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Archive - September 2016


    

       
       
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
       
January 2016 headlines
          February 2016 headlines
          March 2016 headlines
          April 2016 headlines
          May 2016 headlines
          June 2016 headlines
          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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