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Thursday, August 30
CDT: Missouri Democratic Party's solicitation attempt
at MU leads to phishing attempts, e-mail shutdown X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Democratic Party causes
'Reply-All Apocalypse,' leads to phishing scam
SNL: Missouri Democratic Party's spam prompts MU
e-mail chaos X
P-D's Jack Suntrup: Ad check: Pro-Hawley ad on
rape kits doesn't tell the whole story X
SNL: After Hawley voices support, Missouri Baptists
opine on repeal of ban on church politics X
SNL: Hawley will review Springfield Catholic files X
Columbia Missourian: FCC allocates over $254 million
to support broadband expansion in Missouri
Missourinet: Federal investigation targets two Duck
Boat captains, seeks delay in lawsuits after Branson tragedy
KC Star: Two Duck Boat captains from Table Rock Lake
tragedy targeted in federal investigation X
AP:
Court motion in boat sinking seeks to aid criminal probe
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: State
Sen.-elect Brian Williams (D-University City) on Lacy Clay's influence,
goals for serving in Democratic minority, more
The Missouri Times: Profile: State Sen.-elect
Brian Williams (D-University City)
Missourinet: Arguments made in lawsuit alleging State
Auditor Nicole Galloway violated Sunshine Law
JCNT: National criminal-sentencing activist speaks at
Lincoln University, mocks state legislators who support overhaul:
"These legislators who champion this stuff love to be patted on the
back" X
The Missouri Times: MoDOT earns regional awards for
two transportation projects
Missourinet: Rep. Jerome Barnes (D-Raytown) says
referees and sports officials need more protection
SE
Missourian: Southeast students begin reporting partnership with
local NPR affiliate +
KC Star: Mailing error by Medicaid contractor causes
appointment reminders to be sent to wrong addresses X
Columbia Missourian: Staff shortage, heightened
complaints delay state dicamba investigations
KC Star: KCP&L adds flexibility to payment
arrangements, updates budget billing; Some customers complain to
PSC X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of August 28, 2018
KWMU: Restoring historic flood patterns could make
Missouri wildlife refuge better for birds
KC Star editorial: KCP&L customers are
experiencing sticker shock this summer. Here's what you can do. X
KC Star op-ed: Lathrop Gage's Jean Paul
Bradshaw: Lift the veil on dark money's corrosive effects X
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Wednesday, August 29
P-D: Blunt: McCain had "explosive energy in a
place that is not necessarily energy-filled" X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake
Hurst: Trade aid welcome, but drought pain remains
Brownfield Ag News: McCaskill, Blunt support opening
more Conservation Research Program (CRP) acres for drought relief
CDT: During Columbia stop, Hawley says he's ready to
debate McCaskill X
P-D: Hawley says religious liberty is under
attack: "Claire McCaskill and her Democrat allies need to stop
trying to muzzle people of faith" X
SE
Missourian: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt unveils online
'checkbook' of state finances +
Missourinet: Two weeks until veto session, some
lawmakers digging in on a few budget issues with the governor
Missourinet: Parson indicates a special session is
possible
AP: Dozens of new laws now in effect
SNL: Springfield maker of vegan burgers caught up in
Missouri restriction on the word 'meat' X
The Missouri Times: Judge temporarily halts part of
meat law from going into effect
JCNT: Karsten named state public safety director X
JCNT: Judge hears closing arguments in Galloway
Sunshine suit X
The Missouri Times: Dept. of Natural Resources
challenges Adminstrative Hearing Commission in court, says AHC
overstepped its authority
The Missouri Times: University of Missouri bans all
tobacco use on campus
CDT: University of Missouri to extend tobacco ban X
Columbia Missourian: Illinois' new in-state tuition
deal not a concern for MU
P-D editorial: Hawley seeks to breach the wall between
church and state X
JCNT editorial: Eric Schmitt's office increases
transparency X
KC Star letter: Local octogenarian wants legislators
to set age limit for jury duty, says olds' "judgement and opinions have
been altered by (their) age" X
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Tuesday, August 28
KWMU: Missouri's U.S. Senate contest is favorite
destination for outside money
SE
Missourian: McCaskill, Jason Smith differ on trade tariffs +
KWMU: Latest McCaskill media tour features criticism
of Trump on trade
Missourinet: KC lawyer to take up U.S. Senate ballot
space as Independent
P-D: "Clean Missouri" group wants transparency in
Missouri donations. And it's taking dark money. X
SNL: Brad Bradshaw sues competing marijuana proposals X
Missourinet: Cleaver: Parson has changed the
tone in Jefferson City for the better
JCNT: Parson considering special legislative session X
JCNT: Beetem hears evidence in lawsuit challenging
Galloway Sunshine Law compliance X
Missourinet: Top 10 bills becoming law today
The Missouri Times: Unions challenge 'paycheck
protection' in St. Louis County court
AP:
Unions seek to block new Missouri labor group restrictions
KWMU: Karsten named new public safety director
St. Joseph News-Press: Sex offenders able to have
names removed from registry under new law X
The Missouri Times: Changes to Missouri's laws on meat
facing two court challenges
AP:
Vegetarian food-maker sues to stop Missouri law over meat terminology
P-D editorial: In state auditor race, GOP is hobbled
by train wreck of a candidate X
Joplin Globe editorial: "Clean Missouri" proposal
leaves too many unanswered questions
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Monday, August 27
P-D: U.S. Chamber ad highlights McCaskill's 'No' vote
on Trump tax cuts X
AP:
Emergency water pipelines planned to help address drought's impact on
drinking water
This Week in Missouri Politics: New Labor &
Industrial Relations Commission Chairman-to-be Robert Cornejo;
Panel of HRCC Director Casey Wheat, Jeff Mazur, Rep. Jean Evans
(R-Manchester), Flotron McIntosh's Keith Willis talk McCaskill-Hawley,
Trump, more
SE Missourian's B Magazine: Proposition D (fuel tax)
preview: Comments from Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau),
Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) (page 61)
P-D: General election preview: Three state rep
races could be key to GOP veto-proof majority; Comments from Rep.
Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis City), HRCC's Casey Wheat X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of August 20, 2018
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Moberly Area Economic Development
Corporation Chairman Michael Bugalski pleased with Parson's emphasis on
workforce development
Missourinet: Jasper County sheriff voices concern
about changes to sex offender registry
Missourinet: Dept. of Corrections Director Anne
Precythe still working to address union complaints, morale challenges
AP: State considering nontoxic shot rules in more
hunting areas
AP: State responses to "#MeToo" complaining lean
toward transparency, fairness; In Missouri, senators and staff
must sit through online training
Washington Post's Glenn Kessler: Criticisms of
McCaskill's spouse are misleading X
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Preview of B Magazine issue:
U.S. Senate contest, fuel tax proposal, more
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KC Star influencer series: Thoughts on "political
corruption" X
P-D letter: Maplewood septuagenarian says GOP's state
tax cuts will lead to "small children be(ing) beaten or raped" X
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Sunday, August 26
P-D: Missouri pols remember John McCain X
SNL: Unclear if Hawley will seek local Catholic sex
abuse files X
KC Star: Missouri Democratic Party adds diocese
investigation to list of Hawley criticisms X
CDT: Proposition B overview: Liberals, unions
spent more than $1 million to get minimum-wage measure on ballot X
St. Joseph News-Press: Democratic candidates rally at
union hall; Comments from state Senate candidate Martin Rucker
II, other November runners-up
JCNT: State ready to implement merit-system overhaul X
KWMU: Missouri one of four states that don't allow
teachers to be lawmakers
AP: Missouri Department of Conservation reports
emerald ash borer found in 11 new Missouri counties
P-D: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) part of
group protesting Ferguson convenience store where Michael Brown stole
items and assaulted minority business owner; Group threatens
continued boycott until owners sell store to activists X
Washington Missourian endorsement: 'Yes' on "Clean
Missouri" proposal X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man says initiative
petition is a poor process X
P-D letter: Women's Business Development Center
sexagenarian Jacinta Witherspoon: Missouri should elect more gals
to office X
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Saturday, August 25
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: The Trump
factor: How the president will affect Missouri's U.S. Senate
contest
SNL: At rally at Teamsters building, McCaskill still
noncommital on Kavanaugh X
SNL: Blunt blocks bill to bolster election
cybersecurity while voicing his support X
KC Star: Missouri Democratic Party board member calls
GOP central committee chairman "piece of (excrement)" for
shooting-gallery game at local street fair X
The Missouri Times: Colonel Sandra Karsten announces
retirement, effective Sept. 1
AP:
Highway Patrol leader to lead Dept. of Public Safety
Missourinet: Missouri State Highway Patrol leader to
retire Sept. 1
Missourinet: Judge delays implementation of order that
would reinstate Missouri trooper
SNL: Galloway accused of allowing deletion of public
records X
SE
Missourian: Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese launches inquiry
in wake of reported sex abuse by priests in Pennsylvania +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: State Treasurer Eric
Schmitt's new initiative aids data geeks
KC Star editorial: Josh Hawley warns Catholic
bishops: "If we get any pushback, we'll go to the public" X
Waters: Vote 'Yes' on "Clean Missouri" X
Messenger: Minimum-wage campaign features endorsements
from urban business owners X
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Friday, August 24
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt helps guide
appropriations bill
P-D: McCaskill, Hawley walk tightrope in response to
Manafort and Cohen X
JCNT: Judge sets hearing for medical marijuana
proposals for Sept. 14 X
AP: Greitens has yet to switch voter registration to
Warren County
KWMU: Galloway calls for more oversight of Community
Improvement Districts
P-D: Hawley launches investigation into clergy sex
crimes X
KWMU: Hawley launches investigation into how St. Louis
Archdiocese handled sex abuse allegations
Missourinet: Three Missouri Catholic dioceses to let
Hawley investigate potential sex crimes
JCNT: Jefferson City bishop invites Hawley to review
clergy files X
AP: St. Louis Archdiocese agrees to open files to AG's
office
Columbia Missourian: New research from MU prof shows
flaws with claims of "racial profiling" in police stops
Missourinet: Missouri to allow Empire District to move
aggressively toward wind power
P-D: Anthem health insurance makes deals with two main
air ambulance companies to cover airlifts for Missouri customers X
Missourinet: New agreement covers medical costs of
Anthem insurance holders to be airlifted
SE
Missourian: Former mayor's defamation case proceeds against Rep.
Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) +
P-D editorial: Hawley chooses the wrong side in
Trump's trade war X
KC Star op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's Jeremy
Cady: We will continue to fight for 'right to work' for the
benefit of Missouri X
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to Danforth's
latest anti-Trump screed X
P-D letter: Olivette septuagenarian attempts punchline
involving Missouri drought and socialism X
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Thursday, August 23
SNL: McCaskill, Blunt quiet on abortion conversations
with Kavanaugh X
Fox
News: Video: Hawley says McCaskill should "quit hiding" and
stand up to Democratic Party on Kavanaugh
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Leaders with Mid-Continent Nail
meet with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
SE
Missourian: Clean Missouri campaign comes to Cape
Girardeau; Comments from supporters Paul DeGregorio, League of
Women Voters, NAACP +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Karla
May (D-St. Louis City) on her defeat of Jake Hummel, city schools, more
Missourinet: Parson visits replica Vietnam veterans
wall in southeast Missouri
KWMU: Parson taps Cornejo for labor commission
The Missouri Times: Cornejo appointed to labor
commission, resigns seat
Missourinet: Cornejo appointed to Labor Commission
P-D: Some small tax districts could collect forever
without state law changes, Galloway finds X
Missourinet: Galloway report says city taxpayers on
the hook for projects they didn't OK
P-D: Advocacy group wants Hawley to investigate church
sexual abuse statewide X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: August 22, 2018 X
The Missouri Times: American Gaming Association report
expects Missouri gaming landscape to remain stable
P-D: Attorneys make plea for man who killed former
Post-Dispatch reporter X
KWMU: Marcellus Williams death penalty review panel
hears new evidence
Missourinet: Man who helped O.J. Simpson evade murder
conviction visits Missouri to help Marcellus Williams
KC Star editorial: Special taxing districts are
ripping off Missouri taxpayers, and KC should hit the brakes X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Farm Bureau straw poll predicts Hawley victory
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Wednesday, August 22
KWMU: McCaskill raises familiar topics as she sits
down with Kavanaugh
P-D: After meeting with Kavanaugh, McCaskill offers no
hints X
SNL: Trump plans return to Missouri during fiery fall
Senate race X
AP: Missouri Democrats hope minimum wage measure helps
McCaskill
CDT: Bernie Sanders supporters win control of Boone
County Democratic Party X
Missourinet: Missouri farmers can expect more details
soon on trade relief package
SNL: Group of eight (8) urges mayor to 'end all
cooperation with ICE,' compares immigration enforcement to Holocaust;
July raid nabbed illegal alien with gun X
KC Star: Duck boat probe heads to feds; Coast
Guard points to possible criminal activity X
P-D: Fatal Branson duck boat sinking referred to
federal proscutors; daughter of St. Louis victim sues X
Missourinet: Blunt briefs Branson reporters about duck
boat tragedy
P-D: Court records show GOP state auditor candidate
Saundra McDowell had Kansas address in 2013 X
The Missouri Times: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt
launches one-stop-shop for state's financial data
JCNT: Schmitt launches transparency website X
KRCG: Schmitt launches accountability website X
KOMU: Missouri aims at government transparency with
new spending website
The Missouri Times: New audit shows rural taxpayers
forced to repeat steps due to Dept. of Revenue's system inefficiencies
Missourinet: System glitch leads to continual errors
in car title and sales tax issues in 15 Missouri counties
Missourinet: Legislators considering overrides of
Parson vetoes
SE
Missourian: Central High School student scores 36 on ACT, tutors
on popular YouTube channel; Minority student chooses to work
hard, achieves success +
KWMU: Missouri asks to add addiction treatment to St.
