Tuesday, May 31
Missourinet: Photo gallery: Missourians remember
veterans on Memorial Day
KC Star: Third-party dreamers fantasize about a world
in which they matter; Centrist Project's Charlie Wheelan claims
former St. Louis Mayor Vince Schoemehl has interest in independent
campaigns +
P-D: Missouri, other states unsure of cost of Obama's
new overtime rules; Comments from Jay Nixon's Ryan Burns, Jason
Kander's Stephanie Fleming
Missourinet: With legislative attempt at medical
marijuana dead, ballot could be next step
97.1 FM (St. Louis): Raise Your Hand 4 Kids' Linda
Rallo on cigarette tax increase for early childhood education
97.1 FM (St. Louis): Missouri National Education
Association's Mark Jones on cigarette tax increase for early childhood
education
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mike Parson
talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum about decision to run for lieutenant
governor, importance of agriculture, more
Kraske: The Chat: Gov. Jay Nixon on speeding up
tax returns +
Columbia Missourian: Barge traffic makes a resurgence
on Missouri River; County, regional authorities will receive
state money to establish or improve terminals not currently in use
Washington Missourian: Franklin County Sheriff Gary
Toelke (R) has concerns with new gun bill
Missourinet: Missouri Senate panel to consider
utilities regulations, setting of rates
AP:
Uber, Lyft: Fail of Missouri bill makes growth unlikely
P-D editorial: Political parties wisely consider
overhauling primary system
P-D editorial: Missouri congressional delegation
should vote against GOP bill to take food out of the mouths of the
poor; Photo of morbidly-obese woman and normal-sized children at
North St. Louis City food-handout event
Washington Missourian editorial: Possible ballot
issues for election X
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: McCaskill's campus
sexual-assault legislation a necessary nudge for universities X
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Payday loans
disproportionally affect black Missourians; Adults who choose to
borrow money "lack the intelligence necessary to say no to higher
interest"
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Monday, May 30
Memorial Day
KWMU: Missouri Libertarian Party chair attends
convention; Third party says this is their year, people are fed
up and looking for a change, etc.
Messenger: Man seeking to fill Dem ballot slot against
Ann Wagner says he totally has a chance to win; Bill Otto insists
this election year is unlike any other, anything could happen, etc.
Drebes:
MoScout poll: Trump leads Clinton in Missouri; Blunt
approval at 34%; More
This Week in Missouri Politics: Ann Wagner on Donald
Trump; Panel of Mark Dalton, Joe Lakin, Kelley Group's Braxton
Payne, and Rep. Kathie Conway (R-St. Charles) on Trump, Clinton and the
labor vote, Koster's renewed focus on business, more
Missourinet: Blunt backs provision in budget proposal
to ease military family moves
Columbia Missourian: Vietnam veterans visit D.C.
memorials as part of Central Missouri honor flight; Man recounts
returning from war and being spat upon by hippies
Missourinet: Missouri House Democrats:
Superminority makes it harder to recruit candidates and keep them from
leaving early
KWMU: MoDOT has work following legislative
session: restart cost-share program and educate lawmakers
P-D: Bill on Nixon's desk would help Medicaid
providers hold patients accountable for missed appointments and late
cancellations
P-D: Obituary: Former state Rep. Robert Snyder
(R-Kirkwood)
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Nixon should sign
shared-parenting bill
P-D letter: Area Democrat dislikes Blunt's "bluster"
on veterans' issues
P-D letter: Jefferson City teenager wants Blunt to
make sure CDC keeps spending grownups' tax money on anti-smoking
commercials
P-D letter: Olivette octogenarian disagrees with
Republican legislators on gun laws
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Sunday, May 29
P-D's Chuck Raasch: All gaffes are local, as Missouri
pols take issue with VA secretary's "Disneyland" analogy
AP:
KC-based Foutch Brothers development firm seek to get Kemper Arena
placed on National Register of Historic Places
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Three road fatalities, one
drowning statewide to start holiday weekend
CDT: Raise Your Hand for Kids campaign draws
opposition from teachers union X
Blue Springs Examiner: 'Candy Man' receives Missouri
Senior Service Award from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder; Korean War
veteran Tom Christopher spends time with nursing home residents, serves
as hospice volunteer for homebound and skilled-nursing patients
AP:
Bill provides Missouri agency review of Obamacare rate hikes
AP: Drug, addiction policy makes mixed progress in
Legislature
KBIA (Columbia): Activist for heroin-antidote
availability celebrates passage of latest bill
SE
Missourian: Casino operation provides millions of dollars in
revenue to City of Cape Girardeau +
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill, Blunt,
Luetkemeyer need to find money for Highway 47 bridge +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Chris Koster shows
disappointing lack of courage on Obama transgender bathroom order X
SNL editorial: Time to regulate payday loans X
Waters: More on the University of Missouri
presidential search X
KC Star op-ed: Community organizer hopes for high
turnout at anti-payday-loan event +
P-D letter: Manchester man responds to letter from
Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael on paycheck protection/deception
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Saturday, May 28
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Ann Wagner endorses Donald Trump; Panel of Joe
Lakin, Mark Dalton, Kelley Group's Braxton Payne, and Rep. Kathie
Conway (R-St. Charles)
P-D: Blunt to meet with CDC head as funding to fight
Zika still undecided
P-D: Final NGA decision coming next week as bi-state
fight continues
Missourinet: Embattled Missouri hospital forgiving
debt for 5,070 patients
Missourinet: Flooding concerns prompt Nixon to declare
state of emergency
AP: Sinquefield makes fresh batch of
contributions: $1.5M to Club for Growth; $2.8M to Great St.
Louis; $2.5M to Excellence in Government, whose only donations
this year are to State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D) and local union
Columbia Missourian: Missouri NEA to oppose tobacco
tax initiative
The Missouri Times: David Humphreys donates $250,000
to Kinder campaign
KWMU: UM sued over response to open records request,
GOP attorney general contest at issue
The Missouri Times: University of Missouri Law School
Dean Gary Myers resigns post after Sunshine lawsuit filed
Columbia Missourian: Gary Myers to step down as MU law
school dean
Columbia Missourian: Court documents show Elmer sought
to track Hawley's movements and activities
P-D: Mizzou law dean steps down
KC Star: David Humphreys gives $25,000 to Ryan
Silvey's Democratic opponent +
The Missouri Times: No love lost between two women
fighting for Stephen Webber's state rep seat; Liberal Martha
Stevens vs. moderate Cathy Richards in safe Dem district
The Missouri Times: Nixon announces funds for veterans
ahead of Memorial Day
St. Joseph News-Press: General Assembly approves
$500,000 for new veterans' home
SNL: Nixon announces money, improvements for
Springfield veterans' cemetery X
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon pardons nine criminals X
Missourinet: Missouri Housing Development Commission
adds LGBT to protected classes
KC Star editorial: Nixon should veto dangerous
concealed-carry bills +
Waters: Next UM president must be more than just a
manager X
CDT letter: Sociology grad student dislikes both Kurt
Schaefer and Joshua Hawley X
KC Star letter: Neosho native Moo Cho, M.D. gives
advice to young chunks: Stop playing on your smartphones and
start exercising, unless you want to grow up to be even fatter and
develop sleep apnea +
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Friday, May 27
KC Star: McCaskill among Dems not impressed by Debbie
Wasserman Schultz, says party chair should play productive "supporting
role" rather than grandstanding and hotdogging "starring role" +
ABC News: Daughters for sale: How McCaskill and
others are fighting against Backpage.com and sex trafficking
KMIZ (Columbia): McCaskill talks about efforts to curb
sexual assaults in military
KWMU: Missouri Oncology Society, others weigh in on
new Medicare drug-cost proposal
KWMU: One Missouri cigarette tax hike proposal hurt by
lack of teachers' union support and judge's ruling
KMIZ: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, former state Sen. Joe
Moseley (D-Columbia) help dedicate housing complex for disabled veterans
Missourinet: Missouri GOP lawmakers join Lt. Gov.
