Saturday, February 29, 2020
Columbia Missourian: Inside Missouri's presidential
delegate selection process: Comments from Boone County Central
Committee's Mike Zweifel, others
Columbia Missourian: Mid-Missouri for Bernie holds
campaign kick-off today; Local socialists to begin rallying
troops ten (10) days before Missouri vote
P-D: Immigration officials decline to bend rules for
illegal alien hiding out in Maplewood X
KWMU: Bill from Rep. Sara Unsicker (D-Shrewsbury)
would penalize landlords for turning in illegal aliens
P-D: St. Louis hospital systems and health departments
prepare for Chinese virus X
KWMU: St. Louis health officials tell public to brace
for coronavirus
JCNT: Missouri students celebrate FFA Week at
Capitol; Gov. Parson, Lt. Gov. Kehoe drive John Deere tractors X
Columbia Missourian: Jay Ashcroft speaks at Columbia
Chamber event, talks election security and felons voting
The Missouri Times: Profile: Maggie Nurrenbern,
Democrat running for Jon Carpenter's safe D House seat
P-D: Missouri's prison guard union says it is going
broke X
St. Joseph News-Press: News-Press to drop newspaper
printing to four days a week X
JCNT editorial: Recreational marijuana already?
Seriously, dude? X
Columbia Missourian's Tyler Messner: Hawley
exaggerates State Department's warning in claim about Confucius
Institute
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MU's Robert Schwartz and
Kelly Dyer: Rural 'brain drain' is real in Missouri, but we can
overcome it
P-D letter: Manchester septuagenarian wants Blunt and
Hawley to flip-flop on Trump, says Facebook is "deadly" X
Columbia Missourian letter: "Executive speechwriter"
makes persuasive case for Galloway: She'll support gun control,
and Gov. Parson is too much like Trump
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Friday, February 28,
2020
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Jo Mannies
and Jason Rosenbaum on why the Missouri Democratic presidential primary
is very difficult to decipher: Delegate math, Bloomberg spending,
black vote, affect on Gov. Parson's re-election margin, more
SNL: 10 local Republicans talk 2020 presidential race X
KC Star: Local moderates leery of Sanders' democratic
socialism X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: On Bernie Sanders, McCaskill-Akin, and how
a socialist candidate could affect downballot races +
Fox News: Josh Hawley breaks down his coronavirus bill
aimed at securing medical supply chain: 'Bring them back to U.S.'
AP: Missouri evaluates over 60 for new virus but none
are ill
The Missouri Times: How Missouri lawmakers are
preparing state for potential coronavirus outbreak
Reuters: Missouri smelter resurrected by Trump tariffs
may close as losses mount
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay previews topics he'll
campaign on during his 2020 re-election
AP: Blunt, Clay, others send letter to Baseball Hall
of Fame, advocate for Curt Flood's enshrinement
The Missouri Times: Missouri House Republicans condemn
House candidate known for 'vile' statements
SE
Missourian: Area coroner: Gun-death rates have not grown in
rural counties, but rates in urban areas growing "by leaps and bounds" +
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
would give private, religious schools flexibility on worker wages
KWMU: House bill could help private and religious
schools keep tuition more affordable
Columbia Missourian: Lawmaker says proposal would
lessen burden on cash-strapped religious schools
SNL: Missouri House looks to ban remote medical
marijuana certifications X
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects bill to allow
certain state employees to run for local office
AP: Lawsuit: 4,600 on Missouri public defender
'wait lists'
KC Star: Missouri's public defender system is sued
again X
P-D editorial: Missouri should side with students
against archaic NCAA profit restrictions X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Dr. Wes Scroggins:
David Cole wrong on criticism of Mike Moon
KC Star op-ed: Former MADD Chairman Chris
Mann: Justin Hill's bill on DUI checkpoints a slap in the face to
victims, law enforcement X
Messenger: ACLU goes to court again seeking fix to
Missouri's broken public defender system X
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Thursday, February 27, 2020
Missourinet: Billy Long predicts Republicans will
retake U.S. House in 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: For Sam Graves' 2020
re-election, four challengers want to see their name on the ballot X
SNL: Overview: Missouri's presidential primary
ballot X
Columbia Missourian: DHSS' Randall Williams attends
CDC coronavirus briefings
Missourinet: Missouri's flu-related deaths top 700 so
far
JCNT: More flooding on Missouri River likely this year X
SNL: Who's running for Springfield's Missouri House
seats in 2020 X
AP: Despite filibuster, Missouri Senate backs new
limits on punitive damages
The Missouri Times: After 20 hours, Senate hits brakes
on asbestos litigation in tort overhaul compromise
Columbia Missourian: Democrats filibuster asbestos
bill for 20 hours
AP: Missouri House advances voter ID bill
Columbia Missourian: House gives initial approval to
voter ID bill
P-D: Voter ID bill gets initial approval in Missouri
House X
Missourinet: PDMP heads to Missouri Senate floor
Columbia Missourian: House supports measures to make
medical marijuana licensing more stringent
KWMU: Community organizers want more state taxpayer
dollars for early childhood education
Columbia Missourian: House Democrats oppose bill to
protect female high school athletes
KWMU: House Democrats oppose bill to keep boys from
competing against girls in high school sports; 14-year-old girl
says bill will cause murders
SNL: House Democrats oppose Ross' bill to protect
female athletes, Basye's proposal on "gender identity" sessions;
Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) says MONA passage inevitable X
Columbia Missourian: Liberal groups host forum on gun
legislation, Basye's parental-empowerment legislation
KC Star editorial: Jack Danforth says the U.S. Senate
is 'in crisis.' Fixing it won't be easy. X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Ben Baker
(R-Neosho): High school students need more info before signing up
for student loans
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: GOP bills on 2nd
Amendment rights won't prevent violence
P-D letter: University City man skeptical of
legalizing recreational marijuana in Missouri
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Wednesday, February
26, 2020
P-D: Three illegal aliens charged in St. Charles after
11-year old girl gives birth in bathtub X
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, Hawley listen to
testimony on coronavirus X
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner receives Missouri Farm
Bureau endorsement
KWMU: Gov. Parson and Nicole Galloway join scores of
candidates on 2020 ballot: A look at key matchups
JCNT: Almost 350 candidates file for August primary
election X
Missourinet: 2020 to be Gov. Parson's last run for
office
P-D: Gov. Parson says the 2020 election will be his
last X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson, Galloway disagree on
Medicaid cleanup, expansion
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson, Galloway make it
official: They're running for governor
The Missouri Times: Jason Bean files for SD 25,
setting up crowded GOP primary
KWMU: Urban marijuana enthusiasts dream of 'Green
Light District'; Area man believes Cherokee Street's ethnic
diversity, mural of deceased rapper Nipsey Hussle will lead to riches
Columbia Missourian: Senators debate request for
additional school transportation funds
Columbia Missourian: Low-income tax credit debate
reignited in Senate
Missourinet: State officials, lawmakers celebrate
Missouri S&T's 150th anniversary
KWMU: Missouri S&T hopes 150th anniversary
celebration will lead to lawmakers forking over more cash
Columbia Missourian: House committee puts emphasis on
keeping teachers in Missouri
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
gives parents freedom to remove children from "gender identity" school
sessions
Columbia Missourian: Proposed law would empower
parents to pull children from "gender identity" sessions
Missourinet: Famous country music star Porter Wagoner
to be inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
P-D editorial: Let voters decide if felons on
probation or parole deserve voting rights X
JCNT editorial: Notary laws need updating for the
electronic age X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: If Missouri House
superminority's gun bills fail, NRA is to blame
