February 28, 2019
P-D: Congressional briefs: Blunt on emergency
declaration; Clay on "Green New Deal"; 82-year-old Jack
Danforth, who left Senate 24 years ago, weighs in on legislation X
Missourinet: Clay garners national spotlight for
questioning of Cohen
P-D: Clay seizes spotlight, says Trump will be
prosecuted for bank fraud X
P-D: Farm slump holds down third-quarter GDP in
Missouri X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt names M. Keithley Williams
coordinator of Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
Columbia Missourian: Schmitt appoints leader of Sexual
Assault Kit Initiative
P-D: Schmitt spearheads effort to clear rape-kit
testing backlog X
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Jon
Patterson (R-Lee's Summit)
CDT: DOR Director Joel Walters changes story about
refund issue, credits Fitzpatrick for correcting him X
Columbia Missourian: Lower-income families hit by
state's tax mix-up
The Missouri Times: Senate compromises on tort
overhaul following filibuster
The Missouri Times: House gives omnibus abortion bill
overwhelming approval
KWMU: House approves sweeping pro-life bill
AP:
House passes pro-life legislation
Columbia Missourian: Abortion bill heads to Senate,
where another fight looms
P-D: Pro-life legislation headed for showdown in Senate X
JCNT: Bill from Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) would
let Pharmacy Board experiment with technology
X
SNL: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) wants to give
school districts the freedom to add elective Bible classes X
P-D: Missouri children are waiving their right to
legal counsel. That's a problem, some lawmakers say X
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O'Fallon)
wants to do away with property taxes; Some colleagues worry about
effect on school funding
JCNT: Bill from Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) would
allow some child death statistics to be public information X
Joplin Globe: New human trafficking poster law to take
effect X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Rep. Mary
Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) statement on sex trafficking and life
expectancy rated "False"
The Missouri Times: House committee advances proposal
for funding convention, sports centers
KWMU: Q&A regarding activist complaints about coal
ash
containment
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Bridge program isn't
a long-term fix
JCNT editorial: Stronger carjacking laws would make
streets safer X
Joplin Globe editorial: Give student journalists a
voice with Walter Cronkite New Voices Act X
P-D editorial: Don't deny newspapers ad revenue from
public notices X
CDT op-ed: Alzheimer's Association of Greater
Missouri's Jerry Dowell: Alzheimer's families need state support X
P-D letter: SEIU activist: Legislature wrong for
seeking minimum-wage adjustments X
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February 27, 2019
AP:
Hawley to meet with Trump nominee Neomi Rao prior to committee vote
KC Star: Hawley campaign offers to pay back state $27
in incidental travel expenses from 2017 X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Phil
Christofanelli (R-St. Peters) talks with Rosenbaum about the Nexus of
Internet sales tax, as well as charter schools and Clean Missouri
The Missouri Times: DOR proposes $263k net reduction
to department budget
Missourinet: Missouri House oversight committee to
hold third hearing on DOR tax issue today
The Missouri Times: House moves forward with
'strongest pro-life bill in the country'
KC Star: After emotional debate, Missouri House poised
to pass 'strongest pro-life bill' in U.S. X
AP: Missouri House advances pro-life legislation
SNL: Missouri House passes baby-heartbeat bill, with
additional provisions added on X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House members debate,
amend abortion bill
P-D's Kurt Erickson: Missouri House moves closer to
passing pro-life legislation; Comments from Rep. Nick Schroer of
"St. Charles [sic]" X
SNL: Wallingford, Onder see budget savings in
tax-credit adjustment X
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) could elevate student voter to Board of Curators
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Emery's number
on Missouri impeachments against judges needs more context
Missourinet: Oh, the things you'll find in Missouri's
Unclaimed Property division: Clown suit, ski mask and handgun,
other treasures
SE
Missourian: Missouri Budget Project study promotes benefits of
SNAP handouts +
SNL: Missouri medical marijuana cards: Answers
to frequently asked questions X
KC Star: Missouri Supreme Court rules in favor of
transgender student in Blue Springs case; Girl began demanding to
be treated as a boy in fourth grade, sued school district over being
blocked from boys' locker room X
AP: Missouri Supreme Court sides with girl who wants
to dress with boys in locker room
P-D: LGBTQIA* groups cheer Missouri Supreme Court
ruling X
P-D editorial: Taxpayers should foot the bill for
female criminals' tampons X
P-D letter: Ameren President Michael Moehn says
Post-Dispatch piece on coal ash lacked accuracy and context X
P-D letter: Oakland man wants Koenig to stop
supporting charter schools and start advocating for workforce
development X
P-D letter: Clayton sexagenarian opposes GOP
lawmakers' state tax cuts X
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February 26, 2019
KWMU: Above-normal chance of major flooding in
Missouri this spring
KC Star: Some conservative groups urge Hawley to
support Trump nominee X
P-D: Judicial Crisis Network wants Hawley to support
Trump nominee X
KC Star: Hawley to speak on tech industry at CPAC X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau's Janie
Dunning: Federal money for rural broadband a big help
P-D: Onetime St. Louis County resident admits sending
money to terrorists overseas; Bosnian man and family rallied
support for Islamic State X
St. Joseph News-Press: On bridge tour, Lt. Gov. Mike
Kehoe highlights state's needs: "You don't do a mic drop in
Northwest Missouri. You do a bridge drop."
