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Tuesday, September 29
AP: McCaskill votes to end shutdown; Blunt
misses vote
KC Star: Cleaver has good words for Boehner, plugs
ultra-conservative Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)
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Environment
& Energy News: Foes of stricter ozone standard get ready for
EPA decision; McCaskill sponsors legislation with Sen. Orrin
Hatch (R-Utah) for "pragmatic, reasonable path forward"
The Hill: McCaskill, others want details of Syria
train-and-equip review
Washington Post: McCaskill, other Dems demand answers
from another drug company that jacked up prices
KC Star: $30M federal grant going to more than public
housing; $9M of taxpayer money split between community
infrastructure improvements and "supportive services" like
financial-stabilization counseling, health care advising, etc. +
Kraske: The Chat: Cleaver on $30M in taxpayer
money for urban community; Blunt on disagreeing with the pope +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum chat with Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) about
budget chairmanship, higher ed funding, 'right to work,' St. Louis
stadium, more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Eric
Schmitt; Panel of state rep candidate Donna Baringer (D), Rep.
Tracy McCreery (D), Steve Tilley (R), Rep. Paul Curtman (R) discuss
Eric Greitens' party switch, GOP infighting and litmus tests, City
Dems' disagreement on minimum wage
KWMU: Koster clears Planned Parenthood of wrongdoing
in St. Louis regarding body-part sales
AP:
Koster: No evidence Planned Parenthood sells fetal tissue
The Missouri Times: Koster finds no wrongdoing by
Planned Parenthood
Columbia Missourian: Koster finds no illegal activity
by Planned Parenthood
CDT: Planned Parenthood weighs its options for
Columbia clinic X
P-D: Judge hears woman's case arguing abortion
restrictions violate her Satanist beliefs
Drebes:
Pension fund should aim a little higher than paltry 1.57% return
The Missouri Times: Missouri Lottery sales up over
last year
The Missouri Times: Chief Justice asks for further
details from municipal division working group
Rosenbaum: Aldermen gearing up for 'lively' debate to
fund riverfront stadium
Columbia Missourian: After 100 years, city electric
plant burns its last load of coal
KWMU: St. Louis' heroin problem: Current
situation, policy approaches
KWMU: Heroin series: Part 2
P-D: Lawyers for condemned man seek to cast doubt on
his guilt
KWMU: County police set to receive Justice Department
report on training, bias in policing
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Nixon's
tuition-freeze proposal should come to pass X
P-D editorial: A consensus on corrections reform, if
only Legislature would try
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Bob Dixon
(R-Springfield): Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, others guilty of
political bullying
Shelly: After "ruthlessly ambitious" Kurt Schaefer
criticizes Planned Parenthood, Koster clears them - all while Missouri
Right to Life attacks medical research +
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man says millionaires like
Blaine Luetkemeyer and Mike Kehoe make decisions to keep poor people
poor - plus, Luetkemeyer's telephone town halls attract bigots and
dunces X
P-D letter: WGU Chancellor Angie Besendorfer plugs her
online university as a viable state-school option for those seeking to
avoid big debt
P-D letter: St. Louis woman criticizes editorial's
one-sided language on campus gender relations, notes that one-third of
"sexual assault" tales are fabricated
P-D letter: Spend money on serving the people, not
building a stadium
KC Star letter: MoPIRG: Subway should accelerate
its effort to stop protecting animals with antibiotics, and meat
producers will totally follow their lead +
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Monday, September 28
Missourinet: Blunt disagrees with pope on Iran deal,
maintains it's 'terrible'
AP: Waiting game in Missouri campaign may help
Greitens; Comments from UMSL's Terry Jones, MU comm prof Mitchell
McKinney
Kraske: The Chat: Greitens as outsider;
Flatsurfacegate could mean reduced access to Capitol's Thomas Hart
Benton painting +
Drebes:
Help Wanted: PSC policy adviser: Report to Maida Coleman in
exchange for $76k/yr.
KMZU (Carrollton): Nixon releases over $1M for KC
startups
JCNT: Thousands pay respects at Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Moving Wall X
P-D: Abortion foes seek records of 911 transcripts and
ambulance calls to Planned Parenthood location
The Maneater: With the passing of a new bill, students
can hold protests all throughout campus
JCNT: Dancing in the street for Angiepalooza;
Event named in honor of former Missouri Highway Patrol employee X
The Maneater: Activists lead march around campus to
protest perceived discrimination; Vulgar sign displayed under
Bowen Loftin's picture in Jesse Hall
Student Life (Wash U.): Campus sexual assault survey
highlights need to serve marginalized populations; LGBTQIA
activist demands more "visibly queer" employees
P-D "freelance editorialists": Middle America left
behind in economic recovery; Times are so very tough, and
Missourians are faring worse than the rest of the country in pulling
themselves up and improving their own financial situation
KC Star editorial: Nixon's deal a win for Missouri's
colleges and students +
SE
Missourian editorial: Model prisoners please vets with workmanship +
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Questions about red-light
cameras deserve answers; City should hold off action until
Missouri Legislature provides clarity
P-D letter: Another day, more errors in the
newspaper; "Digestive track [sic]"
among silliest of recent errors
P-D letter: Ferguson man responds to Show-Me
Institute's "hired gun" Brittany Wagner on charter schools
P-D letter: Creve Coeur octogenarian tells childhood
tale of Granite City Steel and windowsill soot, says Ameren should
improve emissions
P-D letter: Urban League's Mike McMillan: Time
to implement Ferguson Commission report recommendations
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman encouraged by campus
sexual-assault education; Now it's time to teach young men that
intercoursing is not for 'pleasurable recreation'
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Sunday, September 27
P-D: Missouri faces steeper carbon cuts under Obama
rules
Farmington Press: Students from the 8th District
intern for Rep. Jason Smith
KWMU: Eric Greitens casts himself as a renegade as he
joins GOP crowd for governor
Missourinet: Eric Greitens officially enters crowded
Missouri gubernatorial race
AP: Former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens running as
Republican for Missouri governor
Kraske: Kinder acknowledges joining Gov. Matt Blunt in
opposition to 'right to work' in 2005, says evidence of last decade led
him to change his mind +
CDT: Abortion foes renew fight over stem cell research
at MU X
JCNT: Visitors respond emotionally to Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Moving Wall X
P-D: Lance Berkman's comments about protecting his
daughters from men in women's locker rooms draw attention;
Comments from area sexagenarian woman who used to be a man, others
Missourinet: Missouri Department of Conservation
considering changes to rules for smallmouth and rock bass fishing
P-D: Author of book challenging 'white privilege'
comes to St. Louis
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Thanks to Graves,
6-day mail delivery gets a reprieve X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Ph.D. student in biological
sciences: Legislators should expand Medicaid because "voters are
watching"
CDT op-ed: Woman who worked with autistic kids:
Nixon should spare Kimber Edwards from execution because the criminal
might be somewhere on the autism spectrum X
SNL letter: Dixon's vote on House Bill 722 suggests he
might be beholden to the all-powerful plastic grocery-bag industry X
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Saturday, September 26
KWMU: Area congressional delegation praises Boehner
P-D: Ann Wagner, others saw first-hand how the Pope's
visit may have influenced Boehner
KSDK (St. Louis): Feds still behind in helping
families of first responders; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: St. Louis-area members of Congress votes on
environment, abortion, Planned Parenthood
KC Star: KC expects $30 million in federal taxpayer
money to transform decrepit Chouteau Courts public housing +
Missourinet: Vietnam moving wall visits Missouri
Capitol
AP: Republican Randy Asbury drops out of race for
governor
Missourinet: Asbury out, John Brunner and Eric
Greitens ready to proceed in GOP gov primary
The Missouri Times: Brunner announces he'll announce
for governor October 5
KC Star: GOP field for governor grows crowded +
AP: Eric Greitens announces bid for governor today
The Missouri Times: Liberal firm weighs in with
polling favoring Eric Greitens in governor's race
CDT: Boone County GOP holds annual chili supper;
Staff from "Katherine [sic]
Hannaway [sic]" and other
campaigns attend Corrected
without acknowledgement X
Drebes:
Eric Jennings, of Sen. Bob Dixon's office, headed to Missouri Bar
JCNT: 'Citizen lobbyist' Ron Calzone asks Hearing
Commission to block Ethics Commission fine X
CDT: Only one of nine clinical agreements remains
between MU, Planned Parenthood X
Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood to file claim
against MU after university discontinues abortion doctor's privileges
CDT: Columbia Public Schools scraps alternate lunch
plans for indebted students; Parents incapable of providing food
for their own spawn will get stern talking-to while kids continue to
enjoy full lunches X
KWMU: Aldermen advance legislation exempting sheltered
workshops from minimum wage hike
St. Joseph News-Press: Social-media firm says Missouri
ranks high in Hispanic assimilation X
KWMU: Statewide agency gathers suggestions to improve
law enforcement in St. Louis; "More than a dozen" offer thoughts
SNL: News-Leader president and publisher resigning
after 10-month stint X
Washington Missourian editorial: Eric Greitens is
running for governor, and would make an "interesting" opponent for
Koster
KC Star editorial: University of Missouri's
disgraceful bow to political pressure will hurt women +
CDT's Waters: Kurt Schaefer and Josh Hawley: A
race to the right; Schaefer abandons sensible positions to win
GOP primary X
Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover: Positioning
reporters outside a Board of Curators meeting is useful, even if the
subsequent stories contain no news
Priddy: More on Thomas Hart Benton painting faux
pas; the mystery man in the picture is a "schnook" and should
come forward to tell everyone his name
P-D letter St. Louis County woman invokes name of Ann
Wagner's recently-deceased mother to mock "idyllic middle-class
upbringing," says Lacy Clay is trying to shield companies that "make
the Mafia look good"
P-D letter: Ballwin woman says a pro-Planned
Parenthood rally drew 100 people
P-D letter: Maternal, Child and Family Health
Coalition's Kendra Copanas supports cigarette tax increase for early
childhood education
P-D letter: Webster Groves woman presents hypothetical
scenario - a male not man enough to provide for his own partner and
their offspring - to show how mean Missouri Republicans are
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Friday, September 25
KTVI: Mitt Romney headlines GOP event in West St.