Columbia Missourian letter: Conservation Federation of
Missouri's Tyler Schwartze: Lawmakers should not tinker with
state Conservation Commission
P-D letter: Rock Hill woman wants Blunt and Hawley to
flip-flop on Trump X
P-D letter: St. Louis man disagrees with Kevin
McDermott on Greitens, calls columnist "Tony Messenger lite" X
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Tuesday, February 25, 2020
KWMU: With Missouri's presidential primary looming,
local Democrats pick sides among split field
Missourinet: Candidate filing begins today in
Jefferson City
P-D: AG Eric Schmitt's inquiry leads to sex abuse
charges against retired Missouri priest X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Brian
Williams (D-University City) on expunging court records, charter
schools, 2nd Amendment issues, more
KWMU: Mary Fox talks about leaving the courtroom to
head Missouri's public defender office
Columbia Missourian's Claire Colby: PDMP passes
committee hurdle; Comments from "Sen. Bob Onder (R-St. Charles [sic])"
KC Star: Fate of PDMP uncertain X
Columbia Missourian: Syringe access program approved
by House
P-D: Pot inquiry by Missouri lawmakers moves to top
state health official X
JCNT: Bill from Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield) would
help keep children in state Medicaid program
X
KCUR: Bill from Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis)
would protect in-state tuition breaks from illegal aliens; Local
Mexican coed complains
P-D: Gov. Parson leaning against Nasheed's bill on
felons voting X
JCNT: Nasheed: No voting rights extended to
dangerous felons under bill X
Columbia Missourian: Felons could be restored voting
rights faster
Missourinet: Missouri racks up $32 million in county
jail bills
P-D: Effort to pay college athletes wins fans in
Missouri House committee hearing X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's college athletes could
soon be paid for use of their image
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Kevin Windham
(D-Hillsdale) would require colleges and universities to insure student
athletes
Missourinet: Missouri House advances proposal from
Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles) to create Alzheimer's task force
Columbia Missourian: Livestock farmers would get more
access to loans under Senate proposal
P-D: St. Louis City gay bar plans 'drag' caravan to
Jefferson City to protest library-standards bill X
Joplin Globe editorial: Seize Medicaid moment and sign
the petition X
The Missouri Times op-ed: National Coalition for
Public School Options' Colleen Cook: Parents shouldn't have to
invoke legal counsel to educate their children
CDT op-ed: Washington University senior Emily
Getzoff: Bills from Sater, Evans and Coleman would protect
children from harmful effects of parental incarceration X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St.
Charles): Clearing up misinformation on marriage bill
P-D op-ed: Asbestos bill from Eigel, Gregory was
written by ALEC, should be rejected X
P-D letter: Pacific man says Greitens was victim of
corrupt politicians X
Columbia Missourian letter: Ashland septuagenarian
unhappy with Caleb Rowden's vote on Cleaner Missouri
JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian couple vows
to vote against lawmakers who support CAFOs X
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Monday, February 24,
2020
SNL: 'Can't impeach that': Kellyanne Conway
talks Trump, 2020 to close out Lincoln Days X
Missourinet: Task force gets some positive news on
Missouri spring flooding potential
St. Joseph News-Press: Measure to monitor prescription
drugs sits in Senate X
Missourinet: House committee could vote this week on
bill to keep boys from competing against girls in high school sports
Columbia Missourian: Nearly 70 gun bills filed by
state lawmakers this year
KWMU: Two Normandy High School students weigh in on
gun control; Girl: "Bullets don't have no [sic] name"; Boy: "It's
just, they hating, all that stuff."
Missourinet: Missouri House oversight committee to
hear additional sports wagering bills this week
Missourinet: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark): A
casino would do well along the Osage River, if it's done right
St. Joseph News-Press: AG Eric Schmitt sues Missouri
timeshare exit company X
P-D letter: O'Fallon woman supports pro-choice
legislation X
P-D letter: University City septuagenarian responds to
Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst op-ed on Grain Belt Express X
P-D letter: Olivette septuagenarian expresses anger at
Ameren over Rush Island case X
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Sunday, February 23, 2020
SNL: 'This is Trump country': Blunt, Hawley wake
up Day 2 of Lincoln Days with jokes, victory laps X
SNL: With promise to revive voter ID, Jay Ashcroft
announces 2020 re-election bid at Lincoln Days
X
KWMU: At Lincoln Days, Missouri Republicans say
socialism threatens democracy
KC Star: Missouri Democratic Party says every
Democratic presidential candidate will appear at KC event March 8 X
SNL: Republicans seek to raise the bar on
Constitutional changes X
KC Star: KC school worker fired for faking attendance
records says bosses made her do it; LaQuyn Collier says she and
peers changed database codes to help district scam state X
JCNT: New Missouri government IT leader Jeffery Wann
grew from one vocation to another X
P-D editorial: When corporate pig farms dominate the
political agenda, residents suffer X
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Greitens and Blagojevich take a
page from Trump's non-apology playbook X
Columbia Missourian's Skylar Laird: Trans Community
Teach-in fights back against Missouri Legislature's anti-LGBT agenda
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian opposes Cleaner
Missouri X
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Saturday, February 22,
2020
SNL: 'One heck of a year': Gov. Parson kicks off
Lincoln Days prediciting GOP sweep X
Columbia Missourian: Galloway criticizes "old way"
Gov. Parson at Boone County Democrats event
KWMU's Sarah Fenske: St. Louis on the Air hosts former
NPR gabber Diane Rehm for Trump-bashing session; Former public
radio host assures public radio listeners that public radio is "honest
and multi-viewed"
KWMU: Blunt visits St. Louis City, calls for more job
training programs
St. Joseph News-Press: Army Corps of Engineers
preparing for levee work X
AP: Meth still a Missouri problem, but now it comes
from Mexico
KWMU: Schmitt says opioid settlement money would
include rural areas
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Weekly news
roundup: PDMP and opioid dependency, kids and Medicaid
dependency, Greitens fine
Missourinet: State urges parents to fill out paperwork
for kids' Medicaid
SE
Missourian: Rx marijuana facilities could open by mid-year +
The Missouri Times: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville)
champions bill to add protections for sexual assault victims
The Missouri Times: PSC tackles audit recommendations
for Ameren Missouri's Actual Cost Adjustment balances
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith is an important
ally for President Donald Trump +
SE
Missourian op-ed: SLU Law students Haley Thomas and Rachel
Clark: Primary caregiver bills from Republicans David Sater,
David Evans and Mary Elizabeth Coleman put children's health first +
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian bemoans Rush
Limbaugh's name-calling, unironically calls Blunt, Hawley and Ann
Wagner "cowards" X
P-D letter: Man from "Dardenne Prarie [sic]" supports "Random Act of
Kindness" bill from Rep. Mike McGirl (R-Potosi) X
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Friday, February 21, 2020
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, Gov. Mike
Parson warn about possible spring flooding
SE
Missourian: Spring flooding likely north of Cape Girardeau +
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley questions strategies in
Afghanistan X
SNL: President Trump names Evangel grad as spy chief
Columbia Missourian: Bloomberg campaign hosting donut
party in Columbia today
Joplin Globe: Medicaid expansion supporters rally in
Joplin X
KWMU: Bill from Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis
City) allows people on probation and parole to vote
Missourinet: Missouri House oversight committee to
hold third hearing on medical marijuana issues
Missourinet: Missouri House panel questions medical
marijuana program's choices, asks RFP agency to testify
P-D: Legislation from Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville)
would allow testing of Missouri workers for medical pot X
Columbia Missourian's Kassidy Arena: Bill from Sen.
