Thursday, April 29, 2021
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley hopes Biden will support
child care payments
SNL: Fiona Wu named U.S. Presidential Scholars
semifinalist; Taiwanese female - the offspring of legal
immigrants - chooses to work hard, achieves success
P-D: Rockwood School District employee tells teachers
to hide white-guilt lesson plans from parents; Missouri
Legislature considering bills to push back against 1619 Project, other
blame-America curriculum
P-D: Missouri collecting data to track cases of
COVID-19 in fully vaccinated people
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Kimberly-Ann Collins (D-St. Louis City)
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate passes its budget
package sans Medicaid expansion funding
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate rejects funding
for Medicaid expansion
P-D: Missouri Senate rejects funding for Medicaid
expansion
Columbia Missourian's Rachel Behrndt: Senate rejects
Medicaid expansion; Comments from Lake Saint Louis Republican
"Bob Odner [sic]"; Dems
urge "republican [sic]
colleges [sic]" to fund
expansion
The Missouri Times: Missouri FY22 budget: 4
differences between House, Senate plans
The Missouri Times: A Missouri budget process primer
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee debates voter ID
requirement approved by House
KWMU: Empower Missouri, ACLU, League of Women Voters,
et al. congregate at Capitol to oppose GOP ballot-integrity measures
JCNT: Liberal rally at Capitol draws dozens
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) predicts some
education bills will be approved
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers make late-session push
to pass COVID-19 related legislation
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate renews push to
bar vaccine passports, rein in local health orders
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) "on the fence"
on PDMP
Missouri Independent: Defeat of gambling bill likely
dooms legislative push against 'gray market' machines
P-D: Urban farms in 'food deserts' could get tax
credits under plan moving in Missouri Legislature
Columbia Missourians: House supports expanding farmers
market accessibility to those receiving Women, Infants and Children
(WIC) handouts
KWMU: Urban liberals hold anti-gun press conference
Missouri Independent: Environmental law group
complains to EPA about Missouri DNR; Group suggests oil company
to blame for minorities' asthma
P-D editorial: A modest gas-tax hike would rescue
Missouri's dangerously neglected roads
The Missouri Times op-ed: Dr. Randall Williams:
In appreciation of Missouri
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang: With
Senate Medicaid vote, Missouri GOP helps put Gov. Parson in a political
bind
Missourinet's Bob Priddy: Join me and the Missouri
Humanities Council for the Show Me Statesmanship webinar:
starring Charlie Shields, Rita Heard Days, Jolie Justus, Scott Rupp,
others
KC Star op-ed: Missourians won't stand for GOP
lawmakers silencing voices
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: Hey, old white men,
ya'll run everything. White males do not get to to cry 'racism.'
P-D letter: Frontenac septuagenarian labels Josh
Hawley "the biggest racist in the U.S. Senate"
P-D letter: St. Peters septuagenarian labels Josh
Hawley a racist, says he is also "just plain stupid"
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man criticizes GOP U.S.
Senate candidates, mocks unsophisticated "Missoura" voters
P-D letter: St. Charles Democrat who lost state Senate
race by 15 points complains about state Senate
P-D letter: St. Charles man mocks Wiemann's gun-range
proposal
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Missouri Independent: Eric Schmitt joins Republican
AGs taking aim at 'social cost of carbon' initiatives
SE
Missourian: State's population climbs above 6 million
Columbia Missourian: Missouri population holds
steady; no gains or losses in Congress
Joplin Globe: League of Women Voters promotes
"Missouri's Community Mapping project" for redistricting, will promote
"People Powered Fair Maps" result
KC Star: Cleaver seeking federal dollars for U.S. 69,
electric buses through earmarks
KWMU: Large-scale St. Louis VA study measures
severity, scope of 'Long COVID'
SE
Missourian: State data: Cape County's jobless rate held
steady last month
JCNT: Gov. Parson addresses annual motorcycle rally
The Missouri Times: Senate passes $2B supplemental
budget package
P-D: Missouri Senate approves COVID-19 relief funding
P-D: Missouri Senate moves to boost oversight of
health departments after COVID-19 shutdowns
The Missouri Times: Video lottery terminals,
sportsbook bill laid over in the Senate
Columbia Missourian: Fuel tax increase could be on
horizon for Missourians
P-D: Legislation to protect Missourians' gun rights
shelved after debate in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Funding for capital improvement
projects passes House
Columbia Missourian: Costly carpeting calls attention
to lawmakers' spending in capital improvements
P-D: Missouri lawmakers floored by price tag of
Capitol carpet replacement
KWMU: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones meets with Gov.
Parson, finds common ground on key issues; Liberals gather
outside Capitol to complain about Medicaid expansion funding
The Missouri Times: Liberal groups hold
Medicaid-funding protest; Activists wear masks while standing
outdoors
P-D: Liberals rally outside Capitol for Medicaid
expansion funding
JCNT: Fight over Medicaid funding retreads old paths
Columbia Missourian: Liberals rally for Medicaid
expansion funding
Missouri Independent: Democrats vow court battle if
lawmakers don't fund Missouri Medicaid expansion
KC Star: Bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain
Grove) would require proper burial or cremation of babies killed by
abortion
Missouri Independent: COVID liability bill voted down
in Missouri House committee
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers question isolation of
children in state facilities during pandemic
St. Joseph News-Press: State proposal would allow
48-hour arrests without warrant
SNL: Medical marijuana dispensaries coming to downtown
Springfield and Branson this spring
SE
Missourian editorial: SEMO native Robert Knodell takes on key
state government role
KC Star editorial: Funerals for fetuses:
Missouri bill would force uncomfortable feelings upon women who end
babies' lives
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Garrett Hawkins: Property rights battle coming down to
the wire
P-D video op-ed: Tony Messenger, Aisha Sultan
criticize GOP efforts to keep high school boys out of girls' sports,
prohibit chemical castration of children, etc.
P-D letter: Eagle College Prep Charter Schools Board
Chairwoman says charter schools are held as accountable as public ones
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The Missouri Times: A look at what the new Census
apportionment data means for Missouri
P-D: Missouri's number of U.S. House seats holds steady
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Ann Wagner on her possible U.S. Senate run, pro-life
legislation; Panel discusses GOP U.S. Senate primary, Medicaid
expansion funding
KWMU: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush makes the case for
environmental legislation
The Missouri Times: Jamey Murphy awarded St. Louis
County Republican of the Year
SNL: Journalist killed in her urban Kansas City
apartment was Springfield native, University of Missouri graduate
KC Star: Death of former statehouse reporter Aviva
Okeson-Haberman being investigated as a homicide, KC police say
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Former Children's Education Alliance of Missouri intern promotes his
"Current Affairs" article bashing Rex Sinquefield, expresses resentment
over not being invited to Sinquefields' farm
Columbia Missourian: Veteran feminists recall former
Speaker Tim Jones' help in honoring suffragette
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Barbara Phifer (D-Kirkwood)
P-D: Missouri House docks the pay of Rep. Wiley Price
(D-St. Louis City); House Ethics Committee requires lawmaker to
repay $22,492 in costs
Missouri Independent: Governor's office following
Sunshine Law regarding Randall Williams' departure documents, declines
invitation to share resignation letter with media
KRES/KWIX: State legislators addressing flood issues
on the Missouri River
Missourinet: Budget Chairman Cody Smith
(R-Carthage): Bipartisan oversight is needed on federal rescue
plan dollars
Columbia Missourian: Missouri is getting billions in
federal aid. Lawmakers want bipartisan oversight
KC Star: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas blasts proposed
Missouri oversight of KC's COVID relief spending
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) discusses
rural caucus' request for $250 million in federal resources for
broadband
Missouri Independent: Missouri colleges gain most in
House construction spending proposal
Columbia Missourian: Proposal to exempt many seniors
from property taxes gets initial approval in state House
P-D: Pump prices could rise under plan to raise
Missouri's gas tax
St. Joseph News-Press: Public safety protections in
place under Good Samaritan Law
Missouri Independent: Supporters say environmental
bill would help businesses harmed by 'aggressive' MO DNR
Missourinet: Missouri State University survey:
Pandemic stress is the last straw for 10% of Missouri teachers
P-D: Bill that limits use of 'chokeholds' by police
gets initial approval in House
St. Joseph News-Press: 'Chokehold' bill wins approval
by voice vote in House
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson wrong on gun control -
country needs a national "red-flag" law
St. Joseph News-Press op-ed: Rep. J. Eggleston
(R-Maysville): Medicaid expansion's drastic budget effect
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Alex Riley
(R-Springfield): Let's pass COVID liability legislation now
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jobs With Justice's Teresa
Mithen Danieley: Say no to charter schools and school choice
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: American
Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) responsible for Missouri's
protester-accountability bills
P-D op-ed: University City High School student says he
enjoyed reading 1619 Project's tales of oppression, criticizes state of
Missouri for electing conservatives to state and federal office
KC Star letters: Two KC physicians want Legislature to
fund Medicaid expansion; Kansas City sexagenarian says she has
nagged Hawley's office with letters "more than (she) can count" and is
unhappy with quality of responses
Monday, April 26, 2021
This Week in Missouri Politics: Ann Wagner talks with
Scott Faughn about trip to southern border and infestation of illegal
immigrants, fighting the Pelosi agenda, pro-life legislation, GOP U.S.
