Monday, February 29
The
Missouri Times: Lincoln Days wraps up with Legislator of the Year
honors: Sen. Eric Schmitt and Rep. Eric Burlison
P-D:
Delegation's leadership PACs accept, donate money; Clay's PAC
spent $19,500 on "legal fees" for Ferguson municipal elections
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Mike Kehoe; Panel of GOP
gov consultants/staffers David Barklage, Craig Arnzen and Nick Maddux
plus KMOX host Mark Reardon
Kraske:
The Chat: In speech to Heritage Foundation, Rex Sinquefield calls
Missouri's governor "an idiot," then says he regrets it; Rolling
Stone dredges up memory of Schweich's suicide, criticizes consultants
one year later; Nixon on home health care worker pay increase
+
AP:
States, including Missouri, trim the number of months the unworking can
draw benefits; Comments from GOP leaders, liberal New York group,
non-breadwinning male
AP:
A state-by-state look at unemployment benefits: Missouri provided
handouts to 173,000 unworking people last year
AP: Bill
to undo mergers of state patrols gets mixed reviews
Missourinet:
Bill aimed at preventing shock-drownings in Missouri refiled
KC
Star: Weekly legislative preview: "Stand your ground"
self-defense proposal, budget, Uber, constitutional convention, more
+
Columbia
Missourian: Most-read stories of the week: 6 of 10 deal
with Melissa Click and race controversies
Missouri
Farmer Today: Ethanol fuels Missouri corn checkoff success
P-D:
Obituary: Rep. Jay Russell (D-Florissant): Marine was
strong pro-life, pro-gun, pro-union Democratic voice for North St.
Louis County in pre-white-flight era
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Texting while driving is a serious
threat, but legislators probably won't pass another law X
JCNT
editorial: Noranda's troubles - and possible solutions - are more
than a matter of utility rates X
Messenger:
Fired Guard employee is vindicated with U.S. Senate inquiry
P-D
op-ed: Property and power: The Army Corps of Engineers'
Master Manual and the Missourians
Priddy:
Psychological advice for first-time candidates
KC
Star's Sanchez: Legislature should pass latest gun-control bill
from Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) +
JCNT
letter: Jefferson City man wants investigation into federal
highway trust fund spending, dislikes Missouri bike trails and other
"vote-buying" expenditures X
KC
Star letter: Area organizer for "Moms Clean Air Force" wants
Blunt to support Obama energy plan +
JCNT
letter: Area Mizzou alum won't be giving money - or buying
football tickets - after mishandling of "mob" behavior X
P-D
letter: St. Louis County man says that if editor Gilbert Bailon
wants to brag about the paper's historical archives, he should make
them available to the public
Columbia
Missourian: Randolph County cattle producer urges "no" vote in
beef checkoff referendum
P-D
letter: St. Charles resident says caterwauling poors should stop
spawning progeny they cannot afford to support
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Sunday, February 28
KWMU: Missouri Republicans confident they can tie
Koster to Clinton's 'liberal agenda'
AP: Missouri GOP candidates for governor talk
Ferguson, MU
CDT: Hanaway ties University of Missouri events,
Ferguson and murders together in 'epidemic of lawlessness' X
P-D: GOP faithful find few differences among
gubernatorial candidates
JCNT: Dan Brown creates GOP state treasurer primary by
filing against Eric Schmitt; Pat Contreras takes on Judy Baker in
Dem primary X
The Missouri Times: Kurt Schaefer, Josh Hawley do
battle at Lincoln Days AG forum
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Sen. Mike Kehoe; Reps for Brunner, Hanaway and
Kinder pitch their candidates, with KMOX's Mark Reardon making the case
for Eric Greitens
P-D: Congressional delegation's votes for the week
KWMU: Muslims meet in St. Louis, express fear about
Trump supporters' "lack of education"
P-D: Nation's largest insurers knock Obamacare
marketplaces, but Centene succeeds; St. Louis-based company
thrives through narrow, strategic focus
P-D: Iran investment ban advances in Missouri
Legislature
SNL: Bill from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would help
pregnant drug addicts get help they need; Comments from former
dopehead who chose to overcome her addiction, law enforcement, local
experts on heroin and opioid abuse X
KC Star: Profile of a Missouri opioid addict:
Rachelle Allen's cycle of getting clean, then relapsing +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Truman Senate president leads
delegation to Capitol
JCNT: HBCU official, technical college rep oppose
concealed carry on campus X
SNL: Disciplined by Missouri State University,
diversity official Juan Meraz apologizes X
SNL: Answer Man column: Why the long wait for a
concealed-carry appointment in Greene County?
X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce: Western Farm show focuses on technology and innovation
P-D: Slay's efforts to decrease childhood lead
poisioning have proven successful; Rare exception was one area
youth who chose to eat paint chips
P-D editorial: Be careful fixing a utility regulatory
system that might not be broken
Washington Missourian editorial: Confidence in
University of Missouri is slowly being restored
CDT's Waters: Now is as good a time as any to cut
University of Missouri's bloat X
P-D op-ed: Sierra Club youth volunteer Ashley
Wineland: Missourians must act locally to solve climate change
CDT op-ed: Mizzou grad living in Ohio says Mizzou is
not a "laughingstock," insists that protesting students' antics should
be taken seriously X
P-D's Gilbert Bailon: Newspaper editor congratulates
his paper for sponsored "toxic stress" series; Push across brand
platforms resulted in nearly 60 people showing up at free event
P-D letter: Ladue woman says Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar),
Ferguson Mayor James Knowles disrespect the public
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman disagrees with pro-Clinton
op-ed attributed to Jean Carnahan
P-D letter: Ballwin man says Ameren should be treated
the same as any other business
KC Star letter: Blue Springs woman sets up GOP
criticism to execute "Concerned Student" punchline +
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Saturday, February 27
KWMU: At Lincoln Days, Republican faithful wonder
about Trump's impact on Missouri
P-D: GOP gov candidates take opportunity to speak to
elected officials, activists at Lincoln Days
P-D: Alleged intern harasser David Poger, who worked
for U.S. Reps. Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan, among those in lobbying
gray zone
KWMU: Area man will fast until NGA makes decision on
site location; White male who chooses to live in North St. Louis
City thinks stunt will speed feds' timeline
Washington Missourian: Two FEMA disaster recovery
centers are still operating
Drebes:
Barnes' bill redefines qualifications for attorney general - and not
all current candidates may reach that bar
Drebes: Handicapping Rick Stream vs. Andrew Koenig for
Schmitt's seat
St. Joseph News-Press: Martin Rucker II running for
state rep X
P-D sports columnist Ben Frederickson: Former Mizzou
footballer Martin Rucker II decides to run for office, thinks he'd
enjoy serving in minority
P-D: Missouri Senate takes up voter ID
Missourinet: Nixon's veto would allow health worker
wage hike, override likely
AP: Missouri lawmakers look for road money beyond
usual places
The Missouri Times: New bill cuts restrictions for
universities to make graduate programs
CDT: Area lawmakers seek to reverse University of
Missouri cuts in the wake of Click firing X
Columbia Missourian: Boone County reps push for
restored funding
Columbia Missourian: Bryan Cave report fact-checks
Melissa Click's revised version of bullying incident
KC Star: National professors group wants University of
Missouri to rehire Melissa Click +
Columbia Missourian: National professors group:
Bring back Melissa Click
Columbia Missourian: Interim UM president, diversity
officer to Concerned Student 1950: Stop making demands
Columbia Missourian: Great people and moments in
Columbia black history: Blind piano player; Mike
Middleton; protests following Michael Brown's assault on Darren
Wilson; Concerned Student 1950 disruptions; more
KWMU: Obituary: Jeremiah 'Jerry' Nixon, a
staunch ally in his son's political advancement, is dead at 90
Missourinet: Obituary: Nixon's father dies
JCNT editorial: On Mizzou, Conservation Commission and
Capitol Complex, legislators should stop trying to expand their
influence X
P-D editorial: Robert Ross' sarcasm on
legislators-as-lawyers bill
Messenger: Opioid dilemma catches Wildwood couple in
its web
Waters: Thoughts on student freedom of expression
bill, Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, and old-timey First Amendment memories X
Columbia Missourian executive editor Tom Warhover: The
coverage of Melissa Click will continue until you stop talking about her
KC Star letter: Area man says Eric Schmitt's plan to
cut taxes is bad for Missouri +
P-D letter: Rock Hill man suggests Melissa Click take
her attitude and "obnoxious" voice behind a fast-food counter
P-D letter: Early childhood group enjoys USC-sponsored
"toxic stress" series
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Friday, February
26 The Official 2016
Missouri Lincoln Day
Bingo Card
KMZU (Carrollton): Hillary Clinton's Missouri campaign
hosts LGBTQIA event at gay bar in KC
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith draws token opposition ahead of
re-election +
P-D: David Poger receives restraining order after
"weird-ing out" Capitol females; Clay's office says Poger was
never an employee, as FEC records show payments as "consultant"
Missourinet: Democrat David Poger, who claimed to be
Lacy Clay's "Senior Political Director," gets restraining order for
harassing Capitol women; Clay's office says Poger has never
worked for congressman "in any capacity"
KC Star: Restraining order issued against Democrat
David Poger +
USA Today: McCaskill introduces bill against hidden
resort fees
P-D: McCaskill, Grassley pushing case of fired
Missouri National Guard contractor
The Missouri Times: Missouri Coalition for the
Environment sues EPA
KWMU: Missouri Coalition for the Environment sues EPA
over clean water rules
AP: Missouri group sues EPA over nutrient levels in
lakes
The Missouri Times: Barnes' bill establishes
qualifications for AG office
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Catherine
Hanaway on Ferguson, Mizzou and her way forward in a crowded governor's
race
Kraske: The Chat: Kinder says he would have
called Mizzou football players' bluff +
SE
Missourian: Mental health series: Missouri spends $636
million a year on mental health, implements new initiatives +
SE
Missourian: Mental health series: Shortage of beds,
clinicians challenge mental illness care in region, state +
CDT: University of Missouri curators vote to fire
Melissa Click X
CDT: Melissa Click complains that investigation by
University of Missouri curators was unfair X
CDT: Foley grilled by faculty for curators' decision
to fire Melissa Click X
Columbia Missourian: UM curators fire Melissa Click
Columbia Missourian: Legislators applaud firing of
Melissa Click
Columbia Missourian: Foley addresses concerns about
Melissa Click at MU Faculty Council meeting
Columbia Missourina: Mike Middleton, Chuck Henson
suggest Concerned Student 1950 end demands
The Missouri Times: University of Missouri Board of
Curators fires Melissa Click
KWMU: University of Missouri fires Melissa Click
Missourinet: Foley: Click's firing doesn't set a
precedent
AP:
University of Missouri fires Melissa Click
KC Star: Mizzou fires Melissa Click +
P-D higher ed reporter Koran Addo: Board of Curators
fires Melissa Click; Comments from "state Rep. [sic] Kurt Schaefer"
P-D: Last week: Higher ed piece misspells
"Columbia"
P-D: Four weeks ago: Higher ed piece confuses
Mizzou and University of Missouri System
CDT: MSU seeks to overturn key provisions of 2005 name
change law X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Truman State students debate
campus concealed carry bill
KMZU (Carrollton): Senate bill grants Missouri
residents lifetime concealed carry permit
P-D: Foundation Formula would be easier to fund under
proposal from Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles)
P-D: Welfare rolls in Missouri would be scrubbed for
dead, ineligible under proposal
KWMU: Heroin antidote, drug registry get some support,
but legislative passage remains elusive in Missouri
KWMU: Legislation to end sex trafficking ads wins
first-round approval in Missouri Senate
KC Star: Proposal would undo merger of Missouri state
patrols +
P-D: Utilities push for overhaul of Missouri rate
regulation
The Missouri Times: After years of opposition, Ameren
and Noranda reach historic pact
KWMU: St. Louis Boat Show provides glimpse of life
after the Rams
The Missouri Times: Galloway releases second local
government report
Brownfield Ag News: Audrain, Carroll are Missouri's
first Agri-Ready counties; Designation shows commitment from
commissioners that no county regulations will be stricter than state law
P-D: St. Louis Regional Chamber announces Arcus award
winners; Achievement in Public Policy to David Leipholtz and
Better Together
P-D editorial: Eric Schmitt's push for more tax cuts
would double the size of Missouri's looming budget crisis
P-D editorial: University and curators cave on Melissa
Click, and academic freedom is the loser
Messenger: One year after his son decided to kill
himself, Julius Schweich sends hateful note to Catherine Hanaway -
wishing her a bad 2016
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: When it comes to
Mizzou, state GOP legisaltors are "petty, vindictive and short-sighted"
Shelly: Bill from Rep. Robert Ross (R-Summersville) on
elected officials becoming judges and lawyers is "bizarre" +
P-D letter: St. Louis County man dislikes Blunt's
comments on SCOTUS
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says Rep. Tom Flanigan
(R-Carthage) shouldn't criticize University of Missouri while his
colleagues are acting up
P-D letter: Kirkwood man dislikes Tony Messenger,
longs for the days of amiable hippie Bill McClellan
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Thursday, February 25
KC Star: Bernie Sanders brings campaign against the 1
percent to Kansas City +
TonysKansasCity.com: Links to local news coverage of
Bernie Sanders visit
TonysKansasCity.com: Photo gallery and video
highlights of Bernie Sanders' visit to KC
P-D: Hillary Clinton hires Antonio French; North
St. Louis City Alderman says Bernie Sanders is "absent the reality of
today's America"
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail:
#mogovdebate shows intensity of GOP enthusiasm; Greitens skips
debate, but makes it to Jeff City the next day; Thoughts on David
Humphreys' campaign contributions
The Missouri Times: Greitens changes tone, still
supports closing Gitmo; Brunner criticizes "Obama-Greitens plan"
Kraske: The Chat: Opponents jump on Greitens for
Gitmo positioning; Kinder touts conservative record and election
success at GOP gov debate +
CDT: Kinder: Wolfe should have 'called players'
bluff' rather than resign X
KWMU: Statewide office filing-day roundup: Each
statewide race attracts also-rans; David Humphreys finds
candidate to take on Schmitt; Leonard Steinman and Chief Wana
Dubie run, again
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft event features his
dad and Donald Rumsfeld; David Humphreys throws in $150k to
narrow Will Kraus' significant fundraising advantage
The Missouri Times: Sen. Dan Brown (R-Rolla) - who had
endorsed Eric Schmitt - decides to enter state treasurer primary
KWMU: State legislative filing-day roundup:
Scott Sifton vs. Randy Jotte; Three-way Dem skirmish for Colona's
seat; Four-way GOP schmoz in Gosen's district; Notes on
other primary contests
Drebes:
MoScout post-filing update: Subscriber report FREE one day
only; Notes, quotes and anecdotes on state legislative races,
Schmitt vs. Brown, much much more
The Missouri Times: PROMO sticks with Steph Perkins as
executive director
KWMU: State's
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex/asexual group names new
executive director: Steph Perkins, formerly known as Stephanie
Perkins
SNL: Steph Perkins becomes first transgendered human
to lead PROMO X
KC Star: Liberal group Progress Missouri challenges
limits on recording of public Senate hearings
+
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments
over recording of Senate hearings
KWMU: Missouri Senate considers right to record Senate
committee hearings
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court hears challenge to video limits by Senate
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court to rule on
liberal group's right to film Senate hearings
P-D: Voter ID clears last hurdle before Senate floor
debate
Columbia Missourian: Mental health rally at Capitol
draws 100
SNL: Bill from Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield), Sen.
Eric Schmidt [sic] would let
MSU create doctoral programs without University of Missouri consent X
CDT: Curators make selections for Presidential Search
Committee: Two black faculty members, one black student X
Columbia Missourian: Head of MU Black Studies named to
UM president search committee: Stephanie Shonekan is assistant
professor of ethnomusicology
CDT: Curators won't reveal University of Missouri
presidential search consultant X
Columbia Missourian: House Budget Committee reviews
proposed UM System budget cuts
P-D: Cutting Melissa Click's salary not 'enforceable
hammer'
AP: Race protests help create another diversity
job: University will pay former footballer $150,000/yr. to serve
as "assistant vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity"
Missourinet: Democrat opposes spending cuts
The Missouri Times: Bill from Sen. Eric Schmitt
(R-Glendale) would make professors' syllabi public
Missourinet: Concerned Student 1950 reissues old
demands, makes up new ones: "Academic bankruptcy" rule to give
failing students a semester mulligan; 10% of faculty must be
black; etc.
CDT: Concerned Student 1950 warns they will be
"ensuring our demands are met by any means necessary" X
AP:
Legislation from Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) seeks to allow
concealed-carry permit holders to protect themselves on public transit
Missourinet: Missouri House bill would give felons gun
rights back, 'violent' felons could petition for them
SE
Missourian: Noranda, Ameren appeal to lawmakers for electric-rate
changes +
JCNT: Ameren, Noranda ask lawmakers to help stabilize
energy rates X
P-D: Post-Dispatch hosts community forum in
conjunction with USC-sponsored series: "Parenting and
Grandparenting Under Stress"
P-D editorial: The despair epidemic: Solutions
to fix a case of the sads include state legislation on opioid abuse,
spending more taxpayer money on education "investments," taxing high
achievers to better distribute "America's bounty"
JCNT editorial: Lawmakers have not earned the right to
exercise greater control over Capitol Complex
X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jay Ashcroft: The true
intent of voter ID laws: common sense
KC Star's Jenee Osterheldt: Activists black and brown
unite against racism, sexism, other -isms for an event of art and
healing; Woman wears "Black Thighs Matter" shirt in public +
P-D letter: Radiology professor shares her thoughts on
how legislators should handle Mizzou dramatics
JCNT letter: Area man criticizes "Sen. Schaeffer [sic]", creates state-school
analogy: Abusive animal owner : dog :: Missouri legislators :
Melissa Click X
P-D letter: Area nonprofit CEO enjoys Post-Dispatch's
University of Southern California-sponsored "toxic stress" series
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Wednesday, February 24
SOS.mo.gov: List of candidates who have filed for
August primary
KWMU: First day of filing: A historical look
from the era of camping out to the modern-day system
AP:
Candidate filing begins
KC Star: Details on Bernie Sanders' visit to KC today +
JCNT: Hillary Clinton's campaign says it supports
Missouri prescription-drug monitoring program
X
P-D: U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander breaks with
Obama over Guantanamo Bay closure
P-D: At The Missouri Times' debate, Missouri GOP's
field for governor mostly in sync on the issues
The Missouri Times: Monday night GOP gov debate rocks
social media realm; #mogovdebate generates more than 2.6 million
social media impressions
JCNT: Leonard Steinman running for governor instead of
president X
St. Joseph News-Press: AG candidate Josh Hawley vows
to clean up Capitol +
CDT: Columbia candidates caught up in year's hottest
political rivalries; Schaefer vs. Hawley and more X
Columbia Missourian: 23 candidates for state, local
offices file for August primary on first day
JCNT: Area legislative candidates file X
Drebes:
Missouri Energy Development Association has filed suit against Kander
and Galloway to stop Renew Missouri ballot initiatives
KWMU: Some question the limits to legislating the
Missouri Legislature: Debate over whether laws on "cooling off"
and campaign contributions can positively affect the human nature of
people who seek and hold office
KOLR: Ethics-overhaul push attempts to influence
behavior, change Capitol culture
AP: Senate committee backs end to lobbyist-catered
group events
KWMU: Senate passes one House ethics bill, stalls
another
P-D: Ethics push again falters in Missouri Senate
Messenger: Missouri ethics debate vanishes in cloud of
'hocus-pocus'
Missourinet: House rejects Dems' early voting proposal
CDT: Budget plan targets Click salary and University
of Missouri administration for cuts X
Missourinet: More cuts to University of Missouri in
House budget proposal
Columbia Missourian: House committee proposes $8M in
cuts to UM System funding
P-D: UM could see $8M cut under Missouri House budget
plan
AP:
Budget plan would cut $8M from University of Missouri system
Columbia Missourian: UM Campus Interfaculty Council
calls for due process for Melissa Click
Kraske: The Chat: Romine on University of
Missouri budget cuts; Ellington on death penalty and race +
AP:
House considers fetal tissue donation ban
Missourinet: House considering longer sentences for
child sex offenders
SNL: Rep. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield): Bill
would protect kids from sexual predators X
The Missouri Times: Schaefer defends religious liberty
bill
P-D: Missouri voters could decide on greater religious
exemptions to same-sex marriage ceremonies
AP:
Bill seeks religious exemptions on gay marriage
Missourinet: House Budget Chairman Tom Flanigan
(R-Carthage): State payment on St. Louis dome will be made
P-D: House panel hears anti-Kroenke proposal
Columbia Missourian: House bill to allow ATVs, golf
carts on Katy Trail draws opposition
Missourinet: House proposes exemptions to Sunshine Law
for farms and ranches
KWMU: Protestors make a scene at Ferguson City
Council's first meeting since being sued
P-D: Protestors disrupt council meeting;
Activists shout expletives in public, use props as punchlines, other
theatrics
SE
Missourian: Diversity speaker series hosts rapper Common;
Author of iconic ditty "The Bitch in Yoo [sic]" weighs in on campus gun
debate, more +
KWMU: A look at the struggle of transgendered
African-Americans; Teenager self-identifying as female - but
saddled with male genitalia at birth - explains pressure of showing
cleavage, other oppressive societal expectations
P-D editorial: NGA can find security in the heart of
St. Louis
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers factor revenge
toward MU into state's budget +
JCNT editorial: Preserve tranquility of Katy Trail X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: MoDOT ruling on
'irregular' bid prompts concern X
P-D editorial: In Justice Department showdown,
Ferguson finds excuses in inflated numbers
Waters: Punishing MU: Overreaction all around X
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Ugly mess at MU
has long been fermenting
CDT op-ed: Domestic violence group: Missouri
should expand Medicaid X
P-D letter: University City woman disagrees with Sen.
Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) on voter ID, legislators becoming lobbyists
P-D letter: "Toxic stress" series, funded by USC
group, is important
P-D letter: Ballwin woman responds to "toxic stress"
series' focus on poor woman who chose to have ten (10) kids:
"People who continue to crank out one child after another will most
likely fail"
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Tuesday, February 23
KWMU: Sen. Claire McCaskill announces she has breast
cancer
Missourinet: McCaskill announces that she has breast
cancer and expects a full recovery
Missourinet: Support for McCaskill pours out after she
announces she has breast cancer
AP:
McCaskill says she has breast cancer
KC Star: McCaskill announces she has breast cancer +
P-D: McCaskill announces she has breast cancer
KC Star: Bernie Sanders to appear in KC tomorrow +
Columbia Missourian: Blunt announces re-election
campaign
Columbia Missourian: Photos: Blunt announces
re-election campaign
KRCG: Blunt visits Columbia on final leg of
re-election tour
The Missouri Times: Video: Missouri Republican
Gubernatorial Debate (raw livestream feed begins at 1 hr. 14
min.): John Brunner, Catherine Hanaway, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder
KC Star: Eric Greitens criticizes Republican leaders
over ethics legislation +
JCNT: Hanaway, Kinder lay out transportation plans at
Missouri Chamber event; Brunner states position on website, while
Greitens and Koster have not addressed issue recently X
Drebes:
Rick Francis to run for Shelley Keeney's open House seat
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Majority
Leader Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's Summit) on organizing the House's agenda,
ethics legislation, campaign-contribution caps, more
The Missouri Times: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-St. Louis)
introduces bill to cut union exemption for lobbying
AP: Missouri Democrat wants union members to report
lobbying
JCNT: Ron Calzone says two court victories protect
people from legislative mistakes X
Missourinet: Rep. Tom Flanigan (R-Carthage)
re-introduces tiered budget approach
CDT: University of Missouri curators set to begin
presidential search X
Missourinet: Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington) says
budget cuts might force Mizzou to improve on racial issues
P-D: Race histrionics cause Mizzou to lose at least $2
million in donations
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-St.
Charles) pushes State Board of Education transparency requirements
SE
Missourian: State to test cybersecurity of Cape school district +
Missourinet: House abortion bills to be heard
today; Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton) stands by Planned
Parenthood videos
SE
Missourian: Local lawmakers oppose state park plan, allege
improper spending +
P-D: Rep. Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific): Missouri
Uber regs moving forward after bloodbath
Missourinet: Debate resumes in Missouri House on
limits to body camera footage
Columbia Missourian: House committee hears bills on
body camera footage, pilot police grant
AP:
Lawmakers weigh public's right to police footage
AP: Lawmakers vote to exempt state agency data on
animal health and environmental impact of farms from open record laws
Missourinet: Proposed state beef checkoff referendum
lawsuit dismissed
JCNT: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City), NAACP
want race assessed in death penalty reviews X
SE
Missourian: Group wants state to expand Medicaid for young adults
with mental illnesses +
P-D: USC Center for Health Journalism sponsored
journalism: "Toxic Stress" series
P-D editorial: Opioid and heroin problem poses
national security nightmare; Legislature should pass
prescription-drug database
P-D editorial: Even if the state does nothing, St.
Louis County can be a leader in prescription drug monitoring
P-D letter: University City man says Ferguson's own
reform efforts are a mirage
P-D letter: Area doc enjoys sponsored "Toxic Stress"
journalism
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Monday, February 22 Livestream:
The Missouri Times' GOP gov debate, 7 p.m.
KMIZ
(Columbia): Blunt campaign tour to stop in Columbia today
Student
Life (Washington University): Former Obama adviser David Axelrod
visits campus, talks politics, ideals, Trump
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Don Gosen reveals his story;
Panel of Katie Casas, Ron Hicks, Will Kraus and Jeremy LaFaver talk
Gosen, 'paycheck protection,' collateral source debate, and LaFaver's
decision to not seek re-election
Rosenbaum:
Loose ends from the Capitol: Relative quality of humans running
for office; Coburn's push for convention of states;
Pinkel's contract; what it's like to be stuck in a Capitol
elevator
Kraske:
The Chat: Richardson on split with Senate on ethics;
Progress Missouri's Laura Swinford on recording public meetings;
Kerry Messer on parental permission for abortions +
St.
Joseph News-Press: Missouri TANF legislation limits time on the
dole; Comments from sociology prof, unworking woman with story of
struggle X
Columbia
Missourian: MU and Missouri Legislature forge contentious
relationship during period of campus unrest
Columbia
Missourian: Most-read stories of the week: 6 of 10 focused
on Melissa Click and race drama
AP:
Missouri public defender director says his department is in crisis due
to underfunding
Missourinet:
Lawmakers discuss liquidating St. Louis NFL dome's operators
Brownfield
Ag News: Court denies request to stop MO beef checkoff refendum
process
KMZU
(Carrollton): Koster's office says Cole County man has been
indicted for defrauding customers
KWMU:
Costs and opportunities of Ferguson's disputed consent decree
P-D:
Lawyers on both sides of Michael Brown wrongful-death suit want grand
jury witness names
P-D
editorial: Missouri senators vote to keep the lobby door revolving
P-D
editorial: With earnings tax, Legislature once again meddles with
the city's finances
KC
Star editorial: Missouri's appealing option for college savings
just got better +
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: Jeanette Mott Oxford: In support of the
Black Lives Matter movement and the effort to limit campaign
contributions
KC
Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Eric Schmitt is wrong to push for even
more tax cuts +
SNL
letter: Former state Rep. Larry Crawford (R-Centertown):
Catherine Hanaway has been crucial in the fight for Missourians' gun
rights X
KC
Star letter: Moms Demand Action opposes guns on Missouri campuses
+
P-D
letter: Florissant man says Republicans don't want to preserve
public lands
JCNT
letter: Centertown man disputes education myths, says black
schools receive more funding than others and students still manage to
disappoint X
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Sunday, February 21
SE
Missourian: Blunt touts veterans legislation during re-election
campaign stop +
KOAM: Blunt makes campaign stop in Joplin;
Veteran Dem activist, one (1) pal hold anti-Blunt sign on street
P-D: After jury duty, McCaskill introduces legislation
taking away lawmakers' exemption
The Hill: McCaskill, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) want to
remove Congress' jury exemption
Drebes:
Former Rep. John Mayfield (D-Independence) working for City of
Independence
JCNT: John Ashcroft speaks at Scouting event, reflects
upon career of public service X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics,
airing today: Don Gosen speaks out about his resignation
AP: Analysis: A look at what - if any - effect
the Gosen situation will have on ethics-law push
JCNT: Economist at MO Chamber event: Missouri
continues middling rank in job growth among states X
SNL: State NAACP says positive changes for group are
coming; Nimrod Chapel says top issue is fighting "Jim Crow" voter
ID proposals X
CDT: University of Missouri fundraising takes $6
million hit in December; Vice chancellor notes most common
observation: "inmates are running the asylum" X
CDT: Donor discontent not being felt at University of
Missouri campuses outside Columbia; UMKC, Rolla and UMSL avoid
dramatics, say they are doing quite well X
CDT: Decline in donations hits University of Missouri
athletic department X
CDT: University of Missouri tries to ensure no more
boycotts X
P-D: Noranda Aluminum closure marks the end of an era
in the Missouri Bootheel
P-D's Nicklaus: Smelter or no smelter, utility
legislation shouldn't be rushed
P-D:
"Toxic stress" syndrome: Wash U researcher says poor kids have
smaller brain volumes; A collection of hard-knock Ferguson tales
involving violent gunplay, the unworking, unpaid bills, etc.
P-D: Analysis: Newspaper alleges that Ferguson
inflated the cost of federal consent decree
P-D: Hundreds rally in St. Louis to support
Chinese-American NYPD officer who shot unarmed black man; Sen.
Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) makes appearance
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri presidential
primary turnout will be light, or maybe not X
SNL editorial: Dixon's campus gun bill is not the
answer X
KC Star: Remedy for Missouri economy: Spending
more money on K-12, higher ed, transportation; Seasoned editorial
board fails to resist aged "Missouri-misery" pun
P-D editorial: Solutions for kids' "toxic
stress": Provide Section 8 vouchers to move the poor into decent
neighborhoods; more taxpayer funding of prenatal classes;
more taxpayer money for those who can't manage to pay their own utility
bills; etc.
Waters: Melissa Click's hysterical freakout leads
university system to valuable introspection
CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Joseph Miller: A
Tale of Two Taxes: A closer look at transportation sales tax vs.
gas tax X
P-D op-ed: Community college sociology prof:
Ferguson's rejection of negotiated deal is a mystery
P-D op-ed: Blake Ashby: Loretta Lynch represents
a cancer in the social justice movement; Ferguson malcontents,
other agitators thrive on anger and outrage
P-D letter: Des Peres woman wants Nixon to support
Obama's Clean Power Plan
SE
Missourian: Missourians are overtaxed, especially compared to
Tennessee residents +
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says commentary on
deadly force wrongly rehashes Ferguson case
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Saturday, February 20
KWMU:
Blunt highlights his record - and ignores his opponent - in re-election
kickoff
P-D:
Blunt announces re-election bid
SNL:
Blunt kicks off campaign tour in Springfield X
KC
Star: Blunt makes re-election announcement, weighs in on SCOTUS
matter +
KC
Star: Life is much easier for Emanuel Cleaver in 2016 than it was
eight years ago - when he chose Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama +
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Leara (R-St. Louis County) chooses to
not run for state Senate
P-D:
Nixon may not call special election for Gosen seat
Missourinet:
Missouri Supreme Court to hear open meetings case brought against state
Senate
Columbia
Missourian: Politifact truth-o-meter: Speaker Todd
Richardson's assessment on This Week in Missouri Politics regarding
Missouri families' earning power was "Mostly True"
SNL:
Missouri's welfare changes allow recipients to stay on the dole for
three years and nine months; Comments from grown woman who got
pregnant "out of the blue," others with hard-knock tales X
Missourinet:
Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) says he plans to hold fast on one-year
'cooling off' period
P-D:
Changes to lobbying bill cloud ethics agenda's future
KC
Star: Schmitt's proposal would double tax cuts for individuals
and businesses +
P-D:
GOP split on prescription drug monitoring, debate delayed again in
Missouri House
The
Missouri Times: What you need to know about the debate that kept
the Senate up all night
St.
Joseph News-Press: Guns on campus: Thoughts from Missouri
Western risk manager, junior male, teenage girl X
Columbia
Missourian: Wieland's charge won't initiate disciplinary action
against Melissa Click
Missourinet:
Bill would toughen consent requirement for minor to have an abortion
St.
Joseph News-Press: MoDOT, planning partners discuss future X
The
Missouri Times: Wallingford co-sponsors effort to help former
soldiers find jobs in the oil and natural gas industries
P-D:
Nixon receives award from Mental Health America
Drebes:
Noranda not interested in PSC rate cut
KWMU:
Australian anti-nuclear activist visits area, will share thoughts at
symposium
Columbia
Missourian: Pittsburgh rapper/Ferguson protest celebrity Jasiri X
speaks on police brutality; Crowd of 30 provides "snaps, claps
and affirming murmurs" to plaintive dittys
JCNT
letter: Missouri prisoners' gardening shows that restorative
justice provides transformations X
CDT:
Darkow cartoon: Oversexed legislators - who wear shirts with no
pants a la Winnie the Pooh - are hypocritical for criticizing Mizzou
X
KC
Star's Diuguid: Mizzou Alumni Association should be applauded for
highlighting race protests in its magazine +
Messenger:
Missouri Supreme Court faces its reputation-defining moment:
Municipal-court overhaul and fines for lawbreakers
P-D
letter: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri fact-checks food-stamp
hysteria, says 60,000-victim number is too high
St.
Joseph News-Press letter: Missouri Budget Project's Traci
Gleason: Congress, state both need to pass sales tax X
P-D
letter: Chesterfield man says Stenger has no credibility on
prescription databases
CDT
letter: Anonymous author: Melissa Click demonstrated her
arrogant white privilege with protest actions; Non-Caucasoids
would have known to not touch police X
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Friday, February 19
P-D:
McCaskill speaks at opening of Hillary Clinton's St. Louis City
campaign office, says Republicans are attacking female Dem with "chain
saws"
St.
Joseph News-Press: Cruz supporter Sam Graves says Trump talks the
talk but won't walk the walk X
P-D:
EPA could tighten pollution limits at Ameren's largest plant
JCNT:
Candidates for governor make pitches to state chamber X
The
Missouri Times: Catherine Hanaway outlines economic development
plan
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City) declines to
run for third term, says his priority is to be the best husband and
father he can be
Messenger:
Don Gosen just the latest to fall in Capitol's den of iniquity;
Husband, father opens up to columnist about what happened
Missourinet:
Missouri House gives veto-proof support to 'paycheck protection'
legislation
The
Missouri Times: 'Paycheck protection' bill passes with veto-proof
majority
KWMU:
Missouri House passes bill on public employee union fees
AP: House
passes limits on union fees in paychecks
KWMU:
Ethics overhaul gets skeptical reception from Missouri senators;
House, Senate disagree over elements
Missourinet:
Missouri Senate backs off of 'cooling off' period for lawmakers
becoming lobbyists
KC
Star: Senate rejects waiting period for legislators to become
lobbyists +
P-D:
Republicans disagree on ethics legislation
Washington
Missourian: Superintendent concerned about state funding drop
X
CDT:
University of Missouri leaders face tough questioning in legislative
hearing X
Missourinet:
University of Missouri projecting $20 million loss due to down
enrollment; Foley says would-be students express "fear of turmoil"
KC
Star: Legislators express disappointment in Gary Pinkel;
Mizzou football coach, who led team to 1-7 SEC record in failure of a
final season, sided with protesting players in race drama +
CDT:
Lawmaker targets Gary Pinkel as source of University of Missouri
troubles X
CDT:
MU staff members take responsibility for mixed messages attributed to
Foley X
The
Missouri Times: Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) files complaint
against Melissa Click
Columbia
Missourian: Black Lives Matter founders visit Mizzou
campus; Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza laud efforts of "queer
women," tackle pressing issues of low life expectancies for transgender
blacks, tragedy of "food deserts," etc.
KC
Star: Melissa Click's image-makeover team nabs CBS This Morning
segment; Click maintains message discipline, sticks to talking
points on making mistakes, fighting for "what is fair," etc. +
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Nurses Association holds annual lobby day
KCBJ:
Missouri hospitals' uncompensated care jumps 469 percent
KC
Star: Missouri HPV vaccination rates are low; Fewer boys
than girls receive disease protection +
SNL:
Nixon signs bill approving judicial district split X
KWMU:
Former Ferguson PR strategist peddles "my version of my truth" in
book; Devin James blames public roasting on other PR agencies,
political leaders, racism, etc.
