Friday, July 31
Roll Call: U.S. spends scores of millions annually on
unused Afghan buildings; Comments from McCaskill
Kraske: The Chat: Cleaver dazzled by Obama's
reception in Africa; Bob Dixon on being a victim of childhood
sexual abuse +
P-D: Durbin urges EPA veto of New Madrid levee
KWMU: Proposed rate increases for health insurance in
Missouri draw ire from Joan Bray
St. Joseph News-Press: Congressional candidate charged
in drug case; Donnie Swartz claimed he was going to run against
Sam Graves X
The Missouri Times: AG candidate Kurt Schaefer writes
letter requesting Planned Parenthood's license be suspended
KMWU: Scott Sifton drops out of AG race
The Missouri Times: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-St. Louis
County) to forgo AG run
AP: Sifton drops out of AG race
KC Star: Names begin to surface to succeed LeVota +
CDT: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair) pleads guilty to
DWI X
P-D: After less than a year leading Nixon's "Office of
Community Engagement," Maida Coleman appointed to PSC
The Missouri Times: Former state Sen. Maida Coleman
(D-St. Louis City) appointed to Public Service Commission
KWMU: Nixon will appoint Maida Coleman to serve on PSC
The Missouri Times: Cornejo wants to put 'fresh face'
on House Republican party leadership
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit) hopes to bring experience to Majority Floor Leader role
Missourinet: Advocates speak about importance of bill
to treat eating disorders
KWMU: Immigrant students tell tuition tribulation
tales; Naomi Carranza and her parents snuck into the U.S. from
Mexico, now she wants in-state tuition break
KC Star: Demoted trooper who spoke out after Brandon
Ellingson's death hires Chet Pleban; Attorney says Koster has
conflict +
P-D: State gives first close-up look at new Missouri
park taking shape on Camp Zoe site
KC Star: Texas company asks Missouri for a rehearing
on Grain Belt Express +
KWMU: Anti-coal activist makes stop in St. Louis
KC Star: Petitioners want a November vote in Kansas
City on a minimum wage of $15 per hour +
Columbia Missourian: Columbia NAACP to hold kickoff
event to coincide with march from Selma to D.C.
P-D: Dispute breaks out at town hall meeting in
Ferguson; Crowd spills out into parking lot, makes a scene
JCNT editorial: Traffic fatalities, drownings demand
attention X
KC Star's Diuguid: HUD should award Kansas City
$30,000,000 of taxpayer money to spend on neglected, downtrodden areas +
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian weighs in on predictable
nature of Ferguson's rioter/looter types, Planned Parenthood
investigation, says he is a "Kurt Schaefer fan" with caveats X
P-D op-ed: Scholarship Foundation's Karissa
Anderson: If Missouri doesn't offer in-state tuition to
undocumented aliens, those students just might go to another state
P-D letter: Des Peres resident says it's
understandable that LeVota had "male impulses" toward intern, but the
silver lining is that UCM did a Title IX investigation
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Thursday, July 30
St. Joseph News-Press: On Medicare milestone, a look a
saving the system; McCaskill holding field hearing in St. Louis
tomorrow
CDT: Grass Roots Organizing draws a dozen to party for
Medicare; Adults without mental disabilities blow noisemakers,
eat cake to celebrate "birthday" of a law +
NPR: Progress for bill to bolster Medicare patients'
rights; Comments from McCaskill
The Hill: McCaskill spars with Obama administration
officials over funding request for State Department training facility
JCNT: Blunt pleased with U.S. Senate budget work X
KWMU: Blunt joins effort to defund Planned Parenthood
KC Star: Cerner is part of team that wins huge
contract to revamp military's health records
+
Branson Tri-Lakes News: McCaskill using
#MissouriSpotlight to highlight state's coolest vacation spots
Washington Post: McCaskill on bipartisan
sexual-assault bill: 33 co-sponsors "a bipartisan coalition we
don't see every day in the U.S. Senate"
SNL: Bob Dixon answers questions about his childhood
sexual abuse, clarifies statements about teen sexual confusion X
Drebes: There are no GOP gov candidates from KC - for
now
The Missouri Times: Tip Sheet: Replacing Paul
LeVota
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Marsha
Haefner (R-Oakville) has a chat with journoduo on state Senate race,
'right to work,' school transfers, intern-indulging, more
The Missouri Times: GOP freshmen call for changes to
special-election law
KWMU: Improvements coming to century-old facilities at
the Missouri State Fair
JCNT: State begins work to plan Capitol renovations X
Missourinet: Nixon wants Legislature to support veto
on A+ scholarships bill, says students shouldn't be judged on
immigration status
Columbia Missourian: Tips for freshmen: How to
get Missouri residency and in-state tuition
CDT: State task force: Don't force
state-schoolers to endure the rigors of algebra X
Missourinet: Curriculum being developed to help
prevent child abuse in Missouri
KWMU: Report says St. Louis-area whites more likely
than minorities to avoid poverty, hold a job
P-D: St. Louis-area blacks three times as likely as
whites to live in poverty; Report summary labels success
disparity "a problem"
P-D editorial: Ending us-versus-them mentality key to
improving St. Louis schools
JCNT editorial: Good intentions do not justify ending
judicial elections X
KC Star editorial: Minimum wage is a fight worth
having in Kansas City +
P-D op-ed: AFL-CIO leader opposes 'right to work'
SNL letter: Missouri teacher pensions becoming more
risky X
P-D letter: The "Keep Me in College Coalition" praises Nixon
for releasing Access Missouri funds
P-D letter: Seasoned citizen remembers tuition costs
from half a century ago, recommends students be frugal
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
passes judgment on Missouri's immigration debate +
P-D letter: More money should be spent on road
maintenance, improvements
P-D letter: Ann Wagner supports global poverty
initiatives, and should also sign on to support SNAP funding
P-D letter: "Blitz(ing) the world with free birth
control" will help keep the poor from spawning needy little sucklers
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Wednesday, July 29
KWMU: House set to vote on three-month highway plan,
veterans health change included
JCNT: McCaskill: Long-term transportation bill
needed X
Kraske: The Chat: Graves on rural post
offices; McCaskill on Dems' feelings about Jon Stewart's
liberal-talking void; Kehoe on Planned Parenthood +
KWMU: McCaskill calls for advocacy group so Jefferson
City interns can talk about their feelings
KC Star: McCaskill says her U.S. Senate staff will
spend time creating an emotional-support system for Jefferson City
interns +
CDT: McCaskill, UCM intern discuss plan to support
Jefferson City interns; UCM intern counselor: "There is a
need for reflection and getting yourself together" X
The Missouri Times: Catherine Hanaway, Rep. Diane
Franklin (R-Camdenton) attend pro-life rally outside Columbia Planned
Parenthood
AP: Hanaway urges stricter penalty for sale of fetal
organs
The Missouri Times: Kurt Schaefer, Eric Schmitt, Bob
Onder attend pro-life rally at St. Louis Planned Parenthood
CDT: Senate committee includes Columbia clinic license
in Planned Parenthood investigation X
The Missouri Times: Missouri KidsFirst's Emily van
Schenkhof weighs in on Bob Dixon's childhood sexual abuse
Kraske: Dixon's admission of childhood sexual abuse
leads to round of media coverage +
The Missouri Times: Caleb Rowden to face Stephen
Webber in 2016
KWMU: Diehl's vacant House seat in St. Louis County to
be filled Nov. 3; Potential GOP candidates include Dean Plocher,
David Wasinger
Kraske: Nixon calls special elections immediately
after Dave Helling tells him he should +
The Missouri Times: Rep. Michael Butler (D-St. Louis
City) uses campaign website to put the focus on community resources,
not himself
Drebes:
Eddy Justice the treasurer of new PAC: Missouri Majority PAC
The Missouri Times: Former state Rep. Jeff Roorda, who
gained attention for standing up for police officers in wake of
Ferguson riots, to run for Jefferson County Council
P-D: E-mails: How and why Paul LeVota fired
chief of staff Ron Berry
CDT: Nixon seeks support from superintendents against
immigrant-scholarship override X
The Missouri Times: Nixon speaks at school
administrators' conference; Governor touches on charter schools,
scholarships for less-than-legal immigrants, Jefferson City
shenanigans, more
AP:
Nixon calls for ethics law changes after Diehl, LeVota incidents
Missourinet: Fatalities on Missouri's waterways and
roadways increase
SE
Missourian: Parents, stores prepare for sales-tax holiday +
KWMU: To help boost scores of minority teaching
candidates, state will cut the number of questions and provide more
time to take the tests
KWMU: Mizzou wants workplace terminology that doesn't
offend anyone; "The Gender Unicorn," other tools teach
transgender vs. transvestite, intersex vs. hermaphrodite, more
The Missouri Times: After PSC rate case, Noranda CEO
buys $99K in NOR stock
JCNT: Confederate flag rally planned for Saturday X
KWMU: County Council ends, for now, any action on
proposed minimum-wage hike; Hazel Erby (D) upset over lack of
support from council's two union Dems
P-D: Hazel Erby's minimum-wage bill rejected by St.
Louis County Council
KC Star: Restaurant and business group files petition
challenging Kansas City's new minimum-wage law
+
P-D: Curtis Jackson, B/K/A Gorilla Unit founder 50
Cent, presents $5,050 check to St. Louis Area Foodbank in Ferguson
KWMU: Black police officer after ambush:
"Doesn't MY life matter?"
