Wednesday, January 31
Missourinet: Missouri delegation's communications
staffers pen reactions to Trump's State of the Union address
Missourinet: SOTU reactions: Interview with
Jason Smith, statement written by Lacy Clay's staff
SE
Missourian: McCaskill explains opposition to GOP tax cuts +
CDT: Grad student to run for Congress; Hallie
Thompson seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot for Vicky Hartzler's
re-election X
SNL: Greitens comes to Springfield to promote plan to
reduce taxes for '97 percent' X
P-D: Analysis shows Greitens' tax package would cut
$374 million, but aides say it's $800 million
KWMU: Some Missouri Republicans want tax cuts, but
many lawmakers fear impact on state's bottom line
CDT: University leader: Higher ed warned not to
seek tuition hike waivers X
The Missouri Times: Hawley updates Budget Committee on
state's legal expense fund, up to $415 million in potential claims
AP:
Parson requests budget for driver; Lt. gov has smallest staff of
all statewide officials
SE
Missourian: Lawmakers set sights on repealing, overhauling
prevailing wage law +
Drebes:
Neely's medical marijuana bill garners more than token support, likely
to roll on
KC Star: Hyperloop One says KC to St. Louis is a top 5
route, begins closer study +
Missourinet: Missouri coalition launches study about
hyperloop
AP:
Feasibility study to examine Missouri hyperloop system
Columbia Missourian: House committee hears testimony
on 20-week abortion ban
Columbia Missourian: Hummel, Nasheed push to roll back
changes in law governing anti-discrimination lawsuits
KWMU: Profile: Charles Robinson, St. Louis
Public Schools truancy officer
Missourinet: Greene County sheriff still wants
Galloway to hand over whistleblower complaints
P-D editorial: The good ideas are buried deep in
Greitens' tax reform plan
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: Jason Smith details the pro-business,
anti-red-tape provisions he's helped turn into law; Greitens'
higher ed cuts could cripple Missouri's prospects +
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: Greitens wants more
charter schools, which may choke the life out of KC district schools X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Addiction doctor:
Rolling back Medicaid will worsen Missouri's opioid crisis
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Marriage bill from
Rep. T.J. Berry (R-Kearney) is unnecessary
KWMU's Kae Petrin: "Income inequality," unfair
expenses conspire to keep local African-Americans down; Area man
explains trauma of cell-phone data plan, costly wi-fi, other atrocities
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian thinks print media -
especially the unbiased New York Times and Washington Post - is more
truthful than Trump X
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Tuesday, January 30
Politico: Blunt, other Republicans seek to tame Trump
on trade
Washington Times: Blunt says memo on FISA warrants
needs to be released
KWMU: The EPA could propose a cleanup plan for West
Lake Landfill. Here's what to expect.
P-D: Liberal mega-donor George Soros bigfoots into
"Clean Missouri" ballot initiative campaign
The Missouri Times: Twitter bots follow Greitens by
the thousands, mostly avoid other lawmakers
Drebes:
James Murphy, father of Wieland's Jamie Murphy, to run for state rep
The Missouri Times: Chez Monet to open in the Capitol
Cafeteria next week
Missourinet: Hawley says he can help if Gardner
requests aid in Greitens investigation
Missourinet: Hawley presents budget to House committee
and faces questions from Democrats
Columbia Missourian: Greitens' tax cut plan gains fans
in rural Macon
SE
Missourian: Greitens proposes tax cut for most Missourians
KWMU: Greitens reveals more details of tax proposal as
lawmakers mull their options
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: House
Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) talks to
Mannies & Rosenbaum about opposition to tax cuts, support for more
spending, Republicans' heartless budgetary policy, etc.
KWMU: Ryan Silvey talks about why he left the Missouri
Senate for the Public Service Commission
AP: Missouri not considering selling 4 closed state
parks
P-D: Missouri not considering selling any of four
mothballed state parks, official says
The Missouri Times: Walmart, GM and more ask lawmakers
to consider Missouri Energy Freedom Act
Columbia Missourian: House debates series of bills
overhauling foster care
SE
Missourian: SEMO to discontinue classes at Malden site
Daily
American Republic: Missouri Highway Patrol receives overdose
medications
Missourinet: MADD wants lawmakers to restore state
funding for DUI checkpoints
P-D: Missouri Department of Conservation's netting
operation puts Creve Coeur Lake carp in the crosshairs
AP:
Hawley defends AG office over failure to timely produce documents in
"police brutality" case
KWMU: Arch City Defenders' new executive director
complains about perceived injustices, expresses anger over St. Louis
City's new public safety director suggesting that black people are
responsible for black-on-black crime
P-D editorial: EPA chief's only true option is to
remove West Lake's radioactive hazards; The most expensive option
is definitely the best
KC Star editorial: Is Greitens trying to recreate the
Kansas tax cut disaster?
P-D editorial: Does Missouri owe sick prisoners a
super-expensive cure?
P-D's Raasch: Blunt a "lead cheerleader" for Trump's
good economic news
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian says former Missouri
Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders willfully broke the law
P-D letter: Ellisville woman wants PSC to reject
Missouri American Water's request for rate increase
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Monday, January 29
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guests U.S. Reps.
Vicky Hartzler, Jason Smith talk Trump's first year in office,
government shutdown, much more
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Department of Social Services seeks
Missouri Medicaid Director
KCUR: Q&A on Satanic Temple's challenge of
Missouri abortion laws
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Greitens to vist Moberly
today; Comments from Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
SNL: Greitens wants to change state worker rules.
Lawmakers say they don't know what he means.
X
P-D: Hiring, firing and rewarding state employees
should be easier, Greitens says, but offers no details
SE
Missourian: Vargas: Southeast faces 'bad' funding cuts
under governor's budget plan +
SNL: Greitens wants to expand A+ scholarship program
to private school students X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Ag Director Chris Chinn talks
department priorities, collaboration between state agencies
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger talks about progress
of his industrial hemp legislation
Columbia Missourian: Local hair braider defends
cosmetology requirements over deregulation bill
AP: Missouri Highway Patrol ends field tests for drugs
over concerns about powerful fentanyl
Columbia Missourian: Missouri sees widespread
influenza activity on par with other states
KCUR/Kaiser Health News: Missouri faces costly
conundrum: How to treat inmates carrying Hepatitis C
KCUR: Rep. Barbara Anne Washington (D-Kansas City)
talks about serving in Democratic superminority, Greitens' affair,
juvenile criminals, more
P-D editorial: GOP lawmakers, led by Reps. Robert
Cornejo and Scott Fitzpatrick, continue their war on the poor
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Lawmakers should
strengthen protections for student journalists
X
P-D op-ed: Concerned Women for America's Stephanie
Rubach Marshall: McCaskill should support bill to limit number of
low-skilled immigrants
Messenger: Death of Terry Schlemeier is reminder of
simpler times in Missouri politics
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Lift the ban on
felons selling alcohol and lottery tickets
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Swamped in scandals, Greitens
faces conflict with his own party X
Columbia Missourian's new "Conversations" feature:
Comments, pulled from social media, on Greitens' higher ed budget
P-D letter: Missouri Sierra Club's John Hickey on
impact of shutdown on EPA
P-D letter: Arnold sexagenarian says she wants
Greitens to stop acting like such a Navy SEAL
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Sunday, January 28
KWMU: At first St. Louis area town hall, McCaskill
opines on government shutdown, weighs in on state Legislature
Missourinet: McCaskill does not expect February
shutdown, predicts border security deal
KC Star: Missouri man calls Hartzler's Columbia
office, makes second threat in recent weeks against government X
JCNT: March for Life attendees say the tide is turning X
Drebes:
St. Louis Community Colleges seek government and community relations
liason
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
expects more funding will be added to higher ed
JCNT: Area college administrators, lawmakers unhappy
with governor's budget proposals X
JCNT: Greitens cites disparity between teacher and
administrator pay X
P-D: School districts struggle to find qualified black
teachers
P-D: Graph: Medicaid's budget burden, 2013-2017
P-D: Chart: Five most expensive services and
programs in 2017 Medicaid budget
P-D: Graph: Handicapped population had largest
increase in Medicaid spend per person
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens' package of
higher-ed cuts are a dumb idea X
JCNT editorial: Proposal would put needed teeth into
Sunshine Law X
CDT op-ed: Phill Brooks: Missouri heading for a
looming budget cliff X
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian lists
legislative wishes: Tax online purchases (except medicine for
olds), punish trucking industry for road usage, more X
KC Star letter: MEDA's Trey Davis responds to Libla
letter on Ameren and electric rates X
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Saturday, January 27
KMIZ:
In afternoon speech to Columbia Chamber of Commerce, McCaskill talks
bipartisanship, opioid legislation, more
CDT:
In nighttime speech to Columbia Democrats, McCaskill takes aim at
Hawley, makes jokes about Greitens' sex scandal X
Columbia
Missourian: McCaskill says she will execute "the most aggressive
grassroots plan that has ever been devised"
Columbia
Missourian: McCaskill speaks at Mizzou College Democrats
event; DACA protesters interrupt (in English)
KC
Star: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders
pleads guilty to wire fraud charge X
Drebes: Bits: Dana
Loesch profiled by NY Times Style section; Jonas Hughes to
Chappelle-Nadal's office; Lucas Dieckhaus drops out of state rep
race
Columbia
Missourian: Nicole Galloway speaks to local Democratic group
The
Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's Office: Week of
January 22, 2018
Missourinet:
Lawmakers seek ways to implement Greitens' proposed permanent pay raise
for state workers
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) talks higher ed funding,
transportation funding
KWMU:
Next week's legislative action: SNAP handouts, lobbyist gifts,
budget
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester) says marriage-age
bill protects children from those who would do them harm
Washington
Missourian: Sharp decrease in gun permits issued due to change in
state law
CDT:
Centralia seeks change to state law regarding sales tax increases X
SNL:
Missouri Foundation for Health study: Death rates for white
