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Wednesday, May 30
KWMU: Greitens resigns as governor of Missouri
Missourinet: Video: Greitens' resignation
announcement
SNL: Full text: What Greitens said at press
conference X
The Missouri Times: Greitens resignation effective
Friday, June 1
Washington Missourian: Greitens resigning June 1 X
SNL: <X things> journomeme: 5 (five!)
things you need to know about Greitens' resignation X
SNL: <X things> journomeme: 5 (five!)
things you need to know about Lt. Gov. Mike Parson X
SNL: Why Greitens is resigning: An overview of
major issues X
SNL: Timeline: Greitens' path to resigning X
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Missourian: Local lawmakers welcome Greitens' resignation, call
it a sad day for Missouri +
Missourinet: Blunt, Kehoe react to Greitens resignation
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
surprised Greitens resigned, expresses confidence in Parson
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hoskins and Remole react to
governor's resignation
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
surprised with resignation, says investigation must continue
SNL: What politicians said about the resignation of
Eric Greitens X
AP:
Greitens resigns amid widening investigations
KC Star: Greitens resigns, ending political career
once aimed at presidency X
SNL: The next Missouri governor, Mike Parson, hailed
as 'good man' by both sides of the aisle X
KC Star: Profile: Mike Parson; Thoughts
from Schaaf, former Rep. Mike Talboy (D), others X
P-D: Profile: Mike Parson; Comments from
Matt Blunt X
The Missouri Times: Greitens team must comply with
House subpoenas, judge rules
Missourinet: Missouri judge rules Greitens committees
must turn over subpoenaed documents
Missourinet: Hafner indicates violations of campaign
finance laws occurred
Missourinet: Hostility in committee hearings on
Greitens reaches fever pitch
P-D: Greitens resigns; 'resolution' reached in
St. Louis X
KC Star: St. Louis reaches 'resolution' with Greitens,
but Baker's investigation continues X
Drebes: Dem PAC attempts to tie Hawley with Greitens
Missourinet: Emanuel Cleaver takes to MSNBC to
complain about Roseanne Barr tweet
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Greitens presents City of Malden with
proclamation after tornado recovery +
KC Star editorial: Graves, Hartzler should side with
illegal aliens over Trump X
P-D editorial: In Greitens' aftermath, a few things
become perfectly clear. X
P-D editorial: With governor's resignation, a
long-awaited end to the Eric Greitens myth X
KC Star editorial: Greitens resigns at last but feels
sorry only for himself X
Messenger: Greitens goes out the way he came in,
haunted by the specter of dark money X
Helling: Greitens' resignation a relief for
beleaguered Republicans X
Priddy: Governor's collateral damage: 1,589
words on Greitens' trademark arrogance, memories of old-timey
administrations, more
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Greitens was too good to be true X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian wishes neighbors
would stop obsessing about Greitens and start addressing street savagery X
SNL letter: Group of McCaskill campaign volunteers
says she delivers for military veterans X
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Tuesday, May 29
Missourinet: McCaskill survey: Missouri VA
hospitals continue to improve for America's war heroes
KC Star: Cleaver speaks at Memorial Day event X
Missourinet: Parson praises mid-Missouri emergency
communications center
P-D: Gas tax hike could pump up construction across
Missouri X
Drebes:
Who won the session? Readers weigh in.
AP:
Lawmakers give Greitens a few wins in spite of investigation
KWMU: Budget Committee may make restarting low-income
housing tax credit harder
KWMU: Missouri Senate's special session leaves state
school board in continued limbo
P-D: Under new Missouri plan, public schools pay for
private virtual schools X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mun Choi on
challenges and opportunities for UM System
KWMU: For Missouri heart attack patients, the nearest
hospital isn't always the best; State's Time-Critical Diagnosis
System achieves implementation
AP:
Rural Missouri cemeteries face financial challenges; Bill from
Rep. Allen Andrews (R-Grant City) gives cemetery trustees opportunity
to earn higher rates of return
KC Star endorsement: Lauren Arthur (D) for state Senate X
KC Star editorial: Greitens' attorneys are crossing
the line X
P-D editorial: Missouri falls behind as employers
complain of a skills gap schools aren't filling X
KC Star editorial: Life vests could have made a
difference in fatal Lake of the Ozarks boat crash, and there ought to
be a law X
SNL letter: Springfield man responds to criticism of
Billy Long X
KC Star letter: KC septuagenarian thinks recent
publicity could boost Greitens' presidential aspirations X
P-D letter: Maplewood woman wants legislators to
address full problem of surprise billing X
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Monday, May
28 Memorial Day
Brownfield Ag News: McCaskill: Senate farm bill
mark-up in June
CNN's Rebecca Berg: Greitens scandal looms large in
Missouri's U.S. Senate race - and it doesn't show signs of going away
SNL: Four big issues coming to Missouri ballots - and
the big money being spent to win votes X
P-D: Man hopes to change lives with St. Louis syringe
exchanges that cut risk of disease outbreak; Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston) talks Safe Syringe Access bill X
KC Star: Here's the beef: Missouri cattle
feedlot wants to grow; Powell Gardens fears the stink X
Missourinet: Advocacy group says Missouri among worst
states to be a police officer, has several of the most dangerous cities
Messenger: Hanaway, now on Team Greitens, has
advice: Stay away from the FBI X
KC Star letter: KC septuagenarian unhappy with
Greitens' attorneys X
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Sunday, May 27
KWMU: List of local Memorial Day parades, speakers
Missourinet: Mid-Missouri military air show prepares
for takeoff
Drebes: NRA upping Missouri presence ahead of midterms
KC Star: Republicans fear Greitens will 'burn it all
down' ahead of midterms; Comments from top GOP minds John
Hancock, James Harris, Gregg Keller X
JCNT: Greitens team continues to demand
cross-examination X
SNL: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) surprises
lawmakers with evidence he got from Greitens' legal team X
JCNT: Foster care legislation had broad support X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): AAA spokesman calls for statewide
primary seat belt law
KC Star editorial: Federal relief wanted: KC
families are drowning in sky-high water bills
X
CDT op-ed: Obamacare waiver would help Missouri deal
with out-of-control Medicaid costs X
SNL op-ed: National Safety Compliance Inc. applauds
legislators for SB 982 passage X
SNL op-ed: Campaigns for Youth Justice applauds
legislators for 'Raise the Age' passage X
P-D letter: Former Missouri Right to Life President
Pam Fichter: McCaskill show hypocrisy on late-term abortions X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman grateful for
Hawley's inquiry into untested rape kits X
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Saturday, May 26
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Missourian: McCaskill: Veterans Affairs medical services
improving in Southeast Missouri +
P-D: McCaskill's husband invests in conservation tax
benefits under IRS scrutiny X
P-D: Lacy Clay meets with illegal alien hiding out
from immigration authorities X
KWMU: Poltically Speaking: As the Greitens World
Turns, Part 12: Mannies & Rosenbaum talk K.S. TV interview,
Jean Peters Baker as special prosecutor, Scott Faughn and Al Watkins,
much more
KWMU: Greitens subpoenaed to appear before Missouri
House investigative committee
JCNT: Greitens subpoenaed to testify to House committee X
AP:
Greitens subpoenaed by House investigation
Missourinet: Attorneys for Greitens, House committee
accuse each other of misinformation
Missourinet: House committee investigating Greitens
erupts with outrage at defense offering
KC Star: Missouri officials scrutinizing Greitens' use
of private lawyers paid by taxpayers X
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Greitens visits Bootheel to discuss medical
services +
Missourinet: Greitens, agency officials visit town
losing hospital
Drebes: GOP
state auditor candidate Saundra McDowell sets up third-party PAC for
primary election expenditures
KC Star: Tax credits for low-income housing are 'dead'
amid scrutiny from lawmakers, Greitens X
KC Star editorial: Blunt right to force members of
Congress to pay for their own harassment settlements X
P-D editorial briefs: On Greitens' contriteness act
and "fake meat" X
KC Star editorial: Why have thousands of rape kits
gone untested in Missouri? X
Gateway Journalism Review's Terry Ganey: No-show
Greitens tries committee's patience; it sends him a subpoena
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Texting advice for Greitens'
staff was aimed at evading law X