David Sater ("R-Casseville [sic]")
would allow companies to fire employees for medical marijuana;
Comments from MoCannTrade's Tom Robbins
JCNT: Lawmakers seek to reinstate low-income housing
tax credits X
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
would have retired police, military veterans serve as paid or unpaid
school security officers
The Missouri Times: Missouri branch of American
Academy of Pediatrics outlines legislative agenda
Missourinet: Buchanan County is a step closer to
banning wind energy projects
KC Star: Lawsuit claims guard at Missouri women's
prison sexually assaulted inmate over 52 times
X
JCNT editorial: Continue the push for PDMP X
KC Star editorial: KC couple's win over rogue gun
dealers shows some weapons are illegal - even in Missouri X
Priddy:
Eric Greitens was not "exonerated" (1,048 words)
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian says Blunt and
Hawley should be more like Mitt Romney X
P-D letter: Woman from "St. Peter [sic]" dismayed by newspaper's
downward spiral X
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Thursday, February 20, 2020
KWMU: Missouri health officials, hospitals prepare for
coronavirus patients
Columbia Missourian: The uncertain future of
Missouri's levees
AP: Eric Schmitt announces campaign for Missouri
attorney general
KMOX: Mark Reardon Show: Eric Schmitt announces
bid for attorney general
FOX 2 St. Louis: Video: Schmitt makes his case
to return as attorney general
KSDK: Schmitt announces campaign for Missouri attorney
general
KFVS: Schmitt announces bid for attorney general
Columbia Missourian: Schmitt announces run to keep
attorney general seat
The Missouri Times: Republican David Martin to put
name on the ballot for Kiki Curls' Democratic state Senate seat
JCNT: Rep. Steven Roberts (D-St. Louis City) talks
about dreams deferred and achieved X
JCNT: Bill seeks to 'close' Missouri primaries X
SNL: Republicans and Democrats grill Missouri
marijuana czar Lyndall Fraker X
P-D: Grilling of medical marijuana officials continues
in House committee X
P-D: Lawsuits, troubled business pasts plague some
winners of Missouri's medical marijuana business licenses X
Columbia Missourian: As complaints pile up, state
defends marijuana licensing decisions
KRCG: Bill from Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis)
to overturn controversial bail rules gets public hearing
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar
Bluff): Public shouldn't pay for electric car charging
stations; Thoughts from Evergy's Jason Klindt
SNL: Bill aims to keep boys from competing against
girls in high school sports X
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Robert Ross
(R-Yukon) would allow public vote on boys competing in girls' high
school sports
AP: Missouri lawmakers advance anti-carjacking bill
P-D: Missouri lawmakers consider 'bill of rights' for
sexual assault survivors X
Columbia Missourian: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassvile)
proposes bill for victims of sexual violence
The Missouri Times: A look at Missouri's death penalty
laws, history
Columbia Missourian: Court hears arguments over local
control of CAFOs
KC Star: Ex-trooper in Lake of the Ozarks drowning is
paid $200k, ends fight to get job back X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Hill's proposal on
bail rules makes reasonable assumptions X
P-D op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst:
Proposed wind-power transmission line threatens our property rights X
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Thoughts on
Missouri fuel tax, county jail tabs, Internet sales taxes, more
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian opposes tax cuts for
Missourians X
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian calls Cleaner
Missouri "voter suppression" X
Columbia Missourian letter: Pacific sexagenarian
considers Cleaner Missouri "insulting" X
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Wednesday, February
19, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt objects to organ
transplant policy X
SNL: Gannett begins process improvements in Missouri,
moves News-Leader printing to Columbia; Printing and production
employees to be sent packing next month X
AP: Legal deadline in Missouri abortion license case
pushed back
JCNT: Seneca business owner to put name on GOP primary
ballot for governor X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson speaks to Missouri Farm
Bureau, talks rural broadband, flooding, infrastructure
P-D: A look at the winners of Missouri's medical
marijuana licenses X
SE
Missourian: Prescription drug monitoring legislation passes
House, moves to Senate +
The Missouri Times: PDMP bill heading to Senate:
What to know
JCNT: Opponents of personal property tax hoping for
legislative path to voters X
KWMU: Gun control advocates rally at Capitol
JCNT: Moms Demand Action holds gun-control rally X
P-D: Rep. Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) wants to know origin
of $120k paid to Greitens lawyer X
Columbia Missourian: House bill would repeal Missouri
Supreme Court bail rules
Columbia Missourian: Bill would add requirement for
public employee unions
SNL: MDC invests in new helicopter to track bears and
elk, potentially fight feral hogs X
P-D: Missouri purchases new helicopter to help monitor
flooding, wildlife X
SNL: Hanging hog in Dent County sends a message to
Missouri Department of Conservation X
AP: Execution date set for man convicted of killing
81-year-old; Walter Barton beat mobile home manager, raped her,
then stabbed her to death
Missourinet: Murderer to be executed in May;
Walter Barton slashed 81-year-old woman's eye, bashed her head with a
baseball bat
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers will do anything
to block Medicaid expansion - and voters' will
X
Joplin Globe editorial: Lawmakers should not alter
Clean Missouri X
P-D editorial: Missouri should tax online sales to
serve everyone, not just the rich X
KC Star op-ed: KC for Refugees founder Sofia
Khan: Gov. Parson does the right thing for all Missourians by
supporting refugees X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jay Ashcroft:
Secretaries of state partner to fight election misinformation
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St.
