KWMU: Normandy's plan to move forward: reopen
closed building, move sixth graders to elementary school
Missourinet: Missouri reaches settlement with Sprint
and Verizon over 'cramming'
P-D editorial: Missouri Legislature carves up middle
class, serves it on platter to the rich
KC Star editorial: Mid-week list of GOP
transgressions: Republicans wrong on 'right to work,' Medicaid
expansion; Diehl should resign after texting with young woman +
P-D op-ed: Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals CEO Mark
Trudeau: Time for prescription drug monitoring program in
Missouri is now
P-D op-ed: "Community organizer" Brittini Gray:
Normandy and other conspiracies: On Caucasoids attempting
"genocide," the "prison-industrial complex" and black people being
"sold on the auction block of charter school takeovers," etc.
P-D letter: People whining about traffic fees should
take responsibility for their actions
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Wednesday, May 13
KWMU: House approves 'Waters of the United States'
bill, rejecting EPA rule; Hartzler, Luetkemeyer, Wagner are
co-sponsors
AP: House votes to block EPA regulation of streams,
wetlands
Columbia Missourian: Peoples' Visioning group opposes
Trans-Pacific Partnership
SNL: Local pastor takes trip to D.C., will try to meet
with elected officials - or maybe their staffers - to share his
thoughts on payday loans X
AP: Investigator: Probe of Tom Schweich's
suicide is over
KOMU: Missouri group gains support for tobacco tax
increase
P-D: Lobbyist gifts plummet 36% from same time period
in 2014, 40% since 2013; Critics still unhappy about trinkets,
meals and snacks provided to legislators
AP: Liberal advocacy group Progress Missouri files
complaint about Rep. Craig Redmond (R-Canton)
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
Jensen:
Budget clears the way for the 800-pound gorilla of 'right to work' and
the simple requirement of voter photo ID +
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes 'right to work,' tossing
issue back to House
Missourinet: Missouri Senate sends 'right to work'
back to House in dramatic fashion
Missourinet: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton) says Dems
will shut down legislation the rest of session, but Sen. Dan Brown
(R-Rolla) doubts he'll follow through
The Missouri Times: Senate advances 'right to work'
AP: Senate Republicans pass 'right to work'
AP: 'Right to work' roll call
P-D: Missouri Senate passes 'right to work'
KOMU: 'Right to work' passes Missouri Senate
KWMU: Politically Speaking special edition:
Right to Work: Thoughts from Rep. Jake Hummel, Sen. Joe Keaveny
on RTW, unemployment benefits
Missourinet: Missouri House overturns unemployment
limits bill veto
KWMU: House overrides Nixon's veto of bill that lowers
unemployment benefits
AP: Unemployment benefits roll call
Missourinet: Lawmakers urge protection of youth sports
officials
KC Star: UMKC gets $7.4M in matching state money to
build incubator for free enterprise +
P-D: Home health workers' fight for higher wage hits
roadblock; Comments from supporters, including AFSCME's Jeff
Mazur, Missouri Alliance for Home Care, home care worker
P-D: Journalists, activists angry over Senate
committee chairman Mike Parson's banning of pictures, video and audio
from right-to-work hearing
P-D: Critics face tough choices in wake of municipal
court bill
P-D: City and state to pitch in $250M for new stadium,
not $350M
KOMU: Missouri battles backlogged sexual assault
evidence
JCNT editorial: Missouri Republicans should pass
federal reimbursement allowance, and stop pushing bad voter ID bill X
P-D editorial: Tyranny in the courts: SB5 alone
won't fix what ails St. Louis
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missouri
Republicans, Missouri Chamber of Commerce wrong about minimum wage
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Missouri Republicans and Sen.
Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City) wrong to vote for bill tightening
standards on A+ scholarships +
P-D letter: Area woman says McCaskill is a lapdog -
and Blunt is a coward - for supporting Obama trade deal
P-D letter: Missouri can meet goal of reducing carbon
pollution
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
disagrees with Republicans on Medicaid expansion
CDT letter: Area man says that by not expanding
Medicaid this session, legislators are responsible for the deaths of
exactly 700 Missourians X
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Tuesday, May 12
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on military's lack
of whistleblower progress +
P-D: Fraternal Order of Police pushing back on
McCaskill-Clay 'militarization' bill
KWMU: St. Louis Fed Reserve employees explain 'wealth
gap' report's shocking conclusions: Education may affect a
person's income and wealth, and minorities are less likely to be in the
job market
P-D: Longtime Democratic aide Julie Gibson to lead
Missouri Family Support Division
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates from the Missouri
House
KWMU: Other legislative issues in limbo as Missouri
Senate fights over 'right to work'
JCNT: Senate endorses 'right to work' bill X
AP: Senate panel endorses right-to-work measure
P-D: Senate committee passes 'right to work' measure
Missourinet: Union workers visit Capitol, oppose
'right to work'
Missourinet: Bond plan to pay for repair of Missouri
Capitol awaits governor's action
AP: Bill to change license fee office bidding passes
AP: House OKs bill to exempt gym purchases from taxes
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane)
to help child and adult sexual abuse victims goes to Nixon
AP: House OKs sex trafficking prevention measure
Missourinet: Sentencing juveniles for murder still
undecided
JCNT: Home care workers, clients urge lawmaker support
for wage hike X
KOMU: Missouri home care workers want higher wages
AP: Missouri home care workers want more money
P-D: Measure to keep St. Louis convention bids secret
shipped to Gov. Jay Nixon
Missourinet: Nixon gives opinion on legislation for
municipal courts
P-D: Municipal courts improperly suspend and hold
drivers licenses
P-D: Public can comment on proposed changes to
Missouri's guardianship law
KC Star: Former KC union official sentenced to federal
prison for embezzlement; Jesse Morgan was president of AFSCME
local until 2012 +
KWMU: Webster adjuncts vote to reject SEIU;
Organizer blames loss on university's "very aggressive PR campaign,
with glossy letters and PR stuff produced by some attorney"
P-D: SEIU organizers suffer significant defeat
KOMU: Grain Belt Express president meets with
supporters
P-D: Ameren scores better-than-average for customer
satisfaction
KWMU: State report finds progress being made in
Ferguson's court operations
P-D: Study on Ferguson court sent to Missouri Supreme
Court
AP: Court report raises conflict-of-interest concern
in Ferguson
P-D editorial: With bill on child-care facilities,
Missouri Legislature moves to protect children
P-D editorial: Lawmakers should fix Missouri's social
services, not affix blame
JCNT editorial: Bring fairness to municipal court fines X
P-D letter: Illinois man says Missouri Republicans
should be ashamed for cutting handouts
P-D letter: Nixon should veto school transfer bill
SNL letter: Fair Grove Board of Alderman President
Dennis Frame: Don't punish small rural towns for the sake of
passing a "Ferguson bill" of municipal limits
X
P-D letter: P-D website is cumbersome; surveys
are aggravating
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11 Final week of Missouri General
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Rosenbaum:
Clay and Cleaver say tide is turning against ticket-happy municipalities
KWMU:
Missouri political parties retool for 2016 as they seek to recover from
recent losses
Missouri
Viewpoints: Religious freedom vs. legalized discrimination:
Missouri Alliance for Freedom's Ryan Johnson vs. ACLU's Jeffrey Mittman
Drebes: Chuck Hatfield
proposes two versions of initiative petitions dealing with taxes
Kraske:
The Chat: Ron Richard's approach to end-of-session push for RTW,
voter ID +
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Session review/end-of-session
preview: Speaker John Diehl, panel of Patrick Lynn (D), Jeff
Roorda (D), GOP Reps. Kevin Corlew and Caleb Rowden
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R), former Sen.
