Saturday, January 31
SNL: As Senate showdown over immigration looms, Blunt
pushes hard line; McCaskill says GOP is "playing a very dangerous
game of politics" X
P-D: How the local congressional delegation voted this
week
CDT: Hartzler outlines priorities at Pachyderm
meeting, targets "these crazy regulations" on 4th District businesses X
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler says it's exciting to
have House, Senate "on the same page"
Kraske: Government has been sold, and folks like Rex
Sinquefield have the receipts +
KMOX: Audio: Tom Schweich says Hanaway's
pre-Sinquefield fundraising numbers were "very, very bad" (3:55),
difference between her Rex money and his Sam Fox money (5:30), Medicaid
expansion (10:00), more
Shelly: Tom Schweich, disrupter; Liberal
columnist applauds candidate's criticism of top GOP donor +
Missourinet: Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer not interested in
governor's race in '16, plans to run for re-election
Drebes:
Missouri State Council of Firefighters' Tony Kelly starts Firefighters
for MO Governor PAC
Missourinet: Lawmaker who left House Democrats says
more could follow; Rep. Keith English (I-Florissant) says
liberals "don't want to hear the moderates"
CDT: Senate bond plan moves ahead as lawmakers raise
concerns about Capitol security X
AP: Correction to building repairs-bonding
story: Amount set aside is actually $40,000,000.00, not
$40,000.00 - three decimal places, or $39,960,000.00, off
P-D: Missouri lawmakers reject pay raise
Missourinet: Proposal to eliminate Missouri
Conservation sales tax withdrawn
KC Star: UMKC Bloch School submitted false data for
rankings, but results might not have changed, auditors say +
KMOX: Audio: University of Missouri President
Tim Wolfe says Missouri is "trending to the bottom in key areas"
(2:20), acknowledges Schaefer as "great supporter" of higher ed (4:05),
more
SE
Missourian: Rust Communications teams with university, KFVS to
create student media lab +
KWMU: Municipal court personnel get first peek at
proposed reforms post-Ferguson
KWMU: Public comment period for Missouri state energy
plan ends today
KC Star: "Small crowd" of liberal women gather to push
gun-control measures: Grandmothers Against Gun Violence, Rep.
Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights), Brady group, et al. +
KMOX: Army Corps seeks to sooth Coldwater Creek
concerns
SE
Missourian: Local counselor settles Medicaid fraud suit +
AP: Ferguson-Florissant schools seek new leader,
healing after Brown death
P-D: Police apprehend protester who threw brick at
officer; Marquis Davion Williford charged with second-degree
assault on a law enforcement officer, a felony
P-D: After delay caused by Ferguson riots, Guns N'
Hoses comes back swinging
P-D editorial: University president seeks to end
Missouri's race to the bottom: Tim Wolfe says legislators must
stop being beholden to Rex Sinquefield, wants to see tobacco tax
increase for education
KC Star "Capitol Watch" editorial: MO Senate better
than House on ethics; Newman's latest gun-control bill won't go
anywhere this time, either; Lawmakers correct to reject pay raise +
KC Star's Steve Paul: Kickoff to Missouri press corps'
2016 Overanalyzation Series: Claire McCaskill's communications
team does an outstanding job getting her message out, so maybe she's
running for president +
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Friday, January 30
The Missouri Times: Blunt continues fight in Senate
against Obama's Executive Order on immigration
AP: New push on Capitol Hill for more oversight of
U.S. aid agency; Comments from McCaskill
NY Times: U.S. suddenly goes quiet on effort to
bolster Afghan forces; McCaskill: "I'm offended this
previously unclassified information is not being classified"
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill scoffs at turn
toward military spending secrecy +
Columbus (OH) Dispatch: McCaskill teams up with Sen.
Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to simplify permitting process
KMOV (St. Louis): Dr. Oz linked to weight loss
supplement that doesn't work; McCaskill was ahead of curve in
calling out TV quack's hucksterism
P-D: Ann Wagner, others urge justice to 'dismantle'
website they say pushes sex trafficking
KWMU: Anti-trafficking advocates want more money
Helling: Blunt calls for agency ads to carry "paid for
by" tag, but uses taxpayer-funded email to communicate that
message; Ipso facto, Roy Blunt is a hypocrite. +
Missourinet: Schweich talks candidacy for Missouri
governor
KMOX: Schweich announces candidacy for governor
P-D: Day after announcing gubernatorial campaign,
Schweich rakes it in - to the tune of $366,000 in new donations
SE
Missourian: Schweich discusses gubernatorial aspirations during
Cape visit +
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Schweich makes stop in Cape
Girardeau, will take on Katherine [sic]
Hanaway
KODE (Joplin): Schweich makes campaign stop in Joplin
The Missouri Times: Candidate profile: GOP
secretary of state candidate Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit)
KC Star: Former state rep/current Jackson County
Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D) will not run for attorney
general; Mike Sanders still considering race +
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist profile: Richard
McIntosh of Flotron & McIntosh
CDT's Ashley Jost: Learning Curve column: Sen.
Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) spearheads Senate weight-loss challenge X
JCNT: Midwest March for Life set for Saturday X
KTVO (Kirksville): 'Raise Your Hand for Kids' tobacco
tax increase campaign stops in Kirksville
KTRS (St. Louis): Video: Show-Me Cannabis' John
Payne talks about Missouri marijuana legalization campaign
Columbia Missourian: Profile: NORML's Benton
Berigan: Reporter Emma Reynolds notes "clean-cut" activist's "big
green eyes," dark hair, "gentle demeanor," and "kind voice"
Riverfront Times: Ideological differences spark
controversy inside Missouri's marijuana movement
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake
Hurst: Even in ag-friendly Missouri, HSUS state councils look to
target producers
Brownfield Ag News: Egg prices skyrocketing in
California; Protect the Harvest's Brian Klippenstein talks about
animal activists' efforts in Missouri
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri trade trip to Cuba in
March
AP: Farming groups highlight Cuban trade possibilities
KWMU: Nixon announces Missouri trade mission to Cuba
AP: Senate passes bill aimed to help Missouri dairy
farmers
Drebes: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Berkeley) files bill
which would weaken labor organizations in the construction industry -
"an unusual move for a Democrat"
Missourinet: After dramatic buildup, Senate rejects
raise for legislators and elected officials
CDT: Senate rejects pay raise for lawmakers, statewide
officials and judges X
AP: Pay raise for Missouri lawmakers, state officials
blocked
AP: Senate OKs building repair plan for $400M in bonds
P-D: State Capitol could gain annex with MoDOT
building takeover
P-D: School choice debate continues to be a sticky one
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Macon Superintendent Chuck
Stockton visits with new DESE Commissioner Margie Vandeven
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
pushes for telehealth services in schools +
JCNT: Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education
holds third public hearing to formulate statewide plan X
CDT: Curator nominations blocked by Senate objections
to heavy lawyer presence on board X
The Maneater: Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia)
appointed top Democratic member of Higher Education Appropriations
Committee
The Maneater: ASUM continues lobbying legislators for
student curator vote; President Trey Sprick optimistic about
passing a student vote bill this year
Truman Index: University President Troy Paino says
unless state funding and other factors change in five-year plan,
university on pace to be $3M in debt
The Maneater: Students who choose to attend four-year
university while making conscious decision to borrow money tell tales
of struggle, including having to work to pay bills
Washington Missourian: Area reps have mixed opinions
on texting-while-driving ban
Missourinet: Nixon says he could, but doesn't want to,
go it alone on stadium bonds
KMOX: Loud 'no' coming from Missouri Senate concerning
new STL football stadium
P-D: Diehl prefers legislative vote if stadium bonds
extended
Northeast
News: Rep. John Rizzo (D-Kansas City) files bill to halt Missouri
executions (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Corn Growers push for
higher hauling limits; Comments from Rep. Tila Hubrecht (R-Dexter)
KTVO (Kirksville): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) proposes captive deer reclassification
P-D: Program from St. Louis Regional Chamber, U.S.
Green Building Council aims to cut building energy use by 25 percent
P-D: Ferguson-Florissant supe finalists give their
pitches to public
P-D: Civilian oversight board appears headed for
passage, despite police union opposition
The Maneater editorial: It's (seriously) time for a
student vote on Board of Curators; Efforts of Trey Sprick's ASUM,
others should be applauded
JCNT editorial: Everyone should get behind Kander's
initiative to protect victims of trafficking
X
P-D editorial: Melee over law enforcement is a disgrace
JCNT letter: Blunt should push for more taxpayer
funding of cancer research X
P-D letter: Vianney chaplain pleased with local
participation in D.C. pro-life march
P-D letter: Olivette octogenarian says Missouri
Legislature is composed entirely of "spineless hypocrites"
P-D letter: Ferguson man asks: If Nixon moved
swiftly to repair tornado-damaged Joplin, why not do the same for
protester-ravaged Ferguson?
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Thursday, January 29
The Hill: Blunt on immigration vote: "You don't
know how these legislative battles go if you don't have them, and we
intend to have this one"
USA Today: Blunt's bipartisan bill could break highway
funding gridlock
The Missouri Times: Obama drops Zweifel-opposed
proposal to 529s
KCUR: KC program focuses on 'healthy women, healthy
babies;' McCaskill, Bond wrote letter supporting funding
The Missouri Times: Open enrollment events hosted with
deadline looming
Missourinet: Tom Schweich enters 2016 race for
Missouri governor
KWMU: Tom Schweich lambastes Rex Sinquefield as he
outlines bid for governor
The Missouri Times: Schweich announces run for governor
P-D: It's official: Tom Schweich in GOP primary
battle with Catherine Hanaway
AP: Tom Schweich joins Catherine Hanaway in GOP
contest for governor
Kraske: The Chat: Schweich calls himself "the
true anti-corruption candidate," but Hanaway is not impressed;
Kraus releases SOS campaign video; Blunt on better coordination
of Medicaid doctors +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journogang
has a chat with Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) about attorney general
bid, state budgets, Ferguson, more
Drebes:
Bev Randles stepping down from Missouri Club for Growth opens up spot
for Tim Jones
CDT: Grass Roots Organizing turns out eleven (11) to
protest Missouri payday loan rules X
SE
Missourian: Nixon touts workforce training designation during
visit +
CDT: Kander, lawmakers push privacy protections for
victims of human trafficking X
Missourinet: Diehl puts an end to out-of-Capitol
hearings
KWMU: Diehl puts a stop to committees meeting in
restaurants
AP: House to halt committee hearings at restaurants,
country club
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Rep. Lyndall Fraker
(R-Marshfield) about changing venues for committee hearings
Missourinet: Missouri Senate Democrats talk new life
into proposed lawmaker raises
JCNT: Pay hikes go into effect unless senators pass
resolution today X
AP: Missouri lawmakers, elected officials likely to
get raise
KC Star: Missouri sees temporary truce over Common
Core standards +
Missourinet: Nixon's involvement spurs Missouri
transfer law discussion
P-D: Dialogue with Nixon on school transfer law could
prove helpful to lawmakers
AP: House endorses measure aiding Missouri dairy
farmers
Missourinet: Republicans propose new requirements for
abortions in Missouri
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: PSC rate hike hearing draws crowd in Dexter
KWMU: Army Corps to update public on cleanup of
Coldwater Creek; Segment of North County natives blame their poor
health on 1940s radiation
KWMU: North City site for National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency faces opposition from residents
AP: Koster sues cemetery over maintenance
KC Star: Women's state-school group gathers statistics
about women, calls it "data with a soul" +
Twitter: Post-Dispatch reporter Alex Stuckey reacts to
having yesterday's typo pointed out: "didn't write that part of
the story so I have no idea what you're talking about"
Twitter: Post-Dispatch reporter Stephen Deere reacts
to having yesterday's typo pointed out: "That was my mistake.
Should be fixed now."
