Wednesday, April 30
SE
Missourian: Minimum-wage bill introduced in U.S. Senate causes
concern among business owners +
AP: McCaskill, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) target
wasteful federal bonuses
Kraske: BuzzChatter: McCaskill on bonuses,
Grover Norquist on Missouri tax cut +
KWMU: River commerce group supports Missouri River
container-on-barge effort
AP: Industry backs move to broaden river shipping
CDT's Ashley Jost "Learning Curve" column: McCaskill
attends Biden event on campus sexual assault
X
Politico: McCaskill attends White House event focused
on campus sexual assault
KC Star: Missouri officials applaud White House effort
on rape; UMKC boys will parade in high heels to "raise awareness"
of violence +
Drebes: Comparing April fundraising quarters for Dem,
GOP House, Senate and state party committees
AP: U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman strikes down
Wisconsin voter ID law; Missouri Republicans' proposal would make
state standards among the toughest
Missourinet: Rep. Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart) says he's
still undecided on tax cut, is being courted by Nixon and Speaker
Jones: "My vote's very much in play"
The Missouri Times: Pork and poultry farmers urge
Nixon to support tax cut
Priddy: Could politicians' tactics be holding up tax
cut?
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes scaled-back
transportation sales tax proposal
Missourinet: Transportation sales tax takes Senate cut
JCNT: Senate supports transportation sales tax X
P-D: Missouri Senate approves sending salex tax for
transportation to voters
AP: Roll call vote on transportation tax
Missourinet: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair):
House will try to pass three-fourth cent transportation sales tax
JCNT: Senate-passed budget includes Fulton, St. Mary's
hospital projects; State employee pay raise safe from negotiations X
CDT: Senate OKs committee's spending bills X
CDT: Funding for mid-Missouri projects moves ahead in
Jefferson City X
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes state budget;
Negotiations over final version are next
P-D: Education stays a priority in budget OK'd by
Senate
KC Star: Fight over private school funds snags
Missouri student transfer bill +
Joplin Globe's Emily Younker: Higher education
officials question 'job placement' data as performance criteria in
funding bill X
SNL: Criminal Code rewriters demand of Nixon:
Tell us what is wrong with bill X
The Missouri Times: Key players in Criminal Code
gather to "send a message" to Nixon
Missourinet: Rep. Chris Kelly (D-Columbia), Sen. Jolie
Justus (D-Kansas City), other Criminal Code rewrite backers urge Nixon
to sign it into law
JCNT: Nixon pressed to sign new Criminal Code X
AP: Missouri Senate weighs Common Core standards
KBIA: Interactive graphic: As Missouri considers
72-hour abortion wait time, a look at other states' laws
CDT: Alveda King, niece to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., delivers pro-life talk to Mizzou students X
AP:
Lawmakers OK lines of credit to casino gamblers
P-D: Koster seeks action on radioactive landfill in
Bridgeton
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court won't hear Arnold,
Ellisville red-light camera cases
Missouri Ruralist: Missouri farmers - including Ag
Director Richard Fordyce - get rolling in the fields
Columbia Missourian: Convict - once accused of
jailhouse stabbing and later exonerated by DNA evidence - speaks about
being wrongfully convicted
Missourinet: State reps participate in charity MMA,
sumo-suit fights
P-D editorial: College campuses must be assault-free
zones
Shelly: Missouri Republicans want a tax cut for the
rich, and a sales tax increase for the rest of us +
CDT op-ed: Missouri Chamber of Commerce's Dan
Mehan: Nixon 'facts' wrong on tax relief; Business, workers
will benefit from tax cuts X
P-D op-ed: Normandy School District "instructional
coach" Inda Schaenen: Education Commissioner Chris Nicastro
ignores Normandy's bold plan for action
P-D op-ed: Federal Reserve Bank's Mary C.
Suiter: Striving for greater personal financial capability;
Missouri requires high school students take a course on personal finance
SNL op-ed: Departing columnist Roger Ray struck by
"jumble of emotions" after being cut, shares wistful recollections of
receiving "hate mail," being recognized in restaurants X
KC Star letter: Missouri Republicans are
"exhibitionist lawmakers" who cater to paranoid people packing guns +
P-D letter: Common Core math standards work extremely
well
P-D letter: Response to Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
(D-University City) on public schools, private schools and taxes
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Tuesday, April 29
KWMU: Nixon proposes new Medicaid expansion program,
catching legislators off guard; MO Chamber's Dan Mehan critical
of governor's timing
KRCU: Nixon outlines new health care proposal
SE
Missourian: Nixon says Medicaid expansion could help small
businesses, low-wage employees +
AP: Nixon adds new wrinkle to Medicaid expansion plan
KWMU: House proposal could put spotlight on asthma
care in rural Missouri
SE
Missourian: In Cape visit, Speaker Tim Jones touts tax-cut bill +
SNL: Grover Norquist: Tax-cut bill will become
law X
AP: Norquist touts Missouri tax cut; Missouri
School Boards' Association concerned about loss to state revenue
JCNT: Dueling news conferences debate tax-cut
bill; Nixon faces Thursday deadline for action X
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon defends stance against
tax cut X
AP: Missouri Senate backs education-funding increase
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes budget bills for K-12,
higher education
SE
Missourian: Missouri legislation seeks to toss out Common Core +
KWMU: St. Louis Clergy Coalition voices support for
St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin Adams'
school-improvement plan
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass ban on tracking students
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Lamping on incongruence
between tax cuts and tax increase; McCaskill on Donald Sterling +
AP:
Missouri Senate to take up one-cent sales tax for transportation
P-D: Conviction of ex-Rep. Steve Webb (D-Florissant)
opens wide fight for state rep seat
Drebes:
Missouri Association for Social Welfare says it is considering name
change: "unfortunately the word 'welfare' has been used as a
wedge issue politically"
SE
Missourian: Judge to hear motion for new trial in case of man who
hit SEMO provost, other joggers with car; Vincent Anderson, pal
Marcus Jones recorded their crime with cell-phone camera +
KWMU: Big-city mayors speak out against gun
nullification bills at Missouri Capitol
KC Star: Sly James, Francis Slay urge legislators to
reject bill to nullify federal gun laws +
AP:
Hearings delayed on Ameren rate changes
JCNT: Family of man in jail for drugs seeks clemency X
AP:
Missouri man serving life for marijuana seeks clemency
JCNT editorial: Easing helmet law would reverse
emphasis on safety X
P-D editor Gilbert Bailon: Newspaper introduces
pay-for-access content: "stlEXTRA!"
P-D/Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE) management FAQs:
"Political Fix Extra" stories require readers to pay
Hartmann: Think
again: A second chance for justice: Ronnie White should not
be slandered again
P-D op-ed: Hobby Lobby lawyer Josh Hawley:
Ethics reform can restore confidence in Missouri's political system
KWMU op-ed: St. Louis City church pastor supports
Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: To save money, let children start
kindergarten earlier
SE
Missourian letter: Oppose Right to Farm and keep the Chinese from
taking over more land: "Who do you want as your neighbor?" +
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Monday, April 28
CBS: Video: McCaskill prepares to take on sexual
assault on campus
Washington Post: Pols condemn comments attributed to
L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling; McCaskill calls him
"ignorant racist"
Daily Journal: Local soldiers deploy to
Afghanistan; Nixon, others speak
Drebes:
Rep. Dwight Scharnhorst responds to critics of wife's fundraising, says
too much of Shamed Dogan's haul came from people who live in D.C. and
Virginia
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Diehl vs. Nixon tax-cut
debate, Hartzler opponent, Lamping and Common Core +
SNL: Grover Norquist coming to Cape Girardeau,
Springfield to support tax cut X
Drebes:
Former Gov. Matt Blunt weighs in on tax cut and foundation formula
AP: Analysis: Missouri lawmakers give mixed
messages in tax cut, transportation sales tax proposals
JCNT: Road tax on different path this year X
JCNT: Lake Area Council of Local Governments, MoDOT
drafting transportation priority list X
Missourinet: Senate ready for budget debate
KWMU: Budget, student transfers, transportation tax
fill Missouri lawmakers' plates this week
Joplin Globe's Susan Redden: Area legislators'
priorities: Sales tax for roads, "paycheck protection," Right to
Farm, veterans' health care, protecting students from "Pop Tart-gun"
discipline X
P-D: Hemp oil treatment for children with epilepsy
gains traction in Missouri; Matt and Genny Jessee head to
Colorado to help daughter June, hope to come back
Missourinet: Child advocacy group pleased with
criminal code passage; Comments from Missouri Kids First's Emily
van Schenkhof
KC Star: Jackson County's child welfare division
continues to fall short; Comments from Rep. Jeremy LaFaver
(D-Kansas City), Missouri Kids First's Emily van Schenkhof +
P-D: Battle over school choice looms over Legislature
St. Joseph News-Press: State fluoride bill would
require pre-vote notice X
St. Joseph News-Press: Impeachment talks not taken
lightly; Rep. Galen Higdon (R-St. Joseph) tells panel, "I'm not
real anxious to do this" X
JCNT editorial: Tax-cut hyperbole: "Crippling
impact" vs. "scare tactic" X
Priddy: In tax-cut debate, full rhetoric ahead:
Overheated hyperbole pits "dangerous scheme" vs. "Nixon's hypocrisy"
KC Star's Diuguid: Expanding Medicaid would help the
mentally ill +
Washington Missourian letter: Rep. Paul Curtman
(R-Pacific): Proposal to rejigger tax brackets added to SB 509 -
a "light tax policy reform bill"
P-D letter: The superwealthy keep getting richer,
while legislative "clowns" want to raise sales tax for transportation
JCNT editorial: Reader wonders how state has money for
sidewalks along Missouri Boulevard but no money for bridges X
KC Star letter: Self-identified conservative
Republican man says he supports Sen. Jolie Justus (D-Kansas City),
wonders if Missouri should slow down a bit on gay rights +
JCNT letter: Retain Conservation agency oversight of
deer X
SE
Missourian letter: HSUS' Joe Maxwell responds to Right to Farm
op-ed; Hens and pigs are cramped, while an increasing number of
farms are being run by foreigners +
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Sunday, April 27
CBS: McCaskill to promote sexual-assault crusade on
"Face the Nation" this morning
CDT's Ashley Jost "Learning Curve" column:
Roundup: McCaskill's sexual-assault tour, UMSL newspaper, MU and
other higher-ed happenings X
SE
Missourian: Ozone standards may change by summer in Perry, Ste.