Jim Lembke (R) preview the General Assembly's final week
AP:
Lawmakers face Friday deadline for bill passage
P-D:
Legislature set to discuss "right to work," deadly-force law, sentences
for young murderers, more
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) says Nixon is a
little late jumping on transportation funding proposal, says
"ag-friendly" designation bill is dead
KSGF
(Springfield): Rep. Eric Burlison (R) talks to host Nick Reed
about welfare reform (11:00), some GOP state reps' skittishness on RTW
(17:45), more
JCNT:
Missouri NEA, MSBA, others oppose transfer legislation X
JCNT
editorial: State can make a convincing case for minimum-wage
authority, but not so much for grocery bags X
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: Prosecuting attorneys: Tough sentencing
options needed for some juveniles
P-D
letter: Paper's coverage of career criminal Dorian Johnson again
fans the flames of Ferguson
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Sunday, May 10 Mother's Day
The Hill: Summer spending fight looms; McCaskill
says GOP machinations make budget "a fantasy"
KC Star: Jason Kander slams Roy Blunt as
all-Washington and no-Missouri +
KCTV: Blunt donates tractor to help with Kansas City's
urban farming
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri farmers fear more
'man-made' floods from Army Corps of Engineers
X
Drebes: Obama names 141 Presidential Scholars,
including two from Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Decades after adoption of term
limits, political players debate their impact; Comments from Gina
Loudon, Bob Priddy, Chris Kelly, current legislators
Kirksville Daily Express: In first three months,
lobbyists provide fewer gifts than same period in 2014; Rep. Mike
Colona (D) leads House with less than $2300, while Bob Dixon (R) leads
Senate with less than $1900
JCNT: Lawmakers discuss priorities heading into final
week X
JCNT: Budget includes pay study, but no pay raises X
Kaiser Health News/P-D: Medicaid missteps gave
opponents an excuse to attack
SE
Missourian: Southeast regents approve slight increase to tuition +
Kirksville Daily Express: House passes spending bill
for Truman State's Baldwin Hall
Washington Missourian editorial: Welfare can be an
agent to promote laziness, and the Legislature was right to cut the
hammock
SE
Missourian's Bob Miller: Journalism transparency: The
importance of newspapers owning up to mistakes, from typos to factual
errors +
CDT op-ed: Boone County Commissioners support fuel-tax
increase for transportation X
The Guardian's Sara Kendzior: Missouri's predatory
payday loan system; Comments from City Treasurer Tishaura Jones
and lawyer for people unhappy with loan contracts they signed (link via
@ssnich on Twitter)
Jensen:
Where is the solution on race? From Ferguson to Baltimore, the
weather is getting warmer and criminals will get more active +
P-D letter: Possible threats to electric power grid
require state action
P-D letter: Ferguson man says school curricula in bad
neighborhoods must be radically redesigned
Washington Missourian letter: Ferguson, Baltimore show
how ineffective "kumbaya bleeding hearts" are at stopping savagery
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Saturday, May 9
SNL: Unions urge McCaskill to oppose Trans-Pacific
Partnership; Senior senator says she is still making up her mind X
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt trying again to rename D.C.
train station after Truman
McClatchy: McCaskill, Blunt again propose naming
D.C.'s Union Station after Truman
Drebes:
How Mike Parson could win the GOP primary
AP: Brad Bradshaw (D) says he's running for lieutenant
governor
Missourinet: Nixon approves $26B Missouri FY16 budget
P-D: Nixon signs off on $26B budget
JCNT: Nixon signs $26B Missouri state budget X
AP: Nixon signs $26B spending plan
Missourinet: $3.58B at stake in bill to receive
federal funds from tax on hospitals
KWMU: With budget out of the way, Missouri legislators
may take on controversial issues in final week
AP: Senate Majority Leader Ron Richard (R-Joplin)
plans right-to-work vote
P-D: Bill would fund new headquarters for State
Historical Society of Missouri
KWMU: Beyond budgets: New state law may force
county municipalities to make major changes
Brownfield Ag News: MO Dept. of Agriculture says flock
of chickens in Lewis County has strain of Avian Influenza
P-D: Losing Ferguson council candidates in spat with
