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Missourian: Blunt urges trade, hopes for China deal +
St. Joseph News-Press: Rural Missouri bridges get
boost from federal funds X
SNL: Sarah Huckabee Sanders to speak at College of the
Ozarks in October X
JCNT: FEMA offers advice to tornado, flood victims X
KWMU: St. Louis author Ben Westhoff tackles 'Fentanyl,
Inc.'
Missourinet: Missouri state troopers to be visible on
the road and water through Labor Day weekend
SNL: Missouri marijuana industry group announces
doctor training program X
The Missouri Times: Major restructuring of four state
agencies now complete
The Missouri Times: Missouri legislators scrutinize
abundance of public assistance programs
The Missouri Times: Missouri abortion ban blocked, but
some HB 126 provisions implemented
Missourinet: New Missouri law aims to help victims
with potential lease problems
KC Star: AG's office weighs in on First Amendment and
public records X
KWMU: Missouri Governor's Mansion renovations to be
complete by October
JCNT: Costs rise for Missouri Governor's Mansion work X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the PSC: August
28, 2019
CDT: Want a bridge? MoDOT offers Highway 40 span
over Salt Creek X
P-D editorial: Bullets are mowing down St. Louis kids.
Why won't Parson take bold action? X
P-D op-ed: St. Louis City social worker says NRA to
blame for urban street savagery X
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Thursday, August 29, 2019
KWMU: Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue tours Melvin Price
Locks and Dam, talks investment in river infrastructure
Missourinet: Deadline nears for victims in 6 Missouri
counties to apply for disaster unemployment benefits
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Author Ben
Westhoff explores the industry driving 'The Deadliest Wave of the
Opioid Epidemic'
KWMU: U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay (D-St. Louis City):
We've reached a 'tipping point' on street savagery
P-D: Clay says urban areas deserve special gun
restrictions
Missourinet: Clay on gun restrictions: "We're
not talking about ... Pemiscot County. I don't care what you do out
there."
P-D: Mayor of St. Louis City wants Parson to call
special session; Krewson (D), St. Louis City Comptroller Darlene
Green (D) bicker over "Cure Violence" program
X
KWMU: Parson says urban gun violence deserves
coordinated effort, not rushed special session
Missourinet: Parson: Lawmakers should address
gun violence in regular, not special, session
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jim Neely (R-Cameron) says
he'll file for governor
JCNT: Parson's reorganization of state departments
takes effect X
JCNT: Show-Me Institute sues Office of Administration
over records request X
The Missouri Times: Medicaid fraud convictions top
last year, Schmitt says
KWMU: Missouri's Medicaid success: State
improves eligibility checks, but not everyone is happy
Missourinet: Another temporary extension delays
Missouri CAFO bill from becoming law
The Missouri Times: Overview: Special session on
vehicle sales
The Missouri Times: 2020 state legislative
preview: CaseNet records changes
AP:
New laws in effect on vehicles, sentences
SNL: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick's unclaimed
property auction coming to Springfield; Items include Bob Gibson
autographed card, much more X
P-D: Kinloch fire protection struggles to improve
after $100,000 is misspent, state auditor says
X
P-D editorial: Federal judge's pithy ruling
underscores case for affirming abortion rights
X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Jim Murphy (R-South St.
Louis County): Urban violence is caused by thugs, not gun laws
Columbia Missourian letter: Missouri Senate Democratic
primary runner-up opposes state CAFO law
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Wednesday, August 28, 2019
AP:
Midwest states seek to fix Missouri River flood bottlenecks
JCNT: Parson's flood recovery group meets for first
time, updates damage estimates X
P-D: Blunt sponsors bipartisan legislation to enhance
U.S. as destination for international travelers X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Hannah
Kelly (R-Mountain Grove) talks with Rosenbaum about pro-life
legislation, CAFOs, feral hogs, more
The Missouri Times: Medicaid enrollment, special
session highlighted in all-Democrat 'This Week in Missouri Politics'
episode
The Missouri Times: Ashcroft says pro-choice groups'
emotional response to referendum handling 'unfounded'
The Missouri Times: Missouri's abortion law, explained
AP:
Federal judge blocks Missouri's new abortion law
KCUR: Federal judge blocks Missouri's abortion law
from taking effect
Missourinet: A snapshot of the top Missouri bills
becoming law today
P-D: Higher license fees, fewer car inspections among
slew of new laws taking effect in Missouri X
St. Joseph News-Press: Former Rep. Pat Conway (D-St.
