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Thursday, July 30, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley wants to remove federal
immunity from tech firms
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith introduces bill
aimed at keeping Missouri's struggling rural hospitals afloat
Missourinet: Northern Missouri food bank leader
testifies before Congress about hunger needs during pandemic
The Missouri Times: White House puts Missouri in 'red
zone' for coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Missouri Restaurant Association
joins call for $120 billion in federal assistance over coronavirus
losses
P-D: August election preview: Lacy Clay vs. Cori
Bush
Columbia Missourian: Medicaid expansion series, Part I
Columbia Missourian: Medicaid expansion series, Part II
Missourinet: Gov. Parson meets with Missouri school
leaders to discuss reopening plans
SNL: Gov. Parson backs Springfield Public Schools'
re-opening plan
KWMU: Gov. Parson meets with St. Louis area
superintendents, says he will let districts make their own decisions on
reopening
P-D: Some area school districts will start the year
online
P-D: Daily regional China virus update
Columbia Missourian: Federal visa policy won't apply
to international students under latest plan
The
Missouri Times: "Next Steps" legislative preview series:
Video lottery terminals
JCNT: Cole County to 'throw in the towel' on 2013
Ameren lawsuit
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Flood victims deserve
answers
Priddy:
President Trump sending federal help to Kansas City isn't an assistance
- it's an invasion
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Right to Life's
Susan Klein: Vote 'No' on Amendment 2: Missourians should
not pay for more abortions as the price for expanding Medicaid
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Missourian's Jon Rust: The latest news on COVID-19, vaccines, a
local church exposure and Cape County statistics
P-D letter: St. Charles County Democratic Central
Committee's Cheryl Hibbeler supports Medicaid expansion
KC Star letter: Nurture KC Executive Director Tracy
Russell supports Medicaid expansion
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Missourinet: Blunt discusses U.S. Senate GOP's $1
trillion HEALS Act
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt wants distribution plan
ready for COVID vaccine
Missourinet: USDA approves Missouri's request to
extend food stamp benefits
CDT: Pet center owner vows to keep replacing Trump
signs after vandalism
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Mary
Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about Gov.
Parson vs. Nicole Galloway, Medicaid expansion, special session, more
SE
Missourian: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick, Rep. Cody Smith
(R-Carthage) campaign against Medicaid expansion
Joplin Globe: Citing inevitable budget cuts, Missouri
GOP leaders oppose Medicaid expansion
Joplin Globe: Video: Fitzpatrick, Smith discuss
budget toll of Medicaid expansion
SNL: Medicaid expansion series, Part II: What
Medicaid expansion would mean for Missouri health care providers
SNL: Medicaid expansion series, Part III: Can
the state afford it?
KC Star: August election preview: Medicaid
expansion
Missourinet: August election preview: Four
Republicans hope to replace term-limited Libla in southeast Missouri
Senate district
KWMU: Legal roundtable preview: Freedom Center
of Missouri's Dave Roland, others discuss McCloskeys, St. Louis County
extortion case, more
The Missouri Times: Nearly 20 testify in favor of
violent crime bill
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee gets to work on
crimefighting package
KWMU: Missouri Legislature holds first hearing for
special legislative session on violent crime
P-D: Police, prosecutors support giving judges more
latitude in sentencing budding criminals for unlawful use of weapons,
armed criminal action
St. Joseph News-Press: New law allows electronic
monitoring at long-term care facilities
JCNT: Governor, mid-Missouri school leaders discuss
reopening
The Missouri Times: Interview series: DHSS
Director Randall Williams talks with Scott Faughn about possible
vaccine, much more
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Missourian: Nearly 50 coronavirus recoveries in Cape County
announced Tuesday
P-D: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
The Missouri Times: Updated list: Where are
masks required in Missouri?
CDT: Curators give Choi dual position of president,
chancellor at University of Missouri
KWMU: University of Missouri curators approve merger
of system president and chancellor over faculty opposition
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson, rejecting Missouri's
pandemic reality, labels New York 'a disaster'
P-D letter: Glendale sexagenarian says Gov. Parson
makes her feel "disgust and anger" over back-to-school approach
P-D letter: St. Louis County octogenarian says he'll
vote against Gov. Parson over lack of statewide mask mandate
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020
KWMU: August election preview: Insurgency vs.
staying power: Cori Bush vs. Lacy Clay rematch latest bout in
national Democratic conflict
Columbia Missourian: Candidate profiles: U.S.
Rep. Vicky Hartzler, Dem and Libertarian candidates
The Missouri Times: Fitzpatrick, GOP lawmakers rally
against Medicaid expansion
KC Star: August election preview: Democratic
attorney general primary: Rich Finneran vs. Elad Gross
The Missouri Times: Jeff Roe's Axiom Strategies to
launch apprenticeship program with focus on minority communities
JCNT: Gov. Parson sticks to narrowly focused special
session
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers back in Jefferson City
to tackle violent crime
The Missouri Times: Special session on violent crime
convenes with bevy of other bills filed
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee to hear violent
crime legislation today
JCNT: Democratic state senators, protesters call for
Gov. Parson to expand scope of special session
JCNT: Small group gathers outside Capitol to protest
Gov. Parson's focus on violent crime, calls session "punitive"
P-D: Missouri lawmakers launch special session on
violent crime
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Missourian: Bill filed by Rep. Barry Hovis (R-Cape Girardeau) may
affect the Madi Robinson murder case in Cape
Missourinet: Anti-back-to-school rally draws 40
outside Capitol
P-D: Video: Gov. Parson's coronavirus press
briefing and Q&A
CDT: Missouri state, local officials focus on COVID
among youth, young adults
CDT: CARES Act funding applications open
P-D: DHSS encouraging counties to spend federal
stimulus dollars on testing
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county tally of
positive coronavirus cases
KWMU: Daily St. Louis area China virus reporting
dashboard
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star endorsement: State Senate District 9
Democratic primary: Barbara Washington for Shalonn "Kiki" Curls'
open state Senate seat
KC Star endorsement: State Senate District 7
Democratic primary: Greg Razer for Jason Holsman's open state
Senate seat
KC Star editorial: University of Missouri curators
poised to make a big mistake - and UMKC will pay the price
P-D op-ed: Build-a-Bear's Maxine Clark wants Sen.
Blunt to push for more spending on child care
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jordan Valley Community
Health Center's Kayce Morton: Expanding Medicaid makes sense for
Missouri
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Area public defender thinks
Gov. Parson should have invited more people to violent crime roundtable
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Missourian: Jackson septuagenarian says Medicaid expansion will
facilitate more abortions
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Monday, July 27, 2020
Fox News: Cavuto Live: Gov. Parson on President
Trump's plan to combat violent crime in U.S. cities
Missourinet: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick, House
Budget Chair Cody Smith (R-Carthage) to travel state today to warn
about costs of Medicaid expansion
SNL: Medicaid expansion series, Part I: Two
young women explain inability to pay their medical bills
Missourinet: August election preview: David Cole
vs. Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) for David Sater's open state Senate
seat
St. Joseph News-Press: August election preview:
District 9 GOP primary
St. Joseph News-Press: GOP state rep candidates
raising more than Democratic contenders
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Karla May (D-St.
Louis City) talks with Scott Faughn about special session, McCloskeys,
much more; David Barklage and Jim Lembke talk GOP primaries
Missourinet: Missouri Veterans Commission unanimously
selects new leader
KWMU: Daily regional China virus reporting dashboard
KC Star endorsement: Yes on Amendment 2
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: No quick solution to
problem of urban violence
Joplin Globe editorial: Flexibility, transparency
needed as districts resume classes
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Lincoln County deputy
sheriff: Missouri Legislature should prohibit "no-knock raids"
P-D letter: Washington woman expresses anger over
mail-in ballot process, says she will vote against those who created it
Joplin Globe letter: St. Louis hospital employee
encourages "Yes" vote on Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: St. Charles man criticizes Gov. Parson's
back-to-school statement
P-D letter: St. Louis environmental activist says Gov.
