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        Monday, August 31, 2020
       
P-D:  St. Louis City police officer shot responding to call has died
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  Scott Faughn hosts St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, St. Charles County Exec Steve Ehlmann, Jefferson County Exec Dennis Gannon, St. Louis City Mayor Lyda Krewson to talk COVID-19, economic development, special session on crime
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 137:  Rep. John Black (R-Marshfield) vs. Raymond Lampert (D)
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Missouri House sends Senate its version of crime measures
          Missourinet:  Missouri Board of Education President Charlie Shields pleased with school preparation
          KWMU:  There's data, but no magic number for when it will be safe to return to school
          Missourinet:  Williams disagrees with CDC's new COVID-19 testing guideline
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update:  No new deaths Sunday
          P-D:  Regional China virus update
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  The case for a return to school
          JCNT editorial:  New letters-to-the-editor policy:  No more letters responding to other letters
          USA Today op-ed:  Local Gannett papers tasked with participating in "Leaders of Change" minority-profile project "to find the next John Lewis":  Subjects include garage-rope knot victim Bubba Wallace, Colin Kaepernick, Black Lives Matter founder, other heroes
          SNL's Austin Huguelet:  "Leaders of Change" minority-profile project:  Q&A with Sen. Brian Williams (D-University City)
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        Sunday, August 30, 2020
       
P-D:  Gunman shoots, wounds two St. Louis police officers;  one officer in critical condition
          P-D:  Video:  AG Eric Schmitt addresses media outside SLU Hospital ER
          P-D:  Two groups take to streets in St. Louis City:  One calling for peace, one criticizing widow of slain St. Louis police captain David Dorn
          P-D:  Congressional primary recap:  Democrats Ken Warren, Rasheen Aldridge, others explain how Lacy Clay lost to Cori Bush
          P-D:  John Watson, St. Charles County counselor and former aide to Gov. Jay Nixon, dies at age 61
          JCNT:  Deadline nearing to finalize Amendment 3 language as lawsuit continues
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 136:  Rep. Craig Fishel (R-Springfield) vs. Jeff Munzinger (D)
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 137:  Rep. John Black (R-Marshfield) vs. Raymond Lampert (D)
          KC Star:  Dozens of protesters outside KC City Hall bring awareness to child sex trafficking
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Antibody surveillance shows Missouri's overall death rate could be less than what has been believed
          Columbia Missourian:  State health director says Missouri will have COVID-19 test strips before end of September
          SNL:  Area liberals complain about COVID-19 among prison population;  House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) joins Black Lives Matter, NAACP, et al.
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          P-D:  Regional China virus update
          JCNT:  Missouri panel to review survey on law enforcement
          JCNT:  Missouri utilities assisting in hurricane-damaged areas
          JCNT:  State officials, local fire departments keep tabs on explosive ammonium nitrate hazards
          P-D letter:  Ballwin woman defends Jill Schupp, suggests President Trump is a rapist
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        Saturday, August 29, 2020
       
SE Missourian:  Local GOPers bullish on Trump's chances
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  Jill Schupp on her plan to unseat Ann Wagner
          Joplin Globe:  Protest against Trump's postal service improvements draws "a handful of people" in Joplin
          Missourinet:  USDA currently in 'big hiring phase' in Kansas City
          SNL:  Here are the local nonprofits, governments, businesses and hospitals receiving CARES Act money
          AP:  Judges weigh Cleaner Missouri ballot language
          JCNT:  No special session debate Friday by Missouri Senate
          P-D:  Move to allow state to help in St. Louis City homicide prosecutions appears doomed in Legislature
          P-D:  With more than $1 billion at stake, Missouri seeking bidders for prisoner health care
          SNL:  Missouri, Greene County won't follow CDC guidance allowing them to test fewer people
          SNL:  AG Eric Schmitt, Marshfield settle traffic ticket quota lawsuit
          The Missouri Times:  A look back at Missouri's first elections
          Daily Journal:  Missouri Department of Conservation encourages citizens to be "Bear Aware";  Growing number of wild animals in state is resulting in more encounters with humans
          P-D:  Pack of protesters marches downtown, chants ditties during Cardinals game:  "No justice, no baseball!"
          P-D editorial:  Ann Wagner's anti-Schupp ad signals desperation
          KC Star op-ed:  Alfonso Navarro-Bernachi, head consul of Mexico in Kansas City:  Made in USMCA:  Missouri benefits when North America works together
          KC Star's Caitlyn Rosen:  Missouri makes voting by mail confusing and cumbersome
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        Friday, August 28, 2020
       
Missourinet:  Republican National Convention features widow of slain retired St. Louis City police captain
          Columbia Missourian:  Vicky Hartzler tours Missouri River, praises Corps of Engineers
          KC Star:  "Save Our Children" rally to take place outside City Hall tomorrow;  Local liberals predict QAnon members will appear
          SNL:  Man filling Democratic ballot slot against Jay Ashcroft accuses incumbent of "campaign of voter suppression"
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 135:  Rep. Steve Helms (R) vs. Betsy Fogle (D) vs. Vicke Kepling (G)
          SE Missourian:  Clerk bracing for extra turnout, rents more space
          P-D:  Ballots at the ballpark:  Cardinals volunteer Busch Stadium for a voting site
          JCNT:  Conservation Commission, Conservation Department sue state
          Missourinet:  List of some Missouri laws taking effect today
          Missourinet:  Missouri's new motorcycle helmet law takes effect today
          The Missouri Times:  Jill Schupp calls for special session to address postal service's expected ballot delays
          The Missouri Times:  House forms bipartisan Friends of the UK caucus
          JCNT:  Missouri reps unite for UK friendship caucus
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SE Missourian:  Nearly 90 new coronavirus cases reported in region
          JCNT editorial:  Protesters who disrupt legislative process are crossing the line
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Missouri Farm Bureau's Leslie Holloway:  Plan ahead to make your vote count
          P-D letter:  Chesterfield septuagenarian responds to paper's anti-McCloskeys editorial, asks how citizens are supposed to defend their homes from roving mobs
          P-D letter:  University City sexagenarian dislikes Ann Wagner and GOP ads against Jill Schupp
          P-D letter:  Bridgeton octogenarian says Post-Dispatch should give Ann Wagner equal opportunity to respond to Schupp's complaints
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        Thursday, August 27, 2020
       