SE
Missourian: Bill from Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau)
aims to boost military jobs +
P-D: Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby), Rep. Curtis Trent
(R-Springfield) want redistricting czar to accept input from public X
Missourinet: Schmitt, GOP lawmakers take steps to
fight carjackings in Missouri
KWMU: Carjackers could get 10 years to life in prison
under proposed law
P-D: Proposed Missouri law would better track,
consistently sentence carjackers, backers say
X
AP:
Schmitt supporting statute aimed at slowing carjackings
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider awareness
training, Internet's role in human trafficking
JCNT: House Democrats hold press conference, list
qualms with GOP legislation; Comments from House Superminority
Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) X
CDT: Insurance therapy bill makes headway in the House X
KWMU: Missouri utilities deal with unpredictable
regulatory environment, incessant complaints from activists
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Legislature attacks
Sunshine Law
JCNT editorial: Lawmakers should support
Bernskoetter's bill to increase poaching penalties X
Joplin Globe editorial: Bill moves to reduce prison
population X
P-D editorial: Parson should pardon woman who hired
hitman to murder husband X
KC Star letter: Town and Country woman wants Cleaver,
Graves and Hartzler to join Ann Wagner in fight against tuberculosis X
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February 25, 2019
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Roy Blunt on
Trump, tariffs, rural broadband, filibusters, more; Panel of
Brittany Robbins, Joe Lakin, Reps. David Gregory (R-St. Louis County)
and Raychel Proudie (D-Ferguson) on Blunt, Dem presidential candidates,
Parson and workforce development, Better Together, more
Missourinet: Blunt, Cleaver weigh in on Trump's
emergency declaration
Reuters: How a Missouri Supreme Court ruling could
help Johnson & Johnson defeat St. Louis talc lawsuits
AP:
National Weather Service: High flood risk in Missouri this spring
SNL: Here's what you need to know about the trouble
with Missouri taxes this year X
P-D: Parson's 'Fast Track' scholarship program slowed
by budget concerns, skeptics X
St. Joseph News-Press: Video: Sen. Dan Hegeman
(R-Cosby) seeks to add transparency to new redistricting process
Missourinet: Missouri House could give final approval
today to fentanyl and date-rape drug legislation
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial thumbs-up to
ending required vehicle inspections
Joplin Globe: Legislators file bills to extend arts
district deadline X
CDT: Hickman sophomore aces ACT on first try;
Minority female chooses to work hard, achieves success X
SNL: Monster brown trout smashes Missouri records X
KC Star: Missouri Highway Patrol used special phone
call and messaging app during St. Louis-area riots X
Messenger: The accidental governor inherits a broken
budget. What is he to do? X
SNL letters: Ozark man and Springfield man oppose GOP
efforts to change voter-approved policies X
P-D letter: Multi-time Democratic candidate Glenn
Koenen says Missouri bureaucrats make people go hungry X
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February 24, 2019
KC Star: Parson named to Trump's bipartisan Council of
Governors
X
P-D: Fourth inmate's lawsuit says Missouri prison
guards groped her, and court filing says FBI is investigating X
JCNT: Scott Fitzpatrick settling in as state treasurer X
KC Star: Rep. Jon Carpenter (D-Gladstone) to run for
Clay County commission seat X
JCNT: $9 million worth of property seized statewide in
2018 criminal activity X
KWMU: Missouri medical marijuana hopefuls have already
earned state $3 million; Comments from Missouri Medical Cannabis
Trade Association's Jack Cardetti
CDT: Medical marijuana rules move ahead X
St. Joseph News-Press: Legal weed leaves employees
unprotected
CDT: Hemp rules likely to allow cultivation for 2020
growing season; Rep. Rick Francis (R-Perryville) hopes to cut red
tape X
The Missouri Times - Clayton edition: Lt. Gov. Mike
Kehoe, Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) tour local brewery, part
of 'Buy Missouri' program
JCNT: Bill from Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) would
give the poor access to hearing aids X
P-D: A private school turns charter, 20 years after
the first charter schools opened in Missouri
X
KWMU: A successful St. Louis City charter school has
big plans to grow
KRES/KWIX: State Ag Director Chris Chinn speaks to FFA
chapters at Western Farm Show in Kansas City
P-D: Activists unhappy with plan to bring regulatory
authority over coal ash to state - rather than federal - officials X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's Title IX
bill a work in progress
Keller: Deja vu all over again with property tax credit X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian dismayed
that Missouri voters keep electing Republicans
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February 23, 2019
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Blunt, Smith herald mental-health services
project at FCC Behavioral Clinic +
KC Star: FBI and DOJ investigating Missouri prison
where workers are accused of sexual assault X
The Missouri Times: Bruce Franks promotional video
plays at Montana indy film festival; 28-minute clip documents
Franks' valiant efforts against "overwhelmingly white and Republican
Missouri House of Representatives," hits the big screen at Missoula
Elks Lodge
AP:
Greitens subpoenaed in open records dispute
SNL: Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) says 'Stop
Socialism Act' will help protect businesses from government poaching X
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) opposes
charter-schools expansion bill +
Joplin Globe: Missouri explores legalized sports
betting X
The Missouri Times: National association supports
towing-law overhaul in Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill aims to track sex
offenders when moving between counties
CDT: Judge denies Planned Parenthood order to resume
Columbia abortions X
SNL: Free tampons for prison inmates? Missouri House
gives initial yes X
The Missouri Times: House Democrats plan Monday news
conference to discuss blocking GOP legislation
JCNT editorial: Claim your unclaimed property X
Messenger: Public defender alleges Missouri judge is
ignoring double jeopardy protections X
SNL letters: Springfield man says Blunt is soft on
illegal aliens; Kimberling City sexagenarian opposes Taylor's
retirement-fund choice bill and GOP efforts to protect constituent
privacy X
P-D letter: Frontenac man wants Blunt, Hawley and
Wagner to oppose Trump's border wall funding
X
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian feminist
expresses anger at Missouri Right to Life for opposing ERA X
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says Messenger, editorial
board demonstrate paper's liberal bias X
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February 22, 2019
P-D: Blunt talks border-wall funding scenarios X
P-D: Parson honors British man who spent decades
remembering St. Louis pilot's sacrifice X
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Dale
Wright (R-Farmington)
The Missouri Times: Farm Bureau legislative briefing
previews future ag growth, legislator relationships
Brownfield Ag News: State ag department funding among
Missouri Farm Bureau priorities
CDT: Committee hears Parson bridge plan X
AP:
Missouri Senate votes to cap low-income housing tax credits
Columbia Missourian: Overview: Missouri
Legislature's pro-life bills
AP:
Missouri bill on minimum prison sentences heads to Senate
Columbia Missourian: For Missourians serving life
without parole, a second chance could be coming
P-D: Asset forfeiture without a conviction would be
banned under proposal from Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin)
CDT: New caucus formed to promote University of
Missouri X
Columbia Missourian: UM Caucus hoped to lead to better
relations between university and lawmakers
AP: Rowden, Razer form University of Missouri Caucus
St. Joseph News-Press: Universities struggle to find
balance between federal, state medical marijuana law
SNL: Medical marijuana forum coming to Springfield X
Joplin Globe: Missouri American Water Co.'s filing
will bring regulators into reservoir plan for first time X
SNL: DNR plans public meeting on TCE pollution X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Stop the initiative
petition madness
KC Star editorial: Bible classes don't belong in
Missouri's public high schools X
JCNT editorial: Increase penalties for deadly drugs X
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri schools need CBD
policies now X
KC Star op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway:
Public corruption in Missouri must be investigated X
Keller: Without a fuel tax, toll roads may gain
traction X
Messenger: Supreme Court 'adds teeth' to criminal
justice reform in Missouri X
Washington Missourian letter: Labadie anti-Ameren
activist wants DNR to require 'clean closure' of ash ponds X
Washington Missourian letter: Pacific septuagenarian
disputes modern-day energy technology with memories of shoveling
fireplace ashes X
P-D letter: University City man opposes Lee
Enterprises decision to centralize newspaper layout work in Indiana,
attempts "hoosier" punchline X
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February 21, 2019
KC Star: Pelosi: Trump's move on border security
would divert millions from Missouri military projects X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Jason Smith
statement on overpaid federal workers rated "Mostly True"
The Missouri Times: Lucinda Luetkemeyer, Eddie Greim
join redistricting fight in SCOTUS
AP:
Schmitt investigates day care 'fight club'; Urban day care
workers caught on video encouraging children to assault each other
Missourinet: Schmitt launches investigation into St.