Joseph) tapped for Missouri Gaming Commission
X
Missourinet: More than 2,300 applicants aim for 250
positions at rural Missouri steel plant; MO DED's Rob Dixon on
Nucor expansion
JCNT: Hyperloop panel preparing report on bringing
high-speed transportation to Missouri X
CDT: Judge halts enforcement of Cooper County CAFO
rules X
JCNT: Moniteau County health board to let CAFO law
'run its course' X
The Missouri Times: Conservation Commission approves
fee increases for trout, nonresident permits
P-D: With hepatitis A spiking, Missouri launches
operation to boost vaccination rates X
P-D: Medicaid-expansion advocates wave signs at urban
intersection X
Joplin Globe: Medicaid-expansion rally draws nearly
fifteen (15) people X
P-D: Parson says addressing urban homicides will take
coordinated effort, not a rushed special session X
KC Star editorial: Judge blocks Missouri's 8-week
abortion ban, but uncertainty remains for patients X
KC Star editorial: Is marijuana legal or illegal? As
KC considers loosening pot laws, confusion reigns X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Tiny houses, big
plans: Jason Kander launches his most ambitious campaign X
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Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau small business owner says
national Dems' "Corporate Transparency Act" would hurt Missouri
companies +
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Tuesday, August 27,
2019
KWMU: Hawley sees drug abuse and economic decline as
biggest problems during rural tour
Missourinet: Hawley does not forsee tariff standoff
with China ending anytime soon
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: Communities
are the answer to preventing mass shootings
KC Star: Missouri attorney general defends "sex"
discrimination as based on biological status
X
JCNT: AG Eric Schmitt signs on to U.S. Supreme Court
briefs defending sex-discrimination definition
X
P-D: After Eric Greitens' return to the Navy, top
brass launch changes in misconduct reviews X
P-D: Despite asking for money, Missouri's 'Liberty
Alliance' nonprofit hasn't registered with state X
CDT: Michela Skelton's suit over Sara Walsh campaign
ad survives dismissal hearing; Judge expresses frustration with
plantiff lawyer's bumbling X
AP: Judge expected to rule today on injunction of
abortion law
KWMU: New national center promotes mental health in
rural schools
Missourinet: Moniteau County delays vote about CAFO
bill
Columbia Missourian: Conservation Department announces
higher permit prices, new rules
Joplin Globe: Missouri Dept. of Conservation says
euthanized black bear had been prowling Joplin area for two weeks X
AP: Kansas City, St. Louis City on pace to top last
year's homicide tallies
The Missouri Times: Black Caucus wants special session
to address gun violence
P-D: Black Caucus calls urban homicides "an emergency
that demands the attention of the entire General Assembly" X
P-D editorial: Missouri's rural and suburban lawmakers
to blame for St. Louis City's violence X
KC Star editorial: AG Eric Schmitt justifies LGBT
discrimination with legalese. He's on the wrong side of history. X
CDT op-ed: Chariton Valley CEO Kirby Underberg:
A plan to get more Missourians online X
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Monday, August 26, 2019
This Week in Missouri Politics: State Fair
edition: Gov. Mike Parson, Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
talk with Scott Faughn about Missouri's success in Medicaid enrollment,
workforce development, CAFO legislation, much more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) talks with Scott Faughn about leading Democratic
superminority; Panel of Dem Reps. Judy Morgan, Alan Green, Ashley
Bland Manlove, Keri Ingle list complaints about Medicaid enrollment
drop, special session, etc.
Columbia Missourian: Michela Skelton to launch third
bid for state legislature, this time challenging Caleb Rowden
SNL: To fill high-need jobs, Missouri launches
financial aid program for adults X
KC Star: Shortage forces KC-area districts to put more
unqualified teachers in classrooms; Comments from DESE's Paul
Katnik, MNEA's Ann Jarrett X
CDT: Dyslexia screening in schools ramps up as a
result of 2016 law X
P-D: From murderers to ministers, new Missouri program
will make preachers behind bars X
P-D: Two Ameren wind projects set to move forward,
despite recent hiccup for a third X
KWMU: 20 years ago, Route 66 State Park rose from the
ashes of Times Beach
KC Star editorial: Parson ignores actual issues, calls
special session to help used car dealers X
P-D editorial: Whatever happens with Missouri's
abortion law, proponent lawmakers should pay
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Sunday, August 25, 2019
KC Star: Liberal groups congregate at Plaza, call for
Trump impeachment X
JCNT: U.S. Census participation has political impact X
KWMU: St. Louis Federal Reserve economist predicts
slower growth for the region in 2020
SNL: The politics of dependency: how Missouri's
success in getting thousands off Medicaid rolls has led to partisan
attacks X
The Missouri Times: Profile: State Emergency
Management Agency's Ron Walker's career of unpredictable service
JCNT editorial: Special session for a not-so-special
cause X
Joplin Globe's Emily Younker: Remembering Carol Stark
through the eyes of her community X
SNL's Christopher Dixon: MoDOT's road construction can
be aggravating - but it's better than the alternative X
P-D letter: Wildwood septuagenarian attempts to make
sense of urbanites' "no snitching" street code
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Saturday, August 24, 2019
Brownfield
Ag News: On 7th District ag tour, U.S. Reps. Billy Long and
Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) talk China's retaliatory tariffs
Missourinet:
Billy Long: "It's time to bring this tariff thing to a conclusion"
Missourinet:
Hartzler disappointed with Renewable Fuel Standard waivers to oil
companies
CDT:
Feds drop charge against man who made threats to Hartzler's
staff; Mentally ill man not fit to stand trial X
SNL:
EPA plans public meeting on local Superfund site; Federal, state
data shows contaminant levels below concern threshold X
The
Missouri Times: Michela Skelton to run for Caleb Rowden's state
Senate seat
P-D:
Democratic committees choose Mike Person, Rasheen Aldridge to fill
vacant House seats in Democratic superminority X
P-D:
With unification effort in limbo, Better Together temporarily drops its
lobbying team X
The
Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's Office: Week of
August 19
The
Missouri Times: Joint Committee on Adminstrative Rules fails to
block new Historic Preservation Tax Credits; Lawmakers suggest
revisiting policy next year
The
Missouri Times: House committee dives into Missouri gambling