KC Star:  Missouri GOP delegate Mark Anthony Jones says Trump has exceeded expectations in his first term;  Additional insight from Annie Presley (R), Jason Grill (D)
          AP:  Retired St. Louis police captain's widow to address GOP convention today
          The Missouri Times:  Annie White Baxter, a 'political trailblazer,' inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
          Missourinet:  'Political trailblazer for women' inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
          JCNT:  Capitol commemorates women's suffrage
          Columbia Missourian:  Friends, family and colleagues gather for motorcade to remember Hank Waters
          Columbia Missourian:  Photo gallery:  A publisher's final sign-off
          CDT:  Photo gallery:  Friends, former employees turn out at funeral procession for former publisher
          CDT:  Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway differ on COVID approach
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 133:  Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) vs. Cindy Slimp (D)
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  Distirct 134:  Alex Riley (R) vs. Derrick Nowlin (D) for Elijah Haahr's open seat
          KWMU:  Missouri's unemployment rate continues to fall;  Gov. Parson highlights his economic recovery plan
          Missourinet:  Gov. Parson says House passage of 5 special session bills is "a win for Missouri"
          P-D:  Annual veto-session campaign fundraiser preview story
          AP:  Gov. Parson announces FDA approval of Washington University saliva test
          P-D:  Video:  Gov. Parson gives coronavirus update during press conference
          P-D:  Hospitalizations for China virus spike in St. Louis area
          KWMU:  St. Louis hospitals admit 71 patients with China virus Monday
          Missourinet:  Federal prosecutors:  former St. Louis charter school headmaster got away with fraud "for years"
          SNL:  Muskie bites angler in a Missouri first, Missouri Department of Conservation says
          The Missouri Times:  Peace Officer Standard and Training (POST) Commission addresses questions about 'implicit bias,' etc.
          JCNT:  Training commission discusses law enforcement comments
          P-D editorial:  Republicans are using David Dorn's murder for political gain
          P-D letter:  Bridgeton septuagenarian dislikes "mudslinging" ads from Republicans Ann Wagner and Gov. Parson
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        Wednesday, August 26, 2020
       
SNL:  Missouri to start paying $300 Trump unemployment boost this week
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Roy Blunt shares historical view on Missouri's presidential politics
          The Missouri Times:  Kanye West fails to make it onto Missouri presidential ballot
          SNL:  Kanye West falls short on signatures, won't make Missouri ballot for president
          SNL:  Billy Long, Vicky Hartzler vote against House Dems' $25 billion Postal Service aid plan
          SE Missourian:  Postal workers' union rally draws a dozen
          KWMU:  Cori Bush, other Democrats speak at downtown union rally
          SNL:  Ashcroft says the state won't distribute ballot drop boxes to avoid confusion with new law
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air legal roundtable:  Wash U.'s Mark Smith, others discuss Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon), concurrent jurisdiction, more
          SNL:  League of Women Voters celebrates centennial;  Sexagenarian chapter officer says group is "totally nonpartisan"
          Missourinet:  America's first female county clerk to be inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians today
          The Missouri Times:  Behind the scenes:  A look at how a special session is put on during a global health crisis
          JCNT:  Missouri House passes 5 special session bills on crime
          The Missouri Times:  Lawmakers warn of second special session as House approves anti-crime bills
          Missourinet:  Missouri House gives final approval to five crime bills;  juvenile certification bill is dead
          KWMU:  Missouri House passes five of six crime bills, including eliminating St. Louis City police residency
          P-D:  For Missouri lawmakers, work on crime package isn't done
          KC Star's Jonathan Shorman:  Missouri House passes some, but not all, crime bills;  Comments from "Rep. Peter Meredith [sic]"
          AP:  Missouri House passes bills on crime
          JCNT:  Protesters continue seeking attention at Capitol
          P-D:  State lawmakers rip St. Louis County sales tax plan in contentious hearing
          The Missouri Times:  Some Missouri lawmakers don creative masks during special session
          JCNT:  Missouri Highway Patrol releases annual school bus report
          Missourinet:  Missouri makes progress on building up its personal protective equipment supply
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update:  daily average of positive cases decreases
          P-D:  Daily regional China virus update
          Columbia Missourian:  Motorcade planned to honor Hank Waters
          JCNT letter:  Jefferson City septuagenarian dislikes Gov. Parson campaign ad, compares governor to President Trump
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        Tuesday, August 25, 2020
       
Missourinet:  McCloskeys speak at Republican National Convention:  "Your family will not be safe in the radical Democrats' America."
          AP:  St. Louis City couple who defended home from pack of protesters speaks at convention
          AP:  Operation LeGend puts focus on crime, not politics
          SNL:  Galloway says she'd mandate masks statewide
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri mask mandate included in Galloway's new coronavirus plan
          Missourinet:  Galloway rolls out China virus plan:  "A mask requirement is our ticket to freedom"
          AP:  Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway disagree on statewide mask mandate
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 132:  House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D) vs. Sarah Semple (R)
          JCNT:  Missouri lawmakers prep crime bills for vote
          AP:  Bill would make it a felony to give firearms to children to avoid felony arrest or criminal conviction
          The Missouri Times:  House green-lights most anti-crime measures
          Missourinet:  Second special session appears likely for Missouri witness protection
          P-D:  Two pieces of Gov. Parson's anti-crime agenda remain in limbo
          Missourinet:  Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D-Kansas City) offers list of complaints about special session
          The Missouri Times:  Updated county-by-county tally of coronavirus cases, deaths
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          P-D:  Regional China virus update
          AP:  St. Louis County closes morgue for victims of coronavirus
          P-D editorial:  Legislation ending police residency requirement could help recruit police, curb downtown mayhem
          Joplin Globe editorial:  GOP lawmakers must stop undercutting local control
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Missouri Commissioner of Higher Education Zora Mulligan:  Lawmakers should lift the ban on Pell Grants so more colleges can work with corrections
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Don't send troubled youths to prison
          JCNT letter:  Jefferson City octogenarian opposes Cleaner Missouri
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        Monday, August 24, 2020
       
Missourinet:  U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler says Republican National Convention will focus on optimism and heroes
          P-D:  Widow of murdered retired St. Louis City police captain to speak at Republican National Convention
          KC Star:  Profile:  Cori Bush (D):  Incoming U.S. representative hasn't spoken to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver;  Missouri Democratic Party "practically silent"
          P-D:  Jill Schupp unhappy about Ann Wagner's ads regarding votes on sex offender laws
          Brownfield Ag News:  USDA officials defend Coronavirus Food Assistance Program for cattle producers;  Comments from FSA Administrator Richard Fordyce
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 130:  Bishop Davidson (R) vs. Dave Cragg (D)
          SNL:  Candidate Q&A:  District 131:  Bill Owen (R) vs. Allison Schoolcraft (D)
          AP:  Associated Industries of Missouri (AIM) survey of business owners in April showed desire for reopening economy;  Survey was shared with Gov. Parson
          Missourinet:  Missouri House gets to work today on six crime bills
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Special session still has issues
          KWMU:  Missouri Department of Corrections to expand Hepatitis C treatment for inmates
          P-D editorial:  More data is needed to know whether Ameren's Labadie plant needs scrubbers
          Joplin Globe letter:  Diamond sexagenarian wants Gov. Parson to take mask advice from 1962 Bob Dylan song
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        Sunday, August 23, 2020
       
