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        Wednesday, November 29
        KWMU:  Trump to tout St. Charles as national example of economic growth
          Missourinet:  Rep. Jason Smith says tax cuts will "unleash the economy;"  Missouri Democratic Party criticizes plan
          Missourinet:  Tax-cut reactions:  McCaskill, Hartzler, Americans for Prosperity, Missouri Budget Project
          P-D:  Missouri GOP delegation expected to accompany Trump to St. Charles event
          AP:  McCaskill, Blunt back extension for Joplin tornado funding
          SNL:  Conservative U.S. Senate candidate Courtland Sykes endorses Roy Moore in 40-minute 'mini-documentary' X
          Drebes:  New House chairmanships
          The Missouri Times:  SEMO steel mill and smelter still awaiting decision from companies
          SNL:  Homeland Security grants Missouri's request for REAL ID compliance waiver X
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri granted REAL ID extension
          AP:  Missourians can fly with current IDs for up to 1 more year
          Missourinet:  Missouri granted REAL ID extension through most of 2018
          The Missouri Times:  State's new abortion laws take effect this week
          The Missouri Times:  State Board of Education sued for violating Sunshine Law during vote to oust commissioner
          SNL:  Second lawsuit of the day filed about Missouri Board of Education turmoil X
          KWMU:  Joplin man sues Greitens over removal from state education board
          AP:  Greitens sued over removal from school board
          KC Star:  Lawsuit alleges Greitens and school board broke the law
          SNL:  Reps. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa), Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) debate gun control at MSU forum X
          P-D:  Mizzou rolls out lofty goals for bolstered enrollment, graduation, employment
          CDT:  University of Missouri sets new goals to increase enrollment, graduation rates X
          SE Missourian:  Area lawmakers cool to plan to cap electric-rate increases +
          Missourinet:  State's unclaimed property auction in Columbia to feature baseballs cards, HOF Ozzie Smith signed ball, much more
          KWMU:  MO DNR rejects demands to toughen odor laws for CAFOs
          P-D:  Missouri State Parks extends comment period for parks in limbo
          P-D editorial:  Trump will try to sell tax cuts in St. Charles County;  County is 87% white and voted 60% for Trump, with the highest median household income of any county in Missouri
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  Other states make progress on transportation funding, but Missouri does not
          SNL op-ed:  Rep. Billy Long:  New tax code will work for everyone X
          P-D op-ed:  Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring):  We should also overhaul Missouri's tax code
          Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman:  If public schools innovate, private alternatives may not be needed
          P-D letter:  St. Charles County small business owner says McCaskill should stand up for tax cuts to show she's "not just another liberal in election mode"
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County man responds to paper's property-tax "equality" crusade, says taxpayers have freely chosen the situation
          P-D letter:  Fenton man wants Missouri to abolish personal property tax
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        Tuesday, November 28
        SNL:  Analysis:  Is Roy Blunt supporting a bill to raise Missourians' taxes? No. X
          KWMU:  Trump to highlight tax overhaul in his first presidential stop to St. Louis area
          Missourinet:  Missouri gears up for Trump visit
          AP:  Trump to speak tomorrow in St. Charles
          P-D:  Trump coming to St. Charles tomorrow to promote tax cuts
          KC Star:  Trump to visit Missouri tomorrow to promote tax overhaul
          SNL:  Trips on McCaskill family's private plane no longer publicly disclosed X
          Missourinet:  Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) to participate in White House conference on veterans issues
          P-D:  Gun store burglaries in St. Louis area latest examples of growing nationwide problem
          The Missouri Times:  'Right to work' set to appear on November ballot after signatures certified
          The Missouri Times:  Ethics complaint filed against Senate District 34 campaign of Harry Roberts (R)
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Ethics Commission seeks to bar Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) from producing evidence in hearing
          Missourinet:  Southeast Missouri steel mill series:  Widespread hope in Southeast Missouri about steel mill and smelter
          The Missouri Times:  Fitzpatrick says Greitens does have 'some statutory authority' regarding metal detectors, but using new officers would be a problem
          Columbia Missourian:  MU dreams of increasing new undergrad enrollment to 6,000 by 2023
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Grocers Association joins call for utility rate caps
          KWMU:  More wind energy on the horizon for Ameren Missouri's corporate and municipal customers
          KRES/KWIX (Moberly):  Missouri Dept. of Conservation calendar offering nature calendars for $9;  Daily notes include lunar cycles, animal behaviors to watch out for, more
          Missourinet:  Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) recounts protesters' Black Friday "shut it down" blip
          P-D editorial:  Time for Missouri to tackle its backlog of untested rape kits
          P-D letter:  Daughter of former Missouri Speaker of the House/federal inmate Richard Rabbitt (D) says parading around Galleria mall with Black Lives Matter troop made her feel loved and accepted
          P-D letter:  Maplewood man wonders if Black Lives Matter crowd comprehends that "no profits" means no jobs
          P-D letter:  Fenton sexagenarian notes Post-Dispatch staff's consistent inattention to detail
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        Monday, November 27
        The Hill:  Blunt introduces bipartisan bill to extend community health center funding for five years
          Washington Missourian:  City hopes to receive federal funding for eight local infrastructure projects X
          SNL:  House GOP tax bill would let Missourians keep more of what they earn;  Springfield taxpayers would save more than other Missourians thanks to use of standard deduction X
          Missourinet:  Wash U. law prof opposes GOP tax plans
          Drebes:  Help Wanted:  Missouri Family Health Council seeks policy director
          AP:  Greitens makes first nomination to medical board, will focus on opioids
          JCNT:  Local veteran Brian Kempker shares story of transition from Marines to Capitol Police X
          Missourinet:  Southeast Missouri steel mill series:  Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) expects final decision by end of December
          KWMU:  Payday loan regulations will be up for more discussion in Jefferson City
          KWMU:  PJ Wilson, former director of Renew Missouri, brings solar power to Puerto Ricans
          P-D:  Some Missouri public defenders complain about their caseload
          SE Missourian:  Oh, deer:  2017 hunting season looking up +
          P-D:  Race protesters traipse through West County Mall, Walmart;  Employees endure "No justice, no profits" ditty for several minutes before reopening to customers
          P-D editorial:  Ann Wagner among those happy to see Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Richard Cordray, an Obama appointee, depart
          Columbia Missourian op-ed:  MU Political Science icon David Webber:  It's a traffic jungle out there - Missourians should put down their cell phones and focus on the road
          SNL op-ed:  MSU math prof Larry Campbell:  Greitens wrong to support charter schools X
          P-D letter:  University City liberal expresses anger over GOP voter ID law
          JCNT letter:  Local octogenarian recounts time spent working for DESE, opposes Greitens' moves on state education board X
          KC Star letter:  Area sexagenarian thanks KC Star, local NPR affilliate and Rachel Maddow for their objective journalism
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        Sunday, November 26
        P-D's Nicklaus:  Local higher ed leaders oppose taxes on their endowment investment gains;  Comments from Wash U.'s lame-duck Chancellor Mark Wrighton, SLU's Fred Pestello
          Hannibal Courier-Post:  Hannibal asking McCaskill, Blunt to secure federal funding to protect against downtown vehicle attacks X
          P-D:  Corruption, defamation claims fly in lawsuit against St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Council
          Columbia Missourian:  Politifact rating:  Statement regarding high-tech growth on Missouri's Amazon-luring website rated "Mostly True"
          KRES/KWIX (Moberly):  Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) says his constituents favor fuel tax increase
          CDT:  Transportation, local control, rental standards top local groups' lobbying agenda X
          Washington Missourian:  Drugs kill more than car crashes in Franklin County this year X
          CDT:  Medicaid offers Boonville man a chance to battle back from opioid addiction;  Missouri's State Targeted Response project puts on panel at MACC X
          SNL:  Assemblies of God's loan fund fined by state after investigation X
          SNL:  MU Extension leading the way with dicamba training, heifer sales X
          AP:  Rape-kit audit set to be done in early 2018
          Columbia Missourian:  Activist profile:  "Race Matters, Friends" President Traci Wilson-Kleekamp battles injustice by making knick-knacks depicting "white male privilege," other relevant and efficacious acts
          Washington Missourian editorial:  Greitens should set aside his presidential campaign and focus on Missouri X