Gateway Journalism Review's Terry Ganey: Jefferson
City press corps wants The Missouri Times to end parties, draft
newsroom independence policy; Comments from Collin Reischman
AP: With increase in violent crime downtown, St. Louis
police chief seeks help from Missouri State Highway Patrol
P-D: St. Louis cops seek highway patrol's help to
restore order to downtown streets
KWMU: Police say releasing videos of looting has
helped apprehend seven thieves
KWMU: Chaos at St. Louis City hearing on civilian
oversight bill; Video of uncivilzed behavior, expletive-laden and
indecipherable gibber, more
P-D: Public hearing on civilian review board ends in
chaos; Union leader Jeff Roorda calls for order, as protesters
call for his arrest
JCNT letter: It's time to ground excessive state
flights X
P-D editorial: Speaker John Diehl flip-flops on
committee restaurant hearings
P-D letter: Missouri Republicans should embrace
Medicaid expansion because it's the humanitarian thing to do
P-D letter: St. Peters man says Missouri DNR is not
looking out for citizens on landfill issue
Washington Missourian letter: Recent events show black
communities cannot or will not contol themselves; People should
stop committing crimes against people who are black, white or "pea
green"
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Wednesday, January 28
P-D: Blunt leading Republicans on immigration fight
National Journal: Senate set to join immigration
fight; Comments from Blunt
SNL: Billy Long set to launch border-security bill X
Kraske: Blunt reports $2.2M on hand; No primary
fight, no Dems in sight +
AP: 209K Missourians sign up for health care through
Obamacare exchange
KWMU: County Assessor Jake Zimmerman (D) announces bid
for attorney general
Kraske: Will Mike Sanders jump in to attorney general
race? Cleaver may hold on to congressional seat to help pay off
massive debt +
KWMU: Schweich set to declare for governor
P-D: State Auditor Tom Schweich to kick off campaign
for governor this afternoon at UMSL
Drebes:
Mark Ellebracht set to challenge Rep. Nick King (R-Liberty) in 2016
rematch
CDT: Committee OKs ethics bill to close 'revolving
door' of lawmakers becoming lobbyists X
Missourinet: Another lawmaker leaves Missouri House
Democrats
The Missouri Times: Rep. Keith English of Florissant
leaves Democratic party to become Independent
KWMU: Amid anger from colleagues, Florissant state rep
leaves Democratic Party
Missourinet: Missouri House members react to Keith
English's party switch
AP: Missouri Democratic House member switches to
independent
Kraske: The Chat: Reps. Jake Hummel, Brandon
Ellington react to English's departure +
Missourinet: House committee hears voter photo ID
arguments
KWMU: Legislators once again consider photo-ID mandate
for voters
KC Star: Year-end numbers show jobs rose, joblessness
fell in Missouri +
The Missouri Times: Road closed: The uncertain
future of transportation funding
CDT: Boone County commissioners: MoDOT
maintenance cuts will have 'substantial' budget hit X
KWMU: Bills to combat human trafficking filed in
Missouri Legislature, passed by U.S. House
The Missouri Times: Missouri bill aims to protect
human trafficking survivors
JCNT: Kander proposes expanding privacy rights to
human trafficking victims X
AP: Missouri bill would shield human trafficking
victims' info
JCNT: Rural prosecutors oppose bills to restructure
offices X
AP: Missouri GOP lawmakers seek to expand abortion
notifications
P-D: Missouri schools making progress on sports
concussions
P-D: Missouri to drop expensive Hepatitis C drug
AP: Missouri Medicaid to save $4.2 million by
switching Hepatitis C drug
P-D: Country club committee hearings again raise
questions about Missouri lobbying laws
P-D: Nixon official: State can spend for stadium
without legislative vote
Missourinet: Lawmakers bristle at idea state could
spend money on new stadium without them
STL BJ: Ferguson consultants handed no-bid
contracts: Vector Communications (Laurna Godwin and Jessica
Perkins), AHC Consulting (Allison Collinger), Emerging Wisdom (Rebeccah
Bennett)
P-D: Money for groups addressing Ferguson issues
becoming source of controversy; Certified
Minority/Women/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise firm Victor [sic] Communications, others handed
no-bid contracts
AP: Dave Spence works to help Ferguson recovery
P-D: Ferguson-Florissant set to select new supe;
Suspense builds as protest-torn district must choose between black guy,
white guy
AP: Koster endorses body cameras for police
P-D: Police release more images from Ferguson
looting; Thief perfoms high jump over counter, other criminal
feats captured at Mickey's Gas-N-Go
JCNT editorial: Pass legislation requiring students to
pass civics test X
SE
Missourian editorial: Region is well-represented in Senate, House
leadership +
P-D letter: St. Charles woman disagrees with Onder on
Obamacare, Missouri Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Area woman says McCaskill, P-D editorial
board, other Dems criticize Hanaway to cover up Koster's NY Times
ethics issues
KC Star letter: Area woman dislikes GOP stance on
abortion, urges KC women to not vote in state rep elections for Town
and Country's John Diehl or Harrisonville's Rick Brattin +
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Tuesday, January 27
Politico: Keystone vote fails in Senate;
McCaskill absent due to weather
SE
Missourian: As Obamacare enrollment deadline looms, navigators
help consumers sign up
KTRS (St. Louis): Jake Zimmerman set to announce bid
for attorney general
Kraske: The Chat: Former Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell
(D), now working for HSUS, strikes surprising stance on meat
Drebes:
Former state Rep. Mike Sutherland (R-Warrenton) joins Missouri Budget
Project
Missourinet: State has too many planes, allows
unauthorized passengers
CDT: Schweich's audit of state airplane use highlights
costs for highway, conservation commissioners
P-D: Schweich's audit: Missouri state government
has too many airplanes
AP: Schweich audit: $376K spent flying
commissioners to meetings
KC Star: Schweich: Missouri owns too many
aircraft
Missourinet: Nixon outlines plans to reduce wait list
at state's veterans' homes
JCNT: New veterans home proposed
The Missouri Times: Bond, young veterans stop by
Capitol to support Silvey's Medicaid bill
CDT: Rep. Chris Kelly (D-Columbia) embarks on new
career as lobbyist; First client is Ameren Missouri
Missourinet: Committee chairman Lyndall Fraker
(R-Marshfield) defends holding hearing at local country club
Missourinet: Diehl hints that practice of holding
evening committee hearings at restaurants may come to an end later in
session
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): State representatives reject pay
raise; Comments from Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Missouri House improves bill-crafting process;
Comments from Rep. Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton)
AP: Missouri panel endorses limits to unemployment
benefits
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Budget crunch to hit MoDOT in 2017; Engineer
explains "Missouri 325 System"
The Missouri Times: Agriculture omnibus bill poised to
move through Senate
SNL: Bill from Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) would
mandate citizenship exam
The Missouri Times: New House Judiciary Committee
Chairman Kevin Austin (R-Springfield) looks forward to judicial
improvements
AP: Proposal exempts banks from Missouri consumer
protection law
KWMU: Missouri Senate could complicate extending bonds
to fund new stadium
Missourinet: Special prosecutor looking again at
drowning in Missouri Patrol custody
Missourinet: State honors Winston Churchill on 50th
anniversary of his death
KWMU: Interview with outgoing Slay COS Jeff Rainford
on role of the media, more
AP: Rams notify St. Louis they'll go year-to-year on
dome lease
AP: Missouri Department of Conservation reports 2 more
cases of deadly deer disease
KWMU: SLU announces concessions to Ferguson
protesters: Will hand out more money to attract and retain black
students, will build sculpture to honor squatters, more
P-D editorial: Missouri legislators give ethics bill
the silent treatment; Country club to host committee hearing of
Rep. Lyndal [sic] Fraker
(R-Marshfield)
SNL op-ed: Spanking proposal from Sen. Joe Keaveny
(D-St. Louis City) is unnecessary; Senator serving in minority is
either seeking attention, or needs more to do
The Missouri Times letter: Kerry Messer pens open
letter to Capitol friends
P-D letter: Alzheimer's Association wants delegation
to support "significant increases" in funding
P-D letter: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake St. Louis) responds
to BJC CEO op-ed on Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: It's not fair that Missouri state workers
earn so little while state legislators earn so very much
P-D letter: Post-Dispatch perpetuating "Hands Up"
fairy tale does nothing to heal Ferguson wounds
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Monday, January 26
Bloomberg:
Revving up, Jeb Bush rolls through Washington; Missouri native
Jack Oliver, Dubya's money man, helping herd fat cats
National
Journal: For Jeb Bush, all's (perhaps too) quiet on Capitol
Hill; Blunt says it's still a little early to name congressional
campaign chairs
Kraske:
The Chat: Clint Zweifel stands up for Missouri on 529; Ron
Richard on ethics; Mike Parson on using MoDOT building; More
+
AP:
Share of U.S. workers in unions slips again; Drop in union
membership even more pronounced in Missouri
KWMU:
Uninsured last year? You may pay a penalty on your taxes
KWMU:
Journalism sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health: "The
Listening Project" will provide coverage on "racial disparities in
education, income and health"
KODE
(Joplin): Secretary of State Jason Kander speaks at Dem event,
talks Medicaid expansion
Drebes: Brad Ketcher
(D) files three initiative petition campaigns for 2016 ballot:
Missouri Medical Marijuana, Smaller Government, and Missouri
Research: Jobs, Health and Lower Taxes
Missouri
Viewpoints: Toll roads vs. higher taxes: Thoughts on
infrastructure improvements from MoDOT's Greg Horn, Show-Me Institute's
Joe Miller
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Robert Cornejo (R), Aaron Willard
(R), Sen. Joe Keaveny (D), Vicky Englund (D) discuss Medicaid
expansion, more
JCNT:
Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Rhodes Russell: Courts'
future work must include protecting seniors X
P-D:
Former Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources employees say regulator
stifles public information; Implications for Koster, others
KC
Star: Either warn businesses about tax changes or give them a
pass, says Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit) +
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) responds to
Nixon's state of the state, targets governor's withholdings for Cyber
Crimes Task Force
St.
Joseph News-Press: Area higher education officials optimistic
over Nixon's state budget plan X
P-D:
Judge order Kansas City charter school operator to pay nearly $1 million
St.
Joseph News-Press: Ports bill from Rep. John McCaherty (R-High
Ridge) could benefit St. Joseph facility X
KC
Star: Police use of sobriety eye exams is under fire in Missouri
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This
Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
(D-University City) talks Ferguson
P-D
editorial: Don't let CHIP funding run out for poor children and
families
JCNT
editorial: State of state workers remains stagnant; Nixon's
SOTS offered something for everyone, except state employees X
CDT
letter: Missouri NORML's Dan Viets disagrees with JCNT's anti-pot
editorial X
P-D
letter: Clayton woman suggests that contacting Missouri
legislators and advocating pro-choice positions is a good use of time
P-D
letter: After months of protester howling, few file for Ferguson
offices - probably because it would require hard work
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Sunday, January 25
WSJ:
Blunt, other Republicans weigh expanding 'nuclear option' for Supreme
Court nominees
P-D:
At Fort Leonard Wood, gender targets push female drill sergeants up the
ranks
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): McCaskill prepares for Cuba trip, hopes to clear way
for Missouri farmers to sell their soybeans, rice, poultry, pork, and
beef
Brownfield
Ag News: Former MO Lt. Gov.-turned-HSUS VP Joe Maxwell:
People should stop eating so much meat
Brownfield
Ag News: HSUS' Joe Maxwell responds to Brownfield piece on animal
activists' losses, Missourians' passage of "Right to Farm"
Brownfield
Ag News: Protect the Harvest is leading the charge against animal
activists; Comments from Brian Klippenstein, Missouri Farm
Bureau's Blake Hurst
JCNT:
Mike Kehoe, Rocky Miller push back against EPA water regulation
proposals X
KODE
(Joplin): Alliance for Childhood Education meets with Joplin
leaders to discuss potential statewide vote to increase Missouri
tobacco tax
Drebes: Missouri
Alliance for Freedom and Americans for Tax Reform team up to expand
"no-new-taxes" pledge
CDT:
Fight over supplemental budget puts focus on Medicaid funding X
Washington
Missourian: Washington School District supe says district will
lose $414K in funding unless Nixon and legislators reach agreement
Columbia
Business Times: Mid-Missouri colleges prepare to tackle the
nursing shortage; Obamacare will dump thousands of
attention-seeking patients into waiting rooms
AP:
MU: Missouri has restrictive laws that require physicians to
oversee nurse practitioners' work
Washington
Missourian: School safety director is hired to shepherd
first-in-Missouri crisis incident program
Brownfield
Ag News: Missouri ag bill advances; Munzlinger says
proposal includes dairy provision but not controversial deer piece
KC
Star: Death of Brandon Ellingson, who drowned in handcuffs, gets
another look +
JCNT:
Proposed Missouri hiking, biking trail draws mixed response X
KWMU:
Police supporters rally in Clayton
P-D:
Pro-police rally draws 200; Pack of 30 counter-protesters shows
up to chant catchphrases, yell into bullhorn
P-D:
After Ferguson, police consider tactical retreat instead of
force; Officers regard it as 'shameful,' and even advocates
recognize potential dangers
CDT:
After Ferguson, MU Legion of Black Collegians wants more black students
granted admission, more black faculty hired, more of administration's
time spent sitting around talking about race, etc. X
Washington
Missourian editorial: Is Obama actually serious with "free" co-co
proposal? Missouri already has scholarship programs for motivated
students
Washington
Missourian editorial: Hinson's bill to close tax loophole is
grounded in common sense - and likely to be opposed by education lobby
and local governments
Washington
Missourian editorial: Deer like Missouri - and Missourians like
killing deer
CDT
op-ed: University of Missouri's Tim Wolfe, others: Medical
shortage is fixable X
Jensen:
Nixon's actions deserve explanation; McCaskill attended
pre-verdict meeting, so what was her involvement in Nixon's do-nothing
decision?