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Friday, May 25
Missourinet: McCaskill backs Trump's move to pull the
plug on North Korea meeting
P-D: Luetkemeyer, Wagner attend Trump signing of bill
peeling back financial regulations X
The Missouri Times: Women's group cheers McCaskill,
Blunt for work on sexual harassment procedure overhaul
SNL: Lawmakers may lack power to force Greitens to
testify, says attorney who warns of 'coup' X
AP: Chip Robertson chastises attorney for Greitens
P-D: Greitens attorney defends 'disgusting' line of
questions posed to former mistress X
The Missouri Times: Watkins testifies; Barnes,
Dowd argue about K.S. testimony
KWMU: Watkins uses foul language, gets cantankerous
before House committee
Missourinet: Al Watkins gets heated in appearance
before House committee
SNL: Legislator and attorney say they've talked to FBI
about Greitens X
AP: FBI briefed on allegations against Greitens
Missourinet: Lawmakers, attorney both contacted FBI
over allegations related to Greitens
P-D: House committee chairman says he spoke with FBI
about Greitens X
KC Star: Head of investigative committee says he's
talked with FBI about Greitens X
P-D: Rep. Dan Shaul (R-Imperial) says Greitens told
him 'no picture ever taken' of former lover X
AP: Greitens approves date change on 'right to work'
vote
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Missourian: Missouri Public Safety officer Drew Juden receives
award at law enforcement ceremony +
Missourinet: Extra Missouri state troopers will patrol
roadways, waterways on Memorial Day weekend
The Missouri Times: Hawley finds nearly 5,000 rape
kits untested in Missouri
Missourinet: 30-year-old untested rape kit highlights
massive backlog in Missouri system
P-D: 5,000 rape kits sit untested in Missouri, audit
finds X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Commission gives approval to Westar-Great Plains merger
JCNT editorial: 2018 legislative session: All
considering, a good effort X
P-D editorial: Shame on Greitens lawyers for trying to
shame his accuser X
SNL op-ed: U.S. Senate candidate Austin
Petersen: Why I'm a pro-life agnostic X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau member
Andrea Rice: Rural Missourians to benefit from T-Mobile and
Sprint combining
P-D's Tod Robberson: Bob Romanik, the FCC has some
questions for you X
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Thursday, May 24
P-D: Blunt-sponsored legislation aims at overhauling
the way Capitol Hill treats sexual harassment X
KWMU: House panel probing governor questions Faughn's
access to $120,000
SNL: Faughn testifies he spent his own $100k for audio
regarding Greitens affair X
The Missouri Times: Under oath, Faughn answers
committee questions, reiterates the money was his
Missourinet: Faughn says $120,000 payment to attorney
was his own money
JCNT: Faughn says money delivered to Watkins was his X
P-D: Faughn says cash payment was his own money X
The Missouri Times: House committee tosses out photos
defense allege could be of Greitens' ex-mistress
SNL: Greitens' lawyer asked woman about her active
participation in sexual activities X
KC Star: Greitens team asked woman about wide range of
story elements X
The Missouri Times: Judge hears suit to enforce House
subpoenas, no decision made
AP: Investigation of Greitens presses ahead at Capitol
and court
Missourinet: Galloway still probing Greitens' use of
public money for private attorneys
Columbia Missourian: Informal survey results:
Some Missourians support Greitens, some don't, most don't know and
don't care
Missourinet: Several Missouri tax credits see chopping
block, including low-income housing
Missourinet: Munzlinger says Missouri biodiesel
announcement highlights value-added agriculture
AP:
Federal court rules Missouri must provide hormone therapy to inmate
KC Star editorial: Blunt is right on harassment
bill: Taxpayers shouldn't pay for Congress' misdeeds X
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens plays the
victim role, but the act isn't convincing X
P-D editorial: Newly named special prosecutor in the
Greitens case is about justice, not convictions X
P-D editorial: Insurers are billing unfairly for some
ER visits. Missouri legislators offered a good, albeit halfway fix. X
Helling: Greitens gets a pass on speeding X
P-D letter: University City woman says front-page
article on Facebook cattiness shows how low the Post-Dispatch has sunk X
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Wednesday, May 23
KOLR: Lawmakers consider school security
legislation; Comments from "Rep. Vicki [sic] Hartzler"
P-D: Border Patrol agents' seizure of opioids on the
rise, McCaskill report says X
SNL: GOP U.S. Senate primary candidate Austin Petersen
releases poll showing him outpacing Josh Hawley in head-to-head versus
McCaskill X
AP: "Fight for 15" campaign takes new approach against
corporations: filing sexual harassment claims; Campaign
finds St. Louis teen to claim she was harassed, deserves payout
KWMU: House panel won't allow cross-examination by
governor's attorneys
The Missouri Times: Defense gets their wish on
cross-examination, sort of
Missourinet: Scott Faughn could appear today before
Missouri House committee
SNL: Lawmakers re-enact affair testimony as special
session on Greitens proceeds X
The Missouri Times: Hours of testimony of Greitens'
former mistress to be read into committee record
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers re-enact woman's
testimony against Greitens in special session
AP:
Lawmakers read woman's testimony against Greitens
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers read, aloud, hours of
testimony by woman in Greitens case X
P-D: Lawyer for Greitens asked woman's lawyer:
'What does your client want out of this?' X
KWMU: Greitens attorney on special prosecutor
appointment: Fresh 'set of eyes' is a good thing
KWMU: What Jean Peters Baker's record says about how
she will approach Greitens case
The Missouri Times: As special session gets underway,
pro-Greitens ad set to air around state
Missourinet: Greitens lobbies to keep his job in
television attack ad
P-D: Greitens hits the airwaves again in fight for
political life X
KC Star: Greitens campaign spending six figures on TV
ads as lawmakers weigh impeachment X
Columbia Missourian: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson says he's
'ready' if Greitens is removed
KC Star: Greitens' lawyer waives first appearance in
computer tampering case X
P-D: 'It was a friendly interaction': Greitens
gets pulled over by police in small Missouri town X
Daily Journal: After 16-year state legislative career,
Rep. Kevin Engler (R-Farmington) gives exit interview on constituent
service, Greitens, tax credits, right-wingers and their benefactors,
much more
SNL: Missouri ethics panel has eyes on 'dark money' as
donations roll in for ballot measures X
St. Joseph News-Press: Sides gear up for 'right to
work' battle X
Drebes:
Urban scions Wiley Price IV, LaKeySha Bosley seek to begin serving time
in Democratic superminority in 2019
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber releases Missouri
2030 report, touts 2018 legislation as step in the right direction
JCNT: Missouri Chamber study forecasts concerns,
solutions for state's workforce X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
promotes Missouri coal at Tennessee meeting
P-D: What your license plate can't say in Missouri,
including 'NEKK1D' or 'DRUNK' X
KC Star editorial: Jackson County Prosecutor Jean
Peters Baker out to get justice - not Gov. Eric Greitens X
P-D editorial: Cole County prosecutor helps governor
escape charges for false campaign report X
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Bipartisan solutions to
fight the opioid crisis X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Greitens' hairdresser
rings true in deposition X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman who fled Chicoms 10
years ago thanks Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) for organ-harvesting
resolution X
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Tuesday, May 22
AP's Steve Peoples: McCaskill courts black voters,
uses church sermon to address "haters;" Comments from "St. Louis
city [sic] councilwoman Hazel
Erby"
The Missouri Times: Jackson County Prosecutor Jean
Peters Baker agress to serve as special prosecutor in Greitens'
case; Gardner blocked from case
KWMU: Kansas City-area prosecutor takes over Greitens
case
Missourinet: Jackson County prosecutor takes over
Greitens' invasion of privacy investigation
P-D: Jackson County prosecutor to handle invasion of
privacy case against Greitens +
AP:
Judge appoints special prosecutor in Greitens case
Missourinet: Missouri House committee investigating
Greitens to discuss special session rules today
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers' plans for special session
largely ignore Greitens' ideas X
The Missouri Times: Greitens-connected groups to argue
committee subpoena in court
KSDK (St. Louis): Woman at center of Greitens case
tells her version of story; KS talks about friendship with Rep.
Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights), more
KWMU: Woman in Greitens scandal says she's being used
SNL: Woman in Greitens affair speaks out X
P-D: In first interview, Greitens' accuser says she is
not lying +
The Missouri Times: Two weeks out, Lauren Arthur leads
Kevin Corlew in SD 17 race
Drebes:
Democratic state rep candidate sets up Go Fund Me campaign to help
cover costs for November loss
The Missouri Times: First Lady applauds passage of
foster care and adoption overhaul legislation
Missourinet: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) calls for
firing after alleged tax bill estimate cover-up
The Missouri Times: Ameren Missouri taking major steps
toward renewable energy with plans for largest wind farm in state
KWMU: Ameren Missouri plans to build a large network
of wind turbines in northeast Missouri
P-D: Ameren to establish state's largest wind farm in
northeast Missouri X
P-D editorial: A fine legislative year for special
interests. Regular interests, not so much. X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers gave
corporations tax cuts and plenty more. But what about workers? X
KC Star letters: Lake Winnebago man displeased by
McCaskill's vote on Haspel; Area women applaud state lawmakers
for legislation regardling shackling of pregnant women in active labor X
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Monday, May 21
KC Star: Cory Booker campaigns for McCaskill as black
leaders complain about her neglect; McCaskill assures squeaky
wheels they'll see "resources" X
P-D: McCaskill, with Cory Booker in tow, makes brief
stop at Annie Malone parade, poses for pictures X
Brownfield Ag News: Chris Chinn among state ag
directors pushing trade issues
Drebes:
Help Wanted: National Association of Area Agencies on Aging seeks
CEO
This Week in Missouri Politics: Host Scott Faughn
talks with Ray Hartmann, Gregg Keller, J.P. Johnson, Jake Silverman
talk Greitens' civil case, impeachment, much more
Missourinet: Session recaps: Speaker Todd
Richardson, House Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty
St. Joseph News-Press: Local lawmakers believe session
was productive X
AP:
Missouri lawmakers pass big tax code changes on last day
JCNT: Tax credit passed on Friday could bring sporting
events to Jefferson City X
P-D: Now what? Greitens special impeachment
session underway as House intensifies investigation; Governor
helps raise profile of Craig Redmon in GOP primary against Nate Walker X
SNL: Greitens' pick for state school board, Jennifer
Edwards, left in limbo as session ends X
P-D: Greitens names Thomas A. McCarthy as associate
St. Louis circuit judge X
KC Star editorial: The top five reasons Missouri
lawmakers must impeach Gov. Eric Greitens X
P-D editorial: In Missouri, chaos reigns on 'right to
work' - by design X
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Missourian editorial: Restoration of autism funding a smart
decision by Missouri lawmakers +
Columbia Missourian's David Webber: Trump, Greitens
show the problems associated with "outsiders"
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Missourian op-ed: Pat McKenna: Infrastructure investment
important to rural America's economy +
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Sunday, May 20
McClatchy: McCaskill votes no on Haspel nomination
SNL: Greitens saved by split vote after FEC attorneys
flagged violations in a campaign mailer X
SNL: Takeaways from the end of Missouri's legislative
session - and the next big thing X
Missourinet: Top bills that fizzled during legislative
session
JCNT: Area lawmakers pleased with outcome of session X
CDT: Local bills meet different fates at legislative
session's end X
Columbia Missourian: Legislation involving Columbia,
Boone County fire district dispute passes at last minute
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) wraps up legislative career, provides bit of advice to
future lawmakers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia)
talks fuel tax proposal
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
talks prevailing wage
JCNT: Office of Administration begins planning for
Merit System changes X
JCNT: DNR specialist lauded for work after tornado X
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation reports that
bow fisherman breaks record for yelllow bullhead catfish X
KWMU: Students' "Black Lives Matter" walk draws fewer
than 60 participants
P-D: Area students block traffic on parade to police
headquarters, sing "Happy Birthday" to police assailant Michael Brown X
P-D editorial: As possible impeachment looms, Greitens
keeps digging his own grave X
Washington Missourian editorial: Concealed-carry bill
not good legislation X
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: McCaskill, Hawley both find
themselves working to shore up their political bases X
SNL letter: Galena sexagenarian calls McCaskill a
"moderate" X
SNL letter: Battlefield sexagenarian says Billy Long
lacks perspective on confirmation process X
KC Star letters: Weatherby Lake septuagenarian pleased
with McCaskill's vote against Haspel; Doniphan octogenarian
defends Greitens, calls Hawley and state legislators "clowns" X
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Saturday, May 19
P-D: Congressional votes for the week: Farm
Bill, Clean Water Rule, more X
Kraske: Chaos in the Missouri GOP is propelling Claire
McCaskill one more time X
KWMU: Politically Speaking: As the Greitens
World Turns, Part 11: Rosenbaum, Jo Mannies and Rachel Lippmann
talk Gardner dropping invasion of privacy case, Hanaway on
investigation, impeachment, much more
The Missouri Times: Hawley says governor's office has
no authority to hire impeachment attorneys; Greitens spokesman
disagrees
CDT: Before special session begins, a dispute over pay
for Greitens' attorneys X
KC Star: Hawley says Greitens illegally hired private
impeachment attorneys X
KWMU: Cole County prosecutor won't charge Greitens
over campaign finance reports
P-D: Cole County prosecutor declines to pursue case
against Greitens X
KWMU: Once a rival, Hanaway details why she signed
onto Greitens' legal team
The Missouri Times: Special session convenes, rules
and procedures moving forward filed
SNL: Greitens' request to cross-examine special
session witnesses not in the cards X
KWMU: Missouri's special session is underway - here's
what to expect
Columbia Missourian: Special session to consider
impeaching Greitens begins
AP:
Missouri opens session to consider impeachment of governor
Drebes:
Jeff Roe's team sets up third-party PAC for Justin Brown's state Senate
campaign
KWMU: Missouri voters will see gas tax proposal on
November ballot, prevailing wage law changed
Columbia Missourian: Missourians will vote on fuel tax
increase to fund infrastructure, law enforcement
P-D: On final day, Missouri lawmakers approve gas tax
vote, cut business taxes X
Columbia Missourian: Individual, corporate income cuts
highlight tax overhaul
KWMU: Missouri legislative leaders laud, lament
achievements
JCNT: Area lawmakers bid farewell to Capitol posts X
Missourinet: Highlights of the Missouri Legislature's
regular session
P-D: How major legislation fared in 2018 X
KC Star's Jason Hancock: GOP lawmakers mark victories
in 2018 session; Comments from "Rep. Kevin Enlger [sic]" X
The Missouri Times: Farmers, ranchers, rural
Missourians make out well in 2018 session
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers create grant program to
spread broadband in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Busy final hours bring tax cuts
and union regulations, but no lobbyist-gift restrictions
The Missouri Times: Concealed carry convictions soon
to be expungable
CDT: Lawmakers approve changes to tuition cap X
KC Star: Lobbyist gift ban dies X
KC Star: Lawmakers let medical marijuana die in last
days of session X
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: Final day of
regular session
KC Star: Marriage-bill advocacy series: Missouri
outlawing marriage at 15, but critic calls new statute 'a waste of
paper' X
KC Star: Medicaid payment errors could cost Missouri
up to $1.7 million X
KC Star editorial: If Greitens wants to keep his job,
he owes voters an explanation - under oath X
JCNT editorial: 'Revenge porn' bill would help to
protect victims X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Phill Brooks: Ethics
Commission steps up where the Legislature fails
Messenger: In courthouses from St. Louis to Jefferson
City, the battle for sunshine intensifies X
P-D letter: Alzheimer's volunteer wants congressional
delegation to support early-detection funding
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Friday, May 18
CNN: Blunt, other Senate negotiators nearing sexual
harassment legislation deal
AP: McCaskill, Blunt split on Haspel vote
KWMU: What to expect during special impeachment session
KWMU: Greitens blames low-income housing program
backers for legal, political troubles
AP:
Greitens strikes SEAL posture, says he won't quit
Drebes:
Special Investigative Committee gathering information on Greitens'
alleged use of Wash U. grant for campaign expenses
The Missouri Times: House Special Investigative
Committee files civil suit against A New Missouri, Greitens for Missouri
KWMU: Missouri House committee sues to get documents
in Greitens investigation
Missourinet: Lawmakers investigating Greitens go to
court to get more answers
P-D: Missouri House panel sues Greitens campaign, says
it is obstructing justice
The Missouri Times: Hanaway alleges Laub stole donor
list for opponents; Laub denies wrongdoing
The Missouri Times: Governor's publicly-paid
impeachment lawyer registers as lobbyist
The Missouri Times: 'Right to work' date change to
August finalized
AP:
Legislature schedules 'right to work' vote for August
Columbia Missourian: Legislators give final approval
on change to 'right to work' voting date
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers move 'right to work vote,'
cut taxes
The Missouri Times: Fiscal note error could have cost
Missouri roughly $50 million in revenue
The Missouri Times: Tax cuts are here; Haahr's
bill awaits governor's signature
P-D: Missouri lawmakers approve income tax cut, poised
to slash business taxes X
Missourinet: Legislature passes income tax cut as
session winds down
AP:
Lawmakers reduce individual income tax cut wrestle with cut to
corporate taxes
KC Star: Missouri General Assembly votes to cut
individual taxes, sends bill to Greitens X
The Missouri Times: Merit system ends for state
employees as Kehoe's SB 1007 moves to governor's desk
P-D: Lawmakers vote to give governor's administration
more leeway in hiring and firing X