Peter Kinder asking Obama to rescind transgender student bathroom
directive
The Missouri Times: GOP legislators support Kinder's
letter to Obama
AP:
Missouri GOP lawmakers, Kinder slam Obama bathroom guidance
SNL: Local lawmakers join Kinder to oppose Obama
bathroom letter X
CDT: Lawsuit alleges University of Missouri, Joshua
Hawley conspired to conceal information X
The Missouri Times: Lawsuit against Hawley, Mizzou
alleges conspiracy to hide public documents
KMIZ: Hawley, MU law school dean sued over Sunshine Law
Drebes:
Notes on GOP state Senate primary: Mike McGhee vs. Denny Hoskins
Missourinet: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce: Cuba trip goals to build relationships, promote Missouri
goods
P-D: Nixon to tax agency: Speed it up
The Missouri Times: Dept. of Revenue gets additional
resources to fight fraud
The Missouri Times: Ron Richard creates three new
committees for interim
Missourinet: State Senate committee to look for ways
to cut costs of state prescription aid
AP:
Missouri Senate begins scrutinizing Planned Parenthood files
Missourinet: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) to offer
again 'life begins at conception' amendment
The Missouri Times: Public Service Commission
schedules Empire Electric rate case hearings
KWMU: EPA says material found in West Lake Landfill
drainage ditch does not pose concern; Retired air traffic
controller Bill Otto disagrees with scientists, wants more tests
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Video: A real gun +
no training = alarming law in Missouri; Sexagenarian liberal
plays with unloaded gun, points it at camera
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Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Republican
legislators - especially Kurt Schaefer - are bullies
P-D op-ed: Area law school students: The push
for paid medical and family leave in Missouri
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Thursday, May 26
AP:
McCaskill, Blunt, Jason Smith help Congress consider Ste. Genevieve for
National Parks System
P-D: Missouri delegation pushing for national historic
site in Ste. Genevieve
NBC News: Democrats Claire McCaskill, Kirsten
Gillibrand headed for rematch of military sexual assualt prosecutions
Kraske: The Chat: MoDOT's Patrick McKenna on
transportation-tax ballot initiative +
The Missouri Times: Missouri NEA announces opposition
to Raise Your Hand 4 Kids early childhood education petition
St. Louis Magazine: Kinder tells Obama to revoke new
policy on transgender restroom/locker room access in public schools
CDT: Area school districts have differing policies on
transgender restrooms; Columbia schools allow students to use
whichever restrooms and locker rooms they choose; Harrisburg
district allows students to choose new names, pronouns X
Drebes:
Jake Zimmerman poll shows Zimmerman leading Teresa Hensley 24%-15%
Rosenbaum: A simple guide to the complex process for
replacing a Missouri state senator; Inside the battle over Jake
Hummel's election to Joe Keaveny's seat
The Missouri Times: Senate committee sunshine law
appeal heard; Progress Missouri has been blocked from recording
public meetings
Missourinet: Senate committees to study long-term care
& veterans homes, utility ratemaking, state pharmacy aid costs
Missourinet: Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine
Neighbors): Closed primaries would exclude some voters
AP:
Oklahoma, Kansas-Missouri Planned Parenthood groups to merge
The Missouri Times: Dept. of Insurance rules
Aetna-Humana merger in Missouri anticompetitive
KWMU: Missouri says it will block some health plans
from a merged Aetna-Humana
The Missouri Times: Nixon to travel to Cuba on trade
mission
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Missourian: SEMO president to take part in Nixon's Cuba ag
mission, will pursue higher-ed partnerships +
JCNT: Legislative leaders look to summer MU review X
KWMU: Galloway audit finds misspending in Fox school
district
P-D: State audit finds more than $100,000 in iffy
spending by ex chief of Fox schools; Details of Dianne
Critchlow's shampoo purchases, raising her own salary and that of her
husband, other egregious acts
AP:
New state park in Shannon County set to open in July
AP:
Missouri court upholds limits on cell phone tower regulations
KWMU: Complaints over low-level, inconsequential
radiation from Coldwater Creek inspire woman to choreograph dramatic
dances
Waters: Kurt Schaefer was right about one (1)
thing: Funding for State Historical Society of Missouri X
P-D op-ed: Legislature should put an end to shackling
of young miscreants in court
P-D letter: Man responds to story on AP classes in
black schools, says schools shouldn't be blamed for students'
easy-way-out choices
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Wednesday, May 25
Kraske: The Chat: Missouri GOP slowly lining up
behind Donald Trump +
The Missouri Times: Blunt, Kander trade barbs over VA
director's comments
KC Star: Uproar over "Disney" comments from VA
secretary grows; McDonald compared veterans' wait-times at
medical centers to standing in line at Disneyland +
Missourinet: Officials hope summer brings more
information on fighting Zika virus; Comments from Blunt
P-D: NGA head tells Illinois congressional delegation
that north St. Louis site meets security requirements; Federal
workers will commute to, from North St. Louis City
P-D: St. Louis leaders struggle to shake downtown's
violent image
P-D: Homicide map: Visual representation of St.
Louis City's homicides
Missourinet: One Missouri road funding effort dies,
another could be on ballot
The Missouri Times: Kinder asks Obama to rescind
transgender-restroom letter
The Missouri Times: Q&A with GOP attorney general
candidates Kurt Schaefer and Joshua Hawley on SJR 39 and protecting
religious liberty
JCNT: Nicole Galloway - and man seeking to fill Dem
ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler - speak to area Dems; Group
hands out lifetime achievement awards to senior citizens, sings "Happy
Birthday" to 90-year-old woman X
Missourinet: Nixon to lead trade mission to
Cuba; Agriculture - particularly rice - will be focus of visit
Drebes:
Missouri Dept. of Insurance meeting to discuss Aetna-Humana merger
draws all-star cast and crowd; Jay Angoff, Chuck Hatfield, Jane
Drummond, David Smith, Tom Holloway, Missy Panettiere, more
The Missouri Times: St. Louis Labor Council hires Rep.
Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis) to improve relationship with black
community; SLLC boss Pat White says state rep was hired because
he is "not very controversial" and speaks well
CDT: Bill awaiting Nixon's signature would clear up
campaign finance filing issue X
P-D: Tax refund wait in Missouri hits 10 weeks
Missourinet: Galloway: small business board not
meeting its obligations
The Missouri Times: Small Business Regulatory Fairness
Board fails state audit
AP: Galloway audit finds Missouri small business
advocacy board failing
Missourinet: Missouri legislative leaders considering
MU study commission membership
Columbia Missourian: UM System to spend $1.1 million
on diversity audit
CDT: Columbia's Kael Miranda says he's ready for
Scripps National Spelling Bee; Immigrant student chooses to work
hard, outperforms competition X
JCNT: Increase in services for deaf-blind awaits Nixon
OK X
Missourinet: Bill to protect rescuers of children in
hot cars awaits governor's action
SE
Missourian: Inaction on highway funding bill disappointing +
P-D editorial: Nationally, conservatives see danger in
opioid epidemic. In Missouri, 'liberty' reigns supreme.
Waters: Statewide GOP primary candidates are too
conservative; Octogenarian offers criticism of each Republican
gov, AG candidate X
P-D op-ed: Sexagenarian liberals Risa Zwerling
(D-Washington University Chancellor's Residence) and Stacey Newman
oppose Missouri concealed-carry legislation
Columbia Missourian letter: NARAL volunteer disagrees
with GOP legislators on abortion
CDT letter: Septuagenarian sociology prof disagrees
with GOP legislators on abortion, Medicaid expansion, more X
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Tuesday, May 24
The Missouri Times: State Republicans unite at
convention and elect slate
AP:
Missouri GOP panel backs closed primaries
P-D: VA secretary says pay, politics a problem in
filling long-vacant St. Louis medical center job
The Missouri Times: Voter photo ID to appear on
November ballot
P-D: Nixon sets voter ID question for November ballot
AP: Voter ID proposal to go before Missouri voters
Nov. 8
Drebes: Complaint filed against Patriots for
America; Anti-Greitens group run by former Brunner aide has not
filed with Missouri Ethics Commission
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: State
treasurer candidate Judy Baker (D) on her 2008 congressional campaign,
current voter mood, savings accounts for prisoners, more
The Missouri Times: Auditor report explores how
Missouri measures up against the rest of the country in areas of
economy, education, civic involvement, health, crime and transportation
JCNT: How Missouri stacks up; Galloway:
Missouri has a variety of results in national comparisons X
KWMU: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) says Missouri's
lack of prescription drug monitoring program hurts other states
KC Star: Critics question impact of Missouri's
'revolving door' lobbyist law +
JCNT: Hindus ask Nixon to sign yoga tax exemption X
The Missouri Times: PSC approves adjustments to
Laclede, Missouri Gas Energy infrastructure system replacement
surcharges
CDT: State asks Missouri Supreme Court to consider
insanity plea X
Washington Missourian editorial: Koster critical of
Obama; Transgender restroom issue should be handled by local
districts X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Missouri another example of
why gun laws and common sense rarely mix; Rep. Stacey Newman
(D-Richmond Heights) to take trip to D.C. for gun-control chats +
P-D letter: Webster Groves woman expresses anger
toward Republican legislators regarding a wide range of issues
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Monday, May 23
Missourinet: Missouri GOP leaders urge Republicans to
support Trump
KC Star: McCaskill puts her anti-Trump catchphrase on
hats, gives them away; Senior United States Senator tries to make
"Risky and Reckless" happen +
SNL: Jason Kander announces "Veterans and Military
Families for Kander" group X
KWMU: The St. Louis link to the costly, innovative
opioid addiction treatment awaits FDA approval
Rosenbaum: Missouri House Democrats face a tough slog
out of the superminority; A look at the demise of the rural
Democratic base and the the difficulties recruiting quality candidates
This Week in Missouri Politics: Urban Dems Cora Faith
Walker, Michael Butler and suburban Republicans John Wiemann and Andrew
Koenig discuss 'Stand Your Ground" bill, governor's race, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Dem state
treasurer candidate Pat Contreras seeks to become first Latino
statewide officeholder, talks "Missouri values," outreach to
millennials, more
Drebes: Missouri Right to Life shakes fist at Senate
Kraske: The Chat: Rex Sinquefield on earnings tax +
AP:
Nixon pushes back against new tax breaks
Missourinet: Nixon: Action on clemency requests
"relatively soon"
KC Star editorial: Many closed Kansas City schools get
new life serving the urban core +
KC Star op-ed: Wind-energy company CEO: Green
energy spurs job growth in Midwest, U.S. +
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael:
GOP legislative leaders talk a big game on labor reform, but fail to
back it up
Columbia Missourian letter: Moms Demand Action for Gun
Sense in America dislikes Missouri concealed-carry proposal
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman wants Nixon to veto
bill regarding access to agricultural data
P-D letter: Local asthma and allergy foundation rep
says pseudoephedrine prescriptions unnecessary, and that the current
NPLEx system is working just fine
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Sunday, May 22
KWMU: Missouri GOP begins to coalesce behind Trump in
quest to block Clinton
KC Star: Outside groups take a harder look at 2016
campaign spending +
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Eric Schmitt; Panel of Reps. Michael Butler
(D), John Wiemann (R) and Andrew Koenig (R), incoming Dem state Rep.
