Saturday, February 28
Kraske: Do we expect too much of our politicians? +
Lieb: Why would Schweich kill himself?
AP: A look at some of Schweich's top audit findings
P-D: In wake of Schweich's death, politics pushed
aside by grief
KC Star: Schweich reactions, Day Two +
CDT: Schweich remembered by friends, rivals for
tenacity, lengthy public service
AP: Funeral for Schweich set for Tuesday
KWMU: Nixon names longtime adviser John Watson as
temporary auditor; Hancock communicates with state's grassroots
GOP leaders regarding Schweich
CDT: Nixon appointes longtime aide as interim auditor
to replace Schweich X
AP: Nixon appoints senior adviser as temporary
Missouri auditor
AP: Hanaway cancels campaign events
Brownfield Ag News: Nixon changes travel plans after
Schweich's suicide, will send wife to Cuba instead
Columbia Missourian: Georganne Nixon to take
governor's place on Cuba trip
Washington Post: McCaskill, others introduce
bipartisan bill to expand powers of inspectors general
KC Star: Mend loophole on wireless auctions, McCaskill
warns FCC +
SNL: Immigration showdown tests Blunt's vow to end
dysfunction X
KWMU: McCaskill introduces new bill to address sexual
violence on campus
CDT: Former Rep. Chris Kelly (D-Columbia) announces
committee to advocate for infrastructure ballot issues X
P-D: St. Louis judge tosses out gun case, citing
Amendment 5
CDT: UM President Tim Wolfe taking a one-month vacation X
KSHB: Schmitt wants accountability after Liberty boy
with autism beaten up
The Missouri Times: Bills involving Missouri High
School Athletics Association move forward
KWMU: Missouri Highway Patrol seeks minority candidates
KC Star Capitol Watch editorial: Weekly list of
Missouri GOP transgressions: Plastic bags, gay marriage,
California egg rule +
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian remembers Schweich, then
criticizes Koster and Hanaway for taking Sinquefield money X
KC Star's Sanchez: Candidate's suicide holds up
unflattering mirror to our politics +
P-D letter: Twelve GOP state legislators respond to
P-D editorial on Missouri Department of Conservation
P-D letter: Florissant man says GOP legislators don't
care if Missourians die
SNL letter: Library employee dislikes Nixon's funding
cut for libraries X
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Friday, February 27
Messenger:
From voicemail to voicemail: The short political life and times
of Tom Schweich
KWMU:
State auditor Tom Schweich dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound
Missourinet:
Schweich called reporters minutes before apparent suicide
P-D:
Auditor Tom Schweich called seeking an interview just before his suicide
KC
Star: Schweich dead of apparent suicide +
AP:
Schweich dies in 'apparent suicide,' police say
Kraske:
The Chat: Only one quote worth mentioning: Rest in peace,
Mister Auditor. +
KWMU:
Schweich remembered as dedicated public servant; Came out
swinging in bid for governor
Missourinet:
Missouri leaders react to Schweich suicide
JCNT:
Capitol remembers Schweich in brief prayer service X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) reacts to Schweich's death
KWMU:
Nixon will soon have to pick Schweich's successor
JCNT:
Nixon to fill vacancy in auditor's office X
AP:
Schweich's death leaves vacancy
SNL:
Challenge to health care subsidies could mean a new headache for
GOP; Comments from Blunt X
AP:
Akin nixes bloggy clickbait, affirms he's not running for Senate in 2016
CDT:
Recovering legislator Chris Kelly, now a lobbyist, will lead support of
Columbia ballot issues
CDT:
State Supreme Court hears challenges to voter-passed gun and farming
amendments
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) on defending gun
rights amendment
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Jay Nixon appoints Steve Sokoloff, Caucasoid former
prosecutor, to fill spot vacated by black cop
Washington
Missourian: Weed, right to work, prescription drug monitoring
discussed at Chamber government forum
CDT:
State ag department issues license to grow cannabis for epilepsy
patients X
JCNT:
Scrambled California egg law hurts Missouri farmers; Kehoe
resolution would send message to California, HSUS X
CDT:
Senate approves Schaefer bill to keep Nixon out of UM presidency X
The
Missouri Times: Schmitt, lawmakers blast Liberty Schools in
child's attack, promise anti-bullying bill
AP:
Schmitt faults district after autistic boy beaten
Fox
4 KC: Schmitt outraged over beating of Liberty Middle School boy
KCTV:
Schmitt condemns school for failing to prevent savage beating of
Liberty boy
LA
Times: Missouri lawmakers outraged by apparent bullying attack on
boy
The
Missouri Times: University of Missouri hosts Lobby Day
AP:
Sale of $38.5M in bonds for University of Missouri approved
P-D:
Missouri agency suggests new priorities in awarding subsidized housing
projects
P-D:
Missouri lawmakers eye earlier health insurance rate disclosure
Washington
Missourian: Bill from Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair) allows 911
call centers to consolidate
Washington
Missourian editorial: Audits from Schweich's office will put more
emphasis on local taxing entities, and that's good news
KC
Star editorial: Eulogy of Tom Schweich, gratuitious swipe at Rex
Sinquefield +
Washington
Missourian editorial: Lack of leadership on transportation from
Nixon, Legislature is pathetic
Washington
Missourian editorial: Raising speed limits, allowing no helmets
will cost Missouri lives
JCNT
letter: Legislature should dedicate energy to things other than
regulation of plastic grocery bags X
KC
Star letter: Palmyra man attempts sarcasm regarding Kinder and
per diem +
Columbia
Missourian letter: Murderer with "deteriorating mental capacity"
shouldn't be executed
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Thursday, February 26
KODE (Joplin): McCaskill pushes to end trade embargo
with Cuba
KWMU: U.S. Commerce Dept. approves Missouri rice
shipment to Cuba
Wall Street Journal: FCC's net neutrality rules
expected to unleash court challenges; McCaskill says both sides
"are being completely demagogic"
P-D: State legislators push to keep federal agency in
St. Louis
The Missouri Times: Twitter interview with John
Hancock: Thoughts on MRP changes, GOP primaries, name association
about state leaders, Cards-Royals predictions, more
The Missouri Times: Twitter interview with Catherine
Hanaway: Thoughts on "sexual permissiveness" blip, Sinquefield,
Schweich, name association about state leaders, more
Drebes: Feedback on Speaker of the House 2019
list: Don't forget the first Madam Speaker
Kraske: Missouri journalists criticize Nixon's
approach to press; D.C. journalists satiate Akin's need for
external validation; Eric Greitens talks upcoming campaign +
KWMU: Dan Isom stepping down as head of Missouri Dept.
of Public Safety (DPS); Nasheed disappointed in Nixon, says Isom
not "given the leeway to make reforms"
The Missouri Times: Nasheed says Isom set to
resign; Phone calls to DPS go unanswered
P-D: Former St. Louis City police chief resigns as
Nixon's public safety chief after six months
AP: Public safety director chosen amid Ferguson unrest
resigns
JCNT: Missouri Chamber of Commerce offers long-term
plan to rev up economy; Dan Mehan explains "Missouri 2030" X
Missourinet: Missouri gun rights, 'right to farm'
challenges highlight procedural issues
JCNT: Missouri's farming, gun rights challenged X
AP: Missouri Supreme Court weighing farming,
gun-rights measures
KWMU: Gun rights and 'right to farm' amendments misled
voters, critics tell Supreme Court
P-D: Opponents want Missouri Supreme Court to throw
out gun-rights amendment
The Missouri Times: House considers drug-monitoring
program
KC Star: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale), other
lawmakers to schools: Stop bullies or lose funding +
KMBC: Support grows for student savagely beaten;
Schmitt wants schools that don't curb bullying held financially
accountable
AP: Missouri House panel wants more for K-12 education
AP: Diehl wants to strip $4.5M in funding for
membership to group that makes Common Core tests
KWMU: Missouri schools chief Margie Vandeven:
Normandy is 'fixable'; approach must balance all districts' needs
KWMU: Senate gives first approval to Schaefer's bill
keeping Nixon from becoming University of Missouri president
CDT: House budget eliminates staff for research
committee X
The Missouri Times: House leaders look to cut
legislative research
CDT: Lawmakers tour space pegged for potential new
member offices X
P-D: Ameren, Missouri Public Counsel resolve energy
efficiency program dispute
The Missouri Times: Certified nurse anesthetists crowd
Capitol for lobbying effort
JCNT: Legislative bills pit health care professionals
against each other X
AP: Missouri House approves annual inspection of
abortion clinic
P-D: Bill would require annual inspections at St.
Louis abortion facility
The Missouri Times: Concerned Women for America
supports pro-life bill
The Missouri Times: Medicaid-expansion supporters seek
to persuade lawmakers by distributing mock "death certificates"
P-D/Kaiser Health News: Medicaid advocates hand out
"death certificates" to lawmakers, but pleas "are likely to fall on
deaf ears"
SNL: Nixon pushes renewal of state parks sales tax X
Missourinet: Proposal to slash Missouri Conservation
permit fees slashed
Missourinet: Execution date set for Missouri man who
murdered over child support; Andre Cole stabbed ex's new lover to
death, then tried to kill her
Missourinet: Changes to Missouri deadly force law
debated
P-D: Seven months after first round of Ferguson riots,
students continue talking about race; Hazelwood East Spartan
Dwayne McCowan: "Is there hope for St. Louis? I'd say heck
yeah!"
KWMU: St. Louis County to launch health survey of
residents near Bridgeton Landfill; EPA already concluded air
quality is no different, but North Countians still complaining about
nosebleeds and tummyaches
P-D: State to get more landfill data; Republic
says new report shows fire contained
P-D editorial: McCaskill and Nixon right to support
Cuba
P-D editorial: By giving in to Ferguson protesters'
demands, SLU president is acting in the honorable tradition of
universities
SNL op-ed: Cost of expanding Medicaid will lower
standard of living X
P-D letter: Area woman notes Republicans don't want to
expand Medicaid - even though it would help businesses - so they're a
bunch of hypocrites
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Wednesday, February 25
The Hill: McCaskill will vote to override Obama's veto
of Keystone XL
SNL: Missouri delegation responds to DHS bill free of
immigration measures X
P-D: McCaskill may go along with plan to end DHS
funding impasse
JCNT: McCaskill: Time for U.S. to end Cuban
embargo X
KC Star: McCaskill says U.S. overture to Cuba has
Havana government worried +
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri delegation heads to Cuba
on Sunday; Comments from Nixon, Ag Director Richard Fordyce
KODE (Joplin): McCaskill talks Cuba, state rep's
resolution quoting phrase from Declaration of Independence, "71 cents
for every dollar a man makes" femimeme, more
NY Times: Hillary '16 will spend even more time
talking about gender than did Hillary '08; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: St. Louis man pleads guilty to theft of
government funds; Michael Leon Adkins abused HUD programs
P-D: For first time since 2010, St. Louis County will
open up Section 8 waiting list for housing vouchers
CDT: Kander aims at Blunt's Washington ties in opening
round of Senate campaign X
Kraske: The Chat: Kander vs. Blunt begins;
Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) on ethics overhaul +
P-D: Eric Greitens set to announce GOP bid for governor
JCNT: Attorney general candidate Kurt Schaefer asks
Koster to get involved in Texas immigration suit X
Drebes:
The five top contenders to take over for Speaker Todd Richardson in 2019
Columbia Journalism Review: How limited access to
state officials hurts reporting in Missouri; Veteran journalists
say things have changed for the worst under Gov. Jay Nixon (D)
CDT: Rowden bill for video streaming of Legislature
heard by House committee X
AP: Missouri judge rules pact with Common Core testing
'illegal'
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court asked to throw out
gun rights amendment
KC Star: Doing much of the teaching but failing to
lift themselves up financially, adjunct faculty joins unions;
SEIU says it has not established a foothold in KC area +
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers have a long way to go in
the school transfer debate
KWMU: Missouri House and Senate give first-round
approval to student transfer fixes
AP: House, Senate initially approve student transfer
bills
P-D: Missouri lawmakers approve two school transfer
bills
St. Joseph News-Press: Schweich's audit revealed
millions of dollars in stipends awarded to district employees without
board approval X
Columbia Missourian: Columbia's black students help
lead district to top tier in suspension rankings
Missourinet: Proposals target fraud against Missouri
seniors and disabled
KWMU: Missouri Hospital Association organizes
"telephone town hall" to tout Silvey's legislation
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers tour potential new
locations for state offices
The Missouri Times: Bag-ban bill gives freshman Rep.