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman and Bryan Lowry:  Political debate over USPS afflicting some rural Missourians with low-grade anxiety
          JCNT:  Missouri receives access to additional unemployment benefit
          P-D:  GOP councilman says Galloway audit was 'political missile' to benefit failed county exec campaign;  Galloway adviser Patrick Lynn calls Councilman Ernie Trakas "an idiot"
          6/25:  Washington Free Beacon:  Nicole Galloway silent after top adviser Patrick Lynn calls Gov. Parson an "illiterate hillbilly"
          KWMU:  Three churches in St. Louis region offering notaries for voters
          Joplin Globe:  Missouri relaxes requirements to be substitute teacher
          JCNT:  DESE lays out three-stage plan to address learning loss
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SE Missourian:  Cape County adding about two dozen coronavirus cases each day
          KC Star:  After beating death of Missouri boy, cousin asks:  'How many people called' state hotline?
          P-D:  After June rioting, downtown St. Louis became increasingly lawless:  Shootings, drag racing, open-market drug deals
          KC Star:  About a month after Operation LeGend starts, some urban leaders criticize lack of success
          KC Star:  Black Lives Matter march draws 75 to block traffic, yell
          SE Missourian op-ed:  USDA Director Sonny Perdue:  Amid a pandemic, deploying rural broadband in Missouri is more important than ever
          CDT op-ed:  Andy Waters:  Remembering Hank
          P-D letter:  Ballwin sexagenarian says GOP's Cleaner Missouri plan is "shameless and arrogant"
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        Saturday, August 22, 2020
       
Missourinet:  Missouri DNC delegates begin a new age of convention gatherings
          Columbia Missourian:  Local Democratic delegates celebrate Biden from afar;  Comments from former Dem state rep Ted Farnen
          Missourinet:  USDA officials tout food box program during Friday visit to Missouri food bank
          Columbia Missourian:  Federal program bridges gaps in food supply disrupted by COVID-19
          KC Star:  Operation LeGend in KC:  288 arrests, including 24 homicide suspects, prosecutor says
          SNL:  'Don't delay':  Shane Schoeller says voters should mail ballots a week before election day
          JCNT:  National women's group files suit against state, Ashcroft over voting rules
          P-D:  Ballot drop boxes put in storage to avoid confusion, will be deployed for future elections
          CDT:  Hank Waters remembered as a pioneering, persisting journalist
          Twitter:  KC Star reporter Jason Hancock leaves newspaper to work for States Newsroom, a national nonprofit
          The Missouri Times:  What is the PQ? A look at the 'nuclear option' procedural move
          St. Joseph News-Press:  New law for Missouri motorcyclists allows helmets to be left behind
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          Joplin Globe editorial:  There's promising economic news in Missouri despite COVID-19
          CDT Executive Editor Jim Van Nostrand:  On personal guilt over ancestors owning slaves, the Tribune's lack of diversity, and Gannett's corporate push to hand jobs to minority applicants
          P-D letter:  Webster Groves sexagenarian flaunts mind-reading ability, says Ann Wagner is "embarrassed by having aligned with a hapless leader"
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        Friday, August 21, 2020
       
Missourinet:  At online event, Jill Schupp speaks to Missouri's Democratic National Convention delegates
          SE Missourian:  Two area bankers say no hurry on PPP forgiveness
          Brownfield Ag News:  Southeast Missouri to receive more broadband access
          P-D:  Jobless claims inch up in Missouri
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking podcast:  Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about violent crime legislation, concurrent jurisdiction, Conservative Caucus, more
          P-D:  Rep. Nick Schroer's Democratic opponent files lawsuit, claims rep doesn't live in district;  Suit claims private investigator sees Schroer's truck outside family's new property in Defiance
          KC Star:  Dem attorneys Chuck Hatfield, Marc Elias file suit challenging notarization standards, ballot deadline
          P-D:  Veteran Dem Chuck Hatfield files suit over Election Day deadline for ballots arriving by mail, other rules
          Columbia Missourian:  Former Columbia Daily Tribune Publisher Hank Waters dies at 90
          Missourinet:  Rural Missouri prosecutor:  victim tampering "happens everywhere, even in little Johnson County"
          The Missouri Times:  POST Commission seeks public feedback on law enforcement
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SE Missourian:  Public input sought for state parks at Sept. 3 meeting
          P-D:  Group calls for Missouri Supreme Court to suspend evictions throughout state
          JCNT:  DNR moves earth in Fulton mine reclamation project
          JCNT:  Jefferson City man files employment discrimination lawsuit against Department of Corrections
          CDT:  CDT diversity stats:  89% white newsroom, 80% white leadership
          Joplin Globe editorial:  Missouri should allow mail-in ballots to be delivered in person
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  Crime isn't just a KC problem, but legislative session is an incremental steps to make all communities safer
          JCNT editorial:  More protection needed for nursing home residents
          P-D op-ed:  SLU Policy Research in Missouri Education Center's Kristi Donaldson and Andrew Diemer:  No easy way to reopen Missouri schools in a pandemic
          SNL Editor-in-chief Amos Bridges:  Thoughts on poor newsroom diversity stats and Gannett's five-year plan to hand more jobs to minorities
          Washington Missourian letter:  Leslie man wants those who voted against Medicaid expansion to "do some soul-searching"
          P-D letter:  Septuagenarian husband of former Rep. Sue Meredith (D-Creve Coeur) "sadly doubts" Missourians are noticing the atrocities committed by "motley crew" of Gov. Parson, Kehoe, Schmitt, Fitzpatrick, Ashcroft
          P-D letter:  Franklin County Presiding Commissioner Tim Brinker says county's air is clean due to Ameren's diligence
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        Thursday, August 20, 2020
       
KCUR:  DNC delegate interview:  Manny Arbaca, member of KC Public Schools Board of Directors
          KC Star:  Dave Helling talks with Dem delegate Manny Arbaca about virtual convention
          Missourinet:  In KC, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr touts Operation LeGend numbers
          AP:  Barr, federal authorities detail Operation LeGend success
          SE Missourian:  Big River receives $2.9 million federal broadband grant
          KWMU:  Economic gravity in effect as unemployment benefits end;  Thoughts from SLU associate prof, two area residents
          KWMU:  Yes, there is a difference in Missouri between mail-in and absentee voting
          SNL:  GOP lawmakers appeal Democrat judge's decision on Cleaner Missouri language
          The Missouri Times:  July jobs report shows continued recovery despite substantial unemployment rates
          KCUR's Up to Date:  Lyndall Fraker, Jack Cardetti talk Missouri's medical marijuana market
          Missourinet:  Missouri panel to request temporary removal of districts serving as MOCAP gatekeeper
          KCUR:  Missouri State Board of Education lowers the bar for substitute teachers amid pandemic shortage
          SE Missourian:  Five dozen new coronavirus cases reported in region
          P-D:  Expanded coronavirus testing in Missouri prisons leads to higher positive case count
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis City) wants new rule requiring masks in Capitol
          SNL:  Springfield mayor wants Gov. Parson to force statewide mask mandate
          The Missouri Times:  PSC refuses changes to Evergy cost review
          SNL:  News-Leader diversity stats:  All-white newsroom, all-white leadership
          KC Star editorial:  Missouri lawmakers spend most of their time figuring out how to hurt Kansas City, not help it;  Local control must become an issue in Gov. Parson vs. Galloway race
          P-D editorial:  Kim Gardner must stop using fictional numbers - because Missouri Republicans are coming after her
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft:  Moving election deadline won't instill confidence
          P-D:  The Bottom Line video series:  Business columnists Jim Gallagher and David Nicklaus praise Medicaid expansion
          P-D letter:  Clayton man criticizes President Trump and Ann Wagner over Postal Service budget
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        Wednesday, August 19, 2020
       