P-D
editorial: State makes right call on renewing Special
Administrative Board mandate
KC
Star editorial: Don't give in to bullying by Uber and Lyft in
Jefferson City +
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Affordable gasoline is something to
celebrate X
P-D
op-ed: Missouri PTA's Sarah Day: Bill from Rep. Robert
Cornejo (R-St. Peters) offers second chance for teens in trouble
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: MU School of Journalism Professor Emeritus
Brian Brooks: Melissa Click disgraced herself and needs to resign
Washington
Missourian's Bill Miller: Proposal to allow ATVs on Katy Trail is
'asinine'
KC
Star letter: St. Charles man says MoDOT should stop pushing toll
roads +
JCNT
letter: Jefferson City man says Real ID issue shows Missouri
"languishes in the backwater of progress" X
P-D
letter: Clayton sexagenarian says Legislature should not cut
funding for University of Missouri
JCNT
letter: Jefferson City man says prescription drug monitoring is
needed X
JCNT
letter: Jefferson City woman says prescription drug monitoring is
not needed X
P-D
letter: St. Louis County resident says prescription databases
need a way to correct any errors
P-D
letter: St. Louis woman says felony case - in which urbanite left
her two toddlers alone before apartment fire - has a clear
culprit: Phyllis Schlafly
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Thursday, February 18
KWMU: Clinton sets up St. Louis City office in union
building; Sanders office in St. Louis City hit by vandals
P-D: McCaskill backs Hillary Clinton, says Sanders
can't build consensus
Kraske: Rep. Tony Dugger (R-Hartville) on national
popular vote; Hanaway on 'right to work'; Pearce on
campaign limits +
SE
Missourian: Medicare cuts hit home for area medical-equipment
users, suppliers; Comments from U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, former
state Rep. Pat Naeger (R) +
KWMU: Preliminary EPA designation says Labadie coal
plant exceeds federal pollution standard
KRES/KWIX: Zika not a current threat in Missouri
P-D: Federal aid after December floods is $43 million
and rising
The Missouri Times: Rep. Don Gosen (R-Chesterfield)
resigns
KWMU: Don Gosen (R-Chesterfield) resigns
Missourinet: Gosen resigns; Richardson says
decision was the right one
P-D: Gosen resigns, says he does not want to distract
from important issues
AP:
Don Gosen resigns
Missourinet: Missouri Senate considers "cooling off"
period before legislators become lobbyists
The Missouri Times: Speaker Todd Richardson reaches
historic 107 votes for 'paycheck protection'
Missourinet: House gives initial approval to bill on
public employee union dues
AP:
Senate backs limits to medical costs in court cases
JCNT: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton) leads 13-hour
filibuster X
Columbia Missourian: MU loses $2 million in donations
after race-protest botchamania last fall
Columbia Missourian: Faculty Council asks for review
of MU's relationship with University of Missouri System
KWMU: University of Missouri officials feel the
legislative heat during committee hearing
Missourinet: Sen. Paul Weiland (R-Imperial) files
complaint about Melissa Click, says Gary Pinkel may be next
AP: University of Missouri leaders address state
lawmakers
Columbia Missourian: University of Missouri
administrators assure legislators of improvements at MU
P-D's Koran Addo: Lawmakers push for firing of Melissa
Click; Piece on higher education misspells "Columbia"
Columbia Missourian: MU faculty say Melissa Click
deserves due process, fair treatment from administrators
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Truman board preparing to search
for Paino's successor
SNL: For MSU, investigation into Hispanic official now
closed; Black student withdraws complaint, had gathered total of
49 petition signatures X
SNL: Students and citizens debate guns on campus as
part of MSU Talks program X
KWMU: McSpadden provides an assist for Nasheed's body
camera bill
Missourinet: Michael Brown's mother testifies for
required police body cameras
P-D: Nasheed, Michael Brown's mother urge Missouri
lawmakers to pass police body camera requirements
The Missouri Times: Nasheed presents legislation
mandating police body cameras
CDT: Senate committee cool to bill requiring police
body cameras X
Columbia Missourian: Michael Brown's mother joins push
for body cameras
AP:
Michael Brown's family pushes for body camera bill
KC Star: Bill creating statewide regulations for Uber
and taxis clears Missouri House committee +
The Missouri Times: Executive council considers
locations for National Register
KWMU: Army Corps to Coldwater Creek residents:
One park clean, more work to come
P-D: Ferguson protestors granted audience with Obama
P-D editorial: Fred Sauer catches Nixon's punt on
campaign donation limits
KC Star editorial: Eric Schmitt wrong to push for tax
cuts for Missouri residents, small business owners +
P-D editorial: Time to overhaul structure for economic
development incentives
Waters: The balance swings against Melissa Click
hanging on X
CDT Darkow cartoon: Imagining Melissa Click,
pre-makeover, on Allen Funt's seminal "Candid Camera" X
SNL op-ed: Raise Your Hand for Kids' Linda
Rallo: Help improve early childhood health in Missouri X
P-D op-ed: NFIB's Brad Jones: Missouri trial
lawyers, judges fight for 'junk science'
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Associate professor of
English attempts allegory connecting Shakespeare's "Richard III" with
Melissa Click dramedy
P-D op-ed: SLU law student and SLU Law associate
prof: Ban use of deadly force to stop fleeing felons
P-D letter: Chesterfield man disagrees with McCaskill
on Obama and SCOTUS nomination
P-D letter: Troy man says editorial wrong to support
keeping guns from nonviolent felons
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Wednesday, February 17
P-D:
Blunt to kick off re-election this weekend
KWMU:
McCaskill, St. Louis County Council zero in on prescription-drug
addiction
P-D:
McCaskill, St. Louis County take aim at prescription database
Kraske:
The Chat: Greitens suggests Brunner camp was behind anonymous
video; Nixon talks character in final address to Eagle Scouts
+
JCNT:
John Ashcroft speaks at breakfast, promotes Scouting's benefits X
Drebes: Help
Wanted: Consumers Council of Missouri seeks Executive Director to
replace Joan Bray
JCNT:
Cole County Democrats to hold voter reg/GOTV event today at Lincoln
University theater; Free screening of Selma movie plus
appearances by NAACP President Nimrod Chapel, Reps. Brandon Ellington
and Stacey Newman expected to draw large crowd X
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Nixon, DED Director Mike Downing, Commissioner of
Adminstration Doug Nelson return home after signing trade agreements
+
KWMU:
Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) wants to end 'grand experiment' of
limitless campaign contributions
Missourinet:
Pearce wants more focus on campaign checks, not lobbyist meals
The
Missouri Times: National popular vote compact gets committee
hearing
Missourinet:
Politicians excluded from proposed pay increase for Missouri employees
Missourinet:
Silvey's bill would make REAL ID an option for Missourians
AP:
Schaefer pushes terrorism bills
JCNT:
Schaefer proposes tougher punishments for sex offenders X
AP:
Missouri public defenders want twice as many lawyers to handle their
caseload, say Nixon's proposed budget increase isn't enough
Columbia
Missourian: Missouri prisoners grew and distributed nearly 100
tons of produce last year
CDT:
Lawmakers pan MU Health's opposition to House bill X
AP:
University of Missouri leaders to address lawmakers during hearing today
CDT:
Chancellor sends mixed messages on Melissa Click in separate statements
X
CDT:
Third and final diversity candidate speaks at forum; G. Christine
Taylor was fired from Purdue University last summer X
Columbia
Missourian: Diversity officer candidate urges communication,
success models
The
Missouri Times: Cheryl Schrader moves Missouri S&T forward
while keeping race dramatics away; School's first female
chancellor says she doesn't believe in diversity for diversity's sake
P-D:
Activist group demands Washington University, a private institution,
cut ties with Enterprise's Andy Taylor; "Decarcerate St. Louis"
angry about profit margin of prison snacks and toiletries
KWMU:
Plans expected to transition St. Louis Public Schools back to control by elected board
P-D: Appointed boards to continue at St. Louis and
Riverview Gardens school districts
AP:
Rep. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield) wants stronger safeguards around
legal guardians approving minors' abortions
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill would pilot truck platoon
system, improving fuel economy and safety; Comments from sponsor
Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby), Missouri Trucking Association's Tom Crawford X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill would ease tax on dance,
fitness centers X
The Missouri Times: Oregon County land sale bill
perfected in the House
P-D: Land sale bill passes Missouri House
AP: House endorses auction of land bought for park
P-D: Bill from Rep. Bob Burns (D-St. Louis) could pave
the way for sales tax hike for cop salaries
The Missouri Times: Rep. Linda Black (R-Park Hills)
presents new anti-poaching measures to committee
Missourinet: Photo gallery: Royals' World Series
trophy brought to the Capitol
KWMU: Federal agencies to update residents at
Coldwater Creek meeting
P-D editorial: Tobacco-tax hike idea designates money
for kids, not abortions
JCNT editorial: Aiding welfare beneficiaries by
removing those who game the system X
KC Star editorial: Why are 'free speech' advocates so
eager to silence Melissa Click? +
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Putting
patients over politics in cancer fight X
CDT op-ed: Terry Schlemeier: Reflections on Kurt
Schaefer, the Lone Ranger, and MU days of yore
X
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Legislature
should help fill open curator spots quickly
Diuguid: Obama should fly to Ferguson to bring about
needed changes +
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Tuesday, February 16
KOLR: Blunt, Kander, MSU prof Brian Calfano weigh in
on Scalia-replacement issue
Missourinet: University of Central Missouri prof who
penned book about Scalia calls him a unique conservative
KC Star: Presidential campaigns eye Missouri +
KWMU: Voter-registration deadline looms in advance of
presidential primary
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves to speak to Northwest
Missouri GOP Club X
Drebes:
Missouri's electric co-ops form campaign committee, get ready to rumble
KOMU: Group seeks to raise cigarette tax to pay for
early childhood programs; Comments from Raise Your Hand for Kids'
Linda Rallo
KWMU: John Brunner responds to Eric Greitens' response
to anonymous anti-Greitens video
P-D: Greitens suggests anonymous video fits Brunner
camp's "pattern"; Brunner campaign categorically denies
involvement
Kraske: The Chat: Brunner says MoDOT needs to
find "efficiencies"; Chancellor Hank Foley on Melissa Click's
"appalling" antics +
JCNT: Proposal from Sen. David Sater
(R-Cassville): Make amendment signatures harder to get X
JCNT: Hundreds of Eagle Scouts honored at
Capitol; Gov. Nixon, Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) address
crowd X
SNL: Week's legislative preview: Ethics bills,
prescription drug monitoring program, Greene County sales tax for early
childhood education X
P-D: If Missouri's legislature operated like West
Virginia's, right to work might be law
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: With needle in his arm
to give blood, Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) defends state's death
penalty
Riverfront Times: Bill from Rep. Lyle Rowland (R-Cedar
Creek) would help Missouri's deaf-blind community with support service
providers
Columbia Missourian: Child safety bills focus on
terrorist threats, suicide prevention
CDT: Chancellor, curator "appalled" by new Melissa
Click body camera footage X
The Missouri Times: Latest Click video leads to
renewed calls for resignation
P-D: UM Curator David Steelman, others weigh in on
latest Click video
KOMU: Click media tour: Prof discusses behavior
CDT: Bill targets hospitals' exemptions from
certificate of need law X
Missourinet: House panel votes to strip payment for
former Rams stadium
KWMU: House committee strips out Edward Jones Dome
funding
P-D: Payment for Edward Jones Dome stripped from 2017
Missouri budget
AP:
House panel OKs cutting $12M for St. Louis football stadium
KRCG: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) blasts lawsuit
against court overhaul bill
P-D: Bill from Rep. Kirk Mathews (R-Pacific) would
exempt Uber drivers from St. Louis City earnings tax
Missourinet: Medical marijuana bill again presented to
House committee
Columbia Missourian: House committee hears bill on
legalizing medical marijuana
P-D: Missouri could opt out of time change
SNL: House approves judicial district split for area
counties X
SE
Missourian: Missouri may ban hunting of feral hogs on public lands +
KWMU: Shula Neuman takes over as new executive editor
of St. Louis Public Radio
P-D editorial: If St. Louis wants to win NGA, message
must be loud and clear
P-D's Nicklaus: Missouri understands part, but not
all, of new job-creation math
P-D letter: St. Charles man says proposal from Rep.
Jay Houghton (R-Martinsburg) to allow ATVs on Katy Trail is a terrible
idea
P-D letter: Clayton man says Houghton legislation
amounts to harassing hikers, bicyclists
SNL letter: Springfield man says bureaucracy,
quarreling hurts MSU diversity program X
P-D letter: Des Peres woman says DOJ bully Loretta
Lynch chooses vindictiveness over forgiveness
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Monday, February 15
P-D: Blunt, others weigh in on Scalia
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith brings area leaders together to
discuss Noranda and area fallout; Session includes talk of
federal regulations, 'right to work,' more +
Riverfront Times: Dispute over voter data leaves some
black Missouri Democrats frustrated
Kraske: The Chat: Greene County Dem criticizes
Roy Blunt +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Kurt
Schaefer; Panel of Reps. Shawn Rhoads and Tracy McCreery, Byron
DeLear, Rob Johnson talk national popular vote, presidential primary,
MO AG race, ethics legislation
KC Star: Eric Greitens fights back against anonymous
attack video +
SE
Missourian: Brunner visits Cape Girardeau, speaks to GOP women's
club +
KC Star: Teresa Hensley attacks Kurt Schaefer based on
erroneous campaign research, apologizes +
Drebes:
David Humphreys gives $50k to pro-RTW Rep. Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold)
Drebes:
Josiah Bechthold, former intern for Rep. Trent Skaggs (D), seeks to
fill Dem ballot slot against Ryan Silvey
KC Star: Lawmakers to talk medical marijuana, campaign
limits this week +
KWMU: Six ethics proposals could be set for final
passage when the Missouri Senate starts work today
SE
Missourian: Rehder holds drug-monitoring bill because of rising
opposition +
Columbia Missourian: Chancellor to confer with Board
of Curators about body camera footage of Melissa Click
AP: Interim Chancellor Hank Foley calls Click's
behavior in new video "appalling"
Rosenbaum: Legislative angst places University of
Missouri in a tough spot
The Maneater: House committee votes to deny UM system
a budget increase
The Maneater: Higher ed group says freshman class most
likely to protest in past 50 years; Photos of College Republicans
posing with statue of Thomas Jefferson, angry students screaming and
disrupting meetings, more
KWMU: Retiring higher ed commissioner David Russell on
higher ed funding, Mizzou race dramatics, more
Daily
American Republic: Bill from Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Poplar Bluff)
seeks to limit school superintendent pay +
JCNT: Bill from Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-St. Charles) would
prohibit punishment for opting out of state test +
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill from Sen. Dan Hegeman
(R-St. Joseph) would protect Good Samaritans from damages when freeing
kids from locked car X
Missourinet: Missouri bills on daily fantasy sports
don't go as far as Nixon wants
Missourinet: House Budget Committee wants to hear from
St. Louis Sports Authority about Rams bid
AP:
Uber, Lyft look to Legislature to bypass city rules
P-D: St. Louis earnings tax facing fresh scrutiny
Missourinet: Lawsuit seeks to stop voting process on
proposed Missouri beef checkoff
P-D editorial: Maria Chappelle-Nadal challenging Lacy
Clay is a good thing
Washington Missourian editorial: Some good news from
Jefferson City thanks to Clint Zweifel: MOST 529 updates X
Priddy: Mitten's bill to stop committee-chair
showboating won't pass, but it's a good idea
Washington Missourian letter: Area woman dislikes Ron
Richard's position on campaign contribution limits, says he is acting
like a dictator X
JCNT letter: Area man disagrees with GOP on voter ID X
P-D letter: Olivette grad student says she supports
Ameren's energy-efficiency plan
SNL: Cape Fair man mocks diversity group's
petition: 100 signatures at a university of 24,000 X
P-D letter: Area man says stadium proposal cost the
public, not its leaders
P-D letter: Animal activist says House bill would keep
citizens from seeing puppy-mill data
P-D letter: Criminal Justice Ministry case manager
says Missouri could be a leader in criminal justice overhaul
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Sunday, February
14 Valentine's Day
P-D: Blunt says new Supreme Court justice should be
chosen by next president
KWMU: Blunt's bipartisan bill would improve access to
mental health care
P-D: A look at the Obamacare tax penalty
P-D: St. Louis vying for $50 million U.S. Dept. of
Transportation jackpot
Missourinet: Missouri's legislative budget leaders
plan to fight EPA's Clean Power Plan
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Kurt Schaefer; Panel of Tracy McCreery,
Byron DeLear, Rob Johnson, Shawn Rhoads
The Pitch (KC): Teresa Hensley's campaign thought it
found a connection between payday loan crook and Kurt Schaefer - but
whiffed
KMZU (Carrollton): Raise Your Hand for Kids' Linda
Rallo talks tobacco tax, addresses abortion misinformation
KMZU (Carrollton): Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) says
MO HealthNet bill could save billions annually
CDT: University of Missouri seeks $10 million to
support budding nuclear medicine supply industry; Dem Reps.
Stephen Webber, Kip Kendrick urge Nixon to support project X
Columbia Missourian: Melissa Click hires Texas-based
image-rehab company; "Status Labs Image Management" outlines
strategy of influencing Google search results with less-frightening
photos
CDT: After refusing interviews for months, Melissa
Click begins image-rehab tour X
CDT: Political pressure on curators' investigation
troubles Click X
KWMU: DESE wants to keep appointed boards in St.
Louis, Riverview Gardens
SNL: Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit) wants police to
obtain a warrant before tracking cell phones
X
KNPN (St. Joseph): Senator wants to expand state's
texting ban
JCNT: Ameren, Noranda now working together;
Missouri customers could see jump in electric rates X
JCNT: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City): Six
weeks into session, no harassment complaints referred to committee X
JCNT: LGBT advocates push for non-discrimination act X
JCNT: Public school employees to benefit from
non-discrimination bill; Comments from Missouri NEA's "Otto Fagen
[sic]", others X
P-D: Portrait of a speed trap: Foley, Mo.
P-D: Audits show municipal court issues extend beyond
St. Louis County
Missourinet: State reps from Ferguson, Black Jack, St.
Louis search for funding to help Ferguson comply with DOJ reforms
JCNT editorial: Half measures shortchange safe driving X
P-D's Jim Gallagher: Which to choose: Cheapo
State or Fancy U? Thoughts on the value propositions of Wash U.,
Rolla and lesser state schools
Columbia Missourian's Maggie Walter: "Show Me the
Errors" feature keeps paper as mistake-free as possible;
Columnist appreciates feedback from readers, does not demonstrate
insecurity or defensiveness when mistakes happen
Messenger: The new civil rights movement has an
anthem: 'We comin [sic]"
P-D letter: Illinois resident responds to P-D NGA
editorial, suggests federal employees might enjoy being surrounded by
decent schools and civilized behavior
P-D letter: Area woman says House bill would keep
vital information hidden from public
P-D letter: Prolific LTE author and Bridgeton
octogenarian Rowan Raftery says DOJ should worry about its own
constitutional compliance
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says DOJ not operating in
good faith
P-D letter: Clayton sexagenarian says she dislikes
Nixon's "flippant" approach to Missourians' guns
P-D letter: Washington, D.C. based Sentencing Project
supports "ban the box" approach to boost criminals' employment chances
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Saturday, February 13
P-D: Congressional delegation votes for the
week: Internet taxes, menu labeling, more
SNL: David Humphreys donates $1 million to Marco Rubio X
KC Star: Hillary Clinton campaign says plan could
manufacture 53,000 jobs for young Missouri urbanites willing to work
for a living +
Washington Missourian: East Central College president
takes a trip to D.C., engages in 'lobbying' X
KWMU: Waterways Council: Obama's budget request
'disappointing'
SE
Missourian: FEMA recovery center in Cape Girardeau closing today +
KWMU: GOP deals with primary rumors: Anonymous
hit video targets Eric Greitens, while those opposing Bev Randles
spread inaccurate rumor that she was disbarred
P-D: Video: Nixon with P-D editorial board
JCNT: Cole County, state unemployment rate dropping X
The Missouri Times: House handles bill to stop opiate
addiction
CDT: Library director informs board of effort to lobby
lawmakers for increased state funding X
KWMU: DESE wants to keep appointed boards in St. Louis
City, Riverview Gardens
CDT: Faculty council seeks review of University of
Missouri system, campus relationship X
CDT: Student who captured Melissa Click's hysteria on
video asks lawmakers to relent on University of Missouri budget X
CDT: Members of football team that finished 1-7 in SEC
earn segment on ESPN show for race protest; Episode features
various entertainers complaining about guns, racial profiling,
stereotypes, etc. X
CDT: MU Black Culture group talks about lynching that
happened 93 years ago X
Columbia Missourian: Event recounts race-based event
that happened in 1923
Drebes: Rep. Penny Hubbard (D-St. Louis City)
withdraws bill to double salary of license collector
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Rural Crisis Center sues
state over beef checkoff process
P-D: Missouri sends 17 residents' blood samples for
Zika virus testing
P-D: Son of Missouri Supreme Court justice caught
after firing weapon, making terroristic threats
KWMU: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles: 'There was
no agreement' with DOJ
P-D editorial: The Clean Power Plan meets some Supreme
skeptics; Planet should win over states' rights
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Overdose deaths up
across Missouri; State needs prescription drug law X
JCNT editorial: Lawmakers should pass civics
requirement for students X
Washington Missourian editorial: Ron Richard is
wrong: A cell phone tax is needed to fund 911 services X
Washington Missourian editorial: Heroin a national
problem, not just a WashMo or Missouri problem
X
P-D letter: SchoolReboot.com leader supports proposal
from Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Poplar Bluff) to limit superintendent
salaries, dislikes Hazelwood largesse
P-D letter: Area man says Noranda owners are not the
good type of rich people
P-D letter: Arnold resident compares DOJ to NFL
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Friday, Februay 12
KWMU: Campaign news roundup: Blunt vs.
Kander; Schmitt goes on TV; Hancock, others discuss value
of endorsements, digital ads vs. TV ads, more
P-D's Chuck Raasch: New Hampshire prolongs it, making
Missouri's primary more relevant
SNL: Greene County Dems take issue with Blunt's
student deferments in the late 1960s X
KC Star: Minimum wage group holds rally, registers
less than 25 voters; Insight from nurse assistant La La Manning,
others +
Missourinet: House proposes outside company
verification of welfare recipients' eligibility
JCNT: Welfare anti-fraud bill passes House X
P-D: Plan to check on welfare scammers advances
P-D: TANF changes help kick 4,000 recipients off
taxpayers' tab; Adults unable to provide for their offspring
still receive up to three years and nine months of "temporary" handouts
Drebes: Silvey introduces outline of new regulatory
framework for utilities
Missourinet: House votes to allow pharmacists to sell
overdose-fighting drug
SNL: Narcan bill passes; prescription drug
monitoring bill stalls X
JCNT: Prescription drug monitoring bill on pause X
KC Star: Missouri drug monitoring program runs into
renewed opposition +
P-D: Debate on prescription drug monitoring held up in
Missouri House
KWMU: Parole hearings, aid for juvenile offenders
among items before Senate Judiciary Committee
Kraske: Melissa Click on being "flustered";
Nixon on legislative threats to cut university funding +
Missourinet: Student journalist fact-checks Melissa
Click's claims about her verbal assault
KWMU: Transcript of Melissa Click interview: MU
prof weighs in on her decision to side with protesters, her version of
interaction with journalist, relative merits of her Lady Gaga and BDSM
erotic fiction research, much more
CDT: Diversity candidate sees conflict resolution as a
key skill X
Columbia Missourian: Diversity candidate addresses
Concerned Student 1950 demands, touts accomplishments
CDT: Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, Islamic Center, et al.
to hold "Loving All Our Neighbors" event to criticize "Islamophobia,"
etc. X
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Shane Roden
(R-Cedar Hill) would require students to recite Pledge of Allegiance
every day
AP: House panel calls to increase basic K-12 spending
by $76M
KC Star: Lee's Summit superintendent sits atop
Missouri's salary rankings at $397,000/yr. +
AP: Senators consider bills on road safety
The Missouri Times: Dental hygienists lobby for
extension, teledentistry
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jack Bondon (R-Belton) bails
out beer bill
P-D: Criminals in Missouri prisons get opportunity to
taste-test new items
KWMU: Federal leave act mandates time, not pay;
Proposal from female Dems would add wages
The Missouri Times: Schupp, McCreery to offer paid
leave initiative
KWMU: "Behind the Headlines" podcast: Rosenbaum,
others recap their stories of the week
AP:
Nixon, Kinder commend Ferguson's efforts at police overhaul
The Missouri Times: Kinder slams DOJ legal action
against Ferguson
KWMU: "<X> Things" journomeme: Five (5!)
questions we had after DOJ sued Ferguson
JCNT editorial: Legislators should not micromanage
Missouri Conservation Commission X
P-D editorial: Ferguson in a futile fight with the
hammer of justice
P-D editorial: Ferguson council works behind closed
doors to undermine public trust
P-D editorial: To shoot or not to shoot, police
reformers ask; Examining use of lethal force to put down suspects
Priddy: If the University of Missouri System was
driven into a ditch, there were plenty of hands on the wheel
KC Star's Diuguid: Compromise needed to settle dispute
between DOJ and Ferguson +
P-D letter: Illinois resident takes offense at P-D NGA
editorial referencing Metro East "cornfields"
P-D letter: Belleville man offers rebuttal to P-D NGA
editorial, provides views on cost savings, forcing employees to deal
with violent North City environment, cybersecurity, more
CDT letter: Area man enjoys ironic juxtaposition of
"small radicalized group of black MU students" with separate story of
dignified African-Americans leading productive lives X
KC Star letter: Area man disputes notion that Mizzou
is "broken" +
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Thursday, February 11
Drebes:
Mannies reports on Donald Trump's Missouri campaign leader
The Missouri Times: Obama's Clean Power Plan stayed by
SCOTUS; Koster, Todd Richardson criticize regulations
JCNT: Luetkemeyer unhappy with IRS answer on closed
office X
Missourinet: Committee backs McCaskill resolution to
hold ad site in contempt
P-D: Ad site Backpage says it welcomes contempt
citation from McCaskill, Senate
KC Star: Blunt's Vietnam-era draft deferments become
issue in 2016 campaign +
P-D: Roy Blunt's draft deferments more than four
decades ago enter U.S. Senate campaign
Missourinet: FEMA approves Nixon's request to expand
Missouri's federal disaster declaration
AP: Center for Public Integrity study claims lobbying
rises in state capitols, declines in D.C.
KCTV: Two separate pushes to raise tobacco tax in
Missouri; Comments from Erin Brower, Ron Leone
The Missouri Times: The Missouri Times to host first
Republican gubernatorial debate; Event will feature true debate
format, with candidates provided rebuttal time to defend against attacks
Kraske: The Chat: Brunner on Koster and
crime; Ron Richard on Koster's tobacco-settlement spending plan +
The Missouri Times: Bill Otto endorsing Byron DeLear
for state rep seat
Missourinet: Missouri House wants Congress to fight
President's gun order
The Missouri Times: House passes resolution defying
Obama's gun orders
KWMU: Missouri House to Obama: Missouri will
fight for the Second Amendment
P-D: Legislature dumps wage hikes for home health
workers
P-D: Missouri's college savings plan to cut fees,
offer new investment options; Comments from State Treasurer Clint
Zweifel
P-D: Nixon chats with P-D editorial board;
Governor says university should have moved more quickly on Melissa
Click, says legislators are grandstanding on higher ed funding, more
CDT: Lawmakers upset over protests, Melissa Click deny
budget boost to University of Missouri X
Missourinet: Lawmakers vote to eliminate budget
increase for University of Missouri
P-D: UM System stripped of performance funding increase
Missourinet: In TV interview, Melissa Click says she
wasn't suggesting physicality when she called for "some muscle";
Grown woman chalks up bullying behavior to being "flustered"
KMIZ: Video: Melissa Click describes why she
verbally assaulted minority journalist
CDT: Faculty: MU education dean's departure not
tied to university issues X
KWMU: UMSL Chancellor Tom George talks tough
times: Ferguson effect on enrollment, budget shortfall, time
spent dealing with "arena of diversity, arena of inclusion," more
The Missouri Times: Reps. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson
City), Josh Peters (D-St. Louis) look to secure state funding for
Lincoln University
SNL: Sens. Jay Wasson (R-Nixa), Joe Keaveny (D-St.
Louis) stump for education funding fix X
KC Star: Kansas City Public Schools officials offer
master plan for district: African-centered school saved,
attendance boundaries changed, more +
P-D: Missouri House committee votes to cut park
director's salary in half
The Missouri Times: Potential traffic laws weigh
safety, state overreach
JCNT: Lawmakers asked to allow sheriff's deputies to
work other counties X
The Missouri Times: Schaefer introduces parental
rights constitutional amendment
P-D: Ameren to restart efficiency program
P-D: Federal suit seeks reimbursement from Rams for
personal seat licenses
KC Star: KC payday lenders Scott Tucker and Richard
Moseley Sr. indicted in federal crackdown +
Missourinet: DOJ sues Ferguson; Loretta Lynch
says fine system "literally [sic]
breaking (lawbreakers') backs"
P-D: DOJ sues Ferguson after council votes to revise
consent decree
KWMU: DOJ sues Ferguson
AP:
DOJ sues Ferguson
KWMU: Council votes to appoint Laverne Mitchom to seat
KC Star editorial: Don't buy 'solutions' from critics
trying to kill Kansas City's earnings tax +
Sanchez: It's clear Backpage.com would rather fight
with Senate than stop sex trafficking +
Waters: Mandating what profession curators represent
is a frivolous step X
Waters: Middleton strikes a pretty good compromise, so
why the rush to replace him? X
P-D op-ed: Women in Transition's Barbara Baker:
Missouri employers should not ask potential employees about criminal
convictions
P-D letter: Affton man suggests gas tax be increased
by 10 cents while prices are low
JCNT letter: Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-St. Charles) responds
to JCNT editorial on caregivers X
P-D letter: Webster Groves man says Ameren falls
behind in transition to cleaner energy
P-D letter: Missouri man responds to Illinois man who
responded to P-D's Mizzou-centric coverage
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Wednesday, February 10
Missourinet: U.S. Supreme Court blocks EPA's carbon
emissions plan; AG Chris Koster (D) pleased Missouri ratepayers
won't be "forced to bear the burden of compliance"
St. Joseph News-Press: Local levee finally getting
repairs; City manager praises McCaskill, Blunt, Graves X
KWMU: Obama DOD budget includes more work for Boeing
P-D: McCaskill, Portman pushing contempt of Congress
for website that advertises sex
KWMU: Clay primary opponent Maria Chappelle-Nadal
calls Missouri Democratic Party "undemocratic" for blocking her access
to congressional district voter data file
The Missouri Times: Chappelle-Nadal the only member of
Missouri Senate to vote against bipartisan resolution urging NGA to
stay in St. Louis
KWMU: Activists to picket outside EPA offices
today; Local organizer/amateur epidemiologist correlates asthma,
bloody noses, rashes, headaches to landfill
P-D: West Lake Landfill activists join Flint
protestors to pressure EPA; Republic spokesman criticizes
"stunt," says EPA should be allowed to "finish its work, quickly"
KWMU: County to fund survey of residents near
Bridgeton Landfill; Survey-takers will go door-to-door listening
to complaints
P-D: St. Louis County to begin respiratory health
survey near Bridgeton Landfill
JCNT: State sheriffs group votes to oppose efforts to
legalize marijuana X
The Missouri Times: John Brunner says AG Chris Koster
is soft on crime, points to St. Louis City data
The Missouri Times: Missouri Soybean Association
endorses Kurt Schaefer for attorney general
The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life rally draws
hundreds to Capitol rotunda; Kinder, Kraus, Onder, others speak
JCNT: Photo: Show Me Life rally draws 200 X
Kraske: The Chat: Pearce, Wieland offer
realistic takes on campaign contribution limits and death penalty,
respectively +
Missourinet: Republicans want more info on $50 million
settlement before filing tobacco bill
P-D: Koster tobacco settlement faces hard sell in
Legislature
The Missouri Times: Kehoe confident in ethics
legislation strategy
KWMU: Bill to abolish death penalty assumes room
temperature
Missourinet: Proposal from Rep. Jeremy LaFaver
(D-Kansas City) could allow attempts to defund the death penalty
AP:
Missouri House considers expanding overdose medicine access
Missourinet: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton) wants more
DNA sampling in felony arrests
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court: Amendment 5
doesn't give nonviolent felons gun rights
KWMU: State Supreme Court upholds Missouri's
felon-in-possession law
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court says Amendment 5 did not
extend gun rights to non-violent felons
AP:
Missouri ban on felons carrying guns ruled constitutional
CDT: Forum features first of three candidates for
University of Missouri "diversity, equity and inclusion" officer X
Columbia Missourian: MU holds forum for first of three
diversity candidates
The Missouri Times: Noranda files bankruptcy,
legislative action likely only avenue for survival
CDT: Morgan Keegan settlement with Kander's office
ends liability in Mamtek factory X
KWMU: Ferguson puts conditions on consent decree, gets
tepid reaction
AP:
Ferguson City Council seeks changes to DOJ agreement
P-D: Ferguson suggests changes to consent decree
P-D: Protester acquitted in Ferguson case
KWMU: SLU profs author groundbreaking study:
People caught breaking the law are not pleased about paying
fines; Race colors perception among lawbreakers
P-D editorial: Corps of Engineers best suited to
handle West Lake toxic waste cleanup
KC Star editorial: Crazy conspiracy theory threatens
to derail worthy tobacco tax increase +
CDT op-ed: Phill Brooks: Rex Sinquefield's reach
is far and wide in state politics X
Waters: The money Sinquefield gives to MU dwarfs his
political contributions; Perhaps it's possible to admire the
cultural contributions of the people you disagree with politically X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Requiring a photo
ID would have a chilling effect on Democratic vote +
P-D letter: St. Charles County man criticizes
Brunner's memory of campaign events from 44 years ago
P-D letter: St. Louis woman laments fact that Missouri
chooses to elect anti-tax legislators
P-D letter: Affton woman offers practical tip to
counter opioid addiction: Lock your medicine cabinet
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Tuesday, February 9
KCUR: Blunt talks mental health funding during
preschool visit
KC Star: John McCain to receive Truman Good Neighbor
Award in KC on May 9 +
KC Star: Campaign to raise tobacco tax caught in
anti-abortion snag; Missouri Right to Life neutral on proposal,
but tax opponents spread contrary messages +
Neosho Daily News: Anticipating big crowd, organizers
move Jasper-Newton County Lincoln Day to larger venue; Lineup
features Blunt, Long, Hanaway, Kinder, Parson, Kraus
The Missouri Times: Schmitt releases first downballot
TV ad, takes on Islamic terrorism
The Missouri Times: Rep. Don Gosen (R-Chesterfield)
will run for re-election rather than seek Schmitt's Senate seat
Columbia Missourian: Pro-Life Action Day to take place
at Capitol today
KWMU: EPA to focus on groundwater contamination,
conduct more tests at West Lake Landfill
Kraske: The Chat: Ron Richard on being Speaker
of the House vs. Senate president pro tem +
St. Joseph News-Press: Study claims Missouri loses the
most in tax revenue due to Amazon sales X
Missourinet: Koster says Legislature must finish $50
million tobacco agreement
KWMU: Bill would eliminate Missouri's prevailing wage
law
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
veterans home bonding proposal
The Missouri Times: Senate Appropriations uncovers new
info on stadium funding
AP:
Prescription drug tracking bill up again in Jefferson City
KWMU: "<X> Things" journomeme: Three (3!)