SNL
letter: To improve Missouri transportation infrastructure, higher
gas taxes - not toll roads - are the way to go X
P-D
letter: Keep deer under Missouri Department of Conservation
management
P-D
letter: Member of Riverview Gardens Special Administration Board
welcomes positive article about students, uses Biblical allegory
KC
Star letter: Missouri "moms against guns" groups are cowards for
holding their carping klatches in safe areas rather than urban war zones
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Saturday, January 24
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt and Clay get oversight slots
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill embraces seat on
investigative panel X
Politico: Blunt spearheading push to abolish Supreme
Court filibusters
The Hill: White House readies crackdown on financial
advisers; Ann Wagner will again sponsor proposal requiring Dept.
of Labor to wait until SEC issues rules
P-D: How St. Louis area congressional delegation voted
for Jan. 19-23
Marshall
Democrat-News: Tax consequences of Obamacare broken down at
Chamber of Commerce breakfast
P-D/Kaiser Health News: Suburban St. Louis,
Springfield lead way in Obamacare sign-ups
P-D: Dem vet Julie Gibson heads to troubled Family
Support agency
KC Star: Missouri retailers relish the prospect of
higher taxes on smokes and booze in Kansas +
CDT: Ethics bill gets early hearing as Senate leader
pushes changes in lobbying rules X
Missourinet: Missouri agriculture bill set to be first
on Senate floor
AP: Nixon's budget faces challenges in months
ahead; Comments from Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia)
AP: Nixon proposes modest increase in higher education
funding
CDT: Bond proposal would convert MoDOT building into
space for Legislature X
The Missouri Times: Proposed judicial reforms go far
beyond Macks Creek Law
SE
Missourian: State hosts Cape hearing Monday on Ameren rate request +
AP: Settlement reached in so-called "hot fuel"
litigation
Columbia Missourian: New member profile: Rep.
Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
Columbia Missourian: Missouri foster children are
given higher-than-average amounts of psychiatric drugs
CDT: Missouri Department of Economic Development
reaches out to employees at Nordyne, where layoffs began Jan. 15 X
KWMU: New data: Missouri men earn more than
women; Economist Jacqueline Michael-Midkiff: "What these
numbers do not reflect is a man and a woman at the same job at the same
company ... so it's not comparing apples to apples"
KWMU: Gay-rights group ranks Missouri on LGBTQIA
equality categories: Bottom in most, tops in one
KWMU: Area group complains about landfill, wants
legislators to give authority to Army Corps of Engineers
P-D: Police release more photos of looters running
wild after ruling in Michael Brown assault/shooting case
KC Star editorial: Weekly "Capitol" Watch
editorial: Silvey, unlike rest of GOP, has "seen the light" on
Medicaid expansion; Committee hearing held at country club thanks
to Rep. Lyndall "Fracker" [sic] Update:
Fixed at 9:15 a.m. +
P-D editorial: A new football stadium requires a vote
CDT's Waters: Octogenerian publisher commits High
Broderism on Missouri budget: "Shall we point fingers in both
directions?" "(S)ome stuff must get done," etc. X
Messenger: Welfare of the people should drive court
reform
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Hospital
Association's Herb Kuhn: Missouri is not prepared to take care of
its olds
KC Star letter: When legislators support lower taxes,
they are hurting Missourians +
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Friday, January 23
SNL: Blunt, McCaskill land powerful committee posts X
NY Times: Senate rejects Blunt amendment to nullify
U.S.-China carbon-emission agreement
KWMU: Zweifel sounds alarm bells over Obama's changes
to 529 plans
NBC: McCaskill wants phone companies to offer
robocall-blocking technology
The Hill: McCaskill signs onto municipal Internet bill
KWMU: Missouri marchers reaffirm opposition to
abortion; McCaskill calls out role of Wagner and Hartzler on
abortion bill
P-D's Raasch: McCaskill narrative suggests Senate
election 3 1/2 years from now could be factor in today's abortion
restriction bill
The Missouri Times: Gregg Keller, stable of political
vets create anti-Obamacare group: Missouri Century Foundation
Drebes:
Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) considers embarking on
department-by-department review of state government to identify best
practices, mission creep, other intel
The Missouri Times: Sen. Ron Richard (R-Joplin)
presents ethics bill
AP: New home for Missouri veterans proposed to ease
waiting list
KWMU: Nixon proposes expanding hands-on learning in
science, technology
CDT: Budget battle joined on supplemental spending,
Medicaid expansion X
P-D: MO state senators balk at cost of hepatitis C
drug, other mid-year expenses
KC Star: Funding dilemma divides state school
districts into winners, losers +
KWMU: Normandy Supe Tyrone McNichols resigns
P-D: Tyrone McNichols resigns as Normandy
superintendent
P-D: Auto dealers sue Missouri over Tesla car sales
STL BJ: Auto dealers sue Missouri over Tesla licensing
AP: Missouri car dealers sue state over Tesla's direct
sales
The Missouri Times: Missouri Automotive Dealers
Association says Missouri Department of Revenue's approach to Tesla
violates equal protection rights
AP: Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Rhodes
Russell calls for review of municipal courts
JCNT: Mary Rhodes Russell urges lawmakers to follow
courts' successes X
JCNT: Lawmakers, courts focus on possible municipal
court changes X
CDT: Small-town officials defend ticketing in
municipal court bill hearing X
KWMU: Debate begins on traffic revenue limits in
Missouri Legislature
AP: Missouri cities added to lawsuits over traffic
fine revenues
AP: Missouri Senate confirms Dan Isom as Public Safety
Director despite racial-discrimination lawsuit
SE
Missourian: Deaths by suicide appear to be increasing across
Missouri +
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court halts upcoming
execution of Marcellus Williams
Missourinet: Attorney awaits Missouri high court's
next move after death warrant pulled
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court stays execution for
murderer Marcellus Williams
AP: Court halts execution of man who murdered
Post-Dispatch reporter
KWMU: Missouri used midazolam in its most recent
successful execution
P-D: Federal investigation of Ferguson coming to an end
P-D editorial: The state of the state of
Missouri? Losing ground
KC Star editorial: Nixon's budget proposal spells
trouble for Missouri schools +
JCNT editorial: Recreational marijuana points in wrong
direction; Responses to potheads' dopey claims X
KC Star's Steve Paul: McCaskill steps up to
top-ranking role on Senate panel once known as Truman Committee +
P-D op-ed: SLU law student Erica Mazzotti: Nixon
should grant clemency to criminals more often
KC Star's Sanchez: Even without indictments, Ferguson
could move the country forward +
SE
Missourian letter: Union member dislikes Rehder's position on
"paycheck protection" +
P-D letter: Illinois man says Missouri teachers
shouldn't be expected to work wonders with poor kids
JCNT letter: Area woman applauds crowd of two (2)
"brave feminists" at pro-choice gathering, says local pro-lifers are "a
patriarchal people" X
P-D letter: Instead of blaming guns, Post-Dispatch
should consider investigating social reasons for savage violence and
looting
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Thursday, January 22
P-D's Raasch: Obama's SOTU was combination victory lap
and warning to GOP; Comments from delegation fall along
predictable lines
P-D: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel (D) chides Obama
over college savings
KRCG (Jefferson City): State officials skeptical of
Obama's "free" school proposal; Comments from Blunt, MO Community
College Association's Rob Dixon
P-D: Catholic youth travel to Washington to
participate in March for Life
KWMU: More than 2,000 area Catholics to pro-life rally
in Washington, D.C.
Warren County Record: Gov. Bart Korman? State
rep's interest in state's top position done as tribute to friend
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journogang
chats with former state Sen. Sam Page (D-Creve Coeur) on his '08 run
against Kinder, success in the Legislature, EPA and West Lake Landfill,
more
Drebes:
Shannon Weber, formerly of Carpenters' union and MO AFL-CIO, will help
new STL County exec
with state legislative affairs
Text of Gov. Jay Nixon's State of the State address
Text of House Speaker John Diehl's response to State of the
State address
KWMU: Nixon focuses on legacy from Ferguson as he
outlines priorities
KC Star: In State of the State speech, Nixon pushes
for Medicaid expansion +
CDT: Nixon hits ethics, education and Ferguson themes
in State of the State address X
P-D: Nixon calls for building plan, municipal court
reform, change in use-of-force law
Missourinet: Nixon revisits familiar themes, calls for
bipartisanship
Missourinet: Diehl's unscripted comments during press
availability offer 'real' response to Nixon
Missourinet: Missouri Senate Leader Tom Dempsey (R-St.
Charles) not overly concerned with Nixon's speech: "We've got the
numbers to really dictate our agenda"
AP: Nixon urges "healing and hope" after Ferguson
JCNT: Local lawmakers generally pleased with many
elements of speech X
Shelly: Nixon gives a strong speech ... "but really,
where has he been the last six years?" +
AP: Nixon proposes 'modest' budget with more education
money
CDT: Nixon budget proposes 1.3 percent increase for
University of Missouri X
JCNT: Nixon's budget: No pay hike for state
workers, more job cuts X
AP: Nixon recommends no pay increase for Missouri
state workers
P-D: Nixon's budget, by the numbers
Missourinet: Amendment 10 changes how Nixon proposes
spending
CDT: Budget hearing highlights difference between
Nixon, lawmakers on spending X
Missourinet: Missouri House rejects elected official
raises, Senate could allow them
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
wants to fix tax rate 'loophole'
AP: State transportation officials say heavier truck
cargo could hurt roads
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) pushes civics test
for high school students +
The Missouri Times: Civics education initiative in
Missouri is a bipartisan effort
SE
Missourian: Open carry of guns remains prohibited in many places +
P-D: Municipal court proposal draws crowd to Missouri
Senate hearing
The Missouri Times: Senate hears bills aimed at Macks
Creek Law reform
AP: Municipal courts targeted after Ferguson
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: Noranda, Ameren remain at odds over electric
rates +
KWMU: Media outlets still pushing state to release
name of pharmacy that supplies lethal-injection drugs
P-D: Cole County judge hears arguments for, against
execution drug disclosure
JCNT: NAACP, ACLU, et al. support bill to end
executions in Missouri X
NY Times: Obama's Justice Department not expected to
fault Officer Darren Wilson in assault/shooting case
AP: Source: FBI completes federal probe of
Michael Brown-Darren Wilson assault/shooting
P-D: NAACP's Adolphus Pruitt says it would be
"unfortunate" if Justice Department didn't find fault with Wilson
KC Star editorial: KC Power & Light's right move
on coal helps customers and the environment +
KC Star letter: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, others who
support Keystone XL pipeline should be removed from office for "fraud" +
P-D letter: Rex Sinquefield and his "minions" don't
make any economic sense
P-D letter: Illinois man disagrees with Rex
Sinquefield's Missouri tax approach
JCNT letter: Home-schooling story lacks quality X
JCNT letter: Proposed changes to MO Dept. of
Conservation have merit X
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Wednesday, January 21
KWMU: President's address generates usual partisan
split
Missourinet: Congressional delegation/communications
staff respond to SOTU
Politico: GOP seeking Plan B on immigration;
Comments from Blunt
KC Star: Missouri man one of several guests at SOTU,
gets to say cursory hello to President +
USA Today: McCaskill investigation shows couple games
military recruiting program for $4 million
KTVO (Kirksville): Blunt plays large role in creating
mental health grant
KMBC (Kansas City): Blunt: Obama's "free"
community college proposal unlikely to pass
Kraske: The Chat: Hagel on modernization;
More +
AP: In State of the State, Nixon to call for increased
education funding
Missourinet: "5 Things" journomeme: Things to
listen for in Nixon's State of the State
Missourinet: Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) proposes
stand-alone veterans Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times: Ryan Silvey proposes Medicaid
expansion for veterans
KWMU: Silvey proposal would expand Medicaid to
veterans in Missouri
JCNT: Silvey: Expand Medicaid, at least for
veterans X
AP: Silvey proposes Medicaid expansion for veterans
The Missouri Times: House rejects pay increase
JCNT: Missouri House votes against own pay raises X
AP: Missouri House votes to forego pay increases
AP: Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) proposes
restricting welfare benefits
AP: Advocacy groups plea with lawmakers to release
millions in restricted funding
P-D: Advocacy groups criticize Nixon's budget decisions
KC Star: MO Chamber seeks regulatory uniformity to
avoid hodgepodge of local laws; Group wants statewide standard
for discrimination laws, minimum wage, employee benefits +
JCNT: Ameren proposes new Noranda rate plan X
Missourinet: Lawmakers push for civics test
requirement for graduation
KWMU: STL County Election Chief says new Dem county
exec ordered her removal; Rita Days (D) oversaw ballot shortages
and mix-ups, late reporting, wildly inaccurate statements about
registration, etc.