Parson seeks to "sacrifice human lives," especially minorities and the
poor
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Sunday, July 26, 2020
KC Star: PPP funding 'a lifeline' for area charter
schools, kept food service workers and janitors employed
CDT: August election preview: Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times: House tipsheet: July 2020
SNL: Candidate survey: HD 130 Republican primary
(Rep. Jeff Messenger's open seat)
SNL: Candidate survey: HD 131 Republican primary
(Rep. Sonya Anderson's open seat)
St. Joseph News-Press: Special session on violent
crime begins this week
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers support Gov. Parson's
special session proposals
Washington Missourian: Area lawmakers support
proposals to tackle violent crime
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Missourian: Grant money available for qualified COVID-affected
Missouri nonprofits
KWMU: Daily St. Louis area China virus reporting
dashboard
P-D: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star: Black Lives Matter protest draws 100 to
disrupt traffic; Speakers offer complaints about America, health
care system, etc.
P-D endorsement: Michelle Sherod for Jamilah Nasheed's
Missouri Senate seat
Phil Brooks: On aspiring journalists displaying their
political bias on social media, and Mun Choi's reaction
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Holly Rehder vs. Kathy Swan battle is
a clash of political powers
P-D op-ed: Conducting Missouri's bar exam during a
pandemic is reckless
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian says Gov.
Parson should not offer pardon to McCloskeys
P-D letter: Ladue septuagenarian Democrat enjoys
seeing Bill Eigel being attacked by PAC
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Saturday, July 25, 2020
KC Star: The day before KC Mayor Quinton Lucas took to
Twitter to complain about Operation LeGend, his office welcomed it
Missourinet: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft outlines
polling place changes; 21 of state's 116 election jurisdictions
are increasing the number of polling places
P-D: August election preview: Medicaid expansion
KWMU: Kaiser Family Foundation says job losses from
coronavirus will help Medicaid expansion campaign
The Missouri Times: EMILY's List releases list of
endorsed candidates: 16 Dem gals get nod
SNL: Political Rorschach: GOP state Senate
primary campaigns debate imagery in 'spineless' mail piece
Missourinet: Southern Missouri company expansion to
include 130 new jobs
SNL: Due to 'duplicative' applications, Missouri
awards five new commercial marijuana licenses
Joplin Globe: Loss of tuition, state funding at MSSU
prompts furloughs, retirement incentives
P-D: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC considers recovery of
coronavirus losses
P-D: PSC considering how to handle utility customers
who choose to not pay their bills
P-D: Photo gallery: Protesters disrupt traffic
on I-70 in St. Charles
P-D editorial briefs: Mocking federal aid for
Missouri's tourism industry
P-D letter: League of Women Voters octogenarian wants
Medicaid expansion
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Friday, July 24, 2020
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves says northwest
Missouri still affected by record 2019 flooding
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt in the thick of COVID
relief package talks
SNL: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler says yanking statues
from Capitol's Statuary Hall should be state's responsibility
Missourinet: Sen. Josh Hawley, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith
introduce "Military Right to Carry Act"
SNL: NRA cancels Springfield meeting, says CVB
The Missouri Times: Nicole Galloway endorsed by gun
control group
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Missourian: Holly Rehder, Kathy Swan trade barbs in negative
Missouri Senate race ads
St. Joseph News-Press: Four Republicans eye Neely's
northwest Missouri state rep seat
P-D: Missouri unemployment numbers fall to lowest
level since the start of pandemic
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Missourian: Cape County's jobless rate falls below 7% as economy
reopens
KC Star: Operation LeGend captures guns-and-dope
felon; Criminal's galpal unhappy that feds never "said who they
was [sic]," thinks officers
"wasn't solving nothing [sic]"
KWMU: Gov. Parson touts special legislative session to
combat violent crime in cities
P-D: Gov. Parson: Missouri special legislative
session to address witness protection, police residency
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Missourian: Gov. Parson meets with local leaders, law enforcement
ahead of special session on violent crime
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson talks violent crime
issues with Columbia leaders
CDT: Columbia protesters unveil new disruption
tactic: Humming "Na Na Na Na Hey He-ey Goodbye" as Gov. Parson
works with local leaders to solve violent crime
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus testing in the Capitol
- what to know
Missourinet: $22 million in grants available for
Missouri nonprofits responding to COVID-19
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says he has no intention of
forcing statewide mask mandate
Missourinet: Missouri continues to have spike in
crisis calls and requests for services during COVID-19
P-D: Parents call for more in-school learning across
St. Louis as reopening debate flares
P-D: Outdoors prove popular destination in Missouri
during pandemic
KWMU: White female television reporter criticized by
black female Post-Dispatch reporter for documenting protesters'
violence and intimidation
P-D endorsement: Lacy Clay in U.S. House District 1
Democratic primary
JCNT editorial: Gov. Parson's back-to-school comments
were insensitive, but didn't warrant the amount of liberal condemnation
they garnered
SNL op-ed: Missouri Budget Project: To avoid
budget cuts, Missouri government should get more cash from feds
P-D op-ed: St. Charles County's Lynn Schmidt:
I'm a Republican, but oppose Gov. Parson and the White House
KC Star, Oct. 2018: St. Charles County's Lynn
Schmidt: I'm a Republican, but I support Claire McCaskill
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville): Specific solutions to violent crime
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Steve Roberts (D-St.
Louis City): AG Eric Schmitt cares about some victims, but not
others
P-D op-ed: Mun Choi: Free speech is the
University of Missouri's lifeblood
P-D letter: Kirkwood social worker supports Medicaid
expansion
P-D letter: Kirkwood septuagenarian says Medicaid
expansion will help those with chronic brain disorders
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Thursday, July 23, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley proposal aims to rid
forced labor from corporate supply chains
AP: Federal operation in Kansas City targets violent
crime
KC Star: Kansas City man charged in shooting death of
pregnant woman; Jovon Burrell, 19, posted recap video on Facebook
with caption, "she dead she dead"
Faughn: Statewide tipsheet: July 2020
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Missourian: August election preview: Medicaid expansion
KWMU: August election preview: Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times: Kathy Swan: Holly Rehder
"dishonest" about lobbying past
P-D: Special legislative session to take place after
August primary
Missourinet: $20 million in grant funding heading to
Missouri's smaller meat and poultry processors
SNL: Gov. Parson announces new agriculture, mental
health funding to address pandemic
JCNT: Missouri Children's Division takes brunt of cuts
to DSS
KWMU: Daily St. Louis area China virus reporting
dashboard
P-D: Daily regional China virus update
JCNT: State lacks updated data on hospitalizations
P-D: Missouri hospital execs unhappy about reporting
switch by White House
KWMU: Missouri says 'game on' for high school sports
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Missourian: Local private schools prepare for in-person classes
in the fall
KC Star: KC superintendent wants online-only classes
and a delayed school start
P-D endorsement: Rich Finneran in Democratic attorney
general primary
KC Star editorial: President Trump blames KC officials
for policing failure. Does he know we don't have local control?