Louis City): It's time to unlock the vote
Messenger: Will the next chapter in the Eric Greitens
story be titled 'Exonerated'? X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl on Grain Belt Express: Eminent domain is not for sale in
Missouri
Columbia Missourian's Madison Czopek: GOP senators
seek to exempt many of their records from public scrutiny
P-D letter: St. Louis man wants Medicare for All, says
McCaskill's 2018 defeat shows futility of centrism X
P-D letter: Ballwin resident thanks Blunt, Hawley for
fighting liberals on impeachment X
P-D letter: League of Women Voters "Early Voting
Committee" chair makes case for changing Missouri election rules X
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020
P-D: Pete Buttigieg campaign sends former Obama aide
to St. Louis City to rally black support X
JCNT: John D. Ashcroft speaks about liberty at Cole
County Republicans' Lincoln Day event X
CDT: Democrat seeking to challenge Rep. Sara Walsh
(D-Ashland) opposes anti-porn legislation X
KWMU: Missouri House approves statewide prescription
drug monitoring
AP: Missouri PDMP bill still faces roadblocks
Columbia Missourian: Fate of opioid monitoring program
back in Senate hands
P-D: Bill from Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) would
let voters decide on Medicaid work requirement
X
Missourinet: Rep. Jay Mosley (D-Florissant) proposes
legislation to help protect Missouri Lottery winners from criminals,
parasites
KWMU: Family of man who died of dope overdose in jail
blames Missouri Dept. of Corrections
SNL: Missouri Democrats want "pause" on Medicaid
cleanup X
KWMU: House Democrats file Medicaid legislation
JCNT: Parents of tens of thousands of children
receiving Medicaid failed to reapply X
Columbia Missourian: Young criminals could be tried as
adults for firearms offenses under proposed law
JCNT: Senate bill proposes to require adult
certification hearings for youth charged with weapons offenses X
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St.
Charles) would redefine Missouri marriages as civil unions
Columbia Missourian: Bill would reclassify Missouri
marriages as civil unions
P-D editorial: Cut Missouri military families a break
with license reciprocity to professional spouses X
KC Star editorial: This parolee is a law-abiding
business owner. Why would Missouri send him back to prison? X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Air Conservation
Commission's Ron Boyer: A modest proposal for selling carbon tax
credits to Delta Airlines
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian reads Josh
Hawley's mind, says senator hates minorities
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P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian blames state GOP
lawmakers for puppy mill legislation (2011), Clean Missouri fix and
robocalls X
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Monday, February 17,
2020 Presidents' Day
KSDK (St. Louis): Illegal alien's 17-year-old spawn
charged in St. Charles with incest, rape of 11-year-old after baby born
in bathtub; Father of rapist was previously deported
KWMU: Election officials say online registration
expanded voter rolls for presidential primary
St. Joseph News-Press: FEMA approves public aid for
one project, more on the way X
This Week in Missouri Politics: KC Mayor Quenton Lucas
talks with Scott Faughn about economic development, taming urban crime,
more; Panel of Jeremy LaFaver, John Mayfield, state Senate
candidate Ryan Myers (D) talk Dem presidential primary, charter schools
Missourinet: PDMP could get final Missouri House
approval today
Missourinet: House panel to continue to question DHSS
on medical marijuana application screening
P-D: GOP lawmakers propose multiple mechanisms to
capture online sales tax revenue X
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain
Grove) would ban some sex offenders from going near Missouri nature and
conservation centers
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers consider early release for
inmates 65 and older
JCNT: National Federation for the Blind lobbying in
Missouri for disability support X
Columbia Missourian: Gun-control rally draws fewer
than 50 in Columbia; Dem Reps. Kip Kendrick, Martha Stevens speak
KC Star's Caitlyn Rosen: Missouri lawmaker's
transgender bill could hurt teens at risk of suicide X
P-D's Tynan Stewart: The drop in children from
Missouri Medicaid is alarming - but what about other social programs? X
P-D letter: Valley Park sexagenarian irked by
Post-Dispatch's hateful brand of liberalism X
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Sunday, February 16, 2020
SNL: Missouri kicks off Census 2020; State
officials, patriotic Springfield crowd demonstrate respect for American
flag and national anthem X
P-D: Census job fair attracts seasoned citizens X
Missourinet: Presidents' Day is a federal and Missouri
holiday
Missourinet: Repair of broken levee system in
northwest Missouri hindered by weather
P-D: Report details mysterious PAC's ties to Greitens
campaign in 2016; Dark money was used against John Brunner and
Catherine Hanaway under "LG PAC" name in failed attempt to besmirch
Peter Kinder X
KC Star: National gun-control group wants to end
safety drills in school; Comments from Missouri NEA's Mark Jones X
KY3 (Springfield): Missouri farmer battling feral hogs
is losing money and fields; Missouri Department of Conservation
says problem is getting worse
JCNT: Farmers look for solutions to black vulture
attacks on cattle; Comments from Missouri Department of
Conservation X
P-D: Black males outpace black women, whites in
Missouri opioid overdose deaths; Racism to blame X
P-D editorial: Greitens' lack of accountability for
his campaign is hardly 'exoneration' X
McClellan: A doper's guide to free enterprise:
Local woman burns $30k on medical marijuana dreams, fails to receive
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Saturday, February 15, 2020
Missourinet: Lacy Clay to host Census job fair in St.
Louis City today
KWMU: Politically Speaking: How Rex Sinquefield
money was funneled to Steve Stenger, more
KC Star: Activists, political science professors
hypothesize about an Eric Greitens return X
The Missouri Times: Republican Josh Barrett announces
Senate bid for Gary Romine's seat
KWMU: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) explains his
vote against Cleaner Missouri
CDT: Gov. Parson promises state will catch up on jail
payments X
SNL: Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) wants
shorter applications for state benefits X
Missourinet: Bill would add hyperloop to list of
projects that could be funded by public-private partnerships
Missourinet: Haahr and Hansen focused on Missouri
property rights legislation
The Missouri Times: Inside the Senate's fight to
change the asbestos claims process
P-D: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) discusses his
investment in marijuana company, says existing application process is
'boondoggle' X
KWMU: Missouri House to vote on prescription drug
monitoring next week
JCNT: Bills seek to clarify legality of video gaming
machines X
SE
Missourian: Gov. Parson appoints Judge Michael E. Gardner to the
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District +
SNL: Missouri Pork Association backs MDC feral hog plan X
KC Star editorial: No, Eric Greitens, you weren't
'fully exonerated' by the Missouri Ethics Commission X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Smoke Free's A.J.