          SNL op-ed:  Nature Conservancy of Missouri's Adam McLane:  A change in wildfire funding will help our Missouri forests X
          SNL letter:  Springfield man wants McCaskill to support tax cuts X
          P-D letter:  Sunset Hills man says low-income housing tax credits work
          SNL letter:  Joe Knodell:  Years ago, Peter Kinder, Rod Jetton and Jason Crowell stood up to educrats - and today, Eddy Justice and Claudia Greim can do the same X
          P-D letter:  Creve Coeur man wonders why Post-Dispatch doesn't report the race of city's murder victims
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        Saturday, November 25
        P-D's Raasch:  Under the radar, Blunt, Luetkemeyer, Wagner take aim at government regulations
          KC Star:  Missouri residents with Iowa addresses? McCaskill wants to fix 'one of the dumbest' problems
          Hannibal Courier-Post:  With Greitens' action on low income housing tax credits, St. Elizabeth renovation may be in jeopardy
          JCNT:  Retailers want cap on electricity rates;  Comments from MRA's David Overfelt X
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Missouri Farm Bureau survey will help set 2018 state legislative goals X
          CDT:  Late test score release puts school leaders behind in assessing students X
          KWMU:  Historians fear Ferguson-Florissant School District may close two historic buildings;  Families are fleeing, avoiding North St. Louis County area
          Washington Missourian:  Rep. Nathan Tate (R-St. Clair) wants to ban fake urine purchases X
          Missourinet:  Hawley offers tips to help Missourians avoid holiday scams
          KWMU:  Ameren warns customers to watch out for utility scams
          West Plains Daily Quill:  Missouri Dept. of Conservation reports an uptick in deer harvested this month
          P-D:  Galleria manages through protester stunt, reopens in 40 minutes
          P-D video:  Latest stunt ends with protesters subdued, handcuffed;  Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) sees camera, begins mugging and howling (1:33)
          Waters:  Greitens' revenge:  All-out purge attempt fails X
          P-D's Jeremy Kohler:  Legislature's failure to fully fund foundation formula hurts the poor via property taxes
          P-D op-ed:  Local employment attorneys:  Thanks to Missouri's Senate Bill 43, the state welcomes Harvey Weinstein and other harassers
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        Friday, November 24
        St. Joseph News-Press:  McCaskill, Blunt gear up for tax overhaul debate X
          Washington Missourian:  Luetkemeyer meets with women business owners, hears their call for lower taxes X
          Columbia Missourian:  Politifact rating:  McCaskill campaign criticism of Josh Hawley rated "Mostly False"
          P-D:  Even if it passes, unions' "Clean Missouri" initiative likely to face legal challenge
          Missourinet:  Southeast Missouri residents say Noranda's smelter closing has been devastating
          Missourinet:  DHSS:  Number of flu cases are beginning to climb in Missouri
          SNL:  Hawley's office successfully prosecutes Greene County fraudster X
          KSMU:  To prevent invasive species spread on waterways, Missouri Dept. of Conservation coordinating with duck hunters
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  In Missouri, veterans' suicide rate is higher than the national average X
          P-D editorial:  Greitens' failed bid to fire education chief exposes his lack of experience
          P-D op-ed:  Former leader of local Black Trade Unionists:  'Right to work' was created to keep black people poor
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        Thursday, November 23   Happy Thanksgiving!
        CDT:  Local illegal alien profile:  Mexican muchacha, already profiled by Columbia Missourian earlier this week, tells same stories X
          JCNT:  Local American Legion post bans NFL games over players' disrespect X
          Brownfield Ag News:  Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst concerned over potential impact of NAFTA renegotiation
          Missourinet:  'Right to work' law to go before Missouri voters
          AP:  Missouri 'right to work' law headed for public vote
          The Missouri Times:  Lane J. Roberts, former Joplin Police Chief, running for Missouri House of Representatives
          Missourinet:  Hawley takes aim at Uber over data-breach coverup
          AP:  Hawley investigating Uber after breach
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Downtown development halted due to possible tax credit losses X
          SNL:  Greitens sidesteps board drama, blames anonymous bureaucrats for education problems X
          P-D:  State recommends upgrading Normandy's accreditation three years after state takeover
          P-D:  Enrollment decline has Ferguson-Florissant weighing redistricting options;  School board president says parents eschew North St. Louis County in favor of safe communities like Wentzville
          St. Joseph News-Press:  National Safety Commission gives Missouri an 'F' grade for highway safety
          P-D editorial:  Thanksgiving toasts:  McCaskill for mustard-gas work, Michael Brown's mother, sarcastic 'thanks' to Greitens for international junkets
          KBIA op-ed:  Commonwealth Foundation sponsored content:  Trump hurting rural hospitals in Missouri, other states
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        Wednesday, November 22
        KY3 (Springfield):  Area liberals congregate on streetcorner during work day, want Blunt to flip-flop on tax cuts;  Local woman gloats over Republicans' failure to repeal Obamacare
          CDT:  GOP tax plan could help eliminate tuition wavers for state-school employees X
          Columbia Missourian:  Politifact rating:  Ann Wagner statement about Planned Parenthood/ACLU/Satanist abortion push rated "False"
          P-D:  McCaskill, others make appearance at statue dedication for centenarian civil rights activist Frankie Freeman
          KWMU:  100-year-old civil rights activist gets a statue in St. Louis City
          Drebes:  Lucas Dieckhaus, younger brother of GOP campaign mastermind Scott Dieckhaus, to run for state rep
          The Missouri Times:  Nucor to build new micro mill in Sedalia, creating more than 250 jobs
          Missourinet:  About 250 steel plant jobs headed to western Missouri
          AP:  Missouri minimum wage set to rise yet again
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City) named chair of House Judiciary Committee
          KWMU:  Greitens' bid to install new education commissioner fails
          Missourinet:  Greitens signals education battle will continue
          SNL:  Top education official narrowly survives removal attempt X
          SNL:  Missouri Board of Education:  We don't know who represents Southwest Missouri X
          AP:  Vote to oust Missouri education chief falls one vote short
          KC Star:  Greitens fails to force firing of Missouri education commissioner
          The Missouri Times:  Twenty mayors plead with Missouri Housing Development Commission to not eliminate Low Income Housing Tax Credit
          The Missouri Times:  Six Missouri nursing homes suing DHSS for denied operating licenses
          Missourinet:  Lawsuit dropped as plaintiffs get Hepatitis C coverage under Medicaid in Missouri
          KWMU:  Missouri's restrictions on dicamba herbicide 'a tightrope act' for growers
          Missourinet:  Hawley steps in to prevent murderer Ricky Kidd from venue-shopping for release
          SE Missourian:  State Supreme Court sets execution date for Russell Bucklew in Cape Girardeau County murder case +
          KWMU:  State sets execution date for Russell Bucklew
          KWMU:  Protester Celebration Series:  Local authors peddle book on famous riots and protests in St. Louis history
          KC Star editorial:  Greitens loses big on foiled attempt to fire Missouri education commissioner
          Columbia Missourian's David Rosman:  McCaskill, Blunt, Hartzler should vote against tax bill
          KC Star's Jason Hancock:  Greitens not moving quickly enough to satisfy Star's Sunshine requests
          JCNT letter:  Jefferson City man expresses anger over Blaine Luetkemeyer's personal net worth X
          JCNT letter:  Jefferson City septuagenarian wants Luetkemeyer to flip-flop on Obamacare X
          P-D letter:  Eureka sexagenarian opposes Greitens on taxes, minimum wage and veterans home issue
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        Tuesday, November 21
        KMOV:  Blunt talks tax bill, Al Franken, more in St. Charles
          Missourinet:  Blunt brings tax-overhaul message to St. Charles
          Missourinet:  Hartzler says House tax plan would provide fairer system
          Farm Journal:  McCaskill, Blunt among senators asking Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross for analysis of impact to ag of leaving NAFTA
          The Hill:  Bipartisan bill from Blunt would fund five years of CHIP
          KWMU:  EPA test results of Park Avenue warehouse fire debris show no evidence of asbestos
          P-D:  No asbestos paydays for North St. Louis City residents;  Local woman unmoved by scientific data, holds out hope for more taxpayer-funded tests
          P-D:  Blunt forms Senate group to help address sexual harassment
          P-D:  Groups with Missouri ties hit with fine over fundraising violation
          Drebes:  Jane Cunningham (R) considering a bid to return to state Senate
          CDT:  Missouri minimum wage to increase yet again on Jan. 1 X
          AP:  Greitens fills vacancies on regional child-abuse boards
          The Missouri Times:  Greitens removes another school board member hours before commissioner vote
          Missourinet:  Greitens' attempt to make Missouri education chief shakeup appears to be back on track
          SNL:  Greitens removes Joplin appointee from state school board X