SE
Missourian editorial: Planned Parenthood investigation is
necessary +
P-D editorial: Calls for Planned Parenthood
investigation are political posturing
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Notorious Dodd-Frank Wall
Street reform act turns 5 X
Columbia Journalism Review's Deron Lee: Why reporters
should let potential sexual assault victims talk off the record:
The Brittany Burke case
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Wanted: "an elected
official with a bit of gumption" to pressure Koster on giving in-state
tuition breaks to immigrants +
SNL op-ed: O'Fallon woman: St. Charles County's
Republican legislators deny climate change exists X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Hiding
"Confederate Rock" would be hiding a piece of history
KC Star letter: Missouri's transportation conundrum
could be solved by gas tax, toll roads, bi-state tax, and investment in
mass transportation +
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says that if legislators
were involved in state parks, we'd see guns everywhere and tarts in
miniskirts
P-D letter: Des Peres woman says youth should do some
community service before feeding their faces with "free"
taxpayer-funded handouts
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Tuesday, July 28
The Hill: McCaskill, other Dems seek answers on rural
postal delivery
NBC: Today Show: Popular chains Hertz, Dollar,
Avis renting cars with open recalls; Comments from McCaskill
Politico: Via White House visits and more, Dems went
out of their way to cultivate Jon Stewart; McCaskill lauds
comedian's value in propagating anti-GOP messages
SNL: Bob Dixon acknowledges being a victim of
childhood sexual abuse, and how it led to a period of sexual confusion
as a teen X
Helling: Nixon will drag his feet in calling special
elections for LeVota and Diehl seats - so legislators should hold his
feet to the fire +
CDT: Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) drops Majority
Leader bid to run for Senate seat against Rep. Stephen Webber
(D-Columbia) X
Drebes:
Noted marijuana advocate Eapen Thampy to officially register as weed
lobbyist
CDT: Vietnam veteran and pot enthusiast Thomas Mundell
shares medical marijuana lobbying tips with NORML X
KWMU: KWMU seeks observations, gripes about Jefferson
City culture
P-D: Missouri Senate committee jump-starts Planned
Parenthood investigation
The Missouri Times: MoDOT earns federal funding with
larger-than-expected revenues
KC Star: Missouri drownings and traffic deaths
increase in 2015 +
AP: Less-than-legal aliens face doubt over Missouri
college aid
SNL: Proposed changes to guardianship law would give
wards stronger voice, task members say X
Missourinet: Bill meant to prevent shock-drowning in
Missouri to be back in 2016
Missourinet: Proposed Missouri ban on powdered alcohol
to be back in 2016
P-D: Committee formed to investigate Nixon's Ferguson
actions hasn't met for months
The Missouri Times: Peter Kinder goes to Ferguson for
"cleanup day"
KMOX: Photo Gallery: Charlie Brennan's Ferguson
Clean-Up Day
AP: Organization for Black Struggle, others plan day
of "civil disobedience" to mark anniversary of Michael Brown
robbery/assault/shooting
KWMU: Exhibit at Ladue High School will showcase
disproven "Hands Up" myth
P-D editorial: When bad ideas collide, the economy is
collateral damage: On Missourians for Fair Taxation, Missouri
Association of Realtors and preempting Rex Sinquefield
CDT's Waters: LeVota, Diehl, et al. - anything new
here? Octogenarian weighs in on interns' seduction via "e-mails [sic]", young dames encouraging
powerful men to engage in "dilly-dallying [sic]" X
KC Star letter: Bernie Sanders supporter who wrote
complaint letter to McCaskill's Senate office unhappy with form-letter
response +
SNL letter: Response to Burlison's criticism of
tobacco-tax hike X
P-D letter: Foley man's sarcastic reply to
minimum-wage caterwauling: Why not make the minimum wage $30 and
boost all poors into the middle class?
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Monday, July 27
KWMU: Senate backs Export-Import Bank as part of
highway bill
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill criticizes GOP
obsession with Obamacare; Kander needs cash; Staffers pen
pithy ADA tributes +
P-D: Taxpayers picked up the tab for 51 homeless
veterans to live in apartments. How have those men managed their
"free" gift?
AP: Missouri governor's race no mirror of White House
contest
Missouri Viewpoints: Should Missouri raise the minimum
wage? Thoughts from Jobs With Justice's Ruth Ehresman, former Fed
economist Howard Wall
Drebes: Missouri Senate needs a "Higher Office Caucus"
to organize ladder-climbers
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) wants
governor to allow National Guardsmen to carry weapons +
St. Joseph News-Press: PSC case may impact Missouri
American, others X
KMZU (Carrollton): First Lady Georganne Nixon to host
pie contest at State Fair; Comments from Missouri Department of
Agriculture's Sarah Alsager
Columbia Missourian: An era of updated communes takes
root in Missouri; Residents describe life of subsistence,
bartering and "alternative currency" at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage
KMOX: Charlie Brennan's Ferguson clean-up takes place
today; Volunteers should meet at the former QuikTrip site looted
and torched by rioters
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Rural mail boosters -
especially Roy Blunt - win one X
JCNT editorial: Missouri Republican lawmakers are
right - trained military personnel deserve to be armed X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man says that in a world
where girls get crushes on men, let's remember LeVota is innocent until
proven guilty X
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Sunday, July 26
Politico: Netroots disruption energizes black
activists; Comments from Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D)
Washington Post: Cleaver, in Africa, will hitch a ride
back on Air Force One; Travel mates include Sheila Jackson Lee,
octogenarian John Conyers, et al.
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill on Trump's
appeal: "People say, 'Hey, all of you idiots in Washington aren't
getting things done.'" X
SE
Missourian: Summer ozone levels in region not as bad as feared +
Kraske: Will recent screeching over "Jefferson City
culture" lead to any real changes? Full-of-themselves legislators
will set new rules, so don't hold your breath.
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SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club to host
Lincoln Day dinner August 29; Lineup includes Blunt, Jason Smith,
and a "very special guest" +
Drebes:
MoScout poll: Kinder leads gubernatorial field
KWMU: Parson switches to lieutenant governor;
Dixon discusses childhood sexual abuse that led to teenage confusion
about sexuality
AP: Parson dropping governor bid to run for gov lite
CDT: Local advocacy group - along with ACLU and
Progress Missouri - want UM system to provide illegal immigrants the
same scholarship opportunities and tuition breaks as actual Americans X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Southeast's new president visits Kennett campus
CDT: Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola) questions removal of
state guard flag at Battle of Lexington site
X
JCNT: New child-on-child sex abuse law in the works X
P-D: Camp Zoe, former open-air drug market and
dopehead destination, to open as state park next year
SE
Missourian: Criminal employment series: Ex-felons face
obstacles when seeking jobs; U.S. probation officer weighs in on
pros, cons of "Ban the Box" legislation +
P-D: Hundreds show up for free haircuts, hot dogs and
junk food in Ferguson
KMWU: Free groceries, haircuts draw crowd to Ferguson
JCNT editorial: Nixon, state of Missouri gain
well-deserved recognition for work to help the developmentally disabled
and others with mental issues X
P-D: Missouri Association for Social Welfare/Empower
Missouri's Glenn Koenen: Finding work, the hard way;
Missouri will struggle to place the unemployed in solid jobs
P-D letter: Physicians for a National Health Program
supports Medicaid expansion in Missouri
SNL letter: Why are illegal aliens even allowed in
Missouri universities at all? State's priority should be to help real
Americans. X
P-D letter: St. Louis should follow Kansas City's lead
and raise the minimum wage
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Saturday, July 25
Washington Missourian: Area veterans hanging out at
local VFW bar not amused by Donald Trump
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt seek solution
for highway funding X
KTVO (Kirksville): McCaskill speaks out on state of
Missouri roads
KC Star: Long-term highway funding stalls, leaving
Missouri projects out of gas +
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
KWMU: Supporters of Missouri minimum wage hike hope
for a replay of 2006's victory; Comments from Jobs With Justice's
Lara Granich, Missouri Chamber's Brian Bunten
The Missouri Times: John Brunner profile: 2016,
2012, and everything that led up to it
Riverfront Times: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) had
gay experiences three decades ago, says he had a religious experience
in 1988 that set him straight
The Missouri Times: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) to
move to lt. gov race today
KC Star: Parson to announce switch from gov race to
lt. governor today +
CDT: In wake of Hawley announcement, curators approve
policy change for UM employees seeking office
X
CDT: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) faces tough crowd
at Muleskinners Democratic club X
Drebes:
Tim Jones joins Travis Brown's Pelopidas LLC
KC Star: Sen. Paul LeVota (D-Independence) resigns
amid sexual harassment allegations +
KC Star: University report concludes that LeVota most
likely propositioned intern +
CDT: Title IX investigation concludes LeVota sexually
harassed intern X
KWMU: LeVota resigning from Missouri Senate;
maintains innocence
The Missouri Times: LeVota resigns amid intern
controversy
Missourinet: LeVota resigns after allegations of
sexual misconduct
AP: LeVota submits resignation
P-D: LeVota resigns seat, continues to deny allegations
AP: Aide to Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) accused of
choking sex partner
KWMU: Missouri schools deal with exam changes, delays
KC Star: Less-than-legal immigrants complain about
cost of tuition, want same rate as full-fledged Americans;
GoFundMe account set up to accept handouts +
Missourinet: Missouri is closer to having its first
comprehensive energy plan
P-D: Missouri energy efficiency law should be
revisited, experts say
P-D: Infographic: Where you're most likely to be
victim of a violent crime in Missouri; St. Louis City, Jackson
County lead the state
P-D: Local rappers will perform at Mike Brown Benefit
Concert; $10 admission to hear Tef Poe, various pals of Nelly,
2004's J-Kwon, others
KC Star editorial: LeVota is of ill repute and had to
resign +
KC Star editorial: KC Public Schools superintendent
search to last until March 2016, so they should pick somebody good +
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Friday, July 24
