Sunday, February 28,
2021
KC Star: Social justice group says KC area Proud Boys
membership totals roughly forty (40) men across region; Various
liberal males share feelings and fears about massive posse's harrowing
threat
USA Today: Gun control advocacy series:
Missouri's percentage increase of mass shootings ranks far below
national average
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Sean
Pouche (R-Parkville)
Brownfield Ag News: FFA Week proclamation from Gov.
Parson, Lt. Gov. Kehoe delivered on tractors
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's budget proposal aims to
reduce Missouri Public Defender Wait list
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) meets
with education leaders, addresses "piece of the pie" funding myth
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) explains
approach to unemployment overpayments
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri House passes bill against
eminent domain use
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown) talks COVID
liability, says every business is essential
JCNT: Rapid COVID-19 tests benefit mid-Missouri schools
P-D: Hundreds of St. Louis residents get vaccinations
Saturday
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibail) continues
push for Hannibal bypass
Joplin Globe: Missouri PSC opens investigation into
power interruptions during recent cold snap
P-D editorial: State legislators find creative new
ways for taxpayers to fund private schools
P-D letter: St. Louis woman bashes Josh Hawley, claims
to
be "lifelong Republican and Catholic"
P-D letter: Pacific octogenarian says Missouri
Republicans cannot win elections without "manipulating the voter rolls"
Disclosure
Saturday, February 27, 2021
The Hill: Josh Hawley gets boisterous ovation at
CPAC: "I'm here today, I'm not going anywhere and I'm not backing
down"
Missouri Independent: Judge puts off ruling in
Missouri gaming machine case
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Legal roundtable discusses Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch's Twitter case,
Sunshine Law suits, more
P-D: Todd Richardson taking temporary leave of absence
to spend time with family
KC Star: Missouri Highway Patrol investigating abuse
allegations at southwest Missouri reform school
P-D: More than 100 being laid off at Webster Groves
youth treatment facility
Missourinet: Next week's mass vaccination events in
Missouri have been scheduled
Missouri Independent: State officials counter
misinformation regarding southeast Missouri vaccination event
KC Star: KC metro's rolling average of COVID-19 cases
falls again
SE
Missourian: State moving to next coronavirus vaccine group
KWMU: Missouri officials find contagious coronavirus
variant in 15 wastewater testing sites
KC Star: COVID-19 variants from UK and California
detected in Missouri wastewater
KC Star: Young illegal with autism receives special
immigration status; Judge rules Missouri child welfare must keep
custody of Mexican alien
P-D: Missouri ordered to pay legal fees after losing
licensing case against Planned Parenthood
The Missouri Times: Missouri 911 Board invests $2
million in modernization
The Missouri Times: PSC investigates cold snap's
effect on utilities
P-D: Spire look to 'further unify' Missouri rates
The Missouri Times: PSC considers response to new
federal regulations
KC Star editorial: No, Josh Hawley, we don't hate
America if we want to learn from history's mistakes
P-D editorial briefs: Praising pet protection bill,
bashing Rush Limbaugh's "dark legacy"
Joplin Globe editorial: Prioritizing vaccines for
Missouri teachers recognizes their role as essential workers
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Josh Hawley minimizes racism's
role in U.S. history
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Garrett Hawkins: A few of the recommendations we've
shared with Missouri's congressional delegation
P-D "The Bottom Line" video series: Semi-retired
business reporters David Nicklaus and Jim Gallagher say state should
let undeserving benefit recipients keep money
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian theorizes that Josh
Hawley had secret knowledge of Capitol rioters' plans
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenarian offers smorgasboard
of Rush Limbaugh's funniest quotes
P-D letter: Frontenac octogenarian responds to
Post-Dispatch editorial from five (5) weeks ago, bashes Republican
state lawmakers for opposing mask mandate
Disclosure
Friday, February 26,
2021
SE
Missourian: Rush Limbaugh laid to rest
The Missouri Times: Missouri activating next tier of
coronavirus vaccine distribution mid-March
JCNT: Missouri to begin next COVID-19 vaccination tier
in March
Missourinet: Missouri vaccination update: Get
ready teachers, childcare centers, grocery workers
Missourinet: Missouri has now completed 68 mass
vaccination clinics
Joplin Globe: K-12 teachers, other 'critical
infrastructure' workers to be eligible for vaccine by March 15
Columbia Missourian: Missouri moving to next
vaccination group March 15
KWMU: Missouri to offer COVID-19 vaccine to teachers
and essential workers in March
Missouri Independent: Missouri teachers, childcare
workers eligible for COVID vaccine by mid-March
P-D: Missouri to expand vaccination effort in mid-March
KC Star: Teachers groups praise Gov. Parson's decision
on teacher vaccinations
SNL: Missouri teachers, 'essential workers' eligible
for COVID-19 vaccine starting March 15
KC Star: Southeast Missouri town, lacking large retail
or convenience store space, holds successful mass vaccination event at
Knights of Columbus
Missouri Independent: Missouri Republicans look to
protect election integrity through voter ID requirement
The Missouri Times: House narrowly passes ESA bill
Missourinet: Missouri House narrowly passes private
schooling tax credit bill
P-D: In historic vote, school choice proposal wins
final approval in Missouri House
KC Star: Missouri House passes school choice bill
KWMU's Jaclyn Driscoll: Missouri House OKs
state-sponsored scholarships for private schools; Comments from
"Rep. Phil Christophanelli [sic]"
KRES/KWIX: Putnam County superintendent opposes Senate
Bill 55
The Missouri Times: Senate passes law enforcement,
protester-accountability bills
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) pleased with
progress of performance audit bill
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House passes
eminent domain bill
The Missouri Times: Derges asks Republican colleagues
to help her bills
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown) says bill
could help eliminate some telemarketing calls and e-mails
KC Star: ACLU sues as Missouri is set to release
autistic Mexican illegal from foster care
P-D editorial: Josh Hawley feigns outrage as he
attacks a retired black Army general
SE
Missourian editorial: Gov. Parson is right - new behavioral
hospital is a big win for patients, region
KC Star editorial: New Missouri Minutemen force is
pointless
SE
Missourian Rush Limbaugh memorial issue op-ed: Peter
Kinder: His dad's responsible (originally published May 25, 1993)
Missouri Independent op-ed: Missouri Health Care for
All's Jen Bersdale: Gov. Parson needs to show more "compassionate
leadership"
KC Star op-ed: Local "social justice activist and
political strategist" Justin Horn: Basye's bill to ban high
school boys from competing against girls in sports hurts transgenders
P-D letter: Oakville sexagenarian opposes honoring
Rush Limbaugh, cites radio entertainer's criticism of "Barrack [sic]" Obama
KC Star letter: Kansas City septuagenarian says state
should do more to help autistic Mexican illegal, says it's not alien's
fault mother smuggled him here
Disclosure
Thursday, February 25, 2021
P-D: Illegal alien gets free pass from Biden
administration, flees Maplewood hideout
KWMU: Honduran illegal leaves Maplewood hideout
JCNT: Retired Cole County Judge Richard Callahan to
prosecute McCloskeys
KC Star: "4 Star Politics" video: Gov. Parson
talks with Dave Helling and John Holt about COVID-19 vaccinations,
reopening schools, unemployment benefits, more
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson hints COVID vaccine
eligibility could expand
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Jo Doll
(D-Webster Groves) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about early impressions
of serving in superminority, COVID vaccine distribution, reopening
schools, charter school legislation, more
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House passes
voter ID bill
KWMU: Missouri House approves legislation requiring
photo ID to vote
Columbia Missourian: COVID-19 stimulus checks would be
exempt from taxes under Missouri bill
Missourinet: Proposal from Rep. Dave Griffith
(R-Jefferson City) is aimed at helping disabled veterans
KC Star: Missouri House advances school choice bill
The Missouri Times: Missouri House passes education
savings account bill
Columbia Missourian's Caitlin King and Adam Satrya
Jackson: Lawmakers debate school choice; Comments from
"Rep. Peter Meredith [sic]",
others
Columbia Missourian: GOP bill would protect medical
marijuana recipients' anonymity - and Second Amendment rights
KWMU: Some undeserving recipients of unemployment
benefits are appealing - and winning
Columbia Missourian: Committee passes bill on
faith-based youth homes
Missouri Independent: 1913 ruling seen as key to
Missouri illegal gambling cases
Columbia Missourian: House Emerging Issues Committee
entertains discussion of teacher licenses, doorstep-package thieves,
more
KRES/KWIX: Legislation may allow Missouri restaurants
to permanently sell cocktails to-go; Thoughts from Rep. Cheri
Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville)