Louis County
KWMU: McCaskill urges president to push China on
agricultural trade
KCUR: McCaskill, Blunt sign letter urging biotech
talks with China; Faster approval of new trait technologies will
benefit Missouri farmers
KMOX: McCaskill renews call for watchdog at VA
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill pushes for
whistleblower protection X
KC Star: Blunt accepts rare Bible from Pope +
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt, Wagner weigh in on Pope visit
Missourinet: Communications staffers write Members'
reactions to papal address
Kraske: John Brunner tweets from GOP fundraiser,
successfully instigates more chatter about his bid for governor +
CDT: Josh Hawley secures major donation while Kurt
Schaefer bids for support from abortion foes
X
The Maneater: Backers of initiative petition hope to
legalize marijuana
The Missouri Times: Katie Casas to tour China as
Eisenhower Fellow
Columbia Missourian: MU J-school partners with
PolitiFact to fact-check Missouri politicians' claims
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact/Missouri:
Missouri tuition isn't cheap but Nixon is right about holding down
increases
Missourinet: University of Missouri Health Care to
eliminate privileges allowing abortions as Columbia Planned Parenthood
The Missouri Times: Mizzou drops Planned Parenthood
privileges
CDT: MU ends privileges granted to abortion doctor in
review prompted by 'Sanctity of Life' committee X
The Maneater: MU Health Care unanimously votes to
discontinue 'refer and follow'
Columbia Missourian: Abortion doctor to lose
privileges at University hospital
CDT: Tim Wolfe, Bowen Loftin launch third 'Show Me
Value' tour X
Columbia Missourian: About 100 students protest racial
discrimination at MU
Photo: Protest signs at Speakers Circle:
Well-fed woman holds sign affirming she is "Fed the F@ck" up, more
(link via Columbia Missourian)
Photo: Protesters place vulgar sign under Loftin's
picture in Jesse Hall (link via The Maneater)
NY Times: Nixon's legacy firmly linked to
Ferguson; A look at Ferguson Commission report, Eric Schmitt's
municipal-court overhaul, more
P-D: Missouri regulators say new Ameren data calls its
models into doubt
CDT's Waters: Recent "sexual assault" hysteria at MU
will require women and men to begin controlling their urges X
P-D op-ed: Congress must keep its spending promise to
Missouri taxpayers
Messenger: The inspirational story of Unique
Snelson: High-school freshman made courageous decision to pass on
second year at a decent, academically-challenging school to return to
Normandy
P-D letter: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin): Paper
should be ashamed of cartoon showing woman and black man orally
servicing fat white man's feet
KC Star letter: KC man compares Kurt Schaefer and GOP
cohorts to Mafia, suggests they may "kneecap" opponents +
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Thursday, September 24
KWMU: Washington University in St. Louis chosen,
again, to host presidential debate; Chancellor dons hat with
debate hashtag 381 days before event
P-D: Washington University to host presidential debate Reporter
Koran Addo's four typos
eventually
corrected
(without
acknowledgement)
StudLife.com (Wash U.): WU to host second presidential
debate; Comments from Chancellor Mark Wrighton, Student Union
President Jordan Finkelstein
StudLife.com (Wash U.): WU falls to disappointing #15
in U.S. News & World Report national rankings; SLU only other
Missouri school in top 100, clocking in at #96
AP: Four universities chosen for 2016 presidential, VP
debates
Kraske: The Chat: Claire McCaskill on
retaliation against VA workers who blew the whistle; Sam Graves
on 6-days-a-week mail delivery; Jack Danforth selling another book +
KWMU: Missouri native Karla Thieman takes over as new
chief of staff for USDA
KC Star: EPA announces environmental cleanup
funds: $475,000 to KC, $400,000 to STL, $500,000 to state +
KWMU: Eminent domain for city's NGA site could include
McKee
P-D: St. Louis to begin using eminent domain to lure
federal agency
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journoduo
tag-teams former Sen. Tom Dempsey on decision to leave Senate, his
opposition to 'right to work,' future campaign plans, more
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Bert Atkins
(D-Florissant) announces he'll run for Keith English's open seat
The Missouri Times: Erin Brower steps down from child
care advocacy group to take job with Hallmark; Linda Rallo to
serve as interim executive director
Drebes: Violet Marcel, chief of staff to Sen. Jill
Schupp (D-Creve Coeur), departs; Jill Kline to serve as new COS
JCNT: Local right-to-farm pot case goes to Missouri
Supreme Court X
The Missouri Times: Battle on minimum wage in Missouri
shifts to new front
Missourinet: House Budget Committee Vice-Chairman Rep.
Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob): Long way to go for Nixon's
college funding increase
CDT: Committee taking applications for Board of
Curators student representative X
Missourinet: Missouri Lottery's May Scheve:
Ticket sales outpacing last year
SNL: Group pushes Missouri lawmakers to establish a
drug recovery caucus X
P-D:
Walgreens continues deceptive pricing practices, Koster says
KC
Star: Koster seeks contempt order against Walgreens +
SE
Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation says bites by
venomous snakes uncommon in area +
KWMU: "Five things" journomeme: Five takeaways
from radio station's Ferguson town hall
P-D: Emerson says it has provided help to Ferguson via
taxes, other efforts
CDT: Paper to hold second "Trib Talk" online forum
today; Comments from readers on voter turnout, presidential
travel, distracted driving, hummingbird migration patterns X
P-D editorial: Focus on preventing, not debating,
college sexual assaults; Instead of getting caught up on factual
plausibility of "rape" statistics, concentrate on teaching men to behave
Washington Missourian editorial: Expanding the Katy
Trail is good for the state
CDT's Waters: Missouri Republicans' attack on Planned
Parenthood is risky X
Columbia Missourian: Former Peace Corps volunteer,
seeking her master's degree in social work, disagrees with Missouri
Republicans over Planned Parenthood
P-D op-ed: Two area physicians: Sierra Club,
Wash U. Environmental Law Clinic, others right to oppose Ameren over
cleaner air
P-D letter: Financial adviser defends Clay, Wagner on
policy; P-D editorial cartoon depicted female, black man orally
servicing a fat white man's feet
Washington Missourian letter: Area sexagenarian warns
he "could rant all day" about MO problems: State's drivers need
new road and kids need free lunches, all while Nixon and Slay want to
subsidize a billionaire's new stadium
P-D letter: Ferguson Commission report response:
Listening is an act of love, we should all listen more, and together
we'll totally fix centuries-old racial divides
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Wednesday, September 23
SE
Missourian: Jo Ann Emerson moved to Washington hospital +
KMOX: McCaskill renews call for watchdog at VA
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jason Smith makes stop at Cape Girardeau's
Birthright organization +
P-D: Puerto Rican woman who lives in Ballwin attends
papal visit, thanks to tickets from McCaskill's office
Kraske: The Chat: Jill Biden's generic
girl-power comments; Tim Jones on anti-RTW Republicans;
Priddy on Thomas Hart Benton painting faux pas
+
The Missouri Times: Judy Baker (D) running for state
treasurer
The Missouri Times: Byron DeLear (D) to run for Bill
Otto's open House seat, will hold campaign kick-off tomorrow evening
The Missouri Times: Rep. Keith English (I-Florissant)
says he was "approached by a gentleman interested in putting me to work
in Jefferson City" during veto session, decides to drop bid for
re-election
The Missouri Times: Sean Nicholson leaves Progress
Missouri for Democratic campaign communications firm GPS Impact
Drebes:
At Missouri Chamber's GovWatch, Chris Till takes over for Chris Galloway
CDT: Photo: Marijuana enthusiast Jeff Mizanskey
attends local NORML meeting, expresses wonderment over smartphone
technology X
P-D: Mae Duggan dies; Services pending for
school-choice advocate, wife of Martin Duggan
AP: Gov. Jay Nixon undergoes double knee replacement
KMZU (Carrollton): Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte) on
Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS), Missouri's A+ scholarship and legal
Americans, minimum-wage hikes, more
Missourinet: Statewide energy plan headed to Nixon soon
KWMU: Poor parents in Missouri 2.5 times more likely
to fail in obtaining health insurance for their offspring than poor
parents in Illinois
KWMU: Illegal-immigrant students unhappy about higher
tuition bills
Columbia Missourian: "Black @ Mizzou" panel tackles
"inclusiveness" vs. "diversity", the struggle of finding black
barbershops, other critical issues
KC Star: Judge orders $15 minimum wage proposal
removed for November ballot in Kansas City +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Municipal League holds
annual conference in Kansas City
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court to hold
municipal courts hearing
P-D: Coal industry group releases scientific data,
says St. Louis air is clean
KWMU: State regulators unable to say whether air near
Ameren's Labadie power plant is safe to breathe
Missourinet: Koster: Walgreens still
overcharging customers with old tags
KWMU: Fight over execution rests for now on debate
over who can be sued
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court ruling allows age
discrimination case against Chiefs to proceed
AP: Ruling gives discrimination case against Chiefs
fresh life
P-D: Black fraternity gives $20,000 to boutique burned
to the ground by Ferguson rioters/looters/arsonists
P-D editorial: Whatever they call themselves, payday
lenders are a scourge
Messenger: Jack Danforth continues lifelong quest to
merge politics and faith
CDT's Waters: Ferguson Commission report: A
realistic look at pie-in-the-sky objectives X
CDT op-ed: MU grad student seeking masters in public
health expresses her outrage over Loftin's actions on Planned
Parenthood contracts, "stony silence in the face of racism," other
perceived injustices X
CDT letter: Moberly man weighs in on transgender
restroom debate with superfluous excretory references X
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Tuesday, September 22
P-D: Politics of government shutdown comes to
Missouri, Illinois; DSCC will limit Planned Parenthood themed ads
against Blunt to Twitter, Facebook only
KWMU: Jill Biden visits Clayton, speaks to Democratic
women
Kraske: The Chat: Luetkemeyer on papal
address; MU journalism icon Phill Brooks on St. Louis stadium
bonds +
KWMU: Chris Koster, Eric Greitens maintain stance as
Missouri's biggest money-raisers
P-D: Eric Greitens to announce for governor on Saturday
KC Star: Judy Baker to run for state treasurer +
AP: Former state Rep. Judy Baker (D-Columbia) files
paperwork to run for state treasurer
CDT: Hallsville Mayor Cheri Reisch will enter GOP
primary for Caleb Rowden's open seat X
CDT: Activists seeking state, local cannabis reform
beginning in October X
JCNT: 'Right to farm pot' withers X
KC Star: Debate continues over whether
initiative-petition process is a good or bad thing +
The Missouri Times: GOP caucus airs 'right to work'