Missourians increasing at higher rates than that of minorities;
Opioid abuse one factor X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Chillicothe seeks state status as creator of
sliced bread X
Missourinet:
Advocacy group gives Missouri poor marks on highway safety and auto
safety
The
Missouri Times: State of Missouri settles lawsuit regarding West
Lake Landfill while Pruitt mulls decision on site
P-D:
St. Louis City selection committee votes unanimously to give Rex
Sinquefield's Grow Missouri role in airport privatization
KC
Star editorial: With a guilty plea, Mike Sanders' downfall is
complete X
SNL
editorial: Courtland Sykes is a sexist X
KC
Star editorial: Greitens bears responsibility for the latest blow
to UMKC downtown conservatory X
CDT
op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Rik Hafer: Education and its
economic impact in Missouri X
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Friday, January 26
Newsweek: In Facebook post, GOP U.S. Senate candidate
Courtland Sykes speaks out against feminists, encourages young women to
develop homemaker skills
KWMU: Area solar panel importer opposes higher tariff
on solar panels
KMBZ: Former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Mike
Sanders to plead guilty in federal court
KC Star: 'Clean Missouri' takes $250,000 in
pass-through cash from George Soros; Liberal billionaire's group
gave $300k to "MOVE Ballot Fund," which kept $50k vigorish X
Rosenbaum: Lawmakers want to place firewall between
candidates and PACs
Drebes:
New committee formed to support initiative petition to raise taxes on
long-term capital gains and dividends
Missourinet: Parson to represent state in historic USS
Missouri ceremony at Pearl Harbor
The Missouri Times: State workers could see a raise in
the next fiscal year
SNL: Top Republican lawmakers speak out against
Greitens' higher education cuts, refund loan idea X
Columbia Missourian: At Boone County legislative
forum, legislators talk higher ed funding
KWMU: GOP leaders balking at Greitens' plan to
establish line of credit
AP:
GOP not behind all of Greitens' proposed budget
Missourinet: Greitens touts increase in K-12 budget,
but proposal falls short of key benchmark; Comments from
AlignEd's Linda Rallo, MSBA's Brent Ghan
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Putnam County superintendent
discusses funding expectations for Foundation Formula and transportation
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick says Missouri pension system
is strong, despite some poor returns
The Missouri Times: Senators discuss impeachment on
chamber floor; Ron Richard says Senate 'won't get in the middle
of an ongoing investigation'
Columbia Missourian: Legislature unsure of role in
investigating Greitens
SE
Missourian: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) wants to legalize
medical marijuana +
The Missouri Times: 'First-Time Home Buyer Savings
Account Act' from Rep. Becky Ruth (R-Festus) heard in committee
The Missouri Times: House passes bill on degrees at
public institutions, three others
St. Joseph News-Press: Residents ask Missouri PSC to
ease water rate hike X
P-D: Missouri weighs use of Volkswagen settlement for
school bus upgrades, other emission-reduction projects
CDT: Bill seeks 'crash course' in police training for
those with military background X
Columbia Missourian: Proposal would require warrant
for gathering information from cell phones
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake
Saint Louis) would standardize probation drug, alcohol testing
Missourinet: Sen. Shalonn 'Kiki' Curls (D-Kansas City)
wants Missouri Dept. of Agriculture to apply for federal seniors
farmers' market nutrition program
Missourinet: DHSS says Missouri flu cases increase by
about 200 from previous week
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Gaming Commission
donates to kids, challenges others to do the same
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should step
aside, let Mike Parson take the reins
JCNT editorial: Human trafficking bill well-intended,
but flawed X
P-D letter: Bissinger's CEO thanks McCaskill for
helping lower the price of sugar
KC Star letter: Raytown septuagenarian applauds
McCaskill for working with Republicans on budget X
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian says
Greitens is arrogant
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Thursday, January 25
Washington Post: Blunt disapproves of Trump's tariff
stance
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith: NAFTA faces 'bumpy' road in coming
months +
Missourinet: Congress reauthorizes CHIP
Washington Examiner: Blunt looking for opioid-research
funds, says grant programs to state hold promise
KC Star: McCaskill votes against Brownback nomination X
USA Today: McCaskill teams with Sen. Jeff Flake
(R-Ariz.) for anti-"pork" eating stunt; Senior senator promotes
Arthur Bryant BBQ sauce
Washington Post: EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to
rule soon on West Lake landfill
CDT: Obituary: Veteran lobbyist Terry
Schlemeier; Memorial celebration to be held tomorrow in Columbia X
AP:
Democrats: Greitens should sign affidavit about affair
P-D: Missouri Democratic Party wants Greitens to sign
affidavit certifying his denials
The Missouri Times: In State of the Judiciary speech,
Fischer calls treatment courts the 'front lines' of opioid battle
JCNT: State of the Judiciary focuses on opioid
treatment funding X
Missourinet: Supreme Court chief justice says 15
Missouri counties have no access to treatment court
KWMU: Missouri chief judge calls for drug court
expansion in State of Judiciary message
SNL: Missouri Department of Social Services ends
annual reports X
SNL: Springfield wins protest of Missouri welfare
contract award X
The Missouri Times: Fitzpatrick shoots down Greitens'
budget proposal for tax anticipation loans
Missourinet: Prevailing-wage bills make return
The Missouri Times: Johnson's broadband bill aims to
get rural Missouri connected
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Ag Director Chris Chinn talks
rural broadband access
Columbia Missourian: Proposed broadband grant system
may provide relief for rural areas
Brownfield Ag News: Munzlinger sponsors industrial
hemp bill
Columbia Missourian: Proposal from Rep. Jason Chipman
(R-Steelville) would remove state-school students' mandatory health fees
JCNT: Fitzwater advocates for computer science in
schools X
P-D's Kristen Taketa: Area liberals angry over school
board candidate's social media posts; Comment from 1/2 of P-D
polisci prof pundit pool (SLU's Ken Warren)
SNL: Missouri lawmakers to consider free needle
exchange legislation X
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears
utility-rate bills
SE
Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources teams with cops
to help Special Olympics +
SE
Missourian: State, city, county governments deny responsibility
for Common Pleas Courthouse basement stairs +
Columbia Missourian: Riddle's bill would change
Missouri's statute of limitations for product liability
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Jeanie Riddle previews
legislation: foster care, addressing child abuse and neglect,
MoDOT utility corridor, keeping protesters from blocking interstates
The Missouri Times: Reiboldt aims to clarify animal
trespass bill
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers must step up and
do what Gov. Greitens cannot - lead X
JCNT editorial: Greitens' state pay raise proposal a
start X
SNL editorial: Missouri can't thrive by cutting higher
education X
P-D editorial: This year, Ameren seeks just a little
bit of regulatory relief. The case isn't strong.
Messenger: Judges send message to Missouri AG Josh
Hawley: Do your job.
KC Star op-ed: Walmart Director of Military
Programs: Missouri veterans deserve a better pharmacy system X
P-D op-ed: University of Central Missouri's Chuck
Ambrose: State should spend more money on higher ed
Columbia Missourian's Tyler Wornell:
Performance-contingent funding makes matters worse for state schools
CDT op-ed: Craig Van Matre: Remembering Terry
Schlemeier X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man responds to editorial mocking
Trump's intelligence, suggests editorial board and columnists take
cognitive test and publish results
SNL letter: Branson septuagenarian wants Greitens to
do more to attract businesses to Missouri X
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Wednesday, January 24
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt find optimism
in shutdown's aftermath X
KWMU: Profile: Area illegal alien, facing
deportation, evades immigration authorities
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: How you can help
local alien breaking the law and evading immigration authorities
Drebes:
Candidates with the most cash on hand: January quarter
KC Star: "Rep. Donna Fautsch [sic]" announces plans to seek
re-election to Missouri House in 2018 X
Faughn: What I learned when I got knocked off my
horse: On owning up to mistakes, Greitens, and dark-money attacks
on state's journalists
P-D: St. Louis City circuit attorney has broad power
over Greitens probe but little to go on, experts say
AP:
Satanic Temple member fights Missouri abortion restrictions
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court weighs Satanist's
challenge to state's informed consent law
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears Satanist's
challenge to abortion laws
Missourinet: Hawley wants subpoena power in open
records cases, penalties for violators
CDT: Cartwright: State cuts would compromise
University of Missouri goals X
Missourinet: Rowden calls Greitens' higher ed cuts
'lazy and shortsighted'
AP:
Missouri lawmakers raise concerns about school busing cuts
The Missouri Times: Ways and Means committee debate
heats up over income tax
The Missouri Times: Prevailing wage dominates House
Economic Development Committee
The Missouri Times: No support for Hegeman's bill on
historic tax credits in Local Government and Elections
KWMU: Missouri Senate weighing tax credit cuts and
banning lobbyist gifts
SNL: Jeff Notes briefs: Senate debates 'circuit
breaker' tax credit X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Frankford)
seeing improvement from Department of Corrections
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Jim Neely
(R-Cameron) would criminalize 'revenge porn'
Missourinet: Rally against human trafficking has a
bipartisan tone
AP:
Missouri bill pushes expungement for trafficking victims
JCNT: Missouri a battleground for human trafficking X
Missourinet: Consumers Council of Missouri wants
utility companies to lower rates
JCNT: Joe Maxwell's Organization for Competitive
Markets wants legislators to prohibit foreign interests from buying
Missouri farmland X
KC Star editorial: Cuts to colleges and
Medicaid: Greitens' budget speeds up Missouri's slide to
mediocrity
P-D editorial: Greitens' new budget is just like the
old one, only worse
KC Star editorial: A good week for transparency:
What Josh Hawley is doing right X
KC Star editorial: Electric rate bill tries to evade
Missouri Public Service Commission X
Messenger: Don't let Greitens swipe left on Missouri
college funding
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: On Greitens and being a gentleman +
P-D op-ed: University City woman: Questions
Greitens should be asking himself
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: After Greitens
affair, do we have the capacity to forgive?
