Saturday, August 31
St. Louis Beacon: Blunt,
McCaskill reflect conflicted congressional approach to Syria
Riverfront Times: Blunt's office
describes difference between broad $50.5B Hurricane Sandy funding and
the targeted help for Missourians affected by flooding
AP: Kansas City gets $20M grant
for two miles of urban streetcar; Comments from McCaskill's office
The Missouri Times: Allen West
to keynote Midwest Republican Leadership Conference in September
KWMU: No support yet for a
special session on tax-cut legislation
CDT: School funding will be cut
if override is successful, Nixon says X
Columbia Missourian: UM System
to divvy up state funding, if tax-cut veto is upheld
Kraske: Missouri GOP goal may be
to lay gloves on Nixon before 2016 U.S. Senate race +
AP: Missouri authorizes $7M of
tax credits before deadline
KFVS: Video: Nixon stands
by veto of House Bill 301
Missourinet: Doe Run lobbying
for override of veto on punitive damage cap legislation
Drebes: Labor's Jeff Aboussie
lobbying legislators, asking them to support override of Doe Run bill
The Missouri Times: Republican
Woody Cozad, AFL-CIO's Hugh McVey reminisce about '78 Right to Work
battle
The Examiner (Independence,
Mo.): LeVota (D), Torpey (R) weigh in on Medicaid expansion and
reform (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
The Missouri Times: Jamey Murphy
talks about state rep campaign, nabs endorsement of outgoing Rep. Chuck
Gatschenberger (R-St. Charles County)
P-D: Kansas City's Danny Powell
of Regional Growth Consultants - a consultant for three St. Charles
County Democrats - fined for campaign law violations
AP: Judge denies restraining
order over Missouri court fee
Joplin Globe: Local districts
rated under new accountability system X
KMOX: Dave Spence accidentally
leaves voice mail for departed Sansone in Chief Tim Fitch's mailbox
TonysKansasCity.com: KC Power
Rankings: McCaskill, LaFaver, Nixon's appointment of preacher
man, unions and $15/hr. fast-food push
Washington Missourian editorial:
Missouri Budget Project's examination of taxes shows Missouri can, and
does, better than Texas
KC Star editorial: Koster's
opinion boosts case to kill tax-cut bill in Missouri +
NY Times editorial: Missouri's
statehouse swagger in gun debate X
Joplin Globe editorial:
Legalizing pot in Missouri is not the answer X
Joplin Globe editorial: Nixon's
"Governor's Challenge" helps build houses in Joplin X
Washington Missourian's Bill
Miller: Hosting job-poaching Rick Perry was the wrong thing to
do; Missouri Chamber of Commerce did a disservice to Missouri's
citizens
KC Star's Abouhalkah: Chris
Koster angers Missouri's merry band of GOP leaders
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep.
Jon Carpenter (D-Kansas City): Why I oppose HB 253 and what good
tax reform looks like
Dexter Daily Statesman op-ed:
Retired schoolteacher opposes "fat cat" Sinquefield's "wicked
manipulation of tax system" via "mysterious" HB 253
Helling: KC police and local
control: It's time to choose +
SNL op-ed: Pseudoephedrine
debate is over, but meth fight continues X
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Friday, August 30
SE Missourian: Blunt makes Cape stop to discuss GAS
Act, which he says will make specialty fuels more affordable and
dependable +
Wall Street Journal: GOP
lawmakers, lead by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, say government
"intimidating" online lenders
CDT: Obamacare education plan
takes shape in Missouri X
St. Louis Beacon: Rick
Perry: Businesses will leave Missouri in droves if Nixon's veto
of tax-cut bill stands
97.1FM (St. Louis): Audio:
Rick Perry talks to Dana Loesch about his visit, Missouri taxes and
Texas
The Missouri Times: Perry
rallies for veto override of HB 253 to show that Missouri is "open for
business"
The Missouri Times: Photo
gallery: Rick Perry free event
P-D: Perry urges override of
tax-cut veto in Missouri
AP: Rick Perry, Jay Nixon spar
over tax cut
KMOV: Perry says he and Nixon
are friends, and tax-cut battle "was never really about Jay"
AP: Rep. T.J. Berry (R-Kearney)
wants Nixon to call special session - to run concurrently with veto
session - to allow GOP to fix Nixon's concerns
The Missouri Times Berry
suggests a special session for HB 253 following Koster's letter about a
retroactivity trigger
St. Louis Beacon: Tax refunds
possible if HB 253 goes into effect, Koster says
AP: Koster sides with Nixon on tax cut
KMBC: Video: Fast-food
workers protest for higher pay
Mahoney: More than 130 march on
KC fast food restaurants at lunchtime
Columbia Missourian: Fast-food
workers, supporters rally in Columbia; Group congregates during
workday, does "Corporate Shuffle"
CDT: Local workers join national
fast-food wage protests; Area sandwich artists,
register-operators want $15/hr. X
KRCG: Video: Columbia
fast-food workers walk off job
St. Louis Beacon: Local
fast-food workers back on the streets, again
KMOV: Video: Fast-food
employees rally
P-D: Fast-food workers walk out
from work, rally in area; 15-year Taco Bell employee with 5
kids: "We're the ones busting our backs. (White-collar employee)
is the one getting into his pool."
St. Louis Beacon/KWMU:
Audio: Steve Tilley joins Mannies, Rosenbaum, McDaniel:
Talks about his days earning minimum wage then choosing a better life,
veto session, ethics reform, more
Washington Missourian: National
Association of Gun Rights rallies support to override veto of Missouri
bill
Missouri Lawyers Weekly:
Nullification bill largely symbolic, legal experts say
AP: Judge upholds summary for
proposed Missouri initiative that seeks to limit interest, fees and
finance charges on certain loans
St. Louis Beacon:
Ferguson-Florissant's McCluer Berkeley South dethrones Normandy as most
lawless area high school
St. Louis Beacon: Small changes
could have big impact on evaluation, says Normandy
KWMU: ACLU seeks to block
murderers' executions by disqualifying anesthesiologist; MO Dept.
of Corrections, Koster have yet to weigh in on ACLU gambit
AP: Missouri releases new
highway map, but prints fewer
KC Star: Man who posted
criticism of rodeo clown on Internet says he gets angry about some
criticism of him on the Internet +
P-D: Slay to host fundraiser for
Dooley
P-D editorial: Political courage
needed to reform Missouri's sex-offender registry
USA Today op-ed: McCaskill and
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Cali.): Commanders must fight sexual
assault in military
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Thursday, August 29
SNL: Missouri lawmakers urge
caution on Syria X
Missourinet: Bill co-sponsored
by Blunt would put five-year freeze on new state and local wireless
taxes
CDT: Hartzler asks citizens to
sign on as 'co-sponsors' of her legislation X
KC Star: McCaskill, Blunt seek
Missouri disaster aid +
KY3: Nixon visits Conway to
discuss flood relief funding
P-D: St. Louis ConnectCare - the
leading provider of health care to city's poor - cuts more than half of
its staff, blames cuts in federal aid, Missouri Legislature's
opposition to Medicaid expansion
SNL: CoxHealth gets grant to
help with Obamacare sign-ups X
Riverfront Times: Three charged
with election fraud: Jerrell Sherod and Andrew Schafer of
Jennings, Rachelle Oliver of Spanish Lake
P-D: Three charged with election
fraud in St. Louis County
P-D: St. Louis unions organize
fast-food protests, plan rally at Old Courthouse
KC Star: Fast-food protests will
take place today +
The Turner Report: Temple's
first MDP fundraising letter: Restore common sense by electing
more Democrats
St. Louis Beacon: Perry says he
welcomes the debate over taxes in Missouri and Texas, and hopes it's
civil
The Missouri Times: Perry trip
aimed at recruiting Missourians to Texas, stumping for HB 253 override
The Missouri Times: Nixon touts
Missouri Works program during St. Louis visit
KSMU: Nixon stops in
Springfield, discusses Missouri Works program
Joplin Globe: Nixon salutes
results of Habitat Challenge X
Columbia Missourian: Tax credits
aim to benefit Missouri youth by encouraging education
Joplin Globe: With one minute to
spare, Missouri Dept. of Economic Development awards tax credits to
Joplin; Sale expected to net $5.1M X
KSMU: With pseudoephedrine
debate stalled, eyes now on legislature
AP: Judge blocks laws on cell
phone towers
P-D: Missouri legislators get
public input on region's taxation, government
St. Louis Beacon: General
Assembly may once again weigh in on St. Louis County's perennial
sales-tax fight
KC Star: Missouri disputes facts
in court ruling that allowed Gordon Parks Elementary School to reopen +
P-D: Audit into St. Louis Public
Schools expected next week
Joplin Globe: Crowder College
earns 'fair' rating in state audit X
KC Star: KC mayor says 'no' to
Schweich's request to audit the water department +
KWMU: Missouri DNR says
Bridgeton Landfill fire is moving, wants more temperature monitors to
track it
KY3: Sierra Club criticizes City
Utilities' proposed rate hike
AP: Zweifel promotes state
effort to seek owners of abandoned military medals
SE Missourian: Seeing improvement: Several
casino revenue-funded projects complete or in progress +
KC Star: Nixon picks John Modest
Miles for Jackson County Sports Complex Authority +
P-D: Larry Conners files
defamation suit against KMOV, parent company
Riverfront Times: Larry Conners
seeks KMOV-TV damages, says station conspired to defame him, lied to
press
P-D editorial: Spurned GOP
lawmaker makes good move, discovers integrity; Reaction to
Gatschenberger's letter printed in The Missouri Times
St. Joseph News-Press editorial:
Schools can teach firearms' dangers; Lessons from NRA's Eddie
Eagle GunSafe Program can protect Missouri's children X
P-D op-ed: Gov. Jay Nixon on
oppositon to HB 253
Shelly: Rick Perry invite looks
bad for Missouri Chamber of Commerce +
Washington Missourian letter:
Missouri Budget Project's Traci Gleason: Liberal group disagrees
with Missouri Chamber on tax cuts
JCNT letter: Rick Perry has bad
intentions X
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit man
is tired of Sinquefield's ads, Missouri Legislature's rightward tilt +
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Wednesday, August 28
St. Louis Beacon: Perry's
presence - and pro-Texas ads - fuel unintended consequences in the
tax-cut debate
KC Star: Missouri Chamber is
under fire for hosting Rick Perry's job-hunting visit +
The Missouri Times: Nixon
administration stops in Kirksville to talk HB 253; Truman State
president supports sustaining veto
P-D: Nixon warns state chamber
it might 'undermine' economy with Perry visit
P-D: Texas Gov. Rick Perry's
visit is shaking up Missouri tax fight
KC Star: Nixon fires back at
Perry: "You don't mess with Missouri" +
Columbia Missourian:
Unions: Thousands of Missouri teachers would lose jobs under
tax-cut bill
Joplin Globe: Joplin School
Board lines up against passage of tax-cut bill X
AP: Nixon touting overhaul of
Missouri business incentives
P-D: Change to concealed
carry, proof of insurance among new Missouri laws
AP: Highway penalties among new
Missouri laws taking effect
KWMU: Most of Missouri's news
laws take effect today
The Missouri Times: Common Core
targeted during committee hearing on government efficiency
The Missouri Times:
Update: House Dem committee isn't actually giving candidate Sean
Fauss support, but did have a conversation with candidate
Joplin Globe: Group advocating
legalization of marijuana outlines its arguments during Joplin stop X
St. Louis Beacon: Koster sues
Walgreens for overcharging customers
Missourinet: Koster sues
Walgreens for false advertising
KWMU: Koster accuses Walgreens
of 'deceptive pricing schemes,' files lawsuit
P-D: In the year's 10th protest
in St. Louis, miners know the script
KC Star: Mayor Sly James to
attend meeting at the White House, this time about youth violence +
St. Louis Beacon: Ray Wagner
says his job, and nothing else, prompted decision to resign from county
police board
P-D: Ray Wagner resigns from
county police board
SNL: City council postpones
pseudoephedrine vote X
KC Star editorial: GOP's odd
campaign trashes Missouri, ignores tax facts +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep.
Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg): House Bill 253, education and
Nixon's "fake crisis"
St. Louis Beacon op-ed: Normandy
education coach Inda Schaenen: The state is failing the students
who can't pass its tests
KC Star's Joe Robertson: Do KC
schools finally have a superintendent, and a philosophy, that will
stick? +
Columbia Missourian letter:
Woman dislike Hartzler office's letter on NSA
KC Star letter: Rick Perry
should mind his own business +
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Tuesday, August 27
P-D: Oil sands pipeline avoids
Keystone XL scrutiy: McCaskill, Blunt and Nixon versus
environmentalist groups
Riverfront Times: "Impeach
Obama" protesters return to same overpass where they were arrested
South County Times: Exhibit
captures faces of homeless vets; Photographer praises support
from Bond and McCaskill, says he's surprised fewer conservatives
support "my penchant for doing gritty portraits"
Drebes: Hypothetically, in a 2016 gubernatorial race,
John Brunner's personal wealth could match Koster's behemoth
fundraising numbers
The Missouri Times: Dem donor
and potential statewide candidate Barry Aycock disagrees with Dems on
campaign contribution limits, says system "has never been more
transparent"
The Missouri Times: Sean Fauss
to run for Roorda's seat; 24-year-old worked for HDCC, says he's
talked to House Dem exec Jordan Overstreet and "already received
support"
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jeremy
LaFaver's arrest earns him a time-out; KC Dem "stepping aside"
from House Dem campaign role, will return after unspecified period of
time
CDT: LaFaver resigns campaign
committee role after arrest in Boone County X
P-D: LaFaver steps down from Dem
campaign committee after arrest
KC Star: Rep. Jeremy LaFaver
(D-Kansas City) staying put in legislature despite pot arrest +
The Missouri Times: Dems,
Republicans, pro-pot group weigh in on LaFaver's arrest
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Rory
Ellinger (D-St. Louis County) still plans to push marijuana bill
despite LaFaver's arrest
Missouri Wonk: Big changes to
sex offender registry: Map of sex offenders by Missouri state rep
district
Rosenbaum: NRA keep low profile
on Missouri's 'gun nullification' bill; Conservative Dems to vote
with GOP, Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) to vote with Dems
Columbia Missourian: Missouri
sheriffs to start printing gun permits Wednesday
AP: National tax-cut battle
turns intense in Missouri
KC Star: Americans for
Prosperity plans caravan to veto session +
KWMU: Rep. Marsha Haefner
(R-Oakville) criticizes requirement that MO DSS workers must also
provide voter registration services
St. Louis Beacon: Normandy may
go to court in transfer case
KWMU: DESE's Margie Vandeven,
UMSL's Kathleen Sullivan Brown discuss what new scores mean for the
future of St. Louis area schools
The Missouri Times: Inside the
deteriorating Fulton State Hospital
KCTV: Rodeo clown who wore Obama
mask speaks out, claims to have received death threats
AP: Columbia banker admits using
TARP funds for condo
P-D editorial: Rick Perry's
secret: Taxes are higher in Texas. Oops.
KC Star editorial: Jeremy
LaFaver: Setting a bad example +
Messenger: Roy Temple will try
to fire up Missouri Democratic Party
St. Louis Beacon op-ed
amalgamation: Liberal activist Martin Rafanan, conservative
researcher Michael Saltsman, Webster University's Benjamin Akande
submit statements on minimum wage
Columbia Missourian op-ed:
Used-record-store owner Lew Prince: American Dream needs fair
minimum wage
Columbia Missourian op-ed: For
Missouri, energy conservation and clean-energy adoption "a no-brainer"
Joplin Globe op-ed: House Bill
253 would lead Missourians into dark hole X
SNL letter: Cutting state tax
via House Bill 253 would help the rich get richer X
KC Star letter: Rex Sinquefield,
Koch brothers "and their ilk" need to "butt out" +
CDT: Medicaid expansion fiscally
irresponsible X
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Monday, August 26
Boston Globe: Dems meddle in GOP
primaries; McCaskill staff recounts tales of summer 2012
machinations
Joplin Globe: Briefs: Rep.
Billy Long, Tom Schweich, Ron Richard speek an annual GOP watermelon
feed; SW MO Dems seeking silent-auction items X
St. Joseph News-Press: Obamacare
could shake up businesses; Forever 21 capping hours at 29.5/week,
temp agency owner says ACA is good for his industry but bad for workersX
KTVI: Video: St. Louis
City Health Director Pam Walker on Missouri law and Obamacare health
exchanges: "If we don't break the (Missouri) law, that's great -
but if it's a violation of the law, so be it"
AP: Private lobbyists get public
pensions in some states - including Missouri
AP: List of states that allow
private lobbyists in pension
KOLR: Changes coming to Missouri
concealed carry laws
The Missouri Times:
School-calendar effort from Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Poplar Bluff) garners
some, but not all, education support
JCNT: Environmentalists sue
Missouri over renewable energy X
P-D: Overview of debate on
sex-offender registry
KC Star: Rep. Jeremy LaFaver
(D-Kansas City) arrested on marijuana citation, issues statement +
P-D: State Rep. Jeremy LaFaver
(D-Kansas City) charged with marijuana possession
AP: Rep. Jeremy LaFaver
(D-Kansas City) arrested on marijuana citation
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jeremy
LaFaver (D-Kansas City) arrested for traffic warrant and marijuana
possession
Drebes: Former Lembke staffer
Jamey Murphy wants to run for Gatschenberger's open seat
TonysKansasCity.com: Jason Grill
is looking for interns
P-D editorial: Obama, Missouri
should look to Oregon for creative college funding ideas
St. Joseph News-Press editorial:
Legislators should override Nixon's veto and give Missouri a chance at
growth X
P-D letter: Response to
Wentzville Obamacare editorial: Area gets 600 jobs, while tens of
thousands get their hours cut to support bureaucracy
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Sunday, August 25
St. Louis Beacon: Roy Temple
takes reins of Missouri Democratic Party and cracks the verbal whip at
Republicans
The Missouri Times: Roy Temple
elected chair of Missouri Democratic Party; Story includes link
to publisher Scott Faughn's Twitter Q&A with Temple
P-D: Missouri Democrats select
Roy Temple as chairman
AP: Missouri Democrats choose
Roy Temple as chairman
P-D: Dems weigh possibilities
for 2014, 2016
AP: Mike Sanders may consider
attorney general bid in 2016
Daily American Republic: Rep. Jason Smith (R)
convinces federal agency to reverse policy on river baptisms +
KWMU: Coalition calling for
override of tax cut veto brings tour to Jefferson City
SE Missourian: Critics say tax-cut bill will wreck
education funding; Comments from Nixon, Steve Hodges, Dennis
Fowler +
SE Missourian: Tax-cut supporters say it will boost
economy, jobs; Comments from Carl Bearden, Wayne Wallingford,
Kathy Swan, Donna Lichtenegger, Melanie Abrajano +
Drebes:
Stephen Witte, who manned Senate research for 15 years, departs;
Job is available
P-D: New ratings send St. Louis
schools back to square one
SNL: Union protests state plan
to centralize Family Support Division; 30 processing centers to
replace offices currently found in every county X
P-D: Labor leader, police group
chafe at Dooley's police board nomination of Republican Dave Spence and
black Democratic pastor
SNL: Anti-meth law in
Springfield could start chain reaction X
SNL editorial: By not embracing
reality of Obamacare, Missouri failed its residents X
P-D's Nicklaus: Business group
opens its arms to a job-poaching Texan
McClellan: To fix city schools,
just get Katie Casas and a few others in a room for a brainstorming
session
KC Star letter: Man says
Republican National Convention not welcome in Kansas City;
"Beezlebub will reign for the duration and Sprint Center will be his
temple" +
P-D letter: Wentzville Obamacare
jobs a sign not of prosperity, but redistribution of wealth
P-D letter: State Sen. Gina
Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors): Post-Dispatch headline
disparaged North County, furthered misconceptions
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Saturday, August 24
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill
discounts chance of government shutdown, says House stubborness "a hot
mess," wants a corporate tax cut X
SNL: Rep. Billy Long sees chance
of showdown ending in a shutdown X
KQ2 (St. Joseph): McCaskill
meets with city officials, talks sequestration and advocates for
Medicaid expansion
St. Louis Beacon: Citing
voter-backed Prop E, DESE removes Obamacare information from
website; Pro-Obamacare groups prepare for fall PR campaign
P-D: For people in the coverage
gap, health insurance exchange won't help
KCUR: McCaskill will wait for
KCUR pitch before deciding KCI swing
KC Star: Sam Graves' role in KCI
project called essential - but using airport's lobbyist, Kit Bond
Strategies, could elicit negative reaction from Graves camp +
Daily Journal: Rep. Jason Smith
stops at bison ranch on Farm Tour
Ozark Radio News: Audio: Smith talks about Farm
Tour, his crusade against "ridiculous" federal overreach
The Hill: Rep. Jason Smith
bashes the feds for restrictions on river baptisms
Salem News: Park service
rescinds permit requirement for baptisms after Smith's push
AP: Missouri Club for Growth
threatens to recruit primary candidates against GOP reps who vote "no"
on tax-cut override
JCNT: Grow Missouri discusses
override of Nixon's veto X
St. Louis Beacon: KTRS drops
Texas governor's ads because of move-to-Texas message
The Missouri Times: Rep. Denny
Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) says he'll work to alleviate tensions in
caucus, says he will support right-to-work legislation any way he can
KC Star: Area districts cheer
progress of Kansas City schools +
The Missouri Times: Q&A with
Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
KC Star: Fulton State Hospital
employees complain about working conditions; MO Dept. of Mental
Health wants more money from legislators +
Riverfront Times:
Mentally-handicapped man plays with gun, shoots sister: St. Louis
Police Chief Sam Dotson says, "This is why we need gun control"
SNL: Jury says death for Jesse
Dean Driskill; Koster helps prosecute man who killed Laclede
County retirees, raped 76-year-old woman X
AP: Jury recommends death for
man who elderly couple's killer; Koster teamed with Laclede
County prosecutor to bring murderer to justice
Drebes: Political baby boom: Jeff Smith, Caleb
Jones, Shawn Furey become fathers
St. Louis Beacon: Area labor
boss, police union upset over Spence's appointment; Dooley says
he doesn't run potential appointees before special-interests groups
SE Missourian: Isle Casino Cape Girardeau fined for
security mistakes last fall +
P-D editorial: Everything in the
economy is related when you connect the dots: North County
schools are bad, lines for Section 8 are long, and it's all a "very
ugly picture"
JCNT editorial: With Hall of
Famous Missourians move, Speaker Tim Jones' unselfish act wins him
popularity X
Washington Missourian editorial:
Rick Perry's business poaching: Nixon not always right, but he's
been a good leader in the area of economic development
KC Star editorial: Kander right
to criticize Perry +
KC Star editorial: State should
reward KC school district's progress +
P-D's Peterson: Jason Kander
writes a clever letter to Rick Perry
Washington Missourian's Bill
Miller: Value of a college education; HB 253 would reduce
quality of education, and subsequently quality of life
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Rep.