Louis City day care 'fight club'
P-D: 'Day care fight club' in St. Louis City will be
investigated by Schmitt; Workers Mickala Guliford and Tena Dailey
encouraged toddlers to batter each other in the face X
JCNT: Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick highlights unclaimed
property finds from safe deposit boxes X
The Missouri Times: Discussion with DOR regarding
withholding error continues in special committee
Missourinet: Walters: DOR has not done a good
job communicating about tax issue
P-D: Parson says some legislators are using DOR issue
to grandstand X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers tentatively remove $4
million from Fast Track allocation
The Missouri Times: House committee considers closed
primaries for Missouri elections
SNL: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) seeks to close
primaries X
AP:
Missouri bill targets fentanyl, date-rape drug possession
Missourinet: Missouri works to develop computer
science standards for K-12 schools
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Commission agrees they have Clean Line jurisdiction
The Missouri Times: What's happening in legal battle
between State Auditor Nicole Galloway and Clay County
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Medical Cannabis
Trade Association's Andrew Mullins: More medical marijuana profit
opportunities coming to Missouri
Priddy:
On felons voting, and memories of Bob Griffin (1,326 words)
KC Star letter: Kansas City woman says medical
marijuana will lead Missouri down a slippery slope of drug abuse X
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February 20, 2019
The Missouri Times: Missouri GOP to honor Ron Richard
with Lifetime Achievement Award
St. Joseph News-Press: Federal spending bill offers
some resources for region; Comments from Blunt
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Ocasio-Cortez's 'Green New Deal'
gets a co-sponsor: Lacy Clay, the University City "Republican [sic]" X
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler advocates for statewide
prescription drug monitoring program
KCUR: Steve Kraske among KC Star employees taking
buyouts; Veteran reporter/columnist to continue hosting KCUR's
"Up to Date"
P-D: Proposal from Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine
Neighbors) calls on legislators to oppose statewide vote on St. Louis
City-County merger X
The Missouri Times: Gun-control advocates rally at
Capitol
Joplin Globe: Joplin group joins Moms Demand Action
rally; Local ladies shuffle around Capitol, believe courtesy
meetings with legislators will make a difference X
JCNT: Moms Demand Action members take day trip to
Capitol, kibbitz about gun control X
The Missouri Times: During National FFA Week, Parson
and ag leaders talk workforce development
Brownfield Ag News: Governor's tractor ride kicks off
FFA Week
JCNT: Parson drives tractor to Capitol to support
Missouri FFA X
Washington Missourian: State, local officials welcome
Parson's transportation tour X
SE
Missourian: State senators roll out idea for video lottery
terminals; some fear they would hurt casino revenue +
SNL: Quade bill would wave fines and fees for some
taxpayers X
P-D: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) sponsors bill to allow
high schools to offer elective course on the Bible X
Columbia Missourian: House committee advances two
pro-life bills
Columbia Missourian: MU's Title IX officials oppose
changes to their processes
The Missouri Times: Committee hears proposed changes
to how colleges handle assault, sexual misconduct allegations
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers move to correct language
that placed added burden on community colleges
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Sen. Wayne Wallingford
(R-Cape Girardeau) would limit property tax credit to homeowners
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Bill would allow children with
disabilities outside autism spectrum to access funds
SNL: Bill from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would allow
feral hogs to be processed into food X
AP: Missouri House approves bill to revamp minimum
sentencing laws
AP: Missouri bill would require free tampons in prisons
Columbia Missourian: State education board meets to
hear updates from computer science work group
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools could be back under
jurisdiction of city school board in April
AP: Keystone restarts pipeline after repairing
Missouri leak
P-D editorial: Missouri Republican legislators wrong
on minimum wage X
Waters: Thoughts on Title IX, "Betsy DeVoss [sic]," and investigating assault
tales X
SE
Missourian Publisher Jon Rust: An update on Southeast
Missourian's changes in moderating comments +
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian seeks to
persuade Roy Blunt, Josh Hawley and Ann Wagner to oppose Trump by
calling them "cowards" X
P-D letter: Former Federal Reserve official John Tatom
says Legislature should not restore housing tax credits X
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February 19, 2019
Joplin
Globe: Ron Richard to be honored at Missouri Lincoln Days
celebration in St. Louis X
SE
Missourian: Kathy Swan, Holly Rehder to square off for state
Senate seat +
The
Missouri Times: MEC fines Virginia-based conservative group for
campaign finance violations during August primary
AP:
Tax incentive bill passes House, stalls in Senate
The
Missouri Times: House approves changes to competitive bidding on
state projects
JCNT:
Missouri Legislature's joint education committee hears about computer
science's potential future in state X
Columbia
Missourian: Flying a drone over a prison could get you a criminal
record of your own
P-D:
Missouri prisons and jails are one step closer to becoming no-drone
zones X
KWMU:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report says installing solar panels is
fastest-growing job in Missouri
P-D:
Better Together merger plan would lead to 'illegitimate' government,
UMSL's Terry Jones argues X
KSMU:
Two elk poached in Shannon County; MO Dept. of Conservation
seeking information
The
Missouri Times: Lawmakers talk Black History Month, related
legislation
Missourinet:
Rep. Tommie Pierson (D-St. Louis) wants Parson to hand out agency slots
to African-Americans
Columbia
Missourian: Pierson: Parson must prioritize handing out
appointments to African-Americans
P-D
editorial: West Lake Landfill cleanup is being studied to death
X
SNL
op-ed: League of Women Voters sexagenarian: Republicans
wrong to change Amendment 1 X
P-D
op-ed: SLU prof: Report card numbers don't tell the whole
story on Missouri schools X
SE Missourian
letter: Cape Girardeau Democratic Party leader angry at
Republicans over Amendment 1 cleanup efforts +
P-D
letter: Glendale septuagenarian mocks GOP legislators'
Christianity X
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February 18, 2019
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump rally draws fewer than
50 in Columbia; Featured speakers include 2018 electoral silver
medalists Renee Hoagenson and Michela Skelton