Senate primary; Panel of Reps. LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City)
and Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold), Carpenters' Mark Dalton, David
Barklage on GOP U.S. Senate primary, Medicaid expansion funding,
keeping high school boys out of girls' athletics, more
KC Star: GOP U.S. Senate primary updates: Billy
Long at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday, more
KCUR: Reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman killed by stray
bullet; Statehouse reporter lived in first-floor apartment in
urban neighborhood
KC Star: Statehouse reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman,
24, killed by stray bullet in urban Kansas City neighborhood
KC Star: Regional China virus update: 48
coronavirus infections, no new deaths Sunday
KWMU: Some area veterans call VA system for COVID-19
vaccinations a public health model
KRES/KWIX: Gov. Parson says Missouri's economy is
heading in the right direction
SNL: Gov. Parson visits John Deere Reman, which is
adding 130 employees in Springfield this year
SNL: Photo gallery: Gov. Parson visits
Springfield John Deere Reman facility
Missourinet: What we're watching this week in the
Missouri Legislature: Medicaid expansion debate, budget and
daylight savings bill
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) expects
eminent domain legislation to reach floor, uncertain about open
enrollment bill
Missouri Independent: University of Missouri to close
center studying state economy, taxes
KWMU: Missouri to open temporary license office at
Lambert Airport
P-D: Missouri Gaming Commission Chairman Mike Leara
raising questions about push to legalize slots in Missouri
P-D: The Link Market denied sales tax exemption by
Missouri officials, awaits state Supreme Court decision
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Sen. Hawley's
"Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act" is right move for the
wrong reason
P-D letter: Wildwood man urges Post-Dispatch to
attempt responsible journalism regarding COVID, instead of its
"clickbait" headlines
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenarian says gas tax favors
rural Missourians, wants toll roads instead
P-D letter: Ladue sexagenarian criticizes charter
schools, blames urban students' poor performance on "racial
segregation" and "the stress of poverty"
Sunday, April 25, 2021
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley weighs in on "speech
police," vaccines
JCNT: Solution to Missouri River flooding remains
elusive
KC Star: USDA still has 231 job vacancies for KC-area
jobs; Comments from Blunt, Cleaver
P-D: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush weighs in on St. Louis City
jails
KC Star: Missouri will resume use of Johnson &
Johnson vaccine, DHSS says
KC Star: Regional China virus update
P-D: Despite vaccine success, it's still too soon to
continue living normal life, St. Louis area doctors insist
Joplin Globe: Online sales tax bill moves through
Missouri House committee
SNL: Missouri State survey: 1 in 10 teachers
thinking about calling it quits
SNL: Missouri State survey: Missouri teachers
have felt stressed, 'attacked' during pandemic, statewide survey shows
P-D editorial: On anti-Asian hate, Josh Hawley again
on the wrong side of history
JCNT editorial: Renewing commitment to crime victims
Joplin
Globe parent company: Take our brief survey on Black Lives
Matter, "racial inequality," George Floyd, "police reforms," etc.
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Sam Graves must
remember to maintain visibility in his district
Joplin Globe editorial: Randall Williams' departure an
opportunity to restore credibility to DHSS
P-D editorial: Lawmakers should embrace, not ban, 1619
Project
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Hawley vows to rein in
corporate power. If only he meant it.
Columbia Missourian's Adam Jackson: Missouri lawmakers
strive to peel back rules designed to curb harmful CAFOs
KWMU op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Eric Berger:
Virtual care spreads in Missouri health system, home to 'hospitals
without beds'
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
criticizes Missourians for bad judgment in electing Josh Hawley
P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian disapproves of
Post-Dispatch's sensationalist COVID headlines
Saturday, April 24,
2021
JCNT: Varying COVID travel restrictions remain in
place in numerous states
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Area women discuss how COVID vaccine is affecting their menstrual cycles
Missouri Independent: Health officials continue to
cater vaccine distribution to minorities, foreigners who choose to not
speak English
Missouri Independent: Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade
Association to raise money for Uniting Missouri PAC; D.C.-based
Common Cause, liberal Missouri group unhappy
P-D: Jefferson City's Gamble Schlemeier wins City of
Chesterfield contract to secure Biden "Rescue Plan Act" handouts
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Michael Davis (R-Kansas City)
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Lisa
Thomas (R-Lake Ozark)
SNL: Missouri's library for blind gets tech upgrade
SNL: New tax credits for Missourians who adopt, foster
children become law
SE
Missourian: Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) opposed to Medicaid
funds expansion
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) says
rural areas "overwhelmingly" opposed "financially unsustainable"
Medicaid expansion
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown) supports
teacher bill moving through Missouri House
P-D: State suspends intake at Annie Malone home for
juvenile delinquents in north St. Louis City
P-D: Bill looks to enable Missouri power utilities -
and their customers - to shift away from coal costs
The Missouri Times: PSC accelerates Missouri-American
Water Company order
P-D editorial briefs: On Josh Hawley's massive
fundraising haul and Rick Roeber's departure
Washington Missourian editorial: Randall Williams'
tenure as DHSS director was tumultuous
Columbia Missourian op-ed: League of Women Voters
septuagenarian wants lawmakers to fund Medicaid expansion
Joplin Globe op-ed: Four bishops: Opposing
infanticide, and supporting Medicaid expansion, are not mutually
exclusive
P-D letter: National Council of Jewish Women
sexagenarian opposes GOP plan to improve Missouri court system
Friday, April 23, 2021
KC Star: Josh Hawley the only senator to take a stand
against "anti-hate crimes" bill
KC Star: Leaders of protester mob that invaded
McCloskeys' neighborhood refute couple's claims
The Missouri Times: Schmitt signs letter to Biden
opposing court-packing proposal
KC Star: Quinton Lucas takes part in national Gabby
Giffords/Everytown gun-control rally; KC mayor claims 5,000
people have been slain in KC duing his lifetime, blames Missouri state
lawmakers
Heartlander News: Boone County Democratic Party raffle
leads to legal gray area
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Jo
Doll (D-Webster Groves)
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske
preview: St. Louis women are reporting unusual menstrual periods
after receiving COVID-19 vaccine
JCNT: State leaders recognize crime victims' rights
during ceremony
Missourinet: Gov. Parson on departures of DHSS
director and COO: "We thought it was the best thing to do - to
part ways"
P-D: Gov. Parson on Williams' departure: It was
'the best thing' to 'go in different directions'
KC Star: Gov. Parson asked for Missouri health
director Williams' resignation
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson signs foster care,
adoption support bills
JCNT: Governor signs foster care bills
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson signs into law bills
that provide tax credits for foster, adoptive families
P-D: Gov. Parson signs bills providing financial
support for foster care and adoption
KRES/KWIX: Gov. Parson on legislators' end-of-session
push: Wayfair, gas tax, COVID liability
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri cattle producer pushes
support for property rights, opposes Grain Belt Express
SNL: Legislative losses for Medicaid expansion piling
up
P-D: Prospects for Medicaid expansion dim as key
Senate committee says no
KC Star: Missouri 'likely going to court either way'
as Senate panel rejects Medicaid expansion funds
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill from Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) would inject Hillyard Center funding
Heartlander News: Public hearing held over bill to ban
use of The 1619 Project
P-D: Webster Groves School Board approves curriculum
based on Southern Poverty Law Center resources; State legislators
debate amendment opposing anti-white curriculum
KWMU: Several St. Louis-area school districts will
keep online learning after pandemic ends
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) on housing
stock bill
Missouri Independent: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis) says trickery from MONA supporters threatens bill
The Missouri Times: Missouri legislators meet with
British ambassador, consuls
Missourinet: Friends of the United Kingdom Caucus
highlights Missouri's $2 billion economic relationship with the UK
KC Star editorial: Of course Josh Hawley was the only
no on anti-Asian hate crime bill. That's his brand
P-D editorial: Attorney General Schmitt keeps tilting
at legal windmills to raise his campaign profile
KC Star editorial: Missouri health director is gone,
and he won't be missed
P-D editorial: State money shouldn't flow to private
entity using questionable tactics
Missourinet's Bob Priddy: Update on heart surgery
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Westminster assistant
political science professor Joshua Holzer: Summary of news
coverage regarding GOP U.S. Senate primary
The Missouri Times op-ed: Greater St. Louis, Inc.