Dan Shaul (R-Imperial) national attention
AP: Missouri Supreme Court says state went too far to
tax gym
SE
Missourian: Change in state law allows small towns to opt out of
uncontested elections +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Dept. of Conservation to
hold meetings on deer-hunting regulations
AP: In response to Michael Brown
theft/assault/shooting, Senate panel considers change to deadly force
law
P-D: Deadly force changes get airing in Missouri Senate
JCNT: Senate committee hears two proposals on
sentencing juvenile killers X
P-D: Protesters test the leadership of SLU's new
president; Leader of "Tribe X" sect praises Fred Pestello's
acquiescence
P-D editorial: Closing police video records is wrong
step for Missouri
P-D op-ed: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel:
"Missouri Promise" program would allow anyone of functional wits - and
a decent work ethic - the opportunity to go to college
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Columnist chats
with imaginary friend about payday loans, references "former Rep. Mary
Stills [sic]"
KC Star's Sanchez: Look at suspension data with
critical eye; For example, area whites in secondary school are
punished more frequently than Latinos +
KC Star op-ed: Create the I-70 of the future:
Electric cars that drive themselves +
P-D letter: Response to P-D editorial: Only 47
percent of people are taking "assistance" - only 53 percent more to go
to please the socialists
P-D letter: SLU law students who jeered McCulloch are
asinine, are suited to join the mobs that overran Ferguson streets
P-D letter: Protesters blocking the street are lawless
thugs - so what happens if a law-abiding driver just so happens to
"panic" and runs them over?
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Tuesday, February 24
KWMU: McCaskill: Ending embargo against Cuba
would be 'boon' for Missouri businesses
SE
Missourian: McCaskill supports ending Cuba embargo +
SNL: After Cuba visit, McCaskill more convinced
embargo should be lifted X
P-D: Just returned from Cuba trip, McCaskill calls for
lifting trade embargo
AP: McCaskill supports legislation to end trade
embargo with Cuba
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Consulting group issues report claiming Missouri can
reach EPA goals for carbon reduction
Columbia Missourian: Boone County Dems hold annual
chili supper; Kander speaks
CDT: Sara Walsh, Gary Harris appointed to Missouri GOP
executive committee X
Drebes:
Who is Eric Greitens, and how soon is he announcing his bid for
governor?
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Supreme Court to hear
farming amendment challenge tomorrow
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
reacts to Kinder's "gradual impoverishment" request
The Missouri Times: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel
releases midterm report
CDT: House committee advances bill to ban
lobbyist-paid travel outside Missouri X
JCNT: Senate ethics bill on way to House floor X
KWMU: Two different Missouri Senate proposals to
require photo IDs for voting; Comments from GOP Sens. Will Kraus,
Rob Schaaf
AP: Missouri Senate passes legislation limiting
welfare benefits; TANF recipients would be allowed only four
years to hang out on the dole
AP: Missouri's black grade-schoolers lead the nation
in suspensions
KC Star: Missouri's black grade-schoolers dominate
national suspension rankings; St. Louis City, Normandy, Riverview
Gardens and KC districts drive top numbers +
P-D: When it comes to suspensions, black
grade-schoolers in Missouri far outdo peers in other states
Missourinet: Missouri House fast-tracks Amber Alert
bill inspired by Hailey Owens
Missourinet: Missouri House Committee hears testimony
on medical marijuana
AP: Lawmakers hear testimony on medical
marijuana: Former TV host Montel Williams: "I could care
less [sic] about anybody who
wants to get high"
The Missouri Times: Medical marijuana bill heard
before committee
AP: Missouri House endorses annual inspection of
abortion clinic
AP: Missouri bill would stop cities from banning
plastic bags
P-D: Ameren rate increase could be lower than first
thought
CDT: State stages disaster drill at dormant fairground X
P-D: Protesters go to County Executive Steve Stenger's
home at 6:30 a.m. as part of "Monday Mourning" stunt series
P-D: Activist warns: Return of warm weather to
St. Louis will stir more protester violence
KWMU: Civil rights oversight body hears full day of
complaints
P-D editorial: Times are tough for Missouri
women; Women make "71 cents for every dollar a man makes" (not
accounting for differences in occupation, education, hours worked per
week), other sad stats
Shelley: Rex Sinquefield has his tentacles in
University of Missouri research numbers, and that's not fair +
CDT's Waters: Besides the fact he's running for
attorney general, why does Kurt Schaefer care about Uber? X
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman offers sarcastic advice
to Kinder re: budgeting
P-D letter: Florissant man manufactures sarcastic
punchline on Nixon, National Guard and Ferguson
SE
Missourian letter: Cape woman supports "Death with Dignity" bill +
KC Star letters: Union member opposes right to
work; GOP bill on plastic bags is hypocritical +
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Monday, February 23
P-D: Temporary truce: Catherine Hanaway, Tom
Schweich hold their fire at Lincoln Day
CDT: Likely AG candidate Joshua Hawley: Nixon,
Koster 'fundamentally dishonest' on gay marriage X
KTVI (St. Louis): Hancock and Kelley: On
Kander's bid, Obamacare, McCaskill and Cuba, Ferguson
P-D: Kerry Messer, prominent pro-family lobbyist,
searches for his missing wife
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed; Panel discussion between Katie Casas (D), Anne
Schweitzer (D), Jeremy Lafaver (D), Ron Hicks (R)
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear 'right to
farm' challenge Wednesday
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mike Kehoe
talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about transportation, unemployment
benefits and his political future
Missouri Viewpoints: Cell phones, tablets and
thieves: Does Missouri need new laws to catch up?
Discussion from Rep. Mary Nichols (D-Maryland Heights), AT&T's John
Sondag
AP: Under GOP budget, taxpayers won't fund Nixon's
Ferguson "Office of Community Engagement"
Missourinet: Medical marijuana to get Missouri House
hearing today
KWMU: KC, rural legislators don't share Nixon's
bullishness on St. Louis stadium
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Legislature
asks: Paper or plastic? X
P-D: Missouri tests a carrot-and-stick approach to
higher education
St. Joseph News-Press: In wake of Schweich audit,
district moves to fire supe X
Washington Missourian: Residents express concerns
about water at Ameren permit hearing
KC Star: St. Louis looks to Kansas City for help with
homicide onslaught +
Student Life (Washington U.): "Fossil Free WashU"
complains about Peabody; Comments from freshman who says private
university should maximize investment return and not cave to activist
demands
JCNT editorial: Kinder should have known better than
to ask for per diem X
P-D letter: Missouri Cattlemen's Association's Mike
Deering: Hold Missouri Department of Conservation accountable for
tax money
P-D letter: Leave the Missouri Department of
Conservation alone
P-D letter: Fenton man says Brian Munzlinger, Bryan
Spencer and Wanda Brown are enemies of Missouri sportsmen
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Sunday, February 22
KWMU:
John Hancock elected as next Missouri GOP chairman; State
committee members favor Scott Walker for president, Catherine Hanaway
for governor
CDT:
Republicans choose Hancock as party chairman; Valinda Freed wins
vice-chair spot over Schweich Chief of Staff Trish Vincent X
CDT:
State committee gov vote: Hanaway 29, Schweich 14, Eric Greitens
and John Brunner tied at 5, Kinder 4 X
AP:
John Hancock elected party chair of MOGOP; GOP vet starts with
party $77,189 in the red
The
Missouri Times: Hancock elected GOP chairman
P-D:
John Hancock elected chairman of Missouri GOP
P-D:
At Lincoln Day, Blunt still mum on challenge from Kander
AP:
At Lincoln Day, Hanaway and Schweich avoid taking shots at each other
CDT:
John Webb will challenge Vicky Hartzler in primary again, says
incumbent is too liberal X
Kraske:
A walk through the gauntlet of Lincoln Day display tables: Women
and weed, "Alliances" and also-rans +
AP:
Fort Leonard Wood job cuts to be discussed at Nutter Field House on
March 2
P-D:
North St. Louis City neighborhood struggles with prospect for National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; Area was ground zero for infamous
Pruitt-Igoe housing project
Drebes:
Weekly poll from February 7
Drebes:
Weekly poll from February 14
KC
Star: Sinquefield critics complain about budget numbers coming
from University of Missouri's Economic & Policy Analysis Research
Center (EPARC) +
AP:
State seeks alternatives for highway, bridge funding; Comments
from Missouri Trucking Association's Tom Crawford, Rep. Dave Hinson
(R-St. Clair)
AP:
Summary of alternative ways to pay for highway, bridge funding
Columbia
Missourian: Columbia, MoDOT search for scarce road money
Ashley
Jost's Learning Curve: Zweifel visits MU to talk financial
aid; Senior Jamon Finley laments struggle of borrowing money,
then having to work to pay it back X
CDT:
MU medical school expansion tied up in budget fight X
Washington
Missourian editorial: Jason Kander is a bright young man who will
run a spirited campaign
P-D
editorial: If facts mattered, Medicaid expansion in Missouri
would be a slam dunk - unfortunately, opponents can't handle the truth
P-D
editorial: Missouri student transfer bill needs simple tuition fix
KC
Star: Conservation Commission expansion is reasonable, but major
fixes aren't needed in a Missouri success story +
Washington
Missourian editorial: Unions, Ameren put forth solid effort to
keep Rams in St. Louis
SNL
letter: Jobs with Justice opposes right to work X
P-D
letter: Retired union official opposes right to work
SNL
letter: Right to work hurts unions, wages X
SNL
letter: Right to work gives workers a choice X
P-D
letter: Plenty of blame to go around for letting criminal element
destroy Ferguson
P-D
letter: Governor's no-win Ferguson conundrum: If Nixon had
used the National Guard, people would whine about looters/arsonists
being put down
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Saturday, February 21
KWMU: Missouri Republicans take verbal aim at Kander,
Obama
CDT: Missouri Republicans focus on Obama policies at
Kansas City gathering X
KC Star: Missouri Republicans take on Barack Obama in
KC meeting +
Fox 4 KC: Jeff Roe poll, via Drebes, shows Blunt
leading Kander
Washington Post: With loss to Blunt, Kander may be
setting himself up for another race in the future
Kraske: Kander hopes Blunt is vulnerable;
Hancock wants to move state primaries; What will Peter Kinder
choose? +
CDT: Joshua Hawley prepares to challenge Kurt Schaefer
in MO GOP AG primary X
USA
Today: GM names new top lawyer; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: Illinois county plans to offer land near Scott
AFB at no cost for National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency relocation
Drebes:
Weekly poll results: Minimum wage, tax credit for student loans,
more
AP: Bill from Sen. Tom Dempsey (R-St. Charles) gives
select legislators the ability to intervene in lawsuits
KC Star: Second Bloch School faculty member resigns in
wake of rankings scandal +
AP: Second professor quits amid ranking scandal at
Missouri college
CDT: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) seeks to overturn
local rules on Uber-style ride services X
KWMU: Anti-drug agency looks to state legislators, law
enforcement for help combating heroin
Missourinet: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) wants
to let Missouri homeschoolers play public school sports
KOMU (Columbia): Parents want home-school students in
public-school activities
P-D: OPPS! Ameren accidentally discloses
settlement negotiations with regulators
Washington Missourian: Alderman: Utilities
relocation bill from Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) would be costly
KOMU (Columbia): MoDOT says increase in fatal
accidents is related to seat belt use
CDT: Group opposing death penalty draws 25 to hear
local law prof speak X
KSHB (Kansas City): Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale)
wants to abusive traffic ticket schemes (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
P-D: McCulloch, at SLU, shares insight into Michael
Brown's theft/assault/shooting case
KWMU: Protesters yell, sing as McCulloch explains his
office's approach to Michael Brown case
AP: Protesters: "Black lives matter!"
