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Thursday, June 29
KCUR: In Missouri, some insurers have chosen to exit
Obamacare exchange for 2018
Brownfield Ag News: AG Josh Hawley says Waters of the
U.S. repeal helps Missouri farmers; Former AG Chris Koster (D)
filed original suit against Obama's EPA and Corps of Engineers
CDT: Video: Renee Hoagenson, seeking to fill
Democratic ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler, promises "significant"
war chest on July campaign finance report X
The Missouri Times: Massive tax increases on income,
services, gas, and Internet purchases included in draft of Governor's
Tax Committee Report
Missourinet: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union): Many
tax credits not going to those the credits are meant for
The Missouri Times: Greitens issues first veto after
UMKC issues plans to find alternative funding for new art facility
AP:
Alternative funding planned for Kansas City arts campus
KC Star: UMKC claims it will find all $96 million for
downtown arts campus without state help
The Missouri Times: Transportation Task Force holds
first meeting at the Capitol
Missourinet: Transportation Task Force holds first
meeting; Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho) says gas tax increase must
be on the table
JCNT: Task force looks for ways to fix state's
infrastructure X
P-D: Task force looks for more road and bridge money
Missourinet: Missouri Senate slows pace of special
session on abortion
SNL: Missouri Rx Program tweaks will impact fewer than
7,000 across four-county region X
P-D: Time ticking down on Missouri prescription drug
program
Columbia Missourian: Tax revenue shortfalls could mean
more cuts for MU
SE
Missourian: Regents OK contract extension for SEMO president +
KWMU: Some local school districts make special
accommodations for transgenders and those who claim no gender;
Parkway student describes himself/herself as "gender-fluid," while
Kirkwood student calls herself "transmasculine"
The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Service Commission
signs off on 15 orders, approves all Renewable Energy Standard
compliance reports
The Missouri Times: Missouri Soybean Merchandising
Council wins appeal in IP case
KC Star editorial: Eric Greitens' snub of UMKC arts
campus is a lesson and an opportunity for Kansas City
SNL editorial: Room for Missouri to improve in safety
ranking X
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenearian says she opposes
Blunt on health care overhaul
SNL letter: Battlefield sexagenarian says she opposes
Blunt on health care overhaul - and doesn't enjoy his telephone town
halls either X
KC Star letter: Independence man suggests Greitens
focus on Missouri crime, economic issues to bolster presidential bid
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Wednesday, June 28
P-D: McCaskill praises Trump on an environmental
rollback
JCNT: Missouri leaders applaud EPA's 'Waters of the
U.S.' change X
P-D: In response to criticism over Russian ambassador
reception, McCaskill details donations of foundation she has
established with her husband
P-D: Missouri delegation pushing to replace Blair
statue in Capitol with one of Truman
P-D: National Safety Council report ranks Missouri
worst for preventable accidents
KWMU: Courts give 'right to work' opponents in
Missouri a second option to try to block law
AP:
Court OKs anti-'right to work' language OK'd by former SOS Jason Kander
The Missouri Times: Lincoln Hough running for Jay
Wasson's seat, will face Eric Burlison in primary
SNL: Hough, Burlison will vie for Wasson's Senate seat X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Girls State taking place
this week at UCM
The Missouri Times: Former Boone County Clerk Wendy
Noren (D), Columbia reps hold town hall on voter ID; Noren
credits Jay Ashcroft's office for steadfast work educating voters
The Missouri Times: Missouri NAACP echoes call for
veto of SB43
Missourinet: Greitens meets with NAACP's Rod Chapel on
discrimination legislation, says he's undecided on signing bill
JCNT: NAACP: State's discrimination bill is
'civil rights issue' X
AP:
NAACP protest against discrimination bill draws 40 to Capitol
AP:
Missouri Senate's work on abortion policy delayed
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Dept. of Corrections Director
Anne Precythe speaks to Pachyderm Club about sexual harassment cases,
new administration's goals for employees
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court unholds state's
Sexually Violent Predator Act
AP:
Missouri Court backs fining sex offenders indefinitely
Joplin Globe: Area counties learn about joining St.