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: State lawmakers should pass online
sales tax X
P-D
letter: St. Peters liberal says Post-Dispatch should press Ann
Wagner on government's treatment of young illegals X
P-D
letter: St. Louis County woman claims treatment of young aliens
makes her weep, says Lacy Clay and Republicans want to "line their
(own) pockets" X
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Friday, August 23, 2019
KWMU:
Missouri Democrats see 2020 elections as the start of their road back
from ruin
CDT:
Michela Skelton (D) to run for state Senate; Two-time state House
runner-up seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot against Caleb Rowden
X
KWMU:
Blunt says Missouri can do better for military veterans and spouses of
service members
Missourinet:
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: Mississippi River a model for flood control
KWMU:
Pro-choice groups give up on referendum attempt, sue Ashcroft
SNL:
ACLU quits petition effort, starts legal tussle with Ashcroft X
P-D:
Pro-choice groups sues Ashcroft after failed initiative petition X
Missourinet:
Pro-choice groups throw in the towel on referendum effort
The
Missouri Times: Pro-choice groups sue Ashcroft, say collecting
signatures "an impossible task"
KWMU:
Parson visits North St. Louis City; Lawmakers, community leaders
share ideas to make neighborhood inhabitable
The
Missouri Times: Nasheed to host expungement clinic for 'second
chances' for nonviolent offenders
The
Missouri Times: Galloway recommends ending sales tax remittance
discount, implementing Internet sales tax
The
Missouri Times: Pierson, Ingle selected as assistant floor
leader, whip for House Democrats
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers: School safety a 2020
legislative session issue +
KC
Star: Despite the dangers, Missouri doctors can OK medical
marijuana for pregnant women X
JCNT:
Ag groups sued over Missouri CAFO law respond X
P-D:
Missouri lawmakers signal plan to take on spread of illegal slot
machines X
Missourinet:
Missouri Gaming Commission: illegal slot machines are negatively
affecting funding for education
The
Missouri Times: Mike Leara takes over as chair of Missouri Gaming
Commission
SNL:
Hepatitis A outbreak: State officials urge at-risk populations to
get vaccinated X
SNL:
Missouri tracks reports of algae that's deadly to pets, livestock X
The
Missouri Times: Missouri highways receive high marks from
national think tank
AP: Court
rules for Missouri trooper in Iowa man's drowning
SNL:
Liberty-Empire seeks rate increase from Missouri customers X
KC
Star editorial: Missouri women could face felony charges for
having abortions X
P-D
editorial: Parson should let mega-hog-farm law die. It's the
conservative thing to do. X
Joplin
Globe op-ed: Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller (R) and Boone
County Clerk Brianna Lennon (D): Election integrity in Missouri
requires investment X
SNL
op-ed: On CAFO issue, conservative state lawmakers are hypocrites
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
St. Joseph News-Press: Flood recovery cost estimated
to be $1 billion, likely to grow X
KC Star's Crystal Thomas: Area woman, angered over
USDA assistance to farms owned by "Vicki [sic] Hartzler," says she regrets
letting congresswoman tell daughter's opioid-overdose story X
Missourinet: Nicole Galloway wants "big businesses" to
pay for armed school officers
The Missouri Times: Kaitlin Cavey (D) launches bid for
Gina Mitten's House seat, sets realistic expectations for toiling in
superminority
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson applauds USDA and
Bunge moves to Missouri
The Missouri Times: Parson calls special session on
issue dealing with vehicle sales
KWMU: Parson calls special legislative session for car
sales tax
Missourinet: Parson calls special session on tax issue
P-D: Rural car sales issue prompts Parson to call
special session X
P-D: Pot applications bring millions to Missouri, but
some missed deadline because of website errors
X
The Missouri Times: Joint Committee on Administrative
Rules postpones full decision on new DED Historic Preservation Tax
Credit rules
The Missouri Times: Judge temporarily halts CAFO law
as counties look to pass rules ahead of implementation
Missourinet: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) says
landing World Cup would put Kansas City and Missouri on national stage
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: August 21, 2019
JCNT: Missouri Capitol restoration 65 percent complete X
SE
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P-D: Health officials fear hepatitis A could get worse
in Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Missouri trooper in drowning case
should be fired X
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon):
Congress should follow Josh Hawley's lead and act now on Internet data
privacy rules
Waters: Listen to the campus police chief: guns
on campus will cause problems X
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Wednesday, August 21, 2019
KC Star: 2018 U.S. Senate campaign silver medalist
Beto O'Rourke makes stop in Kansas City; With Jason Kander at the
helm, veterans community a must-stop photo op X
Columbia Missourian: Migrant worker series, part 1 of
2: Advocacy group details atrocities faced by legal migrant
workers; Some who chose to work on Missouri farms faced 80-degree
temperatures, other unfathomable hardships
Brownfield Ag News: Cattlement tell Hartzler their
price concerns after fire
The Missouri Times: Early campaign salvo from Galloway
asks Parson to call special session on armed school safety officers
P-D: 'Liberty Alliance USA' group, tied to old
Greitens allies, seeks "grassroots" mantle X
SE
Missourian: Scott City lawsuit causes dust-up over First
Amendment and discovery, attracts statewide attention +
AP: Schmitt withdraws First Amendment argument in
lawsuit
The Missouri Times: Show Me Districts series:
Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr's District 134
Missourinet: Missouri officials confident about GM
Wentzville plant expansion
AP:
Strong economy, improved eligibility checks help Missouri achieve
Medicaid enrollment decline
JCNT: Trucks rumble to Capitol so drivers can be
heard; Group opposes use of autonomous trucks X
Brownfield Ag News: Judge blocks Missouri's CAFO
law; Comments from Missouri Farm Bureau's B.J. Tanksley
SNL: Judge halts new Missouri law on CAFOs X
P-D: Parson vows 'aggressive legal defense' of CAFO law X
Columbia Missourian: Cole County judge delays
enforcement of law affecting local CAFO regulation
SNL: Missouri will award 348 marijuana business
licenses - selected from 2,100 applicants X
The Missouri Times: More than 2,000 vie for limited
medical marijuana facility licenses in Missouri