McCulloch: "I'm pretty sure all lives matter."
KC Star Capitol Watch editorial: Weekly list of GOP
transgressions: Kinder and per diem; Voter ID proposal +
P-D editorial: Taxpayers shouldn't subsidize more
Kinder-Kare
P-D editorial: Republicans are the "Mean Boys &
Girls Club," and are full of "pure meanness"
CDT's Waters: Kinder's folly
X
CDT's Waters: Photo ID puts an additional burden on
voters X
JCNT editorial: Virtual schools won't solve real
education puzzle X
P-D letter: Early childhood education should be funded
P-D letter Kirkwood man share octogenarian wisdom - if
you don't like traffic tickets, perhaps you should not break the law
P-D letter: Thanks to Nixon's inaction in Ferguson,
citizens will have to shoot looters themselves
P-D letter: Ferguson man says that if Nixon had used
National Guard, lowlife looters would have "run like roaches"
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Friday, February 20 Toward a more memorable,
meaningful Lincoln Day Weekend
Reuters: McCaskill returns from Cuba, says business
and ag support can help make push more bipartisan
SE
Missourian: Nixon to explore opportunities for international
trade with Cuba +
P-D: McCaskill fires back on GOP claims Democrats are
holding up homeland security vote
KWMU: North City residents can stay if National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) doesn't choose city for relocation
KWMU: Jason Kander announces bid for U.S. Senate in
2016
The Missouri Times: Jason Kander announces United
States Senate bid
Missourinet: Jason Kander announces run for Senate
seat held by Roy Blunt
P-D: Kander announces he'll seek Senate seat held by
Blunt
SNL: Jason Kander announces he will run for U.S.
Senate in 2016 X
Kraske: Kander's bid is audacious - and enormously
challenging. +
AP: Jay Ashcroft now says he's running for secretary
of state; Will Kraus announced bid last July
KWMU: Jay Ashcroft enters GOP primary for secretary of
state
KC Star: Jay Ashcroft says he'll take on Will Kraus in
GOP SOS primary +
The Missouri Times: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia)
uses his role as senator and potential attorney general to rein in
federal overreach
Drebes:
Zech Hockersmith, who lost House bid as a Dem, to run as a Republican
for Sen. Dan Brown's open seat in 2018
Kraske: The Chat: Kinder wants an allowance +
The Missouri Times: Slideshow: Capitol Gala 2015
The Missouri Times: Capitol staffers Stephanie Boeth
(Barnes) and David Willis (Richardson) to wed Nov. 14
KWMU: Gun rights amendment had unintended
outcomes; High court to decide fate
P-D: Want a 50-cent doctor visit copay? Become a
Missouri inmate.
Missourinet: Missouri House sends voter photo ID
proposal to Senate
Missourinet: How state reps voted on voter ID bill
KWMU: Critics call voter ID bill racist; Sponsor
Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin), who is black, disagrees
AP: Missouri Senate passes cutoff for changes to
ballot measures
AP: Demspey will allow vote on right to work
CDT: Schaefer seeks to block Columbia from creating
high-speed Internet utility X
AP: Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton) wants disclosure
of unvaccinated children
P-D: Payday lending volume in Missouri decreases, but
installment lenders increase
The Missouri Times: CTE diplomas could become a reality
AP: Missouri House panel approves bill on student
transfers
KWMU: State extends deadline for Normandy students to
transfer
P-D: New deadline for Normandy transfer students
Missourinet:
Bill from Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) would free man with life
sentence for marijuana case
P-D:
Dogan wants to free man serving life without parole for marijuana
KWMU:
Labor unions promise 24-hour workdays to build riverfront stadium
P-D:
Justice Department hasn't briefed Ferguson on the results of the
agency's investigation, Mayor James Knowles says
AP:
Ferguson officials: No word on federal investigations
KC
Star: Staff of Butler, Mo. newspaper walk out on employer, start
competitive newspaper +
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: Republicans
who blasted McCaskill over Homeland Security should stop playing games
JCNT editorial: Blunt's government advertisement
proposal: What, exactly, is the transparency we seek? X
P-D editorial: Turning around the police department
battleship
Shelly: Whoever put together long list of
Medicaid-expansion supporters wasted their time; It will take
wholesale changes in 2016 elections to see any expansion +
KC Star letters: Blunt, Graves, other GOP reps should
push for big changes; Government would be in better shape if
people sent more letters via snail mail to their congressional offices +
CDT letter: Kudos to Tim Wolfe for taking a stand
against tax cuts X
JCNT letter: Right to work and declining union
membership X
P-D letter: Editorial overlooks important factors
against NGA deal
P-D letter: Missouri Legislature should pass "Death
with Dignity" bill
JCNT letter: Costs of toll roads may exceed benefits X
JCNT letter: Republicans are mean, and wrong about a
lot of things X
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Thursday, February 19
KC Star: Enrollment in Obamacare jumps in Missouri +
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill's Cuba trip aims to
promote trade X
CDT: Blunt visits Jefferson City, urges House to dig
at roots of race and economic issues X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Blunt visits Salisbury, talks
government overreach and Keystone XL
KC Star: Blunt at center of immigration policy spat +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly: Luetkemeyer announces his bid for
re-election, talks opportunities and threats of Cuban trade
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner visits Jefferson City,
joins with Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) to push new penalties for
sex trafficking
KOMU (Columbia): Wagner, Haahr want crackdown on child
sex trafficking in Missouri
Missourinet: Wagner, Haahr push making sex trafficking
ads illegal
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Jake
Zimmerman (D) on campaign for attorney general, more
The Missouri Times: Yancy Williams brings campaign
successes to the Senate
Helling: Stadium issues show that St. Louis brings a
battle sword to Jefferson City, while KC brings a pocketknife;
Mayor Sly James, tightwad-donor rep don't help
AP: Kinder wants same daily allowance that legislators
get
KC Star: Missouri voter ID law gets initial House
approval +
The Missouri Times: Republicans look to open door to
new voter ID laws
AP: Missouri House endorses voter photo ID requirements
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole says there's talk
more federal money for MoDOT is possible
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Soybean Merchandising
Council joins national group to lobby for federal and state
transportation issues
The Current (UMSL): UMSL students face tuition increase
The Missouri Times: Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Poplar
Bluff) says he wants to improve education by raising teachers' salaries
and more
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf calls for charges from
district audit; Schweich gave district "poor" rating X
KWMU: Two-day conference, supported by DESE, will
address "inequality" issues; Topics include hiring more black
teachers, etc.
KMZU (Carrollton): MO DHSS looking for organizations
to serve free and reduced-price meals over the summer; Comments
from Ryan Hobart
The Maneater: Nursing educators want state to spend
more money; Comments from Missouri Nurses Association's Sarah
Felts
KODE (Joplin): Rep. Jim Neely (R-Cameron) sponsors
"Right to Try" law for terminally ill; Nixon: "We want to
do what we can ... to have as few limitations at the state level"
KODE (Joplin): Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield)
wants
to streamline communication between local law enforcement and state
highway patrol when a child goes missing
The Missouri Times: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis
City) shoulders non-discrimination fight
KTVO (Kirksville): Bill from Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) looks to eliminate hunting permit fees
P-D: Lindenwood University announces $625,000 in
scholarships for North St. Louis County students
Missourinet: Missouri bill would bar police camera
mandate, public access to videos
CDT: Bill to close police body and dash camera video
opposed by press, civil liberties groups X
P-D: Media unhappy about police-camera access
KOMU (Columbia): Fulton police weigh in on Missouri
body camera bill; Comments from Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff),
others
P-D: Revelations about National Guard mission in
Ferguson anger local businesses, leaders
KWMU: Nixon on National Guard inaction: "Not the
best path forward to get into a gunfight on the street"
Missourinet: Reports: U.S. Justice Department
preparing to sue Ferguson police
Kraske: The Chat: Holder on Ferguson findings +
KC Star editorial: Missouri shouldn't limit welfare
before making other changes +
P-D editorial: The Missouri Department of Conservation
is working just fine. The Legislature should leave it alone.