campaign manager, Democratic Committeewoman Patricia "Patricialicious"
Bynes
P-D editorial: Nixon must again veto bill that ignores
transfer crisis fix
JCNT editorial: Nixon should sign bill to close gap in
child abuse laws X
P-D editorial: Timely bridge closing, Missouri style
KC Star Capitol Watch editorial: Weekly list of GOP
transgressions: Republicans wrong about right to work and
preemption, but do something right with municipal court traffic-revenue
bill +
CDT letter: Massachusetts woman says Blunt should join
Elizabeth Warren and push for a carbon tax X
P-D letter: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights): On gun violence and Missouri voters being wrong about
gun rights vote last November [sic] Correction
requested
KC Star letter: Independence man says push for higher
minimum wage ignores economic facts +
CDT letter: Show-Me Institute's Michael Rathbone makes
distinction between 529 plan and education savings accounts for K-12
students X
CDT letter: Missouri should wean dairy producers off
the state teat X
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Friday, May 8 Truman Day
AP: McCaskill, Blunt vote for bill giving Congress
review of Iran nuclear deal
Washington Times: Senate forces Obama to submit Iran
nuclear deal for congressional approval; Comments from Blunt
CDT: Family Health Center plans second site in
Columbia; McCaskill says additional resources are fruits of
Obamacare X
Columbia Missourian: McCaskill's bipartisan committee
on aging hears how technology can allow olds to age more safely at home
P-D: Blunt names new staffers: Brian Hart for
comms, Stacy McBride as committee staff director, Joelle Cannon for
Springfield, Desiree Mowry for health care, Matt Pollard for intel
committee
KWMU: McCaskill proposes more oversight of federal
equipment and aid to local law enforcement
SNL: McCaskill: Police don't need bayonets,
mine-resistant vehicles X
AP: McCaskill seeks reforms for military police
equipment
SNL: Billy Long vows to make domestic violence a
priority X
P-D: Most state offices closed today for Truman Day
Kraske: The Chat: MHA CEO Herb Kuhn on med-mal
caps; Nixon on funding for buildings; Diehl on municipal
court caps +
KC Star: Schaaf pushes comprehensive ethics measure +
Missourinet: Nixon wants Legislature to send him fuel
tax increase
The Missouri Times: Major bridge closes in Jackson
County; Comments from Nixon, MoDOT
Missourinet: MoDOT says it will focus on fewer
construction projects
KWMU: Nixon signs caps on medical malpractice into law
AP: Missouri medical malpractice caps signed into law
The Missouri Times: Missouri nurses make final push
for APRN prescribing authority
JCNT: License office 'pay-to-play' in jeopardy;
Senate debates issue day after judge rules it's illegal X
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers renew tax that funds
Kansas City public transit +
St. Joseph News-Press: Dash, body cams bill sputters
in Missouri Senate X
Missourinet: Municipal court revenue changes sent to
Nixon
KWMU: Nixon, Diehl weigh in on municipal court changes
P-D: Legislature sends municipal court reforms to Nixon
AP: Lawmakers approve municipal court restrictions
P-D: Radioactivity testing at West Lake, Bridgeton to
begin Monday
KWMU: McCulloch and the Michael Brown case: Most
experts say the decision to not charge Wilson was supported by the
weight of the evidence
P-D: "Hands Up Don't Shoot" inventor Dorian Johnson
charged with resisting arrest, assaulting an officer
P-D editorial: Legislators are wrong to cut
unemployment insurance
CDT's Waters: On welfare cuts, both Democrats and
Republicans and correct X
P-D op-ed: Missouri NEA President Charles Smith:
Time to give Normandy back to its community
P-D letter: Clayton woman says state failed in its
oversight of Normandy schools
SE
Missourian letter: Man who twice ran unsuccessfully for state rep
as a Democrat says he is tired of both parties and refuses to run as
anything but an Independent ever again +
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Thursday, May 7
KWMU: Blunt, Hartzler seek to block Obama's "Waters of
the U.S." rule before it is issued
P-D: Blunt says U.S. is in 'most dangerous time' for
terrorist attack threats
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt build
bipartisan bridge to Ohio through legislation with Buckeye State
lawmakers X
Kraske: The Chat: Kander on trade deals +