KWMU: McCaskill provisions in U.S. Senate highway bill
address permitting, rental cars
P-D: Candidate to head St. Louis VA hospital withdraws
from consideration
KMOX: McCaskill, Blunt weigh in on recent Trump
comments
AP: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver heading to Africa on Obama
trip
The Missouri Times: Hanaway calls for special session
to respond to Planned Parenthood allegations
KMOX: Hanaway calls for penalties on profits of body
parts
The Missouri Times: Schmitt joins 'Sanctity of Life'
committee
KOMU: MU law professor Josh Hawley announces bid for
Missouri attorney general
The Missouri Times: Josh Hawley officially enters AG
race
KWMU: Josh Hawley enters Missouri attorney general's
race
AP: GOP attorney Josh Hawley to run for Missouri
attorney general
KMOX: Audio: Josh Hawley talks to Mark Reardon
about AG bid (third link from top)
The Missouri Times: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield)
opposes tobacco tax hike for universities
The Missouri Times: Possible case of voter fraud
investigated in Greene County
KC Star: LeVota facing increasing pressure to step
down today +
KWMU: Senate ethics committee will review sexual
harassment allegations against LeVota; Comments from Nixon,
McCaskill, Schupp
CDT: Schupp calls for LeVota to resign if allegations
are true X
AP: Senate to review new claims against LeVota
P-D: New sexual harassment allegations prompt Senate
to renew investigation of LeVota
KMOX: Audio: The Missouri Times publisher Scott
Faughn on LeVota allegations, fallout (fourth link from top)
KC Star: Kinder tweet juxtaposing Diehl/LeVota deleted +
Carthage Press: Kolton Babb, aide to Rep. Mike Kelley
(R-Lamar), accused of choking woman (link via @ssnich on Twitter)
CDT: Late-night sex discussion goes south after
22-year-old GOP aide causes woman to pass out (link via @ssnich on
Twitter) X
KMOX: Audio: Rex Sinquefield on 'right to work'
(audio via Progress Missouri)
Missourinet: Clint Zweifel's plan could create housing
for Missouri domestic violence, trafficking victims
JCNT: Clint Zweifel seeks more 'transparency' in
MOSERS investments X
Missourinet: Outgoing, incoming directors on mental
health in Missouri
KC Star: Missouri can't block scholarships for
less-than-legal students, education officials say +
P-D: State in stalemate over illegal-immigrant students
P-D: Low-income kids enjoy summer handouts;
Riverview Gardens youth Marvel Dillon critiques taxpayer-funded cuisine
provided to him and his 3 (three) brothers for "free"
JCNT: Missouri ranks in the middle of child-well-being
report; Advocates say more taxpayer dollars should go to social
service programs X
AP: Missouri nuclear plant shut down after
'non-emergency' leak
P-D: Ferguson to host 'Day of Hope' event
Saturday: Come one, come all for free groceries, haircuts, other
handouts
JCNT letter: National Organization for Women wants
Blunt to stop championing the mere "fetus" and start supporting
"lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex youth" X
P-D letter: City, county could pass laws that
challenge pro-gun amendment
Columbia Missourian letter: Dan Viets:
Legalizing marijuana would reduce heroin overdoses
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Thursday, July 23
Politico: McCaskill on Iran deal: "I'm making
sure I'm going to make the right decision, not when I'm going to make
it"
The Hill: McCaskill co-sponsors bipartisan Homeland
Security cyber bill
AP: McCaskill, others push cyber bill for Homeland
Security after breach
KWMU: McCaskill wants to hear consumer stories of
hidden hotel fees
KWMU: Congressional delegation to Dept. of
Energy: Let Army Corps take over cleanup at West Lake
P-D: Waste from feds could merit new West Lake
oversight
P-D: Blunt in no rush to begin raising name ID of
Democratic challenger Jason Kander
SNL: Billy Long raises campaign cash at Taylor Swift
concert X
Drebes:
New state rep campaign committees
KC Star: Intern from 2015, another from 2010 accuse
Sen. Paul LeVota (D-Kansas City) of sexual harassment and
retaliation; LeVota says they're lying
+
CDT: LeVota says Senate report clears him of sexual
harassment claims X
Missourinet: Intern alleges misconduct by LeVota
The Missouri Times: Senate releases report on
harassment complaint against LeVota
AP: Missouri Senate report: Female intern claims
sexual harassment
AP: LeVota denies sexual harassment claims
KWMU: Former intern accuses LeVota of sexual harassment
P-D: Intern claims LeVota made sexual advances
The Missouri Times: Truman Building evacuated after
bomb threat
CDT: Legislative committee scrutinizes student aid
programs X
SE
Missourian: SEMO to pay former president Ken Dobbins $75,000 for
consulting +
P-D: As more KIPP charter schools open, partnership
with St. Louis district grows
The Missouri Times: Child advocacy group ranks
Missouri in middle of pack for kids' well-being; Report lauds
Vermont, Massachusetts, et al.
JCNT: Supreme Court: AG, Patrol should be part
of sex offender case X
CDT: Nixon's son pleads guilty on drunk-driving charge X
Washington Post: The real minimum wage in every
state: Missouri ranks #11 in relative value
KC Star: Confederate flag issue rises again at Platte
County Fair; Union soldiers burned Platte City in 1861, captured
Confederate soldiers there +
Missourinet: North Carolina poli sci prof unhappy
about Missouri death penalty system
SNL: Black bear put down after humans fed it;
Missouri Department of Conservation says large animal was repeatedly
seen snooping around for handouts X
P-D: Activists who failed to gather valid signatures
for mayor recall express anger at Democratically-controlled St. Louis
County Board of Election Commissioners
KWMU: Ferguson finds its new police chief in Glendale,
Arizona; Andre Anderson will serve for six months
AP: Ferguson finds black man to serve as interim chief
KC Star editorial: Allegations against Paul LeVota
bring more disgrace to Missouri government; Males' quest for
young women could be curtailed by mandatory training sessions,
lobbyist-gift reform +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Nixon should allow
qualified National Guard personnel the authority to carry firearms X
Washington Missourian editorial: St. Louis City
violence a symptom of some people not respecting life
Priddy:
Remembering Elson Floyd
SNL op-ed: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield):
University-supported tax hike would circumvent public oversight X
P-D letter: Ann Wagner's selective pro-life stands
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Wednesday, July 22
Washington Post: Iran deal partly depends upon how
much Congress trusts Europe; Comments from McCaskill
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, others view progress
on sexual-assault reporting X
Washington Post Wonkblog: Why activists think Sanders
is more electable than Clinton - and why McCaskill thinks they're wrong
P-D: Ann Wagner is giving Trump's $1,000 donation to a
VFW post
Missourinet: Koster launches investigation of Planned
Parenthood
The Missouri Times: Koster to investigate Planned
Parenthood
KC Star: Koster calls for investigation of Planned
Parenthood amid questions about aborted fetuses +
P-D: Missouri to investigate Planned Parenthood after
fetal-parts-for-profit video
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee also to
investigate Planned Parenthood
The Missouri Times: In wake of Planned Parenthood
video, Dempsey forms 'Sanctity of Life' interim committee, names
Schaefer chairman
P-D: Recent Missouri restrictions spurred plans for
Columbia abortion offerings, Planned Parenthood says
The Missouri Times: Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial)
wins appeal against Obamacare
Missourinet: Nixon requests disaster declaration after
recent storms
AP:
Nixon seeks disaster declaration for 70 counties
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on Cruz; Schaefer on
impending GOP primary bloodbath; Kinder and Rush H. Limbaugh III +
SE
Missourian: Gov candidate Bob Dixon stops in Cape Girardeau +
AP: Eric Greitens campaign mostly funded by
non-Missouri donors
AP: Senate to release LeVota findings today
Drebes: Rep. Keith English (I-Florissant) may run as a
Dem again
The Missouri Times: Joint Committee on Education meets
to discuss postsecondary programs
AP: Missouri gets $4.2M for AmeriCorps volunteers
KWMU: Task force wants $50M in tax breaks for new St.
Louis stadium
Missourinet: Annie E. Casey Foundation says Missouri
ranks higher in child well-being this year
SNL: Nixon appoints Jason Brown as Greene County
circuit judge X
Columbia Missourian: University of Missouri Press
returns to campus
JCNT editorial: The Rx drug abuse/heroin
connection; Legislators must enable a database X
CDT's Waters: Kinder, a "pleasant sort," jumps into
the alligator pit; Maybe he'll win, maybe he won't X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Expand health
coverage for Missouri's "poor and dwindling middle class"
KC Star's Sanchez: Proposed charter schools for Kansas
City's midtown could combine diversity with achievement +
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: Capital
punishment is biased against black murderers
X
Jensen:
Conversations about race should include topics of personal
responsibility and accountability +
P-D letter: AIM's Ray McCarty: EPA's water rules
are an outrageous power grab
P-D letter: Wildwood man responds to North Carolina
prof's complaints about Missouri death penalty
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Tuesday, July 21
Politico:
McCaskill: 'Ted Cruz following Trump around like a lost puppy'
The
Hill: McCaskill: Cruz scrounging for Trump's 'leftovers'
KWMU:
Senate looks for ways to fund highways before August deadline;
Ideas from McCaskill, Blunt
P-D:
McCaskill speaks to St. Charles County political-civility group founded
by Steve Ehlmann (R), Ted House (D)
KTTS
(Springfield): Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) announces bid for
governor, says he's the David to the GOP Goliaths
SNL:
Dixon had pitch for governor's race ready X
The
Missouri Times: Bob Dixon announces bid for governor
Missourinet:
Bob Dixon joins crowded GOP gubernatorial field
KWMU:
Bob Dixon announces run for Republican nomination for Missouri governor
JCNT:
Bob Dixon jumps into governor's race X
AP:
Bob Dixon enters race for Missouri governor
CDT:
Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) sees difficulty for winner of crowded
gubernatorial GOP primary X
Drebes:
Kinder's primary-base secret weapon: El Rushbo
The
Missouri Times: Former state Rep. Vicki Englund (D) in the race
for SD1
The
Missouri Times: Politics playing a role in UM policy for
employees running for state office
KWMU:
Federal court revives effort from Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) to
strip his insurance of birth-control coverage
AP:
Appeals court reverses lower court on Wieland case
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Mike Jones dispenses words of
wisdom on education and leadership in St. Louis
The
Missouri Times: GOP state senators call to arm National Guardsmen
AP:
Republicans ask Nixon to arm Missouri Guard
Missourinet:
Audits of the Missouri House and Senate are underway
St.