Genevieve counties +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: City waiting on EPA response to wastewater
lawsuit
St. Joseph News-Press: Social Welfare Board, YWCA may
see federal funds cut X
St. Joseph News-Press: Local sheriff disagrees with
Holder's suggestion of expanding clemency for drug convicts X
CDT: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific), others speak at
Missouri Cannabis Conference X
JCNT: Right-to-work bill divides Missourians X
JCNT: Measuring effect of right-to-work laws on
economy is difficult X
JCNT: Missouri Senate will debate budget tomorrow X
AP: Common Core could be booted from Missouri
P-D: Missouri Legislative Black Caucus forum focuses
on education
KC Star: It's been a wild ride for the Kansas City
school board +
P-D: State air pollution program facing insolvency
P-D: Advocacy pushed Highway FF upgrades to the top of
MoDOT's list
Brownfield Ag News: For first time as Ag Director,
Richard Fordyce to attend Missouri State Fair
SNL editorial: As with last year's HB 253, Nixon
should veto tax cut X
P-D editorial: Progress on pre-K funding in
Legislature, but heavy lifting remains
JCNT editorial: Nixon should put qualms aside and sign
criminal code revision X
SNL op-ed: Springfield Board of Education's Gerry
Lee: Tax-cut scheme would take money from education X
SNL's Jonathan Shorman: An eagle visited the Capitol,
and it was pretty cool; Photo gallery: Journalists,
bloggers try hard to take pictures X
SNL letter: Response to previous response on
minimum-wage statistics X
SNL letter: Sales tax the wrong way to pay for
transportation infrastructure; The trucking industry should pay
more for what they do to Missouri roads X
P-D letter: Sarcastic response to McClellan's column
on Peabody protesters
P-D letter: Barnes Jewish's Dr. David Berg:
Anti-coal group's data says coal causes air-pollution deaths in St.
Louis
P-D letter: University City man believes Missouri
should follow Illinois' lead and ban the death penalty
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Saturday, April 26
Columbia Missourian: 25-year-old seeking to defeat
U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler says he'll eschew big fundraising/spending and
win via door-to-door effort
CDT: Dem Central Committee vice chair acknowledges
Hartzler's re-election status, but says 25-year-old opponent seems
"bright and energetic" and "likes politics a lot" X
KC Star: Republican convention team gives Kansas City
a look +
Waynesville Daily Guide: McCaskill: Local
community support makes Fort Leonard Wood special
P-D: Missourians head out to tear down more bases in
Afghanistan
Joplin Globe: Mercy Health System to receive $23M FEMA
grant; McCaskill announces disaster relief funds X
CDT: Details in tobacco settlement case emerging X
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Local hospital board
says it might consider supporting Medicaid expansion
Kraske: Getting more Missouri Democrats elected would
have helped Nixon now; 2012 Dem state rep candidate says gov not
helpful: "He's looking out for himself"
+
Joplin Globe's Susan Redden: Missouri GOP lawmakers
defend tax-cut bill X
The Missouri Times: Diehl challenges Nixon to tax-cut
debate
P-D: Missouri Republicans leaders continue to push
'right to work' bill
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Ron Hicks
(R-St. Peters): Thoughts on right to work, his friendship with
Tim Jones, new suits and eyeglasses, more
P-D: Video: Veteran reporters David Nicklaus and
Jim Gallagher visit the zoo, debate sales tax for transportation
JCNT: 'Problem' found in criminal code overhaul -
regarding pseudoephedrine control - has an answer, lawmakers say X
KWMU: School transfer law should include private
school option, lawmakers say
P-D: Activists say their independent testing shows
high level of radiation in drainage ditch at Bridgeton park
P-D: St. Charles County residents could vote in August
on red-light cameras
KWMU: St. Charles County Council to consider red-light
camera ban
P-D: Washington University students cease Peabody
protest after 16 days
The Missouri Times: Profile: St. Louis City
Alderman Shane Cohn (D)
Washington Missourian editorial: Week in the Missouri
Legislature shows seriousness vs. silliness: Bipartisan criminal
code overhaul vs. absurd impeachment hijinks
KC Star "Capitol Watch" editorial: Republican show
their meanness by opposing tuition breaks for students here
illegally; Impeachment measures are a waste of time +
SNL op-ed: Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield):
Nixon misleads about tax-cut bill X
P-D op-ed: Slay, Sly James oppose nullification bill
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Urban mayors Slay, James
right to oppose gun bill +
P-D letter: Republican men help lead the war on women
P-D letter: Tell the people sitting around you "rest
in peace" because they might die from Republicans' unwillingness to
expand Medicaid
KC Star letter: Kansas man weighs in on Missouri's
campaign finance/lobbyist-gift debate +
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Friday, April 25
Washington Post: Blunt among 22 Republicans expressing
'grave concern' on Obama's deportation review
Washington Times: GOP senators blast Obama for failing
to enforce immigration laws
P-D's Raasch: A Jeb Bush candidacy would show
differences with many Republicans - including Blunt - on immigration
JCNT: Local pastor to join group visiting D.C. for
immigration lobbying; Local advocate: "notion that illegal
aliens don't pay taxes is inaccurate" X
SNL: Laura Bush speaks at Cherry Blossom Gala Dinner
in Marshfield X
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Emanuel Cleaver and Paul
Ryan +
Missourinet: House votes to move primary elections to
June
AP: Missouri House approves June primary election date
P-D: Missouri House likely to debate bill limiting
lobbyist gifts
Missourinet: Middle-class tax cut stalled
SE
Missourian: Paycheck Protection Act awaits approval in state
Senate; Rep. Holly Rehder says some union-member constituents
have thanked her for her support +
KC Star: Study by Medicaid expansion supporters says
low-wage workers in Missouri would benefit most +
St. Joseph News-Press: Medicaid expansion would
benefit the working poor, report claims X
P-D: Health care advocacy group says most of
Missouri's uninsured who need Medicaid are working
SE
Missourian: Local attorneys weigh in on proposed criminal code
overhaul +
Missourinet: Missouri legislature passes proposed
rewrite of criminal code
Missourinet: Criminal code crafters honored with
superhero artwork
KWMU: Comprehensive rewrite of Missouri criminal code
passes easily but future unsure
P-D: Missouri Legislature passes revamp of criminal
code
The Missouri Times: Criminal code will arrive on
Nixon's desk soon
SNL: Lawmakers send criminal code overhaul to governor X
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass criminal code overhaul
P-D: Missouri House approves extension of 'Castle
Doctrine' to guests
CDT: Missouri Senate panel wants to approve funds for
license plate scanners X
Drebes:
Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) replaces Sen. Jay Wasson (R-Nixa) on
Government Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
The Missouri Times: House approves hemp extract bill
for medical use
Missourinet: House sends hemp oil legislation to the
Senate
AP: House passes cannabis extract legislation
Joplin Globe: Ruling modifies gas rates;
Missouri Gas Energy says bills to remain about the same X
St. Joseph News-Press: Regulators clip Missouri Gas
Energy's rate plan X
Student Life (Washington University): Students Against
Peabody quits sit-in after 16 days; Organizer says hanging out
near admin building "not an effective tactic anymore"
SE
Missourian: Stephen Limbaugh honored with Good Scout award;
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder presents award +
P-D editorial: Letting the wind blow in
Missouri; Lawmakers should be embracing the Grain Belt Express
KC Star editorial: Reckless lawmaking in Missouri
fails to protect citizens from guns +
SNL op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's Patrick
Werner: AFP-Missouri supports cap on state government spending X
P-D op-ed: BJC CEO Stephen Lipstein: The
connection between Obamacare and charity care
KC Star's Diuguid: Liberalizing helmet law in Missouri
takes state down deadly path +
P-D letter: Missouri needs jobs and revenue from
Medicaid expansion
SNL letter: Medicaid saved diabetic Democrat's life X
KC Star letters: Missouri needs an ethics bill, does
not need nullification bill +
P-D letter: Gov. Nixon can be a climate hero by
supporting new EPA regulations
CDT letter: Missouri Public Health Advocacy
Coalition's Michelle Pfister: Stream, Schaefer tobacco loophole
bills deserve support X
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Thursday, April 24
Washington Post: Probe: DHS watchdog cozy with
officials, altered reports as he sought job; McCaskill's
subcommittee opened original inquiry
Washington Post: 48 states, including Missouri, not
using federal aid for part-timers and the unemployed
Washington Times: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to meet with
Paul Ryan; GOP lawmaker offered commentary on urban males' lack
of work ethic
Politico: Emanuel Cleaver appears on MSNBC, says Paul
Ryan fell into "mouth trap"
KC Star: Former Rep. Ray Salva (D-Sugar Creek) gets
probation for Social Security fraud +
KWMU: "Politically Speaking": Rep. Chris Kelly
(D) on Nixon's executive-branch overreach, term limits, GOP tax cut
proposal, criminal code fortunes, more
AP:
Missouri House endorses June primary election
The Missouri Times: Medicaid expansion supporters hold
'vigil' at Capitol
AP:
Nixon signs supplemental budget legislation
AP: Missouri Senate panel approves spending plan
CDT: Senate committee approves budget plan X
Missourinet: House Republicans say Fulton project
support not tied to tax cut bill's fate
P-D: A few key legislators could determine fate of
Missouri tax cut; Roorda (D) says bill is not perfect, but "it
does do something for working-class folks"
Missourinet: Nixon sets stage for tax-bill veto;
legislators plan override strategy
CDT: Nixon rallies tax-cut opposition at Columbia
Public Schools X
SNL: Claimed flaw in tax bill concerns local leaders X
Washington Missourian: Area superintendent says
tax-cut proposal would have 'critical' impact on his district's budget
KWMU: Rep. Rick Stream (R-Kirkwood) says House working
to get student-transfer bill done
AP: House panel OKs Missouri student transfer bill
P-D: Missouri House committee OKs school transfer bill
JCNT: Legislation from Rep. Elijah Haahr offers
protection for religious rights in public schools X
AP:
Missouri Senate backs potential for preschool ratings
JCNT: State officials hope bill can 'fix'
child-support issue X
The Missouri Times: "Paycheck protection" gets Senate
hearing; Chairman Mike Parson does not allow liberal group
ProgressMissouri to film hearing
The Missouri Times: Missouri Council of Fire Fighters
hold annual lobby day
The Missouri Times: Firefighters union presents award
to Rep. Noel Torpey (R-Independence)
The Missouri Times: Labor leaders honor longtime boss
Hugh McVey
The Missouri Times: Koster's office reviewing Kraus'
call for opinion on gun nullification proposal
Missourinet: Video: Clark, a bald eagle from St.