Missouri Independent: Missouri Gaming Commission holds
regular monthly meeting, discusses report
KC Star: KC's weekly average for new COVID cases dips
below 200 for first time since July
KC Star: "It makes me so angry": Mayor Quinton
Lucas expresses frustration at large percentage of white Kansas City
residents receiving vaccine
SNL: AG Eric Schmitt's office wins $170,000
restitution case against timeshare exit company
P-D: Missouri PSC launches investigation after energy
rates soared in storm
Washington Missourian editorial: Public defenders
underfunded, understaffed
Missouri Independent op-ed: Jeff Smith: A look
at the factors influencing Roy Blunt's 2022 re-election
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: House Republicans push voter
ID bill despite fact that claims of illegitimate votes have been
debunked
The Missouri Times op-ed: Leadwood, Mo. parent Julie
Smith: Fix MOCAP now and empower families through school choice
P-D letter: Glendale man says Rush Limbaugh does not
deserve recognition from state
KC Star letter: Kansas City sexagenarian calls Rush
Limbaugh a "blowhard," says radio star "never got what he deserved"
Disclosure
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Missourinet: Blunt honors officers affected by Capitol
violence
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson, GOP governors call on
Biden to reverse fuel order
SE
Missourian: Gov. Parson calls new hospital "a win" for mental
health in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Senate passes COVID liability bill
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Senate passes COVID-19
liability protections
KWMU: COVID-19 liability protection clears Missouri
Senate, won't take effect until August
The Missouri Times: Two state reps say Vescovo
threatened their bills over charter school legislation
Missourinet: Missouri Senate puts off vote on giant
K-12 education package
P-D: Missouri Senate takes up sweeping education
proposal that would expand charter schools
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau School District Superintendent Neil
Glass, technology instructional specialist create presentation to
criticize charter school proposal
Columbia Missourian: Proposal from Rep. Dottie Bailey
(R-Eureka) could strip governor of power to appoint education board
members
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport) would allow recall of school board members
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) hoping for core
funding increase for higher education
The Missouri Times: Tempers flare as House Corrections
committee abruptly canceled
P-D: Senate gives preliminary approval to bill that
creates new protections for police, increases penalties for protesters
who break the law
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate approves bill to
hold lawbreaking protesters accountable
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature considers
social media censorship bills following national trend
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) would incentivize filmmakers to shoot in Missouri
Missourinet: Conservation officials: proposal to
expand Conservation Commission threatens future of conservation in
Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Grain Belt Express again the
target of Missouri House
Missouri Independent: Missouri Gaming Commission
chairman, long-time member at odds over need for Graves Garrett
investigation
Missourinet: Several mega coronavirus vaccination
events planned this week in Missouri
P-D: After weather delay, St. Louis County gets
delivery of 6,000 vaccine doses
SE
Missourian: COVID-19 vaccinations resume in southeast Missouri
Missourinet: St. Louis County Democrat wants teachers
moved from tier three vaccination level to tier two
Columbia Missourian: Some black Missourians hesitant
to get COVID vaccine; white people's ancestors to blame
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Legislative
Black Caucus seeks info on COVID vaccine plan for blacks
Columbia Missourian: COVID-19 variants in
Missouri: Wastewater tells better story
SNL: Missouri extends deadlines after most medical
marijuana businesses failed to open on time
SNL: MoDOT offers tips for dealing with potholes, how
to get them fixed
KRES/KWIX: Conservation agent reminds fishermen to
renew state permits
KC Star: Elad Gross, who lost 2020 Democratic primary
for attorney general to unknown Rich Finneran, releases report showing
national GOP AG group invited Eric Schmitt's staff to a series of
regular conference calls
Missouri Independent: Cole County Circuit Judge Jon
Beetem rules governor's office broke no laws by redacting confidential
info; Former Democratic AG candidate Elad Gross upset
KC Star editorial: Allowing concealed carry on KC
buses is a terrible idea
P-D editorial: Don't let Missouri's utility industry
strangle solar energy incentives
SE
Missourian editorial: Volunteers have played helpful role in
vaccination process
P-D op-ed: Former state Sen. Ted House (D-St.
Charles): School vouchers would destroy public schools in Missouri
KC Star's Laura Bauer: As time begins to run out for
autistic Mexican illegal, state could do the right thing and help
P-D's Tony Messenger: Lawsuit seeks to protect federal
disability income from covering court fees
P-D letter: Webster Groves octogenarian finds Blunt's
position against impeaching former president "disturbing"
P-D letter: National Association of Black Social
Workers president calls Rush Limbaugh a "racist" and "white
supremacist," wants NAACP to reinstate "travel advisory" against
Missouri
Disclosure
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
This Week in Missouri Politics: Peter Kinder talks
about the loss of Rush Limbaugh; Panel of Reps. Tom Hannegan
(R-St. Charles) and Bridget Walsh Moore (D-St. Louis City), Gregg
Keller, St. Louis City alderman Tom Oldenburg debate COVID orders,
vaccine distribution, charter schools
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap
Missouri Independent: Missouri in line for $4.5
billion from federal stimulus bill
KWMU: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush sponsors bill to grant
permanent residency to Honduran illegal
P-D: Cori Bush files bill to grant residency to
illegal alien
KRES/KWIX: Proposal from Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho)
would move some local elections to later in the year; Thoughts
from Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton)
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) expects
Senate to pass some version of Senate Bill 55
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) previews
action-packed week in Education Committee, shares COVID-19 experience
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Dale Wright
(R-Farmington) would increase pharmaceutical industry transparency
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects bill addressing
protests, investigations of law enforcement officers
Columbia Missourian: Under proposed law, Missouri
would contribute to FBI database on police use of force
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate bill
seeks to add pets to orders of protection
P-D: Pets could be added to orders of protection under
proposal in Missouri Senate
P-D: Missouri public defender calls on lawmakers to
fund office
JCNT: Gov. Parson recognizes supermarket employees
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson thanks grocery workers
while touring Hy-Vee coronavirus vaccine site
P-D: St. Louis area counties preparing to deliver
thousands of vaccines postponed by storm
SE
Missourian: COVID vaccinations continue
Missouri Independent: 77-year-old Independence woman
successfully navigates vaccination process
KC Star: KC's Cerner helping create vaccine passport -
a crucial step in returning to normal
KWMU: Federal grant helps Missouri judges learn the
science of COVID-19
KWMU: Missouri Department of Agriculture looks to
update pesticide training
KC Star editorial: Missouri's broken public defender
system must be fixed
SE
Missourian's Adrienne Ross: 'If you don't have anything nice to
say' about Rush Limbaugh, say nothing
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Vicky Hartzler not
representing "sane people"
Columbia Missourian's Adam Satrya Jackson: Voter fraud
is very rare, and Missouri lawmakers cannot provide any evidence of it
Missouri Independent op-ed: Renew Missouri's James
Owen: Missouri lawmakers must have facts on solar before acting
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Wake Forest University Law
School dean: Gov. Parson should pardon murderer Patty Prewitt
Disclosure
Monday, February 22,
2021
Webster-Kirkwood Times: "A little crazy": SLU
professor/Dem pollster Ken Warren says Cori Bush's "defund the police"
and "defund the military" rhetoric is "not smart"
Missourinet: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) back at
Capitol after recovering from COVID
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) on
Senate Bill 55 and charter schools
Missourinet: Proposal to elect Missouri Conservation
Commissioners goes before House committee today
Missourinet: Missouri prison system could move officer
training from classroom to real-world setting
Washington Missourian: Franklin County's second
medical marijuana shop opens
AP: Missouri medical marijuana lawyers worry about
discipline
KOMU: Missouri surpasses 1 million COVID
vaccinations; Health leaders praise Gov. Parson's leadership,
administration
CDT: Boone County health official: COVID-19
trends in county 'encouraging'
P-D editorial: To rehabilitate his public image,
Hawley should focus on shutting down opioid addiction rehab centers
KC Star editorial: Missouri has too many older,
low-risk prisoners behind bars. GOP bill would help.