          AP:  Greitens removes education board appointee
          KC Star:  Greitens makes a last-minute shift to tilt vote on education commissioner
          P-D:  Another school board member gets booted by governor over commissioner spat
          Missourinet:  Nearly one-third of Missouri's charter schools score in unaccredited or provisionally-accredited zone
          SE Missourian:  Area lawmakers praise, criticize Housing commission action on tax credits +
          Missourinet:  KC Mayor Sly James calls meeting of Missouri mayors, slams cut to low-income housing tax credits
          CDT:  Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles) proposing plan to preserve state revenue X
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Retailers Association calls for compromise with energy legislation
          KWMU:  Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) to introduce payday loan legislation
          Missourinet:  Missouri state troopers will be positioned at 20-mile intervals on Thanksgiving eve
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis) wants legislative staff to sit through "Unconscious Racial Bias Training"
          P-D:  FBI, Justice Department investigating St. Louis police conduct during riots
          AP:  FBI, Justice Department to investigate St. Louis-area police
          KWMU:  Federal government opens civil rights investigation into St. Louis police
          P-D editorial:  Greitens needs replacement plan after killing low-income housing program
          P-D's Raasch:  Washington in a rapid (r)evolution against men behaving badly
          P-D letter:  Webster Groves septuagenarian disagrees with Ann Wagner on taxes, wants to confront her at town hall meeting
          SE Missourian letter:  Cape Girardeau septuagenarian wants legislators to raise fuel tax for road improvements +
          P-D letter:  Bellefontaine Neighbors man says limiting police tools will cause more cops to flee St. Louis City's concrete jungle
          P-D letter:  Sunset Hills woman disagrees with limiting police tools used to herd and control rioters
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        Monday, November 20
        NBC's Meet the Press:  Blunt:  Health care or not, tax bill will pass the Senate
        St. Joseph News-Press:  Local teachers' unions activate against GOP tax-cut plan X
        Columbia Missourian:  Alien profiles:  Local Mexicans talk sneaking across the border into San Diego, anchor babies, disdain for Donald Trump, more
        Columbia Missourian:  Alien profiles:  Local Mexican woman recounts lying to get across border at Tijuana, anchor babies, DACA, more
        This Week in Missouri Politics:  Guest Blaine Luetkemeyer talks GOP tax bill, mid-Missourians' love for Trump, liberal media bias, more;  Panel of Charlie Brennan, Scott Dieckhaus, Conservation Federation's Brandon Butler, Mike Jones talk state education brouhaha, Vescovo as House Majority Floor Leader, more
        JCNT:  Local transgender rally draws nearly a dozen to Capitol;  Event celebrates transgenders and "non-binary" humanoids X
        Missouri Ruralist:  "MORE" tour takes place of governor's ag conference
        SE Missourian:  Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) opposes effort to fire education commissioner +
        Messenger:  Greitens, Crowell turn the tables in tax-credit debate
        Columbia Missourian:  Greitens' plans don't slow growing prescription drug monitoring network
        P-D:  State grant enables help for heroin addicts;  Comments from DHSS' Randall Williams
        JCNT:  Passport cards a 'REAL ID' solution for Missouri travelers X
        Missouri Ruralist:  Missouri Dept. of Ag sets dates for application of BASF herbicide
        Waters:  Why attend MU?  New administrators are dealing with minority complaints as best they can, deserve support X
        P-D letter:  Creve Coeur woman wants Clay and Wagner to support each other's women-and-children legislation
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        Sunday, November 19
        CDT:  Blunt to talk taxes in St. Charles tomorrow;  Tribune has skipped 23 of 24 most recent Blunt conference calls X
          CDT:  Obamacare update:  Boone County residents pay steep insurance premiums for limited access X
          JCNT:  Lt. Gov. Mike Parson's report details issues at Veterans Home X
          The Missouri Times:  Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies acquires Maryland-based opposition research firm
          Drebes:  On T.J. Berry's new gig, and why legislators should disclose when they're "feeling out" potential job opportunities
          SNL:  To save millions, Greitens targets tax credit meant to build housing for poor people X
          SNL:  Melissa Gelner urges Greitens to find 'common ground' with state board, education leaders X
          Columbia Missourian:  In-home health cuts update:  Collection of stories from the handicapped
          Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover:  Paper's new "Greitens Gauge" series to offer regular criticism of progress made by GOP governor across 12 areas
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Support for men and women of law enforcement
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Support for school choice
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Defending Missouri farmers and ranchers against EPA overreach
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Creating jobs
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Passing 'right to work'
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Tax overhaul
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Rolling back burdensome regulations
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Term limits for statewide elected officials
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Lobbyist-gift ban
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  End the 'revolving door' for legislators/lobbyists
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Improve teacher pay
          Columbia Missourian:  Greitens Gauge:  Port and highway infrastructure improvements
          Washington Missourian:  MoDOT wants to preserve Route 66, will resurface Pacific section
          JCNT:  Subgroups of minority, poor, and non-English-speaking foreigners continue to disappoint on MAP tests X
          SNL:  Sheena Greitens talks about child abuse reviews X
          SNL:  Missouri Dept. of Conservation announces new rules for duck hunters X
          P-D editorial:  St. Louis City is overdue for a comprehensive state audit
          P-D editorial:  During protests, police must allow journalists to do their jobs
          KC Star op-ed:  U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver:  Republicans' tax plan would hurt Missourians
          P-D letter:  Clayton octogenarian disagrees with Greitens on charter schools
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County octogenarian says students' poor test performance should be blamed on poverty
          P-D letter:  Carpenters' union leader calls Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) a "bald-faced" liar, says use of term "union bosses" constitutes hate speech
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County sexagenarian responds to letter responding to deer-disease piece
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        Saturday, November 18
        Missourinet:  House GOP passes tax overhaul;  Comments from delegation via statements written by staff
        KC Star:  McCaskill vote on GOP tax bill could be tough sell in Trump-loving Missouri
        CDT:  Hartzler:  State lawmakers should act to prevent revenue loss from federal tax changes X
        Columbia Missourian:  Hartzler talks taxes at Columbia Chamber of Commerce event
        Columbia Missourian:  Westminster College handed $300,000 in federal taxpayer money for "sexual violence prevention"
        Drebes:  Gem from Dept. of Conservation report:  Jefferson City's KRCG-TV far and away the superior mid-MO station
        The Missouri Times:  This Week in the Governor's Office:  Week of November 13, 2017
        KWMU:  Greitens leads effort to halt Missouri's low-income housing tax breaks
        The Missouri Times:  Greitens' Missouri Housing Development Commissioners past draft motion to not fund tax credits in FY2019
        CDT:  State commission votes against tax credits for housing X
        Columbia Missourian:  Commission votes to end tax credits for low-income housing
        KC Star:  Missouri Housing Development Commission votes to not issue low-income housing tax credits;  Comments from Missouri Growth Association's Megan Werner, others
        P-D:  Greitens, appointees move to withhold controversial low-income development tax credits
        SNL:  Area superintendents take aim at Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Greitens X
        CDT:  State scores drop for most Boone County districts X
        The Missouri Times:  W. Brent Powell, newest member of the Missouri Supreme Court, speaks to Missouri Bar
        The Missouri Times:  Greitens appoints 27 members to child protection boards
        AP:  Missouri Dept. of Agriculture alters use of BASF's dicamba herbicide in some areas
        Reuters:  Missouri limits use of weedkiller dicamba
        Brownfield Ag News:  Chinn says other dicamba labels coming soon
        P-D:  St. Louis police issue special order reiterating rights of journalists;  Post-Dispatch reporter was unhappy about arrest
        KWMU:  Area transgenders to gather Monday;  Group highlights stat claiming that nearly 0.04% percent of all black female transgenders are murdered each year
        Washington Missourian editorial:  Blunt's assessment on Alabama's Roy Moore is correct
        P-D editorial brief:  On Ed Martin's defense of Roy Moore
        KC Star's Melinda Henneberger:  On Al Franken, Claire McCaskill and Josh Hawley;  Minnesota senator must resign, then it's time to dump Trump