Joseph News-Press: Coverage for eating disorders may expand X
Kraske:
The Chat: Missouri Right to Life on new abortion clinic +
AP:
Missouri drownings on pace to eclipse 2014 mark
KC
Star: Missouri might drop algebra requirement, let
state-schoolers attempt mathletics "more relevant to their field" +
P-D:
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair) left Missouri House
garage during icy February weather and tapped the bumper of a parked car
P-D:
Ameren spars with critics over future of efficiency program
KWMU:
County Councilwoman Hazel Erby (D) planning push to raise minimum
wage; County Exec Steve Stenger (D) says notion is impractical
P-D:
7 killed Sunday and early Monday push St. Louis City's corpse count to
105
P-D:
Amid wave of criminality and violence, St. Louis City unveils
crime-fighting partnership with feds, county
KWMU:
St. Louis City leaders hope new taxpayer-funded task force will get
violent urban behavior under control
AP: Joint
local-federal effort aims to combat violence in St. Louis City
P-D
editorial: Nixon's 'no new tax burden' on stadium rings hollow(er)
P-D
letter: Instead of leeching off taxpayers for a decade (or more),
murderous criminals should be put to death sooner
KC
Star letter: Liberal Raymore woman says poor people who vote
Republican should be denied government services +
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Monday, July 20
NY
Times: Senate liberals incensed by committee vote against some
auto-safety rules; McCaskill one of three Dems to join GOP
majority
KWMU:
Ten years after Army Private LaVena Johnson shot herself, Florissant
family still in denial; Father surmises there is a government
conspiracy to cover up murder, maybe even rape
AP:
National Guard launches center for mental health needs
Washington
Post: Majority of Missourians oppose marijuana
legalization; Poll was commissioned by Show-Me Cannabis
SE Missourian:
Cape County GOP approves resolution supporting 'right to work' +
AP:
More than a dozen states that expanded Medicaid have seen enrollments
surge way beyond projections, raising budget concerns
Missourinet:
Missouri will have two abortion providers beginning in August
Missourinet:
Missouri sex education to now include info on predators and sexting
KC
Star: Long summer school sessions in KC area tackle seasonal
learning loss +
P-D:
UMSL offers scholarship for veterans
KC
Star: As public defenders complain about workload, ACLU may sue
Missouri; Gov. Jay Nixon (D) says state is doing all it can and
must prioritize spending +
SNL:
Missouri guardianship law could change, public can comment through
October X
SNL: Former Christian County
sheriff stockpiled 3 (three) tons of food in basement of jail to
prepare for "end of times" X
KWMU:
Ferguson commission banks on enthusiasm for implementation as work
winds down
P-D:
St. Louis City eclipses 100-murder mark; Weekend of savagery adds
6 to tally, including 3 yesterday in North City
CDT:
CDT hosting 'Trib Talks' session to create in-real-life comment
section; Managing Editor Jim Robertson hopes face-to-face
environment will temper keyboard jockeys' talk-toughery X
KC
Star editorial: Lift the sequestration cap to save Army spending
and help Fort Leonard Wood +
CDT
op-ed: Area consultant paid to promote CDT 'Trib Talks':
Public should attend Thursday event for "citizen-driven dialogue" X
KC
Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: When a crime victim's own
criminal past is fair journalistic game +
P-D
letter: Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael: Show-Me
Institute still opposes Medicaid expansion
P-D
letter: Young less-than-legals deserve in-state tuition price,
just like actual Americans
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Sunday, July 19
P-D: Double-digit price hikes for some plans raise
alarm bells about affordability and success of Obamacare
KC Star: Cerner's bid for Pentagon contract carries
big rewards - and risks - for area company +
Farm Futures: Chris Koster among AGs taking aim at EPA
over water rule
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Audio: Corn Congress taking
place in D.C.; Comments from Missouri Corn Growers Association's
Kevin Hurst
Daily Journal: Eric Greitens campaigns in Farmington
Missourinet: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) to
announce gov campaign tomorrow; Greitens still holding out on
official announcement
Drebes:
The latest Nixonite to find a comfortable landing: John Watson to
MOSERS
KODE (Joplin): Sen. Ron Richard (R-Joplin), others
call on Nixon to immediately arm Missouri National Guard soldiers
Dexter
Daily Statesman: Area mother of boy with cranial duplication
travels to Colorado for son's seizure medication; One year after
Nixon signed cannabis bill, CBD oil still not available in Missouri
JCNT: Two laws modify boating, fuel tax X
SNL: Springfield schools reach new high of students
qualifying for taxpayer-funded food handouts: 54.6%; "Heat
map" shows expanding geographic creep of the poor X
AP:
$50 million in tax credits sought for St. Louis stadium
KMOX: Radio host Charles Brennan hosting Ferguson
clean-up day on Monday, July 27
KMOX: Dave Spence's Ferguson 100 holds job fair,
attracts 700; Employers say they met some qualified applicants
KWMU: "St. Louis Advocates for Youth" - led by
sexagenarian activist Jamala Rogers - wants to know who is getting
their hands on Ferguson donations
JCNT editorial: Sensible remedy needed on crop
insurance; At Nixon's request, "Christ [sic] Koster" sues USDA on behalf of
Missouri farmers X
Washington Missourian editorial: Attorney General
Chris Koster's idea for a gun docket is worth a try
P-D letter: Ann Wagner is posturing over Planned
Parenthood
SNL letter: Billy Long's positions on COOL and drug
advertising show cognitive dissonance X
St. Joseph News-Press letter: MoDOT employees deserve
recognition for extra work X
P-D letter: Angry young protester celebrating police
ambush will grow up to be an angry old man
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Saturday, July 18
KWMU: In speech to St. Louis Regional Chamber,
McCaskill talks highway spending, budget cuts and bid for NGA
P-D: Louis Farrakhan visits St. Louis to promote next
D.C. march; Creator of 1995's "(Quarter-)Million Man March" has
labeled next parade "Justice or Else"
KWMU: St. Louis Planned Parenthood office says it does
not donate abortion tissue for research
Missourinet: Nixon not joining call for Planned
Parenthood investigation
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood issues response to
allegations; Missouri House to investigate
AP: State Reps. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester), Diane
Franklin (R-Camdenton) to investigate Planned Parenthood site
CDT: Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions
in August X
Columbia Missourian: Columbia Planned Parenthood to
offer abortions
St. Joseph News-Press: Jason Kander promotes business
relief on campaign tour X
Kraske: Peter Kinder is alive and kicking,
eccentricities and all +
Drebes: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) to announce for
governor on Monday
SNL: Dixon set to announce gov campaign Monday X
KSMU (Springfield): Bob Dixon to announce
gubernatorial bid Monday
AP: Source: Sen. Paul LeVota (D-Kansas City) the
subject of intern's sexual harassment claim; Dempsey will release
report next week detailing alleged harassment
KWMU: Missouri to spend $33 million upgrading
veterans' homes
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Via DESE program, taxpayers set to provide up
to 100% of Clarkton School District students with "free"
taxpayer-funded lunches
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri Department of Agriculture
announces grant for spay, neutering
The Missouri Times: Courts say Missouri can't conceal
source of lethal injection drug
P-D: Missouri Press Association pleased with execution
ruling
P-D: UNC prof issues report on race and
executions; Pro-death-penalty group calls study meaningless
Washington Missourian editorial: When it comes to
experience in state government, Peter Kinder is the frontrunner
P-D editorial: Missouri's cities should stand their
ground against gun lobby
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri needs
another veterans home, and Franklin County would be an excellent
location
Washington Missourian editorial: The winner in the
Ameren coal ash landfill dispute: the people
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Young illegals are "twice the
men and women that (Missouri) legislators who attack them can ever
dream of being" +
P-D letter: Missouri Right to Life's Steve Rupp
responds to "vicious" P-D editorial
KC Star letter: Missourians should support Clean Power
Plan +
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Friday, July 17
KSDK (St. Louis): Military families can wait years for
recovery of loved ones; McCaskill reforming POW/MIA process
P-D: Blunt one of 17 no votes on education bill;
Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
Bloomberg: Senate panel reverses course on rentals of
recalled vehicles; McCaskill plan wins out
St. Joseph News-Press: Chris Koster stands up for
Missouri farmers versus USDA, sues for more crop-reporting time X
KWMU: Rex Sinquefield, Peter Kinder hosting
fundraising event for presidential candidate Scott Walker
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on Clinton's
successful Capitol Hill show; Jay Nixon on admirable discipline
of officers not treating brick-throwing Ferguson rioters like Kent
State hippies +
Missourinet: Missouri Republicans: video
suggests Planned Parenthood violations in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens makes campaign stop
in Jefferson City
CDT: Eric Greitens attacks 'regurgitated' GOP primary
foes X
JCNT: Eric Greitens brings 'listen and lead' campaign
tour to Jefferson City X
CDT: Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) well-financed
for 2016 state Senate election X
Drebes:
Poll-result details: Raise Your Hand for Kids' ballot initiative
vs. Clint Zweifel's Missouri Promise ballot initiative
KC Star: Nixon throws in the towel on going to
citizens on ethics overhaul +
CDT: Senate panel hears report on LeVota intern
investigation in closed-door session X
AP: Senate panel to report on LeVota-office harassment
investigation
SNL: Official: Nixon's veto of court bill
'upsetting' X
KC Star: Missouri law stops colleges from limiting the
sites of student protests +
AP: UMSL program offers tuition aid for military
members
CDT: College officials excited by Access Missouri
scholarship increase X
KWMU: Less-than-legal immigrant students attending
state schools will pay out-of-state tuition; In-state tuition
still available to in-state legal Americans
Missourinet: Court: Missouri cannot keep
supplier of execution drugs secret
AP: Judge: Missouri broke law keeping execution
supplier secret
KWMU: Judge says Missouri Department of Corrections
cannot shield pharmacy by saying it is part of execution team
JCNT: University of North Carolina professor dislikes
Missouri's death penalty: Too many black murderers convicted,
white females' lives treated as more valuable, etc. X
KC Star: Kansas City approves minimum-wage hike less
than activists had sought +
Missourinet: Kansas City first in Missouri to approve
minimum-wage hike
AP: Kansas City approves minimum wage to rise to $13
by 2020
USA Today: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles will go
door-to-door listening to the complaints of those who signed failed
recall petition
AP: Police catch man who shot police in Central West
End ambush
P-D: Trigger man, others in custody after ambush on
