Friday, September 30
Missourinet: Wash U. business school prof:
People on losing side of presidential ticket get emotional
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill (age 63) pokes fun
at another
politician (Trump, age 70) for his weight; McCaskill on political
value of
Saturday Night Live; Polling on campaign-finance amendment +
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer supports delaying start of
overtime pay rule
KC Star: Taxpayers to fund more federal grants for KC
anti-crime programs; Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker
(D) says spending another $1.1M will totally change urbanites' behavior +
SNL: Greitens to visit Ozark tomorrow for town hall X
KWMU: Koster, Greitens fight about who best respects,
and defends, women
The Missouri Times: Greitens, Democrats clash on who's
better for women
SNL: Koster, Greitens campaigns spend a day accusing
the other of disrespecting women X
KWMU: Koster releases tax returns
P-D: Campaign finance overview: Josh Hawley vs.
Teresa Hensley
The Missouri Times: Jake Hummel campaign kickoff draws
more than 100; Attendees include Gov. Jay Nixon, Stephen Webber
The Missouri Times: Preview of Missouri's tightest
House race: Kevin Corlew vs. Martin Rucker II
SE
Missourian: Area retailers preparing to hire scores of seasonal
workers; Employment opportunities abundant for those who choose
to work for a living +
The Missouri Times: Missouri National Guard Adjutant
General Steve Danner receives prestigious Missourian Award
Missourinet: Budget freeze will impact financial
assistance for Missouri Dairy Farmers
KWMU: Test scores show students in unaccredited
Normandy, Riverview Gardens continue to disappoint
SE
Missourian: MAP scores a mixed bag for Cape schools +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Local educators struggle to tackle issues
facing children in need; Superintendent, teacher say schools need
more money +
KWMU: Plaintiffs in Ferguson-Florissant School
District case, unhappy with election results, want to change election
rules
KWMU: Sara Parker Pauley switching to take helm of
Missouri Department of Conservation
SNL: Answer Man: What's up with all these
webworms every fall? Dept. of Conservation describes the nuisance
to property owners caused by insignificant pests X
CDT: Mizzou police report: Fraternity member
describes being victimized by racist threats, says black female told
him to "get down here so I can beat your cracker @ss"; Officer
hears sidewalk mob member shout arson threat
X
P-D editorial: Schmitt's stance on Iran could be bad
for Boeing
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Regional Chamber's Joe Reagan,
AFL-CIO's Pat White: Missouri reaps benefits from aerospace
sector tax incentives
P-D op-ed: Gov. Jay Nixon: Making sure Bayer,
Monsanto live up to their promises
SNL's Steve Pokin: Q&A with man whose gimmick is
lt. gov. write-in campaign X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Assessing the
sale of the Columbia Daily Tribune; CDT publisher Vicki Russell
says online advertising is not as effective as old-timey print ads
P-D letter: American Cancer Society Action Network's
Stacy Reliford: Meager tobacco tax increase probably won't save
lives
P-D letter: Senator-to-be Jake Hummel (D-St.
Louis): SB 656 was bad
SNL letter: Area man says Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St.
Louis) should be recalled for disloyalty to United States X
SNL letter: Area man offers reminders that Missouri
statute provides employees time off on Election Day to vote X
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Post-Dispatch's
advocacy of "gender identity" is one-sided; Psychiatric research
concludes children outgrow playtime cross-dressing, and
publicity-hungry parents shouldn't force gender-bender lifestyle or
hormones
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Thursday, September 29
The Missouri Times: Remington Research (GOP)
poll: Trump leads Clinton by 10; Koster up 51-35; More
KC Star: Greitens campaign says its polling shows
candidate trailing Koster by only 3 points, within margin of error +
Columbia Missourian: Greitens worked with Bosnian
refugees but location less clear
KWMU: Statewide candidates engage in end-of-quarter
fundraising pushes
SNL: Missouri Press Association to hold candidate
forums tomorrow: Blunt-Kander, Koster-Greitens X
LA Times: McCaskill suggests Trump be body-shamed,
says GOP candidate should have "public daily weigh-in"
Washington Post: McCaskill, other Dem gals think Trump
should be weighed in public daily
Politico: McCaskill emphasizes value of Saturday Night
Live in influencing political discourse - using her daughters as
examples
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer weighs in on Trump-Clinton
debate
Missourinet: American Cancer Society uses U.S. Senate
race to promote more research spending; Comments from American
Cancer Society Action Network's Stacy Reliford
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Steven
Bailey, set to take November loss to Lacy Clay in 1st Congressional
District race
The Missouri Times: Less than one month after Phyllis
Schlafly's death, infighting continues at Eagle Forum
AP: Congress passes stopgap spending bill; U.S.
Rep. Jason Smith votes against continuing resolution
P-D: Boeing jet deal means big boost for St. Louis
jobs; Written statements from congressional delegation's
communications staffers
KMOV: McCaskill supporting protection for veterans
going to for-profit colleges
Kraske: The Chat: Progress Missouri's Laura
Swinford on defeating Amendment 6, the voter photo ID amendment +
Missourinet: Departing reflections series: Sen.
David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) hopes voters pass restrictions on campaign
contributions, hopes legislators pass texting-while-driving ban
Missourinet: Missouri Judicial Review Performance
Committee to release performance findings for judges today
Missourinet: State Supreme Court hears arguments in
appeal of reinstated death penalty
KWMU: Court says atheist inmate's religious rights
were not burdened by Missouri prison system
The Missouri Times: PSC approves KCP&L rate case
agreement
The Missouri Times: Missouri Gaming Commission fines
four Missouri casinos
P-D: Missouri unveils prototypes for bicentennial
license plates; Online voters can choose among five
fair-to-middling options
Missourinet: Sara Parker Pauley named new Missouri
Department of Conservation director
AP:
Missouri DNR chief named state's new conservation director
KODE (Joplin): Webworms eating into fall color;
MO Dept. of Conservation says insects predictably create a minor mess
each fall, aren't worth paying attention to
CDT: Two female members of Mizzou "Legion of Black
Collegians" claim white fraternity members called them names, complain
campus police used "excessive verbal force" to quell ensuing hysterics X
P-D editorial: St. Louis City's absentee kerfuffle
causes costly confusion around state
P-D editorial: Koster, Greitens should release tax
forms; Media has a right to know exactly how successful these men
have been in earning a living and investing their assets
P-D op-ed: Mizzou's proposed free speech policy is
Constitutional but confusing
P-D's Joe Holleman: Coffee joins crime, liberalism as
St. Louis' strong suits
P-D letter: D.C.-based Campaign for Tobacco-Free
Kids: Tobacco industry knows Amendment 3 won't reduce smoking
CDT letter: Area sexagenarian disagrees with Rep. Eric
Burlison (R-Springfield) on guns X
P-D letter: Area man responds to editorial on Supreme
Court and municipal courts, says P-D engaged in "sophomoric
name-calling"
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Wednesday, September 28
KWMU: Debate preview: Washington University,
Oct. 9
P-D: Plan to watch the Washington University debate
from home, because you're not getting in
Rosenbaum: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union) offers thoughts
on Trump-Clinton debate, 'stop and frisk,' more
McClatchy: McCaskill, other Dems draft bill to protect
nuclear whistleblowers
USA Today: Bill - backed by McCaskill - to speed
development of generic drugs gains momentum
KC Star: Liberal "Voter Participation Center"
apologizes for providing incorrect registration information +
Missourinet: St. Louis woman wants Kander's office to
address potential fraud issues brought on by mailer; Linda
Hamberg received registration info for her Aunt Myrtle, who never lived
in Missouri and died eight years ago
AP:
Liberal D.C.-based group apologizes for sending 95,000 mailers with
incorrect voting information
The Missouri Times: Opponents of Amendment 6 join
forces to defeat photo ID; Progress Missouri takes on
responsibility of helping NAACP, et al. try to communicate
The Missouri Times: Amendment 3 reaches the airwaves
P-D: With lawsuits resolved, backers focus on benefits
of Missouri tobacco tax hike in new ad
KSHB: Fact Check: Koster claim that Greitens
paid himself over veterans; TV commercial cites $700,000 figure,
shows makeup gal farding Greitens' face
KMOX: Greitens responds to attack ads on charity salary
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Reporter wants to see Koster,
Greitens, other candidates' personal income tax returns; Comments
from one-half of local poli sci prof pundit pool (Dave Robertson, UMSL)
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Gov race issue short-form
shallow dive: Looking into the Facebook page of a man who
appeared in one Greitens commercial: Second Amendment,
Obama/Muslim memes
P-D: David Humphreys contributes $1 million to
'right-to-work' group
Drebes:
Democratic state Senate candidate Steve Eagleton supports 'right to
work'
The Missouri Times: After state rep primary victory,
wife of former Rep. John Burnett (D-Kansas City) looks forward to
spending her late 60s/early 70s serving in Democratic superminority
The Missouri Times: Speaker pro tem race is a
three-way dance between GOP Reps. Elijah Haahr, Delus Johnson and Joe
Don McGaugh
P-D: End of an era: After Nixon administration
move, Florissant DMV shifts from Rotary Club into private hands;
Ferguson Lions Club the sole remaining nonprofit running a license
office
The Missouri Times: Nixon budget cuts anger
agriculture industry
KWMU: St. Charles County approves regional
prescription drug database
AP:
St. Charles County joins regional drug monitoring program
SE
Missourian: Local judge: City court meets most minimum
standards set out by state +
St. Joseph News-Press: State, local adult education
programs are among the most successful in the nation X
Missourinet: Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) interested in
daylight saving time constitutional amendment
KC Star: Discrimination lawsuit against Jay Nixon
delayed as more cases surface +
JCNT editorial: Case against legalizing medical
marijuana X
LA Times' David Lazarus: McCaskill, Collins want to
know if Wells Fargo targeted seasoned citizens with its bogus-accounts
scheme
KC Star op-ed: Cigarette tax increase would leave
state with bitter fruit +
P-D "Live Chat": Reporters who wrote transgender
advocacy pieces take questions from readers; P-D online editor
Beth O'Malley defends decision to disable reader comments on
controversial articles; more
P-D letter: Ladies from Washington University's Brown
School of Social Work say Raise Your Hand for Kids took report language
out of context
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Tuesday, September 27
Time Magazine: McCaskill among Dems working
post-debate spin room for Clinton
Columbia Missourian: Local partisans gather to watch
presidential debate
SNL: Newt Gingrich to headline fall citizenship forum
The Missouri Times: Americans for Prosperity knocking
doors, making calls against Kander
Kraske: The Chat: Kander on mental health
funding; Koster on serving as a necessary balance to neophyte GOP
lawmakers
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Lacy Clay
talks with journoduo about defeating Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Russ
Carnahan, says Koster is taking black voters for granted (12:20), Bruce
Franks vs. Penny Hubbard, more
The Missouri Times: Greitens takes aim at Koster over
term limits
Drebes: Rep. Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton) undecided
on gov race
The Missouri Times: Rep. Elaine Gannon (R-DeSoto)
supports Greitens, but says his criticism of state legislators is "not
honorable"
CDT: Independent gov candidate Lester Turhill makes
stop in Columbia
Columbia Missourian: Independent candidate for
governor wants to bring Missouri out of 'moral decay'
SNL: Josh Hawley receives $1 million from David
Humphries
Missourinet: State Auditor Nicole Galloway (D)
reiterates that she will run for election in 2018
Drebes:
MoScout poll: Sifton leads Jotte 49-37; House District 94
(Cloria Brown) favors Trump 46-40 and Koster 46-41
The Missouri Times: House District 93: Bob
Burns' cash advantage, strong performance from state Sen. Scott Sifton
(D-Affton) could pad incumbent's re-election margin
SE
Missourian: Ruling forces change in absentee ballot procedure in
some counties; Thoughts from Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara
Clark Summers, others
P-D: Funding for roadwork designed to help NGA
relocation shelved under Nixon move
The Missouri Times: St. Louis Regional Chamber awards
anti-SJR 39 and pro-business legislators
KWMU: Perspectives vary on new municipal court
standards; Comments from Better Together's Dave Leipholtz, others
Missourinet: MoDOT agreement to use disabled workers
goes into effect October 1
SNL: Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Nixa) plans forum to discuss
drug use in Christian County
Missourinet: University of Missouri Review Commission
to meet today in Rolla
Missourinet: Anti-bullying law from Rep. Sue Allen
(R-Town and Country) goes into effect
KWMU: Former elected board member Darnetta Clinkscale
joins St. Louis Public Schools' administrative board
The Missouri Times: Ameren files infrastructure update
plan, pushes for new regulatory process
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear arguments
today in Tisius Case; Man shot and killed two Randolph County
jailers while attempting to help pal escape prison
CDT: Missouri DNR: Pool water dump into creek
system killed hundreds of fish
KCUR: Kansas City Star fires editorial writer Yael
Abouhalkah; Sexagenarian liberal shown the door after 37 years
P-D editorial: Sexual violence data tangled in
bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo; McCaskill pushing for uniformity in
reporting
CDT's Waters: A new era: Our family newspaper is
sold
P-D op-ed: Bill Romjue offers thoughts on Roy Blunt's
family: Longtime Democratic operative brings up divorce,
criticizes senators' wife, daughter, and two sons
P-D op-ed: SLU law school prof disagrees with
Legislature's override of SB 656 veto; Second-year law student
Desiree Austin-Holliday handed co-author credit
P-D letter: St. Louis woman disagrees with
Legislature's override of SB 656 veto
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Monday, September 26
Kraske: Claire McCaskill advises Hillary Clinton to
try smiling tonight; Eric Greitens on 'right to work' +
St. Joseph News-Press: D.C. doc says election season
makes normal people drink more, drive aggressively; Local social
worker recommends not watching presidential debates and avoiding social
media X
Washington Post: As Dem hopes vanish in other states,
party gives resources to Kander; NRSC chair: Kander "very
glib and photogenic, and we knew he hired a great ad agency"
KMOX: Kander makes stop at St. Louis City Democratic
campaign office
KTVI: Hancock and Kelley: Missouri experts talk
Blunt vs. Kander, Koster vs. Greitens, medical marijuana, cigarette tax
hike proposals, more
AP:
Gov candidate Q&A series: Koster, Greitens answer questions
on campaign-finance limits, lobbyist gifts, "revolving door," voter ID
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jamilah
Nasheed; Panel of St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones, St.