Moll: Lacy Clay wrong on menthol tobacco ban
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash
Grove): I stand for life - without compromise
Joplin Globe op-ed: Phill Brooks: When should
conversations with lawmakers be protected? X
P-D op-ed: UMSL criminology professor Beth
Huebner: Missouri needs better criminal data-tracking system X
P-D letter: Crestwood septuagenarian psychoanalyzes
Blunt and Hawley via impeachment vote X
P-D letter: Ballwin "Moms Demand Action"
septuagenarian wants more gun control in Missouri X
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Friday, February 14,
2020 Valentine's Day
The Missouri Times: FCC approves $175M for rural
broadband expansion in Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press: Gov. Parson recaps meeting with
Trump, govs on flooding; Governor talks online sales taxes, cost
of expanding Medicaid beyond the 1 in 6 who already receive it X
SE
Missourian: 2020 flooding forecast released +
KWMU: Forecasters warn everyone along the Missouri
River to brace for another year of flooding
AP: Newspaper chain McClatchy, parent of Kansas City
Star, files for bankruptcy protection; Company yet to make
announcements on trimming newsroom staff
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission fines
Greitens $178K; former governor says he's 'exonerated'
KWMU: Ethics Commission fines Greitens $178K;
Greitens insists his "future is bright"
SNL: Eric Greitens fined $178K after probe of
'criminal enterprise' apparatus X
P-D: Missouri Ethics Commission fines Eric Greitens
$178K for campaign finance violations X
JCNT: State education board OKs new evaluation
standards X
Columbia Missourian: Elderly prisoners could become
eligible for parole hearings under bill
Columbia Missourian: Advocates promote Missouri
anti-pornography legislation
SNL: Auto website says Missouri is tops in taking to
Twitter to complain about potholes X
P-D editorial: McClatchy newspapers' failures threaten
the future of America X
P-D editorial: Rex Sinquefield money was well-washed,
but that rotten smell remains X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: "Pain management
specialist" Shavonne Danner says Gov. Parson's pro-life policies are
bad for women
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Jack Bondon
(R-Belton): Loosely regulated mini-casinos are not good for our
state
The Missouri Times op-ed: David Cole: Latest
legislation from Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) is more of the same
grandstanding
P-D op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Lauren Weber:
Missouri should spend more money preparing for health crises X
Messenger: Dope dealer with a heart of gold hopes AG
Eric Schmitt will let him off scot-free X
P-D letter: St. Charles woman scolds Blunt and Hawley
for impeachment votes X
JCNT letter: Centertown septuagenarian wants increase
in state fuel tax, decrease in federal fuel tax X
P-D letter: Former Rep. "Stacy [sic] Newman" says Post-Dispatch
criticism of Nicole Galloway is sexist X
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Thursday, February 13, 2020
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith pleased with
fentanyl vote and State of the Union address
CDT: Hawley questions FCC about rural broadband
expansion X
SE
Missourian: League of Women Voters prepares for 'Day of
Action'; Sexagenarian leader of Southeast Missouri group plans to
activate her group's five (5) members +
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Trish Gunby
(D-St. Louis County)
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
PDMP
SNL: Legislature grapples with weed business licensing
process X
JCNT: House committee hears from state's medical
marijuana director X
P-D: Missouri medical marijuana officials respond to
allegations of bad scoring, conflicts of interest X
Columbia Missourian: Senate bill would give advanced
nurse practitioners license
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson names two new members
to UM System Board of Curators
JCNT: Lincoln University wants more money from
lawmakers X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis
City) drives her 'legislative legacy' to restore voting rights:
'Enough is enough'
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers looking to restore voting
rights to ex-convicts X
SNL: Experts: Missouri 'moving in right
direction' on feral hogs X
Columbia Missourian: Expert warns of feral hog
'explosion'
SE
Missourian editorial: Limbaugh Presidential Medal of Freedom
recognition is a uniquely American story +
JCNT editorial: In-state tuition should be limited to
legal residents X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Evergy gets a jolt X
Kaiser Health News' Lauren Weber: Expanding Medicaid
will help Missouri solve opioid crisis
SE
Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Andrew Wilson: The
myth of 'free' Medicaid expansion +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Library standards
bill from Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) is equal to banning books
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Wednesday, February 12, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves wary about politics
sidetracking infrastructure upgrades X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Pork Association's Don
Nikodim optimistic about trade issues
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Gateway Arch
National Park superintendent discusses lack of visitors to urban
landmark, attributes dearth of traffic to parking and flooding
SE
Missourian: Missouri DHSS officials monitor coronavirus outbreak +
KWMU: Coronavirus impacts St. Louis-area students
studying in China
JCNT: Former Gov. John Ashcroft to speak at Cole
County Lincoln Day X
SNL: Springfield-area senators split on Cleaner
Missouri X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau pleased with
Senate passage of Cleaner Missouri
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Columbia Dem
Reps. Kip Kendrick and Martha Stevens talk Medicaid expansion, Cleaner
Missouri, raising gas tax, more
Missourinet: Missouri Senate debates proposed gas tax
hike
KY3 (Springfield): Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff)
calls medical marijuana license scoring 'inconsistent'
KWMU: Area doctors hold diverse opinions on whether
medical marijuana is safe, legal and ethical
The Missouri Times: Senate's punitive damages bill
doesn't move, for now
AP: Bill would protect Missouri from financial court
penalties
KWMU: Missouri military spouses could get reciprocity
for out-of-state professional licenses
Columbia Missourian: Bill would lower licensing
barriers for those with criminal records
The Missouri Times: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville)
champions effort to cut 'middlemen' in pharmaceutical industry
AP: Bill from Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis)
would ban in-state tuition break for illegal aliens
JCNT: Bill would protect Americans' in-state tuition
breaks from illegals X
KWMU: Missouri Dept. of Education makes updates to its
school accountability measures
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider easing access
to mental health care for teens who are on their own
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Sen. Scott Sifton
(D-Affton) would require DNA testing for all felony arrests
Missourinet: Missouri House committee considers
strengthening charge for criminals who fuel high-speed chases
SNL: Feral hog rule won't be ready for turkey season X
P-D: DOJ says Ameren failed to comply with pollution
order at Jefferson County's Rush Island X