St. Joseph News-Press: From cattle to the
Capitol: Gov. Mike Parson reflects on past year
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. John Rizzo
(D-Independence) on initiative petitions, state revenue, Rowden's
leadership, more; Panel of Dem Reps. Greg Razer and Jon
Carpenter, Victor Callahan, KC Councilwoman Heather Hall on
transportation funding, Medicaid, initiative petitions, more
P-D: Savings from Missouri's tax credit shift are not
factoring into the budget X
Missourinet: Missouri House oversight committee plans
second hearing on Department of Revenue tax issue
Washington Missourian: Franklin County residents to
attend hearing on coal ash regulations X
Missourinet: Ameren Missouri undertakes major upgrades
expected to create thousands of jobs
KC Star editorial: Missouri voters have spoken on
'right to work' law. Why do Republicans want a do-over? X
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
Co-president Ruth Ehresman wants Missouri Republicans to expand Medicaid X
Washington Missourian letter: St. Clair woman opposes
charter school expansion X
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February 17, 2019
KCUR's Andrea Tudhope: Trump takes action on border
security; Thoughts from U.S. Reps. "Bill [sic] Graves," "Vicki [sic] Hartzler" Corrected
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Congressional action for the
week: Josh Hawley's home state corrected, without acknowledgment
of error X
P-D: Lee Enterprises, parent company of Post-Dispatch,
finds efficiencies; Eight union employees, including "copy
editors," sent
packing X
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: Holly Rehder plans run for state Senate +
JCNT: Food drive led by Gov. Parson and First Lady
Teresa Parson nets 3,000 pounds for food pantry X
Washington Missourian: Parson says bridge outside St.
Clair is worst he's seen on his statewide tour
X
Joplin Globe: Cunningham bill would adjust
minimum-wage rules X
SNL: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville): Able-bodied
adults should work for Medicaid X
SNL: GOP abortion bills focus on heartbeats, pain
sensitivity, other aspects of child's life X
JCNT: Dept. of Corrections officials say threats to
staff real, constant X
Joplin Globe: Medical pot poses policy issues for
schools; Comments from Missouri School Boards' Association's
Kelli Hopkins, others X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri School Boards'
Association's Brent Ghan shares thoughts on charter school expansion,
"tax credit voucher scheme"
P-D: Ameren reports strong interest in solar energy
'subscription' program X
Columbia Missourian: Meth makes a quiet resurgence in
Missouri; Mexicans succeed in pushing dope across border
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: A reality check on
Missouri marijuana
P-D editorial: Galloway's audit shows troubling signs
at Harris-Stowe; HBCU employees fritter away taxpayer dollars on
entertainment expenses, gift cards, club memberships, etc. X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should restore felons'
voting rights after prison X
KC Star editorial: Amazon won't come to Missouri until
state passes LGBTQIA* legislation X
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Post-Dispatch's
editorializing begins on front page X
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February 16, 2019
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Congressional action for the
week: Photo of AG nominee William Barr with Josh Hawley of
"Mississippi [sic]" X
P-D: Blunt says emergency declaration from Trump could
set negative precedent X
P-D: Hawley's attorneys say former AG shouldn't be
forced to be deposed in open-records case X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of Feb. 11, 2019
CDT: Rowden: Another gas tax try, then toll roads X
The Missouri Times: Dept. of Corrections launches new
website to track assaults on officers, major incidents
Joplin Globe: State association: Hospital's
online price lists confusing; Comments from Missouri Hospital
Association's Dave Dillon X
P-D: Missouri legislation would increase penalties for
wildlife crimes X
KWMU: Q&A on Better Together: Elements of
potential statewide vote, much more
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: February 14, 2019
The Missouri Times: Ameren unveils $5.3 billion grid
upgrade plan spurred by changes to utility laws
KWMU: Ameren to invest $5 billion to improve statewide
electrical grid
JCNT: Ameren launches 5-year 'upgrade' program X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider lower water,
sewer bills for low-income residents; Comments from Missouri
American Water's Jim Foley
KC Star op-ed: Sen. Roy Blunt: Misguided changes
to national liver allocation policy will hurt KC-area patients X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston): Fighting
the opioid crisis in rural America +
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Fairfax, Mo. hospital COO
Ann Schlueter: Let's reimagine rural health care in Missouri
KC Star letter: Kansas City sexagenarian wants Blunt
and Hawley to oppose border wall X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man wants state
legislation to prevent "surprise" medical bills X
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February 15, 2019
KC Star: Blunt, Hawley disagree on border compromise
bill X
P-D: Hawley votes 'no' on border security deal X
AP: State and federal officials expand efforts to
fight violent crime
Missourinet: Schmitt expands new program aimed at
violent crime
KWMU: Parson's bridge-repair barnstorming tour makes
stop in Jefferson County
KWMU: State aims to boost correctional officers' pay
to help fill vacancies
The Missouri Times: Hundreds share concerns,
expertise, recommendations on medical cannabis
The Missouri Times: Richardson addresses recent
Medicaid report at MO HealthNet Oversight Committee meeting
AP: Lawmakers ponder impact of abortion legislation on
federal Medicaid funding
The Missouri Times: Senate makes several changes to
controlled substances, drug-trafficking laws
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Sen. David Sater
(R-Cassville) would allow employers to test for medical marijuana
SNL: Bill from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would give
new teachers freedom to contribute to 401(k) accounts rather than
traditional pensions X
JCNT: Missouri joins 'Technology First' movement in
disability services X
AP: Conservation agents report elk poaching in Shannon
County
P-D editorial: Blunt exposes his hypocrisy with tweets
of outrage over Democrats' 'obstruction' X
CDT editorial: Lawmakers should not roll back minimum
wage X
P-D editorial: Medicaid eligibility crackdown pushes
out genuinely needy Missouri families X
SNL op-ed: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield): Missourians in for a tax-time surprise X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Mike Cunningham
(R-Rogersville): Missouri's new minimum wage prices youth out of
jobs
P-D op-ed: Race activist: Missouri's medical
marijuana licensing process needs racial quotas X
P-D letter: Missouri Association of Rehabilitation