Chris Kelly (D): Veto of HB 253 should stand
KC Star's Abouhalkah: National
gun rights group slams Nixon's veto - and Obama +
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Friday, August 23
Politico: In Buffalo speech on
college affordability, President Obama cites University of Central
Missouri (transcript)
P-D: Blunt wants protections of
Christians after attacks in Egypt
Drebes: McCaskill, Blunt, House
delegation reiterates support of Westinghouse small modular reactor
(SMR) grant
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill
wants industry help in curbing robocall scams X
KWMU: McCaskill wants to see
sexual-assault reform in military by end of the year
Kraske: Peter Kinder says he's
getting encouragement to run for 8th District seat, currently held by
Jason Smith +
The Pitch: Steve Kraske leaving
KC Star, will teach full-time at UMKC
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nate
Walker says he was "the only one who had the guts" in GOP to speak out
against tax-cut bill, says "momentum is going the other way" and
override won't happen
Kraske: The power of one:
Nixon can win legislative battle, now that he's fully engaged +
Park Hills Daily Journal:
Governor warns of HB 253's effect on education
CDT: Board of Education passes
resolution supporting Nixon's veto on HB 253 X
St. Louis Beacon: Texas Gov.
Rick Perry (R) launches ad blasting Nixon's veto of tax-cut bill;
Nixon, Kander respond
KMOX: Gov. Rick Perry hopes to
lure Missouri businesses; Comments from Nixon, Kander, STL labor
boss Bob Soutier
The Missouri Times: Kander pens
letter regarding Perry's "poaching"
KWMU: Secretary of State Jason
Kander weighs in on Governor Rick Perry's visit
Missourinet: MU President Tim
Wolfe continues campaign against tax-cut bill
KMWU: Audio: Sen. Scott
Sifton (D-South St. Louis County) talks Senate's role in veto session,
ethics reform, more
JCNT: Changes expected to
improve concealed-carry laws; Sheriff departments to take control
of CCW permits and renewals X
St. Louis Beacon: Facts and
figures behind debate over minimum wage
AP: KC district on pace for
accreditation upgrade
KC Star: Missouri report card
gives Kansas City better grades +
AP: How districts fare under new
accreditation system
P-D: New ratings for Missouri's
public schools offer a broader picture of student performance
St. Louis Beacon: St. Louis
schools fare poorly in first version of new accreditation standards
P-D: Troubled school systems
fall far from Missouri's mark
KWMU: St. Louis schools score in
'unaccredited' range under new grading scale but won't lose
accreditation
St. Louis Beacon: A look at how
Missouri calculates accreditation scores
Missourinet: Education
Commissioner Chris Nicastro on MAP scores: Proud of some gains,
other achievement gaps 'unacceptable'
P-D: Mehlville will subsidize
funding for after-hours buses for transfer students
St. Louis Beacon: Changing
schools can change student test scores, research shows
St. Louis Beacon: Audio:
Beacon reporters recap the stories they wrote on school transfers,
minimum wage
The Missouri Times: Some
legislative oversight committee members announced as organizing begins
KSMU: Heads up, Missouri drivers
- new traffic laws likely affect you
Missourinet: Rural advocacy
group says outstate hospitals in crisis
Washington Missourian: PSC
responds to link posted here, says Ameren not asked to look for other
landfill sites
KWMU: EPA holds public hearing
over Ameren's coal ash contamination in Jefferson County
St. Louis Beacon: Former GOP
gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence tapped by Dooley for St. Louis
County Police Board
P-D: Sansone out, Dave Spence in
at St. Louis County Police Board
Riverfront Times: Rodeo clown
who once wore an Obama mask, Tuffy Gessling, may get a talent agent
after being "overwhelmed" by support
CDT: MU's Maneater newspaper
reduces to weekly print publication X
Rosenbaum: People power!
Six very long shots for Hall of Famous Missourians: WWE
Superstars Randy Orton and Glenn Jacobs (Kane), Tyler Hansbrough, Jim
the Wonder Dog
St. Louis Beacon's Margie
Freivogel: A smooth start on student transfers
P-D letter: Wentzville's
Obamacare jobs are paid for by those Americans who actually pay income
taxes
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's
Michael Rathbone: Tax cuts are creating jobs on Kansas' side of
the border
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Thursday, August 22
P-D: Obamacare jobs don't change
Rupp's stance on health care overhaul; State senator says
locating telemarketers in old US Fidelis building is ironic
P-D: Day care center workers
train to get kids to move more, eat better; Taxpayers pay for
program via CDC grant to "Child Care Aware of Missouri"
SNL: No refunds after Glenn Beck
conference moves from Highlandville, Mo. to Kansas City X
St. Louis Beacon: Environment
Missouri issues "Citizens's Guide to the Current River"
SNL: Abandoned circuit board
factory to get EPA cleanup X
Austin American-Statesman: With
trip to Missouri, Gov. Rick Perry continues tour to lure companies to
Texas
San Antonio Business Journal: Gov. Rick Perry to
lead business-recruiting trip to Missouri
KC Star: Due to taxes and fees,
it's more expensive to operate a car in Missouri than in Kansas +
SNL: Nixon has no plans to stop
Koster from defending gun nullification bill against lawsuits X
The Missouri Times: Campus-wide
letter from Mizzou student president expresses concern about HB 253
Branson Tri-Lakes News: Nixon
continues campaign defending tax-cut veto
Dexter Daily Statesman: Rep. Dennis Fowler (R) vows to
let HB 253 veto stand
KC Star: Nixon stands by veto of
bill that would remove names of sex offenders from state registry +
St. Louis Beacon: Nixon blasts
effort to override veto of bill removing teens from state sex-offender
list
KWMU: Nixon sharply denounces
bill that would allow some sex offenders off the registry
AP: Vetoed bill could affect 870
Missouri sex offenders
The Missouri Times: Jon Dolan
leaves Missouri Health Care Association
Drebes: Republican Carol Veillette files campaign
committee for Dwight Scharnhorst's state rep seat
KWMU: Speaker Tim Jones seeking
public input for new members of Hall of Famous Missourians
Columbia Missourian: The
Maneater cutting print production from twice-weekly to once a week
SNL editorial: Time to put
Obamaphones on hold; McCaskill joins Republicans to kill - or at
least reform - "Lifeline" phone-handout program X
P-D editorial: GOP's moment of
truth on Obamacare has arrived, in Wentzville of all places
KC Star editorial: Kansas City
would be a good fit for the GOP convention in 2016 +
Washington Missourian editorial:
Missouri's GOP legislators do a sloppy job writing legislation - at the
expense of legislative success
SNL op-ed: Former health care
exec: Medicare for all is GOP's best bet X
P-D letter: AIM's Ray McCarty
responds to editorial on Taxpayers Research Institute of Missouri (TRIM)
P-D letter: Urbanites should get
out of the city, visit the State Fair and show some appreciation for
Missouri's farm families
P-D letter: Funding for State
Fair is money well spent
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Wednesday, August 21
KRCG: Head Start program budgets
slashed by sequestration cuts; Grass Roots Organizing activists,
children protest during workday/school day
KC Star: Kansas City makes a
pitch for the 2016 Republican National Convention
SE Missourian: Corps hears about flood project from
local officials; Comments from Rep. Jason Smith, Blunt's Downey
Palmer +
P-D: Obamacare processing center
to hire 600 in Wentzville
P-D: State board OKs Express
Scripts subsidy package
TonysKansasCity.com: Rep.
Emanuel Cleaver weighs in on Michael Brooks' sexting: "He's a
good man, he did something dumb"
P-D: A year after "legitimate
rape" snafu, money still trickling in for Akin; Campaign has
raised more than $100K since late November
TonysKansasCity.com: Critics
take aim at City Hall for not getting Rep. Sam Graves aboard KCI
single-terminal plan
KC Star: Graves' opposition to
single-terminal plan isn't new +
The Maneater: Nixon attends
Mizzou football practice; Sophomore Dorial Green-Beckham:
Visit "is really going to set our tone for this year"
KSMU: Nixon attempts to build
support for other vetoed bills, in addition to HB 253
KOLR: Nixon warns of higher
driver's license fees if veto is overridden
Missourinet: Jones expects lots
of overrides, still unsure about final tax-cut vote
CDT: Republicans think they are
still short of votes for override of tax-cut bill X
SNL: Springfield Chamber of
Commerce comes out against tax-cut bill X
KRZK: Nixon: Branson to
lose more than $800,000 under HB 253
The Maneater: Republicans push
to override Nixon's veto of tax cut bill
P-D: State education board plans
more oversight in failing schools
St. Louis Beacon: With new
powers, state school board debates best way to help unaccredited
districts
AP: Missouri to increase
oversight of unaccredited schools
St. Louis Beacon: Missouri hires
outside firm to help with struggling schools
P-D: Transfer students start
school in Kirkwood
JCNT: State ACT scores below
expectations X
KC Star: Scores on ACT point to
many disparities
SNL: Missouri students' test
scores rise in science X
The Missouri Times: DOR
committee eyes possible changes to JCAR, state law following
investigation
P-D: St. Louis police department
preparing for city control
Drebes: Gina Loudon, EBT vigilante: Former STL
radio host confronts able-bodied welfare recipient at San Diego grocery
store
P-D editorial: Rep. Paul Wieland
(R-Imperial) says contraception coverage in state health plan is
'intrinsically evil'
SNL reporter Jonathan Shorman's
"Capitol Notes" column: Jones ties Obama protest controversy to
Nixon; Journalist corps must stand vigilant against pols' factual
inaccuracies, hyperbolic Tweets X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep.
Chris Kelly on opposition to HB 253
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Rep.