The Missouri Times: Resolution from Rep. Jim Murphy
(R-St. Louis County) opposes Major League Baseball polluting the Senior
Circuit with designated hitter
P-D editorial: State lawmakers advance
incumbent-protection plan X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: SEMO can do better with MLK speaker next
year; Angela Davis' speech was meandering, inexplicably
anti-Israel, and marked by vacuous name-calling +
P-D op-ed: American Wind Energy Association's Tom
Kiernan: Grain Belt Express offers Missouri jobs and grid
resiliency X
P-D letter: St. Louis man displeased by Hawley's
impeachment vote X
P-D letter: DeSoto man calls Blunt and Hawley
"spineless" X
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian upset at Hawley over
impeachment vote, Galloway audit X
P-D letter: Overland sexagenarian angered by Trump
honoring Missouri's Rush Limbaugh, blames 2020 political climate on
talk-radio host and 1990s sitcom "Married With Children" X
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Tuesday, February 11,
2020
The Missouri Times: Mike Bloomberg has spent more than
$4 million on Missouri primary ads
JCNT: Bids sought for Missouri River levee repairs X
P-D: Gov. Parson's Uniting Missouri makes ad buy,
touts incumbent's law enforcement experience
X
KC Star: AG office says Eric Schmitt runs tight
ship: No campaign consultants involved in state business, no
state cars used for campaign travel, no official business on personal
devices X
Joplin Globe: AG Eric Schmitt, Joplin police working
to clear rape kit backlog X
The Missouri Times: Clean Missouri passes out of Senate
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes plan to give voters a
voice on redistricting
AP:
Missouri Senators OK new redistricting proposal
Columbia Missourian: Senators follow party lines -
with one Republican exception - in Clean Missouri vote
KC Star: Missouri House seeks testimony from medical
marijuana czar after licensing complaints X
SNL: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) says tort
overhaul bill would allow suits against companies for unsafe practices,
calls opponents' sympathy ploy involving duck boat victims "unfortunate" X
Columbia Missourian: House committee approves bill to
tax online sales
P-D: Missouri counties call on state to stop shorting
them on jail costs X
Columbia Missourian: County officials testify before
House committee about jail debt
P-D: New warning in Missouri House: 'False
testimony' could lead to perjury charges X
JCNT editorial: Legislative proposal to allow food
pantries to receive and distribute deer jerky will help the hungry X
P-D op-ed: Mothers Against Drunk Driving President
Helen Witty: Bill from Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis) to
outlaw sobriety checkpoints puts everyone in Missouri at risk X
P-D letter: Florissant nonagenarian says Blunt and
Hawley should be charged with racketeering crime for impeachment vote X
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Monday, February 10, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: After Iowa Democrats botch
caucus, Buchanan County residents still have faith in Missouri's vote
counting
X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest host Joe Lakin
and panel of Rep. Donna Baringer (D-St. Louis City), Irl Scissors,
Gregg Keller, and Jim Lembke talk Dem caucus fiasco, State of the
Union, impeachment, Cleaner Missouri, Hawley vs. Galloway, more
P-D: Rex Sinquefield donated $700,000 to Steve
Stenger; Following the money flow through Great St. Louis, St.
Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council, consultant vigorish, and
more X
Missourinet: Missouri Medicaid Director Todd
Richardson to present budget this week
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers warn of budget damage
coming from Medicaid expansion X
Missourinet: Missouri Public Defender System Director
Mary Fox asks lawmakers for more money
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
raves about bill for professional licensing for military spouses
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain
Grove) would keep sex offenders away from Missouri conservation areas
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) talks TIF bill, organ donations
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Democrats'
anti-Hawley audit spin fizzles X
P-D editorial: Missouri will probably legalize pot
sooner or later. Why not make it sooner? X
KC Star editorial: Mandatory minimum sentences won't
stop violent crime in Missouri X
Washington Missourian editorial: AG Eric Schmitt's
office provides valuable service by handling consumer complaints X
Messenger: Audit shows Hawley's office used private
e-mail for public business. Lock him up? X
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian offers litany of
grievances against Missouri's federal and state Republicans, from puppy
mills (2010) to impeachment votes (2020) X
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Sunday, February 9,
2020
Washington Missourian: Missouri's presidential primary
in March 10 X
KWMU: USDA program sends more than $60 million in
grants and low-interest loans for Missouri broadband
Detroit News: St. Louis union leader Vance Pearson
strikes deal with feds; UAW capo sings on schemes that spent
member dues on cigars, luxury resorts, burner phones, more
SNL: Sen. Kit Bond, Gov. Bob Holden among Missouri
Public Affairs Hall of Fame inductees X
SNL: Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles) explains how many
parents failed to refile Medicaid paperwork for eligible kids X
CDT: Gov. Parson holds on filling curator posts X
CDT: Public defender director wants more state funding X
JCNT: Cultivation of industrial hemp has room to grow
in Missouri X
JCNT: Lincoln University at forefront of industrial
hemp research in Missouri X
P-D editorial: Galloway turns up the heat on Hawley.
But can she take it herself? X
Washington Missourian editorial: Door is open for
gambling at Lake of the Ozarks X
P-D editorial: Missouri should act to help consumers
avoid cellphone 'spoofing' scams X
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Saturday, February 8,
2020
SE
Missourian: Cape's Rush Limbaugh awarded high honor +
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Prayers from Cape Girardeau for Rush
Limbaugh - America's latest Medal of Freedom recipient +
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Quick hits on Hawley
vs. Galloway, rejected medical marijuana applicants, Trump's Chiefs
tweet
KWMU: St. Louis-area hospitals formulating medical
marijuana policies; Insights from Missouri Hospital Association's
Jane Drummond, others
Washington Missourian: Gaming bill may be used as
leverage - against gambling expansion X
Missourinet: Fast Track financial aid funding still
available
St. Joseph News-Press: Change in legislation to
require anti-abuse training in schools X
The Missouri Times: DNR's commission for hazardous
waste generator fee increases could hit snag in General Assembly
Joplin Globe editorial: Federal grant for teacher
training program a positive step X
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian disagrees
with Hawley on impeachment, wants senator to release tally of phone
calls to office X
KC Star letter: Kansas sexagenarian disagrees with
Blunt and Hawley on impeachment vote and Senate resolution
congratulating Chiefs X
P-D letter: Oakland sexagenarian social worker says
lack of Medicaid expansion is forcing olds onto the streets X
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Friday, February 7, 2020
KWMU:
National gun-control advocate Deanna Hollas to rally troops in St.