Louis health program for poor, uninsured
Missourinet: Missouri's community health services get
$3 million in performance-based federal funding
KC Star editorial: Hawley must investigate sex abuse,
cover-ups by Catholic clergy X
P-D editorial: Missouri Legislature should restore
in-home care funds X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Geneva
Lee: Missouri's Annual Peformance Report is among the least
stringent in the country - to the detriment of students
SNL letters: Springfield septuagenarian disappointed
by Missouri GOP, local chambers for failure of Prop A;
Springfield sexagenarian hopes "Clean Missouri" puts an end to
legislators' free "liquor" and "steak dinners"
X
SE
Missourian letter: Ameren's Russell Burger responds to letter
criticizing company's tax rates +
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Tuesday, August 21
KC Star: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman
Mike Sanders faces up to five years in prison for campaign fund theft X
The Missouri Times: Hawley urges Mexican-owned company
to keep Poplar Bluff factory open
Missourinet: Ashcroft launches probe into St. Charles
County polling place, possibly changing election results
P-D: Investigation, recount coming in St. Charles
County GOP state rep primary X
AP:
Ashcroft investigating why polling place opened late
JCNT: Legal battle continues over 'A New Missouri' X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri opening up water and
lands for drought relief
The Missouri Times: Missouri opening up public
resources to aid farmers suffering through drought
CDT: State grass, water to help drought-stricken
farmers X
KWMU: Missouri offers farmers help to get through
drought
AP:
Missouri opens hay, water programs for farmers amid drought
JCNT: Parson announces programs to help farmers X
P-D: Missouri officials opening up state lakes to help
drought-battered ranchers X
Missourinet: Parson announces relief package for
Missouri farmers impacted by drought
Columbia Missourian: Farmers impacted by the summer
drought can get state and federal assistance
Missourinet: Missouri school transportation budget
running on fumes with $200 million funding gap
KC Star editorial: McCaskill will do what Republicans
would not in 2016 - consider a Supreme Court nominee X
P-D editorial: After kid-gloves treatment of Greitens,
prosecutor gets his comeuppance X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should pass more laws to
protect domestic violence victims X
SNL op-ed: Josh Hawley: Missourians deserve
quality health care at affordable prices X
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Monday, August 20
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Claire McCaskill on
Obamacare, Kavanaugh, dark money, more
AP:
Drought takes toll on Missouri farmers' crops, cattle
Missourinet: Missouri Ethics Commission closes
Greitens case after prosecutor declines to file charges
KC Star: Dark money having a big impact on 2018
campaigns; Comments from conservatives James Harris, Jeff Roe,
John Hancock, liberal Sean Nicholson X
Missourinet: Libla wants more funding to support
Missouri State Fair
Missourinet: New law expected to reduce Missouri's sex
offender registry count
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's new
license tag law unlikely to help
SE
Missourian op-ed: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) and Susan
B. Anthony List's Marjorie Dannenfelser: McCaskill should vote to
confirm Kavanaugh +
Messenger: Lawmakers, competitor await answers from
Missouri on questionable Medicaid bid X
KC Star letter: Kansas man wants Missouri Republican
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Sunday, August 19
Sedalia Democrat: McCaskill, Hawley talk agriculture
during Missouri State Fair visit
KC Star: Hartzler leading effort to attract USDA jobs
to Missouri X
KNPG (St. Joseph): Video: Three's a crowd with
medical marijuana measures
St. Joseph News-Press: Tony and Lucinda Luetkemeyer
among those appearing at Buchanan County GOP office grand opening
P-D: Staffing shortages widespread in Missouri nursing
homes X
SNL op-ed: Raise Missouri's minimum wage to boost
businesses X
KC Star letters: Responses to Star joining coordinated
anti-Trump editorial campaign X
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian criticizes Hawley
for hemming and hawing on ballot issues X
P-D letter: Area senior citizen claims to have
gathered "hundreds" of signatures for Clean Missouri X
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Saturday, August 18
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum break down McCaskill's vote on Kavanaugh, liberals'
dark money for minimum-wage hike, and Saundra McDowell's residency issue
The Missouri Times: GOP poll has Hawley leading
McCaskill by 7
Missourinet: Nail company's temporary predicament
underscores trade differences in McCaskill-Hawley race
SNL: Dinesh D'Souza coming to town Aug. 30 for
Springfield Pro-Life Event X
The Missouri Times: Cole County Prosecutor Mark
Richardson declines to file charges against Greitens, again
JCNT: Ethics Commission closes Greitens case after
Richardson declines to prosecute X
P-D: Greitens again avoids prosecution in Cole County
after allegedly lying in campaign report X
AP:
Prosecutor won't charge Greitens despite ethics panel review
KC Star: Prosecutor won't file charges in Greitens case X
KWMU: Activists' "Dark Money" video to be viewed for
total of six (6) days at Delmar Loop theatre
The Missouri Times: Long-term growth figures have
Missouri's labor force surpassing 3 million in 2026
Missourinet: At State Fair, Ashcroft praises
Missouri's farmers
The Missouri Times: Drew Juden departing Department of
Public Safety, Sandra Karsten to serve as acting director
Missourinet: Parson drops Missouri's top cop
P-D: Parson ousts Missouri's top cop X
AP:
Drew Juden stepping down as Missouri public safety director
KWMU: Juden out as public safety director;
Parson names Karsten as interim leader
Missourinet: Legislative path for 'right to work' redo
unclear
CDT: Hawley responds to execution appeal X
JCNT editorial: The tangled issues of hair braiding X
KC Star editorial: City dumps $100,000 to bring
Missouri Black America Pageant to town, but blacks aren't any safer
than last year X
P-D letter: Sierra Club officer wants McCaskill to
vote "No" on Kavanaugh X
P-D letter: O'Fallon sexagenarian says Josh Hawley
supports "religious discrimination" X
P-D letter: Creve Coeur septuagenarian dislikes
Hawley's support for Christian issues X
P-D letter: Area liberal organizes September "fun run"
for Clean Missouri X
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Friday, August 17
Missourinet:
U.S. Senate election preview: McCaskill, Hawley on trade and
tariffs
Brownfield
Ag News: Gov. Parson, Ag Director Chris Chinn talk Missouri's
drought
KWMU:
Parson talks infrastructure and drought at Missouri State Fair
Missourinet:
USDA designates 25 Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas
due to drought
Missourinet:
Drought is the talk of Ham Breakfast; Comments from Cleaver, Sen.
Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg), MO Ag Director Chris Chinn
KC
Star: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wants Congress questioning banks
asking for proof of citizenship X
Missourinet:
More duck boat lawsuits pour in; Man who jumped in water from
nearby showboat sues for "emotional distress"
SNL:
Mapped: Greene County election results for Prop A, other races
X
JCNT:
League of Women Voters support "Clean Missouri" amendment; Area
seniors shuffle through Kirkpatrick lobby, serve as backdrop for
mini-rally X
JCNT:
Callahan to hear arguments in challenge to voter ID law X
The
Missouri Times: Politicos lament passing of Sam Richardson
The
Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri PSC: August 15,
2018
Columbia
Missourian: Emerald ash borer invades ash trees in 11 more
Missouri counties
SNL:
They may be cute, but wild otters have been 'on a rampage' at Taneycomo
trout businesses; Comments from Missouri Dept. of Conservation
X
AP:
Hawley sues over conditions at St. Louis housing complex
KC
Star editorial: Jay Ashcroft should support early voting X
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Aaron Baker: Cindy O'Laughlin proves
the state Senate isn't reserved for just state representatives
Columbia
Missourian's Katherine Reed: Trump to blame for "trickle-down
hate" aimed at journalists; Anonymous coed spins yarn about men
spitting on her at polling place
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Thursday, August 16
KWMU: McCaskill under pressure from both sides of the
aisle as she considers Supreme Court vote
Missourinet: McCaskill opposes Hawley's
Obamacare-repeal effort
Missourinet: McCaskill, Hawley continue debate over
debates
KWMU: EPA tests more homes in St. Francois County for
lead pollution; Self-described "crunchy mom," others excited for
results
KWMU: Feds dump $3 million into Missouri community
health centers
The Missouri Times: "Nonpartisan" League of Women
Voters in Missouri endorses "CLEAN Missouri"
SNL: Financial woes, residency question become early
focus in Missouri state auditor's race X
KC Star: GOP auditor candidate Saundra McDowell's
campaign prepares to deal with quibbling over residency X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Local historian and political
leader Sam Richardson passes away Wednesday
Missourinet: Governor's Ham Breakfast takes place this
morning in Sedalia
P-D: Special prosecutor to investigate Al Watkins for
violating gag order X
AP: Missouri unemployment drops to lowest rate since
June 2000
P-D: Cole County jury awards Missouri prison guards
$113 million in back pay X
AP: Missouri corrections officers win $113.7 million
in lawsuit
The Missouri Times: Hawley drops defense of old law,
encourages Board of Cosmetology to implement new hair braiders' law
KC Star editorial: Nationwide anti-Trump editorial
campaign: Kansas City Star version X
P-D editorial: Nationwide anti-Trump editorial
campaign: St. Louis Post-Dispatch version X
P-D's Samantha Liss: Missouri's cruel cuts will send
some disabled into nursing homes X
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Wednesday, August 15
The Missouri Times: Missouri Scout-TJP Strategies (D)
poll shows McCaskill-Hawley tied, McDowell leading Galloway
Columbia Missourian: Concerned Women for America
support Kavanaugh as Supreme Court judge
The Missouri Times: Kander's book tour makes stop in
Jefferson City
The Missouri Times: Missouri Scout-TJP Strategies (D)
poll shows support for initiative petitions
Joplin Globe: Marijuana initiative organizer sues to
get other two removed from ballot
P-D: Brad Bradshaw seeks to snuff out competing
medical marijuana questions on Missouri ballot
X
The Missouri Times: Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to
remove fuel tax increase from ballot
KWMU: Proposed fuel tax increase remains on Missouri
ballot
Missourinet: Lawsuit to block public vote on Missouri
gas tax hike dismissed
JCNT: Judge keeps gas tax on November ballot X
AP:
Missouri judge rules for gas tax hike on Nov. 6 ballot
KRCG: Judge rules gas tax ballot question can proceed
KMIZ: Court dismisses lawsuit challenging gas tax
ballot measure
P-D: Judge says Missouri gas tax question can stay on
ballot X
AP:
Missouri Democratic Party cuts tenet welcoming pro-life candidates
KWMU: State of Missouri flush with cash - for now
P-D: Greitens case goes on, as special prosecutor will
investigate Clayton lawyer Al Watkins X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Parson makes
important tour
The Missouri Times op-ed: Cindy O'Laughlin:
Don't let the liberal Missouri Rural Crisis Center dictate agriculture
policy in Missouri
Messenger: Cole County prosecutor ignored Hawley,
Galloway in public corruption case X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: Softening online scourge of long-past
indiscretions +
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Tuesday, August 14
The Missouri Times: New radio show "Show Me Missourah"
to highlight state's counties; Show is sponsored by Missouri Farm
Bureau, hosted by Scott Faughn
Clayton Times: On new "Show Me Missourah" radio show,
Jay Nixon talks 'right to work'
SE
Missourian: Pro-life activists rally outside McCaskill's office,
urge senior Senator to support Kavanaugh +
Missourinet: U.S. Senate election preview:
McCaskill, Hawley differ on Obamacare
Missourinet: U.S. Senate election preview:
McCaskill, Hawley have sharp divide on border wall
P-D: U.S. Senate election preview: McCaskill,