KC Star's Derek Donovan: Liberals misunderstood Rush
Limbaugh, but Missouri can't honor him with a special day
P-D's Tony Messenger: Judge puts Missouri Legislature
on alert: Fund the public defender's office, or else
Joplin Globe op-ed: Rik Hafer: Missouri's
economy tied to education levels
P-D letter: St. Louis reader hopes Post-Dispatch
editorial board's incessant barrage of "orange-man-bad" venom and
anti-Republican hatred makes writers feel good
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian offers
psychoanalysis of Roy Blunt, Josh Hawley
P-D letter: St. Louis woman wants Gov. Parson to
apologize to Alex Garza
Disclosure
Sunday, February 21,
2021
KC Star: GOP leaders discuss grassroots support for
Trump post-presidency: Thoughts from Jean Evans, Sens. Eric
Burlison and Mike Cierpiot
P-D: St. Louis area man arrested in connection to
Capitol riot
Brownfield Ag News: At Missouri Farm Bureau event,
Gov. Parson and Ag Director Chris Chinn discuss legislative priorities
for agriculture
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) says budget work will be more difficult next year
Joplin Globe: Rep. Lane Roberts (R-Joplin) seeks to
tighten stalking laws
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester)
seeks increase in tax credit for domestic violence shelter donations
P-D: Thousands get first COVID-19 shot at vaccination
event at UMSL
P-D: Some elderly, sick in St. Louis area seize
opportunity to travel and get vaccine
KC Star: Regional China virus update
SNL: AG Eric Schmitt's office cracks down on
Springfield fence company accused of bilking customers
P-D's Bill McClellan: Plain-speaking Gov. Parson pays
tribute to the suffragettes, but it could have been more clearly worded
St. Joseph News-Press op-ed: Platte County Prosecuting
Attorney Eric Zahnd: No gray area: Gambling machines are
illegal
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Association for
Museums and Archives' Linda Endersby: Remind state legislators of
museums' importance
KC Star's Laura Bauer: Missouri about to let young man
with autism become homeless
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian blames some
Missourians' poor health on "stresses of poverty" and lack of Medicaid
expansion
P-D letter: Central West End sexagenarian encourages
Gov. Parson to be creative on vaccine distribution, suggests free
vaccines to anyone who shuttles olds or the handicapped to vaccine
centers
Disclosure
Saturday, February 20, 2021
KWMU: Census delay could mean later candidate filing
and elections for Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt leads Missouri
congressional delegation in pressing feds to probe natural gas prices
Missouri Independent: DSCC still pushing Sunshine Law
suit against Hawley, filed after Hawley defeated Claire McCaskill
P-D: Cori Bush holds second "swearing-in" for herself
in St. Louis, condemns St. Louis' role in westward expansion and slavery
P-D: Photo gallery: Kim Gardner performs
symbolic "swearing-in" 7 weeks after real swearing-in; youth
ensemble bangs on bongos; Human with multi-colored hair reads its
poem; More
SNL: Another Springfield man arrested in connection
with riot at U.S. Capitol
KC Star: Two more Missouri men arrested Friday,
charged with crimes in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Missourinet: Rep. Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff)
proposes Rush Limbaugh Day each January 12 in Missouri
P-D: 'Rush Limbaugh Day' could be coming to Missouri
SNL: Greene County GOP nominates former House Budget
Chair Allen Icet (R-Wildwood) for Collector's office
KC Star: Indicted Missouri lawmaker brings
high-profile attorney Al Watkins to her defense
P-D: Judge says waiting list for clients of Missouri
public defenders is unconstitutional
KC Star: Judge rules Missouri's waiting list for
public defenders violates constitution
P-D: Despite federal law, group says Missouri is not
extending foster care
Missouri Independent: House Dems want access to report
on Missouri Gaming Commission; Commission says information falls
under attorney-client privilege
Missouri Independent: For disability-rights advocate
Sara Hart Weir, advising on Missouri vaccine plan is personal
SNL: 11% of Missourians have received COVID-19 vaccine
doses
P-D: COVID-19 rates continue to decline in Missouri
and Illinois
KC Star: Regional China virus update
The Missouri Times: PSC dismisses utility acquisition
request
P-D editorial brief: State GOP lawmakers correct to
forgive unemployment overpayments
JCNT editorial: Less traffic, more fatalities
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Rush Limbaugh lived with enthusiasm
and eternal hope
Phill Brooks: Punishment of legislators
The Missouri Times op-ed: Environment Missouri's
Bridget Sanderson: Missouri bill would require John Deere, other
equipment manufacturers to give away access to machines' source codes
P-D letter: St. Peters sexagenarian says Blunt and
Hawley are responsible for people who will be "hurt, maimed or killed"
in the future
P-D letter: Middlebury, Conn. sexagenarian wants
Missourians to know she disapproves of Hawley "doodling" during Senate
debate
Disclosure
Friday, February 19, 2021
CNN: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer asks good questions
during the GameStop congressional hearing
KC Star: Pelosi's pick to lead investigation into
Capitol unrest called Hawley a "little piece of sh!t with his Yale law
degree"
Missouri Independent: Missouri cities, counties in
line for millions from federal COVID relief bill
The Missouri Times: Missouri congressional delegation
urges federal fuel supply review
SNL: Gov. Parson: State 'will not tolerate'
energy price gouging amid winter storm, blackouts
Missourinet: Congressional delegation, Gov. Parson
offer thoughts on energy issues
The Missouri Times: Energy, infrastructure,
broadband: Governor, Ag Director Chris Chinn lay out agriculture
priorities at Missouri Farm Bureau's annual event
The Missouri Times: Rep. Lane Roberts (R-Joplin) touts
police training reimbursement proposal to increase officers in Missouri
Missourinet: Missouri could soon catch up on its jail
reimbursement debt
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's budget proposal would close
half of housing units within Missouri women's prison
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville), Riverfront Times' Danny
Wicentowski discuss GOP proposal to give drug offenders a chance at
parole
Missouri Independent: After a pandemic enrollment
drop, Missouri educators are trying to find 'missing' students
Missourinet: Nearly 1,000 people died in Missouri
traffic
crashes in 2020
P-D: Despite traffic decline, deaths on Missouri
roadways soared last year, state says
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson, first lady receive
coronavirus vaccine
SNL: Gov. Parson, first lady got first dose of
COVID-19 vaccine last week
JCNT: Missouri continues vaccinations despite winter
storms
JCNT: State sticking with current vaccination plan,
despite some teachers' demands to be vaccinated immediately
P-D: Missouri health director, hospitals update St.
Louis County Council on vaccine distribution
P-D: Breed-specific dog bans targeted by Missouri
lawmakers
JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation offers pond
management workshop
P-D editorial: Rush Limbaugh changed politics for the
worse, but there's no denying his influence
Joplin Globe editorial: Answers needed for Missouri
regarding power crisis
SE
Missourian op-ed: Jeff Long: My unusual connection with
Rush Limbaugh: Radio program scheduling, Mary Frances Kinder's
funeral, and Rush's help in getting a church back on its feet
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian opposes
proposal to allow gun owners to protect themselves on MetroLink
Disclosure
Thursday, February 18, 2021
The Missouri Times: 'Son of Missouri" Rush Limbaugh
dies from cancer complications
SE
Missourian: Rush Limbaugh, Cape native and broadcasting pioneer,
dies; Thoughts from lifelong friend Peter Kinder, others
SE
Missourian: Widow tells audience about Rush Limbaugh's death
Missourinet: Missouri native Rush Limbaugh has died
Missourinet: Former Missouri House Speaker Steve
Tilley (R-Perryville) reflects on 2012 induction of Rush Limbaugh into
Hall of Famous Missourians
Twitter: Gov. Parson offers prayers for Limbaugh's
family; Liberals, failed Democratic candidates reply to
"celebrate" cancer, mock governor, taunt Limbaugh's family
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler visits vaccination site,
talks federal stimulus
KC Star: Cleaver has big goals for housing policy
under Biden
SE
Missourian: Ameren Missouri extends energy conservation request
through Friday
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Willard Haley (R-Eldon)
Missourinet: Schatz says state senators may have some
longer evenings to make up for missed snow week; emphasizes safety
KC Star: House committee passes bill to raise standard
for changing constitution
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) says
foundation formula will be fully funded
Missouri Independent: Pandemic could help pave the way
for school choice in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Bills to forgive unemployment
overpayments pass House committee
Columbia Missourian: Bill would allow recipients to
keep much of overpaid unemployment benefits
Missouri Independent: Missouri House committee votes
to forgive unemployment debts
P-D: Plan to waive collection of unemployment
overpayments advances in Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Missouri House considering solar
power fees
P-D: Missourians with solar panels could see electric
bills rise under House bill
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers
advance first responder doxing bill
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House
perfects bill to permanently offer mixed drinks to-go
P-D: Pandemic-inspired take-out booze rule could
become permanent in Missouri
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): House Bill 153 to help cut red
tape for Missouri farmers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) says
prescribed burn bill making progress
P-D: Proposal to limit police techniques up for debate
in House
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers discuss
officer-involved deaths and limiting effective restraint techniques
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri anglers set for opening
of trout season
KC Star: Gun-control forum recap: Panelists say
state lawmakers should spend more taxpayer money on urban health care,
"food security," etc.