Washington Missourian editorial: If budgets are about
priorities, Nixon doesn't care very much about libraries
KC Star editorial: Gov. Nixon must fix the Kansas City
Police Board mess +
Platte
County Landmark's Foley: Local school district may enlist Axiom
Strategies to promote tax measure; Columnist and Jeff Roe engage
in witty banter involving toilet O-rings
KC Star letter: Sen. Jason Holsman (D) worked to
achieve compromise with Republicans on welfare bill, and is therefore
selfish +
P-D letter: Right to work undermines workers' dignity
Washington Missourian letter: Hinson should drop pot
support; Missouri already has a problem with alcohol and
prescription drugs and shouldn't add a third
P-D letter: Kirkton's day care training bill is needed
CDT letter: MO DNR is passing the hot potato on Hinson
Creek X
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Wednesday, February 18
USA Today: Republicans hail court ruling on
immigration; Blunt says he will "keep fighting to stop President
Obama's illegal amnesty"
P-D: GOP U.S. House members from Missouri criticize
McCaskill for blocking vote on Homeland Security bill
The Missouri Times: Blunt, Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union)
tout new restrictions on government-funded ads
JCNT: Blunt, Rep. Paul Curtman promote "transparent"
government ads X
SNL: Blunt has clear primary path X
KWMU: Highlight of Missouri Lincoln Day to include
presidential straw poll, election of new MRP chairman
Drebes:
Job opening: MO Dept. of Higher Education general counsel;
Job pays $72-78K
Kraske: The Chat: Restaurant tip crackdown +
JCNT: Ethics bill out of the Senate, into the House X
Missourinet: Sen. Tom Dempsey (R-St. Charles) adds
dose of reality to right-to-work push
KWMU: Missouri Medicaid enrollments starting to rise,
but challenges remain
AP: Missouri Senate OKs bill to free data centers from
sales tax
Missourinet: Proposed Missouri medical child abuse law
prompts sharp division
JCNT: Lawmakers again asked to allow some older
retirement plans to join LAGERS X
St. Joseph News-Press: Schweich delivers St. Joseph
School District audit - the lowest possible rating of "poor" - to
stunned crowd X
KWMU: State Board of Education will wait to make
decision on Normandy schools
P-D: Tesla seeks to intervene in Missouri auto
dealers' lawsuit
P-D: DNR finally moving forward with Ameren water
discharge permit
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court to decide if Ameren is
responsible for electrocutions at Lake of the Ozarks
The Missouri Times: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale)
spars with Democratic mayors over court reforms
KMOV (St. Louis): TV investigation of traffic ticket
quotas prompted action by Sen. Schmitt
AP: Missouri House panel approves added state
emergency funds
P-D: Missouri committee puts $8.5M into funds depleted
by Ferguson response
KWMU: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles sounds off on
impact of unrest - and the future of his city
KWMU: St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar
confirms that police wanted National Guard in Ferguson after grand jury
decision
AP: Records: Police wanted Guard in Ferguson
neighborhood
P-D: Missouri National Guard lack authority to protect
Ferguson properly
Missourinet: Holder still expects Ferguson
investigations' release before his departure
P-D: Holder confirms separate Ferguson probes to be
finished before he leaves office
AP: Holder says he expects to finish Ferguson probes
soon
P-D: Lindenwood to hand out $600,000 in scholarships
to North County students; Mayor James Knowles and Lindenwood prez
to announce program today
KWMU: Area police officers log time inside schools
chatting with black students; Comments from after-school program
director Jazminique Holley, sixth-grader Jmarria Franklin
JCNT editorial: Cooperation essential on mental health
initiatives X
KC Star editorial: KC taxpayers should keep an eye on
St. Louis stadium deal, make sure the other side of the state doesn't
make out too well +
CDT's Waters: Republican legislators really need to
start thinking about raising taxes X
Columbia Missourian's Rosman: Rep. Caleb Rowden
(R-Columbia) should support raising Missouri's minimum wage to $10.10,
which is $2.85/hr. above federal standard
P-D op-ed: Rep. Jeanne Kirkton (D-St. Louis
County): Legislators can play a role in preventing overdose deaths
CDT letter: Data from "nonpartisan Missouri Budget
Project" proves that Missouri needs Medicaid expansion X
KC Star letter: Library director dislikes Nixon's
budget cut for libraries +
P-D letter: Doctors ignore Missouri's online system
for death certificates
P-D letter: McCulloch stifles speech by keeping grand
juror from talking
P-D letter: In the case of "two thugs riding around
with guns and dope," officers did the job they're supposed to do
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Tuesday, February 17
P-D/Kaiser
Health News: Feds gift another week to adults who can't manage to
sign up for Obamacare on time
Helling:
U.S., Missouri tax policy has 50 Shades of Grey (area) +
KRCG:
More than 200 turn out for Cole County Lincoln Day dinner
JCNT:
Blunt, statewides speak at area Lincoln Day X
The
Missouri Times: 2016 Statewide Tip Sheet: Established
contenders, plus possible entrants like Eric Greitens, Joshua Hawley,
others
Kraske:
The Chat: Nixon working with GOP this year on tax bills;
Randy Asbury on run for gov +
Columbia
Missourian: A month after its passage, Amendment 10 still raises
questions
AP:
Missouri lawmakers talk virtual school option for students
Missourinet:
House proposal would alter Missouri law on renters' security deposits
KMOV
(St. Louis): Missouri cracks down on underreported restaurant tips
TonysKansasCity.com:
Restaurant rage against Missouri tip audit talk
Missourinet:
Missouri Senate bills would address juvenile sentencing issues in
Missouri
Missourinet:
Missouri Supreme Court again asked to consider felons having firearms
KC
Star: Missouri lawmakers look to child-proof e-cigarettes +
KC
Star: Nixon to restore Missouri subsidies for Bartle Hall, Chiefs
and Royals stadiums +
KWMU:
After 16 years with lapsed power plant permit, Ameren's new wastewater
proposal gets public hearing
The
Missouri Times: Public Service Commission prepares for a week of
Empire Electric hearings
CDT:
Grass Roots Organizing, ACORN/MORE continue anti-coal campaign X
KMZU
(Carrollton): Missouri Department of Conservation presents
"Discover Nature Girls Camp"
Rosenbaum:
Bill limiting traffic fine revenue includes risk of 'death penalty' for
municipalities
KMOV
(St. Louis): Bellefontaine Neighbors officer said city had quota
for tickets; Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) is calling for
investigation
P-D:
Ferguson riots exhausted emergency fund; now Nixon and lawmakers
square off over more
Missourinet:
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles wants Justice Department findings released
Drebes:
Maria Chappelle-Nadal withdraws remonstrance of Jay Nixon
P-D:
Union leader muzzled when it comes to civilian review
P-D:
Students' Presidents' Day march to protest "injustice and inequalities"
draws total of eight (8), including family members; Teen speaks
into bullhorn to reach attendees gathered three feet away
P-D
editorial: Time for Nixon, lawmakers to rally around National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency project in St. Louis
Ray
Hartmann: Stan Kroenke's forgotten options; Why any
new-stadium idea is dead unless the Rams leave St. Louis
Slate
op-ed: St. Louis should doesn't belong in Missouri, should move
to Illinois
SNL
letter: Beta (male) version of McCaskill's "man up" meme:
Area man says it's up to males to protect the "vulnerable";
Therefore, GOP legislators must support Medicaid expansion X
Columbia
Missourian letter: Affton man knows how to fix government:
Elect state reps to four-year terms
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Monday, February 16
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on Cuba
opportunities; Schweich on right to work; Nixon on Ferguson
and National Guard +
NY Times: Senate Dems want reprieve for people who
took too long to sign up for Obamacare; Comments from Missouri
Association of Health Underwriters' Emily Black Bremer
Missourinet: Former state Rep. Randy Asbury (R-Higbee)
says he'll follow through, file for governor next year
Drebes:
Rep. Kevin McManus (D-Kansas City) to run for KC Council seat
AP: House, Senate call off proceedings due to weather
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Mike Kehoe
(R-Jefferson City) discusses franchise law, transportation proposals,
more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Ryan Silvey (R),
Rep. Shamed Dogan (R), Sen. Gina Walsh (D), Susan Montee (D) discuss
franchise law, legislative session, more
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown): Changing welfare laws will make more efficient
use of taxpayer dollars
KODE (Joplin): Southwest Missouri Task Force sees
increase in cyber crime; Nixon releases funds "after six long
months"
AP: Missouri Republicans take second look at tax code
changes
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) on
right to work
Missouri Viewpoints: State Education Commissioner
Margie Vandeven talks with host Mike Ferguson about Nixon-GOP funding
battles, Common Core, more
Missourinet: Senate to debate school transfer bill
this week
KWMU: Normandy urged to extend transfer deadline
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) wants proof of tax
payment before businesses bid on public projects +
NY Times: Law enforcement concerns create unlikely
alliances in Missouri and beyond; Schmitt's bill aligns right,
left against "taxation by citation"
KC Star: Mike Sanders on Jackson County Sports Complex
controversy: We'll work it out +
The Maneater: ACORN/MORE promotes anti-Peabody petition
JCNT editorial: In support of right to work;
"Workers should be free to join a labor union, but not compelled" X
The Maneater editorial: Higher education remains a low
priority for Missouri
P-D editorial: Court should allow Ferguson grand juror
to speak
JCNT letter: Right to work would be good for Missouri X
JCNT letter: Right to work would be bad for Missouri X
P-D letter: Clayton woman supports bill requiring
safe-sleep guidelines in day cares
P-D letter: Local police - not Nixon - to blame for
letting looting arsonists burn Ferguson
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Sunday, February 15
Missourinet: Obamacare sign-up period ends today
KCUR (KC): Urban League CEO Gwendolyn Grant says local
African-Americans have "lack of progress," acknowledges that Medicaid
expansion won't happen in Missouri
JCNT: Jim Moody, Andy Blunt merge lobbying firms X
Brownfield Ag News: Nixon, Ag Director Richard Fordyce
talk ag opportunities in Cuba
Washington Missourian: Area lawmakers weigh in on
"right to work"
KC Star: Missouri Senate gives initial approval to
stricter welfare rules; Recipients can currently receive handouts
for five years
JCNT: Budget cuts concern state librarians X
JCNT: State lawmakers consider federal balanced budget
amendment X
JCNT: Nixon's choice as next Missouri Highway Patrol
commander discusses leadership ideas X
P-D: Local "Queer and Trans People of Color" chapter
turns out small crowd for protest
P-D: Prison services are profitable niche for
Bridgeton company
KWMU: Dave Spence's Ferguson 1000 Jobs tries to match
applicants to employers; Comments from job-seeking ex-con Robert
Crawley
Washington Missourian editorial: Unions are on the
decline in Missouri, and right-to-work will eventually be the law of
the land
Washington Missourian editorial: Schweich wins more
style points than Hanaway; First female Speaker of the House must
demonstrate more confidence, stop reading from notes
CDT op-ed: Area doctor wants Medicaid expansion now,
not later X
KC Star letters: MoDOT should stop complaining;
Area rabbi opposes right to work +
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Saturday, February 14
KWMU: McCaskill travels to Cuba, hopes to push
agricultural trade
AP: McCaskill going to Cuba on trade mission
P-D: Congressional delegation votes for the week
Scripps: House bill would require DOD to publish names
of military sex offenders, while McCaskill bill would place offenders
on FBI database
P-D: "National Divestment Day" draws few; Group
targeting local employers draws ten (10) downtown
Kraske: Missouri lawmakers take (baby) steps on ethics +
KWMU: At Missouri Press Association meeting, GOP gov
candidates outline priorities
CDT: At Missouri Press Association event, Nixon
defends Ferguson outcome as lawmakers look into response to unrest X