Paul Curtman (R-Pacific): Reducing taxes and investing in
education: We can have it both ways
SNL op-ed: Rep. Josh Peters
(D-St. Louis): Expanding Medicaid in Missouri would cover an
additional 159K dependents in 2014 X
Priddy: Arresting the federal
prosecutor: The problem with vetoed gun bill
Columbia Missourian's Karl
Miller: Overreactions to the Obama mask incident: Liberal
newspapers - and others - crying racism degrades us all
Jensen: Lessons from two-week vacation: Mid-90s
rodeo gag with Bill Clinton mask was okay, but perhaps some men are
more "sensitive" now +
Messenger: Pep rally at Normandy
sets the tone
JCNT letter: Frequent Ameren
critic has more questions about Ameren
P-D letter: Black Jack woman
believes Missouri employers will learn to like Obamacare
The Maneater letter: Pro-choice
woman offended by Brian Nieves' Facebook post
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Tuesday, August 20
KC Star: Blunt, McCaskill:
Efforts to shut down government will fall short +
The Hill: McCaskill demands the
telecom industry stop fraudulent robocalls
SE Missourian: Rep. Jason Smith visits Christmas tree
farm in Jackson +
P-D: Arrest of anti-Obama
protesters on St. Charles overpass sparks controversy
KCTV: Rep. Sam Graves opposes
expensive single terminal at KCI (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
AP: Murder trial begins in
south-central Missouri; Koster working with Laclede County
prosecutor, presenting evidence and questioning witnesses
AP: Several Dems will join
Republicans in gun-bill override vote; GOP members meet, discuss
tax-cut override vote
KC Star: Missouri Republicans
will try to override Nixon's tax-cut veto +
Columbia Missourian: Columbia
City Council shies away from statement on state tax cut, citing
uncertainty about the bill's impact
SNL: Nixon will visit Branson
today, will hold event at Branson School District offices X
Missourinet: State Sen. Gina
Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) still opposes HB 253
AP: Missouri unemployment rate
topped 7 percent in July
Drebes: Missouri Senate's help wanted: Those
with at least three years of journalism/writing experience can work
under tight deadlines and deal with Legislature for $30K a year
CDT: Court order delays timeline
in Mamtek case X
The Missouri Times: Committee
investigating Department of Revenue nears completion
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist
profile: Bardgett's Erika Leonard
KWMU: Outside experts sought in
fixing failing Missouri schools
St. Louis Beacon: Despite
transfers, Normandy supporters say first day of school was 'great day
to be a Viking'
P-D: Community turns out to
cheer on returning Normandy students
KWMU: Normandy welcomes students
on first day of school amid optimism, excitement, financial concerns
CDT: MU out-of-state enrollment
climbs X
Riverfront Times: Mizzou student
body accepts more black, Hispanic students than ever before
KWMU: Callaway nuclear plant
back online
The Missouri Times: Kirksville
joins list of cities that have expanded nondiscrimination
policies; Comments from Rep. Nate Walker (R)
St. Louis Beacon: Kirksville
becomes latest Missouri community to expand LGBT protections;
Webster Groves up next
P-D editorial: Save-the-oxpecker
and other absurd arguments against campaign money limits
Messenger: Speed cameras on I-70
- a bad idea is tested
P-D's Nicklaus: Web
entrepreneurs are losers in sales-tax battle
P-D op-ed: Immigration reform
will benefit St. Louis
P-D letter: Law on school
transfers has unintended negative consequences on districts like
Ferguson-Florissant
P-D letter: Missouri ratepayers
avoided one avalanche, but Ameren - Missouri's largest monopoly -
trying to create another one
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Monday, August 19
St. Louis Beacon: Groups named
as navigators to guide consumers through maze of insurance exchange
Missourinet: Medicaid expansion
advocates argues for reform, too; Comments from Mercy's Executive
Director Tom Hale
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: Rep.
Jason Smith to experience his first farm tour of 8th District
JCNT: Immigration reform part of
Farm Bill; Quotes from White House report, Hartzler and
Luetkemeyer websites X
KC Star: Todd Akin
legitimate-rape remark hits one-year anniversary; Comments from
Rep. Myron Neth (R-Liberty), incoming Missouri Democratic Party chair
Roy Temple +
St. Louis Beacon: Flanagan South
Pipeline raises concerns, offers benefits to Missouri
SNL: Table Rock Lake proposals
get public input X
Rosenbaum: 'Right to work' still
faces long odds in the Missouri Legislature
Joplin Globe's Redden: Ron
Richard previews veto session; Billy Long, Tom Schweich to
headline annual Newton County Watermelon Feed X
St. Louis Beacon: GOP contest to
choose next House speaker coincides with veto session
Missouri Wonk: Number of
transfer students beats expectations: A look at updated numbers
and where dollars are flowing
Drebes: Future "Parkinsons" hold
the key to transfer student fix next session
Missourinet: Concerns arise over
teacher-tryout tests
CDT: Nixon visits MU football
practice, speaks to players X
AP: Missouri could consider
juvenile sex offender measure
SNL: Sheriff's departments to
take over concealed carry weapons permit X
Joplin Globe: State licensing
fee straining budgets of animal shelters X
The Missouri Times: Rea
Scharnhorst prepares to run for her husband's seat
P-D: What is John Temporiti's
role for Charlie Dooley? Critics, including police union, say
Missouri Democratic Party chairman has influence over county
operations, spending decisions
The Missouri Times: Where
Missouri falls in government size, legislator salaries
KC Star editorial: Embrace our
linguistic diversity; Two years ago, Missouri legislators
attempted to ensure driver's license test was administered only in
English +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep.
Joe Don McGaugh (R): If Nixon starts working with the
Legislature, he can spend next summer signing legislation in rural
areas rather than grandstanding in urban areas
P-D letter: Feeding, providing
health care and offering before-and-after-school hangouts for youths
will help unaccredited schools
P-D letter: Education must
become a regional concern; Creation on individual school
districts has created "deliberate ghettoization"
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Sunday, August 18
SNL: Push by McCaskill, GOP
lawmakers to revamp Lifeline/"Obamaphone" program sparks lobbying battle X
SNL: How much will health
insurance cost in Missouri? X
SNL: Low-income Missourians left
in limbo X
SNL: What Missourians need to
know about health care changes X
CDT: As health insurance exchanges near, one
official thinks back to Medicare Part D rollout X
The Missouri Times: How it
works: The Missouri Ethics Commission's complaint system
The Missouri Times: Staff
profile: Eric Jennings, Chief of Staff to Sen. Bob Dixon
(R-Springfield)
AP: Doe Run wants Missouri
lawmakers to override veto
KC Star: Is four-day school week
the answer in improving education; Ten Missouri districts try it
out +
Joplin Globe: Common Core
critics voice their concerns at Neosho meeting X
KC Star: Kansas City school
district enters pivotal time +
P-D: Impending closure of
Beaumont High tells a larger story; St. Louis Public Schools
continues transformation into magnet, choice schools
Washington Missourian: GOP Reps.
Dave Hinson, Paul Curtman, Dave Schatz weigh in on last weekend's rodeo
clown story
P-D: Family Arena sales tax
refund rejected by state Supreme Court
Washington Missourian: Public
Service Commission asks Ameren to look for alternate landfill sites
The Turner Report: Randy Turner
begins pledge drive, seeking contributions for old blog, new blog
JCNT editorial: Misdirected
barbs aimed at State Fair dissipate X
SNL editorial: City Utilities
rates need critical look X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: State Treasurer Clint
Zweifel: Saving for higher education may be easier than you think
P-D letter: Taxpayers should
consider Medicaid an investment in Missouri
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Saturday, August 17
CDT: "Great Plains Tar Sands
Resistance" activist group urges opposition to pipeline that would pass
through Randolph County X
The Hill: McCaskill among Senate
Dems asking DOD to protect service members from predatory lenders
P-D: Pentagon acts on sexual
assaults as Congress weighs change
KC Star: McCaskill, Gillibrand
(NY) differ on roles for military brass in sexual assault cases +
Kraske: As reported last month,
Roy Temple set to take over reins as Missouri Democratic Party chief +
The Missouri Times: Koster "no
comments" Speaker Tim Jones' call for an opinion on HB 253
The Missouri Times: Rep. Denny
Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) wins Speaker Pro Tem role in caucus election
AP: GOP race for Speaker
continues; Diehl, Caleb Jones letters similar, but Diehl says he
won't use position as a financial stepping stone for higher office
The Missouri Times: Letter from
Rep. Chuck Gatschenberger (R-St. Charles) requests policy change for
staffers; Tom Smith, who works for Tim Jones, is working for
Gatschenbergers' state Senate opponent
KC Star: Amazon shuts down
Missouri associates program over sales tax dispute +
KWMU: FAQ: Comprehensive
compendium of what you need to know about Missouri school transfers
AP: Missouri law on protecting
property faces a test
The Missouri Times: Rep. Casey
Guernsey (R-Bethany) running for state Senate, gives $100K to his
campaign
Drebes: Starting the Draft
Zweifel for County Exec movement
P-D: Lumiere casino sold to
Tropicana for $260 million
CDT: PrideFest adds new
entertainment: "Drag extravaganza" to feature Cher impersonator
Chad Michaels, plus kids' activities X
AP: AOL's local news site
"Patch" to lay off up to 500; In STL, 4 of 16-member editorial
staff laid off, with many others to be dismissed October 15
Washington Missourian editorial:
Obama wise to ignore rodeo-mask "controversy"
KC Star editorial: Uphold
Nixon's veto of costly tax-cut bill +
Washington Missourian editorial:
It's time for the Legislature to extend texting-while-driving ban to
drivers of all ages
P-D editorial: Look to Louisiana
for troubled schools turnaround model
JCNT editorial: Timing an issue
in scheduled executions; Once murderers are sentenced to death,
let punishment be carried out X
KC Star editorial: Councilman
Michael Brooks' poor judgment embarrasses himself and Kansas City +
SNL op-ed: State Sen. candidate
Terry Traw (D) on Obama rodeo clown mask; 60-year-old uses
"Wayne's World" (Paramount Pictures, 1992) punchline, reflects upon
Johnny Carson era X
JCNT letter: Expanding Medicaid
would cushion RR Donnelley job losses X
KC Star letters: Rodeo clown's
mask, gun safety lessons for Missouri children +
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Friday, August 16
Politico: HHS announces
Obamacare 'navigators,' sending $67M to Planned Parenthood, other
groups; Comments from SLU Law health policy fellow
Washington Post: Obama rodeo
clown incident illustrates nation's continued racial divide; WaPo
reporter visits rural MO, talks to senior citizens and a 58-year-old
P-D's Nicklaus: With yet another
raise, Missouri among 19 states with higher minimum wage than federal
mandate; Period of high unemployment is not a good time to raise
minimum wage
KCTV: Border business
battle: Another business switches sides, moving from Missouri to
Kansas
Joplin Globe: Nixon praises
expansion at Leggett & Platt operation X
The Missouri Times: Short
profiles of all term-limited legislators: Where they're going,
who's taking their spot
P-D: At ham breakfast, Nixon
denounces rodeo clown's mask, defends state fair
CDT: Nixon fights to sustain
veto at annual ham breakfast X
St. Louis Beacon: Missouri
Republicans gather here to see which vetoed bills can be rescued
Fulton Sun: Speaker Tim Jones
pushes for override of Nixon's tax-cut veto
Columbia Missourian: UM
President Tim Wolfe urges GOP to reconsider tax-cut bill
Drebes: Thinking ahead: After veto is sustained,
GOP will introduce another tax-cut bill - without prescription-drug goof
Messenger: AIM's "Taxpayer
Research Institute of Missouri" another example of how Sinquefield's
consultants/staff are wasting his money
P-D: State legislative committee
plans school transfers hearing
St. Louis Beacon: Legislators
announces legislative hearing on student transfers August 1
AP: Children's Education
Alliance of Missouri won't pursue lawsuit against Mehlville district
St. Louis Beacon: Mehlville
School District communications staff stages camera-ready first
day; Riverview transfers greeted with "pulsating music, bubble
machine"
P-D: Riverview students arrive
in Mehlville
P-D: Kinder moves forward with
waste website
The Missouri Times:
Q&A: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson)
KC Star: Sierra Club says
KCP&L is breaking 'green' agreement +
P-D: Former chair of St. Charles
County Democratic Committee charged with marijuana possession;
St. Peters Alderman Tommy Roberts cites "medical issue"
TonysKansasCity.com:
Video: KC's MD Alam debates Million Muslim March vs. Sean Hannity
TonysKansasCity.com: Rep. Gail
McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) tops list of replacements from embattled
Councilman Michael Brooks
KC Star: KC Councilman Michael
Brooks (D) admits online relationship, says woman tried to blackmail him +
P-D editorial: Right-wing GOP
should stick to being the party of 'No' - and say 'no' to overriding
Nixon's sensible vetoes
Shelly: Rex Sinquefield's new
jobs program: More campaign spending +
P-D op-ed: County-wide district
would help fix Normandy, Riverview Gardens schools
SNL letter: Missouri Budget
Project consultant Brian Schmidt: Tax cuts would hurt education X
SNL letter: HSUS distorts the
facts on Missouri horse slaughter X
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Thursday, August 15
KOLR: Video: Blunt says
cutting back gas blends would reduce price spikes
SNL: Blunt seeks fuel study X
AP: Nixon, executive officials,
lawmakers to attend State Fair's annual ham breakfast
P-D: Rodeo clown brouhaha draws
in city, TX pols: Tishaura Jones clarifies comments on Obama
critics' racism, and TX GOP rep invites Tuffy to perform
KC Star: Texas congressman
invites Tuffy to perform; "Liberals want to bronco bust dissent,
but Texans value speech" +
KC Star: History has shown that
every White House faces humor at its expense +
TonysKansasCity.com: Final
verdict: Winners and losers in the Obama mask hot mess
The Missouri Times: Sinquefield
takes fight over proposed campaign finance reform amendment to court
KC Star's Sanchez: Missouri
voters deserve a say on campaign donation limits +
Missourinet: Jobless rate back
to July 2012 levels; Unemployment levels "not as good as Dept. of
Economic Development tries to say"
AP: Campaign continues over
tax-cut legislation; Jones calls on Koster to weigh in
KWMU: Republicans step up
criticism of tax-cut veto
P-D: Texas Gov. Rick Perry to
talk tax policy in Missouri
St. Louis Beacon: Texas Gov.