        SNL letter:  GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen:  Hawley taking Missouri for a ride with Google investigation X
        SNL letter:  School superintendents to Greitens:  Stop listening to charter-school advocate and start listening to us X
        KC Star letters:  Race group supports Vandeven, opposes Greitens;  KC man says Star editorial board confuses charter schools with private schools
        P-D letter:  Sierra Club's John Hickey:  Ameren should do more to provide "clean" energy
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        Friday, November 17
        KWMU:  Franken's high-profile help to Missouri Democrats now may be an embarrassment
          Missourinet:  McCaskill issues statement on Al Franken
          SNL:  McCaskill 'shocked and concerned' over Franken X
          KC Star:  McCaskill issues statement on Franken
          The Missouri Times:  Pro-life group says it will knock on 300,000 doors in opposition to McCaskill's re-election
          SNL:  Billy Long, Springfield Chamber of Commerce support House bill that cuts taxes X
          KWMU:  Wash U. researchers unhappy with Trump's paring of federal research funding
          KC Star:  Area teen speaks out against Trump;  17-year-old boy who dresses up as a girl expresses outrage at a black man's overtures, recounts startling women by walking into their restrooms, other harrowing and triumphant tales
          The Missouri Times:  How a left-wing Massachusetts company infiltrated the Dept. of Economic Development;  REMI model skews data against rural areas in favor of "social justice"
          Columbia Missourian:  Poltifact rating:  Statement from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) on gun control rated "Mostly True"
          Missourinet:  Missouri transportation task force nears completion of its work
          KWMU:  Lawmakers from both parties backing Vandeven
          The Missouri Times:  Governor's office, House Democrats spar over board appointment removal
          SNL:  Greitens' spokesman says Democrats' education board claim a 'political stunt' X
          Missourinet:  House subcommittee hearing on student loans draws sparse crowd
          JCNT:  Team approach urged to fight diabetes X
          CDT:  D.C.-based animal-rights group protests MU's use of pigs for ER training X
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Becky Ruth (R-Festus) receives national award for work on newborn screening legislation
          SE Missourian:  Decisions coming soon on steel mill, smelter in New Madrid +
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in the PSC:  Week of November 16, 2017
          SE Missourian:  Galloway audit:  Bollinger County tax levies violate state law;  county commission disagrees +
          KWMU:  Protester Celebration Series:  Neighborhood Leadership Fellows program will attempt to harness energy of riots and convert into civilized action
          P-D editorial:  GOP tax cut bill has ominous implications for Missouri
          KC Star editorial:  You can't criticize dark money on the right and excuse it on the left;  Minimum-wage group evades transparency, hides donors
          Phill Brooks:  Without speed-limit enforcement, I-70 is more like an autobahn
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        Thursday, November 16
        KWMU:  McCaskill, Blunt split on GOP tax plan
          CDT:  McCaskill slams GOP tax cuts as giveaway for businesses, wealthy X
          Missourinet:  McCaskill critical of GOP tax cuts
          JCNT:  Missouri could gain thousands of jobs under tax overhaul X
          Missourinet:  McCaskill engages in theatrical exchange with Orrin Hatch over Medicaid spending
          SNL:  Pro-life activists criticize McCaskill's support of Planned Parenthood X
          Columbia Missourian:  State Treasurer Eric Schmitt to discuss federal tax policy with Trump economic advisers
          Missourinet:  Schmitt to meet with SBA Administrator Linda McMahon, others today
          KRES/KWIX (Moberly):  Obamacare enrollment ends Dec. 15;  Insight from Missouri Foundation for Health's Nancy Kelly
          KWMU:  Hate crimes decline in Missouri
          Drebes:  Want an endorsement in your legislative race? Don't come knocking on Jay Barnes' door.
          AP:  Missouri Democrat sues Josh Hawley over where he lives
          SNL:  Hawley:  No link between Google suit and Peter Thiel donations X
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) announces his intent to run for Assistant Majority Floor Leader
          SE Missourian:  Mileage tax topic of discussion at transportation task force meeting +
          The Missouri Times:  State lawmakers call on Board of Education to 'abandon efforts' to oust Commissioner Margie Vandeven
          SNL:  Democrats say Greitens' removal of Springfield woman from Board of Education was unlawful X
          AP:  Greitens appears to lack board votes to fire education chief
          SNL:  Charter school advocate Ken Zeff could become Missouri's next education commissioner X
          KC Star:  A year after hitting mark, KC schools again miss critical state measure
          Missourinet:  Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) talks Noranda, manufacturing jobs
          The Missouri Times:  Associated Industries of Missouri, Missouri Chamber, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Corn Growers lead charge against flawed classification of herbicide
          AP:  Missouri agricultural groups challenge California's herbicide classification
          KWMU:  Monsanto and grower groups sue California over classification of glyphosate
          Joplin Globe:  Feral hog populations cause extensive damage around state;  Propper trapping techniques critical to managing destructive animals
          KWMU:  Federal judge limits police techniques used to corral, subdue protesters
          AP:  Judge:  Police cannot use chemicals to subdue protesters
          P-D:  Judge limits tools police can use to get protesters under control
          AP:  Review of old court cases continues in Ferguson
          P-D:  Review of old court cases continues, officials tell residents in Ferguson
          Washington Missourian editorial:  Greitens should listen to his own State Board of Education appointees
          SE Missourian editorial:  Led by Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau), statewide task force makes prudent recommendation on dyslexia ID
          KC Star editorial:  Provisional schools accreditation is unacceptable for Kansas City students
          CDT editorial:  Missouri needs protections for student journalists
          P-D editorial:  A court's stiff rebuke for St. Louis police overreach during protests
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Ag Director Chris Chinn:  With MORE tour, Dept. of Ag leaders get the show on the road
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Missouri State Teachers Association troubled by Greitens' politicization of State Board of Education
          Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy:  2015 race-agitation retrospective:  Part II:  Next steps must include white people sitting through complaint sessions, more university study on "implicit bias," etc.
          P-D letter:  St. Louis woman unhappy that paper exposed her to photos of deer hunting
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        Wednesday, November 15
        McClatchy:  McCaskill says she may work with Republicans on tax reform;  "I could [sic] care less what the party line is. I could [sic] care less what Chuck Schumer says."
          St. Joseph News-Press:  McCaskill seeks 'level playing field' in biodiesel market X
          KWMU:  VA St. Louis Health Care System leaders respond to local veterans' concerns
          Drebes:  Eapen Thampy breaks down the differences in Missouri's marijuana initiative petitions
          JCNT:  Local Democratic Party leader sues Hawley over residency X
          Clayton Times:  Rep. Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) selected as next House majority floor leader
          AP:  Vescovo chosen as Missouri House majority leader
          The Missouri Times:  House Budget Chair Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob):  Tax overhaul debate making it hard to estimate revenues
          Missourinet:  Fitzpatrick:  Federal tax proposals make state budget projections more challenging
          CDT:  Fitzpatrick:  Lawmakers should act to prevent loss from federal tax changes X
          Columbia Missourian:  Fitzpatrick addresss possible impact of federal tax overhaul on Missouri
          Missourinet:  Rep. Patricia Pike (R-Adrian) convenes medical professionals in Jefferson City to brainstorm on diabetes
          Missourinet:  Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville):  'Right to work' bill made the difference in competing for steel mill
          Missourinet:  Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) looks for decision on steel mill and smelter by December 31
          P-D:  Missouri Board of Education expected to vote next week on fate of state's top school leader
          P-D:  Most Missouri school districts fare well in annual report cards
          CDT:  Columbia Public School's minority and poor students disappoint with MAP scores X
          St. Joseph News-Press:  St. Joseph School District sees improvements on state's annual progress report X
          SNL:  With solar farm, Nixa joins renewable power wave X
          Missourinet:  Missouri deer harvest numbers down slightly opening weekend
          Missourinet:  Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis):  State liable for poor treatment and conditions at St. Louis City jail
          KWMU:  St. Louis City aldermen consider limiting the techniques and tools police use to corral and subdue protesters
          P-D editorial:  Roy Moore's past presents Roy Blunt and other Republicans with a values problem
          P-D editorial:  NGA, and jobs, are coming to St. Louis. Will local students be ready?