Joplin Globe editorial: Keep our kids safe while
trying to reopen schools
P-D op-ed: Wash U. Med School officials: Vote
'Yes' on Amendment 2
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Missourian letter: Western Governors University prof applauds
Gov. Parson and lawmakers for taking action on rural broadband
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Missourian letter: Former Cape Girardeau Board of Education
member supports John Voss for Kathy's Swan's open House seat
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2020
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer backs
President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. from WHO
AP: White House calls charges against St. Louis couple
"politically-motivated nonsense"
JCNT: Gun sales up at a fast clip
Missourinet: Chewy.com to open giant fulfillment
center in Missouri and hire 1,200 workers
Faughn: The governor should have known better than to
the tell the truth about COVID in an election year
P-D: Gov. Parson responds to "immature" distortions of
back-to-school comments
JCNT: State's school reopening plan unveiled
KC Star: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas faces hysteria over
Ozarks photo without mask
Missourinet: CARES Act is funding new Missouri PPE
retooling program
Missourinet: Missouri's coronavirus cases increase
1,138 from Monday's total
AP: Missouri reports more than 1,000 new coronavirus
cases
The Missouri Times: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)
adds Missouri to "travel advisory" list
SE
Missourian: Coronavirus 'spikes' requests for Cape County
absentee ballots
KWMU: How to vote by mail in Missouri's August primary
St. Joseph News-Press: Overview: Amendment
2
The Missouri Times: Senate tipsheet: July 2020
JCNT: Primary preview: GOP candidates for
District 124
The Missouri Times: Blake Hurst retiring as Missouri
Farm Bureau president
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rise's Miriam
Joelson
Missourinet: Special session preview: Gov.
Parson holds roundtable with lawmakers, law enforcement in
Hannibal; Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D-Kansas City) wants focus
on urban witness protection, mental health, "life skills"
The Missouri Times: Proposed changes to PSC solar
rules moving forward
P-D endorsement: Vote 'Yes' on Amendment 2 (Medicaid
expansion)
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson says kids 'gotta get
back to school.' He needs a lesson on risks
JCNT editorial: State Fair makes responsible call to
cancel
KC Star editorial: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt protects
gun-toting white couple, blocks wrongfully convicted black man's release
Joplin Globe editorial: It's time to fund roads in
Missouri
Joplin Globe op-ed: OCH Health System CEO Paul
Taylor: Vote 'Yes' on Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Karla May (D-St. Louis
City): In support of Steve Roberts, Kim Gardner
Columbia Missourian's Madison Czopek: Missouri's
prison mask policy puts inmates and their loved ones in danger
P-D letter: Webster Groves man says Hawley should stop
defending McCloskeys and instead focus on "pandemic and racial issues"
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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Fox News: Gov. Mike Parson says he will pardon armed
St. Louis couple who defended their home from protesters
Fox News: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt seeking to have
felony charges dismissed against armed St. Louis homeowners
Missourinet: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
(D) files felony charges against couple who defended their home;
AG Eric Schmitt gets involved
AP: St. Louis City couple charged with displaying guns
while defending home
KWMU: Gardner files felony charges against couple who
defended home
P-D: Gardner charges St. Louis City couple with
felonies
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Missourian: Area black pastor does not support BLM movement,
praises police chief
P-D: Brightside St. Louis removes Black Lives Matter
graffiti from building; Sister of spray-painter says graffiti was
worth "hundreds of thousands of dollars"
SNL: Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau says
NRA will reschedule its upcoming Springfield meeting
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest host Joe Lakin
talks with Rep. John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon), Dem AG candidate Elad Gross
and Dem consultant Taylor Jackson about China virus, Medicaid expansion
vote, special session, more
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
discussion recap
JCNT: COVID-19 testing available for people working in
Missouri Capitol
Missourinet: Gov. Parson emphasizes fight against
violent crime and homicides during Kansas City visit
KC Star: As Gov. Parson visits KC to highlight urban
crime, woman is shot and killed pushing baby stroller
AP: Woman pushing baby stroller fatally shot in Kansas
City
SNL: Opioid overdose deaths decline statewide in 2019
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D: Daily regional China virus update
Missourinet: Missouri hospitals scrambling to use new
COVID-19 reporting system - or risk losing federal help
AP: St. Louis-area Catholic schools plan in-person
classes
P-D: School reopening plans across St. Louis area vary
from all in-person to all online
JCNT: Missouri Democratic Party, others criticize Gov.
Parson's comments on school reopenings
P-D: Activists want Gov. Parson to let women's prison
inmates loose; Gov. Parson declines
KWMU: Activists want Gov. Parson to set criminals free
from women's prison in Chillicothe
P-D editorial: If disaster is what you're looking for,
President Trump and Gov. Parson have a plan with school reopenings
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: We must treat schools
as essential - and it requires cooperation to make it work
P-D editorial: Gun permits, chokehold ban should be
part of state violent-crime legislation
SE
Missourian op-ed: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis):
ACLU seeks to dismantle Missouri's election safeguards
The Missouri Times op-ed: Cerner CEO Brent
Shafer: Vote 'Yes' on Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian says
Post-Dispatch editorial on notarized ballots was inaccurate
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian disagrees with
Gov. Parson on masks
P-D letter: St. Louis County resident says people who
vote for Trump, Blunt, Hawley, and other Republicans are to blame for
future China virus deaths
P-D letter: SLU information technology professor
Ik-Whan G. Kwon weighs in on Medicaid expansion
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Monday, July 20, 2020
P-D: Week in review: Gov. Parson weighs in on
St. Louis City couple defending their home from trespassing mob, China
virus' effect on school reopenings, more
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Missourian: State legislative candidates support reopening
schools, differ on logistics
AP: Facing uncertain fall, schools make flexible
reopening plans
KWMU: Online learning will be big part of upcoming
school year
KWMU: Some area teachers take to Facebook to complain
about returning to work
Missourinet: COVID-19 could cause greater Missouri
teacher and bus driver shortages this fall
Missourinet: Gov. Parson wants special session on
violent crime to be done as quickly as possible
St. Joseph News-Press: Local lawmakers had bills
signed into law by governor
The Missouri Times: A look at Missouri's first
constitution
AP: Black Lives Matter group organizes worker strike
today; Workers at McDonald's locations in St. Louis City,
Ferguson will prove point by not working
Washington Missourian editorial: Local values line up
with President Trump, Gov. Parson and Sen. Hawley on St. Louis City
couple - if you come on my property yelling and screaming, you risk
getting shot
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Missourian editorial: Missouri's Department of Economic
Development offers grant money to small businesses hurt by pandemic
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson wastes COVID-19 funds
on luring tourists to pandemic hotspots
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Columbia Public Schools
Superintendent Peter Stiepleman: Vote 'Yes' to expand Medicaid in
Missouri
Waters: Gov. Parson and Missouri Press Association
both wrong on veto of HB 1854
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Cape County Chief of Police Wes Blair
Q&A: On "defund the police" calls, and what changes are
needed in Missouri
Messenger: University of Missouri president declares
the four-campus system a safe space. No dissent allowed.
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says Gov. Parson defending
St. Louis City couple "could lead to bloodshed"
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Sunday, July 19, 2020
KMBC: Vandals deface signs for U.S. Rep. Vicky
Hartzler, Rick Brattin, other GOP candidates; Female shorthair
caught on video tearing down "Blue Lives Matter" flag
St. Joseph News-Press: Overview: August primary
candidates for U.S. Rep. Sam Graves' November re-election
P-D: Overview: Statewide candidates' July
fundraising quarter numbers
St. Joseph News-Press: Overview: Statewide
candidates' July fundraising quarter numbers
JCNT: August election preview: Dem gov
candidates: Nicole Galloway, others
JCNT: August election preview: GOP gov
candidates: Gov. Mike Parson, others
JCNT: August election preview: Amendment 2
JCNT: Decontamination system in Jefferson City one of
select few in U.S.