keys to the latest legal fight over Missouri's school transfer law
P-D: Online college students could receive needs-based
scholarships under proposal
Columbia Missourian: Dean of MU College of Education
to escape Columbia, departing for University of Iowa
CDT: Bill targets lack of professional diversity among
University of Missouri curators; Rep. Don Rone
(R-Portageville): "You need farmers, you need lawyers, you need
CPAs, you need all kinds of occupations on board" X
KWMU: Advocacy group issues report on poverty in
Missouri; St. Charles County leads the way with lowest poverty
ranking among counties
Missourinet: Missouri Senate to debate death penalty
repeal this week
P-D: Senate debates death penalty, but abolition not
yet on horizon
Columbia Missourian: Death penalty debated on Missouri
Senate floor
P-D: Uber pushes for change in state taxi law
JCNT: Bill adds boat docks to trespassing law X
KWMU: Missouri Industrial Energy Consumers files
complaint at PSC to lower Noranda's rate
P-D: New Madrid smelter to shut down next month after
Noranda files for bankruptcy
KWMU: Ferguson in the balance: Councilmembers
set to vote on consent decree
AP:
DOJ agreement could cost Ferguson $3.7 million in first year
P-D: As debate over Ferguson consent decree winds
down, a decision looms
P-D: Man from Massachusetts who took part in Ferguson
protests takes failure-to-disperse case to trial
P-D editorial: Making the city's best case to keep the
NGA
KC Star editorial: Epidemic of prescription drug abuse
gets needed attention +
P-D op-ed: Gov. Jay Nixon: Missouri leading the
way on higher education quality, affordability
Waters: Latest stunt from Concerned Student 1950 leads
group down the path to being ignored X
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Adjunct journalism
professor offers psychoanalysis of Tim Wolfe: Caucausoid male
lived "under the umbrella of privilege" and couldn't relate to intense
struggles of kids on a college campus
Priddy: Reflections from former state Sen. Richard
Webster (R) - via 1986 newspaper clip - on how much better things were
back in the olden days; Tales of congeniality, the existence of
conservative Democrats, and the importance of keeping your word
SNL letter: University supporter says MSU, University
of Missouri, other schools are wrong to cater to politically-correct
complainer crowd X
P-D letter: Middle-class mom defends Bright Flight,
says hardworking daughter deserves the award she earned
P-D letter: National Association for Gifted Children
applauds city schools' attention to bright kids, says education system
should not just cater to the dimmest
P-D letter: ArchCity Defenders: Ferguson should
acquiesce and submit to DOJ consent decree
P-D letter: 30-year Ferguson resident suggests DOJ
types want "payback" against Ferguson
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Monday, February 8
P-D: Missouri primaries will be in a divisive
season; Thoughts from Georgetown academic
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer talks about
continuing battle against Obamacare
CDT: Hotline, FBI report different stats on human
trafficking reports X
KWMU: The future of former Pruitt-Igoe site rests with
Paul McKee
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Rep. Holly
Rehder (R-Sikeston); Panel of Laura Swinford, Mindy Mazur, Tim
Jones, Shamed Dogan discuss presidential politics, Rehder's drug bill,
state-school dramatics
SNL: Opiod abuse catches Missouri politicians'
attention X
AP:
After suicide attempt, Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis) speaks out
Missourinet: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia):
Use Medicaid reform savings for roads
St. Joseph News-Press: Area leaders, legislators recap
Great Northwest Day X
Kraske: The Chat: Interim President Mike
Middleton insists student rabble-rousers "are neither inmates nor
animals"; Galloway on audits of state schools +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown): Constituents know that University of Missouri
is on the wrong track, and want action
Columbia Missourian: Pictures of the week: GOP
Reps. Ron Hicks and Jack Bondon discuss student journalism bill
Drebes:
Lyft, Uber and the Taxicab Commission: A look at proposed
regulatory framework, as well as lobbyists
KC Star: With only 29 students, Catholic school in
Montrose, Mo. hangs on +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
talks about his HJR 54 for Missouri veterans' home
STLBJ: Noranda files for bankruptcy
P-D editorial: Instead of punishing those on welfare
to pay for roads, raise the gas tax just eight cents a gallon
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Haahr's bill would
keep students from being silenced X
JCNT editorial: Expedite bill to intercept
prescription drug abuse X
P-D editorial: Missouri conservatives should lead the
way on criminal justice overhaul
KC Star public editor Derek Donovan: Readers are
already watching for bias in election coverage, while others just want
it to go away +
Columbia Missourian's Katie Pohlman: Week's most-read
stories: Asian students choose to study rather than
complain; Race dramatics; David Steward quits; More
Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover: Executive editor
praises his paper for winning journalism awards in "Missourio [sic]"; Correction made sans
humility, humor or attribution
P-D letter: Glendale man says Bill Clay Sr. and Lacy
Clay have presided over a half-century of North St. Louis City decay
P-D letter: Kirkwood man responds to campaign
contribution editorial, wonders why editorial board doesn't target
big-money Democrats too
P-D letter: Fenton man says Republicans are
mean-spirited, suggests they raise the gas tax
JCNT letter: Holts Summit man says Kehoe is trying to
micromanage University of Missouri policies X
Columbia Missourian letter: Area grad student wants
legislators to expand Medicaid for women who can't manage to buy their
own health care
KC Star letter: Mallinckrodt CEO calls for
prescription drug monitoring program +
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Sunday, February 7
SE
Missourian: Presidential executive actions spur sales local,
sheriff and dealers say +
The Hill: Outrage builds over wealthy families in
taxpayer-subsidized housing; Comments from Luetkemeyer
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer has two bills on the
floor in same week: Reining in agencies and changing HUD policies
JCNT: VFW praises Blunt's support for veterans X
SE
Missourian: Local military members discuss women registering for
draft; Female veteran urges realistic physical expectations for
gals, says lowering bar for some elements could make miliary weaker +
P-D: Missouri World War II vet has mustard gas
exposure claims denied by VA; Comments from McCaskill
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Former PSC member Terry Jarrett
says Obama and EPA are waging "war on coal"
P-D: Ameren planning for carbon rules while pushing
back legally; AG Chris Koster (D) stood up againt Obama
administration's mandate last year
SE
Missourian: Missouri Housing Development Commission gives
$100,000 to East Missouri Action Agency to help flood victims +
SNL: Medical marijuana advocates seek signatures in
Springfield X
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, John Ashcroft, John
Brunner speak at GOP dinner X
KC Star: Sinquefield group begins running
anti-earnings tax radio ads +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson)
drops restraining order against Rep. Michael Butler (D-St. Louis)
P-D: New NAACP President Nimrod Chapel promises
inclusion, appoints prominent Caucasoids - including Gov. Bob Holden
(D) and Jane Dueker (D) - to executive committee
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri Corn Growers discuss
state issues at annual meeting; Speaker Todd Richardson (R-Poplar
Bluff) says ag will continue to remain Missouri's biggest economic
driver
JCNT: Ron Richard: Speaker of the House is the
best job in the Capitol X
St. Joseph News-Press: Via Nixon's budget, port
funding continues to move forward X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Leaders from NE, NW MO visit with
lawmakers to discuss economic priorities; Comments from Rep. Nate
Walker (R-Kirksville)
JCNT: State employee pay is top priority for Jefferson
City lobbyist X
SNL: Bill requiring photo ID at polls advances X
The Missouri Times: Allocable share fund repeal
questioned
JCNT: Three bills address dyslexia disorder X
Washington Missourian: School officials say Bright
Flight scholarships are important to students; Educators support
merit-based awards +
SE
Missourian: Bill from Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) seeks to
help vocational students enter the workforce
+
KC Star: A look at the process by which the next
University of Missouri System president will be chosen +
AP:
Missouri considers easing adoptee birth certificate access
KMZU (Carrollton): Senate Bill 816 looks to repeal
death penalty in Missouri
AP:
Missouri defends law capping cities' traffic ticket revenue
KC Star: KC officials scared that state legislation
restricting municipal courts would prolong blight +
JCNT: Legislature eyes expanding Conservation
Commission X
AP:
Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) proposes gun ban for domestic
abusers
KWMU: Passion, worry reign at Ferguson's second
consent decree forum; Grown man speaks while wearing sunglasses
indoors
KC Star: As task force listens, citizens speak out
about gunplay, police, "poverty pimpin'," more
+
Washington Missourian editorial: Ron Richard makes it
clear: There will be no limiting of campaign contributions. +
Waters: Lawmakers should not cut higher ed funding X
SNL op-ed: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield):
Winning the fight against human traffickers X
Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover: Executive editor
praises his own paper's journalism awards, spells "Missouri" incorrectly UPDATE:
Corrected without acknowledgement or attribution
P-D letter: St. Louis man says welfare changes should
be kept separate from transportation spending
P-D letter: Empower Missouri's Jeanette Mott
Oxford: Legislature's stance on handouts reduces quality of life
for all Missourians
P-D letter: St. Louis man suggests that students angry
about Bright Flight standards should have tried a little harder
P-D letter: Hazelwood woman says anti-Bright Flight
carpers are wrong to criticize merit-based scholarships
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Saturday, February 6
KCUR: Obamacare enrollment climbs in Missouri, from
around 254k last year to 290k this year
P-D: Congressional delegation's votes for the
week: Obamacare repeal, Luetkemeyer's banking-fraud bill, others
The Missouri Times: The national popular vote could
make Missouri politically relevant again
P-D: Ann Wagner says Super Bowl is a magnet for sex
trafficking
KWMU: Procedural change at HUD could plop more Section
8 housing down in St. Charles and Jefferson Counties
KWMU: Sen. Blunt's lobbyist son Andy sets up new firm
in Jefferson City
KWMU: Behind the Headlines podcast: Rosenbaum,
others talk NGA site visit, Ferguson consent decree, Mizzou protester
behavior
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Holly Rehder on prescription drug monitoring, Jeff Roe,
more; Panel features Progress Missouri's Laura Swinford, Mindy
Mazur, Tim Jones, and Shamed Dogan
Drebes: FEC paperwork for anti-Greitens front group
"Patriots for America" makes references to Mad Men characters
P-D: GOP gov campaign oppo dump series, Part II:
Forty-four (44) years ago, John Brunner served as poll watcher for
American Party, which forty-eight (48) years ago ran George Wallace for
president
Columbia Missourian: Kurt Schaefer outraises Josh
Hawley; Hawley points to "culture of corruption"
Drebes: Central Missouri Senate Republican PAC set up
to serve Caleb Rowden's campaign
Drebes:
Candidate emerges for Penny Hubbard's safe Dem state rep seat:
Battle rapper Bruce Franks, AKA "Ooops" [sic?]
St. Joseph News-Press: Despite claims, local director
registers as lobbyist X
St. Joseph News-Press: Activists complain about Bright
Flight scholarship program, say ACT score standard is unfair to black
students X
The Missouri Times: Galloway to audit University of
Missouri spending
KWMU: University of Missouri to spend $921,000 on
"diversity initiatives" in St. Louis, KC, Columbia
CDT: Curators seek to calm racial issues, legislative
criticism X
CDT: Curators Chair Pam Henrickson says board will not
cave to Wolfe's demands on severance package
X
Columbia Missourian: Curators sit through student
panel, hear ideas: Mandatory course on "inclusiveness,"
two-course "diversity" requirement, etc.
SNL: MSU announces diversity events: Native
Americans lament the horror of Indian mascots, Illini black studies
prof on police oppression, etc. X
KWMU: Lawsuit challenging new traffic fine caps in
Missouri argued in Jefferson City
AP:
State Senate votes to ban traffic-ticket quotas
P-D: Ferguson consent decree, after months of
negotiations, may be derailed because of unforseen costs
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Put Democrats'
cynicism aside and praise the ethics actions of the Legislature X
Washington Missourian editorial: Black curators
walking off the job, budget battles on the horizon - University of
Missouri needs firm leadership X
Shelly: Eleven months after Tom Schweich chose to kill
himself, the consultants blamed by Danforth are doing quite well +
SNL op-ed: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls: The
illusory goal of a fully-funded K-12 formula
X
P-D letter: National ID card would end debate over
voting requirements
P-D letter: Lemay woman says Obamacare requires photo
ID for health care, so why not for voting?
P-D letter: Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis):
Consider a graduated earnings tax in St. Louis
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Friday, February 5
NY Post: Hillary used to support registering women for
the draft, now she's not sure; McCaskill supports women
registering
Politico: McCaskill says more Dems will take aim at
Sanders, says she is not part of "establishment"
Kraske: The Chat: Ann Coulter discovers Jeff
Roe, decides Cruz should get rid of him +
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill targets 'deceptive'
hotel fees X
St. Joseph News-Press: Secretary of State candidate
Jay Ashcroft targets voter fraud X
KWMU: GOP AG candidates Kurt Schaefer and Josh Hawley
rip off the gloves
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. David
Pearce (R-Warrensburg) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about Mizzou
administration, University of Missouri funding, school transfers,
limiting campaign contributions
The Missouri Times: Gov. Bob Holden joins Missouri
NAACP executive board
The Missouri Times: Missouri Soybean Association
celebrates 50 years at annual meeting, honors legislators
The Missouri Times: Travis Brown and Kent Gaines start
First Rule Sports, which will focus on advocating sports and technology
JCNT: Nixon says South American trip yields results
for Missouri - over $1 billion in new business
X
Missourinet: Missouri poverty rate declines;
Three Bootheel counties lead urban areas in percentage of adults unable
to provide for themselves
KWMU: Nixon, GOP don't see eye-to-eye on transportation
The Missouri Times: MoDOT clashes with Senate
appropriations on questionable expenditures
JCNT: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph) proposes changes
to state worker health plan operations X
CDT: Auditor Nicole Galloway to begin performance
review of UM System operations X
Missourinet: Audit to 'start at the top' of University
of Missouri System, not 'deep dive' lawmakers want
Missourinet: Galloway expands audits of Missouri
higher education
Columbia Missourian: UM System to undergo two audits
Columbia Missourian: Reps. Chuck Basye, Kip Kendrick,
Caleb Rowden and Stephen Webber attend town hall forum; Topics
include state-school histrionics, Medicaid expansion
CDT: Members of Concerned Student 1950 disrupt
curators meeting to show support for Melissa Click; Group shouts,
"If we don't get it, shut it down!" X
CDT: Curators give students, faculty and staff votes
on presidential search committee X
CDT: Political pressure provides backdrop as curators
ponder presidential search X
Columbia Missourian: Black rights activists disrupt
curators' meeting
Columbia Missourian: After entertaining protesters'
disruption, curators have adult discussion on credit outlook,
presidential search
KWMU: Demonstrators at Mizzou disrupt meeting where
curators discuss picking a president
P-D: Protesters create a scene at curators meeting
JCNT: Protests force new Mizzou football coach Barry
Odom to have challenging conversations with potential recruits X
AP: Legislators push to keep university seats vacant
P-D: Nixon hopes to move quickly on UM curator
vacancies
Missourinet: Missouri House passes bill to battle
medical students' suicide, depression
The Missouri Times: Compassionate Medical Education
Act brings emotional discussion to the House
Missourinet: House passes bill making sex trafficking
advertising illegal
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court Chief
Justice Patricia Breckenridge appointed to national task force on court
fees
P-D: Newspapers tout their journalism awards:
D-I battle pits P-D vs. KC Star; D-II sees St. Joseph News-Press
vs. SNL; D-III has CDT vs. JCNT; More
JCNT editorial: Caregiver bill needs structure to
prevent abuse X
P-D editorial: University of Missouri Board of
Curators too old, too white, too male; After two black curators
walk off the job, remaining curators are seasoned-citizen Caucasoids
P-D editorial: Violating juveniles' rights, just
because they can
P-D letter: Area woman wants Legislature to stop being
so partisan and pass Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: 35-year Ferguson resident says city should
reject consent decree
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Ferguson consent decree
doesn't address real problems: Lack of black father figures, kids
dropping out of school, violent gunplay
P-D letter: Bellefontaine Neighbors man says consent
decree favors lawyers, suggest Occupy Wall Street types should aim
their rage at attorneys
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says state-school university
administrators are running a racket
P-D letter: Webster Groves man expresses
disappointment with several players in University of Missouri drama
P-D letter: Illinois man says P-D should change its
name to "Daily Columbian" or "Tiger Rag;" People who didn't
attend Mizzou are uninterested in its self-obsessed triflings
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Thursday, February 4
Columbia
Missourian: Obamacare supporters say Missouri has too many
uninsured, want state to expand Medicaid
KWMU:
Cleaver, Luetkmeyer sponsor bill focused on public-housing
programs; Measure passes House 427-0
Kraske:
The Chat: Cleaver on bipartisan public housing bill;
Macroaggression victim Tim Tai on rights of student journalists +
P-D:
In criticizing Luetkemeyer bill on banking, Sen. Elizabeth Warren
(D-Mass.) invokes man who assaulted Darren Wilson
KWMU:
U.S. Senate approves bill to put Army Corps in charge of West Lake
landfill
AP: Senate
bill to shift oversight of nuclear waste in landfill
The
Missouri Times: Son of Billy Graham to hold prayer rally at
Capitol in May
The
Missouri Times: Former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts to speak at Cole
County Lincoln Day Dinner Feb. 15
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Cattleman's Association endorses Mike
Parson in lieutenant governor bid
The
Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt lists GOP endorsements in state
treasurer bid
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Corn Growers gives out awards to state
legislators
P-D:
Former state Rep. Craig Kilby (R-Lake Saint Louis) dies at age 56
P-D:
Missouri Republicans push no-tax road funding plan
Missourinet:
Senate Democrats threaten to filibuster voter ID proposals
AP: Rep.
Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) wants to make it easier for women to
obtain birth control
Missourinet:
Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob): daily fantasy sports is a
game of skill, not gambling
The
Missouri Times: Fitzpatrick hopes to protect daily fantasy sports
site
KWMU:
Missouri House considers whether fantasy sports require skill - or luck
and regulations
P-D:
Taxing Missourians who play fantasy sports would bring in millions in
revenue
JCNT:
Prescription drug monitoring bill moves to next phase X
P-D:
City schools chief suggests third gifted school, improving access to
gifted education; Area parent complains that gifted schools may
include too many white kids
P-D:
Ferguson boy brings a gun to school, gets caught, runs away
KWMU:
Activists complain about merit-based scholarship program, say too many
white students are earning Bright Flight awards
Missourinet:
Minority students say Bright Flight bar - scoring 31 on ACT - is too
tough for them to achieve
CDT:
Middleton seeks to reassure lawmakers as they mull UM budget X
CDT:
Melissa Click case continues to plague curators as criticism of
suspension escalates X
CDT:
University sets forum with diversity candidates: Black woman vs.
black man vs. black woman X
NY
Times: After Mizzou histrionics, blunt discussions on race;
3,000-word piece delves into black prof's juxtaposition of Maria
Sharapova's facial beauty with Serena Williams' gluteal endowment, much
more
SNL:
After complaints, MSU adds "gender identity" to non-discrimination
policy X
JCNT:
Nasheed, others want to update deadly force laws X
The
Missouri Times: St. Louis payroll tax comes under fire
Missourinet:
Pals give Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) mock award for catching record
spotted sucker fish
P-D:
St. Louis native fired for 'pattern of deception' at online news
site; North St. Louis City native made up elements of supposed
race-based violence, St. Louis NGA site, more
P-D:
Post-Dispatch parent Lee Enterprises reports decrease in revenue,
advertising sales
P-D
editorial: Big money celebrates 40 years of undermining American
democracy; Hanaway picks up Sinquefield help, while Lacy Clay and
Ann Wagner roll in incumbent dough
Messenger:
Pain med epidemic touches too many Missouri families, including mine
P-D
op-ed: Civil engineers group: Spend more money on Missouri
roads and bridges
Columbia
Missourian's David Rosman: Melissa Click seems to have learned
her lesson
P-D
letter: Clayton woman says photo ID proposals discriminate
against olds, others
St.
Joseph News-Press letter: Area man says those alleging welfare
fraud are like the villains of the Salem witch trials X
P-D
letter: St. Louis man wants Nixon to follow Obama on energy
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Wednesday, February 3
The Missouri Times: Jeff Roe leads Cruz campaign to
Iowa caucus victory
P-D: Jeff Roe in spotlight after Cruz win
The Hill: Blunt wants Obama to explain Iran 'ransom
payment'
Washington Post: Army and Marine Corps chiefs under
questioning by McCaskill: It's time for women to register for the
draft
The Hill: Army, Marine chiefs in response to
McCaskill: Women should register for draft
Kraske: The Chat: Hartzler, Cleaver offer
partisan rhetorical flourishes on Obamacare +
P-D: House passes Luetkemeyer housing reform measure
KWMU: Ron Richard to Slay: 'Do what you've got
to do' to keep NGA in St. Louis
P-D: Senate votes to move West Lake cleanup from EPA
to Army Corps
AP:
FEMA approves more than $6 million for flood assistance
P-D: Missouri Club for Growth begins radio ads for
Catherine Hanaway
SNL: Haahr amasses hefty war chest X
KWMU: Missouri's general-revenue income picture
improving
St. Joseph News-Press: Roads top priority at Great
Northwest Day X
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Tila Hubrecht (D-Dexter)
proposing ban on fetus-dismemberment tied to allegation of Planned
Parenthood tissue sales
AP:
Lawmakers debate abortion process involving forceps removing limbs from
live fetus
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Don Phillips (R-Kimberling
City) would let Missouri adoptees get copies of birth certificates
JCNT: Adoption advocates plead for birth certificate
access X
KWMU: Bill from Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield)
would allow motorcyclists over the age of 21 to opt out of wearing
helmets
Columbia Missourian: MU's Asian students endure racism
and discrimination, take it in stride; Some young adults choose
to handle hardships without complaining: "We are here to study,
not to cause a problem"
P-D: Activists complain about state's scholarship
program; Students say Bright Flight - based on ACT scores -
discriminates against the poor
CDT: Bill from Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) seeks
to restore First Amendment rights of student media X
AP:
University of Missouri System's credit outlook is lowered
Columbia Missourian: Missouri football recruiting
class feels fallout of campus protests
Columbia Missourian: University professors'
organization calls for Melissa Click's reinstatement
CDT: David Steward resigns from University of Missouri
Board of Curators X
CDT: Ron Richard says curator vacancies open for next
governor, Senate leader X
KC Star: Profile: Mike Middleton +
CDT: City, county adopt resolution pleading for
legislators to not cut University of Missouri funding X
SNL: New MSU petition: Keep diversity official
Juan Meraz; More than 1,000 signatures gathered to support
Hispanic official X
SNL: Activist group says that if Hispanic man isn't
fired from diversity post, they will act out and maybe even sue X
AP:
Missouri lawmakers discuss state-school living requirements
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
files bill to alleviate student debt
CDT: Kendrick proposes plan to extend payments, cut
interest on student loan debt X
JCNT: Senate panel hears testimony about sentencing
teen criminals X
AP:
Lawsuit challenges St. Louis payroll tax paid by employers
Brownfield Ag News: Koster files complaint in water
diversion case
KWMU: Ferguson residents sharply divided in first
public forum on proposed consent decree
AP:
Ferguson residents worried about costs of U.S.-mandated changes
P-D: In Ferguson, consent-decree meeting draws
overflow crowd
P-D editorial: Funding capital punishment with
cash-stuffed envelopes
Priddy: Current ethics bills are practically
meaningless unless campaign contributions are limited
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Conflict with
the Legislature doesn't bode well for MU
Waters: Final thoughts on Melissa Click drama;
Concerned Student 1950 will learn some limits
Shelly: Mizzou may have caught a break with interim
chancellor Hank Foley +
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Troubling questions
arise after two black curators resign; Surely, there must be more
to the story
P-D letter: Missouri State Workers Union President
Bradley Harmon says Gov. Nixon lacks courage in providing higher wages
P-D letter: Manchester resident says photo IDs
restrict the Constitutional right to vote
P-D letter: St. Louis man offers sarcastic take on
Melissa Click's "punishment"
P-D letter: PROMO supports MONA
P-D letter: St. Peters man says only the state - not
DOJ or Ferguson - can revoke an officer's license
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Tuesday, February 2
The Hill: McCaskill: Bernie Sanders has no
'interest in foreign policy'
AP: McCaskill says Bernie Sanders is making promises
he knows he can't keep
Kraske: The Chat: Rand Paul wrong about Ferguson
fines; Speaker Todd Richardson on Missouri Senate transportation
plan +
KWMU: Lacy Clay hosts tour of NGA site;
Congressman declines to chat with ACORN (rebranded "MORE") protesters
P-D: Clay makes case for billion dollar spy
agency; McKee to protester: "Just get out of here."
P-D: Doe Run cutting 75 Missouri jobs due to low lead
prices, regulations
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: Jason
Smith's star is rising; Potential candidates for Wagner's seat
when she runs against McCaskill; Ron Richard should be UM
President; more
KWMU: Congressional incumbents hold large fundraising
lead; No report from Bill Otto, filling Dem ballot slot against
Ann Wagner
P-D: Campaign finance reports: Area
congressional incumbents vs. electoral silver-medalists
The Missouri Times: John Brunner runs new radio ad
targeting evangelicals
Drebes:
Bob Sweere uncertain about the state rep district in which he might
run; Candidate tells Springfield BJ he doesn't use e-mail
AP:
Midwest economic figures rise for first time in months
P-D: No quick resolution for high overtime costs at
Missouri Department of Mental Health
KWMU: Rams may be gone, but efforts to limit
governor's power on stadium debt remain
The Missouri Times: House voter ID bill begins journey
in Senate
P-D: Mizzou protesters damage university's credit
rating
KC Star's Diuguid: It's fitting for NAACP to honor
Concerned Student 1950 for what they've done
+
P-D: Mizzou's relationship with lawmakers 'terrible,'
but new chancellor says he hopes to move forward anyway
P-D: Bill from Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) would
bar censorship of student journalists; Witnesses testifying
include minority journalist assaulted by Melissa Click
The Missouri Times: Haahr bill on student journalism
draws wide support
Missourinet: Macroaggression victim Tim Tai testifies
in favor of Haahr's anti-censorship bill
KWMU: Melissa Click's actions inspire Cronkite New
Voices Act to ensure press rights for students; Advocates include
former Hazelwood East Spectrum editor Cathy Kuhlmeier of Hazelwood v.
Kuhlmeier infamy
AP:
Melissa Click's assault on minority journalist inspires bill to stop
censorship of student reporters
KWMU: Another resignation means St. Louis area has
just one member on UM Board of Curators
KWMU: With three members gone, UM curators face big
issues
KC Star: Latest resignation leaves no black curators +
AP:
Last black curator steps down
P-D: Second University of Missouri curator steps down
in less than a week
AP:
Students complain about Hispanic MSU official; Group representing
fewer than 100 students issues "press release" lacking contact
information
SNL: Students want Hispanic official removed from
multicultural office X
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Corrections
chief: Execution team members don't get IRS forms
P-D letter: Area woman wants legislators to focus on
water safety rather than election integrity and Second Amendment
P-D letter: Mizzou alum says he won't write another
check until university gets its act together
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says absurdity of Ferguson
consent degree shows what Obama's Department of Justice is all about
P-D letter: Crestwood woman encourages fellow
Caucasoids to attend her YWCA "Witnessing Whiteness" classes
P-D letter: Female Caucasoid responds to male
Caucasoid's response to "white privilege" meme
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Monday, February 1
January
2016 headlines
February
2015 headlines
February
2014 headlines
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Iran's
"ransom"; Ron Richard on Mizzou's relationship with
lawmakers; Bob Onder on free speech and campaign contributions +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest U.S. Rep. Jason
Smith; Panel of Eapen Thampy, Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D), Jay
Atkins, Rep. Bryan Spencer (R) on marijuana initiative, sex
trafficking, presidential politics
KWMU: Ferguson and presidential politics: A look
a Rand Paul's assumptions; Suggestion that Ferguson derives major
part of budget from fines is untrue
AP:
With Rams gone, St. Louis City fights to keep federal spy agency
KWMU: Congressional campaign finance reports:
Lacy Clay leads Maria Chappelle-Nadal, and other unsurprising
fundraising outcomes
Drebes:
Clifford McMurray becomes third Dem to pursue John Rizzo's Dem state
rep seat
Missourinet: Missouri House to develop transportation
proposal during budget work
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Pearce says now is not the time
to raise tax on agricultural land
KMZU (Carrollton): Legislature nixes tax commission's
land valuation
AP:
Welfare verification requirement gains momentum in Missouri
Missourinet: Republicans will hold hearing on campaign
contribution limits, but oppose concept
KMZU (Carrollton): Munzlinger pushes to allow
concealed-carry on college campuses
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger on juvenile court
changes, Real ID
KMZU (Carrollton): Missouri Senate takes action on
expert-witness legislation
The Missouri Times: David Steward to leave seat on
University of Missouri Board of Curators
Columbia Missourian: Most-read stories of the
week: Wolfe, actions to eliminate unsightly feral hogs, Melissa
Click, more
SE
Missourian: Local officials react to State of Judiciary, say bias
training is not as needed in county juvenile system +
KC Star: Bill from Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) aims to
keep public schoolgirls' locker rooms, restrooms free of male genitalia +
Missourinet: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton), Rep.
Stephen Webber (D-Columbia), others Dems offer bills targeting "equal
pay"; Associated Industries of Missouri explains opposition
P-D: White officers slower to shoot black suspects,
new study finds
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: On Missouri
American's water-rates request X
Priddy: Journalists should not have tweeted exchange,
but reporters should still be afforded workspace on Senate floor
Messenger: St. Charles County Exec Steve Ehlmann tries
to stop development in the flood plain
P-D letter: St. Louis man says legislators should
address Real ID issue before tackling voter ID
JCNT letter: Area man disagrees with Kehoe on
expert-witness bill X
JCNT letter: Area man says legislators are
"hypocritical boneheads" on guns, and should allow public to bring
firearms into Capitol X
P-D letter: Glendale resident shares thoughts on Down
syndrome and abortion
Columbia Missourian letter: MU student says Nixon
should fund Missouri Scholars Academy
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
responds to op-ed critical of "white privilege" notion
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Sunday, January 31
SNL: McCaskill cheers Clinton; Blunt neutral in
GOP primary X
The Missouri Times: Graves talks transportation options
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, Sen. Wayne Wallingford, Rep.
Kathy Swan take part in Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce annual
banquet +
SNL: GOP candidates for governor debate in Springfield X
SNL: Road fix needn't include tax hike, say GOP
candidates for governor X
KSPR: Republican candidates for governor visit
Springfield
Washington Missourian: St. Clair Mayor Ron Blum,
Alderman Nathan Tate to face off in GOP primary for Dave Hinson's seat
Drebes: Hart Nelson, Greg Laposa earn promotions at
St. Louis Regional Chamber
CDT: Pro-life event draws 800 to Missouri Capitol X
JCNT: Midwest March for Life draws hundreds;
Knights of Columbus share in pro-life cause X
CDT: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis) hopes bill shines
spotlight on statewide candidates using their committee chairs as
campaign tools X
AP: Work requirements start kicking in for those
accepting handouts; Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) says lawmakers
saw many on the dole who "weren't even trying to get a job"
AP: A state-by-state look at taxpayer-funded food
handouts
AP: Q&A on rules requiring able-bodied adults to
work for their handouts
SE
Missourian: Lawmakers: No bill can ensure ethical
behavior; Comments from Wayne Wallingford, Holly Rehder, Kathy
Swan +
KWMU: Bill from Rep. Ken Wilson (R-Smithville) would
define open records access for police cameras
KC Star: Harvard report proposes less emphasis on test
scores, more on "passion" and "caring"; Some Missouri students
lament their struggle, while others explain how they chose to work hard
and achieved success +
P-D: An unusual insanity plea highlights the limits of
state mental health services
P-D: Missouri lawmakers look to pump up sales of craft
beer
SE
Missourian: Kander warns seniors of sophisticated fraud schemes +
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri American seeks recoup
of water investments X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Investment tax-credit
bill from Rep. Craig Redmond (R-Canton) would help northwest Missouri X
Washington Missourian editorial: Mizzou status:
Situation Normal, All Fouled Up; Also, where is the leadership? X
Washington Missourian editorial: Savage behavior hits
Washington; City's third robbery in four months may not sound
like much to urbanites, but Wash Mo. residents must stand on guard X
CDT's Matt Sanders: Taxpayers pick up the tab for 84.2
percent of Blue Ridge Elementary's lunches; Only 15.8 percent of
breeders can manage to feed their own offspring X
P-D letter: Rep. Jay Barnes: Preserve medical
privacy while tracking prescription abuse
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Saturday, January 30
P-D: Blunt, State Department arguing over source and
intent of Iran payment
KC Star: On MSNBC, veteral reporter Al Hunt calls Jeff
Roe a potential "rock star" +
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
KWMU: Court hears arguments for and against clearing
land for federal spy agency
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Jason Smith; Panelists Eapen Thampy, Sen.
Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis), Jay Atkins, Rep. Bryan Spencer
(R-Wentzville)
CDT: Chuck Graham questions Jeff Harris' experience,
loyalty in text declining judicial endorsement; Graham says
fellow Dem was petulant over Chris Koster, showed lack of friendship
during hard times X
Drebes:
Former St. Louis City Alderman Fred Wessels starts campaign committee
for Jake Hummel's safe Dem state rep seat
KWMU: No new taxes on Missouri agricultural lands
AP: Update on week's ethics bills
P-D: Missouri appeals block on abortion license
revocation
Missourinet: Ron Richard says Legislature's
relationship with University of Missouri 'terrible'
KWMU: St. Louis seat on UM Board of Curators remains
empty; Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) says she'll push
to make sure slot is filled by non-Caucasoid
CDT: Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) files bill to
expand "equal pay" protections X
KWMU: "Beyond the Headlines": Rosenbaum and
others discuss Ferguson and consent decree; Marshall Griffin
expresses anger over Missouri Senate providing journalists with new
work space
CDT: Concerned Student 1950 threatens curators on
Melissa Click vote, says they'll use "any means necessary" to destroy
"white supremacist patriarchal capitalism" X
CDT: City prosecutor reaches deal with Melissa Click X
Missourinet: Agreement would let Missouri professor
Click avoid assault charge
Columbia Missourian: City prosecutor forgoes criminal
charge against Melissa Click
KC Star: Melissa Click avoids assault prosecution +
Columbia Missourian: Local leader of Black History
Month, Juneteenth celebrations arrested; Curtis "Boogeyman" Soul
Brown out on bail after shooting at man
P-D: Teen gets five years probation for looting
Dellwood gas station; Area thieves stole from Mobil Mart during
all three rounds of Ferguson rioting
P-D: Ferguson residents weigh cost of consent decree
KC Star editorial: Here's who loses with voter ID
proposals: List of types of grown men and women who might not
overcome insurmountable obstacle of getting an ID +
SNL editorial: Schaaf may have a point about
prescription drug monitoring X
Washington Missourian editorial: Melissa Click should
be fired; Curators should not have caved to demands of protesters
in the first place X
P-D editorial: College education remains vital,
despite enrollment drops; UMSL, Mizzou see less student interest
and bigger budget holes
Washington Missourian editorial: Lawmakers won't
embrace lower BAC any time soon X
KC Star editorial: Charter schools offer exciting
choices as KC district struggles +
P-D editorial: Ferguson facing critical - and
expensive - decisions
Waters: On the Missouri Senate providing new work
space to reporters X
Columbia Missourian editor Tom Warhover: Surge of
university news keeps staff from writing about important things like
"enterprise articles around race and diversity"
P-D letter: Cedar Hill man says photo IDs make
election judges' jobs easier - plus, IDs are already required to check
out a library book, board a plane, cash a check, other functional-human
tasks
P-D letter: Area man responds to area man's response
to P-D abortion coverage
P-D letter: Joan Bray says Ameren wants to radically
change law governing utility rates
Columbia Missourian letter: Area activist says number
of Missouri payday loan shops is "frightening"; Adults who choose
to borrow money at unfavorable rates and terms should be protected by
legislation
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman says Wieland, Gosen
benefit from insurance bill
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Friday, January 29
St. Joseph News-Press: Energy bill follows process,
still raises concerns; Comments from Blunt X
SNL: Feds offer few answers on trafficking of migrant
children; McCaskill, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) hold hearing X
Washington Post: Obama administration placed children
with human traffickers, McCaskill-Portman report says
P-D: McCaskill, other senators fault government for
mistreatment of migrant children
AP: Bipartisan probe faults government for migrant
child abuse
Washington Post: Candidate in Maryland Dem
congressional primary gets heat for past contribution to Blunt
Kraske: McCaskill's woman-of-the-people jury-duty
tweets; Nixon on KC earnings tax; Dogan on ethics bill +
The Missouri Times: Koster denounces Brunner's
renewable fuel stance
The Missouri Times: Brad Bradshaw drops bid for
lieutenant governor, says he'll hold off on his marijuana petition too
KWMU: Bradshaw drops campaign for lieutenant governor
and for legalizing marijuana
Drebes:
Byron DeLear leads money chase in House 70 Dem primary; Bill Otto
giving up seat to fill Dem ballot slot against Ann Wagner
The Missouri Times: MoDOT, House leadership kick off
transportation conference
The Missouri Times: Transportation funding
alternatives explored at conference
JCNT: Missouri transportation officials hopeful for
funding solution X
AP:
House advances another round of ethics-related bills
KWMU: Nixon's stadium plan leads to another proposed
change in ethics laws
Missourinet: Missouri House abortion bills
filed; Dems call them unnecessary, political
The Missouri Times: Municipal courts bill heads to
House
P-D: Schmitt's bill putting cap on non-traffic
violation revenue passed by Missouri Senate
KC Star: Senate bill no longer targets Kansas City
earnings tax +
KWMU: Revamped earnings tax bill would phase out St.