wants lawmakers to fund Medicaid expansion
Missouri Independent op-ed: ProPublica's Jeremy Kohler
and Haru Coryne: Missourians who chose to get state-supported
'clean energy' loans complain about paying their debts
Joplin Globe letter: Pineville septuagenarian
expresses anger over GOP lawmakers and Medicaid expansion funding,
compares Rep. Dirk Deaton (R-Noel) to Sen. Josh Hawley
Thursday, April 22,
2021
P-D: Danielle Belton named editor-in-chief of
HuffPost; Hazelwood Central graduate/GALACTIC alum on her bipolar
disorder, focus on LGBTQIA* and handicapped issues, approach to
newsroom reporting facts despite liberal biases
KC Star: Event promo: RSVP for our gun-control
advocacy series, paid for by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report
for America; Panel, hosted by gun-control series reporter Kaitlin
Washburn, will assign blame for "root causes of gun violence"
KC Star: Former Amnesty International intern and
refugee advocate Hurubie Meko joins KC Star's gun-control journalism
team
The Missouri Times: House expels Rick Roeber (R-Lee's
Summit) following Ethics report
Missourinet: For the first time since the Civil War,
Missouri House expels one of its own
Columbia Missourian: House takes historic vote to
expel lawmaker over abuse allegations
KWMU: House votes to expel Rick Roeber
KC Star: Roeber expelled from Missouri House
Brownfield Ag News: Ag groups host rally at Missouri
Capitol to protect land rights
Brownfield Ag New: Committee hears emotional testimony
in support of SB 508
The Missouri Times: Legislators, landowner groups
rally in support of eminent domain legislation
Missourinet: Bill to stop Grain Belt Express path gets
Missouri Senate hearing, again
Columbia Missourian: Missouri senators discuss bill
that would halt construction of Grain Belt Express
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) on
election-related bills: paper ballots and using campaign cash to
pay babysitters and day cares
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Medicaid
expansion funding fails in Senate appropriations
Missouri Independent: Missouri Medicaid expansion
fails Senate committee on tie vote
P-D: Medicaid expansion funding withers in Missouri
Senate
Columbia Missourian: Online sales tax moves through
House Ways and Means Committee
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislature addressing
prison-staff shortage
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) on Special
Needs Adoption Tax Credit Act
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson asks for David
Steelman's help in UM System Board transition
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson thanks David
Steelman for service on UM System Board, asks for resignation
P-D: Bill to protect high school girl athletes
advances in Missouri House
Missouri Independent: House approves bill to protect
female high school athletes
KC Star: Bill to maintain level playing field in high
school athletics passes House
P-D: Debate over "1619 Project" white-guilt curriculum
reaches Missouri statehouse
P-D: Low enrollment delays Normandy charter school
launch to 2022
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Firefighter
benefits bill perfected after Senate amendment stalls
JCNT: Tensions flaring in Senate as session winds down
SE
Missourian: Missouri House OKs daylight savings bill; Rep.
Barry Hovis (R-Cape Girardeau) votes 'no'
KC Star editorial: Swampy Sam Graves raises money at
his favorite locale: a high-end Wyoming ski resort
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: We can't eliminate
personal property taxes without finding other funding means
P-D letter: Affton man opposes changes to statewide
petition process
SE
Missourian letter: Moms Demand Action sexagenarian claims
traveling "memorial" gimmick had banner stolen, "t-shirts knocked over"
Wednesday, April 21,
2021
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Missouri
congressional delegation, except Cori Bush, support effort to reduce
flood risk on Missouri River
Missouri Independent: Advocacy group says hundreds of
levees endanger Missouri River; Atchison County is trying a new
way
Heartlander News: U.S. Senate candidate Eric Schmitt
announces support for congressional term limits
KWMU: Black Lives Matter activists celebrate Minnesota
court case verdict by blocking downtown intersection, disrupting
commutes of people who work for a living, chanting "It ain't [sic] over!"
P-D: Photo gallery: Black Lives Matter agitators
block intersection, disrupt evening commute of working people
KC Star: Video: Cori Bush criticizes jury
deliberations in police prosecutions: "Guilty, guilty, guilty ...
As much as I want to be overjoyed, the thing is, that really should be
the regular thing. It shouldn't be that there is this worldwide wait to
find out what the verdict is."
SNL: State and municipal officials, along with race
activists, weigh in on Minneapolis verdict
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Bill
Hardwick (R-Waynesville)
KC Star: Missouri Republicans say they couldn't keep
Roeber out of House after abuse charges emerged
The Missouri Times: Randall Williams resigns as health
director; Robert Knodell named acting chief
SE
Missourian: Southeast Missouri native Robert Knodell named acting
director of DHSS
Missourinet: Missouri's top health leader, chief
operating officer resign
Missourinet: Rep. Mike Stephens (R-Bolivar), House
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) assess Williams'
performance as DHSS director
SNL: Missouri's public health chief Randall Williams
resigns after years of controversy
Missouri Independent: Randall Williams out after four
contentious years as Missouri health director
KWMU: Missouri health director Randall Williams resigns
Columbia Missourian: Randall Williams leaves state
health department after four years
P-D: Randall Williams, Drew Erdmann depart
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) has
ideas for using "Biden bailout money" responsibly
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers strike deal
on pro-life language in Medicaid funding bill
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville)
explains why she's voting against PDMP
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House
approves homeschooler activity measure
P-D: House debates bill to keep high school boys from
competing in girls' sports
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill could offer lifetime
protection for abuse victims
Columbia Missourian: Sens. Lincoln Hough
(R-Springfield), Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) spar over firefighter
cancer fund
The Missouri Times: Reps strip nondiscrimination bill
from Children and Families Committee
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Sierra Club says Ameren's 2050 climate goal is 'just too slow'
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Even with Wayfair
legislation, brick-and-mortar businesses still face uphill battle
SE Missourian editorial: Loan-referral website ranks
Missouri #1 for college students
The Missouri Times op-ed: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe:
Standing up for personal property rights is standing up for Missouri
agriculture
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Renewable Fuels
Association President Steve Murphy: E15 is a homegrown
opportunity Missouri can depend on
KC Star's Robert Cronkleton: Send us your questions
about "police brutality and reform" and we'll include them in our next
advocacy piece
P-D letter: Former St. Louis Public Schools board
member Peter Downs criticizes Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs)
over charter schools
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 4/20
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) on COVID, shutdowns,
vaccines, election integrity; Panel weighs in on GOP U.S. Senate
primary, more
The Missouri Times: Kimberly Guilfoyle joins Greitens
campaign as national chair
Missouri Independent: Former Trump adviser Kimberly
Guilfoyle named national chair of Greitens U.S. Senate campaign
KWMU: Local race activist Darryl Gray warns of St.
Louis riots if Minneapolis jury finds officer not guilty in criminal's
drug death
SNL: Missouri COVID-19 vaccine navigator upgrade will
make it easier for Greene County residents to schedule appointments
P-D: 71 in St. Louis County test positive for COVID-19
after full vaccination
KWMU: Volunteers are a vital part of Missouri's
successful COVID-19 vaccination effort
The Missouri Times: House Ethics Committee: Rep.
Rick Roeber (R-Lee's Summit) sexually, mentally, physically abused his
children
Missourinet: House Ethics Committee releases Roeber
report
Missouri Independent: Panel recommends Missouri House
expel Republican accused of sexually abusing his children
P-D: Scathing report on Missouri lawmaker sets stage
for ouster
The Missouri Times: Senate committee passes
supplemental budget bill
Missouri Independent: Missouri spending bill would
offer money for mortgage help, utility bills
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) analyzes
various Wayfair proposals
The Heartlander: Why one police chief backs
anti-doxxing legislation in Missouri
P-D: Senate cuts funding for St. Louis school program
over Opportunity Trust discussion
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) on
eminent domain bills
Missouri Independent: Grain Belt transmission line
forges ahead amid landowner, lawmaker pushback
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers support plan to improve
'time-critical diagnosis' in Missouri
KWMU: Rising Missouri cannabis sales expected to get
bigger boost from 4/20 pothead holiday
SNL: Fisherman breaks state and world records with
spotted gar catch in southeast Missouri
KBIA: Race agitators spread disinformation about
Mizzou's restructuring, larger budgets for special-interest centers
Columbia Missourian: MU special-interest centers to
get more full-time staffing; Mizzou coed calls strengthening of
centers "super disheartening"
KC Star editorial: Missouri Ethics Committee report
confirms Roeber allegations. Now he must be expelled.
KC Star editorial: MU, why haven't you learned? Race
activists want answers and you owe them that
SE
Missourian op-ed: Sen. Roy Blunt: The truth behind Dems'
push to pack the court
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Garrett Hawkins: Increased funding needed for state and
local roads
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Jamie Burger
(R-Benton): States are solving the COVID liability problem;
Missouri should follow suit
KC Star op-ed: Associated Industries of Missouri CEO
Ray McCarty: Energy transmission projects like Grain Belt Express
key to prevent Missouri outages
The Missouri Times op-ed: Renew Missouri Executive
Director James Owen: Energy improvement financing laws a win for
customers and the environment
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: "This exhausted black
mother weeps for her sons and the sons of my sistas [sic]"; Race columnist "angry,
pissed off" about police
P-D letter: O'Fallon sexagenarian attempts sarcasm
over Rush Limbaugh Day proposal and statewide votes
P-D letter: Chesterfield octogenarian calls state
legislature "the junta or Politburo"
Monday, April 19, 2021
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush wants $1 trillion in federal spending for
"environmental justice"
SNL: Josh Hawley records $3 million fundraising haul
SNL: Photo gallery: Black Lives Matter protest
in Springfield draws nearly 25 people wearing masks outdoors
KC Star: Local Vietnamese woman seizes "anti-Asian
hate" moment, peddles t-shirts and tote bags at her coffee shop;
Jackie Nguyen says a young non-Asian male once requested shop's
"weirdest" coffee drink, tells other harrowing tales of hatred and
oppression
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake
Saint Louis) talks with Scott Faughn about governments shutting down
businesses and churches, COVID vaccine, vote fraud, more; Panel
of state Reps. Donna Baringer (D-St. Louis City) and Chad Perkins
(R-Bowling Green), Jamey Murphy, St. Louis City Alderman-elect Anne
Schweitzer on Medicaid expansion funding, GOP U.S. Senate primary, gas
tax, offer to give Post-Dispatch reporter a tour of brand new studio,
more
KC Star: Kansas City area has hundreds of vaccine
appointments available. So where are the takers?