Rick Perry to stop in Missouri at end of August to aid groups seeking
override of tax-cut veto
Drebes: 2013 session showed that
Dems are largely irrelevant - underscoring the importance of 2014 House
races
KWMU/St. Louis Beacon audio:
Rep. John Diehl talks tax-cut veto, veto session agenda, his ascension
to Speaker in 2015
KWMU: Missouri Senate panel
hears from opponents, supporters of Medicaid expansion
P-D: Suggestions flow as
Missouri legislators weigh options for Medicaid
St. Louis Beacon: Supporters of
Medicaid expansion pack state House hearing here; Comments from
Express Scripts, PROMO, "Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice"
The Missouri Times: Senate
Medicaid committee hears testimony on reform
St. Louis Review: Rep. Paul
Wieland (R-Imperial) files suit against HHS mandate
St. Louis Beacon: Rep. Paul
Wieland challenges state insurance coverage for contraception,
sterilization
KWMU: Rep. Paul Wieland going to
court to opt out of 'abortion-inducing drugs' coverage
The Missouri Times: Rep. Paul
Wieland sues federal government because of civil liberty concerns over
Affordable Care Act
P-D: Missouri legislator files
suit to be exempted from contraception mandate in state health plan
AP: Missouri state rep going to
court over health law
P-D: Interactive timline:
Missouri student transfers issue
AP: Children's Educaion Alliance
of Missouri says it will decide by today whether or not to sue
Kirkwood, Mehlville districts
St. Louis Beacon: Homeless
students add complication to transfers out of Normandy, Riverview
Gardens
P-D: District transfer tuition
could add millions to district budgets
St. Louis Beacon: Normandy hopes
to avert bankruptcy this school year
Columbia Missourian: UM Press
narrows director search to three finalists
TonysKansasCity.com: Social
media rage over Amazon pushback on Missouri's Internet tax
AP: Fuel charge increase
approved for KCP&L
KC Star: Execution dates set for
two murderers; Koster: "(A)n important step to see that
justice is finally done for the victims and their families" +
AP: Supreme Court sets two
execution dates for fall
The Missouri Times: Jeff Roe
spins off voter-contact piece of business
P-D: Pinnacle completes deal for
Ameristar
KSHB: Alderman Michael Brooks
(D) at center of sexting scandal; A community activist
blackmailed pastor/alderman with Floyd Mayweather appearance as front
TonysKansasCity.com:
Alderman/pastor Michael Brooks responds: Says he made a terrible
mistake, but that loose-lipped woman's blackmail attempt has nothing to
do with missing Mayweather money
SNL editorial: Get facts on food
stamps: Billy Long, other conservatives unfair to scapegoat SNAP X
JCNT editorial: Let's not be
silly about clown's antics; Don't punish the state fair for
unanticipated antics of one contracted clown
Washington Missourian editorial:
State Fair rodeo clown mask was in poor taste
P-D op-ed: Mental health
advocates: Let the governor's veto of HB 253 stand
Washington Missourian letter:
Nixon wrong on gun law - bill does not creat constitutional crisis
KC Star: Readers weigh in on
rodeo clown's mask
Washington Missourian letter:
Anti-prayer lawsuit not a surprise, given ACLU's anti-Christian history
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Wednesday, August 14
P-D: Missouri consumers in the dark as health
insurance exchange nears
CDT: Hartzler convenes group to discuss
importance of military to the state X
SNL: Attorney posts on Facebook that he is
"considering a run" against Billy Long X
St. Louis Beacon: Sinquefield part of lawsuit to
derail proposed campaign contribution limit
The Missouri Times: State tax bill debate
continues as Jones visits Fulton and Nixon travels statewide;
Video of Jones' message
digitalBURG
(UCM student news outlet): Nixon vows to keep HB 253 veto
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: Sikeston R-6 Board
of Education passes resolution opposing HB 253 +
Drebes:
For perception purposes, GOP needs to pass something substantive during
veto session
St. Louis Beacon: St. Louis health director
among Medicaid advocates to address Missouri House panel
Hartmann: How Missouri flunked another civics
test: GOP could have remedied transfer issue - and on education
leadership, Jay Nixon is no Mel Carnahan
P-D: Riverview Gardens OKs contract to bus
transfer students
P-D: AFT union president speaks at mine worker
rally, also stops by Gateway Elementary School
St. Louis Beacon: AFT union president says
education dollars should not be diverted to charter schools or vouchers
P-D: Video: AFT union president Randi
Weingarten gives forceful rallying cry at UMWA protest
KWMU: UMWA back in St. Louis
Missouri Wonk: Missouri plays hard ball in
high-stakes competition for lottery dollars
AP: Missouri casino revenue continues to drop
AP: Missouri court rejects challenge to animal
shelter fees
The Missouri Times: Association profile:
Amy McLard and Missouri Credit Union Association
TonysKansasCity.com: Will Royster is correct
that nobody cares about years-old Royster-Rizzo Dem primary controversy
SNL: New City Council members bring difference
of opinion on pseudoephedrine issue X
KC Star: Rodeo fans and conservatives defend
skit mocking Obama +
Missourinet: NAACP: Obama clown mask
warrants investigation by Secret Service, Dept. of Justice; Group
wants Nixon to stop attending State Fair
TonysKansasCity.com: Missouri is losing a border
war with Kansas, KC is headed toward bankruptcy ... and Missouri
Democrats are focused on a rodeo clown's mask
P-D editorial: ALEC's backers run and hide from
Durbin inquiry
SE
Missourian editorial: St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway
Project gets its due attention +
P-D op-ed: Missouri Budget Project's Amy
Blouin: Missouri shouldn't follow Kansas down the road of decline
P-D op-ed: Mizzou law prof: School
transfer law makes funding inequities even worse
Shelly: Sadly, rodeo clown stunt is too
reflective of Missouri +
McClellan: Thoughts on rodeo clown, San Diego
mayor, popular 2010 "Hitler reacts to ..." Internet meme
KC Star letter: A poem about rodeo clown
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Tuesday, August 13
St. Louis Beacon: McCaskill's
heightened profile runs through Jefferson City
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt
wants data released on health insurance premiums
St. Louis Beacon: What
gridlock? Delegation wants continued funding for unique health
program
The Missouri Times: Behind the
bench: Q&A with Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Rhodes
Russell
KC Star: Campaign finance
lawsuit pits Rex Sinquefield against Missouri Roundtable for Life's
Fred Sauer +
St. Louis Beacon: Republicans
launch counter-offensive as Nixon continues to defend veto of tax-cut
bill; Comments from Eric Schmitt, Rick Stream
SE Missourian: Nixon cites hit to autism services to
make case for veto; Schmitt, whose son is autistic, says scaring
autistic parents is "inappropriate" +
KFVS: Nixon stops in Cape
Girardeau to discuss HB 253
KRCU: Nixon visits Cape,
discusses HB 253
Rosenbaum: Legislators may shoot
down ban on publishing info on gun owners
St. Louis Beacon: Nixon, who
appoints state fair board, orders review of contracts related to rodeo
event that included a clown wearing Obama mask
97.1FM (St. Louis): Rep. Jeremy
LaFaver (D-Kansas City) talks to Dana Loesch about rodeo clown wearing
Obama mask
P-D: Missouri State Fair bans
rodeo clown "Tuffy"
AP: Missouri State Fair bans
rodeo clown who wore Obama mask; Rep. Steve Webb (D-Florissant)
calls on Nixon to cancel governor's annual ham breakfast
TonysKansasCity.com: Final
news-link roundup of overblown "story": Everybody hates the rodeo
clown
Drebes: MO Development of
Finance Board gives $10.7M in incentives for Bannister Mall;
Roster list of Polsinelli, Cerner lobbyists
P-D: At HB 253 press conference,
Nixon says he'll wait until next year to address "impractical and
expensive" school-transfer law
P-D: At first day in Riverview
Gardens, students show up to cheers
AP: Classes begin at
unaccredited Riverview Gardens School District
AP: Schweich:
Transportation districts could owe $17M
The Missouri Times: Kander
promotes Business Outreach Office
P-D: St. Louis casinos' slump
continues
SE Missourian: Attendance up in July at Cape casino +
Missourinet: State reminds
students to take protection - as in insurance - to college
P-D: Patriot Coal, mine workers'
union reach deal
TonysKansasCity.com: Mayor Sly
James chooses to print campaign materials with non-union printers
AP: MO DHSS reports fourth
cyclospora stomach-bug case
St. Louis Beacon: ACORN,
Organization for Black Struggle, Intercommunity Ecological Council,
others to circulate anti-Peabody petition
The Missouri Times: Paper hires
Brittany Ruess as new reporter; Webster U. grad comes highly
decorated with college-media awards for reporting, photojournalism
The Turner Report: Former
teacher Randy Turner to beef up Missouri government, education coverage
KC Star editorial: Nothing funny
about clown rodeo skit; Mocking George W. Bush was okay, but
putting rodeo clown in Obama mask an "obvious and offensive" display of
racism +
Messenger: Is Missouri really
better than the rodeo clown? Evidence says no.