The Missouri Times: Senate passes first-time home
buyers bill
The Missouri Times: Missouri fulfills obligation to
biodiesel plants
The Missouri Times: Legislature says Missouri meat
must meet meat definition
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers address shackling of
pregnant inmates, telehealth, opioids
KWMU: High school students' Black Lives Matter rally
tomorrow to feature complaints about perceived racism
KC Star editorial: How, exactly, does Missouri's
impeachment process work? It's hard to say. X
P-D editorial: Greitens' lawyers maneuver for maximum
advantage in House impeachment proceedings X
SE
Missourian editorial: Drug Court plays vital role in many lives X
Washington Missourian letter: Robertsville
sexagenarian hopes Greitens runs for second term X
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian expresses anger at
Ameren, PSC, AG's office over speed of refund
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Thursday, May 17
Quincy Herald-Whig: McCaskill introduces bill aimed at
air ambulance rates
AP:
Truman statue bound for Washington
SNL: Jenna Bush Hager, former first daughter, to speak
at MSU in September X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Environment America seeks state director
SNL: Will Greitens testify before legislators? His
lawyers won't say. X
CDT: Greitens' attorneys, lawmakers fail to agree on
impeachment rules X
The Missouri Times: Barnes pleas for Greitens to
testify as committee looks at procedures moving forward
JCNT: Greitens committee talks special session
procedures X
Columbia Missourian: House investigative committee
asks again for Greitens to testify
P-D: Lawmakers plead for Greitens to testify as they
consider impeachment
The Missouri Times: Special investigative committee
legal counsel reassures House members of their duties in the event of
impeachment
Missourinet: Impeachment not a done deal
KWMU: House investigative committee grills Greitens'
attorneys
Missourinet: House committee on impeachment spars with
attorneys representing Greitens' office
AP:
House expands Greitens probe, examines signature
LA Times: Lawyer who got $120k to bring down Greitens
claims he was told it came from a wealthy Republican
Missourinet: Missourinet, KMIZ to partner on live
broadcast tonight focused on special impeachment session
KWMU: Missouri House votes to rein in tax credits,
block stadium aid, curb teen marriages
The Missouri Times: Senate arrives at deal on
'paycheck protection' bill
AP:
Senate passes regulations on public unions
P-D: Senate passes 'paycheck protection' X
KC Star: Senate could find common ground on labor bills X
The Missouri Times: Legislature gives final approval
to Emery's utility bill
Missourinet: Massive utility bill passes Legislature
P-D: Ameren critics unhappy with utility bill X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri legislators tentatively
agree to raise tuition caps
Missourinet: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) says new
Warrenton I-70 interchange highlights MoDOT funding issues
The Missouri Times: Less restrictive version of Evans'
marriage age bill passes House
Columbia Missourian: Senate bill would set state's
minimum marriage age to 16
KC Star: Missouri House votes to set 16 as minimum age
for marriage X
Columbia Missourian: Bill requiring lessons on
consent, sexual assault passed by Legislature
Missourinet: Missouri House endorses term limits for
Congress
KC Star editorial: Greitens' allies launch payback
attack on Josh Hawley for doing his job X
JCNT editorial: 'Revenge porn' bill would help protect
victims X
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman wants Blunt, other
Republicans to criticize Trump more often X
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Wednesday, May 16
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill: Border
resources don't square with drug crisis
KWMU: What is next for Greitens after Monday's
shocking announcement
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Rosenbaum, Rachel
Lippmann, and Michael Wolff analyze Monday's events
The Missouri Times: 'Shell companies' may have been
used to conceal Greitens' donors
KWMU: Greitens may have hidden campaign donations
through 'shell committees,' committee says
CDT: House committee digging into Greitens' campaign
finance X
Columbia Missourian: House investigation accuses
Greitens of campaign law violations
Missourinet: Document alleges Greitens used shell
companies to hide campaign donors
Missourinet: House committee investigating Greitens
issues more subpoenas; Hanaway says Barnes plays politics
SNL: Greitens' lawyers want to question witnesses
during special session X
The Missouri Times: Greitens' defense proposes
timeline, recommends committee follow 'hallmarks of due process'
JCNT: Greitens' lawyers seeks 'ground rules' for
committee meeting X
Missourinet: Missouri House looking over Senate plan
calling for governor to appoint lieutenant governor if seat is vacant
Columbia Missourian: Dropped felony charge won't
protect Greitens from impeachment, MU law prof says
The Missouri Times: Greitens' lawyer to file police
report accusing investigator of perjury
P-D: St. Louis police open perjury probe into
investigator in Greitens case X
Missourinet: St. Louis police to investigate St. Louis
Circuit Attorney's investigator in Greitens case
KC Star: St. Louis police to investigate ex-FBI agent
involved in Greitens case X
CDT: Galloway seeks information about Greitens' legal
team X
The Missouri Times: Galloway inquires if public funds
are being used to pay Greitens' private attorneys
Missourinet: Galloway wants info on Greitens' use of
state money for private attorneys
KC Star: Two private lawyers helping Greitens on
impeachment cost state total of $660 an hour
X
SNL: Lawsuit over Greitens' use of Confide gets
answers Hawley's investigators didn't X
Drebes:
Registered agent change for Greitens' political nonprofit campaign arm
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Community Action Network seeks executive
director
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri Dept. of Agriculture
initiative aims for 'more'
KWMU: As session winds down, House focuses on crime
and appointments, Senate on financial matters
The Missouri Times: Senate signs off on tax overhaul
bill, House has final say
KC Star: Missouri Senate approves tax cut with days
left in session; bill goes back to House
X
AP:
Missouri Senate OKs tax credits for gifts to soup kitchens
The Missouri Times: 'Right to work' looks to be a
photo finish for Missouri Republicans
AP:
Missouri House votes to amend constitution for 'right to work'
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
pleased with education funding efforts
The Missouri Times: Romine seeks to block the
withdrawing of State Board of Education appointees
Missourinet: Lawmakers approve bill about special
taxing districts
AP:
Missouri House loosens regulations of security deposits
The Missouri Times: General Assembly approves of bill
aimed at improving breast cancer detection
Columbia Missourian: Police officers involved in
racial profiling could face penalties
KC Star editorial: McCaskill, Blunt right to call for
a halt on newspaper tariffs X
P-D editorial: Greitens' 'great victory' ignores the
mountain of legal problems still pending X
JCNT editorial: Why we voted to revoke The Missouri
Times' membership in Capitol Press Corps X
JCNT editorial: State budget represents Missourians'
needs X
Politico's Alex Isenstadt: Josh Hawley, GOP golden
boy, mails it in
Waters: Confide app violates the spirit of the law X
Helling: The death of shame: Greitens should be
more than sorry for his moral failures X
SNL's Christopher Dixon: Eric Greitens should exit
Missouri governorship X
SNL letter: Monett man thanks Billy Long for hard work
on behalf of constituents X
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Kim Gardner is
incompetent, should be disbarred X
P-D letter: Pacific septuagenarian disagrees with
Schatz on 'right to work' X
KC Star letter: Local union official opposes 'right to
work' X
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Tuesday, May 15
P-D: Missouri Scout poll: Greitens' numbers
tanking; McCaskill leads Hawley by 4 X
KWMU: Prosecutors drop felony invasion of privacy
charges against Gov. Greitens
SNL: Invasion of privacy case against Greitens dropped
by prosecutor, could be refiled X
The Missouri Times: Greitens' invasion of privacy case
dismissed; Gardner says Burlison made "unpreceded [sic] decision"
AP:
Invasion of privacy case dropped against Greitens
P-D: Invasion of privacy charge dropped against
Greitens; Governor calls it 'great victory' X
P-D: Video: Greitens' defense team makes
statement after case is dismissed X
KC Star: Case against Greitens dropped for now X
The Missouri Times: House leadership says dismissal of
trial allows Greitens to 'share his side of the facts'
The Missouri Times: Hanaway, on client's behalf,
partially complies with subpoena, turns over 'substantial amount' of
documents
SNL: Greitens campaign not fully complying with
legislative subpoena, Barnes says X
KWMU: Greitens camp not fully cooperating with House
investigative committee, Barnes says
AP:
Mini-profile: Greitens' lifelong runway to presidential bid
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Peter
Merideth (D-St. Louis City) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
Greitens and impact on Dems' superminority numbers, special impeachment
session, U.S. Census and illegal aliens, more
SNL: Greitens holding out on moving ballot issues from
November to August X
KWMU: Missouri House and Senate continue drive to
protect 'right-to-work' law
P-D: Proposed 'right to work' constitutional amendment
heads to Missouri Senate X
SE
Missourian: Missouri Legislature restores funding for autism
services +
The Missouri Times: Tax overhaul sputters on Senate
floor in final days of session
P-D: Tax cut efforts fizzle in Legislature X
The Missouri Times: Historic preservation tax credits
bill seeks a conference, gets tabled instead
P-D: Nominees to Missouri Board of Education could be
banned from serving after Senate action X
The Missouri Times: U.S. Supreme Court decision paves
way for sports betting in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Hawley argues Obama-era livestock
rule is illegal, economically unjustifiable
SNL: Former Gov. Jay Nixon speaks at Nixa high school
graduation X
SE
Missourian: Scott County state audit underway +
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Department of
Conservation promotes free fishing days in June X
KWMU: NGA construction progress met with North St.