Facilities' Erika Leonard wants more state money for those who work
with handicapped X
P-D letter: Sunset Hills liberal opposes GOP's state
tax cuts X
P-D letter: St. Charles Democrat, who lost state
Senate election to Bill Eigel, angry over GOP approach to Medicaid X
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February 14, 2019
Valentine's Day
KCUR: Local minimum wage activist Terrence Wise
testifies before U.S. House committee, claims he is the first person
with a job to speak to members of Congress
Joplin Globe: Joplin VA clinic to open its doors X
KCUR: A member of The Satanic Temple loses her
challenge to Missouri's abortion law
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court throws out pro-choice
challenge from The Satanic Temple
P-D: Missouri's high court tosses case alleging
abortion law violated Satanic Temple member's rights X
Columbia Missourian: Accessibility, local commerce
emphasized at medical marijuana forum
JCNT: Medical marijuana forum seeks regulation input X
KCUR: "Health clinic" opens doors months before
marijuana is available in Missouri; KC docs will certify
customers' ailments after $299 "consultation"
The Missouri Times: Parson, Schatz stress
infrastructure at annual Missouri Municipal League conference
JCNT: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe explains small business
successes X
SNL: Todd Graves leads push on 'right to work' petition X
The Missouri Times: Senators propose raising the
standard for petitions
Missourinet: Lawmakers criticize Missouri Dept. of
Revenue over tax calculation error
Joplin Globe: Lawmakers demand answers on potential
tax surprises X
Columbia Missourian: DOR criticized for tax
miscalculation, lack of transparency
JCNT: House committee begins exploring
revenue-withholding issues X
P-D: Tax refunds in Missouri lower this year after tax
changes, mistakes X
The Missouri Times: Amended low-income housing tax
credit fix perfected by the Senate
KC Star: Senate sets cap on low-income housing tax
credits X
P-D: Missouri Senate endorses tax credit plan axed by
Greitens X
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee's turn to
wrestle over proposed charter school expansion
Columbia Missourian: Secretary of state would have
subpoena power under House bill
The Missouri Times: House committee tackles joinder
venue bill
Columbia Missourian: Should able-bodied Medicaid
recipients have to work for coverage? Some senators say yes.
KCUR: Advocates still pushing for Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times: House begins vetting proposal to
move art council to lieutenant governor's office
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers ignoring will of
voters on minimum wage X
P-D letter: Ballwin man disagrees with Nicklaus on
film tax credits X
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February 13, 2019
Missourinet: Blunt has "real concern" about
withdrawals of troops in Syria and Afghanistan
KC Star: Trump wants more money for border security,
and Blunt knows where to look X
P-D: Blunt says Trump can find money for border
security X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Raychel
Proudie (D-Ferguson) talks with Rosenbaum about her opposition to Clean
Missouri and why it hurts African-Americans, more
AP:
Bill from Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby) would allow public to submit ideas
on redrawing district lines
The Missouri Times: Report says state could save up to
$1 billion annually in Medicaid costs
The Missouri Times: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Lake Saint
Louis) looks to transition Missouri away from income tax to consumption
tax
AP:
Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) says bill would protect constituent privacy
Columbia Missourian: Lawmaker wants to see more
veteran treatment courts in the state; Comments from "Rep. David
Evans (R-West [sic])"
SNL: House gives first approval to 'Hailey's Law' as
5-year anniversary nears X
Columbia Missourian: Legal sports gambling, video
lottery terminal bill loses momentum in Senate
The Missouri Times: Stakeholders ask for fix to
certificate of need laws, not repeal at public hearing
The Missouri Times: House committee hears bill
creating council on school safety
Missourinet: Democrats seek to change criminal
laws; Comments from House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield)
KWMU: Study of groundwater toxins planned for West
Lake Landfill
P-D editorial: Plan to undermine new minimum wage is
latest display of contempt for voters X
CDT's Philip Joens: Republicans attack minimum-wage
law from several directions - including bill from "Sen. Cindy
O'Laughlin (R-Hannibal [sic])" X
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February 12, 2019
Missourinet: Blunt says negotiations over shutdown
have stalled
KWMU: Better Together refiles statewide proposal with
Ashcroft's office
P-D: Better Together refiles statewide petition to
merge St. Louis City and St. Louis County X
Missourinet: Most state and county offices closed
today for Lincoln Day
Missourinet: Parson: Missouri must keep moving
forward on workforce development
P-D: Sen. Mike Cunningham (R-Rogersville) says his
proposed minimum-wage improvements can help young workers X
AP:
Missouri House passes bill for opioid prescription tracking
Columbia Missourian: House passes PDMP
P-D: New report recommends $1 billion in annual
savings with overhaul of Medicaid in Missouri
X
The Missouri Times: Scott Sifton makes Medicaid push
SNL: Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield) wants more
transparency on health care costs X
JCNT: Blind Missourians present 2019 agenda to
lawmakers X
SNL: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) says "this
could be the year" Hailey's Law passes X
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Missourian: Lawmakers mull early start dates for school districts +
P-D: Small St. Louis County police departments would
consolidate under House proposal X
SNL: DNR offers e-mail updates on Litton site
groundwater X
The Missouri Times: House Democrats partner with Black
Caucus on criminal justice overhaul
CDT: Reisch Twitter lawsuit to go to trial;
Centralia man angered after Reisch blocked him on social media platform X
P-D editorial: Tackling the hate and vitriol aimed at
conservative students at Washington University
X
P-D letter: St. Charles County man disagrees with
Chipman on PDMP X
P-D letter: O'Fallon man disagrees with Schroer on
constituent-privacy protections X
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February 11, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Hawley says no need for shutdown,
is encouraged by trade talks with China
Brownfield Ag News: Hawley wants commitment from EPA's
Andrew Wheeler on WOTUS and more
P-D: Feds to pay for half of work on approach to
downtown St. Louis bridge; Blunt, Clay secure funding X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Rep. Nick
Schroer (R-O'Fallon) talks with Scott Faughn about constituent-privacy
protections, minimum sentencing, fentanyl, more; Panel of Reps.