Priddy: The clown: Check
out facts before you believe every bit of hyped-up Internet hysteria
St. Louis Beacon op-ed: Beacon
General Manager Nicole Holloway: Rodeo clown mask, other
incidents show reasons why it's a waste of time to debate whether
something is racist
St. Louis Beacon op-ed: Show-Me
Institute's James Shuls: A real choice for students in
unaccredited districts
KC Star letter: Clay, Platte
County Dems need to dump old people serving on party committees and
elect younger people
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Monday, August 12
Joplin Globe's Redden:
McCaskill, Long disagree on food stamps' place in farm bill;
Carthage attorney promotes his Facebook page, says he's considering
primary bid vs. Long X
SNL: Rep. Billy Long (R) favors
cuts to food-stamp program X
The Missouri Times: McCaskill,
Blunt eye changes to federal gambling laws
NBC News: Video: McCaskill
on Meet the Press
P-D: McCaskill on Meet the
Press: No 'coddling' Pentagon on sexual assaults
The Hill: McCaskill:
Military commanders should handle sexual assault claims
P-D: Battle over income tax cut
heats up in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Union
leaders ready to "pump millions of dollars to protect labor rights" in
right-to-work skirmish
KMOX: As school year nears, West
Plains principal defends arming teachers: "We're not going to
wait for the sheriff's department to show up"
P-D: Urban public school
officials take to churches to encourage school attendance
FOX2 (St. Louis): Video:
Missouri Commissioner of Education Chris Nicastro talks to Jaco about
school transfer issue
KWMU: Ferguson-Florissant
superintendent says district may add transportation for transfer
students
KC Star: Medicaid expansion, as
promoted in Obamacare, faces long odds in Missouri +
P-D, with "news coverage" sponsored by
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: In states not expanding
Medicaid, poor could still get Obamacare help; Comments from
Centene subsidiary
Drebes: Michelle Trupiano leaves
Planned Parenthood to work as advocate for Medicaid expansion
AP: Missouri State Fair clown
draws criticism for Obama mask worn Saturday
St. Louis Beacon: Political
leaders, Missouri Rodeo Clown Association weigh in on rodeo clown
wearing mask
TonysKansasCity.com: Collection
of rodeo clown "news": "a sideshow for opportunistic hacks and
partisans attempting to most effectively over-dramatize and benefit
from a stunt"
Sedalia Democrat: Nixon shows up
at State Fair on Sunday, honors general with state's highest military
honor X
KMOX: Activists want County Exec
Charlie Dooley to pressure congressional delegation, others on landfill
SNL: Progress stalls for
anti-meth measure X
SE Missourian: Perryville to request DNR make wood
quarantine statewide +
KC Star editorial: Basic services take a hit in
economic border war +
P-D op-ed: In light of so many
transfers, hold off on MAP tests next year
P-D op-ed: Successful districts
should oversee Normandy, Riverview Gardens
P-D op-ed: Missouri doesn't
spend enough on its public schools
KC Star's Abouhalkah: It's
shameful for a rodeo clown to wear an Obama mask +
P-D letter: Shame on the
Post-Dispatch for supporting Jeff Smith (D), Rod Jetton (R)
KC Star letter: Missouri
Hospital Association's Herb Kuhn responds to paper's coverage of
hospital billing issues +
JCNT letter: Anti-tax-cut form
letter from retired teacher Luana Gifford: State will never have
sufficient revenue, children are precious, etc. X
JCNT letter: Anti-tax-cut form
letter from Maries County School Board's Amy Bledsoe: State will
never have sufficient revenue, children are precious, etc. (July 10) X
Sunday, August 11
SNL: Information about the
Affordable Care Act is in short supply in Missouri; No one seems
to know exactly what's going on. X
KC Star: State hospital in
Nevada, Mo. - originally known as "Lunatic Asylum No. 3" - is almost
gone, but memories linger +
NBC News: McCaskill to appear on Meet the Press this
morning to discuss military sexual assaults
SE Missourian: New congressman jumps into the action
in Washington; Rep. Jason Smith (R) targets Obamacare, federal
regulations +
SNL: Tug of war continues over
Table Rock future X
Drebes: Help wanted: Parents as Teachers seeking
to hire a policy and advocacy associate
JCNT: Missouri helping turn back
tide of low-income child obesity; Administrator credits healthier WIC
packages with less juice, along with an increase in breastfeeding
Linn County Leader: HB 253
presents differing "facts"; Comments from Education Committee
Chair Mike Lair (R-Chillicothe)
Marshall Democrat-News: County Commission urges state
reps to uphold Nixon's veto of tax-cut bill
CDT: Tax cut scenarios depend on
interpretation; Retrospective effects debated X
CDT: Local lawmakers likely to
stick to party lines on any override votes X
The Missouri Times: Weekly
Q&A: Rep. Gary Cross (R-Lee's Summit)
Dexter Daily Statesman: Proposal in Dexter would
simplify arrests for synthetic drugs +
SNL: City Utilities argues
geology concerns with MO Dept. of Natural Resources X
CDT editorial: Nixon's vetoes should be upheld X
P-D op-ed: Post-Dispatch editor
Gilbert Bailon: The Post-Dispatch is the best at covering
transfer issue, and will continue to be better than any other local
outlet
SNL op-ed: SNL opinion page
editor Linda Leicht: Mental health funding in Missouri needs help
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep.
T.J. Berry (R): Nixon broadcasting half-truths on HB 253, and
district educrats are blindly repeating it
P-D letter: Defenders of
rapist/murderer Reginald Clemons go to great lengths to justify their
existence
P-D letter: Transfer students
will show some academic improvement by 10th grade
KC Star letter: Environment
Missouri wants McCaskill, Blunt to vote against "dirty water"
attack; Man seeking help with auto company gets better help from
Rhode Island than Koster's office +
SNL letter: Pseudoephedrine
prescriptions X
SNL letter: Pseudoephedrine
prescriptions X
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Saturday, August 10
ABC News: Claire McCaskill looks
forward to Hillary Clinton's moment
Washington Post: EMILY's List
PAC takes "Madam President" campaign on the road
US News & World Report:
'Madam President' effort kicks off in Iowa; McCaskill shills for
Hillary
Des Moines Register: McCaskill
takes part in 'Madam President' confab X
St. Louis Beacon: McCaskill
attracts attention over 'women's issues,' but insists her Senate
interests are broader
JCNT: McCaskill notes Missouri's
roles in civil rights battles; Senator speaks at NAACP dinner X
Kraske: Momentum is behind KC
nabbing 2016 GOP convention +
Drebes: Schaaf to St. Louis for fundraiser;
Radio personality and OB/GYN Dr. Randy Tobler to headline
The Missouri Times: Friends of
the late Chris Sifford take part in annual memorial golf tournament
St. Louis Beacon/KWMU audio:
Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis City) joins Mannies, Rosenbaum and
McDaniel to talk HB 253, gun laws, LGBT legislation
SNL: Castle Doctrine concern
entered into plea deal in slaying; Principle of Missouri law may
have protected Joshua Brown in shooting of Javon Carter X
St. Louis Beacon: Riverview
Gardens superintendent tries to woo students still in limbo
KMOX: Audio: UMSL's Martin
Rochester talks to Charlie Brennan about student transfer issue
AP: Former SEMO student sentenced in bomb plot;
Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis gets 30 years +
P-D: Horse slaughterhouse plans
stalled in Missouri
P-D editorial: Stop the
political and economic evil of payday lenders
CDT editorial: School
transfers: Bound for failure X
Shelly: ALEC pipeline of
bad/conservative ideas runs through Missouri +
Messenger: Some interesting
goings-on in Kansas City: City to the West shows cojones on HB
253, more
SNL op-ed: HSUS' Amanda
Good: Slaughter no help for horses, or Missouri X
Columbia Missourian letter:
Columbia's Alison Schwartz considers Nieves' comments on abortion to be
insensitive
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Friday, August 9
Roll Call: McCaskill sends
campaign pitch for farm bill; Supporters encouraged to contact
House members, push for food stamp funding
KBIA: McCaskill frustrated by
farm bill "in limbo": "There's nothing evil about compromise"
Missourinet: McCaskill concerned
about future disaster relief
KOLR: Why do Missourians care
about immigration? Comments from Blunt, Rep. Jason Smith, Immigration
Policy Center
Columbia Missourian: Local peace
group turns out five people to protest treatment of prisoners at
Guantanamo Bay
SNL: Ike Skelton to serve on
World War I commission X
Missourinet: State Fair to
feature visit from Deputy Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse
KSMU: Nixon visits flooded
portions of southern Missouri
St. Louis Beacon: Nixon says
opponents attack him to 'change the subject' because they're losing the
fight over tax cut bill
AP: Travis Brown, others attend
ALEC conference in Chicago
AP: At ALEC, Lt. Gov. Peter
Kinder says right-to-work proposal likely to go on Missouri ballot
Mike Ferguson's Missouri
Viewpoints: Paying for Renewable energy in Missouri: Renew
Missouri's P.J. Wilson on 2008's Proposition C, KCP&L, Ameren, and
solar-power rebates
Washington Missourian: Local
lawmakers differ on meth law issue
St. Louis Beacon: Transfer case
lawsuits averted, at least for now
The Missouri Times: CEAM to
delay potential lawsuit against Mehlville
KWMU: One Normandy bus goes to
wrong school, arrives comparatively past time; otherwise, a
smooth first day
P-D: Normandy youth tells story
of her day; Bus goes to wrong location, she misses breakfast -
otherwise, pretty good
St. Louis Beacon: Francis Howell
officials offer optimistic public comments as Normandy transfers arrive
P-D: School officials offer
statements on first transfer day
St. Louis Beacon: Riverview
Gardens parents react to transfer issues
SNL: Schools teaching lesson in
financial literacy; Comments from local state-school officials X
P-D: Jetton, Jeff Smith sign
books at Pi Pizzeria
Drebes: Jane Cunningham enjoying life, no interest in
running for Lamping's seat
P-D: State Rep. Karla May (D-St.
Louis City) seeks St. Louis license collector office
St. Louis Beacon: After move to
18th Ward, Jamilah Nasheed resigns committeewoman posts
The Missouri Times: The 100+
List: Part Seven of Seven
SE Missourian: Heavy rains cause sewage releases into
Mississippi River; MO DNR notified +
SE Missourian editorial: Rush Limbaugh's 25th:
Regardless of political opinion, Cape native's story offers
encouragement +
KC Star editorial: Despite
roadblocks, some progress progress on health exchanges in Missouri and
Kansas +
P-D editorial: Missouri's
funding promise to its schoolchildren is empty and unfulfilled
St. Louis Beacon op-ed: Normandy
"instructional coach" Inda Schaenen: On racist Francis Howell
taxpayers, namby-pamby white liberals and critics of Normandy's
education system
The Missouri Times letter: Rep.