Louis earnings tax in 10 years; Kansas City no longer targeted
P-D: St. Louis earnings tax would be phased out under
proposal
Columbia Missourian: Concerned Student 1950 defends
Melissa Click; Group says society should learn from "evil past"
and dismantle "white supremacist patriarchal capitalism"
Columbia Missourian: National NAACP group to honor
Concerned Student 1950 at "Image Awards" next week
P-D: Former MU [sic]
president wanted soft
landing, didn't get it (Nomenclature
help proffered at 7:20 a.m. via Twitter) Correction made at
8:45 a.m. without attribution
CDT: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) calls for Galloway
to do "deep dive" into University of Missouri finances X
KWMU: Normandy School Board wants more public input
The Missouri Times: German Heritage Corridor bills
seek to celebrate tradition
Rosenbaum: As Ferguson mulls consent decree, a city
and a region's fate hang in the balance
AP:
Ferguson police agree to overhaul policies, training
KWMU: DEA forges stronger community partnerships in
St. Louis in new fight against drug trafficking
P-D: STLBJ names Patricia Miller as publisher;
Her father, Bill Miller, is publisher of the Washington Missourian
P-D editorial: Former University of Missouri president
does himself no favors
SE
Missourian editorial: Early graduation requires a plan,
dedication for high school students +
JCNT editorial: Expert-witness legislation and the
quest for truth X
P-D editorial: In pursuing charges against
rapist-murderer Reginald Clemons, Jennifer Joyce should have taken
death penalty off the table
Messenger: Bitter shakedown letter damages university
Wolfe says he loves
Shelly: Why the University of Missouri is in big
trouble, and why it will survive +
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Columnist
apologizes to Caleb Rowden for mischaracterizing position on University
of Missouri, then criticizes Rowden for other things
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Associate professor of
ethnomusicology and black studies: In support of Melissa Click as
she supported us
Priddy:
A changing tide in Missouri against the death penalty, maybe
Diuguid: From unrest, agreement with with Justice
Department should make Ferguson more credible, accountable to residents +
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man says gun crimes need
mandatory sentence
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman says Wieland's bill
aids insurance industry, not citizens
KC Star letter: Show-Me Institute's John Wright says
government employees deserve to vote in regular union elections +
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Thursday, January 28
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Blunt continues to
bash arms deal with Iranians
P-D: McCaskill's tweets about jury duty will end as
case is closed
P-D: Nixon plans talk this week with Major League
Soccer commissioner about expansion
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber of Commerce to
host conference on transportation today
KC Star: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) says fellow
House Dem Michael Butler assaulted him after AFL-CIO event +
The Missouri Times: Lobbying gift ban passes in the
House
The Missouri Times: Mitten wants to bar statewide
candidates from chairing committees
KWMU: Bill to allow concealed carry on Missouri
campuses sparks strong reactions for and against
AP:
Missouri lawmakers consider concealed carry rights on campuses
SNL: MSU president opposes concealed carry on campus X
The Missouri Times: Senate review gubernatorial
appointments
Missourinet: Senate considers proposals to expand
Missouri expungement law
The Missouri Times: Missourians for the Unborn holds
"All Lives Matter" rally in Capitol rotunda
KWMU: Patricia Breckenridge cites municipal court
progress in annual State of the Judiciary address
AP:
Missouri judge education to include race bias training
The Missouri Time: Breckenridge delivers her first
State of the Judiciary address
The Missouri Times: Text of State of the Judiciary
address
AP: Lawmakers consider audits of University of
Missouri System
The Missouri Times: Former University of Missouri
president criticizes Kurt Schaefer, school officials in e-mail
CDT: In e-mail, Wolfe criticizes MU officials over
fall turmoil X
KC Star: Tim Wolfe: Kurt Schaefer pressured me
to undermine primary foe's candidacy for attorney general +
KMIZ: AG candidates Kurt Schaefer, Josh Hawley respond
to Wolfe's claims
Missourinet: Highlights of former UM System President
Tim Wolfe's e-mail slamming football team, curators, Mike Middleton,
others
Columbia Missourian: Wolfe criticizes UM System
leaders, Loftin in e-mail to university supporters
P-D: Tim Wolfe criticizes current leaders
KC Star: In letter, Tim Wolfe rips colleagues +
Missourinet: University of Missouri Curators suspend
professor who assaulted journalist
P-D: UM board suspends Melissa Click
KC Star: Melissa Click suspended days after assault
charge +
CDT: UM curators suspend Melissa Click pending
investigation X
Columbia Missourian: Click suspended pending further
investigation
Columbia Missourian: UM curator Yvonne Sparks resigns
after two months
P-D: UM curator Yvonne Sparks resigns, says she cannot
devote adequate time to role
The Missouri Times: Bill to repeal death penalty moves
to Senate floor
The Missouri Times: Keaveny seeks to "appease" Ron
Richard's concerns on MONA
Columbia Missourian: Legislative debate on LGBTQIA
rights continues
AP: Business groups divided on LGBTQIA discrimination
ban
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau lists
legislative priorities: Farmland value disapproval, telehealth,
more
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri 'Corn Roots' member
visits state Capitol
The Missouri Times: Students take a trip to Capitol,
talk about sex-ed legislation
The Missouri Times: Galloway: Local governments
not filing financial reports correctly
P-D: Audit: Low compliance with new municipal
reform law in St. Louis area
AP:
State finds landfill radiation in lower end of range
KWMU: Ferguson releases draft of federal consent decree
Missourinet: Ferguson is closer to settling with U.S.
Justice Department
P-D: Ferguson releases proposed settlement with the
Justice Department
AP:
Ferguson, U.S. reach tentative deal on police overhaul
P-D: In Ferguson, vote to replace deceased councilman
exposes racial divide
KC Star editorial: Tim Wolfe's blame-casting e-mail
dodges his own role in University of Missouri upheaval +
Sanchez: Tim Wolfe's letter shows a University of
Missouri president who did not lead and resigned out of fear +
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: There's no reason
to punish Melissa Click any longer; Prof was courageously acting
as a "mama bear" to protect students in their safe space
P-D op-ed: Ferguson Caucasoid Blake Ashby takes aim at
notion of "white privilege," says ridiculous term is itself a form of
"microaggression"
P-D letter: Right to Life marcher praises God for
keeping group safe and helping put spotlight on their cause
P-D letter: Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future's
Irl Scissors responds to P-D editorial on energy rates
KC Star letter: Rep. Nick King (R-Liberty) urges
common sense when signing petitions +
P-D letter: Webster Groves man says getting a voter ID
isn't too tough
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Wednesday, January 27
Washington Post: Pundits assess the impact of Trump at
the top of GOP ticket; Comments from Blunt on voter attitudes X
Columbia Missourian: Mid-Missouri organizations to
host Obamacare sign-up event
Messenger: Black pastor says that without National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, St. Louis will become as bad as Detroit
Drebes:
David Poger the new senior political director for Lacy Clay
The Missouri Times: Casey Burns named new HRCC
political director
Kraske: Greitens on Nixon and Ferguson; Budget
Director Dan Haug on state's higher Medicaid spending; Hank Foley
on Melissa Click +
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air show: Host Don Marsh
hears thoughts on election from UMSL's Terry Jones, Missouri Jobs with
Justice's Lara Granich, Ferguson pastor
Drebes: Missouri Realtors group kicks off campaign
The Missouri Times: New NAACP Missouri President
Nimrod Chapel names executive committee; Names include Jane
Dueker, former Rep. Esther Haywood
P-D: Missouri lawmaker accuses colleague of starting
fight outside bar; Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) says Rep.
Michael Butler (D-St. Louis) was the aggressor in fightfight that
started after labor event
AP: Democrats engage in fistfight after AFL-CIO event
at bar; Curtis says he was not drinking and sustained cuts and
bruises to his face X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Gina
Mitten (D-Richmond Heights) criticizes Nixon's State of the State, new
House internship standards, ethics legislation, more
P-D: MoDOT director says "tidal wave" of repairs on
horizon, urges lawmakers to act
Missourinet: Pay hike for legislators, elected
officials could be pulled from Missouri budget
CDT: Senators seek ways to reduce Medicaid
supplemental spending X
Missourinet: More ethics legislation advancing in
Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist gift ban perfected by
House
KC Star: Missouri House advances ban on lobbyist gifts +
CDT: Missouri House appoves lobbyist gift ban as
ethics debates continue X
AP:
Proposed lobbyist gift ban moves forward in Missouri House
KWMU: Missouri Senate committee hears testimony on
abortion legislation
AP:
Missouri bill would ban abortions for Down syndrome
Missourinet: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) applauds
indictment of Planned Parenthood video makers
CDT: Attorney: Melissa Click to plead not guilty
to misdemeanor assault charge X
Columbia Missourian: Plea of not guilty entered for
Melissa Click in MU incident
CDT: Demands for firing, support for student
protesters mark Senate debate over Melissa Click X
CDT: Melissa Click video becomes prime exhibit in
hearing on free speech course requirement X
Missourinet: Mizzou dramatics lead Rep. Dean Dohrman
(R-La Monte) to propose freedom of speech as a college graduation
requirement
Columbia Missourian: MU's Foley to deliver "State of
the University" today
P-D: Office of Civil Rights investigating alleged
bullying at Francis Howell School District; Kabir Muhammed says
mean words have made his 15-year-old son "emotionally distraught,"
wants to make a federal case about it
JCNT: Senate committee hears bills on clearing felon
records X
JCNT: Organization calls for more investigators of
child-on-child sexual abuse X
KWMU: This year's limits on municipal fine revenue get
first approval in Missouri Senate
P-D: Schmitt's bill further limiting municipal court
revenue approved by Missouri Senate
AP:
Missouri Senate debates limiting municipal fines
P-D: Riding-hailing regulation, nixing taxi commission
on Legislature's radar
The Missouri Time: Sen. Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City)
hoping to stop homeowners' associations prohibitions on solar panels
SNL: Advocates press again for bill banning LGBT
discrimination X
The Missouri Times: Legislators, activists rally
against sex trafficking
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Conservation reports
new record set for largest gizzard shad
P-D: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City)
wants state to buy out homes near West Lake Landfill
The Missouri Times: Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia)
introduces legislation to address "wage gap"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Will Kraus' proposed
tax break for elderly requires analysis X
P-D editorial: Melissa Click protested for justice.
Now she'll get it.
CDT op-ed: Phill Brooks: Journalists lose clout
at state Capitol; Newfound lack of respect will only hurt both
parties X
Jensen:
Newspaper endorsements of candidates losing influence +
Priddy:
On public records and journalists' access to them
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Area woman disagrees with
Sen. Kurt Schaefer (D-Columbia) on everything
P-D letter: O'Fallon may says verifying the ID of
voters is important
Columbia Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael: Ethics overhaul seems a real possibility
P-D letter: Planned Parenthood rep questions
"integrity and professionalism" of P-D reporter Alex Stuckey
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Tuesday, January 26
KOMU:
Time running out to sign up for Obamacare; Deadlines do not apply
to Native Americans or native Alaskans, who can sign up whenever they
want
KOAM
(Joplin): Obamacare counselors provide health enrollment
assistance
Kraske:
The Chat: Blunt on mental health funding; Peter Kinder on
Greitens' "bicoastal" contributors; MU prof on Nixon's final year
in office +
P-D:
Missouri seeks extra federal help for flood damage to public works
P-D:
McCaskill tweets her jury-duty experience in St. Louis County
The
Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: A closer look at
University of Missouri's problems; More on Jeff Roe, SOTS
response, Peter Kinder, more
KSMU
(Springfield): GOP gubernatorial candidates blast feds during
forum in Ozark
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Eric Greitens talks with Mannies
& Rosenbaum about campaign contribution limits, school vouchers,
transparty switch from Democrat to Republican, more
KMWU:
Democratic lawmakers will push for Medicaid expansion, higher minimum
wage, other bills with no chance of passage
The
Missouri Times: Democrats announce legislative priorities
Missourinet:
Legislators criticize size of requests for Missouri mid-year budget
Missourinet:
Legislative budget chairs question money in proposed budget beyond
revenue projection
The
Missouri Times: Appropriations committee hears Nixon's budget
recommendations
The
Missouri Time: Budget leaders cautiously using recommendations
P-D:
Panel OKs union paycheck proposal
JCNT:
Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) seeks up to 10 days paid leave for
state employees with new child X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Legislator proposes property tax break for
elderly; Kraus, Spencer proposal would cut a break to olds north
of 72 years X
CDT:
City prosecutor files assault charge against Melissa Click X
CDT:
Chancellor: Melissa Click's job safe during tenure process X
The
Missouri Times: MU professor Click charged with assault
The
Missouri Time: Mizzou assembles task force to assess Click tenure
KC
Star: MU professor Melissa Click, who called for "muscle" to
bully reporter, charged with assault +
AP:
Melissa Click charged with assault
P-D:
Melissa Click charged for assaulting journalist
KC
Star: Koster's office suing former Kansas City charter school
+
KWMU:
Prosecutor Jennifer Joyce (D) will seek death penalty, try case against
rapist-murderer Reginald Clemons
P-D:
Democrat Jennifer Joyce will seek death penalty for Chain of Rocks
murders; Reginald Clemons and three pals raped Hazelwood East
grads, then pushed them off bridge to their death
Missourinet:
Death penalty case to be retried in 1991 Chain of Rocks Bridge murders
AP:
Prosecutors will re-try Reginald Clemons for his rapes, murders
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith speaks against land purchase by
Missouri DNR +
The
Missouri Times: Smith testifies on bill to sell ASARCO lands
P-D:
Proposal for new state park in Oregon County gets panned at legislative
hearing
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) and her husband
petition for jury trial in condemnation case +
Brownfield Ag
News: Producers raise Missouri state beef checkoff concerns
Waters:
On state regulation of fantasy sports X
P-D
editorial: Ferguson faces reality, drops cases it would have had
a hard time winning
SNL
"Answer Man" column: Why does MoDOT use so many mile marker
signs? To make it easier for first responders to save lives, it
says. X
P-D
letter: Mayor Francis Slay: St. Louis in best position to
help NGA meet its mission
P-D
letter: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
opposes Barnes' bill on prescription drug monitoring
P-D
letter: Unionville man says Missouri needs to raise its fuel tax
more to maintain roads
P-D
letter: St. Louis College of Pharmacy associate prof says
opportunities are available to responsibly dispose of opioids
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Monday, January 25
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill positions Clinton as
"underdog"; McCaskill and Gillibrand on sex assaults; Tommy
Pierson on role as diversity candidate +
KC Star: Jeff Roe featured as ruthless but teary Cruz
campaign chief on Fox News Sunday +
P-D: Volunteers rushed to help place sandbags during
the flood. Now they need to be removed.
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Lt. Gov. Peter
Kinder; Panel of Linda Rallo, Angela Bingaman, James Harris,
Justin Alferman discuss voter ID, expert witness bill, Koster, GOP gov
primary
KMOX: Reardon Roundtable: Jane Dueker, Scott
Faughn, Brenda Talent, Lewis Reed discuss Nixon's State of the State,
the Rams, Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, more
Missourinet: Nixon's final address looked back on
accomplishments, ahead to potentially tough session
KOLR (Springfield): Nixon honors two SW Missouri
troopers for saving life in Christmas floods
Missourinet: Senate expected to complete block of
proposed ag land tax value increase
P-D: Layoffs coming at UMSL as budget hole grows
SE
Missourian: State's age rule for judges boots seasoned citizen
off the bench +
P-D: "<X> Things" journomeme: Three (3!)
factors that sunk the St. Louis effort to keep the Rams
P-D editorial: Bill requiring photo ID at the polls is
a solution looking for a problem
JCNT editorial: Legislators should act on pay raise
for state employees X
SE
Missourian editorial: Death penalty should not be a partisan issue +
KC Star editorial: Tougher road ahead this time for
Kansas City's earnings tax campaign; Rex Sinquefield has too much
money, and voters are too "angry" +
Messenger: Government stonewalls while former Guard
employee waits; McCaskill's office tries to help
The Missouri Times' Travis Zimpfer: Stan
Kroenke: The most hated man in Missouri
SNL op-ed: Hank Billings: 89-year-old reflects
upon career in Missouri newspapers, shares tales of "Mr. Olds" and
others X
P-D letter: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel:
Legislature sets up bureaucratic hurdles to updating education standards
P-D letter: Wildwood man dislikes P-D use of
"anti-abortion" rather than "pro-life," suggests paper be consistent
and call pro-choicers "anti-life"
P-D letter: Wash Mo doctor says emphasis on treating
pain leads to prescription narcotic overuse
P-D letter: St. Charles liberal bothered by new
editorial page editor's "centrist" self-description
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Sunday, January 24
SNL: Blunt backs gun bill that could complicate mental
health push X
SNL: Blunt sees sliver of consensus with Obama to curb
gun violence X
St. Joseph News-Press: Gun show draws huge crowds X
Brownfield Ag News: McCaskill a co-sponsor of bill to
lift Cuban trade embargo
CDT: Caleb Jones takes on multistate role in Rubio
presidential campaign X
P-D: Ferguson-Florissant School District product
Chingy throws in, throws out his Donald Trump support; Composer
of hotel-party homage "Holidae In" says endorsement brouhaha just
another day in "live [sic] of
a celeb"
P-D: Missouri group stranded 25 hours in storm on way
home from national March for Life
SE
Missourian: Federal action opens door for flood aid in area +
JCNT: Flood-affected residents pursuing disaster aid
through FEMA, local agencies X
KWMU: "<X> Things" journomeme: Five (5!)
things to know about applying for flood aid from FEMA
This Week in Missouri Politics: Preview of today's
show: Guest Peter Kinder; Panel of Linda Rallo, Angela
Bingaman, James Harris, Justin Alferman discuss voter ID, expert
witness bill, gubernatorial race
St. Joseph News-Press: Study says Missouri is one of
cheapest states to be a smoker X
Brownfield Ag News: Supportive Nixon comments on ag
bode well for funding chances; Comments from Ag Director Richard
Fordyce, Missouri Dairy Association's Larry Schmidt
Missouri Digital News via CDT: Nixon at odds with
fantasy sports industry over push for regulation
P-D: Legislators look to control medical costs with
'gatekeeper' law
JCNT: Bill from Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit)
focuses on STEM careers X
P-D: City school students continue to disappoint, with
half of schools still performing below state standards for
accreditation; Worst schools rewarded with extra "nurses,
counselors, social workers, reading and math specialists"
AP: Dustin Allison to leave public counsel's office
SNL: Sen. Jay Wasson (R-Nixon) races to split judicial
district X
AP:
Missouri Democrats to try to ban LGBT discrimination
SE
Missourian editorial: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith is one to watch in
Washington +
Washington Missourian editorial: Stubbornness on
ethics reforms: Missouri "wallows in failure land" X
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Saturday, January 23
Chicago Tribune: Alarmed by Sanders' rise, Clinton
backers rush to Iowa; McCaskill positions former First Lady as
"underdog"
Riverfront Times: Chingy endorsed Donald Trump on
Twitter, and all hell broke loose; North St. Louis County native,
best known for 2003 rap ditty "Right Thurr," says "country is a
business an [sic] needs to be
ran [sic] by a businessman"
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt shows water map before
override attempt
P-D: Missouri flood victims can get federal aid,
volunteers still needed today for cleanup
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
P-D: North St. Louis County misses out on $38 million
disaster grant; State requested money with plea that area is poor
and houses are old
KOLR (Springfield): Missouri university seeks
religious exemption from Obamacare mandate
Washington Missourian: Local students attend March for
Life
CDT: Abortion foes drop lawsuit over use of amplifier
outside Planned Parenthood X
CDT: Radio station, "Guild of Silly Heathens," Planned
Parenthood attract small crowd to hear abortion tales; Event
backdrop includes protest signs reading "Vaginas are Precious, "Alot [sic] of things are actually pretty
well," etc. X
STLBJ: McCaskill to kick off BJ Women's Conference on
Friday; For $300, area gals can learn about creating "personal
brand," improving exercize routines, etc.
P-D: McCaskill says new study should set aside doubts
about campus assault claims
Drebes:
Chuck Hatfield, representing "Little Tobacco" company, files suit
against Raise Your Hand for Kids' initiative petition
The Missouri Times: Democrats ask Eric Greitens to
return contribution from CEO under federal investigation
The Missouri Times: Q&A: Lt. gov candidate
Tommy Pierson on his campaign, possibility of being first black elected
statewide official, defeating well-funded Russ Carnahan with a "strong
grassroots campaign," more
KNPN (St. Joseph): Video: Secretary of state
candidate Will Kraus talks about his support for voter ID
St. Joseph News-Press: Susan Montee to speak to area
Democratic women's group X
KWMU: St. Louis County Dems to get new party
leader; Hazelwood's Matt Robinson stepping down, endorses fellow
North County Dem vet Mary Elizabeth Dorsey
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies talks
about Nixon's final State of the State
Riverfront Times: In his final State of the State,
Nixon ignores the Ferguson Commission he created
KWMU: Fast start for Missouri lawmakers this year
P-D: Nixon talks stadium, finally
P-D: St. Louis aldermanic president asks NFL to pay
for Edward Jones dome debt
Brownfield Ag News: Senate Ag Chair Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) says tax bill on fast track
KWMU: Another municipal governance overhaul clears
Senate committee
KC Star: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) pushes to
ban alcohol, smoking in Capitol +
CDT: Boone County House members promise to oppose UM
budget cuts X
KOMU: "Chats with the Chancellor" begin at MU;
Hank Foley to spend one (1) hour each week listening to students, staff
CDT: MU faculty members/Moms Demand Action activists
attend Foley's first informal chat, say chancellor told them he opposes
Munzlinger-Dixon gun proposals X
Columbia Missourian: First MU Chat with the Chancellor
draws diverse crowd
KWMU: UMSL may choose to handle budget cuts by making
layoffs
KWMU: City earnings tax to be on April ballot;
Alderwoman: "It's ridiculous we even have to vote on this"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: There is no harm in
Missouri implementing a fair voter ID law X
P-D editorial: A sweetheart deal for a few could drive
up utility rates for the many; Legislature should not give
Ameren-Noranda odd couple what they want
Waters: Nixon's budget reminds us that he has provided
needed balance to Legislature; Missouri is "arguably the most
culturally regressive state in the nation" X
KC Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: A paper's
"balance" is more than left vs. right - it's also positive vs. negative +
SNL op-ed: Area man presents list of topics on which
he disagrees wth Billy Long X
P-D letter: Ballwin man says Republicans push voter ID
to suppress the vote
SNL letter: Battlefield man dislikes voter ID push,
warns: "It is about to get real, for real" X
P-D letter: Des Peres man says St. Louis benefits from
Superintendent Kelvin Adams losing his bid for L.A. schools job
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to sensitivity over
"thug" label: "If a personal acts like a brutal hoodlum or
gangster he is a thug, whatever his race"
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Friday, January 22
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt split on
"Waters of the U.S." vote X
KWMU: Both sides mark 43rd anniversary of Supreme
Court decision legalizing abortion
CBS News: Price-hiking pharma exec gets White House
subpoena; Comments from McCaskill
NY Times: Congress calls Martin Shkreli to tesify on
rapid rise in drug prices; Comments from McCaskill
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon predicts Sanders
nomination would cause "meltdown" for Dems; Curtman pokes Nixon
for lack of accessibility +
Missourinet: President grants disaster declaration for
Missouri
Drebes:
New TV ad buys: "One Nation" and American Chemistry Council
The Missouri Times: Greitens campaign volunteers for
flood relief
P-D: Primary preview: Lieutenant governor
KMIZ: Missourians for Fair Taxation gather in
Jefferson City; Missouri realtors petitioning for amendment
addition
The Missouri Times: Pot group says it has raised
enough money to start gathering signatures
Riverfront Times: Pro-pot Sinquefield son continues
father's tradition of bankrolling campaigns, gives $40k to marijuana
initiative
Kraske: Missouri legislators must pass campaign
contribution limits +
Rosenbaum: Key takeaways from Nixon's final State of
the State speech
SE
Missourian: Nixon backs 'common sense' plan to raise state's fuel
taxes +
SE
Missourian: Nixon touts railroad upgrade at SEMO Port +
CDT: Rep. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) calls for Schaefer
to step down as appropriations chair, cites AG-race grandstanding X
The Missouri Times: Alferman, Republicans push last
voter ID measure through House
KWMU: Missouri House passes bill to put voter photo ID
requirement on ballot as constitutional amendment
JCNT: Senate won't delay on voter ID issue X
Missourinet: Schaefer says Nixon's budget proposes
extravagant welfare increases, says request for $277M in Medicaid
funding is not realistic
SE
Missourian: Local lawmakers push for drug database, regulations
against "pill mills" +
The Missouri Times: Reps. Genise Montecillo (D-St.
Louis) and Keith Frederick (R-Rolla) team up to raise awareness for
mental health
The Missouri Times: Expert witness bill heads to the
House
Missourinet: Governor, Democrats want
nondiscrimination act; Richard says 'not in the Senate'
Missourinet: Execution date set for Earl
Forrest; Methamphetamine connoisseur got into drunken dispute
over lawnmower, then killed sheriff's deputy and two others
JCNT: PSC hearing set on $51M water rate hike X
P-D: Ferguson lets activists off the hook
P-D: Wrongful death suit filed over off-duty St. Louis
officer's shooting of VonDerrit Myers; Family of the deceased
maintains criminal was armed only with turkey sandwich
KC Star editorial: Nixon uses speech to look back, but
cooperation is needed to go forward in Missouri +
JCNT editorial: Libla's proposal marks a realistic
step to help fund transportation X
P-D editorial: As the nation confronts opioid
addiction, Missouri dithers; Legislature should pass bill from
Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City)
Shelly: Nixon's State of the State call for "risk
taking" rings hollow +
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: On voter ID and Real ID +
P-D op-ed: Midwest Innocence Project:
Change the laws around eyewitness identification of criminals
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Self-described
"deep-dyed, dues-paying Democrat" pleased with Nixon's State of the
State
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Self-described "white,
older lesbian" wants University of Missouri Curators to cut ties with
Missouri Farm Bureau for LGBTQIA stance
SE
Missourian op-ed: Sikeston-Standard Democrat sports editor
chooses to read comment section of race-based story, is surprised to
find dearth of fact-based intellectual dialogue +
SNL letter: Area woman says MoDOT has frittered away
taxpayer dollars on bike helmets and other non-highway items, says
agency doesn't deserve more money X
KC Star letter: Anti-death penalty group weighs in on
execution issues +
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau woman supports "Anti-Smart
Meter" bill, says it helps utility customers reclaim "sovereignty of
their homes" +
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Thursday, January 21
NY Times: Alarmed Clinton supporters begin focusing on
Bernie Sanders' socialist edge; McCaskill, Nixon take aim at
surging senator
NBC News: McCaskill: "Absolutely impossible" for
Sanders to win key swing states
US News & World Report: As Dem race heats up,
gloves come off; Comments from McCaskill
KC Star: The New Republic profiles Jeff Roe:
"Ted Cruz's Howitzer" +
Missourinet: Obama vetoes Blunt's bill to end "Waters
of the U.S." rule
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on protecting Americans
from refugees; Graves on KCI airport; Libla on gas tax +
USA Today: Report cites wasted Pentagon money in
Afghanistan; McCaskill calls natural gas-station program "dumb on
its face"
CDT: McCaskill hearing highlights efforts to combat
rising narcotics addiction X
Brownfield Ag News: USDA adds Missouri to its
"StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity" anti-poverty initiative
P-D: Courts need to help fight gun violence, St. Louis
police chief says at mayor's meeting in D.C.
KWMU: "<X> Things" journomeme: Six (6!)
ways the floods of 2015 and 1982 were similar
KOMU: Proposed amendment would stop sales tax on
services in Missouri; Comments from Missourians for Fair
Taxation's Scott Charton
Drebes: Raise Your Hand for Kids likely to hire
National Petition Management to gather signatures
KC Star: Missouri group forms to support women in
state politics; Christine Page's Women's Policy Network of
Missouri will connect young women with mentors
+
AP: Union leader in Missouri admits to
embezzlement; AFSCME affiliate president wrote checks to himself,
pals for personal use
Missourinet: Nixon delivers his last proposed Missouri
budget
KWMU: Nixon plays it safe with his final state budget
The Missouri Times: Prepared text of Gov. Jay Nixon's
State of the State address
CDT: Nixon reflects on career, hits familiar themes in
final State of the State address X
KC Star: Nixon calls for ethics legislation, LGBTQIA
rights in final State of the State +
JCNT: Nixon pitches state pay raise, Medicaid
expansion, education funds X
Missourinet: What Nixon did, did not mention in State
of the State address
AP:
Nixon focuses on ethics in final State of the State speech
P-D: Nixon highlights his legacy in final State of the
State
CDT: Nixon budget proposal includes almost $27M
increase for University of Missouri X
Missourinet: In State of the State, Nixon says daily
fantasy sports should be regulated, taxed in Missouri
Missourinet: Missouri legislative Democratic leaders
respond to Nixon's State of the State
Missourinet: Missouri legislative Republican leaders
respond to Nixon's State of the State
The Missouri Times: Nixon's State of the State panned
by Republicans
Missourinet: State of the State photo gallery
The Missouri Times: Voter ID discussed in House, HJR
moves to Senate
AP:
Voter ID proposals move forward in Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Voter ID bill heard in Senate
KC Star: House Republicans advance voter ID bills over
Democratic opposition +
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri House rejects proposed ag
land tax hike
Missourinet: "Paycheck protection" proposal
returns; Rep. Clem Smith (D-Velda Village Hills): "This
could bankrupt some unions."
CDT: MoDOT director discusses funding shortfall with
Columbia Chamber of Commerce X
CDT: Senate committee approves fuel tax
increase; Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) votes
"present," says she's holding out to see how measure "is going to
benefit urban areas" X
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects measure to
strengthen expert witness standards
P-D: Further limits on municipal court revenue
approved by Missouri Senate committee
CDT: Senate committee hears support, concerns about
industrial hemp production X
Columbia Missourian: Interim MU Chancellor Hank Foley
forms committee to explore free speech, regulation of public space on
campus
KC Star: KC school board picks new
superintendent; Mark Bedell says he will turn unaccredited
district around by "engaging people" with "authentic dialogue" +
KWMU: Ferguson gives short window to apply for
Councilman Brian Fletcher's vacant seat
P-D editorial: NGA. Three letters that are far more
critical for the city than NFL.
KC Star editorial: KC school board makes a wise
superintendent choice +
Jensen:
Missouri voters likely to approve voter ID measure +
Waters: MU woes; Black football players' protest
and subsequent resignations show "the animals are in charge of the zoo" X
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Michael McShane:
No Child Left Behind is gone. What now for Missouri?
P-D letter: Missouri Right to Life's Pam Fichter on
upcoming March for Life
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man says Missouri should
require education for new gun owners
KC Star letter: KC man responds to millennial
caterwauling about college costs, offers advice: Try working,
pick a college you can afford, and stop spending so much money +
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Wednesday, January 20
P-D: McCaskill holds U.S. Senate field hearing in
Jefferson City, lobbies for prescription drug monitoring
AP:
McCaskill says Missouri needs tighter drug monitoring
The Missouri Times: McCaskill hears testimony from
Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) on opioid abuse
Kraske: Cleaver on criminal sentencing; Todd
Richardson on Dems' "Golidlocks" ethics demands; Nixon's refusal
to take a stand on Melissa Click +
KWMU: Deputy director of St. Louis VA temporarily
assumes top job
KWMU: Slay in D.C. for mayors' conference, talks NGA
with Missouri delegation
Missourinet: USDA holding meetings in Missouri this
week on flooding
CDT: Pot initiative conceals campaign funding through
not-for-profit X
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: Trying
to find rhyme or reason in the confusing contribution patterns of David
Humphreys
The Missouri Times: Missouri Association of Realtors'
"Missourians for Fair Taxation" kicks off statewide anti-tax campaign
today
The Missouri Times: Updates on special-elect Reps.
Dean Plocher (R), DaRon McGee (D), Rory Rowland (D) campaign reports
Missourinet: Livestream link for Gov. Nixon's State of
the State address tonight at 7 p.m.
Missourinet: "<X> Things" journomeme:
Seven (7!) things to watch for or listen for or think about in Nixon's
State of the State
Columbia Missourian: Analyzing Nixon's State of the
State addresses: Education, taxes have been common themes
P-D: Missouri voter ID plan could be among the
strongest in the country
The Missouri Times: Kander releases legislative
proposals
Missourinet: Lobbyist gift ban, other proposed reforms
headed to Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist gift bill heads to the
House, campaign committee bill stagnates
AP:
Ban on lobbyist gifts passes Missouri House committee
P-D: Lobbyist gift ban heads to full House for vote
AP:
Second parent would be notified about abortion under measure
SE
Missourian: Group of young conservatives, including SEMO student,
push for end of Missouri death penalty +
KWMU: Bill to abolish death penalty in Missouri being
considered
P-D: Panel votes against home care worker raises
P-D: Nixon's stadium task force under microscope
CDT: MU to subsidize graduate student health insurance
for another year X
JCNT: Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) revives her bill
for high school civics test requirement X
KWMU: Judge will decide whether to change
Ferguson-Florissant school board voting; Black woman who managed
to get elected dismisses NAACP's gripes
P-D: Ferguson-Florissant school district lawsuit
decision months away; NAACP unhappy with election outcomes
KC Star: Final KC superintendent candidate to be
named; Winner guaranteed to be black man
+
P-D: Ameren working with Noranda, lawmakers to save
smelter
KWMU: Galloway slams Carpenter's office for renovation
contract and sloppy bookkeping
P-D: State audit blasts St. Louis Recorder of Deeds
for financial mismanagement
CDT: Koster's office to prosecute Fulton hail repair
complaints X
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Confronting
America's growing opioid abuse crisis X
P-D op-ed: New editorial page editor Tod
Robberson: Self-described centrist says he dislikes unworkable
knee-jerk extremist positions
Messenger: Curators adopt Melissa Click approach to
presidential search: When in doubt, shut the public out
Priddy: Missouri Monocracy: 1736 words on
representative democracy, state legislative voting districts, campaign
finance, much much more
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Latest in series
on GOP meanness: Republicans are mean to women, "pro-life" should
extend to universal health care, etc.
P-D letter: Bellefontaine Neighbors resident says ban
on development in flood plains is good idea
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Tuesday, January 19
The Missouri Times: Republicans announce Lincoln Days'
Friday night speaker
KWMU: Cleaver says he thinks there's a chance
Ferguson/Baltimore/Chicago dramatics may persuade Congress to make
grand jury, sentencing changes
Kraske: The Chat: Missouri gun salesman on
Obama's unwitting help; Author says use of "thug" is
racist; Ron Richard on working with Nixon +
KC Star: MU self-starver Jonathan Butler speaks at MLK
celebration; Son of Union Pacific executive VP says he has "so
much invested in the movement"
P-D: MLK celebration becomes rallying cry:
Speakers proclaim, "Black lives matter," "We are going to engage the
community," etc.
KWMU: Part 3/3 of MLK series: The effort to turn
around MLK Drive; Activists insist, "we're at a crossroads," "we
don't need much - a little bit of money can go a long way," etc.
KMOX: Reardon Roundtable: Jane Dueker, Scott
Faughn, Jack Cardetti talk presidential primary, the Rams departing St.