KC Star editorial: Missouri police do a difficult job,
but don't need their own 'bill of rights'
SE
Missourian op-ed: John Brunner: School choice is a winning
issue for all Missourians to pursue the American Dream
Bob Priddy: Thoughts on consistency of neighborhood
snow, state employee pay raises, sarcastic take on Second Amendment
Preservation Act (921 words)
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Area woman describes
feeling "exhausted, confused, disillusioned, angry" and opposes GOP
efforts to rein in local health agencies
Columbia Missourian letter: "Sustainabile
Environmental Advisory Committee" member expresses her disdain for coal
and Roy Blunt
P-D letter: Dittmer septuagenarian calls Blunt and
Hawley traitors
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin sexagenarian calls Hawley
self-entitled and self-important
P-D letter: Warson Woods sexagenarian says Gov. Parson
was too busy campaigning in 2020 to plan vaccine distribution
P-D letter: O'Fallon septuagenarian details visit to
Versailles to receive vaccine, complains about locals not wearing masks
Disclosure
Wednesday, February 17,
2021 MoDOT
Traveler Map
SNL: Here's what we're watching for Missouri's 2022
U.S. Senate race
KC Star: Under Biden plan, Missouri would get $2.8
billion in state aid and $2.5 billion in local aid
The Missouri Times: What to know about rolling
blackouts during winter storms
SE
Missourian: Energy companies recommend conservation of
electricity, natural gas; rolling blackouts not expected
P-D: Ameren officials say rolling blackouts not
expected
JCNT: Rolling blackouts not expected in mid-Missouri
KC Star: Market realities affect natural gas customers
The Missouri Times: Missouri enhances Low Income Home
Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
The Missouri Time: Missouri reroutes vaccines after
weather halts mass vaccination events
P-D: Mass vaccination event still on for Saturday on
UMSL campus in St. Louis County
SNL: Some Missouri teachers complain about waiting
their turn for COVID vaccine
Missouri Independent: Republicans seek to raise
standards for changing state's constitution
JCNT: Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland), advocates try to
reach agreement on child care
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) says despite misinformation from trial attorneys, COVID
liability bill will pass
Missourinet: Sen. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) wants
more state spending on higher ed
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
talks Wayfair, personal property tax, education bills
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Show promo: New season of We Live Here to focus on "environmental
racism"
Joplin Globe editorial: Lawmakers should listen to
Lane Roberts on Second Amendment Preservation Act
SNL letters: Springfield sexagenarian compares Hawley
to Greitens; Ferguson sexagenarian mocks Hawley's complaint about
liberals showing up at his home; Springfield sexagenarian
compares Trump, Hawley and Billy Long to Hitler; Springfield
sexagenarian says Hawley does not love America; Springfield
octogenarian objects to Hawley's objection to Electoral College results
P-D letter: Chesterfield octogenarian disagrees with
Blunt and Hawley, says democracy is about to end
P-D letter: Greentop sexagenarian theorizes that Gov.
Parson mispronounced Garza's name in effort to send subliminal message
to Trump supporters
Joplin Globe letter: Neosho woman opposes charter
schools
Disclosure
Tuesday, February 16,
2021
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Vicky Hartzler, ranking member of military
subcommittee, explains priorities for Whiteman and Fort Leonard Wood
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics recap:
Wiemann on vaccine distribution, personal property tax, Wayfair;
Barklage, Lovasco, McCreery on Second Amendment Preservation Act,
vaccines, more
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Bill Hardwick (R-Waynesville)
talks with Jason Rosenbaum about Second Amendment Preservation Act,
Fort Leonard Wood, and early impressions of legislative life
Missourinet:
All state offices closed in Missouri today
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Senate, House pause session due to
inclement weather
Missourinet:
Missouri Senate cancels session all week due to snow and ice
SNL:
Missouri Senate cancels session for the week amid cold temperatures,
snowy roads
The
Missouri Times: Missouri utilities ask customers to conserve
energy during winter storm
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Hannibal) following school choice
debate closely
KC
Star: Remote learning renews fight for school choice in Missouri
P-D:
Move to release older prisoners in Missouri could advance in House
Missouri
Independent: COVID spread slows in Missouri, new cases now half
national rate
AP:
Missouri says more than 10% of state's residents get vaccine
P-D:
Gov. Parson: Non-Missourians should not receive state's vaccine
doses
Missourinet:
New program launches to help older Missourians access coronavirus
vaccine
CDT:
Truman VA vaccinates more than 1,400 before weather shutdown
Missourinet:
Missouri pulls the plug on this week's mass vaccination events due to
winter weather
KWMU:
Some St. Louis area residents travel to rural Missouri to get COVID-19
vaccine
Missourinet:
Teachers complain about waiting for vaccine, want immediate attention
P-D:
Great Circle will shut down residential treatment in Webster Groves
SE
Missourian: Missouri bicentennial: Mules a good fit as
state animal
KC
Star op-ed: Show-Me Institute's David Stokes: Connected
Kansas City builders don't pay their share of taxes. Here's a partial
fix
P-D
letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian disagrees with Blunt on
impeachment vote
Disclosure
Monday, February 15,
2021 Presidents Day
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer says
Trump lowered "regulatory nonsense," but Biden is turning back the clock
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. John Wiemann
(R-O'Fallon) talks COVID-19, election security, COVID liability bill,
personal property tax, Wayfair; Panel of Reps. Tony Lovasco
(R-O'Fallon) and Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette), David Barklage join Scott
Faughn to discuss COVID distribution, Second Amendment Preservation
Act, charter schools, Blunt's re-election
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate cancels session
due to inclement weather
Missourinet: Snow forces Missouri House and Senate to
cancel Monday sessions; Rowden emphasizes safety
JCNT: MoDOT urges travelers to stay home during bitter
cold, winter weather
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) talks state budget, says this year's process likely
easier than next year's
Missourinet: Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) says
Missourians shouldn't be taxed on federal stimulus checks
Missourinet: Missouri intercepts $78 million in
stimulus money from deadbeat parents
Missourinet: Rep. Keri Ingle (D-Lee's Summit):
Issues with Circle of Hope and other Missouri facilities appear to be
systemic
Missouri Independent: With urban homicides on the
rise, Missouri lawmakers seek to help law-abiding citizens defend
themselves
KC Star: KC metro's weekly average of new COVID cases
continues trending downward
KWMU: SLU law professor takes a stand against
selfishness, says Missourians should let most vulnerable populations
get vaccinated first
St. Joseph News-Press: In St. Joseph School District,
30% of teachers fall into current tier and can get vaccinated now
KC Star: Some teachers complain about waiting their
turn in vaccination line behind senior citizens, first responders and
people with certain health conditions
SE
Missourian op-ed: Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City): Fixing
Medicaid
Missouri Independent op-ed: Missouri Department of
Natural Resources sells out to foreign factory farms
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
sexagenarian says Blunt wrong on impeachment
KC Star letters: Lowry City octogenarian calls Blunt
"gutless" and "disgusting"; Columbia sexagenarian says Josh
Hawley doesn't care about America
P-D letter: Sunset Hills sexagenarian wants Hawley to
resign
P-D letter: St. Louis Hills septuagenarian expresses
disbelief that Missourians elected Josh Hawley over Claire McCaskill
P-D letter: New York sexagenarian wants Missourians to
know she's angry at Josh Hawley
P-D letter: Texas sexagenarian wants Missourians to
know he's angry at Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz
Disclosure
Sunday, February 14,
2021 Valentine's Day
Missourinet: Blunt, Hawley vote against impeaching
Trump
SNL: Blunt, Hawley weigh in on Dems' failed
impeachment effort
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Randy
Railsback (R-Hamilton)
Missourinet: Gov. Parson hopes to see Boeing use more
Missouri suppliers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
talks Second Amendment Preservation Act
JCNT: Firearms sales set record in 2020; Gun
shop owner says Democrats' gun-control legislation helps fuel demand
JCNT: Missouri's Office of Childhood to provide more
streamlined approach
SNL: MDC: No feral hogs for Share the Harvest
despite Robert Ross' push
Washington Missourian: Nearly 8 percent of Franklin
County vaccinated against COVID-19, area doctors hopeful for more
KC Star editorial: Blunt, Hawley side with Trump,
making future sedition more likely
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson again points the finger of
blame elsewhere for his own failings