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Missourian: No new Perry County coronavirus cases in two days
KWMU: Daily St. Louis area China virus reporting
dashboard
P-D: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
AP: Daily statewide China virus update
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Missourian: Cape County mask mandate difficult to enforce,
officials say
SNL: Two Missouri political science profs pontificate
on Gov. Parson's relationship with masks
AP: Gov. Parson says pardon likely if St. Louis City
couple charged over defending home
SNL op-ed: CASA of Southwest Missouri's Laura
Farmer: More kids entering foster care, but DSS budget cut
Columbia Missourian's Molly Hart: Missouri's public
health system is underfunded
P-D op-ed: Sen. Brian Williams (D-University
City): Policing ideas: Missouri should ban chokeholds,
create "Civil Rights Accountability Board," etc.
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Blunt and Hawley are
"cowards" for not weighing in on Roger Stone brouhaha
P-D letter: Creve Coeur woman wants McCloskeys to see
"professional consequences"
P-D letter: Sunset Hills woman wonders why
Post-Dispatch investigates McCloskeys but not the funding sources of
"Black Lives Matter" mobs
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Saturday, July 18, 2020
KC Star: Protesters oppose federal help in solving
violent crime; Crowd chants ditties criticizing Mayor Quinton
Lucas, vandalizes monument
P-D: Protesters set up camp outside St. Louis City
Hall, demand reparations for slavery
Brownfield Ag News: Bulk of Missouri State Fair
canceled
The Missouri Times: Missouri State Fair cancels most
events, goes 'back to basics' after all
JCNT: Missouri State Fair to focus solely on youth
livestock
Missourinet: Missouri State Fair cancels many
activities, remains youth livestock show
P-D: China virus outbreak claims Missouri State Fair
JCNT: Missouri offers small business, PPE
manufacturing grants
KC Star: Missouri gets $15 million to aid state's
ailing tourism industry
Missourinet: Missouri working through a backlog of
COVID-19 tests
KCUR: Missouri loses access to its own hospital data
following federal reporting changes
KWMU: New feature: Daily China virus statistics
for St. Louis region
KC Star: Daily China virus update
Washington Missourian: Franklin County Clerk's office
helping hundreds of voters each day with questions about mail-in ballots
Missourinet: 96 Missouri Childrens Division positions
getting eliminated August 3
Joplin Globe editorial: Sen. Blunt a consistent
supporter of national service programs
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson should start wearing a mask
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Breaking down
the barriers for rural students
CDT op-ed: Women's Foundation CEO Wendy Doyle:
Occupational licensing changes pave the way for women's economic
leadership in Missouri
P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian says
requiring ballots to be notarized is equivalent to a racist poll tax
P-D letter: St. Louis City man wonders why
Post-Dispatch scrutinizes McCloskeys but gives free pass to common
street criminals
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Friday, July 17, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley calls for federal probe of top St.
Louis City prosecutor in case of armed couple defending their home
AP: Hawley seeks civil rights probe in case of St.
Louis City couple who faced down mob
JCNT: Missouri statewide office candidates report
campaign finances
JCNT: $15 million in aid for Missouri tourism available
Missourinet: Missouri receives $15 million in CARES
Act funding to help rebuild tourism industry
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson discusses state's
economic recovery, tourism grant
The Missouri Times: Missouri unemployment rate drops
in June
P-D: Unemployment drops to 7.9% in Missouri as
thousands return to work
AP: Bankers say economy remains weak in rural parts of
Midwest states
P-D: In Missouri, the State Fair will go on
St. Joseph News-Press: New legislation adds
protections for sexual assault victims
The Missouri Times: Missouri expands meat donation
program
Faughn: On urban media's mask hysteria, Kehoe and
American ambulances - and Eric Greitens helps with a bandage
The Missouri Times: Missouri schools should consider
face masks for older students in the fall, state says
Missourinet: Springfield hospital opens COVID-19
intensive care unit due to rising cases
P-D: PAC for Rep. David Gregory (R-Fenton) gave to
church that sued St. Louis County over coronavirus restrictions
JCNT: State workers' Missouri Leadership Academy
capstone projects take on added importance
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Former U.S.
Senate candidate Jason Kander on new venture, voting, more
SNL: Springfield massage parlor raids won't result in
felony charges in Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Through PPP, St.
Joseph businesses reap short-lived cash infusion
P-D editorial: Missouri has made voting by mail
needlessly complicated. Here's how to do it anyway.
P-D editorial: Cowardice, complicity abound in the
growing McCloskey circus
Washington Missourian letter: New Haven octogenarian
urges "Yes" vote on Medicaid expansion
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Brownfield Ag News: St. Louis County farmer Warren
Stemme says COVID throws monkey wrench into China trade
Rosenbaum: Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway campaigns
gearing up for expensive fall campaign
AP: Gov. Parson's PAC continues to outraise Galloway's
The Missouri Times: July 2020 quarterly campaign
finance reports: Statewide candidates
The Missouri Times: July 2020 quarterly campaign
finance reports: PACs
The Missouri Times: July 2020 quarterly campaign
finance reports: Missouri Senate candidates
The Missouri Times: July 2020 quarterly campaign
finance reports: Missouri House candidates
JCNT: Gov. Parson calls special session to address
violent crime
SNL: Gov. Parson calls special session on violent crime
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson calls special session
to address violent crime later this month
KWMU: Gov. Parson calls special session to address
violent crime
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers will return to
Jefferson City to address violent crime
AP: Gov. Parson calls special session to address urban
violence
P-D: While other states hamper policing efforts, Gov.
Parson wants to give law enforcement more tools to tame criminals
KC Star: What will federal involvement in Kansas City
crime investigations look like? Here's what leaders say
Missourinet: Kansas City getting 225 federal agents to
help solve murders
The Missouri Times: Sen. John Rizzo (D-Independence)
requests COVID-19 testing during special session for those in Capitol
JCNT: Gov. Parson finishes signing 2020 bills
SNL: Gov. Parson vetoes bill to clear way for
convention center, says lawmakers should address early childhood
education issue in clean bill next session
Columbia Missourian: Motorcycle helmet law, medical
marijuana provisions among bills signed by Gov. Parson
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Missourian: Ex-Cape mayor, former motorcyclist Jay Knudtson among
those with "mixed emotions" on helmet law easing
Missourinet: Missouri long-term care patients will
soon be allowed to have monitoring devices in their room
P-D: Daily China virus update
AP: China virus roundup: New cases, school
district actions
SE
Missourian: DHSS data shows opioid deaths drop in Missouri
CDT: How China virus affects state budget, Part
I: The pandemic's toll on Missouri's health system
KC Star: State budget realities lead to layoffs at
Missouri DSS
Missourinet: Missouri DED: temporary layoffs at
GM's Wentzville plant will not impact $1.5 billion investment project
The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Service Commission
extends natural gas pipeline waivers due to coronavirus
SNL: MoDOT to build new, wider Long Creek bridge on
Table Rock next to old one
KY3: Five permits issued for Missouri Department of
Conservation's first elk hunts
KWMU: Profiles: The inspirational young heroes
who organized Black Lives Matter traffic disturbances in St. Charles
County
Rust:
Here's what doesn't help: Shutting down economies or attacking
each other over masks
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Cape PD chief shares insight on
hires; Gov. Parson calls for special session to address crime
P-D letter: "Guardian Angel Settlement Association"
wants U.S. Senate to spend more money on SNAP handouts
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Wednesday, July 15,
2020
KWMU: St. Louis international students relieved that
they can stay without risking China virus; Comments from one (1)
foreigner
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Missourian: Despite rule reversal, SEMO foreign student program
facing challenges
St. Joseph News-Press: Federal water resources bill
could help Northwest Missouri; Comments from U.S. Rep. Sam Graves
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says President Trump will
"take action" in legal clash over couple who defended their home
P-D: Gov. Parson says St. Louis City couple had "every
right" to defend home against mob
KWMU: Gov. Parson defends couple who stood up to
trespassing protesters
AP: Gov. Parson says President Trump asked about
couple who stood up to trespassing mob
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson expected to outline
special session call about urban violent crime today
P-D: St. Louis City police chief says morale of
officers 'being drained' by shootings, riots
Missourinet: Governor says calls for "police reform"
should be addressed during next year's regular session
JCNT: Gov. Parson signs land transfer bill for port
Missourinet: Gov. Parson signs megabill with partial
motorcycle helmet repeal
SNL: Gov. Parson signs motorcycle helmet repeal
AP: Gov. Parson signs motorcycle helmet law
The Missouri Times: Missouri eases motorcycle helmet
requirements
KWMU: Gov. Parson announces $50 million in relief
grants for business; finishes bill signing
The Missouri Times: What bills did the governor veto
this year?