Louis, and Missouri politics (Jan. 15)
The Missouri Times: January 2016 Tip Sheet:
Statewide races
CDT: Columbia candidates raising large sums of money
in quest for statewide offices; A look at the fundraising
quarters of Judy Baker, Joshua Hawley, Kurt Schaefer X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Alliance for Freedom
holds online poll
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Charter Public School Association seeks
director of development and communications
Missourinet: More ethics action in Missouri House this
week; Richardson says Dems are playing Goldilocks, waiting for
something that's "just right"
The Missouri Times: Republicans push for death penalty
reconsideration
Missourinet: Committee will consider bill that would
end death penalty in Missouri
KMOX: David Steelman, member of the University of
Missouri Board of Curators, talks to host Mark Reardon about Mizzou and
Melissa Click
Missourinet: Nixon says it's not his place to call for
firing of Mizzou professor who verbally assaulted a minority student
KWMU: Harris-Stowe fails on four of five
performance-funding criteria
P-D: Pay hikes for home health care workers may get
axed
AP: Missouri casino operators seek tweaks to credit
rules
Missourinet: Bill would allow domestic violence
victims to keep cell phone numbers
P-D: Joan Bray leaving Consumers Council of Missouri
P-D: Rep. Jay Houghton (R-Martinsburg) calls for big
flags on bikes
SE
Missourian: Newspaper launches new website design, will be more
compatible with mobile and tablet devices +
P-D editorial: Time for Missouri to get Real with ID
security
Darkow cartoon: Verbal assailant Melissa Click and her
"safe space" X
Waters: Thoughts on selecting the next University of
Missouri president X
Jon
Rust: Reasons behind the SE Missourian redesign: 59 percent
of site visitors now accessing via mobile device +
P-D letter: University City man says more money for
Army Corps of Engineers means more flooding
P-D letter: Clayton woman disagrees with Missouri
legislators' "privileged position" on abortion
P-D letter: Area reverend opposes death penalty
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Monday, January 18 Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Day Missouri
State Holiday via Gov. John Ashcroft, attested by Secretary of State
Roy Blunt
KWMU: MLK Drive: In 1972, meant to be an honor,
now embarrassing; "Even that consistently staunch promoter of
liberal causes," the Post-Dispatch, changed its address from Franklin
to N. 12th St. when Franklin became MLK Drive
P-D: Speaker at MLK event explains her distaste for
the word "thug"
Columbia Missourian: Vendors say sales are up at this
weekend's gun show after Obama's executive action
P-D: The flood is gone, but long slog to recovery just
beginning
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Brandon Butler
from Conservation Federation of Missouri; Panel of Mark Dalton,
Jeff Rainford, Reps. Rocky Miller and Ron Hicks talk ethics
legislation, Rams, presidential primaries, more
Drebes:
David Humphreys gives $50k to Bev Randles
Drebes:
'Right to work' groups meet in Jefferson City, plot strategy
Missourinet: Nixon prepares to release FY 2017
Missouri budget proposal
KWMU: Short week at the Capitol features State of the
State Address and hearings
AP:
Restricting lobbyist gifts next target for state lawmakers
KC Star: Missouri Capitol sees an influx of interns
despite a year of scandal; Legislators expected to improve
behavior after two-hour PowerPoint presentation +
KWMU: Too soon to tell whether region's drop in opiate
deaths could start a downward trend
SE
Missourian: Diversity panel gives findings to Southeast +
Columbia Missourian: State wildlife vet is part of elk
poaching investigation
Missourinet: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University
City) wants as much attention on Ferguson as abortion
KWMU: Group seeks cash to print Ferguson books;
Kickstarter campaign has raised $2k of $25k goal
SE
Missourian editorial: What would MLK say about black
unemployment, Ferguson rioting, Chicago gun violence? +
KC Star editorial: In a city plagued by violence,
putting Dr. King's words on billboards and/or digital streetcar kiosks
would make a difference +
KWMU op-ed: The decline of MLK Drive: "There is
no use playing as if we live in a color-blind and equitable
society;" Photo of "a man cross [sic]
Martin Luther King Drive"
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Sunday, January 17
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill on opioid abuse; Bike-club rep dislikes
bike-flag proposal +
Missourinet:
McCaskill supports bill allowing graduates to refinance student loans
SE
Missourian: Management of the river creates pros and cons +
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Missouri River management a challenge
KWMU:
Affordable-housing advocates use flood disaster to push their cause
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics preview:
Guest Brandon Butler from Conservation Federation; Panel of Mark
Dalton, Jeff Rainford, GOP Reps. Ron Hicks and Rocky Miller discuss
ethics, Rams, presidential race, more
SNL:
Dixon, Wasson, Burlison want to tackle federal budget X
AP:
Missouri sees many options, little consensus on road funding
P-D:
Emotional debate over abortion continues in 2016
JCNT:
Jefferson City Public Schools target student attendance; State
law has no mechanism in place to hold parents accountable for students'
chronic absenteeism X
The
Maneater: No final decision on search process for next UM System
president
CDT:
As new semester is about to start, MU grad students' demands unanswered
X
CDT:
Graduate student benefits mixed at other universities X
CDT:
UM System, labor union approach mediation over contract X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Legislature's ethics proposals are on track
X
Washington
Missourian's Bill Miller: Rams' Stan slams St. Louis, state X
Waters:
Stand Kroenke: The devil in very nice duds X
P-D
letter: Ballwin man says state should end foolish cycle of
repeated flooding, repeated assistance
P-D
letter: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph): Restore voting
rights for ex-cons
P-D
letter: Gender studies teacher at all-girls school says female
columnist's piece on dealing with bad bosses reinforces "discriminatory
patriarchal systems"
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Saturday, January 16
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
Missourinet: McCaskill's U.S. Senate hearing on
prescription drug trafficking to be held in Jefferson City
P-D: D.C. roundup: Blunt, Wagner stand up for
Missouri coal; Blunt to kick off re-election around late-Feb.
filing
Kraske: Ted Cruz's "New York Values" line brings back
another Jeff Roe gem: Kay Barnes, Nancy Pelosi and "San Francisco
Values" +
CDT: Gun vendors attribute rising sales to upcoming
elections, regulations; Comments from Confederate Firearms, other
vendors X
Missourinet: Nixon requests major disaster declaration
to assist Missourians impacted by historic flooding
KWMU: Greitens outpaces all rivals for governor with
latest fundraising tally
AP: Koster keeps financial lead in Missouri's
governor's race
KWMU: Russ Carnahan to run for lt. gov
The Missouri Times: Carnahan enters lt. gov
race; Brad Bradshaw (D) says former congressman is a "career
politician" seeking to use office as "ceremonial bench"
AP: Former Congressman Russ Carnahan creates
lieutenant governor campaign committee
P-D: Russ Carnahan running for lt. governor, will hold
"listening tour" prior to formal announcement
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: Governor
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: Lieutenant Governor
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: Secretary of State
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: Treasurer
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: Attorney General
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: State Senate
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: State House of Representatives
P-D: Marijuana advocate with Missouri ties sued by
business partners in Oregon court; Company gave $26k to Missouri
pot initiative for polling
AP: Businessman challenges proposal for tobacco tax
amendment
CDT: Democrats Stephen Webber, Susan McClintic report
fundraising advantages in legislative races X
Missourinet: Nixon's 2017 budget proposal includes
additional funding for Missouri's developmentally disabled
CDT: Nixon proposes funding to expand Thompson Center
for Autism X
AP: Nixon calls for $131 million in new disability
spending
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
seeks to make Real ID an option for Missourians
Rosenbaum: Rams' departure prompts re-evaluation of
the Edward Jones Dome
KWMU: Station begins new Friday show for reporters to
discuss their stories; Debut edition features Rosenbaum
discussing Rams departure, stadium conundrum
KMOX: Rep. Anne Zerr (R-St. Charles) wants to make
sports owners who skip town pay
The Missouri Times: Zerr hopes to prohibit incentives
from abandoned stadium owners
P-D: Zerr: Future team owners would have to pay
debt before leaving
CDT: Local government leaders, business leaders oppose
legislative cuts to MU X
SE
Missourian: Job fair set to help former Noranda employees +
P-D: Police catch Ferguson looter; Roy Brown
expanded criminal resume to include 14 recent violent robberies in
downtown St. Louis
P-D editorial: Reducing urbanites' criminal behavior
will take money and will, not just a commission and a plan
Terry Ganey: Missouri Senate exiles press to the
bleachers
P-Ds Nicklaus: Losing the Rams should be an economic
nonevent for St. Louis
NY Times' Joe Nocera: In losing the Rams, St. Louis
wins; Slay correct to have "no real interest in the NFL"
Waters: More on Melissa Click: David Steelman
weighs in X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says legislation is needed to
protect NFL fans from greedy owners
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Friday, January 15
Politico: Rachel Maddow touts Claire McCaskill as one
of five female potential Hillary Clinton veep selections
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt has role in 'cancer
moonshot' effort X
P-D: McCaskill to hold field hearing on opioid abuse
in Jefferson City; Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston), others to
testify
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill takes aim at
Kroenke; Nixon talks up Missouri in Detroit +
Missouri Farmer Today: Farmers assess damage after
historic flooding
Drebes: Brad Green heads to Missouri Chamber;
Josh Foster from Sen. Emery's office to pitch in for Ron Richard
KWMU: Kinder first out of gubernatorial gate with
latest finance figures, takes swipe at Hanaway, Brunner and Greitens
Kraske: Missouri stands strong against Medicaid
expansion +
Missourinet: Bill would verify eligibility of Medicaid
recipients
P-D: Voter photo ID bill advances to Missouri House
floor
SE
Missourian: Area election officials support voter photo ID
legislation; Perry County Clerk Jared Kutz (R): "I honestly
don't know anyone who doesn't have a photo ID"
+
The Missouri Times: Schaaf introduces bill to restore
voting rights to ex-cons
CDT: House approves ethics package including Rowden
proposal limiting lobbying X
The Missouri Times: First four ethics bills pass the
House
KWMU: Missouri House passes first group of ethics bills
P-D: Missouri lawmakers take aim at their ethics
practices
AP: Missouri House passes first bills of session on
ethics
CDT: Curator David Steelman calls for dismissal of
Melissa Click; Faculty member was caught on video committing
macroaggressions against minority journalist
X
CDT: MU faces 'financial crisis' of lost enrollment
and state support, official says
KWMU: UM curators set details for presidential search
Columbia Missourian: Gun advocates, opponents disagree
on merits of guns on college campuses
Missouri Farmer Today: Rural schools face challenges,
enjoy community support; Comments from DESE officials, others
KC Star: Kansas City meets the finalists for
superintendent of schools; Veteran African-American educators
explain how they'll lead district back to accreditation +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Nixon sets Jan. 24-30 as "School Board
Recognition Week" +
Missourinet: St. Louis, Kansas City mayors defend
earnings taxes to Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: Standing room only as earnings tax
bill gets committee hearing
The Missouri Times: Earnings tax 'unconstitutional'
according to former solicitor general
KWMU: Push begins in Missouri Senate to eliminate
earnings taxes in St. Louis City and Kansas City
KC Star: KC leaders oppose elimination of earnings tax +
The Missouri Times: Jackson County sheriff hopes to
see legislative legalization of medical marijuana
P-D: Missouri to add new park in Oregon County
Washington Missourian: Board of Public Works says two
proposed House bills would be detrimental X
SE
Missourian: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) blames unfair trade
laws for Noranda's woes +
KWMU: Black Jew, white Jew unite to preserve stories
from Ferguson riots through legacy of Judaism
JCNT editorial: A shorter legislative session won't
end lawmaker shenanigans, but might save taxpayers some money X
Washington Missourian editorial: Passage of ethics
bills marks a step forward X
Washington Missourian editorial: Curtman's bill to
require a House review of state audits is unnecessary X
Washington Missourian editorial: Paper's website sets
new traffic record in December; Most visits come from outside city X
KC Star editorial: Ignore the drivel of earnings tax
foes in Jefferson City +
Waters: Kurt Schaefer, Joshua Hawley and abortion
machinations X
Priddy: Imagining Korman's lobbyist-lawmaker sex
reporting form: Consuming foodstuffs off erogenous zones,
intercoursing in front of mirrors, etc.
Messenger: St. Louis business owner wants region to
learn from stadium failure
Missouri Farmer Today op-ed: Missouri Rural Crisis
Center's Roger Allison opposes beef checkoff
KC Star letter: UMKC prof applauds Cleaver's
pro-earmarks stance +
SE
Missourian letter: Missouri Coalition for Oral Health pleased
that dental benefits are back into Medicaid +
CDT letter: Area woman says expanding Medicaid will
help poor women who choose to breed X
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Thursday, January 14
KC Star: Missouri politicos fantasize about a world in
which the Missouri primaries matter +
KWMU: Blunt maintains campaign-finance edge over Kander
AP: Blunt touts $5M for Senate race; Kander at
$2M
The Atlantic: Among Senate Dem hopefuls, Kander offers
most critical reaction to Obama's gun announcement
Missourinet: SOTU: Delegation's communications
staffers pen reactions in the voices of their bosses
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on student loan
debt; Nixon on Rams' departure; Mizzou official on race
histrionics' impact on freshman applications
+
P-D: Relocating sports teams should pay back public
funds, McCaskill says
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens names campaign
leadership team: Jane Cunningham, Steelmans, Paul DeGregorio,
Bert Walker, John Lamping, Nate Walker, College Republican campus
leaders, many more
The Missouri Times: Early education cigarette tax
petitions approved for circulation
The Missouri Times: List of 2016's active campaign
committees
The Missouri Times: Brad Green joins Missouri Chamber
of Commerce as Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
The Missouri Times: Nixon sharing Missouri automotive
manufacturing rebound in Detroit
Missourinet: Politico ranks states by public data,
says Missouri falls to "35th best": Residents got fatter in 2015
and will die sooner than in most states, but average income rises to
$26k
AP: Liberal think tank issues report highlighting
economic struggle in St. Louis, other urban areas; Study
concludes that poor people do not earn enough money
AP:
Missouri jobless aid dependent on constitutional challenge
P-D: Lawmakers begin to tackle Real ID conundrum
AP: Missouri lawmakers consider Real ID changes
Missourinet: Missouri House advances ethics
bills; Democrats complain they were blocked out
The Missouri Times: Revolving-door legislation
perfected by House; McCreery adds more ethics language
The Missouri Times: Travel expenses ethics bill to be
voted on by House today
The Missouri Times: Personal-disclosure bill perfected
by House
The Missouri Times: Legislator-consultant ban bill
advances
CDT: House approves Rowden bill imposing waiting
period before officials may lobby X
AP: One-year lobbying ban for Missouri lawmakers moves
forward
KWMU: Ethics bills receive first-round approval in
Missouri House
CDT: Fuel tax increase wins favor from industry groups X
Missourinet: Discussion of fuel-tax hikes resumes in
Missouri Capitol
The Missouri Times: Gas tax bill gets first committee
hearing
AP: Missouri business groups voice support for gas tax
hike
KWMU: Fuel-tax hike being considered by Missouri
Senate committee
CDT: Curators begin charting course to find next UM
System president X
KC Star: Race protests at Mizzou will stunt freshman
enrollment +
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) one of five
Republicans sponsoring bill to end death penalty +
CDT: Attorneys argue skull-bashing murderer's case
before appellate panel X
P-D: Missouri lawmakers respond with legislation to
'secretive' state land purchases
P-D: Lawmakers hear testimony on Schmitt's bill
further limiting municipal court revenue
KTVI (St. Louis): Eric Schmitt leads push in Jefferson
City to cap revenue cities and towns can collect from fines
The Missouri Times: Schmitt continuing
municipal-courts overhaul, points to Pagedale
AP: Missouri legislation would further limit fines
cities keep
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee vote cancelled
on stadium bill
KWMU: For some, the NFL's departure from St. Louis is
a 'gut punch;' Comments from Alderman Jack Coatar, Sen. Rob
Schaaf (R-St. Joseph), others
AP: Slay: No interest in trying again on NFL
P-D: Consensus among regional leaders: St. Louis
is done with professional football
AP: Q&A about Rams' move to Los Angeles
The Missouri Times: Noranda to lay off 530
employees; Ameren expected to ask PSC for rate increase
SE
Missourian: Noranda to lay off 350; Plant may halt
operations +
P-D: Noranda slashing over half of smelter workforce,
may close plant
P-D: State Auditor Nicole Galloway says Winfield
exceeded state cap on traffic ticket revenue
AP: Koster says people who bought Macaroni Grill gift
cards can seek refunds
KWMU: St. Louis earnings tax likely to headline April
election in the city
JCNT: Ferguson Commission Co-Chair Starsky Wilson
outlines racial-disparity fixes: Expanding Medicaid, forcing
businesses to pay a higher minimum wage, etc.
+
KWMU: 2015 St. Louis City crime numbers show few
surprises; North City neighborhoods rack up highest homicide
totals
KC Star editorial: Full accreditation must top list
for next Kansas City schools leader +
P-D editorial: Money talked. The Rams head west. Now
what, St. Louis?
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: St. Louis' loss of Rams will
lead diehard fans to Kansas City to enjoy the Chiefs +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Don't let King Rex
Sinquefield kill Kansas City's earnings tax +
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says pro-gun state
legislators lack courage to allow weapons in Capitol
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Wednesday, January 13
KWMU: SOTU reaction: Blunt, Cleaver
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill pushes student loan
debt relief X
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: McCaskill reacts to
Iran taking U.S. Navy personnel hostage X
Drebes: Robin Carnahan scissors old campaign
committee, donates remaining funds to her new PAC, Democracy 2.0
The Missouri Times: 'Right to work' advocacy campaign
ends first ad campaign against Republican incumbents
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis)
on campaign finance restrictions, Mayor Francis Slay on urbanites'
prolific 2015 homicide performance +
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Social Services works on
welfare verification system X
JCNT: Medicaid waiver proposed to treat mental illness X
The Missouri Times: Voter photo ID moves out of first
committee
Missourinet: Bills to create Missouri voter photo ID
system advance in House
KWMU: Missouri House committee passes voter ID bills
P-D: Missouri House panel approves voter ID bill
AP: Missouri voter photo ID measures pass House
committee
Missourinet: Proposed abortion regulation changes
challenged in Missouri hearing
The Missouri Times: Committee hears Onder's bill on
abortion regulations
AP: Senators review bill to ban fetal-tissue donations
CDT: Lawmakers hear bill to increase regulation of
abortion clinics, doctors X
P-D: Goodbye, St. Louis Rams; next stop, LA
KWMU: It's over: Kroenke is moving the Rams to
Los Angeles
Missourinet: Nixon's statement on vote by NFL owners
Missourinet: Stadium task force releases statement on
#NFL decision to allow Rams to move to LA
The Missouri Times: Rams set to leave St. Louis;
Stadium proponents disappointed
KWMU: UM curators set to begin presidential search
CDT: Curators to discuss search for next UM System
president X
CDT: Fewer freshmen apply to MU; officials
expect enrollment decrease X
SNL: MSU legislative priorities: 6 percent
funding increase, more X
Missourinet: Proposal from Sen. Jay Wasson (R-Nixa)
aims to close gap on Missouri's school funding shortfall
AP: St. Louis schools improve, but not enough for
accreditation
P-D: Ferguson Commission and St. Louis Public Schools
share common reform goals; Leaders say racial disparities are a
shame, everyone must work together, the time to act is "now," etc.
KWMU: Riverview Gardens accreditation status raises
questions
P-D: State Board of Education sets goals for Riverview
Gardens schools
AP: Riverview Gardens could get accreditation upgrade
in June
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) and husband Reg
say city is acquiring their land unfairly +
KWMU: Galloway announces audits of Ferguson, Pine Lawn
municipal courts
Missourinet: Federal Court to hear arguments today on
Ernest Lee Johnson's death sentence; Lawyers for man who bashed
three skulls with a hammer say pentobarbital might cause their client
pain
KWMU: SLU's Keon Gilbert teams with Maryland's Rashawn
Ray, offers solutions to reduce number of black males killed by
police: More spending on "mental and preventative health
services," weakening stand-your-ground laws for the law-abiding, etc.
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Putting the Ozarks first
in the 114th Congress X
Priddy:
Illustrating the closing of a campaign-finance loophole, using Disney
characters
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Ethics bills
worthless unless campaign contributions are limited
Helling: Voters' voices were never heard in St. Louis
stadium push +
CDT op-ed: MU faculty make a bad case worse;
Colleagues look foolish trying to defend Melissa Click X
Messenger: NAACP/ACLU lawsuit over Ferg-Flor at-large
voting districts draws attention to race issues
P-D letter: Black sorority rep weighs in on Nixon,
Legislature and school-funding formula
P-D letter: St. Ann woman dislikes Korman's proposal
on lawmaker-lobbyist intercoursing
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Tuesday, January 12
SNL: Ahead of Obama speech, McCaskill, Blunt, and
Billy Long lay out their legislative agendas X
KWMU: McCaskill chooses Howard University student as
SOTU guest; Sable Givens chosen to symbolize struggle of adults
who choose to borrow large sums of money and are expected to pay it back
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jason Smith's SCRUB Act seeks to scrap
burdensome regulations +
P-D: McCaskill, three other female senators to appear
in Iowa for Hillary Clinton
KC Star: McCaskill headed to Iowa to campaign for
Clinton +
St. Joseph News-Press: Local gun owners react to Obama X
Kraske: The Chat: Cleaver on lack of
"anti-murder" sentiment; Hanaway, Greitens on ethics; Ron
Richard on senators' predictable election-year speechifying +
P-D: St. Louis cancer expert takes trip to D.C., is
one of 15 granted the honor of talking with Joe Biden staffers
Brownfield Ag News: Nixon named chairman of national
Governors' Biofuels Coalition
Columbia Missourian: Tobacco tax proposals seek to
buck trend of defeats on previous ballots
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: The
Expectations Game: Setting fundraising targets for statewide and
state legislative candidates; More
Drebes:
Readers' Poll: Jeff City Life: Best place for lunch, best
place to have a drink and not see other people, more
Rosenbaum: Do Missouri lawmakers have the political
fortitude to pass a transportation tax hike?
AP: Cheap gas, federal action boost Missouri
transportation plan
Missourinet: Four ethics proposals advance in Missouri
House
KC Star: Missouri House moves on ethics bills +
KWMU: House committee passes 4 ethics bills; GOP
gov candidates Hanaway, Greitens among those weighing in
CDT: Ethics bills clear committee despite criticism
over lack of campaign limits X
The Missouri Times: Lobbying bills referred from
committee
AP: Missouri House panel OKs 'cooling-off' period for
legislators
P-D: Current Missouri lawmakers exempt themselves from
lobbying ban
Missourinet: Missouri House committee to hear voter ID
proposals today
Missourinet: Missouri House and Senate to hold
hearings on abortion today
CDT: Josh Hawley, Kurt Schaefer spar over impact of
Planned Parenthood investigation X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life announces
priority legislation
Missourinet: Lawmakers want to reject increase on
Missouri ag land property values
The Missouri Times: NRA-ILA releases bills to
watch: Various "pro-gun" bills from GOP reps across Missouri,
three "anti-gun" proposals from Richmond Heights' Stacey Newman (D)
CDT: Education advocates eye bills in General
Assembly; Thoughts from Missouri NEA's Otto Fajen, Missouri
School Boards' Association's Brent Ghan X
KWMU: Accreditation consideration: Riverview
Gardens, St. Louis Public Schools top state school board agenda
P-D: St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin
Adams passed over for L.A. job
P-D: NAACP, ACLU take aim at at-large elections;
Groups say black candidates' failure to win shows system's bias
Missourinet: Limits on TANF handouts could encourage
more Missourians to give to food pantries; Thoughts trom Missouri
Association for Social Welfare/Empower Missouri's Jeanette Mott Oxford
KWMU: Slay names Crime Commission members as crime
numbers come out; Panel includes STL City schools supe Kelvin
Adams, Mack Bradley, Missy Kelley, security director for Cardinals, more
P-D: St. Louis crime increased in 2015
KC Star: Amid deadly start to new year, Kansas City
task force prepares to tackle violence +
P-D: Posthumous profile: Brian Fletcher
displayed passion for Ferguson when criticism of the city was most
intense
KC Star editorial: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) must
get over his preference for pork +
P-D editorial: Missouri laws limiting taxpayer-funded
benefits for the poor and unworking are "truly shameful"
CDT's Waters: Road money: It's a disgrace that
the Legislature won't do anything substantial
X
P-D op-ed: Waterways Council President Michael
Toohey: Commentary about river report card fails to concentrate
on facts
SNL letter: Springfield woman writes to Columbia paper
to criticize Springfield state Rep. Eric Burlison X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says state and federal
elected officials are greedy, we need people to represent the interests
of the public, etc.
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Monday, January 11
KWMU: Attacks question how Blunt, Kander conduct their
offices
Politico: U.S. Senate race ranked 9th most likely to
change hands
KWMU: After record-breaking floods, how to prevent the
next one isn't clear
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Todd
Richardson; Panel of David Jackson, Jason Rosenbaum, David
Barklage, Mark Milton discuss proposed state campaign-finance and
lobbyist-gift overhauls, St. Louis stadium issue, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Dave
Schatz (R-Sullivan) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about support
for raising fuel tax, flood preparations, constituents' lack of
interest in changing campaign-finance laws, more
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Catherine Hanaway visits with area farmers +
Drebes: Tom Dempsey gives $60k to St. Charles
committee; Group gave $2,500 to Anne Zerr
AP: With several elected officials running for higher
office, legislative forecast calls for heavy bloviating
The Missouri Times: Missouri NAACP elects new
president for first time in decades
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson
City) on proposed cooling-off period for departing legislators +
P-D: Missouri House members to sit through 47-slide
sexual harassment PowerPoint presentation
KMZU (Carrollton): GOP Sens. Dan Hegeman, Rob Schaaf
talk transportation funding
Washington Missourian: Right to carry on campus, sales
tax breaks for firearms discussed by lawmakers
Drebes:
New pre-filed bills: GOP opposition to death penalty;
Caller ID spoofing
Columbia Missourian: MU reports fewer students
applying for fall
KWMU: ACLU sues Ferguson-Florissant School District,
says at-large districts discriminate against black candidates
KWMU: Does the NFL have a future in St. Louis?
We'll find out this week.
Missourinet: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights)
proposes another gun-control bill
P-D: Former Ferguson Mayor Brian Fletcher dies
JCNT editorial: Missouri's amnesty policy helps
collect taxes, but coddles and coaxes scofflaws X
P-D editorial: We all favor better policing, but the
goals must be realistic
KC Star editorial: Voters should renew an earnings tax
that's critical to Kansas City's future +
Priddy: Reporters should have a table on the floor of
the Senate, and should feel free to grab senators as they come off the
floor
JCNT letter: Area woman says roads should be funded by
those who use them, not just smokers X
JCNT letter: Area seasoned citizen mocks Diehl,
LeVota, other "frat boys" X
JCNT letter: Area beef producer opposes checkoff X
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Sunday, January 10
The
Hill: Republicans say State of the Union response is an outdated
vehicle; Comments from Billy Long
JCNT:
Obama's gun control executive orders not universally welcomed X
KC
Star: KC gun show bustles in wake of Obama's move for more
background checks; Vietnam vet: "You know who the world's
best gun salesman is? Barack Obama." +
P-D:
Emanuel Cleaver uses opening address at MLK event to criticize Donald
Trump: "We're more anti-Muslim than we are anti-murder."
P-D:
North St. Louis City registers first homicide of the year; Man on
porch offers advice to witness: "Say less, man. Say less."
P-D:
North St. Louis City's Gwendolyn Webb, Spanish Lake's Alkesha Anderson
charged with stealing Missouri child-care funds
KMOX:
St. Louis Clergy Coalition, Lacy Clay launch petition drive to keep NGA
in North St. Louis City
Belleville
News-Democrat: Democrat Durbin, Republican Kirk making direct
pleas to decisionmaker in NGA case; Durbin says IL leads on
merits, with MO relying on emotional revitalize-our-downtrodden-area
plea
P-D:
Nimrod "Rod" Chapel to serve as new president of Missouri NAACP
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Area students visit D.C., get White House visit with
Rep. Jason Smith +
KWMU:
VA program gives St. Louis vets direct access to opiate antidote
KMWU:
Cold, high water volume lessen environmental impact of historic floods
P-D:
As the river water recedes, calls for new approaches rise
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics teaser:
Guest Todd Richardson; Panel of Jason Rosenbaum,
David Jackson, David Barklage, state rep candidate Mark Milton (R)
KC
Star: Paul LeVota creates new campaign committee +
CDT:
Cathy Richards self-reports campaign violation; Boone County
official running in Dem primary for Webber's seat sent campaign message
in county envelope X
SE
Missourian: Kinder, Hanaway favor freeing highway-patrol money
for roads, bridges +
JCNT:
MoDOT, lawmakers look at funding options for improving state's highways
X
JCNT:
Nixon proposes shorter legislative sessions as part of ethics bill X
CDT:
Bill from Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) aims to prevent mistaken
arrests on old warrants X
SNL:
How the Missouri school funding formula works X
SNL:
Why school funding cap was removed and the problems it created X
SNL:
Full funding of schools this year? Probably not. X
SE
Missourian: Fewer-class-periods series: Part one:
Fewer class periods at Cape aim to boost pay +
P-D:
NFL's Goodell: St. Louis stadium plan inadequate, NFL won't step
in to block Rams move
JCNT
editorial: Galloway's audit shows that follow-through is needed
to lift Missouri Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board's "sub-par"
performance X
KC
Star editorial: Surge in murders, violent crimes demands new
strategies; KC urbanites take early 5-1 homicide lead over
cross-state counterparts +
CDT's
Waters: Republicans will forget about Melissa Click and Janna
Basler soon, and busy themselves with other nonsense X
Columbia
Missourian's Maggie Walter: Columbia Missourian's "Show Me the
Errors" contest underscores editorial staff's humility, sense of humor
in acknowledging mistakes
Twitter:
KC Star editorial board fixes yesterday's "Ron Richards [sic]" typo without acknowledgment
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Saturday, January 9
KC Star: Jeff Roe moves from Kansas City to national
stage +
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt differed on key votes in 2015
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
P-D: Mayor Francis Slay to visit New Hampshire, show
support for Hillary Clinton
Missourinet: Missouri to receive emergency money for
post-flood road repairs
P-D: Feds grant $1 million in road assistance for
Missouri flooding
AP: Missouri receives $1 million for road, bridge
repairs after floods
AP: Most Missouri Guardsmen return home after flood
fight
The Missouri Times: Greitens makes more noise with
criticism of Koster
Drebes:
The new Paul LeVota campaign-cash vehicle
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
to run for Franklin County Commission
P-D: Dave Hinson to run for Franklin County Commission
CDT: Boone County Public Administrator Cathy Richards
enters Democratic primary for Stephen Webber's House seat X
CDT: Incoming Muleskinners president pushes for a less
white, less old membership; Group considers that midday meeting
times might not be ideal for people who work for a living X
Gateway Journalism Review: Ten years after
Pulitzer: Staff cuts, declining circulation, low morale;
How the Post-Dispatch drives good journalists away
P-D: New Post-Dispatch editorial page editor Tod
Robberson describes himself as a "centrist"
KC Star: Meet the "Midwest Voices" columnists for
2016: Community organizer, social worker, self-described
"millennial progressive," self-described "humanitarian" immigration
lawyer, self-described defender of "the vulnerable," etc. +
AP: Old driver's license? You can still fly for
two more years.
P-D: In ethics conversation, lawmakers disagree over
length of "cooling off" period
CDT: Senate studying contempt proceedings against
Planned Parenthood X
Missourinet: Record Powerball jackpot powering other
Missouri games, education
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Sen. Gary Romine
(R-Farmington) about ASARCO settlement and Oregon County land purchase
P-D: After race histrionics, early indicators show
downward trend in Mizzou enrollment
AP: Trial in suit against Ferguson-Florissant
district; NAACP unhappy with at-large school board elections, in
which voters elected Caucasoids to five of seven seats
KWMU: Stadium task force refutes Rams' claim abouts
about rent, revenue
P-D: Task force lambastes Kroenke for 'cruel attack'
KWMU: Annotating Stan Kroenke's 'love letter' to St.
Louis
P-D editorial: Legislature should pass ethics overhaul
KC Star editorial: Missouri General Assembly has a lot
to prove as 2016 session begins; Thoughts on Speaker Todd
Richardson, "Ron Richards [sic]",
more Update:
"Ron Richards" corrected Saturday morning without attribution
JCNT editorial: You can help improve Missouri's
traffic-fatality rate; Try to not die this year. X
CDT's Waters: Ethics proposals and reality X
P-D letter: St. Charles woman opposes 'right to work'
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Friday, January 8
KWMU: Hillary Clinton, Chris Christie to top
presidential ballots in Missouri
KC Star: Cleaver wants to bring back earmarks, putting
him at odds with McCaskill +
AP: McCaskill calls for tax relief after Missouri
flooding
CDT: Taxpayers to provide free breakfast and lunch to
all students at seven Columbia schools - regardless of whether students
qualify for free and reduced-price meals X
SE
Missourian: Helping hands vs. sticky fingers: the lowdown
on flood looting +
The Missouri Times: Blunt speech may bolster focus on
Missouri's ports
The Missouri Times: Blunt speaks to House on mental
health, transportation
AP: Blunt speaks to Missouri House
P-D: Annual MLK kick-off program held tomorrow at
Harris-Stowe; University of Missouri interim president Mike
Middleton to be handed award; Emanuel Cleaver to speak;
Choir from unaccredited Normandy High School to sing
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens attacks ethics
reform push from both sides
Kraske: The Chat: Greitens pokes at Nixon's
ethics stance; Richardson on House-cleaning plans +
AP: Paul LeVota moves more than $100K from his
campaign committee to PAC
CDT: State senate opponents Caleb Rowden, Stephen
Webber clash on road funding during Chamber event X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
will not seek re-election, will run for county commission
Drebes:
Brendan Cossette headed to Missouri Chamber to become new COO
SE
Missourian: Local changes uncertain as Real ID deadline approaches +
KWMU: Missouri driver's licenses do not meet federal
security requirements; Commercial air travel not affected
AP: Nixon wants license law changed
Missourinet: Missouri bill calls sexual relations with
lobbyists a gift; Recreational intercoursing would be reported to
Missouri Ethics Commission
CDT: Bill requires reporting sex between lawmakers and
lobbyists on ethics forms X
AP: Missouri bill calls for reporting of lobbyist,
lawmaker sex
Missourinet: Little legislative support for splitting
Missouri Water and Highway Patrols
The Missouri Times: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
files Sunshine Law request for St. Louis and Kansas City earnings tax
data
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to consider
unemployment bill veto override
The Missouri Times: SOS office receives "good" rating
on audit, corrects overpayment
The Missouri Times: Jeff Mizanskey visits Capitol to
thank legislators
P-D: Nixon responds to Kroenke's proposal to move the
Rams to Los Angeles
P-D: Slay to NFL's Goodell: 'I cannot ever
remember meeting Stan Kroenke'
KC Star: Mayor Sly James talks about his city's gun
violence on 'Nightline' +
SE
Missourian: Commissioners call for city to pay $67,200 to Kathy
Swan and her husband for land +
P-D: Ameren bills to drop as efficiency program ends
KC Star: Bipartisan vote provides reporters new space
from which to cover Missouri Senate +
P-D: In bipartisan vote, senators provide reporters
new working space
Missourinet: Press corps to move off the Missouri
Senate floor
KWMU: In bipartisan move, Senate votes to provide
reporters space in gallery
AP: Missouri Senate moves reporters off floor
JCNT editorial: Legislators giving lots of lip service
to ethics, again X
Washington Missourian editorial: Unclear if Missouri
legislators have the intestinal fortitude to pass ethics legislation X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Not much middle
ground in gun-law debate X
P-D op-ed: Community Builders Network's Thomas J.