Missourinet: Schmitt: Number of Missouri opioid
overdose deaths should have urgency in U.S. and Missouri
Missourinet: Fulton State Hospital up and running new
high-security building
KWMU: U.S. District Court orders Missouri Parole Board
to change parole process for juveniles
KC Star editorial: Trump 'gag rule' a threat to women
in Missouri - not just Planned Parenthood X
The Missouri Times op-ed: State Senate candidate Eddy
Justice: State government should be looking for more ways to back
the blue
P-D letter: St. Charles conservative scoffs at
Post-Dispatch's suggestion that paper doesn't editorialize news coverage X
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian urges
Post-Dispatch to temper its liberal slant and attempt a semblance of
objectivity in reporting X
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
KC Star: National conservative group runs ads urging
Blunt to support push for vote on election security X
AP:
Liberal groups argue in court against Missouri's voter ID law
KC Star's Jason Hancock: AG Eric Schmitt files brief
in Rehder case, says turning over docs would violate constituents'
right to privacy; Comments from Missouri Press Association's
"Jean Manake [sic]" X
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers could return to
Jefferson City for special session on vehicle sales
Missourinet: Parson weighs in on activists'
gun-control demands, emphasizes commitment to Second Amendment
The Missouri Times: Speaker Elijah Haahr receives
briefing on decline in state health insurance rolls
KWMU: Haahr says improved scrutiny of Medicaid
recipients' incomes helped achieve enrollment drop
JCNT: Dems, Republicans divided over MO HealthNet issue X
KWMU: Applications for medical marijuana facilities
pour in at deadline
Missourinet: Missouri gets thousands of medical
marijuana license requests, but few will be approved
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Corrections employees deliver
school supplies X
KC Star: After neighbors sued, Missouri cattle feedlot
near Powell Gardens says it is closing X
AP: Feedlot closes after controvery over expansion
plans
Missourinet: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis)
says St. Louis MLS team will spur economic growth in Missouri
Joplin Globe editorial: Encryption, self-destruct apps
incompatible with open government X
P-D op-ed: Local pro-choice activist: Ashcroft's
delay tactics defy Missourians' right to challenge abortion law X
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian blames
climate-change deniers, not Army Corps of Engineers, for river
mismanagement X
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Monday, August 19, 2019
KWMU: Kirsten Gillibrand brings presidential campaign
to St. Louis City
P-D: Gillibrand stumps agasint "misogynist" Trump in
St. Louis City: "We need a woman at the head of the table" X
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Billy Long and House Ag
Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) to tour Ozarks
St. Joseph News-Press: Marijuana advocates form
Northwest Missouri NORML chapter X
Missourinet: Schmitt says abandoned buildings boost
crime
SNL: Princeton Review names College of the Ozarks most
conservative college in the country X
JCNT editorial: Can Nicole Galloway make a respectable
showing in gov race? X
JCNT editorial: Arm Missouri teachers with knowledge,
not guns X
KC Star editorial: Exoneree Ricky Kidd lost 22 years
behind bars. How can Missouri say he's owed nothing? X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Walking around Walmart
with a rifle is legal - and shows insanity of Missouri gun laws X
SNL letter: Springfield man says Democrats to blame
for violence in St. Louis City, other urban war zones X
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Sunday, August 18, 2019
KWMU: Missouri Democrats rally behind Galloway's
gubernatorial bid at Truman Dinner
P-D: Galloway attends urban gun-control rally X
Joplin Globe: Moms Demand Action group holds rally in
Joplin; Area sexagenarian says Blunt, Hawley must flip-flop on
gun control to win re-election X
SNL: Census workers to verify addresses in
door-to-door visits X
Joplin Globe: Advocacy groups seek to put Medicaid
expansion on ballot; Comments from Jobs With Justice, GOP
lawmakers, others X
The Missouri Times: Humphreys blasts abortion
referendum ballot language as 'dishonest'
The Missouri Times: Federal court rules against
Toalson Reisch for blocking constituent on Twitter
P-D: Nevada company wins Missouri contract to score
pot business applications X
SNL: Hickory County to consider CAFO ordinance X
P-D: Veterinarians in short supply, leaving Missouri
farms, clinics scrambling for care X
Joplin Globe endorsement: Yes on 2020 Medicaid
expansion ballot measures X
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers take cover after
shooting of 8-year-old in KC: 'Gun laws don't work' X
KC Star op-ed: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D):
Together, Gov. Mike Parson and I will end the border war X
P-D letter: Ladue sexagenarian pleads for Parson to
improve service at state vehicle license offices X
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Saturday, August 17,
2019
Brownfield Ag News: Billy Long and House Ag Committee
Chairman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) teaming up on ag issues
Brownfield Ag News: Farm Service Agency Administrator
Richard Fordyce says market facilitation payments on track
The Missouri Times: Parson says he is considering
special session
P-D: Democrats say they'll "make hay" of Parson's call
for special session, seize opportunity to criticize governor X
The Missouri Times: Missouri officially launches
scholarship for adult learners
SNL: State extends deadline for dispensary license
applications X
The Missouri Times: State extends deadline for medical
marijuana facility applications
P-D: Sponsors of pro-life legislation dismiss claims
that women would be prosecuted for abortions
X
AP: Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys
President Tim Lohmar debunks agitation over abortion law, says no
prosecutor "in their right mind" would prosecute a woman who sought an
abortion
CDT: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) loses
lawsuit over Twitter blocking X
JCNT: DNR taking a deeper look into Rock Island Trail
funding X
Columbia Missourian: Adult care workers want more money
CDT: Cooper County health board passes last-minute
CAFO restrictions X
Washington Missourian editorial: Nicole Galloway's
uphill battle X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri lawmakers
should monitor changes to Endangered Species Act X
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Stephen Limbaugh Sr., back in Cape,