          Dunklin Democrat ex-publisher Ron Kemp:  Retiring from the newspaper business, giving thanks to God and the Rust family +
          Messenger:  Missouri Ethics Commission should keep pressing Tim Jones on contributions and Hong Kong investment
          The Missouri Times letter:  Local GOP leader Maryann Manion:  McCaskill is trying to legislate away Native American tribe rights
          JCNT letter:  Veteran liberal activist Sue Gibson mocks Luetkemeyer's support for National Adoption Awareness Month X
          JCNT letter:  Local liberal believes Luetkemeyer represents only the wealthy X
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        Tuesday, November 14
        Missourinet:  Blunt:  Republicans on track to approve major tax plan
          SNL:  McCaskill says Roy Moore 'not fit to serve,' Blunt says Moore 'should have better answers' X
          AP:  Josh Hawley:  Roy Moore should step aside if allegations are true
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  St. Louis VA reps defend their organization against allegations of abuse
          Faughn:  Rs and Ds should stop complaining - both sides used campaign laws to their advantage in Ciepiot-Shields;  KC Star editorial board becomes relevant after shedding rote writer;  Chappelle-Nadal to target Senate Dem colleagues this session;  Much more
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking podcast:  Rep. Joe Adams (D-University City) recounts accurately forecasting the consequences of Amendment 2 on campaign transparency, talks Greitens and state education board, more
          KWMU:  Hawley seeks information on Google's data collection practices - and search preferences
          AP:  Hawley investigating Google
          Missourinet:  Hawley subpoenas Google, says Missouri is not giving company a "free pass"
          SE Missourian:  GOP state Reps. Donna Lichtenegger and Kathy Swan:  More funding for roads, bridges may require tax increase +
          The Missouri Times:  Education officials, lawmakers firing back at Greitens' attempt to oust State Board of Education commissioner
          SNL:  Greitens appointee 'troubled' by push to oust education commissioner X
          Missourinet:  Missouri Board of Education could oust Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven and Board President Charlie Shields next week
          Columbia Missourian:  House committee sets sights on launching state work-study program
          Missourinet:  Southeast Missouri official remains hopeful about steel mill and smelter
          P-D:  New Dept. of Public Safety spokeswoman Sara Dayley still free to do contract work for West County EMS & Fire District
          P-D:  Unions turn out crowd to support elected St. Louis City Public School board;  Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) drops in, recounts race-protest publicity
          SE Missourian:  Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments in Cape attorney discipline case +
          P-D:  St. Louis civic and business leader Bob Baer dead at 80
          KRES/KWIX (Moberly):  Missouri Dept. of Conservation says over 94,000 deer harvested opening weekend
          CDT:  Black Studies group gathers to watch Spike Lee film, celebrate effects of 2015 campus protests X
          Columbia Missourian:  'Two Years Later' event celebrates university consequences of 2015 protests
          KC Star editorial:  If Trump blows up NAFTA, Missouri workers would feel the pain
          P-D editorial:  Former Speaker Tim Jones living large on Missouri's terrible campaign finance laws
          KC Star editorial:  More strong-arm tactics from Greitens. This time, education is the target
          KC Star op-ed:  Josh Hawley:  Missourians deserve to know what Google does with their information
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        Monday, November 13
        Brownfield Ag News:  McCaskill goes to bat for biodiesel
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  MSU President Clif Smart talks university's resurgence, state funding challenges;  Panel of Joe Lakin, Jeff Roorda, Sam Gladney, Kristian Starner talk Cierpiot's victory, St. Louis riots, St. Louis City's Proposition P passage, McCaskill, top 2018 legislative issues, more
          KWMU:  Dark-money PACs among those propping up Raise Up Missouri's minimum-wage ballot effort
          Drebes:  Brief update on Democratic primary for Maria Chappelle-Nadal's state Senate seat
          P-D:  Greitens appointee balking at move to fire state school chief;  Comments from Tim Sumners, Charlie Shields, Missouri School Boards' Association's Melissa Randol, others
          Missourinet:  Missouri School Boards' Association's Melissa Randol critical of Greitens' moves on State Board of Education
          SNL:  Reps. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa), Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) to discuss campus open carry law at Missouri State forum X
          Missourinet:  Hawley to take aim at "major tech company" today
          St. Joseph News-Press:  St. Joseph prescription drug monitoring program called 'way overdue' X
          Columbia Missourian:  Two years after campus race agitation, new leadership looks to send MU on upward trajectory
          Missourinet:  Rep. Patricia Pike (R-Adrian) to outline legislative efforts to reduce diabetes among elderly Missourians
          P-D:  Empire Electric District Co. seeks to retire coal plant early as it adds wind generation
          JCNT:  Lawyer gets ready to appeal court rulings that favor Ameren on natural gas equipment X
          Missourinet:  Former Missouri Ag Director Richard Fordyce among farmers taking part in Soil Health Partnership research
          P-D:  'A crying shame:' Missouri hunters bring in deer to test for neurological disorder
          P-D:  Missouri Highway Patrol officer injured when driver slams into back of Missouri Highway Patrol car
          Columbia Missourian:  First step in sexual assault kit audit:  'Getting actual numbers,' Hawley says
          SNL:  Springfield race protest draws fewer than 25;  Signs include "Black Womyn [sic] Matter," "Black Lives Matter," etc. X
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  State legislators must help women business owners become freed from the yoke of government regulations X
          KC Star's Mara Rose Williams:  Local gun-control groups fight valiantly to show guns could potentially end up in in school
          Columbia Missourian letter:  Columbia liberal wants McCaskill, Blunt, Hartzler to oppose GOP tax cuts
          P-D letter:  Frontenac liberal disappointed in Post-Dispatch's lack of coverage in 2nd District Democratic primary and reliance upon wire stories rather than local coverage
          KC Star letter:  Man who chooses to live in Kansas questions intelligence of Missouri Senate District 8 voters
          P-D letter:  Former St. Louis City Public Schools Board of Education President David L. Jackson responds to editorial supporting state-appointed board
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        Sunday, November 12
        SE Missourian:  Local Veterans Day events also focus on American flag +
          SE Missourian:  Jackson American Legion turning off NFL games over some players' disrespect to country +
          KC Star:  Cleaver speaks at National World War I Museum and Memorial
          Drebes:  Chris Dinkins, GOP candidate for Paul Fitzwater's seat, shares Mike Cierpiot's view of siding with law enforcement over rioters
          SNL:  Springfield loses state welfare contract to Kentucky firm with no 'regional knowledge' X
          SNL:  Missouri owes Greene County almost $1.8 million in overdue jail payments X
          CDT:  Missouri opioid deaths on track to exceed traffic fatalities X
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  Plug the leak in Missouri's roads budget X
          Columbia Missourian Executive Editor Mike Jenner:  Sexagenarian says his newspaper deserves the credit for Josh Hawley's action on rape kits;  Trump-style politicians are wrong to criticize journalists
          SE Missourian letter:  Jackson American Legion Commander explains why Post 158 is banning NFL games from its TVs +
          CDT letter:  Poverty activist Rosezetta Eichelberger:  McCaskill wrong to criticize Obamaphone program X
          P-D letter:  Richmond Heights liberal wants to see Black Lives Matter tribes advocate for gun control
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        Saturday, November 11   Veterans Day
        Dunklin Democrat:  Veterans Day profile:  World War II veteran Hersel Masterson remembers when Americans loved their country and showed respect to the flag +
          KWMU:  Lacy Clay event highlights split among DACA factions;  Illegal-alien coed says she'll stop attending urban photo-ops until more aliens are involved in rally planning
          KWMU:  VA series:  Soldiers transitioning to civilian life seek love, belonging
          Drebes:  Help Wanted:  Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis seeks government relations coordinator
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in the Governor's Office:  Week of Nov. 6, 2017
          P-D:  Greitens announces pact between Israeli cyber security firm and Missouri colleges
          Messenger:  Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) tells her story of sexual molestation as a pre-teen
          Washington Missourian:  Pacific aldermen, municipal league worry that legislators might put St. Louis City-County merger on statewide ballot X
          KC Star:  Former elected officials Paul LeVota (D), Tim Jones (R) find success running campaign PACs
          Columbia Missourian:  Politifact rating:  Claim from Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) over West Lake Landfill theory does not warrant a rating
          Columbia Missourian:  Conservationists, legislators push for stiffer poaching laws in Missouri
          Missourinet:  Mizzou to offer ROTC scholarship
          The Missouri Times:  States still trying to find the answer to electronic vehicle charging station demands
          KWMU:  Missouri Dept. of Conservation asks hunters for help with monitoring deer disease
          P-D:  Profiles in Courage:  Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) will never stop fighting
          P-D editorial briefs:  Ethics appeal from "Robin Wrong-Jones" is laughable;  Mike Cierpiot should be forced to sit next to Maria Chappelle-Nadal on Senate floor
          KC Star editorial:  Tim Jones' success in navigating Missouri's campaign finance system is unfair and must be stopped
          Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy:  2015 race-agitation retrospective:  Part I:  How much harm did the protesters do?