SNL:  Missouri approved for Trump unemployment boost program
          KWMU:  Citing low demand for services, Salem VA clinic will close its doors;  U.S. Rep. Jason Smith assesses VA's mistakes
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in Missouri Politics recap:  Gov. Parson on back-to-school plans, State Fair, urban crime, gov race, more
          JCNT:  Gov. Parson assesses use of COVID-19 funds for child care
          JCNT:  Birx:  More COVID help coming for nursing homes
          SNL:  Birx to Missouri:  Wear masks, avoid large gatherings even with family to slow COVID-19
          JCNT:  Top U.S. coronavirus adviser:  Missourians should wear masks
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri's 'box in' testing strategy 'important example' of protecting vulnerable people during COVID-19, Birx says
          Missourinet:  Dr. Birx praises Missouri's 'box-in' strategy on COVID-19
          KWMU:  White House coronavirus response director visits Missouri, stresses importance of masks
          AP:  Trump's top virus adviser says yes to masks, no to parties
          P-D:  Dr. Birx visits Missouri, urges residents wear masks
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          JCNT:  Missouri DSS seeks input on COVID-19 grants
          Missourinet:  Missouri temporarily allows reduced training option to become substitute teacher
          The Missouri Times:  DESE lowers barriers to substitute teaching certification
          P-D:  Missouri makes it easier to become a substitute teacher
          Missourinet:  Missouri House panel raises age to 16 for trying juveniles as adults
          JCNT:  Missouri juvenile certification bill advanced
          P-D editorial:  GOP convention taps the McCloskeys to speak. A celebration of recklessness.
          P-D editorial:  Try as Republicans did to deceive voters, a Missouri judge is having none of it
          JCNT editorial:  Teachers have justified concerns, but schools are right to reopen
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County woman supports Jill Schupp and Obamacare
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        Tuesday, August 18, 2020
       
USA Today:  Missouri lost fewer acres to spring storms, floods in 2020
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Graves vows to shield schools from liability
          SE Missourian:  Cape County Dem Chairman/SEMO prof Jonathan Kessler reveals leading indicator of Democratic success:  "An unprecedented number of requests for (presidential) yard signs"
          P-D:  Mark McCloskey, who defended St. Louis City home from trespassing mob, to speak at GOP convention
          KWMU:  Judge strikes down ballot summary for Clean Missouri redistricting changes
          Missourinet:  Judge strikes down Cleaner Missouri ballot summary;  State moves quickly to seek appeal
          The Missouri Times:  Cole County Circuit Court Judge Patricia S. Joyce (D) scraps Cleaner Missouri ballot language
          AP:  Democrat judge says Cleaner Missouri ballot language is misleading
          SNL:  Judge nixes GOP's 'unfair' Cleaner Missouri ballot language
          The Missouri Times:  Ashcroft's Dem opponent:  Secretary of state trying to 'suppress votes'
          P-D:  Dems offer thoughts on mail-in ballot procedures;  Comments from Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia), man filling Democratic ballot slot against Ashcroft, others
          Missourinet:  Democrats outline complaints about mail-in voting, say President Trump is conspiring to undermine Postal Service's efficiency
          JCNT:  Democrats call for special session to discuss absentee voting
          SE Missourian:  National Association of Letter Carriers endorses Biden-Harris, criticizes Trump;  Union capo overseeing Missouri crew "very concerned" about election
          SNL:  Schoeller:  More Greene County voters need to vote by mail to keep polls safe in November
          Missourinet:  Gov. Parson to host White House coronavirus task force coordinator today
          JCNT:  Missouri panel expands juvenile-certification bill
          Missourinet:  St. Louis Police residency requirement legislation headed to Missouri House floor
          JCNT:  First Lady Teresa Parson speaks at Historical Society luncheon
          P-D editorial:  Gov. Parson and GOP legislators are aiding and abetting Trump's plan to sabotage elections
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Incoming Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston):  Schools, small businesses need a legislative fix for COVID liability
          P-D letter:  Lifelong St. Louis resident says Kim Gardner is the worst circuit attorney he has seen, defends Gov. Parson's efforts to curb crime
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        Monday, August 17, 2020
       
St. Joseph News-Press:  Federal levee repair almost done
          Missourinet:  Missouri Democrats rally virtually before start of Democratic National Convention
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  Gov. Mike Parson joins Scott Faughn to talk special session, urban homicides, Greitens' attacks;  Missouri Farm Bureau's Todd Hays and Missouri Cattlemen's Association's Mike Deering join in to talk State Fair, COVID effects, processing facilities, Trump's re-election margin in Missouri, tariffs, more
          Brownfield Ag News:  Ag Director Chris Chinn says CFAP limits frustrate local cattle producers
          Missourinet:  Rep. Herman Morse (R-Dexter) emphasizes importance of rural Missouri physicians
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          P-D:  EPA declares that Ameren's Labadie site meets air quality standard;  Local environmental activists dispute science
          KC Star editorial:  Missouri Republicans quiet as Postal Service dismantled to derail voting by mail
          KC Star editorial:  With utility shutoffs looming, many Missourians are in danger of being left in the dark
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        Sunday, August 16, 2020
       
Washington Times:  Hawley raises concerns about "racially divisive" diversity training at national lab
          JCNT:  Special session to continue with House bills
          SNL:  Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) calls for more time to vote by mail as USPS says it may fail to deliver ballots on time
          JCNT:  Profile:  Leslie Bradley, Department of Mental Health's Division of Developmental Disabilities incoming director of federal programs
          Joplin Globe:  Local dispensaries, patients await opening of medical marijuana facilities
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SNL:  Party for Socialism and Liberation organizes protest outside Greene County jail
          SNL:  Photo gallery:  Party for Socialism and Liberation protest draws 30
          SNL letter:  Springfield octogenarian opposes Hawley's "God Bless America" idea for NBA jerseys;  Republic octogenarian says Medicaid vote proves Missourians support Obamacare;  Springfield septuagenarian says voters should reject all Missouri Republicans
          P-D letter:  St. Charles sexagenarian wants Missouri to force a mask mandate
          P-D letter:  St. Louis woman wonders what Post-Dispatch reaction would have been if Michael Brown succeeded in killing Darren Wilson
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        Saturday, August 15, 2020
       
St. Joseph News-Press:  Woman filling Democratic ballot slot against Graves visits flood area, "did not offer a specific policy solution"
          P-D:  Operation LeGend nabs another St. Louis City crook;  Budding criminal Dariyon Martin, already a felon, tried to rob undercover St. Charles police officer
          Joplin Globe:  Galloway makes stop at Joplin union hall
          Missourinet:  Galloway on campaign tour:  "We need a reset of our coronavirus strategy"
          KWMU:  How legislative district maps can be challenged key in Clean Missouri fight
          P-D:  Postal Service says it may fail to deliver ballots to election authorities in time to be counted
          KC Star:  Postal Service says Missouri voters should mail ballots a week before election to count
          CNN:  Postal Service removes some mail-sorting machines from Missouri, union leader says
          KC Star:  Missouri mail processing machines removed by Postal Service, union leader says
          Missourinet:  Missouri House committee to hear crime bills on Monday;  Kendrick wants to expand special session call
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) wants expanded special session on mail-in ballots
          The Missouri Times:  Updated county-by-county list of positive coronavirus cases
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SE Missourian:  Counties report more than 50 new coronavirus cases
          SE Missourian:  Scott County distributes $3 million in CARES Act funding;  $1 million remaining
          CDT:  Columbia, Boone County dispute control over CARES Act money
          Joplin Globe letter:  Kirkwood sexagenerian says Gov. Parson wants to turn Missouri students into "test monkeys"
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        Friday, August 14, 2020
       