Cora Faith Walker discuss "Stand Your Ground," gov race, more
JCNT: Potential MoDOT grant cuts could impact
Jefferson City X
St. Joseph News-Press: Local schools deal with
transgender bathroom demands; St. Joseph School District
superintendent says district is "meeting individual accomodations for
individual restroom time" X
P-D: Across region, few black students enrolled in
advanced placement classes; Teachers, students comment on why
students choose to take easier classes
AP:
Bill to expand industry say in water regulations drew bipartisan support
JCNT: Former Missouri state park director dead at
97; Joe Jaeger responsible for Lake of the Ozarks toll bridge X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: On roads funding,
Missouri lawmakers kick can down crumbling roads X
P-D editorial briefs: Regulatory agencies should hold
no more meetings to explain science of landfills, and instead should
just excavate the waste
P-D op-ed: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner: Fighting the
growing epidemic of overdoses
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Saturday, May 21
Missourinet: Missouri GOP convention to select
candidates, could consider closed primary
Politico: How a deadly tropical virus - Zika - became
another Washington mess; Comments from McCaskill
St. Joseph News-Press: Businesses will face tough
decisions thanks to Obama's overtime-pay rule
X
P-D: U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) speaks at Washington
University commencement
KWMU: Judge's ruling may keep larger cigarette tax
initiative off Missouri ballots
AP: Judge strikes blow to Missouri cigarette tax
initiative
KC Star: Missouri tobacco tax campaigns face court
battles, ethics complaints +
P-D: Koster receives $250,000 from AFSCME
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft event featured his
dad and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach
Drebes:
Update on Dan Brown and David Humphreys' cash
CDT: At Pachyderm meeting, Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport) talks voter ID, castle doctrine, MU race hysterics and
its impact on enrollment, more X
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court finds against Rachel
Johns' candidacy
AP: Missouri Supreme Court backs voter-registration
requirement in Rachel Johns case
The Missouri Times: St. Louis City Alderman Cara
Spencer takes over for Joan Bray at Consumers Council of Missouri
The Missouri Times: David Jackson leaves Pelopidas for
Gamble and Schlemeier
SNL: Local lawmakers reflect on session, offer insight
into bill-passing process X
JCNT: Program changes encourage diversity in state
projects; Comments from Blitz Bardgett & Deutsch's Stephanie
Bell X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri State Highway Patrol
unveils new safety app X
KWMU: Former McDonnell Douglas employees join group
seeking payouts for supposed damages caused by radiation
KWMU: Robert Duffy says goodbye to St. Louis Public
Radio
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of
Conservation issues tortoise caution; Males hit the road looking
for territories to stake and fertile turtles to breed X
P-D: Ferguson protest busted for prostitution, sex
trafficking; Underage female says Charles Wade was her "manager"
P-D: Berkeley man gets 6 years for break-in, looting
during Ferguson riots; Career criminal Andrew Henry was out on
parole for several felony convictions at the time of his thievery
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman opposes idea that
men can "sashay into a women's restroom at will and claim they identify
as women"
P-D letter: St. Louis man says allowing men in women's
restrooms frees males from "the role imposed by their sexual organs"
KC Star letters: Ladies weigh in on guns, prescription
drug database, "Stand Your Ground" and "Ban the Box" +
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Friday, May 20
The Hill: McCaskill: Nevada Democratic
convention violence an 'aberration'
CBS News: Video: McCaskill agrees Sanders
campaign is not pushing violence
Politico: McCaskill, other Hillary Clinton supporters
nudge Sanders toward dropping out
Washington Post: Inside Harry Reid's hands-off
approach to Bernie Sanders; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: Missouri delegation counters in border war over
NGA site
The Missouri Times: Missouri Retailers Association and
St. Louis nonprofit want McCaskill and Blunt to oppose Obama overtime
rule
KWMU: NGA site will eliminate old Buster Brown
building; Man holds fundraiser to move historic edifice, imports
Los Angeles midget dressed as shoe mascot
KWMU: "St. Louis on the Air" host Don Marsh talks to
former Secret Service agent about new book; Seasoned citizens
discuss Eisenhower, Kennedy, Jackie O, other half-century-old topics
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Robert
Cornejo (R-St. Peters) on municipal overhaul legislation, ethics bills,
Missouri GOP vs. Missouri Dem infrastructure, more
The Missouri Times: Court vacates fiscal note for
early childhood amendment; Fiscal note will be returned to state
auditor for revision
JCNT: Circuit court judge: Tobacco tax
petition's fiscal summary unfair
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court hears state rep
case; Rachel Johns, who seeks to challenge Rep. Joshua Peters
(D-St. Louis) in primary, claims she meets residency requirements
The Missouri Times: MO Supreme Court hears oral
arguments in state rep primary; Attorney for Rachel Johns says
she delayed registering to vote as a sign of protest against the
government
The Missouri Times: 2016 House tip sheet:
Details on each district - including primary battles - cash on hand,
and who's going to win
The Missouri Times: Interact with state legislative
election maps
The Riverfront Times: Mounting delays in Missouri
Crime Victim Compensation Program leave crime victims waiting;
Average processing time nearly doubles in three years
The Missouri Times: Republicans who cast pro-labor
votes discuss their rationale; Thoughts from Sen. Gary Romine,
Rep. Elaine Gannon (R-De Soto)
The Missouri Times: Schmitt reflects on SB 5 and SB 572
Missourinet: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) to lead
further efforts against human trafficking
The Maneater: Board of Curators approves tuition hike
for fall 2016
P-D: Charter school parents ask St. Louis Public
Schools leaders to drop legal action
P-D: Missouri Healthcare for All promotes
pro-Medicaid-expansion video
Brownfield Ag News: Beef contributes $3.8 billion to
Missouri economy; Comments from Ag Director Richard Fordyce
Missourinet: Joplin tornado anniversary events coming
this weekend
KC Star: Joplin anniversary summary
AP:
Charges dropped against two out-of-town reporters covering Ferguson
riots
P-D editorial: Administration's transgender directive
pushes too hard, too fast
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri Legislature
passed some good - and some bad - laws; Overall, Legislature
earns a "C"
Messenger: Fired Missouri National Guard contractor
gets new legal strategy
P-D op-ed: Missouri courts need a higher standard- for
justice and jobs
Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover: Missouri
Republicans are wrong about Sunshine Laws
P-D letter: University City man says too much
legislative power is in the hands of its elected leaders
P-D letter: Area man says Missouri Legislature is
worse than just 'average' on abortion issue
JCNT letter: Area man supports voter photo ID,
suggests crooks will oppose it
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Thursday, May 19
KWMU: Missouri GOP to focus on issues, and future of
primaries, at convention
P-D: Trump unveils his list of top Supreme Court picks
- including Spanish Lake native Ray Gruender
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Obama's transgender
directive; Missouri employment numbers; More +
Washington Post: McCaskill presses personnel agency on
planned revamp of background investigations
Quincy Herald-Whig: Federal Highway Administration
plan advances to replace Champ Clark Bridge
P-D: 13 St. Louis area Muslims sue, claiming secret
immigration "blacklist"
KWMU: "<X Things>" journomeme: Five (5!)
things to know about the region from the new Census numbers: St.
Louis City loses residents, while St. Charles County cities make
impressive gains
Columbia Missourian: Hospitals learn to deal with
porky patients; CDC numbers show 3 out of 10 Missourians choose
to be fat
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: Tools to
move obese patients include ceiling-mounted lifts, heavy-duty slings
KWMU: Rex Sinquefield praises Chris Koster's
pro-business approach, talks campaign-contribution limits and more
The Missouri Times: Debate over transgender restroom
policy heats up in Missouri; Comments from Koster, Eric Greitens
KC Star: Eric Greitens knocks Koster over transgender
restroom issue +
The Missouri Times: Randy Jotte kicks off campaign
against Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton)
Drebes:
Candidate withdraws from primary for Jake Hummel's St. Louis City seat
KWMU: GOP bill will expand Medicaid eligibility for
Missouri's elderly and disabled
Missourinet: Nixon on Missouri voter photo ID:
"It's a concept I disagree with"
Missourinet: Bill to protect Missouri farm data awaits
Nixon's action
CDT: University of Missouri curators set tuition, fees
for coming school year X
Columbia Missourian: Board of Curators approves
tuition and fee increases
KWMU: UM curators approve flat tuition for in-state
students this fall
AP: University of Missouri freezes in-state
undergraduate tuition
CDT: Vintage attorneys from 1980s shantytown case
question constitutionality of camping-ban enforcement X
CDT: Professors' group: Curators bowed to
political pressure in Melissa Click firing X
KWMU: Professors' group expresses displeasure with
firing of Melissa Click
Columbia Missourian: AAUP blames Missouri lawmakers,
curators in Melissa Click firing
CDT: Animal rights group sues MU, alleging repeated
Sunshine Law violations X
KWMU: St. Louis County voters won't decide on law
enforcement sales tax; County exec Steve Stenger (D) says there
is "no rational explanation for (Chappelle-Nadal's) conduct and
behavior"
AP:
Court considers Missouri's lethal injection protocol; says
execution drugs obtained illegally
Missourinet: Missouri officials increase testing for
fatal deer disease
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers improve day care
quality by approving a rating system
KC Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: McClatchy sends
paper's public editor - who handles reader feedback and complaints -
off to another project until after elections are over +
P-D op-ed: Taxpayers should subsidize Internet access
for poor Missouri households
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Mizzou has shown before that
it can successfully address protests, with shanties and all +
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Wednesday, May 18
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill praises prohibition
on some war-zone projects X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill, Josh Hawley weigh
in on Obama directive on transgenders in public-school restrooms;
Gina Walsh on Legislature's efforts to help shield interns from Capitol
creepery +
Roll Call: Blunt works with Sen. Patty Murray
(D-Wash.) to pass $1.1 billion emergency spending to fight Zika virus
Washington Post: Congress struggles to strike deal on
Zika; Comments from Blunt X
P-D: Senate moves closer to devoting money to fight
Zika virus
The Hill: McCaskill flubs while deflecting from tight
KY race; Senior senator forgot that GOP contest took place months
ago, takes ownership of mistake via Twitter
KWMU: EPA skips West Lake meeting after activist makes
death threats; Organizer Dawn Chapman says threats came from
familiar account, but she has no idea who they are
KC Star: Anti-payday-loan group to hold event
tomorrow; Man who chose to borrow money at high interest rate
will share sad story +
KC Star: How-to ads on voting out unions rile
Missouri's labor bosses; David Humphreys' campaign includes swipe
at Chris Koster +
AP: Koster say Obama moved too quickly on
transgenders-in-bathrooms issue, says he's not convinced Nixon should
veto "Stand Your Ground" bill
CDT: Koster seeks go-slow approach on transgender
bathroom issue X
Messenger: Peter Kinder adopts age-old 'bathroom
panic' strategy made famous by Schlafly; Columnist learned
important lesson about tolerance and male gender-benders after
stumbling upon "cross-dressers convention"
JCNT: South Calloway superintendent: "Very
unclear what state is doing" on transgender issue; Some districts
are already allowing gender-assigned males who self-identify as females
to play competitive sports against gender-assigned females X
The Missouri Times: GOP statewides speak at Christian
rally; Organizers of Franklin Graham's "Decision America" tour
say crowd totalled nearly 6,000
JCNT: Franklin Graham encourages voters to cast ballot
for Christian candidates X
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact analysis: Koster
claim on "wage gap" rated "Mostly True"
Drebes:
Brunner goes up on TV with small Springfield buy
Missourinet: Kurt Schaefer denies claim of blocking
rival from running
Drebes: Betsy AuBuchon named new Missouri Supreme
Court clerk
AP: Missouri employment reaches record high
The Missouri Times: The Graveyard: Major bills
that died in 2016
The Missouri Times: Associated Industries of Missouri
(AIM) marks legislative victories of 2016 session
KWMU: For some, Missouri Legislature's ethics push
still has a long way to go
Missourinet: Baby bumper ban runs out of time in
Missouri Legislature; will be back in 2017
Missourinet: Inaction by Missouri Legislature could
affect thousands of DUI cases
CDT: University of Missouri to consider tuition hikes
for nonresident and graduate students X
KWMU: State school board signals that control of St.