Louis City residents' complaints about dust
SE
Missourian: David Robinson freed from prison +
KC Star editorial: Why the dropped invasion of privacy
charge is bad news for Greitens X
P-D editorial: Even in economic good times, Missouri's
budget is stressed; Legislators must stop cutting taxes X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Terry Jarrett: Missouri should consider
high-tech coal plants +
KC Star op-ed: Charter school advocate Rebecca
Haessig: Kansas City can find a middle path between public and
charter schools X
P-D letter: Ameren's Warren Wood responds to Messenger
column, says company is transparent in reporting political contributions X
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Monday, May 14
Missourinet: Blunt says year-round Pell grant program
is helping thousands of Missourians
This Week in Missouri Politics: Mike Hafner talks to
Scott Faughn about his experience working for Greitens and ethics
investigations into the governor
SNL: What to expect as Greitens' historic felony trial
begins this week X
P-D: Greitens' invasion of privacy trial to center on
accuser's testimony X
Drebes: Website offers ability to place wager on
Greitens' fate
Missourinet: 'Right to work' measures moving along
quickly
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
says budget process produced success
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) talks about bill to expand access to information on
local taxes
Missourinet: Gas tax proposal to be discussed this week
KWMU: 17-year-olds will no longer be tried as adults
in Missouri if Greitens signs bill
P-D: Preview: Final week of legislative session X
KC Star: Preview: Final week of legislative
session X
Messenger: Libla wants a new line on electric
bill: Call it the dark-money surcharge
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Sunday, May 13
Washington Missourian: Luetkemeyer talks tariffs,
touts Trump tax cuts X
JCNT: Greitens conviction wouldn't equal loss of job X
P-D: Greitens' invasion of privacy trial to center on
accuser's testimony
X
P-D: A timeline of Greitens' military service and
decision to leave Navy reserves X
KC Star: Brief overview of impeachment process X
KC Star: Brief overview of players in Greitens saga X
KWMU: 'Right to work' back on lawmakers' agendas
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) says
Legislature has accomplished more this session than last
Washington Missourian: Industrial hemp bill, sponsored
by Curtman, will head to governor
CDT: Medical marijuana bill awaits Senate X
JCNT: Lawmakers OK bill on capital improvements X
P-D: Some environmental activists unhappy with coal
ash oversight X
CDT: Bob Priddy speaks on adventure of life at MU
commencement X
Columbia Missourian: Newspaper finds woman to fill
executive editor job; 51-year-old Ruby Bailey covered local news
for Sacramento Bee
KC Star editorial: Gov. Mike Parson would provide a
fresh start for Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Greitens and dark money are fueling
Missouri's ugly 'right to work' battle X
SNL op-ed: Eric Burlison: Claire McCaskill just
another far-left elitist X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian supports
Democrat running in GOP primary against Ann Wagner X
SNL letter: Sexagenarian liberal says Billy Long -
re-elected in 2016 by 41-point margin - is out of touch with
constituents X
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Saturday, May 12
P-D: Congressional
votes for the week
The Missouri Times: Former Ag Director Richard Fordyce
selected to oversee Farm Service Agency nationwide
St. Joseph News-Press: Richard Fordyce named to lead
Farm Service Agency X
Brownfield Ag News: Perdue names former Missouri Ag
Director to key USDA post
P-D: Senate candidates' unusual 'drop out' bargain
collapses over religion question X
CDT: Monetti calls Hawley 'out of line' with higher ed
complaints X
KWMU: Politically Speaking: As the Greitens
World Turns, Episode 10: Mannies, Rosenbaum and colleagues
discuss jury selection, the lack of alleged photo, Legislature's
special impeachment session, more
P-D: No photo of woman found on Greitens' phone X
KWMU: Day 2 of jury selection continues; no
photo of woman found on Greitens' phone
AP:
No images of woman found on Greitens' phone
P-D: Democrats boot Rep. Bob Burns (D-Affton) for
calling in to controversial radio show X
AP:
Democrats oust lawmaker from caucus for calling in to controversial
radio show
P-D: Judge hits shock jock Bob Romanik with protection
order X
Drebes:
Ron Calzone appeals rulings against him
P-D: 'Right to work' initiatives move through Missouri
House and Senate
The Missouri Times: Senate approves resolution to move
'right to work' to August ballot despite late-night filibuster
The Missouri Times: Missouri voters may see second
'right to work' measure on 2018 ballot
Missourinet: Senate votes to move date of 'right to
work' ballot measure
AP:
Missouri Legislature advances 'right to work' proposals
Columbia Missourian: Missourians could see
redistricting changes, conflicting referendums on 'right to work'
KC Star: Missouri GOP lawmakers advance two bills
aimed at defending 'right to work' from repeal
X
AP:
Missouri House would count only Americans when redistricting
JCNT: Lincoln University 'grateful' for its share of
higher ed budget X
AP:
Lawmakers pass bill on sheriff powers
AP:
Governor says education nominees withdrawn for confirmation
AP:
Missouri GOP lawmakers try to block Planned Parenthood funding
AP:
Legislature approves bill on parental rights, rape
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: May 9, 2018
AP:
Missouri bill to expand crime victim confidentiality passes
The Missouri Times: Capitol Commission picks new stone
for renovation project
SE
Missourian: Hawley says AG's office is reviewing Robinson case +
Washington Missourian endorsement: Yes on Clean
Missouri X
CDT editorial: Special session was the right call X
KC Star editorial: After measles outbreak, why would
Missouri consider new protections for unvaccinated children? X
Messenger: A shadow of his former self, Greitens
avoids answers on multiple fronts X
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Friday, May 11
McClatchy: McCaskill struggling to woo black voters
crucial to her election
The Missouri Times: Hawley headed to Indiana for
fundraiser with VP Pence
CDT: Hawley says higher education should take the rap
for fostering liberal ideology X
SNL: McCaskill, Blunt tell 'concerned' Missouri
lawmakers they'll talk to Trump about tariffs
X
JCNT: Blunt agress with state lawmakers' tariff
concerns X
SE
Missourian: Eastern District of Missouri U.S. Attorney Jeff
Jensen speaks at annual Respect the Law dinner
+
The Missouri Times: Nasheed gets results from feds on
St. Louis City housing project
Drebes:
AT&T's John Sondag retires; Beloved government affairs leader
hangs it up after four decades of success
P-D: Big money for failed petition drive went to
Greitens' consultants, allies X
KWMU: Jury selection begins in Greitens' felony
invasion of privacy trial
The Missouri Times: Jury selection process begins in
felony invasion of privacy case against Greitens
Missourinet: Jury selection begins in Greitens trial,
could last three days
AP:
Greitens trial opens with jury selection
The Missouri Times: Libla pens letter to Missouri PSC,
asking for investigation into campaign contributions by utilities
The Missouri Times: MEC opinion is a blow for 'dark
money' groups
The Missouri Times: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson)
says he will take legal action to get on SD 14 ballot
Perryville Republic Monitor: At Perry County visit,
State Treasurer Eric Schmitt says county's enrollment in MOST 529 on
rise
The Missouri Times: House gives initial approval of
measure altering reapportionment criteria
Missourinet: Richardson, Fitzpatrick praise $28
billion budget
KWMU: Lawmakers trim DHSS funds in hopes to get
Bourbon virus information
Missourinet: Legislature passes 'revenge porn' bill
Missourinet: State auditor praises UM system after
previous report slammed executive pay
Columbia Missourian: Galloway says new UM System
administration ended 'secret' initiatives, is improving
P-D: Auditor cites improvements in University of
Missouri system after critical 2017 audit; Comments from Nicole
"Gallowway [sic]" X
KWMU: 'Handmaid's Tale' stunt, created by activists in
other states, copied by Missouri's Planned Parenthood activists at
Capitol
Columbia Missourian: Nasheed objects to weakening of
bill restricting when pregnant inmates can be shackled
P-D endorsement: Vote 'Yes' on Clean Missouri X
P-D editorial: While Greitens case gets all the
attention, public defenders say other cases suffer X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Using alleged victim's
name humiliates Greitens accuser X
Gateway Journalism Review's Terry Ganey: Scott Faughn
is not a journalist and should be kicked out of Missouri Capitol News
Association
P-D op-ed: Educational consultant Brian
Elsesser: Incompetent Harris-Stowe leaders fritter away taxpayer
money, then guilt-trip state legislators for more X
KC Star op-ed: Local union boss opposes 'paycheck
protection' X
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Thursday, May 10
P-D's Chuck Raasch: For Blunt, it's acts over facts
with Trump X
JCNT: McCaskill shares state senators' concerns on
tariffs X
P-D: McCaskill drafts bill aimed at giving states
power to regulate air ambulances X
Riverfront Times: Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) coming to
St. Louis to stump for Claire McCaskill
KWMU: St. Louis co-working spaces want congressional
delegation to support "Net Neutrality"
KWMU: Mike Hafner says Greitens relied on charity