Hawley on medical marijuana and other November ballot issues X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Jason Kander's book
tour makes stop in St. Louis
Riverfront Times: Missouri Democrats delete platform's
pro-life welcome, reversing July vote
This Week in Missouri Politics: David Barklage,
AFL-CIO's Mike Louis, Reps. Mike Revis and Becky Ruth talk defeat of
'right to work,' more
The Missouri Times: Galloway campaign calls McDowell's
finances into question; McDowell says attacks are 'wildly
inappropriate'
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Gov. Parson talks transportation,
workforce issues at several stops in area; Comments from Missouri
Chamber's Dan Mehan
Missourinet: Nine new faces to join Missouri Senate in
January
Missourinet: DESE updating accountability measures on
charter school sponsors
KC Star: North Kansas City school district installs
gender-neutral bathrooms X
AP:
New law to curb expired license tags in Missouri
CDT: Trinity Lutheran seeks $884k in legal fees;
Hawley takes issue with hourly rates, "luxury travel accomodations and
dinner for plaintiff's representatives" X
KWMU: New report from Auditor Nicole Galloway
addresses Ferguson municipal court changes
AP:
Audit finds changes took place at Ferguson municipal court
P-D: Galloway reports changes made to Ferguson court
system X
KC Star editorial: Missouri Democrats impose
pro-choice purity test ahead of midterms X
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Bill Clay Sr. says some Democrats
are fighting with the wrong people X
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Monday, August 13
Missourinet: McCaskill, Hawley have similar positions
on rural post offices
JCNT: Jason Kander's book tour to make stop in
Jefferson City X
AP:
North Dakota, feds battle with Missouri over river project
St. Joseph News-Press: Democrat Martin Rucker II
thinks he has a chance to win state Senate seat
St. Joseph News-Press: Film insiders push for Missouri
tax incentives
Columbia Missourian: New advocacy group to lobby
Missouri legislators on behalf of the disabled
KC Star editorial: A McCaskill-Hawley flatbed-truck
debate? We'd be so lucky X
SE
Missourian editorial: A big 'thank you' to election workers +
KC Star influencer series: Thoughts on health care X
KC Star letter: Kansas liberal disagrees with Missouri
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Sunday, August 12
P-D's Chuck Raasch: General election profile:
Claire McCaskill is a bold, raging centrist X
P-D's Kurt Erickson: General election profile:
Josh Hawley uses his office to sue over religious issues X
SE
Missourian: Prop A draws "no" votes from area Republicans +
JCNT: Auditor's race generates early heat X
St. Joseph News-Press: Turnout and ballot
issues: Labor in August, marijuana in November
CDT: Dems, GOP weigh in on what primary turnout
numbers mean for general election X
P-D's Jack Suntrup: Dems interpret election turnout as
"blue wave;" Comments from 1/2 of Post-Dispatch polisci prof
pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson) X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Ameren trying to game system, forgo $20 million
in taxes owed +
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Saturday, August 11
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau endorses Josh
Hawley
JCNT: McCaskill, Hawley discuss federal policy, goals
with Missouri Farm Bureau PAC members X
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau endorses Josh Hawley
by 82-4 vote
KC Star: After Farm Bureau endorsement defeat,
McCaskill makes stop at Boulevard Brewing Company X
AP:
Hawley wins Missouri Farm Bureau endorsement
JCNT: McCaskill media event features criticism of
Trump tariffs X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Jason Kander
to promote his book, "Outside the Wire," and take calls Monday afternoon
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Lindell Shumake says Republicans
will rally around Cindy O'Laughlin in state Senate race
Washington Missourian: John Simmons wins 109th House
District primary, defeating two opponents X
KC Star: Fringe GOP candidate running in safe
Democratic district racked up more than $12,000 in child support debt X
Missourinet: Missouri Ethics Commission subpoenas for
Greitens' non-profit bank records
KWMU: Dome of Missouri Capitol closes for two years of
renovation
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill vs. Hawley
- it's going to be a mudslinger X
Washington Missourian editorial: 'Right to work'
supporters took lackadaisical approach X
KC Star editorial: GOP nominee who said 'Hitler was
right' ran on anti-Muslim, anti-gay platform
X
Priddy: A brief history of the origins of Missourinet
(2,202 words)
KC Star letter: Liberty man angered by suggestion that
'right to work' could make a legislative comeback X
P-D letter: Ballwin man says 'right to work'
legislative passage was due to "gratuities, contributions and dark
money" X
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian attemps analogy
involving 'right to work' and 2010 dog-breeding referendum X
JCNT letter: Holts Summit man says Missouri initative
petition system leads to "mop [sic]
rule" X
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau man thanks County Clerk Kara
Summers, her staff, and volunteers for another well-run election +
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Friday, August 10
P-D: Hawley talks Kavanaugh, media, more at St.