Louis Magazine's Ray Hartmann, GOP attorney David Wasinger, Rep. Elaine
Gannon (R-DeSoto) talk Koster vs. Greitens, 'right to work,' more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Overtime: Panel
discusses Bruce Franks, voter ID, Ashcroft vs. Smith, Hawley vs.
Hensley; Tishaura Jones hopes Missouri Democratic Party "gets its
act together" (7:45)
Columbia Missourian: Boone County Dems gather at
Cosmopolitan Park; Candidates include Judy Baker, Stephen Webber,
Martha Stevens, Susan McClintic, Kip Kendrick, man taking loss to Vicky
Hartzler
P-D: Absentee problems revealed in St. Louis City
election will affect other counties come November
AP: State report: Missouri added 8,700 private
employers in 2015
KNPN (St. Joseph): Pawn shop owner, local police
captain weigh in on concealed-carry law
P-D: New overtime laws could mean pay raises at some
area colleges
KC Star: Missouri trooper won't go on trial in Brandon
Ellingson drowning until May +
P-D endorsement: Yes on Amendment 3
P-D editorial, April 24: No on Amendment 3, as it
features a "Trojan horse" provision
P-D editorial, Feb. 16: Yes on Amendment 3, a "sound
proposal"
P-D letter: Ladue man expresses anger at tobacco
industry and its alleged accomplices in Missouri Legislature and media
P-D letter: Missouri Cattlemen's Association's Mike
Deering on SB 641
P-D letter: St. Louis woman sides with Nasheed on flag
protest
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Sunday, September 25
SNL: Obamacare a flashpoint in Blunt-Kander U.S.
Senate race X
SNL: U.S. Senate third-party profiles: Island of
Misfit Candidates includes Thomas Jefferson impersonator, Libertarian
drug criminal, Black Lives Matter sympathizer, man who thinks Roy Blunt
is too liberal X
KC Public Television (PBS): Trump tried to buy a KC
casino - 17 years ago
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City); Panel of
Ray Hartmann, Tishaura Jones, David Wasinger, Rep. Elaine Gannon
(R-DeSoto) talk about Koster vs. Greitens, 'right-to-work' legislation,
more
P-D: For Koster, experience is his selling point in a
year of outsiders
KC Star: John Brunner takes aim at Eric Greitens via
subtweet; Jeff Mazur's pro-Kinder Missouri Times op-ed leads to
vet-on-vet twitstigation +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Nixon visits Senath to announce nearly $1
million grant for early childhood education +
SE
Missourian: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) speaks at addiction
recovery rally, talks new PDMP strategy +
P-D: State lauds work readiness programs, but critics
say poor Missourians need more help
St. Joseph News-Press: Audits find excess Medicaid
payments to Mosaic Life Care X
P-D: Parent Derrick Good dives into Jefferson County
transgender saga, helps create new school policy; Republican's
proposal would provide alternative accommodations upon request, help
keep male genitalia out of daughters' locker rooms and restrooms
P-D: Olivette parents who let their toddler son dress
up in girl clothes say boy, now 11, still wants to be a girl
P-D: Suspected herbicide damage begins to come into
focus for Bootheel soybean farmers; MO Dept. of Agriculture
investigating cases of farmers choosing to violate herbicide label
directions
KC Star editorial: U.S. Senate race pits "conservative
insider with proven accomplishments" vs. "progressive outsider with
good potential" +
P-D editorial: Voters must revolt against candidates
supported by the NRA
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens "apparently
hasn't made any attempts to bring unity" to GOP, and his relationship
with California donor is questionable X
P-D editorial: Missouri Supreme Court blinks on
reforming municipal courts
CDT op-ed: MU emeritus professor David Webber:
Whites can do more for race relations; A list of tangible,
reasonable steps Caucusoids can take X
P-D letter: Veterans for Koster Co-Chair Sam Gladney
says veterans should be "a problem solver, not a problem identifier"
P-D letter: Wentzville farmer says Thursday editorial
on insurance legislation was inaccurate
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Saturday, September 24
Palm Beach Post: Claire McCaskill offers debate advice
for Hillary Clinton: Smile
KWMU: VA appoints permanent director for St. Louis
P-D: St. Louis VA names medical center director after
long search
SNL: Man who claims credit for shooting Osama bin
Laden to appear at Eric Greitens fundraiser next week X
The Missouri Times: A closer look: Koster's
"Missouri Exile Proposal"
Missourinet: Koster, Greitens disagree on 'right to
work'
The Missouri Times: Five Democratic county clerks join
Jay Ashcroft's advisory committee; Jefferson County Clerk Wes
Wagner (D) says Robin Smith has not demonstrated "a willingness and
readiness" to cooperate with local election officials
CDT: James Harris speaks to Muleskinners about Raise
Your Hand for Kids' tobacco-tax proposal X
Columbia Missourian: Raise Your Hand for Kids promotes
Amendment 3 at Muleskinners meeting
KC Star: Cursory overview of November amendment
proposals +
Missourinet: Kander announces election efficiency
grants
SNL: MSU may modify Glass Hall project if full state
funding isn't restored X
CDT: Confucius Institute celebrates five years at MU
with several events; Chinese students' display of cultural pride
results in zero disturbances or arrests X
CDT: Tribune sold to GateHouse Media after 115 years
of local ownership X
CDT: Buyouts of family-owned newspapers like Columbia
Daily Tribune part of national trend X
Missourinet: Columbia Daily Tribune is being sold
P-D: Bridgeton Landfill gives payments to 34 more
homeowners; Adults who chose to purchase homes next to landfill
complain about smell
AP: Nixon issues 9 more pardons; Former
dopeheads, thieves earned state forgiveness after repenting and behaving
P-D: Stewards of Ferguson's beloved Whistle Stop move
on; Young couple endured vandalism, other typical North St. Louis
County challenges
P-D: North St. Louis County woman laughs about burning
Normandy police officer with cigarette
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: 139th Airlift Wing
needs funding fix; McCaskill continues to be a champion for local
center
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislature was wrong
to override SB 656 veto X
NY Times' Gail Collins: Septuagenarian liberal laments
seeing guns in Blunt-Kander ads, expresses her fears about Missourians
bringing their guns to Manhattan
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jeff Mazur: My fond
fairwell (really) to Peter Kinder; Lt. gov was a hero to
rank-and-file Republicans, and a far cry from today's self-glorifying
showoffs and big-donor hood ornaments
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area woman lends name to
anti-Blunt minimum-wage letter campaign X
SNL letter: Climax Springs septuagenarian urges vote
against Amendment 3 X
P-D letter: Stream Teams United President Danelle
Haake disagrees with override of Clean Water Commission veto
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Friday, September 23
KWMU: McCaskill goes all-in to help Jason Kander beat
Roy Blunt, and to pass campaign contribution limits
AP:
Kander: Time for state legislators to pass medical-marijuana law
Missourinet: Lacy Clay says killing police has helped
push Republicans to talk about criminal justice laws
Missourinet: Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren (D) warns
against erroneous mailers; Noren notes that left-wing D.C.-based
"Voter Participation Center" sent mailer with incorrect registration
deadline, has history of sending registration materials to dead people
and family pets
CDT: Liberal activist group's voter-registration
letters sent to wrong residents; Noren says group's sloppy
outreach is doing more harm than good X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Jay Ashcroft's
claim that MO secretary of state is responsible for St. Louis County
election snafu is rated false
The Missouri Times: After hard-fought House primary
victory, Martha Stevens prepares for her prize: spending the next eight
years of her life playing defense in Democratic superminority
SE
Missourian: Nixon's budget move means schools will face
transportation funding cuts; How much is unknown +
The Missouri Times: Departing reflections: Nixon
touts state's progress in autism
Missourinet: Departing reflections: Sen. David
Pearce (R-Warrensburg) says he's most proud of bill aimed at helping
those fighting eating disorders
The Missouri Times: GOP Reps. Tim Remole, Travis
Fitzwater host Capitol visit for longtime pal with Down syndrome
KC Star: Missouri joins anti-speeding enforcement
blitz, starting today +
CDT: Liberal columnist Leonard Pitts speaks at Mizzou,
complains about Republicans X
KC Star: UMKC fundraising surpasses goal by raising
$302.5 million +
CDT: Columbia Public Schools to focus on narrowed
Missouri Learning Standards X
KWMU: Plaintiffs in Ferguson-Florissant voting-rights
case considering four school board election options
P-D: Proposals on Ferguson-Florissant School District
elections outlined
CDT: Boone County officials researching options for
prescription monitoring X
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court issues new rules for
municipal courts
The Missouri Times: Department of Economic Development
names recipients of energy loan programs
Priddy: Codgerpodge of curmudgeonly crankings on
Koster-Greitens, timely teaser of "new" Ray Hartmann column linked here
five (5) weeks ago, more
Messenger: Remembering Lawrence Strawbridge:
Young man successfuly escaped St. Louis City schools through transfer
program, but each nightfall brought a return trip to the city and he
and his mom were eventually stabbed to death
Valley Breeze (Rhode Island) letter: Local gal takes
trip to D.C., urges congressional delegation to spend more money on
cancer research
Scottsdale Independent (Arizona) letter: Local gal
takes trip to D.C., urges congressional delegation to spend more money
on cancer research
Columbia Missourian letter: Local gal takes trip to
D.C., signs her name to form letter above and submits it to newspaper
as her own
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Thursday, September 22
AP:
Blunt's election no slam dunk this time around; GOP forced to
spend cash to ensure incumbent's re-election
P-D: Campaign volunteer profiles: Ole Miss Rebel
Patrick Waters - a St. Peters native - helping out Roy Blunt;
Mizzou coed Jamie Seibert - a St. Charles native - lending a hand to
Jason Kander
SNL: House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) to
appear at Billy Long fundraiser in Nevada X
Missourinet: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) wants
Clinton, Trump to visit Ferguson while they're in St. Louis for debate
P-D: Companion House push could boost McCaskill's bill
to help WWII mustard gas victims
KC Star: In Senate floor speech, McCaskill recognizes
the late Ewing Kauffman on his birthday +
The Missouri Times: Koster extends lead in Missouri
Times poll to 47-37; Ashcroft, Hawley lead Dem opponents
The Missouri Times: Greitens refills war chest after
contentious primary
SNL: David Humphreys contributes $500k to Eric Greitens X
SNL: Eric Schmitt calls for stronger anti-terror
investment controls X
KTTS: Eric Schmitt announces 'Defund Iran' plan
KODE: Eric Schmitt makes stop in Southwest Missouri
KOLR: Missouri Supreme Court rules tobacco tax hike
can go on November ballot; Comments from Raise Your Hand for
Kids' Linda Rallo, Missouri Petroleum and Convenience Store Marketers
Association's Ron Leone
Hannibal Courier-Post: Local lawmakers, urban mayors,
others weigh in on Amendment 3
KOMU: Missouri Supreme Court decides to keep tobacco
tax on the ballot
KSHB: What you need to know about Missouri's two
tobacco tax proposals
Drebes:
What happens if both tobacco tax increases pass in November?