donor list, dark money to kick-start campaign
AP:
Greitens' legal fate may rest in technology, definitions
KWMU: Full names, no audio recording, during Greitens
trial
P-D: Name of Greitens' accuser will be used at
trial; no ruling yet on evidence of her other sexual activities X
Missourinet: "Five things" journomeme: Five
things that matter in Greitens' criminal trial next week
Missourinet: Judge rules woman's name will be used in
Greitens criminal trial; key audio is out
P-D: Greitens to move from Capitol office to courtroom
today for jury selection X
KWMU: Greitens trial profile series: Circuit
Judge Rex Burlison
The Missouri Times: Initiative petitions could cause
uptick in voters for November election
Drebes:
Senate Republicans could see five-way pro tem race
SNL: Lawmakers have passed more than 30 bills that
Greitens can't sign X
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers send $28 billion budget to
Greitens
P-D: Missouri lawmakers approve $28.3 billion budget X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers give final approval to
$28 billion state budget
AP:
House passes $99 million more for K-12
KC Star: Missouri House votes to fully fund education,
spare colleges from cuts X
Missourinet: Missouri House gives final budget
approval; Bourbon virus controversy dominates discussion
The Missouri Times: Top takeaways from the General
Assembly's passage of the budget
Missourinet: Harris-Stowe given $750,000 in taxpayer
money for capital improvements
Missourinet: 'Revenge porn' bill close to clearing
Missouri Legislature
SNL: Missouri Dept. of Conservation wants your
comments about fish gigging in Missouri X
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
wants youth violence declared a public health epidemic
P-D editorial: Utilities and opponents are playing
hardball with rate reform bill X
KC Star op-ed: Student Press Law Center's Frank
LoMonte: Missouri can fix the Supreme Court's mistake about
freedom of the student press X
KC Star's Tessa Weinberg: Hawley investigating
Greitens again, and hopefully will press social media inquiry further X
SNL op-ed: Area woman opposes changes to SNAP X
P-D letter: Moms Demand Action septuagenarian thinks
writing letters in support of gun control will change state
legislators' approach to Second Amendment X
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Wednesday, May 9
AP:
McCaskill 'concerned' after Trump pulls out of Iran deal
Daily Journal: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith visits Missouri
Cobalt mine
The Missouri Times: Remembering John Hearne:
Jefferson City attorney, Republican activist, father of Sarah Steelman
KMOV: Key witness Michael Hafner: Greitens
wanted me to use Mission Continues list to help build a fundraising plan
The Missouri Times: Greitens' phone examined in
relation to invasion of privacy trial
AP:
Experts examine Greitens' cell phone
P-D: Greitens cell phone examined at St. Louis
courthouse X
KWMU: Greitens trial profile series: Greitens
attorneys Ed Dowd, Jim Martin, Jack Garvey, Scott Rosenblum
AP:
Subpoena issued for Hawley's records in Confide case
SNL: Greitens releases to-do list for state government
as trial, special impeachment session loom X
The Missouri Times: Legislature holding off delivering
truly agreed and passed bills to Greitens' desk
P-D: Legislature's attempt to impeach and remove
Greitens could take months X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) on
special impeachment session
Missourinet: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) on
opposing special impeachment session
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Shamed
Dogan (R-Ballwin) chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about Greitens,
Clean Missouri, more
SNL: Missouri budget writers restore Greitens'
education cuts, fight over Bourbon virus X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers pare DHSS funding over
Bourbon virus dispute
KC Star: Legal showdown looms for state agency,
Missouri House over Bourbon virus numbers X
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers support state pay
compromise X
CDT: For fifth year in a row, GOP legislators succeed
in protecting in-state tuition breaks from illegal aliens X
Missourinet: UM System president pleased with Missouri
budget recommendations
Missourinet: Budget negotiators agree to spending
plan, send it to full House and Senate
AP:
House votes to toughen open records law
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Basye's veterans tuition discount
bill heard by Senate Veterans Committee
AP:
Missouri House votes to empower more school employees as school
protection officers
AP:
House votes to expand sexual assault education
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
talks sheltered workshops, electric co-op legislation
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri American says proposed
rates still not final X
SNL: Police: Swastika painted on front door a
prank, not a hate crime X
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans have stood up
to Greitens. Why won't DC counterparts take on Trump? X
P-D editorial: Missouri GOP leaders need to stand up
for Missouri values X
JCNT editorial: State honors public workers, threatens
pay boost X
KWMU's Erin Achenbach: Heroes known as "Medicaid 23"
return to the Capitol to support vulnerable Missourians threatened by
Republican bills
P-D op-ed: Human Rights Watch's Komala
Ramachandra: Missouri Senate should act now on probation flaws X
P-D letter: Arnold man says Missouri farmers would
benefit from wider use of biofuels X
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian agitated by
Show-Me Institute piece on minimum wage X
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Tuesday, May 8
KWMU: McCaskill promotes her town halls in new round
of TV ads
Missourinet: Blunt touts Trump's pick to head the CIA
P-D: Ste. Genevieve gets national park designation,
but much remains to do before it will open X
KWMU: Judge allows Greitens accuser to testify in next
week's invasion of privacy trial
The Missouri Times: #GreitensIndictment: One
week from trial
Clayton Times: Judge will not strike testimony of
Greitens' former lover
Missourinet: Judge won't dismiss felony case against
Greitens, will allow alleged victim to testify
P-D: Greitens judge will allow his accuser to testify
in trial set to begin next week X
KC Star: Greitens' alleged victim will be allowed to
testify at his trial, judge rules X
KWMU: Greitens trial profile series: St. Louis
Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
KWMU: Hawley's inquiry of Greitens questions whether
social media should be in the sunshine
KWMU: Missouri's likely ballot measures this year
could attract more Democratic voters
SNL: State voters may decide marijuana, wage issues X
The Missouri Times: Supporters of six initiatives turn
in signatures seeking the ballot
AP:
Minimum wage, medical marijuana among Missouri ballot proposals
Drebes:
Scot Van Meter withdraws
The Missouri Times: Amid filing controversy, Scot Van
Meter withdraws from Missouri Senate race
The Missouri Times: Compromises made, budget still on
schedule to pass before deadline
CDT: Budget negotiators reject Greitens cuts to
education X
KWMU: House & Senate agree on $98 million spending
hike for K-12 schools
Missourinet: Missouri budget negotiators make
recommendations on education and state employee pay
Columbia Missourian: Latest budget plan fully funds
K-12 education, delays state employee pay raises
AP:
Missouri budget leaders agree on increased K-12 school funding
P-D: Missouri lawmakers putting final touches on budget
Missourinet: Legislature still has major topics on the
table as session winds down
KWMU: New state office seeks to bring high-speed
Internet to rural Missouri
Missourinet: Proposal approved by Senate would change
merit system for state employees
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's dubious export:
Sex offenders
P-D: New Missouri-American Water Company rates
expected to take effect later this month X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Health Facilities Review
Committee unanimously approves psychiatric hospital in Cape Girardeau
The Missouri Times: Drivewyze weigh-in-motion
technology up and running
AP:
Missouri Legislature votes for radioactive waste inquiries
KC Star editorial: Missouri publisher who made
payments in Greitens case shouldn't pretend to be a journalist X
P-D editorial: After Galloway audit, Hazelwood School
District must hold former officials accountable X
P-D letter: Chris Benjamin (D): Missouri public
defender system needs adequate funding X
KC letter: KC man says tax on food is immoral X
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Monday, May 7
CNN's State of the Union transcript: Blunt talks
Trump, North Korea, declines to offer guidance to state lawmakers on
impeachment vote
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest host Rachael
Herndon Dunn and panel of Scott Dieckhaus, David Barklage, Steve
Stenger consultant Patrick
Lynn, Jeff Roorda talk House report, Jay Barnes, more
SNL: In Missouri petition season, Ashcroft focuses on
his job while avoiding Eric Greitens X
Missourinet: Rep. Bill White (R-Joplin) talks about
declining to sign special session petition
AP:
Choice to act on Greitens not clear cut for some lawmakers
Drebes: Senate 34: GOP seeks to kick Scot Van
Meter off ballot
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) winding down career in Legislature
KWMU: Few changes to K-12 education pending as
Missouri Legislture remains 'bogged down'
AP:
Legislature passes bill on high school computer science classes
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau's B.J.