P-D: New campaign to raise Missouri's tobacco tax
would fund early childhood programs
KC Star: CO, WA having a hard time keeping their
marijuana inside their borders and away from children; Missouri
ranked first in number of Colorado pot-smuggling cases +
Drebes:
Nixon's Office of Administration vs. KC Sports Complex: Chief
dispute is if state should throw up the stop sign, hold funding at 25
years
Missourinet: Legislative leaders consider how far they
can push right-to-work this year
CDT: Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) seeks to
keep undocumented immigrants from receiving state scholarships X
KC Star: Amid ranking scandal, Michael Song resigns
from UMKC +
AP: UMKC business professor resigns amid ranking
scandal
KWMU: Departed Normandy Superintendent Tyrone
McNichols gets $78,000 severance payment
Missourinet: Proposed 'no call list for minors'
debated by Missouri Senate committee
KMOX: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale): Committee
not satisfied with Nixon's National Guard explanation
KWMU: Traffic revenue limit passes Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Pharmaceutical industry promotes
its position on pseudoephedrine tracking
KWMU: Board of Aldermen approves use of eminent domain
for possible new National Geospatial Intelligence Agency site
P-D: City aldermen approve clearing homes for National
Geospatial Intelligence Agency
P-D: Republic takes earnings hit as costs increase for
Bridgeton Landfill
AP: Antonio Whiteside indicted for trying to set fire
to Ferguson market
KC Star Capitol Watch: Weekly update on GOP
transgressions: Republicans wrong to pass right to work and to
reference Declaration of Independence, but somehow get it right on muni
court reform +
Columbia Missourian letter: Area woman thinks Kurt
Schaefer should start supporting Medicaid expansion
SNL letter: Member of local Missouri Faith Voices
chapter opposes right to work X
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Friday, February 13
KC Star: Blunt to Obama on ISIS: What's your
plan? +
AP: Blunt, Senate Republicans skeptical of ISIS plan
KWMU: Blunt opposes President's picks for Defense,
Justice
P-D: Blunt, four other senators vote against new
Defense secretary
Politico: The Pentagon's new whiz kids:
McCaskill: "It's a dream team of wonkiness, and I am thrilled"
KC Star: Filibuster complaints flip now that Senate
control has switched; Comments from Blunt +
KWMU: Missouri GOP Chairman Ed Martin reminisces as he
heads to Eagle Forum
Rudi Keller: Nixon displays sense of humor at Missouri
Press Association gathering, touts ability to be "stunningly unquotable"
JCNT: Nixon says he and legislators cooperate more
than most believe X
The Missouri Times: GOP gov candidates speak to
Missouri Press Association; Hanaway releases list of state
legislator endorsements
CDT: Debate over large campaign donations dominates
GOP race for governor in 2016 X
AP: At press gathering, Hanaway and Schweich display
differences on education policy
KWMU: Since 2004, St. Louis City has purged 25 percent
of its voters
Drebes:
Keith English (I) gets committees
Kraske: The Chat: Schaefer on Nixon's
"insulting" approach to Ferguson destruction; UM President Tim
Wolfe on state priorities +
JCNT: Local caterers lose business after ban on
lobbyist meals for House committees X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Speaker John
Diehl (R) chats about right-to-work passage
Missourinet: Roll call vote on "right to work"
legislation
New York Times: Missouri House passes 'right to work'
bill despite threat of veto (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
The Missouri Times: Schmitt says SB4's "broad-based
tax relief" will make Missouri more competitive
CDT: Bill to bar Nixon, future governors from UM
presidency heard in Senate committee X
CDT: House committee approves higher ed spending with
no increase for universities X
P-D: Budget recommendation for Foundation Formula not
enough to counteract new law
AP: Missouri Senate would limit welfare benefits to
four years
KWMU: Judge rules Normandy schools unaccredited
KC Star: KC Urban Institute's "Equality Index" notes
average black ACT score is 14.5, with whites averaging 22.8;
Group attributes difference to "low-performing inner-city schools" +
AP: Missouri Senate OKs bill to require sales tax
notification
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers set to spar with
Department of Conservation over deer, land ownership, and more
AP: Missouri Senate OKs bill for allergic reaction
treatment
AP: Missouri Senate approves bill to limit fines in
city budgets
CDT: Prosecutors discuss changes to Missouri criminal
code X
Columbia Missourian: City of Columbia's Black History
Month celebration draws twelve (12) people, including children
P-D: Antonio Whiteside, caught on tape attempting to
set Ferguson Market on fire, is in custody
P-D: Controversy notwithstanding, Ferguson police
still a draw
KC Star editorial: New year brings same wasteful
border war over jobs +
Washington Missourian editorial: The real landfill
story
P-D editorial: The night Ferguson burned: Nixon
owes public answers
Washington Missourian editorial: Applause for SLU law
school: Officials won't give into Black Law Students Assocation
demands to disinvite Bob McCulloch
Miklasz: Nixon fully engaged in stadium, Rams
KC Star letter: Goal of Republicans is to kill working
people's voice +
JCNT letter: Area man offers thoughts on MoDOT and tax
redistribution, makes reference to his previous letters to the editor X
JCNT letter: Right intention, wrong solution on civics
testing X
Washington Missourian letter: Woman urges readers to
contact Nixon, legislators about the "un-American, un-Christian and
unconstitutional" dangers of Common Core
P-D letter: Reaction to Ferguson activists' coffin
stunt: If white activists had done the same to a black mayor, it
would be viewed as a hate crime
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Thursday, February 12
SNL: Springfield-area lawmakers split on Obama
military force request; Debate is already dividing along partisan
lines X
KWMU: Senate Republicans, Democrats divided on bill to
fund Homeland Security
KC Star: Cleaver assumes new role as ranking member on
housing subcommittee +
Kraske: The Chat: Lacy Clay on Selma and
modern-day battles; Wash U. law prof on the decline of unions in
Missouri +
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Jason Kander's
wife left legal profession to mentor students, others
The Missouri Times: Montel Williams, a popular 1990s
daytime talk show host, to film documentary about Missouri medical
marijuana fight
Missourinet: Missouri House passes Democrat's labor
bill
The Missouri Times: House passes two right-to-work
bills; Sponsor of one, Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Berkeley), says
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King would fight against "the system of
injustice and failure of the building trades"
KC Star: Missouri House gives initial approval to two
right-to-work bills +
KWMU: Missouri House approves right-to-work bill, but
lacks veto-proof margin
AP: Missouri takes a step toward becoming a
right-to-work state
AP: Missouri Senate endorses monitoring Medicaid
eligibility
CDT: Tim Wolfe asks lawmakers to back 5 percent
funding hike for higher education X
P-D: Virtual, charter education options expanded in
school transfer law approved by committee
Drebes: Diehl installs Rep. Courtney Curtis
(D-Berkeley) as chair of Special Standing Committee on Urban Issues
KWMU: Ameren wants more time to meet new EPA carbon
emission goal
P-D: Ameren report outlines issues with carbon rules
Missourinet: Missouri murder victim's family:
'courts play politics and protect murderers'
KC Star: Koster sets conditions for sale of St. Joseph
and St. Mary's medical centers
P-D: Ascension agrees to Koster's terms for hospital
sale
Missourinet: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles says he
couldn't reach Nixon to get Guard to respond while city burned
KWMU: Knowles couldn't reach Nixon or get needed help
after grand jury announcement
AP: Knowles said he tried in vain to get National
Guard to town
P-D: Firefighters tell Missouri lawmakers that they
couldn't fight Ferguson fires unprotected
Missourinet: Schaefer criticizes Nixon for "trained to
kill" comment
Missourinet: Nixon defends state response on night of
grand jury decision
KWMU: Highway Patrol Superintendent Ron Replogle
announces retirement ahead of Ferguson hearing
Missourinet: Head of Missouri Highway Patrol stepping
down
AP: Head of Missouri State Highway Patrol to step down
in May
KWMU: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice to hold
"White Privilege" seminar; YWCA sponsors "Witnessing Whiteness"
program to help the melanin-deficient confess and correct their
Caucasoidism
SE
Missourian editorial: Southeast to open Center for Excellence in
Mass Media +
P-D editorial: Missouri municipal court reform bill
plays a winning hand
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian says Rep. Stephen Webber
(D-Columbia) is guilty of "political gimcrackery" but is right on
campaign ethics X
P-D op-ed: SLU law profs: Steps to a sensible
use of force law
P-D letter: Former state Sen. John Lamping (R):
Lobbying bill should apply to current legislators, too
CDT letter: Reader wonders if Missouri Dairy
Revitalization Act will impose a sales tax X
P-D letter: Government should stay out of Tesla dispute
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Wednesday, February 11
National Journal: Republicans go full steam at Obama's
energy and climate agenda; Comments from Blunt
Stars and Stripes: Military lawyers lose the 'good
soldier' defense; Comments from McCaskill
KWMU: Missouri's union membership drops to lowest
level in decades
Missourinet: Former state Rep. Randy Asbury (R-Higbee)
says he's running for governor
KWMU: Marijuana lobbyists push to legalize medical
marijuana
KMZU
(Carrollton): State Treasurer Clint Zweifel on MOST 529 Matching
Grant Program
Kraske: The Chat: Will Cuba be able to pay for
Missouri goods? And will departing legisators be forced to wait
two years before they can feed their families as lobbyists? +
The Missouri Times: Diehl, Keaveny cover wide range of
issues at Missouri League Legislative Conference
Missourinet: 'Right to work' debate anticipated in
Missouri House today
KTVO (Kirksville): Local Missouri doctors will soon
feel Medicaid pay cuts
KC Star: House member's use of phrase from Declaration
of Independence "drew chuckles ... and a few frowns as well" +
SNL: 26 years after leaving the Missouri Legislature,
Missouri's senior United States senator weighs in on a Missouri House
of Representatives resolution
KODE (Joplin): Area drivers react to MoDOT's "325
System" approach
The Maneater: Tuition, fees to increase system-wide
SE
Missourian: National security expert to speak tonight as part of
SEMO Speakers Series +
CDT: Lawmakers hear bills advocating citizenship test X
P-D: Vacant building mandate added to transfer bill
passed by Missouri House committee
JCNT: State pressed to pay more for county prisoners X
Drebes: A
working compromise may be possible on Jamilah Nasheed's "ban the box"
bill
KMZU
(Carrollton): Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho) on his 2015 Missouri
Dairy Revitalization Act
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri bill would lift motorcycle
helmet mandate
KWMU: State high court says lawmakers acted too fast
to limit renewable energy law
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court: Lawmakers can't
change ballot initiatives prior to vote
AP: Missouri Supreme Court rules Legislature violated
ballot rights
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court: Lower court
can consider same-sex divorce
AP: No ruling from Supreme Court on whether same-sex
divorces are OK
P-D: Missouri Senate: Cities shouldn't use
courts to raise money
KWMU: Traffic revenue limits get first-round approval
in Missouri Senate
AP: Senate advances bill to limit fines in city budgets
The Missouri Times: Nixon announces his steps to move
forward with a new NFL stadium
KWMU: Nixon pushes to keep St. Louis an NFL city
P-D: Power lines, railroad to move for new stadium,
Nixon says
AP: Nixon announces deals in hopes of keeping Rams
KTVO (Kirksville): Ameren officials share Mark Twain
Transmission line plans
P-D: Fire official says Bridgeton Landfill hotspots
are close to radioactive waste
AP: Koster announces $19 million to clean up
contaminated Springfield site
KWMU: Nixon (D) denies clemency for Walter
Storey; Koster (D): "The level of violence and utter
disregard for life that (throat-slashing murderer) displayed ...