P-D letter: University City man speculates that Blunt,
Hawley had minds made up prior to Dems' impeachment trial
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian says she
wanted to see Hawley paying closer attention during impeachment trial
P-D letter: Las Vegas, Nevada septuagenarian says
electing Hawley shows Missourians do not love America
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Saturday, February 13,
2021
SNL: Report lists Billy Long as top congressional
tweeter - but now he's quitting after Twitter's anti-conservative purge
SNL: Springfield brothers charged with participating
in riot at U.S. Capitol
KC Star: FBI arrests two Springfield, Missouri men in
connection to Jan. 6 riot at Missouri Capitol
KC Star: KC-area Proud Boys appear in court on riot
charges
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Maggie Nurrenbern (D-Kansas City)
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Alex
Riley (R-Springfield)
The Missouri Times: Missouri general revenue continues
to rebound in new year, January report says
Washington Missourian: Schatz, local public and
private school officials weigh in on charter schools
The Missouri Times: How lawmakers suggest handling the
COVID-19 unemployment overpayments
P-D: Proposals would allow concealed-carry permit
holders to protect themselves when enduring MetroLink rides
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton)
expects tougher road for Second Amendment legislation in the Senate
Joplin Globe: Local gun sales track rest of nation,
"significantly up"
Joplin Globe: Local lawmakers present priorities to
chamber leaders, discuss Second Amendment legislation, COVID liability,
more
Missourinet: Missouri bills would move some local
issues and races to a later election
SE
Missourian: MoDOT lifts no-travel advisory for southeast Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press: Prison staff, criminals
complain about COVID-19 procedures
P-D: Missouri COVID-19 rates return to summer
levels; St. Louis County forecasts steadier vaccine shipments
KC Star: New cases, hospitalizations down in Kansas
City metro
Washington Missourian: Franklin County reports new
COVID cases in decline
P-D: Missouri to consider requests from companies
seeking quicker coronavirus vaccinations
Missourinet: State: Some Walmart and Sam's Club
pharmacies already giving coronavirus vaccines in Missouri
Washington Missourian: Brinker, other leaders push
state for more vaccine doses
Missouri Independent: Some local health officials
continue to pitch list of grievances over state's vaccine distribution
process
P-D: Officials at St. Louis-area group homes share
emotional toll of putting forth effort to arrange vaccines
The Missouri Times: PSC approves Evergy West fee change
P-D editorial brief: Celebrating Gateway Pundit
getting kicked off Twitter
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri should renounce ugly
Dred Scott moment in history
P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenarian expresses
anger over waiting four (4) weeks for vaccine, says Gov. Parson is
ignoring the urban "technology challenged"
P-D letter: Kirkwood octogenarian says Sen. Andrew
Koenig (R-Manchester) is wasting his time on advocating for charter
schools, says local public schools are just fine
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Friday, February 12, 2021
Missourinet: Friday and Monday are both Missouri state
holidays
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer sees
areas for agreement in stimulus
Missouri Independent: Missouri could receive $1.7
billion in Medicaid funds under U.S. House plan
SNL: Tim Garrison, U.S. Attorney for the Western
District of Missouri, submits resignation
KC Star: KC mayor shares musings on Democrats'
attempted impeachment of former president, alleges Blunt is playing to
GOP primary voters
KC Star: Blue Springs resident Louis Enrique Colon
arrested for role in Capitol riot; Liberal activist says KC area
boasts strong Proud Boys organization
KWMU: New federal data center will expand research
opportunities across St. Louis region
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Former "Angry Black Bitch" blogger Pamela Merritt declares, "Abortion
is winning."
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Ed
Lewis (R-Moberly)
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Travis Smith (R-Dora)
SE
Missourian: Benton's Jamie Burger, fresh face in Jefferson City,
introduces monuments bill
Missouri Independent: Missouri House tucks lawmakers
cast out of caucuses into tiny offices
Missourinet: Gov. Parson signs $324 million emergency
package for rent and utility needs
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Gov. Parson
signs renters assistance bill
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson signs bill to
approve $324 million for renters assistance
Columbia Missourian: Effort renewed to expand
Missouri's online sales tax
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Gov. Parson
relaxes service hour regulations for fuel trucks
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House
approves family farm legislation
Columbia Missourian: Bill would help protect Missouri
agriculture facilities from biosecurity breaches
Missourinet: Legislative effort to crack down on
Missouri boarding schools after mounting claims of abuse and neglect
KC Star: Lawsuit alleges former student with autism
suffered abuse at Missouri boarding school
P-D: Missouri House approves plan to regulate kratom
KC Star: Average for China virus cases in KC metro
drops to levels not seen since July
Brownfield Ag New: Missouri essential ag workers
inching closer to vaccine; Comments fro MO Ag Director Chris Chinn
SNL: Missouri's COVID-19 vaccine navigator tool to
supplement, but not replace, local sign-ups
SE
Missourian: State officials say COVID-19 plans evolving;
veterans to receive vaccine doses
Missourinet: State's mass vaccination event today in
Poplar Bluff still a go despite icy conditions
JCNT: Gov. Parson touches on victories, histrionics
during COVID-19 update
Missourinet: Gov. Parson emphasizes importance of
facts over "fear and panic" in vaccine update
KWMU: Gov. Parson attempts to inject facts, logic into
emotional discussion over vaccines
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson says state is
distributing vaccine in equitable manner
P-D: Gov. Parson pushes back against vaccine
distribution complaints
P-D: Conservation officials reject plan to provide
feral hog meat to poor people
KC Star editorial: Mayor Lucas says GOP refusal to aid
cities is why police cuts are necessary
KC Star's Michael Ryan: Missouri schoolkids should not
be force-fed anti-American bigotry of The 1619 Project
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Gov. Parson lashes out, again.
This time at vaccine critics, journalists
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Thursday, February 11,
2021
Jason Rosenbaum: On the Trail column: Nick Myers
takes control of Missouri Republican Party that's riding high
KC Star: From gallery, Hawley hears Democrat argue he
is less culpable than Trump for riot
KC Star: Hartzler opposes Democrats' push for handouts
to "each socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher"
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske
preview: Pamela Merritt, formerly publisher of the "Angry Black
Bitch" blog, promotes new job at "Medical Students for Choice"
KC Star: Derges case draws attention to assistant
physicians licensing
SNL: Rep. J. Eggleston (R-Maysville) says proposal to
vet initiative petitions would enable valuable "tire-kicking" from
lawmakers
Missourinet: Proposed Missouri constitutional
amendment would force insurers to cover preexisting conditions
P-D: Gov. Parson holds virtual meeting with mayors,
talks Wayfair bill, Missouri media's bias and incessant negativity, more
KC Star: Event promo: Please join Report for
America and the Missouri Foundation for Health at our next gun-control
event Feb. 17
P-D: Pneumonia diagnosis for Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) has sidelined top priorities in Legislature
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch
(R-Hallsville) explains COVID liability legislation
The Missouri Times: Senate bill seeks to increase tax
credits to domestic violence shelters, add rape crisis centers as
qualifiers
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers eye federal
funds to cover cost of undeserved payments
KWMU: Bills allowing unemployment benefit recipients
to keep taxpayer money remain in committee
P-D: Proposals would allow Missourians to keep
unemployment payments given in error
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
debates bill lessening power of local officials during health
emergencies
P-D: Missouri Senate begins debate on measures to
limit the power of local officials to impose health orders
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton)
recaps hunting and fishing protections, as well as legislation to
protect law enforcement officers and first responders
KC Star: High emotions during hearing on alleged
Missouri reform school abuse
Missouri Independent: Students who claim abuse at
Missouri boarding schools call for action
Columbia Missourian: Harrowing tales of abuse told to
lawmakers from youth home survivors
SNL: 'Dateline NBC' to air report on Circle of Hope
Christian home allegations
P-D: Suspension of admissions at Great Circle in
Webster Groves followed arrest of 3 employees
Columbia Missourian's Adam Satrya Jackson: Legislators
debate self-defense measures in churches; Comments from "Rep.