Phil Christofanelli and Jim Murphy, Jeff Smith, Jeff Rainford on
constituent-privacy protections, PDMP, charter schools, Better
Together, more
Columbia Missourian: Schroer seeks to stiffen
penalties for fentanyl trafficking
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill proposes some marijuana
charges be expunged
Missouri Farmer Today: Missouri Corn Growers
Association leaders see value in meeting with legislators
Missourinet: Missouri agriculture groups back bill
from Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) to increase Dept. of Agriculture
fees
CDT: Ameren program part of effort to relieve electric
car 'range anxiety' X
KC Star: Psychiatrist suspended in Kansas still can
practice in Missouri, for now X
KC Star editorial: Blunt wants to speed confirmation
of Trump appointees. Democrats should say yes
X
SE
Missourian editorial: Newspaper to host tours of printing press
for school groups +
Messenger: On Jason Crowell vs. Kurt Schaefer, Better
Together, and old parochial vendettas
CDT op-ed: MU School of Journalism's Sandy
Davidson: Republicans wrong for proposing Sunshine Law changes X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: New Title IX rules
collide with Missouri law
Kaiser Health News' Phil Galewitz: Missouri is pushing
thousands off Medicaid - including children
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February 10, 2019
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Missourian: Thanks to U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, deceased veteran's
family receives medals earned during World War II +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hartzler talks ending government
shutdown, supports Trump declaring national emergency
JCNT: State Tech president looks at workforce
development X
KC Star: With eye on Supreme Court, Missouri
Republicans file pro-life bills X
JCNT: Parson suggests Sunshine Law need privacy
revisions X
JCNT: State legislators seek tweaks to Sunshine Law,
want privacy protections X
Washington Missourian: Area House members vote to keep
constituent correspondence private X
Joplin Globe: House members vote to approve
constituent-privacy protections X
P-D: Ameren's pitch to promote electric vehicle
charging efforts gets partial approval from state X
St. Joseph News-Press: Behavioral health experts share
concerns over marijuana's future impact on Missouri
SNL: Fly a drone at an MDC nature area? Now you can -
with a permit X
KWMU: Activists promote CDC data on Missouri gun deaths
P-D editorial: Luetkemeyer, Wagner enable radical
rollbacks of payday lending rules X
KC Star editorial: Missouri's child-heartbeat bills in
House and Senate demonstrate pro-life extremism X
CDT editorial: Caleb Rowden must save Missouri from
Sunshine Law darkness X
SNL's Content Coach Amos Bridges: House Republicans
wrong on constituent-privacy measure; Burlison, Hough should
oppose provisions in Senate X
Waters: Lawmakers should stop trying to change
Amendment 1 X
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February 9, 2019
P-D: Congressional votes for the week X
P-D: Hawley co-authors letter probing tech giants'
privacy policies X
The Missouri Times: Initiative petitions regarding
'freedom to work,' judicial elections, Medicaid expansion receive OK to
circulate
P-D: Better Together withdraws its petition to merge
city and county, says will refile on Monday X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of Feb. 4, 2019
SNL: Parson, Haahr talk $22 million scholarship plan X
The Missouri Times: Parson withdraws Conservation
Commission appointee
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies talks
Sunshine Law and challenges of dealing with Greitens administration
P-D's Lexi Churchill: Non-violent criminals could get
out of jail sooner under Missouri legislation; Comments from
criminal defense attorney "Shannon Normam [sic]" X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) talks
PDMP provisions, says bill could be approved in House next week
Joplin Globe: Agency on Aging wants more
funding; Bill from Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) would help X
KWMU: Ameren Missouri gets green light to build
electric-vehicle charging stations along highways
P-D: Missouri, Ameren will have more time to negotiate
agreement on 144-mile Rock Island Trail X
AP: TransCanada says Keystone likely source of
Missouri oil leak
P-D: Federal jury finds for St. Louis County police in
Ferguson rioter's claims of excess force; In original suit, troop
of rioters sought $41.5 million payday X
KC Star editorial: Missouri still needs prescription
drug monitoring program X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Gov. Mike Parson: "Fast-Track' opens
doors for Missourians +
P-D's Lexi Churchill: GOP legislators trying to
undermine Missouri's petition process X
KC Star letter: Grandview man wants to see Blunt,
Hawley, Cleaver display more empathy on gun violence X
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February 8, 2019
Missourinet: Hartzler discusses opioid epidemic,
transportation and broadband with Missouri legislators
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer, Cleaver weigh in on
illegal-immigration crisis
Brownfield Ag News: Graves: China the exception
to good faith trade bargaining
KC Star: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chair Mike
Sanders sought to pay legal fees out of same campaign fund he looted X
Washington Missourian: Parson enjoys unexpected role
leading the state, looks forward to legislative session
The Missouri Times: Fitzpatrick, Rep. Jon Patterson
(R-Lee's Summit) look to clarify MO ABLE accounts' usage
SNL: Missouri collects $3 million in medical marijuana
fees X
KWMU: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) talks to
KCUR's Brian Ellison about sports betting legislation, fake 'service
animals,' more
KWMU: House votes to subject local officials to
lobbying and campaign contribution limits, protect constituent privacy
AP:
House passes bill on constituent privacy and Sunshine Law
KC Star: House passes constituent-privacy protections X
Joplin Globe: MoDOT announces $36 million plan for
bridges on I-44 section X
Columbia Missourian: Parents make the case for
insurance for those with developmental disabilities
Columbia Missourian: Legislation would put voluntary
medical symbols on drivers' licenses
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers look to ease burdens of
poor in justice system
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court weighs issue of jail debt
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: February 6, 2019
KWMU: TransCanada shuts down Keystone Pipeline to
investigate oil spill in St. Charles County; Comments from
Missouri DNR's Brad Harris
P-D: Tony Messenger wins newspaper guild writing award X
Joplin Globe editorial: Legislators should not attempt
to fix Amendment 1 X
P-D editorial: Missouri law should reflect today's
medical and societal advances on HIV X
Kraske: A look at Mel Carnahan's blackface controversy X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Modern Missouri agriculture requires better infrastructure
SE
Missourian op-ed: Cape Girardeau Mayor Bob Fox: Legislature
should address Internet sales tax issue X
Priddy:
I am a lobbyist: Veteran newsman registers as lobbyist thanks to
climate created by Clean Missouri
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February 7, 2019
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: "We need to
have strong border security"
KC Star: Blunt proposal would help expedite approval
process for president's nominees X
P-D: Federal court nominee Stephen Clark, from St.