Kraske: The Chat: Jane Dueker on Big Tobacco vs.
Little Tobacco and Amendment 3 +
The Missouri Times: Medical marijuana initiative
petition will not make ballot
Missourinet: Proposed medical marijuana issue won't
appear on ballot
AP:
Missouri voters won't see medical marijuana on ballot
CDT: Legislative candidates speak at "Youth Community
Coalition" forum; Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) attributes lack
of prescription drug monitoring program in part to Missouri Alliance
for Freedom, say he and group "don't get along that well" X
Rosenbaum: Lessons learned from Bruce Franks'
thunderous victory
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Bruce Franks
on what his state rep victory means for St. Louis
SE
Missourian: Nixon's budget cuts derail Jackson's LED streetlight
program +
CDT: Area school districts prepare for impact of
Nixon's cuts to transportation programs X
The Missouri Times: Urbanites lament failure to stop
SB 656
Missourinet: Missouri House Ag Committee Chair Rep.
Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho) disagrees with Nixon, Rep. Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette) on ag disaster bill impact
AP:
Judge rules against Missouri hair braiders; Appeal planned
The Missouri Times: House and Senate clerks and
secretaries visit Idaho for convention
SE
Missourian: Southeast Missouri State's freshman enrollment rises +
P-D: Environmental Working Group complains about
chemicals in water; St. Louis County Department of Heath's Dr.
Faisal Khan, Missouri American Water's Brian Russell respond with facts
SNL: Galloway gives city of Sparta worst rating X
KC Star editorial: U.S. grasslands will receive needed
attention at Kansas City meeting +
JCNT editorial: Raising minimum wage to $15/hr. would
be burdensome, short-sighted and counter-productive for low-income
workers X
P-D editorial: Crop insurance is taxpayer-subsidized
and now state tax-free, too
P-D editorial: Missouri Supreme Court could help
defendants by disciplining judge
P-D op-ed: Kit Bond: Missouri business owners
should take advantage of federal R&D credits
KC Star letter: Woman who chooses to live in Kansas
says she's so angered by Trump supporters that she now sympathizes with
Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) +
CDT letter: Area sexagenarian says SB 656 shows how
NRA has changed its ways for the worse since he was a kid X
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Wednesday, September 21
P-D: US. Senate ad themes: Blunt the insider,
Kander the Clinton ally; Comments from one-half of local polisci
prof pundit pool (Ken Warren, SLU)
P-D: Weekly U.S. Senate ad recap: Blunt on Kander
KNPN (St. Joseph): Video: Kander hears from
small-business owners at St. Joseph roundtable
Kraske: The Chat: GOP source on tying Kander to
Clinton; Koster's Andrew Whalen on Greitens' out-of-state
cash; Susan Montee on Missouri Democratic Party's lackluster
ground game +
KWMU: "We
Live Here" series: North St. Louis City residents complain about
NGA site
Missourinet: University of Missouri sociology
researcher Colleen Heflin says feds should expand taxpayer funding for
handouts: "WIC is not a very expensive program"
KWMU: Federal taxpayer dollars will subsidize costs of
AP tests for poor kids
The Missouri Times: Missouri Corrections Officers
Association endorses Eric Greitens for governor
Missourinet: Jay Ashcroft event in KC today will
feature Karl Rove
Missourinet: Iran issue getting attention in state
treasurer's race
CDT: Schmitt wants to pull Missouri investments, tax
credits from Boeing if airliner deal goes through X
The Missouri Times: Fraternal Order of Police endorses
Teresa Hensley for attorney general
KWMU: Both campaign contribution limits and
tobacco-tax proposals can go on November ballot
The Missouri Times: Amendment 3 to remain on ballot
after unanimous Supreme Court decision
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court rules tobacco-tax
proposal will go before voters
The Missouri Times: 110 legislators join Amendment 3
opposition
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers weigh in on dueling tobacco-tax
measures +
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court rules tobacco tax hike
proposal should remain on ballot
KOMU: Amendment 4 would limit additional sales taxes
KC Star: Medical marijuana backers close to throwing
in the hemp towel +
Missourinet: Medical marijuana supporters appear to be
ending fight for ballot access
AP:
Campaign says marijuana likely won't be on Missouri ballot
The Missouri Times: Appeals court decision allows J.
Ranen Bechtold to stay on ballot, take November loss to Sen. Ryan
Silvey (R-Kansas City)
Drebes:
Silvey on why he should be Senate Appropriations chairman
P-D: National poll on gov popularity shows Nixon near
the middle
The Missouri Times: New House Conservative Caucus
leadership setting up agenda
P-D: Medicaid co-pays, fees for flaking could be a
long way off
SNL: Share the Harvest helps feed needy
Missourians; Deer hunters donate extra venison to meat
processors, who send to food banks throughout the state X
Columbia Missourian: Local student aces the ACT;
Minority student chooses to work hard, achieves success
CDT: Search committee leaders say little after second
round of University of Missouri president interviews X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Development
Commission begins process of creating new action plan
Houston Herald: MO Dept. of Conservation offers tips
to deal with increased black bear population: Be aware of your
surroundings, don't attempt to engage with animals, more
P-D: Reginald Clemons to face retrial in 1991
murder; Hazelwood East sisters spoke to Clemons and pals on Chain
of Rocks Bridge, then were robbed, raped and pushed off bridge to their
death
AP:
New trial for Reginald Clemons pushed back six months
Messenger: Region, nation struggle to embrace shared
responsibility of flooding
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: Sexagenarian
columnist says SB 656 will lead to road-rage shootings, includes
pop-culture reference to 1950s TV show "The Rifleman" X
P-D op-ed: NARAL Missouri's Alison Dreith:
Blunt, Wagner should stop playing politics with Zika
P-D letter: Olivette woman says GOP voter ID bill
would disenfranchise thousands of Missourians
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Tuesday, September 20
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Biweekly assessment of national
political environment effects on Blunt vs. Kander, comments from
one-half of local polisci prof pundit pool (Dave Robertson, UMSL)
Politico: GOP spends to shield Blunt from tough
challenge
KC Star: Records show employees of Koch Industries
have contributed $41,700 to Roy Blunt +
KC Star: Blunt, Kander campaigns donate candidates'
time to "Young Invincibles" interview project; D.C.-based group
partners with KC Star, thinks it will convince millennials to vote +
Missourinet: Former U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft says
weekend attacks show bond between law enforcement and community is
critical
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Former
Auditor Susan Montee talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
deleterious impact of sharing the ballot with Robin Carnahan, the
failure of current Missouri Democratic Party leadership to run a ground
game, Eric Greitens' Democratic bona fides, and why Chris Koster is
wrong on guns
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Greitens' claim
of Democrats investing in primary checks out
The Missouri Times: September tip sheet: Status
of each statewide campaign, campaign-finance totals, and forecast of
what to expect
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court denies appeal of campaign-finance limits
Missourinet: Deadline nears on fate of medical
marijuana issue
AP:
Backers fight to get medical marijuana on ballot
The Missouri Times: Amendment 3 announces more
endorsements
The Missouri Times: J. Ranen Bechtold offers sarcastic
support for extreme firearms measures; Man taking November loss
to Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) gets cute about rocket-propelled
grenade launchers, other artillery
The Missouri Times: Jeff Aboussie starts government
relations firm; John Stiffler new top man at St. Louis Building
Trades Council
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon says Missouri still on
good economic track +
Missourinet: Both sides weigh in on Missouri's new
livestock trespassing liability law
SE
Missourian: Nixon urges state to OK safe-room proposal at Jackson
school +
CDT: University of Missouri presidential candidate
interviews continue at Renaissance St. Louis Airport hotel X
The Missouri Times: New skilled nursing facility draws
debate at Certificate of Need meeting
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce looks for big soybean yields this year
KC Star editorial: Koster, Greitens go heavy on attack
ads but skimpy on issues in Missouri governor's race +
P-D editorial: Activist's primary-election victory in
one urban state rep district underscores voter disgust with machine
politics
P-D editorial: Saturday Michael Brown event featured
"well-known television actors Reg. E. Cathey and Gloria Reuben" and "a
queer woman of color;" Drama was inspired by police decision to
let strong-arm robber's carcass remain in street for hours
KC Star's Sanchez: Missouri council ready to push for
trade with Cuba +
Priddy: A fruit basket of legislation;
1,458-word recap of special session, with punchlines involving GOP
xenophobia, crackers and cumquats
P-D letter: Creve Coeur octogenarian expresses anger
over veto override and gun manufacturers' business model
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian lectures Rs and
Ds: politics should not be about "us vs. them," shared challenges
transcend partisanship, the world is so complex and serious, etc.