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Friday, August 16, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Governor's Ham Breakfast:
Parson encourages farmers in tough weather year
JCNT: Flood recovery should focus on making
improvements, Parson says X
KWMU: Democratic gov candidate Nicole Galloway attends
Governor's Ham Breakfast, criticizes Parson
KC Star: Media pushes Parson, Galloway on gun control X
P-D: Ham Breakfast notes: Galloway criticizes
governor; Parson "disappointed" by Galloway's negative
start; Blunt praises Hawley; Marsha Haefner not running for
state Senate; Doug Libla not endorsing in state Senate primary X
Missourinet: Blunt pleased with USDA's relocation
decision
Missourinet: Ashcroft talks approach to referendum
request, explains where ACLU made errors
KC Star: Ashcroft critiques ACLU bumbling of
referendum attempt X
The Missouri Times: Missouri granted federal funds for
counseling services for those impacted by storms, floods
AP:
Man has no regret for hysteria he caused at Walmart
The Missouri Times: Rick Roeber looks to continue
Rebecca Roeber legacy in House
KWMU: Ferguson activist Rasheen "Sheen Bean" Aldridge
to fill Bruce Franks' abandoned House seat
P-D: Business leaders lay groundwork for Irish
companies coming to Missouri; Comments from Gov. Parson X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson announces Briggs &
Stratton expansion, talks potential impact
Daily
American Republic: Parson announces major expansion, future job
growth at Poplar Bluff plant +
KWMU: UMSL Chancellor Tom George looks back on 16
years of leadership
CDT: MU employee objects to honoring Missouri gun laws
on campus X
P-D: Deadline extended to Monday for pot business
applications; Only 236 received so far
X
The Missouri Times: Missouri awarded negotiation
extension for Rock Island Line Corridor trail
The Missouri Times: Missouri Lottery Commission
receives 'excellent' rating from audit
P-D editorial: Pelosi's gun-control measures don't go
far enough to help St. Louis City X
P-D editorial: Hawley proposes an unconstitutional
solution to a nonexistent problem X
P-D editorial board video: Nancy Pelosi and Editorial
Page Editor Tod Robberson discuss why President Trump is wrong on guns,
immigration, etc. X
P-D letter: St. Louis "social liberal" angry at Blunt
and Hawley over Russia X
P-D letter: Wildwood man responds to James Shuls op-ed
regarding school superintendents, suggests Shuls should get fired from
UMSL X
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Thursday, August 15,
2019
Missourinet: Missouri and Kansas governors working
together on USDA relocation
The Missouri Times: Parson, Kelly reiterate support
for cease in 'border wars'
Brownfield Ag News: USDA disaster declaration for more
than 50 Missouri counties
Missourinet: Federal agricultural disaster declaration
granted in 53 Missouri counties
The Missouri Times: Kirsten Gillibrand brings
presidential campaign to St. Louis on Sunday
Missourinet: For 67th year, ham and eggs bring
together thousands of Missouri politicians and constituents
P-D: Lobbyist Vicki Englund may seek to fill
Democratic ballot slot for State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick's election X
KWMU: Pro-choice campaign says it will fail to get
enough petition signatures to make ballot
P-D: Pro-choice group focuses ire on Ashcroft, says
gathering signatures too tough a task X
P-D: D.C.-based group may try to get
Medicaid-expansion proposal on Missouri ballot
X
The Missouri Times: Terry Thompson to make bid to
replace fellow Republican Glen Kolkmeyer in Missouri House
KWMU: Michael Person to fill Cora Walker's vacant
House seat; Some Dems unhappy that committee vote was held at
Person's house
Joplin Globe: Joplin Globe Editor Carol Stark dies
after battle with cancer X
Washington Missourian: Newspaper closing office in St.
Clair, employees relocated to Union X
SNL: Hemp industry taking root in southwest Missouri X
KWMU: New Missouri S&T chancellor wants more state
money
Columbia Missourian: Arguments begin in legal
challenge against University of Missouri firearm policy
CDT: Expert witnesses testify in guns-on-campus trial X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau, other state
Farm Bureaus support landowner cases
KWMU: Missouri prison inmates want treatment for
Hepatitis C while waiting for lawsuit to be heard
CDT: Text service seeks to cut court no-shows X
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Wednesday, August 14,
2019
AP: Democratic presidential candidate Kirsten
Gillibrand to visit St. Louis, complain about state's pro-life laws
St. Joseph News-Press: Report scrutinizes Corps
feasibility studies X
JCNT: Jefferson City FEMA disaster recovery center
closing X
JCNT: Census workers preparing for next year's
canvassing X
Missourinet: CDC says 13 Missouri counties at risk of
HIV and Hepatitis C breakouts from opioids
KC Star: Congresswoman Hartzler's rural Cass County
property searched for missing woman X
The Missouri Times: EMILY's List endorses Trish Gunby
(D) for HD 99 special election
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Closing the
book on the Steve Stenger (D) era in St. Louis County
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: How the
Post-Dispatch changed its comments section; Readers conditioned
to gain approval by providing "positive" feedback
KC Star: Gov. Mike Parson leads Missouri to truce with
Kansas in border war: "Sometimes, common sense does prevail." X
AP:
Kansas City officials pledge to keep 'border war' truce
P-D: Agricultural giant Bunge is moving global
headquarters to St. Louis X
Missourinet: Governor's Ham Breakfast tomorrow is sold
out
JCNT: 'Missouri Way' leadership training helping state
get things done X
P-D: In some Missouri towns, higher license plate fees
won't mean restored service X
The Missouri Times: Public defenders launch text
message pilot program aimed at reducing overcrowded jails
P-D: Missouri public defenders hope text messages cut
jail time X
KC Star editorial: Jay Ashcroft is cheating
Missourians out of the right to vote on abortion ban X
CDT op-ed: Gatehouse Regional Editor Allen
Fennewald: With state's new bourbon law, Missouri provides the
next step in American legacy X
P-D op-ed: Attorney General Eric Schmitt: Five
years after Ferguson, reforms are yielding positive results X
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Tuesday, August 13, 2019
SNL: Green Party presidential candidate forum draws
nearly 25 people to Springfield; Activists discuss "Green New
Deal," banning fossil fuels, other dreams X
KWMU: Galloway jumps in 2020 gubernatorial contest,
setting up likely matchup against Parson
The Missouri Times: Galloway launches gubernatorial
bid, highlights experience as 'independent watchdog'
Missourinet: Galloway enters gov race
SNL: How wide will Gov. Parson's election margin be?