Louis' World Bird Sanctuary, visits Missouri House
AP:
House panel hears impeachment arguments
The Missouri Times: Republicans begin impeachment
hearings
Missourinet: Impeachment hearings begin
SNL: Impeachment effort faces skepticism X
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers debate impeaching Nixon +
P-D editorial: The culture of cashing in consumes
Missouri politics
Washington Missourian editorial: We got a new bridge,
but ... MoDOT still needs more money, and federal officials should
continue push to bring funds home
SNL op-ed: Tax-cut bill would put money back into
Missouri economy X
P-D op-ed: SLU law students: Missouri Dept. of
Corrections set to become one of the largest nursing home systems in
Missouri - time to let old and harmless inmates go
Washington Missourian letter: Supporter of Rep. Paul
Curtman responds to paper's "Wishy-Washy Representative" editorial
KC Star letters: Republican legislation is intended to
help the wealthy, keep lower classes in their place +
Washington Missourian letter: A day at the Capitol
shows Republicans want to help the wealthy, confuse voters at the
ballot box
SNL letter: Republicans want to take Missouri into the
Dark Ages via gun bill, opposition to Medicaid expansion X
CDT letter: Truck stop owner says toll roads will
never be right for Missouri X
P-D letter: Oppose bills that would re-define
white-tailed deer as livestock
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Wednesday, April 23
P-D: Jesse Jackson visits St. Louis to support
Medicaid expansion in Missouri
AP: Sen. Roy Blunt stops by Missouri Capitol
Bloomberg: Campus sexual assault hearings planned by
McCaskill
AP: Nixon raises new concern about income tax
cut; Diehl calls governor's argument "utterly ridiculous,"
"laughable" and "absurd"
KSMU: Nixon again slams income tax proposal;
Supporters of tax cut call governor's position "laughable"
Columbia Missourian: Nixon and Republicans differ by
$4.2B on interpretation of tax cut bill
Missourinet: Nixon, GOP square off over potential flaw
in tax-cut bill; Audio from Nixon counsel Ted Ardini, Linda
Luebbering, John Diehl
CDT: Nixon, GOP lawmakers continue battle of tax-cut
rhetoric X
KWMU: Nixon's latest battle with general assembly
resembles earlier fight
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon, lawmakers remain at odds
over tax cut X
P-D: Nixon says Republican tax-cut bill would cost
Missouri billions
KC Star: Nixon says tax-cut bill contains a
'crippling' flaw +
KWMU: Missouri School Boards' Association opposes tax
cut, releases infographic detailing potential impacts on district
budgets
AP: Rep. Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart) unsure how he'll
vote on tax-cut override
Joplin Globe: Neosho teachers express support for
Common Core standards X
KWMU: Normandy task force ponders how district will be
governed
AP: Senate panel adopts provision to ensure in-state
tuition is provided only to American citizens
P-D: Undocumented student tuition language remains in
budget bill
KWMU: Harris Stowe State University names Dwaun
Warmack new president
CDT: Rep. John Wright (D-Rocheport) files bill to
boost college giving; Schools would get tax credits X
CDT: MU faculty spend two hours recounting Vietnam War
protest stories X
AP: House OKs cannabis extract for epilepsy
AP: Gov. Jay Nixon (D) denies clemency for muderer,
says William Rousan deserved execution for "cold-blooded plot"
Missourinet: Attorney General Chris Koster (D):
Murderer displayed "an appalling indifference to human life" - all for
"two cows, soda, a VCR and some jewelry"
Missourinet: Son whose parents were murdered by
William Rousan: Death penalty "a humane and permanent prevention
of further criminal activities by the convicted inmate"
Missourinet: State executes William Rousan
AP: Man who avoided jail petitions Dept. of
Corrections, seeks credit for 13 years he was at large
SE
Missourian: Kander's office promotes Safe at Home program;
Women being stalked can use P.O. Box as address for public documents +
KSMU: MoDOT giving away six bridges, seeks takers
Washington Missourian: Coal ash landfill hearing
delayed due to death in board member's family
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: With tax-cut
histrionics, Nixon is grasping at straws X
P-D editorial: Nixon's argument is correct -
Legislature's language accidentally eliminates the income tax
Joplin Globe editorial: Republican efforts on
nullification demonstrate bad aim X
P-D op-ed: Daughter of Mexican immigrant says Missouri
should give in-state tuition to students here illegally
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missouri Dems and
Republicans should get together and do something about campaign finance
reform, give everyone an equal voice, etc.
CDT's Waters: MAP, etc. - the advent of Common Core X
P-D letter: Gas tax, not sales tax, is best way to pay
for roads
P-D letter: Bill benefiting luxury retirement centers
defies sound public policy
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Tuesday, April 22
Earth Day
KWMU: State parties retool for fall elections;
Dems name Crystal Brinkley new exec director, Kristen Self as director
of campaigns
AP:
Missouri Democrats name new staff leaders
The Hill: Senators press task force on college assault
reforms
Drebes:
Nixon withdraws two nominees: Dems Joseph Carroll (Ethics
Commission) and Kent Emison (Conservation Commission)
KC Star: Substantive reform of ethics rules appears
unlikely in Missouri legislature +
CDT: Lawmakers at odds over blame on tobacco
settlement penalty X
P-D: Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit) asks Koster's
opinion on federal gun law nullification bill
KC Star: Kraus seeks Koster opinion on proposed gun
nullification law +
AP: Missouri Senate panel looks to conclude budget work
KWMU: Nixon visits Rockwood Summit High School, says
tax cut would hurt schools
SNL: Nixon visits Springfield school, criticizes tax
cut X
Missourinet: Nixon tour to hit UMKC, MSU, Capitol,
Columbia Public School District today
AP: Nixon tour targets tax-cut measure
KC Star: Private-school provision could doom Missouri
student transfer bill, forum participants say
+
KWMU: Mining data for student success; Missouri
School Improvement Plan Five (MSIP5), more
AP: Missouri lawmakers debating Bright Flight changes
Missourinet: Cost of "shared hours" bill studied
SNL: Lawmakers to hear case for Burlison's "Hailey's
Law" X
AP: Court denies stay of execution for William
Rousan; Cattle thief went on killing spree, forced his son to
shoot a woman in the head
AP: Death row appeal focuses on execution drug
AP:
Lawmakers plan to send Nixon criminal code
KWMU: Legal roundtable: Topics include criminal
code overhaul, robber's desire to avoid serving jail term, DOMA and
state-level effects, more
AP:
Hearings set for cases challenging Ameren rates
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans want to take
from the poor and give to the rich +
JCNT editorial: Legislative nitpicking: Do
legislators really believe they can improve programs like Common Core,
or are they just being egotistical? X
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans' federal gun
nullification efforts and neo-Nazi murderer Frazier Glenn Miller
Forbes op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Patrick
Ishmael: Response to "half-baked, half-considered half-facts" of
Post-Dispatch Obamacare editorials
CDT's Waters: Correction to error in last week's
column: Speaker Tim Jones may indeed run for attorney general in
2016 X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Cape Girardeau County Farm Bureau's Dale
Steffens: Response to HSUS' claims on Right to Farm amendment +
Joplin Globe op-ed: Phill Brooks: 40 years
later, the Missouri Capitol is a lot less fun
X
Pew Charitable Trust's Stateline, via P-D: Missouri
battles asthma as numbers grow
P-D letter: State rep candidate Dennis Broadbooks on
government regulations and small business
P-D letter: Man questions if Lamping is a "real,
devout Catholic" due to stance on Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Nieves' nullification proposals are
ridiculous, potentially dangerous
P-D letter: Missouri schools are missing chance to
enter federal Green Ribbon program
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Monday, April 21
Washington Post: Voters in several states, including
Missouri, considering proposals to raise the minimum wage
Kirksville Daily Express: Rep. Nate Walker
(R-Kirksville) says he thinks Nixon's veto of tax-cut bill will be
overridden
AP:
Analysis: Missouri business tax break has wide reach
SE
Missourian: Tax cut would have 'major impact' on budgets, school
officials say +
P-D: Even without school buses, parents and students
put in the time to transfer; Comments from CEAM's Katie Casas,
others
KC Star: Teachers from UMKC learn to survive urban
schools' rigors +
St. Joseph News-Press: Briefs: Nixon's State
Parks Youth Corps returns for fifth year; Lager's
deer-as-livestock bill; Lair, Thomson push wood-burning
protections X
KC Star: House panel to entertain Nixon impeachment
articles Wednesday +
KC Star: U.S. PIRG ranks Missouri a "C+" on
transparency of state spending records +
Student Life (Washington University): Anti-Peabody
rally elevates support as students await negotiated terms; Rally
falls short of attendance goal
P-D editorial: The Medicaid-expansion argument is
winning in Missouri; Lamping, Schaaf should get over their
stubborn opposition
KC Star's Sanchez: Obama's former minister, Jeremiah
Wright, to visit KC this week; Pastor earned notoriety in 2008
for "God damn America!" speech +
McClellan: How robbing a pot dealer puts you on the
sex offender list
P-D's Jim Gallagher: Parents who want to send a child
to college - even an affordable Missouri state school - should save
money
P-D letter: No need for another tax cut - Missouri is
already a low-tax state
JCNT letter: E-cig bill in Missouri Legislature is
flawed X
KC Star letter: E-cig bill in Missouri Legislature is
flawed +
Washington Missourian letter: Ameren should stop
spending money on ads, start building a safer landfill
P-D letter: AG Chris Koster should make sure convict
doesn't have to serve his sentence
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Sunday, April
20 Happy Easter!
KC Star: Families flee Missouri so sick kids can get
medical marijuana; Comments from Matt Jessee and wife Genny +
KC Star: Marijuana advocate says pot helped his stepmom +
Columbia Missourian: Vietnam war protesters to
reminisce Monday evening; Former Mizzou students discuss impact
of other campus' meaningful events
Missourinet: Army Corps of Engineers prepares for
Missouri River season
KC Star: Fort Riley quickly overhauls its sexual
assault program to improve response; Comments from McCaskill +
SNL: Democratic candidates tough to find; Rising
star Rep. John Wright (D-Rocheport) says Missouri Democratic Party has
had trouble recruiting candidates X
P-D: Missouri lawmakers take trips; Comments
from Kander, legislators, Missouri Roundtable for Life, MOBIO, Progress
Missouri; ALEC rep "couldn't be reached for comment"
Drebes: In
GOP primary for Scharnhorst's seat, Shamed Dogan outraises incumbent's
wife by wide margin
SE
Missourian: Battle lines drawn over Missouri tax cut bill +
Washington Missourian: Transportation sales tax
measure passes committee
CDT: Measures in General Assembly would fund UM System
projects X
AP: Missouri mulls state aid to schools for
preschoolers
AP: Missouri Republicans outline new proposal to
prevent federal agents from enforcing gun laws
Washington Missourian: Hearing on Ameren landfill to
take place Tuesday
SNL's Jonathan Shorman: Baseball [sic] game unites lawmakers;
Jefferson City crowd competes in tournament centered around the game of
softball X
Nicklaus: Sales tax is wrong way to pay for Missouri
roads; A gas tax would be more fair to the poor
P-D's Ken Leiser: Sound cannons are a tone-deaf
approach to work zone safety; MoDOT should rethink pilot program
McClellan: Farmers near the Bridgeton Landfill take
the long view
SNL op-ed: Positive response to Danforth's
anti-Washington speech X
Joplin Globe letter: Republicans like Billy Long slash
government-assistance programs in favor of the very wealthy X
SNL letter: Dismantling Ozark National Scenic Riverway
not what residents want X
P-D letter: Luxury retirement centers belong on the
tax rolls
P-D letter: Response to recent "war on women" themes
P-D letter: Reponse to voter ID editorial:
Editorial makes excuses for low Dem turnout in upcoming elections
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Saturday, April 19
Lebanon Daily Record: Blunt stumps for transportation
bill
P-D: McCaskill takes aim at campus sexual assault
P-D: Former U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson writes checks to
Jason Smith, Luetkemeyer; Husband Ron Gladney contributes to Clay
KWMU: Kander, Speaker Tim Jones keep fundraising
machines rolling; Dempsey may run for statewide office in 2016
SNL: Nixon, Dempsey trade shots over tobacco ruling X
P-D: Nudged by petition effort, Missouri might pass
limited early voting proposal
SE
Missourian: Pepsi MidAmerica to bring more than 70 jobs to local
area +
AP: Pepsi franchise to open center in Cape
Girardeau; State offering incentives of up to $1.3M
Fox4KC: Cavity in dental coverage in Missouri could be
filled (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
CDT: Final year of MAP testing passes without fanfare
in Columbia; District doesn't sweat last year X
JCNT: Hearings set in Noranda complaint cases about
Ameren X
Drebes:
Follow-up to Steve Hodges/DWI news
AP: Nixon's office asked to pardon convict who never
served his sentence
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon has a point -
tax cut would mean loss of revenue
KC Star editorial: Ethics bill good, tax break for
food establishments bad +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Help patients refill
meds; Bill from Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Nixa) deserves widespread
support X
Washington Missourian editorial: Compromise on e-cigs
was the best realistic result that anti-smoking advocates could get
MSNBC's Zachary Roth: The Missouri GOP's
bait-and-switch on early voting (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
CDT letter: Immigrants here illegally have a "thirsty
soul" and should be given same in-state tuition breaks as law-abiding
Americans X
P-D letter: Missouri should treat e-cigarettes the
same as other tobacco products
P-D letter: Robber sentenced to jail time shouldn't be
forced to serve jail time
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Friday, April 18
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith talks about feds' overreach,
explains his Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are
Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act +
Northwest Missourian: Rep. Sam Graves opposes
Obamacare's full-time work definition
KWMU: McCaskill takes fight against sexual assault to
campus
KMOX: McCaskill sexual-assault campaign stops by SLU
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Tea Party hosts courses,
promotes civic-activism curriculum from Tennessee-based "Center for
Self-Governance" +
The Missouri Times: Photo gallery: 2014 Annual
Legislative Softball Tournament
The Missouri Times: Veteran Dem megalawyer/consultant
Jane Dueker wins "Whispering Gallery" tournament
P-D: In response to Affordable Care Act, BJC
HealthCare reduces charity care; Advocates for Medicaid expansion
say move underscores their point
Missourinet: House early voting proposal advances to
Senate on bipartisan vote
AP: Missouri House approves early voting measures
KWMU: Nixon blasts tax cut bill sent to him by
Missouri lawmakers
AP: Missouri Senate panel endorses penny
transportation tax
AP: House votes to expand sales-tax exemptions
P-D: Missouri House endorses limited funding for
preschool programs
SE
Missourian: Area pupils take Common Core field tests +
Missourinet: School transfer proposal to be a focus
for House in next two weeks
Missourinet: Legislature will try to get criminal code
rewrite to Gov. Nixon next week
KWMU: E-cigarette bills pass Missouri House and Senate
on same day
Missourinet: As Senate clock ticks, Lager's
deer-as-livestock proposal unlikely to pass
CDT: Judge postpones criminal trial for ex-Mamtek CEO
Bruce Cole X
JCNT: Rep. Ed Schieffer (D-Troy) accuses Ameren of
hurting schools with assessment complaints X
KWMU: Bridgeton landfill owner to pay almost $7
million to neighboring landowners
P-D: Bridgeton landfill owners to pay nearby residents
$6.8M in lawsuit over odor
AP: Settlement reached in suit over Bridgeton Landfill
P-D: Convict Cornealious Anderson's lawyer asks for
release hearing; AG Chris Koster suggests attorney take it up
with Dept. of Corrections
P-D editorial: Missourians support ethics
reform. Why won't Legislature act?