demanded he pay the ultimate sentence"
Missourinet: Missouri carries out first execution of
the year
AP: Missouri execution drug works flawlessly
P-D: St. Louis County police release new looting
video: Criminals running wild in Prime Sole Shoe Store
AP: Hearings start on Nixon's tactics for Ferguson
riots
The Maneater: After Ferguson, Rep. Gail McCann Beatty
(D-Kansas City) introduces special-prosecutor bill
P-D: Lacy Clay joins other Black Caucus members
meeting with Obama, then criticizes Bob McCulloch in speech at American
University
SE
Missourian editorial: State officials should find ways to save on
air travel +
KC Star editorial: If Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) was
really a man, he would would support Medicaid expansion +
P-D editorial: Missouri aligned with Alabama in
denying same-sex marriage rights
KC Star's Diuguid: National Resources Defense Council
paints dire picture of Missouri's climate future +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Nixon, Ag Director Richard
Fordyce, commodity and agribiz leaders: Opening the door to a
historic opportunity for Missouri agriculture through Cuba
SNL op-ed: State-school sociology professor:
Legislators too concerned with the rich, should provide pathways to the
poor, etc. X
CDT's Waters: Koster should not limit access to police
body cameras X
P-D letter: St. Louis man targets Hanaway, makes
masturbatory reference
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Tuesday, February 10
P-D: Roy Blunt reports more than $2.2M cash on hand
for re-election
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer talks
Keystone XL pipeline
KOLR (Rolla): Communities fight proposed cut of 5,400
jobs at Fort Leonard Wood
Missourinet: Missouri Senate sends proposed ethics
changes to House
CDT: Ethics bills move ahead in Senate, House committee X
P-D: Ethics debate centers on lobbying careers for
former legislators
AP: Missouri bill on lawmakers becoming lobbyists
advances
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Freshman Rep. Shamed
Dogan (R-Ballwin) chats with journogang on corralling lobbyists,
shrinking cities and rethinking pot crimes
AP: Bill from Rep. Caleb Rowden would ban local laws
that raise the minimum wage
KC Star: Missouri Republicans take on some public
employee unions in 'paycheck protection' bill
+
The Missouri Times: "Paycheck protection" bills heard
in House committee
KWMU: Missouri House to take on 'right-to-work' measure
AP: Correction to paraphrased quote from union boss in
right-to-work piece
Kraske: The Chat: Ferguson leadfoot laments
traffic tickets; Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St. Peters) on perennial
right-to-work debate +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) talks transportation, acknowledges that additional
money from feds would be helpful
JCNT: Chairman justifies MoDOT plane use X
KC Star: UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton apologizes for use
of flawed data in pursuit of rankings +
AP: Missouri panel approves proposal to help charter
schools
Drebes: Eating disorder treatment mandate
P-D: Bill targets sleep hazards in Missouri licensed
child cares
SE
Missourian: Bill from Sen. Jay Wasson (R-Nixa) gives options for
disposal of dead bodies +
The Missouri Times: Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City)
to file bill expanding Medicaid through block grant
CDT: In anti-Obamacare resolution, Rep. Mike Moon
(R) borrows phrase from Declaration of Independence, calls for "manly
firmness" to repeal X
CDT: State lawmakers file competing bills as
Columbia's plastic bag debate heats up X
P-D: Nixon to announce progress on new riverfront
stadium today
P-D: Missouri Department of Insurance Director John
Huff to head national association next year
AP: Death penalty opponents seek to spare
cat-burglar-turned-throat-slasher Walter Storey
CDT: Hunting season could be shortened in Missouri X
P-D: Region marks six months since Michael Brown's
theft/assault/shooting
P-D: Protesters show up at Mayor Slay's home, plant
fake tombstones in his yard six months after Ferguson
theft/assault/shooting/looting
KTVI: Protesters knock on Slay's door at 6:00 a.m. as
part of "Monday Mourning Wake-Up Call"
P-D: Video: Beauty World in Ferguson reopens
after damage from riots
AP: St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch (D) to
take time out of his day to speak to SLU law students; Black Law
Students Association demands university rescind invite
KC Star editorial: UMKC learns hard lesson about
college rankings +
Helling: Republicans in Missouri, other states reject
Obamacare and Medicaid expansion while chipping away at public services
for the middle class +
P-D editorial: Editorial was hit piece on
Hanaway; Editorial board wrong to use tired 2011 expression
"cray-cray"
P-D letter: Bills from Sen. Shalonn "Kiki" Curls (D),
Rep. Don Gosen (R) do not represent true payday loan reform
P-D letter: Pro-life response to pro-choice response
to pro-life letter
P-D letter: Area woman supports Keaveny's
death-penalty legislation
P-D letter: Ferguson man says most residents have
respect for cops, despite protesters hurling objects and insults
P-D letter: Former Suburban Journals Managing Editor
Bill Phelan wishes someone "would have the guts to write about the
slow, agonizing disappearance" of Journals under Lee Enterprises
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Monday, February 9
Roll Call: Blunt's Senate Rules and Administration
Committee plans to address cybersecurity in the Capitol
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on robocalls;
Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) on "anti-corruption" bills +
The Missouri Times: Bob Holden's Midwest U.S.-China
Association sends Missouri students to China
Drebes:
In the era of seven-figure donations and "independent" groups, here's
the role the state parties can play
Missouri Viewpoints: MO Money, MO Priorities:
Mike Ferguson talks to Americans for Prosperity's Patrick Werner, Rep.
Tracy McCreery (D-St. Louis) about how Missouri should spend taxpayer
dollars
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Kurt Schaefer
(R-Columbia) on his bid for attorney general, more
This Week in Missouri Politics: SEMO Mafia
panel: David Barklage (R), Russ Oliver (R), Roy Temple (D), Missy
McDaniel (D) on AG primaries, ethics proposals, Tesla, GOP takeover of
SEMO
KTRS (St. Louis): Video: American Commitment's
Phil Kerpen on Tesla, state lawsuits and federal subsidies
AP:
Right-to-work becoming a perennial issue in the Missouri Legislature
P-D: Preschool law could mean big cuts for school
districts
Missourinet: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) proposes
limits on gifts to Missouri city officials
P-D: Ferguson home sales fell after riots
KWMU: Civil rights lawyers sue Ferguson over
conspiracy "to brutalize, to punish, and to profit;" Comments
from people who broke the law and chose not to pay their fines
P-D: Lawsuits call Ferguson, Jennings jails "debtors'
prisons"
KWMU: SLU law profs dislike Nasheed's deadly-force bill
P-D: Minority students at Washington University make
demands; Black Studies major Jacqui German, a senior at age 24,
laments struggle of attending elite university and enduring
"micro-aggressions"
P-D editorial: Tesla and traditional car dealers
should try working together
JCNT letter: Questions about state salary commission X
Columbia Missourian letter: MU undergrad studying
social work wishes for Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Doctor who deals with Medicaid patients
wants to see Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Pro-choice woman disagrees with pro-life
woman on abortion legislation
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Sunday, February 8
JCNT: Fort Leonard Wood could see additional 5,400 job
cuts X
P-D: Big pay cut puts doctors, patients in difficult
spot; Medicaid payments were "slashed in half"
KC Star: Cleaver wants more federal dollars for
heating aid; Taxpayers already subsidize households making up to
135% of poverty level +
KTVI: Post Scripts: Post-Dispatch's Christopher
Ave, Kevin McDermott discuss Hanaway-Schweich, Missouri Democratic
Party's "disarray," notion of Kander taking on Blunt
KC Star: Missouri Democrats re-elect Roy Temple;
Since being elected in 2013, Fired Up! founder "has been largely silent" +
KWMU: Missouri Democrats vote to retain Roy Temple as
chairman
Drebes:
Kristian Starner joins Grow Missouri
P-D: An election junkie seeks to restore
bipartisanship to St. Louis County election board; Eric Fey says
he'll make better decisions than Rita Days
AP: Missouri lawmakers blast fee offices as
'pay-to-play' scheme; Comments from Sens. Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors), Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City)
JCNT: MoDOT's new "Tough Choices Ahead" plan won't
help most of system X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Truman State's Troy Paino says
it's important state schools present a united front to legislators
SE
Missourian: Trust fund for children's cancer research does well
in its first year; Bill sponsored by Sen. Wayne Wallingford
(R-Cape Girardeau) went into effect last year
+
CDT: Schaefer bill targets organized crime with new
authority for attorney general X
P-D: Ferguson and Dellwood struggle to recover from
six months of savagery; Business owners contemplate whether it's
worth sticking around and rebuilding
Columbia Missourian: Rec center hosts Black History
event; East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Floore on
transparency: "I got [sic]
an open-door policy ... I don't have no [sic] 15 doors on lockdown"
Washington Missourian editorial: Bill from Rep. Dave
Hinson (R-St. Clair) recognizes reality: Medicaid marijuana will
be legalized in Missouri. It's only a matter of time.
SE
Missourian editorial: Rejecting state pay raises was the right,
only choice +
Washington Missourian editorial: Limiting lawyers on
curator board: Maybe Nixon wants to be MU prez, or maybe he just
wants to pass out rewards to friends
JCNT editorial: Catered meals are unlikely to change a
member's vote, but banning them during hearings is probably a good idea
anyway X
CDT op-ed: Jay Nixon should listen to "Mercy Now" by
caterwauler Mary Gauthier, and then spare man who broke woman's ribs,
bashed her skull and slashed her throat X
SNL letter: State failing in duty to fund law
enforcement, roads X
P-D letter: Legislators listen to ALEC, but should
favor full disclosure of lobbyist gifts
P-D letter Improve organization, customer service at
Missouri's license bureaus
P-D letter: Nixon should free up money for Missouri
Scholars Academy
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Saturday, February 7
P-D: Congressional votes for the week of Feb. 2-6
P-D: St. Louis considers eminent domain to keep
federal agency in city
The Missouri Times: Eddy Justice, Nick Myers take on
John Hancock in race for Missouri Republican Party chairman
CDT: In speech to Muleskinners, man who recently moved
to mid-MO tells fellow Dems what they need to do; Jim White, who
plans to fill ballot slot against Hartzler, disagrees with speech X
KWMU: UM President Tim Wolfe responds to social media
response to Post-Dispatch response to his response to state budget
situation
CDT: Bill from Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) seeks to
outlaw local 'ban the box' laws, minimum wage hikes X
CDT: Ethics debate must include campaign donor limits,
Webber says at League of Women Voters' forum
X
KC Star: Bloch school leader: No. 1 ranking
lacked credibility +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Faster Internet could come to
rural Missouri
Missourinet: Rep. Mary Nichols (D-Maryland Heights)
wants to restrict use of plastic bags
AP: Missouri changes execution times to start earlier
Missourinet: State sets execution date for killer of
Barry County deputy; Cecil Clayton lost his temper over a woman,
shot law enforcement officer in head
Missourinet: Rep. T.J. Berry (R-Kearney) proposes
repeal of death penalty
KMWU: Koster offers six ways to hire more black
cops: "Law Enforcement Scholarship and Education" for the poor,
etc.
KC Star: Koster makes recommendations to increase
number of black officers +
P-D: Koster recommends barring public access to police
camera footage to protect privacy
AP: Koster on black officer recruitment: changes
needed to deadly force law, more scholarships, etc.
P-D: Flordell Hills man rammed Ferguson officer's
vehicle
Columbia Missourian: Black History Month celebration
held today at rec center; Speech about law enforcement and racial
tension on the menu, along with "all-you-can-eat soul food" and DJ
Curtis "Boogie Man" Soul
P-D: Ritenour students use journalism to sort through
racial tension
Drebes:
Help wanted: Springfield News-Leader seeks Capitol reporter
KC Star: Capitol Watch editorial: Republicans
wrong about Tim Wolfe and "race to the bottom," campaign contributions
and lobbyist gifts +
P-D editorial: Time for Ferguson Commission to rally
the region
P-D op-ed: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis City):
Protecting against the dangers of wrongful convictions
KC Star letter: Missouri legislators, controlled by
Rex Sinquefield, seek to keep the 99% down +
P-D letter: University City woman says Rep. Kathy Swan
(R) opposes women's health
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Friday, February 6
CNN: Long, Hartzler, Smith vote to repeal Obamacare
KC Star: Emanuel Cleaver urges Google to close Kansas
City's digital divide +
P-D: Frankie Freeman joins dozens on Commission on
Presidential Scholars; McCaskill paid tribute to nonagenarian
last year
Drebes:
Surgeon/lawyer Brad Bradshaw, star of ubiquitous daytime TV
commercials, may seek to fill Dem ballot slot for Lt. Gov.