Louis this weekend; Washington University hosts 'minister of gun
violence' pep talk tonight
CDT:
Hartzler: Antibiotic supplies at risk; Congresswoman
sponsors bill with California Democrat to protect military personnel
X
JCNT:
Corps of Engineers increases Missouri River releases X
AP:
Corps increases water flowing into lower Missouri River
Columbia
Missourian: Corps of Engineers preparing for predicted Missouri
River flooding
The
Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis
City)
The
Missouri Times: Galloway "likely" violated state law in Hawley
audit, AG Eric Schmitt says
KWMU:
Galloway audit of Hawley finds no laws broken
Columbia
Missourian: Audit of Hawley finds no laws broken
JCNT:
Galloway: No evidence of state laws being broken by Hawley's
office X
AP:
Galloway's audit manager says her suggestion to "beef up" allegations
against Hawley actually meant "finish up"; Galloway says Hawley
used state vehicle for campaign stops, including one Chiefs game
SNL:
Hawley, Galloway trade blows over audit; Galloway staffer says
reference to "beef up" Hawley audit actually meant "finish" X
Missourinet:
Galloway and Hawley blast each other over attorney general closeout
audit
P-D:
Hawley campaign to file complaint with Missouri State Board of
Accountancy for "misconduct" by Galloway X
P-D:
Schmitt says disclosing transcripts is illegal; Galloway releases
them anyway X
KC
Star: Former Hawley staffer says he downloaded Confide three
years ago, trolled pal about KU basketball X
The
Missouri Times: Missouri general revenue sees increase at start
of 2020
The
Missouri Times: Grain Belt Express line will include 'first of
its kind' broadband infrastructure, impacting 1 million rural
Missourians
Columbia
Missourian: Lawmakers advance proposal for casinos at Lake of the
Ozarks
Brownfield
Ag News: Dept. of Agriculture asks to expand pesticide complaint
staff
KWMU:
Lawmakers considering budget request to give Dept. of Ag more staff to
investigate pesticide complaints; Some applicators choose to
break law, apply herbicides after cutoff dates
Brownfield
Ag News: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe describes challenges dealing with
feral hogs on his property
SNL:
Hog hung next to 'No Hunting' sign sends message X
KC
Star editorial: Audit of Josh Hawley shows a secretive politician
focused on climbing the ladder X
Joplin
Globe editorial: Unknowns cloud recreational pot proposal in
Missouri X
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Time has come for Missouri PDMP X
KC
Star op-ed: MU Health assistant prof: Don't panic over
coronavirus, but Missouri is unprepared X
P-D
letter: "State Street Tenant Resistance co-founder" Myisha
Johnson displeased over Ameren's focus on shareholder value X
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Thursday, February 6,
2020
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democratic Party staffers
submit demand for union recognition
AP: Missouri Democratic Party staff to unionize
SNL: Billy Long to Pelosi: Auction that speech
copy you tore in a tantrum X
Missourinet: Hawley: House Democrats have given
America first purely partisan impeachment
KC Star: Blunt, Hawley share thoughts on House
Democrats' impeachment efforts X
Missourinet: Missouri sues agencies, others in effort
to halt North Dakota water project
KWMU: New National Parks leadership in Ste. Genevieve
aims to grow historic site
The Missouri Times: SEMA Director Ron Walker retiring
after 41 years with Public Safety
JCNT: Missouri SEMA Director Ron Walker to retire X
Faughn: Gary Romine was a senator's senator
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) says she'll pick up seats this November
AP: Missouri House panel backs raising the bar for
initiative petitions
JCNT: Missouri Recovery Network hosts advocacy day at
Capitol X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of
Conservation adds new landowner registry X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake
Saint Louis): Congress, there's a better way to fix surprise
billing
KC Star op-ed: Area doctor says Missouri should
emulate Kansas and expand Medicaid X
P-D letter: Manchester man expresses anger at Blunt
and Hawley over impeachment vote, makes timely cultural references to
Robert Redford and Ernest Hemingway X
Columbia Missourian letter: Retired professor responds
to Hartzler's response to piece on government health care
P-D letter: St. Louis woman "appalled" by Cleaner
Missouri, cheers Post-Dispatch X
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Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Mannies: Bloomberg is pouring money into Missouri in
advance of the state's March primary
SNL: Still time to register for the 2020 Missouri
presidential primary X
Missourinet: President Trump recognizes Missouri child
and mother during State of the Union Address
KC Star: President Trump highlights Kansas City girl
born at 21 weeks: "Every child is a miracle of life" X
KC Star: Cleaver's office says congressman skipped
State of the Union (Tuesday) to attend Chiefs parade (Wednesday) X
Columbia Missourian: Levee failures cause massive
losses to Missouri farms
St. Joseph News-Press: Group now pushing for
recreational marijuana approval X
CDT: Gov. Parson's office, Galloway campaign go back
and forth on Galloway's phone and deleted messages X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Pattie Parris,
Missouri's first female doorkeeper in the General Assembly
The Missouri Times: Changes to Missouri primary
elections floated in Senate
SNL: Senate gives approval to Cleaner Missouri
redistricting plan X
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects Cleaner Missouri
bill despite Democrats' efforts
AP: Senate Republicans pitch redistricting plan
Columbia Missourian: Senators take step to give voters
a voice on redistricting
P-D: Senate Democrats end their filibuster, allow
Cleaner Missouri to advance X
AP: Missouri lawmakers vote to allow grants for
Hyperloop track
Columbia Missourian: Proposal from Sen. Eric Burlison
(R-Battlefield) targets gaps in state's anti-sanctuary law
JCNT: Sponsors of tort overhaul bills say legislation
would help stop frivolous lawsuits X
SNL: Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles) wants to ban
vaping in public schools - for kids and adults
X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider vaping ban,
education about vaping in schools
P-D: Plan to lift residency requirements for cops
narrowly applied to only St. Louis City X
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-Weldon Spring) would help first responders get treatment for PTSD
The Missouri Times: House advances legislation
restructuring Capitol Police
Columbia Missourian: City-county fire protection
district dispute hits the Capitol
SNL: Missouri Dept. of Conservation to rewrite
definition of hunting 'handgun' X
Missourinet: MoDOT uses technology to help with winter
weather efficiencies
Missourinet: Missouri House caucus to focus on
radioactive waste studies, spending
Messenger: Veteran who spurred historic Missouri
prison debtors ruling finds himself back behind bars X
P-D op-ed: Missouri Moms Demand Action member wants
more gun control X
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Missourinet: Poplar Bluff police chief will be U.S.
Rep. Jason Smith's guest at State of the Union tonight
SNL: Blunt, Hawley share thoughts on impeachment ahead
of tomorrow's vote X
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson visits Iowa for
Trump: "America will never, ever, be a socialist country."