Louis Public schools could return to an elected school board
KWMU: State school board members comment on
de-emphasizing test scores in school accreditation
Missourinet: Arkansas disease sampling findings prompt
Missouri to increase sample collecting
KWMU: Man who shot police in Ferguson opts to go to
trial
P-D: Judge Joe Dueker hands down more not-guilty
verdicts in cases stemming from Ferguson protests
P-D: Woman unhappy about successful drug raid will
serve as face of first-ever complaint to new police oversight
board; Clara Williams-Norise blames pot and drug paraphernalia on
her husband
P-D editorial: Illinois offers NGA the loving embrace
of a budgetary chokehold
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Regional Early Childhood
Education Council: State day-care standards are racist;
Also, Missouri should spend more taxpayer money on early childhood
education
Jensen:
The race and gender cards; Liberals have a simple rebuttal to
valuable voter ID and law-and-order bills: Call conservatives
names +
Priddy: Photo ID proposal is a solution in search of a
problem (1,286 words)
Waters: Short-term budget struggles will help make
University of Missouri leaner and meaner X
P-D letter: Manchester man attributes health problems
to Agent Orange, criticizes EPA over Wildwood site
P-D letter: Prolific liberal LTE author Ric Haberstroh
wants Legislature to stop focusing on transgenders in bathrooms and
start banning texting-while-driving
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Tuesday, May 17
KC Star: Jeff Roe: "No regrets" as Cruz campaign
winds down +
Kraske: The Chat: Roe on Cruz campaign;
Missouri Faith Voices on voter ID; Justin Alferman on prohibiting
lobbyist gifts; David Wood on SJR 39's resurrection in 2017 +
Missourinet: McCaskill supports Obama direction on
transgender student bathroom use
P-D: Notes on federal legislation with St. Louis
impact: McCaskill bill on tariff relief, F/A-18 Super Hornets,
more
SE
Missourian: Cape businessman pleads guilty to food-stamp fraud +
P-D: EPA cancels appearance at West Lake Landfill
meeting after activist threatens to kill officials
AP: GOP attorney general candidates Josh Hawley, Kurt
Schaefer agree: No to medical marijuana, abortions, allowing men
in women's restrooms
CDT: During radio debate with Hawley, Schaefer takes
credit for ending abortions in Columbia X
Rosenbaum: Some big takeaways from Missouri General
Assembly's final week
The Missouri Times: Winners and losers from the 2016
session
KC Star: Winners and losers from the 2016 session +
The Missouri Times' Rachael Herndon: How Speaker Todd
Richardson restored order in the House
Missourinet: Legislative leaders: Capitol
environment for interns has improved
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers express dismay over lack of action on
highway funding +
Missourinet: Supporters, opponents react to failure of
abortion measures in Missouri Legislature
P-D: Quality rating system will provide info on
Missouri day cares; Comments from Missouri Children's Leadership
Council's Judy Dungan
CDT: Bill from Rep. Caleb Jones (R-Columbia) to repeal
certificate of need exemption awaiting Nixon's action X
CDT: University of Missouri says it will not tolerate
protesters camping out on campus X
KC Star: University of Missouri vows to enforce
long-standing rule preventing tent cities on campus +
KWMU: De-emphasize test scores in school
accreditation, task force urges
P-D: Group urging Nixon to veto fantasy sports measure
Missourinet: Controversial beer cooler legislation
awaits Nixon's action
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis)
fares well in first St. Louis mayoral poll
P-D editorial: Legislative report card: Missouri
Republicans wrong about almost everything
Waters: After Schaefer's bullying, a welcome decision
on Planned Parenthood X
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Republicans
supporting voter ID laws are "dancing on Grandma's grave"
P-D letter: Missouri Coalition for Oral Health's Gary
Harbison thanks General Assembly for passing legislation
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Monday, May 16
KC Star: Trade policy issues are blurring old lines,
turning politics in 2016 inside out; Blunt, Kander show how
neither party marches in lockstep +
KQTV (St. Joseph): Blunt speaks at ceremony for fallen
firefighters
Brownfield Ag News: National "coalition" push shows
Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is losing steam, says
Missouri Farmers Care's Ashley McCarty
This Week in Missouri Politics: Jack Cardetti,
Stoddard Co. Prosecutor Russ Oliver, incoming state Rep. Phil
Christofanelli (R-St. Peters), Public Eye's Anne Schweitzer on voter
ID, end of session, political campaigns, more
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on not raising taxes
during his eight years as governor; Rep. Galen Higdon (R-St.
Joseph) on expanding concealed carry; Jamilah Nasheed on
"paycheck deception" +
Rosenbaum for KWMU's "We Live Here" series: Rhetoric
vs. Reality: Which is winning post Ferguson? A state policy
update
JCNT: Black leaders oppose photo ID measure;
Missouri Faith Voices' Cassandra Gould predicts ballot initiative will
lose in November, says GOP legislators are "dancing on my ancestors'
graves" X
Missourinet: Missouri legislative leaders reflect on
achievements, disappointments of 2016 session
Missourinet: Missouri abortion legislation left on
table despite GOP supermajorities
AP:
Canoe-rental companies could face state of Missouri as new competitor
AP:
Lawmakers pass bills affecting public access to some records
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce says timing played role in beef checkoff failure
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon must make a
education bill a high priority: Measure will expand A+ program to
private school kids, allow Pledge of Allegiance each school day, and
require citizenship test X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Gift ban at Capitol
overdue X
P-D letter: Prolific liberal LTE author Martin Walsh
on Ann Wagner and "bribes" from financial services industry
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Sunday, May 15
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri State Council of Fire
Fighters backs Roy Blunt for re-election X
KQTV (St. Joseph): Largest firefighter union in
Missouri endorses Blunt
P-D: Federal, state experts agree: Radiation
risks from West Lake, Coldwater Creek low
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Jack Cardetti, Stoddard Co. Prosecutor Russ Oliver,
incoming GOP state Rep. Phil Cristofanelli (R-St. Peters), Public Eye's
Anne Schweitzer talk voter ID, union issues, petition intiatives, more
JCNT: Raise Your Hand 4 Kids petitions to raise
Missouri tobacco taxes, addresses criticisms
X
Drebes:
Nixon vets Ted Ardini, James Layton interview for Missouri Court of
Appeals - Western District opening
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT: Improvements in
funding are allowing better maintenance of highways and bridges X
JCNT: Session is over, but controversial bills not done X
AP:
Missouri lawmakers pass ethics bills, save lobbyist gift ban for next
year
SNL: Session recap: Ethics bills, fuel tax,
ballot initiatives, more X
CDT: Webber, GOP lawmakers says relationship with
University of Missouri remains strained; Curator Chair Pam
Henrickson says board will review whether Andy Blunt has been earning
his keep with $10k/month no-bid contract X
P-D: "University of the People" concept perfect for
Missouri, founder says; Israel entrepreneur says Missouri stance
on less-than-legal students is unfair, believes "education is a right,
not a privilege"
CDT: Graduation photo gallery: Family makes a
scene with airhorns as civilized attendees wince and cover ears;
Coed unzips robe and strikes cowgirl pose atop tiger statue; More X
P-D: Ferguson protesters' suit against St. Louis
County police should be dismissed, lawyers say; Dwayne Matthews,
caught on video walking into tear gas cloud and falling into culvert,
wants payout for "gruesome" injuries
KC Star editorial: Republican legislators wrong about
voter ID, guns, abortion, more; Uber guilty of bullying;
Voters should punish GOP legislators in November +
P-D editorial: Kurt Schaefer is wrong about abortion,
plus he's being investigated for alleged ethics violations
JCNT editorial: Elijah Haahr's bill will crack down on
sex trafficking X
SNL letter: Mizzou med school student: Missouri
needs prescription drug monitoring program X
JCNT letter: Area man disagrees with Rep. Jay Barnes
(R) on minimum wage, KC and STL earnings taxes
X
P-D letter: Clayton woman says St. Louis County
election directors aren't treated fairly
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Saturday, May 14
KC Star: Blunt, Kander pick up firefighter union
endorsements +
CDT: Area Democrats hear from congressional
candidate; Gordon Christensen seeks nomination to fill D ballot
slot in Vicky Hartzler's re-election X
P-D: Bost suggests Congress could cut funding to
thwart new NGA site in St. Louis
AP:
Mexican who killed five men in a two-state crime spree to stand
trial; Koster calls first dibs on opportunity to put illegal
immigrant Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino to death
The Missouri Time: Peter Kinder denounces Obama
administration's decree on transgender bathroom use
The Missouri Times: Will Kraus says Jay Ashcroft
failed where he succeeded; Kraus says son of Missouri GOP icon
failed to follow through on voter-ID petition promise
P-D: Conservative radio host Dana Loesch back on St.