Three political scientists cut through partisan spin X
KWMU: Missouri seeks stronger business ties to
Ireland; Parson, others speak at event hosted at Enterprise
Holdings in Clayton
Missourinet: Parson and Kansas gov to sign joint
commitment in Kansas City aimed at ending 'border war'
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Local experts talk
next steps to address Missouri's opioid situation
KWMU: Missouri treatment providers wary as federal
addiction grants face uncertain future
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview:
Post-Dispatch's Beth O'Malley on new reader-comment system
KWMU: Doe Run Mining Company's property tax fight
spreads through the Ozarks
CDT: Attorneys argue over expert on eve of campus gun
trial X
KWMU: Feral hogs in the Mark Twain National Forest are
a problem, but hunting them may not be an option
Missourinet: Missouri Public Defender System rolls out
pilot program in hopes of reducing overcrowded jails
P-D editorial: Missouri law allows mass-shooting
scenarios, right up until the bullets fly X
KC Star op-ed: Cannabis advocate Lonnie Kessler:
Don't let taboo keep you from getting relief with a Missouri medical
marijuana card X
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian unhappy
with Blunt's response to her letter urging gun control X
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Monday, August 12, 2019
AP:
States boost flood protection amid high disaster costs
KC Star: Missouri Democrats plot 2020 strategy;
Thoughts from Emanuel Cleaver, Claire McCaskill, MO Dems' Lauren
Gepford, reaction from James Harris X
P-D: Galloway announces bid for governor via
pre-produced video, says she'll ditch "old way" X
AP: Nicole Galloway launches Missouri gubernatorial
campaign
KC Star: Galloway plays up 'watchdog' role in video
announcing run for Missouri governor X
P-D: Special election for Jean Evans' open West St.
Louis County seat: Trish Gunby (D) vs. Lee Ann Pitman (R) X
Missourinet: Missouri World War II Army veteran
honored at State Fair military event; Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe on hand
Missourinet: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City):
Economic border war between Missouri and Kansas has been a 'disaster'
KWMU: Missouri Department of Corrections battles
drug-smuggling efforts, prisoners' demand for dope
CDT: Planned Parenthood seeks stay extension in
Columbia clinic case X
SNL: Christian County eyes stricter CAFO rules X
P-D letter: Moms Demand Action member wants Blunt and
Hawley to support gun-control legislation X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man longs for old days, when
state legislators of both parties were working people X
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Sunday, August 11, 2019
KC Star: Missouri on pace for strong alien-deportation
year; Illegals in Kansas City lament American laws X
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves: Corps'
priorities for Missouri River are backwards
Missourinet: Flags to fly at half-staff tomorrow to
honor Rep. Rebecca Roeber (R-Lee's Summit)
SNL: Woman sues Ashcroft over "biased" ballot language X
KWMU: Fleet management company labels Highway 63
deadliest road in Missouri
P-D: Missouri's "green rush" is on; Qualified
applicants, others dream of profiting from new marijuana opportunities X
CDT: Missouri State Historical Society moves into
long-sought new home X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Josh Hawley proposes
a risky remedy for currency manipulation X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson is keeping information
secret. When will the AG act? X
KC Star's Toriano Porter: One Missouri judge's plea
for gun control X
KC Star's Glenn Rice: Missouri repeats as leader in
black homicides; State lawmakers and "Gov. Mike Parsons [sic]" to blame X
P-D letter: St. Charles man says proposal to protect
students with armed officers will turn Missouri into the Middle
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Saturday, August 10, 2019
KC Star: USDA agrees to incentive payments for
research employees heading to Kansas City X
AP:
Union: Deal with USDA eases impacts of Kansas City moves
SNL: Man charged with felony after gun incident at
Springfield Walmart X
SNL: What are the gun laws in Missouri? X
AP:
Armed man at Springfield Walmart says he was testing right to bear arms
KWMU: Clay wants to clamp down on use of deadly force
by police
P-D: Deadly force? Only as federal officers' 'last
resort' under bill backed by Lacy Clay X
P-D: After Greitens ally drained state GOP's coffers,
money trickled to ex-Greitens consultants X
P-D: When it comes to Missouri campaign spending, some
politicians leave out the details X
KC Star: Nicole Galloway is running for governor,
could get support from national liberal groups
X
Missourinet: Galloway files for 2020 Missouri
governor's run
AP:
Galloway takes first step to run for Missouri governor
KWMU: Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger
(D) gets nearly 4 years in prison for corruption scheme
P-D: Steve Stenger sentenced to 46 months for criminal
conduct prosecutor calls 'breathtaking in its scope' X
AP:
Parson concludes trade mission trip to Australia
P-D: After murdering as minors, some Missouri
prisoners could be paroled under new court order X
P-D: Two historic Missouri state park lodges
undergoing renovations X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Event promo
for anti-opioid charity walk
KC Star editorial: Trump backs this idea to reduce gun
violence. Why won't Missouri take action? X
P-D editorial: For Steve Stenger, a well-deserved
lifetime of perpetual shame X
KC Star's Michael Ryan: Cleaver is right about guns,
but how much can Congress really help? X
Messenger: In the end, addiction to power was Steve
Stenger's drug of choice X
KC Star letter: Cass County woman says Vicky
Hartzler's congressional salary should disqualify her family from
farming programs X
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Friday, August 9, 2019
KWMU: Congressional delegation reacts to El Paso,
Dayton shootings; Comms staffers compose prepared statements for
bosses
SNL: Arrest at Springfield Walmart draws national
attention; Off-duty firefighter holds agitator at gunpoint until
police arrive X
Missourinet: FEMA denies disaster aid to residents in
19 Missouri counties
JCNT: Flood mitigation should become priority, group
says; Comments from Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) X
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn:
State Fair is about coming together in a year of hardships
JCNT: Health insurance task force learns about
challenges it faces X
JCNT: DNR outlines changes affecting CAFOs X
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Department of
Conservation announces new record for black bullhead catfish;
Chubby bottom-feeder couldn't resist chicken liver
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Tracking
political and policy changes 5 years after Michael Brown's assault on
police officer Darren Wilson
JCNT editorial: Nicole Galloway is right - no reason
to close state records X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Road repairs were a
long time coming - and state lawmakers should prioritize long-term
funding next session X
Joplin Globe editorial: Guns in Missouri schools are
not an answer X
P-D letter: Ballwin man wants Post-Dispatch to stop
perpetuating mythology of Michael Brown's innocence X
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Thursday, August 8,
2019
Missourinet: Post office in northern Missouri will be
named after Navy SEAL killed in Afghanistan; Comments from U.S.