St. Joseph News-Press:  Congress leaves with virus relief bill stalled;  Comments from Blunt, Graves
          CDT:  Gov. Parson responds to Galloway's attacks over school reopenings
          P-D:  Missouri jobless claims fall below 10,000 for first time since March
          Missourinet:  Business picks up at Missouri's 13 casinos since reopening in June
          Brownfield Ag News:  Gov. Parson kicks off livestock shows at pared-down Missouri State Fair
          KC Star:  Charges announced in slaying of 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro in Kansas City
          KWMU:  Gov. Parson 'disappointed' Legislature extended special session
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking podcast:  Rep. LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about urban crime, special session, Senate Dems' support for anti-crime bill, more
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  Kim Gardner criticizes Gov. Parson's anti-crime efforts
          Scott Faughn:  What is the Democrats' plan to address the St. Louis murder epidemic?  Plus a look at GOP sects' failure to communicate on crime legislation
          SNL:  Missouri 2020 deer season:  New rules for carcasses
          The Missouri Times:  Pack of protesters demonstrating against anti-crime bill stage third "die-in" stunt
          Missourinet:  Protesters yell, cause scene outside Cole County Jail;  Rep. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis):  "Are we locking up literally babies and putting them in jail with serial killers?"
          JCNT:  "People's State of the State III" brings fewer than 75 to street agitation
          Columbia Missourian:  Photo gallery:  Protester shirts read, "This Isn't No [sic] Kumbaya," "Impeach That Freak," "Property of Weirdoville," other inspirational messages
          P-D:  Photo gallery:  Caption:  "'Come out and be descent [sic]' asks [sic] Democratic nomination [sic] for Missouri's 1st Congressional District Cori Bush"
          JCNT:  State health official to help Fulton with mask ordinance
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County resident wants Cori Bush to know "there are more constituents in this district than just single black moms who are pastors of an invisible church"
          P-D letter:  St. Louis City septuagenarian says Gov. Parson not "sophisticated" enough to bring businesses to Missouri
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        Thursday, August 13, 2020
       
KC Star's Anna Spoerre:  Black Kansas City residents elated by Biden's pick of Kamala Harris:  Thoughts from four (4) local liberal leaders
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Blunt promotes "shark tank" effort to make COVID tests cheaper, with quicker results
          CDT:  Galloway:  Gov. Parson has failed on COVID-19 response for schools, economy
          The Missouri Times:  Amid special session chaos, anti-crime bill divides Missouri Democrats
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  Political reporter Rachel Lippmann talks special session, Operation Legend
          P-D:  County prosecutors oppose Gov. Parson's bid to strip autonomy from Gardner
          AP:  Missouri bill targeting Gardner spurs backlash
          JCNT:  Officials:  Reopening schools, keeping students home both carry risk
          Missourinet:  Missouri Board of Education to consider proposal intended to boost substitute teacher population
          JCNT:  DESE releases recommendations to address learning loss
          The Missouri Times:  Flu shots could be a 'bridge' to coronavirus vaccine, says Williams
          P-D:  Number of Dept. of Mental Health workers who have tested positive for coronavirus tops 200
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SNL:  'Temporary' license office coming to Springfield following reports of long lines
          The Missouri Times:  PSC requests feedback from companies over coronavirus' late payments
          JCNT:  State auditor releases report on former attorney general Hawley's tenure
          Missourinet:  Letter of intent reveals new information about planned $25 million hospital in southeast Missouri;  Thoughts from Rep. Herman Morse (R-Dexter)
          P-D editorial:  Legislature and Gov. Parson seek measures to short-circuit the circuit attorney
          Joplin Globe editorial:  Missouri should end the practice of subsidizing large retailers
          SE Missourian's Lucas Presson:  Sen. Hawley issues clarion call for judicial originalism
          Helling:  Another COVID-19 stimulus bill? Cleaver predicts a compromise in Congress
          CDT op-ed:  Mizzou biology prof opposes Cleaner Missouri
          JCNT letter:  Holts Summit man says Missouri's initiative petition process is mob rule
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        Wednesday, August 12, 2020
       
SE Missourian:  Galloway:  Containing China virus is 'most important' issue
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  "No on Amendment 3" leader Sean Soendker Nicholson criticizes Cleaner Missouri (23 minutes)
          KWMU:  Profile:  St. Louis activist Tracy Stanton says criminals on probation or parole should be allowed to vote
          SE Missourian:  Gov. Parson announces money for SEMO electric project
          The Missouri Times:  Anti-crime special session gets derailed in House;  legislation to be broken down
          Missourinet:  Missouri House GOP leaders will handle crime bills as single-subject bills;  full House to return August 24
          P-D:  Missouri Republicans hit reset button on Gov. Parson's call for action on violent crime
          SNL:  Missouri's health chief says the state is ready for schools to open
          AP:  Missouri balks at statewide mask mandate
          Missourinet:  Missouri cabinet leaders brief panel about COVID-19 response efforts
          The Missouri Times:  House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) says special session distracts from coronavirus
          Missourinet:  At House superminority leader's press conference, woman blames Gov. Parson for mother's death
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri could see a teacher shortage, educators warn
          P-D:  As Missouri classrooms begin to fill, expert says lawsuits will follow
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SNL:  Springfield property gets marijuana manufacturing license
          KC Star's Melinda Henneberger:  White Missouri Democrats sold out black Senate colleagues on crime bill - and for what?
          Priddy:  Internet purchases should be taxed, but lawmakers won't find the courage until next year
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        Tuesday, August 11, 2020
       
JCNT:  10 achieve citizenship on anniversary of Missouri's statehood
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air preview:  Clean Missouri's Sean Soendker Nicholson campaigns against Cleaner Missouri
          SNL:  Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller in quarantine for contact with COVID-19 case
          P-D:  Gov. Parson's administration assessing options for implementing extra unemployment benefits
          The Missouri Times:  Gov. Parson calls on attorney general to help prosecute St. Louis homicides in expansion of special session
          Missourinet:  Gov. Parson wants attorney general to prosecute murders in St. Louis
          KWMU:  Gov. Parson wants attorney general to intervene in St. Louis murder prosecutions
          AP:  Gov. Parson wants state to intervene in St. Louis murder cases
          KC Star:  Gov. Parson introduces proposal allowing attorney general to prosecute murders in St. Louis City
          P-D:  Gov. Parson says Kim Gardner not doing enough to combat crime
          KC Star:  With 6 killings in 26 hours, KC suffers deadliest weekend of already bloody year
          KC Star:  After 6 killed over weekend, KC mayor calls reducing violence KC's 'existentialist question'
          JCNT:  Small group of teachers gathers outside Governor's Mansion, protests going back to school
          The Missouri Times:  Updated county-by-county list of positive coronavirus cases, deaths
          AP:  Missouri reports confirming 1,027 COVID-19 cases
          The Missouri Times:  Jefferson City leaders break ground on Bicentennial Bridge project;  Gov. Parson, Lt. Gov. Kehoe attend
          P-D:  Photo gallery:  Michael Brown assault anniversary rally:  Cori Bush wears "Ya'll Gone [sic] Stop Killing Us" shirt;  Revelers dance to "Cupid Shuffle";  more
          KC Star editorial:  Waiting for $400 unemployment benefit? In Missouri, prepare to be disappointed
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  State rep candidate Karan Pujji:  New federal bill would improve upon U.S. Rep. Jason Smith's original proposal, provide boon to dialysis care
          KWMU op-ed:  General Manager Tim Eby responds to minority complaints about "systemic racism," "microaggressions," perceived slights and hurt feelings at St. Louis Public Radio
          P-D letter:  "Doctors for Democracy" co-founder Emily Bahram-Ahi wants Blunt and Hawley to spend taxpayer money on "safe vote-at-home methods"
          P-D letter:  Hazelwood septuagenarian considers editorial praising Cori Bush to be "demeaning"
          P-D letter:  Arch to Park CEO Jason Hall applauds Medicaid expansion
          P-D letter:  O'Fallon sexagenarian urges vote against Jay Ashcroft over back-to-school comments
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        Monday, August 10, 2020
       