Peter Meredith [sic]"
Columbia Missourian: Missouri senators discuss
expanding at-home health care licensing
The Missouri Times: Video provider fee decrease
considered by Missouri Senate
Columbia Missourian: Missourians could share sidewalks
with robot delivery vehicles under proposed law
P-D: Legislation could clear the way for St. Louis
City firefighters pension change
P-D: Wildwood-based company sues Missouri over
crackdown on gaming machines
Missouri Independent: Missouri company accused of
illegal gambling has sued the state
KC Star: Average for COVID-19 cases in Kansas City
metro falls for 12th straight day
P-D: Missouri adds antigen test results to its public
coronavirus data
Joplin Globe: Vaccines bringing hope to area nursing
homes
Missourinet: Missouri releases list of this week's
mass vaccination events
SE
Missourian: Walmart, Sam's Club locations to administer
coronavirus vaccine
Joplin Globe: Missouri expects 'fairly significant
amount' of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
KC Star: 'Ample supply' of vaccine coming to Missouri,
health officials say
P-D: Missouri to double vaccine doses to St. Louis
region
P-D editorial: Hawley and Blunt deepen Missouri's
embarrassment by refusing to see Trump's guilt
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri needs to act
on Wayfair legislation
JCNT editorial: Legislature rightly pursues school
choice
JCNT editorial: Expanding telemedicine, despite
concerns, has potential
KC Star editorial: Bill would censor slavery text in
Missouri classrooms
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missouri's pro-gun
bills don't match up with Constitution
The Missouri Times: Brian Kaylor: Second
Amendment shouldn't trump the First Amendment
P-D letter: Des Peres man says moving toward the
middle would help Missouri Democrats win in 2022
Joplin Globe letter: Nevada septuagenarian says COVID
ID policy should be applied to Missouri voting
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Wednesday, February
10, 2021
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, Hawley vote impeachment
trial unconstitutional
Missourinet: SOS Jay Ashcroft says presidential
preference primary is a waste of money
Missouri Independent: Derges claims University of
Missouri post in Florida filing; MU says it has 'no record' of
lawmaker as faculty or employee
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Jamie
Burger (R-Benton)
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Supplemental
budget bill moves on to governor's desk
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
committee considers tax exemption protections
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri rebate-style gas tax bill
advances
JCNT: DESE removes barrier to teaching certification
KWMU: St. Louis City school board wants state
lawmakers to halt opening of charter schools
Missourinet: Missouri discusses plans to meet social
and emotional needs of K-12 students
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Basye's IEP bill takes
significant step
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers reignite effort to ban
seclusion, restraint in schools
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House
perfects agricultural bills
Columbia Missourian: Millions in CARES money for
businesses, farms unspent
Missourinet: Senate committee discusses robot
deliveries; Comments from Amazon rep Tom Dempsey, KC's Shannon
Cooper
Columbia Missourian: House considers bill on elderly
inmates and 911 dispatcher support
JCNT: Bill from Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City)
would let National Guard drive state vehicles
P-D: Governor paid for post-State of the State letter
to GOP lawmakers himself
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
meets with Highways and Transportation Commission to push for Hannibal
bypass
KC Star: KC continues downward trend of new COVID
infections
SE
Missourian: New coronavirus vaccine partnership announced
KWMU: Missouri's Walmart, Sam's Club pharmacies will
start carrying coronavirus vaccines this week
SNL: SW Missouri's Walmart, Sam's Clubs to deliver
COVID-19 vaccines
Joplin Globe: Walmart, Sam's Club pharmacies in area
to give vaccinations
KC Star: Missouri launches vaccine site, adding to
sign-up options
Washington Missourian: Franklin County presiding
commissioner wants more vaccines for his region
P-D: Local officials want more vaccine doses
KWMU: Scientists are looking for coronavirus variants
in Missouri's sewers
KC Star: Owner of Missouri reform schools faces sex
abuse allegations in Washington lawsuit
Columbia Missourian: Resolution would denounce
Missouri's role in Dred Scott decision
Missouri Independent: Senate resolution condemns 1852
Missouri Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott case
Joplin Globe editorial: Bill from Sen. Karla Eslinger
(R-Wasola) on preexisting conditions offers the right diagnosis
P-D editorial: Unemployment beneficiaries get a
heartless wake-up call from Gov. Parson
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Florissant Mayor Tom
Schneider: List of grievances against Hawley, Schmitt, GOP state
lawmakers
KC Star's Dave Helling: Gov. Parson might make UMKC an
educational stepchild again, and "poke an eye in the finger of every
Kansas Citian"
KC Star op-ed: Institute of Justice's Daryl
James: Missouri police 'tax' cartels by seizing assets, but crime
and drug use don't go down
Washington Missourian letter: Washington sexagenarian
wants Blunt, Hawley, and Rep. John Simmons (R-Washington) to write a
letter to the editor declaring that Joe Biden is president
P-D letter: Clayton sexagenarian encourages complaints
to Ann Wagner's office regarding Georgia congresswoman
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
The Missouri Times: Former Sen. Scott Sifton
(D-Affton) seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot for Roy Blunt's 2022
re-election
SNL: 2022 Senate race: Scott Sifton announces
run against Roy Blunt
KWMU: Sifton seeks U.S. Senate seat held by Roy Blunt,
releases campaign ad targeting Hawley
KC Star: Sifton enters Democratic U.S. Senate primary,
touts endorsement from gov runner-up Galloway
AP: Sifton to challenge Blunt
SNL: Hawley, Blunt, Long to speak at Greene County
Republicans' Lincoln Day
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: Biden's $1.9 trillion
spending plan costs too much
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler
disappointed with Democrats' removal of Greene from committees
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman
(R-Arnold) running for state Senate in 2022
The Missouri Times: Rep. Tricia Derges (R-Nixa)
removed from House Republican Caucus
SNL: Nixa rep indicted for fraud booted from
Republican caucus in Missouri House
Missouri Independent: Missouri House GOP boots
indicted lawmaker out of caucus, though she says she won't resign
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Missouri House GOP removes
indicted lawmaker; Statement from "Rep. John Wiemann (R-St.
Charles [sic])
The Missouri Times: Freshmen lawmakers building new
caucus
P-D: Legislation to provide $324 million in rental aid
heads to governor's desk
Columbia Missourian: Rental aid package worth $324
million headed to governor for approval
Missourinet: Missouri bill would boost gas tax but
offer rebates to drivers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
explains Second Amendment Preservation Act passed by House
The Missouri Times: Legislation to remove tuition cap
heard in committee
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers considering removing
tuition caps for state universities
JCNT: Missouri bill would allow doctors to take in
patients without seeing them in person
SNL: Does Missouri need a 'right to hunt and fish' in
the constitution? Rep. John Black (R-Marshfield) thinks so
P-D: Missouri child welfare officials suspend new
placements at Great Circle in Webster Groves
Missourinet: 645 MoDOT employees now have COVID;
pandemic is major theme in Missouri transportation department's annual
report
JCNT: Missouri launches online COVID-19 vaccine
navigator
Missourinet: State rolls out new COVID-19 vaccination
registration tool
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau, Scott counties in top 10 for COVID
vaccinations in Missouri
P-D: St. Louis County wants more vaccine doses
Missouri Independent: St. Louis County wants more
COVID vaccine doses
The Missouri Times op-ed: Bill Hardwick:
Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act and a closer look at
vertical federalism and the Supremacy Clause
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian disagrees
with Luetkemeyer over Trump's legacy, predicts zero (0) COVID
"superspreader" events to occur during Biden presidency
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian says Ann
Wagner is responsible for each of Marjorie Taylor Greene's previous
statements on every political issue
P-D letter: University City man wants Gov. Parson to
veto Second Amendment protections
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Monday, February 8,
2021
KC Star: Trail of No Cheers: Local Indian drives