disagreements publicly
P-D: GOP caucus holds diverse opinions on 'right to
work'
CDT: Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) calls for
protecting research from attacks by abortion foes X
Missourinet: Nixon's 2017 budget proposal includes
$55.7 million increase in higher education
CDT: Nixon proposes 6 percent funding increase,
tuition freeze for higher education X
The Missouri Times: Nixon proposes $55.7M increase to
higher education
KWMU: Nixon proposes funding boost, tuition freeze for
Missouri universities
JCNT: Tuition freeze for hike in funds; Higher
education officials put faith in Nixon budget
X
SNL: Local college leaders praise Nixon's call to
boost their funding X
AP: Missouri colleges would freeze tuition for funding
hike
Columbia Missourian: Nixon proposes university tuition
freeze, more higher education funding
CDT: MU law professor challenges campus gun ban X
Columbia Missourian: Law school professor files
lawsuit over MU's gun ban
KWMU: Wash U., Mizzou take part in university
alleged-sexual-assault study
CDT: University group releases results of
alleged-sexual-misconduct study X
KC Star: CDC data rates 30.2% of Missourians as
obese; State ranks 20th in overall oinkiness +
P-D: Federal money will pay for 15 more police
officers in St. Louis
KWMU:
Recap: Radio station's Ferguson discussion
P-D
editorial: Missouri sexual predators get their day in court
KC
Star: A promise is broken as Truman Medical Centers shuts down
emergency room for mentally ill patients +
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) responds
to Kinder's 'right to work' veto-session postmortem
KC
Star's Diuguid: KC election board to celebrate National Voter
Registration Day with DJ, food trucks
Priddy:
MOGOP official using a painting for a writing surface causes "fecal
hurricane" of social-media jibber
P-D
letter: Clayton woman points out dunderheaded timing of P-D
anti-Wagner editorial
CDT
letter: "Name withheld upon request" criticizes McCaskill over
support of free trade agreements, opposition to Country of Origin
Labeling X
KC
Star letter: St. Joseph woman recounts her energy-bill "lobbying"
in D.C., i.e. stopping by McCaskill's office +
P-D
letter: Rene Artman: Ferguson Commission addresses only one
side of the problem, ignores the need for "victims" to take
responsibility for their actions
P-D
letter: Jobs With Justice's Lara Granich is right -
burger-flippers deserve respect
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Monday, September 21
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on Trump;
Blunt on EPA and "Waters of the U.S." overreach +
KMZU (Carrollton): Blunt takes lead on letter
condemning anti-coal restrictions
P-D: Illinois levee district accused of flouting law,
posing threat to Missouri neighbors
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt, Cleaver, Luetkemeyer
weigh in on upcoming papal address
KC Star: Missouri Scout (Drebes) - Remington Research
(Jeff Roe) poll: Clinton leads among MO Dem primary voters;
Russ Carnahan leads Brad Bradshaw and Tommy Pierson for gov lite;
Teresa Hensley with small lead over Jake Zimmerman +
Drebes:
The Democratic line begins forming for Joe Keaveny's state Senate seat
KC Star: MOGOP Vice Chair Valinda Freed apologizes for
writing on a business card while using a Thomas Hart Benton painting as
her flat surface +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Video: Labor's
Jeff Aboussie, Dave Cook discuss RTW vote; Panelists Jon
Carpenter (D), Crystal Brinkley (D), Bryan Spencer (R), Ron Hicks (R)
on RTW
The Missouri Times: Episode recap: Summary of
interview with labor leaders, key quotes from panelists
JCNT: Ron Richard, Mike Kehoe begin new Senate
leadership era X
KMOX: 21 Missouri senators oppose Nixon's stadium bonds
Columbia Missourian: UM curators spend seven hours
Sunday behind closed doors; Private meeting held to discuss
"certain confidential or privileged communications with university
counsel, negotiated contracts and personnel matters"
KC Star: No "trigger" warnings yet on classes at
Missouri campuses, but profs still worried; Verbal preambles warn
of topics or words that could potential "trigger" injury to a student's
feelings +
The Maneater: Diversity course possible requirement
for freshmen
Waynesville Daily Guide: Rep. Michael Butler (D-St.
Louis) visits Missouri S&T, speaks on the subject of
unconstitutional policing
AP:
Nixon announces 47.5 mile Katy Trail extension
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Brittany Wagner:
Ferguson Commission report should make charter schools a priority
The Maneater letter: A graduate worker union matters
for all MU students
P-D letter: California transplant says that instead of
minimum wage increase, just lower the cost of apartments
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Sunday, September 20
SNL:
McCaskill pumped about Pope visit; Additional comments from
Blunt, Hartzler X
Warrensburg
Daily Star-Journal: Blunt praises Whiteman Air Force Base
contingent in Estonia
Drebes: Katie Casas
named as an Eisenhower Fellow
P-D:
Democrats, Republicans held successful fundraising events during veto
session
AP:
2016 governor's race will determine fate of 'right to work'
KC
Star: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) says Kinder's assertion
of anti-RTW Republicans "high-fiving" union members after vote is a
"bold-faced lie" +
JCNT:
Business groups, liberals weigh in on unemployment bill veto override
X
JCNT:
MoDOT says 16 Lake of the Ozarks area bridges are in critical condition
X
P-D:
Titlemax is thriving in Missouri - and repossessing thousands of
deadbeats' cars in the process; 62-year-old man without mental
disability explains his confusion over interest payments
KC
Star: Professors worry mandatory training will keep students
quiet about sexual assault; Comments from state-school officials
X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Residents on both sides of wind farm proposal
X
P-D:
MO DHSS says two elderly St. Louis County residents died from West Nile
virus
Washington
Missourian editorial: Missouri Democratic Party cowers to
caterwauling over "Jefferson-Jackson" dinner - quick, better change the
name of Jefferson City and Washington, Mo. too!
Washington
Missourian editorial: Veto session demonstrates the great divide
between Democrats and Republicans
P-D
editorial: Grim news for kids in new health care data;
Missouri shows little concern for children whose parents fail to
provide health insurance
Washington
Missourian editorial: Planned Parenthood issues in Congress,
Missouri Legislature prompt question: Why is government in the
business of funding abortion centers anyway?
CDT
op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Brittany Wagner: No gifted child
left behind - How course access can help X
P-D
letter: Lacy Clay responds to P-D editorial, criticizes lack of
fact-checking and says payday-lender allegation is a "bald-faced lie"
JCNT
letter: Area woman says Republicans are hypocrites over local
control and plastic bag/minimum wage bill X
KC
Star letter: Septuagenarian waxes nostalgic about working at
Montgomery Ward for $1.25/hr., says he gets "very angry" over
Legislature and minimum-wage debate +
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Saturday, September 19
Fortune: McCaskill: Carly Fiorina could fill GOP
VP slot, but she needs to learn to smile more
Missourinet: U.S. House passes bill to freeze Planned
Parenthood funds, lawmakers target organization in budget
negotiations; Comments from Blunt, Luetkemeyer
KMWU: U.S. Census: St. Louis area - and Missouri
overall - sees decrease in legal immigrant populations
Kraske: After big defeat on 'right to work,' what's
the way forward for Missouri GOP? +
Drebes:
Alan Gray seeks to take over Dem state rep seat from term-limited wife
Rochelle
The Missouri Times: Legal committees get new chairmen
SNL: Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield) tabbed for
House leadership position X
KC Star: KC attorney declares local minimum wage hike
dead +
P-D: Missouri's parole board lumbers on in secrecy
with unfilled seats; Nixon's office declines to respond to
questions about board's performance
CDT: Education officials celebrate lack of student
transfer bill revival X
P-D: First hearing planned for Missouri Supreme
Court's municipal working group
JCNT: State agency gathering input on police policies X
KWMU: Dept. of Energy denies request for Army Corps to
take over West Lake cleanup - for now
The Missouri Times: Collin Reischmann departs The
Missouri Times to serve as communications director for United Food and
Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 655
JCNT editorial: Constitution Week editorial:
Missouri's process for amending its state constitution invites abuse X
P-D editorial: How much more should an
energy-efficient home really cost?
Messenger: Nixon to voters who want a say on
stadium: Let them eat cake
CDT's Waters: Override session: Not much effect X
SNL op-ed: Raise Your Hand for Kids proposes
reasonable cigarette tax increase X
KC Star letter: Ozark, Mo. man notes Missouri GOP
success at targeting the poor, the unworking, and those adults that
can't seem to provide their families with insurance +
P-D letter: Hawthorne Leadership School for Girls exec
director praises Blunt for pushing for fed dollars
P-D letter: St. Charles man criticizes St. Louis City
charter school, says it's unfair to compare performance to schools that
must manage misbehaving miscreants
P-D letter: Ferguson man attemps analogy: Jay
Nixon : St. Louis stadium vote :: Anti-black 1960s governors : Voting
Rights Act
P-D letter: Webster Groves man says "Black Lives
Matter" chants reveals its violent agenda, while Post-Dispatch invents
straw men for its editorial positions
P-D letter: Who is ghostwriting the Post-Dispatch
"freelance editorialist" pieces, and why is the paper outsourcing its
writing to cheap labor?
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Friday, September 18
The Hill: McCaskill, others push Obama to nominate VA
watchdog
CDT: Boone County GOP debate-watchers applaud Carly
Fiorina X
Kraske: The Chat: Cleaver says KC is a target
for terrorists; Peter Kinder, Ron Richard on 'right to work' +
KWMU: Lacy Clay leads panel at Congressional Black
Caucus conference, shares thoughts on how schools should handle
misbehaving youth
Drebes:
Rep. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) tangles with Missouri Ethics Commission
AP: New Missouri law ends Kansas City wage hike, ends
others
The Missouri Times: 'Bag bill' to eliminate minimum
wage hikes by municipalities
KC Star: Kansas City takes steps to remove $15 minimum
wage initiative from ballot +
The Missouri Times: Richardson says RTW needs
Republican governor
JCNT: GOP pleased, Nixon philosophical on veto session
voting X
Missourinet: Missouri Democrats see victories in veto
session
SNL: Veto session results disappoint local officials X
CDT: Boone County lawmakers split on party lines
during veto session X
P-D: Some illegal-immigrant students will enjoy
taxpayer-funded scholarships for another semester; St. Louis
Community College sets aside pool of private money to help the
undocumented
CDT: MU Title IX office releases report on last year's
complaints X
KBIA: MU Title IX office releases first yearly report,
quantifying claims of "sexual harassment," "sex discrimination,"
"bullying," etc.