          SNL letter:  Republic octogenerian says Josh Hawley is controlled by The Council of Foreign Relations, "the secret Shadows of Power" X
          KC Star letter:  KC septuagenarian gets knickers in a bundle over KC Star's lack of endorsement in Cierpoit race, demands paper endorse Hillary Shields in 2018
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        Friday, November 10
        KWMU:  Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) asks why McCaskill, other Caucasoid Dems ignore black voters until election time
          P-D's Joe Holleman:  Fact check:  Missouri Democratic Party's claim that protest celebrity Rasheen "SheenBean" Aldridge is "youngest Democratic committeeman in St. Louis history" is false
          CDT:  McCaskill joins Hartzler effort to support VA hiring X
          KWMU:  VA series:  Some veterans feel disappointed and isolated by St. Louis VA
          The Missouri Times:  Nasheed calling for removal of Missouri Veterans Commission director
          SE Missourian:  Federal jury finds Cape Girardeau neurosurgeon guilty of Medicare and Medicaid kickback scheme +
          SE Missourian:  Cape County boy writes letter to Trump, gets courteous response from White House +
          KC Star:  Inspired by Maine, area man thinks he can get Medicaid initiative on Missouri ballot;  Missouri Hospital Association's Dave Dillon:  "Maine and Missouri are both 'M' states, but that's where the similarities end."
          The Missouri Times:  Is the Republican caucus getting too big? Victory Enterprises' Joe Lakin says no.
          KSMU:  Greitens' Deputy Counsel Justin Smith:  Nearly 6,000 comments so far on how to minimize red tape
          The Missouri Times:  First committee hearing on health care markets leaves stakeholders asking for direction
          Missourinet:  Study:  Missouri's cost of living ranks fourth in nation during third quarter
          Columbia Missourian:  Missouri State Teachers Association outlines 2018 legislative agenda
          P-D:  Raucous crowd at hearing on state-appointed St. Louis City school board jeers expert's reliance upon facts, data
          Columbia Missourian:  MU Black Studies to host event celebrating 2015 race agitation;  Thoughts from ethnomusicology associate professor Stephanie Shonekan
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Missouri American makes case for rate hike X
          SE Missourian:  VietNow scam ordered to dissolve by Hawley +
          SNL:  Missouri Department of Conservation requiring hunters to have deer tested for Chronic Wasting Disease X
          Columbia Missourian:  Hawley announces audit of unprocessed sexual assault evidence kits
          Missourinet:  Hawley vows to investigate backlog of untested rape kits
          Washington Missourian:  Bill Miller Sr. to be inducted into St. Louis Media Hall of Fame X
          KC Star editorial:  Greitens is failing Missouri on the opioid epidemic
          P-D editorial:  Missouri legislators should spend more taxpayer money on higher education
          KC Star's Jason Hancock:  Missouri's move to limit campaign donations puts elections in hands of big-money PACs
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        Thursday, November 9
        P-D's Chuck Raasch:  Democrats extrapolate from Virginia, Oklahoma results to fuel hope for next year
          One year ago:  Post-Dispatch staff gathers to express anger over Trump victory;  Political and national editor Christopher Ave says media "as a breed are more educated than the average American" (6:30);  Family columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha Sultan gets emotional about Trump's "racism" (8:30), much more
          P-D:  Trump tax cuts could help slash spending in Missouri
          CDT:  Graduate assistants would take big tax hit in GOP plan X
          Missourinet:  Lacy Clay says GOP tax plan would mean $900 billion tax increase
          KWMU:  VA series:  Veterans describe "hoops and cracks" of getting care through St. Louis VA system
          KWMU:  Renovated Soldiers Memorial will reopen for Veterans Day 2018
          KWMU:  Vulnerable rural hospitals face tough decisions on profitable but questionable billing schemes
          Drebes:  Former staffer/lobbyist/Rep. Bruce Holt (D-St. Peters) retires
          Missourinet:  Missouri transportation task force discusses safety issues;  texting while driving called an 'epidemic'
          Missourinet:  Missouri House panel seeks remedies to cost spikes in state's health care markets
          Columbia Missourian:  Legislators leave hearing on insurance market plans with few answers
          Clayton Times:  St. Louis County releases report about its prescription drug monitoring program
          AP:  Missouri veterans court sees first graduate
          Columbia Missourian:  Tell us your thoughts on Mizzou's decline since fall 2015's race histrionics
          P-D:  UMSL Twitter account shames St. Louis City voters for backing 'killer cops'
          P-D's Joe Holleman:  Sara Dayley - former TV newscaster and daughter of former St. Louis Cardinals middle reliever Ken Dayley - to serve as spokeswoman for Missouri Department of Public Safety
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in the Missouri PSC:  Nov. 8, 2017
          KWMU:  Environmentalists aim to halt Spire's gas pipeline
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Film seeks to educate about GMOs;  Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby) among those viewing "Food Evolution" X
          Missourinet:  Hawley's office settles with deceptive charity
          SNL:  MoDOT deals with deer slaughter zone in Springfield X
          KC Star editorial:  Mike Cierpiot won because of dirty politics
          KC Star editorial:  To get Medicaid expansion in Missouri, a petition drive is needed
          P-D editorial:  If Greitens is so committed to fight opioid abuse, where's his program?
          Columbia Missourian's David Rosman:  College of the Ozarks wrong to offer patriotism class and wrong to stand up for the National Anthem
          KC Star letter:  Area liberal expresses anger over Mike Cierpiot's win
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        Wednesday, November 8
        SNL:  Blunt open to granting citizenship to young illegals X
          P-D:  Blunt says DACA resolution could involve pathway to citizenship for young aliens
          The Hill:  Some Dems eye big changes after Brazile bombshell;  McCaskill:  "I refuse to look back"
          P-D:  Lacy Clay puts forth effort to get out the vote - in Virginia, not St. Louis City
          CDT:  Federal tax proposals put state revenue in danger;  Missouri Budget Project's Tom Kruckmeyer calls standard deduction "a ginormous revenue loser" for Missouri X
          The Missouri Times:  Election Night 2017:  Cierpiot surges to victory in SD 8 special
          Missourinet:  Cierpiot elected to Missouri Senate
          KC Star:  Mike Cierpiot wins seat in Missouri Senate
          TonysKansasCity:  Show-Me disappointment for progressive pixie Hillary Shields;  Missouri Democratic Party and media outrage failed to bring down Mike Cierpiot
          One week ago:  P-D online admin Beth O'Malley:  Republican Mike Cierpiot is wrong about "St. Louis riots";  Collection of tweets from angry St. Louis-area liberals
          P-D:  Former Sen. Robin Wright-Jones (D-St. Louis City), who dipped her hand in campaign fund, now wants court to erase her Missouri Ethics Commission fines
          AP:  Former St. Louis City Democratic senator fighting campaign violation costs
          Missourinet:  Missouri Supreme Court hears Robin Wright-Jones case
          P-D:  Ed Martin lands show on KXFN radio
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking podcast:  Rep. Shane Roden (R-Cedar Hill) on U.S. Senate race, medical marijuana, how St. Louis City rioters' behavior is counterproductive, more
          Missourinet:  Ashcroft wants to speed up payments for election authorities
          The Missouri Times:  On This Week in Missouri Politics, Rep. Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific) shares his vision of what a floor leader should be
          The Missouri Times:  Cunningham:  HCB3 replacement will be 'hopefully one of the first bills in regular session'
          KWMU:  Missouri senators still want special session for in-home health care - but time is running out
          Missourinet:  Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles) to offer tax overhaul
          Missourinet:  Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) hopes to see gas tax increase on 2018 statewide ballot
          The Missouri Times:  Capitol lighting project illuminates art, soon to be completed
          JCNT:  Judge:  Public defender system overloaded X
          SE Missourian:  Court reverses course in Ameren's appeal over assessments;  schools can't touch money +
          AP:  Ameren wins two more appeals on natural gas assessments
          KWMU:  Analysis:  Racial makeup of St. Louis City schools
          KWMU:  Future of electricity production could be closer to home
          P-D editorial:  State-appointed leadership - which teachers' union opposes - works best for St. Louis Public Schools
          SNL op-ed:  U.S. Rep. Billy Long:  Beefing up school lunches with Missouri Farm to School program X
          Jensen:  Medical marijuana may go to Missouri voters +
          P-D op-ed:  PuppySpot CEO Greg Liberman:  Missouri Legislature must overhaul animal welfare laws
          St. Joseph News-Press letter:  St. Joseph woman says Missouri power grid should include renewables X
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        Tuesday, November 7
        P-D:  Congressional votes for the week:  Medicare cost controls, CHIP renewal, more
          Politico:  McCaskill, other red-state Dems to meet with Trump aide today on tax cuts
          The Missouri Times:  Parson calls for independent investigation into St. Louis Veterans Home, citing lack of faith in Missouri Veterans Commission
          Messenger:  Greitens inadvertently highlights sham veterans' inquiry
          SeekingAlpha.com:  Gannett, parent company of Springfield News-Leader, earnings call transcript:  Execs talk digital revenue growth, print revenue slide, plans to keep raising subscription costs to stem circulation decline, more (free subscription required)
          The Missouri Times:  New Shields mailer seeks to further split GOP votes in SD 8 special election
          The Missouri Times:  St. Louis Police Officers Association endorses Cierpiot for SD 8 bid
          Drebes:  Former Rep. Neal St. Onge (R-Ballwin), viligante firefighter, detained after springing to action and fighting fire
          The Missouri Times:  Government jobs increased under Greitens? New data says yes.