P-D: Rita Days is out, Eric Fey is in as director of
St. Louis County elections
SNL: Koster announces that Tyson Foods will pay
Missouri $530K in fish kill settlement X
Missourinet: U.S. Supreme Court orders hearing for
Missouri inmate in halted execution; Mark Christeson slashed
woman's throat in front of her children, then slashed and suffocated
the kids
KWMU: Low air pollution risk near West Lake Landfill
AP: EPA: No air quality problems at Bridgeton
landfill
P-D: EPA says air around Bridgeton and West Lake
Landfills is safe
AP: Few candidates file for Ferguson election despite
protests
KWMU: Ferguson Commission focuses on economic, racial
divides in the classroom
KWMU: St. Louis to spend $50K more on minority
recruitment program
P-D: Gannett to close printing plant;
Post-Dispatch plant will now print USA Today
P-D editorial: Five years on, Citizens United is worse
than anyone imagined
JCNT editorial: Missouri's diversion of tobacco funds
is unconscionable X
CDT's Waters: Republican legislators' budget process,
designed to finish early, will be worth continuing year after year X
KC Star's Diuguid: "Southern Education Foundation"
numbers show that 55 percent of Missouri public school children are not
low-income +
KC Star's Diuguid: KCP&L compares neighbors'
energy use and helps cheer people to lower electricity bills +
P-D letter: North American Elk Breeders Association
President Travis Lowe says Missouri's ag department should regulate
deer farmers
P-D letter: Oakville woman notes that Post-Dispatch
gave attention to 18 students in Atlanta for MLK junket, but no mention
of hundreds of pro-life students in D.C.
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man says racist-courts
conspiracy theory has no evidence
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says criminals' savage
behavior can't be cured by courts
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Tuesday, January 20
SNL: McCaskill, MO GOP delegation applaud/denounce
proposals in Obama's yet-to-be-delivered State of the Union X
P-D: Obama to mention policing in SOTU, but no
Ferguson-related guests in audience
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Defense Secretary
Chuck Hagel takes questions from crowd at Whiteman Air Force Base
The Missouri Times: Farmington Republicans speak out
against EPA's lead remediation attempts
Missouri Viewpoints: Video: Human Trafficking is
destroying lives in Missouri; Thoughts from anti-trafficking
advocate and trafficking victim
Drebes:
Ex-lawmakers lobbyist registration series: Former Rep. Chris
Molendorp (R-Belton)
This Week in Missouri Politics: Video: Anne
Schweitzer (D), Megan Shackelford (D), Scott Dieckhaus (R), Danny
Pfeifer (R) discuss Koster, new House committee structure, more
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
expands to SEMO, will begin airing on Fox 23 KBSI starting in February
SE
Missourian: New Missouri House committee structure aims to
strengthen bill-drafting process +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): School choice awareness week set
for end of January; Comments from National School Choice's Andrew
Campanella
Missouri Famer Today: Legislature re-examines dairy
act; Comments from Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho), Missouri Farm
Bureau's Ashley McDonald
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee to hear
municipal court reform proposal
P-D: Lowering cap on municipal ticket revenue to get
hearing
The Missouri Times: Legislator spouse profile:
Wife of Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St. Charles) changes diet, loses weight
KWMU: Professional football's future in St. Louis -
Questions, and answers
This Week in Missouri Politics: Video: Jeff
Rainford, the departing COS for St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, on the
Rams, Ferguson, and more
Kraske: The Chat: Black Caucus member compares
Ferguson to Selma; More +
P-D: Ferguson protesters disrupt MLK event;
Harris-Stowe student Shaquell Humphries: "They came in here being
so very disrepectful."
Washington Post: Angy protesters disrupt event
celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr., block parade; Rev. Cleo
Willis: "Well, what can I say? Our parade was hijacked."
KWMU: Peaceful Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration
clashes with Ferguson protesters
KSDK: Video: Protesters disrupt King
celebration; Former Rep. Betty Thompson (D-St. Louis City) says
Dr. King would not be pleased with disrespectful shenanigans
KC Star: Activist group "One Struggle KC" marches
around town, carries coffin labeled "AmeriKKKa" +
P-D: After early national exposure in Ferguson, St.
Louis City Alderman Antonio French shifts attention back to his district
KC Star: After lack of indictment in Michael Brown
case, Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) wants to abolish grand
jury system +
P-D editorial: In Rex Sinquefield's vision, mom's
generation is written off
KC Star editorial: Scott Tucker helped Kansas City
become an early hub for the payday loan industry +
P-D editorial: The death penalty comes close to
home; Marcellus Williams stabbed a former Post-Dispatch reporter
43 times and left her for dead, but should get a break
Helling: Partisanship drives ballot-"reform" proposal
in Kansas; KS straight-ticket proposal contradicts strategy of
former MO state Sen. John Loudon (R-Chesterfield) +
SNL letter: Charging tolls is the fairest way to fund
roads X
KC Star letters: Missouri leads the nation in black
homicides, but Al Sharpton is only concerned with Ferguson; Share
the Harvest provides hunters a chance to donate +
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Monday, January 19 Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day MO
State Holiday via Gov. John Ashcroft, attested by SOS Roy Blunt
P-D/Kaiser
Health News: Federal funding for CHIP in serious jeopardy;
Area 10-year-old's inability to sit still and pay attention costs
$400/month in drugs
KWMU:
Veterans optimistic about their effort to keep bowling at Jefferson
Barracks VA
Columbia
Missourian: Federal data theft legislation would differ from
Missouri law
Missourinet:
SLU law prof Marcia McCormick on what U.S. Supreme Court decision to
rule on gay marriage could mean in Missouri
JCNT:
Petition seeks statewide vote on marijuana legalization X
Helling:
One election season ends, and another one starts; Caitlin Legacki
says permanent campaign "makes it harder to govern" +
JCNT:
Kehoe campaign committee paperwork updated to note possible 'statewide'
race X
Kraske:
The Chat: Rowden on likelihood of state subsidies for the
Rams; David Steelman on curator appointment +
Drebes: Former
Rep. Dwight Scharnhorst (R-St. Louis County) registers as lobbyist
SNL:
Local education leaders eager to hear Nixon's funding proposals X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Briefs: Kander's winter-photo
display; Nixon promotes Missouri's auto industry; Rep. Mike
Lair (R-Chillicothe) to host Joshua Hawley speaking tour/campaign events
X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) seeks to clear up
confusion about his Dept. of Conservation proposal
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) says Missouri Senate
ready to get to work
Missourinet:
Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) proposes a 'no-call list for minors'
KWMU:
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Tx.), others meet with protesters in
Ferguson
AP:
Members of Congressional Black Caucus stop by Ferguson
P-D:
Black Caucus members drop by Ferguson; Comments from Dem
Committeewoman Patricia "Patricialicious" Bynes
P-D:
Riverview Gardens students gets free trip to King Center annual gala
P-D
editorial: In Missouri, highway funding debate is about more than
taxes, tolls
SNL
op-ed: Area doctor: Legislators should expand Medicaid X
P-D
letter: Ameren President Michael Moehn responds to editorial
P-D
letter: Society should be willing to pay just a little bit more
to raise the minimum wage
P-D
letter: Area female says Missouri's stance on Second Amendment
"makes me so sad"
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Sunday, January 18
KC
Star: Butler, Mo. man among Obama's SOTU storytelling
tools; Victor Fugate gets free trip to wave, smile and nod
following student-loan segment +
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Mother of Rep. Vicky Hartzler passes away;
Visitation today, services tomorrow
P-D:
At $37 million and counting, mega-donor Rex Sinquefield says he's not
going anywhere
Drebes: Former
Rep. Jay Swearingen (D-Kansas City) registers as lobbyist
St.
Louis Business Journal: Home care provider settles Missouri
Medicaid fraud allegations
CDT:
Legislative leaders continue to pursue mid-April deadline for finishing
work on state budget X
St.
Joseph News-Press: State budget work to begin in earnest X
Kirksville
Daily Express' Jason Hunsicker: Missouri GOP proposes anti-union
legislation
AP:
Lawsuit caps get renewed attention from Republican lawmakers
JCNT:
Rural prosecutors challenge proposed changes X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) says his committee will
see legislation encouraging research at state universities
JCNT:
Transportation officials seek input on '325 System' plan X
SNL:
As MoDOT funding falls, cities focus on local roads X
SNL:
Search still on for alternate road funding X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Bill from Sen. Rob Schaaf (R) targets
red-light cameras, license readers X
Washington
Missourian: Keaveny's no-spanking bill a non-issue in WashMo
district
KC
Star: More than 1,100 mourners remember 'Fuzzy' Thompson as a
civil rights pillar +
SE
Missourian: Hunting season ends with shooters taking down 3
percent more wild animals +
Boston
Globe: Activists get angry, point fingers at Harvard forum on
Michael Brown
KC
Star: The tools of criminals are almost always ill-gotten guns
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JCNT
editorial: Correct training deficiencies for troopers X
CDT's
Waters: McCaskill made a good call not taking on Koster X
JCNT
letter: Story on the growing home-school movement was biased X
P-D
letter: Pay for roads with higher fuel tax, not sales tax
P-D
letter: Spend money on better roads, not a new stadium
P-D
letter: Giving away tax dollars to stadium developers is wrong
P-D
letter: Time for Ferguson residents to step up and start
identifying looters caught on camera
KC
Star letter: "Poor and disabled" woman says there is no way to
contact members of Congress via mail; Only "rich capitalists" can
send letters via USPS +
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Saturday, January 17
P-D:
Congressional briefs: Blunt wants Obama to talk transportation,
taxes at SOTU; McCaskill enters MO emancipation anniversary into
Congressional Record
Washington
Post: Top 10 competitive Senate races list: Missouri not
among them
Bloomberg:
McCaskill exemplifies the case of the elusive female governor
KWMU:
HUD provides $500K in taxpayer money to help improve area around North
St. Louis City Section 8 tenement; Urban Strategies prez says
O'Fallon has become a strain on surrounding neighborhoods
SE
Missourian: Pro-life group to mark Roe v. Wade decision with
prayer +
The
Missouri Times: Dems target Hanaway; MO Dems ED Crystal
Brinkley says gov candidate "has let one wealthy extremist" fund her
entire campaign
The
Missouri Times: Reps discuss dealing with social media rage,
trolling
Drebes:
House to disapprove pay raise
P-D:
Missouri revamps teacher preparation
The
Missouri Times: David Steelman confirmed as University of
Missouri curator
KWMU:
Isom's confirmation as Missouri Public Safety Director delayed
AP:
Hearings stall for official chosen after Ferguson shooting; Jury
awarded white police sergeant $420K after Isom told him whites need not
apply
KWMU:
St. Louis football stadium proposal getting cold shoulder from Missouri
Capitol
Miklasz:
Political leaders have been silent on new stadium; Where are
Nixon, Slay?