St. Joseph News-Press: Man falsely accused of rape
speaks at Missouri Western; Brian Banks talks about work with
California Innocence Project, standing up to creative "sexual assault"
storytellers X
JCNT: Nixon announces Katy Trail extension X
KWMU: St. Charles County continues to lead region's
population growth; St. Louis City loses 1,000 people
Rosenbaum: Ferguson Commission reignites debate over
outside prosecutors
KWMU: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City)
resigns from U. City school board to focus on Bridgeton landfills
KWMU: Audio: Group discussion on landfill
issues: Guests include Chappelle-Nadal, area activist, actual
experts on science and health
P-D "freelance editorialists": Republicans once again
paint themselves into a no-win situation; St. Louis Planned
Parenthood says it does not sell fetal body parts
P-D's Pamela Dolan: Activists to hold "Interfaith
Moral March for Climate Justice" in downtown St. Louis on Sunday
The Missouri Times op-ed: Peter Kinder: To whom
does the future of the Republican Party belong? Conservatives, or
those state reps who sided with Big Labor on RTW?
P-D op-ed: Jobs With Justice's Lara Granich:
Response to St. Louis City Ald. Steve Conway (D) comments about raising
minimum wage for "burger flippers"
Shelly: Stand up to Kurt Schaefer's dishonest attack
on Missouri's university system +
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Missouri's lax gun laws make
it too easy for criminals to be armed +
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian columnist says Columbia
Public Schools ruling on gender-benders is "vaguely shocking to most of
us" - but on the other hand, males who decide to enter female locker
rooms won't "act like a horny guy in a harem"
X
KC Star letter: KC man says raising city's minimum
wage will condemn the weak to perpetual poverty +
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Thursday, September 17
Politico: Fearsome fiscal cliff looms for
Congress; Comments from Blunt
Missourinet: GOP U.S. House members vote to defund
Planned Parenthood
Columbia Missourian: At Westminster, Homeland Security
secretary cautions against hysteria
The Missouri Times: Veto session: Senate updates
The Missouri Times: Veto session: House updates
AP: The latest: Missouri lawmakers override 10
Nixon vetoes
JCNT: Legislators tackle veto session - all in one day X
KWMU: Sen. Ron Richard (R-Joplin) elected Missouri
Senate president pro tem
JCNT: Ron Richard vows 'honest, hard work;' Joplin
Republican is the first to have led both chambers X
Kraske: The Chat: Ron Richard on his priorities +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield)
elected assistant floor leader
KWMU: 'Right to work' effort fails in Missouri House,
will be top issue in 2016
Missourinet: Legislature will consider 'right to work'
again
JCNT: Unions rejoice over temporary 'right to work'
reprieve X
KC Star: House fails to override veto of 'right to
work' bill +
Missourinet: 'Right to work' dies in Legislature
House.mo.gov: 'Right to work' roll call vote (link via
Missourinet)
KOLR: 'Right to work' override attempt fails in
House; Suburban Republicans break from party
SNL: 'Right to work' effort fails, but other override
efforts succeed X
P-D: 'Right to work' measure dies in Missouri House
AP: 'Right to work' measure fails
The Missouri Times: 'Right to work' defeated
The Missouri Time: Pro-RTW rally held in House lounge
prior to veto session; Speakers included Catherine Hanaway, John
Brunner, Tim Jones, Bob Onder
Helling: Like Donald Trump, Missouri's 'right to work'
debate was mostly political noise +
AP: Legislature overrides veto on unemployment
bill; Recipients will receive taxpayer-funded benefits for over
three months
JCNT: Veto of jobless benefits bill overridden;
Taxpayers will continue to subsidize the nonworking for a minimum of 13
weeks X
KWMU: Legislators resurrect restrictions on minimum
wage, scholarships, unemployment aid
Missourinet: Legislature overturns veto of minimum
wage/bag bill
Missourinet: Minimum wage/plastic bag roll call vote
KC Star: Legislators vote to block Kansas City from
raising minimum wage +
KWMU: Judge promises a decision on Missouri's
minimum-wage hike in October
Missourinet: Legislature vote makes less-than-legal
students ineligible for A+ scholarships
JCNT: Legislators override veto on A+ scholarship bill X
JCNT: Two lawmakers defends student-transfer
bill; Sponsor pulls override attempt, suggests revisiting issue
next year X
JCNT: Veto of laundry sales tax exemption overridden X
The Missouri Times: University of Missouri nixes
contract with Planned Parenthood
AP:
University of Missouri cancels Planned Parenthood contracts
The Missouri Times: Pro-life rally recognizes pro-life
legislators, calls out Mizzou
P-D: Number of minorities handed a diploma by UMSL
increases 18%
KWMU: Normandy's first community forum draws several
dozen
P-D: St. Louis County Police bars use of dogs in crowd
control; Chief insists DOJ report was wrong, and that canines
were not used to corral protesters/rioters/looters/arsonists
P-D editorial: Beware of Lacy Clay and Ann Wagner
pretending to protect small-fry investors; Paper mocks Wagner's
'middle-class cul de sac,' mentions her family hours before her
mother's funeral visitation
P-D obituary, same section as editorial: Ann Wagner's
mother, Ruth Ann Trousdale
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri River plans
raise valid concerns X
JCNT editorial: War on meth must attack both supply
and demand X
KC Star letter: Gladstone man receives Americans for
Prosperity's "vile right-wing porn" in mail, but doesn't enjoy it +
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Wednesday, September 16
NBC News: Bernie Sanders' colleagues aren't feeling
'The Bern'; McCaskill has said Vermont senator is "too liberal"
KMZU (Carrollton): McCaskill talks about her ag tour,
resort fees
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Patriot Act and
Iran; McCaskill on military misspending; Sgt. Jason
Grellner on pot petition push +
Columbia Missourian: Area programs focused on
addiction, homelessness to benefit from federal funds
Politico: Clinton addresses campus sexual assault for
the first time on campaign trail, backs basics of McCaskill legislation
P-D: Obituary: Ann Wagner's mom, Ruth Ann
Trousdale
The Missouri Times: The 100+ List: Brent
Hemphill, Erika Leonard, Ginger Steinmetz, Greg Johnston, Jay Reichard,
Jewell Patek, Kim Tuttle, Mike Talboy, Nick Schulte, Ray McCarty,
Rodney Gray, Ryan Rowden, David Zimmerman, Sebrina Barrett, Shannon
Cooper
CDT: Caleb Rowden predicts 'marquee' attention for
Senate race X
The Missouri Times: Jeff Mazur to leave AFSCME for St.
Louis-based non-profit
Missourinet: Missouri Senate GOP elects Ron Richard to
be next Senate president
The Missouri Times: Ron Richard, Mike Kehoe, Bob Onder
ascend to leadership posts
CDT: Senate Republicans choose new leaders as veto
session nears X
AP: GOP nominates Ron Richard as Missouri Senate
president pro tem
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journogang
previews the potential twists and turns of veto session
AP: Veto session overview: Unemployment
benefits, 'right to work,' taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal
immigrants, more
Columbia Missourian: Veto session overview
P-D: Veto session overview
AP: GOP poised to override employment bill vetoes
KWMU: GOP still deciding whether to try override of
Gov. Nixon's right-to-work veto
Priddy: 'Right to work' debate is old and tired and
not going away
KWMU: Quick ruling possible in request for temporary
restraining order on St. Louis minimum wage hike
The Missouri Times: St. Louis minimum wage hike headed
to court
Missourinet: Missouri panel on Planned Parenthood
hears from critics, supporters
Missourinet: Video: Missouri Senate panel on
Planned Parenthood hearing
The Missouri Times: Sanctity of Life Committee hears
testimony on abortion from public
Columbia Missourian: State investigation focuses on
relationship between MU, Planned Parenthood
KWMU: Senate committee holds public hearing on Planned
Parenthood; National Organization for Women's Sue Gibson calls
process "witch hunt"
The Missouri Times: Port committee holds working
session
KWMU: Q&A with MU Chancellor Bowen Loftin:
On financial aid for students, state money, private fundraising, Title
IX, sexual-assault complaints, more
P-D: 'Laser focus' helps urban charter school succeed
CDT: State board approves plans for historical society
bond issue X
P-D: Task force will not make stadium pitch at owners
meeting
P-D: Lacy Clay pleased with Ferguson Commission report
KWMU: Ferguson Commission game app:
Drag-and-drop your favorite recommendations, see how they compare with
others'
KWMU: Radio station to host post-report event
Monday; Public invited to visit Ferguson after dark and share
thoughts on race with strangers
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Indexing formula for
unemployment benefits deserves serious discussion X
JCNT editorial: Criticism of MoDOT for "Islam 101" is
off base; State agency offers a wide selection of diversity
classes, including LTBTQIA, Judaism, etc. X
Messenger: School collaboration points Ferguson report
forward
CDT op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's Missouri
Director Patrick Werner: 'Right to work' is right for Missouri X
CDT letter: Missouri NOW: Transgender women
represent the intersection of multiple oppressions X
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Tuesday, September 15
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AP:
Missouri Republicans change delegate rules for 2016 campaign
Columbia
Missourian: Blunt: America is threatened, but Patriot Act
might not be the answer
The
Hill: Schock aide finds new job as deputy chief of staff for U.S.