20 hours to Tampa, complains about football team honoring heritage
Missourinet: Cori Bush appears on comedy show, says
she wants government to hand out monthly $2,000 coronavirus relief
checks - retroactive to the start of the pandemic
This Week in Missouri Politics: Scott Faughn hosts
panel of Reps. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold), Rasheen Aldridge
(D-St. Louis City), GOP consultant Brett Dinkins, and seasoned Dem
strategist Jane Dueker to discuss State of the State, COVID vaccine,
Second Amendment protections
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Brian
Williams (D-University City) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about police
procedures legislation, KC residency, more
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Senate approves bill to
benefit military projects; Comments from Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg)
Missourinet: Committee to hear testimony tonight
regarding self-defense in churches; Eiken Elam Saimon walked into
Neosho Christian church in 2007 and began murdering worshippers
SE
Missourian: Missouri's "Good Samaritan" law protects individuals
seeking medical assistance for overdoses
Missouri Independent: Missouri Gaming Commission
members review confidential attorney-client work product
Missourinet: Missouri prison system experiences
significant drop in COVID-19 cases
KC Star: KC metro adds fewest COVID-19 cases since
October
Joplin Globe: Neosho gives initial approval to
agreement with state for trout fishing
P-D editorial: Return 17-year-olds back to the
juvenile justice system where they belong
SE
Missourian editorial: Vaccine distribution success a shot in the
arm for our community
Joplin Globe editorial: With vaccine rollout, we're on
the right path to a new normal
P-D's Bill McClellan: How 'the girl next door' ended
up holding Nancy Pelosi's nameplate
Joplin Globe letters: Carl Junction woman says General
Assembly not nimble enough to make decisions on virus issues;
East Coast professor says she and her husband will boycott Missouri as
long as Hawley is in office
P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian says Blunt
and Hawley are traitors
P-D letter: Hazelwood sexagenarian says "No, just no"
to school choice in Missouri
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
Joplin Globe: Nick Myers elected chairman of Missouri
Republican Party
SNL: Billy Long votes to keep embattled GOP
congresswoman on committees
P-D: Twitter shuts down account operated by
conservative Jim Hoft
St. Joseph News-Press: AG Eric Schmitt's office says
human trafficking operation in St. Joseph rescues 6 victims, 3 arrests
SNL: Despite indictment, no changes at Lift Up
Springfield, board members say
JCNT: Missouri Capitol restoration 'put the gleam
back' into historic building
Columbia Missourian: The house on a hill:
Missouri State Capitol renovations complete after half a decade
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) highlights issues coming before economic development
committee
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Senate Education Committee Chair
Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) continues to push for in-seat classes
The Missouri Times: Missouri reports first UK
coronavirus variant case
Missourinet: Northeast Missouri resident has state's
first confirmed case of UK coronavirus variant
P-D: UK coronavirus variant found in Missouri
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans again seek to
supercede the federal government on guns
P-D letter: St. Charles man says state pension
director stood up to Richard McIntosh, Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis)
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Saturday, February 6,
2021
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau concerned
over Biden revisiting WOTUS
KC Star: Hawley's wife files criminal complaint
against protester after Virginia demonstration
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson says state is set for
economic recovery
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Gov. Parson talks budget outlook
for Medicaid expansion, K-12 funding, infrastructure, more
CDT: At Chamber event, Gov. Parson covers COVID
liability legislation, broadband, Wayfair, vaccine, more
The Missouri Times: Missouri officials are betting on
the Chiefs: Here's what they're offering their Florida
counterparts
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol dome shining red;
Govs. Parson and Desantis make bets
The Missouri Times: Plocher: 'I stand firmly'
with Vescovo's handling of Derges situation
P-D: In e-mail to Speaker Vescovo, Derges declines to
resign
The Missouri Times: Latest Missouri gas tax plan
includes rebates for drivers
SNL: Some Missouri lawmakers push to let workers keep
errant unemployment payments
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson remains steadfast in
seeking benefits repayments
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Truman president says Sen. Cindy
O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) is "enormously effective" in helping university
Missouri Independent: Competition increasing for
KC-area seat on University of Missouri curators
Columbia Missourian: New legislation could protect
Missourians from caller ID fraud
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri anhydrous regulation bill
gaining traction
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
talks foster care bills and vaccine progress in Hannibal area
P-D: St. Louis County hires lobbyists to fight GOP-led
efforts to limit local health orders
SNL: About 2,600 get COVID vaccine in Springfield on
Friday
JCNT: More than 2,000 vaccinated at mass event
The Missouri Times: St. Louis City mayor wants greater
access to vaccines
P-D: Krewson asks Gov. Parson to allow CVS, Walgreens
to be vaccine sites
The Missouri Times: Kirk Andrews selected as Evergy
executive vice president
KC Star editorial: If Gov. Parson wants kids in
schools, why don't KC teachers have vaccines?
KC Star editorial: Missouri's 'mass' COVID-19
vaccinations skip Kansas City, St. Louis
P-D editorial brief: Derges should resign
Phill Brooks: Thoughts on friction between Gov. Parson
and Missouri House leadership
P-D letter: Creve Coeur sexagenarian says Sen. Hawley,
Gov. Parson are "snowflakes"
KC Star letter: Kansas City septuagenarian wants Gov.
Parson to resign
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Friday, February 5,
2021
Missourinet: Cleaver says USDA offices are staying put
in KC, rumors were not true
KC Star: Missouri's GOP U.S. House members vote to
keep embattled Georgia congresswoman on committees
Rosenbaum: Parson-Vescovo blowup shines light on
tensions between governors and House Speakers
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson's PAC moves into
East High Street building; Building once housed Greitens'
non-profit
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Bridget Walsh Moore (D-St. Louis City)
The Missouri Times: Rep. Tricia Derges (R-Nixa) 'has
no plans' to resign following Speaker Vescovo's request
KRES/KWIX: School choice an early priority for
House; Observations from Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville)
The Missouri Times: Missouri House passes Second
Amendment Preservation Act
SNL: Missouri House OKs Ozarks lawmaker's plan to push
back on federal gun laws
KWMU: Missouri House passes measure protecting state
gun gun rights
Missourinet: Federal gun law nullification passes
Missouri House, same bill moves through Senate
JCNT: Gov. Parson warns vaccinators against deviating
from state plans
The Missouri Times: State vaccination team addresses
distribution, unused supply concerns
Missourinet: Missouri health officials say future
distribution of COVID vaccine is based on following the rules
P-D: Virus rates tumble across the region
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Missourian: Cape County volunteers help with vaccine distribution
KWMU: Brookings Institute, other critics of vaccine
rollout share views
Missouri Independent: Missouri mapping out 'vaccine
deserts'
P-D editorial: Missourians should heed Danforth's
warnings. FrankenHawley is on the loose
JCNT editorial: Duck boat safety measure long overdue
Joplin Globe editorial: Time to go after illegal
gambling devices
The Missouri Times op-ed: MoCannTrade Executive
Director Andrew Mullins: Metrc ruling a win for Missouri cannabis
industry and patients
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin sexagenarian says he is
tired of calls for unity, wants Josh Hawley to pay a price
Columbia Missourian letter: Creve Coeur septuagenarian
offended that Gov. Parson's bio mentions Christ, agriculture, sports
before "people" in list of passions
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Thursday, February 4, 2021
Missouri Independent: Jack Danforth continues
anti-Hawley campaign with appearance on SLU grad Jim Swift's "The
Bulwark" podcast; 84-year-old, who left U.S. Senate 26 years ago,
says he will not vote for Hawley in 2024
The Missouri Times: Profile: Sen. Karla Eslinger
(R-Wasola)
SNL: House Speaker Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) asks Rep.