Tanksley on ag bills' advancement
Columbia Missourian: Sex offender special
series: 'Extremely complex' sex offender residency restrictions
are challenging to enforce
Columbia Missourian: Sex offender special
series: Sex offender faces a lifetime on the registry
P-D: Obituary: Former Lacy Clay attorney Richard
E. Schwartz X
CDT editorial: Missouri Times owner Scott Faughn needs
a lesson in journalism X
Messenger: Greitens scandal casts 2015 Danforth eulogy
of Schweich in new light X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: In Missouri, police
officers should not be allowed to use deadly force
P-D letter: Fenton woman considers McCaskill a
'moderate' X
P-D letter: Villa Ridge septuagenarian suggests gag
order be applied to media in Greitens case X
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Philip Oehlerking on
research showing minimum-wage increases do not stimulate economy X
SNL letter: Gun-control advocate threatens to keep her
young children from attending Missouri universities if concealed-carry
law passes X
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Sunday, May 6
P-D: Top-level turmoil at EPA raises local concern
about West Lake Landfill progress X
SNL: Thieves keep targeting VA clinic despite security
upgrades, police say X
CDT: Latest Greitens report could help settle
important impeachment question: Were misdeeds committed while in
office, or not? X
KC Star: Profile: Greitens confidant Mark Bobak X
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers make case for easing term
limits X
JCNT: Advocacy group complains that bill makes it
harder for consumers to sue X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
invited to coal meeting in Tennessee
SE
Missourian: Drug court strives to help offenders avoid jail time,
rebuild lives and relationships +
P-D editorial: As felony trials and impeachment loom,
Navy SEAL acrobatics won't help Greitens now
X
KC Star editorial: Greitens has one last chance to do
the right thing X
CDT editorial: Greitens' attorney owes him a refund X
JCNT editorial: Right to protest must be ensured, but
so must safety X
KC Star editorial: Support Kansas City businesses that
pay a wage above the state minimum X
P-D letter: Peace Economy Project expresses outrage
over defense contractor graft X
KC Star letter: Liberty sexagenarian says Greitens has
hubris X
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian displeased with
Missouri American Water's rate increases and profit margin X
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Saturday, May 5
P-D: Bad news for McCaskill: New poll says
majority of Missourians think it's time for new senator X
SE
Missourian: In Cape Girardeau, Hawley calls McCaskill a 'liberal
icon' +
KWMU: Politically Speaking: As the Greitens
World Turns, Episode 9: Mannies, Rosenbaum and Rachel Lippmann
talk House committee report, impeachment, Wash U. inquiry, Danny Laub,
Scott Faughn, more
KWMU: Here's who signed the petition for special
session (link to pdf)
JCNT: All mid-Missouri lawmakers signed special
session petition X
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Pat Conway (D-St. Joseph)
declines to sign special session petition, says decision to resign is
up to Greitens X
SNL: Lawmakers make historic call to consider
impeaching Gov. Greitens X
Missourinet: The nuts and bolts of Missouri's
impeachment proceedings
AP: Washington University reviewing grant funds for
Greitens' book
P-D: Washington University probing whether Greitens
misused grant funds X
Clayton Times: Greitens' defense team requests trial
by judge again due to 'constant negative publicity'
AP:
Greitens' office posted document with unauthorized Jay Ashcroft
signature
KWMU: Medical marijuana advocates get twice the needed
signatures for ballot initiative; Comments from New Approach
Missouri's Jack Cardetti
AP:
Medical marijuana groups submit signatures for November vote
Drebes:
New MEC opinion on revolving doors
Missourinet: Missouri's fallen law enforcement
officers to be honored today
The Missouri Times: Missouri House recognizes
importance of sheltered workshops
SE
Missourian: Missouri AG's office: No evidence of timecard
fraud in Oran +
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill doing a
good job exposing corruption - especially the Obamaphone program X
SE
Missourian editorial: Justice for David Robinson +
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Republicans
should demand Greitens resign X
Waters: Is Greitens a champion of Sunshine reform? X
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Friday, May 4
KWMU: Greitens likely to face impeachment after
lawmakers call historic special session
SNL: Missouri lawmakers make historic call for special
session X
The Missouri Times: Special session to consider
Greitens impeachment becomes a reality
Missourinet: Ron Richard: Special session
process involving Greitens "has monumental consequences"
P-D: Missouri lawmakers to convene special session on
Greitens impeachment
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers agree to call special
session to consider Greitens' impeachment X
KWMU: Judge denies cameras in the courtroom for
Greitens' felony invasion of privacy trial
Missourinet: Judge rules against cameras in courtroom
during Greitens' upcoming trial
AP:
Courtroom video request denied for Greitens' trial
KC Star: Greitens' legal woes entangle political
advisers with ties to Pence's chief of staff
X
Faughn: Now that everyone knows what I've known all
along about Eric Greitens ...