KC Star: KC metro reports fewer than 50 new
coronavirus cases, no new deaths Sunday
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) previews
final month of Regular Session
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) on his
gaming legislation
Washington Missourian: End of emission testing
requirement may be on the horizon
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) pleased
to see funding increase for Missouri's Jobs for America's Graduates
(JAG) program
CDT: Missouri School Boards' Association, Missouri
Charter Public School Association, others weigh in on charter school
legislation
P-D: $2 million in Missouri budget could flow to
nonprofit funder of charter schools
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) on substitute
teacher bill
Missouri Independent: Missouri pre-K programs have
room to grow; Advocates hope more government spending is on the
horizon
KOMU: Protesters gather around Missouri Capitol for
transgender march; Humanoid, wearing mask outdoors, says males do
not have natural biological advantage over females in sports
Missourinet: Rep. Adam Schwadron (R-St. Charles) wants
to crack down on porch pirates
St. Joseph News-Press: Car-buying service ranks
Missouri teen drivers among the nation's riskiest
P-D editorial: Missouri businesses should have a right
to require proof of vaccination
KC Star editorial: Tuition hike would hurt
working-class Missouri families
SE
Missourian editorial: A reminder of Mississippi River flood wall
importance
P-D's Tony Messenger: Missouri GOP seeks to politicize
state court, while accusing Biden of doing the same
Sunday, April 18, 2021
KC Star: As Greitens attempts comeback, Schmitt is
crowd-pleaser at Jackson County GOP event
KC Star: Video: Schmitt, Greitens clips from
Jackson County Reagan-Lincoln Day event
Missouri Independent: At Macon County Lincoln Day,
Greitens says supporters have 'bar-fight intensity'
SNL: This Week in Missouri's 2022 U.S. Senate
race: Jason Smith, Billy Long to hold fundraisers at Trump's
Mar-a-Lago
JCNT: March for Life participants are getting younger
Missourinet: What we're watching this week in the
Missouri Legislature: budget, oversight hearings and MLB
antitrust exemption pushback
Columbia Missourian's Allison Marie Sawyer: Missouri
lawmakers vote to lower unemployment compensation; Comments from
St. Louis City Democrat "Peter Meridth [sic]"
JCNT: Missouri children's health was improving going
into the pandemic
Missourinet: Rep. Jerome Barnes (D-Raytown) says
sports officials are being harassed and threatened by parents and fans
KC Star editorial: AG Eric Schmitt's lawsuits are
everywhere, while Missouri's business goes unattended
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers should work with
urban leaders on gun control and making it easier to punish police
officers
Joplin Globe editorial: State agencies must be open,
follow Sunshine Law
KC Star's Michael Ryan: Packing Supreme Court wouldn't
be the 'reform' that U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver sees it as
KC Star op-ed: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver:
Missouri can't afford politicians disobeying the voters on Medicaid
P-D op-ed: John and Janet Ashcroft: In J&J
appeal of talc-cancer verdict, remember corporate cover-ups and
deception
P-D's Kevin McDermott: I was hospitalized with the
China virus, and can't figure out my medical bills
SNL letters: Veteran GOP activist Mark Comfort wants
Blunt and Hawley to oppose Dick Durbin bill on price controls and
"crony capitalism"; Willard septuagenarian says Senate bills
"gag" citizens from reporting animal abuse
P-D letter: Sappington man says Ann Wagner has "no
principles whatsoever"
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian calls GOP
state legislators "arrogant," "infantile"
Saturday, April 17, 2021
The Missouri Times' Scott Faughn: The Chronicles of
the Phony Woke: On Post-Dispatch reporter Jack Suntrup's aborted
hit piece
Twitter: Video: Watch Scott Faughn confront
Post-Dispatch reporter Jack Suntrup via phone; Suntrup takes a
powder
KC Star: Josh Hawley raises more than $3 million in
first quarter
The Missouri Times: Amid U.S. Senate bid rumors, Jason
Smith to hold reception at Mar-a-Lago
P-D: Jason Smith to hold fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago
Missouri Independent: Dem U.S. Senate candidates Scott
Sifton, Lucas Kunce deliver first fundraising reports
The Missouri Times: Remington/MO Scout poll puts
Schmitt and Greitens neck-and-neck
The Missouri Times: NFIB backs Schmitt's suit against
Biden's spending plan
Joplin Globe: Area cities already planning to how to
spend cash from Biden's "American Rescue Plan Act"
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Michael Burton (D-Lakeshire)
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Bishop Davidson (R-Republic)
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Ashley
Bland Manlove (D-Kansas City) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about voter
ID, Medicaid expansion, more
SNL: Missouri House: Roeber can't 'escape'
investigation by resigning
AP: Missouri begins $5 million ad campaign to
encourage COVID vaccines
Columbia Missourian: Columbia vaccination event caters
to those who live in Missouri but choose to not speak English
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) on opposition to
vaccine requirements
KWMU: Lawmakers considering COVID-19 liability
legislation
St. Joseph News-Press: State of Missouri reports two
cases of Legionnaire's disease after guests stay at Macon Hotel
St. Joseph News-Press: For cities, Wayfair legislation
may come with a price
Missourinet: Missouri House gives green light to bill
letting drivers turn left on red
P-D: 'Significant' lagoon breaches are just one
problem northern Missouri hog farmer faces
The Missouri Times: PSC approves Ameren coronavirus
assistance fund
JCNT editorial: Missouri House makes right call on HIV
drugs
SNL op-ed: Ozarks Technical Community College
Chancellor Hal Higdon: On "cancel student debt!" silliness and
Missouri's generous A+ Scholarship Program
Columbia Missourian op-ed: SLU associate sociology
professor Elizabeth Chiarello: Forget PDMP, Missouri lawmakers
must fund Medicaid expansion
Joplin Globe op-ed: Sen. Bill White (R-Joplin):
Grain Belt Express a great investment for Missouri
Joplin Globe op-ed: Missouri Coalition for the
Environment Board Member Joe Pitts: Bill from Sen. Eric Burlison
(R-Battlefield) would weaken environmental protection
P-D letter: Creve Coeur octogenarian opposes Roy Blunt
and NRA
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian wants Missouri to
have primaries
P-D letter: Innsbrook sexagenarian calls state
lawmakers' work "offensive," wants shortened legislative session
Friday, April 16, 2021
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau calls Biden's
infrastructure spending spree a 'wolf in sheep's clothing';
Comments from U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, Farm Bureau's Spencer Tuma
SNL: College of the Ozarks sues Biden for order
placing men in women's dormitories
Columbia Missourian: Another 1,800 vaccines available
in Columbia
KWMU: St. Louis County health director on
coronavirus: "We are still in the middle of this pandemic";
Metro task force leader Alex Garza wants people to keep wearing masks,
remain isolated from crowds
SNL: Which Missouri cities and counties are still
forcing people to wear masks?
KC Star: Campaign finance updates: Eric Schmitt,
Eric Greitens, Lucas Kunce (D)
The Missouri Times: Imperial attorney Kyle Haubrich
(R) running for Rep. Dan Shaul's open House seat
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Cyndi
Buchheit-Courtway (R-Festus)
Columbia Missourian: Committee hears arguments on
future shape of Columbia's congressional district; Lawmakers hear
testimony from "nonpartisan" League of Women Voters, actual experts
The Missouri Times: House rejects Roeber resignation
so Ethics probe can continue: 'Our work is not yet done'
Columbia Missourian: House refuses to accept
resignation of member accused of abuse
Missouri Independent: Missouri House rejects Roeber's
resignation
Joplin Globe: Governor visits Joplin's medical school
Missourinet: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) says Dept. of
Labor and Industrial Relations is suspending collection of unemployment
overpayments
Missouri Independent: Senators grill Missouri labor
director over unemployment debt actions
St. Joseph News-Press: NCAA may reneg on commitment to
host 2023-24 Division II women's "elite eight" basketball tournament in
St. Joseph; Athletic association opposes legislators' effort to
keep boys out of girls' sports
The Missouri Times: Senate passes sewer, rate
adjustment policy change
KWMU: Missouri House wants to end clock changes with
permanent daylight savings time
SE
Missourian: Reaction to permanent daylight savings time mixed for
two local lawmakers
Columbia Missourian: Senate briefs: Police
mental health, protecting pets, to-go alcohol, softball game
P-D: Missouri Senate endorses plan to allow to-go
liquor sales to continue
The Missouri Times: Kansas City International Airport
grapples with increased utility bills after cold snap
P-D: Beyond Housing wants state tax incentives
KC Star editorial: To avoid Greitens redux, Missouri
House plans to fire Rick Roeber before he can quit
JCNT editorial: Legislators should strengthen law
against celebratory gunfire
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Josh Hawley, who voted to
overturn election, claims court bill seeks to overturn elections
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jake Silverman: Flood
insurance needs rescuing from repetitive claims
KWMU op-ed: Harvest Public Media's Christina
Stella: Farmers sue for flood damages over attempts to protect an
endangered Missouri River fish
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St.