Rep. Jason Smith (R); Mark Roman will report to chief of staff
Josh Haynes
KC
Star: In visit to KC school, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne
Duncan stresses early learning +
Kraske:
The Chat: Feeding Missouri's Monica Palmer on sad socioeconomic
struggles +
The
Missouri Times: The 100+ List: David Smith, Deanna
Hemphill, Erin Brower, Jason Klindt, Kathi Harness, Nancy Cross, Nancy
Giddens, Richard Moore, Sarah Felts, Scott Charton, Shanon Hawk, Tom
Krewson, Travis Smith
Missourinet:
Jeff Mizanskey release spurs talk of marijuana legalization, easing
penalties in Missouri
Drebes: Freed pot
felon to host fundraiser for Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) today in
Sedalia
KC
Star: Veto session overview +
KWMU:
Veto session overview
KWMU:
Koster's office says vacancies won't affect override votes
KWMU:
Tensions high in final days of lobbying over 'right to work'
The
Missouri Times: David Humphreys drops $500K into pro-'right to
work' committee
KC
Star: GOP gov candidates urge override of Nixon's RTW veto +
KC
Star: GOP gov candidates say they will support ethics reform +
The
Missouri Times: Appropriations on Public Safety reviews water and
highway patrol merger
The
Missouri Times: Certificate of Need meeting touches on new type
of care facility for seniors
SE
Missourian: Stoddard County Prosecuting Attorney Russ Oliver
proposes change to Missouri sex-offender registry +
KC
Star: Community colleges bridge the skills gap, training students
for good-paying jobs +
CDT:
Columbia Public Schools adds "gender identity," "gender expression" to
district policies X
JCNT:
Missouri Alliance for Freedom backs bill to protect beliefs against
same-sex mandates X
AP:
David Lieb analysis: Survey of sex scandals in the
statehouses: Brief mention of Missouri intern dramas,
social-media screeching over intern dress code
SE
Missourian: MO DHSS issues rabies alert after infected dog, bat
found +
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Ferguson Commissioners Starsky
Wilson and Rich McClure break down final report
KWMU:
With report in governor's hands, Ferguson commissioners look to the
future
P-D:
Ferguson Commission turns report over to Nixon
P-D:
City of Ferguson says it has already implemented some recommendations
from Ferguson Commission
P-D
editorial: Ferguson Commission looks the elephant in the eye
P-D
op-ed: Pastors: Missouri delegation should support Global
Food Security Act
The
Weekly Standard's Jim Swift: Can unions buy a win in
Missouri? It's down to the wire on 'right to work' in Jefferson
City
KC
Star op-ed: Rep. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis): Sustain Nixon's
veto on 'right to work' +
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (R): 'Right to
work' promotes fairness, accountability and economic freedom
CDT's
Water: Missouri might pass 'right to work,' but it won't happen
this year X
P-D's
Nicklaus: Tax credit would be better for Missouri workers than
minimum-wage hike
KC
Star letter: Blue Springs woman dislikes lobbyists of the
well-funded variety, urges lawmakers to uphold Nixon's veto of HB 722
+
P-D
letter: Union member opposes 'right to work'
P-D
letter: Webster Groves man says Tony Messenger is full of angry
liberal propaganda
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Monday, September 14
St. Joseph News-Press: Flood control could falter with
Corps' changes X
JCNT: Feds release 2014 handout numbers: 858,000
Missourians receive food stamps; 138,000 on WIC; 953,000
kids in National School Lunch Program X
The Missouri Times: 100+ List: Ashley McDonald,
Brittany Burke, Craig Overfelt, David Drennan, Guy Black, Katie Casas,
Kyna Iman, Miles Ross, Rodney Hubbard, Ryan Johnson, Scott Swain, Tom
Dempsey, Zach Brunnert
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Bob Onder;
Panel of Rep. Shade Roden (R-Cedar Hill), David Barklage, Jack
Cardetti, St. Louis Labor Council's Pat White discuss 'right to work'
and minimum wage
Missourinet: Numerous storylines make up Missouri veto
session
Missourinet: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis City) says
unemployment bill could wind up in court
Missourinet: Transfer law might be brought up for
discussion in Missouri veto session
KWMU: Report: Legal, cultural barriers make
hiring international students a challenge in St. Louis
AP: Missouri meth-making down, but Mexican imports are
filling the void
P-D: Rev. Bessie Brown vs. St. Louis' gun
problem; Octogenarian delivers anti-violence message in North St.
Louis City
KWMU: Ferguson Commission report details course for a
divided St. Louis
P-D: Ferguson Commission releases report
KWMU: How the Ferguson Commission made its
recommendations
NY Times: Panel studying racial divide presents blunt
picture of inequity; Remedies include expanding Medicaid,
"inclusionary" zoning laws, etc.
JCNT editorial: Pot advocates use 'medicine' as a
smoke screen X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: MO DHSS targets
diabetes; Doctors should move away from scolding public, and
instead provide at-risk chunks with more specific information X
P-D "freelance editorialists": Conservatives play an
old race card against "Black Lives Matter"
P-D's Gilbert Bailon: Introducing Tony Messenger, new
Post-Dispatch Metro columnist
Messenger: Before denying college aid to student,
Missouri lawmakers should say her name; Areli Munoz-Reyes, who
snuck into the U.S. from Mexico as a kid, deserves taxpayer-funded
scholarship
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: Feds recognize Missouri
education department's plan to hire more minorities as well as recruit
more quality teachers +
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman says that if the state
really wants to help pregnant women, lawmakers should expand Medicaid
P-D letter: FOCUS St. Louis CEO Yemi
Akande-Bartsch: Let's all applaud the Ferguson Commission
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Sunday, September 13
KWMU: At Eagle Forum convention, Ted Cruz and Rick
Santorum duel for conservative GOP support
The Missouri Times: GOP gubernatorial candidates
gather for forum
SE
Missourian: GOP governor candidates make pitch at Poplar Bluff
forum +
KWMU: Unions rally again 'right to work'
override; MO AFL-CIO President Mike Louis says labor will support
anti-RTW GOPers next November
CDT: 'Right to work' override fight likely to dominate
veto session X
CDT: Boone County lawmakers stand by votes on RTW X
AP: Analysis: 'Right to work' backers lack votes
for override
JCNT: Legislators return for veto session: An
override overview X
JCNT: Veto session success an individual judgment X
Drebes:
Sean Grove, formerly with Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific), starts work in
Govt. Relations at BJC
SE
Missourian: Jackson students outperform average peers on MAP +
P-D education reporter Jessica Bock: 6 tips to finding
a decent school in St. Louis City - from a mom who did it
AP: Dennis Warden elected president of Missouri Press
Association; Other officers include VP Jeff Schrag (Springfield
Daily Events), Secretary Mike Jensen (Sikeston Standard-Democrat),
Treasurer Liz Irwin (Missouri Lawyers Media)
P-D: Ferguson Commission to release its report
tomorrow; Officials, activists assess relative value of time
spent chatting about race
CDT: Second "We Are Family March" focuses on
black-on-black crime, draws 30 X
Columbia Missourian: "We Are Family" marchers aim to
bring awareness to black-on-black crime
KC Star editorial: Heavy-handed Missouri legislators
should stop trampling on local control +
CDT's Waters: The worst part about Vicky Hartzler
supporting Kim Davis? Her 4th District constituents probably
agree with her. X
CDT op-ed: Renew Missouri's Andrew Linhares: AG
Chris Koster should switch positions on EPA regulations, support Obama
administration's Clean Power Plan X
P-D's Nicklaus: State pensions shouldn't be drawn into
battle over Iran deal
SNL op-ed: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield):
Lawmakers should override RTW veto X
Forbes op-ed: Center for Worker Freedom (Americans for
Tax Reform) Executive Director Matt Patterson: Missouri
Republicans - especially Linda Black - sell out to Big Labor
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: The image of St.
Louis is not good, and it's not just the Ferguson thing;
Countless people avoid the city, and pockets of St. Louis County are
getting bad, too
P-D letter: Missouri must modernize its energy grid
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Saturday, September 12
KWMU: With no regrets, Rick Perry drops out of the
presidential contest at Eagle Forum convention; Ben Carson visits
Ferguson
P-D: Rick Perry, in St. Louis, drops out of GOP
presidential race
AP: Rick Perry first to exit '16 race as Trump
suffocates GOP rivals
P-D: Ben Carson visits Ferguson, answers hypotheticals
involving Darren Wilson-Michael Brown assault, shooting
AP: Ben Carson after Ferguson tour: Nation has
regressed on race under Obama, with "more people complaining that
they're being treated unfairly"
AP: Man charged in plot to bomb Sept. 11 memorial in
Missouri
KC Star: 'Nuns on the Bus' collect struggle stories in
Northeast area of KC; Crunchwrap craftswoman Mikela Houston,
others explain why they haved failed to prosper financially +
The Missouri Times: The 100+ List: Bill Gamble,
Braxton Payne, David Overfelt, Gary Wheeler, Jim Farrell, Kelly
Gillespie, Matt Forck, Mike Morris, Mindy Mazur, Neal Torpey, Patrick
Lynn, Phil Schnieders, Robert Knodell, Ron Leone, Sam Licklider, Sam
Panettiere
CDT: At Muleskinners meeting, Rep. Stephen Webber
(D-Columbia) talks education funding, banning lobbyist gifts X
AP: Ron Calzone fined for not registering as lobbyist
KC Star: Annual veto-session fundraising events lined
up for next week +
The Missouri Times: Rallies, protests coming to
Capitol for veto session
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dan Shaul (R-Imperial)
defends plastic bag, minimum wage bill
AP: Missouri laundry tax break up for potential veto
override
P-D: Locking in federal money means MoDOT can repair,
replace 40 bridges
P-D: U.S. judge rules Missouri's handling of state's
sexual predator program is unconstitutional
JCNT: MoDOT diversity class prompts questions X
P-D: Parkway leaders approve agreement with Normandy,
Riverview Gardens schools
CDT: Columbia Public Schools to vote on adding "gender
identity" and "gender expression" to policies; Superintendent on
cost: "We're going to have to figure some of this out" X
KC Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: Presenting the
full statement - not merely an excerpt - from the parents of the girl
savagely murdered by Roderick Nunley and Michael Taylor +
Washington Missourian letter: Local union rep:
'Right to work' would hurt education
KC Star letter: Jobs With Justice rep: 'Right to
work' undermines economic dignity +
P-D letter: 'Right to work' unnecessary
P-D letter: Spend money on unstable bridges, not a
football stadium
P-D letter: Clayton man says paper is one-sided in
presenting poor people as victims
P-D letter: Paper's "Build a New St. Louis" should
include "Build a New Post-Dispatch" - beginning with dropping the
Communist business model of underpaying employees
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Friday, September 11
Patriot Day
Columbia Missourian: Rev. Jeremiah Wright, of "God
DAMN America" fame, discusses "Black Lives Matter" movement,
reparations: "We paid reparations to the Jews, we ain't paid
Africans nothing [sic]"
Politico: McCaskill accuses Republicans of
politicizing the Iran fight
KC Star: Iran nuclear deal survives as Democrats block
disapproval vote in Senate +
P-D: Bill from Ann Wagner heats up financial services
fight
Missourinet: Families turn to McCaskill for answers
about missing men from 1952 Alaska military plane crash
KAIT: McCaskill donates used computers to Poplar Bluff
school
KWMU: Six environmentalists visit D.C. to support