Louis County prescription drug monitoring program X
CDT: Disappointing year of tax revenue collections
means for cuts for University of Missouri, public schools
KC Star: Missouri trooper pleads, avoids trial in
handcuffed drowning of Brandon Ellingson
AP:
Judge upholds St. Louis Zoo gun ban; opponents vow to appeal
P-D editorial: A major constitutional test that rides
on a Missouri playground and a footnote
KC Star editorial: Toying with inmates and hiring
family members - much work remains to overhaul the Missouri prison
system
Messenger: Greitens targets tax credits; big
donors stand in the way
Columbia Missourian's Bennito Kelty: State, federal
lawmakers ignore Lincoln University
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Tuesday, June 27
Politico: Blunt says CBO analysis of GOP health care
bill better than he expected
CNN: Despite tweet, McCaskill attended reception at
Russian ambassador's home
The Hill: McCaskill attended reception at Russian
ambassador's residence in 2015
P-D: Supreme Court decision could bolster Hawley in
race for Senate
CDT: Supreme Court judges side with Trinity in
church-state dispute X
KWMU: Supreme Court rules for Columbia, Mo. church in
playground case
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court rules in
favor of chuch in Trinity Lutheran case
P-D: U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Trinity
Lutheran in Missouri church-state case
The Missouri Times: Advocacy group says Missourians
favor legal immigration reductions
SE
Missourian: Federal agency approves loans for Missouri disaster
victims +
The Missouri Times: Disaster recovery efforts underway
as Missouri receives $8.9 million in grant assistance and more than $35
million in flood insurance payments
AP:
U.S. attorney's office charges two Jackson County corrections
officers; Andrew Lamonte Dickerson and Jalee Caprice Fuller
smuggled cellphone, drugs to inmate
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Stephen
Webber talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about piecing the Missouri
Democratic Party back together
SNL: Greitens speaks at Americans for Prosperity event
in Colorado X
KWMU: Marijuana isn't a medical treatment or
moneymaker for Missouri, but that could change after 2018
SNL: Disabilities campaign brings State Treasurer Eric
Schmitt to Springfield X
SNL: Video: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt talks
about MO ABLE program X
CDT: Former Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren (D) defends
voter ID law at local NAACP event: "This is going to be a
tremendous service ... to most voters, it's going to be not even
noticeable to them" X
The Missouri Times: Gov. Bob Holden honored by St.
Louis County NAACP with lifetime achievement award
The Missouri Times: NAACP issues travel advisory for
Missouri, saying civil rights could be in danger
AP:
Missouri NAACP says GOP discrimination bill makes summer travel unsafe
for minorities
Missourinet: Fitzpatrick says state could begin year
with $130 million shortfall
Missourinet: Qualification standards for Missouri Rx
change beginning Saturday
CDT: Empower Missouri unhappy with conclusions of AG's
Vehicle Stops Report, wants agencies to spend more resources
researching issue X
KC Star editorial: Supreme Court makes right decision
in Missouri playground case, but church-state separation issues remain
unsettled +
KC Star editorial: Federal charges against
drug-smuggling guards show Jackson County inmates are running the jail +
SNL op-ed: Eric Burlison: Greitens right to call
for special session X
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Paving Inc.'s Paul Munsch:
Missouri's 'right to work' law protects workers
P-D letter: St. Louis Arc wants McCaskill, Blunt to
support more Medicaid funding
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Monday, June 26
McClatchy: Jason Kander raises national profile ahead
of possible presidential bid; Comments from John Hancock, Rep.
Justin Alferman (R-Hermann), others
KCUR: Reporter visits rural Missouri coffee shop,
solicits political opinions
P-D: Agency suggests phone calls as some St.
Louis-area FEMA centers close
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Mary Kogut, CEO
of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis region; Panel of Reps.