Louis air
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
House
The Missouri Times: House Democrats collect $3,000
worth of canned food - and $1,000 in cash - in response to GOP handout
cuts
KC Star: Voter ID, 'Stand Your Ground' highlight GOP
wins as 2016 session ends +
KWMU: General Assembly ends session: Now, what
will Nixon do?
P-D: Summary of final day of legislative session
P-D: How major legislation fared in the Missouri
Legislature
JCNT: Mid-Missouri legislators look back on 2016
session X
Missourinet: Nixon pleased by failure of "paycheck
protection/deception" union dues legislation
P-D: Session recap: Hummel, Nixon praise
Richardson; Nasheed touts filibuster victories over GOP's "old
men"; More
Missourinet: Speaker Todd Richardson says lobbyist
gift ban will be first bill out of House in 2017
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers grant new powers to
secretary of state +
Columbia Missourian: Photo ID requirements pass
Legislature, head to public ballot
KWMU: Joe Keaveny chooses final day of session to
announce he's quitting early; Jake Hummel will seek Dem nomination
P-D: Keaveny quits, says hours and pay as a judge will
be better for him; Multiple women claim they might step up to
challenge Jake Hummel
The Missouri Times: Keaveny walks away from Senate
seat early, predicts Democrats will pick up Senate and House seats in
November
Missourinet: Gas tax increase proposal dies in
Legislature
KWMU: St. Louis City could green-light regional
prescription drug database
Missourinet: Legislature passes 'Stand Your Ground,'
other gun law changes on final day of session
KC Star: 'Stand Your Ground' law wins Missouri Senate
approval; Florida version of law helped protect
neighborhood-watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin case +
The Missouri Times: House grants final passage to
controversial gun bill
KWMU: Missouri General Assembly votes to expand legal
use of deadly force known as Stand Your Ground
P-D: GOP sends gun bills to Nixon
SNL: Lawmakers pass 'Stand Your Ground' and concealed
carry X
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass expanded gun rights on
final day
SE
Missourian: Local lawmakers successfully push passage of
'joint-custody' bill +
P-D: Legislature passes new restrictions on TIF
incentives to developers
The Missouri Times: Rep. John McCaherty (R-Murphy)
praises final passage of ports bill
KWMU: As they did the previous two years, UM curators
hold offsite meeting
P-D: Parents pull kids out of school to protest
"school-to-prison pipeline"; Grown man paints face, defaces
American flag with "F#CK" and other musings
P-D: "The Move" high school kicks off at Vashon;
Photos of female student popping derriere near anti-violence sign, male
student with a live python around his neck, other uplifting images
SE
Missourian: Attorney in St. Louis Prosecutor Jennifer Joyce's
office speaks at Respect for Law event +
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri taxes on
cigarettes and gasoline are too low X
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislature's small
steps on ethics are better than none X
KC Star editorial: Kansas City's urban core needs
better access to fresh food to battle diabetes; Fat people who
gorge on sugary and salty foods would totally choose veggies if they
could +
SNL letter: Increase in local crime due to Missouri
Republicans' cuts to welfare X
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Friday, May 13 Final Day of
Session
January
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2016 headlines
March
2016 headlines
KC Star: U.S. Senate campaigns have simple
playbook: Kander seeks to tie Blunt to Trump; Blunt seeks
to tie Kander to Clinton +
Kraske: The Chat: Sam Graves on Obamacare;
David Pearce on campaign contribution limits; Jake Hummel on
GOP's voter ID push +
KWMU: Congressman Mike Bost on NGA location:
"This isn't over"
KWMU: Shoe factory sale price set in city's NGA
eminent domain case
KMOX: Lacy Clay weighs in on Chris Carter's domestic
case, calls for alderman to resign
P-D: Lacy Clay calls on former state Rep. Chris Carter
to resign
KTVI: McCaskill talks about breast cancer
KY3 (Springfield): Group submits proposal to raise
Missouri's cigarette tax; Comments from Raise Your Hand for Kids'
Linda Rallo, We Deserve Better's Brad Ketcher
Drebes:
After backing out of state treasurer race, Sen. Dan Brown (R-Rolla)
still sitting on pile of benefactor David Humphreys' money
Priddy: Tramping to oblivion: Legislators
ending their term must accept that once they leave the Capitol, "there
will be no one who remembers them enough to talk to"
The Missouri Times: Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City)
throws hat in the ring for majority whip
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
House
KWMU: Day 4 of final week: Photo ID to the
ballot; Beer, fantasy sports bills go to governor; paycheck
protection/deception dies
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature sends voter photo ID
question to voters
Missourinet: Missouri Senate passes voter photo ID
proposal
The Missouri Times: Final piece of voter photo ID
puzzle passes the House
P-D: Voters will decide on photo ID this year
Missourinet: Paycheck protection/deception veto
override fails by one vote
Missourinet: How they voted on paycheck
protection/deception
KC Star: Missouri Senate blocks paycheck
protection/deception +
KWMU: Missouri Legislature adds restrictions on
municipalities, changes tax sharing
KWMU: One step forward, one step back for anti-opioid
legislation in Missouri
The
Missouri Times: PDMP stalls in Senate
KC Star: Prescription drug monitoring stalls in the
Senate +
P-D: Prescription monitoring hits roadblock in
Missouri Senate
KC Star: Missouri House, Senate can't agree on banning
lobbyist gifts +
The Missouri Times: Nasheed deflates Dixon's crime bill
KWMU: Missouri House expands legal use of deadly
force; Stand Your Ground now in Senate
The Missouri Times: With municipal help, 'SB5, Part 2'
sent to governor
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature proposes letting
adoptees get birth certificates
The Missouri Times: Shared custody measure heads to
Nixon's desk
P-D: Vote on statewide rules for Uber could be
filibustered
Columbia Missourian: Medicinal pot, distracted
driving, other hot-button bills might die in Legislature
CDT: Planned Parenthood awaiting decision on
privileges, Supreme Court ruling to provide Columbia abortions X
CDT: Planned Parenthood wins suit over Columbia clinic
license X
Missourinet: Federal judge lets Columbia Planned
Parenthood keep abortion license
CDT: University of Missouri curators hear advice on
presidential search, board conduct X
Columbia Missourian: A look at the confounding
mysteries of MU's graduation gap; Ronecia Duke chose to have a
child after her freshman year, while Jaylen Johnson couldn't handle
workload and transferred to Chicago community college
KWMU: Old desegregation settlement generates new
rivalry between St. Louis Public Schools and charters
P-D editorial: Harris-Stowe president should focus on
safety and academic achievement
Waters: State budget: The good and the bad X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: MU budget:
Missouri legislators' approach "not only ideological but idiotic"
KWMU Ferguson Fellow Maria Stewart: Jailhouse profile
of Ferguson peace activist/rioter Josh Williams, who pled guilty to
first-degree arson and other crimes after attempting to burn down
QuikTrip
P-D letter: Rev. Teresa Danieley disagrees with
Missouri Republican priorities
P-D letter: O'Fallon man responds to Nicklaus column
on minimum wage, says there's no evidence an increase will cause loss
of jobs
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Thursday, May 12
Wall Street Journal: McCaskill, McCain urge U.S. to
approve Gulf fighter deal
Politico: McCaskill bill would cap budget for FCC
Lifeline program; Missouri's senior senator has been critical of
rampant fraud in "Obamaphone" program
KMOV: McCaskill working to restore Social Security
benefits for 70 workers at Lambert
KWMU: Blunt predicts more federal spending soon to
fight Zika
USA Today: 'Cancer moonshot' to start crowdfunding
stories, studies on blog platform Medium.com; Comments from
McCaskill
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri House of Representatives seeks
accountant; Winning mathlete can manage expense accounts, vendor
payments, and more for nearly $30,000/yr.
The Missouri Times: Kander releases findings on St.
Louis County election fiasco
P-D: Kander submits proposals to avoid repeat of
flawed St. Louis County election
KWMU: Missouri executes Earl Forrest for 2002 triple
slayings; Comments from Gov. Jay Nixon (D), Attorney General
Chris Koster (D)
Missourinet: Nixon denies clemency for murderer
Missourinet: Missouri carries out execution of killer
of three
AP:
Missouri man put to death for killing deputy, 2 others
The Missouri Times: MoDOT adds projects to 5-year plan
for road maintenance
P-D: Pew study: In St. Louis, middle class
shrinks; Upper-income population grows 1.5 percent, lower-income
grows 3.4 percent
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Taxpayers to continue providing kids with free
breakfasts and lunches throughout the summer via Summer Food Service
program
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
House
The Missouri Times: Key legislation tracker
KWMU: Day 3 of Missouri Legislature's last week:
photo IDs, guns, adoption
Kraske: The Chat: Jake Hummel on campaign
contribution limits +
AP:
Missouri Senate debates $40 limit on lobbyist-bought meals
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist gift ban bill stymied in
Senate, campaign contribution limit amendment discarded
P-D: Proposal to limit campaign contributions defeated
in Missouri Senate
AP:
Legislature passes tax incentives for small businesses
AP: Missouri House rejects medical marijuana plan for
2nd time
Missourinet: Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown)
expects expansion of Missouri gun rights laws to pass before session
ends tomorrow
AP:
Legislature votes to allow adoptees to access birth records
P-D: Bill easing adoptees' access to birth records
sent to governor
AP:
Legislature tightens schools' anti-bullying policies
KC Star: Missouri regulations for Uber and Lyft face
long odds +
The Missouri Times: Senate passes fantasy sports
regulatory bill, sends it back to House
The Missouri Times: Port bill passes through Senate
KWMU: Senate passes bill to let Chesterfield keep more
of its sales tax
Missourinet: Rep. Jim Neely (R-Cameron) asks Nixon to
pardon registered sex offender
Columbia Missourian: Police brutality debate;
Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) calls Rep. Shawn Rhoads (R-West
Plains) a bigot; Rhoads says Ellington is acting childish
KWMU: Ameren wants to raise electric rates
CDT: Planned Parenthood wins suit over Columbia clinic
license X
CDT: University of Missouri estimates show enrollment
decline to cost campus $36 million X
CDT: University officials discuss race hysterics,
other factors leading to Mizzou enrollment drop X
Columbia Missourian: MU fall enrollment now expected
to drop by 2,600 students
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Area students promote earthquake
awareness; Caucasoid female chooses to wear "The Struggle is
Real" t-shirt for newspaper picture +
KWMU: 'Graying of St. Louis' means by 2045, 1 in 4
people in region will be old; A look at services for the
"vulnerable" who failed to save enough money to provide for themselves
P-D: Democratic committeewoman calls for former state
Rep. Chris Carter (D) to resign alderman seat after arrest
JCNT: State destroys 100 hogs on mid-Missouri
farm; Ag officials suspect herd infested with pseudorabies X
AP:
Journalists arrested in Ferguson settle lawsuit with county
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: McCaskill
right to push military sexual assault legislation X
SE
Missourian editorial: Closure of records not in the public
interest +
P-D editorial: Time for a big shakeup on the St. Louis
County Election Commission
KC Star editorial: Area man had negative experience
with local community mental health center, wants Missouri legislators
to do something about it +
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Wednesday, May 11
KC Star: Blunt to meet with Trump in DC Thursday
Kraske: The Chat: Jason Kander on Roy
Blunt; Jack Cardetti on pot initiative
KWMU: National Endowment for the Arts announces
grants; Taxpayers will fund Ferguson students dressing up in
circus gear, other critical community needs
Drebes: Ethelmae Humphreys, the matriarch of the
Humphreys clan, tosses 1,000 dime bags to pot group
AP:
Peter Kinder backs North Carolina bathroom law
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft weighs in on local
city marshal case
P-D: Former state Rep. Chris Carter (D-St. Louis City)
arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse; Wife had a bruise on her
arm
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journoduo
visits Capitol, talks to House Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St.