P-D: Ann Wagner continues building war chest;
MOGOP's Jean Evans' premortem for Jill Schupp's campaign mocks eventual
"grassroots" mantra X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Senate
President Pro Tem Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) talks with Rosenbaum about
Cleaner Missouri, gaming machines, police officer emancipation,
Medicaid expansion, audit of Galloway
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: February 2, 2020 episode
P-D: Gov. Parson's trip to Super Bowl involved no
taxpayer money X
P-D: Missouri paid out more than $24 million for
lawsuits last year; Big jackpots for winners of "discrimination"
and "harassment" claims against Department of Corrections X
Missourinet: Number of flu cases more than doubles in
Missouri
JCNT: Missouri Health Insurance Innovation Task Force
releases report X
Columbia Missourian: Expanded charter school bill goes
to Senate
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston) meant to streamline services for vulnerable adults
P-D: Lawmakers target use of phony "service animals" X
SNL: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) advances
bill to open jobs to offenders X
Missourinet: AG Eric Schmitt, law enforcement groups
say Missouri carjackings are an epidemic
Columbia Missourian: GOP bill would allow transfer of
historic black cemetery to state
KWMU: Black Caucus legislation: Creating St.
Louis-area black history museum, adding another state holiday, more
JCNT: Black Caucus proposes legislation commemorating
black Missourians X
KC Star editorial: KC should be offended by President
Trump's tweet about "great state of Kansas" X
Joplin Globe editorial: Applause for innovative
approaches to MoDOT's problems X
P-D editorial: Schmitt is right to restore tough court
overhaul for St. Louis County cities X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Great Northwest Day
pays off for region X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man copies language from
Missouri Budget Project's Medicaid expansion report verbatim X
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Monday, February 3,
2020
KWMU: St. Louis Corps of Engineers plan would help
residents along Meramec River with floods; Comments from Great
Rivers Habitat Alliance Executive Director David Stokes
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
files bill to protect against future flooding
Missourinet: Secretary Ashcroft calls for eliminating
Missouri's symbolic presidential preference primary
St. Joseph News-Press: Trump Administration's EPA
changes benefit St. Joseph X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Brian
Williams (D-St. Louis City) talks with Scott Faughn about Cleaner
Missouri and PQs, Medicaid expansion, more; Panel of Carl
Bearden, Mark Dalton, Bloomberg campaign's Ryan Hawkins, state
Senate candidate Michelle Sherod (D-St. Louis City) talk Dem
presidential primary, Gov. Parson's margin of victory, Cleaner
Missouri, more
KWMU: National hospital group wants Medicaid expansion
JCNT: Gov. Parson speaks at Midwest march to support
life X
Washington Missourian: Galloway says she welcomes
audit of her office X
Missourinet: Super Bowl champion Chiefs to receive
invite to Missouri Capitol
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Removing St. Louis
City police residency requirement is the right thing to do
St. Joseph News-Press: Crime-fighting measures moving
through Missouri Senate X
P-D: AG Eric Schmitt seeks to revive municipal police
and court overhaul efforts X
AP: Missouri bills would ease licensing for military
spouses, out-of-state workers
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill from Rep. Sheila Solon
(R-St. Joseph) aims to stop squatters on public property X
KC Star editorial: Licenses to grow and sell medical
marijuana in Missouri will go to the highest bidder X
KC Star editorial: Electricity customers in Missouri
could be the losers in battle over Evergy X
P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian chastises
"youngster" Hawley for impeachment stance X
Columbia Missourian letter: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler
responds to student reporter Will Okay's incomplete piece on government
health care, provides actual data from Congressional Budget Office
P-D letter: University City septuagenarian angry over
Cleaner Missouri proposal X
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Sunday, February 2,
2020
Brownfield Ag News: States join forces for Missouri
River study
Joplin Globe: State opens comments to prevent future
Neosho flooding X
Washington Missourian: In wide-ranging conversation
with press corps, Gov. Parson talks state's economic successes, cost of
Medicaid expansion, taming urban crime X
Joplin Globe: Missouri group aims to pitch
recreational marijuana to voters in November
X
P-D: It's official: St. Louis-area medical
marijuana businesses are hiring X
P-D: Former state Rep. Mike Sutherland (R-Warrensburg)
named Missouri parks director X
P-D: Gov. Parson picks Jason Dodson for circuit
judgeship in St. Louis County X
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
helps U.S. Census Bureau with recruitment
SNL: Drag queen story hour promotes "the gender
fluidity of childhood;" Man dressed as girl from "Frozen" reads
book about two boys falling in love X
P-D editorial: If Galloway's perfunctory campaign
against Gov. Parson stands a chance, staffer Pamela Allison's e-mail
about altering Hawley audit requires explanation X
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri drivers
should have license suspended for handling phone while driving X
SNL op-ed: Area Democrat running against Rep. Steve
Helms (R-Springfield) wants Medicaid expansion
X
KC Star op-ed: UMKC Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal:
No more test-score requirement for applicants; Old-fashioned
standards like "achievement" and "metrics" stifled diversity X
P-D letter: St. Louis man disagrees with Blunt on
impeachment, attempts "Show-Me" punchline X
SNL letter: Greene County Democrats donor applauds
House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) for holding
town hall X
P-D letter: Illinois man hopes Missourians think twice
about allowing recreational marijuana X
SNL letter: Nixa septuagenarian submits form letter in
support of Clean Missouri X
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia septuagenarian
submits form letter (see above) in support of Clean Missouri
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SNL: Local Democrats make their picks for 2020
presidential election: Interviews with 10 area liberals X
KC Star: Blunt calls House Dems' impeachment case
"half-baked"
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Examining
the allegations of political bias in Hawley audit, more
The Missouri Times: Mike Sutherland named Missouri
State Parks director
SNL: DNR names new state parks director; opening
Bryant Creek at top of list X
P-D: Liberal group continues campaign for Medicaid
expansion; Missouri Budget Project says spending more will save
money X
Columbia Missourian: Petitioners push for recreational
marijuana use in Missouri
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says grey area should be
cleaned up in Missouri's gambling laws
SNL: St. Louis County judge strikes down "paycheck
protection" law from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa)
The Missouri Times: Missouri educators could see tax
deduction option next year under plan from Sen. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas
City)
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
would allow St. Louis police to turn over cases to Schmitt's
office; Union leader Jeff Roorda blasts "clown" Kim Gardner
KWMU: St. Louis City aldermen pass resolution
chastising state lawmakers for officer-emancipation legislation
SNL: Missouri announces weed 'seed-to-sale' permits X
KC Star: Complaints mount over private company that
scored Missouri marijuana applications X
P-D: Missouri killed a record number of feral hogs in
2019. And it might not be enough. X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake
Hurst: Fixing "Clean Missouri" will restore common sense to
redistricting
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Dottie Bailey
(R-Eureka): Supporting children's futures with child support
legislation; Deadbeat dads and other derelicts should pay up
before receiving SNAP handouts
Messenger: Tale of two defendants highlights the
gamble poor people take with justice system X
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