Obama on energy regulations: Sierra Club's John Hickey, organic
farmer, union boss, solar-energy rep, others
Missourinet: USDA says Missouri has "food insecurity"
rate of 17%, tied for seventh highest in the nation
KC Star: Fast-food workers march to empty restaurant
association office; Sandwich artist Andrew McConnell says his
talent is worth at least $15/hr. +
The Missouri Times: The 100+ List: Barry Hart,
Brad Green, Bryce Summary, Carl Bearden, Chris Molendorp, Emily van
Schenkhof, Jason Grill, Jim Foley, Kevin Stamps, Mark Rhoads, Mike
Deering, Roy Temple, Sean Nicholson, Sharon Jones, Steve Tilley
KOMU: Progress Missouri report: Since 2004,
lobbyists have provided less than $1M/yr. to lawmakers, their families
and staff; Legislators ranked by goodies received
The Missouri Times: GOP gov candidates set to meet at
Butler County forum
The Missouri Times: Show-Me Cannabis hires Jack
Cardetti
Missourinet: Senate Democrats may choose to let
emotions over blocked vote carry over into veto session
The Missouri Times: Kansas City Council joins call to
uphold veto of the bag bill
KC Star: KC Council opposes Legislature's attempt to
restrict local actions on minimum wage +
KWMU: Nixon announces drop in workers compensation
rates
The Missouri Times: Missouri employers to see workers'
compensation rates drop again in 2016
CDT: Missouri Right to Life seeks legislation
targeting university, health department over Planned Parenthood X
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
- and Kraske's thoughts - on regulating legislator-intern
texting/flirting/intercoursing +
P-D: Missouri's teacher equity plan receives federal
approval
AP: 3 quit Missouri district split by
male-genitals-in-female-facilities debate
The Missouri Times: PSC approves changes to Ameren
Missouri electric fuel and purchased power adjustment charge
KC Star: National expert sees good things in Kansas
City's anti-violence effort +
P-D: Looter's own Facebook posts - and mom - help
police nab him; Brandon Ward's mother called cops after
recognizing corpulent crook in looting video
KC Star editorial: Ditch attempts to cut Missouri's
stingy jobless benefits even more; GOP legislation is just plain
mean +
JCNT editorial: What bridge rankings mean for travelers X
Shelly: Kentucky same-sex marriage analysis:
It's possible that candidates running for office in Missouri may
perhaps be using a divisive issue to gain attention for their campaigns +
P-D letter: Wildwood man says DOJ report on Ferguson
riot reaction was a waste of taxpayer money
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Thursday, September 10
Washington Post: McCaskill becomes first Dem to get a
judge confirmed in his/her home state
KC Star: Cleaver to back Obama on Iran deal +
Missourinet: Two Missouri Republicans push 'Defund
Iran' effort
P-D: Secretary of Defense seeks alliance with
academics, private enterprise at St. Louis event
SNL: McCaskill: Senate with a majority of women
will mean better government X
The Missouri Times: The 100+ List: Brandon
Alexander, Ed Rhode, Greg Porter, Jack Spooner, James Harris, Jane
Dueker, Jeff Craver, John Bardgett, Mark Jones, Melissa Panettiere,
Mike Hafner, Mike Louis, Ryan Burke, Tim Jones
SE
Missourian: Mitchell Davis to moderate GOP gov forum in Poplar
Bluff +
AP: Missouri marijuana campaign hires Jack Cardetti
The Missouri Times: Kander approves minimum wage
initiative petitions
KWMU: Races for open St. Louis-based legislative seats
beginning to take shape
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rosenbaum
talks with Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) on improving Dem performance
in mid-MO, intern sagas, "permissive culture," more
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau hosts
conference on rural issues
JCNT: Missouri Farm Bureau conference concentrates on
rural life issues X
Drebes:
What Kansas did wrong with tax cuts - and how Missouri supply-siders
may be taking notes
AP: Missouri asks judge to toss Satanic group's
abortion lawsuit
Riverfront Times: Someone signed up for Ashley Madison
using Rex Sinquefield's P.O. Box and e-mail address
KWMU: Transportation official Stephen Miller:
Funding situation 'in crisis'
Missourinet: Backers and opponents of 'right to work'
veto seek to sway legislators
Missourinet: Missouri bill barring city minimum wage
increases expected to be debated next week
The Missouri Times: City mayors come out against HB722
override
The Missouri Times: Missouri Republicans eye
'religious freedom' laws in wake of Kim Davis saga
Kraske: The Chat: Hartzler on Kim Davis flap,
Brittany Burke on 'victim-blaming' +
KWMU: Jeff City culture/female struggle series:
Thoughts from former staffer Kelly Schultz, lawmakers
KWMU: Jeff City culture/female struggle series:
Thoughts from Center for Ethics in Public Life's Wally Siewert and Sue
Shear's Vivian Eveloff
P-D: State slow to deliver program for low-income
pregnant women
JCNT: Depositions blocked in Missouri Highway Patrol
discipline case X
Washington Missourian: Ameren and Sierra Club air
differences on sulphur dioxide - EPA plans to decide classification of
Labadie plant area
The Missouri Times: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
(D-University City) pushing for more action at Bridgeton, West Lake
Landfills
Missourinet: State sets execution date for man who
killed three at Columbia Casey's; Crack-cocaine enthusiast Ernest
Johnson beat three store employees to death with a hammer
KWMU: Cincinnati officials provide words of wisdom and
warning for the Ferguson Commission
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers should sustain
Nixon's veto of 'right to work' +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Transportation safety
relies on funding; Voters will support more funding only when
they're convinced of the need +
Helling: Capitol shenanigans not limited to
Missouri; Paying lawmakers an amateur wage one factor that leads
to Jeff City amateurism
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Against HB 722
P-D letter: Get Corps of Engineers to clean up West
Lake landfill
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Wednesday, September 9
St. Joseph News-Press: Federal taxpayer dollars flow
to low-income residents locally; Buchanan County SNAP recipients
absorbed $26,500,000.00 in handouts in 2013 X
P-D: Lacy Clay says he's supporting Obama on Iran deal
The Missouri Times: Sarah Steelman, state treasurer
candidate Eric Schmitt aim to keep Missouri pension dollars from going
to Iranian government
KC Star: Missouri's Sarah Steelman leads effort to
block state spending on companies doing business with Iran +
AP: Iran divestiture measure pushed in battleground
states
CDT: Vicky Hartzler backs Kentucky clerk jailed for
refusing to license same-sex marriages X
The Missouri Times: Joshua Hawley voices support for
jailed Kentucky clerk
P-D: Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson to
take 'driving tour' of Ferguson
Kraske: The Chat: Ed Martin on calvalcade of GOP
stars headed to Missouri; Defense attorney on DWI license plates +
Marshall
Democrat-News: Regional tourism partnership gets USDA
grant; Comments from McCaskill Deputy Regional Director Greg Razer
The Missouri Times: The 100+ List: Andy Arnold,
Craig Unruh, Dave Berry, Dave Hageman, Joe Lakin, Mike Lodewagen, Sarah
Martin, Scott Penman, Tim Green, Titus Bond, Todd Abrajano, Trent
Watson, Woody Cozad
The Missouri Times: DaRon McGee set as Dem nominee to
take over seat of Rep. Kevin McManus (D-Kansas City); Nola Wood
to run as GOP opponent, with Dem Mary Ann Drape running as independent
Rosenbaum: Jeff Smith's book reveals the waste and
lost promise within America's prisons
Riverfront Times: How an unlikely coalition of family,
marijuana activists, Redditors and a GOP state rep freed Jeff Mizanskey
from life in prison
KWMU: After summer spent navel-gazing over 'culture,'
Jeff City establishments prepare for business as usual; Former
Kinder aide Bill Fix compares marauding lawmakers' mindset to
musicians, athletes and pro wrestlers
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Brittany
Burke tells journoduo about dealing with 'unprecedented' level of
'victim blaming' after going to police
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Senate seeks writer; Ideal candidate
will work under pressure of tight deadlines, endure legislators and
staff for $30k/yr.
KWMU: Abortion survivor will testify at House hearing
on Planned Parenthood
KC Star: Roseann Ketchmar confirmed as new federal
judge for Western Missouri +
SE
Missourian: Nixon appoints two to Southeast Board of
Regents: Phillip Britt and Edward Gargas
+
KWMU: Missouri Charter Public School Commission says
it wants to ensure quality, raise the bar in public education
P-D: Follow-up to yesterday's higher-ed tales-of-woe
story: Student who complained about lack of money immediately
handed scholarships, financial aid by Tennessee State
AP: 2016 trial set for Michael Brown family's suit
against Ferguson
P-D editorial: Ameren owes more than whining to its
Missouri customers
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's
Summit): Worker freedom at stake during veto session
Jensen:
Don't blame Missouri schools for poor-performing kids; Students
need discipline and consequences +
P-D letter: Raise gas tax to pay for crumbling bridges
P-D letter: Taxpayers show their lack of trust in MoDOT
P-D letter: MoDOT misspends tax money
P-D letter: MoDOT should spend gas-tax money on roads
and bridges, not bike paths and MetroLink subsidies and other
superfluous expenses
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Tuesday, September 8
P-D: Six GOP presidential hopefuls to converge on St.
Louis this weekend
KWMU: Blunt moves to block National Labor Board
decision
St. Joseph News-Press: Delegation's summer reprieve
ends as McCaskill, Blunt, Graves get back to work in D.C. this week X
Drebes:
Former state Sen. Chuck Graham (D-Columbia) to start new job in St.
Louis at Centene
P-D: 'Right to work' debate dominates St. Louis Labor
Day parade; Comments from supporters, opponents
KSDK: 'Right to work' on mind of many at Labor Day
parade; Comments from supporters, opponents
KPLR: 'Right to work' a popular topic at parade;
Comments from opponents only
KMZU (Carrollton): Rep. Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton)
on municipal court overhaul, grain-hauling legislation
Missourinet: Missouri Highway Patrol seeking
applications, troopers association says pay improving
JCNT: Area bridges on MoDOT's 'critical' list X
Kraske: The Chat: Proposed scholarship
requirements would affect only a few illegal immigrants +
P-D: Program attempts to help first-generation college
students; Tough-times tales from male student whose budget
mathletics didn't add up, female freshman underperforming early at
elite university
CDT: Academic assessment: Columbia Public
Schools stake credibility to closing achievement gap; Efforts
will target "super subgroups" of minorities, non-English speakers, poors X
KNPN (St. Joseph): Bill from Rep. Linda Black (R-Park
Hills) would give special license plate to repeat DWI offenders
St. Joseph News-Press: Number of Missourians working
two jobs in 2014 shows decrease from 2013 X
Reuters: Media General to buy KMOV parent company
Meredith
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans still wrong on
minimum wage, 'right to work' +
The Maneater editorial: Sen. Kurt Schaefer
(R-Columbia) should focus on more pressing issues; Anti-Planned
Parenthood campaign is a transparent publicity stunt
P-D editorial: The fourth 'R' in education should be
'rights': Lila Perry was born with "wrong equipment" and is
entitled to bring her male genitalia into girls' restrooms and locker
room
Shelly: Remedy to fix poor kids' paltry
performance: Raise the minimum wage, spend more taxpayer money on
student transportation and top charter schools
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Monday, September 7 Happy
Labor Day!