Missourinet: Missouri expands child support payment
options to allow Apple Pay, Google Play and Paypal
SNL: Gov. Parson approves KC Democrat's free COVID-19
testing plan
Joplin Globe: Medicaid expansion campaign makes stops
in Lamar, Joplin
SE
Missourian: Local GOP state rep candidates support Gov. Parson's
reopening plan
KC Star: Overview: How to vote mail-in absentee
ballots in Missouri
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Increasing COVID-19
hospitalizations under control
P-D: Daily China virus update
AP: China virus update: Cases, hospitalizations,
more
P-D: Wastewater testing could provide early warning of
COVID-19 spread
Priddy: Coronavirus series, Part IX: Thoughts on
Gov. Parson's recommendations, Spanish Flu, importance of wearing a
mask, more (980 words)
P-D letter: Wash U. researcher wants Missourians to
expand Medicaid
JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian urges 'Yes'
vote on Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis septuagenarian wonders
why Post-Dispatch doesn't hold black community accountable for
black-on-black shootings
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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
SNL: Here are the southwest Missouri companies that
got at least $150k from the Paycheck Protection Program
KWMU: Poll from SLU's Ken Warren (D) raises
question: How will President Trump's performance affect Gov.
Parson's margin of victory in November?
SNL: Democratic pollster Ken Warren claims Galloway in
dead heat with Gov. Parson
Five years ago: Ken Warren (D): Hillary Clinton
can win Missouri
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Mary Elizabeth
Coleman (R-Arnold) and Dr. Heidi Miller debate Medicaid
expansion; Rep. Steven Roberts (D-St. Louis City), Planned
Parenthood's Jesse Lawder talk Medicaid expansion, China virus testing,
Clean Missouri, more
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Medicaid expansion debate, panel discussion
The Missouri Times: Conservative groups rally behind
Bill Eigel ahead of primary
SNL: Three House Republican primary forums set for
this week
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson: Feedback to
hold State Fair has been positive
Missourinet: Missouri sheltered workshops get $4
million in coronavirus relief aid
AP: Overview: List of bills signed by Gov.
Parson this week
Missourinet: Gov. Parson signs major foster care
legislation into law
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson signs bills increasing
child protection, making changes to foster system
The Missouri Times: Missouri adds greater protections
for rape victims, streamlines kit testing
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri receives grant to
expand officer training on alcohol- and drug-impaired driving detection
Missourinet: Missouri schools scrambling to update new
sexual assault and discrimination regulations; Comments from
Missouri School Boards' Association's Kelli Hopkins
KWMU: Some area teachers unhappy about returning to
classrooms
P-D: Teachers protest going back to work at schools
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Rewriting history
books: Comments from Harris-Stowe dean, SLU "diversity fellow,"
local Indian, others
P-D: FBI looking into complaints over Cole County
ambulance deal
P-D: Two men slain near Saint Louis University;
Eric Greitens claims he put tourniquet on one of the victims
The Missouri Times: Sen. Brian Williams (D-University
City) wants special session on policing
P-D: Police capture man who attacked city
workers; Daundre Fitzpatrick hit city worker in the head with
firearm, punched another; Second attacker still on the loose
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson says wear a mask or
social distance. Too bad he doesn't bother.
P-D editorial: Prosecuting the McCloskeys might feel
good, but it's a no-win case
KC Star letter: Kansas City man wants Sen. Blunt to
support CORPS Act for national service
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Monday, July 13, 2020
Missourinet: ESPN suspends NBA writer for vulgar
response to Sen. Josh Hawley
KWMU: Mark Twain among national forests hoping to be
destinations during coronavirus uncertainty
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson says he's in talks
with multiple parties to open packing plants in Missouri
Missourinet: Major Missouri bills awaiting governor's
action
Missourinet: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) urging
colleagues to increase funding for MoDOT
Missourinet: Missouri schools scrambling to overhaul
new sexual assault and discrimination regulations
JCNT: DHSS report: Rate of maternal mortality
declining in Missouri
JCNT: New art piece finds home at Governor Office
Building
AP: State reports 5 more China virus deaths Sunday
SNL: COVID-19 Q&A: Mask requirements,
expanded testing and positive results, more
P-D: Daily China virus update
KC Star: Prison inmates complain about some staff not
wearing masks
KWMU: St. Louis City protest update: Protesters
attack police, threaten news crew
KMOV: Protesters grab news camera, threaten to beat
female reporter
P-D: Seven arrested, two officers injured in violent
protest at St. Louis City Hall
CDT: MUPD arrests student for tampering with statue
Messenger: Schmitt says Gardner is weak on crime.
These numbers tell a different story.