Pickel: Energy efficient affordable housing: An opportunity
Missouri must not miss
Messenger: 99 problems, and Kroenke ain't one
Messenger: Video: Missouri Senate vs. the press
KC Star letter: Area woman says white males' desire to
own guns fueled by bigoted white supremacy +
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Thursday, January 7
The Hill: Blunt, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
propose bipartisan bill to boost mental health funding
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Blunt visits Southeast Missouri
State to highlight NIH funding, talk flood
KOLR: Blunt visits Springfield, celebrates increase in
cancer funding
Kirksville Daily Express: Blunt meets with local
leaders on mental health
Politico: Democrats mine Pentagon files for dirt on
Blunt, other GOP senators
Missourinet: Congressional Republicans support bill to
repeal Obamacare, defund Planned Parenthood
KWMU: 'Operation Recovery' to remove 500,000 tons of
flood debris from St. Louis area
Missourinet: State lawmakers talk Missouri flooding as
2016 session begins
The Missouri Times: Jay Hahn, Whit O'Daniel announce
new government relations firm
Missourinet: Videos: Missouri legislative
leaders' opening-day remarks
The Missouri Times: Speaker Todd Richardson delivers
opening day address
Missourinet: Missouri House, Senate GOP plan to work
closely in '16 session
AP: Legislature starts session under new leadership
KWMU: Jefferson City opening day notes; moving
quickly on ethics legislation and other priorities
Missourinet: Ethics bills to take lead out of the gate
in Missouri legislative session
JCNT: Fast start predicted at Capitol; Debate on
ethics overhaul could start next week X
Columbia Missourian: Ethics overhaul at top of agenda
for state lawmakers
KC Star: Ethics bill defines sex between lobbyists,
lawmakers as a gift +
KC Star: Senate to give staff more room to work on
Senate floor; Journalists can watch Senate proceedings from
public gallery +
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers begin annual state budget
battles
CDT: Possible fuel tax increase one of top budget
issues as lawmakers begin session X
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers studying Real ID issue
P-D: Missouri driver's licenses still valid to enter
federal courthouse; U.S. Marshal's office is not changing
procedures in response to Real ID
Columbia Missourian: Bills face complex path to
becoming law; A look at last year's plastic-bag/minimum-wage
mash-up
CDT: Session preview: Democrats criticize
Schaefer's criticism of MU; Minority party suggests statewide
candidate might be grandstanding in an election year X
CDT: Some MU faculty counter calls for Melissa Click's
removal with letter of support X
The Missouri Times: State legislators react to Obama
gun proposal
P-D: St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin
Adams on short list to lead L.A. schools
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools supe mentioned in
search for L.A. job
KWMU: 'Not a 3 professional team market.' Why the Rams
want to leave St. Louis
KWMU: Mayor Slay on Rams' bid for L.A.: 'Make no
mistake - St. Louis is a great city, a great sports town'
P-D: St. Louis to Kroenke: You're 'preposterous'
Columbia Missourian: 2015 deaths in Missouri vehicle
crashes highest since 2009
Kraske: The Chat: Ellington on grand juries and
police-involved shootings +
The Missouri Times: Nasheed, Dogan, ACLU team up to
fight police profiling
Missourinet: ACLU, "Don't Shoot Coalition" back
police-profiling bill
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum have a chat with St. Louis City Alderman Cara Spencer
on restricting guns, city earnings tax, more
JCNT editorial: GOP call for Melissa Click's scalp is
a good example of political posturing X
P-D editorial: Silent Stan unloads, offers to show NFL
the money
Priddy: Retired scribe offers sarcasm on Kurt
Schaefer, guns on campus, more
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: If Missouri legislators pick
off Melissa Click, it's not a win for education +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Insight into
legislative session: There are a number of issues, and Rex
Sinquefield will attempt to persuade legislators, and there will be a
lot to write about
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
criticizes Missouri's occupational licensing regulations +
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Wednesday, January
6
Missouri General Assembly Opening Day
KMOX: Obama weeps during gun-control speech;
Comments from Blunt, Clay
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, Graves react to Obama's
gun proposal X
KCUR: Blunt talks guns, health research during KC stop
Missourinet: Congressional delegation reacts to
President's orders on gun control
KC Star: KC Mayor Sly James weighs in on Obama
proposals, says, "There are no gun laws in this state" +
KWMU: List of Missouri gun laws: Concealed-carry
application regulations; rules on owning, selling and
transporting firearms; other Missouri gun laws
SNL: Greene County Sheriff scoffs at Obama's
'knee-jerk' executive action on guns X
The Missouri Times: GOP gubernatorial candidates chime
in on potential gun control actions
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau man federally indicted on food-stamp
fraud charges; Convenience store owner redeemed $800,000 in SNAP
handouts +
SE
Missourian: Homeowners, companies gear up for flood cleanup
efforts +
KC Star: Kurt Schaefer, Josh Hawley spar over Iranian
militant group +
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual
Violence seeks communications coordinator
Drebes: MoScout Readers Poll on Lobbyists: Most
Effective, Happy Warrior, Lovable Curmudgeon, Best Superhero Duo, more
KWMU: Legislative session preview: Contribution
limits; Regulating how and when departing legislators can use
their skillset to earn a living; Guns;
Transportation; More
AP: Legislative session preview: One-sentence
summaries of key topics
Kraske: The Chat: Speaker Todd Richardson
optimistic about session's productivity; MSTA's Bruce Moe on
teacher pay +
CDT: Nixon makes ethics top priority for his final
legislative session X
The Missouri Times: Nixon enthused, but wary, on
proposed lobbying changes
KC Star: Nixon renews call for legislative ethics
overhaul +
Columbia Missourian: Ethics overhaul at top of agenda
for state lawmakers
AP: Nixon says ethics changes should be priority this
session
JCNT: Nixon: 2016 is the year for ethics reform +
AP: Nixon supports bill to raise Missouri gas tax 1.5
cents
SNL: Lawmakers: Road funding a top priority for
session X
AP: Missouri general revenue up for first half of
budget year
Missourinet: Missouri amnesty program will bring in
$35 million in back taxes
AP: Nixon says state tax amnesty program will bring in
$35 million this year for health care
Missourinet: Nixon opposes splitting Missouri water,
highway patrols
CDT: Subpoena fight sets tone for legislative debate
on abortion X
KC Star: Group of University of Missouri faculty
members defend colleague who verbally assaulted minority journalist +
KWMU: Galloway investigating small business advocacy
board
Missourinet: Kroenke lays out details as to why it's
time for Rams to leave St. Louis - and it's harsh
SNL: Springfield Public Schools names office building
for former Sen. Roseann Bentley (R) X
KWMU: Nasheed, Dogan propose major overhaul of state
traffic stop data
AP: Missouri measure seeks to address policing "bias"
The Missouri Times: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas
City) files bill to forbid grand juries from hearing police cases
SE
Missourian editorial: Neighbors, infrastructure help fight
flood; A positive, optimistic look at flood preparations and
recovery +
JCNT editorial: Applying new federal law to local
schools X
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: State has
obligation to fully fund schools X
P-D op-ed: Rep. Deb Lavender (D-Kirkwood):
Thoughts on economic woes, fear of gunfire, Star Wars' depiction of
women, other aspects of the female struggle
P-D op-ed: Washington University senior lecture [sic] Michael Gordinier:
Permit holders should be allowed to carry guns on college campuses
KC Star letter: KC man attempts analogy:
Legislators opposing contribution limits are like Bill Cosby drugging
and raping women +
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman says editorial
board opposes woe-is-me culture only when a white male shows entitlement
P-D letter: St. Charles man responds to victim-culture
editorial, says editorial board can manage to blame anything on white
male Republicans
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Tuesday, January
5
Session Eve
KMIZ: Blunt visits Jefferson City; Junior
senator discusses GOP disagreements on REAL ID, flooding, his push for
more mental-health funding
KWMU: Outgoing director says access is better at St.
Louis VA, but needs to be monitored
Missourinet: Many roads re-open in Missouri, but
flooding expected could lead to closures
SE
Missourian: Area counties begin to assess flood damage +
CDT: Initiative petitions might force lawmakers into
action on ethics overhaul X
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail column:
Brunner's hefty check to himself makes it clear it's 'game on;' a
look at recent entrants into state legislative races
The Missouri Times: In-depth series on statewide
candidates: Catherine Hanaway, Missouri's Red-State
Architect: Insight from Chuck Caisley, Carl Bearden, former Reps.
Larry Crawford (R) and Esther Haywood (D), more
The Missouri Times: Profile: Steve Roberts
Jr.; Son of St. Louis City real estate figure to run in primary
for Kim Gardner's safe Democratic seat
The Missouri Times: Profile: Nick Schroer:
Brother-in-law of Rep. Robert Cornejo (R) to run in primary for Ron
Hick's safe Republican seat
P-D: Dean Plocher, Republican filling Diehl's vacated
seat, to be sworn in tomorrow
Rosenbaum: Richardson looks to defy legislative
expectations; Dems, Republicans, and the Speaker himself preview
Poplar Bluff native's first full session as leader
KWMU: Reporters Jo Mannies and Marshall Griffin, along
with UMSL's Terry Jones, preview the legislative session
KC Star: Legislative-session preview: Overview
of top issues +
JCNT: Nixon sets Jan. 20 for State of the State X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Joe
Keaveny (D-St. Louis) talks with journoduo about Webber vs. Rowden,
voter ID, stadium funding, uncompassionate nature of proposed
"cooling-off" livelihood-restriction proposals, more
Missourinet: Rep. Dianne Franklin (R-Camdenton)
proposes reversing merger of Missouri Highway and Water patrols
The Missouri Times: Franklin pre-files bill to
re-establish water patrol
KC Star: Franklin files bill to reverse merger of
water patrol into Highway Patrol +
JCNT: Franklin files bill to re-establish State Water
Patrol X
The Missouri Times: Republican legislators demand
termination of MU professor for role in protests; Melissa Click
was caught on video verbally assaulting minority journalist
Columbia Missourian: State lawmakers want 2 of MU
staff fired for protest actions; Caucasoid females Melissa Click,
Janna Basler commited macroaggressions against minority student
CDT: Lawmakers call for termination of Mizzou prof,
Student Life employee for behavior caught on camera; Lawmakers
poke at prof's academic focus on BDSM chick lit, poppy topics X
AP: GOP lawmakers want Mizzou professor fired for
threatening minority journalist
SNL: In wake of report showing "no credible evidence"
of discrimination, Missouri State University's top black official says
he'll go away; School officials say breakup was mutual X
JCNT: Missouri State Teacher's Association says MO
teachers rank 42nd in pay X
AP: Bill from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would
criminalize using drugs while pregnant
AP: GOP-led panel wants Planned Parenthood leader held
in contempt for refusing to share documents
The Missouri Times: Schupp criticizes Schaefer over
Sanctity of Life recommendations
P-D: Red-light camera ban up for debate by Missouri
lawmakers
KWMU: It's official: The St. Louis Rams want to
move to Los Angeles
Missourinet: Rams apply to move from St. Louis to Los
Angeles
P-D: Rams apply for move to L.A.
SNL: Springfield woman says gun rights prevented
tragedy; Knife-wielding ruffian threatened woman and her children
at gas station - until the miscreant was run off by legally-armed
husband X
Missourinet: Five killed in Missouri crashes over New
Year's weekend
Missourinet: Traffic fatalities, drownings increase in
Missouri in 2015
P-D editorial: A river city perpetually surprised by
floods should wise up
CDT's Waters: GOP voter ID bill will help suppress
turnout among minorities, the poors and the olds X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Proposal from Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) and Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) seeks more
data on police bias, but numbers don't fix problems +
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Monday, January 4
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: flood
protection along Mississippi is adequate, but more needs to be done
P-D: Recovery underway in wake of holidays marred by
flooding
AP: Missouri assesses damage, cleanup after flood
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on historic flooding +
STLBJ: Missouri health exchange enrollment topping
last year's figures
AP: Survey gives continuing signs of economic doldrums
in Missouri, other Midwest states
KC Star: Tobacco companies line up on both sides of
Missouri tax debate +
KWMU: Q&A with Senate President Pro Tem Ron
Richard: Value of PQ to shut off filibusters; role of
Senate sobriety in tempering House actions; colleagues obsessed
with staring at their phones and managing their social-media images
instead of working; more
AP: Legislators submit ethics proposals, again;
Nixon says overhaul of rules could totally happen this year
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact: Will Kraus'
statement on voter fraud, made during appearance on Scott Faughn's This
Week in Missouri Politics, rated "Half True"
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Pat Conway (D-St. Joseph)
on "living wage" proposals: More than $9/hr. not realistic
"unless we do a progressive increase" X
Missourinet: Groups discuss more control for videos of
Missouri child sex abuse victims in court cases
The Maneater: After stepping down as chancellor,
Loftin isn't dwelling on the past
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Department of
Conservation wants decent citizens to report poachers; Comments
from area conservation agent
KC Star: Jolie Justus announces meeting of
anti-violence task force +
P-D: A look at the child victims of St. Louis City's
record-breaking 2015 homicide season
P-D editorial: St. Louis City should forget about
funding stadium, and focus on providing city employees paid family leave
Priddy: Meaningful ethics overhaul unlikely to happen
Messenger: Lawmakers target Tilley as ethics debate is
revived in Missouri; A look at contributions to Democrats,
Republicans
P-D letter: Ohio man offers Missouri a sandbag-filling
tip: Use machines manned by prisoners
JCNT letter: Area octogenarian says Missouri GOP
stance on Medicaid is "inconsiderate," cites "known fact" that over
100,000 veterans in Missouri can't afford health insurance X
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman dislikes Rep. Jered
Taylor's (R-Nixa) proposal for gun-tax holiday, suggests diaper-tax
holiday to benefit poor tykes
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman says more guns lead to more
murder, suggests pro-gun state legislators have problems with their
"hearts and minds and souls"
P-D letter: St. Louis County resident says Rams owners
should not count on stadium funding
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Sunday, January 3
Missourinet: Nixon requests federal emergency
declaration for historic flooding in Missouri
Missourinet: President signs emergency decaration to
assist with Missouri flood relief
KWMU: President declares state of emergency in Missouri
SE
Missourian: River slowly retreats after setting record in Cape +
Kraske: Unlike his performance in Ferguson, Nixon
appears fully engaged in flooding crisis +
JCNT: Legislative preview: Lawmakers to invade
Capitol on Wednesday; Issues will include transportation, ethics
overhaul, Planned Parenthood X
JCNT: Area state senators list legislative priorities X
JCNT: Area state reps list legislative priorities X
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislative preview:
Lawmakers to consider gas tax ideas X
CDT: Legislative preview: GOP and 'right to
work' prospects; Ballot initiatives targeted at campaign
contributions, size of the Legislature and more; Predictions of
statewide-candidate showboating; More X
AP: Legislative preview: Missouri, other states
to consider wide variety of issues in their Legislatures: Guns,
Planned Parenthood, LGBTQIA rights, police body cameras
JCNT: Lawmakers facing 'REAL ID' challenge X
SNL: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) wants to add criminal
penalties for drug use during pregnancy X
JCNT: New education act promises more local
control; Comments from DESE's Chris Neale, others X
KWMU: Music therapists' 5-year push for state
certification continues
JCNT: Fulton State Hospital project on budget,
schedule; Comments from Office of Administration's Ryan Burns X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: From TANF cuts to
limiting unemployment benefits, state Republican proposals are
reasonable and defensible - but GOP leaders must be more vocal X
Washington Missourian editorial: Gas-tax debate to
begin - and current proposals aren't nearly enough X
JCNT editorial: Ridiculous number of initiative
petitions gradually is dismantling representative government X
P-D editorial: When everyone's a victim, no one is a
victim; Mizzou protesters' caterwauling over "safe space" - in
the middle of a public university - is one example
McClellan: 2016 predictions: Jeb Bush carries
Missouri over Hillary Clinton; Koster over Hanaway; Rams
leave St. Louis; Obama makes sure Illinois takes NGA away from
Missouri
Messenger: North Side location could bring NGA
history full circle
KC Star's Steve Rose: Survey examines Missourians'
views on climate change topics +
SNL op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Joseph Miller:
Drivers should pay for new Missouri highways
X
P-D op-ed: Solving racial tension in Missouri:
University City man believes that children are our future, teach them
well and let them lead the way
SE
Missourian: Area man says national Republicans have not been
conservative about spending, credits state GOP leaders for "holding the
line" on spending +
P-D letter: American Cancer Society volunteer thanks
Blunt for support of funding
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says "zoning czars,"
developers, elected officials to blame for flooding
P-D letter: St. Louis City man says Confederate
memorial teaches lesson about traitors
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Saturday, January 2
KWMU: Meramec River reaches crest; Interstates
reopened
AP: Interstate highways reopen in flood-ravaged St.
Louis area
Missourinet: River flooding disrupts critical shipping
time for Missouri farmers
Missourinet: Photo gallery: Flooding in eastern
Missouri yesterday
P-D: Levee breaks near St. Mary, Mo.; Historic
high water expected in Cape Girardeau
SE
Missourian: Flood of '16 breaks record in Cape, surpasses Great
Flood of 1993 +
Washington Missourian: Floods had major impact on
county roads, highway official says X
Missourinet: Missouri State Patrol requests citizens
not fly drones in flood-affected areas
CDT: Blunt visits area food bank as part of official
duties, declines to answer questions about son's lobbying or U.S.
Senate campaign opponent Jason Kander X
Kraske: The Chat: End-of-quarter fundraising
beg-for-cash edition +
AP: Annual new-laws overview: Welfare recipients
can stay on the dole for nearly four years; Unworking adults can
choose to accept unemployment benefits for more than three
months; Tax, traffic-fine, dog-breeding updates
P-D editorial: Gun sales tax-holiday idea from Rep.
Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) is dumb
Washington Missourian editorial: Top 10 AP stories are
a matter of opinion; Race histrionics at Mizzou - or "Cave-In
University" - was big news X
CDT's Waters: Planned Parenthood: University of
Missouri should reinstate "refer and follow" privileges X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Latest in
let's-spend-more-time-talking-about-race series; Septuagenarian
columnist refers to "aggressively ambitious" ideological assailant Kurt
Schaefer without mentioning his name
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says taxpayers would be on
the hook when Rams PSL sales fall short
P-D letter: Ferguson man offers sarcastic take on
Nixon and National Guard
P-D letter: Sappington man dislikes coverage of Tamir
Rice incident, objects to "Trayvonification": "posting innocent
child pictures of criminals in an attempt to sway opinion"
Washington Missourian letter: Area resident lists
targets of grievances: Black parents who don't control violent
offspring; Gun sellers who provide tools of violence; Local
gas-station owners seeking to maximize profits
X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man says that while the
politically-correct crowd is at it, take away the statue of Union Gen.
Sigel
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KWMU: Meramec River reaches crest; I-55 closed
KWMU: Flood information at a glance: Road
closings, volunteer info
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri farmers work together
amid flooding
Missouri Ruralist: Video: Missouri farm family
faces floodwaters
Missourinet: Iowa National Guard soldiers to help 6500
Missourians get clean drinking water
SE
Missourian: River forecast at Cape now at 50 feet; would
break '93 record
P-D: State officials, lawmakers unsure of monetary
impact of flooding
Columbia Missourian: The Year in Pictures:
Lesbian newlyweds celebrate with selfie; Activists disrupt MU
Homecoming Parade; Caucasoid female MU employee verbally assaults
minority journalist; Grown man wears homemade Star Wars costume
in public; More
Kraske: The Great Kraskini's 2016 predictions:
Clinton over Cruz, Koster over Kinder, Blunt over Kander; Todd
Richardson, Ron Richard, Jason Kander impress
KWMU: John Brunner infuses $3.6M of own money into his
GOP bid for governor
The Missouri Times: Brunner donates $3.6M to
gubernatorial campaign
AP: Brunner puts $3.6M of his own money into gov
campaign
The Missouri Times: Missouri Family Policy Council
names AG candidate Kurt Schaefer "Missouri Family Champion of the Year"
Drebes: Initiative petition would keep Syrian refugees
out of Missouri
Missouri Farmer Today: 2016 legislative session could
look at dairy funding, farmland tax, ag issues; Comments from
Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho), Missouri Farm Bureau's Ashley McDonald
St. Joseph News-Press: Opposition to St. Louis stadium
plan grows
JCNT: House members prefile full slate of proposed
legislation
JCNT: Senators prefile hundreds of bills for upcoming
session
KWMU: Education bill would keep male genitalia out of
girls' locker rooms
SNL: Report: 'No credible evidence' MSU
discriminated against top black official; State school spends
time, resources addressing one man's online petition
KMZU (Carrollton): New drug legislation may put
life-saving overdose medication into the hands of citizens;
Interview with Rep. Steven Lynch (R-Waynesville)
Missourinet: Missouri committee on Planned Parenthood
wants contempt proceedings, more hearings
AP: Missouri launches health care program for pregnant
women
P-D: Missouri taxpayers set to pick up the tab for
pregnant-women health care; Program will prop up nearly 1,800
women - earning up to three times the poverty level - who can't manage
to purchase health care on their own
P-D: Ameren Missouri energy efficiency program ends
AP: Missouri casinos attribute higher arrest totals to
better training
KWMU: EPA to build a physical firebreak at the West
Lake Landfill in Bridgeton
P-D: EPA proceeds with long-delayed barrier between
burning landfill and radioactive waste
AP: EPA orders isolation barrier at St. Louis-area
landfill
Columbia Missourian: Hunters kill 11,061 deer during
alternative weapons season; Missouri Department of Conservation
provides county-level data on wild animals removed from population
KC Star: 2015 was Kansas City's deadliest year for
homicides since 2011; Black males comprise 63% of the 109 murder
victims
P-D: St. Louis City boosts homicide total 14 percent
over 2014, with 188 total; St. Louis County increases murders 78
percent, for total of 66 slayings
P-D: Ferguson men apprehended after robbing man of
cell phone; Perps taken into custody without assaulting officers
St. Joseph News-Press: Kwanzaa ends today, with few
celebrating locally; Local activist says Afrocentric celebration
"doesn't have the permanency" of religious holidays
Messenger: Pied piper of failed river policies saw
this flood coming
Shelly: Pessimistic predictions for 2016;
Seasoned sexagenarian's top 2015 Missouri themes (Rex Sinquefield, Kurt
Schaefer) persist into new year
P-D op-ed: Missouri should roll back
occupational-licensing regulations
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area woman thanks Sam
Graves staffer Wesley Shaw for listening to her views and responding in
a respectful manner
P-D letter: Illinois woman says David Lieb's piece on
wind energy was more like an advertorial by American Wind Energy
Association
Columbia Missourian letter: Block Grain Belt Express
President Russell Pisciotta details group's opposition to transmission
line
Columbia Missourian letter: Oak Grove woman says
curbing access to cold medicines won't curb meth addictions
SNL letter: Battlefield man says Nixon not to blame
for Brandon Ellingson's drowning
P-D letter: Crestwood resident opposes P-D push for
metro super-government, says "big is not beautiful"
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Thursday, December 31
New Year's Eve
Missourinet: Nixon: Hundreds of Missourians
rescued from flooded areas
Missourinet: Obama offers federal help to Nixon in
Missouri's flood fight
Missourinet: Corps: 'Low probability' Birds
Point, Missouri levee will be breached again
SE
Missourian: Corps: Blowing Birds Point levee unlikely
+
Missourinet: International soliders who died in
Missouri flooding identified
P-D: Nixon surveys Missouri flood damage
JCNT: Federal help for flooding up in the air X
AP: Flooding updates
KWMU: St. Louis City agency files eminent domain suit
to clear land for spy agency
JCNT: Immigrant shares unique view of America;
Man from African nation chooses to work two jobs, makes concerted
effort to speak more clearly, applauds the opportunities the United
States provides X
JCNT: Missouri's presidential primary finalized X
Drebes:
Renew Missouri forms campaign committee to support clean energy measures
The Missouri Times: Matt Mallinson makes SD11
Democratic primary a three-way race
Kraske: Mike Sanders leaves office with a big fat
campaign account: More than $500,000 cash on hand +
KWMU: With a year left in office, Gov. Jay Nixon looks
at his political past, present and future
The Missouri Times: Conservatives chastise Homeland
Security over Real ID Act enforcement
KWMU: Kinder slams federal driver license law
co-sponsored by Blunt as 'intrusive and misguided'
P-D: Gas tax hike to come up again in Missouri
Legislature
KC Star: Legislature looks to clean up behavior in
2016; Proposals target campaign contributions, in-Capitol
boozing, general creepery +
P-D: Colleges continue to supply fresh sets of interns
to Missouri Capitol; Universities spell out guidelines, while
legislators and staff will sit through harassment lecture
KWMU: Spelling Bee win gives area teen more than prize
money; Minority student chooses to work hard, achieves success
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit) on difference between how Dems and GOP view law enforcement +
The Missouri Times: Municipal group strikes back at
consolidation advocates
KWMU: KWMU host talks to KWMU reporters about KWMU's
biggest public health stories of the year
Missourinet: Officials investigating poaching of an
elk in Southeast Missouri
AP: Dead elk in Missouri restoration efforts under
investigation
P-D: Nuclear waste opponents fund study on landfill
radon; 100% of soil samples fall below EPA threshold for cleanup
P-D: Broadcast legend Anne Keefe dies at 90
SE
Missourian editorial: New Year's Eve: Spend some time
thinking about how you're going to get your life together - also, don't
drink and drive +
JCNT editorial: Don't drink and drive tonight X
P-D editorial: A high school diploma ought to mean
something; State needs to start spending more money on education
SNL op-ed: University of Minnesota prof: How is
Obamacare playing out in Missouri? Not well. X
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Wednesday, December 30
Missourinet: Missouri National Guard activated to help
with areas damaged by flooding
KWMU: Nixon activates National Guard as high water
threatens treatment plants
AP: Flooding updates
KWMU: Blunt says boost in NIH funding will produce
jobs, save tax dollars
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Show-Me
Institute's Brenda Talent talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about KC
and STL earnings taxes, education savings accounts, stadium financing,
more
KC Star: Sugar Creek Mayor Matt Mallinson joins
Democratic primary for LeVota's state Senate seat +
The Missouri Times: Profile: Ryan Clearwater,
legislative assistant to Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific)
Drebes:
Former state Sen. Tom Dempsey (R-St. Charles) registers to lobby in
Florida
Missourinet: Missouri State of the State set for
January 20
P-D: Missouri officials vow to take up drivers license
dispute
AP: Clarification on Monday's voter ID piece:
Updating Kander's quote
Kraske: The Chat: Holsman on climate change,
Solon on OTC birth control +
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. John McCaherty (R-High
Ridge) proposes free credit freezes, freezes for children's credit
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jeanie Lauer (R-Blue Springs)
looks to update 911 regulations
CDT: Despite ruling, Planned Parenthood clinic cannot
provide abortions X
P-D: St. Louis stadium plan arrives at NFL offices
AP: St. Louis stadium plan sent to NFL
AP: Some lawmakers will keep talking about Ferguson,
municipal-court issues
KWMU: KWMU host talks to KWMU reporter about KWMU's
biggest court stories of the year
P-D: Rain falls on landfill; Runoff is not
radioactive, but Missouri taxpayers will pay for testing anyway
P-D editorial: Uberizing the Missouri Legislature is a
bad idea; Attempted punchline involves drunk-driving "joke"
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: America must prepare for
threats to electric grid X
Priddy:
Septuagenarian offers 1352-word treatise in opposition to GOP voter ID
proposals
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian offers series of questions
for Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education X
Hartmann: A tribute to Anne Keefe, Grand Dame
P-D op-ed: Sierra Club: Mississippi River report
card fails to grade what matters
Messenger: Parkway North grad/entrepreneur Darian
Wigfall has a plan to save wayward black youth: peddling fiction
books with black protagonists "DeShaun" and "Jasmine"
SNL letter: Battlefield man dislikes Blunt clan's
lobbying activities, succumbs to urge to make "blunt" pun X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man predicts that
lobbyists for fantasy-sports sites will attempt to influence state
legislators
P-D letter: Clayton woman says Forest Park rightly has
memorials for soliders on both sides of Civil War
SNL letter: Springfield man says Down-syndrome babies
can be a real pain to deal with, suggests Rep. David Sater
(R-Cassville) must be "living under a rock" X
KC Star letter: Smithville man calls conservative
state legislators "morons," proposes solution: Get rid of all
current legislators +
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Tuesday, December 29
Rosenbaum: We've got 21 questions, and they're all
about Missouri politics
National Journal: U.S. Senate race rankings:
Jason Kander a long shot, but will force GOP to spend money
Kraske: The Chat: Jason Kander on Iraq, Ron
Leone on tobacco taxes and transportation funding +
National Journal: Missouri is national GOP's top
target among gov races; Chris Koster the favorite, as GOP heads
into costly primary
The Missouri Times: Joe Camel raises his hand for
kids; Linda Rallo talks about R.J. Reynolds' $1M contribution to
Raise Your Hand for Kids
P-D: Labor unions support Missouri GOP lawmakers who
oppose 'right to work;' List of union donations to area
Republicans
The Missouri Times: The 6 biggest issues of 2016
KWMU: Reporters Marshall Griffin and Jim Howard
discuss their biggest stories of 2015
AP: AP's top 10 Missouri stories of 2015: Royals
WS win, Mizzou dramatics, Schweich suicide, KC and STL record-setting
homicides, 'right to work' debate, more
Missourinet: Nixon: Flooding danger has not
passed, don't drive into water
Missourinet: At least 7 die in Missouri in weekend
flooding
AP: Nixon: Missouri's storm-related death toll
rises to 10
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Climate Center weighs
in on El Nino and its impact on Missouri winter
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City)
says flooding shows need for Legislature to get serious about climate
change
KC Star: Missouri still looking for highway funding
solution +
St. Joseph News-Press: Senator ready to call bluff on
REAL ID; Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph) doubts feds will follow
through on "no boarding airplane" threats X
KMZU (Carrollton): Governor's Conference on
Agriculture draws 750; Ag Director Richard Fordyce explains
importance of discussing ag with "city cousins"
The Missouri Times: DHSS blocked from revoking Planned
Parenthood abortion license
P-D: State blocked from revoking Columbia Planned
Parenthood's abortion license
AP: Judge blocks state from revoking Columbia Planned
Parenthood abortion license
Columbia Missourian: Federal judge allows Planned
Parenthood to keep license to perform abortions
CDT: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) proposes bill
recognizing veterans after ichthus controversy; Boone County
Commission is removing Gulf War memorial due to offensive "Jesus fish"
symbol X
KC Star: Low gas prices cut Amtrak ridership in
Missouri +
P-D: Better Together, CitiesStrong trade volleys in
skirmish over city-county merger; Comments from Better Together's
Dave Leipholtz, CitiesStrong reps
KWMU: Floodwater from Coldwater Creek is not
radioactive, but homeowners can spend Army Corps' time and resources on
testing anyway
P-D: Ferguson looter charged with stealing from
Dellwood Market; Donovan Doan pilfered beer, then took to
Facebook with looterbraggery: "#iaintscared"
P-D editorial: The Year of the Cop: New level of
police accountability is a good thing
P-D op-ed: Nixon should grant clemency to woman who
shot her husband in his sleep
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian columnist weighs
gun-purchase holiday idea, mulls conundrum of providing column space to
non-starter proposals X
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
supports conclusions of Johns Hopkins gun-control study
P-D letter: St. Louis man disputes conclusions of
Johns Hopkins gun-control study
P-D letter: Clayton octogenarian dislikes tax-free
gun-purchase idea, says she finds Rep. Jered Taylor's (R-Nixa) idea
"truly incredible"
KC Star letter: KC near-sexagenarian mocks Taylor's
gun-purchase holiday idea, says he should focus on people who need help
buying groceries and health care +
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Monday, December
28 MoDOT map of traffic
issues
Kraske: The Chat: Kander mocks Trump in
fundraising letter; Linda Black on poachers; Mike Moon on
"gun-free zone" liability +
National Journal: Q&A with Jason Kander on foreign
policy, "Black Lives Matter" versus "All Lives Matter," more
P-D: Missouri's 2016 ballots could include measures on
minimum wage, marijuana, taxes, campaign contribution limits
JCNT: Push for tobacco tax takes new road; Ron
Leone says MoDOT wants "a home run, but are going to have to take some
singles" X
Missourinet: Nixon declares state of emergency due to
flooding
Missourinet: Historic rainfall and flooding continues
in Missouri, winter storm adds to the mix
AP: Missouri lawmakers renew push for photo ID for
voters
KWMU: Student transfer case headed for another court
hearing
CDT: Columbia's biggest stories of 2015, in words and
pictures; Pics include angry Mizzou protester shouting into
bullhorn, male Planned Parenthood supporter wearing pink, Gary Pinkel
frowning after team lets him down in his final game, more X
KWMU: SLU poll finds that people caught breaking
municipal laws dislike paying fines; Majority of black and white
scofflaws choose to not blame their traffic stops on "racial profiling"
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Fewer Confederate flags, but still a tough year for racial
progress; Mizzou histrionics among "signs of hope"
Messenger: As cities circle the wagons, they repeat
history of a divided St. Louis; Consolidating municipalities will
help everyone, including poor black children
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Sunday, December
27 MoDOT map of flooded roads
KC
Star: "Top <x>" journomeme: Top 10 stories of 2015
+
P-D:
"Top <x>" journomeme: Top 15 takeaways from 2015
St.
Joseph News-Press: No cliffs, but McCaskill, Blunt and Graves
face government's fiscal challenges X
The
Missouri Times: Part Two: Five of the most important people
of 2016
KODE
(Joplin): Missouri state Sen. Emory Melton (R) passes away
P-D:
Ethics proposals for 2016: Mandating how lawmakers can and cannot
make a living for months/years after leaving office, telling citizens
how much of their own money they can donate to candidates, more
CDT:
Eight interim officials directing University of Missouri as year ends
X
KWMU:
Unused gift cards are sitting in state's Unclaimed Property stash
JCNT:
Women's group forms to gain firearm training X
P-D:
Q&A with author of Johns Hopkins gun-control study
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: McCaskill, Blunt, Graves are right
to urge Corps to stand with Missouri River stakeholders rather than
birds X
JCNT
editorial: Students urged to commit to graduation; Today's
youngsters should find inspiration in a 52-year-old Beach Boys song
X
KC
Star's Steve Rose: Owning up to incorrect 2015 predictions:
Claire McCaskill passing on governor's race, more +
Messenger:
Fired Missouri Guard employee seeks justice as military stonewalls
CDT's
Waters: Simple solution for St. Louis stadium conundrum:
Build a new stadium for a new team X
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Saturday, December
26 First Day of Kwanzaa!
Missourinet: Hartzler: Congress paves the way
for fighter jets to be built in Missouri and Whiteman expansion
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri House Democratic Caucus seeks director of
communications
The Examiner (Eastern Jackson County): Nixon previews
2016 legislative session, weighs in on campaign-finance overhaul,
making the trucking industry bear the brunt of transportation funding,
Medicaid expansion's DOA status, more
KMZU (Carrollton): Rep. Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton)
previews his bills for session: Voter ID, castle doctrine,
alternative fuel vehicles, livestock, more
P-D: Missouri will see battle over fantasy sports sites
Missourinet: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) considers
liability insurance requirement for gun-free businesses
KOMU: Sheltered workshops provide employment
opportunities for those with mental and developmental
disabilities; Director of Governor's Council on Disability
questions approach, effectiveness
CDT: Nixon appoints Boone County Presiding
Commissioner Dan Atwill to Missouri Workforce Development Board X
KOMU: Taxpayers subsidizing an increasing number of
student meals in Columbia, Jefferson City, Kirksville areas;
Nearly half of students in Columbia Public Schools accept handouts
High Plains Journal: Missouri producers speak out on
beef checkoff referendum
KMZU (Carrollton): Turkey, deer hunting dates and
regulations will change March 2016
P-D letter: Affton man dislikes Alzheimer's PAC ad in
support of Blunt
P-D letter: Des Peres couple says Confederate Memorial
reminds us to respect diversity of views
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Friday, December
25 Merry
Christmas!