KC Star editorial: Victims of alleged sexual assaults
on campus need more help +
P-D editorial: Another magical, destructive tax-cut
bill must die
Helling: Check the eligibility of candidates before
putting them on the ballot +
SNL op-ed: GOP must stand firm on Medicaid X
CDT's Waters: Safety and the Missouri marijuana debate X
McClellan: Wash U kids whining about Peabody should
get off the grid, change mascot from "Bears" to "Fighting Amish"
P-D letter: McCaskill should help protect Missouri's
coal-fueled power plants
P-D letter: Food-stamps-for-felons debate shows need
for society to be inclusive, not exclusive
P-D letter: Missouri Association for Social Welfare
opposes plan from Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) to require
in-state tuition recipients be legal residents
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Thursday, April 17
KWMU: Blunt promotes plan to rebuild nation's bridges,
roads and other infrastructure
P-D: Local members of Congress raise big dollars
despite lack of opposition
KMOX: Leaders of CORTEX Midtown research park want a
MetroLink stop; McCaskill says she'll help
St. Louis Business Journal: McCaskill speaks at
CORTEX, touches on immigration, patent trolls, more
KTVI: McCaskill visits Midtown tech center, says
she'll support MetroLink funding
Military Times: Military hotline aids alleged sexual
assault victims; McCaskill praises Helpline
Kraske: BuzzChatter: McCaskill on campus sexual
assaults, Gracia Backer's not-a-vengeance campaign +
KC Star: Koster still on a fundraising roll +
The Missouri Times: Fundraising grid: House
members' cash on hand, quarterly haul
CDT: Latest fundraising reports show Rep. Caleb Rowden
(R-Columbia) got a boost from GOP colleagues
X
SNL: Early voting gains House approval;
Secretary of State Jason Kander praises passage X
KWMU: Early voting gets first-round approval in
Missouri House
AP: Missouri House endorses early voting measures
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Sen. Ryan Silvey
(R-Kansas City) discusses his vision for Medicaid
AP: Senate endorses drug program renewal
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
says he would have voted against right-to-work measure, but he was busy
Missourinet: Senators say mixed messaging in
transportation sales tax, tax cut proposals
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers cut taxes as they ponder
raising them
P-D: Transportation sales tax must clear hurdles in
Missouri Senate
JCNT: Senate panel eyes transportation sales tax idea X
Missourinet: Some of last year's "Flimsy 15"
Republicans join caucus leadership to support new tax cut
The Missouri Times: Republicans send tax cut to
Nixon; Rep. Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart), running for state Senate,
sides with Republicans
SNL: Legislature sends income tax cut to Nixon X
KWMU: Nixon blasts tax-cut bill, calls it "all-out
attack on public education"
P-D: State income tax bill goes to Nixon, with veto
likely
AP: Lawmakers pass tax cut; Veto possible
Missourinet: Legislature sends $620M tax cut to
governor
Missourinet: Nixon veto of tax cut anticipated
Missourinet: Senate moving to block sales taxes on
some home sales
JCNT: New state education standards would be developed
under legislation; Comments from Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-St. Charles) X
Fox29 (St. Joseph): Nina Dean, legislative assistant
to Rep. Kurt Bahr, says he seeks to rework/reframe Common Core
P-D: Ameren, counties tussle over taxes
St. Joseph News-Press: Clean Line president defends
plans for Grain Belt Express to travel through Missouri X
The Missouri Times: Medical hemp extract poised for
passage
P-D: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis) wants to end
spankings; Catholic school girls, boys attend hearing
AP: Elementary-school kids want to make jumping jacks
the official state exercise
AP: Doctor inducted into Hall of Famous
Missourians; Andrew Taylor Still ensconced amidst president,
game-show host, talk-radio host, peanut-industry legend, pinup girl
busts
SE
Missourian: NPR's Diane Rehm takes part in SEMO Speakers
Series; 77-year-old details her long career, family ailments
SNL editorial: College sexual assaults
intolerable; McCaskill, Gillibrand will work together on this
cause X
P-D editorial: Time for tax-credit profiteers to sober
up
KC Star editorial: Cheap GOP tactics to undermine
voting in Missouri +
Washington Missourian editorial: Wishy-washy
representative: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific) represents only
himself and narrow ideology that is to the right of the Tea Party
P-D op-ed: Area union leader: Missourians want
more money to be spent on Amtrak
P-D letter: EPA's Carter Carburetor cleanup effort
should give jobs to area residents
SNL letter: Former state Rep. Thomas Long
(R-Springfield): On Dorial Green-Beckham, potentially-wayward
youths, and Sen. Jolie Justus' legislation X
P-D letter: SNAP encourages recipients to be fat
KC Star letter: Area deacon weighs in on out-of-state
interests influencing legislators' right-to-work vote +
SNL letter: Springfield physician shares thoughts on
economics of minimum wage X
Washington Missourian letter: Sarcastic criticism of
Sen. Brian "Pit Bull" Nieves
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Wednesday, April 16
Politico: GOP Senate may run purple; When
Republicans take the Senate this fall, they'll need to work with
"centrist core," including McCaskill
St. Joseph News-Press: As usual, Tax Day brings out
political barbs; Comments from Blunt, Graves, Nixon X
Washington Post's "She the People" blog: McCaskill
sends out 'unprecedented' survey about alleged sexual assaults to
campuses
KWMU: McCaskill blasts "Wild West" environment of
Missouri fundraising
AP: Koster raises $539K this quarter, with a total of
$2M on hand
KC Star: Schweich hauls in $257K +
The Missouri Times: Quarter fundraising
overview: Missouri State Senators' quarterly haul, cash on hand
P-D: Updated campaign report database
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith to speak to area Pachyderms
tomorrow +
Kraske: BuzzChatter: Hartzler on taxes, Priddy
wisdom at Senate memorial service +
Monett
Times: Area chamber meeting to feature congressional staffers,
Sen. Sater, Reps. Fitzpatrick and Moon
CDT: Gracia Backer announces bid for House seat, says
'this isn't a vengeance candidacy'; Former lawmaker's complaint
claims Nixon's office did nothing to stop hostile work environment X
SE
Missourian: Doctor explains "concierge" practice at Cape County
Tea Party gathering; Dr. Mike Wulfers says his approach "cuts out
the middle man" +
SNL: Nixon launches pro-Medicaid page on state website X
KWMU: Medicaid expansion stalled - but not dead - in
Missouri Legislature
P-D: Adding dental care contrasts with Missouri
Legislature's opposition to Medicaid expansion
AP: Court expands legal rights for injured workers
AP: Missouri Senate raises benevolent tax credit cap
Missourinet: Senate moving to block sales taxes on
some home sales
CDT: Four-year institutions sign on to letter about
tax cut concerns X
AP: Missouri universities raise funding concerns as
legislature considers tax cut
AP: House endorses Bright Flight expansion
KWMU: State Board of Education extends SAB control of
St. Louis Public Schools for two more years
KWMU: Normandy faces big deficits - if it survives
The Missouri Times: Deer breeders target Department of
Conservation in legislative push
Missourinet: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific) passes
resolution encouraing MoDOT, DOC to follow Office of Administration's
proposed best practices
Missourinet: House advances bill to restrict
e-cigarettes to adults
Drebes:
Gary Wheeler to lead Missouri Soybean Association
The Missouri Times: Profile: Capitol piano
man/lobbyist Mike Michelson
P-D: Koster's office rejects argument of Missouri
criminal seeking to avoid doing time; Comments from robber
Cornealious Anderson, SLU law prof Susan McGraugh, wife Laqonna Anderson
Investor's Business Daily editorial: Missouri opts for
more jobs in its move to become a right-to-work state
P-D editorial: GOP's voter ID proposal is really just
voter suppression; P-D headline writer makes flaccid phallic pun
CDT's Waters: Catherine Hanaway, Tom Schweich and Kurt
Schaefer all racing to the right in their 2016 GOP primaries X
Messenger: TIF commission reform moves forward in
Legislature
Joplin Globe op-ed: Phill Brooks: The value of
outside fiscal experts for government X
Sedalia Democrat's Travis McMullen: It's shameful that
Missouri Republicans use their grudge against Obama to block Medicaid
expansion
CDT letter: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) should
stop obstructing Medicaid expansion X
SNL letter: Legislators are wasting their time on
nullification bills X
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Tuesday, April 15
P-D: KC shooter was 'fringe of the fringe' among white
supremacists, had filing fee rejected by Dems, GOP and Libertarians
SNL: Inside the supremacists' political campaigns X
KWMU: KC shooting suspect no stranger to Jewish
agencies here
SNL: Killer know locally as loud racist, good neighbor X
Helling: Dilemma in reporting on extremism:
Ignore it, or expose it? +
Messenger: What white supremacist tells us about
ourselves, our state; The connection between violence and GOP's
effort to deny in-state tuition to "unlawfully present" students,
anti-Sharia bill
P-D: Durbin says U.S. unprepared for lingering mental
military health challenges; Obama signs Blunt's proposal for
pilot program into law
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Sebelius is gone, but battles over
health care remain; Thoughts from McCaskill, Blunt, Lacy Clay,
Ann Wagner
AP: Auditor Tom Schweich raises $250K for re-election
AP: Nebraska firm to take advantage of Missouri tax
incentives, create 85 jobs in Kansas City
KC Star: Voter ID again pits Republicans against
Democrats in Missouri +
Missourinet: Senate starts ethics debate
AP: Senate sets aside debate on ethics legislation
Missourinet: Lager wants lower tax, more consolidation
in House 911 bill