Charles stop X
Missourinet: General election overview:
McCaskill vs. Hawley
KC Star: McCaskill, Hawley disagree over debate
logistics X
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves talks trade, river
issues ahead of November re-election
Missourinet: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
expected in Kansas City in December for national conference on violent
crime
P-D: Jason Kander to sign copies of his book Monday in
Clayton X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Gov. Jay
Nixon talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about Gov. Parson, Ferguson
race riots and fallout, dealing with the media, more
Missourinet: Minimum wage hike to appear on November
ballots
JCNT: Lawsuit challenges 'Clean Missouri' amendment X
The Missouri Times: 'Right to work' could be revisited
by Legislature
CDT: McDowell victory in auditor primary surprises GOP X
P-D: Galloway slams McDowell over debts and court cases X
Kirksville Daily Express: After O'Laughlin victory,
other GOP state Senate candidates react to primary defeat
P-D: Two recounts could be on tap in on St. Charles
County Missouri House district; Comments from candidates, Rich
Chrismer Sr., Paul DeGregorio, Ashcroft's Maura Browning X
KC Star: Man who won GOP primary in safe Dem district
critical of Islam, Judaism; Steve West to fill GOP ballot slot in
Rep. Jon Carpenter's re-election X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Dept. of Revenue Director
Joel Walters elected to Multistate Tax Commission Executive Committee
P-D: Millions in settlement money from Volkswagen
emissions scandal to fund upgrades to Missouri school buses, other
vehicles X
KWMU: Missouri Hospital Association study says more
Missouri health workers are leaving their jobs behind
KWMU: Missouri's clean energy industry is growing but
some employers say hiring isn't easy
The Missouri Times: Women's Foundation celebrates
"Appointments Project" milestone with 90th Missouri or Kansas appointee
P-D editorial: To win re-election, Hawley must
distance himself from Trump X
KC Star editorial: Organized labor won big in Missouri
'right to work' election. What should unions do next? X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers won't save KC.
What will city leaders do to reduce gun violence? X
P-D op-ed: Wash U. prof says state legislators should
pass "Safe Harbor" laws for sex-trafficking victims X
Columbia Missourian group op-ed: Mizzou coeds say
state government is easing up on CAFO regulations, and it's totally not
fair
P-D letter: Florissant man says defeat of Prop A a
victory for "crooked idiots" X
P-D letter: Ellisville pipefitter pleased by defeat of
'right to work' X
KC Star letters: Peculiar, Mo. septuagenarian calls
for revenge on state legislators who supported 'right to work';
KC man says Prop A vote will ultimately hurt Missouri X
P-D letter: Man who voted against 'right to work'
wonders why Post-Dispatch didn't get in a tizzy about photo featuring
white male union leadership X
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Thursday, August 9
Rosenbaum: Taking stock of some historic, and
confounding, primary results
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Rachel Lippmann talk
McCaskill-Hawley, Proposition A, Ann Wagner's re-election opponent, more
The Missouri Times: Wading through Tuesday's
results: Increased turnout, wave of diversity, and a few surprises
KWMU: McCaskill, Hawley agree on need to debate but
differ on particulars
SNL: Senate race between McCaskill, Hawley will be
brutal X
P-D: McCaskill-Hawley battle will be, in part, a
referendum on Trump X
Missourinet: McCaskill, Hawley weigh in on tariffs
CDT: Pro-life activists rally outside McCaskill's
office; Groups want McCaskill to support Kavanaugh X
Missourinet: Holly Rehder looks ahead after 'right to
work' defeat
P-D: After rout, some Missouri Republicans suggest
taking a breather on 'right to work' X
Columbia Missourian: "Right to work" defeat margin
thinner in Boone County than statewide
Missourinet: Parson: Missouri agencies continue
to explore how to help drought-impacted farmers
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: August 8, 2018
SE
Missourian: Paper rolls out new policy for "de-listing" some
crime stories after 6 years +
KWMU: Four years after Michael Brown's assault on
officer Darren Wilson, activists still unhappy with "racial equity"
KC Star editorial: 'Right to work' rejected loud and
clear; Missouri lawmakers should respect voters' decision X
P-D editorial: Missouri legislators should respect the
peoples' will on 'right to work' X
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Wednesday, August
8 Primary election results
KWMU: Hawley and McCaskill set for November collision
course; Clay easily beats Bush
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Mannies
& Rosenbaum to break down yesterday's election results
The Missouri Times: McCaskill, Hawley primed for
November election; Debate over debates begins
Missourinet: McCaskill, Hawley exchange barbs after
securing nominations
KC Star: McCaskill-Hawley matchup set X
P-D: McCaskill, Hawley primary wins set up
nationally-watched U.S. Senate race X
AP:
Primary sets up McCaskill-Hawley clash in November
P-D: Clay, Wagner win primary races X
SNL: Jamie Schoolcraft to fill Democratic ballot slot
in Billy Long's re-election X
CDT: Renee Hoagenson edges Hallie Thompson in 4th
District Democratic primary X
Columbia Missourian: Hoagenson wins Democratic primary
to take on Vicky Hartzler
The Missouri Times: McDowell locks down GOP nomination
in auditor primary
KWMU: Missouri voters deliver big win for unions with
repeal of 'right to work'
The Missouri Times: Missouri voters shoot down 'right
to work' measure
SNL: 'Right to work' rejected by popular vote X
AP:
Missouri voters reject law banning compulsory union fees
Missourinet: Unions win major victory with failure of
Proposition A
P-D: Voters reject 'right to work' measure X
KC Star: Voters give unions a victory with 'right to
work' defeat X
St. Joseph News-Press: Tony Luetkemeyer's big lead in
Platte County makes difference in primary win
St. Joseph News-Press: Video: Harry Roberts says
he has "no sour grapes" after election loss
The Missouri Times: Tony Luetkemeyer defeats Harry
Roberts in ugly battle for Schaaf's seat
Missourinet: Cindy O'Laughlin wins GOP state Senate
primary for Munzlinger's seat
The Missouri Times: Justin Brown wins three-way
primary for father's seat
The Missouri Times: Brian Williams wins Democratic
primary to replace Chappelle-Nadal
St. Joseph News-Press: Sheila Solon wins House
District 9 primary
The Missouri Times: Judge hears arguments in lawsuit
challenging fuel tax ballot measure
KWMU: Judge weights whether to strip fuel tax increase
from Missouri's November ballot
SNL: NTSB releases 'preliminary' duck boat report X
The Missouri Times: Court of Appeals reverses PSC's
decision on electronic vehicle charging stations
Helling: Trump will loom large in Missouri's midterm
election X
Messenger: After long battle to change Missouri law,
hair-braiders still being blocked by state X
KC Star letter: Liberty sexagenarian wants Sam Graves
to support Bernie Sanders' Medicare proposal
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Tuesday, August 7 Primary Election Results (available
after 7 p.m.)