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
questions decisionmaking of Missouri legislators +
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Monday, September 19
KWMU: National money and local action may be crucial
in Missouri's U.S. Senate contest
KC Star: Obama wants more refugees to come to
U.S.; Sam Graves wants to stop them +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Dave
Schatz; Panel of Eddy Justice, Danny Pfeifer, Angela Bingaman,
Sam Gladney talks Koster-Greitens, voter ID and gun bill
KTVI (St. Louis): Post Scripts: Fox 2's John
Brown alleges that lobbyists might be paying lawmakers in exchange for
votes (3:10); Tony Messenger on Nixon's lack of engagement with
both parties (1:30); P-D's Christopher Ave on the problem with
term limits (3:20) (Segment 3)
P-D: Columnist Tony Messenger to discuss politics at
Post-Dispatch speaker series this Thursday night in Kirkwood
Kraske: The Chat: Ron Richard says Gov. Chris
Koster would sign this year's gun bill; Jake Hummel on voter ID +
Drebes:
Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) set to run for state Senate
Drebes:
Former GOP state Rep. Tony Dugger filed LLC paperwork in June
Missourinet: Washington University sociology prof Jake
Rosenfeld talks about study from liberal Economic Policy Institute
explaining why businesses move to 'right-to-work' states
KWMU: Livestock bill debate featured brief verbal
battle between GOP Sens. Mike Parson and Rob Schaaf
Missourinet: MO DHSS developing state plan involving
Zika
CDT: E-mails help pierce secrecy of University of
Missouri presidential search; Between five and nine candidates
made the cut to be semifinalists X
Columbia Missourian: Censorship, free speech topics of
two-day symposium; University of Chicago prof says era of
"political correctness" is rife with thinskin "trigger warnings" and
"micro-aggressions"
KMOX: Pattonville middle-schooler sets world record
for largest afro; North St. Louis County school district promotes
achievement of avoiding barber for five (5) years
Washington Missourian editorial: If Jamilah Nasheed
doesn't want to stand for the American flag, she should "find life in
another country" X
P-D op-ed: Federal Highway Administration's Gregory
Nadeau: St. Louis is key to nation's freight future
P-D letter: Millennial environmentalist thinks Nixon
should use remaining political capital to push for Obama's Clean Power
Plan
P-D letter: Chesterfield man opposes tobacco tax
increase
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian says she
wants to know how much NRA paid to influence pro-gun legislators to
vote for pro-gun legislation
P-D letter: Wentzville sexagenarian dislikes Nasheed's
"child-like pouting," suggests she be censured by the Senate
SE
Missourian letter: Scott City man says Nasheed's American-flag
grandstanding doesn't deserve attention, writes a letter to the editor
about it +
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Sunday, September 18
NY Times: In Missouri Senate race, challenger Jason
Kander makes his point with a blindfold and a rifle
Politico: Senate Dems pull cash from lost-cause raises
in Ohio and Florida, will spend some in Missouri
KOLR: Emerson College poll claims Kander is leading
Blunt by two points
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan); Panel of Eddy
Justice, Danny Pfeifer, Angela Bingaman, Sam Gladney talk veto
session, gun control, Koster vs. Greitens
P-D: Greitens holsters his military themes, looks for
wider audience in general election campaign
AP:
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) contributes $100k to Eric Greitens
KBIA: Missouri Supreme Court to rule on tobacco tax
hike; Comments from Raise Your Hand for Kids' founder Linda Rallo
St. Joseph News-Press: Raise Your Hand for Kids
leaders confident in initiative; Comments from Erin Brower X
KQ2 (St. Joseph): Proposed amendment would boost
funding for early childhood education
Missourinet: Nixon: Missouri in good financial
shape, despite latest budget restrictions
P-D: State seeks to protect seniors from financial
scams; North St. Louis County woman who worked at Regions Bank
stole tens of thousands from man with dementia, walked away with five
years probation
SNL: Success of Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) in
passing gun legislation draws national attention X
The Missouri Times: Deadline for intervenors to apply
in Clean Line case passes
KTVI (St. Louis): Hoodlums spray-paint "Cops Must
Die," "BLM (Black Lives Matter)," "Pig Lover" on Florissant man's van
P-D: Funeral held for Ferguson activist found fatally
shot inside burned car; Father suggests community stop blaming
police for its self-inflicted problems: "We are killing each
other. We got [sic] to step
up."
P-D editorial: Liberals' vapid "go vote" messages
after veto session belie the fact that very few votes actually
matter; Thanks to foresight of GOP map-drawers, Republicans will
continue to dominate Legislature for years to come
P-D editorial: Remnants of the past mar Ferguson's
efforts to gain credibility
Messenger: Former East-West Gateway Council of
Governments leader wants legislators to pass new sales tax on gasoline
- and raise vehicle registration fees, and also institute toll roads -
to pay for new North-South St. Louis MetroLink route
P-D letter: Missouri Community Action Network
Executive Director Kurt Brewer: Legislators should spend more
taxpayer money giving things to poor people
P-D letter: St. Louis man expresses anger at success
of pro-gun legislators in Missouri, says they are corrupt
P-D letter: Maryland Heights sexagenarian shares her
fears about gun legislation and NRA, suggests legislators might get shot
P-D letter: St. Charles sexagenarian says gun-control
advocates will totally throw pro-gun legislators out of office in
November
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian claims to be a
registered Republican, despite the fact Missouri does not have party
registration
KC Star letter: Septuagenarian woman - who chooses to
live in Kansas - criticizes Missouri legislators for their choices +
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Saturday, September 17
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill addresses Air Guard
funding problem X
P-D: Clay attends Black Caucus event, talks voter
rights
The Missouri Times: Paul Berry blames 1st
Congressional GOP primary loss on Chris Howard; Consultant
disputes allegations, says quixotic Clay-chaser never took advice
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Missouri to offer 26 different health plans
next year; Pharmacy owner speaks at senior center about Medicare
Part D, offers advice to area olds +
The Missouri Times: Retiring Rep. Jeremy LaFaver moves
from House chamber to photo studio; Prints of Capitol at sunset,
other shots - captured via drone - will be available for purchase soon
The Missouri Times: Gravis poll: Koster up 8,
Carnahan up 4, Schmitt up 11; Analysis from Catalyst Group's Alex
Eaton, Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
The Missouri Times: Ahead of bill prohibiting
legislators from applying their skills as consultants, Rep. Courtney
Curtis (D-Ferguson) ends formal business relationship with Raise Your
Hand for Kids
Drebes:
Missouri GOP Senate PAC targeting Rizzo may be designed to divert Dem
money from fundraising frontrunners Scott Sifton, Stephen Webber
The Missouri Times: A look at how Victory Enterprises
made Andrew Koenig a state senator; Comments from Victory's
Charlie Puyear, Steve Michael
The Missouri Times: Mid-MO GOP candidates rally to
celebrate override of Nixon gun veto
CDT: Independent candidate for state rep shows up at
Muleskinners meeting; Kendrick opponent William Lee says
hypothetical Muslim bakery owner shouldn't be forced to put bacon atop
cakes X
Columbia Missourian: 45th District candidates debate
issues at Muleskinners forum
KWMU: Bruce Franks wins re-do primary in 78th House
District
The Missouri Times: Franks easily defeats Hubbard in
special election
P-D: Franks wins big in re-do election for 78th
District state rep seat
P-D: Photo gallery: Bruce Franks' jubilant
victory party: Candidate hugging his mother; Caucusoid
woman sporting expansive "Peaceful" tricep tattoo; Grown men
wearing hats indoors; More
The Missouri Times: Judge rules in favor of Rep. Rob
Vescovo (R-Arnold); Dem opponent filed complaint over two
companies' back taxes
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Kathie
Conway (R-St. Charles) on veto session, how gun bill could have been
better, Nixon's lack of engagement with legislators, dubious approach
of 'right-to-work' forces, more
Missourinet: Missouri Human Trafficking Task Force
will hold Columbia hearing; Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
says effort has bipartisan support
KWMU: Parents who choose to teach their children at
home talk about curriculum, time investment, getting their kids to
interact with peers like normal children, social pressure from other
parents, more
SE
Missourian: Children's exposure to meth via parents is
growing; Missouri Children's Division seeing effects of dopehead
parents who breed hyperactive crank babies +
P-D: Missouri Coalition for the Environment unhappy
with Clean Water Commission legislation
Missourinet: Deer hunting season now open for bows and
arrows; Comments from Missouri Dept. of Conservation's Joe Jerek
KWMU: Ferguson activists still not happy, say city's
efforts not "authentic" enough; Ebony and ivory gals say town
isn't living together in perfect harmony
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis): Why I'm supporting Eric Greitens
P-D op-ed: Missouri Jobs With Justice's Richard von
Glahn participates in pro-Kander minimum wage letter-to-the-editor
campaign (see Thursday's Springfield News-Leader letter below)
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian Sierra Club
paleface says Missourians should care what a tribe of Indians in North
Dakota thinks about water
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Friday, September 16
Politico: McCaskill calls Trump, Dr. Oz a 'marriage
made in heaven'
Washington Post: That time McCaskill and others railed
on Dr. Oz for quackery
P-D: McCaskill mocks Trump, Dr. Oz as snake-oil
salesmen
KC Star: Senate approves money for Kansas City flood
control project; Blunt, Cleaver, Graves push for funding +
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: McCaskill urges
funding to prevent opioid addiction
The Missouri Times: Kander launches new ads, gets
national attention
KC Star: In new ad, Kander assembles gun whilst
blindfolded +
SNL: Provocative ads focus on gun rights in U.S.
Senate race X
AP:
Jason Kander assembles gun in new TV ad
SE
Missourian: Koster makes campaign stop in Cape, tours downtown +
KC Star: FTC settled claims against two Missouri
payday-loan operators last year, and is investigating two more +
P-D: Federal taxpayer dollars to be spent shielding
youth from the trauma of "toxic stress" in St. Louis City,
Ferguson-Florissant and other North St. Louis County schools
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court prepares to determine
fate of tobacco tax ballot proposal
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to weigh in on
ballot measure to raise cigarette tax
AP:
Proposed tobacco-tax hike goes to Missouri Supreme Court
Columbia Missourian: At fundraising events, GOP state
rep candidates Cheri Reisch and Don Waterman praise override of gun veto
P-D: Walton lawsuit against Rep. Keith English
(I-Florissant) dismissed
Drebes:
Total Legalization Missouri seeks to go beyond medical marijuana
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Government affairs manager for Kansas City Area
Transportation Authority
Rosenbaum: We had questions about Missouri's veto
session. Now we have answers.