P-D letter: Maplewood man wants Greitens to resign
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Tuesday, January 23
KC Star: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) praises
McCaskill for role in shutdown negotiations
Missourinet:
Hartzler critical of Senate Democrats for shutdown
SNL: In Facebook post, GOP U.S. Senate primary
candidate Courtland Sykes compares liberals to Disney villains;
McCaskill compared to Ursula in "The Little Mermaid"
St. Joseph News-Press: Republicans raising big money
to fill Schaaf's state Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Jordan Presnell drops out of
Democratic primary for Gary Cross' state rep seat
KWMU: Hawley wants lawmakers to beef up Sunshine Law
AP:
Hawley wants penalties for officials violating records laws
The Missouri Times: Greitens' budget adds more money
for elementary and secondary education, roads and bridges
JCNT: Greitens' proposal for state budget includes pay
raises for some state workers
KWMU: Greitens unveils next year's state budget, but
media focus remains on his personal life
P-D: At budget press conference, media press Greitens
about photographing semi-nude woman
Missourinet: Key points in Greitens' 2019 budget
proposal
CDT: Central Missouri legislators oppose Greitens'
higher ed cuts
Columbia Missourian: Elementary and secondary
education to see increases with Greitens' budget
P-D: Greitens' budget increases funding for roads and
bridges, trims higher ed
AP: Greitens' budget boosts funds for K-12 schools
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Marsha
Haefner (R-Oakville) chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about calling
for Greitens' resignation, impact of tax cuts, more
The Missouri Times: House committee signs off on
arbitration agreements, takes up venue bill
The Missouri Times: Senate committee hears legislation
on false liens, expungement for prostitution, and raising the age for
juvenile criminals
The Missouri Times: Munzlinger's hemp bill heard in
committee
Missourinet: Munzlinger proposes industrial hemp
program
P-D: Missouri lawmakers considering plan to allow
17-year-olds to be tried in juvenile court
Missourinet: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) hopes
Amber Alert bill gets quick action in 2018
Missourinet: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City)
to hold sex-trafficking awareness rally at Capitol today
Columbia Missourian: Proposed bill would allow
community colleges to offer four-year degrees
CDT: Echoes of fall 2015 race agitation apparent at
University of Missouri provost forum
P-D editorial: Hawley's pursuit of Sunshine Law
violators serves notice to both parties
Waters: On the death of Terry Schlemeier
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Greitens is morally
bankrupt
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian says Greitens
needs a dose of morality
P-D letter: Webster Groves feminist angry over Women's
March article placement
P-D letter: Maryville man responds to ArchCity
Defenders promotional profile piece, says poor people can avoid jail by
following the law
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Monday, January 22
Fox Business: Blunt on Fox's "Sunday Morning
Futures": Government shutdown hurting military and nation's
defense
Missourinet: Blunt, McCaskill prepare for vote on
funding resolution
KWMU: Montreal meetings on NAFTA could impact
thousands of Missouri workers
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Courtland Sykes
talks about resume, primary campaign against Josh Hawley, says
candidates with "secret lifestyles" should not run for office;
Panel of Reps. Phil Christofanelli (R), Peter Meredith (D), Gina Mitten
(D), Nate Walker (R) talk Greitens and subsequent investigatations,
lobbyist-gift ban, more
The Missouri Times: Courtland Sykes discusses his U.S.
Senate campaign on This Week in Missouri Politics
KTVI (St. Louis): Video: Greitens talks about
affair, family and political fallout
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear Satanic
Temple's challenge to state's abortion regulations
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Bill from Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) would keep deadbeat dads from receiving SNAP handouts
P-D: Two-time killer, not state leaders, changes
smoking policy in Missouri prisons
JCNT: Bill would double width of utility corridors X
P-D: New executive director of ArchCity Defenders
complains about Sen. Bob Dixon's pushback against municipal-overhaul
overreach, other injustices
Columbia Missourian: Area liberals to hold panel on
perceived racial discrimination, LGBTQIA* issues, marijuana,
etc.; Panelists include NAACP's Nimrod Chapel, Rep. Kip Kendrick
(D-Columbia), Rudi Keller
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Human trafficking in
Missouri makes for modern-day slavery X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Savings on state car
fleet set a good example X
P-D editorial: Missouri's scuzzy green lakes are
likely to stay that way
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Options for Women helps save young
lives by providing alternatives to abortion; Wallingford named to
top Senate committee +
KC Star's Andy Marso: Corizon Health has $2 billion
contracts with Missouri and Kansas, but there's little accountability X
Waters: In dispute with Galloway, Greitens is not to
be believed X
Columbia Missourian's Sandy Davidson: Missouri must
stay a step ahead and pass a 'revenge porn' law
P-D letter: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff):
Ameren promotes bill that would raise electric rates
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Sunday, January 21
Columbia Missourian: At GOP rally, attendees praise
Trump and slam McCaskill
JCNT: Supporters of the president say he has America
on the right track again X
KWMU: Anti-Trump march makes it way through St.
Louis; Comments from Clay primary challenger Cori Bush, Missouri
legislative staffer smuggled into the United States as a child, others
P-D: Anti-Trump crowd marches through St. Louis City
P-D: Photo: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal
(D-University City) leads anti-Trump march
CDT's Claire Colby: Organizers claim anti-Trump march
drew 1,650; Speakers include Michela Skelton, seeking rematch
against "Sarah [sic] Walsh" X
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump march numbers
down; Last year's protest drew 3,600
JCNT: Marchers at Columbia rally complain about Trump X
AP: Greitens: 'No blackmail,' 'no violence' in
affair
KTVI (St. Louis): Teaser: Greitens to talk about
blackmail allegations on Fox 2 tonight
P-D: Schaaf says he has spoken to FBI about Greitens
SNL: Sunshine request update: Greitens and team
met with charter school advocate Ken Zeff in July X
Missourinet: Hearing on Munzlinger's industrial hemp
bill Monday
P-D: St. Charles County officials at odds over whether
Legislature must OK river bluff subdivision
P-D editorial: Payday lenders find friends at the
Consumer Financial Destruction Bureau; Luetkemeyer has received
$36,900 (or 1.4% of his campaign cash) from payday lenders
P-D letter: Area "future health care provider" unhappy
with GOP approach to Medicaid
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Saturday, January 20
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
Missourinet: Anti-Trump march expected to draw at
least 8,000 in St. Louis
KC Star: Two anti-Trump marches are happening in
Kansas, but none in KC X
P-D: Missouri's March for Life attendees feel like
Washington is moving their way; Group hears from Blunt, Hartzler,
Long, Luetkemeyer, Smith, Wagner
Missourinet: Thousands of St. Louis area pro-life
advocates attend DC march
JCNT: Area students energized by pro-life march's
message X
P-D: Former VA shop foreman gets 20 months for
kickback scheme
Drebes:
Public Policy Polling (D) says Democrats are gaining momentum in
Missouri
P-D: Greitens' campaign operation sharing office
building with his non-profit
The Missouri Times: Charlie Davis pulls out of SD 32
race
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of January 15, 2018
CNN: FBI opened inquiry into Missouri Gov. Eric
Greitens
KC Star: Greitens' attorney calls on CNN to retract
report on FBI probe X