Louis) about MoDOT, ethics bills, campaign contribution limits, gearing
up to win Keaveny's Senate seat in 2018
KC Star: Fourth-grader visiting Capitol chooses to
walk along ornamental fence, impales arm
SE
Missourian: Taxpayers to once again subsidize summer child care
throught Missouri Child Care Assistance program
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
House
The Missouri Times: Key legislation tracker
KWMU: Day 2 of Missouri Legislature's last week:
Municipal courts overhaul, fantasy sports, body cameras
The Missouri Times: Municipal courts bill passes
Senate, sent back to fiscal review
The Missouri Times: Missouri Health Care for All
cheers Health Insurance Rate Review passage
AP:
Missouri Senate OKs bill to up asset cap for Medicaid
AP:
Missouri Senate passes bill for more access to prescriptions
AP:
Legislature passes civics, CPR requirements for high school
KC Star: Lawmakers continue push for regulations on
Uber, Lyft
Missourinet: Measure to help victims of trafficking,
child sex crimes sent to Nixon
The Missouri Times: Haahr's sex-trafficking measure
heads to Nixon's desk
The Missouri Times: Heroin-antidote bill sent to Nixon
AP:
Lawmakers pass farm exemptions to open records laws
AP:
Legislature passes grant to attract conventions
AP:
Missouri Legislature tightens tow-company regulations
AP:
Legislature OKs restrictions to body cameras
Columbia Missourian: Inside the SJR 39 vote from two
weeks ago
CDT: University of Missouri to hold development meeting
Columbia Missourian: Social justice groups begin
turning on Concerned Student 1950, say protest group "acted
rashly;" Black student says he was criticized for not being
"black fist" militant
KWMU: Activists still pushing for investigation into
McCulloch's handling of grand jury in Ferguson case
Missourinet: Attorneys ask U.S. Supreme Court to block
Missouri execution of Earl Forrest; Defense lawyers say brain
injury caused meth enthusiast to kill two people, injure two others
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights), others push for "pay equity"
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans follow GOP trend
of diversionary issues, including spins on ballot integrity and 2nd
Amendment
JCNT editorial: Dixon correct to push "Miller fix" on
juvenile offenders
Priddy:
Ron Richard deserves praise for plan to fund Capitol
improvements; Also, reporters should get to sit at a table on the
Senate floor
CDT letter: Area man says voters should not let the
perfect be the enemy of the good, and should support Raise Your Hand
for Kids' initiative
P-D letter: St. Louis woman expresses disgust with
Trump and Missouri Republican legislators, particularly the males
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Tuesday, May 10
Washington Post: Blunt faces tough post-Trump
reality: No seat is safe
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Washington Post reporter Mike
DeBonis' story on Blunt vs. Kander "doesn't plow much new ground," and
his "sudden notice" shows how far ahead the Post-Dispatch is
KWMU: NGA site property owners learn how much they'll
get from city with eminent domain report
The Missouri Times: Initiative petition campaigns turn
in signatures for certification
The Missouri Times: Petition submitted to ban sales
taxes on services
P-D: Tobacco tax increase for kids moves forward with
November ballot bid
CDT: Proposal for early childhood education battling
foes on several fronts X
Columbia Missourian: Competing tobacco-tax proposals
immediately spark fiery debate
The Missouri Times: Opponents of Raise Your Hand for
Kids initiative make noise
The
Missouri Times: Koster campaign releases video criticizing
Legislature
Kraske: The Chat: Sen. Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) on "paycheck protection"; Rep. John
Rizzo (D-Kansas City) on GOP's unimpressive ethics bills +
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
House
Missourinet: Final-week-of-session preview
The Missouri Times: Final-week-of-session preview
The Missouri Times: Key legislation tracker:
Continuous updates on top 10 pieces of remaining legislation
Missourinet: Fuel tax hike proposal advances to
Missouri House
Missourinet: Missouri Senate expected to debate
prescription monitoring program in final days
AP: Campaign-finance reporting bill approved;
tax break for military passes
Missourinet: Proposed utility changes lingering in
last week of Missouri legislative session
JCNT: Lawmakers could add judge in Cole, 9 other
Missouri circuits X
P-D: Bill from Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton) would
tweak "continuing authority" for animal ag
P-D: Civic Progress hands out money to help North St.
Louis County youth: $164K to UMSL, $100K to unaccredited
Riverview Gardens School District, $50K to accredited
Ferguson-Florissant School District, $0 for accredited Hazelwood School
District
Missourinet: Lawmakers still working on sentences for
juvenile murderers in final days of Missouri session
Rosenbaum: Through turmoil and chaos, Ferguson's new
police chief sees opportunity
P-D: New Ferguson police chief has no 'magic pill' for
curing city's problems
AP: New police chief says he felt called to help
Ferguson
KWMU: Ferguson protesters go to City Attorney
Stephanie Karr's house
AP: Lezley McSpadden peddles new book entitled Tell
the Truth & Shame the Devil; Mother of strong-arm
robber/police assailant Michael Brown talks about what a sweet child
she raised
SNL: News-Leader names Springfield native Allen Jones
as new president X
JCNT editorial: Photo ID an unnecessary, partisan ploy X
KC Star editorial: Keep local control of Uber and
other ride-hailing companies in Missouri +
P-D op-ed: Florida woman says Missouri legislators
should honor Trayvon Martin - and others - by opposing concealed-carry
bills
CDT op-ed: National Parents Organization's Linda
Reutzel on shared-parenting bill X
P-D op-ed: Local gynos dislike Tila Hubrecht's
comments regarding children born to rape victims
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Monday, May 9
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact analysis: Blunt
statement on Kander and Guantanamo Bay rated "False"
Kraske: The Chat: Abe Rakov on Kander-Blunt
baseball hat diversion; McCaskill on military sexual assaults +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Jeff Mazur, Jason
Crowell, Joe Lakin, Rep. Bob Burns (D-St. Louis) on Trump, paycheck
protection/deception, voter ID, GOP statewides
KWMU: Five initiative-petition efforts await decision
over which gets on the ballot
AP:
Three more groups submit initiative-ballot petitions; measures
involve medical marijuana and cigarette taxes
Drebes:
Campaign contribution update: Clash of megadonor GOPbots:
Rex Sinquefield's Kurt Schaefer vs. David Humphreys' Joshua Hawley
Columbia Missourian: Most-read stories of the
week: Kurt Schaefer ethics investigation ranked #2; Gay
rights; Black columnist urging black people to stop criticizing
black administrators; more
Missourinet: Final-week-of-session preview:
Paycheck protection/deception, abortion, voter ID, more
KWMU: Final-week-of-session preview: Paycheck
protection/deception, fuel tax, voter ID, more
P-D: Final-week-of-session preview: Ethics, fuel
tax, more
AP:
Final-week-of-session preview
Daily
American Republic: Ozark Riverways give big boost to regional
economy +
Gateway Journalism Review: Betsey Bruce still a TV
news junkie; St. Louis television icon talks about how broadcast
journalism has changed since 1970
CDT op-ed: Chuck Graham: Devil is in the details
for early childhood petition; Raise Your Hand for Kids' tobacco
tax increase is an "anti-science Trojan Horse"
X
Priddy:
1,244 words on the parallels in roles between the U.S. Senate and
Missouri Senate on advise and consent
P-D letter: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug
Abuse's Brandon Costerison wants Legislature to pass prescription drug
monitoring program, Good Samaritan law
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says Missouri should
change rule on assistant physicians
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Sunday, May
8 Mother's
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KC Star: Most voters have decided who they'll pick in
November, complicating strategies; Thoughts from Gregg Keller,
University of Central Missouri's Robynn Kuhlmann +
Missourinet: Missourians for Cruz shift support to
Trump
P-D: Obama speechwriters insert name of Ferguson
activist Brittany Packnett into Howard University address
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics preview:
Jeff Mazur, Jason Crowell, Joe Lakin, Rep. Bob Burns (D-St. Louis) on
Trump as GOP nominee, paycheck protection/deception, voter ID, more
AP: Raise Your Hand for Kids submits push to raise
Missouri cigarette taxes
CDT: Campaigns submit tobacco, sales tax, marijuana
initiatives X
CDT: Election initiatives at a glance X
SE
Missourian: John Ashcroft making the rounds of election-year
Lincoln Day circuit +
Missourinet: State Auditor Nicole Galloway launches
map to help Missourians access tax rates
Missourinet: Final-week-of-session preview:
Kehoe uncertain about advancing personhood and PDMP measures
AP: Final-week-of-session preview: Union rules,
abortion laws
Washington Missourian: Legislature adopts voter ID
measure
The Missouri Times: Mini-profile: Paul Wieland
(R-Imperial) making early impact as senator
JCNT: Lawmakers discussing bill to give Legislature
more control over Capitol operations X
P-D: Harris-Stowe State University one of the
worst-performing schools in the nation; Career conwoman/welfare
scammer hired as head of HR, while new public safety official lost cop
job after being too "drunk and belligerent" for East St. Louis
CDT: Park service support for Missouri monument at
Vicksburg makes state repair funds unnecessary
X
KC Star: MoDOT mistakenly reopens Grand Boulevard
bridge, then closes it again +
KWMU: Race-dialogue group promotes itself outside of
sporting events
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Drop in
enrollment at Mizzou is significant - but race histrionics aren't
important to a majority of students, and the campus will recover X
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Saturday, May 7
Politico: Food, ag industry to to bat for Blunt
P-D: Kander campaign strikes out in Twitter tweak of
alleged Nationals fan; Abe Rakov takes responsibility for mix-up,
says he'll wear Webster Groves hat in parade
The Missouri Times: Raise Your Hand for Kids to turn
in 330,000 signatures despite opposition
KC Star: As accusations fly, campaign to raise
Missouri's tobacco tax pushes forward +
The Missouri Times: After failure in House, Missouri
medical marijuana initiative petition gets its signatures
AP: Kurt Schaefer's ties to Mizzou are under
investigation
Missourinet: Nixon signs Missouri budget for FY 2017,
portends restrictions