AP:
Credit card companies to pay $2.2M to Missouri
P-D:
Small group of protesters gather in Central West End; Protesters
hold "die-in" by sprawling their carcasses across lounge furniture at
Weekends Only
P-D:
August, November riots hurt McCluer dance team
KWMU:
Organization for Black Struggle says McCulloch "expertly administered a
miscarriage of justice," wants to see him punished
AP:
Clay, Cleaver, others to visit Ferguson tomorrow for MLK service
SE
Missourian: Southeast Missouri Pachyderm Club hosts black female
speaker on MLK +
P-D
editorial: Nasheed's adopt-a-stray tax credit not a very good idea
P-D
editorial: Homicide series: Time to pull out all the
stops; Missouri lawmakers' pro-gun stance has made city savagery
even worse
P-D's
Nicklaus: With immigration issue solved, entrepreneurial couple
are happy to be in St. Louis; McCaskill wrote letter of support
for visas
P-D
letter: Response to pro-Medicaid-expansion op-ed: What's
good for BJC is not necessarily good for Missouri taxpayers
P-D
letter: Local colleges and universities should start handing out
scholarships all around North County
KC
Star letter: The court system is to blame for people getting
frustrated and then committing crimes +
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Friday, January 16
KCUR (Kansas City): Obamacare insurance enrollment
increases in Missouri
The Hill: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver: Democrats
"pretty much locked in behind" Hillary Clinton candidacy
KSHB (Kansas City): Cleaver ranks as third-poorest
member of Congress; Jackson County Clerk was forced to garnish
septuagenarian's U.S. House wages
KC Star: Cleaver urges Obama to increase heating help
for the poor; Program helps foot the tab for adults who can't pay
their own bills +
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau members eye
federal regulatory overreach
KWMU: Rex Sinquefield is top Missouri campaign donor
in 2014; McCaskill top donor to Dems
AP: Catherine Hanaway has $1.3M cash on hand;
Schweich has about $1M
Mannies: Criminal(s) shattered my windows, broke into
my car while I taped "Stay Tuned St. Louis" in city
JCNT: Lawmakers: Medicaid expansion's future
unknown X
AP: Missouri panel opposes pay increases for elected
officials
Missouri Farmer Today: At summit, Nixon shares vision
for state's beef industry
KC Star: After man's drowning in handcuffs,
legislators urge changes to improve safety on Missouri lakes, rivers +
Missourinet: Committee finds Missouri Water Patrol
merger hurt training, didn't save money
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers question merger of Missouri
Highway Patrol, Water Patrol
AP: Report: Water, highway patrol merger meant
less training
Missourinet: MoDOT's "Tough Choices Plan":
Provide more money or receive less road maintenance
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT: Limited maintenance
will cause smaller highways to deteriorate
CDT: Local officials worry about MoDOT's threatened
cuts X
Brownfield Ag News: Young farmer sees benefit in
proposed start-up tax credits
JCNT: Missouri auto dealers launch campaign to protect
franchise marketing; MADA takes on Tesla over the issue X
AP:
Bill from Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis City) would ban spanking,
paddling in public schools
Missourinet: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) says
'vile, nasty' messages were response to 'all comers' policy ban
CDT: UM curators question supplemental fee increases X
Columbia Missourian: UM System Board of Curators
considers tuition increase for 2016-17
Columbia Missourian: MO Dept. of Revenue says Columbia
license office was busiest in the state; Second Columbia office
could help relieve pressure
Washington Missourian: New Haven to seek $50,000 MO
DNR
grant to study water infiltration issue
P-D: EPA wants to map radioactive waste in Bridgeton
Landfill
KWMU: Money? Pride? Both? Gauging the value of
professional football in St. Louis
P-D: NFL exec: St. Louis must build new stadium
to keep NFL
SNL: Kander halts Springfield investment scheme X
P-D: Next man slated for execution in Missouri seeks
DNA testing
Drebes: Nasheed's bills would prohibit employers from
considering criminals' past, while allowing expungement of some
criminal records
KWMU: In wake of August and November riots, hiring
freeze remains at UMSL
Washington Times: George Soros funds Ferguson protests
St. Louis Business Journal: Billionaire funded group
that spurred Ferguson protests
KWMU: EducationPlus invites white and black schools to
"first of its kind race summit"; Hazelwood East scholar says she
had never before talked to a white person
P-D: Summit enables students to skip a day of school
work, share decade-and-a-half wisdom on race relations
KC Star editorial: Find better ways to support
education in rural counties +
P-D editorial: Obamacare II: The Rise of the
Community Colleges
SNL letter: Legislators only go to Jefferson City to
enrich themselves, and can't be trusted to reform ethics laws X
JCNT letter: Missouri Department of Conservation is a
star among state agencies, and doesn't need change X
SNL letter: 90-year-old is disgruntled that Ferguson
protesters are "having fun looting, burning and destroying everything"
while she picks up the tab X
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KMOX: Blunt: No more excuses for Obama on
Keystone XL pipeline
KC Star: Blunt gives "free" juco a failing grade +
Missourinet: Missouri delegation votes party lines on
Obama's immigration policies
Washington Post: Patent reform advocates are launching
a 'super-coalition' to whack patent trolls; McCaskill calls
predatory shysters "bottom-feeders"
P-D's Chuck Raasch: In staying in Senate, McCaskill
occupies shrinking moderate ground
SNL: Billy Long asks National Zoo to help save injured
bald eagle in Springfield X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell
Knob), new Vice Chair of Budget Committee, shares thoughts on fiscal
priorities, Nixon's estimates, more
P-D: Missouri House committee approves measure against
legislative pay raise
KC Star: MoDOT seeks more funding, says highway needs
far exceed dollars available +
KWMU: MoDOT proposes scaled-back road
maintenance; Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission Chair
Steve Miller calls budget prioritization "transportation triage"
AP: Reduced road maintenance plan proposed for
Missouri highways
P-D: Chart: MoDOT's annual construction budgets
P-D: MoDOT chief lays out plan for looming fiscal cliff
P-D: Lawmakers share thoughts on interior decorating
of Capitol offices
Columbia Missourian: Opinions vary on proposal to
raise speed limit
CDT: Board of Curators appointee appears before
committee X
AP: Ameren Missouri raises energy efficiency charges
JCNT: Majority at PSC hearing oppose Ameren rate
increase plan X
CDT: Sides reach settlement in Mamtek trial X
CDT: Legal battles over Mamtek continue despite
federal court settlement X
Missourinet: Settlement reached in suit over failed
Mamtek project
AP: Mamtek lawsuit settled
KWMU: Court fights end for failed development in
mid-Missouri
KODE (Joplin): Missouri offers low-income home energy
assistance
AP: More than 40 Missouri bills filed in wake of
Michael Brown case; Speaker John Diehl gives assurances that law
enforcement won't be handcuffed
KWMU: Larry Flynt seeks records in Missouri execution
case
AP: News groups back Larry Flynt's push for execution
info
KC Star: In study of 2012 data, Missouri repeats as
national leader in black homicide rate +
KWMU: Slay Chief of Staff Jeff Rainford steps
down; Reign of Mary Ellen Ponder to begin next month
Washington Missourian editorial: Doubtful that
Congress will approve Obama's "free" community college proposal;
Missouri already has A+ program
Washington Missourian editorial: 2016 gov race
showdown between Chris Koster and Catherine Hanaway means a lot of talk
about campaign contributions and ethics
JCNT editorial: Finding our way among priorities for
transportation X
Washington Missourian editorial: Rams owner Stan
Kroenke is no Gussie Busch; For cranks to deny that sports teams
have a significant economic impact is naive
P-D: Civic community steps up in Ferguson. Heavy
lifting remains.
P-D op-ed: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's Dan
Glazier: The importance of equal access to justice for all
P-D letter: Medicaid expansion adds to nation's debt
KC Star letter: MLK picture illustrates what
protesters used to be: Dignified men and women with civilized
deportment, with no "droopy pants" or flag-desecrating behavior +
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Wednesday, January 14
Roll Call: McCaskill among centrist Dems on
McConnell's list of potential collaborators
Roll Call: McCaskill, other Senate Dems blast new
House rule on Social Security
KC Star: Blunt meets with Obama, sees a chance to act
on a narrow bipartisan agenda +
KC Star: Congressional Wealth Rankings: Cleaver
one of the poorest, worth negative $2.3M; McCaskill worth $23.4M;
Hartzler at $8.3M; Blunt at $3.9M; Graves at $1.7M +
AP: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's farewell tour
stops at Whiteman Air Force Base
AP: Eastern Missouri man named Les Turulli Jr. claims
he will run for governor as Independent, plans to burn through $20K of
family business money
Drebes:
Jay Ashcroft files paperwork to run for unnamed statewide office in 2016
Kraske: The Chat: Sinquefield says tax cuts
didn't cause Kansas budget problems; Schweich says he'll announce
gubernatorial bid early next month; Webb takes responsibility for
ethics penalty +
The Missouri Times: Devil in the details:
Missouri's campaign finance debate has many nuances; Koster among
many with good Sinquefield relationship
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
urges Koster to join states' lawsuit against Obama administration over
immigration
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon promotes mental health
initiative X
Missourinet: Diehl to respond to Nixon's State of the
State address
P-D: Diehl's rules to spread power draw bipartisan
praise
CDT: Area lawmakers land roles as committee chairs X
Missourinet: Bills expected to move early include
agriculture provisions, municipal court rule changes, and welfare reform
P-D: MoDOT Director Dave Nichols to warn of 'tough
choices ahead' financially
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Moberly Area Community College President Jeff Lashley
says he thinks lawmakers are committed to keeping A+ program going
AP: Missouri will test schoolchildren using national
Common Core educational standards; DESE's Michael Muenks sets
expectations, says scores will take a hit
JCNT: Bill from Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City)
expands sexual assault reporting X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis
City) is optimistic that the Missouri Nondiscrimination Act (MONA) will
pass
Missourinet: MONA finds optimistic new sponsor
AP: Missouri court limits tax exemptions for
construction
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers shaky on Rams
proposal
CDT: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) wins MU alumni award X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri leads the nation in
lowest amount spent on tobacco prevention
P-D: Jeff Rainford, Mayor Slay's fierce chief, to
resign; Mary Ellen Ponder to take over
KWMU: Murderer set to be executed files suit seeking
DNA testing; Marcellus Williams stabbed Post-Dispatch reporter 43
times
KWMU: NAACP Legal Defense Fund still calling for a
Michael Brown grand jury do-over
P-D: St. Louis County Police release looting photos,
will post more weekly; This week's batch shows thieves running
loose inside liquor store and pharmacy
P-D editorial: Schmitt's tax-cut proposal is twice as
bad as last year's
KC Star editorial: Missouri should keep tolls in the
mix as a way to improve and expand Interstate 70 +
P-D op-ed: BJC Healthcare CEO Steven Lipstein:
Missouri legislators should expand Medicaid
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missouri
Republicans better stop playing "Anything but Obama" game and start
expanding Medicaid
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Brenda
Talent: State subsidies to private business choke economic growth
KC Star's Diuguid: Annual MLK column:
Discrimination must be vanquished, police are guilty of "slayings," etc. +
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Tuesday, January 13
KCUR: Audio with text summary: Claire McCaskill,
on Steve Kraske's show, announces she's not running for governor in 2016
KC Star: McCaskill's decision not to run for governor
narrows field for Dems; Senior senator says Catherine Hanaway
"can't salt her meat without asking Rex Sinquefield if it's okay" +
Missourinet: McCaskill a 'firm no' on run for Missouri
governor in 2016
KWMU: McCaskill not running for governor in 2016,
pledges to lead effort to reinstate state campaign contribution limits
SNL: Staying in Senate, McCaskill says her focus will
be on campaign finance overhaul X
AP: McCaskill says she won't run for governor in 2016,
says it is "very likely" she'll run for re-election in 2018
Politico: McCaskill won't run for Missouri governor
Shelly: Thoughts on McCaskill's announcement:
Koster-Hanaway now the most likely matchup; Hanaway "tough as
nails"; Koster takes Sinquefield money, too; More +
Helling: Cracking down on wealthy candidates' lending
to themselves would be a good start toward reform +
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill's
announcement; Diehl confirms that Medicaid expansion is
D.O.A.; Koster speaks at MLK Dinner +
Missourinet: Blunt: Cuba could be - but isn't -
a good market for Missouri
KWMU: Tom Schweich begins second term as Missouri
auditor
AP: Schweich sworn in for second term
Drebes:
Megan Werner to take the reins of Missouri Growth Association;
Ron and Ann Auer delete their lobbyist registrations
The Missouri Times: Staffer profile: Scott
Pearson, legislative assistant to Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield)