Jean Evans (R-Manchester), Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton), Stacey Newman
(D-Richmond Heights), Planned Parenthood's M'evie Mead talk special
session and U.S. Senate race
Missourinet: Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton) praises
Missouri House vote on abortion bill
KC Star: Liberals, still talking about Mike Moon's
chicken stunt, create online petitions demanding his ouster
Columbia Missourian: Local feminists hold benefit
concert for Planned Parenthood
Missourinet: Both sides dig in for fight over
anti-'right to work' ballot initiative
Drebes:
Elijah Haahr joining Lathrop & Gage
Rosenbaum: Curbing tax credits may not be an instant
solution to Missouri's budget woes
KWMU: Transportation task force to begin looking for
ways to fix and pay for roads and bridges
P-D: Missouri reconsidering commitment to cross-state
Rock Island Trail
KC Star editorial: Greitens seems to want a full-time
General Assembly - even if Missouri doesn't
Dunklin
Democrat's Steve Patton: Greitens' "career politicians" line
creates unnecessary wedge with well-meaning Republicans
P-D letter: Ballwin sexagenarian wants Ann Wagner to
target "soulless black hole of a man" Donald Trump for his rhetoric
P-D letter: Planned Parenthood supporter disagrees
with Greitens on special-session legislation, opposes future
presidential bid
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Sunday, June 25
Joplin Globe: Missouri hospitals, advocacy groups,
legislators weigh in on GOP health care bill X
KC Star: McCaskill rallies KC opposition to GOP health
care bill
Washington Missourian: Human trafficking a growing
problem on federal, state level X
SNL: Wooed for Senate bid, Josh Hawley faces 2018
dilemma X
JCNT: 'Right to work' opponents not dismayed by ruling X
AP: Analysis: Missouri House Democrats,
Republicans focus on districts in which they have a chance of winning
JCNT: Profile: New Dept. of Corrections chief
Anne Precythe X
P-D: New Missouri prison officials try to breathe life
into giant halfway house in St. Louis
AP:
Missouri attorney general could gain power over abortion law
JCNT: Some lawmakers support tax credits evaluation X
P-D: Former inmate wants Missouri Supreme Court to
know: Troubled kids need intervention
SNL editorial: Greitens, Springfield can cooperate for
tech jobs X
Horrigan: Blunt can be a hero by voting no on GOP
health care bill. Really.
CDT op-ed: U.S House hopeful Renee Hoagensen:
Tribune article misrepresented my drug-legalization stance X
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian says SNL, parent
company Gannett show blatant bias against Trump and Gov. Greitens X
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian wants Billy Long
to explain U.S. Senate health care bill X
Columbia Missourian: UCM coed interning with
NARAL: Gov. Eric Greitens is bullying women with pro-life special
session
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Saturday, June 24
KMIZ (Columbia): McCaskill: GOP health care bill
'hikes cost for working families'
KMOX: AG Josh Hawley may run for U.S. Senate
P-D: Three potential candidates say they're
considering filling Democratic ballot slot in 2nd Congressional district
SE
Missourian: Jefferson County woman seeks to fill Democratic
ballot slot against Jason Smith +
KWMU: Labor leader confident court ruling won't hurt
campaign to block 'right to work'
Drebes:
Help wanted: Missouri Department of Agriculture job
Columbia Missourian: Solutions remain elusive as
Missouri's elderly prisoners grow in number
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT set to address bridge
issues
CDT: MU rescinds Cosby honorary degree X
Missourinet: Mizzou strips Cosby of honorary degree
P-D: Reginald Clemons murder trial pushed back over
claims state violated attorney-client privilege
P-D: Settlement in Michael Brown suit $1.5 million,
Ferguson attorney says
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: A fresh look at NAFTA
is appropriate, but don't make it harder for Missouri farmers to compete X
Washington Missourian editorial: Josh Hawley takes on
opioid manufacturing companies X
JCNT editorial: Rein in tax credits X
P-D editorial briefs: On pro-choice group's
chicken-costume gimmick
P-D letter: Local doctors oppose GOP health care bill
P-D letter: Clayton man mocks Ann Wagner's complaints
about death threats
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
weighs in on Missouri minimum wage issue
P-D letter: Olivette man says deadbeat dads who
abandon a child are not fathers - and certainly not real men
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Friday, June 23