Missourinet: Richardson, Hummel discuss veto session's
impact on November election
SE
Missourian: Local state reps - including Swan and Lichtenegger -
support concealed-carry veto override +
CDT: Rep. Caleb Jones (R-Columbia), other GOP reps
support veto override on gun bill X
P-D: New Missouri gun law changes the rules, but many
restrictions remain
P-D: Missouri voters will get a say on voter ID, but
law could still be challenged in court
Missourinet: Richardson, Hummel offer differing
post-vote analysis on voter ID bill
The Missouri Times: Two court-related bills fail to
reach veto session finish line
Missourinet: Education, farmers roads take hits in
Nixon's $57.2 million budget restrictions
P-D: Nixon slashes spending on schools, roads after
Missouri lawmakers enact tax breaks
KWMU: Nixon wields budget axe after lawmakers approve
tax breaks
AP:
Nixon cuts $59 million in funding after tax-break veto override
P-D's Joe Holleman: Conservative talk radio KFTK
expands reach in St. Louis
P-D editorial: McCaskill, Portman put the heat on
Backpage.com to halt human trafficking
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Veto session
reaction: Voter ID is bad for democracy, and more guns equal more
violence
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Kander wrong to display
firearms in his campaign ad +
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says voter ID will
help make elections more fair
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman expresses anger at GOP
legislators over gun bill, voter ID
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Thursday, September 15
KC Star: McCaskill takes to Senate floor with new
prop: a calendar, to highlight GOP's lack of effort this year +
KMBZ: McCaskill promotes civilian recruitment for tech
security
SNL: New ad attacks Blunt on draft deferments X
Missourinet: Proposed state tobacco tax increase heads
to the Missouri Supreme Court
The Missouri Times: Supreme Court arguments on
Amendment 3 set for today
KSMU: "Yes" on Amendment 4 means no new taxes on
services in Missouri
AP:
Court rejects challenge to Missouri donation limit appeal
The Missouri Times: Bill Eigel hopes to consolidate
St. Charles GOP after contentious primary
KWMU: Franks and Hubbard battle it out in historic
state House primary
P-D: Hubbard family election success challenged by
another defeated opponent; Ferguson activist Rasheen "SheenBean"
Aldridge - whose mom lost to Tamika Hubbard in 2011 - says his August
loss for committeeman was unfair too
The Missouri Times: Senate hourly updates: Veto
Session edition
The Missouri Times: House hourly updates: Veto
Session edition
CDT: Lawmakers override Nixon on gun, voter ID bills X
Columbia Missourian: Gun bill becomes law in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Photos: Caucasoid women,
elderly Caucasoid men wearing "Moms Demand Action" shirts sit in
gallery and watch gun legislation pass; More
KWMU: General Assembly expands gun rights, require
photo ID for voters
The Missouri Times: Gun bill becomes law after both
chambers vote to override veto
Missourinet: Lawmakers override Nixon's veto of gun
measure
KC Star: Missouri Republicans vote to override veto of
gun bill +
The Missouri Times: General Assembly votes to override
veto on photo ID
SE
Missourian: Lawmakers override governor's vetoes +
P-D: Lawmakers override Nixon on guns, voter ID
AP: Lawmakers override Nixon on gun bill, voter ID
AP: Overview of key overrides
Missourinet: Legislators override Nixon's veto of bill
affecting Medicaid recipients; Those receiving subsidized care
will be held accountable when flaking on appointments
JCNT: Override sets up new Medicaid fees X
Missourinet: Democrats and Republicans disagree about
ag disaster bill impact
Missourinet: Seven of Nixon's vetoes sustained
CDT: Lawmakers look at role of University of Missouri
in new degree programs X
The Missouri Times: PSC approves renewable energy
standard compliance reports
AP:
Appeals court to rehear Missouri execution drug dispute
AP:
State says hunters in 7 counties should test for sick deer
P-D endorsement: Bruce Franks over Penny Hubbard in
Dem state rep primary; Franks' "casual style of dress and various
facial tattoos" will help counter Missouri's "soybeans and suburbs"
KC Star editorial: University of Missouri takes needed
steps in diversity; Handing out jobs to minorities, conducting
annual suveys, offering "Diversity 101" sessions are a wise investment +
KC Star's Sanchez: If it's serious about ending child
sex trafficking, Backpage.com should cooperate with McCaskill-Portman
push +
SNL letter: Methodist pastor supports Kander over
Blunt, thinks Missouri voters care about minimum wage X
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Wednesday, September
14 Veto Session
Delta Farm Press: Blunt: U.S. farmers need to
"take advantage of our advantages"
Roll Call: Ad hammers Blunt for family lobbying ties
Politico:
Dems signal next round of attacks on Blunt: Contributions from
for-profit colleges
KC Star: National group says online poll shows
McCaskill at 46% approval/38% disapproval, Blunt at 46% approval/32%
disapproval +
KC Star: McCaskill trumpets positive economic news +
The Hill: McCaskill, Collins want details on how
seniors were affected by Wells Fargo fraud
P-D: Supreme Court denies Backpage.com request in
legal fight with Portman, McCaskill
P-D: Taxpayers to fund health clinic at MetroLink
stations; Service unavailable at stations outside North St. Louis
County
Columbia Missourian: Protest against Dakota pipeline
draws 40; Group marches down street, stops to yell at local Bank
of America branch office
SE
Missourian: Area lawyer urges businesses to prepare for new
federal overtime rules +
The Missouri Times: Senate tip sheet: 30 days
after primary
The Missouri Times: House tip sheet: 30 days
after primary
KWMU: Appeals court OKs re-do in 78th House District
P-D: Appeals court will not block do-over election for
78th District Democratic state rep primary
P-D: Hubbard opponents outline complaints:
Family members were inside polling places, one used the word "b!tch,"
other transgressions.; Reporters mention Rodney Hubbard Sr.'s
luxury car (Mercedes-Benz) four times
The Missouri Times: Profile: Heather McKnelly,
legislative assistant to GOP Reps. Elaine Gannon and Lyndall Fraker
Drebes: Former Speaker Tim Jones converts campaign
committee
P-D: Revenue growth still a concern for Nixon
administration
The Missouri Times: Michael Barrett asks legislative
committee for increased funding for public defenders
Kraske: The Chat: Cierpiot on overriding
Nixon; Nixon on future plans +
SNL: Nixon defends vetoes in Springfield X
Missourinet: Veto session preview: House
Majority Leader Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's Summit)
AP:
KC Mayor Sly James reiterates opposition to gun bill, says legislators
are "doubling down on stupid"
Missourinet: Urban mayor expresses anger that GOP
legislators will "double-down on stupid"
KWMU: Veto session gun bill: Thoughts from Rep.
Eric Burlison (R-Springfield), Missouri Fraternal Order of Police's
Kevin Ahlbrand
The Missouri Times: NRA makes SB 656 their top
national priority as debate comes down to the wire
SE
Missourian: GOP Reps. Kathy Swan, Donna Lichtenegger say they
have reservations about gun bill +
P-D: Nasheed will sit during Pledge of Allegiance
CDT: University of Missouri to spend $1 million trying
to find qualified minority faculty X
KWMU: UM System diversity goal: hand out more
faculty jobs to minorities
KC Star: MU leaders to spend more money trying to
double minority faculty +
Columbia Missourian: MU hopes handing out more jobs to
minorities will placate race complaints
CDT: Activities association promises to review start
date for high school sports X
Missourinet: Lawmakers discuss how State Fair overlaps
with student practice schedule
KWMU: State board member warns elected SLPS board
transition talks could be on hold until April
KC Star editorial: GOP legislators should flip-flop on
guns, voter ID, and Clean Water Commission bills +
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans can't have it both
ways on illegal-alien workers
Messenger: Area paraplegic wants state legislators to
spend more money on caseworkers
P-D op-ed: St. Louis City Police Chief Sam
Dotson: Legislators should uphold veto of gun bill
P-D op-ed: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights): If SB 656 is overridden, there will be a spike in gun
violence rates
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missouri
Legislature should spend more money on K-12 education
KC Star letters: Area readers oppose gun bill, voter
ID bill +
P-D letter: Area man says new state law on divorce
won't help much, and dads will continue to get the short end of the
stick
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Tuesday, September
13
Veto Session Eve
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April
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May 2016
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June 2016
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September
2015 headlines: Last year's veto session: 'Right-to-work'
fails, journalists complain about legislators hosting and attending
fundraisers, more
Rosenbaum: Five (5!) things to look for during this
week's veto session
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum preview veto session
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Annual veto-session
fundraiser story +
Missourinet: Veto session preview
KC Star: Veto session preview
+
AP: Final veto showdown for Missouri's most-overridden
governor
Columbia Missourian: Legislators to discuss voter ID
proposal
Columbia Missourian: Missouri lawmakers to review veto
of concealed-carry permits
CDT: Women's group opposes SB 656; Rep. Caleb
Jones (R-Columbia) says he's uncertain how he'll vote X
Missourinet: Lawmakers to discuss funding for Missouri
State Public Defender system
CDT: Missouri legislative committee to hold hearing on
school start dates X
Missourinet: Legislative hearing to discuss how high
schools' sports practice calendar affects tourism
Kraske: The Chat: Koster on cracking down on
urban gun felons; Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) on
importance of electing a Republican governor
+
The Missouri Times: St. Louis Regional Early Childhood
Council endorses Amendment 3
KWMU: Area appeals court weighs re-do primary in 78th
House district; Man who seeks to serve as state representative
wears comic-book t-shirt in court of law
The Missouri Times: Richard Brown attributes
Democratic primary victory over Bonnaye Mims to hard work, faith
The Missouri Times: Paul Wieland wins case against
Missouri Ethics Commission
The Missouri Times: Jay Reichard to become partner at
Statehouse Strategies
P-D: Nixon buys home in decent part of University City
KWMU: Demonstrators at Missouri Capitol call for
$15/hr. minimum wage; McGriddle artist Terrance Wise blames
co-worker's death on "our bosses, CEOs," Jefferson City officials as a
whole
SNL: Outside groups pour money into Blunt-Kander
Senate race X
P-D: Dem campaign group pulls money out of lost-cause
Senate races, will spend $1.5M on independent expenditures for Kander
Missourinet: McCaskill, Dems renew push for hearing of
Obama's Supreme Court nominee
SNL: Witty P.J. O'Rourke, solemn Carl Bernstein talk
Trump, Clinton and journalism at Drury University X
KWMU: 2016-17 Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone:
Area Indians protest progess on Dakota pipeline by burning incense,
handing out tobacco, urging attendees to speak to water
Columbia Missourian: Area activists outline plan to
stop Dakota Access Pipeline: Walk the streets with "DAPL"
signs; Mid-Missouri Peaceworks chief: "If they look it up,
it's a win."
KWMU: State board could decide future of SLPS
transition talks
P-D: Taxpayers from other school districts paying for
staff to work in Normandy
The Missouri Times: Renovate American, a private
partner of Missouri Clean Energy District, coming to Kansas City,
Jackson County; Comments from Tom Dempsey
P-D: Restaurants plan a round of dining fundraisers
for Ballwin officer; Michael Flamion was ambushed in July by
career criminal Antonio Taylor
P-D editorial: Veto session challenges lawmakers to do
the right thing; Unfortunately, many will have the audacity to
feed themselves and catch up with friends at fundraising events
Columbia Missourian letter: Area octogenarian supports
Democrat filling ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler
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Monday, September 12
SNL: Carl Bernstein, P.J. O'Rourke to talk politics at
Drury University tonight X
CDT: Peace protesters hold event on 9/11; Iraqi
man complains about U.S. response to terrorist attacks X
KMOX: McCaskill, Blunt communications staff write and
distribute statements re: 9/11 anniversary
The Missouri Times: 'Aspirational biography' raises
questions about Diana Kander's desire to lobby
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri Farm Bureau releases
State Fair poll results: Conservative, GOP-leaning crowd prefers
Blunt, Parson and Hawley by 30-point margins, with Koster edging
Greitens
Kraske: The Chat: Eric Greitens calls Chris
Koster a liar +
KMOX: Koster campaign launches "fact check" website
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Eric
Schmitt; Panel of Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis), Mark Dalton,
Jeff Aboussie and Robert Knodell discuss NRA and Koster, Greitens vs.