KC Star letter: Odessa woman wants Hawley to fight
President Trump on immigrant student visas
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Sunday, July 12, 2020
SNL: Hawley criticizes NBA over support for China,
jersey virtue-signaling
SNL: U.S. Rep. Billy Long says he'll seek 2 rule
changes to make Corps projects safer
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri River down, but not out
Brownfield Ag News: COVID broadband funding is a plus
for rural residents; Comments from Ag Director Chris Chinn
Washington Missourian: Statewide mask mandate
unlikely; Thoughts from Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan), Rep. Aaron
Griesheimer (R-Washington)
AP: State reports new coronavirus cases, 5 more deaths
KC Star: High demands for China virus tests leads to
lab logjams
JCNT: Primary preview: Gov. Parson vs. also-rans
JCNT: Missouri judge denies injunction in mail-in
ballot case
St. Joseph News-Press: A potential solution to
incentivized opioid prescriptions
Washington Missourian: MoDOT: Franklin County
projects still a go
KC Star: Lucas asks McClatchy bankruptcy judge to
choose 'a steward' as new owner of the Star
P-D: Attorney for Portland Place couple turns handgun
over to police
JCNT editorial: Missouri's economic recovery task
force could help Missouri tourism
Joplin Globe editorial: MSSU, other area schools pass
online test
SNL op-ed: Brain Injury Association of Missouri
Executive Director Maureen Cunningham: Gov. Parson should veto
helmet bill
P-D letter: St. Charles octogenarian wants state
lawmakers to allow St. Louis City to make up its own gun laws
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Saturday, July 11, 2020
Missourinet: Federal disaster declaration approved for
19 Missouri counties hit by May storms
AP: Missouri to get federal help for costly May storms
KC Star: ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski sends vulgar e-mail
to Sen. Josh Hawley's official account; Hawley invites ESPN CEO
to office for civilized, adult discussion
SE
Missourian: Hospitalization data provides insight into pandemic's
effects
KWMU: Area health leaders share thoughts on Missouri's
expanded coronavirus testing and increase in positive cases
P-D: Daily China virus update
AP: Some Missouri cities begin requiring masks
KC Star: KC mayor extends mask order 'indefinitely'
AP: Missouri sees decline in opioid deaths
Columbia Missourian: Director says medical marijuana
could be in dispensaries this fall
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) gives annual
legislative update to Cape Chamber: State budget, cost of
Medicaid expansion, more
SNL: Academics from Missouri State, UMKC, Florida
State University weigh in on Missouri's new crime bill
P-D: With urban violence increasing, Gov. Parson
considering special session on crime
Missourinet: State answers frequently asked questions
about Missouri school reopening
The Missouri Times: "Next Steps" legislative preview
series: Competency-based learning incentives
P-D: Missouri utilities sit in bulls-eye for heat
stress, analysts say
The Missouri Times: MDC approves conservation area
expansion
P-D: Protester stabbed by fellow protester outside
City Hall
AP: Police successfully remove protesters from outside
City Hall early Friday
P-D: Portland Place couple who confronted trespassers
have a long history of not backing down
Rust:
With local COVID numbers going up, not wearing masks means vulnerable
are at greater risk
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Friday, July 10, 2020
AP: Eight-year sentence in terrorism case with ties to
Missouri; New York man guilty of helping St. Louis County's Ramiz
Hodzic and Abdullah Ramo Pazara
KWMU: Foreign students weigh in on visa issue
P-D: Area foreigners share thoughts on new immigration
rule
The Missouri Times: Clem Smith promises to 'keep
things simple' as acting chair of Missouri Democratic Party
The Missouri Times: Associated Industries of Missouri
endorses Gov. Parson; Comments from Chairman of the Board Jerry
Hunter
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson announces $125 million
for workforce development
Missourinet: Missouri's workforce development and
higher education efforts get $125 million boost
KWMU: $175 million in coronavirus relief to go to
Missouri higher ed and job training
P-D: Budget cuts affect school safety programs;
Comments from Missouri School Boards' Association Executive Director
Melissa Randol
JCNT: Gov. Parson, administration prioritize reopening
of schools
SE
Missourian: Cape schools announce tentative plan for classes
SE
Missourian: Perry County ER doctors test positive for
coronavirus; several cases reported in region
AP: Missouri reports 795 new coronavirus cases
P-D: Daily update: China virus numbers
KC Star: Daily update: China virus numbers
Missourinet: State health officials sending staff to
Macon following church revival
AP: Protesters attack 2 St. Louis City employees
outside City Hall
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Mail or no mail,
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft must build confidence in ballot security
JCNT editorial: The increased importance of Missouri
broadband
KC Star editorial: Feds kick off crime-fighting effort
in Kansas City by disrespecting local leaders
SNL op-ed: Dept. of Corrections Director Anne
Precythe: It's time to lift the ban on Pell grants in prison
The Missouri Times op-ed: Mississippi River Cities and
Towns Initiative Executive Director Colin Wellenkamp: Federal
government should act with largest and smallest communities in mind
KC Star op-ed: Former Civic Council of Greater Kansas
City Chairman Bill Gautreaux: Medicaid expansion would be an
investment in Missouri's health and a growing economy
P-D op-ed: Empower Missouri's Jeanette Mott
Oxford: Missouri legislation is another tough-on-crime bill that
will tilt against blacks
P-D letter: St. Charles octogenarian blames spread of
coronavirus on "Gov. Mike Parson, the Republican Party and all who
support it"
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Thursday, July 9, 2020
AP: Federal government to combat violent crime in
Kansas City
KC Star: DOJ to launch anti-violence effort named
after 4-year-old murdered in June
KCUR: Kansas City to get federal help with
investigating spike in fatal shootings
P-D: As shootings soar, St. Louis City's top public
safety official says violence is 'in every portion' of city
P-D: Daily protest update: At downtown
demonstration, Rep. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City) demands
reparations, calls for defunding police
P-D: Two people shot blocks away from downtown protest
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: UMSL prof Richard
Rosenfeld promotes "Defund the Police" movement, explains how social
workers will take on some police operations
Columbia Missourian: Journalism student/Columbia
Missourian reporter Ian Laird charged with vandalism; Graffiti
sprayed near Thomas Jefferson statue
CDT: MU School of Journalism student charged with
anti-Jefferson graffiti near statue
AP: St. Louis name change? Not happening, Gov. Parson
tells President Trump.
Columbia Missourian: Federal visa policy won't apply
to MU students under current fall plan
KWMU: Danforth Center's Jim Carrington says move on
visas has "a bit of a terrorizing effect"
KC Star: Missouri, KC-area counties moving forward
with fairs
CDT: Local hospitals see large uptick in demand for
COVID-19 testing this week
P-D: As Missouri ramps up China virus testing,
companies struggle to pump out timely results
P-D: A closer look at how Missouri coronavirus numbers
are gathered and reported
KC Star: Daily update: new China virus totals
CDT: Medicaid expansion campaign makes stop in Columbia
Missourinet: New Missouri Democratic Party acting
chair Clem Smith talks upcoming elections
KC Star: Missouri Democrats, former Speaker of the
House Tim Jones (R) swap salvos over anonymous Twitter accounts
Missourinet: Missouri gives $4.5 million in federal
funding to local election authorities
Missourinet: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft explains
voting options, requirements ahead of primary election
Columbia Missourian: Missourians have more voting
options in 2020 due to COVID-19
Missourinet: Missouri court hears lawsuit again about
mail-in voting law
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission
launches new annual report system
The Missouri Times: The race to replace Sen. Gary
Romine (R-Farmington): stolen campaign signs, black-op
surveillance wars and delinquent taxes
The Missouri Times: MoDOT: Missouri's bridges
improving as scheduled
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says schools provide vital
safety net to some students, says reopening is necessary
KCUR: School every-other-day could make social
distancing possible in Missouri
The Missouri Times: PSC expands coronavirus relief
program
JCNT editorial: Missouri's new crime law
welcome; more needed
P-D editorial: President Trump, Gov. Parson wrong on
reopening schools
CDT op-ed: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler: It's time
for students to return to the classroom
Helling: Missouri Medicaid expansion advocates say
Oklahoma is a template for voter approval
P-D letter: Creve Coeur sexagenarian wants Missouri to
raise cigarette tax
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian says changing a
statue will not reduce street savagery
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020
KWMU: At roundtable discussion on reopening schools,
Gov. Parson reassures President Trump he won't cave to pressure on
renaming St. Louis
KC Star: Here are the Missouri businesses that
received Paycheck Protection Program payments
SNL: Sen. Roy Blunt, U.S. Rep. Billy Long reach out to
Army Corps of Engineers over Bull Creek crossing
The Missouri Times: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft
travels state to educate voters about absentee and in-person ballot
options
JCNT: Ashcroft encourages voter registration,
discusses voting safety
St. Joseph News-Press: Ashcroft touts in-person voting
during local visit
P-D: St. Louis County Election Board employees getting
COVID tests after one tests positive over weekend
SE
Missourian: Cape County tax receipts indicate people still
spending money despite coronavirus
JCNT: Nearly 600 tested in Jefferson City for COVID
SE
Missourian: Contact tracing helps identify coronavirus cases in
the region; Cape County surpasses 300 total
P-D: Fourth of July holiday causes China virus
reporting delay
The Missouri Times: Updated: List of mask
requirements in Missouri jurisdictions
The Missouri Times: DESE changes attendance standards
due to COVID-19
KWMU: Overview: Area school safety guidelines
for the fall semester
KWMU: Advocacy group "Mission: Readiness" issues
state spending wish list: more money for teachers, child care,
schools, etc.