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on resort
fees; AG candidates on Kentucky gay-marriage hubbub; Nixon
waxes nostalgic on value, relevance of unions
St. Joseph News-Press: Sides battle over precepts of
overtime labor law; Comments from Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan,
local labor boss Mike Veale
Columbia Missourian: Most-read stories of the
week: McCaskill takes on GMO critics; Columnist's
questioning of Bowen Loftin on relationship with lawmakers, look-at-me
bow-tie gimmick, more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jason
Kander; Panelists Mindy Mazur, Aaron Willard, Collin Reischman,
John Wiemann talk Blunt's re-election, St. Louis stadium, 'right to
work'
Kraske: Missouri 2016 gubernatorial power rankings,
version 1.0
Drebes:
Soil and Parks Tax renewal campaign
P-D: No money to repair Missouri's bridges can mean
closures
P-D: Very few illegal immigrants at risk of proposed
Missouri scholarship ban; While final totals are not yet in,
"there appears to be consensus that it would only be a few"
P-D: St. Louis minimum wage may face problems without
equivalent in St. Louis County; Economics professor warns of
bumpy ride for low-income jobs
SNL letter: Former Pro-Vote Executive Director and
current Sierra Club Missouri Director John Hickey: 'Right to
work' wrong for Missouri
JCNT letter: Area woman says summertime water-balloon
horseplay indicative of state legislators' dysfunction - as well as
"lynchings and gang-rapes"
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Sunday, September 6
Dexter Daily
Statesman: Fisher Delta Research Center field day draws Roy
Blunt, Jason Smith, Peter Kinder, Jason Kander, Brian Munzlinger,
Richard Fordyce, Tim Wolfe, Bowen Loftin +
KC
Star: Your food has been, perhaps forever, genetically
modified; McCaskill among those standing up to anti-science crowd
+
P-D:
Jeff Smith to sign copies of his book at Left Bank Books next week
SNL:
Missouri Right to Life chapters combine to increase reach X
KWMU:
Holiday traffic and Labor Day fun create deadly trend in Missouri
CDT:
Local colleges, university adapt to undergraduate enrollment trends
X
SE
Missourian: Scott City School District students disappoint with
paltry test scores +
P-D:
Ameren says Illinois, transmission better places to invest than Missouri
P-D:
Breckenridge Hills couple lament requirement to pay their debts after
scrum with officers; Dwayne Furlow, who gave a fake name to
police, discusses inability to provide for his wife and offspring
Washington
Missourian editorial: Where's the leadership on transportation
funding? "(M)any bridges in Missouri are just plain OLD!"
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's ethics laws could stand
to be toughened X
SE Missourian
editorial: Southeast enrollment remains at historic highs +
Washington
Missourian editorial: Downtown St. Louis - and the region - needs
the new stadium
JCNT
editorial: Local court operations exceed new state standards X
P-D
editorial: Paper promotes a new website - "Build a New St. Louis"
- where readers can play with a map and share their "vision" for the
region
Washington
Missourian letter: Brandy Pedersen: Active military should
be armed
Washington
Missourian letter: Ameren should be required to install scrubbers
at Labadie plant
KC
Star letter: Area man says members of Congress need term limits,
the system is corrupt, we should totally start a movement, etc. +
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Saturday, September 5
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: McCaskill spends time with area farmers during
Kennett visit, talks trade +
Monett
Times: McCaskill stands up for farmers, takes on biotech
critics: "If science says there's a problem with GMOs, we should
listen. Until then, we should chill."
KODE (Joplin): McCaskill tours Edgewood Creamery
KOLR: U.S. Dept. of Transportation: Hotels
should disclose resort fees; Comments from McCaskill
KMZU: McCaskill, advisory panel suggest crackdown on
deceptive hotels
KWMU: St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger
supports city site for federal agency relocation
KC Star: Labor Day, by the numbers: As a
percentage of the workforce, union membership in Missouri continues to
slide +
P-D: Anne Schweitzer taking sabbatical from job with
Richard Callow, will work as community organizer for Hillary Clinton
The Missouri Times: The 100+ List: Adam McBride,
Emilee Lakin, Franc Flotron, Hart Nelson, Jacqueline Bardgett, Jeff
Mazur, Jon Ratliff, Mike Kelley, Rich AuBuchon, Rich Chrismer, Sam Wiles
Kraske: Eric Greitens gets big money - and takes some
pressure off Hanaway to justify Sinquefield cash +
CDT: Hawley criticizes jailing of Kentucky clerk over
refusal to issue gay marriage licenses X
KWMU: GOP AG candidate Joshua Hawley pledges to aid
officials who oppose same-sex marriage
AP:
Hawley expresses support for jailed Kentucky clerk
CDT: Former GOP House Speakers Steve Tilley and John
Diehl change treasurers for campaign accounts
X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: HR Block seeks government relations associate
SE
Missourian: Missouri Energy Initiative's Josh McCarroll speaks at
First Friday Coffee about energy efficiency funding +
The Missouri Times: The saga of a stadium
Columbia Missourian: MU graduate students, angry at
administration, eschew black and gold for National College Colors
Day; Forty percent of Mizzou pic splashed with Nebraska
Cornhusker red
CDT: MU graduate students, employees consider
unionizing, plan awareness efforts X
P-D: Hillsboro student "Lila Perry" no longer content
with gender-neutral restrooms, wants to use girls' facilities;
Grown man holds sign that reads, "Let My People Pee"
KC Star: Drownings rise with floodwaters in Missouri
as troopers caution safety on Labor Day weekend +
JCNT: Capitol's south side entrances closed until
further notice X
P-D: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City)
criticizes County's response to Bridgeton environmental issue;
Health director calls senator's claims "patently false"
JCNT editorial: Judicious ruling limits side effects
of legislative ill; Judge wouldn't have had to rule on pothead's
right-to-farm claim if lawmakers didn't have "amendment-itis" X
SNL op-ed: Gov. Jay Nixon: Labor Day and 'right
to work' veto X
SNL op-ed: House Minority Leader Jake Hummel (D-St.
Louis): Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder once supported stadium tax breaks X
KWMU op-ed: Nancy Fowler: St. Louisans join
others in support of transgender student "Lila Perry"
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Michael McShane
responds to pro-Common Core op-ed
P-D letter: Creve Coeur woman on transgender
tiff: If a student with male genitalia wants to change in the
girls' locker room, don't expect the school district to step in
P-D letter: Ballwin woman on cross-dressing
confusion: Should teachers protect the "Lila Perry"s of the
world, or protect the girls who don't want to deal with male genitalia
in their locker room?
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Friday, September 4
KFEQ (St. Joseph): Agriculture tour brings McCaskill
to St. Joseph
Washington Missourian: McCaskill talks Iran and
Hillary Clinton, says other secretaries of state have used their
personal e-mail addresses too, probably
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on pointy-heads'
"stupid" regulations, Jake Hummel on 'right to work' vote +
KC Star: Area unions fail to get parade plans
together, cancel annual picnic too +
The Missouri Times: The 100+ List: Alex Eaton,
Brad Ketcher, David Barklage, David Winton, Ellie Glenn, Irl Scissors,
Jeff Aboussie, John Hancock, Lou Hamilton, Mark Habbas, Nick Maddux,
Rodney Boyd, Shawn Furey, Travis Brown
KC Star: Two donors drop $700,000 into Eric Greitens'
campaign for governor: $500k from CA, $200k from MI +
P-D: With big out-of-state fundraising boost, Eric
Greitens leaps to head of GOP gov fundraising pack
CDT: Tom Pauley (D) to run for Caleb Rowden's
seat; Don Waterman (R) to fill GOP ballot slot in Webber's
district X
Drebes:
Jessica Petrie, formerly of Rep. Sue Allen's office, joins Penman &
Winton
Missourinet: Some believe unemployment bill can't be
overridden, but Republicans plan to try
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): New law creates office of
military advocate, appointed by governor; Comments from Rep.
Steve Lynch (R-Waynesville)
The Missouri Times: As relationship with lawmakers
deteriorates, University of Missouri hiring new government relations
director
Columbia Missourian's Kennedy: Is Bowen Loftin a
student-focused leader or a self-centered narcissist? Chancellor
acknowledges attitudes of lawmakers and critics: "I don't give a
(gratuitous lowbrow excretory reference) about my perception"
Bloomberg: St. Louis voters rebel at demand for 'ball
pork' stadium subsidy
P-D: Nixon defends stadium project, says no vote is
needed
AP: St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay gives his word to
football fans: There will be a new stadium, and the Rams will be
playing in it
The Missouri Times: PSC determines rate increase for
Kansas City Power & Light
The Missouri Times: Koster releases new findings on
West Lake Landfill
P-D: Koster says fire, radioactive waste at landfills
in Bridgeton not under control
KWMU: Reports released by Koster suggest radiation at
Bridgeton landfill has moved offsite
KWMU: Justice Department's Ferguson report gets its
own criticism and praise
P-D: New Black Panther Party members sentenced to 7
years in prison for Ferguson-related bomb plot; "Brother Brandon"
and "Brother Ali" characterize themselves to judge as "stupid"
P-D: Ferguson police say they don't have video from
protester's arrest
P-D editorial: Labor Day in the 'on demand,'
everyone-for-himself economy; SEIU has been successful in
organizing low-wage types, but forecast calls for more "wage slavery"
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: It's time to stop
pressuring every student into college and start acknowledging the value
of vocational schools
CDT's Waters: Fact-checking graduate-student campaign
talking points: Grad students do not, in fact, do "the bulk of
teaching" X
Newton Daily News (Iowa): Southern Christian
Leadership Conference CEO Charles Steele: Iowa families cannot
afford to lose affordable power
The Tennesseean: Southern Christian Leadership
Conference CEO Charles Steele: Tennessee families cannot afford
to lose affordable power
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Mad Libs style op-ed:
Same as above, but replace "Iowa" or "Tennessee" with "Missouri"
CDT letter: If Kurt Schaefer and GOP really cared
about life, they'd stop criticizing Planned Parenthood and start
expanding welfare X
Washington Missourian letter: Area man diagnoses
nation's ills: Black people defending Michael Brown; NRA
defending guns; U.S. Supreme Court defending unconventional
intercoursing
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Thursday, September 3
Washington Missourian: McCaskill stops at area farm,
hears about government overreach; McCaskill: "I love going
after regulations that are stupid"
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill tour puts focus on
Missouri agriculture X
KC Star: McCaskill expresses food-desert frustration
and seeks action +
FOX 4 (KC): McCaskill evaluates how federal government
can eliminate urban food deserts
KMBZ: McCaskill believes urban core needs healthier
food options
Mexico Ledger: McCaskill makes agri-tour stop at local
biofuel facilities
KRCG: McCaskill's ag tour makes stop in mid-Missouri
KMOX: McCaskill calls for higher VA salary to attract
candidates
CDT: Blunt, Homeland Security secretary to headline
Westminster Hancock symposium X
Kraske: The Chat: Claire McCaskill on
anti-science GMO opponents; Remington Research Group's Titus Bond
on the Jack Danforth albatross +
The Missouri Times: The 100+ list: Danny
Pfeifer, Gregg Keller, David McCracken, Jack Cardetti, Jay Atkins, Jay
Hahn, Jeff Rainford, Jeff Roorda, Mark Woolbright, Megan Shackelford,
Richard Callow, Richard McIntosh, Yancy Williams
KC Star: Competing forces look to raise the Missouri
cigarette tax +
Drebes:
Richard Laviolette (R) forms committee to run for Andrew Koenig's state
rep seat
ABC 30 (St. Louis): St. Louis Area Young Republicans
host happy hour event tonight to push for veto override of 'right to
work'; Interview with STLYR President Pam Dixon
P-D: GOP leaders uncertain if they have the votes to
override 'right to work' veto
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum tag-team Ed Martin on presidential primary process,
Eagle Forum, immigration, the trials and tribulations of playing "hide
the e-mails," more
KWMU: Missouri's finances see sharp uptick in August,
but good news may not last
The Missouri Times: Collections up in August 2015
general revenue report
KWMU: MoDOT says its survey shows more Missourians
favor hiking fuel tax over sales tax
Missourinet: Public's ideas to fund I-70 across
Missouri presented, more wanted
Missourinet: Several new Missouri laws affect drivers
and boaters
KC Star: Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) rips Gov.