Rocky Miller (R-Tuscumbia): Legislature should stand strong,
override Nixon on HB 253
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Thursday, August 8
Washington Post: Race is on to
define Hillary Clinton's potential presidential candidacy;
McCaskill, an early Obama supporter, to visit Iowa for Clinton X
KSMU: McCaskill: Current
construction permitting process adds costs, delays
St. Louis Beacon: At veterans'
small biz conference, VA secretary says he's committed to timely
delivery of 'best care' and benefits to vets
KMOX: McCaskill to small
businesses: Hire more veterans
Politico: President Obama MIA on
military sexual assault; McCaskill weighs in
AP: Missouri National Guard
called out for flood relief, as rising waters close I-44 near Rolla
P-D: Tour gives students close
look at health disparities; Incoming Wash U med students hear sad
stories of Pruitt-Igoe, white flight and North St. Louis'
diabetes/HIV/heart disease rates
The Missouri Times: Jason Grill
(D), Rod Jetton (R), Jeff Smith (D) sign copies of their co-authored
book on dealing with political crises
Berger: Deadline in Disaster -
conceived by Scott Charton, produced by Doug Crews - nominated for
Mid-America EMMY award
St. Louis Beacon: Rep. Jeff
Roorda (D-Barnhart) undecided on HB 253; State senate candidate
says he hasn't received any pressure from Democrats
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers
get earful on Medicaid's woes X
Missourinet: Medicaid committee
chairman Noel Torpey (R-Independence): discussion has shifted to
reform plus expansion
P-D: Legislators head to Chicago
for ALEC retreat
Drebes: RCGA splits with lobbyists, as new CEO Joe
Reagan re-examines all aspects of Chamber operations
CDT: Judge in Mamtek case denies
request for recusal X
AP: Missouri school transfer
ruling opens old wounds; Many Francis Howell families moved from
St. Louis County, seeking better schools and safer environment for
their children
P-D: Student transfers become a
reality today in Francis Howell; District will absorb 475
transfers - more than any other district
The Missouri Times: Lawsuit to
be filed against Mehlville over transfer students, battle looms over
what to do with failed districts
KWMU: Data from school transfer
lottery released, as groups question legality of process
KWMU: Kirkwood administrators
hear concerns, say they are ready to support incoming students
KWMU: Superintendent, mayor take
part in annual push to "get kids in school and off the street"
St. Louis Beacon: Rockwood gets
good follow-up report from Schweich
P-D: Rockwood receives praise
instead of criticism from state auditor
KWMU: Schweich has good news for
Rockwood schools; $1.2M still in question
The Missouri Times: Jack Bondon
announces run for House seat, Molendorp decides against running again
The Missouri Times: The 100+
List, Part Six
P-D: CDC says smoking ban would
not hurt state's bars and restaurants
KWMU: County councilman calls
for stricter regulation of Ameren's Meramec power plant
Washington Missourian editorial:
Won't be long before the Hillary brigade has a campaign office in
Missouri
SNL op-ed: Former state Rep.
Thomas Long (R): Medicaid expansion is gun to Missouri's head X
Washington Missourian letter:
Common Core is "a massive liberal brainwash that will create a country
full of socialists"
The Missouri Times letter:
Missouri Education Reform Councils Joseph Knodell on transfer issue and
putting kids first
P-D letter: Valley Park man says
Rex Sinquefield has too much influence, closes with homophonic
"Missouri/misery" punchline
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Wednesday, August 7
Washington Examiner: Claire McCaskill beats Hillary
Clinton, other 2016 Dems to Iowa; Senior senator to attend
EMILY's List "Madame President" town hall
Kraske: McCaskill heads to Iowa,
laying groundwork for Cabinet role in Clinton administration +
Stars and Stripes: At the crux
of sexual assault debate: the role of command; Comments
from McCaskill
Politico: Sexual assault
unchecked as Defense Department ducks reform; Comments from
McCaskill
The Missouri Times: McCaskill
continues pushing military sexual assault prosecution changes through
committee
SNL: Seven protestors rally
against Obama along Springfield overpasses X
SE Missourian: Floodway project meetings planned +
KFVS: Federal assistance for
sinkholes in the works
St. Louis Beacon: Profile:
Tommy Sowers visits downtown Pi, talks about VA role
AP: Nixon declares emergency
following flash flooding
KC Star: Kansas Gov. Sam
Brownback open to border-war negotiations with Missouri +
St. Louis Beacon: Missouri group backing tax
cuts launches new video accusing Nixon of misleading the public
KC Star: Nixon goes into Kraus'
backyard to oppose tax cut +
SNL: Speaker Tim Jones says
override of veto to save tax-cut bill not likely; Summary of St.
Louis Beacon/KWMU interview from a week ago X
SNL: City's lobbyist talks to
council of gains, setbacks; Outcome of HB 253 will determine if
local programs get money X
KMOX: NAACP threatens to sue
Mehlville, Kirkwood for turning down some transfer students;
Comments from Children's Education Alliance of Missouri, Mehlville
School District
KSDK: Children's Education
Alliance of Missouri prepares to file lawsuit against Mehlville School
District
St. Louis Beacon: Mehlville
faces lawsuit by parents over transfer limits
The Missouri Times: As thousands
of students transfer, lawmakers search for possible fixes
P-D: Kirkwood shares support,
concerns about transfers; Sens. Scott Sifton (D), Eric Schmitt
(R) attend
KSDK: Kirkwood School District
holds meeting to address transfer concerns of parents; Comments
from Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale)
Missourinet: CDC sees some
decline in obesity rates among low-income pre-schoolers
Joplin Globe: State tells Joplin
Redevelopment Corp. it must act quickly to apply for tax-credit program X
Missourinet: Zweifel to kick off
series of Personal Finance Institutes in college towns this week
Riverfront Times: Husband of
Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) may sue over bill to block
Missouri bill to block feds' gun law
Drebes: Misty Snodgrass, formerly of American Cancer
Society, takes new job as director of public policy at Coalition of
Community Mental Health Centers
The Missouri Times: The 100+
List, Part Five
P-D: Judge: Chain of Rocks
rapist/murderer Reginald Clemons failed to establish innoncence
SE Missourian editorial: Cape Girardeau Partnership
for Higher Education a success, offers opportunities +
Priddy: Sunday school
parable: Hell, tax cuts, Sinquefield, McKenna and more
Columbia Missourian's Rosman:
Politicians lack integrity in debate over nullification
P-D op-ed: Some St. Louis County
schools say it loud: No blacks allowed
KC Star letter: To enroll in KC
public schools, you must show ID and two proofs of residency - but
somehow, we can't require that to vote +
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Tuesday, August 6
St. Louis Beacon: Congress may
seek more transparency in government collection of phone data;
Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
KWMU: Obama's "Organizing for
Action" holds immigration rallies at offices of GOP Reps. Blaine
Luetkemeyer, Ann Wagner
SE Missourian: Cape Girardeau could receive federal
funds to help sinkhole problem +
St. Louis Beacon: Doug Harpool -
creator of Missouri Ethics Commission - nominated for federal bench
FOX4KC: Health insurers trying
to reach uninsured as marketplace nears (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
AP: Nixon to speak at automotive
conference in Michigan this week
St. Louis Beacon: New political
group in favor of Nixon's tax-cut veto emerges to fight override effort
AP: Missouri Dept. of Social
Services says its contractor mailed personal Medicaid info to incorrect
addresses
KCTV: School administrators
worry House bill lowering state income tax would also destroy teaching
jobs (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Washington Missourian: School
board supports veto of tax-cut bill
SNL: Springfield school board
meeting agenda includes discussion of HB 253 X
St. Louis Beacon: ACLU says
schools can't legally limit transfers
P-D: ACLU says Kirkwood,
Mehlville wrong to limit transfer students based on class size
KWMU: Placing of transfer
students continues, next steps uncertain for those who missed deadline
P-D: No shortage of legal advice
for families denied school transfers
St. Louis Beacon: In Normandy
homes, parents and kids don't always see eye-to-eye on transfers
TonysKansasCity.com: Upcoming
Kansas City online charter high school soon to decimate enrollment at
old KCPS institutions
P-D: Schweich returns to
Rockwood on Wednesday; Original audit found district overpaid
construction management firm by $1.2M
Drebes: Franc Flotron to take
part in "Is the Missouri General Assembly broken?" workshop sponsored
by Missouri Catholic Conference
The Missouri Times: Staff
profile: Stephanie Boeth, legislative assistant for Rep. Noel
Torpey (R-Independence)
The Missouri Times: The 100+
List, Part Four
SNL: E. coli to no longer close
Missouri public beaches; DNR says warning signs will suffice for
high bacteria X
St. Louis Beacon: Planning
commission denies request to rezone Oakville facility; Sen. Scott
Sifton (D) has stood with residents against construction of low-income
senior housing
P-D: St. Louis County planners
toss low-income senior controversy back to council; Comments from
Rep. Marsha Haefner (R-Oakville)
Brian Schmidt's Missouri Wonk:
Crime in St. Louis: Breaking down 2012 St. Louis crimes, and
possible reasons why criminals found some dates more inspirational than
others
P-D editorial: Time for
governor, legislature to provide transfer clarity
P-D editorial: Post-Dispatch
looking for op-eds dealing with specific transfer fixes
SNL editorial: New good-news
editorial feature called "'Tis a Privilege": NRA museum in
Springfield X
P-D editorial: SOS Jason
Kander: Remember history of Voting Rights Act
Columbia Missourian
letter: Hartzler wrong to oppose Obamacare
CDT letter: Hartzler wrong to oppose Obamacare,
other things X
CDT letter: Pointing fingers won't help Medicaid
expansion effort; Jeff Mazur responds to CDT editorial on
Medicaid expansion X
P-D letter: Editorial fails to explain why
Sinquefield is so bad
SNL letter: Opponents of
Blueways Program, including Rep. Billy Long (R), can't say what rights
are being taken away X
Monday, August 5
Missourinet: McCaskill:
Pentagon MIA search a 'disgrace'
St. Joseph News-Press: Federal government:
is it just too big to work? Blunt, Cato Institute say yes X
P-D: Jason Smith, Missouri's newest
congressman: Regulatory reform is 'my passion'
The Turner Report: Rep. Billy
Long on KZRG: Seven of 40 anti-Obamacare votes brought results
KC Star: Nation has arrived at a
new 'libertarian moment,' experts say; Comments from UCM prof Jim
Staab, GOP's Jeff Roe +
KC Star: Elections are Tuesday
in some Missouri suburbs +
AP: Fast-food protests may spur
higher minimum wage; Comments from Kansas City fast-food worker
Terrance Wise
ProPublica, "investigative non-profit
journalism group" reprinted by Post-Dispatch: Payday lenders work
to get black leaders in their camp
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon,
GOP at polar opposites on tax-cut issue; Comments from GOP Reps.