          AP:  Missouri funds from 2004 road measure don't pay debt service
          The Missouri Times:  Eigel proposes reducing income tax from 5.9% to 4.8% for small business owners
          KC Star:  British HBO host mocks Missouri-Kansas "border war" economics, gets geography wrong
          P-D:  Greitens may have to work with lawmakers on drug-monitoring effort after all
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Jack Bondon (R-Belton) appointed as Missouri Health Facilities Review Committe chair
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee approves over $40 million in new application, $143 million in new extensions
          Missourinet:  Springfield voters to enjoy ballot security of new voter ID laws
          SNL:  Missouri State security officer dismissed after video of him watching porn on the job goes viral X
          KWMU:  Philosophy vs. performance:  Who should govern St. Louis Public Schools
          P-D:  Speakers tell task force that school board is best option for St. Louis
          AP:  Judge rules against Missouri in juvenile parole case
          SE Missourian editorial:  Peter Kinder off to good start on Delta Regional Authority spending cuts +
          Columbia Missourian op-ed:  Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael:  Ignore the gimmicks. Here are the reasons Amazon should come to Missouri.
          Columbia Missouran op-ed:  Rep. Martha Stevens (D-Columbia):  New law offers protection for those who report an overdose
          Waters:  Reasons for University of Missouri to not divest from fossil fuels X
          P-D letter:  University City sexagenarian agrees with protesters' economic boycott, except part about Delmar Loop
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        Monday, November 6
        KWMU:  Truman Dinner recap:  Missouri Dems see economic issues as way out of electoral wilderness
          CDT:  Number of new refugees on the decline locally X
          AP:  Six Missouri utilities to share $120 million in federal funds
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  Guest Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific) talks Majority Floor Leader race, SD 8, Trump's popularity, more;  Panel of Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis), Jane Dueker, former Rep. John Mayfield, Joe Patterson talk Legislature's "social justice warriors," Greitens vs. Blunt and McCaskill on veterans home issue, McCaskill vs. Hawley, Courtland Sykes, more
          Drebes:  A look at how far medical marijuana support has come in Missouri
          The Missouri Times:  Cierpiot, Shields prepare for close SD 8 result
          Missourinet:  Rep. Deb Lavender (D-Kirkwood) still upset about in-home care cuts
          Columbia Missourian:  Critical report on Greek system ignored MU's own data on freshman academic performance
          P-D:  Elected, appointed or both? A look at St. Louis' school board options
          Missourinet:  Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) wants to raise minimum wage
          P-D:  After latest round of riots, St. Louis City leaders once again point to Ferguson Commission report as a way forward
          P-D editorial:  Deadbeat state is cheating 3,000 blind Missourians out of millions
          KC Star editorial:  Here's one way Greitens can shrink state government:  Combine or eliminate boards and commissions
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        Sunday, November 5
        P-D:  At Missouri Dems' annual Truman Dinner in St. Louis City, Al Franken yuks it up while bashing Trump and praising McCaskill
          SNL:  Union's anti-'right to work' initiative may appear on August - not November - ballot;  Polisci profs weigh impact on McCaskill race X
          SNL:  Unions forced a vote on Missouri's 'right-to-work' law. History is on their side. X
          CDT:  Obamacare coverage, costs mostly unchanged from 2018 X
          AP:  McCaskill says husband home from hospital after heart attack
          Brownfield Ag News:  USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue names former Jay Nixon Ag Director Richard Fordyce (D) Farm Service Agency State Director
          SNL:  Eyeing legal medical marijuana, Missouri's NORML cannabis conference comes to Springfield X
          The Missouri Times:  Silver Hair Legislature prioritizes medical marijuana as part of 2018 agenda
          JCNT:  Gold Star memorials honor veterans' families;  Lt. Gov. Mike Parson hosts Jefferson City's first Veterans Week Kickoff X
          AP:  Cunningham reveals plan to save elderly, disabled aid
          SE Missourian:  Same MoDOT story:  Funding for maintenance, no improvements, engineer says +
          AP:  States push to keep highway inner lanes clear for passing
          P-D:  Missouri Board of Education member Joe Driskill to resign, citing work obligations
          SNL:  MSU just 20 students shy of hitting its 2021 goal for number of graduates X
          CDT:  City may beef up protections to cover pregnancy, adoption X
          KC Star:  Greitens fills two seats on KC police board
          JCNT:  Missouri Dept. of Conservation says 2,889 turkeys harvested in gun season X
          Columbia Missourian:  Liberal groups hold panel on "white supremacy," discuss white Black Lives Matter sympathizers;  Pamela Merritt of "Angry Black B!tch" blog not impressed by Caucasoid "pumpkin spice lattes and leggings" activism
          P-D editorial:  Veterans home scandal puts Greitens on the defensive
          Washington Missourian editorial:  Energy realities:  Ameren shifting to alternative energy X
          P-D letter:  Bridgeton septuagenarian notes Missouri utility name change, attempts pun
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County septuagenarian says he's boycotting St. Louis City until aldermen stop bowing to Black Lives Matter propaganda and start honoring police
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        Saturday, November 4
        P-D's Chuck Raasch:  Weekly 2018 U.S. Senate update:  McCaskill threads the needle between left wing and Missouri voters;  Conservative factions lining up behind Hawley, for now
          P-D:  Internet Association changes course, supports bipartisan legislation aimed at online sex trafficking
          The Missouri Times:  Planned Parenthood, unions among top funders of Clean Missouri campaign
          The Missouri Times:  David Linton - son of longtime GOP Rep. Bill Linton - to take on Democrat Mike Revis for John McCaherty's vacant state rep seat
          Clayton Times:  State releases 2017 general revenue report
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in the Governor's Office:  Week of October 30, 2017
          P-D:  Greitens heads to Israel
          AP:  Greitens heads to Israel for trade mission
          P-D:  With time running out, chatter about a special session in Missouri hasn't stopped
          CDT:  Federal judge denies Planned Parenthood effort to block new abortion rule X
          Columbia Missourian:  City councilman seeks support for legalizing marijuana in the state
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Community Colleges Association awards six legislators
          KWMU:  A speed bump pops up on Missouri's solar road project
          KRES/KWIX (Moberly):  MoDOT is ready for bad winter weather
          Missourinet:  MoDOT crews use annual drill as a dry run to prepare for winter snow and ice
          P-D:  Woman went to St. Louis Courthouse to stab Greitens appointee who ordered her car repossessed;  North St. Louis County resident planned to attack quadriplegic judge with box cutter, then punched officer in the face
          Washington Missourian:  UPS driver receives public safety award from Greitens
          KC Star editorial:  Greitens responds to complaints of abuse at Missouri veterans home by playing politics
          P-D editorial briefs:  Missouri legislators should spend more money on higher education
          CDT op-ed:  Boone County Clerk Taylor Burks:  Ensuring election integrity means updating cybersecurity X
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Columbia attorney Jennifer Bukowsky:  In retrospect, cash spent to elect Mike Cierpiot should have been saved for beating McCaskill
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        Friday, November 3
        Washington Examiner:  Blunt on tax overhaul:  "We need to get it done this year."