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: St. Louis Magazine's
Nicholas Phillips discusses profile of St. Louis City Circuit Attorney
Kim Gardner
KWMU: Florissant police release video showing
protesters' vandalism
SE
Missourian: Confederate monument in Cape boxed up, prepared for
relocation
P-D editorial: 'Small business' relief funds went to
wealthy churches, well-heeled lawyers
KC Star editorial: Can we trust Missouri's data for
COVID-19 cases? The numbers keep changing.
P-D editorial: Centene opts for an alternative
headquarters, and local leaders are to blame
KC Star social justice reporter Katie Moore: In
Missouri, coronavirus numbers took a wrong turn in June. Here's how.
P-D letter: Former St. Charles Mayor Sally Faith
(R): Medicaid expansion would bring home money and jobs
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says media wrong to focus
on McCloskeys and not unruly mob of trespassers
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Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley offers amendment to hold public
hearings on military-base renaming
KWMU: These Missouri companies received the largest
federal paycheck protection loans
P-D: Thousands of St. Louis area employers tapped the
federal Paycheck Protection Program for help
The Missouri Times: Galloway campaign says it raised
$1.1M in Q2
SNL: Missouri Democrats, former Speaker of the House
Tim Jones disagree over anonymous Twitter accounts
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: 75-year-old
reminisces over '60s California protests, organizes local "car marches"
for those who don't want to walk
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson signs major crime bill
after visiting injured officer's family
Missourinet: Gov. Parson signs major crime legislation
into law
KWMU: Gov. Parson signs Missouri crime bill
AP: Gov. Parson signs bill to stiffen penalties for
gun crimes, second-degree murder and gang crimes
Missourinet: Gov. Parson to call special legislative
session about violent crime
P-D: Off-duty St. Louis City sheriff's deputy puts
down carjacker in Spanish Lake; Criminal stole car, then tried to
run over victim and his 10-year-old grandson
The Missouri Times: Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial)
issues travel advisory to constituents over St. Louis City violence
SE
Missourian: Charges filed, suspect remains at large after
attacking 12-year-old dancer in Cape
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson expands license
reciprocity in Missouri
Missourinet: Beef plant that opened in March now has
175 employees; Interview with Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola)
P-D: Officials say St. Louis area schools can reopen
under safety guidelines
KWMU: Scientists test state's wastewater to learn
where coronavirus could strike next
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Missourian: Coronavirus case count increases by 40
SNL: Few SW Missouri China virus patients hospitalized
as cases increase
KC Star: KC area sees another uptick in China virus
cases
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Missourian: Cape City Council votes to remove, store Confederate
monument
P-D: Photo gallery: Daily protest update:
Florissant
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: USMCA provides relief
for area farmers
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Missourian op-ed: Attorney General Eric Schmitt:
Rediscovering the American idea
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Cape police chief says state should
enhance sentencing
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MoCannTrade's Dr. Mimi
Vo: Medical cannabis industry puts patient care, advocacy first
P-D op-ed: Missouri Coalition for the Environment's
Sophie Watterson: Missouri meat plant workers are not sacrificial
lambs
P-D letter: Santa Cruz, California septuagenarian
wants Missouri voters to expand Medicaid
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Monday, July 6, 2020
JCNT: Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst
hopeful for future under new trade agreement
Missourinet: EPA grant will help Missouri schools test
for lead contamination in water
Joplin Globe: Q&A: Joplin League of Women
Voters' Neely Myers promotes mail-in absentee voting
P-D: Missouri to spend $50 million to boost Internet
access
SNL: Local municipal leaders discuss re-opening their
economies after China virus lockdowns
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Missourian: 12-year-old attacked in downtown Cape;
Assailant, Cedric Moore, on probation for felony domestic assault and
still on the loose
SNL: Mt. Vernon man among 5 who lucked out with 1st
Missouri elk permit
KWMU: Daily protest update: St. Louis City,
Florissant
P-D editorial: Raise Missouri's cigarette tax and
generate much-needed revenue
Messenger: Centene CEO Michael Niedorff should
campaign to end Missouri's Hancock Amendment
P-D letter: Hartsburg sexagenarian upset at Roy Blunt
for "providing cover" for President Trump
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian says getting
mail-in absentee ballots notarized is very hard
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian says Tony
Messenger paints criminal in positive light while besmirching McCloskeys
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Sunday, July 5, 2020
Columbia Missourian: "Back the Flag, Back the Blue"
rally shows support for veterans, law enforcement; Rep. Sara
Walsh (R-Ashland) introduces "Back the Blue" license plate
KWMU: Woman filling Democratic ballot slot for Jason
Smith's November re-election aims to build network of remaining
Missouri rural Democrats
KC Star: Jean Peters Baker quits as chair of Missouri
Democratic Party
SNL: Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall is back this
weekend in Springfield
SNL: Veterans help assemble Vietnam Traveling Memorial
Wall
JCNT: Democratic AG candidates describe civil rights
views
P-D: 'Fast and loose': Fake medical marijuana
patient certifications spotlight gaps in Missouri rules
KC Star: Daily China virus case update
KCUR: San Francisco group claims 36% of Missouri
students can't learn from home due to slow Internet, wants $4 billion
in federal spending
Washington Missourian: Due to species-specific virus,
no show for rabbits at 2020 State Fair
P-D: Spate of shootings result in at least seven
deaths over 2 days in St. Louis City, County
P-D: Daily protest update
KC Star: Protesters burn American flag in march
following "Freedom Rally"
Columbia Missourian: Daily protest update
Washington Missourian editorial: As Gov. Parson noted,
Ted and Pat Jones helped make the Katy Trail possible
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: On Missouri
unemployment payments and why advocacy groups' "handout challenge"
gimmicks are worthless
P-D editorial: As Missouri rejects gun sanity, blacks
die at highest rate in America
SNL op-ed: Faith Voices of Southwest Missouri's Susan
Schmalzbauer: Public officials must enforce mask requirement,
despite "loud and unruly voices"
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Public Defender's Office's Erika
Wurst: Central West End couple should face indignity of being
arrested, jailed and convicted of felonies
P-D letter: Ballwin sexagenarian wants Ann Wagner to
stop "kowtowing to the president and her rich benefactors"
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Saturday, July 4,
2020 Independence Day
P-D: Gallery: Drive-in naturalization ceremony
for new Americans; 55 men and women from around the world take
oath of allegiance, become legal
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau says USMCA is
a win but could have some hiccups
CDT: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler releases details about
PPP loans to family business; Woman seeking to fill Democratic
ballot slot for Hartzler's November re-election criticizes incumbent
Missourinet: DHSS' Randall Williams urges Missourians
to practice good hygiene, social distancing this weekend
P-D: Missouri inks contract with Washington University
to assist with virus tracking
P-D: St. Louis area health experts urge residents to
not get complacent about China virus
Missourinet: MoDOT response to pandemic is praised by
Missouri lawmakers
KC Star: Daily update on new China virus cases
KC Star: Two counties in Kansas City metro area buck
trend to mandate masks
Joplin Globe: State report assesses Missouri higher
education's rapid shift online
The Missouri Times: Liberty Alliance launches ad
campaign in support of crime bill
The Missouri Times: Ameren begins upgrading electric
meters
The Missouri Times: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas
wants Gov. Parson to call special session on violent crime
KC Star: With 101 homicides, KC is on pace for
deadliest year ever
KC Star: KCPD officer hospitalized after shooting is
'on the right path'
AP: Man who shot police officer identified as Ky
Johnson, 31
KC Star: ACLU says 'failure to obey' arrests in KC
protests were unconstitutional
P-D: Daily protest update: Anti-Israel march,
Black Lives Matter disturbances
AP: Protesters return to St. Louis City area where
couple defended home
SNL: Dixie Outfitters takes down Confederate flags
above store
KC Star editorial: After 2 KCPD officers shot, Gov.