Nixon's St. Louis stadium plan +
JCNT: Implementing municipal court reform not major
effort locally X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Missouri libraries attract more visitors than
other attractions combined; Local library director says Nixon
cuts library funding, then tells people to go use them +
Washington Missourian: On ACT, Union School District
students outperform average Missouri peers
AP: Security company to pay $50k to Missouri consumers
for misleading customers
P-D: Missouri execution scorecard since 2000:
With 20, Gov. Jay Nixon (D) has put down five criminals more than Bob
Holden (15), widens tally over Matt Blunt (5), Mel Carnahan (4 in
2000), and Roger Wilson (1)
KWMU: Justice Department report finds uncoordinated
police response to Ferguson protests
AP: Report on Ferguson riots critical of
law-enforcement tactics
CDT: University of Missouri prof Carl Kenney's event
to discuss police, racial divide draws crowd of nearly ten (10) people X
P-D editorial: Tax inconsistencies across Missouri are
bigger problem than local assessments
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans go on a
hypocritical quest to deny scholarship funds to illegal-immigrant
strivers; Students snuck into the U.S. as little aliens shouldn't
be punished +
The Missouri Times op-ed: U.S. Senate candidate Jason
Kander: Why political pressure won't stop me from opposing the
Iran deal
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: Freed dope dealer Jeff
Mizanskey could become new face of marijuana-legalization movement +
P-D letter: After St. Louis City raised minimum wage,
St. Louis County officials shouldn't gloat about poaching jobs
P-D letter: Wildwood man offers simple advice for
"those of color": Work a little harder and and stop expecting
handouts
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Wednesday, September 2
Quincy Herald-Whig: Livestock, cattle producers tell
McCaskill concerns over EPA's "Waters of the U.S." rule
Hannibal Courier-Post: McCaskill: We must find a
balance with regulations X
Columbia Missourian: McCaskill calls out GMO opponents
for hypocrisy on science, facts
CDT: Egg producers outline regulatory burdens during
McCaskill tour X
KMOX: McCaskill talks agriculture, Iran agreement and
Donald Trump
CDT: Local Concerned Women for America turn out 40 to
hear speaker criticize Iran deal X
KC Star: No more winner-take-all in Missouri's GOP
presidential primary +
The Missouri Times: Jeff Roe's polling division
measures impact of former Missouri U.S. Senators' endorsements;
Jack Danforth doesn't help - and can only hurt - candidates
KC Star: Progress Missouri ranks top lobbyist-gift
recipients: Mike Colona (D), Tom Flanigan (R), Brandon Ellington
(D) top the list +
The Missouri Times: 100+ List: Anne Schweitzer,
Brian Grace, Dave Cook, Dave Plemmons, Gary Burton, Jon Dalton, Josh
McCarroll, Mark Dalton, Mike Gibbons, Pat White, Sara Schuett, Scott
Dieckhaus
The Missouri Times: 100+ List: Christine Tew,
Chuck Hatfield, Crystal Brinkley, Dan Mehan, David Jackson, Doug Smith,
Heath Clarkston, Jeff Roe, Jessica Pabst, Jorgen Schlemeier, Michelle
Colbert, Rob Monsees, Tricia Workman
The Missouri Times: Profile: Kate Casas retains
passion for policy
The Missouri Times: Marsha Haefner to forgo state
Senate run
KWMU: PROMO's A.J. Bockelman resigns, says he may run
for Kratky or Keaveny seats
SNL: Scott Eckersley accepts plea deal in case of
stolen Salt Lake City brochures X
Drebes:
Help Wanted: House Research seeks drafting services
attorney: Candidates must will willing to deal with lawmakers,
staff for $43k/yr.
Kraske: The Chat: Missouri's bridges and release
of pot criminal +
KWMU: St. Louis City's action on minimum wage isn't
changing outlook in St. Louis County
P-D: New stadium details revealed: Bridges,
gardens and a brew pub
KWMU: Report examines "attendance gap" for
students; Ten percent of white kids were "chronically absent"
last year, compared to 17.2 percent of black kids
JCNT: Judge: 'Right to Farm' doesn't protect
marijuana growers X
KWMU: Mizansky's release after serving 20 years for
marijuana sale may spur sentencing review
Missourinet: Missouri man once serving life in prison
for pot crimes released on parole
AP: Man who got life for marijuana charge goes free in
Missouri
P-D: Auditor Nicole Galloway will review municipal
court practices to look for abuses
The Missouri Times: Missouri Department of Revenue
sets new rules as court reform takes effect
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court's municipal court working
group will look at consolidation
Missourinet: Missouri executes second man for 1989
murder of KC teen
Missourinet: "Evil man" executed
KWMU: Missouri executes Roderick Nunley for
kidnapping, rape and murder of 15-year-old girl; Pentobarbital
works flawlessly
AP: Missouri executes man for 15-year-old girl's 1989
killing; Comments from Gov. Jay Nixon (D)
KWMU: Sierra Club says Ameren's Labadie power plant
permit violates water quality laws
P-D: Owner says Bridgeton Landfill fire not moving
toward radioactive West Lake landfill
P-D: Two charged after brawl over Michael Brown
merchandise sales in October; Brown's mother and posse allegedly
bumrushed ex-kinfolk-in-laws selling "Justice for Michael Brown"
merchandise
P-D editorial: A Missouri tobacco tax hike should
invest in people, not roads
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Missourian editorial: State facilities funding helps keep tuition
flat +
JCNT editorial: An 'inside' view of law
enforcement; Missouri Highway Patrol program allows civilians to
see what officers endure X
CDT op-ed: Area woman tells tale of an octogenarian's
fall and broken pelvis, says expanding Medicaid is a "moral imperative
and pragmatic next step" X
KC Star's Sanchez: Missouri legislators will hurt our
future if they deny higher education aid to illegal immigrant students +
Columbia Missourian letter: Blunt supports PACE Act,
and others should too
P-D letter: Arnold man says paper should report on the
overwhelming number of people who support law enforcement
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Tuesday, September 1
KHQA (Hannibal): McCaskill ag tour stops in Palmyra
WGEM (Hannibal): McCaskill stops in Palmyra
KWMU: McCaskill begins ag tour in St. Louis, talks
Iran, VA, Trump, more
SE
Missourian: On annual ag tour, Rep. Jason Smith says area farmers
concerned about government regulations +
KWMU: Missouri Republicans bank on more presidential
attention in 2016, and a trickle-down effect; Candidates flock to
Eagle Forum convention
The Hill: Anger builds at EPA over radioactive landfill
Washington Post: McCaskill's "Plenty Ladylike" makes
best-seller list, #7 in non-fiction general category
Kraske: The Chat: Sen. Roy Blunt on veterans'
mental health, Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner on National Guard and
Missourians' fitness +
KC Star: Dept. of Labor report: Compared to
2013, fewer Missourians worked two jobs in 2014 +
KWMU: Rep. Marsha Haefner (R-Oakville) bows out of
race for south St. Louis County-based Senate seat
Drebes:
Former state Sen. Pat Dougherty (D-St. Louis City) retires
CDT: Ethics commission rules that dinner violated law,
issues no fines X
AP:
Ethics panel: Lobbyist-bought meal misreported
Missourinet: More Missouri bridges predicted to close
KC Star: Missouri Republicans make illegal-immigrant
scholarship ban a priority of veto session +
Missourinet: Missouri seniors score better than
national average on ACT
P-D: San Francisco nonprofit looks at school
attendance numbers; Offspring of Missouri's poor are more likely
to miss school
P-D: Hillsboro High students walk out over transgender
dispute; Transgender student "Lila Perry" no longer content with
unisex restroom, wants to use same restroom as those born without male
genitalia
Columbia Missourian: "Forum on Graduate Rights" to
consider unionization
CDT: Catholics pressure MU to revoke privileges for
Planned Parenthood doctor X
St. Joseph News-Press: Area counties rank as state's
most healthy X
AP: Missouri man with life sentence for pot offenses
to be freed
Missourinet: Retired detective says Missouri has taken
too long in executing Roderick Nunley; Condemned criminal was
angry his fellow crack-smoking comrade took credit for leading the
abuduction/rape/murder of 15-year-old girl
AP: Roderick Nunley facing execution for girl's 1989
kidnapping, rape, death
AP: U.S. Supreme Court weighing final appeals of death
row inmate
CDT: Nixon's son arrested for second DWI after
striking parked car X
SE
Missourian editorial: Driving fatalities up in Missouri - so
buckle up and pay attention
P-D editorial: Police and the use of (political) force
Priddy: Thoughts on Cuban cigars and the harsh nature
of limiting unemployment benefits
P-D op-ed: Common Core opponents shouldn't shoot the
messenger
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says minimum-wage hike
will undermine St. Louis City's already-bleak prospects
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman says minimum-wage
hike will help eliminate entry-level jobs, send more jobs overseas,
encourage mechanization
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