Louis, approaching a year waiting for confirmation X
P-D: Ann Wagner to try a fresh push for a House vote
on late-term abortions X
AP:
Lawmakers trying again to replace U.S. Capitol's Benton statue with one
of Harry Truman
Missourinet: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) weighs in
on Virginia governor controversy
SNL: Austin Huguelet to cover Missouri politics for
the News-Leader X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Caleb
Rowden (R-Columbia) talks with Rosenbaum about low-income housing tax
credits, Sunshine Law and privacy, Clean Missouri's gerrymandering, more
Columbia Missourian: Republican lawmakers try again
for tort overhaul; Comments from Rich AuBuchon, others
The Missouri Times: House debates statewide PDMP,
Senate version fails in committee
KWMU: PDMP yet again a sticking point for Missouri
legislators
AP:
Rehder's opioid bill passes first test, but faces perils
Columbia Missourian: PDMP progresses in House, fails
in Senate
P-D: Once again, Missouri legislators are at
loggerheads over prescription drug monitoring program X
KC Star: Missouri House tentatively approves program
to monitor opioid prescriptions for abuse X
Missourinet: Missouri woman who lost son to addiction
says helping others get drug treatment is her 'saving grace'
P-D: Missouri lottery officials fighting cuts to ad
budget X
SNL: State will fix, replace 19 bridges on I-44
starting this summer X
Columbia Missourian: Student journalists testify for
New Voices Act; Comments from "Rep. Peter Meredith [sic]"
The Missouri Times: Some with criminal record could
get "fresh start" under bill from Rep. Derek Grier (R-Chesterfield)
SNL: Missouri officials will hold medical marijuana
forum in Jefferson City next week X
The Missouri Times: DHSS to hold public forum on
medical marijuana rules
KWMU: Missouri to regulate coal ash ponds for the
first time
Columbia Missourian: Rowden takes to Senate floor to
condemn NCAA for Missouri football ruling
P-D: 'Debtors' prison' debate lands in front of
Missouri Supreme Court X
KC Star editorial: Honoring concealed-carry rights on
public transportation is too scary to consider
X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Nick Schroer
(R-O'Fallon): It is vital constituent communications remain
confidential
SE
Missourian op-ed: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau):
Workforce challenge must be met with coordinated effort +
SE
Missourian op-ed: Legislature should address Internet sales tax
issue +
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian wants Parson
to pardon woman who murdered husband in his sleep X
P-D letter: University City octogenarian wants Parson
to pardon Patty Prewitt, says murderer has made great contributions to
prison's theatre program X
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February 6, 2019
Joplin Globe: Local reaction to State of the
Union: Comments from Carthage Chamber of Commerce Director Mark
Elliff, MSSU prof William Delehanty X
KC Star: Missourians named Trump know bullying;
Former Mizzou student received death threats, transferred to more
tolerant school X
KC Star: Pompeo talks trade at Missouri-Kansas Forum
breakfast X
Missourinet: Hartzler weighs in on NCAA sanctions
against Mizzou
KWMU: Jean Evans leaving Missouri House to become
executive director of Missouri Republican Party
AP: Evans to resign to lead Missouri Republican Party
Twitter: Austin Huguelet is the new Springfield
News-Leader state government reporter
AP: Missouri revenues down 7 percent compared to last
year
KC Star: Speaker Elijah Haahr creates oversight panel
on revenue issues X
P-D's Lexi Churchill: Burlison's "Stop Socialism Act"
aims to reduce local government competition with private
businesses; Comments from Sen. Doug Libla of "Popular [sic] Bluff," Ed Smith of "Missouri
Coalition of [sic] the
Environment" X
Columbia Missourian: $351 million bond plan for
Missouri bridges avoids speed bumps in its initial discussions
The Missouri Times: Hearing on charter schools draws
standing-room-only crowd
Missourinet: Missouri mother fights for special needs
son's education, charter school expansion
Columbia Missourian: Charter school expansion on the
table again in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Rocky Miller
(R-Lake Ozark) focuses on informing would-be grandparents that daughter
plans to abort child
Missourinet: Law enforcement backs bill from Rep. Nick
Schroer (R-O'Fallon) that would toughen penalties on fentanyl
The Missouri Times: Stakeholders pack hearing room for
Hoskins' video lottery bill
P-D: Critics of constituent-privacy bill weigh in on
proposed Sunshine Law changes X
Columbia Missourian: Constituent privacy protections
divide Missouri House along party lines
The Missouri Times: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint
Louis) throws support behind proposed St. Louis Major League Soccer team
P-D editorial: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) is an
enemy of the Sunshine Law, and he must be stopped X
P-D op-ed: AG Eric Schmitt: Working toward safer
streets X
P-D letter: Ballwin woman praises feral hogs'
intelligence, says pictures of carcasses were "distressing" X
P-D letter: University City man wishes report on feral
hogs would have included more nuanced reference to cannibalism X
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February 5, 2019
P-D: Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester) leaves seat to
become executive director of Missouri Republican Party X
SNL: Blunt visits new Springfield VA clinic X
P-D: Ann Wagner's constituent guest at State of the
Union is woman who started immune-disease philanthropy X
P-D's Raasch: 20 years before Northam's blackface
scandal, Mel Carnahan addressed his minstrel-show experience X
The Missouri Times: House debates constituent privacy,
Clean Missouri provisions
AP: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) says bill would
protect constituent privacy
The Missouri Times: Bills from Reps. Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette), Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) would update Missouri's HIV law
JCNT: McCreery, Rehder look to update criminal code
concerning HIV X
CDT: Bills would update HIV transmission law X
Columbia Missourian: Proposals to reduce criminal
penalties for HIV exposure encourage prevention
P-D: HIV advocates support GOP and Dem legislation X
JCNT: Parson, Kehoe celebrate Chinese New Year at the
Capitol with students X
Missourinet: Asians dominate whites in K-12 testing
across every subject matter; Hispanics, blacks bring up the rear
Washington Missourian: Legislation from Sen. Ed Emery
(R-Lamar) would allow home-school students to play on public school
teams X
KC Star: Kids can now report abuse via text
line; Experts will study its success in Missouri X
KCUR: Bill from Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis)
would honor Missourians' concealed-carry permits on public transit
Columbia Missourian: Having a fake service animal
could become a misdemeanor under law proposed by Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg)
SE
Missourian: Farm Bureau's BJ Tanksley: Federal regulations
for dicamba will not be too difficult for farmers +
The Missouri Times: House Democrats file assortment of
health care bills; Comments from Superminority Leader Crystal
Quade (D-Springfield)
Missourinet: House Democrats offer health care wishlist
SNL: Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources hope
extraction wells pull chemical out of northwest Springfield water X
KWMU: Local academics want state lawmakers to pay more