Warren County Record: Nixon pledges to include local
communities in toll road discussions
AP: MoDOT Director Dave Nichols to retire in May
P-D: MoDOT director retires two years before
department budget woes hit
AP: Missouri Senate confirms Nia Ray as director of
Missouri Department of Revenue
CDT: Ray approved as Revenue Director; Sen. Gina
Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) upset that Rotary Club in her area
was replaced by a for-profit company X
P-D: Nixon recommended cuts to education programs that
currently have money withheld
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on Missouri's status as
leading truck and van manufacturer; UM President Tim Wolfe on
"race to the bottom" +
CDT: University of Missouri curators approve tuition
fee increases X
KC Star: Tuition goes up at University of Missouri
System schools +
AP: State schools see less than 1 percent tuition rise
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
on Truman State University Day at the Capitol
CDT: Missouri Senate confirms 2 of 3 curator nominees X
AP: 7 of 9 University of Missouri curators to be
attorneys
Columbia Missourian: UM curators approve tuition
increases
The Missouri Times: Maurice "Marcy" Graham confirmed
to board of curators
KC Star: Professor calls on UMKC to return another
Bloch school honor +
KMWU: St. Louis' education startup scene gains traction
Columbia Missourian: League of Women Voters klatch
hears legislators discuss tax credit reform, campaign contribution
limits, more
KMWU: Ethics overhaul moving forward in Missouri
Legislature
JCNT: Local lawmakers OK with committee food ban X
AP: Panel OKs Missouri bill to limit traffic fine
collection
KWMU: Mayors of municipalities fight back against
consolidation, revenue proposals
P-D: ACORN/MORE organizes protest in Pine Lawn;
Group of 75 "called the police criminals, or worse;" Qiana
Williams, others swap tales of being persecuted for crimes they didn't
mean to commit
Missourinet: Bill to 'revitalize' Missouri dairy
farmers advancing
Feast Magazine: Growler sales in Missouri could become
legal, thanks to push from Rep. Robert Cornejo (R-St. Peters) and Sen.
Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale)
Columbia Missourian: 'Growler bill' would expand
Missouri retail sales of draft beer
KWMU: Ameren, Franklin County strike back in the legal
battle over Labadie's coal ash landfill
Fox News' Ryan Gidursky: McCaskill's bipartisan "Let
Me Google That For You" would abolish agency and save money
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Catherine Hanaway's
paternalistic, offensive view of women +
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Thursday, February 5
KWMU:
Democrats block GOP funding bill for Homeland Security; Comments
from McCaskill, Blunt
The
Hill: Unity for Senate Republicans cracks on immigration
bill; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
P-D:
New environmental group attacks Monsanto's Roundup for monarch
decline; Comments from Blunt
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill on senior fraud; KC state rep wants to
honor former KC Call publisher; MoDOT laments financial situation
+
Washington
Examiner's Rebecca Berg: Gregg Keller joins Scott Walker's team
P-D:
Has Koster stuck to his promise of self-imposed campaign limits?
It's anyone's guess.
KWMU:
Missouri groups with secret donors have public impact; Liberal
Progress Missouri, conservative Missouri Century Foundation won't
reveal who is funding them
Drebes: Jordan
Overstreet, who ran Dem House legislative races last cycle, is headed
for the exit
CDT:
War of words erupts after UM President Tim Wolfe says Missouri is in
'race to the bottom' X
The
Missouri Times: Diehl announces action on jobs, Rams stadium,
transportation
Missourinet:
Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission approves "Tough Choices
Ahead" plan
JCNT:
Commission approves MoDOT austerity plan X
KWMU:
Scaled-back maintenance system adopted for Missouri roads and bridges
CDT:
Senate approves lobbying changes as ethics bill moves ahead X
Missourinet:
Missouri Senate ethics proposal wins initial approval
KC
Star: Senate gives initial approval to ethics bill, rebukes push
for contribution limits +
AP:
Missouri Senate approves bill to ramp up state ethics laws
AP:
Missouri House panel endorses "right to work" bills
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Senate to require notification of tax changes;
Comments from Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown)
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Ag omnibus bill arrives in House; Rep. Bill
Reiboldt (R-Neosho) says he's confident Nixon will sign it
The
Missouri Times: Advocates of Medicaid expansion visit Capitol
JCNT:
Medicaid-expansion supporters bus in 150 for rally; Victims share
tales of unemployment, natural disasters, various woeful circumstances
X
CDT:
UM Curators to vote on tuition, fees this week X
KWMU:
Mild inflation means moderate UM tuition hike
CDT:
Senate rejects UM curator nominee Mary Nelson; confirmation of
two others uncertain X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Third floor awash with purple on Truman State
University Day at the Capitol; Troy Paino says he's pushing
capital improvements bonding package
Missourinet:
Missouri House panels to dig into St. Louis stadium, transportation
funding
AP:
Missouri House committee will analyze stadium benefits
P-D:
What do the St. Louis Rams do for the state of Missouri? House
committee will analyze that.
The
Missouri Times: PSC gets update on Rock Island Rail
KCTV
(Kansas City): Schmitt bill would limit speed traps
AP:
Panel OKs Missouri bill to limit traffic fine collection
KC
Star: Missouri firearm deaths surpass motor vehicle deaths in
2013, part of national trend +
P-D:
Ferguson police cautiously considering less-lethal device for pistols
KWMU:
United Way looking to assist displaced employees affected by Ferguson,
Dellwood looting and arson
P-D
editorial: Catherine Hanaway channels her inner Todd Akin.
How sad.
Washington
Missourian editorial: Municipal court problems didn't lead to
Michael Brown assault/shooting, but reform would be helpful anyway
JCNT
letter: Early Hanaway-Schweich rhetoric underscores need to put
principle before party X
SNL
letter: Missouri is a third-world state; Nixon and
legislators should stop pacifying lobbyists and help the poor X
KC
Star letters: Missouri legislators need to stop cutting
taxes; Making I-70 a toll road would create the "most deadly
highway in the Midwest" +
P-D
letter: Retired educator says people who are truly motivated will
use A+ program, other means to attain higher education
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Wednesday, February 4
KSMU (Springfield): Legislation would repeal
Obamacare; Comments from Blunt, Billy Long
Politico: Democrats learn to love the filibuster,
change tune now that they're in minority; Comments from Blunt
Washington Post: Dems block bill to fund DHS in
immigration fight; Blunt: "This is just a vote to debate
the bill. Democracy doesn't work if you don't debate."
P-D's Chuck Raasch: McCaskill, Blunt differences
personify Homeland Security funding impasse
Washington Post: McCaskill, Virginia' Tim Kaine (D)
introduce bill inspired by U-Va. efforts to prevent rape;
Education could become positive legacy from Rolling Stone's erotic
fiction controversy
KWMU: Log Cabin Republicans leader, former
first-daughter contestant Meghan McCain stop by Wash U. campus, express
discontent over GOP handling of LGBTQIA
(lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex/asexual) issues
Missourinet: Ford adding jobs, upping salaries
building the F-150 in Kansas City
KC Star: Ford will add 900 workers at Claycomo plant
to build the F-150 +
AP: Ford adds 900 jobs at Missouri plant
KC Star: Rick Santorum, Kelly Ayotte to headline
Missouri Lincoln Days in Kansas City +
P-D: Jason Kander evaluating a challenge to Sen. Roy
Blunt
Kraske: The Chat: Catherine Hanaway, speaking to
conservative group, on "culture of permissiveness;" Hummel on
meals; Schaefer on Capitol security; More +
Drebes:
Brian Bunten leaves Kinder's office, joins Missouri Chamber of Commerce
as Assistant General Counsel
Missourinet: Tom Schweich's audit: handling of
Missouri early childhood spending is 'poor'
JCNT: Schweich: $1.5M wasted in Head Start
program X
AP: Scheich's audit shows Missouri overpaid $1.5M for
Early Head Start contractors
Missourinet: Nixon: Settlement triggers release
of restricted funds
CDT: Nixon releases $21.5M after settlement
announcement X
Missourinet: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia), advocate
praise release of money for Internet crimes unit
The Missouri Times: House approves changes to
unemployment benefits
AP: Missouri House revives effort to limit jobless
benefits
Missourinet: House hears testimony on "right to work"
The Missouri Times: Bill from Sen. Gary Romine
(R-Farmington) would require DNR to submit a regulatory impact report
when submitting implementation plan to EPA
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Missourian: Rep. Jeanie Lauer (R-Blue Springs) wants wireless
phone fee to fund 911 services X
Missourinet: Missouri House advances one abortion
bill, considers more
AP: Missouri House panel endorses video for abortion
seekers
SNL: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) adds amendment
to elections bill to keep SPS board terms at three years X
KC Star: Diehl bans lobbyist-funded meals in House
committees +
Missourinet: Diehl puts an end to meals being served
during House committee hearings
P-D: Diehl bans free lobbyist meals at hearings
KWMU: Missouri House and Senate considering wider
range of ethics proposals
The Missouri Times: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph)
says he is filing 56-page amendment for ethics overhaul
CDT: Schaaf sees little chance for effective action by
lawmakers X
Missourinet: Missouri panel to consider requiring
police to wear body cameras
Missourinet: Missouri death sentence upheld, with
state Supreme Court mum on cell phone pinging
KC Star: KC schools' long and contentious struggle for
proficiency seeks simpler, deeper focus +
AP: 2014 Missouri park attendance hits record 18.5M
visitors
KWMU: Court decision could throw a wrench in Ameren's
coal ash landfill plans
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court orders new hearing on
Ameren coal ash lawsuit
AP: Missouri justices send coal ash case back to
circuit court
P-D: Police release more photos, video of looters
after Ferguson grand jury announcement; Pack of thieves break
windows, contort themselves through small openings to pillage liquor
store
P-D: Ferguson looting and arson investigations could
take years
P-D: Planned statue honoring Ferguson
protesters/campus squatters at SLU prompts backlash
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: McCaskill
stands on the side of common sense, votes her conscience in favor of
Keystone XL
KC Star editorial: Keep Amtrak passenger service
rolling in Missouri +
JCNT editorial: Kander, Schmitt, Barnes want to
protect seniors from financial fraud X
Sanchez: McCaskill bill will help public schools teach
teen girls how to avoid being abused by boys
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KC Star letter: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis)
says Ryan Silvey is using veterans as pawns in a "petty, desperate
effort" +
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Tuesday, February 3
KC Star: Compromise might be coming between Obama,
Blunt on overseas corporate taxes +
P-D: Obama's budget includes a tax and infrastructure
idea similar to one pushed by Blunt, others
McClatchy: Dispute over rail service mandate could
halt Amtrak service in Missouri; Comments from McCaskill
Politico: To help McConnell better handle colleagues,
McCaskill offers Senatemarmish "behavior modification" advice
Jensen: Moderate McCaskill has far too much common
sense to attract support from most of the country's Democrats +
Kraske: The Chat: Cleaver on racial tolerance,
Nixon on preschool funding, MoDOT on inability to match federal funds +
Helling: Blunt communications team reacts to Helling's
piece last week, adds "paid for by taxpayer dollars" to press release
boilerplate +
Helling: Dems split on Kander as U.S. Senate
candidate; some dislike idea of rising star committing
career-ending suicide-by-incumbent, while others in the party would be
pleased if he took on Blunt +
KWMU: Missouri Republican Party Chairman Ed Martin to
take over the reins of Eagle Forum
The Missouri Times: Ed Martin won't seek another term
as MOGOP chair, will take over Phyllis Schalfly's Eagle Forum;
John Hancock set to lead Missouri Republican Party
AP: Missouri GOP Chairman Ed Martin to join Eagle Forum
Drebes:
Stream of Conscience: Which Missouri GOP heavyweight(s) should
pay off STL County Exec campaign debt?