officer; Marijuana enthusiast Dale Wolford, on probation for
burglary crime, was captured hiding in Maplewood
KC Star editorial: Missouri launches a foolish,
mean-spirited attack on illegal-immigrant students +
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Missouri Association for
Social Welfare (Empower Missouri) report: Higher minimum wage
would make low-wage workers less likely to accept taxpayer-funded
handouts +
P-D op-ed: Missouri State Public Defender System's
Michael Barrett: System needs more money to defend poor from
prosecutors
KC Star letter: Don't marginalize fast-food workers
just because of their terrible service +
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Thursday, July 16
Democrat News (Fredericktown): Rural hospitals,
patients closely follow Supreme Court ruling
Politico: Hillary Clinton's Capitol Hill mission
accomplished; Comments from McCaskill
SNL: Ozarks famers ticked off over EPA water rules X
KWMU: Ann Wagner calls for investigation of Planned
Parenthood
P-D: Ann Wagner calls new Planned Parentood video
'monstrous'
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood says it will begin
performing abortions in Columbia
Missourinet: Dent County backs off 'mourning' same-sex
marriage legalization
Kraske: The Chat: Dent County commissioner on
same-sex ruling; Rapist/murderer on how condemned criminals
should stop clogging up the judicial system with appeals +
Missourinet: Chris Koster sues USDA to give Missouri
farmers more crop-reporting time
Daily Journal (Park Hills): Wife of Kerry
Messer: One year missing
KWMU: Despite Greitens' surge, Koster remains the top
money-raiser in battle for Missouri governor
AP: Koster has nearly $4M for Missouri governor
campaign
The Missouri Times: 2016 statewide campaign tip
sheet: Candidates' - and potential candidates' - money raised,
cash on hand, consultants, more
The Missouri Times: July 2015 quarterly reports - 2016
gubernatorial candidates
St. Joseph News-Press: Gov candidate Mike Parson makes
campaign stop, says he believes state has money for road fix X
The Missouri Times: July 2015 quarterly reports - 2016
statewide candidates
The Missouri Times: July 2015 quarterly reports - 2016
state Senate candidates
The Missouri Times: Sneak peek: 2016 Missouri
Senate races
Drebes: Ed
Martin moves from South St. Louis City home into 2nd Congressional,
could run for Congress again if Ann Wagner challenges Claire McCaskill
Drebes:
New committees: Dem in GOP House district, R and D for Senate 1
Helling: Crowded primaries are a decidely mixed
blessing in Missouri and the rest of U.S. +
SE
Missourian: Former congressional candidate Bill Federer (R) to
speak to Tea Party group about Islamic State
+
KWMU: Only one unsigned bill becomes law in Missouri
this year; roundup of other bills at deadline
SE
Missourian: Southeast Missouri State, USDA building reservoir for
irrigation +
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon touts community college
funding X
Missourinet: Top amounts for Access Missouri
scholarships increase
Columbia Missourian: Nixon boosts need-based college
scholarships
KWMU: Normandy weighs reinstating high school dress
code
CDT: New federal guidelines make it easier for
students to get "free" taxpayer-funded meals; Last week's heat
did not deter kids from being drawn to public parks for handouts X
AP: KC's minimum wage would rise under proposal
P-D: Two in custody after ambush of St. Louis officer,
police still searching for two others; Spanish Lake miscreant
Edward Davis captured, while second criminal turns himself in
P-D: New Ferguson Starbucks part of chain's make-work
program; Goal is to teach "soft skills" like dressing properly
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: Amtrak
necessary option for Missourians
KC Star editorial: Shorter legislative session could
mean less time for trouble in Jefferson City
+
SNL editorial: Missouri needs a prescription drug
database X
P-D editorial: It's a grand old flag. Even in Dent
County.
KC Star editorial: Keep moving forward on a new
minimum wage for Kansas City +
JCNT editorial: "Captain Obvious" gives 'duh'-worthy
summer advice: Don't overexert in the heat, check on olds, don't
leave kids or canines in your car X
P-D op-ed: What's at stake in winning the National
Geospatial relocation
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Jay Ashcroft's
voter-ID petition is a transparent campaign gimmick
P-D letter: Woman says Koster should drop pro-farmer
stance and start siding with EPA
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Wednesday, July 15
SNL: Blunt blasts Iran deal, McCaskill vows 'hard look' X
The Hill: Senators take sides on Iran deal;
Comments from Blunt
KC Star: Reaction to Iran deal coming in;
Statements from McCaskill, Blunt, Graves, Kander +
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on standing up for
religion versus Supreme Court LGBTQIA decision
+
Feast Magazine (St. Louis): McCaskill throws support
behind the Small BREW Act to encourage Missouri's microbreweries
P-D: McCaskill to speak at St. Charles County
civilized-discussion group founded by Steve Ehlmann (R) and Ted House
(D)
P-D: Rural Missouri county won't lower courthouse flag
after all
KWMU: Blunt outraises, outspends Jason Kander in U.S.
Senate contest
AP: Blunt touts $3.8M for 2016 re-election campaign
The Missouri Times: Top-of-the-ticket candidates tout
fundraising hauls ahead of deadline
The Missouri Times: Peter Kinder profile: A
career outline of a lifelong conservative Republican
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens explains party
switch from D to R; Paper will livestream candidate's Jefferson
City announcement-tour event on Thursday
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Eric
Schmitt (R-Glendale) chats with journoduo about municipal court system
overhaul, 'right to work,' local wage ordinances, more
The Missouri Times: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis
City) reflects on 2015 session, says he's meeting with Richardson to
repair Dems' bruised feelings over RTW debate
P-D: Missouri lawmakers to face fewer bills in
September veto session
AP: A look at bills Nixon has either signed or allowed
to become law
AP: New Missouri measure will change license office
bid practice
AP: Nixon signs bill expanding Missouri sex education
guidance, including information on the dangers of sexting
P-D: Missouri bans college aid to undocumented aliens
SE
Missourian: Domestic violence victims can use high-tech
notification tools +
AP: Nixon fills Missouri State University Board of
Governors slot
KC Star: Nixon names KC lawyer to police board +
Missourinet: Missouri executes David Zink for 2001
murder of Strafford woman; Comments from Gov. Jay Nixon (D), AG
Chris Koster (D)
Missourinet: Greene County Sheriff reacts to execution
of 'monster' David Zink
KWMU: Rapist/murderer executed for 2001 crime;
Pentobarbital works flawlessly
AP: Rapist/murderer David Zink executed;
Missouri cuts Texas' 2015 execution lead to four
Missourinet: Execution set for Missouri killer of
Kansas City girl; Roderick Nunley and pal stole a car, then
kidnapped girl from her bus stop before making sure she was raped,
stabbed, and left to die in the trunk of the car
KWMU: Local filmmaker looks at residents' claims that
their health problems are due to 1940s pollution
CDT: County plans to move 'Confederate Rock' X
AP: U.S. judge narrows Michael Brown family suit
against Ferguson; Judge dismisses family's suit against attack
victim Darren Wilson
P-D editorial: The Confederate flag may be gone, but
Missouri Republicans are still pushing their racist photo ID proposal
KC Star editorial: Fewer than 600 votes cast in online
poll about minimum wage +
Peterson: Nixon right to take a stand for illegal
immigrant students
Jensen:
Misplaced blame in shooting; When cops see a street tough toting
a gun around a playground, what are they supposed to do? +
SE
Missourian op-ed: McCaskill: Saving our rural post offices
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Prescribing a cure for
American medical innovation
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Even if minimum-wage activists
fail, at least they proved a point; 24-year-old cashier with two
offspring tells sad story
P-D letter: To get fuel tax hike passed, rebuild trust
in government
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Tuesday, July 14
KC Star: Clinton, O'Malley, Sanders talk immigration
reform, economic equality to La Raza in Kansas City +
KC Star: Photo gallery: La Raza draws
presidential candidates +
Missourinet: Democrat POTUS candidates tackle Trump
and more in Kansas City
AP: Moving past Vermont, Sanders seeks to expand
liberal coalition by wooing minority groups
Helling: Republicans skipped La Raza, and their
campaigns might suffer for it +
Warrensburg Daily Star Journal: Drone operators need
time to unwind after missions, McCaskill says
KWMU: As more women enlist in military service, VA
health care system sees changes; Comments from Blunt
KWMU: A touching tribute to one service dog at Scott
Air Force Base; McCaskill bill would give previous handlers the
first rights for adoption
P-D: Visitation student only Missourian named as U.S.
Senate page, was nominated by McCaskill
P-D: After Supreme Court gay-marriage decision, Blunt
meets with conservative group to discuss next steps
KC Star: Dent County, Mo. votes to lower flags in
protest of Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQIA marriage +
Missourinet: Missouri county's executives vote to
lower flags to 'mourn' same-sex legalization
Kraske: The Chat: Kinder unrealistically
optimistic about positive campaigning; Minimum-wage
confusion; Teaching legislators to resist indulging in interns +
Roll Call: Former Roy Blunt spokeswoman Amber Marchand
has third child, joins Hamilton Place Strategies
Drebes:
Pamela Merritt, creator of popular "Angry Black Bitch" blog, leaves
Progress Missouri for Reproaction; New group "embraces racial
justice, LGBTQ equality, and the moral authority of all who seek
abortions"
Rosenbaum: Can a vetoed bill have legal significance
from beyond the legislative grave? City counselor, Schaefer,
Koster's Nancy Gonder on minimum-wage law
AP: Nixon signs bill to increase access to mental
health records
AP: Nixon signs bill to end fees for Purple Heart
license plates
AP: Missouri measure changes process to regain
driver's license
Daily
American Republic: State education board ends pact with testing
company; Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-St. Louis) says move is a victory for
those who oppose "one-size-fits-all exams"
CDT: After miscreants pilfer credit and debit cards
from locker room, MU installs iris readers outside rec center
club; Former member wary of MU owning biometric data X
West Plains Daily Quill: Jury awards $6.7 million in
wrongful-death case brought against Missouri Highway and Transportation
Commission
AP: Parolee who rear-ended woman while driving drunk -
then raped her and sliced her spinal cord - wants Nixon to grant
clemency; In 2015 executions, Texas holds 9-4 lead over Missouri
KWMU: Missouri prepares to execute admitted
rapist/murderer David Zink
P-D: Ferguson Commission approves 100 'calls to
action,' prepares to finish work by September
P-D: Kwame Building Group to construct Urban League
center at site of QuikTrip rioting/looting/arson
P-D: Area rapper Tef Poe, seven others arrested
outside police headquarters
P-D: St. Louis police officer shot in ambush in
Central West End; police seek black man between 18-22, 5-foot-7
to 5-foot-8, thin build
P-D letter: Joan Bray says Roy Blunt should support
rental-car safety bill
CDT letter: Medicaid-expansion supporter calls Rep.