This Week in Missouri Politics:  State Senate candidate Dave Lenihan talks with Scott Faughn about COVID, violent crime;  Panel of MOGOP's Jean Evans, Victory Enterprises' Brett Dinkins, Rep. Wiley Price IV (D-St. Louis City), Yinka Faleti's Forrest Richardson talk Cori Bush victory, state legislative primaries, Medicaid expansion, Gov. Parson vs. Nicole Galloway, more
          Columbia Missourian:  Organizers of anti-nuke rally disappointed by turnout;  Septuagenarian peace activist recounts Vietnam protests, says kids today don't care
          CDT:  Protest against lifesaving 1945 U.S. military actions draws 30
          SE Missourian:  Cape County Clerk Kara Clark Summers, staff guide coronavirus-era election, prepare for November
          Missourinet:  Missouri designates $7.5 million to help schools cover costs of PPE and cleaning
          KWMU:  DHSS Director Randall Williams says Missouri's diversity means "one-size-fits-all strategy" on virus won't work
          Missourinet:  Missouri's online system to report allegations of adult abuse and neglect has been restored
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  At some point, Missouri government must deliver on medical marijuana
          SE Missourian op-ed:  Cape County Clerk Kara Clark Summers:  A thank you to those who participate in elections
          Joplin Globe letter:  Carl Junction septuagenarian says local voters' rejection of Medicaid expansion shows Globe editorial board out of touch with residents
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        Sunday, August 9, 2020
       
JCNT:  Paycheck Protection Program loans brought nearly $100M into Jefferson City, retained more than 14,000 jobs
          P-D:  Anti-police marchers vandalize federal building downtown;  Spray-paint messaging includes "Frederal [sic] po = fascist control," other pithy catchphrases
          Washington Missourian:  Area gun sellers see sales soar;  Shop owner says Black Lives Matter/Antifa riots and "defund police" movement are encouraging citizens to defend themselves
          JCNT:  Lawmakers discuss impact of special session crime bill
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Lawmakers getting closer on special session bill
          SNL:  Legislative preview:  Lawmakers may fund Medicaid expansion, or not
          JCNT:  Stakeholders discuss road to Missouri Medicaid expansion
          KRES/KWIX (Moberly):  Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) discusses 2021 legislative priorities
          P-D:  Daily regional China virus update
          KC Star editorial:  Missouri Republicans risk lives to score political points with push to reopen schools
          SNL op-ed:  Ozarks Food Harvest CEO Bart Brown:  Blunt, Hawley should ensure stimulus bill includes SNAP funds
          P-D's Taylor Tiamoyo Harris:  Local heroes lead St. Louis' protest movement
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        Saturday, August 8, 2020
       
SNL:  Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway commit to Missouri Press Association debate
          SNL:  Nicole Galloway attacks Gov. Parson on COVID-19 and Medicaid expansion in Springfield visit
          JCNT:  Clean Missouri campaign, state make cases over Amendment 3 ballot language
          SE Missourian:  Kathy Swan picks up two votes in Cape County official results
          AP:  Technical problems change election count in Clay County
          P-D:  Absentees, mail-ins made up a third of St. Louis County's Tuesday vote total
          CDT:  Ballot beats deadline as voter works around post office
          JCNT:  Crime bill passes Missouri Senate into House
          AP:  Missouri Senate advances crime bill, which now heads to House
          KWMU:  Missouri Senate advances Gov. Parson's violent crime legislation
          Missourinet:  Missouri House committee to hear testimony Tuesday from Margie Vandeven and Randall Williams about COVID-19
          The Missouri Times:  Galloway alleges transportation issues in Hawley's AG office in new audit
          SNL:  Missouri launches new COVID-19 case reporting system
          P-D:  Daily regional China virus update:  Missouri cases fall
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          P-D editorial briefs:  Luetkemeyer wrong on questioning of Fauci
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  Make Medicaid expansion work
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst:  Missouri's amendment process encourages irresponsible spending
          Messenger:  From COVID to Medicaid expansion, Missouri governor's race revolves around health care
          SNL letter:  The Nature Conservancy in Missouri's Holly Neill thanks Blunt, Clay, Cleaver, Long for co-sponsoring Great American Outdoors Act
          KC Star letter:  Liberty man wants statewide mask mandate, castigates Gov. Parson for "total lack of empathy" on back-to-school topic
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        Friday, August 7, 2020
       
KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air preview:  Reflections on the Clay dynasty:  Thoughts from Cori Bush, Morning Consult's Eli Yokley, former P-D reporters Tim Poor and Deirdre Shesgreen
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Profile:  Woman filling Democratic ballot slot for Sam Graves' November re-election
          KWMU:  St. Louis gets more federal agents to help tame violent criminals
          P-D:  Feds launch St. Louis anti-crime initiative as homicide rate climbs
          Missourinet:  St. Louis officials welcome federal agents' help with violent crime surge
          SE Missourian:  Scott, Cape counties reject Medicaid expansion
          SE Missourian:  Kathy Swan says primary is 'over' but does not concede
          The Missouri Times:  Young Americans for Liberty sees victory in nearly half of its targeted Missouri primary races
          The Missouri Times:  June 2020 general revenue report shows dramatic increase over 2019
          SE Missourian:  AG Eric Schmitt intervenes in broadband grant challenge in southeast Missouri
          Missourinet:  Governor calls on Missouri counties to send CARES Act funding to health departments
          The Missouri Times:  Violent crime bill advances in Senate after heated 12-hour day
          Missourinet:  Missouri Senate gives initial approval to crimefighting package
          P-D:  Gov. Parson's crime crackdown advances
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  Public defender, SLU prof bash anti-crime efforts
          JCNT:  Anti-crimefighting rally draws 70
          Columbia Missourian:  Gov. Parson, state university heads stress safe campus environments
          CDT:  Gov. Parson meets with University of Missouri, Lincoln University officials about reopening campuses
          P-D:  Daily regional China virus update:  New COVID hospitalizations see two-day drop
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SE Missourian:  Cape County faring better than state with coronavirus
          The Missouri Times:  PSC considers rates and tariffs filed by Evergy as part of Missouri Energy Efficiency Investment Act
          JCNT editorial:  Criticism of Ashcroft's back-to-school comments is fair
          KC Star editorial:  KC-area voters backed hate in Democratic, Republican state rep primaries
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Ron Calzone:  Lessons from the Mike Moon Senate race
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        Thursday, August 6, 2020
       