KWMU: Nixon signs $27.2 billion state budget into law,
and two more ethics bills
AP: Nixon signs $27 billion budget despite concerns
Missourinet: Nixon reviewing defunding of Planned
Parenthood in state budget
The Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood denounces plan
to defund Planned Parenthood
AP: Missouri enacts waiting period before lawmakers
can lobby
KWMU: SNAP cuts lead to "not much of an uptick" in
demand at Valley Park food pantry; Able-bodied 48-year-old North
St. Louis City woman - raising three grandkids - laments budget
struggles, cries
P-D: Washington Post ranks most challenging high
schools in Missouri
Washington Missourian: State law now requires
meningitis vaccines; School nurses receive update
AP: Senate passes bill to lower traffic violation fines
The Missouri Times: Uber bill with new fingerprint
amendment sent to Senate
The Missouri Times: Roofer registration legislation
could help consumers
JCNT: Lawmakers endorse Holts Summit, Lake MyKee merger X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Dunklin County earns Certified Work Ready
status; DED Director Mike Downing visits Kennett +
KC Star editorial: Republicans wrong on guns,
abortion, voter ID; Earned income tax credit deserves support +
Waters: School-funding formula cap: An exercise
in image-making X
KC Star letter: Easter Seals Midwest CEO Wendy
Sullivan supports disability-program funding
X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman dislikes
Legislature's denial of raise for home health workers
Washington Missourian letter: Union, Mo. woman
dislikes Jim Hansen's "tearful" anti-SJR 39 testimony X
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Friday, May 6
KSSZ (Mid-Mo.): Cruz delegate Sara Walsh on GOP caucus
process, Prouty and Hancock's success in educating caucus leaders and
attendees, eventual support of GOP nominee, more
Messenger: Blunt's lukewarm support of Trump puts him
in tough spot
P-D: Ann Wagner says Trump, with 'slurs and attacks,'
has not earned her support
Brownfield Ag News: Bill from U.S. Rep. Jason Smith
would repeal FDA feed directive
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith opposes new policy on animal
antibiotics +
Washington Post: Obama commutes sentences of 58 dope
dealers, including Missouri cocaine capitalist Jessie Lee Robinson
KWMU: Local Girl Scouts visit White House
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact rating: Koster
claim about cost of tobacco loophole rated "True"
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Bev Randles
on Rex Sinquefield, opposition to most tax cuts, more
CDT: Ethics Commission reverses course, agrees to
investigate complaint against Schaefer X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Ethics Commission
reverses course, will investigate Schaefer
KC Star: Legal group says ethics complaint against
Kurt Schaefer will now be pursued +
KC Star: Proposal to cap political donations in
Missouri may be headed to voters +
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates seeks
executive director
The Missouri Times: Yesterday's Senate actions:
Hourly updates
The Missouri Times: Yesterday's House actions:
Hourly updates
Missourinet: Legislature sends voter photo ID bill to
Nixon
P-D: In wake of race protests, Mizzou's enrollment
plummet is more drastic than previously projected
AP: Legislature funds autism centers at MU and Truman
State
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers OK $1 billion for capital
projects X
Missourinet: Legislature overturns veto on growth cap
on K-12 funding formula
CDT: Legislature overrides Nixon's veto of bill that
would change school funding formula X
KWMU: Nixon vetoes proposed change to school funding
formula, Legislature promptly overrides
AP:
Lawmakers undo veto to enact school-funding measure
KWMU: Uncertainty surrounds Riverview accreditation
and transfer students
P-D: Riverview Gardens backers, doubters speak out at
public hearing
KWMU: In lieu of statewide law, St. Louis City could
green-light regional prescription drug database
AP: House passes bill to allow full-time employees to
carry guns on college campuses, with some exceptions
P-D: House passes bill to expand university employees'
freedom to carry guns
KWMU: House sends 'Personhood' constitutional
amendment to the Senate
Missourinet: Missouri House passes 'personhood'
amendment
AP:
State House passes 'personhood' measure
The Missouri Times: Democrats criticize comments from
Rep. Tila Hubrecht (R-Dexter) about children of rape victims
The Missouri Times: CPR bill from Rep. Ron Hicks
(R-St. Peters) faces uphill struggle
CDT: Bill to name parts of Highway 63 for Boone County
servicemen awaits Nixon's signature X
P-D editorial: After Senate Democrats cut a deal and
give in on voter photo ID, Missouri softens hard line on criminals who
have paid their debt to society
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: New University
of Missouri president must be able to endurse "anti-intellectual"
Republicans, should stand up for the Melissa Clicks of campus
P-D letter: Area woman disagrees with Legislature's
move to limit handouts to able-bodied unworking Missourians
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Thursday, May 5
KWMU: Ann Wagner declining to endorse Trump, as
Missouri Cruz backers shift focus
JCNT: Bus with anti-GOP message parks on Jefferson
City street X
AP:
Supporters of campaign contribution limits submit signatures for
November ballot initiative
Drebes: David Humphreys' new ad campaign focuses on
how to de-certify workplace unions
The Missouri Times: Schaefer campaign responds to
ethics complaint
The Missouri Times: On the record: Lobbyist
Kerry Messer volunteers wide range of details on case of missing wife,
status of law enforcement's questioning, whether or not he is
intercoursing galpal, other candid and personal revelations
P-D: Former state Rep. Russell Gunn (D-Northwoods)
pulled gun during road rage incident; Seasoned citizen in pickup
truck had nerve to merge in front of Gunn's BMW, got pistol-whipped
Columbia Missourian: Deaf advocates rally at Capitol
JCNT: Deaf group holds rally
X
Kraske: The Chat: Member of House superminority
on Dems' canned-food drive +
P-D: Tax credit for poor people who choose to work
advances in Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Photo voter ID law passes General
Assembly
P-D: Voter ID gets final go-ahead in Missouri
Legislature
AP:
Legislature passes photo ID requirement for voters
The Missouri Times: Richardson leads House to override
of Nixon's "paycheck protection" veto
Missourinet: How they voted: "Paycheck
protection"/"paycheck deception"
KWMU: Missouri House overrides paycheck protection veto
P-D: Heated vote in Missouri House ends with narrow
vote to override "paycheck protection" veto
AP:
Missouri House votes to override veto on public union dues
The Missouri Times: Nixon vetos bill in clash over
elementary and secondary school funding
KWMU: Nixon vetoes proposed change to school funding
formula
AP:
Nixon vetoes bill to cap school-funding goal
SE
Missourian: State auditor still gathering cybersecurity data at
Cape public schools +
SE
Missourian: School officials successfully subdue violent and
aggressive girl, get sued for their troubles; Mother of Ta'Brea
Harris seeks $25,000 payday from district +
SE
Missourian: Gifted program out at Central High; State
requires schools provide gifted programs K-8, but not high school +
KWMU: Suit calls race-based restrictions on school
transfers 'flat-out unconstitutional'
Missourinet: After damage done by race protests,
Legislature approves University of Missouri study commission
AP:
Mizzou projects low freshman enrollment
CDT: Presidential search committee uses race turmoil
as selling point, believes it will filter out unsuitable
candidates; Insight from committee member/associate professor of
ethnomusicology Stephanie Shonekan X
Columbia Missourian: UM System presidential search
committee approves position profile; Next president expected to
"lead a statewide conversation about diversity, inclusion, equity and
respect"
The Missouri Times: Dixon pleased with omnibus crimes
bill moving into House
SE
Missourian: Closed-records bill has no chance of becoming law,
Wallingford says +
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans are mean to
the poor, and should change their positions on minimum wage and welfare
restrictions +
Priddy:
1,697 words on abortion, Mike Moon's amendment, parallels to a 1947
motion picture, much more
P-D letter: Kirkwood man dislikes concealed-carry
laws, predicts Missouri will turn into Wild West
P-D letter: St. Louis man dislikes guns, Missouri
legislators
P-D letter: Richmond Heights resident says Ameren at
risk with short-sided commitment to fossil fuel
P-D letter: St. Charles woman says SJR 39 supporters
represent Missourians' opposition to same-sex marriage
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Wednesday, May 4
KC Star: Democratic group protests outside Blunt's
office; Crowd of twelve (12) says it wants him to fill vacant
Supreme Court seat +
KC Star: Area high school junior to serve as delegate
for Hillary Clinton at Dem convention; Underage female goes
online looking for money, hopes other people pay her way +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Missouri Foundation for Health, local
university extension having positive impact on community health;
Missouri has one of the highest rates of people who choose to be fat +
The Missouri Times: Missouri makes $100 million bond
sale to Build Missouri capital-improvement program
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
House
KWMU: Legislative updates: Voter ID, fuel tax
hike, home health care workers, more
The Missouri Times: Photo voter ID bill overcomes
filibuster
Missourinet: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis)
challenges cost to implement voter photo ID requirement
AP:
Despite deal, lawmakers predict voter ID fight to keep going
P-D: Inside the possible deal on voter ID and
expungement laws
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature's veto override
blocks wage increase for home health workers
The Missouri Times: House overrides veto of home care
rule
AP:
Legislature overrides Nixon to block home-care wage hike
The Missouri Times: Chamber, groups, businesses voice
support for grid modernization
The Missouri Times: Comprehensive energy bill stalled
by Senate filibuster
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
'personhood' amendment
AP:
Missouri House advances 'personhood' legislation
P-D: 'Personhood' amendment approved by Missouri House
P-D: Missouri to spend more taxpayer money on child
care for poor people, but providers still want even more;
Comments from Ferguson-based Training Up [sic] a Child Development Center's
Kebra Ferguson, Missouri Budget Project, etc.