Lynn Morris (R-Nixa) a hypocrite X
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Monday, July 13
KC Star: As the La Raza guest list shows, Hispanics
are being courted by politicians +
KCTV: La Raza workshop addresses obesity among
youth; Nearly 40 percent of Latino kids are fat
KC Star: UAW contract talks to begin, affecting
thousands of KC-area workers +
KWMU: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder announces bid for governor
Missourinet: Kinder criticizes Jay Nixon, acknowledges
Tom Schweich in announcing run for Missouri governor
P-D: Kinder will seek governor's office in 2016
AP: Kinder announces bid for governor
The Missouri Times: Kinder announces for
governor; A look at Missouri GOP consultant line-up, lt. gov
candidates (with video of Kinder's announcement)
Kraske: Analysis: With his entrance into GOP
primary, Peter Kinder is the front-runner +
AP: Eric Greitens raises $800K in quarter, has $1.1M
in bank
KWMU: Missouri Democratic Party removes Jefferson and
Jackson as namesakes of party's biggest event; Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) complained that J&J owned slaves
Drebes:
Ben Murray to run for Mike Colona's open House seat
P-D: Police departments required to meet basic
standards in new law
P-D: After Diehl and LeVota hubbub, Legislature
considers revisions to intern programs
AP: Analysis: Missouri stance on local minimum
wages unclear
Columbia Missourian: Public universities seek smart
students who can pay tuition; "Nonprofit, nonpartisan public
policy group" New America Foundation unhappy about it
SE
Missourian: Region holds a long history of exotic critters
turning up in odd places; Missouri Department of Conservation
talks wild animals +
P-D: Officer takes down teen with gun at St. Louis
City housing project; Mother of gun-toting 16-year-old laments
gun violence, alleges police coverup
Washington Missourian editorial: Concern not only for
Fort Leonard Wood, but the military budget overall
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill takes the
lead on ensuring students learn about safe relationships
JCNT editorial: Municipal court reform steps toward
greater goal X
KC Star editorial: Crackdown on payday loan scams is
welcome +
Washington Missourian editorial: Oversensitive
thinskins who get emotional about "politically-incorrect" names should
stop imposing their narrow-mindedness on all of us
KC Star's Mara Rose Williams: Teaching safe
relationships a proposed addition to sex education classes +
P-D letter: Spanish Lake seasoned citizen says higher
gas tax is the right way to pay for Missouri roads
JCNT letter: Russellville man compares himself to
Robin Hood, says he'll lead movement to limit state lawmakers'
exorbitant salaries X
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Sunday, July 12
KCUR/Heartland Health Monitor: Latinos should be
enlisted to push for Medicaid expansion, say speakers at Hispanic
conference
AP: At Hispanic conference, Nixon vetoes bill that
would keep illegal immigrants from receiving Missouri A+ scholarships
KC Star: Nixon veto ensures illegal immigrants can
keep receiving A+ scholarships; Nixon says hard-working,
high-achieving aliens should not be punished
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The Hill: Lawmakers push to strip OPM powers after
hack; Comments from McCaskill
Missourinet: All Missouri counties will now issue
marriage licenses to same-sex couples
CDT: Church marries lesbians, celebrates Supreme Court
ruling X
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon, McCaskill, Blunt weigh
in on same-sex ruling X
JCNT: Missouri's adoption laws still subject to debate X
SNL: As heroin use spikes, Missouri still lacks
prescription-drug database X
P-D's Gallagher: Area woman borrowed $100, chose to
stop making payments and skipped court date, then paid back
$3,592; Other stories of adults who chose to take out loans they
couldn't afford
P-D: Ameren has unlikely ally in fight over future of
efficiency program
Missourinet: Lawsuit alleges Missouri breaks laws in
getting execution drug
P-D: Chicago art exhibit features life-size depiction
of Michael Brown after assault on Officer Darren Wilson
JCNT editorial: Circling the elusive math of payday
lenders; Calculating a reasonable rate for payday loans shouldn't
be so tough X
JCNT editorial: Be on the lookout for late-night
stripers X
CDT op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Leslie
Holloway: EPA claims don't hold water; New regulations
clearly overreach X
CDT's Waters: Missouri Republicans will use LGBTQIA
marriage technicalities as red herrings and take meaningless, symbolic
positions against it X
SE
Missourian's Bob Miller: Despite recent national headlines, we
still live in a great country; Rural/suburban residents are doing
good things, healthy things, fun things +
KC Star letter: Bates City man suggests fixing
politics by shunning all lobbyists for every issue +
P-D letter: Perpetually-aggrieved thinskins make being
offended a cottage industry; Only Catholics and Christians are
fair game today
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Saturday, July 11
St. James Leader Journal: Fort Leonard Wood force
reduction much lower than anticipated
The Hill: McCaskill, other Senate Dems seek to protect
rural postal delivery
KC Star: La Raza CEO Janet Murguia: GOP
candidates declining invites to speak 'a missed opportunity' +
P-D: Effects of health insurance merger on Missouri
draw local concern
The Missouri Times: Blunt, Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake
Saint Louis), Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) react to gay marriage ruling
KWMU: Board approves bill for $20 million loan for
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency site
P-D: Aldermen approve $20 million loan to buy land for
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
AP: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder to announce bid for governor
tomorrow in Ferguson
St. Joseph News-Press: Jay Ashcroft speaks to small
group about voter ID; Rep. Pat Conway (D-St. Joseph) says he's
undecided on photo ID petition X
SNL: Jay Ashcroft pushes for voter ID law X
Kraske: Roy Temple offers quotes on Trump, GOP gov
primary +
Drebes:
Jamilah Nasheed's personal saga, and how her brother's prison sentence
was reduced
JCNT: John Watson to be new MOSERS director X
St. Joseph News-Press: Ag Director Richard Fordyce
talks beef, State Fair to producers X
CDT: Nixon vetoes bill targeting local plastic bag
regulations X
AP: Nixon vetoes bill to limit local wage, bag laws
KC Star: Nixon's veto jeopardizes Kansas City's push
for a higher minimum wage +
KWMU: St. Louis Democrats kill $15/hr. minimum wage
proposal; Increase, if passed, may be closer to $11/hr. in five
(5) years
AP: Nixon vetoes tax break for big laundries
AP: Nixon vetoes expanded powers for corporate
security officers
The Missouri Times: State abandons Common Core testing
The Missouri Times: Rep. Don Gosen (R-Ballwin) plans
to fight for veto override on HB 1022
P-D: UMSL reorganizes programs, eliminates jobs
The Missouri Times: Joan Bray, Jeanette Mott Oxford,
et al. sue state over lethal injection
Gateway Journalism Review's Terry Ganey: Virginia
Young, Bill McClellan, others take retirement packages from
Post-Dispatch
P-D editorial: Lawmakers choose the unborn over the
born, but poor
P-D editorial: Missouri says mark your
calendars; A look at the ridonkulous number of "Special-Interest
X" days
P-D letter: Alzheimer's Association's John
Boyle: Blunt leads way to increase funding for Alzheimer's
research
P-D letter: MoDOT creates fake emergencies to justify
tax hikes
KC Star letter: Instead of complaining about their
wages, entry-level workers should focus on expanding their skillset +
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Friday, July 10
Missourinet: 774 to be cut from Army's Fort Leonard
Wood
KOLR (Rolla): Army cutting 774 at Fort Leonard
Wood; Economic impact uncertain this soon
KWMU: Army to cut 774 uniformed positions at Fort
Leonard Wood
AP: Fort Leonard Wood to see reduction of 774
The Hill: Dems, GOP fight over planned troop
cuts; Comments from McCaskill
Missourinet: House reauthorizes 'No Child Left
Behind,' issue now moves to Senate; Comments from McCaskill
SNL: Blunt says churches need protection from
gay-marriage ruling X
Kraske: The Chat: Claire on Cosby +
P-D: Ann Wagner joins Lacy Clay in calling for
Confederate flag to come down from public grounds
KWMU: Record rain in June, but no fear of 1993 flood
levels
KC Star: Bernie Sanders to join Hillary Clinton,
Martin O'Malley in speaking to National Council of La Raza in KC +
Drebes:
Two new state rep committees filed: One in KC, one in STL
County/St. Charles
KWMU: Nixon signs bill from Sen. Eric Schmitt
(R-Glendale) mandating municipal court changes and setting standards
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs municipal court
overhaul
Missourinet: Nixon signs municipal court reform bill
with 'real teeth'
P-D: 'Sweeping' court reform comes as Nixon signs bill
to cap cities' revenue
AP: Nixon signs municipal courts overhaul
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft pushes forward on
petition for photo voter IDs
JCNT: Jay Ashcroft brings voter ID pitch to Capitol X
KWMU: New film chronicles the decline of Normandy
schools
AP: Former state Sen. Joan Bray (D-University City),
NAACP, Jeanette Mott Oxford, et al. sue Missouri over lethal injection
protocol
KC Star: Kansas City Council moves ahead toward an
increase in minimum wage +
AP: KC's minimum wage would rise under draft ordinance
KWMU: Slay throws his support behind compromise
minimum wage proposal
P-D: Slay proposes compromise setting minimum wage at
$11 per hour - by 2020
KWMU: Franklin County residents reach agreement with
Ameren over coal ash landfill in Labadie
P-D: Ameren settles lawsuits blocking coal ash landfill
KC Star: Koster files civil lawsuit against
Northland's Mobile Auto Repair +
KWMU: Urban League breaks ground on new center in
Ferguson
P-D: Video: Urban League breaks ground on site
of QT rioting/looting/arson
P-D editorial: Broad coalition paves way for success
of Eric Schmitt's municipal court overhaul
JCNT editorial: Mileage tax - desperate or creative
idea? X
Washington Missourian editorial: It's galling - the
whines about minimum wage from people who never had to make payroll
Rust:
Kinder vs. Nixon/Koster on RTW would be the most interesting, fun and
informative debates since Lincoln-Douglas +
P-D op-ed: Former PSC Chairman Kevin Gunn: Move
Missouri forward toward a clean energy future
P-D letter: Ballwin man recounts road trip, says
Missouri infrastructure deserves gas-tax increase