SNL: As Jefferson City rumor mill cranks out Greitens
resignation reports, GOP lawmakers focus on their work X
KWMU: Jo Mannies, politics editor Fred Ehrlich weigh
in on how Greitens scandal has affected his efficacy as governor
Columbia Missourian: Dim prospects for Greitens,
Columbia College prof tells "silver-haired Muleskinners;" Terry
Smith gives advice on beating Trump to elderly Democrats
AP:
Failed bid to land Amazon HQ had $2.5B in incentives
JCNT: DNR cutting 86 vehicles from fleet X
JCNT: MOSERS replaces Watson as director, names
replacement X
KWMU: Legislature prepares for state budget, more
bills, keeps an eye on Greitens scandal
The Missouri Times: REALTORS tout legislative agenda
in annual Capitol Conference
KC Star: After K-9 death, sheriff supports bill from
Rep. Robert Cornejo that could increase penalty of assaulting law
enforcement animals X
KRCG (Jefferson City): 'Swatting' death leads to bill
from Rep. Bill Kidd (R-Independence) for tougher penalties
CDT: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia): University
of Missouri might see 10 percent state cut X
Columbia Missourian: New elementary school name
suggestions accepted starting in February; "Lee" to be erased due
to connection to Civil War history
The Missouri Times: Spire lays to bed old claims of
increased rates with proven savings in latest rate case
Daily Journal: MO Dept. of Conservation to accept
applications Feb. 1 for turkey hunts
P-D: St. Louis City man gets 12 years for robbery of
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City); Tavion Bell also carjacked
two women as they left Christmas Mass
JCNT editorial: Greitens embarrasses state, but
resignation calls premature X
SNL editorial: Greitens should not seek to cut
corporate tax rate X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri is aiming to
stop opioid addiction, and St. Joseph groups should compete for funding X
P-D's Chuck Raasch: In Shutdown City, the blame game
is never-ending
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian responds to
letter responding to Messenger column responding to Greitens' response
to blackmail allegations
KC Star letter: Independence octogenarian says user
fee, based on odometer readings, is the best way to pay for Missouri
roads X
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Friday, January 19
KC Star: McCaskill plays key role in sending
surveillance bill to Trump's desk X
Newsweek: Profile: Craig O'Dear, KC attorney who
claims he'll run for U.S. Senate as an independent
P-D: Ed Martin terminated from CNN 'for cause,' he says
KWMU: Racial divide splits "Women's March"
crowd; Some sects offended by last year's labia-shaped hats
because "bright pink tone marginalized women of color" and excluded
self-identified "women" with male genitalia
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump march to be held
tomorrow; Speakers include MU astronomy professor, state rep
runner-up Michela Skelton
KWMU: As ballot measures loom, some Republicans want
Legislature to take lead on medical marijuana
CDT: Union carpenter steps into contest to challenge
Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) X
Drebes:
Mary Scruggs, who worked legislative affairs for Association of
Missouri Electrical Cooperatives, retires
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers postponing judgment in Greitens'
affair scandal +
KC Star: Greitens counsel Lucinda Luetkemeyer attends
weekend event at Mar-a-Lago X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Crystal
Quade (D-Springfield) talks Greitens, in-home care cuts, budget, higher
taxes, more
SNL: Jeff Notes: Greitens issues statemens on
tax plan, deregulation progress; Democrats complain about 2015
welfare changes X
KWMU: Greitens unveils highlights of his tax plan, but
holds off on full details
CDT: Greitens outlines tax cut goals, but offers no
details X
Missourinet: Greitens calls on Legislature to pass
tax-cut plan
Missourinet: Greitens releases overview of tax plan
P-D: Greitens avoids spotlight, releases tax-cut plan
Columbia Missourian: Senate leaders say Greitens
controversy won't slow down chamber's business
The Missouri Times: Amazon passes over Missouri for
second headquarters
Missourinet: Missouri does not make the cut for
Amazon's second headquarters
Missourinet: How much did Missouri offer to Amazon in
tax incentives? Billions.
The Missouri Times: Senate confirms three
interim-appointed directors
The Missouri Times: Collective bargaining and
'paycheck protection' get a hearing in Senate Committee on General Laws
Missourinet: House committee hears bill on worker
claims against employers
P-D: If Missouri gets hit by big snowfall, MoDOT says
worker shortage will mean tough sledding
The Missouri Times: Kelly withdraws earned paid family
leave bill
P-D: Bill would lift Missouri's tuition cap
Missourinet: State Department of Mental Health says
survey involving LGBTQ questions is not school requirement
SNL: Greitens' staff met with board members before
education officials' firing, appointee says X
KWMU: State-appointed board endorses returning power
over St. Louis schools to elected board
P-D: Appointees tell state school leaders: Bring
back elected board in St. Louis City
P-D: Sprawling backlog of DNR permits is winnowing -
maybe too quickly, critics say
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: January 20, 2018
Missourinet: Rep. J. Eggleston (R-Maysville) donated
kidney
KWMU: Hawley accuses Stenger of violating state's open
records law
KWMU: Arch City Defenders outraged after black
Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards suggests black people are
responsible for black-on-black crime
P-D editorial: State budget picture is more dire than
usual. Where's that tax-cut boom?
P-D editorial: Hawley's lawsuit shines light where
Stenger prefers darkness
Kraske: Greitens survives first full week after
blackmail allegations X
Washington Missourian letter: Anonymous letter-writer
dislikes Greitens X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian cares little
about Greitens affair and more about state campaign-finance laws
P-D letter: Shrewsbury man says Democrats should
support 'right to work'
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Thursday, January 18
P-D's Chuck Raasch: "Blaine Lutekemeyer [sic]" has almost $2.6 million in
campaign coffers Update:
Fixed at 7:15 a.m.
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Immigration
advocates say Trump policies helped limit the number of refugees
landing in St. Louis last year
Columbia Missourian: Missouri joins national voter
registration accuracy, access initiative
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: What we learned
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: Statewide officials
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: Missouri House
AP:
Lawmakers say Greitens scandal distracts from tax-overhaul effort
The Missouri Times: Statewide startup investment fund
may become reality
AP:
Amended lawsuit seeks to overturn firing of state Education
Commissioner Margie Vandeven
KWMU: Task force recommends St. Louis public schools
return to local control ... eventually
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist gift ban on to the Senate
AP:
House approves lobbyist gift ban
KWMU: Missouri House sends three bills to Senate,
including a ban on lobbyist gifts
The Missouri Times: Human trafficking bill flies
through Missouri House
AP:
House targets child trafficking with measure
The Missouri Times: Emery's utility bill passes
committee with 9-1 vote
Missourinet: Missouri Hospital Association:
Missouri had 921 opioid overdose deaths in 2016
The Missouri Times: Out of their hair: House
passes braiding bill
SNL: Sheriff called state lawmakers on whistleblower
bill. It wasn't about Galloway, he said. X
P-D: Hawley alleges open-records violations by
Stenger's staff
KC Star: Missouri is epicenter of national flu
outbreak, according to 'smart thermometer' app
X
SE
Missourian: Chronic wasting disease found in 2 Southeast Missouri
deer; whether disease transferable to humans unknown +
P-D editorial: For Greitens, prolonged silence can be
politically deadly
P-D editorial: Semi-good news on kids' health care
program in Missouri. Why not share it?