JCNT: Designer picked for new Fulton State Hospital X
P-D: Design firm selected for Fulton State Hospital
facility
SNL: Pro-life leader Sam Lee concerned with some
aspects of video requirement X
The Missouri Times: Criminal code re-write moving
closer to Nixon's desk
P-D: Dispute over unpaid tuition brings up school
transfer policy questions
CDT: Teachers may be close to settling suit against
state, MU; MoVIP program changed in 2009
X
AP: Missouri Senate holds memorial for former members
JCNT: State Senate remembers some former members X
P-D: UMSL student government denies newspaper appeal
for funding
Missourinet: Reps. Ellington, English, Kolkmeyer,
Mayfield to participate in charity boxing/kickboxing/MMA event
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Levee reviews
welcome; U.S. Corps of Engineers needs to offer more than mere
assurances X
Joplin Globe op-ed: Right to work isn't right for
Missouri X
SE
Missourian letter: Tax credits and education +
SNL letter: Lamping's comments show that GOP cares
only about themselves, and not the needy X
Columbia Missourian letter: 72-hour-waiting period for
abortion is an insult to women
P-D letter: Levying tax on fitness mistreats the
owners of health centers
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Monday, April 14
Kraske: Report from Hillary for President event Friday
night: Turnout "wasn't bad," enthusiasm high among 60 Dems +
The Maneater: McCaskill targets college sexual assaults
Joplin Globe's Susan Redden: Krista Stark of Webb City
takes over Southwest Missouri Democrats from Jordan Overstreet, who
moved to House Dem campaign committee X
Missouri Ruralist: A grassroots fight for the right to
farm; Missouri Farmers Care's Dan Kleinsorge emphasizes need to
educate urban voters and counter HSUS
The Missouri Times: Tournament final four: Jason
Rosenbaum vs. Jane Dueker, Chris Kelly vs. Tishaura Jones
AP: Thoughts from two Republicans who took a walk on
right-to-work; Stream explains that he's running for county exec,
and T.J. Barry is awaiting results of district poll
Washington Missourian: GOP Reps. Dave Hinson, Dave
Schatz support transportation tax bill; Rep. Paul Curtman
(R-Pacific) says he could support a different version
Missourinet: Path forward for criminal code could
hinge on federal transportation money concern
P-D: Bill from Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob)
would keep "unlawfully-present" students from receiving in-state
tuition breaks
Missourinet: Legislature takes aim at patent
trolls; Comments from Sens. Mike Cunningham (R-Rogersville),
Scott Sifton (D-South St. Louis County)
Missourinet: No taxing the dance studios; Dixon,
Silvey seek to fix MO Dept. of Revenue policies
AP: Columbia, Mo. groups to study marijuana
cultivation measure
JCNT: Missouri Senate program today will pay homage to
60 former members who have died since 1987 X
Student Life (WU): Brookings sit-in urges WU to cut
ties with Peabody; Students claim local employer is "evil," say
they're willing to continue protest for weeks
Student Life (WU): Meeting with chancellor fails to
put end to sit-in
SE
Missourian: Paper hires new managing editor; Lindsay Jones
moves from Memphis to replace Matt Sanders, who moved to Columbia Daily
Tribune +
P-D editorial: Lawmakers should lift Missouri's
lifetime ban on food stamps for drug felons
Student Life (WU) editorial: Peabody protest an
encouraging sign of campus activism; Still, at some point,
idealism must meet reality
P-D op-ed: Area OB-GYN, CUNY college student oppose
Sater's abortion waiting-period bill
JCNT letter: If Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) was
serious about Medicaid reform, he'd push for a State False Claims Act X
The Maneater letter: Missouri doesn't need
high-voltage Grain Belt Express
JCNT letter: MoDOT pleads for more money, while its
employees enjoy more pay and benefits than "the average bloke" X
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Sunday, April 13
SNL: Sexual assaults on campus under national
scrutiny; McCaskill leads the charge, says women are victimized
"every hour" on a campus X
CDT's Ashley Jost "Learning Curve" column: McCaskill
weighs in on MU's reaction to suicidal student's alleged sexual assault X
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt comment on
Obama's pay-equity push X
Drebes: Rep. Jay Swearingen (D-Kansas City), who once
considered taking on Tom Schweich, to run for Clay County presiding
commissioner
KC Star: Data, apps, social media rapidly changing
political campaigns; Comments from former Ashcroft
staffer/Johnson Co. (KS) official Stephanie Sharp, Dem vet Pat O'Neill,
others +
JCNT: Profile: Rachel Bauer, Chief of Staff for
Speaker Pro Tem Denny Hoskins, keeps the House running smoothly X
AP: Competing early-voting plans could appear on
Missouri ballot
Daily Journal: Nixon visits Farmington to push for
Medicaid expansion
P-D: Nearly one in three workers at Fulton State
Hospital filed a workers' compensation claim in 2013
CDT: Critics of Common Core State Standards are off
base, local teachers say; Comments from DESE's Sarah Potter X
P-D: Lawmakers seek to block transmission lines
Washington Missourian: Residents urge Missouri
Department of Natural Resources to deny coal ash landfill permit
Washington Missourian: Panel discussion on "climate
disruption" to be held Thursday; Expert panel features activist,
prof, seasonal park ranger, filmmaker
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Transportation
funding solution needed - and whatever it is, it needs to be fair to
rural areas and it needs to move forward soon
X
Washington Missourian editorial: Nieves uses gay
marriage as smokescreen; In reality, there's no real threat to
traditional marriage in Franklin County - or Missouri
NY Times op-ed: At Iowa college speech, McCaskill
recounts Akin stories; Female GOP consultant says Dems will seek
"to try to manufacture a Todd Akin moment"
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Missourian op-ed: MU law prof/Hobby Lobby lawyer Josh
Hawley: Time to protect the right to farm in Missouri's
constitution +
CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Joseph Miller:
Sales tax wrong way to fix roads; Fair approach would use gas tax
and tolls X
SNL letter: Sarcastic take on Missouri Legislature,
right to work, and corporations' deduction of state taxes X
KC Star letter: Republicans should give up on
priorities like voter ID and tax cuts - which are supported by ALEC -
and instead back Medicaid expansion +
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Saturday, April 12
Engadget: McCaskill's "Let Me Google That for You" may
be the best Senate bill ever; Bipartisan bill would eliminate
costly National Technical Information Service
KC Star: McCaskill, Blunt statements on Kathleen
Sebelius' departure +
St. Joseph News-Press: Advanced aircraft for 139th
Airlift Wing discussed at Senate hearing X
McClatchy: GM, like Toyota, hid its safety flaw from
regulators, consumers; McCaskill levels aggressive allegations
The Hill: Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.), Mike Turner
(R-Ohio) offer McCaskill sexual assault provisions
SNL: Jack Danforth unleashes rant on modern
politics; Republican, 77, uses acceptance speech to explain how
much better things were in his day X
P-D: Former Obama spokeswoman/Russ Carnahan staffer
Kacie Starr Triplett to avoid state criminal charges if she pays
restitution; Campaign money used for student loans, clothes,
massages, getting hair and nails done, etc.
AP: Matt Wills, Communications Director for MOGOP,
moves up to executive director in wake of Shane Schoeller's departure
CDT: State auditor Tom Schweich, 2016 gov candidate
Catherine Hanaway address annual Lincoln Day dinner X
CDT: Ozark National Scenic Riverways debate between
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder and Rep. Chris Kelly (D) to take place May 3 on
steps of Shannon County Courthouse X
Drebes:
Rory Ellinger memorial service details, scholarship fund info
P-D: State medical group blasts
UnitedHealthcare; Company criticized for terminating some
physicians from Medicare Advantage
Reuters: Judge restores $120M in tobacco settlement to
Pennsylvania; Missouri among other states named in arbitration
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri colleges are used to
funding freezes X
AP: Missouri criminal code legislation boosts penalty
for child crimes
P-D: St. Louis crime status has an economic
impact; City, county police agencies seek FBI approval to ease
'crime problem' perception
P-D: Lawsuit alleges West Lake Landfill radioactivity
has spread off-site
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Supreme Court Justice
Zel Fischer credits region for his service X
JCNT editorial: Celebrate! Missouri's Tax
Freedom Day is a little later this year X
P-D editorial: Bill from Rep. Mike Leara (R-South St.
Louis County) protects luxury senior living, on the taxpayers' dime
CDT's Waters: Nullification efforts are "a foolish
unconstitutional bleat against Washington" X
CDT's Waters: Legislature should put transportation
sales tax increase on the ballot X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Brief recaps of
three articles found here
JCNT letter: Equine enthusiast wants McCaskill, Blunt,
Luetkemeyer to crack down on "Big Lick" techniques X
P-D letter: Missouri Senate did the right thing by
restoring food stamps to drug felons
KC Star letter: Industry-supported payday loan bill
not perfect, but it's something +
P-D letter: Post-Dispatch may repeat anti-tax-cut
mantra, but evidence shows throwing money at public schools doesn't work
P-D letter: Charter, public schools aren't governed by
same rules
P-D letter: Noranda's rate request could limit
opportunities for solar energy
JCNT letter: Ameren critic Bob Kettler cites his own
previous letters, slaps PSC with new label: "Corporation Service
Commission" X
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Friday, April 11
P-D: McCaskill pushes to find out what happened to $6
billion in State Department spending
Washington Post: McCaskill asks: Where's the
oversight?