AP: Missouri Ethics Commission rulings: Former
Rep. Steve Webb (D-Florissant) fined $100,000; Rep. Mark
Parkinson (R-St. Charles) to pay $270 within 45 days for failing to
report some contributions in a timely manner
AP: List of Missouri Senate, Missouri House committee
chairs
JCNT: Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City) heads Energy
panel X
The Missouri Times: Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown), Speaker Pro Tem Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) propose
$12 million in new agriculture tax credits
Brownfield Ag News: Bills to assist beginnning farmers
filed
AP: Proposed Missouri tax credits aimed at enlisting
new farmers
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. T.J. Berry
(R-Kearney) would apply new tax credit to student loan repayment
SNL: Springfield, regional schools brace for less
state funding X
KWMU: Jennings, Riverview Gardens report progress in
student achievement
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Bill from Rep. Eric Burlison
(R-Springfield) would protect Missourians from speed-trap schemes in
other states
Missourinet: Proposed bill would increase speed limits
on Missouri rural interstates and freeways
Missourinet: Missouri traffic fatalities in 2014 one
off of 2013 total
P-D: Legislators, staffers get training on how to
respond in case of 'active shooter' incident
Missourinet: Inmate to challenge three death sentences
in Missouri high court; Robbie Blurton bound and gagged his aunt
and uncle - and their 15-year-old daughter - and shot each in the head
KWMU: Crime in St. Louis City was down in 2014 -
except homicides, which increased by 32%
P-D: Crime down in St. Louis City - except violent
crime
Missourinet: Four from Missouri are charged in deadly
shootout at gun store: Niquan Midgyett, Londro Patterson,
De'Anthony Wiley, and Hakeem Malik
KC Star: Judge appoints lawyers for defendants in
deadly robbery attempt at gun store +
KWMU: Black mayors are wary of push for municipal
consolidation in St. Louis County
JCNT editorial: Secretary of State Jason Kander's plan
- sponsored by Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) - to reduce
fees for businesses presents opportunity X
P-D editorial: Homicide series: One state, two
cities, two different trends in homicide
P-D editorial: North County mayors worried about court
reform doth protest too much
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: New adult ed programs
put degrees, certifications in the hands of more graduates +
P-D op-ed: Cool Valley Mayor Viola Murphy responds to
criticism of North County municipal court systems
KC Star mini-opeds: Under Our Skin race series'
"diverse" panel: Gay black man, two black women, white man
raising biracial kids, white male playright who works at "Unicorn
Theatre" +
P-D letter: Bills from Redmon, Munzlinger would would
jeopardize funding for Department of Conservation
CDT letter: Abortion bill from Brattin is "dangerous
rubbish" X
SLU Center for Health Law Studies' pro-Medicaid-expansion
talking points document (pdf)
Columbia Missourian letter: Zach Rubin's
pro-Medicaid-expansion letter using verbatim language from Medicaid
talking-points document
CDT letter: Zach Rubin's pro-Medicaid-expansion letter
using verbatim language from Medicaid talking-points document X
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Monday, January 12
Bloomberg: Obamacare enrollment groups shift focus to
tax liabilities; Comments from Missouri Foundation for Health's
Ryan Barker
This Week in Missouri Politics: Video: Speaker
John Diehl (R) on approach to session, voters' opinion of Obamacare and
Medicaid expansion, the Rams, transportation tax increases, more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Video: Rep. Ron
Hicks (R-St. Peters), Gregg Keller (R), Sean Nicholson (D), Patrick
Lynn (D) discuss Koster vs. McCaskill, Medicaid expansion, more
Missouri Viewpoints: Associated Industries of
Missouri's Ray McCarty, AFL-CIO's Joe Mueller talk to host Mike
Ferguson about right to work, other business and labor issues
Drebes:
Brittany Burke starts Tactas, a public and government advocacy
firm; Former Nixon spinvixen specializes in media relations,
social media, and reputation management
JCNT: Profile: Missouri Ethics Commission
Director James Klahr X
P-D: Missouri's 'undercover judge' - Mary Rhodes
Russell - praised for customer surveys, reforms
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Nixon says Missouri loses
"billions" every year to states that finish cows born here;
Comments from Missouri Beef Industry Council's Mark Russell
Kirksville Daily Express: Children at risk:
Kirksville computer crimes unit funding tied up as Nixon withholds funds
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri NEA's Otto Fajen relives
Amendment Three's loss, says gap in funding for foundation formula not
likely to close any time soon
Kirksville Daily Express: Nixon appoints Kirksville's
Pete Detweiler to MOHELA board
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
wants funding for higher education scholarships connected to
performance standards
AP: Bill from Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights)
would ban domestic assailants from owning guns
SNL: A year after politicians were raising alarm,
here's why Missouri isn't experiencing a propane crisis this winter X
JCNT: PSC to hear Ameren rate case on Wednesday night X
P-D: Police supporters rally in front of Ferguson
police department; Crowd of 200 loots zero stores, commits zero
arsons
P-D: Ferguson Commission hears from youth;
Kievonn Monger, other teens tell tales of perceived bias
P-D: Body cameras may correct police memories, but
they still have limits
JCNT editorial: Opening-of-session piece:
Processes should be simplified, elected officials should communicate,
Nixon and Republicans should work together, etc. X
P-D editorial: Homicide series: Solving
murder. It's time for St. Louis to try something new.
JCNT letter: Toll roads not the right answer for
Missouri; Instead, expand U.S. 50 to four lanes and increase fuel
taxes for truckers X
JCNT letter: Response to Dept. of Conservation
editorial: Legislature has the right to appropriate money for all
government entities, including DOC X
P-D letter: Stream and Schmitt fought for medical
issues that affected them, but not Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Nixon should not offer to help Rams,
because Kroenke should build "his own damn stadium"
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Sunday, January 11
CDT: Missouri slaves gained freedom 150 years ago X
CDT: Old issues, complaints about racism and
unfairness remain on anniversary of Missouri slave emancipation X
P-D: Annual MLK Dinner at Harris Stowe HBCU;
Blunt, Clay, Koster, Kander attend; McCaskill sends rep;
Nixon does not attend
Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Agriculture Coalition for
Cuba (USACC) amps up; Nixon speaks at National Press Club on
potential benefits for Missouri farmers and ranchers
KSNF (Joplin): Crowder College reacts to Obama's free
community college proposal; Able-bodied coed says lenders are
"crippling" her by providing student loans
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Former Congressman Bill Burlison (D), now 83,
stops by Rotary Club +
The Missouri Times: Patrick Lynn (D), Sean Nicholson
(D), Gregg Keller (R) to discuss Missouri Times' governor's race poll
today on This Week in Missouri Politics; Show airs in STL at 11
a.m. on KDNL, available online at 11:30 a.m.
Drebes:
Rep. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) elected 1st Vice President of
State Rural and Agriculture Leaders
JCNT: What's the true meaning of legislative
success? Missouri lawmakers say it's about more than sponsoring,
passing bills X
JCNT: Senators ponder meaning of Wednesday's break in
gallery decorum; Schaaf suggests protesters might be more
successful if they explain a specific legislative agenda X
P-D: Boeing may reap $229 million in new subsidies
from Missouri; Comments from MO Dept. of Economic Development's
Mike Downing, others
KC Business Journal: KC hospitals petition General
Assembly for Medicaid expansion
Washington Missourian: Mercy plans to explore ways to
assist Hermann hospital; Official explains impact of Obamacare
and lack of Missouri Medicaid expansion
Monett
Times: Session priorities for Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell
Knob) include A+ funding, bill to change how constitutional amendments
are passed
Washington Missourian: St. Clair R-XIII officials
pleased with A+ funding news
KC Star: Home-school numbers on the rise; MO
DESE makes it clear on website that it does not regulate home schools +
AP: Efforts to cut prison population working, but not
yet saving money; Comments from Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield)
JCNT: Lawmakers consider value of grand juries;
Comments from Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City), Sen. Kurt
Schaefer (R-Columbia) X
CDT: Trial to begin Tuesday on Mamtek class action case X
CDT: Columbia resident Brian Jamison (R) among four
Missourians appointed by Nixon to Missouri Gaming Commission X
CDT: Opponents of Callaway County hog farm seek new
hearing X
P-D: Creativity and hope: How St. Louis will
fund a $985 million football stadium
AP: Losing Rams would be blow to St. Louis' pride, not
economy
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon's press team
was wise to offer no comment on Chappelle-Nadal's silly "resign or be
impeached" grandstanding
P-D's Leiser: The time may be right to raise
Missouri's gas tax, or maybe not
P-D's Nicklaus: Stadium may sparkle, but it's not an
investment
KC Star letters: St. Louis region should consolidate
municipalities; Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) is wrong to oppose
Medicaid expansion +
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Saturday, January 10
KWMU: U.S. House approves Keystone XL pipeline;
Clay, Cleaver are delegation's only 'no' votes; McCaskill, Blunt
are co-sponsors
Missourinet: Missouri House delegation votes along
party lines for Keystone XL
KWMU: Blunt assumes chairmanship of powerful Senate
Rules Committee
P-D: Back to getting secret briefings, Blunt says
world is 'scary place right now'
P-D: Area congressional votes for the week
P-D: Former Congressman Bill Clay relives 1991, blasts
Clarence Thomas and Jack Danforth; Octogenarian to peddle
score-settling book Friday at Harris-Stowe
KWMU: Nixon joins bipartisan coalition looking to
expand trade to Cuba
KWMU: Praise, skepticism meet Obama's community
college plan; UMSL's James Shuls: "You're not pulling
community college out of a hat ... somebody's paying for it."
Kraske: Pat Gray had a profound impact on Kansas City +
KWMU: Missouri Lincoln Day to feature battle between
Ed Martin, John Hancock for control of MO GOP; Dem Chairman Roy
Temple may run unoppsed in February
Drebes:
Mike Leara joins Rick Stream, Andrew Koenig in GOP crowd for Schmitt's
seat
JCNT: Report from Central Missouri Community
Action: Missouri unemployment shrinks as poverty grows X
The Missouri Times: Schmitt looks to double 2014 tax
cut as Republicans debate 2015 priorities
AP: Bill from Rep. Keith English (D-Florissant) would
prohibit food-stamp recipients from using handouts to purchase energy
drinks
AP: Additional $4.5M of taxpayer money used to pay
heating bills for Missourians earning up to 135 percent of the poverty
level
P-D: St. Louis loses a corporate headquarters as
Patriot Coal leaves for West Virginia
P-D: More data to be collected at burning Bridgeton
Landfill
KWMU: Task force appointed by Nixon unveils plans for
new riverfront NFL stadium
Missourinet: Governor's task force shares vision for
new football stadium, but questions still linger on the future of the
NFL in St. Louis
P-D: Nixon team proposes open-air stadium, and no new
taxes
AP: New football stadium would cost at least $860M
KWMU: Fundraising efforts for Ferguson businesses
continue; Zweifel's Small Business Relief Program and Kander's
#FergusonRebuild
AP: Missouri leaders sought resignation of Ferguson
Police Chief Tom Jackson
AP: Organization for Black Struggles invites all 20
members of Legislative Black Caucus to Ferguson; Five attend
KC Star editorial: Hoping for the best from a
dysfunctional Congress; McCaskill, Nixon deserves credit for
seeking progress on Cuba +
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill - who
doesn't need a salary after marrying a "very successful businessman" -
right to call for an end to automatic pay raises
JCNT editorial: Protesters' uncivilized chanting of
"This is what democracy looks like!" should really have been "This is
what anarchy looks like!" X
KC Star's new "Midwest Voices" lineup for 2015:
'Diverse' group of Missourians include Democratic operative Brian
Noland, social worker, public school teacher, "tolerance and
anti-bigotry" activist, writer for "poverty and policy" journal +
P-D letter: Lindenwood University's think tank
director Howard Wall: Response to Chris Sommers' piece on minimum
wage
P-D letter: To solve Missouri's transportation-funding
conundrum, charge trucking industry more
SNL letter: Man shares thoughts on teacher-tenure
legislation, says legislators are whores X
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Friday, January 9
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on Keystone XL,
Cuba; Sen. Marie Chappelle-Nadal (D) says Nixon has "disdain for
children of color" +
Missourinet: Nixon joins push for lifting embargo on
trade with Cuba
P-D: Nixon in D.C. promoting Cuban trade, but Blunt
reiterates opposition to normalizing relations
KC Star: Blunt chosen to lead Senate rules committee +
P-D/Kaiser Health News: Federal health law still faces
major hurdles in 2015; Comments from Missouri Foundation for
Health's Ryan Barker
KC Star: Definiton of 'full-time' work varies widely,
debate on shifting Obamacare to 40 hours points out; Comments
from UMKC program's Judy Ancel +
Washington Post: Missouri's Jack Oliver working behind