Parson's prayers are not enough
P-D letter: University City man supports Obamacare,
says Blunt, Hawley, Gov. Parson and Eric Schmitt "callous" and "morally
bankrupt"
P-D letter: St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann
says Post-Dispatch is hypocritical on privacy expectations
P-D letter: St. Louis County man wonders why
"politically correct statue tearer-downers" aren't making a stink over
Chuck Berry statue
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Friday, July 3, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley says news reports of Russia
offering Taliban militants bounties to kill U.S. troops 'don't square
very well'
AP: In Kansas City, Veterans Affairs says agency is
improving its culture
KC Star: VA secretary visits KC after "discrimination"
complaints at hospital
KWMU: Jean Peters Baker quits as Missouri Democratic
Party chairwoman
KC Star: Missouri next up among states voting on
Medicaid expansion
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Missourian's B Magazine: Q&A with District 27 Republican
state Senate candidate Holly Rehder
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Missourian's B Magazine: Q&A with District 27 Republican
state Senate candidate Kathy Swan
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Missourian's B Magazine: Q&A with District 27 Democrat state
Senate candidate Donnie Owens
JCNT: $50 million available to address Missouri's
broadband needs
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson announces $50 million
for broadband expansion
Missourinet: Missouri announces $50 million program
for broadband expansion, including telehealth
Columbia Missourian: Missouri allocates $50 million
from CARES Act to improve broadband
Missourinet: Eight Missouri jobs centers reopen to
in-person help
Missourinet: Those receiving unemployment benefits
must begin showing effort to find work next week
SE
Missourian: Hospitalizations decrease, new cases increase in Cape
County
CDT: Boone County reports 39 new COVID cases
KC Star: KC metro adds 112 new China virus cases
AP: Missouri jurisdictions divided on requiring face
coverings
P-D: CoxHealth CEO campaigns for more mask restrictions
The Missouri Times: Where are face masks required in
Missouri?
KC Star: Despite recent China virus cases, southwest
Missouri to see surge in holiday tourists
The Missouri Times: PSC orders refunds for utility
replacements
KC Star: After three people killed in one day, Kansas
City nears its 100th homicide this year
KC Star: Criminal dead, Kansas City police officer in
emergency surgery following attack
AP: KC police officer shot, criminal dead after
shooting
KC Star: A second KCPD officer is shot Thursday
AP: Three shot, including police officer, after robbery
KC Star: Lucas condemns violence in KC as two police
officers are shot
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Missourian: Black leader calls mayor's comments about Confederate
monument 'insensitive'
P-D: Video: Black Lives Matter protesters hold
"noise party" outside mayor's home
Washington Missourian editorial: In the face of
complaints about King Louis IX and "microaggressions," the Fourth of
July is a great day to voice support of our country
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: USMCA raises the bar for ag trade
KC Star letter: Kansas City woman is offended by
Cleaner Missouri
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Thursday, July 2, 2020
AP: Census door-knockers starting in Kansas City later
this month
The Missouri Times: Democratic primary opponent of
Rep. Mark Sharp (D-Kansas City) critical of "homophobia and misogyny"
in 2011 Facebook posts; Union groups defend Dem rep from "cancel
culture"
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Missourian: Help on the way to sort out voting options at polls,
county clerk says
AP: Midwest business leaders say area's economy
improving with reopening
P-D: Jobless rate for St. Louis stays at 11.6%,
historically high but below national average
Reuters: St. Louis Fed's James Bullard warns of a
financial crisis amid pandemic
Missourinet: Gov. Parson to sign bipartisan broadband
legislation on Thursday in Tipton
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson signs punitive damages
bill
AP: Gov. Parson signs bill to help rein in lawsuits
KWMU: Gov. Parson says punitive damages bill will
"stop the unfair and unreasonable litigation" again Missouri businesses
The Missouri Times: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring)
to propose amendment preventing state-funded abortion clinics
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Missourian: DHSS report: Most pregnancy-related deaths in
Missouri are avoidable
JCNT: DSS most affected by state cuts
Columbia Missourian: State funding for UM NextGen
facility unlikely, budget director says
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri brings back
unemployment requirements
SNL: CDC report: Number of Missourians who
already had coronavirus by late April may have been much greater than
the number confirmed by testing
Missourinet: Free online classes available to
Missourians unemployed by coronavirus outbreak
Missourinet: St. Louis metro area joins Kansas City in
requiring masks; DHSS' Randall Williams advises mask-wearing
KWMU: St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann won't
mandate masks, says county residents "will do the right thing without
government coercion"
AP: St. Louis City, St. Louis County to require face
coverings
P-D: Face masks to be required in St. Louis City, St.
Louis County
AP: Audit finds more than $115K fraud in Parma;
Tyus Byrd allegedly burned documents after losing election to Rufus
Williamson
KWMU: Event promo: ACLU and Wash U. Libraries'
"Anniversaries of Independence" self-celebration
P-D: 'I'd do it all again,' says armed lawyer who
defended home from mob
P-D editorial: Why is someone altering coronavirus
data on Missouri's official website?
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Despite progressive
hysteria, no redeeming value in pulling armed resource officers out of
schools
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Vote 'Yes' on
Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Higginsville City
Administrator Lee Barker: COVID-19 is plaguing Missouri's
economy; development will boost it
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Missourian Publisher Jon Rust: Black-on-black shootings a more
significant scourge than what Black Lives Matter is protesting;
Confederate statue vandalism; more
KC Star's Kaitlin Washburn: Report for America
self-profile: I'll explore Missouri's loose gun laws and the gun
lobby's powerful hand
KC Star's Jelani Gibson: Report for America
self-profile: I grew up angry about urban news coverage, and I'll
expose systemic causes of gun violence, like "racial inequality"
P-D letter: Chesterfield octogenarian applauds
Portland Place couple for defending themselves against "a gang of
reckless lawbreakers"
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Missourian: Status update: VA's $47 million Cape Girardeau
hospital on schedule
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
press briefing and Q&A: Budget approval, withholds, layoffs,
China virus update, State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick on federal funds
Missourinet: About 300 state workers to be laid off
JCNT: Missouri announces $448 million in state budget
restrictions
SNL: With no federal aid in sight, Gov. Parson cuts
$459M from FY2021 budget
AP: Gov. Parson cuts $450 million from state budget
KWMU: Gov. Parson withholds $448 million due to China
virus
P-D: Gov. Parson signs Missouri budget
P-D: Missouri surpasses 1,000 China virus deaths
KC Star: No new COVID deaths reported in KC metro
Tuesday
SE
Missourian: 10 new coronavirus cases reported in Cape Girardeau
Tuesday
KWMU: St. Louis hospitals allow visitors after months
of coronavirus restrictions
JCNT: Medicaid expansion campaign holds rally in
Jefferson City in advance of House Budget Committee hearing
SE
Missourian's B Magazine: Candidate Q&A: Kathy Swan,
Holly Rehder, Wayne Wallingford, others
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court rules Legislature
unconstitutionally stripped Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
AP: Missouri high court says state must pay Planned
Parenthood
KWMU: Missouri must pay Planned Parenthood for
treating Medicaid patients, court says
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air promo: Celebrating
100 years of the ACLU and its noble war against St. Louis' racism,
sexism, etc.
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Missourian: Online petitions seek to remove, defend Jackson
'Indian' mascot
Faughn:
Cities with clout: A look at the legislators and lobbyists that
make Springfield, KC, Independence, Columbia, and St. Charles County
powerhouses
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St.
Charles): Proud to be an American: A defense of our
national heritage
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