The Hill: McCaskill, other Senate Dems press Obama to
give Keystone the green light soon
Washington Post: GM suspends 2 engineers over ignition
switch recall; McCaskill calls move "long overdue"
P-D: Tensions high at EPA meeting on Carter Carburetor
cleanup; Yaphett El-Amin, others want a larger percentage of work
to go to black contractors
AP: Area governments pledge $260K to lure GOP
convention
KC Star: Kansas City and counties pledge $260K to
recruit GOP convention +
AP: Catherine Hanaway raises $300K for 2016 Missouri
governor's race
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist profile: Flotron
& McIntosh's David McCracken
Washington Post: Missouri becomes latest right-to-work
battleground; Rep. Ron Hicks (R) says "bullying is just not going
to stop ... this is ridiculous" (link via @ssnich on Twitter)
CDT: Toned-down ethics bill wins approval from House
panel X
Missourinet: Audit questions brownfield tax credits
KWMU: Schweich gives low marks to state brownfield tax
credits
P-D: Missouri failed to protect taxpayers in
brownfield cleanups, audit says
The Missouri Times: Schweich's audit finds problems
with way program is administrated, cites no instances of fraud
The Missouri Times: Transportation sales tax increase
passes House, to find stiffer opposition in Senate
CDT: House approves measure that would ask voters for
new transportation sales tax X
AP: Missouri tax cut bills advanced by committees
Missourinet: Nixon announces $22M in education
withholds
KWMU: Nixon cuts $22M in education funding, says GOP
lawmakers forced his hand
AP: Nixon announces education spending restrictions
Missourinet: Senate committee criticized for pulling
money for child abuse investigators
SNL: Nixon slams committee for taking out agency
increase X
Drebes:
Fifth of Lager's five telecom bills - dealing with railroad right of
ways - languishing in House
AP: House passes bill exempting gyms from sales tax
CDT: Lawmakers criticize Missouri Department of
Revenue for policy on taxing gyms X
CDT: Lawmakers question request from veterans groups
for more funding X
P-D: Legislation that would protect tax exemptions for
high-end senior communities draws fire
KC Star: Missouri debating minimum-wage levels +
JCNT: Nixon says state is pushing to protect crime
victims; Kander cites Safe at Home program +
AP: House and Senate pass separate criminal codes
P-D: Missouri Legislature passes bills revising state
criminal code
AP: Missouri House passes change in self-defense law
Missourinet: House approves 'Pop Tart' bill to protect
kids pretending to have guns
KSMU: Nixon speaks at Medicaid-expansion rally
P-D: Debate over 'contract schools' eclipses broader
St. Louis schools plan
AP: LeVota proposes DED create a task force to explore
bringing Super Bowl to Kansas City
P-D: Lafayette County Republicans have ties to West
Lake Landfill lobbying group
The Missouri Times: PSC commissioner Steve Stoll
receives Boy Scouts of America award
P-D editorial: Right to work vote: Grover
Norquist is a hungry vulture looking for a carcass to feed his
insatiable hunger
JCNT editorial: Medicinal treatment differs from
mood-altering drug use X
Wall Street Journal op-ed: Dodd-Frank interfering with
small business investment; Blaine Luetkemeyer's bipartisan bill
would amend law and provide relief
P-D op-ed: Mehan, local chamber heads: The
business case for Medicaid transformation
P-D op-ed: In support of Common Core
The Missouri Times op-ed: Travis Brown: Rex
Sinquefield among those visiting with Chris Christie on this week's RGA
fundraising tour
P-D letter: Democratic attorney Norman Pressman:
Rory Ellinger was a lot like Atticus Finch
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Thursday, April 10
Bloomberg: GM
fined by U.S. safety agency for incomplete answers; Comments from
McCaskill
Reuters: Iowa, North Carolina join states studying
Experian breach; McCaskill chides company for changing story
KWMU: EPA to hold fourth public meeting to talk about
cleanup at old Carter Carburetor plant in North St. Louis City
P-D: Rep. Rory Ellinger (D-University City) succumbs
to liver cancer
KWMU: A look at the life of a proud liberal:
Rory Ellinger's journey from from civil rights protests to Students for
a Democratic Society to school board to state legislator
Missourinet: Lawmakers mourn death of Rep. Rory
Ellinger
AP: Rep. Rory Ellinger dies at 72
Sedalia Democrat: Nixon stops at local health center,
stumps for Medicaid expansion: "Standing still is moving
backwards"
AP: Missouri Medicaid may restore adult dental care
Priddy: Amalgamated notes on state senators not acting
like grown-ups, House's baseball-induced late delivery, Hodges'
personal struggle
AP: Missouri budget would fund employee salary study
KC Star: Missouri House gives initial approval to
right-to-work bill +
KWMU: Right to work gets first-round approval in
House, but doesn't have enough votes to move to Senate
Missourinet: Right-to-work sponsor Eric Burlison
(R-Springfield) thinks he can find four votes
AP: Missouri House endorses right-to-work bill
Missourinet: Right-to-work backers, opponents both
claim victory
SNL: Both sides claim victory after right-to-work vote
in House X
The Missouri Times: Reactions: Burlison, Rep.
Jeff Roorda (D), area union leader Jeff Aboussie, AFL-CIO lobbyist
Steve Tilley, AFL-CIO official Mike Louis
Fulton Sun: Rep. Mike Frame (D-High Ridge) visits
Westminster to counter Kinder's previous appearance on right-to-work
issue
Missourinet: House sends transportation sales tax
increase proposal to the Senate
P-D: Missouri House votes for sales tax to fund
transportation infrastructure
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Reporter Marshall
Griffin on transportation tax; McDaniel and Rosenbaum talk to
LeVota about Medicaid, right to work, Dems' electoral prospects
P-D: Critics say Missouri Department of Revenue is
going overboard and taxing exercise
The Missourinet: Construction yet to begin on North
Side project; Bill will likely stall in the Senate
The Missouri Times: Brownfield tax credit
series: Supporters of tax credits say new DED regulations will
kill successful program
P-D: Missouri House committee hears Senate bill
modifying transfer law
KWMU: School-attendance advocacy series, Part
IV: Focus on school clinics
CDT: House panel passes hemp oil legislation X
Missourinet: Senate moves to eliminate boards,
superfluous committees
SNL: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield): Switch
fonts, save money X
St. Joseph News-Press: Town officials worry about
Lager's bill; Senate Bill 764 creates provisions for getting
citizen petitions passed by popular vote +
Brownfield Ag News: Dairy bill advances in Missouri by
vote of 137-4
JCNT: Senators hear testimony on LGBTQIA discrimination X
AP: Missouri House considers gay discrimination bill
Missourinet: Execution date set for
jilted-lover/rapist/murderer Russell Bucklew; Defense attorneys
say convict has extra-delicate blood vessels, and injection might cause
pain
SE
Missourian: Cape native set for May 21 execution; Former
prosecutor recounts details of violence spree and subsequent jailbreak,
calls Bucklew "homicidal Energizer Bunny" +
KWMU: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice forum
explores local gun violence
AP: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice event
features CDC speaker, stories from families of gun-violence victims
SNL editorial: Nullification is a futile effort - and
an example of useless grandstanding X
Washington Missourian editorial: Transportation tax
bill is important - and shouldn't be derailed by anti-bicycle
machinations
Joplin Globe editorial: Don't exempt animal data from
disclosure X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape
Girardeau): Keep Department of Conservation free from the
political process +
SE
Missourian letter: Noranda's sweetheart deal would come at the
expense of other ratepayers +
P-D letter: Missouri needs a great plan to reduce
carbon emissions
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Wednesday, April 9
KC Star: "Pay equity" in the spotlight this
week: A look at how Blunt, McCaskill, Graves pay women vs. men +
P-D: McCaskill, Wagner, Slay offices master social
media; Comments from their spokesmen John LaBombard, Patrick
Howell, Richard Callow
SNL: Europeans seek to monopolize market on names like
'parmesan' and 'Bratwurst;' McCaskill, Blunt team up to protect
America's food-naming freedom X
SNL: Group ceases Table Rock Dam tours, work at Dewey
Short; McCaskill, Blunt have spoken out in favor of the non-profit X
P-D: MSNBC host makes empty promise to show up in St.
Louis on Opening Day, doesn't follow through
Kraske: "BuzzChatter" daily quote analysis:
Thoughts on McCaskill, Blunt comments from links found here +
The Missouri Times: Association Profile:
Missouri Bankers Young Leadership Division
Missourinet: 2016 presidential primary moving to March
AP: Bill would move presidential primary to March
KWMU: Missouri House perfects 1-cent transportation
sales tax proposal
St. Joseph News-Press: Regional leaders hold "Great
Northwest Day" in Jefferson City; Roads top list of concerns X
CDT: Senate committee adds funding for State
Historical Society building X
P-D: Missouri Senate committee strips funding for
takeover of Ozark National Scenic Riverways from fiscal '15 budget
The Missouri Times: "Paycheck protection" poised for
committee referral in Senate
Missourinet: House turns Common Core elimination bill
into plan to develop new standard
AP: Missouri House adopts bill to study Common Core
SNL: Missouri House gives early nod to replacing
Common Core X
AP: Missouri budget includes $750K to train on school
shootings
AP: Missouri House endorses criminal code overhaul
JCNT: Pro-choice women march, rally at Capitol X
AP: House panel backs use of cannabis extract medicine
AP: Missouri House endorses funeral protest law change
The Missouri Times: House Utilities Committee
struggling with 'tracker' legislation
P-D: Speakers blast Ameren plan for ash landfill in
Missouri River floodplain
P-D: Westlake Landfill owners start group to lobby to
keep nuclear waste in place; Reaction from Reps. Bill Otto (D-St.
Charles), Glen Kolkmeyer (R-Wellington)
AP: Fire damages Missouri highway patrol building in
Jefferson City
Missourinet: Fire at Highway Patrol maintenance
building could impact some operations
KWMU: Environmental group says Mississippi River is
'endangered'
P-D: Kaufmann Foundation says startup activity fell
sharply in Missouri
SNL editorial: Learning political lessons: U.S.
Rep. Jason Smith listens to constituents on immigration, disregards
knee-jerk ideology and does what's best for his district X
P-D op-ed: AFT union President Randi Weingarten:
Outsourcing of public education is no answer
SNL op-ed: Springfield woman says she lives in Roy
Blunt's "district," wants his help on Alzheimer's X
CDT op-ed: Biking bill fails to exercise good judgement X
KC Star letters: Secretive business organizations have
purchased state government leaders; John Lamping should read the
Bible and support Medicaid expansion +
P-D letter: National Council of Jewish Women - St.
Louis chapter: Victims of domestic violence are denied workplace
protections
P-D letter: Proposed coal ash landfill is a bad choice
for our floodplains
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Tuesday, April 8
Election Day
New P-D Washington Reporter Chuck Raasch: Views of the
selfie presidency: McCaskill wouldn't campaign with Obama this
year, but Lacy Clay would
St. Joseph News-Press: One Keystone Pipeline phase
continues to operate in this region; Nixon, McCaskill, Blunt
support project X
P-D: McCaskill attends Cards home opener
P-D's Nicklaus: After Friday, Missourians start
working for themselves; This year's "Tax Freedom Day" is April 11
KC Star: For married same-sex couples, tax season's
complications multiply; Comments from accountant, area lesbians +
Drebes:
Krystal Hargis drops out of Dem primary for Roorda's seat; Sean
Fauss will take on GOP primary winner
P-D: St. Charles County voters will use iPads to sign
in instead of paper ledgers
KC Star: Missouri Revenue Department's directive to
pay sales tax stuns art groups +
JCNT: Lawmakers agree on 1 percent raise for state
employees X
The Missouri Times: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Rep.