SNL: Blunt wins goodies in massive tax and spending
bill X
P-D: 2015 year in review: Congressional
delegation's accomplishments
Kraske: 2015 year in review: Notable quotables +
KC Star: Despite feds' threats, you can still use your
Missouri driver's license to fly +
AP: Q&A: Feds' threats to force Missouri to
comply with REAL ID
The Missouri Times: Part One: Five of the most
important people in 2016
Kraske: The Chat: Sales-tax holiday for
guns; Missouri lawmakers required to sit through harassment
lecture on Jan. 11 +
KC Star: MoDOT chair endorses gas tax increase +
KWMU: Legislative proposals target Missouri Department
of Conservation
Missourinet: Rep. Linda Black (R-Park Hills) wants to
make poaching in Missouri costlier
JCNT: Rep. Tim Wood (R-Versailles) makes changes in
boat wake legislation X
P-D: Missouri Lottery introduces bacon-scented tickets
CDT: Toy gun exchange in its second year in
Columbia; Youngsters can trade in not-actual-firearms to receive
"Hamster of Happiness," "Talking Mistletoe," other effete toys X
JCNT: Artist entries sought for 'Equality
Matters;' William Woods display seeks depictions of racism,
sexism, oppression, etc. X
KWMU: Slay wants Confederate memorial out of Forest
Park
P-D: Committee supports removing Confederate Monument
from Forest Park
KC Star editorial: Real ID refusal might potentially
cause problems in Missouri some day, maybe; "Responsible" state
leaders should compromise with feds +
CDT letter: "Name withheld upon request" feminist says
GOP legislators want to keep women "barefoot, pregnant and back in the
kitchen"
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Thursday, December 24
Christmas Eve
P-D: Among local senators, Blunt spoke most on Senate
floor in '15
P-D: Feds stop sharing asset forfeitures with local
police after $1.2 billion in spending cuts
KWMU: Clay, Cleaver tout $22.5 million in omnibus bill
for police body cameras
AP: Feds threaten to end Missouri's exemption from
Real ID requirements, claim Missouri IDs might no longer be accepted at
airports
The Missouri Times: Part One: Ten of the most
fascinating people of 2015
The Missouri Times: Part Two: Ten of the most
fascinating people of 2015
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Lt. Gov.
Peter Kinder chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about gov race, stadium
funding, "Hands Up Don't Shoot" lie, 'right to work,' much more
Drebes: Chris Koster continues to lead all GOP
candidates for governor
The Missouri Times: Profile: Peter Merideth,
candidate in Democratic primary for Mike Colona's open state rep seat
Missourinet: Nixon considers legacy, life after
Missouri Governor
CDT: Revenue agreement elusive as legislative session
nears X
AP: Renewable energy efforts stymied by transmission
roadblocks; A closer look at Clean Line Energy Partners and the
Grain Belt Express
KWMU: Rep. Steve Lynch (R-Waynesville) makes new push
for heroin antidote bill
CDT: UM curators meet in closed session X
Columbia Missourian: Student who posted threats on Yik
Yak gets his punishment: No more Internet, at least for now
The Missouri Times: Audits show ongoing municipal
reform
JCNT: Medicaid, local seniors agencies provide meals
for area olds X
The Missouri Times: Anti-death penalty group releases
first annual report
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce approves vote on proposed state beef checkoff
P-D: Animal rights activists make a scene at Tilles
Park display; Quotes from angry woman screaming at families
JCNT editorial: Nudge common sense; Ban texting
while driving X
CDT's Waters: Proposal to make Daylight Savings Time
permanent won't go very far X
P-D op-ed: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's Jason
Dodson: Adult Abuse Act has been helping keep Missourians safe
for 35 years
SNL op-ed: Blunt: National Institutes of Health
receives $2 billion funding increase next year
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Wednesday, December 23
KC Star: Obamacare Q&A: Information for
Missouri's grown men and women who couldn't manage to make the Dec. 15
deadline or the Dec. 17 extension +
KC Star: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver seeks congressional
inquiry of nuclear workers compensation program +
AP: Disciplined St. Louis attorney get law license
back; Edward Griesedieck was involved in Missouri Democratic
Party/Roger Wilson/Missouri Employers Mutual shenanigans
AP: Missouri's population growth lagging behind
national rate
Kraske: The Chat: Mike Sanders on returning to
civilian life; Ron Richard on impact of last session's 'right to
work' debate on governor's race +
Missourinet: Nixon preparing budget proposal, expects
agreement on revenue projection
KWMU: Proposal from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would
create sales tax holiday for gun purchases in Missouri
Missourinet: Lawmaker proposes sales tax holiday for
gun purchases
CDT: MU graduate students hope union contract will
bring stability X
P-D: Student transfers from Riverview Gardens could
end soon, parents warned
KWMU: CitiesStrong out to challenge notion that less
local government is better
P-D: New group formed to tout collaboration, not
consolidation, of St. Louis County municipalities
The Missouri Times: CitiesStrong founded to create
stronger St. Louis municipal governments
KWMU: Galloway audits ding St. Ann, Foristell courts
for illegal fees
P-D: Nixon makes appointments to St. Charles
Convention Center Board: former state Sen. Fred Dyer (R-St.
Charles), pipefitter John Scherr (D) and attorney Paul Woody (D)
The Missouri Times: Appointments Project expands
statewide, takes credit for helping Nixon fill two slots with
females: Interior Design, Healing Arts
KWMU: Franciscan Sisters of Mary tout their
"ecological justice"; Self-described "aging congregation" says it
makes a difference by visiting landfill twice a month,
moving investment funds out of "Wall Street type things"
P-D editorial: Congress tries its hand at legislating,
with mixed results; On spending bill, Blunt votes yes, McCaskill
no
Washington Missourian editorial: Raising taxes on
smokers to pay for roads is inevitable
KC Star editorial: Mike Sanders brought clean
government to Jackson County +
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Protecting American
industry from import fraud X
Messenger: Illinois governor joins Nixon in poor use
of governor's most important power; Missouri gov should pardon
more criminals
National Review's Ramesh Ponnuru: Iran, terrorism, and
... the Missouri AG race? Kurt Schaefer's posturing puts him on
the opposite side of Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, John Ashcroft and other GOP
stalwarts
Forbes op-ed: Response to Sebelius calling Missouri
and other states "stupid" for not expanding Medicaid
CDT op-ed: Race Matters Community Group's David
Tager: Psychologist describes examples of white privilege,
including that Uncle Sam is most often depicted as Caucasoid male X
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Tuesday, December 22
Wall Street Journal: Drama kings, queens applaud
Blunt's new tax credits for live theater productions
KWMU: House committee approves Luetkemeyer bill to
'reform' public housing
P-D: Teamsters rally outside McCaskill's office, call
on senator to support Bernie Sanders' bill on pensions
KC Star: Drebes/Jeff Roe poll: Donald Trump
could sweep Missouri GOP convention delegates
+
Helling: Social welfare group seeks candidate to put
name on U.S. Senate ballot; Centrist Project helped KS
independent spend millions in losing effort last year +
Drebes:
Democrat Winton Apple says he's running for lieutenant governor
CDT: Joshua Hawley seeks exemption for churches,
businesses to refuse same-sex couples X
KC Star: Democrat Mike Sanders to resign after nine
years as Jackson County executive +
Kraske: The Chat: Kinder on Ellingson
drowning; Wash U. lower-digestive-tract surgery resident weighs
in on urban gunplay +
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: RTW
Republicans should remember how the Camp Carnahan liberal litmus helped
Missouri Dems lose the Legislature; Eigel taps pop culture in
race against Zerr; Greitens pick up mother's milk from dairy group
Missourinet: Ron Richard: 'Right to work' would
need more support in House before getting time in 2016 Senate
The Missouri Times: GOP House members to push union
pension transparency, labor regulations
Missourinet: Nixon: Chance to redevelop
riverfront with stadium deal 'once-in-a-lifetime'
The Missouri Times: Former state Rep. Tim Flook
(R-Liberty) tapped as new Clay County Associate Circuit Judge
AP: Tim Flook appointed to new judgeship
The Missouri Times: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts
Summit) travels to United Arab Emirates on "nuclear fact-finding tour"
CDT: UM curators to hold special closed meeting today X
CDT: Mini-profile of Mike Middleton: Interim
president shares insights: Build organizational structure to
address concerns, change doesn't happen overnight, educating students
is top priority, etc. X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar)
receives governing award from Missouri State University
KC Star: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) introduces
bill to allow concealed carry on state-school campuses; Comments
from assorted critics +
NY Times: In Missouri, urbanites use guns for violent
purposes, including human-on-human hunting
CDT: State attorney: Arguments to delay Ernest
Lee Johnson's execution are lacking; Murderer's lawyers say
lethal injection may cause pain to man who bashed in victims' skulls
with a hammer X
Columbia Missourian: St. Louis officer trainer fights
"biased policing" with history, interactive education sessions
SNL: Koster wants answers on Springfield City Council
flap X
P-D: Former Hazelwood superintendent now working for
St. Louis Public Schools; Grayling Tobias left North County
district and Ferguson Commission for "health reasons"
P-D: Animal-rights activists plan to make a scene at
Tilles Park's "Winter Wonderland"
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Smart use of data can help restore trust between police and citizens
CDT's Water: Kurt Schaefer's actions on Planned
Parenthood are just publicity stunts X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Latina columnist says
Missouri's white legislators "do not value black lives. They value
white, rural voters." +
CDT letter: Kurt Schaefer should stop trying to block
research on 72-hour abortion waiting period X
P-D letter: St. Louis man says he is disappointed that
Alderman Antonio French "sold out" and supported stadium
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Monday, December
21 Winter
Solstice
CDT: EPA gives $91,000 to mid-Missouri group to
connect students, communities to Missouri River X
Kraske: The Chat: John Brunner on Syrian
terrorists and refugees; Gov. Jay Nixon on stadium financing vote +
JCNT: Christmas program at Capitol set for tomorrow X
KC Star: Some state legislative staffers provide for
themselves and their families by working two jobs; A look at
seven Republicans, zero Democrats +
Missourinet: Kinder calls Iowa man's death while in
police custody a 'dark episode,' says he would reverse patrol merger
KWMU: Lawmakers will try again to change student
transfer law
KWMU: Wash U. surgery resident Pamela Choi weighs in
on Second Amendment, attributes urban violence to Missouri gun laws
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Rochelle Walton Gray
(D-Black Jack) would give scofflaws a chance at community service
instead of paying a fine
KWMU: Opiate addiction outreach center opens in south
St. Louis
St. Joseph News-Press: Traffic fatalities rise in
Missouri; Local officials hope seat belt law will have an impact X
AP: New preserve in Missouri seeks to protect
endangered bats
JCNT editorial: Law clarifies challenge of
child-on-child sexual abuse X
P-D editorial: Missouri should regulate DraftKings and
FanDuel
Messenger: Cities look foolish fighting against higher
police standards
JCNT letter: Holts Summit man says Blaine Luetkemeyer
is the Grinch for opposing climate pact X
SNL letter: Willard resident disappointed that
universities are afraid to say no to students
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Sunday, December 20
KODE (Joplin): Congressman Billy Long votes to make
tax cuts permanent
KMZU (Carrollton): New deal offers permanent tax
relief for Missouri small businesses; Comments from
NFIB/Missouri's Brad Jones
SNL: Andy Blunt's lobbying work faces scrutiny as he
manages father's re-election bid X
KC Star: Donald Trump builds lead without the tools of
traditional campaigns; Comments from University of Missouri's
Marvin Overby +
JCNT: Proposed amendment would make daylight savings
permanent X
CDT: Kurt Schaefer targets rival Joshua Hawley over
terrorist group case X
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers look to rescue road, bridge funding +
P-D: Lawmakers introduce bans on texting-while-driving
Hannibal Courier-Post: Stopping drugs in NEMO, Part
I: No cure-all to stop meth
Hannibal Courier-Post: Stopping drugs in NEMO, Part
II: Combating the silent epidemic of prescription abuse
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Nixon, Ag Director Richard
Fordyce recognize KRES/KWIX's Kyle Hill as winner of Missouri Ag
Communicator Award for 2015
KOMU: Salmonella bacteria found on Missouri
farm; MO DHSS orders egg processing facility closed for now
AP: New preserve in Missouri aims to protect
endangered bats
CDT: Founders of True/False Film Festival handed
honorary Mizzou degrees; David Wilson says Caucasoids "must own
our history of racism" X
P-D letter: Local leader of Asthma and Allergy
Foundation: Prescription requirements do not treat underlying
cause of meth abuse
P-D letter: Not building the stadium doesn't mean
there will be more money for other needs
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Saturday, December 19
SNL: Rubio talks "American Dream" in Joplin stop X
KODE (Joplin): Video: Marco Rubio makes stop in
Joplin
KOAM (Joplin): Video: Marco Rubio holds rally in
Joplin
P-D: McCaskill only area Senate 'no' vote on $1.1
trillion tax-and-spend bill
KC Star: How the Missouri congressional delegation
voted on spending bill +
Bloomberg: McCaskill- Collins Senate panel will
continue examining prescription drug prices despite Shkreli's arrest
CDT: Local educators cautiously optimistic about Every
Student Succeeds Act X
P-D: Among Obama's 95 pardons Friday, one from St.
Louis: Crack cocaine distributor Lelus Crawford
KWMU: St. Louis Fed: Unemployment drops but job
growth tepid
The Missouri Times: Cigarette tax increase petitioners
gathering signatures to get on ballot
KC Star: Ron Richard opens the door to discussing a
return of campaign contribution caps +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Pharmacy Association
joins coalition supporting prescription drug monitoring program;
Comments from MPA's Ron Fitzwater, Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
KWMU: St. Louis aldermen approve stadium funding plan
- now it's the NFL's turn to act
P-D: St. Louis approves financing package for new
football stadium
Missourinet: Board approves financing package for new
St. Louis football stadium
AP: Missouri Planned Parenthood argues to keep
abortion license
KWMU: Fight over Missouri municipal court law didn't
start overnight
AP: Lawsuit filed challenging St. Louis County police
ordinance
CDT: Nixon to interview candidates for Board of
Curators student representative X
CDT: MU grad students say they have collected more
than 1,000 signatures calling for union election X
Columbia Missourian: Mental health services working to
meet student demand for more counselors of color; Mixed-race
female, down in the dumps about freshman-floor drama and other
struggles, describes the trauma of unloading troubles to a white man
AP: Auditor Nicole Galloway questions $860K in fund
transfers in Gallatin
KC Star: Trooper charged in death of Brandon
Ellingson, who drowned in handcuffs +
Missourinet: Charges filed against Missouri state
trooper in drowning of Iowa man
P-D: Missouri trooper charged in the drowning of
handcuffed boater at Lake of the Ozarks
P-D: Political gadfly Bill Haas mixes fiction with hit
of truth in novella
JCNT editorial: Missouri legislators should prioritize
prescription-drug database X
P-D editorial: Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville)
exemplifies Legislature's know-nothing extremism
KC Star editorial: Plenty of blame to go around for
the death of Brandon Ellingson +
KC Star op-ed: Benedictine College student Katie
Hollcraft: Starfish Project, other efforts seek to help victims
of human trafficking; KC, STL considered trafficking hubs +
P-D letters: Area men criticize Brattin, Schaefer for
legislation targeting University of Missouri
Columbia Missourian letter: Self-described "linguist
and civil rights activist" says committee should investigate Schaefer's
actions against Planned Parenthood
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Friday, December 18
Missourinet: Marco Rubio makes campaign stop in Joplin
today
Kraske: Remembering a Trump visit to Missouri, and
assessing the possibility of President Trump
+
Kraske: The Chat: Billy Long on GOP and
Trump; David Limbaugh on new book; Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St.
Peters) on pro-'right-to-work' forces making the perfect the enemy of
the good +
CDT: Panel discusses countering 'Islamophobia' and
Donald Trump X
Missourinet: Graves supports spending bill that would
include $600 billion in cuts
KWMU: $1.1 trillion spending plan includes more than
$1 billion for Missouri projects
St. Joseph News-Press: Congress set to pass major
spending bill; Comments from Blunt, Eagle Forum's Ed Martin X
KC Star: GOP PAC posts tracker video of Chris Koster
at DC airport chatting with veteran Missouri politico and Pfizer rep
Drue Duncan +
KWMU: GOP attorney general candidate Josh Hawley seeks
to protect opponents of same-sex marriage
KWMU: Signature gathering underway for plan to hike
Missouri's tobacco tax by 23 cents a pack
AP: Backers of cigarette tax begin gathering signatures
Drebes: John Collins-Muhammad to run in safe Dem state
rep seat; Rep. Kim Gardner will not run for re-election, will run
for St. Louis City Circuit Attorney instead
The Missouri Times: Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St. Peters) will
not run for re-election, will run for mayor instead
KC Star: Nixon endorses small bump in gas tax +
The Missouri Times: Kinder asks Nixon to reveal more
information on stadium funding
KTVI (St. Louis): New documents say new NFL stadium
plans cost $10 million; Comments from Kinder
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Kinder calls for more football
stadium details
AP: St. Louis City aldermen to hold key vote on
stadium financing today
P-D: Goodell: $300 million for St. Louis stadium
'fundamentally inconsistent' with NFL policy
P-D: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) becomes fourth
lawmakers to eliminate St. Louis, Kansas City earnings tax
Missourinet: Bill would have an additional requirement
for minors seeking an abortion in Missouri
The Missouri Times: GOP legislators propose pro-life
legislation
KWMU: Battle for prescription drug monitoring renewed
for 2016 Missouri legislative session
The Missouri Times: Suspicious activity at Bagnell Dam
not worrisome for Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark)
CDT: Bills targeting UM multiply despite withdrawal of
Brattin scholarship proposal X
CDT: Interim president Mike Middleton to make $477,544
annually X
Columbia Missourian: Mike Middleton signs contract to
rake in $40,000 per month
CDT: Mitchell to helm "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Task Force" X
AP: Associate dean David Mitchell will be chairman of
MU's diversity task force
Columbia Missourian: UM system appoints MU law
professor as chair of diversity task force
KWMU: Riverview Gardens pushes for accreditation
upgrade
The Missouri Times: PSC rated 'good' by audit,
releases annual report
P-D: Missouri audit chides PSC on manufactured home
oversight
Missourinet: Nixon, West Virginia gov place wager on
D-II championship game: BBQ vs. apples
KC Star editorial: Payday lender should let damaged
building be demolished and replaced with something more wholesome +
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Campus coed explains her
pro-life position
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Holiday
wishes: Let's move on and forget about how Melissa Click and
Janna Basler behaved
P-D letter: Barnhart woman says Kurt Schaefer uses
intimidation and harassment, and isn't fit for office
P-D letter: Area woman says ex-cons who want to work
for a living would be helped by "ban the box" legislation
JCNT letter: Mizzou grad finds alumni fundraising
letter insulting, won't write another check until Melissa Click is fired X
P-D letter: Ladue man suggests "Black Lives Matter"
mantra should be applied to every black-on-black murder
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Thursday, December 17
KWMU: In first year of Obamacare, number of uninsured
clogging up St. Louis emergency-room space decreases 5 percent
SNL: Billy Long says GOP leaders shouldn't undercut
Trump X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on visa-using
terrorists; Greitens' Austin Chambers on his candidate's prolific
fundraising +
Columbia Missourian: Panel on 'Islamophobia' draws
70; Speakers complain about Donald Trump's comments, other
perceived slights
KC Star: Blunt gets more money for National Institutes
of Health +
AP: U.S. Postal Service employees plead guilty in
conspiracy; Florissant residents Korey Howard, Quentin Cook, Sean
West pilfered valuable items they spotted in mailroom
KWMU: City signs deal with McKee for land in NGA site
P-D: McKee and city have deal on NorthSide property
SE
Missourian: David Limbaugh - brother of Rush - writes book on Old
Testament, says politics and Bible go hand in hand +
KWMU: Chris Koster, Eric Greitens continue to rake in
the most campaign money
St. Joseph News-Press: Backers of cigarette tax hike
begin collecting signatures this week X
Drebes: "Missourians for Renewable Energy" PAC formed
CDT: Area Democratic leader Bruce Wilson passes away X
Columbia Missourian: Bruce Wilson remembered as
'character' loyal to community, Democratic Party
The Missouri Times: Masquerade ball photo
gallery: Capitol types, plus some attractive people
The Missouri Times: Reps. Randy Dunn (D-Kansas City),
Kim Gardner (D-St. Louis) propose automatic voter registration
KWMU: Pro-'right-to-work' group begins ad campaign
targeting Republican opponents
The Missouri Times: GOP's internecine feud continues
over 'right to work'
P-D: New ad campaign launched against Missouri
Republicans who opposed 'right to work'
CDT: Bill targeting athlete scholarships withdrawn X
Missourinet: Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) pulls
bill that would revoke scholarships of protesting athletes
AP:
Brattin withdraws proposal to strip scholarship from athletes who chose
to not play
P-D: Sponsor withdraws athlete strike proposal
Columbia Missourian: State rep withdraws bill to
revoke athletes' scholarships
Columbia Missourian: Update: Janna Basler, MU
assistant director of Greek Life, back after physical confrontation
caught on video
CDT: American-Islamic group calls for sensitivity
training at MU X
CDT: Graduate student group blasts MU insurance
recommendations X
KWMU: Jamaa Learning Center will close in June;
North St. Louis City charter school failed to manage money properly,
earned single-digit proficiency in core subjects
P-D: Jamaa Learning Center becomes latest charter
school to close
P-D: Slay, Reed approve stadium financing
KWMU: In the proposed footprint of a new St. Louis
stadium, a photographic tour of what's already there
The Missouri Times: Missouri Medal of Valor awarded to
nine public safety officers
The Missouri Times: Department of Conservation expands
regulations and territory of CWD management zones
KWMU: Ferguson, DOJ officials report progress in
negotiations
AP: Ferguson, DOJ close to agreement
P-D: Ferguson protesters challenge validity of
'interfering with police' law
AP: Nixon's son pleads guilty to driving while
intoxicated
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Gov. Bob Holden,
others support U.S. Citizenship Civics Test for high-school seniors X
P-D editorial: Politics and money drive advocates of
keeping nuclear waste in Bridgeton
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: With Will Kraus'
voter ID proposal, GOP seeks to control elections
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Let's value student-athletes,
at MU and all colleges, more as students than athletes +
P-D op-ed: Teacher in unaccredited Normandy School
District says she provides a sanctuary from Missouri's racist state
legislators and taxpayers
JCNT letter: Area man says those who gripe about lack
of black professors should consider why there are so few qualified
candidates X
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Wednesday, December 16
KC Star: Several GOP candidates still haven't filed
for Missouri primary +
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt support visa
waiver reforms X
Drebes: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) sends letter to
colleagues clarifying position on Syrian refugee camps
CDT: Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation,
Mid-Missouri Peaceworks, Islamic Center to host discussion of
"Islamophobia" tonight X
P-D: Andy Blunt says there is no conflict between his
lobbying and running U.S. Senate campaign
Kraske: The Chat: Andy Blunt on conflict of
interest; Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) on racism and
state-school athletic scholarship proposals; MO Chamber on
transportation +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: What the Every Student Succeeds Act changes
from No Child Left Behind; Comments from local school officials,
congressional delegation's communications staff +
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: McCaskill's FAST
designed to speed permit process for businesses X
KWMU: Gateway to Better Health receives $30M
grant; Adults unable to provide health insurance for themselves
and their offspring will enjoy health services for another year
ELLE Magazine: McCaskill, Gillibrand chat with
reporter about campus sexual assault legislation, sororities, the role
of alcohol in intercoursing, the occasional false accusation of "rape,"
more
The Missouri Times: PAC begins mail campaign claiming
Eric Greitens is not a conservative
The Missouri Times: Greitens shows strong week of
fundraising, but most coming from outside Missouri
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum talk with Rep. Tommy Pierson (D-Bellefontaine
Neighbors) on Nixon's performance during Ferguson, running for gov
lite, and why Chris Koster needs him
AP: Missouri unemployment rate falls to 4.7%
The Missouri Times: Missouri jobs report released by
DED
Missourinet: Videos: Missouri Republican House,
Senate leaders preview 2016 session
Missourinet: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis) refiles
bill meant to protect LGBT persons from discrimination
The Missouri Times: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville)
seeks to ban Down syndrome abortion
Missourinet: Rep. Linda Black (R-Park Hills) to
propose DNA testing of all arrested for felonies
CDT: University of Missouri employee Janna Basler back
at work after physical confrontation with student photographer X
Columbia Missourian: Janna Basler, MU assistant
director of Greek Life, back on the job after fallout from
controversial video
AP: Backlash begins over University of Missouri
protest response
The Missouri Times: Rep. Rick Brattin
(R-Harrisonville) looks to revoke scholarships for athletes that do not
play
Missourinet: Black lawmakers says scholarship
proposals are racist; Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) says
punishing players who choose not to play makes black athletes
"subjugated livestock"
SE
Missourian: SEMO regents approve online tuition change +
KC Star: Nixon touts higher graduation rates that
place Missouri in top 10 nationally +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
seeks to verify that expert testimony is actually expert
KWMU: State board provides $3 million line of credit
to Regional Sports Authority
KWMU: Aldermen give initial approval to financing
package for new NFL stadium
KWMU: Business year in review: KWMU host
interviews KWMU reporters about KWMU's biggest stories of the year
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol chandelier readied for
new year
P-D: Des Peres approves contract for deer
survey; Missouri Department of Conservation says sharpshooters,
managed hunts can help reduce population of wild animals
AP: Member of unsigned Ferguson rap group shot in the
head in St. Louis city, dies; James "Swagg Huncho" Johnson, Jr.
waxed poetic about Michael Brown
Rosenbaum: Ferguson's new city manager envisions a
bright future for beleaguered town
KC Star editorial: Absurd bill to silence athletes is
one of several threats to Missouri universities +
P-D op-ed: Washington University social work
dean: American needs less guns, more safety on college campuses
P-D letter: Washington University alum responds to
chancellor's self-back-patting op-ed, says proletariat posturing is
ironic
P-D letter: Jewish woman disagrees with Jewish man who
disagreed with Jewish woman about Jewish view of politics
P-D letter: Crestwood woman says that if Jesus were
alive, he'd worship at Rabbi Susan Talve's synagogue
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Tuesday, December 15
Columbia Missourian: Area officials, Muslims react to
Trump's proposal to halt Muslim immigration
Kraske: The Chat: Todd Richardson on 'right to
work,' David Sater on Down syndrome abortions
+
The Missouri Times: Kinder releases new ad touting
conservative achievements
The Missouri Times: Season's Beatings: Personal
vendettas heat up as Greitens and Brunner quarrel, St. Louis City
alderman alleges stadium bribe, Messenger targets Tilley, more
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Senate seeks writer
JCNT: Missouri Chamber of Commerce promotes 2016
agenda: Transportation spending, 'right to work,' workers' comp X
Missourinet: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur):
Sater's bill to bar Down syndrome abortions is an attack by
conservatives
The Missouri Times: Conflict grows between
anti-abortion proponents and Planned Parenthood
KC Star: Kathleen Sebelius speaks at Planned
Parenthood event, says opposition to Medicaid expansion is "morally
repugnant and economically stupid" +
KWMU: State Board to consider giving Regional Sports
Authority $3 million line of credit
Missourinet: Missouri legislative leaders:
transportation funding a priority, maybe not fuel tax hike
KWMU: New MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna talks fuel
tax, federal highway dollars, toll roads and more
Missourinet: Rep. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) wants
scholarships stripped if athletes strike
CDT: Bill would revoke scholarships of athletes who
boycott games X
Columbia Missourian: Bill to revoke student-athlete
scholarships is pre-filed in Missouri House
AP: Missouri bill would strip scholarships if athletes
strike
P-D: Legislation targets athletes who threaten to
strike
SE
Missourian: SEMO regents to consider new tuition rates for online
degree programs +
KWMU: Education year in review: KWMU host
interviews KWMU reporter about KWMU's biggest stories
The Missouri Times: Rep. Robert Cornejo (R-St. Peters)
files legislation expanding gun accessibility
AP: Retired judges argue for back pay to Missouri
Supreme Court
SE
Missourian: Mississippi River to reach flood stage by Saturday +
P-D: Ferguson says lack of public input on cost,
reforms are obstacles to agreement with DOJ
AP: St. Louis court to accept payments online
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Redistricting should count residents, not voters; Battle pits
GOP-leaning rural areas versus "urban areas ... with their larger
populations of undocumented immigrants and felons"
KC Star editorial: Kathleen Sebelius calls out Kansas,
Missouri on women's health issues +
KC Star editorial: Jay Nixon's go-it-alone approach
wrong way on St. Louis stadium plan +
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Andrew Wilson:
The unspeakable in full pursuit of - a football stadium
P-D sports columnist Ben Frederickson: With
football-scholarship legislation, GOP Reps. Rick Brattin, Kurt Bahr
show they are boneheads
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Adjunct prof
compares struggle of campus journalism classes to being in literal "war
zone," compares himself to "a wounded general"
Columbia Missourian's Gene Robertson: Sexagenarian
recalls campus diversity struggle in days of yore, offers advice:
"Keep your eyes on the prize," "seize the time," other non-specific
recommendations
KC Star letter: Olivette doctor thinks Legislature
should expand Medicaid +
P-D letter: St. Louis Regional Chamber's Joe Reagan
says businesses can help sustain positive change started by Ferguson
Commission
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Monday, December 14
St.
Joseph News-Press: Ethanol industry battles Big Oil for market
share; Comments from Missouri Corn Growers Association's Morris
Heitman X
KMWU:
Climate change could mean more downpours and droughts for Missouri's
farmers
Truman
Index: Climate-change protest brings out nearly two dozen
children, adults
P-D:
Congressional delegation votes for the week
Cass
County Democrat Missourian: Former doctor seeks to fill Dem
ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler
SE
Missourian: Federal money will pay for some repairs on South
Sprigg Street bridge +
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jay Ashcroft; Panel of
Jeff Roorda, Kevin Stamps, Tom Dempsey and Glen Kolkmeyer discuss
person of the year, issue of the year, GOP gov race, more
KOMU:
Missouri State Capitol Commission hosts masquerade
Missourinet:
Speaker Todd Richardson won't predict whether House will vote on 'right
to work' in 2016
KSGF:
Nick Reed show: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) recaps Heidi
Cruz visit, shares opinions on GOP legislators who complain about
taking tough 'right to work' vote in 2016 (2:10)
Missourinet:
Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) wants to ban abortions based on
diagnoses of Down syndrome
KMZU
(Carrollton): Sens. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis), Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) talk human trafficking legislation
KOMU:
Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) wants to stop sale of powdered alcohol
The
Maneater: Middleton gives first report as interim president in
second day of curators meeting
The
Maneater: Curators discuss moving forward after "challenging
times" in the UM system
KOMU:
Reported discrimination at MU more than black and white; Jewish
student explains struggle of people thinking her parents are
rich; Asian coed laments expectation of high academic
achievement; Other examples of painful oppression
Columbia
Missourian: Big donor Richard Kinder has power, influence far
beyond MU
KWMU:
Ten-year anniversary of reservoir breach that flooded Johnson's
Shut-ins state park
KWMU:
Speakers at urban gun-violence rally denounce "crazy acceptance of
concealed weapons," other Second Amendment issues
P-D:
West Lake Landfill owners seek to build, solidify support from public
and legislators
P-D
outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial: McCaskill, others
right to push for expanding women's roles in the military
P-D
editorial: Kurt Schaefer is the Grinch - and he wants to steal
abortion rights, academic freedom and local tax authority
KC
Star editorial: Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
poised for strong second decade, and helps fix the terrible situation
caused by Missouri Legislature +
KC
Star editorial video: Area ladies who support Medicaid expansion
share their views with editorial board +
SNL
op-ed: HSUS' Amanda Good: By associating with Missouri Farm
Bureau, governor candidates take pandering to a whole new level X
KC
Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: Variety of opinion is a matter
of perspective; New voices should write letters and get novel
ideas in the mix +
JCNT
letter: Area man mocks feminist rally that drew five (5) to
Capitol X
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Sunday, December 13
Washington Missourian: Local superintendent applauds
repeal of No Child Left Behind X
Drebes:
Monsanto's Duane Simpson promoted, will take on Frank Plescia's former
role leading U.S. State & Local Government Affairs
CDT: Legislative session to consider marijuana
legalization as medical initiative moves forward X
SNL: Charlie Norr, Eric Burlison set their eyes on the
Senate X
JCNT: Mass shooting cases produce legislation; A
look at federal, state proposals X
Columbia Missourian: Race drama, teaching waivers to
play role in lawmakers' discussion about MU funding
AP: New laws to ease doctor shortage see long delays,
criticism
JCNT: Child-on-child abuse reports exceed
estimates; Legislation tracked juveniles with problem sexual
behaviors X
CDT: Abortion spotlight: A look at Sam Lee,
other major players in Missouri debate X
CDT: Abortion spotlight: Timeline of Missouri's
abortion history X
CDT: Abortion spotlight: Abortion regulations in
Missouri X
KWMU: Vandal shatters windows at Planned Parenthood
clinic; South Grand location does not perform abortions
P-D: Windows, glass broken at health clinic in south
St. Louis City
CDT: Effort to restore Missouri monument at Vicksburg
stalls X
P-D: Missouri clears a path for a companion to the
Katy Trail
Washington Missourian editorial: Selfish state
legislators worry about their own elections rather than generating more
revenue for Missouri's roads X
St. Joseph News-Press' Newton: Missouri officials are
right to put the brakes on Obama's Clean Energy Plan X
P-D's Gallagher: Will handing cash to Missouri's poor
families prompt them to save for college? Maybe, maybe not.
Columbia Missourian's Maggie Walter: Using pronoun
"they," new honorific "Mx." will please transgender humanoids who
refuse to accept heteronormative binary "he or she" language
discrimination
SNL letter: Greene County man responds to Billy Long
op-ed on environment and energy, references Old Testament X
SNL letter: Area woman says Billy Long is wrong about
Obamacare X
P-D letter: Westminster College President Benjamin Ola
Akande praises Wash U.'s Mark Wrighton for weighing in on
community-betterment efforts
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Saturday, December 12
KWMU: Clinton ignites supporters with rousing St.
Louis speech that takes on GOP
P-D: Hillary Clinton touts economic plan at St. Louis
campaign event
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Obamacare: In
Missouri, nearly 90,000 people sign up for coverage
Sedalia Democrat: Latest interest-group study:
Missouri ranks 36th "healthiest"
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: States incentivizing
military bases like they do businesses; Comments from Blunt X
KC Star: Missouri cellphone purchases and propane
thefts are noted, but authorities see no link
+
The Missouri Times: End of 'No Child Left Behind'
signals shift of control over education; Comments from state
education groups, Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau)
The Missouri Times: One-on-one with Rep. Jason
Smith: On Paul Ryan, possibility of budget deal, new chief of
staff, more
The Missouri Times: Jason Smith hires new
district-based chief of staff: Eric Bohl
SE
Missourian: Smith names former Cape lawyer Eric Bohl as chief of
staff +
Drebes:
Help Wanted for three jobs: GOP campaign social media gig;
Two roles dealing with state legislators for ~ $40-50k/yr.
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum talk with Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) and Steve
Tilley about presidential predictions, GOP gov race, 'right to work,'
gun control, transportation funding, more
Missourinet: Tax incentives for businesses that
relocate to Missouri proposed again
AP: Missouri Planned Parenthood denies abortion record
request
P-D: Ban on abortions because of Down syndrome
diagnosis proposed
CDT: UM curators elect new board leaders:
Caucasoid female as chair, Caucasoid male as vice chair X
CDT: Interim president: University of Missouri
faces many challenges X
KWMU: Middleton speaks at St. Louis meeting, says he
views MU's public embarrassment as "being chosen to take the lead and
set the world right"
Columbia Missourian: UM curators announce steps to fix
racism: 18-month lecture series on "the black experience," plus a
traveling Negro Leagues road show, "... because who doesn't like
baseball?"