KWMU: Virginia-based group, North City group ask
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to drop North St. Louis City
site
P-D: Spy agency will see no welcome wagon in North
City neighborhood
KWMU: St. Louis Federal Reserve study: Educated
people tend to make more money; Asians outpace Caucasoids,
followed by blacks and Hispanics
P-D: McCaskill, Clay to introduce bills inspired by
fears of police militarization after Ferguson
KWMU: Harvard study: Hospital closures have
little impact on health, unless you're in rural Missouri
Drebes:
Minor-party candidates say they're considering being also-rans for
statewide office
Missourinet: Missouri state workers continue calling
for a raise
AP:
Nixon releases student transportation, scholarship funds
AP:
Nixon signs bill to ease taxes for Missouri-based companies
P-D: Legislature passes broad child-protection bill
JCNT: Riddle's child-on-child abuse bill sent to
governor X
KWMU: Nixon has harsh words for Legislature after
handout-override
Missourinet: Nixon vetoes bill cutting unemployment
time limit; Override expected
AP:
House endorses higher caps for some to get Medicaid
JCNT: Schaaf proposes major ethics overhaul X
Missourinet: Legislature sends governor plan to change
transfer law
KWMU: Nixon urged to sign school bill, provide more
choice to students
P-D: Nixon says he will give thorough review to
student-transfer bill
KWMU: Update on Normandy family profiled last year
Missourinet: Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob)
proposes Missouri taxpayers stop subsidizing scholarships for students
here illegally
Missourinet: Bill blocking minimum wage, bag-banning
ordinances sent to Nixon
AP: Legislature passes bill to limit local policymaking
KWMU: Legislature passes preemption bill
KC Star: Civil rights groups complain about minimum
wage, want city council to take action +
JCNT: Budget bills include mid-Missouri projects X
AP:
Senate OKs time limit for challenges to ballots
AP: Lawmakers OK financial fraud measure for seniors
KWMU: Senate sends municipal court reform bill to
House; final vote expected later today
Missourinet: Senate green-lights lower municipal court
ticket revenue cap
P-D: Municipal court bill nearing passage after
compromise on ticket cap
P-D: Noranda posts smaller loss, expects boost from
Ameren rate cut
JCNT: Gobbler season nears end; MO Dept. of
Conservation says harvest of wild animals up slightly X
P-D: Dorian Johnson, inventor of "Hands Up Don't
Shoot" meme, arrested on guns and drugs charge in St. Louis
AP: Hearing set for man who shot officers at Ferguson
protest
P-D: Ferguson StreetFest, delayed by
rioters/looters/arsonists, set for Saturday
KC Star editorial: Robust revenues in Missouri are a
contrast to dire times in Kansas +
JCNT editorial: Kander's proposal to reduce filing
fees for businesses is a good idea X
P-D editorial: Street savagery: Too many guns,
too many killings, too many excuses
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Michael
Rathbone: Beware Medicaid expansion, even if it is billed as
reform
P-D letter: Rep. Lacy Clay: State of Missouri
should finish what it started and provide more incentives to National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
KC Star letters: Hartzler supports predatory payday
lenders; If Missouri Republicans would listen to "Negro
spirituals," they would support gay marriage, unions, and other
progressive causes +
P-D letter: Maplewood woman says Missouri Republicans
are mean and cynical
P-D letter: Article exploits Normandy student
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Wednesday, May 6
P-D:
Senate passes McCaskill bill encouraging auto-industry whistleblowers
to step forward
The
Hill: Jason Kander disagrees with Roy Blunt on Trans-Pacific
Partnership
National
Journal: Dems strategists hope opposing trade deals will give
Dems "a chance to stop the bleeding with working-class white voters"
KSMU
(Springfield): Stacy Burks, formerly of Kit Bond and Roy Blunt
offices, is the new director of American Red Cross of Southern Missouri
Kraske:
The Chat: Emanuel Cleaver on raising minimum wage; Tom
Dempsey on gas tax; Shalonn 'Kiki' Curls on welfare +
Missourinet:
Legislature completes override of veto of welfare changes
The
Missouri Times: Republicans override Nixon, enact new welfare
standards
KWMU:
Legislature overrides Nixon veto, cuts in handouts to take effect Jan. 1
P-D:
Legislature enacts limits to welfare benefits over Nixon's veto
AP:
Missouri lawmakers override veto to enact welfare limits
KC
Star: After his welfare limits veto is overridden, Nixon vetoes
unemployment changes +
KWMU:
Nixon vetoes bill limiting unemployment benefits
AP:
Missouri Legislature passes plan to fix student transfer law
KC
Star: House approves student transfer bill that would boost
charter schools in Jackson County +
KWMU:
Missouri Legislature sends student transfer fix to Nixon
P-D:
Legislature sends school transfer bill to Nixon
KWMU:
Normandy's end a question of whether, or maybe when
AP:
Republicans in Missouri Senate push to rein in city actions
The
Missouri Times: Democrats attempt filibuster over preemption bill
JCNT:
Legislature OKs easing employer tip tax duties X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal) on term-limits bill
for statewide offices
JCNT:
Bill could restore licensing board options X
JCNT:
Bill seeks to allow Missourians to protect passwords X
SE
Missourian: SEMO President Ken Dobbins prepares to retire +
Columbia
Missourian: Lawyers use "Right to Farm" amendment to defend
cultivation of marijuana
P-D:
Man stopped with Michael Brown after convenience-store theft sues
Ferguson, police, officer; Dorian Johnson fabricated "Hands Up
Don't Shoot" tale, seeks cash for "emotional pain"
AP:
Ferguson mulls removing "shrine" from middle of street; Heap of
stuffed animals, mylar balloons marks area near where Michael Brown
attacked Darren Wilson
KWMU:
Federal judge says Michael Brown grand juror argument against secrecy
belongs in state court
P-D:
Federal judge says St. Louis County grand juror's request to talk about
Ferguson belongs in Missouri court
KWMU:
PNC Bank files suit against developer/political contributor Paul McKee
KC
Star editorial: Missouri provides free ACT college entrance exams
for juniors; Taxpayers foot the $3,800,000.00 bill +
P-D
editorial: Legislature must pass strong muni court reform bill
CDT
op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Joseph Miller: Gas-tax increase
is sound policy X
SNL
op-ed: Raising fuel tax is not the solution for funding MoDOT
X
P-D
op-ed: Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice/Current SLU
Law School Dean Michael Wolff: Legislature wrong on punishment
for young murderers
CDT
op-ed: The Missouri Legislature versus the university: MU
Spanish prof says Legislature is composed of "a bunch of yahoos" X
P-D
letter: Nixon is right on SORTS approach: Violent sexual
predators don't get better
SE Missourian
letter: Thanks to Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, others for attending
Missouri Lions state convention +
P-D
letter: Florissant woman unhappy about Ameren rate increases
P-D
letter: Maryville man praises letter writers for correct takes on
traffic-fee caterwaulers, sexual predators
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Tuesday, May 5
Houston
Chronicle: Ted Cruz consultant Jeff Roe thrives in the school of
hard hits (link via Kraske)
St.
Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers scrutinize regulatory impact on
tractor-trailer crashes; Comments from Sam Graves X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Missouri Farm Bureau continues promoting trade deals,
including Trans-Pacific Partnership; Comments from MFB's Garrett
Hawkins
AP:
Growth continues as Missouri revenues increase 7.7 percent
AP:
House OKs bonding plan for state building repairs
AP:
House approves Jason Kander's proposal to reduce, simplify business fees
Missourinet:
Dempsey on gas tax for transportation: We've got a long way to
go, and a short time to get there
P-D:
Senate moves to enact welfare bill over veto
AP:
Senate votes to override veto of welfare limits
KWMU:
Cut in welfare benefits, vetoed by Nixon, now halfway to becoming
Missouri law
Missourinet:
Senate overrides veto of bill shortening limetime limit on welfare
P-D:
Officials express shame at state of Normandy schools
SNL:
Confusion, expense could result from amended school transfer bill X
Drebes: Americans
for Tax Reform's letter opposing 911 fee
P-D:
Mid-Mo. pot enthusiast says 'right to farm' amendment gives her the
right to grow marijuana
AP:
Lawmakers disagree on murder sentences for minors
Missourinet:
Lawmakers hope federal program can propel police body camera issue
P-D
editorial: Leaders say Normandy schools' status quo is
'unacceptable.' But they may not mean it.