Michael Frame (D-High Ridge) make separate trips to Westminster to
discuss right to work
KWMU: Missouri Senate committee begins reviewing state
budget passed by House
Missourinet: $33M added to budget proposal for new
State Historical Society building
AP: Missouri Senate approves to-do list of more than
300 items that could be funded through a bonding proposal
JCNT: Senate endorses projects for state bonds it OK'd
last week X
AP: Missouri Senate panel backs more money for colleges
AP: House panel to review student transfer legislation
Missourinet: Counties hope higher prisoner per diem
makes the final state budget
AP: Missouri Senate endorses criminal code overhaul
Missourinet: Crime laws rewrite nears Senate passage
P-D: Missouri considers lifting lifetime food stamp
ban for drug felons
SNL: Bill from Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Nixa) would add
forth judge to Christian County's roster X
KSMU: Missouri's new "move over" law highlighted in
Work Zone Awareness Week
AP: Rep. Steve Hodges (D-East Prairie) charged with
second DWI
AP: Koster's order halts business for auction house
P-D: Koster gets restraining order against
Ivey-Selkirk auction house
SE
Missourian: NPR's Diane Rehm to speak at Southeast next week +
KC Star editorial: Missouri doesn't need divisive
'right-to-work' law +
SE
Missourian op-ed: Speaker Tim Jones: Right to Work is right
for Missouri +
Joplin Globe op-ed: MU journalism dean Phill
Brooks: State legislators failing in the art of compromise;
Tax cuts, Medicaid and campaign finance as case studies X
KWMU op-ed: Editor Margie Freivogel: Lessons in
compromise from Missouri most liberal legislator, Rory Ellinger
Helling: We can put rich guys like Rex Sinquefield in
their place if we all just throw away mail pieces, delete e-mails,
ignore tweets, hang up the phone, and mute TV commercials +
P-D op-ed: MO DSS Family Support Division's Laura
Davis: Proposal from Rep. Andrew Koenig (R-Ellisville) is bad
medicine for public pensions
KC Star letter: Progressive Small Business Majority
supports minimum-wage increase +
P-D letter: Labadie resident pleased with P-D's
anti-coal-ash-landfill editorial
P-D letter: Storing coal ash in a modern landfill is
good public policy
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Monday, April 7
P-D: No election, but still a lot at stake for
Missouri in battle for U.S. Senate; Comments from McCaskill,
Blunt, Ann Wagner
SNL: Legal immigration a flashpoint in Congress;
Comments from U.S Reps. Jason Smith, Billy Long
Rosenbaum: Ronnie White's nomination recalls past
battles - and hard feelings
ABC News: Video: Sen. Claire McCaskill:
'Moment of truth' for General Motors
ABC News: Transcript of McCaskill's segment
KC Star: Graves: Tax credit was not requested
for his Capitol Hill home
TonysKansasCity: KC company cited by Obama as a "green
success story" runs short of cash, suspends production of electric
trucks
Drebes:
"Maniac door-knocker" Brent Lasaster seeks rematch with Rep. John
Mayfield (D) in Dem district
The Missouri Times: Vote in "Sweet 16" round for
reporters, pols, activists: Mannies, Rosenbaum, more
JCNT: Legislature considering amendment to limit
governor's withholding powers
KC Star: Right-to-work bill could be debated this week
AP: Missouri lawmakers mull cannabis extract
medicine; Matt Jessee's daughter among those who could be helped
Missourinet: Kansas legislature approves health
compact legislation originated in Missouri
AP: Medicaid change sought for disabled, elderly
Joplin Globe's Susan Redden: Local GOP party officials
testify in Jefferson City in favor of constitutional convention
Missourinet: Advocates rally opposition to exclusion
of bicycling from transportation tax proposal
Missourinet: Ending the used car sales tax
JCNT: Legislators begin talking about highway bridges
needing repairs or replacing
St. Joseph News-Press: Reps. Galen Higdon (R), Pat
Conway (D) pursue county rules bill
Washington Missourian editorial: As distasteful as
Obamacare is, Ryan Silvey is trying to make it work in Missouri - and
Republicans should follow his lead
Washington Missourian editorial: Freedom to breastfeed
and pump is a victory - but do we really need legislation for
everything?
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Missourian editorial: Puppies for Parole program a win-win
KC Star's Sanchez: There are no absolutes in
education: Realism vs. the false choices presented by ideologues
P-D letter: Prosecute whoever put nuclear waste in
Bridgeton landfill
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Sunday, April 6
Helling: Rewards of a political convention are wrapped
in risk; Elimination from convention competition will save KC
from paying police costs, dealing with protestors, etc. +
SNL: Area Dems gather for Jackson Day breakfast;
Nixon, Kander emphasize their opposition to right to work X
AP: Missouri lawmakers want to limit out-of-state
welfare
JCNT: Underfunded state formula costs schools millions X
JCNT: School funding questions not answered yet X
P-D: Normandy: Progress at the speed of trust
P-D: Normandy: A shared fate; A look at
white flight and its effects
AP: Like Missouri, secrecy surrounds execution drug in
most states; father of murdered 17-year-old girl says, "We're
overly worried about the convict"
Missourinet: Attempt to yank bicycles threatens
transportation tax proposal; Debate to resume Tuesday
JCNT: 303 state building and maintenance projects
included in bonding issue X
SNL: Lakeland practices come under fire from
experts; Comments from MO DSS' Rebecca Woelfel X
SNL: Missouri Medicaid paid Lakeland more than $8M in
FY13 X
Brownfield Ag News: Farmer data protected in Missouri
bill; Interview with Missouri Cattlemen's Mike Deering
Brownfield Ag News: Bill from Rep. Jay Houghton
(R-Martinsburg) has farm ID protections
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans ignore evidence
that tax cuts don't work
St. Joseph News-Press: Military report on
target; Valuable lessons found in Treasurer Clint Zweifel's study X
KC Star letter: McCaskill, Blunt should support mental
health care for returning soldiers +
P-D letter: Speaker Tim Jones "singing the old
divisive song of hate" by supporting right to work
P-D letter: Right to work rationale: employers
want trained and accomplished employees, not "surly emplacements from
antagonistic labor pools"
P-D letter: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
should require that Ameren's coal ash be stored off the flood plain
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Saturday, April 5
Politico: McCaskill to appear on ABC's "This Week"
tomorrow
KC Star: Medicaid expansion divides Missouri
Republicans; Comments from Schaaf, Lamping, Silvey +
Drebes:
How Rupp's appointment to PSC shuffles Senate chairmanships
AP: Judge denies order in gay couples joint taxes
case; Another hearing set for May 2
KWMU: Missouri House weighs role of bike travel in
transportation spending
AP: 6 suspended amid Kansas City school rape
allegations
P-D: In wake of St. Louis City shootings, Women's
Voices Raised for Social Justice to hold gun-violence forum;
Gun-control advocate James Mercy to appear at UMSL
P-D: North St. Louis County's Rev. Traci Blackmon
warns congregation of pawn-shop financing and payday loans;
Majority of St. Louis' "unbanked" are black
AP: Judge: Lawsuit on Missouri executions may
continue
CDT: Plan would move MoDOT offices to St. Mary's
Hospital building X
P-D: Laclede gets nod from PSC for gas main
replacement charge
CDT: Like many across the region, House members will
be watching Cards' home opener Monday afternoon; Session will
begin at 7 p.m. X
KC Star editorial: Capitol Watch: Missouri House
wrong on guns; Curtman wrong on bicycles; Silvey right to
make Medicaid more accessible +
KC Star's Steve Paul: GM case may once again undermine
confidence; CEO Mary Barra "barely survived McCaskill's intense
grilling" +
SNL editorial: "Just Common Sense" editorial
meme: McCaskill fights like a man; Dixon's court-cost bill
is good; Legislators should pay for own meals X
SNL op-ed: Springfield NAACP leader: Missouri
should expand Medicaid X
KC Star Public Editor column: Liberals write more
letters to the editor; Conservatives more likely to send in
Internet myths/talking-point drivel +
P-D letter: St. Louis Superindent Kelvin Adams'
willingness to try something new shows that he's brilliant, gutsy
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Friday, April 4
KMOX: Sen. Roy Blunt still not a fan of Obamacare
Quincy: McCaskill says she wants to see Keystone
Pipeline project finished
The Hill: McCaskill: 'There really weren't
answers' in GM hearing
AP: McCaskill grills GM head over safety recalls
Washington Post: Feds charge money for free reports
that can be found on Google; McCaskill says agency has outlived
its usefulness
Washington Missourian: Highway 47 Bridge Committee to
ask McCaskill, Blunt for help
KC Star: 'Wage theft' is rallying cry for fast-food
protestors +
KC Star: Stand Up KC protest photos: Protestors
hold signs; Adult males engage in public cosplay, dress up as
Ronald McDonald and Hamburglar +
Drebes: GOP state Senate candidate Jay Ashcroft is not
Andy Ashcroft of Librarygate fame
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Jason Rosenbaum,
Chris McDaniel, Marshall Griffin discuss Schweich's free pass, Medicaid
expansion, nullification
P-D: Kit Bond walks the halls on Medicaid;
Chamber says he's 'no show pony'
CDT: Republican senators argue over Medicaid expansion X
JCNT: Black clergy, others congregate on steps of
Capitol to push for Medicaid expansion X
CDT: Disability advocates rally at Capitol;
Events lack steel chains, theatrics of 2005's anti-Blunt protests X
AP: Missouri House OKs bid to nullify federal gun laws
AP: House roll call on nullification bill: 7
Dems join GOP
P-D: Missouri House passes federal gun nullification
bill
AP: Missouri House passes $600M bonding plan
JCNT: Senate OKs bonding plan
X
P-D: Missouri Senate OKs $600M bonding proposal
Missourinet: Senate approves building repairs bonding
issue
AP: House sets aside transportation tax increase
P-D: Missouri House narrowly passes paycheck deduction
measure
AP: House passes limit on union fee collections
The Missouri Times: 'Paycheck protection' moves
through House; Nullification bill gets approval
JCNT: House passes bill on public employee unions X
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jeff Roorda (D-Barnhart) directs Nazi reference
to Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston): "Who are you coming after next,
lady?" +
The Missouri Times: Rep. John Diehl (R-Town and
Country): Right-to-work vote may come Wednesday
Missourinet: Diehl: Expect "right to work" to be
brought to floor on Wednesday
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: District investigates teacher's claims she was
intimidated by administrators for her anti-Common Core beliefs
AP: Court considers joint tax filings from gay couples
KWMU: Nixon signs breastfeeding bill into law;
Rep. Rory Ellinger (D-University City) attends ceremony
P-D: Nixon signs law protecting public breastfeeing
rights
AP: Nixon signs ailing lawmaker's breastfeeding bill
KWMU: NAACP joins Sierra Club to criticize coal, push
for higher renewable-energy requirement
Washington Missourian: Missouri Department of Revenue
has not provided a clear answer on how use tax would impact vehicle
sales
P-D: Koster, prosecutors charge man with soliciting
money for Wounded Warriors, keeping it
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Auditor Tom Schweich
is right: Time to restrain tax credit awards X
JCNT editorial: House Republicans' criticisms of Nixon
have merit and deserve to be heard; still, they are not grounds
for impeachment X
P-D editorial: Optimism must drive attempts to improve
region's schools; Troubled urban school districts can totally
turn it around
Helling: Climate change controversy might outlast the
trees; Blunt proposes amendment requiring 60 Senate votes to
consider a tax or fee on carbon emissions +
P-D's Deb Peterson: Schaefer's polluter-protection law
should go down in flames
Shelly: Payday loan hearings show Missouri
Republicans' arrogance +
SNL op-ed: Sen. John Lamping (R-Ladue), other
Republicans opposing Medicaid expansion are "mule-headed" X
Priddy:
Senate-debate daydreams: Sen. Eric Schmitt is very tall
P-D letter: Equine enthusiast asks McCaskill, Blunt,
Wagner to say 'neigh' to showhorse-training methods
SE
Missourian letter: Legislature weakened Affordable Care
Act; Missouri should have followed Kentucky's lead and built its
own health insurance exchange +
P-D letter: St. Louis City correct in standing up to
Noranda
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Thursday, April 3
KC Star: KC survives the first cut in the GOP
convention process +
KC Star: Blunt: SCOTUS ruling on contribution
limits won't have much impact on campaigns +
KWMU: Missouri reaction to Supreme Court campaign
finance decision: Blunt, Wash U. law prof Bruce La Pierre
Reuters: McCaskill accuses GM of 'culture of cover-up'
in recalls
The Hill: McCaskill: GM had 'culture of cover-up'
USA Today: McCaskill: GM engineer lied over
deadly ignition switch
NY Times: GM's Mary T. Barra faces ire of McCaskill,
other senators at hearing
NY Times: GM secrecy on crashes adds to families'
pain; Comments from St. Peters, Mo. couple
P-D: McCaskill says a 'culture of cover-up' prevailed
at GM
P-D: Area woman's death linked to faulty ignition
switch on GM vehicles
Drebes: Rep. Jon Carpenter (D-Kansas City) now
unopposed in state rep primary
Drebes:
Former Rep. Bob Johnson (R) running for Grisamore's open seat
The Missouri Times: Black Dem who ran against Rep.