CDT: Panel tells curators about race plans;
Freshmen will be subjected to "teach-in" lectures from Black Studies
and Gender and Women's Studies professors X
Columbia Missourian: Diversity Awareness Partnership
event draws 40; Highlight was "fishbowl," a game in which adults
sit in concentric circles and discuss their feelings
SNL: Minority students complain to MSU Board of
Governors; List of demands include funding a statue of a minority
somewhere on campus, bigger budgets for minority programs, other ways
to spend more money X
KWMU: St. Louis alderman Megan Green alleges stadium
debate took corrupt turn
KC Star: Fight over St. Louis football stadium is a
billion-dollar game of chicken +
Columbia Missourian: Multiple juvenile justice bills
pre-filed for 2016
KWMU: Gun-control crusader Rabbi Susan Talve to
headline anti-gun-violence rally Sunday
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill seeks to redirect hotel
inspections X
KC Star: Missouri stands alone in blocking project to
carry Kansas wind power energy +
P-D: Union official tells his side in
'Ferghanistan'; Jeff Roorda shares views on strong-arm robber
Michael Brown's assault on Darren Wilson, elected officials' responses,
"Ferguson effect," much more in new book
JCNT editorial: Bill from Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar)
focuses on human toll of drunk driving X
KC Star editorial: Help needy students by learning
from failure of KC charter school +
Priddy: Second column in three weeks promoting Capitol
masquerade fundraiser
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says liberal darling
Rabbi Susan Talve is so far left wing, she doesn't represent most of
the St. Louis Jewish community
Washington Missourian letter: Area man offers advice
to campus caterwaulers: "Quit being so self-centered. Grow up and
face the world." X
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Friday, December 11
P-D: Blunt a 'no' on education overhaul;
McCaskill gets Chamber praise for construction bill
SNL: McCaskill teams up with business to ease
regulatory hurdles X
Kraske: The Chat: All-Claire edition:
Obama's inability to see others' points of view, Hillary's aloofness,
Ted Cruz's reputation among senators, more +
P-D: McCaskill calls Ted Cruz a 'jerk,' but says he
could win GOP nomination
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith named to powerful House leadership group +
The Missouri Times: Jason Smith joins House Steering
Committee
National Journal: Jason Kander camp lays out
national-security focused oppo
St. Joseph News-Press: Uninsured penalties almost
double for 2016; Comments from local Obamacare navigator X
KWMU: Obamacare questions answered
KWMU: McCaskill chipping in $10k to fund Jeff City
intern hotline; Coeds will have another outlet to report
harassment, general creepery
Missourinet: McCaskill donates $10,000 to start
Missouri Capitol intern hotline
AP: McCaskill donates hotline bling to benefit Capitol
interns
The Missouri Times: Greitens and Brunner continue to
battle after phone recording
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft completes statewide
tour of counties
The Missouri Times: Incorrect legal brief leads to
more confusion surrounding AG candidate Joshua Hawley's arguing before
U.S. Supreme Court
SNL: Lawyer wants to replace Charlie Norr X
Missourinet: Missouri Kids First's Emily van Schenkhof
wants more state money for Missouri child sex crime caseworkers
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Planned Parenthood
reps weigh in on Planned Parenthood controversies
SNL: Nixon announces $1.7M for projects to MSU's West
Plains campus X
CDT: Higher education plan sets five-year goals for
Missouri colleges X
KWMU: Flat tuition proposed for University of Missouri
students
KWMU: St. Louis stadium plan clears big obstacle -
other hurdles remain
P-D: St. Louis stadium proposal gets crucial backing
from aldermanic committee
AP: St. Louis committee OKs football stadium financing
P-D: Alderman Megan Green alleges 'bribery' and
'corruption' in stadium vote
The Missouri Times: Missouri Collectors Association
cautiously supportive of Koster's debt collection reforms
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court considering
whether sex abuse lawsuit against Boy Scouts can advance
AP: Missouri high court weighs sex abuse suit against
Boy Scouts
KWMU: Republic Services will comply with EPA order to
protect against surface fires at West Lake
AP: EPA orders fire prevention steps for landfill
KWMU: "Black Student Guide" from 1973 shows Washington
University student gripes are nothing new; Empowerment booklet
insisted "shuckin' and jivin' around ain't gonna git it"
P-D: Ferguson protester who set fire at Berkeley
QuikTrip sentenced to 8 years in prison
P-D editorial: David Barklage, other political
consultants in Missouri drive sleazy campaign tactics
JCNT editorial: State workers extend spirit of
generosity X
Messenger: Tilley connection could offer feds
interesting twist in Kinder inquiry
Waters: 'Our' new team: Evaluating Mike
Middleton and Hank Foley's odds for success X
Columbia Missourian letter: Missouri Cannabis
Association's Laura Harrison disappointed that Missourian covered only
certain marijuana petitions, and not the one she supports
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman wants to see House-seat
reduction, term-limits tweak on Missouri ballot
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Thursday, December 10
The
Hill: Pentagon blasts Ted Cruz proposals that would lead to
'apocalyptic war;' McCaskill says carpet-bomb strategy would help
ISIS recruit "misguided barbarians"
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill on carpet-bomb effects on women and
children; Logan Thompson on disappearing Kinder cash; More
+
KC
Star: Blunt endorses gun sale ban for foreign visitors without
visas +
KWMU:
What local experts, officials say about the new school bill that shifts
more power to states; Messages from congressional delegation's
communications staff
Warrensburg
Daily Star-Journal: Presiding commissioner wants to see action on
Blunt effort to close Internet tax loophole, not pleased that money
goes to state
NPR:
McCaskill's Special Committee on Aging questions 'egregious' price
hikes for specialty medicines
The
Hill: Senators slam pharma CEO for drug pricing, purchase of $2
million Wu-Tang Clan album; McCaskill: "My biggest
challenge today is to not lose my temper"
USA
Today: At McCaskill-Collins hearing, experts testify on steep
drug price hikes
Washington
Post: Doctors, hospitals condemn out-of-control drug prices as
Senate investigation begins; Comments from McCaskill
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith tries to end EPA rules on wood stoves
+
KWMU:
Emanuel Cleaver attends 13th Amendment event, gets misty-eyed
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Tommy Pierson (D-St. Louis) kicks off
campaign for lieutenant governor
KWMU:
2015 in review: Podcasting tag-team champs Mannies &
Rosenbaum on the biggest local political stories of the year
The
Missouri Times: Supreme Court rules in favor of extending
workers' compensation
JCNT:
Missouri Chamber of Commerce unhappy with high court, will ask
Legislature to fix law X
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court weighs case on gun shop liability
The
Missouri Times: Earnings tax challenge may have new legal backing
Missourinet:
Kraus wants to expand secretary of state's role in voter fraud cases
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City) files senior
property tax relief bill
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) joins in on
ethics legislation pre-filings
CDT:
UM curators to discuss tuition, fees today X
CDT:
Diversity Awareness Partnership hosts first panel discussion;
Consensus opinion is to do more talking X
Columbia
Missourain: Diversity Awareness Partnership to hold second and
third meetings this week
P-D:
Express Scripts and UMSL announce $2.5 million to support low-income
students; Bridge Program targets kids from Hazelwood, Ferg-Flor,
the 'View, other North County districts
KWMU:
On eve of crucial committee hearing, St. Louis stadium financing
proposal gets a makeover
Drebes: Brian
Schmidt issues stadium study: Costs, benefits of different
scenarios
Missourinet:
Producers split over possible Missouri beef checkoff
Brownfield
Ag News: Missouri producers testify at state beef checkoff meeting
Brownfield Ag
News: Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) promotes cage-free egg
production; Interview with HSUS-Missouri's Wes Shoemyer
P-D:
Public meeting on Coldwater Creek draws 300; 17-year-old girl
declares connection between her disease and growing up in North County
P-D:
St. Louis County working with feds on Coldwater Creek study
AP:
Secret Santa brings gifts of cash to Ferguson; Photo of area
residents embracing Caucasoid cash-carrier
P-D:
Rabbi Susan Talve, who raised profile during Ferguson drama acts, uses
role at White House Hannukah ceremony to blast guns, West Lake
Landfill's "fires of toxic nuclear waste," etc.
SE Missourian
editorial: Students participate in MoDOT bridge competition +
P-D
op-ed: Washington University Chancellor Mark Wrighton: What
an above-average, non-public institution can do to help Ferguson and
St. Louis area's poor kids; Also, it's time for more Medicaid
spending, public transit, etc.
P-D
letter: Des Peres man says Missouri Constitution prohibits
discrimination against Muslims
KC
Star letter: Woman who chooses to live in Kansas weighs in on
Missouri's earnings-tax issue +
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Wednesday, December 9
KWMU:
Hillary Clinton to highlight proposals to aid manufacturing during St.
Louis stop
P-D:
Hillary Clinton to appear at union hall in St. Louis Friday night
SNL:
In turnabout, Blunt backs new restrictions on visa waiver program X
KWIX
(Moberly): Retaliatory tariffs on country of orgin labeling
(COOL) could light fire under senators' feet; Comments from Blunt
KC
Star: Open enrollment fair for Obamacare today in Lee's Summit
+
KWMU:
St. Louis nears deal with McKee for land in proposed spy agency site
KMIZ:
Jemell Butler, 19, caught after third sexual assault, robbery in two
months; McCaskill weighs in on culpability of Backpage.com in sex
crimes
KWMU:
Veterans Treatment Courts, growing in the U.S., offer an alternative to
incarceration for good soldiers gone bad
AP:
Former Kinder staffer paid $60,000 more than reports showed
The
Missouri Times: Nixon holds annual Christmas tree decorating
ceremony
JCNT:
For 12th year in a row, Missouri state government employees have
pledged more than $1 million for 885 different charities X
Drebes:
Budget rumor has it that tax-amnesty revenue is very weak
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Citizens for the Arts drops off 1000
form letters at Nixon's office, wants more money for Missouri Arts
Council
The
Missouri Times: Nixon comments on ethics proposals, stadium issues
Kraske:
The Chat: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) on her ethics
overhaul +
Missourinet:
Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit) to offer voter ID legislation again in
2016
KWMU:
Pre-filed bills spotlight divide between Democrats and GOP on gun
control
Missourinet:
Missouri Supreme Court to hear case against shop that sold gun used by
daughter to kill father
CDT:
Mizzou Students for Life disagrees with Genocide Awareness Project's
tactics X
The
Maneater: Concerned Student 1950 co-founder expects Mizzou to
"come up with new, sneaky ways to continue the oppression"
The
Maneater: Diversity course requirement changed with student work
load in mind
Columbia
Missourian: MU committees discuss race ideas: mandatory
diversity requirement, "treat each person as a genius," etc.
KC
Star: Q&A with University of Missouri interim President Mike
Middleton: African-American surmises his race might possibly have
been a potential reason for his hiring, and other deductions +
Missourinet:
Bill to recognize mental health service dogs in Missouri offered for
2016
KWIX
(Moberly): Hearing today on proposed beef checkoff
increase; Comments from Ag Director Richard Fordyce
P-D:
West Lake cleanup hurt by weakening Superfund program, group says
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Even more economic benefits to come
from having National Guard in the community X
SNL
op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: The American energy sector is
stronger and more responsible than advertised X
Messenger:
Strong bond among patients helps navigate cancer journey
Rosenbaum:
A stirring speech about Ferguson you probably haven't heard - but should
P-D
letter: Foley man says editorial boards' anti-term-limits stance
protects career politicians like Bob Griffin
CDT
letter: Columbia native and Mizzou grad says he's disappointed at
"wimpy" Mizzou administrators kowtowing to whiny protesters and spoiled
athletes, mails back his diploma to Middleton X
P-D
letter: Affton man offers theory on recent Castle Doctrine
case: Property owner set up situation so that he could shoot
someone
P-D
letter: St. Louis County woman suggests property owner set up
alluring thievery situation, says there are too many gun owners "with
hate in their heart" looking to shoot criminals
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Tuesday, December 8
The Missouri Times: Blunt visits Cole County to talk
about infrastructure
Wall Street Journal: Rising drug costs to be in focus
at McCaskill's congressional hearing
Politico: McCaskill's committee to hold first hearings
since Valeant, Turing made news this summer
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on government as
free-spending Santa Claus; Koster makes his pitch for
agricultural vote +
SE
Missourian: Missouri gets $1.6M in federal dollars for flood
damage +
ESPNw (women): McCaskill and Gillibrand make Top 25
list for sexual assault work, earn flattering Marvel cartoon
"superhero" image of themselves
The Missouri Times: Heidi Cruz puts husband Ted on
Missouri ballot
KC Star: Sam Graves endorses Ted Cruz +
P-D: Former Kinder campaign manager Logan Thompson got
$64k in unreported payments from campaign
KWMU: Updated: Kinder alerts federal authorities
to financial discrepancies in some campaign reports
Missourinet: Missouri gov candidates oppose elected ag
secretary
The Missouri Times: Judy Baker formally announces bid
for state treasurer
KWMU: Former legislator Judy Baker launches Democratic
bid for Missouri treasurer
Drebes: Team Nixon, legislators set to battle over
consensus revenue estimate
Missourinet: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis), says he'd
like to move on after 'right to work' PQ move, but says some members of
his caucus still emotional
The Missouri Times: Will Kraus pre-files two bills on
election fraud
Missourinet: GOP senators, Newman offer gun-related
legislation
The Missouri Times: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
files 'Good Samaritan' protection bill
CDT: Missouri State Teachers Association sets
legislative priorities X
Columbia Missourian: Middleton appoints two Caucasoid
interim vice presidents
SNL: MSU hires outside investigator to review
allegations of 'racist treatment' X
P-D: Cost of riverfront football stadium to top $1.01
billion
St. Joseph News-Press: Wind project raises concerns X
JCNT: Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) sponsors "Toby's
Law"; Drunk drivers would pay for mandatory, court-approved
Victim Impact Panel X
KC Star: Gas chamber raised by Missouri inmates as
possible execution method; Attorneys for rapist/murderer say
firing squad would likely be met with GOP legislature's approval +
P-D: Feds say Coldwater Creek contamination buried,
won't cause danger; Corps to hold meeting tomorrow to present
facts and science, hear complaints and theories
KWMU: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finds low-level
radiation at three more houses and four businesses near Coldwater Creek
Columbia Missourian: Missouri hunters harvest nearly
10,000 deer during antlerless firearms seasons
Missourinet: Latest Missouri CWD case could lead to
another 'management zone'; Effective practices keep
disease-carrying animals from invading other areas
KWMU: At final meeting, Ferguson Commission looks to
leaders - and St. Louisans - to carry out its work
P-D: Ferguson Commission asks FOCUS St. Louis to
continue its work
P-D: Man who hacked St. Louis County police union gets
18 months; Criminal used three "Rebel but Gangster" or "RbG Black
Rebels" accounts
AP: "Operation Ferguson" member gets 18 months for
hacking Missouri police union website
P-D: Obituary: Donald Gralike, former Missouri
lawmaker and electrical union president, dies at 86; Democrat was
defeated by "Dick Gebhart [sic]"
in 1978 congressional primary UPDATE:
Fixed, with no attribution
KC Star editorial: Missouri courts must crack down on
unscrupulous debt collectors +
KC Star letter: Blue Springs woman says Sam Graves and
his cronies live in a privileged bubble, are wrong about Obamacare +
P-D letter: Easter Seals CEO says Nixon denies
critical need of people with developmental disabilities
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Nixon doing heroic work
to rein in municipalities
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Monday, December
7 Pearl
Harbor Day
The Hill: Dems threaten Reid tax deal;
McCaskill: "How are we ever going to get tax reform if we keep
giving out goodies at Christmas?"
KWIX (Moberly): Audio: Luetkemeyer on mass
shootings and those who push to "take all the guns away"
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Obamacare's partisan
problem; Author Joe Klein on Eric Greitens; Nixon on
gender-pay executive order +
P-D: Area congressional delegation's votes for the week
SE
Missourian: Congressional votes for the week +
P-D: St. Louis-area groups 'strongly condemn' San
Bernardino violence
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: Logan
Thompson and Kinder cash; Missouri Farm Bureau forum
nuggets; Anne Zerr vs. Bill Eigel; Updates on Robert
Knodell, Scott Dieckhaus and Jon Ratliff; More
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Chris
Koster; Panel of Richard McIntosh, Crystal Brinkley, Elijah
Haahr, Steve Tilley talk governor's race, urban earnings tax, more
Missourinet:
Video: Missouri Farm Bureau's gubernatorial candidate
forum: Chris Koster, Catherine Hanaway, Eric Greitens, Peter
Kinder, John Brunner
Missourinet: Candidates for governor talk
transportation at Missouri Farm Bureau forum
Missourinet: Hanaway, Kinder criticize MU protest
response at latest forum
AP: Koster, GOP gov hopefuls speak at Farm Bureau forum
Drebes: Catalyst Group lobbyists sign up fantasy
sports sites Fanduel, DraftKings as clients
JCNT: MoDOT features Jeff City alum's pitch for safe
roads X
Missourinet: Bills prompted by Ferguson are priorities
for Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis)
P-D: Was homeowner's decision to defend his property
and eliminate young thief a reasonable one? A look at Missouri's
Castle Doctrine
KWMU: Callaway nuclear plant union warns of possible
strike
Gateway Journalism Review: Post-Dispatch names new
editorial page editor to replace Tony Messenger
P-D editorial: Another legislative session provides
another chance to fix it; Throw out term limits, shrink size of
House
JCNT editorial: Enhanced officer training helps
everyone X
SNL editorial: Public petition wrong avenue for
discrimination complaints X
JCNT letter: Eldon man commends Blunt for supporting
cancer research X
P-D letter: Editorial wrongly assigns blame in boy's
death; Budding criminal and thieving pals are solely to blame
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Sunday, December 6
SNL: Blunt defends expansion of visa waivers as others
seek restrictions to program X
KWMU: Local "guerrilla/street artist" helps Syrian
refugees by glueing her mural posters on twelve (12) urban alleyways,
storefronts
SE
Missourian: Replacement of No Child Left Behind law draws mixed
reaction; Comments from U.S. Rep. Jason Smith +
Columbia Missourian: Two proposals for November 2016
ballot aim to legalize medical marijuana
Missourinet: Livestream today at 3 p.m.:
Missouri governor candidates at Missouri Farm Bureau forum
AP: Promises of a positive Missouri governor's race
questioned; Brunner campaign says it did not leak audio of
private conversation to media
The Missouri Times: Kinder's report shows over $68,000
to Logan Thompson unreported
Drebes:
Greta Bax to become new chief of staff to House Minority Leader Rep.
Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis)
KWMU: Planned Parenthood supporters turn out 100 for
city rally; Activist Ellen Dempsher: "Having unprotected
sex - that was my bad choice. Having an abortion was the good choice."
JCNT: Ron Richard to Chris Koster: Fight harder
against Planned Parenthood X
SNL: Ozarks-area lawmakers begin filing legislation X
CDT: University of Missouri interim President Mike
Middleton appoints interim vice presidents: White female for HR,
white male for academic affairs X
JCNT: Lincoln University issues press release
congratulating itself on second year of meeting state standards;
36.8% of freshmen manage to earn 24 credit hours their first year X
SNL: Students talk demands at MSU; One dozen
angry students express displeasure with media, also insist they were
complaining about race before Mizzou students gained spotlight X
JCNT: State still making an effort to be a "Top 10"
education state by 2020; Comments from DESE's Sarah Potter X
Columbia Missourian: Nearly two dozen attend early
Kwanzaa celebration aimed at teaching community about the importance of
holiday's values; Youngsters gyrate to dulcet tones of Silento's
"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"
CDT: Child day care centers in Columbia undergo strict
state scrutiny X
P-D: Ex-cons-in-the-workforce series: Former
dope dealer cleans up his act, chooses to work for a living
P-D: Ex-cons-in-the-workforce series: Former
dope dealer chooses to work for a living - beginning with $8- and
$9-an-hour jobs - and progresses through ironworkers apprenticeship
program
West Plains Daily Quill: Missouri Department of
Agriculture to hold public meeting to discuss change to beef checkoff
program
JCNT editorial: Mizzou - and other state schools -
should end the sham of giving celebrities "honorary degrees" X
JCNT editorial: Missouri health care group endorse
opiod cautions X
CDT's Water: Cosby lesson shows the danger of honorary
degrees X
P-D letter: Shrewsbury man responds to outsourced
"freelance editorialists" editorial on GOP and Planned Parenthood
P-D letter: St. Louis man says bad stadium deal keeps
changing for the worse
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Saturday, December 5
P-D: Hillary Clinton to campaign next Friday in St.
Louis
NY Times: Not even catharsis is seen in Senate vote to
repeal health law; Comments from Blunt
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill aims to right postal
finances; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
X
KWMU: Foundation being laid for St. Louis 'Promise
Zone'; Achieving "alarmingly high unemployment, crime and
mortality rates" moves poor communities to the front of the line for
federal taxpayer dollars
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau forum to feature all
candidates for governor; Missourinet will livestream Sunday
afternoon
CDT: Kinder campaign revises campaign reports over
$50,000 discrepancy X
KWMU: Kinder alerts federal authorities to financial
discrepancies in some campaign reports
The Missouri Times: Kinder claims staff
misappropriated funds; Response from Barklage & Knodell
AP: Kinder says campaign money was misspent;
Response from David Barklage
P-D: Kinder says campaign money was misspent
SE
Missourian: 'Community champs' David Limbaugh and Gary Rust
interviewed at Chamber event +
AP: GOP Sens. Brian Munzlinger, Bob Dixon propose
lifting gun ban at colleges
The Missouri Times: Rowden pre-files legislation to
cut lobbying ties between legislators
P-D's Joe Holleman: Local teachers union tweet trips
over a real toughy: "there" versus "their"
KC Star: Missouri lawmaker begin filing bills for 2016 +
KWMU: Missouri legislators expect to focus on
abortion, and University of Missouri, in new session
CDT: University of Missouri lobbying team loses
newly-hired director; System will still receive services from
Andy Blunt at bargain $10,000/month X
KWMU: "Black Power" dean's behavior plays key role in
helping Harris-Stowe lose a second seven-figure bias suit; Money
won't come from Harris-Stowe, but rather taxpayer-supported state legal
expense fund
P-D: Harris-Stowe loses another costly discrimination
case
P-D: Task force leans on Missouri for last bit of
stadium financing
P-D: NFL officially sends deadline letter to St. Louis
stadium task force
AP: Nixon thanks NFL for providing timeline
P-D: Ameren suspends plans for huge solar farm along
I-70
KFVS: Missouri Department of Conservation says male
deer fell victim to Chronic Wasting Disease
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation: As
fall winds down, many "outdoorsman's thoughts (turn) to chasing
cottontails" X
AP: Governor orders state agencies to study "gender
wage gap"
Missourinet: Nixon's order calls for equal pay to
close "gender wage gap"
Missourinet: Gals' group praises equal pay
order; Comments from Women's Foundation CEO Wendy Doyle
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs executive order which
seeks to close "gender wage gap"
ProPublica: "Journalism in the Public Interest":
To address "race gap", Koster pushes debt collection "fixes"
Wall Street Journal op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's
Blake Hurst: How wind farms blow away rights on real farms (link
via @MattBlunt on Twitter)
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area woman says Graves
is a hypocrite for calling himself "pro-life" and opposing Syrian
refugees X
P-D letter: St. Louis man suggests that lawmakers who
support free flow of Syrian refugees should let a few move in with them
P-D letter: St. Charles man says right-wing media,
left-wing activist groups were mere bit players in Mizzou's tragic
comedy - and the Post-Dispatch should be ashamed for not doing a better
job covering the real story
P-D letter: Warson Woods man responds to letter
regarding parents not wanting their kids to become cops because of
anti-police sentiment
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Friday, December 4
Missourinet: Missouri's congressional delegation
supports passage of federal highway bill
St. Joseph News-Press: House pushes through highway
bill; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt, Graves X
Kraske: The Chat: Hartzler on highway
bill; KC Chamber's Jim Heeter on Schaefer's "mean-spirited"
effort to axe earnings tax +
Missourinet: Mid-Missouri Fellowship for
Reconciliation, others call for Missouri to take Syrian refugees
CDT: Mid-Missouri Fellowship for Reconciliation,
others call for U.S. to keep accepting Syrian refugees;
Septuagenarian compares anti-refugee sentiment to anti-Semitism X
JCNT: Missouri Faith Voices, others: Welcoming
refugees, security are not incompatible X
KWMU: Group encourages self-described "artists"
failing to earn significant income to sign up for Obamacare
KC Star: Claire McCaskill calls for more gun control +
Kraske: John Brunner recording - then releasing -
private phone call with Eric Greitens was "blatant deception, an
ethically bankrupt tactic" +
Missourinet: Missouri Republicans file ethics
proposals for 2016 session
P-D: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) seeks to
eliminate St. Louis City earnings tax
CDT: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) offers
sarcastic "72-hour waiting period" for gun purchases X
CDT: Bills filed to allow concealed weapons on
Missouri campuses X
CDT: Student senate calls for official statement on
Melissa Click's behavior at race demonstration
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P-D: University of Missouri's interim leader says race
issues can't fester
The Missouri Times: David Smith declines
government-affairs job at University of Missouri, will remain at Anthem
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
SNL: Pal of top black MSU official alleges his friend
receives "racist treatment"; Local NAACP distances itself from
Du'Sean Howard's online petition X
KC Star: In a switch, Kansas City district will
sponsor new charter school +
The Missouri Times: Proponents of Missouri
Non-Discrimination Act to give bill another go in 2016
The Missouri Times: Nixon to announce "equal pay" plan
at Women's Foundation luncheon
Missourinet: Disease deadly to deer found in fifth
Missouri county
KWMU: Inspired by Ferguson riots and aftermath, Koster
wants to halt "abusive" debt collection procedures; Adults who
have chosen to take on debt and not repay in timely manner would get
more leeway
P-D: Koster seeks to stop "abusive" tactics in
recovering debt from deadbeats
KWMU: Organization for Black Struggle, sympathizers
call for public hearing once consent decree is filed
Columbia Journalism Review: P-D "freelance
editorialists" editorials penned by man in Oregon; Post-Dispatch
offers disclaimer, while KC Star does not; Comments from P-D's
Kevin Horrigan, KC Star's Steve Paul
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri should do
what we can to help Syrian refugees, but security concerns must be
addressed
P-D editorial: The penalty for being a stupid kid
shouldn't be death; Thoughts on Castle Doctrine and case of man
who eliminated thief
KC Star editorial: Editorial board seeks reader ideas
for reducing gun violence +
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Gun issue will be
with us forever; Many people avoid St. Louis City and other
violent areas X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Conversation
about race must continue; Local group that sits around and talks
about race will totally make a difference
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man says guns, not Syrian
refugees, are the biggest danger to Missourians
Washington Missourian letter: Ron Fitzwater on onerous
pseudoephedrine restrictions X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman suggests more money be
spent on early childhood education
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Thursday, December 3
Missourinet: Blunt: President underestimates
ISIS; McCaskill defends Obama
Columbia Missourian: Inside the refugee resettlement
process: Screening for terrorists, providing taxpayer-funded
"support services" and handouts, more
KWMU: Missouri needs matching funds to maximize
benefits of transportation plan
CDT: Peaceworks, Grass Roots Organizing, et al. to
show "Capitalism vs. the Climate" documentary at MU tonight X
Kraske: The Chat: Springfield parks director on
losing federal funds; Will Kraus on voter ID +
The Missouri Times: Jack Danforth endorses Mike Parson
over Bev Randles in GOP lieutenant governor primary
The Missouri Times: Tishaura Jones endorses Jake
Zimmerman over Teresa Hensley in Dem attorney general primary
The Missouri Times: Robert Knodell selected as new
HRCC executive director
JCNT: Capital City holiday cheer includes candlelight
tour of Governor's Mansion, other events; Photo of young boys
peeping into "Living Windows" at ballerina X
St. Joseph News-Press: Gun background checks hit
record high; Gun-store owner: "People want to keep
themselves safe, that's what it is." X
SNL: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) files bill to
allow concealed carry on Missouri campuses X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt files aggressive tax cut
bill
The Missouri Times: Schaefer targets KC, STL earnings
taxes
KC Star: Mayor Sly James, other KC officials oppose
effort to restrict tax revenue +
CDT: Order blocking Planned Parenthood license
revocation will stand until late December X
Missourinet: Judge extends order allowing Columbia
Planned Parenthood to keep license
AP: Missouri clinic to keep abortion license during
court battle
The Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood earns a small
victory in keeping license at Columbia affiliate
CDT: Abortion activists can use amplifier at Planned
Parenthood, city attorney tells court X
Missourinet: First bill stemming from Missouri Planned
Parenthood hearings filed
CDT: Bill filing opens with proposals on unions,
ethics and weapons on campus X
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers prefile bills X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt announces legislative
package for more disclosure on higher education classes
CDT: MU creates combined Office for Civil Rights and
Title IX X
Columbia Missourian: MU creates Office of Civil Rights
and Title IX
The Maneater: Multicultural Center hosts Allyship Week
amidst campus tensions; College males preparing to become
real-world men contemplate "feelings"
The Maneater: Bowen Loftin leaves one contract and
enters another
P-D: St. Louis Community College enrollment in 25-year
free fall
KWMU: Schmitt seeks to expand new municipal overhaul
measure
The Missouri Times: Pearce, House members move to ban
texting while driving
KWMU: Aldermen reject legislative effort to force
public vote on stadium financing
KWMU: With no way to track users, Missouri medical
associations try to cut back on narcotics prescriptions
P-D: Federal study to look at Coldwater Creek link to
illness; North County native/amateur epidemiologist: "We
all know we've been contaminated. We don't need a department to come in
and let us know."
SE
Missourian: Butler County Publishing purchases Dexter Daily
Statesman and North Stoddard Countian +
JCNT editorial: Secretary of State Jason Kander warns
Missourians to beware of identity-thieving online crooks X
KC Star editorial: Editorial board looking for area
denizens who made "notable difference" in community this year +
CDT's Waters: On state legislature and home rule for
Columbia X
P-D's Ben Hochman: Q: How can St. Louis be a
loser in NFL deal? A: Cash rules everything around
Kroenke's mustache.
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Wednesday, December 2
St. Joseph News-Press: President, Congress continue
energy tussle; Comments from Blunt X
The Missouri Times: Ameren shows negative impact of
federal regulations at community meeting
The Missouri Times. State Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
hosts citizens concerned about Clean Power Plan
KWMU: Blunt, McCaskill provisions included in highway
funding bill
P-D: Tentative highway bill has St. Louis-area imprint
SNL: New post puts U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler at center
of abortion debate X
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith's Chief of Staff Josh Haynes
leaves to take new job with health care company +
KC Star: Jessica Podhola, union official and former
exec director of Jackson County Dems, will challenge J.J. Rizzo in
primary +
Drebes:
Cheri Toalson Reisch to seek GOP nomination for Caleb Rowden's House
seat
JCNT: Medicaid panel seeks 'a Missouri solution' X
Missourinet: State lawmakers begin pre-filing bills
for 2016 session
Columbia Missourian: More than 200 bills pre-filed for
2016 legislative session
KWMU: Schaefer seeks to eliminate St. Louis and Kansas
City's earnings tax
KC Star: Kurt Schaefer takes aim at KC earnings tax +
Missourinet: Primary seat belt, texting-while-driving
bans proposed to Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield),
Human Trafficking Task Force prepare legislation for 2016
The Missouri Times: Schmitt pre-files bill to continue
municipal court overhaul
P-D: Schmitt's bill would further limit municipal
court revenue
CDT: Judge blocks state from revoking Columbia
abortion clinic's license X
JCNT: Grief, rage on Capitol steps; Five (5)
Planned Parenthood supporters display daisy chain of feminist unity,
solidarity X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Lottery Commission
receives 'good' marks on audit
KWMU: Jennings schools celebrate accreditation;
Riverview and St. Louis Public Schools must wait
P-D: Jennings schools boast of improvement: 40
percent of North County youngsters manage to pass reading tests, and
less than 27 percent passed math tests
Columbia Missourian: New initiative at MU creates
"safe space"; Young adults preparing for real world can curl up
on couches and ottomans, talk about their feelings and be "validated
and heard"
KC Star: Unofficial Mizzou 'White Student Union'
raises hackles +
CDT: Organization works to restore MU's image after
damage done by race histrionics X
SNL: MSU responds to 'demands' from minority student
groups, announces actions; Placation tactics include "anti-bias"
teams, attempts to find qualified minority job applicants, etc. X
KWMU: Federal health agency to visit North County
today, hear tales from those who attribute their health maladies to
Coldwater Creek radiation
KWMU: New training standards for Missouri law officers
include "implicit bias recognition," etc.
AP: Atchison County sheriff says sitting through
racial-bias lectures means time away from real police work
KWMU: St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar says it
will be years before exact understanding of "Ferguson effect"
KC Star editorial: Anti-abortion intimidation ripples
through Missouri, elsewhere; Kurt Schaefer holds hostile hearings +
P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:
Republicans' pathetic response to Planned Parenthood shooting;
Kurt Schaefer singlehandedly intimidated University of Missouri System
CDT's Waters: Nicole Galloway: Local girl done
good X
KC Star's Diuguid: Sexagenarian columnist wants
readers to know about his workout regimen ("1 1/2 hours, five days a
week religiously since 1972"), offers thoughts on obesity, love of
McDonald's and Church's chicken and barbecue, more +
P-D letter: St. Louis woman suggests improvements to
Missouri's system for applying for handouts, making it easier to hop on
the dole
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis says he doesn't want his
son to be a cop thanks to "freakshow folks at 'lives matter'" groups
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Tuesday, December 1
SNL: Lapse of federal conservation fund puts Missouri
park projects in limbo; Comments from McCaskill and Blunt staff,
MO state parks director Bill Bryan
Columbia Missourian/PolitiFact: Blunt's claim about
future demand for food rated "True"
The Missouri Times: Heidi Cruz to make Missouri stops
on Monday
Kraske: The Chat: Nicole Galloway's soft launch
of 2018 campaign; Brad Ketcher on lack of GOP appetite for ethics
overhaul
The Missouri Times: Secretary of state candidate Will
Kraus says voter ID is his top priority, says requirement is "common
sense"
AP: Higher education leaders drop plans for cigarette
tax hike
Drebes:
Missouri Senate staff changes: Drew Dampf, Diane Lindsay, Heidi
Geisbuhler
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Jeanette
Mott Oxford of Missourians for Social Welfare - rebranded as Empower
Missouri - on her career, opposition to stadium projects, desire to
raise taxes on those achieving a high income, minority traffic stops,
more
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers spar in hearing on
refugee assistance
Missourinet: Video: Missouri House, Senate joint
hearing on state role in refugee assistance
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers question vetting of Syrian
refugees
CDT: Missouri legislative committees question
officials about refugees
AP: Missouri lawmakers question money for refugee
resettlement
The Missouri Times: Republicans and Democrats battle
in hearing over Syrian refugees
The Missouri Times: Democrats offer 'plan to keep
Missourians safe,' call GOP plan a 'do-nothing approach'
P-D: Missouri Republicans concerned about vetting of
Syrian refugees
JCNT: Lawmakers take 4 hours of testimony on refugees'
settling in Missouri
P-D: Intrigue at Rams park: Stan Kroenke meets
with Jay Nixon
Missourinet: Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)
accuses Nixon of withholding details on NFL stadium plan
Missourinet: Video: Missouri House hearing on
NFL stadium deal
The Missouri Times: Legislators question Office of
Administration on state stadium funding issues
P-D: Missouri lawmakers again raise problems with lack
of communication on stadium
KWMU: Nixon meets with Kroenke; still faces
opposition from GOP lawmakers over stadium funding plan
SE
Missourian: Missouri hunters bag 14 percent more deer in
November; DOC says controlling wild-animal population is good for
the state
P-D: 13-year-old thief, killed while stealing from car
in St. Louis, may test Missouri's 'Castle Doctrine'
AP: Planned Parenthood sues to keep Missouri clinic's
license
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood files lawsuit to try
and continue offering abortion at Columbia facility
Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood turns out 150
for rally; National Organization for Women, others yell "M-I-Z!
Shame on you!"
CDT: Demonstrators take abortion debate to University
of Missouri campus
Columbia Missourian: City will determine whether MU's
Melissa Click is prosecuted for assault
KWMU: Despite state funding cuts, St. Louis-based
Parents as Teachers helps prepare families to educate children
KWMU: State school board to consider accreditation
upgrade requests for three St. Louis area districts
P-D: New program at Riverview Gardens seeks to improve
graduation rates
JCNT: Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles) targets boat wakes
KC Star: As poverty and hunger grow in Warrensburg,
agencies try a new approach; Church groups, others provide help
for the downtrodden
SE
Missourian: Judge's ruling advances road project; land
dispute involves Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau)
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Hanaway makes headway
with reasonable transportation-funding plan
P-D op-ed: Peter Raven: Chris Koster, other
Missouri leaders should switch positions and support Obama's Clean
Power Plan
Shelly: Intimidation wins so far in Mizzou, Planned
Parenthood saga
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Nearly a thousand
(1,000) words on memories of Mizzou's Kellen Winslow, race divisions,
failure of Columbia's black population to achieve higher salaries, more
P-D letter: St. Louis man says city police chief isn't
to blame for "a bunch of malfeasants with guns running around killing
each other"
JCNT letter: Jefferson City Caucasoid not offended by
"honky" or "cracker," suggests oversensitive types learn to control
their emotions
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