CDT's
Waters: Ameren rate case: An expanded role for the Public
Service Commission X
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: Med school student wants Medicaid expanded
P-D
op-ed: Community justice courts can be an innovative reform
JCNT
letter: Legislature should handle some things itself, rather than
making everything a proposed constitutional amendment X
KC
Star letter: Missouri charter school bill would do more harm than
good in Jackson County +
P-D
letter: DESE is a bureaucratic wasteland
P-D
letter: 'This is unacceptable,' responds interim Normandy supe
P-D
letter: Normandy school district board member: Nixon, DESE,
Legislature perpetuate an accreditation system that is racist
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Monday, May 4
AP: Capitol food service workers want more
money; Rules Committee Chairman Blunt says he'll consider
complaints when company's contract comes up again
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Nuclear experts
converge on Warrensburg for symposium
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on progress around
military sexual assaults +
P-D: With Parson's entrace, GOP gubernatorial field
gets bigger
Drebes: The
talk around Bob Dixon for governor
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: John Brunner
chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about his 2012 Senate run, his 2016
gov run, and what he thinks of Kinder and Greitens
This Week in Missouri Politics: St. Louis City
Treasurer Tishaura Jones; Panel discussion between Robert Cornejo
(R), James Harris (R), Katie Casas (D), Vicki Englund (D)
Missouri Viewpoints: Missouri welfare reform:
Good for taxpayers or cruel to the poor? Rep. Tracy McCreery (D)
and Carl Bearden (R) share their thoughts
Drebes:
Gary McElyea promoted at Coca-Cola
KC Star: Young people still not voting, civic groups
still angsty about it +
AP: Missouri building repair plan advances as deadline
nears
P-D: Normandy's interim superintendent responds to
Post-Dispatch story
P-D: Sub shortage in Hazelwood hurts students,
teachers say
St. Joseph News-Press: Capitol Briefs: Moms
Demand Action opposes gun legislation; Zweifel promotes 529
program; Lair on Legislature's prerogative to tell welfare
recipients how to spend handouts X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) would like to see "Agriculture Friendly" designation
bill get out of Senate quickly
Kirksville Daily Express: Bill to name part of highway
after seasoned citizen is held up because namesake is not yet dead
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill would limit police use of
deadly force X
Rosenbaum: Slay's 'vigorous defense' of stadium
ordinance called into question
P-D editorial: Missouri spending on mental health goes
down; suicide rate goes up
P-D letter: Editorial board should stop projecting
blame for "injustices" and take a look in the mirror
P-D letter: Editorial board should list specific steps
to fix causes of social unrest
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Sunday, May 3
Moberly Monitor-Index: Vicky Hartzler visits Randolph
County Ambulance District facility
Kirksville Daily Express: Rep. Nate Walker
(R-Kirksville) says Legislature's refusal to expand Medicaid is "bad
news"
Hannibal Courier-Post: Grass Roots Organizing, others
continue push to expand Medicaid; Hannibal hospital CEO says GOP
opposition based on party politics
JCNT: TRIP report outlines need for transportation
funding X
St. Joseph News-Press: Women seek to dissolve sex
offender registry X
Columbia Missourian: Supporters of LGBT protections
say there's "little appetite" in Missouri Legislature for change
Columbia Missourian: A closer look at the politics of
LGBT protections
P-D: A senior year mostly lost for a Normandy honor
student
AP: Nixon's youngest son charged with DWI
P-D: Ferguson secures experienced attorney to deal
with DOJ
P-D: Ferguson protesters chant about death of
Baltimore criminal, block traffic at busy intersection
KC Star editorial: UPDATE: Editorial board
responds to yesterday morning's note, adds proper attribution to
KRES/KWIX +
Washington Missourian editorial: Deadly force
bill: Legislators should spend some time with police and take
note of the pressures law enforcement faces
SE
Missourian editor Bob Miller: By controlling whom reporters can
interview, public bodies are also controlling messages +
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: Legislators
wrong to propose cutting welfare benefits; Local recipients tell
tales of woe X
KC Star letter: Missouri teacher candidate says
English test was easy, and recommends dolts stop complaining and start
reading +
P-D letter: Bellefontaine Neighbors resident wonders
what rioters/looters/arsonists are thinking with their destructive
behavior
P-D letter: Spanish Lake woman explains to Associated
Press the difference between "deep-seated" and erroneous "deep-seeded"
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Saturday, May 2
KC Star: Dan Bram, formerly of Jill Schupp's state
Senate campaign, to organize Hillary Clinton's efforts in Missouri +