the scenes for Jeb Bush's campaign
Drebes:
Veteran Dem fundraiser Margaret Onken leaves Koster's campaign, will
focus on corporate and non-profit clients
TonysKansasCity.com: Pat Gray, Kansas City's top
Democratic campaign consultant, passes away
Columbia Missourian: Infographic: Legislative
lobbying in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Photo gallery: The 2015
Inaugural Ball Grand March
Missourinet: Freshman state Rep. Randy Pietzman
(R-Troy) takes 14-year-old cancer survivor to the Inaugural Ball
Kraske: Nixon turning a new page, says he'll provide
more attention to legislators' needs +
AP: Secretary of State Jason Kander aims to cut
business fees; Comments from Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape
Girardeau), MO Chamber's Tracy King
KSGF: Audio: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield)
talks to host Nick Reed about P-D editorial board's hypocrisy on
campaign contributions (31:00), past leadership races (19:30),
likelihood of Legislature helping keep Rams (16:30), more
Washington Missourian: Over 6,400 gun permits issued
in Franklin County since 2004 law passed
KWIX/KRES (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
outlines 2015 priorities: educational benefits for families of
emergency medical personnel killed in the line of duty, more
P-D: UMSL says reported rape on campus did not
happed; Coed fabricated tale about backseat encounter with svelte
blue-eyed stranger
KOMU (Columbia): National Organization for Women's
Seileach Corleigh, Rep. Stephen Webber address "gender
inequality"; Eight local Republicans decline to be interviewed (link via Twitter: @ssnich)
KC Star: How the public might help pay for a new
stadium in St. Louis +
AP: Delegation to present findings in St. Louis' bid
to keep Rams
P-D: Customers weigh in on Ameren Missouri rate request
KWMU: State takes more legal action over concerns
landfill fire may be spreading
AP: Bridgeton Landfill owner disputes state's
emergency claim
Missourinet: Blunt reiterates call for Justice
Department to wrap Michael Brown investigation
The Missouri Times: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal files
scathing remonstrance against Nixon
P-D: North County municipalities under attack for
their courts say they will work on own reforms
P-D: Public relations company hired for Ferguson says
it didn't get paid; The Devin James Group files breach of
contract suit against PR firm Elasticity
P-D editorial: Laws of ecology should guide landfill,
coal-ash decisions
KC Star editorial: St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob
McCulloch must test DNA evidence before Missouri execution +
CDT's Waters: Nixon, Slay should let Rams go and then
lure another team X
P-D letter: Response to Chris Sommers' piece on higher
minimum wages
P-D letter: Response to Chris Sommers' piece on higher
minimum wages
P-D letter: Ferguson man displeased that Nixon, others
allowed thieves to pillage his town
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Thursday, January 8
SNL: McCaskill plans Cuba trip to explore how Missouri
farmers can benefit from eased relations X
P-D: McCaskill to travel to Cuba to assess markets for
Missouri agriculture
KC Star: Missouri and other farm states: Let us
sell to Cuba +
KWMU: McCaskill warns GOP not to 'overreach' on
Keystone, other issues
KWMU:
Rep. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) to run for Schmitt's open state
Senate seat
AP: GOP opens Missouri legislative session with
historic numbers
CDT: Nixon lists 2015 priorities, sees himself taking
larger role in persuading lawmakers X
Columbia Missourian: Governor's prayer breakfast kicks
off legislature's Opening Day
KWMU: Opening Day recap: Prayer breakfast;
Brief fit of yelling in Senate gallery; Diehl assures taxpayers
there will be no "Ferguson agenda"; Dems "soldier on" with
super-minority status
CDT: Opening Day recap: Comments from
Nixon; Medicaid-expansion supporters perform "die-in"
theatrics; Minority Leader Jake Hummel takes realistic approach
to working with GOP X
Missourinet: Missouri legislative leaders address
Ferguson riots, potential for municipal court rule changes
KC Star: Opening Day recap: Lawmakers kick off
session with Republicans fully in command +
P-D: Opening Day recap: Legislators set
priorities
The Missouri Times: Opening Day recap: Senate
leaders discuss priorities
JCNT: Opening Day recap X
The Missouri Times: Diehl takes the reins; Text
of speech
Kraske: The Chat: Opening Day notable quotables
from Ron Richard, Jake Hummel, Jason Kander +
AP: Protesters stall opening of Missouri Senate
session; Organization for Black Struggle's Kayla Reed says she
hopes yelling, chanting will encourage legislators to take her group
seriously
Missourinet: Video: Protesters yell, hold
banner: "Pledge Allegiance to Black People"
AP: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City)
calls for Nixon's resignation over Ferguson
CDT: Chappelle-Nadal urges Nixon resign or be impeached X
P-D: Chappelle-Nadal calls for Nixon's resignation
Missourinet: Nixon wants Justict Dept. to release
findings of Ferguson investigations
Columbia Missourian: Legislative preview: Reps.
Stephen Webber (D), Caleb Jones (R), Caleb Rowden (R), Kip Kendrick (D)
list priorities
AP: Missouri House Chief Clerk Adam Crumbliss:
formal inaugural ball cost taxpayers less than $3,000
KWMU: St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay talks about school
transfers, toll-road proposal, having to deal with litany of
post-Ferguson complaints
KWMU: Want do less-than-full professors want?
Washington University will find out.
JCNT: Darryl Chatman, a member of Armstrong Teasdale's
litigation group, becomes first African-American to serve as deputy
director of Missouri Department of Ag X
Washington Missourian: Anti-drug crusader Jason
Grellner: E-cigarettes used to smoke pot oil
P-D: Koster asks court to force Bridgeton Landfill
owner to collect more data
Missourinet: Nixon, state leaders discuss keeping Rams
in St. Louis
AP: St. Louis leaders: Rams owner won't return
our calls; Nixon says he's not giving up hope
KC Star: About 200,000 in KC area can now apply for
refunds from American Traffic Solutions over red-light tickets +
AP: St. Charles OKs body cameras for its police
JCNT editorial: Legislative proposals are meddlesome,
unnecessary threats to Conservation Dept. X
Washington Missourian editorial: Growing counties can
be hamstrung by outdated state statutes; St. Charles County will
benefit from appointed police chief
Washington Missourian editorial: Landfill permit for
Ameren was inevitable
P-D editorial: Missouri Supreme Court wades into
Ferguson. Excellent.
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Toll roads are
the only feasible way to improve I-70 - but achieving that goal will
require legislative leaders to have vision
P-D op-ed: HSUS' Washington, D.C.-based Paul
Shapiro: Missouri pork producers should drop inhumane practices
Miklasz: Recommendation for Rams fans: Don't be
mad at Los Angeles
P-D letter: Hazelwood man says that though Missourians
elected Republicans to a supermajority, that might not actually be what
the voters want
P-D letter: There are greater threats to driver safety
than higher speed limits
Washington Missourian letter: Area man says he is fed
up with protesters' savagery
P-D letter: Spanish Lake man suggests those who
support police officers hold their own rallies - inside Ferguson, and
at Berkeley gas stations
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Wednesday, January 7
Missouri General Assembly
Opening Day
The Hill: Mitch McConnell finds his go-to Dems:
McCaskill a co-sponsor of Keystone XL bill
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Obama's Keystone XL
position; McCaskill opposes automatic pay raises for lawmakers +
SNL: 114th Congress preview: Thoughts from
Hartzler, Long X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer on Scalise controversy
The Missouri Times: Profile: Joshua
Hawley; 35-year-old is key attorney in Hobby Lobby, King v
Burwell cases
Drebes:
Rep. Bart Korman (R-High Hill) amends MO Ethics paperwork, lists office
sought as "Governor"
KC Star: Nixon salutes Northland program that gives
students job training, college fast track +
Missourinet: 2015 Missouri legislative session preview
JCNT: 2015 Missouri legislative session preview:
Comments from area elected officials X
AP: "5 Things" journomeme: Things to know for
2015 legislative session
P-D's Virginia Young: List of elected officials to
follow on Twitter
P-D: Republicans have upper hand with Nixon as budget
battles loom
KRES (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) says
supplemental spending bill is critical
AP: Deer as livestock bill returns to Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Safety group wants primary seat-belt
law; Rep. Galen Higdon (R-St. Joseph) may or may not file bill
again
Columbia Missourian: Interactive graphic: The
state of abortion in Missouri
SE
Missourian: Medicaid expansion in Missouri continues to look
unlikely +
KRCG (Jefferson City): Medicaid-expansion rally draws
two dozen
JCNT: Rally braves cold to plead for Medicaid expansion X
Missourinet: Some still want Medicaid discussion in
new Missouri legislature
AP: Insurance company to pay Missouri $161K for false
statements
KRES (Moberly): Supportive Services for Veteran
Families to help homeless Missouri veterans
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court eases penalty for not
paying court fines
P-D: St. Louis County police release video, photos of
looters
AP: Judge extends order limiting Missouri police use
of tear gas
KWMU: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal's latest round of
Twitstigation sparks controversy; Insight from Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis)
CDT: In wake of Ferguson, lawmakers to spend time
discussing complaints about race, law enforcement, etc. X
KWMU: Michael Brown grand juror Doe may have a case,
say legal experts
JCNT editorial: Don't rush to judgment on raising
speed limits X
KWMU op-ed: Nature Conservancy's Doug Ladd:
Current River deserves vigorous support and protection
Columbia Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael: On taxes, Missouri's neighbors raise the stakes
Jensen:
Building a movement around "Hands up, don't shoot" lie is a good sign
of stupidity
P-D letter: It's a shame that "Hands up, don't shoot"
lie will influence Legislature
JCNT letter: In wake of Ferguson, self-described "old
white man" sarcastically wonders what he should apologize for - black
juveniles' violent crimes, inability to read, and what else? X
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Tuesday, January
6 Missouri Legislature Opening
Day Eve
P-D:
Legislative ball set for tomorrow night at Capitol
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KSPR
(Springfield): Session preview; GOP Reps. Eric Burlison,
Kevin Austin on budget, taxes, Ferguson, more; Rep. Charlie Norr
(D) is mentally prepared for "a long session"
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Journogang previews 2015
legislative session, more
CDT:
Session preview: Lawmakers speed budget process to assert
authority on spending
KRES
(Moberly): Missouri Chamber of Commerce President Dan Mehan lists
priorities: Workforce training and development, workers' comp
reform, civil justice reform, more
Drebes:
Ashley McDonald to serve as Missouri Farm Bureau's new state lobbyist
The
Missouri Times: Legislator profile: Rep. Tila Hubrecht
(R-Dexter)
KC
Star: Activist profile: Missouri marijuana legalization
activist Amber Iris Langston
KWMU:
December sees more money flow into Missouri coffers
The
Missouri Times: State revenue on the rise
AP:
Missouri revenue up five percent, on par with spending freezes
CDT:
Bills address health care for students in schools
Kraske:
The Chat: Kansas' experience with higher speed limits seems to
contradict claim from Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar)
CDT:
Nixon seeks ideas for promoting beef production, processing
Columbia
Missourian: Panelists discuss beefing up cattle industry at MU
summit
Missourinet:
Designer: new Fulton state hospital will be better, safer
The
Maneater: Nixon appoints two new members to Board of Curators
P-D:
SEIU organizing campaign succeeds, as Washington University's
less-than-full professors vote to unionize
KWMU:
Adjuncts at Washington U. vote to unionize
KWMU:
St. Louis Schools' appointed and elected board start working together
to transfer authority
P-D:
Meeting offers little to signal shift in St. Louis schools governance
KWMU:
After reports of an L.A. stadium deal, Nixon promises response to keep
Rams in St. Louis
P-D:
Missouri officials will fight for Rams - but not in a bidding war
Miklasz:
Kroenke shows his hand
Helling:
Issue of Rams stadium another headache for Nixon
KWMU:
State to take more legal action over concerns landfill fire may be
spreading
KWMU:
Area delegation summarizes priorities for 114th Congress
ABC
News: McCaskill's work on sexual assaults makes her one of top 6
women to watch this year
KC
Star: Ferguson businesses to AG Eric Holder: Wrap it up
KTVI
(St. Louis): "Black People's Grand Jury" indicts Darren Wilson in
fantasy trial; Organizers announce decision whilst donning fur
hats bearing Communist hammer and sickle
KC
Star: NAACP calls for new Ferguson grand jury, investigation
Missourinet:
Member of Michael Brown grand jury sues for right to speak publicly
P-D:
Michael Brown case grand juror sues St. Louis County prosecutor, asking
to speak out on case
AP:
Ferguson grand juror sues to be allowed to talk about case
Warrensburg
Daily Star-Journal editorial: McCaskill, Blunt do an excellent
job communicating with the public
KC
Star editorial: Legislative wish list: Missouri Republicans
should suddenly begin supporting Medicaid expansion,
campaign-contribution limits, and an end to "corporate welfare"
P-D
op-ed: Clergy Coalition, et al.: Missouri Repubicans should
suddenly begin supporting Medicaid expansion, "economic dignity,"
payday loan limits, etc.