Casey Guernsey, Mike Lair X
St. Joseph News-Press:
Briefs: Prosecutor says state law keeps him from prosecuting
animal abuse; Melanie Robinson-Smith, formerly of MO DNR and
Lottery, to lead chamber X
Rosenbaum: Municipal woes
rekindle interest in disincorporation; Comments from Rep. Bob
Burns (D-South St. Louis County), others
KTVI: Video: Charles Jaco
talks to Mike Jones, Rep. Genise Monticello (D-South St. Louis County)
about school transfer issue and possible state solutions
KTVI: New
deadline for transferring Riverview Gardens and Normandy students
Joplin Globe: Teacher retention
remains challenge for Joplin schools X
The Turner Report: Joplin Globe
whitewashes Joplin teacher turnover problem
Joplin Globe: State audit of
Crowder College to be public soon X
Missourinet: House committee
wraps up eastern leg of ports tour
JCNT: State gearing up to help
RR Donnelley workers X
SE Missourian: Area's economy is looking up, despite
recent layoffs +
Washington Missourian: RCGA's
Joe Reagan speaks at city hall, says newcomers, education can help
local economy
P-D: Interstate 270 grows more
congested in North County; Comments from MoDOT
The Missouri Times: The 100+
List, Part Three
KC Star editorial: U.S.
attorneys are right - Americans pay the price for sequestration +
CDT editorial: Nullification; Rep. T.J.
McKenna (D-Festus), others wrong to vote for gun-veto override X
P-D editorial: Note to T.J. McKenna (D-Festus),
other Missouri lawmakers: the constitution is not a Chinese buffet
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's
problem gamblers should know when to fold X
JCNT editorial: Lottery's new self-exclusion
program aids problem gamblers X
KC Star's Diuguid: Strengthen U.S. voting rights
for a better future; Thoughts from KC Board of Election
Commissioners' A. Shelley McThomas (D) +
KC Star's Sanchez: Local grandmothers join
campaign against gun violence +
P-D letter: Missouri's challenge to federal
gun-control legislation
KC Star letter: Kansas resident on Missouri
animal-abuse loophole +
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Sunday, August 4
NationalJournal.com
Hotline On Call
TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City
frustration with Obama: Activists hold "Impeach Obama"
streetcorner rally, grumblings of lack of money for streetcar
Drebes: Johnny Destafano now president of Data Trust,
a third-party GOP digital strategy company
Columbia Missourian:
Mid-Missouri Peaceworks gathers to mourn anniversary of bombs used to
end WWII
KOMU: Mid-Missouri Peaceworks
holds gathering for nuclear disarmament
AP: Jay Nixon participates in
National Governors Association meeting in Milwaukee, jokes with Gov.
Scott Walker about beer
KC Star: Area hospitals being
sued for not submitting bills to health insurers
P-D: School transfer issues
spawns logistical headaches and legal questions
KSDK: Normany School District
holds rally to inspire remaining students
KTVI: Video: First
Normandy students official transfer out of their home district
KC Star: Volunteers pound the
pavement for KC school enrollment; Nearby, national education
innovation conference meets
The Missouri Times: Top 150 or
so people you should know on social media, Part 2
P-D: StudioSTL facilitates one
newspaper issue with content from urban youth; Students will
share opinions on Zimmerman self-defense ruling, other topics
SE Missourian op-ed: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape
Girardeau): State tax cuts are important for economic growth
SE Missourian op-ed: Rep. Steve Hodges (D-East
Prarie): Tax-cut bill would reduce education dollars in Missouri
KC Star's Steve Penn: To improve
education, abolish the Kansas City School District
KC Star letter: Rep. Emanuel
Cleaver (D-Kansas City) supports $15/hr. fast-food wage - so how much
did he pay his car-wash workers?
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Saturday, August 3
NationalJournal.com
Hotline On Call
St. Louis Beacon: McCaskill,
Blunt frustrated by lack of progress in Congress
PBS NewsHour: McCaskill:
Keep military sexual assault cases in chain of command
St. Louis Beacon: Large group of
officials attend ceremonial groundbreaking for Arch grounds
redevelopment
AP: Post-storm loans offered in
eastern Missouri counties
NY Times: Missouri citizens face
obstacles to coverage; Comments from MHA, Schaaf, Missouri Health
Care for All
ProPublica, "investigative non-profit
journalism" group reprinted by P-D: A peek inside payday loan
industry fight to keep interest cap off ballot
St. Louis Beacon: Missouri
revenue collections drop in July, as battle over proposed tax cut heats
up
P-D: Student transfer process is
half complete
St. Louis Beacon: Riverview,
Normandy districts will lose millions in state funding; Ed chief
Nicastro on costs, expected drop in host sites' test scores, more
97.1FM (St. Louis): Rodney Boyd
talks to Dana Loesch about school transfer issue
The Missouri Times: Q&A with
Rep. Margo McNeil (D-Florissant)
Drebes: Missouri Association of Social Welfare is
hiring
The Missouri Times: Twitter Top 100 accounts:
Lobbyists, consultants, staffers (Part 1 of list)
P-D: Larry Conners' bid for new
TV job stalled by judge
P-D editorial: South County
opens pawn shop/gun range/BBQ joint - and it will fit in well
Messenger: Former Sen. Jason
Crowell (R) and others killed Ameren's risky bill; Florida
example proves a cautionary tale
Horrigan: "Missouri is awesome"
campaign; Sarcastic swipe at philanthropist/megadonor Rex
Sinquefield, more
P-D letters: Clay, Rep. Hank
Johnson (D-Ga.) and fast-food protestors exemplify why country has
economic troubles
P-D letters: To earn more money,
perhaps fast-food protestors should make an effort to become educated
Disclosure
Friday, August 2
NationalJournal.com
Hotline On Call
SE Missourian: Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh
marks 25 years on national airwaves
P-D: Crystal City native Bill
Bradley's land in Jefferson County for sale for $8.95M
AP: Pentagon to probe alleged
waste, fraud in MIA unit
KWMU: McCaskill to officials on
POW/MIA reforms: "Get it frickin' done"
Missourinet: Support group for
Fort Wood mobilizing to fight sequestration cuts
Riverfront Times: Rep. Vicky
Hartzler (R) takes to House floor to speak against government
overregulation, uses illustration of magician's rabbit
KWMU: Jury still out of Missouri
sales tax holiday
KMIZ: RR Donnelly to close in
Jefferson City, leaving 500 without jobs; Reaction from Sen. Mike
Kehoe (R), Rep. Jay Barnes (R)
The Missouri Times: State
Democrats hold strategy meetings with members, GOP wraps up listening
tour
P-D: Incoming Missouri
Democratic Party Chairman Roy Temple talks about GOP legislature, says
he feels good about Dems' 2016 statewide slate
Daily Dunklin Democrat: Residents, providers meet in
Kennett to discuss Medicaid expansion
Drebes: Rep. Jeff Grisamore (R)
leaning against veto override
Riverfront Times: Rep. Keith
English (D-Florissant) among Dems backing pro-gun bill, says some
liberal Dems are "totally anti-gun"
Shelly: Profiles in courage are
blurry in the Missouri Legislature; On gun bill, McKenna (D) to
side with GOP, Barnes to side with Nixon
Helling: Freedoms and their
limits: Missouri GOP shows "casual hypocricy" on First and Second
Amendments
St. Louis Beacon: Today is
decisive day for students wishing to transfer from failing schools
KWMU: More than a thousand
students to leave unaccredited Normandy
St. Louis Beacon: With a quarter
of students leaving, Normandy superintendent urges community to support
district
P-D: School transfer deadline
leaves Normandy, Riverview Gardens families waiting
St. Louis Beacon: Audio:
Beacon reporter Bob Joiner summarizes school transfer coverage
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist
profile: Kyna Iman
P-D: Monthly lobbyist
report: Sen. Tom Dempsey finds John Mayer concert a wonderland,
while urban Dems rock the bells with LL Cool J
St. Louis Beacon: Smith, Jetton
to hold book-signing; Steve Brown, whose snitching sent childhood
friend to prison, disputes Smith's account
AP: Motion from defense in
murder plot: Koster backed out of deal to free Saudi
AP: Missouri Lottery starts
self-exclusion program
Missourinet: Missouri Lottery
launches problem gambler program
Riverfront Times: City slams
ACORN's ballot initiative, says it will badly damage economy
P-D editorial: Sequestration
cuts deep; U.S. courthouse mostly closed for criminal matters two
days a month
KC Star editorial: Time for a
pay raise for fast-food workers
Washington Missourian editorial:
Great cooperation for veterans; Nixon's staff very cooperative in
planning wreath presentation
KC Star editorial: Heed lessons
from the Gordon Parks case
Missourinet's Jessica Machetta:
A summary of Obama's Warrensburg visit from Machetta and her daughter,
an Obama fan
Columbia Missourian's George
Kennedy: Medicaid panels not likely to bring results
P-D letter: Fast-food protestors
and common sense
P-D letter: $15/hr. for
burger-flipping is ridiculous, but minimum wage should still be raised
Disclosure
Thursday, August 1
NationalJournal.com
Hotline On Call
P-D: Blunt versus tea party in
GOP squabble over government shutdown; Presidential candidates
Rubio, Cruz seek to outflank each other on the right
KSMU: Blunt co-sponsors bill to
streamline, update government regulations
SE Missourian: SEMA to provide public assistance for
flood damage
The Patch: Fast food workers
target "modern day slavery" in Ballwin; Cinnamon Tigner says
she'd like $15/hr., but would settle for $10/hr.
St. Louis Beacon: Mike Sanders
steps down at Missouri Democratic Party; Roy Temple set to take
over
KC Star: Mike Sanders to step
down as MDP chair; Roy Temple expected to take over
The Missouri Times: Mike Sanders
steps down as Democratic Party chairman; State committee to
select replacement at Aug. 24 summer caucus meeting
Missourinet: Nixon takes "Save
the Veto" tour to Fulton
Columbia Missourian: At Mizzou,
Nixon criticizes tax-cut bill's effect on higher education
97.1FM (St. Louis): Speaker Tim
Jones talks to Dana Loesch about interview on "the enemy" (public
radio); Says liberals took his bait "hook, line and sinker" and
lit a fire under conservatives
NY Times: In Missouri, race
complicates a transfer to better schools
P-D: Deadline today for
Normandy, Riverview Gardens students to apply for transfer
St. Louis Beacon: School
transfers: The numbers game
KMOX: Audio: John Hancock
and Mike Kelley talk to former state Sen. Jeff Smith (D) about his book
and next week's book signing in St. Louis
Drebes: Matt Hill, formerly with John Britton,
available for hire
AP: Regulators say Ameren
Missouri to refund $26.3M
St. Louis Beacon: Proposed
charter amendment from ACORN - rebranded as "MORE" - aimed at Peabody
may be headed to court
P-D: Activists file signatures
for initiative to ban St. Louis tax incentives; Slay Chief of
Staff Jeff Rainford calls ACORN proposal "an anarchist's dream"
KWMU: Petition to end St. Louis
tax incentives delivered with thousands of signatures
Washington Missourian editorial:
Legacy of service: Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Gov. Jay Nixon pay
tribute to Korean War vets
P-D editorial: Will Missouri
ever put its AAA credit rating to use? With interest rates low,
there's no time like the present.
P-D editorial: Mehlville school
officials' figures don't add up
KC Star op-ed: Tom Schweich
wants to audit KC's long-troubled water department - and it's a great
idea
SE Missourian letter: Missouri should reject
electronic voting machines, return to paper ballots
JCNT letter: Missourians Against
Agenda 21's Todd Skelton: Legislature should override Nixon's veto
KC Star: Gordon Parks Board
President says state should not appeal court ruling; Man says
McCaskill, Blunt give money away to wealthy farming interests
P-D letter: Francis Howell
School District literacy coach welcomes Normandy transfers
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