Rosenbaum:  "Black Girl Magic" defines unpredictable Missouri primary results:  Top election questions answered
          P-D:  "Black Girl Magic":  Successful Democratic primary candidates celebrate themselves in downtown St. Louis
          Messenger:  It's a new day in Missouri politics. Black Women Matter, and can carry Democrats to victory in November.
          P-D:  Political climate was just right for Bush to topple Clay dynasty;  Comments from SLU prof Ken Warren (D)
          AP:  Cori Bush claims to have been beaten by police during 2014 Ferguson riots:  "I will be holding every single one of them accountable"
          Washington Missourian:  Franklin County votes 62-38 against Medicaid expansion
          P-D:  Medicaid expansion roll-out talks just getting started
          Columbia Missourian:  Missouri's Medicaid expansion won't happen until July 2021
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Medicaid expansion will provide resources for local clinics
          KC Star:  Gov. Parson says he will respect voters' decision on Medicaid expansion
          Joplin Globe:  Gov. Parson on Medicaid expansion's budget toll:  "We'll just have to find the money to pay for it, and we'll figure that out"
          AP:  Galloway says she's best suited to expand Medicaid
          KC Star:  Yinka Faleti, filling Democratic ballot slot against Jay Ashcroft, criticizes incumbent for back-to-school comments
          The Missouri Times:  Holly Rehder narrowly wins SD 27 nomination
          The Missouri Times:  Jason Bean, Mike Moon win Republican Senate primaries
          The Missouri Times:  Karla Eslinger upsets Robert Ross in SD 33 primary
          The Missouri Times:  Steve Roberts, Angela Mosley win St. Louis-area Senate primaries
          The Missouri Times:  Barbara Washington sails through primary to represent SD 9
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Hawley:  Relief should focus on 'real people, real jobs'
          Missourinet:  VP Mike Pence calls Gov. Parson to offer additional resources during pandemic
          Missourinet:  DHSS:  Four have tested positive for COVID during special session testing at Missouri Capitol
          AP:  4 test positive for virus as Missouri lawmakers return to work
          Columbia Missourian:  Gov. Parson praises Missouri school districts as they brace for COVID-19
          P-D:  Gov. Parson says he's disappointed Lake of the Ozarks crowd ignored social distancing
          P-D:  Daily regional China virus update:  St. Louis area sees dip in new coronavirus hospitalizations
          P-D:  St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann has no plans to bow to critics, force mask mandate
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          JCNT:  As schools prepare to open, state releases more guidance
          P-D:  Lawmakers to review coronavirus response and Missouri school plans
          AP:  Missouri lawmakers advance crime bill
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air preview:  Missouri State Public Defender's Sara Johnson, SLU law prof to criticize Gov. Parson and GOP lawmakers over crime proposals
          JCNT:  Protesters plan second agitation stunt in Jefferson City today;  Group opposes lawmakers' efforts to curb crime
          P-D editorial:  Voters who picked Cori Bush over Lacy Clay made a legitimate, though not necessarily realistic, choice
          Joplin Globe editorial:  Gov. Parson, GOP lawmakers should accept voters' decision on Medicaid expansion
          KC Star editorial:  Nearly two years later, why are Missouri patients still waiting for medical marijuana?
          KC Star op-ed:  Central Park Five's Yusef Salaam:  Missouri must reject law to put children in prison
          P-D letter:  St. Louis man says Post-Dispatch and Wesley Bell seem disappointed in truth about police assailant Michael Brown
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        Wednesday, August 5, 2020   Primary election results
       
Jason Rosenbaum for NPR:  Activist Cori Bush ousts Rep. Lacy Clay in Missouri primary upset
          P-D:  Cori Bush shocks Lacy Clay in congressional primary
          KWMU:  Cori Bush upsets Lacy Clay in Democratic primary
          Missourinet:  Longtime Missouri congressman defeated in Democratic primary
          JCNT:  Luetkemeyer rolls in GOP primary
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Graves benefits from strong GOP showing
          The Missouri Times:  Gov. Parson first sitting governor in 3 decades to be nominated by Republicans for second term
          JCNT:  Missourians advance incumbent Republicans in governor, lieutenant governor races
          Missourinet:  Gov. Mike Parson and Nicole Galloway square off in Missouri governor's race
          KC Star:  Missouri Democrats pick candidates to fill ballot slots in November
          P-D:  Missouri voters narrowly expand Medicaid expansion
          SNL:  Missourians OK Medicaid expansion
          Columbia Missourian:  Missouri voters approve Medicaid expansion in tight statewide race
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri expands Medicaid with Amendment 2 approval
          Missourinet:  Missouri becomes 38th state to expand Medicaid
          KWMU:  Missouri becomes 38th state to expand Medicaid
          KC Star:  Medicaid expansion passes in Missouri
          The Missouri Times:  Bill Eigel wins primary despite last-minute dark money effort
          SE Missourian:  Holly Rehder ekes out state Senate win;  Wallingford, Burger win House races
          Missourinet:  Rehder beats Swan by 141 votes in heated GOP primary
          The Missouri Times:  Gannon wins SD3 GOP nomination
          The Missouri Times:  Brattin edges out Bondon in close Senate race
          Missourinet:  Brattin clinches nomination for Missouri Senate District 31
          Missourinet:  Mike Moon to replace term-limited Sater in southwest Missouri
          P-D:  Steve Roberts wins Democratic primary to succeed Sen. Jamilah Nasheed
          JCNT:  'Pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, pro-military' Willard Haley wins in District 58
          JCNT:  Bruce Sassmann earns Republican nomination for Missouri House District 62 seat
          JCNT:  Lisa Ann Thomas of Four Seasons will take District 124 seat
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Dean VanSchoiack advances in House District 9 GOP primary
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  'Election Insiders' book goes behind the scenes with the St. Louis County Election Board
          P-D:  Mask mandate causes St. Louis County man to walk away from poll without voting
          The Missouri Times:  Ryan Rowden branches out with own firm
          Missourinet:  President signs Blunt-backed bill to help spruce up national park system
          KWMU:  States look to federal coronavirus funds to help meatpackers
          Joplin Globe op-ed:  U.S. Rep. Billy Long:  Once-in-a-generation conservation effort wins support
          P-D letter:  Woman who helped her children escape Riverview Gardens School District encourages parents to utilize Missouri Course Access Program and virtual learning
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        Tuesday, August 4, 2020   Primary election results (available after 7 p.m.)
       