KWMU: What to watch for in today's primary elections
Missourinet: Labor has large spending advantage
heading into today's Proposition A vote
CDT: Missouri officials look to improve election
security X
Missourinet: Jay Ashcroft talks voter ID and
minimizing voter fraud
SE
Missourian: Federal program to provide free meals for all Cape
district students for 4 years +
SE
Missourian: Sheriff John Jordan announces resignation, will be
confirmed by U.S. Senate for federal marshal post +
The Missouri Times: Missourians will have three
options for legalizing marijuana on November ballot
The Missouri Times: Lawsuit filed to keep "Clean
Missouri" off November ballot
P-D: After moving to Warren County, Greitens yet to
update voter registration X
The Missouri Times: State workers' premiums set to
rise in 2019; Legislators' delays of state worker raises set to
keep rates from further increases
KWMU: School district uses Missouri law to arm staff
for first time
AP: Missouri agency not referring many new dog
breeders to state
AP:
Ex-judges to review evidence in Missouri death penalty case
Columbia Missourian letter: Michigan transplant
unhappy with Missouri's election laws
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Monday, August
6 Primary Eve
NBC News: Meet the Press: Roy Blunt talks Trump
and media bias, election hacking, more (transcript)
NBC News: Meet the Press: Video clip of Blunt
interview
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Paul
Curtman; Debate between Senate District 18 GOP candidates Craig
Redmon, Lindell Shumake, Nate Walker
Washington Missourian: Union Mayor Mike Livengood says
he did not endorse candidate in GOP state rep primary X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson to speak at opening of State
Fair on Thursday
Columbia Missourian: Timeline: First two months
of the Parson administration
SNL: Missouri Highway Patrol steps up presence in
schools X
KWMU: Wash U. hosts gun-control symposium
KC Star endorsement: Josh Hawley in GOP U.S. Senate
primary X
KC Star endorsement: No on Proposition A X
CDT endorsement: No on Proposition A X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Finally, progress for
St. Joseph Regional Port Authority X
SNL op-ed: Don't limit access to air medical support X
P-D letter: Steelville man says McCaskill's bill on
air ambulances could harm constituents X
KC Star letter: Belton man says duck boat accident was
due to bad decision-making, not boat design X
Washington Missourian letter: New Haven septuagenarian
plans to prove a point at polling place Tuesday by refusing to show ID X
P-D letter: Entrepreneur Martin Casas says losing an
election isn't the end of the world X
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Sunday, August 5
Columbia Missourian: Spending a day with two political
canvassers: Young conservative woman, who converted from
liberalism, promotes GOP candidates; Liberal Minnesota man,
sporting man bun, imported into Missouri for the week to oppose
Proposition A
AP: Unions outspend 'right to work' supporters 3-to-1
ahead of Tuesday's vote
St. Joseph News-Press: A $1 million race for state
Senate seat: Tony Luetkemeyer vs. Harry Roberts hits the final
stretch
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of July 30, 2018
KC Star: Lawmakers question Greitens-era consulting
contracts X
SNL: Despite Idaho trouble, Missouri to provide
prisoners with free JPay tablets X
P-D endorsement: Yes on Proposition B, November's
minimum-wage ballot measure X
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill doesn't
deserve smears and disrespect from Hawley camp
X
SNL's Steve Pokin: Attack on McCaskill straight from
the gutter X
SNL op-ed: State Treasurer Nicole Galloway: How
we work to protect taxpayers X
P-D letter: Oakville man says Proposition A means more
freedom for workers X
P-D letter: Kirkwood octogenarian says Proposition A
will lead to buildings falling down and electrocutions X
The Missouri Times letter: Former Sen. John
Cauthorn: Cindy O'Laughlin flakes on candidate debates and won't
show up for northeast Missourians either
Washington Missourian letter: Missouri Retailers
Association's David Overfelt: Making tax cuts permanent would
help Missouri X
Columbia Missourian letter: New MU J-School prof
misses primary election registration deadline, blames Missouri election
laws
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Saturday, August 4
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Missourian: McCaskill visits Cape, talks tariff 'damage' +
Missourinet: Graves, Long, Smith weigh in on tariffs
P-D: McCaskill to meet with Kavanaugh later this month X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: David
Steelman talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum about University of Missouri
leadership, 2015 race agitation, how Greitens put presidential run
ahead of the interests of Missourians, more
The Missouri Times: State auditor candidate
profile: Paul Curtman
CDT: Curtman takes aim at GOP primary opponent David
Wasinger X
The Missouri Times: More than $10 million total spent
on 'right to work' battle
The Missouri Times: Local Democratic legislative
candidates oppose 'right to work'
KWMU: Primary preview: House District 97 GOP
primary: Phil Amato vs. Mary Elizabeth Coleman vs. David Linton
P-D: Ad check: GOP state rep candidate Ron Hicks
misrepresents primary opponent Bryan Cooper's Missouri Right to Life
endorsement X
P-D: Primary previews: Local Democratic state
rep primaries X
KWMU: Beyond the Headlines: Mannies &
Rosenbaum talk Prop A, Ann Wagner's re-election, state legislative
races, more
St. Joseph News-Press: Group pushing November minimum
wage issue begins business-owner endorsement media campaign X
SNL: Some local businesses back November minimum-wage
proposal X
Missourinet: Missouri shoppers hit retail stores for
tax-free "Back to School" weekend
SNL: What to know about Missouri's sales tax holiday X
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County, other counties sue
pharmaceutical companies over opioid problem; Presiding
commissioner says state government needs monitoring program +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri S&T student named to
UM System governing board
Dunklin
Daily Democrat: MO DHSS' Bed Bug Task Force to provide
information on avoiding infestations X
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) wants
Parson to pardon arsonist; Joshua Williams was caught on video
trying to set fire to QuikTrip
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Friday, August 3
KWMU: Missouri to see modest Obamacare rate increases
P-D: ICE investigating van full of illegal aliens in
Eureka; Driver still on the loose X
Missourinet: Jason Smith says Donald Trump is only
world leader willing to stand up to China on trade
SE
Missourian: Hawley: U.S. needs to invest in drug treatment
programs for opioid addiction +
KWMU: Q&A with Congressman Bill Clay: On his
primary opponent's dark money, "rookie mistakes" of socialist
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, more
St. Joseph News-Press: Primary preview: 6th
Congressional District Democratic primary: Three candidates
compete for right to lose in November
KWMU: Five statewide issues - including three
legalizing medical marijuana - will be on November ballot
SNL: Medical marijuana approved for November ballot X
AP:
Minimum wage hike, medical pot make Missouri's November ballot
P-D: Voters will decide medical marijuana, "CLEAN
Missouri," minimum wage on November ballot X
The Missouri Times: Primary preview: Proposition
A, the 'right to work' referendum
Columbia Missourian: Primary preview:
Proposition A, the 'right to work' referendum
SNL: In Springfield, Parson urges support for 'right
to work' X
Missourinet: Primary preview: Senate District 18
(Brian Munzlinger's seat)
The Missouri Times: Cindy O'Laughlin responds to
attack ads; Missouri Chamber says MATA is trying to buy Senate
seat
KWMU: Primary preview: House District 79
(Michael Butler's seat): LaKeySha Bosley vs. J.P. Johnson vs.