JCNT editorial: Adult high schools a good investment
for future X
Waters: Greitens' plight offers a lesson to voters X
SNL op-ed: MU prof Aaron Hedlund: Greitens has
delivered substantial results for Missouri, and citizens should give
him a break X
P-D op-ed: CEO of senior-citizens health care
group: Lawmakers must find money fix for Medicaid
CDT op-ed: Why Mike Parson's 'Buy Missouri' misses the
mark X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman disappointed by
Messenger's hatred for Greitens
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Wednesday, January 17
KWMU: Illegal aliens, other DACA supporters to rally
outside Blunt's office today
KWMU: Change of management at St. Louis Veterans Home
pleases relatives
KWMU: Greitens among the state's top money-raisers
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: State auditor
The Missouri Times: January 2018 quarterly
reports: State Senate
Drebes:
Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) announces new staff
KWMU: Republican lawmakers ramp up pressure for
Greitens to step aside
CDT: Greitens posts apology as GOP lawmakers' calls
for resignation begin X
Missourinet: Five GOP lawmakers call for Greitens'
resignation
AP:
Greitens: Scandal won't deter work
SNL: As pressure mounts, Greitens issues new apology X
SNL: More details emerge on Democrats' knowlege of
Greitens affair during gov race X
P-D: Missouri Republicans debate whether Greitens
should stay or go
P-D: Lawyer for scorned ex-husband distributes more
recordings of secretly-recorded conversations
KC Star: Five GOP lawmakers call on Greitens to resign X
Columbia Missourian: Local lawmakers weigh in on
Greitens affair scandal
The Missouri Times: On his new radio show, Ed Martin
calls for resignation of Greitens
Columbia Missourian: New state position created to
coordinate broadband efforts, Greitens announces
The Missouri Times: Eigel, Koenig tag-team tax
overhaul in Senate Ways and Means Committee
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
says most of his constituents are not convinced Missouri needs to boost
fuel tax for transportation; Survey also revealed district
thoughts on nonviolent offenders, religious freedom for business owners
Missourinet: Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) says funding fix for disabled Missourians
is still urgent
The Missouri Times: Asbestos case, arbitration
agreements lead to lively debate in Special Committee on Litigation
Reform
Dunklin
Democrat: Medicinal marijuana may not be legal in Missouri, but
local woman says CBD oil has benefits
SNL: Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-LaMonte): No college
degree in Missouri without passing citizenship test X
P-D: Missouri's plan to improve worst-performing
schools gets federal seal of approval
Missourinet: Dogan: It takes more training in
Missouri to braid hair than it does to be a police officer
Missourinet: Missouri's deer hunting season totals
spike
Missourinet: Deer hunting businesses, Conservation
Department do battle in Missouri Supreme Court
KC Star editorial: Greitens can't stay in hiding if he
wants to do his job X
KC Star Editorial Page Editor Colleen Nelson:
Editorial board adds diversity with addition of Toriano Porter;
Board now consists of 3 white men, 2 white women, 1 Hispanic woman, 1
black man X
P-D editorial: Three weeks ago: Post-Dispatch
editorial board profiles its writers: 3 white males (ages 68, 61,
61), 1 white woman (64), 1 Hispanic man (58)
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian says she is
disappointed that Greitens has given Illinois residents something to
laugh at
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Tuesday, January 16
The Hill: Blunt would "be pleased" to see Romney run
for U.S. Senate
SNL: Jeff Notes: MU's Aaron Hedlund not
challenging Josh Hawley in U.S. Senate primary
X
Missourinet:
Cori Bush, challenging Lacy Clay in 1st Congressional District
Democratic primary, speaks to new liberal group in Springfield
The Missouri Times: Deadline to register for statewide
Lincoln Days coming up
The Missouri Times: How we got here: An
anthology of controversies and conflict between Greitens and the
General Assembly - and a look at the quickness with which John Diehl,
Paul LeVota, and Don Gosen chose to resign
The Missouri Times: GOP megadonor David Humphreys mum
on Greitens
P-D: Lawyer for scorned husband releases audio of
phone conversation with Greitens counsel Lucina Luetkemeyer, recorded
prior to KMOV report; Luetkemeyer declined lawyer's suggestion to
call back from state landline
KWMU: With political future in peril, Greitens holds
off on tax plan tour
Missourinet: Greitens reschedules tax cut tour
AP:
Greitens delays tax policy tour after admitting to affair
P-D: Greitens postpones statewide tour on tax overhaul
KC Star: Remington Research poll shows Greitens'
approval rating takes 10-point hit in wake of scandal X
Missourinet: UCM political science prof Robynn
Kuhlmann says history shows Greitens will survive sex scandal
The Missouri Times: Town ordinance takes center stage
in HD 39 Democratic nomination of city officer
The Missouri Times: Greitens' COO tells cabinet to
prepare for $300 million in reductions
KWMU: Missouri's spending on early childhood education
could increase, but not by much, school leaders say
Missourinet: Legislative panel continues work to
overhaul climate within Missouri's prisons
Missourinet: Missouri Municipal League outlines 2018
priorities
KWMU: State and federal wildlife officials launch
assault on Asian carp
P-D: Blacks killing blacks is a problem
African-Americans have to address, St. Louis public safety director
says; McCaskill among politicians making appearance at MLK event
P-D editorial: Greitens evades responsibility with
social media pseudo-apology
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Three decades ago,
Kit Bond made Missouri a leader in early childhood education X
P-D op-ed: National Safety Council's Deborah
Hersman: Missouri can lead with practical roadway safety
improvements
P-D's Samantha Liss: Funding for Missouri kids'
insurance program will run out soon, and the handicapped will pay the
price
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson sexagenarian says she frequently
writes to Blunt's office with criticism, but appreciates his response
to Trump's expletive about lesser countries +
KC Star letter: Orrick man says Fodor's anti-Missouri
mention shows publisher's East Coast agenda X
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man wants Greitens to
leave Missouri
P-D letter: Manchester feminist attempts to tie
Greitens' alleged S&M activities to political ideology and state
legislation
P-D letter: Arnold sexagenarian looks forward to
reading more "grime and slime" from Greitens' scandal
P-D letter: Shrewsbury liberal recommends Greitens
reinvent himself by flip-flopping on state issues and embracing
progressive policies
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Monday, January 15 Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King State Holiday
P-D: Under Trump, EPA Superfund delistings spike -
including Wildwood
Missourinet: Mid-Missouri financial planner expects
federal tax cut to spur "huge" boost in construction
Drebes:
Missouri Chamber spins off GovWatch
This Week in Missouri Politics: Reps. Kathie Conway
(R-St. Charles), Jean Evans (R-Manchester), Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette), Democratic lawyer Jane Dueker discuss Greitens affair and
political implications
KC Star: Greitens' political future in doubt;
Comments from Florida pollster X
Missourinet: Hawley provides update on human
trafficking, Confide app and the former Mississippi County sheriff
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Fodor's "no-visit"
label for Missouri based on oversimplification of SB 43, NAACP
publicity gimmick X
Messenger: Greitens finds himself on a deserted island
surrounded by snakes
The Missouri Times' Jennifer Bukowsky: Briefs:
On nudity and invasion of privacy laws, freedom for ex-cons to work at
convenience stores, hair braiding, Greitens appointees
KC Star letter: KC liberal wants Blunt to criticize
Trump X
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Sunday, January 14
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Vicky Hartzler talks
infrastructure spending, Trump's plan for public-private partnerships
Sedalia Democrat: Area woman seeks to fill Democratic
ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler X
SNL: Could foreign hackers mess with Missouri
elections? Jay Ashcroft doesn't think so. X
JCNT: Profile: Kelli Jones; Lt. Gov's
communications director goes from teaching to practicing her skill X
CDT: Greitens in political peril X
Washington Missourian: Local legislators take
wait-and-see approach with Greitens X
AP: Recap of various Greitens controversies
JCNT: Transportation task force recommends changes in
public policy, funding methods X
JCNT: State cutting 30 vehicles from Office of
Administration fleet X
AP: Lawsuit over drugs for Missouri's foster kids
proceeds
KC Star: Jackson County officials want Hawley to look
at County Executive Frank White's taxes, finances X
Washington Missourian editorial: Hoodwinked:
Eric Greitens should resign - not for extramarital affair, but because
he's a political poser X
CDT editorial: Allegations against Greitens follow
pattern of deceptive behavior X
P-D editorial: Greitens and Trump are the Thelma and
Louise of American politics
SNL editorial: On Greitens, Galloway, and predictable
partisanship X
SNL op-ed: Phill Brooks: Evaluating success of
legislators requires more than a metric X
SNL letter: Neosho sexagenarian expresses anger at
Blunt, Long for supporting tax cuts X
P-D letter: Olivette sexagenarian notes
Post-Dispatch's consistent sloppiness, inability to properly punctuate
headlines
P-D letter: St. Louis man wants Nasheed to focus on
alleged misdeeds of Steve Roberts as intently as she focuses on those
of Eric Greitens
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Saturday, January 13
Missourinet: Democratic poll shows McCaskill-Hawley
race within margin of error
Drebes:
Alex Curchin joins Speaker Todd Richardson's staff as senior counsel to
the Speaker
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of January 8, 2018
Rosenbaum: Greitens railed against 'career
politicians,' now few are coming to his rescue
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Mannies and
Rosenbaum talk about week's happenings, with comments from David
Barklage, John Hancock, state legislators
The Missouri Times: Greitens' attorney calls story 'a
political hit piece,' and Roy Temple responds
CDT: Roy Temple denies being source of Greitens
allegations X
AP:
Greitens seeks path forward after affair admission
P-D: Greitens strategizing for survival;
Comments from Hancock, national GOP pollster Frank Luntz, 1/2 of P-D
polisci prof pundit pool (SLU's Ken Warren)
SNL: Woman at center of Greitens affair breaks silence
via written statement, asks for privacy; Ex-husband responds via
statement X
P-D: Woman at center of Greitens story asks for
privacy; Greitens asks lawmakers for forgiveness
SNL: Greitens picks a new judge from St. Louis City
prosecutor's office; Democrat Kim Gardner's office says appointee
was not involved in Thursday's investigation announcement X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: KMOV reporter Lauren
Trager, KWMU executive editor Shula Neuman talk about journalism ethics
and Greitens case
P-D: Audio: Politics editor Christopher Ave,
reporters Kevin McDermott and Jack Suntrup talk about ethics of
reporting Greitens story
SNL's Stephen Herzog: Why KMOV shouldn't have run
woman's story without her consent X
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) holds key
chairmanship in tax reform effort +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri health officials say
it's too early to tell if flu shot was less effective
SE
Missourian: City of Oran rates violate state law, auditors
find; report details financial-management problems +
West Plains Daily Quill: 15 new cases of chronic
wasting disease out of nearly 18,400 deer tested
P-D: Black activist Frankie Freeman dies at 101
P-D editorial briefs: Blunt family lobbying empire
expands; Dogan's hair-braiding bill a sensible step to cut
regulation
KC Star editorial: Greitens avoids tough issues and
focuses on the easy stuff in State of the State +
Messenger: With presidential campaign aspirations
gone, Greitens must focus on Missouri
CDT op-ed: Sen. Claire McCaskill: What's so
scary about holding town halls? X
P-D op-ed: State Auditor Nicole Galloway:
Taxpayer-funded nondisclosure agreements can hide big problems
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian disagrees
with GOP agenda, accepts reality that Luetkemeyer will keep getting
re-elected X
SNL letter: Willow Springs sexagenarian wants Greitens
to resign X
KC Star letter: Belton man says Chappelle-Nadal's
comments were more serious than Love's; KC sexagenarian says Fox
News and "talk radio" brainwashed Missourians into voting for Greitens X
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Friday, January 12
P-D: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin Petersen raises
about $93,000 in fourth quarter of 2017
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air audio: Mannies,
Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin discuss how Greitens sex story overshadowed
State of the State
The Missouri Times: As gubernatorial sex scandal
unfolding, Republican leaders call for accountability
The Missouri Times: Libla, Romine lead the Senate in
call for Hawley to investigate allegations against Greitens
Missourinet: Romine says if allegations against
Greitens are true, the governor should resign or face impeachment
Missourinet: Libla wants investigation into sexual
allegations against Greitens
St. Joseph News-Press: Local legislators condemn
Greitens, shy away from impeachment X
P-D: St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner (D)
launches criminal investigation of Greitens
Talking Points Memo: Veteran Democratic consultant Roy
Temple talks about reaching out to scorned ex-husband in 2016, visiting
man's house twice to get details, more
P-D: Missouri statutes clearly outlaw non-consensual
photos; 'blackmail' issue is less clear
P-D: Audio: Excerpts of woman, recorded by
husband without her knowledge or consent, describing sexual encounters
with Greitens
The Missouri Times: How the impeachment process works
in Missouri
The Missouri Times: After news of affair and alleged
blackmail, gubernatorial tour spot in Poplar Bluff cancels
Clayton Times: STL County Executive candidate/Greitens
campaign donor shuns governor after scandal
AP:
States addressing shortcomings in sex misconduct policies
KWMU: Untangling the legal issues in the wake of
governor's admission
KWMU: By the numbers: What's behind Missouri's
tardy tax refunds
The Missouri Times: COO's Task Force on Fleet
Management finds more than $2 million in potential savings
The Missouri Times: Emery's utility bill returns with
new provisions, opposition remains the same
Missourinet: Legislative update: Dems skeptical
of Greitens' upcoming tax plan; Basye's bill to provide insurance
to the disabled
SE
Missourian: Official: Steel mill 'still looking to operate'
and New Madrid 'still very much in the running' +
KWMU: Substance abuse and poor mental health drive up
deaths among Missouri's rural whites
P-D editorial: Hypocrisy, thy name is Eric
Greitens; Governor should expect no sympathy
P-D editorial: Greitens falls victim to his own
relentless ego
KC Star editorial: Greitens' affair wasn't criminal,
but extortion and coercion would be X
Riverfront Times' Sarah Fenske: Eric Greitens is in
the hot seat. But we're wrong to let a scorned ex drive this story.