Rep. Sam Graves
SE
Missourian: Stars and Stripes Museum hosts Spirit of Democracy
celebration in Cape this fall; Gov. Mike Parson to keynote, with
Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe also appearing +
P-D: Galloway hangs 'help wanted' sign for state's new
political map-making job X
P-D: Galloway says Schmitt missed deadline on Sunshine
Law question X
Missourinet: 117th annual Missouri State Fair begins
today
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri State Fair still
focused on being showcase for agriculture
KWMU: Missouri's medical marijuana businesses off to
mellow start; Fewer than 5% of those who paid application fee
have managed to complete paperwork
SNL: Medical marijuana in Missouri: What you
need to know X
SNL: Video: How to get a Missouri medical
marijuana card X
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri makes effort to boost
rural Internet; Comments from Ag Director Chris Chinn
KCUR: Every year, half of Missouri's workers who care
for the developmentally disabled quit
Columbia Missourian: Statewide 'rape kit' inventory
nears completion
P-D: Ferguson riots anniversary series: Photo
gallery: Congressional candidate Cori Bush (D), others place
items in Ferguson roadway X
JCNT editorial: Countering Missouri's stagnant
growth: Maintaining low taxes a key step for brighter future X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Stan Herzog's impact
extended far and wide X
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls: Why
do Missouri's best school superintendents head for the exit? X
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Wednesday, August 7,
2019
Missourinet: Residents in six more Missouri counties
eligible to apply for federal aid
JCNT: Callaway County approved for FEMA individual
assistance X
AP: Army Corps of Engineers to keep water releases
into Missouri River high
AP: Opponents of USDA move to Kansas City say
transfers are designed to cut jobs
KWMU: Former NGA Director Robert Cardillo aims to
boost St. Louis geospatial 'ecosystem' in new role
Washington Missourian: Kirk Mathews appointed to new
Medicaid post X
Missourinet: Missouri State Highway Patrol reminds
drivers to exercise caution near school buses
Brownfield Ag News: Moniteau County health board stops
short of regulating CAFOs
Columbia Missourian: CAFO debate continues;
Comments from Missouri Farm Bureau's Leslie Holloway, farmers, activists
KWMU: Access to pig-manure powered energy grows in
northern Missouri
P-D: Northern Missouri manure-to-energy project starts
distributing natural gas X
Joplin Globe editorial: Federal funding necessary for
clearing rape kit backlog X
Rust:
Ban high-caliber magazines, implement 'red flag' laws +
Priddy:
Remembering Bob Watson
Washington Missourian letter: New Haven sexagenarian
disagrees with Blunt on value of ethanol X
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Tuesday, August 6, 2019
JCNT: Reporter Bob Watson dies; Journalist's
words, acts of kindness fondly remembered X
Missourinet: Longtime reporter and Missourinet friend
Bob Watson dies
USA Today: GateHouse Media owner to acquire Gannett,
publisher of USA Today, Springfield News-Leader and other newspapers X
AP: GateHouse, Gannett to merge, build newspaper giant
KC Star: Opponents of USDA move to Kansas City say
process violated federal law X
SE
Missourian: Cape airport lands $600,000 in federal aid +
Daily
American Republic: Poplar Bluff VA director accepts new position,
replacement to be announced +
SNL: Parson set to kick off 2020 re-election campaign
Sept. 8 in Bolivar X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) talks with Scott Faughn about flooding, highway funding
and Parson's re-election; Panel discussion with Reps. Robert
Sauls (D-Independence) and Robert Ross (R-Yukon)
Missourinet: Parson task force recommends school-based
mental health care to boost safety in schools
KWMU: Summer camp operators will adjust to later
school start date
P-D: Hemp industry taking root at 7 University of
Missouri research stations across the state X
Waters: The Rocheport bridge is possible after all X
P-D's Beth O'Malley: We're changing the comments on
Post-Dispatch articles; Commenters can receive higher status by
doling out "compliments" X
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Monday, August 5, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler hopeful
that Trump won't nix NAFTA
KC Star: Market Facilitation Program helps Missouri
farmers, including Hartzler, in face of China's punitive trade actions X
KC Star: Associated Press database shows Market
Facilitation Program payments X
KC Star: A look at Josh Hawley's social-media bills X
Missourinet: $8 million in upgrades planned at
Missouri State Fairgrounds; 2019 fair opens Thursday
St. Joseph News-Press: Tax-free weekend boosts
back-to-school sales X
SNL: Local liberal groups go fishing for
school-discrimination tales, land whoppers; Activists demand
Springfield Public Schools eliminate "overly gendered" language, etc. X
KC Star editorial: Wherever the Kansas City Chiefs
hold future training camps, tax breaks shouldn't be part of the deal X
SE
Missourian editorial: Important for students to understand
post-high school opportunities +
KC Star editorial: Did rich Missouri families give up
custody of kids to get college aid? How's that legal? X
P-D letter: Eureka man encourages Post-Dispatch
lefties Gilbert Bailon, Tod Robberson to accept Trump's 2016 election
victory X
P-D letter: Environment Missouri's Bridget Sanderson
applauds Lacy Clay for opposing Trump X
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Sunday, August 4, 2019
KWMU: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith touts more affordable
health care, praises America's strong trade stance in visit with farmers
SE
Missourian: American Queen docks at Cape after alternate course
caused by flooding +
Missourinet: Federal prosecutors memo reveals Stenger
conversations, conduct in corruption case, connections to Better
Together
P-D: Photo gallery: Pro-choice activists
congregate outside Ashcroft's downtown office Friday during work
hours; Androgynous humanoid holds "Abortion is normal"
sign; Group litters paper "votes" upon office steps; State
Rep. LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City) shouts unnecessarily into
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KC Star: Pro-choice advocates highlight how rare
diseases may be affected by 'no exceptions' abortion law X
KWMU: Parson says Obamacare waiver task force may
consider expanding Medicaid
JCNT: Low job growth a factor in state's stagnant
population X
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Bill Falkner (R-St.