SNL: Blunt backs GOP bill to retain health care
subsidies should Supreme Court strike them down X
P-D: House Armed Services recommending another 12
F/A-18s built in Missouri
P-D: Area congressional delegation's votes for the week
KWMU: State and city fight to keep National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis
KWMU: U.S. Small Business Administration, City agree
to boost immigrant entrepreneurship
AP: Rural hospitals struggle to stay open, adapt to
changes
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Supreme Court Chief
Justice Mary Rhodes Russell says veterans courts are making an impact
in Missouri
SE
Missourian: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) visits Cape Girardeau +
The Missouri Times: Nixon vetoes cuts to
welfare; Legislature plans override
P-D: UMSL chancellor backs UMSL grad Clint Zweifel's
"Missouri Promise" scholarship proposal
KWMU: Uncertainty again looms for Normandy schools
JCNT editorial: Lawmakers' trend of placing hot-button
issues on the ballot reflects legislative laziness and is dangerous X
KC Star Capitol Watch editorial: Anti-bullying bill
could be better; Paper takes quotes from Lindell Shumake
honey-regulation interview posted here without providing attribution to
KRES/KWIX Updated with proper attribution at
1:00 p.m. +
CDT's Waters: Race relations: Most crime in
black neighborhoods is perpetrated by blacks; More spending on
"police diplomacy" may be the answer X
SNL letters: Missouri Republicans should drop "Right
to Work" and instead fight to expand unions, support state exchange for
Obamacare, and expand Medicaid X
P-D letter: University City woman says Missouri
Republicans should support more "comprehensive" sex education
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Friday, May 1
P-D: CQ analysis: McCaskill votes with Obama 90
percent of the time, Blunt 47%; Clay has voted with president
96%, Luetkemeyer and Wagner 7%
KWMU: Vicky Hartzler pushes funding for 12 Boeing F/A
18 Super Hornets
KC Star: Jason Kander must overcome 'secretary of
state curse' to defeat Roy Blunt +
SE
Missourian: Groups uses federal grants to prevent homelessness +
P-D: Feds have issue with MO DNR plan to clean up
Jefferson County air
Mannies: Entry of Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) into
GOP contest for governor signals rural effort to revamp race
Kraske: Parson's aim: He'll stay positive and
focus on integrity +
Missourinet: Parson announces campaign for Missouri
governor
AP: Mike Parson running for Missouri governor
P-D: Mike Parson announces 2016 governor bid
SNL: Mike Parson says he is running for governor X
KY3: Senator from Bolivar plans run for governor
KOLR: Parson says his governor campaign will run on
integrity
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Stephen Webber
(D-Columbia) on MONA +
KC Star: Nixon vetoes bill cutting handouts +
AP:
Nixon vetoes bill limiting welfare benefits
KCUR: Nixon vetoes bill to cap welfare benefits at 45
months
Lake News: Medicaid expansion unlikely this year, says
Sen. Dan Brown (R-Rolla)
KODE (Joplin): Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City),
Missouri Health Care for All's Dottie Elbert talk Medicaid expansion
P-D: Tiered approach to fuel-tax hike gets Missouri
Senate endorsement
Missourinet: Missouri Senate revives gas-tax proposal
AP: Missouri Senate endorses increased fuel tax for
road funding
KWMU: At press conference, MoDOT says new report shows
bad roads cost drivers; Missouri Senate votes for small gas tax
hike
KC Star: After officials call for raising Missouri gas
tax, bill advances in Missouri Senate +
JCNT: MoDOT: Roads have gone over 'cliff' X
SNL: Report assesses cost of poor roads X
Missourinet: Proposed expansion of Missouri 'castle
doctrine' sent to Senate
KMOX: Schmitt's anti-bullying bill passes unanimously
in Missouri Senate
P-D: Missouri Senate passes measure to keep National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in St. Louis
Missourinet: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark) wants
Legislature to have power to approve Missouri energy plan
Missourinet: Ameren Missouri electric rate approved,
Noranda gets decrease
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Missourian: Man mistakes fellow hunter for turkey; Missouri
Department of Conservation investigating +
AP: Second night of Ferguson protests presents another
looting opportunity; Thieves pilfer from Family Dollar, STL
Cordless
Columbia Missourian: Discussion over Legislature's
response to Ferguson draws crowd of 20; Law prof Chuck Henson
says DOJ report should "make you mad as hell"
KC Star editorial: Nixon stands up for kids by vetoing
bill that cuts welfare benefits +
P-D editorial: Electric rates are going up again. It
could be worse.
CDT's Waters: By refusing to expand Medicaid,
Republicans seek to throw Missouri's "neediest residents into a grinder" X
KC Star letter: Area woman says Ed Emery's old-timey
thinking on public schools doesn't cut it in the modern world +
P-D letter: Don't chastise municipalities for
enforcing speed limits
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