P-D letter: 18-year-old Kirkwood girl says young
urbanites will improve their behavior if suburbs bus them in during the
summer, show them a good time
P-D letter: Perryville man says let's not stop with
Confederate-flag ban - let's ban the American flag, the rainbow flag,
and tell young urbanites to pull up their saggy pants too
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Thursday, July 9
KWMU: Senate education bill would shift more control
back to states
P-D: Blunt in the middle of fight over dietary
guidelines, environmental concerns
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill pushes for budget
solution; MoDOT on funding catastrophies; SOS candidate
Will Kraus on his push for photo-ID requirement +
Bloomberg: Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) joins McCaskill in
taking aim at Bernie Sanders
JCNT: Missouri Association for Social Welfare, GRO
turn out small group to protest payday lenders; Grown man wears
shark costume in public X
P-D: McCaskill says she'd support effort to take back
Cosby's presidential medal
Helling: Amtrak just one example of how politicians,
by being myopic, can risk everything +
JCNT: Area lesbians secure first Callaway County
same-sex marriage license X
CDT: Lawmakers split on need for anti-discrimination
bill after marriage ruling (link via @ssnich on Twitter) X
Missourinet: Nixon will seek federal disaster
declaration due to floods
SNL: Nixon talks "Groundhog Day-ish" rain, flooding X
Riverfront Times: How a bungled police investigation
led to the Post-Dispatch's shaming of Brittany Burke
Drebes:
Alex Zumsteg joins Missouri Republican Party as grassroots
director; Jefferson City, St. Louis fundraising events set
KWMU: Jay Ashcroft's SOS campaign seeks 10,000
volunteers to get photo-ID proposal on the ballot
Missourinet: Nixon signs bills dealing with child
sexual assault, protection orders for sexual assault victims
The Missouri Times: Nixon signs bill adding new
protections for sexual assault victims
AP: Nixon signs bill to up response to child sex abuse
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon enacts four new
child-safety laws X
AP: Missouri to require child-safe packaging for
liquid nicotine
Missourinet: Nixon to announce decision on municipal
court reform bill today
AP: Nixon set to take action on municipal court bills
SE
Missourian: MoDOT claims many area highway projects soon will
grind to a halt +
The Missouri Times: Joint scholarship committee
prepping for evaluations, Common Core presentations
CDT: University of Missouri Press headed back to campus X
P-D editorial: Chris Koster chooses Big Farm over
clean water. Maybe he's still a Republican.
JCNT editorial: By signing Will Kraus' bill, Nixon
gives businesses reasonable tax transparency
X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Silver Haired
Legislature recommends real Missouri Legislature spend more taxpayer
money on olds X
KC Star editorial: Nixon promotes equality with
same-sex marriage stance +
SNL op-ed: Unannounced statewide GOP candidate Joshua
Hawley: Those who object to gay marriage need protection X
CDT op-ed: League of Women Voters: Let's
encourage more ex-cons to vote in Missouri X
KC Star letters: Local EPA employee supports EPA
position on water regulation; Women and men who oppose
minimum-wage hikes today are comparable to the white male slaveowners
of the 1800s +
P-D letter: People who whine about their financial
problems should stop blaming others and start taking steps to be
successful
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Wednesday, July 8
The Hill: Dems up pressure to reach budget deal;
McCaskill among 10 Dems to sign letter
Missourinet: Study: flood systems on Midwestern
rivers inadequate, based on miscalculations
P-D: Cities plan cleanup as area rivers recede from
flooded areas
JCNT: Cole County eyes federal help for flood-ravaged
roads X
Drebes:
Joseph Knodell retiring from Missouri Education Reform Council
The Missouri Times: Travis Zimpfer joins The Missouri
Times staff
Missourinet: Nixon orders agencies to comply with
legalization of same-sex marriage
KWMU: Nixon orders local governments to allow same-sex
marriage
KC Star: Nixon issues order on same-sex marriage +
The Missouri Times: Nixon issues executive order to
enforce same-sex marriage ruling
AP: Nixon orders agencies to implement same-sex
marriage ruling
Rudi Keller: Nixon signs a slew of inconsequential
symbolic "days": Walt Disney Day, Jackie Robinson Day,
genetic-disorder day, etc.
AP: Nixon vetoes bill to increase loan, bank fees
P-D: No expansion projects for the next 5 years, says
MoDOT
The Missouri Times: Resources, products, and heritage
dominate new capsule
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools selling 22 of its 30
empty buildings
KWMU: Franklin County eases restrictions of Ameren's
coal ash landfill, and includes some precautions
P-D: Franklin County approves coal ash landfill zoning
amendments
Brownfield Ag News: Upcoming Missouri State Fair will
again be showing off ag
P-D: St. Louis aldermen headed for heated showdown on
Friday over spy agency, minimum wage
P-D: NFL study indicates fans will support a new
stadium in St. Louis
P-D: Police leaders, DOJ officials have marathon
meeting regarding review of Ferguson response
P-D editorial: The Missouri-Kansas border war on
slamming the poor
SE
Missourian editorial: Sen. Eric Schmitt's disabilities law an
example of bipartisan success +
KC Star editorial: Kansas City should approve a modest
minimum wage boost +
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Lessons from
Greece can be applied to U.S. X
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: Missouri economy enjoys green
energy growth +
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Mizzou J-School
adjunct: Memorial for Confederate soldiers is a symbol of black
subjugation
SNL letter: Rebuttal to U.S. Rep. Billy Long on COOL X
P-D letter: Governor tries to bamboozle residents of
Suckertown
SNL letter: Ozark woman says paper's blatant
cheerleading of gay-marriage ruling was a little much X
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Tuesday, July 7
AP: Head of POW-MIA office favors closer links to
private groups; Comments from McCaskill
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on VA issues;
Dempsey on public disclosure of LeVota office intern investigation +
AP: Tentative plan to keep Amtrak running in
Missouri; Joint statement from McCaskill, Blunt
JCNT: Boone County leads the league in Missouri
same-sex marriages with 12 X
Drebes:
Mike Huckabee coming to Missouri
Politico: Senate race rankings: Missouri still
out of the top 10
KWMU: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder calls for public debates
over 'right-to-work' proposal
Kraske: Peter Kinder to Jay Nixon and Chris
Koster: Let's thrash it out +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Former Sen.
Maida Coleman (D-St. Louis City) on the road ahead in a post-Ferguson
environment
KWMU: Deadline just over a week away for Nixon to sign
or veto bills from 2015
AP: Nixon signs bill requiring business notification
of tax changes
AP: Nixon signs bill for stillborn baby tax exemption
Missourinet: Law requires meningitis vaccinations for
students of Missouri colleges
SNL: Parks meet with Missouri Dept. of Conservation to
weigh goose-control options; Noisy, rapidly-reproducing animals
that accept food handouts from the well-intentioned - then make giant
messes - might be best controlled with sprays or dogs X
KWMU: Judge halts legal effort to oust St. Louis
County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch (D) from office
AP: Judge tosses bid for probe of prosecutor in
Ferguson case
P-D op-ed: Former PSC Commissioner Terry
Jarrett: State utility commissioners should fight the EPA's
"Clean Power Plan"
P-D letter: Nixon, Slay trying to bypass the will of
the people on stadium funding
P-D letter: Publishing yet-to-be-convicted criminals'
mugshots is "titillating" but not very nice
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Monday, July 6
KWMU: Eric Greitens' non-profit helps launch federal
veterans' initiative
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt remain
skeptical after VA scandal X
KC Star: Cleaver: Barack Obama has not improved
race relations +
Kraske: The Chat: Salon mocks McCaskill for
Sanders hateration; Nixon says Masons of ebony and ivory lay
stone together in perfect harmony +
AP: Missouri budget official says more spending
freezes unlikely
P-D: Investigation into LeVota intern drama continues,
with no end or answers in sight
KC Star: No consensus emerging in minimum wage fight +
P-D: Photo gallery: Patriotic citizens celebrate
July 4 in Ferguson; Zero thefts, arsons at daytime parade
Rosenbaum: Thieves steal air conditioners from
Ferguson church; Rep. Tommy Pierson (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors)
on Legislature's focus on non-Ferguson issues
KC Star's Joe Robertson: In state proficiency tests,
all scores are not created equal +
P-D letter: Sexagenarian Caucasoid Bridgeton
councilman says Lacy Clay should stop worrying about Confederate flag
and start worrying about West Lake Landfill
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says mopey-mouth
underclass complains about "equal opportunity" but really just wants
equal results for their sloth
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Sunday, July 5
The Hill: Rep.
Emanuel Cleaver, others: Race relations haven't improved under
Obama
KWMU: Rivers crest after wettest June on record
AP: Patrol drops no-wake policy at Lake of the Ozarks
KOMU: Boaters return to the water at Lake of the Ozarks
St. Joseph News-Press: Region's recorders prepare for
same-sex licensees X
KOMU: Missouri Alliance for Freedom says their poll
shows Missourians oppose same-sex marriage 71%-25%
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
says MoDOT funding will be priority when legislators return
CDT: Money set aside in state budget to repair
Missouri monument at Vicksburg facing legal questions X
CDT: Debate over Civil War legacy touches 'Confederate
Rock' after 40 years on courthouse lawn X
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol cornerstone re-dedicated
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Troy Paino signs four-year deal
to remain president of Truman State University
JCNT: June state employee of the month: Missouri
Department of Social Services' Jacqueline Morrow X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Governor candidates
should vow to do a better job than Nixon of filling vacancies in a
timely way X
P-D editorial: Massive change coming to St.