AP: Monthly survey: Modest economic growth
likely in Midwest
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Tracy
McCreery (D-St. Louis) on lobbyist gifts, human trafficking, Keith
English's reputation as a drama king, more
KMZU (Carrollton): Rep. Mike Lair (R-Chillicothe)
calls Nixon's budget "smoke and mirrors," talks pay-raise vote
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Missourian: Senior centers face budget cuts +
KMIZ (Columbia): Lawmakers want more security at the
Capitol
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell
Knob) would block free tuition for illegal immigrants: "If
they're here illegally, they shouldn't be getting public money to go to
college"
KC Star: Princeton review strips UMKC of top rankings +
The Missouri Times: Burlison, Hummel share thoughts on
right-to-work legislation
Missourinet: Seven ethics proposals debated in
Missouri House committee
JCNT: Senators: Ethics bill unlikely to limit
finances X
KWMU: Slate of GOP-backed ethics bills being
considered by Missouri House committee
AP: Lawmakers express support for ethics proposals
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri drivers could see a change
in texting-while-driving regulations
St. Joseph News-Press: Today is Great Northwest Day at
the Capitol; More than 250 people from 18 NW MO counties expected
to take part X
P-D: Municipal court reforms gaining momentum, but
activists still not happy; ACORN/MORE holds press conference
outside Stenger's office, issues report called "Transforming St. Louis
County's Racist Municipal Courts"
KMOX: Missouri Highway Patrol declines to help St.
Louis Police
P-D: St. Louis' call for Highway Patrol help
denied; Dotson says request misunderstood
AP: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce wants
the media's help in identifying violent public-hearing attendees
AP: Washington man pleads guilty to threatening to
kill Darren Wilson; Jaleel Tariq Abdul-Jabbaar: "We really
need to start killing the police ... OOooopppss [sic] I mean our oppressors," etc.
P-D: Rapper-turned-Ferguson-activist Tef Poe named
S.L.U.M. Fest's Artist of the Year; Uplifting ditty "War Cry"
called out Ron Johnson as a "a muthaf@cking house n!gga," passionately
endorsed gubernatorial intercoursing of "cracker" Jay Nixon
P-D editorial: Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce (D)
goes too far with subpoenas. Shield Law would help.
KC Star editorial: Princeton Review's rankings
downgrade damages UMKC's reputation +
KC Star letter: Area seasoned citizen remembers when
using a toll road only cost a dime, says Nixon's proposal is due to his
inability to work with Legislature +
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Monday, February 2
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Foundation for Health's
"Cover Missouri" reminds Missourians that Obamacare insurance deadline
is approaching
Communist Party USA's People's World: Postal union,
allies go 'back to the future' with USPS; Rep. Sam Graves (R)
introductes resolution to keep Saturday pickup and delivery
St. Louis Review: 10-year-old's dream to attend March
for Life comes true; Billy Long, Ann Wagner make time for
youngster
Kraske: Analysis: Tom Schweich is running
against the Missouri GOP, but wants Republican votes +
Drebes:
Missouri Hospital Association names Ted Wedel - recent General Counsel
of the House and former chief of staff to several top House Dems - as
VP of Policy Development
Missouri Viewpoints: Former Speaker Tim Jones,
Missourians for Government Reform's John Messmer talk with host Mike
Ferguson about ethics overhaul in Jefferson City
KC Star: Democrats, Republicans leaving elected office
and using their niche skillset to make a living through lobbying angers
some +
Rosenbaum: By sponsoring right-to-work legislation,
Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Berkeley) says he is "drawing a line in the
sand - The question really is, are we a big-tent party or not?"
This Week in Missouri Politics: Video: Rep.
Keith English (I-Florissant) on leaving the Missouri Democratic House
Caucus
This Week in Missouri Politics: Video: Carl
Bearden (R), Scott Pearson (R), Crystal Brinkley (D), Jack Cardetti (D)
on third-wheel me-too candidates set to enter GOP gov primary (9:40)
and Dem AG primary (10:50), more
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Nixon: Cuba trade mission
about more than just ag exports - Missouri trucks could soon be sold on
the island
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger weighs in on proposed
Cuba trade trip
Kirksville Daily Express: Jeff City Beat: Weekly
updates on Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown), Rep. Nate Walker
(R-Kirksville) and Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton)
Kraske: The Chat: Schaaf on pay-raise debate +
Missourinet: Missouri Senate proposes $400 million in
building repairs
P-D/Kaiser Health News: More governors accept Medicaid
expansion, but with changes; Comments from Silvey, Missouri
Foundation for Health's Tom McAuliffe
KWMU: Jobs with Justice, others spend time canvassing
districts of John Diehl and other Republicans; House Speaker has
already made it clear Medicaid expansion is not on the agenda
AP: Nixon's promises on preschool fall short
KWMU: Charter schools add capacity, could reach record
enrollment in fall
P-D's Koran Addo: Coverage of Obama's community
college proposal, which was announced four weeks ago; Missouri,
local officials react
AP: Missouri bill would bar access to police camera
footage
AP: Bill from Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) would
mandate school districts set policies for suicide awareness and
prevention
AP: Rates for payday loan usage: At 11 percent,
Missouri among states with highest percentage of adults choosing to
enter into payday loan contracts
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of
Conservation investigates shooting of bald eagle in Clinton County X
JCNT editorial: Near miss reveals state pay raise
conundrum X
SNL op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Dan Cassidy:
Ending embargo with Cuba will benefit Missouri farmers, consumers X
P-D letter: Legislators should spend more money on
schools and enforce higher standards
P-D letter: Ferg-Flor should get local candidates for
superintendent
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Sunday, February 1
SNL: Blunt's bipartisan proposal could break highway
funding gridlock X
SNL: Missouri could lose millions in federal highway
funds, MoDOT warns X
KOLR (Rolla): Blunt: Use off-shore corporate
profits to fix highways
TonysKansasCity.com: In National Journal, Emanuel
Cleaver talks political diversity and minority representation
KC Star: Obama's work permit plan for immigrants meets
job competition fears from African-Americans; Janitor:
"They're over here illegally. They're taking jobs from us, and we're
here struggling. It's not right." +
Washington Missourian: Presiding Commissioner John
Griesheimer reminds McCaskill field rep Brendan Fahey that county wants
bridge demolished, does not want partier types turning up on structure
P-D's Ken Leiser: Federal rail mandate threatens
Missouri Amtrak service
P-D: ATF says crime sweep "unquestionably" put "the
worst of the worst" in jail; Public defenders unhappy that large
percentage of captured criminals are black
KOMU (Columbia): Former Peace Corps volunteers host
liberal film festival, focus on global warming and other "social issues"
Kraske: Kander floats his name as possible challenger
to Blunt, but young secretary of state "would find himself in a highly
partisan race in a state that has increasingly favored Republicans" +
Drebes:
Jeff Grisamore (R) joins ranks of
newly-retired-legislators-turned-lobbyists: Chris Kelly (D), Jay
Swearingen (D), Noel Torpey (R), Chris Molendorp (R), Dwight
Scharnhorst (R)
Missouri Ruralist: Missouri agriculture the first to
knock on Cuba's door; Nixon, state ag leaders itching to be the
first state to capitalize on improving trade relations
KMZU
(Carrollton): Cuban ties to Missouri; Nixon sites need for
first-mover advantage: "They're going to buy rice, cotton, corn
and beans ... if we're there first, we'll get a piece of the action"
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: MO Dept. of Ag Deputy
Director Darryl Chatman speaks at Chamber's Farmer Recognition
Luncheon; Kenny Hulshof's kin wins Farm Family of the Year +
KRCG (Jefferson City): Pro-life activists pack the
Capitol; GOP state Sens. Jeanie Riddle, Mike Kehoe among those in
attendance
Missouri Farmer Today: Putnam County Health Department
Administrator Ericka Klinger says lack of Medicaid expansion one of
several challenges for rural counties
CDT: Bill offering Medicaid to veterans and families
generates new current in debate X
Ray Hartmann: The price of hating Obamacare;
It's up to Ryan Silvey, Jay Barnes and other "non-Neanderthal
conservatives" to expand Medicaid
St. Joseph News-Press: Group seeks expanded Medicaid
coverage; Organizers want citizens to spend time and effort
trying to change Rob Schaaf's mind X
CDT: Canvassers push for Medicaid expansion, target
Kurt Schaefer and Chuck Basye X
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri Medicaid Coalition goes
door-to-door to promote Medicaid expansion; Comments from
Missouri Nurses Association's Sarah Felts
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Medicaid Coalition
canvasses neighborhoods statewide
SE
Missourian: Advocates make pitch for Medicaid expansion;
Group aims to convince area's 100% GOP delegation to switch positions +
JCNT: A reader's guide to the Missouri budget X
Washington Missourian: At WashMo roundtable, Nixon
says transportation will be a top priority
JCNT: State workers one focus of anti-pay raise debate X
JCNT: Senate budget leaders challenge Nixon to release
'Cyber crimes' money X
Sikeston Standard-Democrat: Sikeston R-6 elementary
school reaps benefits of Missouri Leadership for Excellence,
Achievement and Development (MoLEAD) +
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri Corn Growers
Association's Shane Kinne says state-by-state patchwork of GMO labeling
laws would be "a nightmare"
SE
Missourian: Chamber holds annual banquet; Sen. Wayne
Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau), Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) help
present awards +
SEMO Times: SEMO Times introduces political
columnist: Scott Pearson
P-D: Group of 30 Ferguson protesters instigate at RV
show, confuse black and white attendees with message; Adults wear
magic-marker messages on their faces, seek to gain reaction from others
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon's effort to
gain toll roads or fuel tax will require herculean effort - and one
which could define his legacy
Washington Missourian editorial: Diehl putting a stop
to country club hearings should be a wake-up call for out-of-touch
legislators
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian says Tom Schweich sure is
"a smart, stern cookie" and Catherine Hanaway "has energy";
Meanwhile, the state needs Chris Koster to temper "suffocating" GOP
majorities X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Use of state's
aircraft makes sense; With access to plane, Missouri governors
and other officials can visit more towns and better serve the people
Scott Faughn: SEMO Times announces new
publisher: Rachael Herndon
P-D op-ed: Sexagenarian retired social worker offers
suggestions for Ferguson Commission: To-do list includes books to
read, movies to watch, retreats to attend, Internet stories to read
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
attempts sarcasm regarding Blunt and community college proposal +
P-D letter: Jobs for Justice opposes Diehl's agenda
P-D letter: Union doesn't want a civilian review board
because they have too much to hide
P-D letter: Glendale woman would like police union
leader Jeff Roorda and Ferguson protesters to work harder to get along,
move forward, come together as one community, etc.
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