Richard, veto session and gun bill
Messenger: Judy Baker stops payment on campaign check
to the Hubbards' ward committee, but it gets tallied anyway
KWMU: "<X> things" journomeme: Four (4!)
things to know about the never-ending 78th District House Democratic
primary
P-D: Republicans confident about overriding Nixon
vetoes
Missourinet: Nixon, Hoskins disagree over extended
vehicle warranty bill language
KWMU: St. Charles County considers joining regional
prescription drug database
Missourinet: Missouri prison programs aim to instill
positive qualities in criminals
St. Joseph News-Press: Data continues to influence
policing; Criminology prof: Predictive policing is
"predicting who the risky offenders are, and that can be controversial" X
Priddy: Alleged vote fraud in 78th District Democratic
primay should not impact voter ID debate
CDT op-ed: Veteran Dem Terry Schlemeier makes Missouri
election predictions: Clinton, Kander, Koster, Hensley win in
November X
KC Star op-ed: Urban mayors Sly James and Francis Slay
oppose override of SB 656 veto +
KC Star letter: Rep from liberal Small Business
Majority says Obamacare benefits small businesses in Missouri +
JCNT letter: National Organization for Women's Susan
Gibson opposes 'right-to-work' veto override
X
P-D letter: Septuagenarian Calverton Park Mayor Jim
Paunovich disagrees with Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale), P-D's Tony
Messenger on "speed-trap" bill
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Sunday, September 11
P-D: Trump, family and friends mourn Phyllis Schlafly,
a St. Louis icon
P-D: Tweetstream from inside and outside Schlafly
service via Ashley Jost, Kristen Taketa, others
KWMU: Service for Phyllis Schlafly draws Trump, area
conservatives, and the kind of people who would protest at a woman's
funeral
KWMU: Jill Stein renews pitch to get on stage during
presidential debates
SE
Missourian: Kander campaign stop focuses on education +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Russ Carnahan makes case to Bootheel voters,
labels Mike Parson a "long-term state legislator who's frankly been
part of the problem" in Jefferson City X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Eric Schmitt; Panel of Rep. Gina Mitten
(D-St. Louis), Mark Dalton, Robert Knodell, Jeff Aboussie talk NRA and
Koster, Greitens vs. Richard, veto session and gun bill
St. Joseph News-Press: Tax backers detail state parks'
needs X
P-D: What's at stake in Hubbard-Franks do-over election
JCNT: Veto session preview: Voter ID, guns,
extra-long trucks, service contract changes X
JCNT: Details on bills that can be considered during
veto session X
SE
Missourian: State audit shines light on rising costs at
Southeast, other public universities +
SE
Missourian: New mass media center at Southeast Missouri State
University named after Gary Rust +
KC Star: Lawsuit against Nixon and former department
director alleges age, gender discrimination +
SE
Missourian: Missouri may soon allow hunting for black
bears; Thoughts from Missouri Dept. of Conservation's Aaron
Jeffries +
CDT: Black Columbians, public safety officials
disagree over "racial profiling"; Sheriff says patrolling bad
areas to hunt for known miscreants is "not racial profiling, that's
criminal profiling" X
CDT: Traffic-stop data X
SE
Missourian's Gary Rust: Phyllis Schlafly set an example for us all +
P-D's Nicklaus: Ban on Tesla sales is anti-consumer
and anti-competition
P-D's Gallagher: RedDough aims to provide an
alternative to payday lenders; Non-profit CEO thinks lending poor
people money and "going easy on them" will turn out well
Waters: No need to fret over lower ACT scores;
Lesser students simply diluted this year's numbers
P-D letter: Missouri Right to Life's Pam
Fichter: Phyllis Schlafly leaves behind a pro-life legacy
SNL letter: Springfield Republican Asher Allman
responds to Kander's criticism of NRA X
P-D letter: Eureka Democrat thinks Chris Koster is not
liberal enough
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Saturday, September 10
Kraske: Remembering Sen. Ed Quick (D-Liberty) - and an
era when Jefferson City pols were more than just short-timers +
KWMU: VP Joe Biden praises LaunchCode for linking
people to technology jobs
The Missouri Times: VP Biden visits LaunchCode to
discuss tech jobs
P-D: Tech training focus of Biden's LaunchCode visit
NY Times: The Run-Up podcast: McCaskill on
Clinton's bid for president, challenges facing gals running for
executive-office positions, more
Missourinet: Cleaver: Clinton misspoke about
defeating ISIS without American soldiers
KWMU: Trump expected to attend services for Phyllis
Schlafly
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies talks
about what it was like covering Phyllis Schlafly
P-D: After McCaskill push, Lambert airport police to
get Social Security benefits after all
KMOV: Airport employees will keep benefits thanks to
McCaskill
AP: McCaskill-Portman panel opens inquiry into Epipen
pricing
KWMU: Missouri's Sierra Club chapter joins Indians in
opposing North Dakota pipeline construction; Area woman serenades
group with song from her childhood, calls energy project "crazy"
AP: Federal government halts work on part of pipeline
project; JP American Horse, LaDonna Brave Bull Allard joined by
paleface kemosabes in opposing progress on energy project
P-D: Governor candidates snipe over building repairs
while $600 million problem awaits winner
The Missouri Times: Democrats parody Greitens with new
website; "Mr. Motivational Speaker" tumblr mocks candidate's own
self-promotional clips of situps, martial-arts moves
SE
Missourian: Independent governor candidate Lester Turilli makes
stop in Cape +
The Missouri Times: Transfer to Supreme Court caps
week's Amendment 3 action
KWMU: As re-do election looms in 78th District,
Hubbard breaks her silence; Incumbent talks to Rosenbaum about
absentee ballots, voting with GOP on some issues, Doe Run, much more
The Missouri Times: State rep candidates Byron DeLear
(D), Mark Matthiesen (R) pitch solutions to West Lake issue
CDT: 44th District race heats up as Cheri Reisch (R),
Tom Pauley (D) battle at Muleskinners debate; Republican upset
about Dem supporters' online comments X
P-D: Annual veto-session-fundraisers story
Missourinet: House Appropriations Committee on Public
Safety and Corrections - chaired by Rep. Kathie Conway (R-St. Charles)
- to discuss inmate health care contract, neighborhood watch fund
CDT: Boone County officials want in on St. Louis
prescription drug monitoring program X
The Missouri Times: Empire acquisition by Liberty
approved, with clean energy provisions
KC Star editorial: Missouri students continue to
disappoint with poor test scores; "More rigorous instruction" and
longer school days will totally reverse the trend +
Waters: Voters should reject Greitens not because he
took a salary from charity, but because of his inexperience X
KC Star letter: Missouri Firearms Coalition's Curt
Frazier hopes legislators override veto of SB 656 +
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man responds to piece on
Catholic schools and special-needs students
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Friday, September 9
KC Star: Hillary Clinton speaks to black church group
in KC +
KC Star: Transcript of Hillary Clinton's prepared
remarks before National Baptist Convention +
KMBC: Hillary Clinton focuses on faith in speech to
National Baptist Convention
KWMU: Green Party's presidential candidate to visit
St. Louis tomorrow; Jill Stein has warrant for arrest in North
Dakota after she joined angry Indians in trespassing and defacing
private property
Missourinet: Washington University in St. Louis in its
own class for presidential debates
KTVI (St. Louis): VP Joe Biden to visit LaunchCode in
Delmar Loop this morning
The Missouri Times: Campaigns uses social media
platforms old and new; Insight, advice from GOP communications
gurus Rich Chrismer and Joe Lakin
Missourinet: McCaskill wants to boost retirement
savings
P-D: House passes controversial Wagner measure to
streamline reporting for companies seeking investors
P-D: Wagner: $1.7B payment to Iran further
endangers her son, other U.S. personnel
KWMU: A look at how federal opioid funding could help
St. Louis area
The Missouri Times: Gubernatorial campaigns focus on
new issues: Charity administrative costs vs. office renovation
expenses
SNL: Greitens supporters twitstigate Koster team with
new hashtag: #CouchesForKoster X
Missourinet: Hubbard-Franks rematch set for Sept. 16
P-D: Bruce Franks failed to pay back taxes or file
campaign finance report, chalks it up to being an outsider: "This
is my first time around, and there are some things that we didn't
understand."