Joseph) reflects on first year as state lawmaker X
P-D editorial: Hawley's radical intrusive solution
fixes a problem that might not exist X
SNL op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway:
Enforcement of sex offender registry laws rise
X
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian says Missouri's
pro-life laws create black market of "veterinarian-school dropouts
operating abortion mills in motel rooms" X
P-D letter: St. Louis County Police Association's Joe
Patterson: AG Eric Schmitt's initiative might be the answer to
urban crime crisis X
P-D letter: Bridgeton man agrees with criticism of
paper's Ferguson coverage, says Kevin McDermott's byline a tipoff to
liberal bias X
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Saturday, August 3, 2019
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Missourian: The Flood of 2019 - by the (really big) numbers +
JCNT: Missouri residents have until next week to apply
for disaster unemployment assistance X
KWMU: Feds seek max sentence for Stenger, say
corruption scheme started before he took office
P-D: Feds say Stenger's crass, mercenary behavior
should earn him no break in prison time X
KC Star: Stan Herzog, St. Joseph businessman and GOP
donor, dies at the age of 70 X
KC Star: Pro-choice activists send message to
Ashcroft: "a large poster of a pink uterus putting up two middle
fingers" X
JCNT: ACLU rally draws fewer than 30 to Capitol X
Columbia Missourian: ACLU rally organizer says
disappointing turnout for rally a plus: "I think it made it more
personal"
Missourinet: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D):
Economic border war between Missouri and Kansas is over
KC Star: Kelly orders end to Missouri-Kansas border war X
AP:
Missouri-Kansas truce over jobs conflict appears shaky
KWMU: Bayer says job expansion in Missouri starts
immediately; Exec: "Missouri stepped up aggressively to
encourage that"
SNL: Crunch time for Missouri medical marijuana
businesses X
CDT: Medical marijuana application window opens X
P-D: Labor union wants to recruit newly-hired prison
workers, sues to get greater access X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Liberal advocacy
groups unhappy with AG's position on public defender suit settlement
P-D: New Champ Clark bridge at Louisiana, Mo., to open
tonight X
KC Star editorial: Neighbors are right to raise a
stink about the feedlot near Missouri's Powell Gardens X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian disagrees
with Hawley on social media policy, attempts punchline involving Trump
tweets X
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Friday, August 2, 2019
Missourinet: Blunt, Hawley, Graves seek answers about
FEMA's disaster aid policies
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley legislation would
address currency manipulation X
KWMU: A new tool can help Mississippi River cities
plan for future floods
P-D: Parson taps Steele Shippy as campaign manager for
gov race; Kelli Jones to serve as communications director X
P-D: Parson calls special election for vacant
Democratic House seats X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. David
Wood (R-Versailles) talks with Rosenbaum and new reporter Jaclyn
Driscoll about Medicaid enrollment drop, state revenue situation, more
JCNT: Value of armed officers emphasized in Missouri
school safety report
P-D: Missouri taxpayers hit with $300k legal bill
after state denied transsexual man's hormone therapy
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Liberal
advocacy group rep, reporter to discuss Missouri public defender
caseload suit
KC Star: Probe: Dozens of rich students likely
'gamed' system to get free tuition at Missouri state schools X
SNL: Attorney general investigating allegations
surrounding Missouri State parking ticket quotas X
SNL:
Missouri Department of Conservation certifies new state record bullhead
catfish X
KMOV:
Missouri Department of Conservation cautioning residents as black bear
sightings increase
KC Star: KC drivers tell emotional tales of
'racial profiling' at hearing; Missouri Sheriff's Association
leader attempts to persuade by using facts, explaining study
methodologies X
Joplin Globe editorial: Roy Blunt is a champion of
community health care center funding X
SE
Missourian editorial: What you need to know about REAL ID licenses X
KC Star editorial: Armed guards or teachers in all
Missouri schools? Who thinks more guns are a good idea? X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's tax-free
weekend a lesson in savings X
JCNT editorial: Big rig safety: MoDOT wise to
remind drivers to "respect the load, share the road" X
P-D letter: Former Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights), now head of "Progress Women," expresses outrage over abortion
legislation X
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KWMU:
EPA clears path for former mine in Missouri's lead belt to be reopened
for cobalt mining
SNL:
Ball State University professor/Medicaid-spending advocate:
Missouri gets "A" for low taxes, but should expand Medicaid X
Missourinet:
Parson headed on trade mission to Australia, seeks insight on novel
infrastructure and workforce development programs
KWMU:
Galloway takes aim at Parson over delay in state tax refunds
Missourinet:
Eric Greitens' Dept. of Public Safety Director Drew Juden sidestepped
Missouri's bidding process to benefit charity he once led
KC
Star: Audit: Greitens' public safety director abused state
contracting process, audit says X
SE
Missourian: Audit: Drew Juden abused purchasing methods,
claimed to be working during vacations +
P-D:
Audit blasts no-bid contract won by group tied to Greitens' former top
cop X
KWMU:
Task force says every Missouri public school should have an armed guard
to help protect children
P-D:
Task force recommends school safety steps, including armed guards X
Joplin
Globe: Missouri high school equivalency exam offered free to
first-time test takers X
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