Missourinet:  Despite earlier plans, GM has been able to keep third shift at Wentzville plant
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in Missouri Politics recap:  Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) on St. Louis City's murder epidemic;  Panel talks special session, COVID, more
          P-D:  Parson PAC fined for reporting lapses tied to two fundraising trips
          Missourinet:  August election preview:  Three Republicans seeking to replace term-limited Cunningham in southern Missouri
          Joplin Globe:  August election preview:  159th District seat to be decided in primary again:  Rep. Dirk Deaton (R-Noel) vs. Mark Bartley
          The Missouri Times:  Jackson County sheriff candidate addresses voter fraud concerns
          SNL:  Missouri set to report election results at usual schedule
          P-D:  'Door monitors' to hand out masks at St. Louis County polling places for today's primary
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Governor confers with campus leaders on COVID
          P-D:  COVID-19 hospital projections in St. Louis area starting to improve, pandemic task force says
          The Missouri Times:  Updated county-by-county list of positive coronavirus cases
          P-D:  China virus claims more than 500 Missouri nursing home residents, federal report says
          P-D editorial:  If the truth won't defeat Amendment 2, let lies do the job
          P-D editorial:  In helping Greitens' Navy quest, administration again politicizes the military
          KC Star letter:  Kansas woman agrees with Hawley on Supreme Court 'disappointment'
          P-D letter:  Manchester sexagenarian offers mock praise to U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner for "finding her voice" on coronavirus
          P-D letter:  American Lung Association in Missouri's Chris Scaglione encourages 'Yes' vote on Medicaid expansion
          KC Star letter:  St. Joseph septuagenarian says expanding Medicaid shows care for others
          P-D letter:  University City woman says GOP state lawmakers shows disdain for children
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        Monday, August 3, 2020
       
Missourinet:  Sen. Blunt optimistic a compromise can be reached this week on stimulus package
          Joplin Globe:  Blunt stumps for HEALS Act relief package
          Joplin Globe:  Video:  Blunt discusses vaccine options
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst set to wrap up his tenure
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) talks with Scott Faughn about violent crime package, concurrent jurisdiction bill, kids returning to schools, more;  Panel of Reps. Doug Beck (D-Affton), Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters), attorney Brad Bakker and St. Louis Young Republicans President Frank Catanzaro on violent crime, COVID and schools, Medicaid expansion, more
          Missourinet:  August election preview:  Amendment 2
          Missourinet:  August election preview:  Holly Rehder vs. Kathy Swan
          SE Missourian:  Missouri secretary of state's office answers frequently asked primary questions
          KC Star:  What to expect at the polls on Tuesday
          P-D:  Positive COVID cases slow in Missouri, St. Louis
          Joplin Globe endorsement:  'Yes' on Amendment 2
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric Bohl:  Amendment 2 not the answer to Missouri's health care problems
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County septuagenarian sasy GOP opposition to Medicaid expansion is based on "hatred" for former President Obama
          Joplin Globe letter:  Lamar sexagenarian urges 'Yes' vote on Medicaid expansion, says feds will pick up the tab
          P-D letter:  Louisiana sexagenarian says GOP lawmakers will kill Medicaid expansion no matter election outcome
          P-D letter:  Webster Groves woman wants state lawmakers to focus on "root causes" of urban violence, like "racism, inequality and lax gun control laws"
          Columbia Missourian letter:  Woman new to Missouri offers litany of complaints about state, wants Missouri to be more like California, Oregon and New Jersey
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        Sunday, August 2, 2020
       
St. Joseph News-Press:  Sen. Blunt talks Senate stimulus act at Mosaic Life Care
          Brownfield Ag News:  U.S. Rep. Billy Long, others work to protect ag fairs
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Area residents' nightmare:  First the flooding, then the looters and lawyers
          St. Joseph News-Press:  August election preview:  Medicaid expansion
          Joplin Globe:  August election preview:  Medicaid expansion
          Columbia Missourian:  Candidate bios:  Governor
          Columbia Missourian:  Candidate bios:  Lieutenant governor
          Columbia Missourian:  Candidate bios:  Secretary of state
          Columbia Missourian:  Candidate bios:  State treasurer
          Columbia Missourian:  Precautions will be in place during 2020 primary election Tuesday
          KWMU:  Election Day preview:  Safety measurers, key regional races
          P-D:  NAACP, City Dems, others complain about postal delays for mail-in ballots
          JCNT:  Profile:  New Missouri Veterans Commission Executive Director Paul Kirchhoff
          KC Star:  Some Missouri counties slow to implement programs funded by fed's coronavirus dollars
          KC Star editorial:  Missouri, other states must protect our elections during COVID-19. Sen. Roy Blunt can help
          P-D editorial:  New investigation, same disappointing result for Michael Brown's family
          P-D's Jack Suntrup:  Mailer advocating "No" vote on Medicaid expansion is xenophobic
          Washington Missourian letter:  Washington septuagenarian says Gov. Parson and GOP legislators opposed Medicaid expansion because they "didn't want to support any programs by a black Democrat president"
          P-D letter:  St. Louis City septuagenarian mocks Gov. Parson and "backwards, rural legislators," wishes "St. Louis would secede from the land of Misery"
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        Saturday, August 1, 2020
       
August 2019 Missouri political news headlines
          August 2018 Missouri political news headlines
          August 2017 Missouri political news headlines
          August 2016 Missouri political news headlines
          August 2015 Missouri political news headlines
          August 2014 Missouri political news headlines
          August 2013 Missouri political news headlines
          KC Star:  Operation LeGend in action:  Man arrested by federal agents for illegal firearm possession
          KC Star:  Operation LeGend in action:  Feds detail more than 100 arrests for dope, guns
          JCNT:  Governor extends work of state's Census committee
          Rosenbaum:  9 questions about Missouri's Aug. 4 primary
          KWMU:  St. Louis on the Air:  Medicaid expansion:  Siteman's Tim Eberlein and Missouri Foundation for Health's Ryan Barker in support, Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael in opposition
          SE Missourian:  August election preview:  Holly Rehder vs. Kathy Swan
          SE Missourian:  August election preview:  Three local state rep races
          KC Star:  Navy gave Eric Greitens 'red carpet' return after involvement of VP Pence
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric Bohl takes readers inside a 'Fractured Republic' with new novel
          The Missouri Times:  "Next Steps" legislative preview series:  Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) seeks to ban non-compete agreements
          Missourinet:  Missouri's online reporting system for adult abuse is out of service
          The Missouri Times:  Updated list of coronavirus executive orders signed by Gov. Parson
          The Missouri Times:  Updated county-by-county list of positive coronavirus cases
          P-D:  Daily regional China virus update
          KC Star:  Daily regional China virus update
          SE Missourian editorial:  The arguments for and against Medicaid expansion
          Joplin Globe editorial:  Gov. Parson should mandate masks statewide
          KC Star op-ed:  Missouri Rural Crisis Center's Darvin Bentlage:  Support bipartisan Hawley-Duckworth plan to help U.S. meat industries
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  House Budget Chair Cody Smith (R-Carthage):  Medicaid expansion will result in cuts to Missouri public schools
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Independence Mayor Eileen Weir:  Vetoing HB 1854 was the right thing to do
          Messenger:  From Chillicothe to Pacific, COVID-19 spreads like wildfire through Missouri prisons
          SE Missourian letter:  Scott City woman supports Medicaid expansion
          SE Missourian letter:  Ste. Genevieve man says loving your neighbor means voting for Medicaid expansion
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