Drebes: Former Senate staffer working against photo ID
campaign
Missourinet: Minority, poor students continue to
disappoint on achievement tests
KC Star: ACLU is suing KC Public Schools, saying
bullied child, 7, was handcuffed for misbehaving then crying +
SNL: New Springfield Public Schools building dedicated
to former state Sen. Roseann Bentley (R-Springfield) X
CDT: Search committee wraps up two days of interviews
for University of Missouri president X
Columbia Missourian: Two-day free speech symposium to
be held on MU campus
KC Star: Ozarks lake drowning case whistleblower says
Missouri Highway Patrol wanted him to lie +
P-D: Spire says Laclede Gas rates haven't increased
AP:
State appeals court order to reveal execution-drug source
P-D: Commission rules officer can be disciplined for
pointing gun at Ferguson protesters; St. Ann cop used rifle to
keep mob at bay
Washington Missourian editorial: Phyllis Schlafly was
a true conservative X
Washington Missourian endorsement: Jay Ashcroft for
secretary of state X
P-D editorial: New law helps put dads back in their
family pictures following divorce; Editorial board praises
legislation, omits bill sponsor and political party (Rep. Kathy Swan,
R-Cape Girardeau)
P-D editorial: Galloway's audit another chapter in
Wellston's sad history
Messenger: In St. Louis City, purging election board
commissioners is a long tradition
P-D op-ed: U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay: Don't penalize
voters when the system fails
P-D letter: Former UMSL administrator Betty Van Uum
weighs in on Schlafly's death; Septuagenarian feminist says
anti-ERA crusader made feminists smarter
P-D letter: St. Louis man disagrees with Post-Dispatch
editorial on campus political correctness and safe spaces
CDT letter: Area sexagenarian says she finds her "Race
Matters, Friends" chat group to be educational, despite what white
males may think X
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Thursday, September 8
KMBC: Kander talks college costs in KC campaign stop
KCUR: Kander blames Congress for high college tuition
debt
Kirksville Daily Express: Kander meets with local
veterans X
P-D: Coal miners descend upon Washington to push for
bill to shore up retiree health care, pensions; Blunt says he'll
review whatever bill comes out of Finance Committee
AP: High court temporarily blocks McCaskill-Boehner
subpoena over sex ads
Bloomberg: Supreme Court stays McCaskill-Boehner
backpage.com subpoena enforcement
KWMU: Wash U. sociology prof talks about liberal
Economic Policy Union report on decline of unions, migration of
manufacturing jobs to 'right to work' states and St. Louis no longer
being a "union city"
The Missouri Times: The Missouri Times announces
#MOGOV polling series
The Missouri Times: Weekly poll: Koster up 47-41
over Greitens; Scott Sifton up 7 over Randy Jotte, Stephen Webber
up 4 over Caleb Rowden
KWMU: Koster's NRA endorsement over Greitens is hardly
a surprise
Drebes: Koster reaching out to talented Republicans,
Democrats to fill key administration spots
The Missouri Times: Ron Richard defends Senate
Republicans against Greitens' attacks, says campaign is 'not
well-informed'
AP:
Democrats question salary Greitens paid himself from The Mission
Continues
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on St. Louis City
election board appointees +
P-D: Absentee voting to begin Thursday in special
election in 78th District race
KWMU: Kander urges continued investigation into 78th
District absentee ballots
AP: Potential vote fraud 'troubles' Kander
Missourinet: Nixon previews his final veto session as
governor
The Missouri Times: Nixon urges lawmakers to consider
his stances before veto session
KWMU: Nixon focuses on lesser-known dead bills one
week before veto session
P-D: Veto session should focus on more than guns and
voter ID, Nixon says
Columbia Missourian: Nixon discusses voter ID,
concealed carry before veto session
AP:
Nixon 'optimistic' some vetoes will stick
The Missouri Times: Missouri state employee pay below
market average
P-D: Missouri could launch overhaul of state worker
pay in January
KWMU: Missouri students do poorly in math;
"Super subgroup" of minority/"disabled"/poor kids continues to
underperform in every subject
P-D: Missouri releases first glimpse of 2016 test
scores; Minority students - and those who claim to be poor -
trail other students by double digits
CDT: Search committee continues meeting to interview
University of Missouri presidential hopefuls
X
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Corrections Director
George Lombardi touts work-release program
P-D: Koster asks Missouri Supreme Court to reconsider
felony stealing ruling
KWMU: Galloway details major problems with Wellston's
municipal court
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Missouri Department of
Conservation adds major changes to harvesting deer this season
KWMU: Prominent Ferguson activist Darren Seals found
dead in North St. Louis County
AP:
Police probe death of Darren Seals; Hoodlum(s) - still on the
loose - shot Ferguson activist, then burned car
KWMU: Ferguson gets mixed reviews on consent decree
compliance
P-D: Progress on Ferguson consent decree compliance
mixed, both sides say
P-D editorial: Fear of REAL ID is exaggerated;
inconvenience is not
P-D editorial: With tuition frozen, Missouri colleges
use the fee-hike ploy
SE
Missourian editorial: Expanded ACT testing will benefit
students; Students who previously doubted their abilities might
be inspired to attend college +
Waters: Yes on Amendment 2; McCaskill says
she'll put her money where her mouth is to pass restriction of campaign
contributions X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman suggests absentee
voters vouch for hand-delivery of ballot
P-D letter: Ballwin man says election workers who took
questionable ballots should be fired
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Wednesday, September 7
KWMU: Pence goes for the gusto as he lauds Trump and
lambastes Clinton
P-D: Pence makes stop in Chesterfield
SNL: Pence rails against Clinton in Springfield X
KC Star: Washington Post poll: Donald Trump
leads comfortably in Missouri +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's Green Party leaders
make familiar election-year pitch: America is at a critical
juncture, people are tired of R and D parties and will choose to vote
for losing candidates, etc.; Comments from editor of
"Compost-Dispatch" newsletter
The Missouri Times: Obituary: Phyllis Schlafly,
a great Missourian
P-D: Questions surround breakoff super-PAC set up day
of Schlafly's death
KC Star: In KC for black church convention, Jesse
Jackson speaks to black students about importance of voting +
Politico: Backpage.com seeks Supreme Court
intervention in McCaskill-Portman Senate probe
The Missouri Times: New Blunt ad uses 2008 footage to
target Kander's "liberal values"
The Missouri Times: Chris Koster endorsed by the
National Rifle Association
KC Star: NRA endorses Chris Koster in race for governor +
P-D: NRA endorses Democrat Koster over Republican
Greitens in governor race
AP:
NRA endorses Democrat Chris Koster - not Republican Eric Greitens - for
governor
The Missouri Times: GOP poll shows GOP candidates -
and Chris Koster - doing well
KC Star: Remington Research poll shows lead for Trump,
Blunt; Koster leads Greitens in race for governor +
The Missouri Times: Karl Rove to appear at Jay
Ashcroft fundraiser in KC
The Missouri Times: Child Care Aware endorses
Amendment 3
P-D: Elbert Walton lawsuit alleges Rep. Keith English
(I-Florissant) doesn't live in district
Drebes: Jeff Aboussie retiring
Drebes:
Help Wanted: City of Wentzville seeks lobbyist
The Missouri Times: Amid concerns, Nixon appoints two
new members to St. Louis City Elections Board
KWMU: Nixon names two new members of St. Louis City
election board: Erwin Switzer (D) and Al Johnson (R)
P-D: Nixon shakes up St. Louis City elections board by
adding two seasoned Caucasoid males
The Missouri Times: Trent Watson appointed to Capitol
Commission
Missourinet: Lawmakers to look at study showing low
state worker pay
CDT: Area school districts make adjustments to
accomodate Pledge of Allegiance requirement X
CDT: MU decline in season ticket sales attributed, in
part, to last fall's race histrionics and Pinkel's reaction X
CDT: Search committee in St. Louis to interview
University of Missouri presidential candidates
X
P-D: University of Missouri presidential search effort
comes to St. Louis
Missourinet: Missouri Human Trafficking Task Force to
meet today in Mehlville
CDT: Voided law could negate many stealing convictions X
SNL: Transgender inmate sues Greene County jail staff
over strip search; "J.G." says she was treated "like a baby chick
on a production line" X
KWMU: Six months in, Ferguson gets ready for progress
report on consent decree
P-D editorial: Phyllis Schlafly, 1924-2016
P-D editorial: Voter ID stops voters, not election
fraud
KC Star editorial: Public schools must work harder to
boost student attendance; Young urbanites' truancy will be fixed
by more administrator meetings, youth mentoring programs, attendance
prizes of fuel-efficient economy cars +
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Taking politics
out of education X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Liberal columnist
displeased by Chris Koster and Eric Greitens
Messenger: Speed trap highlights policing-for-profit
dilemma; Drivers deserve Eric Schmitt's SB 5
P-D letter: St. Louis man says merger between Anthem,
Cigna would be good for Missourians
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Tuesday, September 6
P-D: Conservative Phyllis Schlafly cut her own pathway
KWMU: Obituary for Phyllis Schlafly
KC Star: Phyllis Schlafly's voice was a beacon for
conservatives for half a century +
AP:
Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly dies at age 92
KC Star: Collection of reactions to Phyllis Schlafly's
passing: Missouri Republican Party's John Hancock, and
candidates' communications staff +
KMOX: Mike Pence to make stop in Chesterfield at 1:30
p.m. today
KTTS: Mike Pence to make stop in Springfield at 10:30
a.m. today
KC Star: Hillary Clinton to speak Thursday in KC at
National Baptist Convention +
P-D: Labor Day parade draws sparse crowd
Kraske: The Chat: SLU's Ken Warren on Blunt,
Kander and election-administration issues; McCaskill on
campaign-finance limits; Former U.S. Senate candidate Alan Wheat
on race +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson)
opposes Koster, joins fight for Raise Your Hand for Kids' Amendment 3
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jake Hummel on
Trump-Clinton, 'right to work," Sifton-Jotte; Panel of Rep.
Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson), labor leader Pat White, former Speaker
Steve Tilley, state rep candidate Mark Milton (R) talk 'right to work,'
voter ID, Greitens' criticism of GOP legislators' food fund, more
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
Mark Milton says fund to feed legislators doesn't represent corruption
Missourinet: Outgoing Rep. Tommy Pierson
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) gives advice to incoming Democrats:
"Just vote your conscience on bills and move on. Nine times out of ten
you lose."
Missourinet: Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit) reflects
upon Iraq deployment
Rosenbaum: Bruce Franks claims vote fraud, but says
photo ID bill isn't the answer; Republicans might have the votes
to put the measure on the ballot anyway
Missourinet: With Dugger's resignation, photo ID bill
will have one less vote at veto session
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Stacey
Newman (R-Richmond Heights) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
disagreeing with Koster and Greitens on guns, her opposition to photo
ID, more
Missourinet: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) hopeful for
SB 641 override; Nixon describes it as "poor fiscal policy"
AP:
Responding to college-cost audit, Nixon touts affordability
Missourinet: University of Missouri Board of Curators
meeting in St. Louis this morning
P-D: St. Louis Public Schools getting closer to
elected control
KC Star: Fewer orange cones: New law enabling
design-build may speed up projects +
AP:
Deer disease prompts mandatory testing in parts of Missouri
KC Star editorial: McCaskill, Blunt should keep
pushing for federal funding to fight opioid abuse +
P-D editorial: Federal review needed for Missouri
death row inmate
SNL op-ed: Democratic state rep candidate Crystal
Quade: Photo ID bill designed to keep minorities, olds, poors
from voting X
P-D letter: St. Louis County man points out that
Post-Dispatch rails against guns while accepting firearms advertisements
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Monday, September
5 Labor
Day
SNL: Jason Kander to headline AFL-CIO's local Labor
Day parade X
P-D: Blunt, Kander, area profs weigh in on St. Louis
City vote fraud
KC Star: Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies got $2.7 million
from Cruz campaign +
P-D: Judge rules in favor of McCaskill, Portman in
backpage.com contempt of Senate fight
KC Star: It's midnight on the first of the month, and
the urban ATM rush for taxpayer-funded "disability" checks is on;
Police Dept. Crisis Intervention rep: "There's a lot of riffraff
hanging around, and a lot of them are going to be high and drunk" +
St. Joseph News-Press: Pew Charitable Trust:
Probation, parole sentences decrease without risking public safety X
Kirksville Daily Express: Area woman sticks around to
see 100th birthday; Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) presents a
cake to mark centenarian status
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill to run
again; Senior senator is hardworking, leans to the center rather
than the far left X
P-D editorial: Annual Labor Day editorial:
"Union-friendly states like Missouri find themselves in the dust as
employers increasingly choose 'right to work' states"
KC Star editorial: Annual Labor Day editorial:
Times are tough, workers deserve more money, "gender gap" is real, etc. +
Messenger: NAACP seeks Justice Department help for St.