Charles): On "woke capitalism" and vaccine passports
Missouri Independent op-ed: Phill Brooks:
"Kicking the can down the road" on Medicaid expansion
SNL op-ed: MSU mathematics professor Larry
Campbell: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick wrong to support
charter school legislation
Missouri Independent op-ed: Stan Cowan: Missouri
Gaming Commission should mandate casinos go smoke-free
P-D letter: Affton septuagenarian expresses anger over
GOP efforts on voter ID, offers sarcastic suggestion about banning
Democrats
P-D letter: Fenton octogenarian responds to letter
responding to story on voter ID legislation
Thursday, April 15, 2021
The Missouri Times: Hundreds of pro-life supporters
assemble at Capitol for Midwest March for Life
JCNT: Lawmakers hear voice of 2,000-strong pro-life
crowd
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley reacts to corporations'
virtue-signaling on voting laws, says he will lead effort to "bust up
these corporations, bust up these monopolies"
KC Star: Hawley votes against Asian Democrat's
"COVID-19 hate crimes" bill
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith opposes Biden's executive
action on guns
SE
Missourian: SEMO alumna Beverly "Lady B" Logan announces
independent bid for U.S. Senate; St. Louis woman says she's
creating a new "Purple Party"
Missourinet: Missouri House committee on redistricting
to hear testimony on Vicky Hartzler's Fourth Congressional District
today
P-D: J&J setback could boost vaccine skepticism
SE
Missourian: Multiple bills introduced to honor Rush Limbaugh
KRES/KWIX: Missourians could vote on creating
Department of Defense
Columbia Missourian: NAACP President Nimrod Chapel
criticizes Sen. Brian Williams (D-St. Louis City) over chokehold-ban
legislation, says senator "got sidelined ... That's real. That's what
happened."
P-D: Missouri Republicans move forward with bills to
add voting safeguards
Columbia Missourian: GOP lawmakers continue efforts to
fight vote fraud
P-D: Missouri lawmakers near deal to collect taxes on
online sales
The Missouri Times: 065 agreement legislation approved
by Senate
JCNT: Senate hears faith-based youth home legislation
The Missouri Times: Senators hear testimony on reform
school regulations; Paris Hilton submits letter to lawmakers,
including Senator "Rheder [sic]"
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers push for accountability
at DSS
Missouri Independent: Missouri open enrollment bill
sparks debate
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) hoping to move reading bill through Legislature
SE Missourian: Missouri's accelerated substitute
teacher training program to be permanent option
Missourinet: Missouri schools join forces to help
military children
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Urban Issues
Committee considers bill to allow school bus stop cameras
Joplin Globe: Bill proposes statewide ban of DWI
checkpoints
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider reaffirming
legal smoking age
P-D: Missouri House endorses plan to ditch time change
Columbia Missourian: House considers establishing
permanent daylight savings time
P-D: Company pulls plan to build CAFO in northern
Missouri
SNL: London-based data group YouGov asks Americans to
rank states; Limey poll puts Missouri at #43
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers propose to lock in,
and lock out, voters before primaries
JCNT editorial: Keeping our children safe from abuse
should still be a priority
Missourinet's Bob Priddy: Using a Magic 8 ball to make
U.S. Senate GOP primary predictions (1,179 words)
The Missouri Times op-ed: Environment Missouri's
Bridget Sanderson: Missouri homes and businesses should be
fossil-fuel free
P-D letter: Fenton septuagenarian calls GOP ballot
safeguards "fascism"
P-D letter: O'Fallon sexagenarian mocks lawmakers'
efforts on time change
P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenarian expresses
surprise that vaccine event, organized by St. Louis City government
employees, was a fiasco
Wednesday, April 14,
2021
KC Star: Hawley backs effort to revoke Major League
Baseball's anti-trust exemption
The Missouri Times: EPA recognizes Energy Star
partners in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Missouri halts J&J vaccine
following reports of blood clots
P-D: Missouri officials pause distribution of Johnson
& Johnson vaccine
KC Star: Missouri deals with fallout from Johnson
& Johnson vaccine pause
SE
Missourian: Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause affects Scott
County clinic
Joplin Globe: Area health providers pull Johnson &
Johnson vaccines
SNL: Local health officials say benefits outweigh risk
of COVID-19 vaccines despite J&J pause
The Missouri Times: Rick Roeber resigns from the
Missouri House
SNL: Missouri lawmaker accused of abuse resigns,
saying he plans to leave the state
Missouri Independent: Republican accused of abuse by
his children resigning from Missouri House
Missouri Independent: Missouri legislators
investigating Rick Roeber ask prosecutor to ensure 'safety' of child
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Adam
Schwadron (R-St. Charles)
KWMU: No-excuse absentee voting period could be coming
to Missouri
Missouri Independent: Missouri bills would create
'Rush Limbaugh Day,' name portion of interstate after him
The Missouri Times: Water, sewer rate adjustment
policy change perfected after marathon Senate debate
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) believes
PDMP will be a tough sell for the House this time
The Missouri Times: House tackles mental health parity
bill
SNL: Lawmakers approve tax credits for Missourians who
adopt, foster children
KWMU: Missouri labor department pauses unemployment
payment collection after lawmakers raise concerns
P-D: Lawmakers grill Labor Department head, saying she
reneged on agreement on unemployment overpayments
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers claim breach of trust
in handling of overpayment of unemployment benefits
The Missouri Times: House perfects nuclear energy
construction bill
SNL: Bill would allow concealed carry permit holders
to exercise rights in church; Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) says bill
could help prevent tragedies like Eiken Elam Saimon's attack on Neosho
Christian church in 2007
KWMU: Bi-State CEO Taulby Roach opposes bill to allow
Missourians to conceal firearms when enduring MetroLink
KWMU: Missouri public colleges get more freedom to
hike tuition under House bill
Columbia Missourian: Lifting of tuition cap causes
bipartisan concern in the House
P-D: Charter schools could see more money under
GOP-backed measure advancing in House
Columbia Missourian: Move to allow students to choose
their public schools worries some small districts
P-D: State education leaders vow to take action on
Normandy schools leadership
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) shares status
of performance audit and dredging bills
Columbia Missourian: Bill to address "food deserts"
discussed in House committee
SE
Missourian: Missouri bicentennial: Cape Girardeau's central
role in the state flag
SE
Missourian editorial: Blunt visit reinforces need for kids to be
in school
KC Star editorial: Profiles in cowardice: KC's
biggest employers silent on efforts to restrict voting
KC Star editorial: Disgraced Rep. Rick Roeber calls it
quits. Never forget what happened to his kids.
Washington Missourian editorial: Franklin County
should be exempt from St. Louis area's vehicle emissions testing program
P-D editorial: Ameren has a big ask - a substantial
rate hike in exchange for clean energy
P-D op-ed: Lynn Schmidt: I totally used to be a
Republican, but not anymore
July 2018: Lynn Schmidt: I'm a Republican, but I
support Claire McCaskill over Josh Hawley
July 2020: Lynn Schmidt op-ed: I'm a Republican,
but I oppose Gov. Parson and the White House
September 2020: Lynn Schmidt op-ed: I'm a
Republican, but I oppose Jay Ashcroft's plan on mail-in ballots
October 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I'm a Republican,
but I support Jill Schupp over Ann Wagner
December 2020: Lynn Schmidt op-ed: I'm a
Republican, but I oppose Donald Trump, Josh Hawley and GOP senators
P-D letter: Concord Village sexagenarian expresses his
feelings of apathy and grief over Legislature's actions, says there is
no point in voting
P-D letter: O'Fallon sexagenarian disputes notion that
photo ID is needed for basic societal functions, says he does not get
carded when buying liquor
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The Missouri Times: 8th Congressional District
tipsheet: Todd Richardson, Justin Brown, Holly Rehder, Jason
Bean, and wild cards
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Dan
Shaul (R-Imperial) on congressional redistricting priorities, voter ID,
absentee balloting, initiative petition standards, more
The Missouri Times: Lucas Kunce, looking to fill
Democrats' ballot slot for 2022 U.S. Senate race, raises $280k in first
quarter
The Missouri Times: Officials weigh in on Biden's
"American Jobs Plan" spending spree; Schatz: "President
Biden clearly needs to learn the definition of infrastructure"
Missouri Independent: Scramble starts for Missouri's
share of federal COVID-19 manna
P-D: With billions at stake, Missouri officials line
up for federal infrastructure cash
SE
Missourian: Cape city awaiting Biden funds
Reuters: Proposal from Cori Bush would spend $20
million to collect pollution data in minority areas
KC Star: Black Lives Matter activists draw fewer than
50 to block traffic, disrupt working people's commutes
SE
Missourian: River rising to 'minor' flood stage this week
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Ron
Copeland (R-Salem)
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers move to bar businesses
from requiring vaccine passports
P-D: Urbanites still failing to show up at mass
vaccination sites
The Missouri Times: Senate drama thwarts Monday session
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Foster care,
adoption assistance bills head to governor's desk
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers send tax benefits for
foster, adoptive parents to Gov. Parson's desk
Missourinet: Rehder's bipartisan needle exchange
legislation heads to Missouri House committee
P-D: Changes in HIV laws moving in Missouri;
Lawmakers take yet another step to protect to protect gay and bisexual
men and racial and ethnic minorities
KC Star: Protecting high school girl athletes from
male competition could cost Missouri college championship sites;
NCAA wokeness policy threaten's state's chance to host 2023 Division I
basketball regionals, Division II cross country championships, etc.