Mary Nichols switches parties, will run as Republican
The Missouri Times: Two Republicans, one Dem vie for
Rep. Ed Schieffer's seat
AP: Missouri revenues up about 2 percent over last year
P-D: Rep. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) floats new way
to expand Medicaid in Missouri, runs into roadblock
AP: Missouri Medicaid bill set aside after GOP dispute
Missourinet: Heated debate drives Medicaid reform from
Senate
SNL: Medicaid proposal sparks heated exchange in Senate X
P-D: Missouri House committee passes Fulton State
Hospital funding bill
JCNT: Senate weighs startup grants for new businesses X
Missourinet: Ethics bill hits snag in Senate
CDT: Bill from Rep. Genise Monticello (D-St. Louis)
targets Parker Bena, a lobbyist with sex offender conviction X
CDT: Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors)
withdraws domestic violence bill after provisions removed X
JCNT: Unions protest changes to dues collection;
Comments from SEIU's Elmer Muhammed, CWA's Bradley Harmon X
AP: Missouri bill seeks to lure high-stakes gamblers
P-D: Missouri Senate OKs bill letting casinos extend
credit
Missourinet: House overwhelmingly endorses student
religious liberty legislation; Rep. Margo McNeill (D-Florissant)
drops opposition, votes yes
SNL: House passes student religious liberty bill X
JCNT: Common Core delay concerns officials X
AP: Missouri could vote on protecting homes from
unreasonable searches and seizures
The Missouri Times: Missouri Bar Association visits
Capitol for Lobby Day
P-D: Questions swirl around bill that could exempt
Bridgeton landfill from lawsuits
KC Star: Missouri Gas Energy extends terms of Cold
Weather Rule through end of month +
KWMU: Laclede extends Cold Weather Rule
KWMU: Koster announces charges against fraudster who
falsely solicited donations for wounded veterans
Missourinet: Former Miss America stops by Capitol,
talks about eating disorders
P-D editorial: Whether 'bone-headed' Missouri
Republicans like it or not, Obamacare is working
SNL editorial: Sinquefield's fliers in Nixa bond
election are an outrage X
P-D op-ed: Med school student says McCaskill should
support pro-gun-control Vivek Murthy for surgeon general
CDT's Waters: Nixon knows the criminal code needs an
overhaul X
SNL op-ed: Failure to expand Medicaid costs lives X
KC Star letter: Polling places should be open all day
long +
P-D letter: Nieves interested in Franklin County post
as a platform for absurd commentary
P-D letter: Area conservative responds to P-D Medicaid
editorial, says Republicans are fiscally responsible
P-D letter: Historic tax credits help older
neighborhoods, provide construction jobs
P-D letter: Response to editorial reprinted from
Joplin Globe: Revisions to Sunshine Law would have a chilling
effect on community service
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Wednesday, April 2
KC Star: Sen. Shalonn "Kiki" Curls (D-Kansas City),
Melba Curls, Jermaine Reed, former Mayor Kay Barnes hosting "Ready for
Hillary" party April 11 +
KC Star: KC faces first round of Republican National
Convention host-city roster cuts tomorrow +
KOLR: GM recall affects millions; McCaskill to
lead hearing
P-D: GM recalls 1.5M more vehicles; McCaskill's
John LaBombard details Missouri fatality
AP: Hagel acts to improve POW-MIA accounting
effort; McCaskill, Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-New Hampshire) praise move
Washington Post: McCaskill wants info from Education,
Justice on campus sexual assaults
Roll Call: Dick Gephardt goes door-to-door for D.C.
Council candidate
P-D: Hanaway garners $150K from Rex Sinquefield for
2016 GOP gubernatorial primary
KC Star: Rex Sinquefield helps Hanaway's 2016 campaign +
AP:
Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) floats state Medicaid proposal
SNL: Silvey offers new Medicaid plan; Comments
from Kit Bond Strategies' Shana Marchio X
KWMU: Zweifel issues report to shore up Missouri's
military infrastructure
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes $620M tax cut bill
The Missouri Times: Senate passes tax cut; Nixon
vows veto
AP: Tax cut advances despite Nixon's concerns
CDT: Senate votes along party lines to pass tax-cut
bill X
AP: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) proposes to exempt
fitness centers, gymnastics/dance studios from state sales taxes
AP: Bill proposes tax credits for legislative vacancies
SNL: Right to work future still uncertain after late
meeting X
The Missouri Times: Right-to-work passage a moving
target for House Republicans
CDT: Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit), Kentucky native
discuss residency requirements for voting; Newspaper prints
corrections to its original story X
CDT: Performance funding for higher education moves
forward X
JCNT: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) asks committee to
endorse bonding projects X
AP: Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) sets
aside domestic violence bill
KC Star: Missouri medical marijuana bill gets hearing
in state Senate +
P-D: Industrial hemp, medical marijuana interest
Missouri lawmakers
AP: Missouri Senate panel weighs medical marijuana
SE
Missourian: House overwhelmingly approves legislation to curb
regulations on wood stoves +
JCNT: Missouri bill would restrict public access to
animal-tracking data X
SNL: Bill from Rep. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield)
seeks to limit where rail lawsuits can be filed X
JCNT: Senate gives first-round okay to alcohol sales
at Capitol - for special events only X
Missourinet: House endorses its version of federal gun
law nullification legislation
KWMU: Missouri House gives gun control nullification
bill first-round approval
The Missouri Times: House moves forward with gun
nullification bill
P-D: Missouri House endorses federal gun law
nullification bill
SE
Missourian editorial: Uncertainty abounds with Affordable Care
Act; Not all policies accepted at Siteman Cancer Center at
Barnes-Jewish +
JCNT editorial: Implement Common Core and test its
results X
Priddy: Day-after-April Fool's Day parody of tax-break
and other proposals
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Missouri's gun-loving
legislators make one concession - they won't pursue U.S. agents who try
to enforce federal gun laws +
KC Star's Joe Robertson: Area districts steer clear of
Common Core fight +
P-D letter: Missouri Republicans are stubborn and
refuse to help the downtrodden poor
P-D letter: Reasons why Common Core is bad for Missouri
P-D letter: Privatizing of St. Louis schools would
undermine the public good
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Tuesday, April 1
April Fool's Day
AP: Missouri's Obamacare enrollment misses goal
P-D: Glitches mark insurance enrollment deadline
KC Star: Affordable Care Act endures tense deadline day +
SNL: Congress passes Blunt-backed mental health care
bill X
Drebes:
Empty primary threats: After heated exchange with Dana Loesch in
November 2012, no primary opponent for Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson
City)
KC Business Journal: RNC plans first cut for 2016
convention within two weeks (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
The Missouri Times: Staff profile: Pat Mulcahy,
Legislative Assistant for Rep. Bob Burns (D-St. Louis)
AP: Nixon criticizes $620M tax-cut plan
KWMU: Liberal groups, including GrassRoots Organizing
and "National People's Action," say Missouri has taken part in "race to
the bottom in corporate giveaways"
JCNT: House-passed voter ID measures pitched to Senate
committee X
The Missouri Times: "Paycheck protection" moves
through House by narrow margin
SNL: "Paycheck protection" advances in Missouri House X
Missourinet: Heated debate precedes initial House
passage of paycheck legislation
AP: Missouri House passes "paycheck protection"
P-D: Missouri House approves paycheck deduction bill
KC Star: Missouri GOP quest for right-to-work law
continues +
JCNT: Extension for state wages committee sought X
AP: Brian Kinkade named director of Missouri
Department of Social Services
KCTV: Missouri woman to pay back $12,000+ in food
stamp fraud (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
AP: Missouri House passes drivers' license renewal
change
Missourinet: Criminal code rewrite drafters respond to
Nixon's size concerns
KWMU: Normandy not bankrupt now, but its future
remains cloudy
SNL: Bill from Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) could
raise funds for municipal court building X
AP: Missouri may excuse nursing women from juries
Missourinet: Breastfeeding bill fast-tracked to honor
Rep. Rory Ellinger (D-University City)
KWMU: House passes breastfeeding by from ailing Rep.
Rory Ellinger
P-D: Breastfeeding bill fast-tracked to honor Rory
Ellinger
P-D: Media companies support Larry Flynt in fight over
Missouri execution records
Missourinet: House Judiciary Committee Chairman
Stanley Cox says impeachment efforts will get hearing
P-D: Ameren, environmental groups square off on coal
ash landfill
KWMU: New EPA analysis: Community could be at
risk if landfill fire reaches radioactive waste in Bridgeton
JCNT: Beta Club receives House, Senate resolutions X
P-D: Lee Enterprises, parent of Post-Dispatch,
refinances $800M in debt
JCNT: Local pension bills enjoy widespread support X
P-D editorial: Concern about the Bridgeton landfills
is not enough
P-D editorial: Missouri no longer the meth capital,
but don't celebrate too much
Joplin Globe op-ed: MU School of Journalism's Phill
Brooks: Time to tackle lingering Missouri issues; Plus, an
apology to Sen. Tom Dempsey for a misinterpretation X
Helling: Liberal group criticizes Kansas tax cuts -
while states try to copy each other +
Priddy: Possible tax-cut compromise: Entice the
rich to donate to charity
Joplin Globe op-ed: State takeover of Riverways a
lose-lose proposal X
P-D op-ed: Missouri can't get behind on LGBTQIA
protections
P-D letter: Rep. Jeanne Kirkton (D-Webster Groves)
responds to John Wright's op-ed, says she hasn't signed no-gift pledge
and doesn't need to
P-D letter: Social services system in Missouri is
failing
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