Louis transit funding
SNL letter: Former state Rep. Mike Schilling
(D-Springfield): Missouri legislators should increase minimum
wage to at least $10 X
P-D letter: St. Louis Labor Council's Pat White:
Rex Sinquefield, David Humphreys "accumulated their wealth on the backs
of hard-working people" and are trying to keep the working man down
P-D letter: Greenville man says real objective of
'right to work' is to eliminate unions
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta's Anthony
Nash: "While often regarded as a day for one last barbeque, Labor
Day should be about celebrating the contributions of all working people"
Ashtabula (OH) Star Beacon: Local union reps:
"While often regarded as a day for one last barbeque, Labor Day should
be about celebrating the contributions of all working people"
Naples Daily News: Naples' Michael Nagle: "While
often regarded as a day for one last barbeque, Labor Day should be
about celebrating the contributions of all working people"
P-D letter: Florissant resident LaKeesha Griffin
copies language - verbatim - from above letters, congratulates herself
for her "hard work"
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Sunday, September 4
KC Star: Fall election preview: Blunt vs. Kander +
P-D: Fall election preview: Blunt vs. Kander
SNL: Democratic poll shows Blunt leading Kander, Trump
over Clinton in Missouri X
P-D: Activists still complaining about West Lake
Landfill; Clay, Wagner would shift responsibility from EPA to
Army Corps of Engineers
AP:
BREAKING: Robin Smith is black; Veteran journalist, running
for secretary of state, declines reporter's invitation to caterwaul
about race
P-D: Missouri's revenue wobbles in August
CDT: Melissa Click lands post as lecturer at Gonzaga
University X
P-D: More electric cars could spark need for more
charging stations; Ameren requested approval for six "pay at the
pump" charging stations on I-70 from Jefferson City to St. Louis
P-D: Clinton County panel restricts wind farms
AP:
Appeals court rules againt Missouri in execution drug case
SE
Missourian editorial: New divorce law to help dads, but requires
50/50 custody +
P-D editorial: One university stands up to the
politically correct thought police; University of Chicago will
avoid milquetoasty pantywaist "safe zones" pushed by Melissa Click types
Waters: MU campus speech rules and ramshackle
shantytowns X
P-D op-ed: Moms Demand Action's Pamela Merritt:
SB 656 would lead to more shootings
P-D letter: Area septuagenarian says SB 656 would make
her feel unsafe
P-D letter: Wildwood man fears SB 656 will lead to
some "nut" shooting people willy-nilly
P-D letter: 69-year-old female angry that story about
female-owned lingerie company featured photo of lithe brunette of
breedable age
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Saturday, September 3
KWMU: Mike Pence to make stop in Chesterfield next week
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt choose to invest their families'
money in D.C.-area real estate
Columbia Missourian: Jason Kander speaks to MU
class; University provides U.S. Senate candidate platform to
campaign before 500 students
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Roy Blunt, Jason Smith and Todd Richardson
speak to Dunklin County Farm Bureau +
CDT: McCaskill backs campaign contribution limits,
says she'll get dedicate her own resources to passing state ballot
initiative X
The Missouri Times: 30 Days after Primary Election
report: Lieutenant Governor
P-D: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton) holds wide
fundraising lead; Incumbent has four (4) times as much cash on
hand as opponent
CDT: Stephen Webber's fundraising exceeds $1 million X
Columbia Missourian: Campaign finance reports:
Webber, Rowden
Columbia Missourian: Area state rep campaign finance
reports
The Missouri Times: New election ordered in
Franks-Hubbard case
The Missouri Times: What happens from here in
Franks-Hubbard case?
KWMU: Judge orders new election in Penny Hubbard vs.
Bruce Franks state rep race
P-D: Judge orders new election in Democratic state rep
primary
KWMU: Behind the headlines: Media outlet talks
to other media outlet about coverage of Hubbard-Franks vote fraud story
KWMU: Missouri's income numbers for August hold good
and bad news
P-D: Where are the National Merit scholars of
1986? Updates on students who chose early on to work hard, make
something of themselves
KC Star: Fired MU professor Melissa Click hired at
Gonzage University +
Columbia Missourian: False robbery report at MU
residence hall leads to arrest, charge; Caucasoid female shares
fantasy of being assaulted, causes unnecessary alerts
KC Star: Missouri Highway Patrol violated Sunshine Law
in Ellingson case, judge rules +
CDT: Ag Director Richard Fordyce speaks at inaugural
Missouri Agribusiness and Policy Symposium
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Farmers, scientists detail affect of use of
dicamba before Missouri House Committee; Area man says one
percent of fellow farmers choose to break the law in applying approved
herbicide in unapproved fashion +
CDT: Grain Belt Express files third application for
wind-power project X
KC Star: State must reveal source of execution
drug; Three-judge panel rules Missouri must disclose its connect
for pentobarbital, used to make murderers assume room temperature +
P-D: St. Louis police successfully put down criminal
who shot at officer; Incident marks second time in one week in
which a criminal has opened fire at St. Louis City law enforcement
officer
Messenger: Court ruling puts Missouri confidentiality
for rape victims in question
P-D letter: Area septuagenarian mocks Nixon, Koster
for funding of public defenders
P-D letter: Florissant man responds to woman's demand
that St. Louis Fed hand more to black woman, suggests that accepting
responsibility is part of moving up the ladder
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Friday, September 2
KWMU: Vote fraud: Blunt, Kander familiar with
limits of Missouri secretary of state's powers
P-D: Case of alleged vote fraud in St. Louis City
Democratic state rep primary now in judge's hands
Missourinet: ACLU takes issue with suspension of
student with Trump sign
The Missouri Times: Betting markets offer alternative
gauge of Missouri contests: Trump vs. Clinton, Blunt vs. Kander,
Greitens vs. Koster
P-D: Missouri ID won't be enough to enter Scott Air
Force Base as new REAL ID standards land this month
Kraske: Six big Missouri issues Koster and Greitens
must address +
KWMU: Final tally for most expensive Missouri primary
contest for governor
The Missouri Times: 30 Days After Primary Election
report: Governor
AP:
Governor candidates report fundraising, expenditures
P-D: In race for governor, Koster holds big
fundraising lead over Greitens
Kraske: The Chat: Koster on Greitens' approach
to state government +
The Missouri Times: 30 Days After Primary Election
report: Secretary of State
The Missouri Times: 30 Days After Primary Election
report: Treasurer
The Missouri Times: 30 Days After Primary Election
report: Attorney General
The Missouri Times: Judge keeps Democrat on state
Senate ballot despite residency issue; J. Ranen Bechtold cleared
to take November loss to Ryan Silvey
The Missouri Times: In race to replace Caleb Rowden,
Tom Pauley (D) and Cheri Reisch (R) look to avoid petty politics
Missourinet: MoDOT reminds drivers to give themselves
extra time during the Labor Day weekend
Missourinet: Gun-control group promotes its poll prior
to veto session
The Missouri Times: GOP lawmakers speak out against MU
football coach Barry Odom's perceived 'no gun' policy
Missourinet: Reporters get to experience brand-new
Senate gallery work area during veto session
Missourinet: Renee Hulshof hopes University of
Missouri Review Commission can receive deadline extension
Washington Missourian: ACT scores show Washington High
School students superior to state's average
CDT: Area ACT averages down as lesser students are
forced to take exam X
AP:
Judge says Tesla can't sell directly to Missouri customers
KWMU: Missouri State Highway Patrol flying with
advanced technology
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: Legislative committee
studies impact of those who break state and federal law by using
approved herbicide in unapproved manner; Monsanto's Duane Simpson
notes company has sold no dicamba, gives overview of education and
training efforts +
P-D: PSC: Laclede Gas customers pay extra for
parent company Spire's out-of-state acquisitions
St. Joseph News-Press: New wind farm on pace for fall
finish X
Missourinet: Galloway audit shows road project in
Southwest Missouri marred by mismanagement
KWMU: Activist leader who wiped pepper spray on St.
Louis police chief will face sentencing in November; Elizabeth
Vega called black female officer a "black b!tch," shouted,
"(Intercourse) the police!"
AP: Filling police vacancies is latest struggle for
Ferguson; Mayor James Knowles says finding applicants is tough,
and finding non-white candidates qualified to hold jobs continues to be
a goal
JCNT editorial: Late start, big ask for task force on
cybersecurity X
P-D letter: St. Louis man dislikes SB 656
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man agrees with Jamilah
Nasheed, thinks Republicans should expand Medicaid
P-D letter: Clayton man mocks idea that lead in old
pipes is due to racism
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Thursday, September 1
Missourinet: On tour of Missouri's military bases,
McCaskill slams House Republicans, predicts Democratic victory in
elections
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill visits to learn needs
at Rosecrans X
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Groundbreaking likely
in Spring for proposed Whiteman facility; Comments from McCaskill
KMOX: Webster University expanding cybersecurity
programs to combat "brain drain"; Thoughts from McCaskill
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on election-security
threats and defense spending; Nixon on cybersecurity +
KOLR: McCaskill: A lot of these for-profit
schools are ripping students off
CDT: Hartzler pledges support to secure FAA funding
for airport terminal X
CDT: Man filling Democratic ballot slot against
Hartzler issues "news release" sharing thoughts on EpiPen pricing X
P-D: Festus High student suspended after holding up
Trump sign at school pep assembly
SNL: Koster says Greitens will 'blow up' Missouri
government X
KC Star: Koster, Greitens talk urban crime, support
for Second Amendment, Ferguson behavior +
SE
Missourian: Jay Ashcroft accuses Kander of election mismanagement +
SNL: Kander: Missouri election system safe after
hackers target other states X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt points to Kaiser Family
Foundation report in criticism of Obamacare advocate Judy Baker
The Missouri Times: 19th District Senate race:
Police union endorses Caleb Rowden (R); Stephen Webber (D)
releases ad highlighting military service
CDT: Jeff Roe's Remington Research doing polling in
19th District Senate race X
The Missouri Times: Franks-Hubbard election-fraud
controversy may give Republicans leverage on photo voter ID
KWMU: After Democrat's election-fraud charges, judge
starts weighing new election in 78th District House race
P-D: Grand jury to investigate fraud allegations in
Democratic state rep primary
The Missouri Times: A look at David Humphreys'
post-primary contributions
KC Star: Gun-control group pushes poll hoping to sway
Missouri Republicans; Moms Demand Action rep expresses anger that
Silvey won't flip-flop +
Missourinet: Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) seeks
override vote on work zone bill
CDT: MU wins NGA contract to train intelligence
workers; School will receive $12 million over five years X
P-D: Mizzou wins $12 million, 5-year contract to train
NGA employees in St. Louis, Washington
P-D: UMSL sees enrollment dip; Incoming freshman
enrollment drops 14 percent from last year
AP:
Former KWMU reporter Christopher McDaniel teams up with ACLU to sue
Missouri's state prison chief after being excluded from execution watch
party
The Missouri Times: PSC sets intervention deadline in
Grain Belt Express Clean Line case
SE
Missourian: Boiled over: Hillcrest residents furious over
alerts after huge water rate fee increases +
SE
Missourian: MO DSS catches area food-stamp recipient lying to
leech more taxpayer-funded handouts; Chaffee woman charged with
felony theft +
P-D editorial: Time for a shakeup as St. Louis City
election board proves its incompetence
KC Star editorial: Weak ethics laws and Missouri
lawmakers go hand in hand +
SNL editorial: Lack of transparency hurts
democracy; Calling or writing a legislator's office will totally
make a difference X
Salem News' Donald Dodd: Support Amendment 4, the
Taxpayer Protection Amendment
P-D letter: Area man responds to pro-Blunt ad claims
about Medicare reimbursements
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian touts work of state's
public defenders
P-D letter: Columbia sexagenarian, who served as
public defender, says Nixon disregards will of the people on funding
issue
P-D letter: Area woman wants Ameren to abandon
"courtroom high jinks" and replace coal with solar and wind energy
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