KWMU Executive Editor Shula Neuman: We had the
Greitens story too, and chose not to run it
Kraske: An affair and blackmail allegations: How
well did Missourians really know Eric Greitens? X
Columbia Missourian's Sandy Davidson: Greitens'
personal life becomes political tragedy
P-D letter: Public transit group supports gas tax hike
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Thursday, January 11
St. Joseph News-Press: Congressional delegation's
committee roles reflect lawmakers' expertise, state needs X
Kansas City Business Journal: Former Roy Blunt aide
Tom Salisbury becomes SBA's new regional director
The Missouri Times: Withdrawing from NAFTA could be a
'catastrophe' for Missouri; Comments from Blunt, MO Ag Director
Chris Chinn
AP:
McCaskill introduces bill to end Postal Service quirk for northern
Missouri residents
KWMU: Greitens admits he engaged in affair before he
entered politics; Sheena Greitens: "I want ... those who
wish to peddle gossip to stay away from me and my children"
KMOV (St. Louis): Blackmail alleged as Greitens admits
to extramarital affair
SNL: Greitens admits to extramarital affair X
P-D: Greitens admits affair and denies blackmail
allegations
KWMU: Greitens calls for more cuts in taxes, more
trims in state government
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin to analyze
State of the State at noon today
The Missouri Times: State of the State 2018:
Governor outlines priorities, leaves out the budget
CDT: Greitens calls for more tax cuts in State of the
State address X
SNL: 'Many Missourians still struggle,' Greitens says
while pledging to work hard X
JCNT: Governor extols state government, doesn't
mention state pay X
AP:
Greitens pledges bold tax overhaul
P-D: Greitens promotes possible tax cuts in State of
the State address
Drebes:
On taxes, Ron Richard doesn't want "a Brownback thing"
Missourinet: Audio: Gov. Eric Greitens' State of
the State address
Missourinet: Lawmakers react to Greitens' State of the
State address
Missourinet: Audio: Dem response by House
Democratic Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City)
Missourinet: Comparing Greitens' first State of the
State to last night's
SNL's Will Schmitt's "Jeff Notes" blog: Hawley reports
state made $30 million in legal payouts last year X
The Missouri Times: DHSS confirms PDMP is up and
running
AP:
Missouri House advances bill on gifts from lobbyists
CDT: Choi, Cartwright pitch plans for University of
Missouri to state lawmakers X
Missourinet: Missouri bill would require high school
students to complete computer science course
P-D: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) seeks to help
cities deal with overreach of 2015 court-fines legislation
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
kicks off tanning bill with coalition of support
JCNT: Coalition pushes for more restriction on tanning
bed use X
P-D: State approves Ameren transmission line for
northeast Missouri
KWMU: Federal appeals court weighs future of lawsuit
over Michael Brown's death
SE
Missourian editorial: New Missouri law should help adoptees with
family medical history +
JCNT editorial: Greitens, MO Dept. of Revenue let
Missourians down on tax refunds X
P-D editorial: A blueprint for overhauling Missouri's
broken corrections system
KC Star editorial: Warren Love should not get off
scot-free X
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Wednesday, January 10
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers may debate the return
of earmarks; Comments from McCaskill X
KC Star: Donald Trump-Steve Bannon split spells
trouble for U.S. Senate hopeful Josh Hawley; Comments from GOP
primary challengers, conservative radio host Jamie Allman X
Messenger: KC lawyer claims he'll run for U.S. Senate
as independent; Man says people are tired of partisan politics,
it's time for a new approach, etc.
KC
Star: KC lawyer claims he'll run for U.S. Senate as independent
X
Columbia Missourian: Opioid crisis drives decline in
Missouri life expectancy
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Democratic
Reps. Kip Kendrick, Martha Stevens talks Dems' rural efforts, dark
money, more
The Missouri Times: State of the State, one year
later: How did Greitens fare on delivering his promises?
Missourinet: Missourinet to have live coverage of
State of the State and Democratic response
AP:
Greitens touts Missouri's own plan to keep lakes clean
Missourinet: Missouri veterans leader wants embattled
St. Louis Veterans Home chief gone
AP:
Leader recommends head of St. Louis Veterans Home be fired
St. Joseph News-Press: Galloway: Missouri not
paying tax refunds on time, pays more than $400,000 in interest X
AP:
Missouri revenue growth lags behind expectations
SNL: Citing federal tax bill, Missouri cuts state
revenue growth projection in half X
Missourinet: Steep drop in revenue projections could
mean fewer cuts to services
The Missouri Times: Is the third time the charm?
Fitzpatrick reintroduces bill limiting unemployment benefits
The Missouri Times: Kelly introduces paid family leave
legislation
SE
Missourian: Southeast to cut workforce to meet budget needs
caused by state cuts +
P-D: Layoffs, buyouts affect SEMO amid budget
uncertainty
The Missouri Times: Anti-trafficking bill passes House
committees
Missourinet: Proposed restrictions to lobbyist gifts
heads to Missouri House floor
Missourinet: Democrats file multiple ethics bills,
criticize Greitens
The Missouri Times: House's Special Committee on
Litigation Reform hears DeGroot's interpleading bill
SNL: Sierra Club argues against selling 3 closed state
parks X
SE
Missourian: Missouri Cattlemen Association calls for protection
of those found not guilty of animal abuse +
AP:
University of Missouri officials speak at Missouri House Special
Committee on Urban Issues
KC Star editorial: Should Missouri raise taxes for
road and bridge repairs? Let the voter decide +
P-D editorial: Governor's meddling on education
creates giant mess; Actions prompt lawsuit from appointee "who
Greitens' [sic] dumped"
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Legislative
preview: State revenue, transportation, PDMP, marijuana and hemp,
ethics
P-D letter: Glendale conservative dislikes
McCaskill-Blunt plan to remove Jefferson's name from Arch grounds
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Tuesday, January 9
AP:
McCaskill raises $2.9M for re-election bid
P-D: McCaskill raises $2.9 million in last quarter of
2017, record $11.8 million for year
P-D: City Dems to host fundraiser for McCaskill
SNL's Will Schmitt's new "Jeff Notes" blog: Catherine
Hanaway, Gregg Hartley, Andy Blunt form new firm to lobby federal and
state lawmakers X
P-D: Jesse Jackson to speak at St. Louis Public
Library Black History Month event
Drebes:
Cara Hoover leaves KCP&L to start her own contract lobbying firm
Missourinet: Preview: Tomorrow night's State of
the State
JCNT: State pay tops 2 area lawmakers' wish list for
State of the State message X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri lawmakers may consider
gas-tax hike X
CDT: Galloway blasts Greitens for slow refunds,
interfering with work X
The Missouri Times: New audit shows more and more
Missourians receiving late tax refunds
KWMU: Galloway says money shortfall and Greitens are
to blame for late income tax refunds
AP:
Audit: Missouri increasingly late on tax refunds
Missourinet: Galloway slams Greitens administration
for jump in late tax refunds
P-D: Greitens administration obstructed audit of
Missouri tax refund process, Galloway says
KWMU: Lack of quorum is delaying search for next
Missouri education commissioner
Missourinet: Ten applicants, thousands of comments on
Missouri education chief post
P-D: Amid controversy, scant interest shown in top
school post
JCNT: State Board of Education hears testimony on
desired commissioner traits X
JCNT: Judge keeps state education 'Sunshine' lawsuit
going X
Rosenbaum: 5 loose ends from first week in Jefferson
City: Silvey, LIHTC, transportation tax, more
The Missouri Times: House looks to push ethics bill to
floor quickly
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
calls ethics bill "pretty strict"
KC Star: Lobbyist-gift totals continue downward
trend; lawmakers discuss gift ban X
Missourinet: Contentious 2017 utility bill is back in
Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: Five certificates of need
approved, one denied
The Missouri Times: Missouri's ag groups praise
Greitens for comments against EPA's proposed rule
Missourinet: New Missouri coalition: Skin cancer
is the most commonly diagnosed in America
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear regulation
case as state reports increase in deadly deer disease
P-D editorial: Fuel tax increase is the fastest, most
direct way to meet state transportation needs
P-D editorial: Greitens' use of Confide app violates
his transparency pledge
P-D letter: Illinois sexagenarian disagrees with Ann
Wagner on financial regulations
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian wants intelligence
test to prohibit "dummies" from voting, claims to be "registered
Democrat" despite no party registration in Missouri X
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Monday, January 8
P-D: Under GOP tax law, parents in Missouri can now
claim tax deductions for private school tuition
Wall Street Journal: Trump nominee to lead Indian
Health Services faces claims of misrepresentation; Former workers
at Missouri hospital question leadership roles of Robert Weaver
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Democrats line up to fill
ballot slot for Ann Wagner's November re-election; Comments from
1/2 of P-D polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson)
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Lt. Gov.