Reign Harris
KWMU: Primary preview: House District 109 (Paul
Curtman's seat): Kevin Juergens vs. Bob Oreskovic vs. John Simmons
Washington Missourian: Primary preview: House
District 109 X
The Missouri Times: David Willis joins Catalyst's
government relations team
The Missouri Times: Caleb Jones named assistant CEO
for Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, will succeed Barry
Hart as CEO in January
KC Star: Gov. Parson tours KC with Sly James, Lyda
Krewson X
KWMU: It's time for Missouri's back-to-school tax-free
weekend
P-D: Lee Enterprises, parent of Post-Dispatch, reports
drop in third-quarter earnings and revenue X
KC Star editorial: Parson should be applauded for
meeting with urban mayors X
SE
Missourian editorial: Big shopping weekend in store with tax
holiday +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Rep. Myron
Neth: On political discourse and the obsession with disagreement
Messenger: Some Trump supporters upset that Missouri
GOP anointed Hawley before the primary X
The Missouri Times op-ed: AIM's Ray McCarty:
Missouri can't afford to miss economic opportunities 'right to work'
offers
P-D's Jesse Bogan: Pope Francis' new effort to abolish
the death penalty worldwide reaches Missouri
X
P-D letter: Jefferson City man says 'right to work'
would make Missouri more competitive X
P-D letter: Glendale man dislikes Missouri Chamber,
Sinquefield, Humphreys, 'right to work' X
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Thursday, August 2
KWMU: Primary preview: GOP U.S. Senate primary
KWMU: Q&A with 1st Congressional Democratic
candidate Cori Bush
P-D: Primary preview: GOP state auditor race X
KWMU: Primary preview: Proposition A, the 'right
to work' referendum
KC Star: Primary preview: Unions enjoy large
cash advantage in Prop A battle X
Drebes: Billionaires for Clean Missouri
KC Star: Dark money flows in race for Schaaf's seat X
KWMU: Primary preview: House District 73
(Courtney Curtis' seat): Floyd Blackwell vs. Raychel Proudie vs.
Lee Smith
AP:
Monthly survey: Midwest economy growing slower
The Missouri Times: Lamar soon to be home of new seed
coating plant; Comments from Parson, Missouri Partnership's Steve
Johnson
SNL: Photo gallery: Parson tours Guard facility
in Springfield X
Missourinet: Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob)
cautions lawmakers about drafting duck boat regulations
AP:
Inspection terms indicate duck boat was in violation
KC Star: Duck boat battled winds twice what Coast
Guard allowed X
The Missouri Times: Missouri names new director of
motor carrier services
Missourinet: Ameren Missouri, the state's largest
utility, is the first to pass corporate tax cut on to customers
SNL: Hawley sues gun-concealing furniture company X
P-D editorial: GOP state rep candidate Hardy
Billington's position on LGBTQIA* issues proves he's a bigot X
P-D's Samantha Liss: Obamacare rates rise 4 to 7
percent in Missouri as Trump tries to undermine predecessor's heroic
efforts X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Chuck Hatfield:
Democracy gone wild: The good and bad of Missouri's initiatives
and referenda
SE
Missourian letter: National Right to Work's Mark Mix: Yes
on Prop A means freedom for workers, more jobs
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Missourian letter: Oran septuagenarian disagrees with Holly
Rehder on 'right to work' +
P-D letter: Chesterfield man disagrees with Parson on
abortion X
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St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt says Kavanaugh nomination
will move forward
AP:
Blunt backs Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
SNL: ICE nabs six illegal aliens working at Marshfield
Mexican restaurant X
Missourinet: Following announcements of lawsuit and
criminal investigation, McCaskill introduces duck boat bill
P-D: Duck boat safety target of measure introduced by
McCaskill after Table Rock tragedy X
KC
Star: KC man submits signatures to appear on U.S. Senate ballot
as independent X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Lacy Clay's
primary challenger to appear on air today
P-D: Hawaii congresswoman endorses Mark Osmack in
four-way Democratic primary for Ann Wagner's re-election
Columbia Missourian: Neither 4th District Libertarian
candidate has filed FEC reports
The Missouri Times: August primary: What we
learned from the 8-Days-Out reports
The Missouri Times: State auditor candidate
profile: Saundra McDowell
The Missouri Times: State auditor candidate
profile: Kevin Roach
The Missouri Times: Senate District 18 candidate
profile: Lindell Shumake
KWMU: Primary preview: House District 86 (Joe
Adams' seat): Maria Chappelle-Nadal vs. others
CDT: Contribution limits not affecting local House
races X
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Missourian: State's annual sales tax holiday coming up this
weekend +
AP:
Ameren customers to see rate decrease starting today
SNL: City Utilities shouldn't pay lobbyists, says
Springfield Sierra Club X
Missourinet: Hawley says The Offsets recreational area
"poses a serious danger to the public"
SNL: Ash tree-killing beetle found in
Springfield; Invasive species infests area, destroys property X
AP:
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) seeks pardon for rioter;
Joshua Williams was caught on video attempting to set QuikTrip on fire
KC Star editorial: Club for Growth ad against
McCaskill is disgusting X
Priddy: Text of speech to Missouri Broadcasters
Association about "fake news," corporate ownership influencing
reporting, etc. (1178 words)
KC Star op-ed: Rep. DaRon McGee (D-Kansas City):
Missouri's prevailing wage law helps all workers, and the state X
P-D letter: O'Fallon septuagenarian angered by
Missouri GOP congressional delegation's "cowardly" votes X
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