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: Area man's MoDOT funding solution: State
workers should pick up recyclable bottles roadside, then haul them to
Iowa for $0.05 deposit
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Monday, January 5
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers continue opposition to
Obamacare and Medicaid expansion +
Washington Missourian: Lawmakers: Reform needed
before Medicaid is expanded; Comments from GOP Reps. Paul
Curtman, Justin Alferman, Missouri Health Care for All's Jen Bersdale
Missouri Viewpoints: Host Mike Ferguson talks with
Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union), Missouri Budget Project's Jay Hardenbrook
about Medicaid expansion, tax policy, transportation funding
P-D: Seventh time could be a charm for eating-disorder
coverage; Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) to carry bill pushed
for six years by Rick Stream
KWMU: Missouri legislative overview: Medicaid
expansion, school transfers, campaign-contribution limits, more
AP: Ethics on Missouri lawmakers' 2015 agenda
Drebes: MoScout 2014 Readers Poll:
Lobbyists; Firm on the ascent, most underrated, best QB for big
issue, more
KODE (Joplin): Group wants tax increase for Missouri
tobacco sales; Comments from Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City)
KC Star: College endowments bounce back after big loss
during recession; Comments from UMKC spokesman John Martellaro +
KODE (Joplin): Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) proposes
bill to increase highway speed limit
KWMU: With a possible hike in electric bills, Missouri
Public Service Commission wants to hear from the public
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: MO DHSS labels influenza as widespread across
the state +
St. Joseph News-Press: Federal funds for rural
broadband still flowing X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat's Laura Ford: Through decades of name changes,
this newspaper "has never lost its roots - DEMOCRAT" +
JCNT letter: Legislators targeting Department of
Conservation are attempting a power grab X
P-D letter: Missouri should allow sales of growlers of
beer
P-D letter: Legislature must change laws regarding
municipal courts
P-D letter: O'Fallon, Mo. man recounts MetroLink
experiences: Prostitution, "boisterous game of craps," stolen
liquor and boom-box music
JCNT letter: If Michael Brown had been "John White"
there would have been no riots nor hysteria; Majority of people
stand with law enforcement X
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Sunday, January 4
The Hill: GOP prepares Keystone blitz; McCaskill
one of seven Dems expected to join all 54 Republicans in voting "Yes"
KRES (Moberly): Blaine Luetkemeyer previews 114th
Congress, including continuing-resolution fallout and his committee
assignments
JCNT: 100,000 Missourians enrolled for health
insurance but uninsured number stays high X
KC Star: United Health Foundation report says Missouri
health is going downhill +
P-D: Tolls on I-70? Rev up this debate again.
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: To-do list of Rep. Holly Rehder (R) includes
prescription drug monitoring program, paycheck protection, grandparent
guardianship bill
Columbia Missourian: Chris Kelly's replacement set to
serve in super-minority; Kip Kendrick enjoys gardening, biking,
listening to "Most [sic] Def" (Updated 9:01 a.m. with correct spelling)
JCNT: Proposed legislation targets Missouri Department
of Conservation funding, commission X
CDT: Ethics issues high on legislative agenda as
session approaches X
CDT: Publisher's parties highlight reporting issues in
Missouri ethics laws; MATA reported spending $550 for food and
drink to honor Sen. Jolie Justus (D-Kansas City) X
The Missouri Times: Scott Faughn responds to CDT piece
on parties, questions timing of Rudi Keller's reporting
P-D: Frustration with EPA handling of West Lake growing
KC Star: Video of Missouri drug task force arrest
raises concerns about police violence +
Washington Post: Protesters slam Oprah over comments
that they lack 'leadership'; Man decries self-made mogul's diet
of "truffles and grilled unicorn ass"
AP: A look at post-riot Ferguson: Comments from
residents, elected officials, small-business owners, more
P-D: Ferguson could set tone for Missouri legislative
session
AP: Brown shooting prompts array of Missouri bills
P-D: Ferguson protesters' playbook "has puzzled many
in the St. Louis area"
KWMU: African People's Socialist Party convenes
make-believe "grand jury" to indict Darren Wilson
Washington Missourian editorial: Balance is needed in
creating pro-business environment; Missouri must not follow
Kansas, where the pendulum swung too far
Washington Missourian editorial: Proposal from Sen.
Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) to give tax credits for pet
adoption is a real laugher
P-D editorial: When Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal waves a
cutout of Nixon and curses in public, she's serving only to divide -
not make any meaningful point
CDT's Waters: Having Tim Wolfe's business expertise in
the president's office brings great value to the UM system X
JCNT's Bob Watson: Living Capitol life without Bob
Priddy X
P-D letter: Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake
Hurst: P-D editorial gets it wrong on New Madrid Floodway
SNL letter: Republicans' 10 years of control in
Missouri - with 6 of those years under Nixon - has brought bad news to
Missouri X
P-D letter: Paper has an obligation to stop calling
criminal miscreants "protesters"
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Saturday, January 3
KOLR (Springfield): U.S. Postal Service to begin cuts
in service Monday; McCaskill, Blunt criticize agency for not
performing feasibility studies
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt, Graves lend
voice to levees project X
P-D: Ann Wagner standing behind embattled GOP Whip
Steve Scalise (R-La.)
KRZK (Branson): Billy Long asks Corps for extension on
behalf of group managing Table Rock recreation areas
AP: Monthly report shows improved Midwest economic
outlook
Drebes: MoScout 2014 Readers Poll:
Legislators; Who does their homework, who gets things done,
freshmen to watch, more
KC Star: Nixon tries to reverse opposition to I-70
tolls in Missouri +
St. Joseph News-Press: I-70 toll study gets mixed
reviews; Schaaf calls tolls "lesser of two evils"; Rep. Jim
Neely (R-Cameron) suggests higher fuel tax, MoDOT admin cuts; more X
KODE (Joplin): 2015 legislative preview: Joplin
Chamber President Rob O'Brian suggests a state fund to lure
businesses; Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) sponsors voter ID
bill
CDT: Nixon announces final two curator
appointments: Lawyers Maurice Graham (D-Clayton) and Phillip
Snowden (D-Kansas City) X
Columbia Missourian: Two MU law graduates appointed to
UM System Board of Curators
CDT: With higher ed funding on the Missouri
legislative docket, Rob Dixon takes the helm of Missouri Community
College Association X
P-D: Legislature to tackle Missouri's school transfer
conundrum again
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri could become a feedlot
state; State Ag Director Richard Fordyce previews Missouri Beef
Summit, which starts Monday
Washington Missourian: State approves new coal ash
landfill in Franklin County
P-D: State regulators approve coal ash landfill in
Franklin County
P-D: PSC holds public hearings Monday on Ameren rate
hike
KSMU: Missouri Lottery tallies 2014 prizes
KSMU: Nixon pardons 9, including 2 convicted in
Southwest Missouri
TonysKansasCity.com: Area urbanites upset that Nixon's
pardons didn't include KC criminals
P-D: Nixon names new Ferguson Commission member:
Byron Watson
AP: Missouri History Museum capturing Ferguson history
as it happens
Mexico Ledger: Longtime Ledger Managing Editor Janeen
Sims dies
Columbia Missourian: Columnist Rose Nolen dies;
Windsor, Mo. native best known for classic tome "Hoecakes, Hambone, and
All That Jazz"
KC Star editorial: Gov. Jay Nixon (D), AG Chris Koster
(D), GOP legislative leaders are wrong to support the death penalty +
Kraske: The Newsmaker of the Year is Police Chief
Darryl Forte +
P-D: Great Rivers Environmental Law Center's Kathleen
Henry: Anti-fossil-fuel crusaders are the modern-day abolitionists
KC Star letter: Missouri Jobs With Justice's Lara
Granich on minimum wage +
P-D letter: Webster Groves woman wants Missouri
legislators to expand Medicaid
P-D letter: Des Peres man says Medicaid is a human
right, and should be placed on Missouri ballot
P-D letter: Ferguson man says we must seek equitable
society, "whilst simultaneously rejecting inexcusable criminal behavior"
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Friday, January 2
KWMU: GOP Congress likely to flex new muscles with
Keystone Pipeline vote; McCaskill lone area Democrat to support
project
Helling: Dems give Blunt a free pass in 2016 +
Kraske: 2015's top question answered: McCaskill
to pursue life-long dream of being Missouri's first female governor,
shoves Koster out of her way +
KWMU: Local group continues efforts to honor
Missourians killed in Iraq and Afghanistan
TonysKansasCity.com: Winners and Losers of 2014:
Winners include KC's Ferguson and minimum wage protesters, KC Dem Reps.
John Rizzo and Brandon Ellington
KTRS (St. Louis): Audio: Alliance for Childhood
Education's Erin Brower discusses Missouri tobacco tax increase
SE
Missourian: Nixon's State of the State likely to focus on
education, health care +
AP: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) pushes for
school health clinics
Washington Missourian: Fresh effort being launched to
establish prescription drug monitoring program in Missouri;
Comments from Reps. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston), Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
Washington Missourian: Bill from Rep.-elect Justin
Alferman (R-Hermann) seeks public vote to fill vacated commission seats
Missourinet: Rep. Jeff Grisamore (R-Lee's
Summit): Attack on son raises bar-camera question for Legislature
KC Star: Obscure state law pushes the Independence
courthouse expansion forward +
P-D: Missouri could become the next state to increase
top highway speeds
CDT: DOR awards contract for Columbia license office
to Koester & Koester, which operates seven other state license
offices X
KWMU: Missouri shooting range users asked to take exit
survey on needs, possible improvements
AP: 11K Missouri deer killed with alternative
methods; Spear-throwers, crossbows help harvest animals
KC Star: Amid a crackdown on violent criminals, Kansas
City homicides sharply decline +
P-D: Friendly crowd gathers in St. Louis to support
police, who return the favor; 170 adults, zero arsons
AP: St. Louis City man charged Thursday after
advocating for "New Years [sic]
Eve Massacre Kill A Pig Night"
KWMU: Swearing-in ceremony location moved after
"multiple" security threats; Audio of speeches from Bob
McCulloch, Steve Stenger
The Missouri Times: Dave Spence's "1000 Ferguson Jobs"
releases holiday wish list: School transfer legislation, increase
in cigarette tax to benefit scholarships, more
Daily
American Republic: Poplar Bluff cops now wearing body cams
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Juxtaposing KC, STL 2014
murder seasons: KC has fewer, even with a population much higher
than "long-declining St. Louis" +
P-D letter: High Ridge woman says officer who called
stuffed-animal heap "trash" was right - why honor "a thug who was
trying to beat up a cop"?
P-D letter: Governor, police chiefs are emasculated by
mobs
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Thursday, January 1
Happy New Year!
Kraske: Blunt bullish on 2015 legislative
prospects; Toll roads would require a heavy lift from Nixon, help
from GOP leaders +
CDT: Blunt urges public support for hunger relief
during tour of food bank X
Helling: McCaskill, Blunt claims about Keystone XL's
positive effects are dubious +
KCUR (Kansas City): Half of Obamacare enrollees in
Missouri are new
AP: McCaskill, Klobuchar make stripped-down,
single-item wager on Mizzou-Minnesota bowl game: Tiger Stripe ice
cream versus some kind of "frozen hot [sic?]"
dessert Klobuchar claims is her "signature"
Shelly: 2014 recap: Koster only cared about
campaign-finance ethics once he got busted; Cleaver needs to do
more; Sinquefield's influence is bad; more +
Drebes:
Jeremy Cady joins Missouri Alliance for Freedom as legislative director
AP: New Missouri laws in effect today: Minimum
wage rises, again; Women with dense breasts get extra
attention; More
AP: Report: Double-digit tolls could fund I-70
repairs
KWMU: MoDOT report explores adding tolls to I-70
P-D: Highway Commission: I-70 tollway across
Missouri is "worthy of consideration"
Columbia Missourian: Nixon exploring options for tolls
along I-70
Columbia Missourian: Overview of 2015 legislation
affecting Missouri education
AP: Missouri's second execution of 2015 set for Feb.
11; Walter Storey invaded neighbor's apartment, broke her ribs
and pummeled her face, then slashed her throat until she bled to death
JCNT: Missouri Conservation Commission sets 2015
hunting seasons X
KTVI: Video: Pack of charging protesters
controlled by pepper spray; Police Chief Sam Dotson says
instigators keep police from doing work that matters
P-D: Protesters charge at police protecting
headquarters
AP: Police use pepper spray to subdue protesters
storming police headquarters
P-D: Protesters post list of demands: "1)
Immediate meeting with the Dotson [sic],
Slay or Lewis Reed."
P-D: Mini-profile of Berkeley's Ted Hoskins (D);
Mayor says that despite facts of Antonio Martin's demise, "There are
some who will not believe anything"
P-D: Incoming Democratic county executive forced to
move inaugural ceremonies due to security concerns
KC Star' Yael Abouhalkah: What won't happen in
2015: Missouri-Kansas border war won't end; Royals won't
repeat as AL Champions; More +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Liberal columnist
disagrees with Brattin on abortion
SNL letter: Protesters should keep doing their thing,
but just stop blocking the travel and activities of normal people X
Washington Missourian letter: There's a sign missing
from Ferguson protests: "Stop the violence. Obey the law!"
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