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House
advances gun legislation expanding concealed carry access
SE
Missourian: Local chapter of Moms Demand Action promotes
traveling "memorial" gimmick
P-D: Biodiesel plan pits Missouri farm groups against
truckers, retailers; Thoughts from Missouri Trucking
Association's Tom Crawford, Missouri Farm Bureau's BJ Tanksley, others
KCUR: Genealogy group wins case against state over
fees for Sunshined documents
P-D editorial: Move to rewrite Medicaid restrictions
threatens the most vulnerable Missourians
Joplin Globe editorial: Listen to the Missouri
Department of Conservation - stop planting and replace Bradford pear
trees
SNL op-ed: Missouri League of Women Voters President
Evelyn Maddox: Missourians didn't understand what they were doing
when they voted to pass Cleaner Missouri, so we'll be watching the
congressional redistricting process very closely
KC Star op-ed: Missouri Cattlemen's Association's
Bruce Mershon: Jefferson City can't let Grain Belt Express
trample Missourians' private property rights
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Bankers Association
CEO Max Cook: Missouri Senate must act to protect homeowners
Missouri Independent op-ed: Kansas City Beacon's
Brittany Callan: COVID-19 distribution for KC black population an
afterthought
P-D letter: Sunset Hills septuagenarian wants St.
Louis to secede from Missouri, form its own liberal mask-wearing state
Monday, April 12, 2021
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith gets COVID shot, opposes vaccine passports
SNL:
Things to know about the COVID vaccine in Missouri
KC
Star: Kansas City metro area reports only 31 coronavirus
infections, no new deaths Sunday
KWMU:
Area doctor: Despite widespread vaccinations to vulnerable
populations, keep wearing your masks and avoid crowds for "the next few
months"
This
Week in Missouri Politics: St. Louis City Mayor-elect Tishaura
Jones; Panel of Reps. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City) and Ron
Hicks (R-Dardenne Prairie), Jefferson County GOP leader Derrick Good,
NARAL's Mallory Schwarz talk with Scott Faughn about U.S. Senate race,
Medicaid expansion funding, more
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Pharmacy Association CEO Ron Fitzwater
running for Jefferson City mayor
Missourinet:
What we're watching this week in Missouri Legislature: federal
stimulus funding, state budget and workers compensation issues
P-D:
Despite birth control tiff, Missouri Senate leaders say budget will
advance
Missouri
Independent: Missouri legislators question whether labor
department reneged on unemployment deal
KRES/KWIX:
Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) explains education task force bill
Missourinet:
School nurse group hopes Missouri districts will put federal aid toward
hiring nurses
KRES/KXIX:
Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) talks statewide regulatory framework
for personal delivery devices making last-mile deliveries
KC
Star: Grain Belt Express could provide stronger electric grid -
if Missouri lawmakers don't kill it
KRES/KWIX:
House passes measure dealing with law enforcement officer training
funds; Thoughts from Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown)
Missourinet:
Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown) says shortage of gas stations near
Missouri-Iowa border is a safety issue
St.
Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of Conservation offers
advice as morel mushroom hunting season heats up
Missouri
Independent: Backers of LGBTQIA* legislation may fail once again
P-D's
Tony Messenger: Ameren seeks rate hike as it asks Legislature to
give it a sweet tax deal
Sunday, April 11, 2021
Politico: Ann Wagner launches "Wagner Victory
Committee" PAC
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri lawmakers looking to
prohibit mandate on vaccine passports
JCNT: Missouri Pharmacy Association CEO Ron Fitzwater
to run for Jefferson City mayor
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) hopes to
secure funding to expand foster care offices
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) confident
and "hopeful" about open enrollment bill, ESA legislation
KC Star: Missouri boarding schools lack government
oversight, but get nearly $1 million in COVID relief
JCNT: State officials remind Missourians to watch for
child abuse and neglect
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Missouri Republicans wrong to
oppose vaccine passports, and would rather have the poor suffer than
give Democrats a win on Medicaid
P-D letter: Arnold septuagenarian says Dems'
hypothetical "people without ID" do not exist
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin sexagenarian criticizes
House Budget Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage), acknowledges he'll
continue to win re-election
JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian says high
school boys do not have biological strength and speed advantage over
high school girls
P-D letter: National Council of Jewish Women opposes
pro-life legislation
P-D letter: Cedar Hill octogenarian wants state to cut
pear trees on its own property before residents cut down theirs
Saturday, April 10,
2021
Columbia Missourian: Scott Sifton talks Senate
candidacy, upcoming 'tough race' for Blunt's seat
Brownfield Ag News: Flood recovery along Missouri
River moves to stage three
SNL: Springfield 'mega event' breaks single-day state
record for COVID-19 vaccines
Missouri Independent: COVID-19 vaccine now available
to all Missourians who are 16 and older
Missourinet: Since late January, no coronavirus cases
among Missouri veterans home residents
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Neil
Smith (D-St. Louis County)
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson requests relief fund
for local utilities reeling from cold snap
KC Star: Jackson County reassessment woes of 2019
drive proposed Missouri property tax change
St. Joseph News-Press: Todd Graves confirmed to
university governing board
KOMU: State education leaders adjust MAP testing
during pandemic
CDT: Bill to keep high school boys from competing in
girls' athletic competitions heads to House floor; Separate bill
would protect children from gender reassignment surgery and chemical
castration
SNL: Murder charges for Springfield man who arranged
meetup on dating website, showed up to find transgender; House
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) weighs in
KY3: 'Trap' or die: Authorities say area
transgender used dating app "Plenty of Fish" in fatal sex-for-drugs
scheme
P-D editorial brief: Cori Bush "ups the ante for
admission into the local club of far-left leaders" with ridiculous
"cancel rent" Tweet
SNL op-ed: Missouri State Treasurer Scott
Fitzpatrick: Education improvements should have bipartisan support
Columbia Missourian op-ed: "Reproaction"
activists: Pro-lifers are wrong - abortion is here to stay in
Missouri
The Missouri Times op-ed: Extreme weather events prove
electric cars aren't a perfect solution
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian agitated
over House GOP lawmakers' position on Medicaid expansion funding
Friday, April 9, 2021
KC Star: Mayor Quinton Lucas (D), contemplating U.S.
Senate run, criticizes KC police chief for planning to attend Jackson
County GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner as honored guest
KC Star: After criticism from potential Democratic
U.S. Senate candidate, KC police chief says he will skip GOP event
KC Star: After black nationalist's attack on Capitol
last week, Blunt among bipartisan lawmakers who say permanent fencing
not helpful
Washington Missourian: Bullets double in price, gone
from store shelves; Store owners say Biden Administration, Black
Lives Matter danger fuels sales
KC Star: Missouri bill to nullify federal gun laws
advances as Biden orders regulations
Joplin Globe: Blunt promotes pro-vaccination message
while touring Mercy clinic
CDT: Blunt discusses COVID-19 vaccine with Mizzou,
Truman VA officials
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt visits UMKC-Mosaic
site; Campus expansion is part of Medical Student Education
Program that Blunt helped start in 2019
SE
Missourian: State enters phase 3 of coronavirus vaccine plan
KWMU: St. Louis FEMA site offers second doses of
Pfizer COVID vaccine to walk-ins
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Annette Turnbaugh (D-Grandview)
P-D: Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright wants Gov. Parson
to declare Opening Day a state holiday
Missouri Independent: Missouri Republicans renew
effort to change how judges are selected
Missourinet: Missouri House's bipartisan budget
increase for foster children praised by Kids Win Missouri
Missourinet: Missouri panel works to find out why
boarding school abuse allegations have fallen through the cracks
Missourinet: Sen. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) says Gov.