Mike Parson chats with Rosenbaum about veterans homes, low-income
housing tax credits, transportation, more
Missourinet: Seat belts and texting-while-driving
highlighted in Missouri transportation task force report
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MoDOT's Brian Haefner says
Missourians are willing to spend more on roads to improve quality
Missourinet: Missouri House committee expected to vote
on ethics bill today
SNL: Greitens' sidelined Missouri school board
appointees to meet with senators X
KWMU: Parents still wary of Normandy schools
St. Joseph News-Press: Briefs: Missouri Farm
Bureau, Missouri Association of Area Agencies on Aging lay out
legislative agendas X
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Broadband access helps farmers stay competitive
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Conservation plans Missouri
Master Naturalist training in Camdenton X
Missourinet: California company bashes Missouri as
travel destination, draws heavily from NAACP "travel advisory"
promotional campaign
JCNT editorial: Let voters decide fuel tax X
The Missouri Times columnist Jennifer Bukowsky: Tell
state legislators to stop treading upon our right to self-defense
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Sunday, January 7
P-D: Blunt, Clay speak at annual MLK event
CDT: VA Secretary acted to end dispute between MU,
Truman Memorial X
KC Star's Max Londberg: Iowa-based gimmick t-shirt
company peddles anti-Greitens t-shirt X
August 2015: KC Star: Iowa-based gimmick t-shirt
company peddles anti-Missouri Legislature shirt
AP: Greitens calls for new veterans hiring law
SNL: Missouri revamps HR policy for state workers
after research project by COO's former firm X
SNL: Bridge tolls, pay-by-the-mile, DMV fees suggested
as future Missouri highway funding X
St. Joseph News-Press: Schaaf opposes Greitens' move
on education board X
Columbia Missourian's: Rural broadband features:
Greitens brings in over $40 million for broadband in rural schools, but
it's not enough
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Little legislative progress on improving Missouri broadband
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature: In
rural schools, teachers prepare for the unexpected
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Broadband allow students to get creative with technology
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Telehealth gives rural Missouri greater access to health care
Columbia Missourian: Rural broadband feature:
Many Missourians are forced to live off the grid
JCNT: LED lighting at the Capitol expected to pay off
in the long run X
P-D editorial: Trump's Justice Department wants to
undo Obama's work in Ferguson
Washington Missourian editorial: No matter the federal
designation, the Arch is still the Arch X
KC
Star editorial: Missouri faces a choice: Cut taxes or
invest in the state's future X
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislators should
give Missourians the chance to vote on transportation tax X
SNL editorial: After ranch allegations, state should
reconsider religious exemptions X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Transportation funding, broadband should top list of
legislative priorities
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Greitens' first year:
Ethical clouds, unforced errors X
P-D letter: Local trial attorney: Bring Missouri
in line with other states on juvenile sentencing
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian disagrees with NRA
on state gun laws
SNL letter: Septuagenarian Mountain View couple wants
Senate to reject Greitens appointee "Eddie [sic] Justice," others X
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Saturday, January 6
Agri-Pulse: McCaskill, Blunt seek 2019 funding for
Mississippi River waterways
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce
lays out top federal, state legislative priorities X
The Missouri Time: Hickory County Democrat seeks to
fill ballot slot for Warren Love's re-election
Drebes:
Senate Dems still not putting Chappelle-Nadal back on committees
The Missouri Times: Freshman senators Rowden, Hoskins
step up to committee chairmanship
The Missouri Times: State Board of Education rendered
ineffective with Greitens' re-appointments, so what now?
SNL: Video: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City) on
transportation task force X
Brownfield Ag News: Proposed Missouri law would add
oversight to animal abuse training
KC Star: Fired Missouri trooper in Lake of the Ozarks
drowning case wants his job back X
KMIZ (Columbia): Trooper fired for actions that led to
drowning sues Highway Patrol to get his job back
Missourinet: MoDOT warns of slick Missouri roads
tomorrow
CDT: Terri Leifeste named new Tribune publisher;
Gatehouse Media tasks 57-year-old with serving advertisers and engaging
with readers X
Columbia Missourian: Tribune gets new publisher
P-D editorial: Eigel's proposal to make first day of
deer season a holiday will irritate "the 94 percent of us" who aren't
hunters
Helling: After a year of conflict, Greitens just might
be learning how to work with Missouri lawmakers X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian wants legislators
to legalize marijuana
KC Star letter: KC sexagenarian expresses anger over
Ryan Silvey's PSC salary, attempts analogy comparing appointment to
"It's a Wonderful Life" X
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Friday, January 5
SNL: Citing GOP tax overhaul, Springfield bank to pay
bonuses to all employees X
The Missouri Times: Former Cruz chief joins Axiom's PR
arm as new president
SNL: Missouri GOP to celebrate Trump's first year with
event Jan. 20 X
The Missouri Times: January 2018 Tip Sheet:
Statewides and State Senate races
St. Joseph News-Press: Buchanan County GOP to
interview potential candidates to ensure they are actually Republicans X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Speaker Todd
Richardson chats with Rosenbaum about gas tax hike, Amendment 2
consequences, "dark money," Greitens, and future plans
Missourinet: Lawmakers attend Governor's Prayer
Breakfast
JCNT: Prayer Breakfast speaker urges courage in
politics X
The Missouri Times: Official portrait of Nixon unveiled
Missourinet: Nixon's portrait presented in Jefferson
City
SNL's Will Schmitt: New "Jeff Notes" blog:
Briefs on Nixon's portrait, state tax brackets X
The Missouri Times: Richardson: No reason to
decouple Missouri's tax code
The Missouri Times: Senate confirms appointments of
Kraus, Silvey to Tax Commission and Public Service Commission
KWMU: Silvey resigns from Missouri Senate to join
Public Service Commission
Missourinet: Silvey confirmed to PSC
The Missouri Times: Crowell appointment to Missouri
Housing Development Commission withdrawn
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jeanie Riddle (R-Callaway
County) aims to revamp Missouri's boards and commissions
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Chamber of Commerce
urges legislators to stabilize UM System funding in 2018
The Missouri Times: Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola)
renegs on oath to abide by Ethics Committee decision, citing confusion
SNL: Love says hanging comment has been blown out of
proportion X
SNL: Video: Rep. Warren Love takes questions
from Democrats X
KWMU: House Ethics Committee considers sanctions
against Love
Missourinet: No discipline for legislator who said
that monument vandals should be hanged
P-D: Love evades punishment over Facebook comment, for
now
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: January 3, 2018
SE
Missourian: Missouri DNR meeting in Cape to focus on Mississippi
River flood management +
Washington Missourian editorial: Blunt champions tax
credits X
KC Star editorial: Greitens and lawmakers must reach a
truce in the battle over Missouri Board of Education X
CDT editorial: Greitens' actions drawing too much
controversy for him to be effective X
JCNT editorial: Celebrating fewer deaths on Missouri
roads in 2017 X
P-D letter: Greenway Network's Greg Poleski wants
Greitens to re-open four state parks
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Thursday, January 4
AP: White House, lawmakers hopeful after 'positive'
budget talks; Comments from Blunt
AP: AG Jeff Sessions names Timothy Garrison interim
U.S. attorney for western Missouri
KWMU: Senate approves bill to change city's landmark
to Gateway Arch National Park
The Missouri Times: Rep. Sue Meredith (D-St. Louis
County) will not seek re-election
Clayton Times: Clayton Township Democrats to hold
monthly meeting tonight; Guest speakers include Adam Kustra, who
managed Bernie Sanders' 2016 Missouri campaign, and Ferguson Councilman
Wesley Bell, who represents the ward where police officer Darren Wilson
was attacked
The Missouri Times: Kehoe defining his legacy through
infrastructure policy, patient dealmaking; Jefferson City
lawmaker named 2017 Missouri Statesman of the Year
Missourinet: ACLU to appeal judge's dismissal of
Missouri voter ID lawsuit
KWMU: Missouri foster children top agenda for First
Lady Sheena Greitens
Drebes:
Speaker-to-be Elijah Haahr lists legislative priorities
KWMU: Ethics and appointments highlight first day of
Missouri 2018 legislative session
AP:
Missouri Legislature begins 2018 with focus on ethics, tax changes
SNL: Missouri House appears ready to go, but Senate
starts with griping at Greitens X