          KSN/KODE:  A day on Capitol Hill with Roy Blunt
          Missourinet:  Vicky Hartzler shares thoughts on keeping radical Islamic terrorists out of the U.S.
          P-D:  Continued push to secure benefits brings coal miners union back to St. Louis
          The Missouri Times:  Greitens lambastes McCaskill, Blunt in response to veterans home investigation letter
          KWMU:  Greitens blasts McCaskill, Blunt in letter about veterans home
          Missourinet:  Greitens savages McCaskill, Blunt for their joint letter calling for VA home investigation
          AP:  Missouri Department of Public Safety investigating St. Louis Veterans Home
          Messenger:  Nurse and doctor stand up for veterans in St. Louis and get shown the door
          Drebes:  Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) exploring bid for Chappelle-Nadal seat
          The Missouri Times:  Where are they now?  The #thumbstoppable Gus Wagner, former chief of staff to GOP Sens. Dan Clemens and John Griesheimer
          Missourinet:  Monthly index shows stable economy, slow growth for Missouri and multi-state region
          JCNT:  Greitens pledges more foster care, adoption bills in 2018 X
          Columbia Missourian:  Politifact check:  Statement from Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) on machine guns rated half-false
          Washington Missourian:  MoDOT safety upgrades to continue next spring - through design-build project X
          KC Star:  MU apologizes after "MU Info" platform compares state Legislature to Kevin Spacey's House of Cards
          Columbia Missourian:  University of Missouri Extension urges farmers to complete USDA census
          P-D:  Ferguson activist gets probation for I-70 protest incident;  Alexis Templeton targeted white woman's car, punched her in the eye
          KWMU:  Protest crowd launches economic boycott of local and national employers;  Activists aim to shut down Goldman Sachs, Burger King, Target, Schnuck's supermarkets by withholding their "purchasing power"
          AP:  Treatment of blacks in St. Louis prompts economic boycott
          P-D editorial:  Missouri among top targets in Russian cyberwar campaign
          P-D editorial:  Complaints persist at St. Louis Veterans Home despite multiple invesigations. Where's Greitens?
          P-D op-ed:  Area woman wants Congress to spend more taxpayer money on CHIP
          KC Star op-ed:  Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph):  'Clean Missouri' effort deserves voters' support
          Phill Brooks:  Recent governors' communications staffs have hidden their bosses from reporters, which hampers good journalism
          Waters:  University of Missouri should divest stocks of fossil-fuel companies;  Annual asset appreciation not worth price of activists' caterwauling X
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        Thursday, November 2
        P-D:  Senators say 'cyber war' with Russia continues far beyond 2016 election;  Blunt acknowledges free-speech conundrum, while McCaskill and Wagner focus on sex trafficking
          STL Jewish Light:  Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) promotes her new autobiography, gushes over McCaskill
          St. Joseph News-Press' "Josephine" women's magazine:  Anti-Trump "Persisterhood" gals group gathers to gab about feminism, LGBTQIA* topics, listen to speaker from McCaskill's office and allied liberal groups, etc.
          The Missouri Times:  Kyle Aubuchon headed to work for U.S. Rep. Jason Smith after 5 1/2 years with Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff)
          KWMU:  Greitens orders another investigation into St. Louis Veterans Home
          KWMU:  Bill Clinton visits St. Louis to highlight healthy eating programs
          Missourinet:  Bill Clinton emphasizes healthy diet in Missouri school visit
          AP:  Gannett, owner of Springfield News-Leader, beats quarterly earnings per share estimate but misses on revenue;  Stock down 11% this year
          Drebes:  Rep. Josh Peters (D-St. Louis City) creates Push Forward PAC
          STL Jewish Light:  Greitens named to the Forward 50, joining ranks of nation's "most influential, accomplished and interesting Jews"
          KWMU:  Chris Chinn on her eventful first year as Missouri's agriculture director
          AP:  Greitens' office casts doubt on special session chatter
          The Missouri Times:  Greitens' task force calls for elimination of more than 400 gubernatorial appointments
          AP:  Panel recommends reducing Missouri gubernatorial appointees
          P-D:  New report recommends cutting gubernatorial appointments, killing some panels
          Missourinet:  Missouri legislative task force on dyslexia makes recommendations, sets tone for other states
          JCNT:  DESE:  More schools depend on more local funding
          The Missouri Times:  MoDOT's employee turnover rate hovering around 10 percent, but what does it mean for Missouri's transportation system?
          Missourinet:  MoDOT to conduct winter weather drill in Missouri today
          SE Missourian:  MoDOT engineer headlines First Friday coffee
          JCNT:  Capitol Police get new chief
          The Missour Times:  This Week in the Missouri Supreme Court:  Week of October 30, 2017
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Housing Development Commission further postpones annual meeting, raises mortgage interest rates
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in the Missouri PSC:  Week of November 1, 2017
          P-D editorial:  Moneyed interests find a way to thwart voters' will on campaign donation limits
          JCNT editorial:  Legislature should address cybersecurity issue
          P-D op-ed:  Ferguson resident Blake Ashby:  Protester complaints about "oppression" are not a believable or winning argument
          P-D letter:  St. Charles man disputes veterans' home issues outlined by Messenger and others
          The Missouri Times letter:  State Senate candidate Cindi O'Laughlin:  The idea of returning the state's rural roads to the counties is a non-starter
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        Wednesday, November 1   Native American Indian Heritage Month
        November 2016 Missouri political news headlines
          November 2015 Missouri political news headlines
          November 2014 Missouri political news headlines
          November 2013 Missouri political news headlines
          KMOV:  Islamic terrorist responsible for NYC attack was arrested while driving through St. Charles County in 2016
          AP:  Islamic terrorist's brushes with the law included Missouri arrest, warrant
          SE Missourian:  Obamacare open enrollment begins today +
          Missourinet:  Obamacare enrollment begins in Missouri
          P-D:  What Missourians need to know about Obamacare enrollment
          Missourinet:  McCaskill, Blunt joint call for investigation into abusive treatment at St. Louis Veteran's Home
          The Missouri Times:  Lt. Gov. Mike Parson recommends independent investigation into Veteran's Home;  Missouri Veterans Commission Deputy Director Bryan Hunt says complaints are racist
          KSDK:  Abuse, neglect at Veteran's Home;  Black veteran:  "I'd rather come home and die ... than be at the (Veteran's) home."
          Messenger:  Families of veterans want help, while Deputy Director Bryan Hunt cries racism
          KWMU:  GOP Rep. Ann Wagner backs idea of tax cuts - and Mueller
          The Missouri Times:  Armstrong Teasdale attorney Brad Bakker announces HD 84 campaign for Karla May's open seat
          CDT:  Appeals court upholds discrimination award against state veterans commission;  Plaintiff Pat Rowe Kerr now running for state rep X
          The Missouri Times:  Ginger Steinmetz headed to Statehouse Strategies
          The Missouri Times:  Hawley issues Civil Investigative Demands to opioid distributers
          Missourinet:  Hawley:  Opioid crisis 'hits us in the most human of terms'
          KWMU:  Missouri expands legal battle against opioid industry
          Columbia Missourian:  Hawley expands opioid investigation to three more companies
          The Missouri Times:  Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia releases report with recommendations for educators
          SE Missourian:  Task force issues dyslexia-screening recommendations +
          Columbia Missourian:  State to develop guidelines for screening and accommodating students with dyslexia
          The Missouri Times:  Grain Belt Express files for appeal with Missouri Supreme Court
          P-D:  Protesters again make scene outside mayor's home in Central West End
          KWMU:  Protester Celebration Series:  Four black women in their 50s-70s complain about racism
          P-D editorial:  Disguised as 'grassroots,' an Astroturf tax-cut sales job comes to Missouri
          KWMU's Nancy Fowler:  Area transgenders stand tall against Trump's discriminatory military policy
          Jensen:  St. Louis City native Maxine Waters quickly becoming the new face of the national Democratic Party +
          P-D letter:  Pacific septuagenarian says Blunt wants to take health care away from olds to pay for tax cuts
          P-D letter:  Ballwin conservative laughs at Robberson's suggestion the Post-Dispatch is 'fair and balanced'
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