Parson struck compromise with Dem senators on Todd Graves appointment
Columbia Missourian: House passes bill to allow higher
education tuition increases
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Emission
exemptions bill heads to House despite bipartisan concerns
P-D: Missouri Senate votes to end emission testing in
St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson Counties
The Missouri Times: PSC sets hearing dates for Ameren
rate case
P-D: Ameren seeks rate increase
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation offers
buyback program to combat 'growing infestations' of invasive pear trees
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers peddling false
choice between public defenders, Medicaid expansion
Joplin Globe editorial: State lawmakers should protect
Eleven Point State Park
SE
Missourian op-ed: David Limbaugh: Goodbye to my brother -
for now
P-D letter: Eureka septuagenarian theorizes that
Missouri has plenty of money for Medicaid expansion, and should raise
tobacco tax too
P-D letter: Hermann sexagenarian seeks to educate GOP
state lawmakers on democracy and socialism, quotes 18th-century French
philosopher
Thursday, April 8, 2021
SE
Missourian: Blunt meets with school, local officials to discuss
school reopenings
Columbia Missourian: Blunt says COVID-19 vaccines are
'social responsibility' at roundtable
KRES/KWIX: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer discusses ways
to stop infestation of Mexican illegals, says Biden Administration
ignores the rule of law
The Missouri Times: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler on a
potential Senate race and how she's forged her political path
The
Missouri Times: 4th Congressional District tipsheet: Caleb
Rowden, Caleb Jones, Rick Brattin, Denny Hoskins, Bill Hardwick,
Garrett Hawkins, Kurtis Gregory, Dan Houx, Taylor Burkes
Missourinet: Missouri House redistricting committee to
hear testimony this morning from residents in 6th Congressional District
Missourinet: Gov. Parson to meet with govs of Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska to discuss Missouri River and Corps-related issues
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Chad
Perkins (R-Bowling Green)
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Dean
Van Schoiack (R-Savannah)
Politico: KWMU statehouse reporter Jaclyn Driscoll
joins Democrat Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch's staff
The Missouri Times: Report says most Missouri small
businesses expect to remain open despite coronavirus impact, new report
says
Missourinet: Missouri's third mega vaccination event
comes at a pivotal time
P-D: Few show for vaccinations at dome, as FEMA opens
event to all Missourians
Washington Missourian: 27 percent of Franklin County
residents have put in effort, begun COVID-19 vaccinations
KWMU: St. Louis Veterans Affairs expects to give 80%
of patients COVID vaccine by summer
Washington Missourian: Vaccinations spell relief for
teachers, staff
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Senate votes to ban
vaccine passports for travel
KRES/KWIX: Renter financial asssitance program now
open for Missourians; Details from Rep. Peggy McGaugh
(R-Carrollton)
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown) on
prioritizing services for vulnerable Missourians over dumping more
money into Medicaid
KC Star: Missouri Republicans wary of being on the
hook for perpetual Medicaid expense growth
SNL: Missouri Senate passes latest plan for opioid
monitoring system
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) says
PDMP will have a hard time passing House
KC Star: Incensed lawmakers say Missouri agency knew
kids were being abused and did nothing
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers question lack of
oversight, retaliation fears within state agency
Missouri Independent: Lawmakers press Missouri DSS for
change after abuse allegations at religious schools
Columbia Missourian: Senate bill would provide more
access to substance abuse treatment for prisoners
Joplin Globe editorial: Kudos to GOP state lawmakers
for supporting foster children
Washington Missourian editorial: Fund Amtrak, please
The Missouri Times op-ed: United for Missouri's Carl
Bearden: Ashcroft v. Ashcroft: Father knows best - protect
the initiative process system
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Proposal to change
initiative petitions in Missouri is a threat to democracy
Bob Priddy: Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) responds
to Priddy criticism of Legislature improving election laws
Wednesday, April 7,
2021
The
Missouri Times: U.S. Senate tipsheet: Assessing the horse
race between Eric Schmitt, Eric Greitens, Jason Smith, Billy Long, Ann
Wagner, Dave Schatz, John Brunner, Scott Sifton, Dem diversity
candidates
SNL: College of the Ozarks hosts Newt Gingrich, panel
on 'lives under socialism'
The Missouri Times: Biden taps Robin Carnahan to head
GSA
SNL: Biden taps Robin Carnahan to lead procurement
agency
KC Star: Biden taps former Missouri Secretary of State
Robin Carnahan to lead federal agency
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Former St. Louis City Elections Director Scott Leiendecker's electronic
poll book streamlines voting process
The Missouri Times: David Tyson Smith wins House race,
will join superminority
The Missouri Times: Missouri reports first South
African coronavirus variant case
SNL: State now offering free COVID-19 testing weekly
in Springfield
P-D: St. Louis providers speed up vaccine process, but
state projects far fewer doses available next week
Missouri Independent: State anticipated, and received,
fewer vaccine doses from federal government this week
KC Star: CDC sends Missouri $55 million to increase
vaccine access to "underserved communities"
KWMU: Even with large COVID vaccination sites, some
health officials find nits to pick; Boston, Mass. doctor says
mass vaccination sites discriminate against people who don't have cars
or are handicapped
The Missouri Times: Senate passes statewide PDMP
legislation
KWMU: Missouri Senate approves statewide prescription
drug monitoring program
Missouri Independent: Missouri one step closer to PDMP
P-D: Long-sought opioid tracking plan advances to
Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Senate approves Todd Graves'
appointment to UM Board despite bipartisan pushback
Missouri Independent: Todd Graves approved for
University of Missouri curators despite bipartisan filibuster
P-D: Greitens shadow looms large, but Senate backs
ally for Mizzou [sic] post
Missourinet: House Budget Chairman Cody Smith
(R-Carthage) outlines alternative to Medicaid expansion; Kirk
Mathews is acting Medicaid director
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly): Instead of
dumping cash into Medicaid, lawmakers "allocated some very important
items for those people who really need it"
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) details House
budget funding K-12, higher education, foster kids
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers consider spending Medicaid
expansion dollars on public defenders
The Missouri Times: Legislature considers domestic
violence gun "loophole"
KWMU: Early childhood hubs part of efforts to improve
preschool access in Missouri
KC Star: Gun control advocacy series: Sedalia
teen killed herself in 2017 - and used a gun from her father's
collection
KC Star's Dave Helling: If Missouri GOP lawmakers are
proud to subvert the will of the people, let's toss these laws too
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Dean Van Schoiack
(R-Savannah): SB 51 is Missouri's answer to COVID liability
protection for all
Washington Missourian letter: New Haven septuagenarian
criticizes Republicans over Medicaid expansion funding
P-D letter: University City septuagenarian lectures
GOP state lawmakers about state lotto, talks about teaching high school
students in the 1960s
P-D letter: Manchester septuagenarian says 8th graders
are smarter than Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis), wants Gov.
Parson to push for more Medicaid spending
Tuesday, April 6, 2021
SNL: Josh Hawley to keynote Christian County Lincoln
Day later this month; Billy Long, Jay Ashcroft, Eric Burlison
also slated to speak
P-D: Mass vaccination site to open at The Dome, but
urbanites' vaccination enrollment is lacking
P-D: Photo gallery: Gov. Parson, FEMA official,
Mayor Lyda Krewson at mass vaccination site
KWMU: Officials hope FEMA site will help prod
urbanites to put forth effort and get COVID vaccine
SNL: Anyone 18+ can register for one-dose COVID-19
vaccine event in Springfield this week
St. Joseph News-Press: Demand for COVID-19 vaccine
slows down
KC Star: KC metro area, including Kansas, adds fewer
than 150 new COVID cases, only one new death Monday
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) on
Senate amendment protecting Missourians from vaccine passports
Missouri Independent's Tessa Weinberg: In vaccine
rollout, most businesses seeking to jump ahead in line were
denied; School districts, grocery stores like "Aldi's [sic]" remained in original tier
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson joins military/veteran
suicide prevention challenge
The Missouri Times: March general revenue increased
over last year, latest report says
Missourinet: What we're watching this week in the
Missouri Legislature: PDMP, budget, foster care and human cloning
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) on why
he's voting against PDMP
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) on Medicaid
funding and why Republicans have strong legal standing
KC Star: New details in Circle of Hope case;
girl says she was handcuffed, chained for 2 weeks
Missouri Independent: Attorney Mark Pedroli files
appeal in lawsuit over Eric Greitens' use of Confide
Joplin Globe: Missouri Department of Conservation
officials warn against planting Bradford pear trees
SE
Missourian editorial: Be alert to online fraud caused by photos
of vaccination cards; people seeking external validation via
their vaccination status should post stickers, other virtue-signaling
symbols to social media instead
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers working against
wishes of KC police, mayor on where officers live
The Missouri Times op-ed: Stephanie Bell:
Charter school opportunities could have kept my family in my hometown
P-D letter: Bella Vista septuagenarian uphappy with
GOP lawmakers over minimum wage, threatens to vote against them
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian gets
emotional over GOP lawmakers' stance on Medicaid expansion, says he
will no longer vote on ballot propositions: "I quit"
Monday, April 5, 2021
SNL: DNC rents Springfield billboard to celebrate
Biden's spending spree, bash Blunt and Hawley
SNL: This Week in Missouri's 2022 U.S. Senate
race: Polling, plus tidbits on Jason Smith, Vicky Hartzler and
Dave Schatz
Missourinet: TSA films educational video at KCI on how
to pack firearms for travel
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Dave
Schatz (R-Sullivan) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about Medicaid expansion
funding, gas tax, elections/ballot integrity topics
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) explains
why Legislature prioritized vital social services for vulnerable
Missourians over Medicaid expansion funding
P-D: Senate to take up budget, debate Medicaid
expansion
KRES/KWIX: Bill from Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly)
addresses substitute teacher shortage
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Suzie Pollock (R-Lebanon)
would lower school immunization requirements
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) "not
crazy about" PDMP legislation
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) talks
about cracking down on phone-spoofing scammers
Missourinet: Former Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer (R-Odessa) is
focused on protecting ratepayers at Public Service Commission
KC Star: KC metro area reports fewer than 30 new COVID
cases, no deaths Sunday
KC Star editorial: Vaccine passports are a matter of
Missouri getting back to normal, not politics
P-D's David Nicklaus: Biden's relief bill was a
short-term fix. St. Louis should prepare now for his infrastructure plan
Missouri Independent op-ed: Missouri Family Health
Council's Mandy Hagseth: Holding Medicaid hostage over birth
control defies law and reason
KWMU/Corporation for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America"
racism reporter Andrea Henderson: State lawmakers oppose allowing
former inmates to vote, as part of GOP plot to keep whites in power
P-D letter: Missouri Budget Project's Rush Ehresman
expresses anger toward GOP lawmakers over 2010 puppy mill vote, recent
transgressions
P-D letter: Shrewsbury octogenarian calls GOP state
lawmakers "entitled and selfish babies"
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian says GOP
efforts on ballot integrity make her feel "angry - and you should be,
too"