Tricia Derges (R-Nixa) to resign
The Missouri Times: Vescovo asks Derges to resign
following federal indictment
Missourinet: House speaker asks Derges to resign
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Vescovo asks Derges to
resign; Comments from Derges attorney "Stacie Bilyue [sic]"
The Missouri Times: Bill would ensure ballot
initiative language stays true to General Assembly's intent
The Missouri Times: Low-income housing tax credit cap
considered by legislators
Missourinet: Senate pulled all-nighter on bill to
protect businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits
Missouri Independent: COVID liability advances in
Missouri Senate, expands to protect religious organizations
Missourinet: Rep. Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph) leads
effort to boost early childhood education funding
Columbia Missourian: Missouri lawmakers hear debates
on SNAP handout bills
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Hoskins supports sportsbook
legalization
Columbia Missourian: Bill aiming to nullify federal
gun laws approved by Missouri House
Columbia Missourian: Missouri lawmakers to "cut out
the middlemen" in security and defense
Daily
American Republic: Rep. Hardy Billington (R-Poplar Bluff) raises
free speech questions in new House bill
The Missouri Times: Senate considers bill to ease
water, sewer rate changes
Missourinet: Research time is key issue in Sunshine
Law case heard by Missouri Supreme Court
JCNT: Missouri Supreme Court hears Sunshine Law appeal
Columbia Missourian: State health officials answer
questions from lawmakers on vaccine rollout
P-D: Randall Williams, Adam Crumbliss, Robert Knodell
answer questions about vaccine distribution
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Missourian: SoutheastHEALTH, Saint Francis to receive 2,000
vaccine doses on alternate weeks
SNL: Mass vaccination clinic in Springfield succeeds
in filling sign-up slots
KC Star: National Guard to be sent in "targeted teams"
to help administer vaccine in special areas of KC and St. Louis
Missouri Independent: St. Louis City woman who
recevived vaccine shares tips on using "underlying condition" to get on
"unofficial waitlist," criticizes state's handling of China virus
KC Star: Average of new COVID cases continues falling
KC Star editorial: Lawmaker against police residency
rule doesn't live in city
The Missouri Times op-ed: Armstrong Teasdale's Brandon
Hall: Brighter days ahead for rural hospitals in Missouri
Kaiser Health News' Hannah Recht and Lauren Weber:
Fewer black people in Missouri have taken necessary steps to get COVID
vaccine, compared to whites; White people's "structural racism"
and "failure to address nuanced hesitancy" to blame
P-D letter: Webster Groves octogenarian recounts
"flat-earth" punchline in letter to Hawley's office in response to
Hawley's office response to octogenarian's letter to Hawley's office
P-D letter: Oakland sexagenarian demonstrates ability
to read minds, says Gov. Parson's State of the State positioning was
about ego
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Wednesday, February 3,
2021
Joplin Globe: U.S. Rep. Billy Long hears from
front-line medical workers, gives update on vaccine distribution
St. Joseph News-Press: Great Northwest Day goes
virtual; Gov. Parson talks economic development, return to
'normality'
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court Justice Laura
Denvir Stith to retire next month
JCNT: Missouri's judiciary is "healthy," chief justice
says in State of Judiciary
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear key
Sunshine Law case today involving costs for public records
SNL: What's next for Rep. Tricia Derges
(R-Nixa)? No more committees, for one thing
Missouri Independent: Indicted Missouri lawmaker
stripped of committee assignments
The Missouri Times: Derges stripped of committee
assignments after indictment
Missouri Independent: Former GOP lawmakers Jack
Bondon, Tim Jones weigh in on Gov. Parson-Rob Vescovo friction
JCNT: Data show Missouri's sheltered workshops provide
economic benefit
P-D: Move to protect businesses from COVID lawsuits is
moving to Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers want voters to protect
individuals with pre-existing conditions
Missourinet: Lawmakers hear testimony on gas tax
increase; Thoughts from Missouri Trucking Association's Tom
Crawford, others
Columbia Missourian: New fuel tax proposal includes
option for a rebate
Columbia Missourian: Senators debate two sports
gambling bills
The Missouri Times: Democrats seek to stop state from
recouping payments made in error
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers in both parties
critical of Labor Department's reimbursement request for unemployment
overpayments
KWMU: Missouri Democrats file legislation to block
collection of state's overpayments
Columbia Missourian: Some lawmakers object to state
seeking repayment of unemployment benefits
KC Star: St. Louis woman doesn't want to return money
she owes state
P-D: Senate committee hears Onder bill on virtual
schooling
Columbia Missourian: Criminal justice bill from Rep.
Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) addresses nonviolent offenders
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown)
says legislation would help contain "overacting" county health
officials who hurt businesses
Columbia Missourian: Measures to limit local health
officials' control approved by House committee
The Missouri Times: Police practices, residency
requirement bills combined
Missouri Independent: Proposal to ban chokeholds
paired with Kansas City officer emancipation bill
KC Star: Bill from Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville)
would emancipate Kansas City police officers
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
will discuss Hannibal bypass with Missouri Highways and Transportation
Commission today
SNL: Missouri Department of Agriculture offering
grants of up to $50k for specialty crop growers
KWMU: Mass vaccination site in Ferguson opens to
public on Wednesday
P-D: St. Louis County plans to open first COVID-19
mass vaccination site
Missourinet: 10 mass vaccination clinics planned this
week in Missouri
JCNT: Cole County Health Department: New
COVID-19 cases continue to decrease
KC Star: State, regional China virus update
KC Star editorial: After riot, Sen. Josh Hawley hit a
new fundraising high
JCNT editorial: Statewide PDMP still needed
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Pandemic exposes
Missouri's broadband gap
The Missouri Times op-ed: Gregg Keller: 'Cancel
culture' should not be enshrined into law
P-D's Tony Messenger: Gov. Parson's temper tantrum
reveals uncomfortable truths about Missouri's pandemic response
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian offended by Gov.
Parson's State of the State homage to women's suffrage and civil rights
P-D letter: St. Louis County man demands apology from
lawmakers who received vaccine
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Tuesday, February 2,
2021
The Missouri Times: Charlie Dalton selected new
Missouri GOP executive director
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Democratic Party holds
closed meeting after election spanking
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Gov. Parson says State of the State was a message of hope
for Missouri
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Peggy
McGaugh (R-Carrollton) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about absentee
voting, Medicaid expansion, more
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): McGaugh talks early actions on
state budget, Medicaid expansion
SNL: Rep. Tricia Derges (R-Nixa) indicted by grand
jury, accused of faking stem cell treatments
The Missouri Times: Rep. Tricia Derges indicted for
illegally distributing prescription drugs, wire fraud
Missourinet: Missouri lawmaker indicted in alleged
$200,000 stem cell fraud scheme
Missouri Independent: Lawmaker indicted for fraud,
illegal prescriptions
KC Star: Missouri lawmaker sold fake stem cells,
pushed them as COVID treatment, prosecutors say
P-D: Profile: House Speaker Rob Vescovo
(R-Arnold)
SNL: Moms Demand Action annual "victims week" PR push
underway: "You can have your guns, but be responsible."
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers to review
$1.9 billion Medicaid expansion budget
P-D: Missouri's state parks to get more cabins,
improved campsites under budget proposal
P-D: Budget includes funds for Missouri State Fair
Missourinet: House Special Committee on Government
Oversight Chairman Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) wants to make sure
unemployment issue is handled correctly
Missouri Independent: Department of Labor Director
Anna Hui discusses collecting overpayments from recipients who didn't
deserve them
P-D: Top Missouri labor official explains state's
obligation to get unemployment money back from undeserving recipients
Columbia Missourian: House Education Committee meets
to discuss transparency legislation
Columbia Missourian: $4 million federal grant will
teach computer coding to rural Missouri students
Missourinet: Certain Missouri hospitals to get most of
Missouri's weekly COVID-19 doses in February
Joplin Globe: Missouri approves new vaccine
distribution plan
KC Star: 'High volume' vaccine clinics opening around
Kansas City
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Missourian: Active COVID-19 cases continue downward trend
P-D editorial: Law-and-order Republicans like Hawley
need to impose law and order on Trump
P-D editorial: As the virus wages, Gov. Parson whines
about his speech venue being moved
KC Star editorial: KC police board has a chance for
fresh ideas. Gov. Parson should appoint new voices
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman: Bitter words threaten to
derail Gov. Parson's agenda
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Susan
Pendergrass: Pandemic underscores Missouri education's crisis of
trust
P-D letter: Illinois resident surmises, incorrectly,
that Missouri state lawmakers who received vaccine in Jefferson City
also oppose mask mandates
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KC Star: National, state Republicans support efforts
to protect against vote fraud; "Action St. Louis" activist
compares GOP lawmakers to white supremacists
SNL: Two-time Party of Socialism and Liberation
presidential candidate visits Springfield for "Cancel all Rent and
Mortgages" protest
This Week in Missouri Politics: Gov. Mike Parson joins
Scott Faughn to discuss State of the State address (0:30), vaccine
rollout successes and media's agenda-driven misinformation campaign
(5:45), COVID liability (17:30), more
SNL: Gov. Parson: House had 'disgusting scheme'
to embarrass him
Missouri Independent: Governor says politics, not
COVID-19, led to State of the State being moved to the Senate
P-D: Gov. Parson says 'disgusting scheme' kept him
from delivering address in Missouri House
CDT: Libertarian Glenn Nielsen's name will appear on
ballot when Dems keep Kip Kendrick's seat
St. Joseph News-Press: COVID lawsuit bill moving
quickly in Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Budget Director Dan Haug to present
124-page supplemental budget request to Missouri lawmakers today
The Missouri Times: Ag groups encourage Legislature to
extend tax incentives
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) hoping for funding increase for community colleges
Missourinet: Missouri senators could debate K-12
education package this week
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri School Boards'
Association hoping for full funding of foundation formula
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
expects discussion around education savings bill
Missourinet: Missouri Center for Public Health
Excellence's Larry Jones says second COVID-19 vaccine dose might come
with a stronger reaction
KC Star: KC metro adds 314 COVID cases, again
recording fewest new cases since October
Joplin Globe editorial: Blunt, Hawley at the helm of
duck boat legislation
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: State lawmakers must
take action on gaming machines
P-D's Tony Messenger: GOP sheriff takes the bloom off
GOP attempt to pass gun nullification law
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis Democrat, who lost 2016
state rep race by nearly 40 points, taunts Gov. Parson over last
summer's Medicaid expansion vote
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