attention to their environmental research, pass more regulations
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: For safer roads,
trade vehicle inspections for a texting ban
The Missouri Times op-ed: Midwest Cyber Security
Alliance Executive Director Sarah Wood Martin: MOLEG Cyber
Week: Innovations in Education and Workforce Development
P-D's Jack Suntrup: Missouri Republicans seek to
weaken Sunshine Law X
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February 4, 2019
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Bill Eigel on
Senate Conservative Caucus, Parson's bonding proposal, St. Louis
City-St. Louis County merger, more; Panel of Reps. Doug Beck
(D-Affton), Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City), Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon),
GOP consultant Jake Silverman talk Better Together, sentencing
overhaul, sex trafficking legislation, more
Washington Missourian: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) favors
vouchers for vets in facilities, won't commit to new care home X
AP: Rule change enhances privacy protections for those
making sexual harassment allegations against House members
P-D: Movies and TV shows set in Missouri aren't filmed
here, but reboot of incentive program could change that X
Columbia Missourian: Access Missouri recipients want
more taxpayer money
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill from Rep. Sheila Solon
(R-Blue Springs) would provide easier access to birth control
Washington Missourian: House committee hears Ebker
bill testimony X
P-D: Some school bus cameras are already on the
lookout for illegal passing in the St. Louis area, and one bill in the
Legislature would provide more X
P-D editorial: St. Louis County GOP should have
nothing to do with Sheriff Joe Arpaio X
Messenger: Missouri leaves taxpayers in a smoky haze
when it comes to marijuana licenses X
P-D op-ed: Former Dept. of Corrections Director George
Lombardi: Parson should pardon woman who murdered husband X
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February 3, 2019
JCNT: 1,000+ people join ninth annual Midwest March
for Life
X
JCNT: Parson, Kehoe, Schmitt discuss their new state
roles at annual Missouri Press Association event X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Bill from Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) would establish pilot program to help introduce
agriculture into state elementary school standards
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport) on city-school bus pacts a point of contention in
Columbia mayoral race
CDT: Columbia's black, Hispanic and poor students
disappoint on annual tests X
KC Star: Missouri court makes new rules for jailing
suspects X
Joplin Globe: Missouri American chooses eastern site
for planned reservoir X
Joplin Globe: Landowners in proposed reservoir site
still have questions X
P-D: In-depth look at Missouri's feral hog problem X
P-D: Judge orders state to release lab reports related
to Stockley riots X
KC Star editorial: Place your bet: Will Missouri
legalize sports gambling before next Super Bowl? X
Rudi Keller: This old cynic believes Parson's sincerity X
Phill Brooks: How to win money for highways X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Robert Ross
(R-Yukon): Cutting back the mismanagement of state government
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian disapproves of
GOP attempts to clean up Amendment 1 X
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KC Star: Cleaver's new role gives him power to push
for stronger sanctions on Russia X
P-D: Congressional votes for the week:
Shutdowns, foreign policy, more X
The Missouri Times: Initiative petition looks to
address St. Louis City-St. Louis County merger
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of January 28, 2019
Joplin Globe: Parson visits Ozark Center, Range Line
bridge to discuss workforce development, infrastructure X
Washington Missourian: Local lawmakers get committee
assignments; Legislature ends third week
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KC Star: Former Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
testifies before Senate's Government Reform committee X
The Missouri Times: Chinese New Year celebration to be
held at Capitol
P-D: Missouri Dept. of Conservation reminds anglers to
properly discard old fishing line X
JCNT: MO DHSS violated Sunshine Law, Cole County judge
rules X
KC Star: Hawley critics continue campaign over January
2017 office records X
Messenger: In Missouri, road to debtors' prisons
starts with cash bail X
P-D letter: Kirkwood councilwoman says Better
Together's plan for statewide vote is dealbreaker X
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KC Star: Roy Blunt's secret weapon in border security
talks: Democrats love him X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Service Agency says
that with shutdown detente, payments are on track
SNL: HUD renews funding for local homeless programs X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Doug Beck (D-Affton) seeking
state Senate seat; District's term-limited incumbent, Sen. Scott
Sifton (D-Affton), running for governor
The Missouri Times: Some Missouri newspapers
significantly increased ad price for state
P-D: Post-Dispatch sues Parson's administration, wants
medical marijuana applicant names; DHSS abiding by privacy
language in medical marijuana constitutional amendment X
Missourinet: Parson takes nearly 45 minutes of
questions at Missouri Press Association event
CDT: Parson discusses road bond plan, more in Q&A
with press X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Press Association
highlights: Schmitt on urban violent crime and clearing rape-kit
backlog; Kehoe on DED and economy
KCUR: Parson's push for higher state employee wages
could lead to less turnover
JCNT: Parson says bridge bonding first step in
infrastructure improvements X
AP: Parson, senators split on Missouri bridge repairs
The Missouri Times: Bill aimed at combatting sex
trafficking heading to Senate
CDT: State Senate considers sports wagering bill X
P-D: Missouri students bomb new test; State
promises no more changes X
KC Star: Kansas City school district celebrates its
highest state performance score ever X
KCUR: After another good report card, accreditation
for Kansas City Public Schools seems likely
KWMU: What your school's report card actually means is
'pretty confusing'
Columbia Missourian: Proposed bill could reduce prison
populations in Missouri
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Agribusiness Association
supports fee increase bill
P-D: Parson, state legislators weigh in on proposed
St. Louis City-St. Louis County merger X
The Missouri Times: Bernskoetter wants to relocate
Arabia Steamboat Museum to Jefferson City
P-D: Phishing attack reported at state government
offices X
The Missouri Times: In Missouri, workplace fatalities
drop, injury accidents increase in 2018
KC Star editorial: Blunt could avert another
government shutdown, or cede governing to Donald Trump X
P-D editorial: High cash bail without due process
violates defendants' fundamental rights X
Kraske: 'It's huge.' Kansas City Public Schools
superintendent delivers monster test scores X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina): I support school choice in areas with failing
schools
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman corrects factual errors in
beauty-product reviewer/adjunct editorial board member Aisha Sultan's
anti-Covington Catholic piece X
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