SNL: 'No huge conspiracy,' says Scott Faughn regarding
his purchase of Greitens tapes for upcoming book, available at
ScottFaughn.com X
Kraske: Jason Kander for President? Why the heck not? X
The Missouri Times: Clean Missouri submits 346K
signatures for initiative petition
Missourinet: Minimum wage ballot measure a step closer
to November vote in Missouri
KWMU: Signatures delivered for Clean Missouri
initiative
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hoskins looks forward to
conference committee discussion of budget
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Basye talks budget,
transportation funding
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature gives legalizing
industrial hemp final approval
P-D: Industrial hemp gets the OK from Missouri
lawmakers X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
calls omnibus ag bill significant
Missourinet: Rural broadband legislation will be
heading to Missouri governor's desk
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of May 2, 2018
SE
Missourian: Prosecutor: No acquital in Robinson case;
state could seek new trial +
KC Star endorsement: Yes on Clean Missouri ballot
initiative X
P-D editorial: 'Thelma and Louise' are at it again. A
political cliff awaits Trump and Greitens. X
P-D editorial: Missouri report is a good first step
toward preventing opioid abuse and addiction
X
KC Star editorial: Has your child's teacher been
accused of a crime? Missouri makes it tough to find out X
KWMU's Mary Delach Leonard: Dodd-Frank advocacy
series, Part I: Profile of woman who took out loans she could not
pay back; Comments from liberal activist angry about influence of
big banks; More
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Unethical actions by Scott
Faughn in Greitens case renew establishment media's complaints X
P-D letter: Mehlville septuagenarian suggests Kim
Gardner's office spend more time focusing on street crime and less time
trying to convict Greitens X
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Thursday, May 3
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Missourian: Plans move ahead for new VA health center in Cape
Girardeau
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Missourian: Blunt promotes Pell grants during visit to SEMO
University +
KWMU: House report says Greitens lied about how he got
charity fundraising list
The Missouri Times: New investigative committee report
claims Greitens lied about The Mission Continues donor list
The Missouri Times: The Mission Continues confirms
they didn't authorize use of donors' information following release of
second House report
SNL: Michael Hafner's testimony details Greitens'
early fundraising days, lack of Republican credentials X
P-D: Greitens lied to Missouri Ethics Commission, took
charity donor list, report says X
The Missouri Times: Catherine Hanaway, representing
Greitens, says report does a 'tremendous disservice' to citizens
Missourinet: House committee report indicates Greitens
broke campaign finance laws, lied to Missouri Ethics Commission
Missourinet: Special House committee will subpoena
Greitens' campaign staff
AP:
House report indicates Greitens' campaign lied about donor list
KC Star: Greitens campaign sought to conceal donors
identities, Michael Hafner testifies X
KWMU: Latest filings in Greitens case lay out
strategies as trial approaches
P-D: Lawyers on both sides of Greitens invasion of
privacy case make final pre-trial push X
SNL: Greitens' Sunshine Law attorney Sarah Madden -
who used Confide app - leaves for another job in Missouri government X
CDT: House report might speed up impeachment process X
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City) supports special session
The Missouri Times: House Democrats call for
impeachment proceedings to begin
Missourinet: Democrats want immediate action on
Greitens
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers who want Greitens'
resignation grow impatient with new allegations X
The Missouri Times: Labor-backed group submits
signatures for minimum wage increase
KWMU: Signatures submitted for minimum wage ballot
initiative
AP:
Minimum wage group has enough signatures for ballot
Columbia Missourian: Minimum wage group submits over
120,000 petition signatures
SE
Missourian: Former state Sen. Jerry Howard (D) seeks state House
seat; Octogenarian will take on incumbent Rep. Herman Morse
(R-Dexter) in November +
Drebes:
Ashley Bax new chief of staff to Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff)
The Missouri Times: Senate passes broadband expansion
bill despite property right concerns
Columbia Missourian: Legislation to allow industrial
hemp in Missouri gets Senate support
P-D: Galloway audit shows how Hazelwood School
District lied about attendance to get more state aid, and covered up
high school principal's thievery
KWMU: State audit finds Hazelwood's weak financial
practices set stage for theft
SE
Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court orders Robinson released from
prison, claims 'constitutional violations' in murder case +
KC Star editorial: Eric Greitens scandals are about
more than sex. They're about money, too. X
P-D editorial: Money drives the Greitens saga and
befouls everyone who touches it X
P-D editorial: Another damning report puts Greitens in
the eye of the legal storm X
SNL op-ed: Sen. Claire McCaskill: Combating
rising drug prices for Missourians X
P-D op-ed: Urban proprietor Joe Edwards: Raising
the minimum wage would revitalize communities
X
KC Star op-ed: University Academy's Bush
Helzberg: Charter schools deliver results to Kansas City students X
KC Star letter: Kansas sexagenarian unhappy with large
amounts of cash raised for Missouri's U.S. Senate race X
SNL letter: Springfield woman opposes concealed-carry
legislation X
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Wednesday, May 2
KWMU: West Lake Landfill activists angsty after
Superfund chief resigns
KWMU: Source of Watkins money in Greitens case remains
unknown
Missourinet: Appeals court says attorney for
ex-husband in Greitens case must answer questions about money trail
SNL: Greitens petition kept secret for now X
P-D: Despite calls for resignation, some GOP lawmakers
stay silent on Greitens X
KC Star: Greitens financial disclosure docs:
Governor created LLC to provide liability protection for new
property; Stan Herzog paid for some travel; Other line-item
odds and ends X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Capitol dome goes blue
to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick: 'There's plenty of
room for compromise' on the Missouri budget
SNL: Education funding tops agenda for lawmakers ahead
of Missouri budget negotiations X
KC Star: With end of session in sight, Missouri
lawmakers press forward on tax cuts X
The Missouri Times: Senate signs off on changes to
state's Merit system
The Missouri Times: To pass tort overhaul, will the
Senate use the PQ?
The Missouri Times: House votes to give Missourians
with debilitating illnesses access to medical marijuana
KWMU: Medical marijuana bill passes Missouri House
KC Star: Medical marijuana one step closer to being
legal in Missouri X
KWMU: Minus state action, St. Louis County drug
monitoring program expands
Missourinet: One-year anniversary for St. Louis County
PDMP
JCNT: House committee hears Senate solution to Anthem
situation X
Columbia Missourian: Lobbyist gift ban legislation
proceeds - with a twist
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation wants your
comments about fish gigging X
The Missouri Times: Legislature passes hair-braiding
bill
P-D: Missouri set to ease regulations on hair braiders X
P-D: Former Missouri prison guard gets $175,000 in
discrimination case X
KC Star editorial: Blunt and fellow Republicans can't
let Trump blow it on trade X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers have a lot of
nerve criticizing Greitens' drug monitoring program X
P-D op-ed: Jim Lembke: No taxation without
representation: It's time for a Clean Missouri X
Messenger: Sordid Greitens saga leaving casualties
strewn across the Missouri battlefield X
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Recap of previous coverage of
Scott Faughn X
P-D letter: Group supports efforts by Luetkemeyer,
Jason Smith to address air ambulance issues X
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian expresses gratitude to
Emanuel Cleaver for "the pork from Washington" to pay for urban
"beautification" X
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian blames Ballpark
Village shooting on Missouri legislators X
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian wants
legislators to kick shock jock off the air for sharing unpopular views X
P-D letter: St. Charles County man disappointed with
Post-Dispatch's calls for censorship X
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KCUR: Blunt recognized in Kansas City for work to fund
AmeriCorps
P-D: McCaskill launches inquiry into air ambulances
and insurers X
CDT: Hartzler hosts summit to fight human trafficking X
AP: Hawley backs census citizenship question
Missourinet: Massachusetts poll confirms tight U.S.
Senate race in Missouri
KWMU: Missouri Times publisher delivered $50k in cash
to attorney of key Greitens witness
This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Scott
Faughn on Al Watkins, Post-Dispatch's pay-to-play approach to
journalism, Tony Messenger's beef with Steve Tilley, and the new book
on Greitens scandal (While Missouri Slept) available at ScottFaughn.com
Missourinet: Greitens attorney says newspaper
publisher sent $50,000 to lawyer of ex-husband in felony case against
governor
P-D: Missouri Times publisher delivered $50k to
Watkins before Greitens indictment, defense claims X
The Missouri Times: Playing catch-up: The latest
in Greitens' woes
SNL: Lawmakers defend woman in Greitens' case, say
governor's claims 'demonstrably false' X
SNL: Full text: Missouri House committee's new
supplemental report on allegations against Eric Greitens X
KWMU: House committee again backs woman's account of
relationship with Greitens
AP:
Report: Woman says Greitens 'coaxed' her as 'a wounded little
animal'
Columbia Missourian: Committee finds consistency in
woman's testimony against Greitens
P-D: Missouri committee says woman's claims against
Greitens are credible X
KC Star: Lawmakers dispute Greitens' claims that
woman's statements are contradictory X
JCNT: Judge keeps Confide lawsuit going X
P-D: Judge rules secrecy case against Greitens can go
forward X
Drebes:
What will happen to Greitens' campaign cash after impeachment?
The Missouri Times: Judge rules corporations cannot
contribute to PACs under Missouri's Amendment 2
The Missouri Times: SD 34 Republicans appeal to court
to remove Scott Van Meter from ballot
The Missouri Times: Term-limited Munzlinger endorses
Redmon to replace him in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Women in Policy panel talks
challenges in careers, role of social media
AP:
Missouri agency seeks more investigators for opioid program
Missourinet: Koenig testifies on legislation cutting
Missouri's corporate income tax rate
Columbia Missourian: House approves controversial
pro-Israel bill
Columbia Missouri: How a Bill Becomes a Law
series: Conference committees pit chamber against chamber
KWMU: Local NAACP chapters want more state funding for
historically black universities
AP:
U.S. Supreme Court to hear appear of Russell Bucklew execution case
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