CDT: University of Missouri freshman class likely to
be smallest since 2006 X
Columbia Missourian: MU freshman enrollment deposits
down almost 1,500 for fall semester
SNL: Missouri State employees can expect a pay raise X
Missourinet: Missouri Senate could consider 911
funding bill
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri resolution condemns
California egg law; Comments from Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar),
Rep. Jay Houghton (R-Martinsburg)
JCNT: State appeals court upholds sheriff's retirement
fund charges X
P-D editorial: McCaskill helps provide another layer
of protection for military sexual assault victims
P-D editorial: Missouri Legislature solves school
funding crisis with voodoo economics
KC Star editorial: Missouri is in good financial
shape, and can't afford tax cuts proposed by Eric Schmitt and Rex
Sinquefield +
Messenger: Missourians are living on taxing levels
$3.9 billion less than they lived on in 1981 - and that's a bad thing
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Gun proposal from
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) won't make us safer
P-D op-ed: SJR 39 would have made life even rougher
for LGBTQIA kids
P-D op-ed: SLU law prof Chad Flanders on possible SJR
39 compromises
KC Star letter: DESE celebrates Teacher Appreciation
Week +
P-D letter: Local Easter Seals CEO applauds Nixon,
Legislature for showing support for disability services
P-D letter: Area Libertarian says charter schools are
a valuable oasis for St. Louis City parents who would rather not
subject their children to typical city students
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Tuesday, May 3
KWMU: Blunt will support GOP presidential nominee, but
is skipping trip to Cleveland
P-D: Like McCaskill in 2012, Blunt to skip party's
nominating convention during re-election campaign
KC Star: In KC appearance, U.S. Chamber official
endorses Blunt, blisters Kander; Democrat's campaign calls Blunt
'insider' +
NPR: Top 10 Senate races to watch: Blunt vs.
Kander ranks #8
KWMU: Interview with Gov. Jay Nixon: On not
running for another office, Sanders vs. Clinton, voter ID, Ferguson
riots, University of Missouri budget, more
P-D: Nixon rails on school funding change Republicans
seek
The Missouri Times: Missouri Republicans using
tailor-made tech on campaign trail; Jonathan Ratliff shows how
door-to-door walklists have moved from pen-and-paper to smartphone
The Missouri Times: Jessica Podhola, taking on John
Rizzo in Democratic state Senate primary, files personal financial
disclosure late; Comments from anonymous critic
AP:
Midwest economic survey index figure drops after 3 increases
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Mike
Colona (D-St. Louis) on defeat of 'religious shield' - and legislative
service
Missourinet: Supporters have until end of Missouri
House business today to try to save same-sex marriage objector question
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
Senate
The Missouri Times: Hourly updates: Missouri
House
SNL: Legislative updates: Voter ID, "personhood"
bill, prescription drug monitoring X
KWMU: Voter photo ID moving again in Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Missouri voter photo ID advances
P-D: Agreement reached in Missouri Senate over voter ID
Missourinet: Missouri House panel votes to make it
illegal to take minors out of state for abortions
SNL: 'Privilege' posters stir questions at MSU;
Campaign aims to inform Caucasoid Christian able-bodied males - who
enjoy intercoursing with females - how good they have it X
KWMU: Education Plus cooperative panel calls for
better accounting practices
Columbia Missourian: Legislation might scrap Columbia
ordinance for Uber, other transportation companies
P-D editorial: Ferguson should get over it, drop
failure-to-comply cases
Waters:
Missouri Press Association's Doug Crews retiring, surrounded in love X
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Rep. Courtney
Curtis (D-Ferguson) wrong to critique performance of MU's
African-American administrators: "Don't fight against the black
man who is doing the best he can."
P-D op-ed: Area executives' communications
staff: Celebrating defeat of SJR 39
KC Star letter: Area woman pleased by SJR 39 defeat +
P-D letter: Area woman pleased by SJR 39 defeat
SNL letter: Area woman responds to payday loan
coverage, wonders how Missouri legislators can sleep at night knowing
adults are choosing to borrow money at unfavorable interest rates X
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Monday, May 2
Rosenbaum: Tying up loose ends from Missouri's
congressional caucuses
KWMU: Woman who lives on NGA site wants city to pay to
move her house
Washington Missourian: Nixon gives no hints to life
after governor
Kraske: The Chat: Anti-Kurt Schaefer ads, earned
income tax credit, weepy SJR 39 testimony +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake
Saint Louis) talks with Scott Faughn about SJR 39, voter ID, Uber, more
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Show-Me Institute seeks tax policy analyst
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact analysis: Sen.
Shalonn "Kiki" Curls (D-Kansas City) half-right on pay for Missouri
workers
AP: Agenda for final two weeks of session: Tax
breaks for small businesses, yoga, deer urine, more
P-D: Legislation from Rep. Eric Burlison
(R-Springfield) would make Missouri an open-carry state
KWMU: "We Live Here" series: School
desegregation: Thoughts from black students who went to white
schools, white couple who sends their children to city schools, others
Columbia Missourian: Most-read stories of the
week: Wild animals on the loose, minority-student/diversity
programs, Schaefer, more
The Maneater: MU LGBTQ parade attendance down;
Pride Month event draws only 60
Washington Missourian: Religious freedom bill dies in
committee
Missourinet: Missouri House revives beer cooler
proposal
St. Joseph News-Press: Wind farms to bolster future
grid X
P-D: Missouri American Water rate plan questioned amid
meter problems
Missouri Farmer Today: Producers reject state beef
checkoff
Missouri Farmer Today: Healthy watersheds influence
farm economics, environment; Comments from Missouri Dept. of
Natural Resources, others
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri celebrates "Juror
Appreciation Week" X
P-D: Legal bills mount as Ferguson stands by
'failure-to-comply' cases
KC Star editorial: Missouri needs more restrictions on
campaign contributions, and tighter limits on when former legislators
can make a living as lobbyists +
P-D editorial: GOP lawmakers wrong to call for study
of programs for the poor
Hannibal Courier-Post editorial: Legacy of Rep. Jim
Hansen (R-Frankford) will be his "No" vote on SJR 39 X
Priddy: On Kurt Schaefer vs. Joshua Hawley
P-D's David Nicklaus: Low-wage cities will feel most
pain from $15 minimum wage
Washington Missourian letter: Union, Mo. man says SB
1028 will benefit electric customers X
P-D letter: Jefferson City man says SB 1028 benefits
utilities' shareholders, not their customers
P-D letter: Response to Raise Your Hand for Kids'
response to P-D response to initiative-language argument
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Sunday, May 1
KWMU: Cruz forces outflank Trump and fill his delegate
slots with Cruz supporters
AP:
Trump won 2nd Congressional District, but delegates support Ted Cruz
Daily
American Republic: 8th District delegates chosen in Poplar Bluff
KMOV (St. Louis): Video: Man who seeks to fill
GOP ballot slot against Lacy Clay brushes off questions about
bankruptcy; Paul Berry talks to reporter about suit vs. Kander
and Koster, then says he only talks to "real journalists"
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Exclusive interview with Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis) on SJR 39, Ted Cruz, more
JCNT: A new standard in learning for Missouri
students; Common Core supporters achieve implementation of many
elements under different name X
P-D: Missouri Incarceration Reimbursement Act bills
ex-cons for costs associated with their imprisonment
AP:
Missouri Democrats see scant progress on police oversight; Rep.
Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) calls Rep. Shawn Rhoads (R-West
Plains) a bigot; Rhoads labels Ellington's behavior "childish"
P-D editorial: Voter ID bill could sink Legislature's
last weeks, to no good end
KC Star editorial: Missouri needs a total ban on
dangerous texting while driving +
P-D editorial: Essential information one legislator
doesn't want you to know; Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)
wrong about coverage of her suicide attempt
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Columnist pens
Missouri's first young-people-should-vote piece of the election season X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man says Blaine
Luetkemeyer - a banker who serves on the Financial Services committee -
doesn't understand fiscal policy; Septuagenarian uses phrase
"Katy bar the door" X
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Industry talking points
on developmental-disabilities funding, attributed to Lynn Smith of
Progressive Community Services X
P-D letter: Exact same industry talking points as
letter above - copied verbatim - attributed to Lynn Anne Brook of
Behavior Intervention Services
P-D letter: St. Louis man says some supporters of SJR
39 are "scoundrels" who fake their religious beliefs
P-D letter: Greendale woman attemps analogy involving
SJR 39, guns, Catholicism and the Supreme Court
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