SNL: Videos: Missouri House Republicans,
Democrats lay out session priorities while posing in fig-leaf positions X
Missourinet: House GOP, Dems outline 2018 priorities
The Missouri Times: With session underway, questions
about Board of Education appointments arise
The Missouri Times: Greitens withdraws, reappoints
five members to State Board of Education
CDT: Greitens, Senate wrestle over Board of Education
nominees X
SNL: Greitens' appointee do-over paralyzes Missouri
school board X
Missourinet: Ron Richard undecided about holding
hearings for school board appointees
AP:
Work stalls on finding Missouri education leader
P-D: On first day of legislative session, Greitens
tries to buy time for school picks
Columbia Missouri: Education board drama dominates
first day of legislative session
KC Star: Procedural move gives Greitens' appointees
more time for Senate confirmation X
The Missouri Times: 21st Century Transportation System
Task Force releases report, calls for 10-cent fuel tax increase
KWMU: Airbnb to collect state tax in Missouri after
reaching agreement with state
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
modifies veterans homes bonding bill to ameliorate colleagues' concerns
Washington Missourian: Local lawmakers file 32 bills
Hannibal Courier-Post: Rep. Jim Hansen (R-Frankford)
tries again to ban texting while driving
P-D: 'We won, you know?' Nasheed wants to put
Confederate monuments in a museum
SE
Missourian: Cape autism institute hopes for restoration of state
funding this year to prevent closing +
CDT: Tax cuts prompts PSC to look at electric, gas
rates X
Missourinet: Visiting bird continues to capture
interest of Missourians; Comments from Missouri Department of
Conservation's Sarah Kendrick
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Conservation
offering handgun workshop for women
P-D: St. Louis City's new police chief thinks he'll
handle protesters well
AP: At start of legislative session, Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City) refuses to pledge allegiance to the flag
SNL editorial: 2018 state legislative wish list:
Increase fuel tax, restore in-home care, fund community colleges, trim
the tax-credit fat, more X
JCNT editorial: Greitens, legislators must be more
transparent regarding dark money and Confide app X
KC Star editorial: Missouri prisons must prepare for
mass nicotine withdrawal when smoking ban takes effect X
P-D editorial: Bobby Bostic - who as a teen was into
robbing, shooting, carjacking and fondling his victims - deserves a
state parole hearing to show how he's changed
P-D op-ed: University of Missouri should not sell land
for private development
P-D letter: Crestwood man dislikes Greitens'
"fast-track" approach to inevitable presidential bid
P-D letter: Ballwin man mocks P-D editorial board's
self-glorifying profile piece, says notion of separate editorial and
news functions is "institutionally arrogant"
KC Star letter: Area sexagenarian recommends brushing
up on road rules by reading Missouri and Kansas drivers manuals every
year X
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Wednesday, January 3
CNN: The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in
2018: Missouri at #3
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt talks 2018
agendas X
Rosenbaum: 2018 listicle: Ten (10!) political
questions to be answered this year: McCaskill-Hawley, Greitens,
dark money, Galloway, unions, St. Louis City race-riot aftermath, more
Drebes:
Pat Thomas files "Missouri Values" initiative petitions for
conservative causes
KC Star: Ethics complaint against David Humphreys is
dismissed X
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin preview
2018 legislative session
The Missouri Times: Ryan Silvey appointed to PSC,
waiting until confirmation to leave Senate
AP:
Silvey appointed to PSC
P-D: Greitens appoints KC lawmaker to Public Service
Commission
KC Star: Greitens appoints Silvey to PSC X
The Missouri Times: Sunshine Project files lawsuit
against Greitens over alleged use of Confide app
AP:
Organization files lawsuit against Greitens over use of app
KC Star: Lawsuit filed over Greitens' use of Confide
app X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri AAA spokesman talks seat
belt law, texting-while-driving ban
CDT: Task force proposes fuel tax hike, new fees on
electric cars X
KWMU: Transportation task force wants Missouri
lawmakers and voters to raise fuel tax
Missourinet: Corlew: Missouri's transportation
system "intersects with every part of life"
Columbia Missourian: Task force recommends bringing
gas tax hike to voters - again
JCNT: State task force proposes fuel tax increase X
AP:
Panel recommends 10-cent gas tax increase
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Interim education commissioner
talks Missouri transportation funding and impact on rural districts,
says he doesn't expect situation to improve anytime soon
Missourinet: Greitens' moves with education board to
be early hot topic in Missouri Legislature
KC Star: Only one person so far wants Missouri's big
education job X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bill targets law that St.
Joseph School District was sued over X
P-D: State board approves college budget
recommendation, tying dollars to performance
P-D: Profile: New Mizzou Chancellor Alexander
Cartwright
CDT: House Democratic superminority jabs at Greitens
with ethics proposals X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democrats push for ethics
legislation
CDT: House Dems propose 10-bill ethics package X
P-D: Missouri weighs proposal on domestic abusers and
guns
KC Star: Legislative preview: Taxes,
appointments, campaign finance, open records, health care X
SNL: Greene County sheriff sues state auditor X
Missourinet: Greene County sheriff sues Galloway for
not releasing whistleblower complaints
Missourinet: Some Missouri New Year's crash figures
improve, others go downhill
KC Star editorial: Greitens' meddling has scared off
applicants for Missouri education commissioner
X
P-D editorial: When it comes to corporate welfare,
Wisconsin leaves Missouri in the dust
P-D editorial: Missouri should protect domestic
violence victims from guns
KC Star editorial: St. Louis City just took 842 guns
off the streets. Why doesn't Kansas City do the same? X
Messenger: Mission Impossible? Attorneys sue
Greitens over disappearing texts
KC Star letter: Empower Missouri's Jeanette Mott
Oxford dislikes Eigel's tax-overhaul proposal
X
P-D letter: Pacific septuagenarian liberal blames ALEC
for Missouri Republicans' tax-cutting agenda
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian conservative
says Post-Dispatch has turned into print version of MSNBC
P-D letter: St. Ann sexagenarian says she doesn't
doesn't use text messaging, wants law to punish those who text while
driving
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Tuesday, January 2
KWMU: Both parties banking on tax bill as a 2018
campaign issue
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer preparing
cybersecurity bill
Drebes:
Another Amendment 2 update from the Missouri Ethics Commission
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, Marshall Griffin to discuss
2018 legislative session on air today, seek listener questions
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers: transportation, tax credits on
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Missourinet: Former Gov. Jay Nixon's portrait to be
presented Thursday; Comments from Nixon spokesman Scott Holste
AP:
Missouri to ban smoking in prisons this year
St. Joseph News-Press: After Missouri cut funding for
test-taking, ACT organization still offering fee waivers to poor
students X
Missourinet: House Dems talks agenda; Comments
from Superminority Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City), others
P-D editorial: Mini-profiles of Post-Dispatch
editorial writers: Kevin Horrigan (68), Deb Peterson (64), Ray
Farris (61), Tod Robberson (61), Gilbert Bailon (58)
Dallas Morning News' Carl Leubsdorf: Tongue-in-cheek
predictions for 2018: Jason Kander to announce presidential bid
in September
P-D op-ed: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri's Joel
Ferber: Medicaid's advances fight deadly diseases
KC Star letter: Liberty sexagenarian appreciates
Star's newfound interest in investigative journalism X
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Chuck Raasch: "<X> things" journomeme: Five (5!) keys
to 2018 politics in Missouri
Washington
Missourian: Blunt touts tax credits during visit X
Drebes:
MOScout End-of-Year Readers' Poll: Legislators: Who does
their homework, best on floor, most sincere, most likely to be
governor, more
Missourinet:
Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) previews 2018 legislative agenda
Missourinet:
AAA Missouri gives a thumbs-up to efforts of transportation task force
Washington
Missourian: Pacific Chamber of Commerce loses bid to retain
management of Pacific license office
St.
Joseph News-Press: State relies on hotline to help smokers quit
KMZU:
Trenton resident named to National Dairy Board
JCNT
editorial: End antiquated residency requirement for Missouri's
attorney general X
KC
Star editorial: A 2018 agenda for Missouri lawmakers:
Republicans should expand Medicaid, flip-flop on SB 43, raise taxes,
etc. X
KC
Star letter: Kansas septuagenarian wants Missouri legislators to
start raising taxes X
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