Louis. Ferguson Commission leads the way.
KC Star's Steve Rose: Missouri's Hancock Amendment
should be called "Handcuff Amendment" for restricting state spending +
KC Star letter: Warrensburg man says Rex Sinquefield
says Catherine Hanaway will cut taxes +
P-D letter: Preserve funding for gifted education
program
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Saturday, July 4 Independence Day
KC Star: Wet weather won't stop Fourth of July plans
at most Missouri reservoirs +
AP: Flooding causes July Fourth headaches at Missouri
parks
P-D: High-speed weekend of boating at Lake of the
Ozarks begins in idle under no-wake policy
KC Star: Death again stirs dock safety concerns at
Lake of the Ozarks +
P-D: Missouri women, minorities not making the grade
on teaching exams; DESE acknowledges "root causes" of
female/black failure, says tests shouldn't be blamed
KWMU: Seeds, coal, baseballs and more go into new time
capsule at Missouri Capitol
CDT: Nixon ensures both white Masons, black Masons
take part in time-capsule ceremony X
KC Star: Protesters gather outside store where clerk
took down thief +
KMBC: Teen pilfers cookies from store, gets Glock .32
bullet in his leg for a receipt; Jackson County Prosecutor Jean
Peters Baker seeks highest charges against store clerk, no charges
against thief
JCNT editorial: Judge correct to rule against Progress
Missouri in open-meetings case X
Salon's Matthew Pulver: The Bernie Sanders smear
campaign has begun; Clinton mercenaries like Claire McCaskill
should get new talking points
P-D letter: Shrewsbury man responds to Clayton woman
who questions $15/hr price tag for teen labor, says he knows nine (9)
teenagers who volunteer for good causes
P-D letter: Tying wages to social issues runs
businesses out of the city; Thankfully, Democrat Joe Vaccaro
killed wage hike
KC Star letter: Raising minimum wage is the
compassionate thing to do; 60 percent of the people who have
failed to raise themselves out of a mimimum-wage job are women +
P-D letter: Slay should read and heed the inscription
on the Confederate memorial, rather than bow to political correctness
P-D letter: St. Louis woman notices that urban
litterbugs enjoy Swisher Sweets cigarillos, suggests Missouri raise tax
to discouraging purchasing and subsequent littering
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Friday, July 3
KWMU: The modern history of U.S. trade with Cuba began
on a Missouri rice farm
KC Star: Hillary Clinton coming to KC to speak at
National Council of La Raza conference +
SNL: Anti-GMO rally draws 20 outside Billy Long's
office; Seasoned citizen in sandals holds map mocking "United
States of Monsanto" X
KWMU: $20M loan for federal property narrowly secures
first-round aldermanic approval
SE
Missourian: Area counties prepare for same-sex marriages +
Missourinet: Missouri Catholic Conference leader, SLU
prof don't expect suits seeking same-sex marriages in churches
KWMU: Unannounced gov candidate Eric Greitens
outraises all comers in June
Drebes:
Brad Ketcher starts another committee: "Tax Cut for Growth" for
2016 ballot
KWMU: Missouri's revenues increased by nearly 9
percent in FY2015
KC Star: Missouri side of the Kansas City area
accounts for more job growth +
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers raise eyebrows at UM
system spending amid tax increase request
KWMU: DHSS' Ryan Hobart explains state's summer
food-handout program
SE
Missourian: Flooding expected to continue this weekend +
AP: Nixon implements 'no wake' policy at Lake of the
Ozarks due to high water
Columbia Missourian: High water level puts
restrictions on Lake of the Ozarks
CDT: State Historical Society of Missouri building
project moving ahead in new state fiscal year
X
P-D: Stadium team quietly lining up land near St.
Louis riverfront
P-D: Anti-Knowles faction upset about disqualified
signatures in failed Ferguson recall attempt
KC Star editorial: As Congress makes another run at
fixing VA health delays, U.S. must make good on promises to veterans +
Washington Missourian editorial: The number of
Franklin County residents with hands out and mouths open for
taxpayer-funded food is alarming
KC Star editorial: PSC rejection of Grain Belt Express
is a defeat for clean energy +
JCNT editorial: Enlightened approach now includes
eating disorders X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Supreme Court's
disgraceful ruling on gay marriage is an insult to Missouri voters
P-D letter: D.C.-based propane group: Renewable
fuel standard affects Missouri landscape contractors, environment
P-D: Illinois woman thinks Missouri legislators should
expand Medicaid
Washington Missourian letter: Confederate flag is part
of Missouri history
CDT letter: Response to Hank Waters' complaints about
proactive policing X
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Thursday, July 2
KWMU: No longer a bellwether, how significant will
Missouri's role be during the 2016 election?
KWMU: AG Chris Koster says EPA's "waters of the United
States"
restrictions go too far
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Cattlemen's Association
supports Koster's stand on behalf of Missouri farmers and ranchers
Kraske: The Chat: Koster standing up for
Missouri farmers versus EPA; Incoming Supreme Court chief on the
way judges work; More +
Brownfield Ag News: Nixon: Remember the
evolution of ethanol
Independence Examiner: Amtrak threatens to pull
Missouri routes over safety upgrade funding
Missouinet: Two Missouri counties denying marriage
licenses to same-sex couples, one out of a religious objection
Missourinet: Flood gates on Missouri's Bagnell Dam
opened
KCUR: Kraske: Meet Missouri's new state auditor,
Nicole Galloway
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Missourian: Sikeston native Bev Randles is running for lieutenant
governor +
The Missouri Times: Bev Randles announces bid for gov
lite, pledges two terms
Drebes: Progress Missouri to target some voters with
mailers referencing voting history
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Missourian: Former state Rep. Jerry Ford (D-Cape Girardeau) wins
2015 Spirit of America award +
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Missourian: Spirit of America nominee: Sen. Wayne
Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Speaker Todd
Richardson on Medicaid expansion, 'right to work,' females and Ferguson
AP: Nixon reauthorizes tax that funds Missouri
Medicaid services
KWMU: Missouri to start offering asthma home
assessments to children on Medicaid
The Missouri Times: Nicole Galloway to audit Missouri
General Assembly
The Missouri Times: Grain Belt Express application
denied
KC Star: Missouri rejects 'Grain Belt Express' plan
for wind power +
AP: Public Service Commission rejects plan for
multistate wind power line
KWMU: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce (D)
opts against seeking re-election
SNL editorial: Nixon should veto House Bill 722,
Missouri Republicans' power grab from local municipalities X
P-D editorial: Missouri should pass MONA
KC Star editorial: Keep valuable KCP&L program
that compares energy use for homeowners +
KC Star letter: Gas tax is unfair; instead,
people who own luxury vehicles, like "a BMW and a new Cadillac," should
pay for new roads +
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Wednesday, July 1
P-D: McCaskill, others lament impending end of
Export-Import Bank
KC Star: Blunt touts pace of bipartisan legislation,
but Congress still behind last two-year period
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P-D: Missouri insurers rake in millions for taking on
high-cost clients
Lake Sun: Local free clinic helps the uninsured
Missourinet: Missouri counties urged to not wait on
software to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples
CDT: Boone County lawmakers split on gay-marriage
ruling X
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Missourian: Koster announces Missouri will join lawsuit over
EPA's "Waters of the United States" rule +
St. Joseph News-Press: EPA and states have tug-of-war
over rules X
AP: Flooding creates holiday weekend water worries
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Missourian: River predicted to crest Friday morning +
KWMU: State Rep. Tommie Pierson (D-Bellefontaine
Neighbors) will jump into scramble for Missouri lieutenant governor
Drebes:
Missouri Freedom issues new scorecard ranking state legislators
AP: Missouri Supreme Court keeps farming, gun rights
measures
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court upholds gun rights
amendment to state Constitution
KWMU: State Supreme Court upholds amendment that
broadened gun rights in Missouri
JCNT: Patricia Breckenridge takes over as state chief
justice X
CDT: Missouri to begin fiscal year with surplus, no
restrictions on spending X
Missourinet: Progress Missouri lawsuit alleging open
meetings law violations by Missouri Senate dismissed
JCNT: Judge Jon Beetem rules for state Senate in
committee complaints X
AP: Judge dismisses Progress Missouri's lawsuit on
filming Senate committees
KC Star: Washington Post reports that Chelsea Clinton
received $65k for UMKC speech; Fee was paid by private donations +
KC Star: Departing Superintendent Steve Green sees
gains and remaining struggles for KC schools
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KWMU: Legislators tell court Nixon is overstepping his
power on stadium plan
P-D: Nixon's role in St. Louis stadium financing plan
debated in court
Missourinet: Koster's office says FCC ruling means
consumers could expect fewer robocalls and phone scams
KWMU: Appeals court permanently blocks vote on ACORN's
anti-Peabody charter amendment
P-D: Appeals court says anti-Peabody ballot language
unconstitutional; ACORN/MORE unhappy
KWMU: Area law enforcement agencies will meet with
Justice Department over new Ferguson criticisms
AP: Federal report faults police actions during
Ferguson riots
P-D editorial: On stadium, Nixon turns in his
clipboard for pom-poms
KC Star Mary Sanchez: Chelsea Clinton's appearance at
UMKC was a pricey way to promote a good cause
+
KC Star op-ed: UCM prof Nicole Nickens: In the
new Missouri teacher licensing tests, results are misleading +
P-D letter: Ann Wagner wrong to criticize Supreme
Court's gay-marriage ruling
P-D letter: O'Fallon, Mo. reverend: Don't
confuse Charleston tragedy with Michael Brown's violent attack on
Darren Wilson
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