Sunday, April 4,
2021 Happy Easter!
ABC News: Sen. Roy Blunt to appear on "This Week" this
morning
Missouri Independent: Owners of rental properties to
take yet another hit as federal moratorium on rent expands;
Missouri's handouts to renters expands
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) on the costs of
Medicaid expansion and the toll on K-12 and public safety funding
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) hoping
for core funding increase for community colleges
Missouri Independent: Missouri senators try to find
common ground on education issues as end of session looms
KC Star: Missouri Highway Patrol seizes Agape Boarding
School records in abuse investigation
KC Star: Kansas City metro records fewer than 80 new
COVID cases, two deaths Saturday
Joplin Globe editorial: Good news on COVID, Bella
Vista Bypass
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers want to suppress
the vote. They fear free, fair elections
Missouri Independent op-ed: Phill Brooks: How
Missouri controls filibusters
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang: Missouri
Republicans fight the will of the people as they push limits on
democracy
SNL op-ed: OATS Transit Executive Director: OATS
opposes allowing concealed-carry permit holders to protect themselves
when enduring public transportation
P-D letter: Des Peres sexagenarian says Gov. Parson
developed vaccine distribution plan to force Democrats to drive to
Republican strongholds
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says Gov. Parson had
no vaccine distribution plan
P-D letter: Maplewood sexagenarian, who says he taught
in St. Louis Public Schools and is an Audubon Society member,
"disgusted" by charter schools, guns and GOP lawmakers
P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian says GOP state
lawmakers oppose Medicaid expansion funding because they want people to
be sick
P-D letter: Ellisville man claims to be a Republican,
criticizes bevy of GOP elected officials and the NRA
Saturday, April 3, 2021
KRES/KWIX: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer says vaccine
passport "just another way of (Biden Administration) taking over your
life, dictating to you what you can and cannot do"
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers move to ban
vaccine passports - but what are they?
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Chris
Sander (R-Lone Jack)
P-D: Bill Haas, frequent St. Louis political
candidate, dies at 76
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill from Sen. Dan Hegeman
(R-Cosby) would allow no-excuse absentee voting
Missourinet: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) on Medicaid
expansion funding prospects
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Rep. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis City) on Medicaid expansion funding
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: House Budget
Chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about
Medicaid expansion funding, minimum wage
KWMU: DHSS continually updating and improving vaccine
website data
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Missouri
releases ID verification app for alcohol sales
The Missouri Times: House considering bill to fight
catalytic converter theft
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers call for local utility
relief fund in wake of cold snap
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: It's time for state
lawmakers to deliver on Medicaid expansion funding
Joplin Globe editorial: We're almost there on the
Bella Vista Bypass
KC Star letter: Missouri should pass GOP bill offering
abused women lifetime orders of protection
The Missouri Times op-ed: NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri
Executive Director Mallory Schwarz: The Post-Dispatch editorial
board is "notoriously racist and sexist"
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former state tobacco
prevention head Stan Cowan: Response to Tobacco 21 bills in
Legislature
Joplin Globe letter: Neosho septuagenarian responds to
letter responding to GOP lawmakers' moves to prevent vote fraud
Friday, April 2,
2021 Good Friday
KC Star: Cleaver, Graves weigh in on Biden
infrastructure and housing spending
SNL: Former Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) gets 21
months for spending campaign cash on himself
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Incoming
superminority freshman Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) on "burden"
of being Columbia's first black state rep, etc.
KWMU: Gov. Parson expects state to receive 250,000 to
300,000 vaccines each week by end of month
JCNT: State leaders anticipate about 1.2 million
Missourians being vaccinated in April
P-D: No immediate effect in Missouri from loss of
millions of Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses
P-D: St. Louis City residents can apply for state-run
pandemic aid program for renters
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer
(R-Odessa) appointed to Missouri Public Service Commission
The Missouri Times: Approval of UM Board of Curators
picks stalls in Senate
Missouri Independent: Senate filibuster stalls Graves
nomination to University of Missouri curators
P-D: Nomination of former GOP chairman to university
board stalls in Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Medicaid expansion not included in final
Missouri House budget
Missouri Independent: Missouri House budget could be
changed in Senate
KC Star: Medicaid expansion funding not guaranteed as
Missouri budget goes to Senate
P-D: Missouri House approves budget without Medicaid
expansion
KWMU: Missouri House passes state budget without
funding for Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times: Former Gov. Jay Nixon's economic
development director Jason Hall, others want to see Medicaid expansion
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske
preview: Rep. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis City) to criticize GOP
over Medicaid expansion funding, uncontested
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) task force
bill addresses broadband deployment and enhancement
JCNT: Time to get trains chugging, lawmakers told
KRES/KWIX: IEP bill from Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport) passes House
P-D editorial: Feds fill the gap where Gov. Parson
failed in coronavirus vaccination effort
The Missouri Times op-ed: Conor Martin: John
Brunner is the citizen senator Missouri needs
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina): School choice will have little to no impact on
rural schools
P-D letter: Arnold man says minimum wage should be
determined by Congress, not state
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian agitated by House
GOP position on Medicaid expansion
Thursday, April 1,
2021 April Fool's Day
April
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Missourinet: Missouri hopes to work with neighbors to
improve Missouri River levees
Washington Missourian: Missouri approaches 25 percent
vaccination rate
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate Leader Dave
Schatz mulls entry into 2022 U.S. Senate race
The Missouri Times: Dave Schatz named 2020 Statesman
of the Year
The Missouri Times: Life House Youth Center assists
students in Sullivan; Director praises Schatz
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Rep. Derek
Grier (R-Chesterfield) named Foundation for Government Accountability's
2020 Legislator of the Year
P-D: Former state Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson)
gets 21 months in prison for misuing campaign funds
Missouri Independent: Former state lawmaker sentenced
to 21 months in prison for misusing campaign funds
Missourinet: Residents in Missouri's 7th Congressional
District to testify today at Capitol in Jefferson City
SNL: Springfield GOP senators split on whether to fund
Medicaid expansion
Missourinet: Diverse views on Medicaid
expansion: Thoughts from Gov. Parson, House Budget Chair Cody
Smith (D-Carthage), House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield), Missouri Hospital Association's Dave Dillon
KC Star: 4 Star Politics show: KC Star's Jeanne
Kuang on Medicaid expansion, education legislation, tax cuts, vaccine
distribution
Missouri Independent: Senate committee approves Todd
Graves nomination to University of Missouri curators
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Missouri Senate committee
approves Todd Graves' appointment to UM curator's role; Comments
from Florissant Democrat "Angela Mosely [sic]"
Missouri Independent: Steelman-Tilley tension flares
as David Steelman departs Board of Curators
KWMU: 'A very nasty, aggressive bird': Missouri
fights deadly black vultures
The Missouri Times: NAACP, others congregate at
Capitol to complain about ballot integrity proposals
P-D: NAACP, ACLU, et al. complain about voting
proposals
Missourinet: Gov. Parson warns that feral hogs are a
danger to the state and threaten agriculture
The Missouri Times: House passes bill from Rep.
Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City) establishing "Limb Loss Awareness
Month"
Missouri Independent: Restrictions on local health
orders regain momentum as bill advances in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Ameren Missouri requests rate
adjustment to bolster reliability
P-D: Missouri House formally condemns Dred Scott
decision from 169 years ago
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson is right about juvenile
offenders. Fund Missouri's Raise the Age law, GOP
P-D op-ed: Jean Evans: Missouri should lean on
tech to drive our economic comeback
Missourinet's Bob Priddy: State lawmakers should not
change election laws (1,217 words)
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian says "rural
Republicans" oppose Medicaid spending as a tool "to control women"
P-D letter: Sunset Hills sexagenarian claims
94-year-old mother is "mindful of current events" but can't manage to
get a photo ID for voting
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