KRZG (Joplin): Audio: Blunt talks 'repair and
replace' of Obamacare, lack of help from Democrats; Also talks
support of Hawley's opioid lawsuits
The Hill: Blunt: Democrats have shut themselves
out of health care legislation process
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt differ on GOP health
care plan
Quincy Herald-Whig: Health care roundtable discussion
focuses on federal, state issues; Staffers from Blunt and Graves
office attend, as well as GOP state Reps. Craig Redmon and Jim Hansen
P-D: Advocacy group says St. Louisans use the ER too
often for unnecessary care
P-D: Veterans groups support McCaskill World War II
mustard gas bill
Joplin Globe: Crowder College seeks to name energy
technology center for Roy Blunt X
Kraske: Why Cleaver, other members of Congress need
protection: "I'm going to blow your f-cking office up"
KWMU: Annual PrideFest celebration riddled with
internal conflict over race, gender issues; Union leader Jeff
Roorda says LGBTQIA* community and police officers have much in common
as "all are pronounced victims of hate crimes"
AP:
Missouri judge rewords 'right to work' referendum summary
P-D: Circuit court judge rules 'right to work' repeal
petition language is misleading
Missourinet: Recovering opioid addicts talk about
support for Hawley's lawsuits, PDMP
The Missouri Times: Greitens encourages Senate to pass
House version in abortion special session
AP:
Greitens backs ramped-up Missouri abortion bill
The Missouri Times: #TWMP Live: Q&A with Jay
Barnes; Full video plus transcript of Q&A regarding abortion
special session
Missourinet: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg):
Pregnancy resource centers must be protected
The Missouri Times: Greitens signs 'Foster Care Bill
of Rights' into law
KWMU: Greitens signs foster care measure
The Missouri Times: Capitol metal detectors go
guardless as of July 1
The Missouri Times: Questions for the Transportation
Task Force ahead of first meeting
The Missouri Times: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson)
questions Mizzou's vote on rescinding Cosby's honorary degree
P-D: To offset lost revenue from freshmen fleeing,
Mizzou to rent empty dorm rooms for football games
SE
Missourian: State wants sheriff's bond revoked after inmate death +
The Missouri Times: Women's Foundation to celebrate 25
years with former UN ambassador guest speaker
AP:
Ferguson making progress, Justice Department attorneys say
KWMU: Judge hears mixed opinions on Ferguson's
compliance with federal consent decree
P-D editorial: AG Josh Hawley holds drug companies
accountable for Missouri's opioid-addiction crisis
P-D's Samantha Liss and Blythe Bernard: GOP plan,
shrouded in secrecy, would weaken patient protections and hurt Missouri
women - among other harmful effects
P-D's Tod Robberson: Governor Doublespeak Eric
Greitens does Orwell proud
P-D op-ed: Rep. Josh Peters (D-St. Louis):
Guilty until proven innocent: a reflection on a visit to St.
Louis' workhouse
KC Star letter: Kansas City liberal wants Blunt to
hold more town halls, encourages readers to call D.C. office to complain
P-D letter: Moscow Mills septuagenarian says Ann
Wagner deserves no sympathy for death threats
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Thursday, June 22
P-D: On eve of Senate health care bill reveal, White
House brings in Missourians to talk about problems with Obamacare
KC Star: Missourians in 25 counties losing coverage
voice Obamacare concerns at White House
KWMU: In Northeast Missouri, Trump, economy help end
Democrats' dominance
SNL: GOP donor Sam Fox woos Josh Hawley for U.S.
Senate, urges donors withhold money from Ann Wagner until AG makes
decision on race X
AP:
AG Josh Hawley sues drug companies over opioids
KWMU: Hawley sues three opioid drug makers over false
claims, advertising
P-D: Missouri sues three drug companies for pushing
painkillers
Missourinet: Audit shows state has lost billions in
revenue over 25-year period due to tax credits
AP:
State audit shows Missouri faces $3B tax-credit revenue loss
SNL: Galloway: Complaints about late tax refunds
pour in X
The Missouri Times: Bipartisan group of senators -
focused on Greitens' nonprofit campaign committee - looks to change the
conversation on dark money
The Missouri Times: Analysis: Can Greitens and
the Legislature find some common ground?
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: St. Charles
County GOP senators Bob Onder, Bill Eigel talk abortion special
session, Medicaid expansion, Obamacare, tax credits, transportation
The Missouri Times: Schupp, Senate Dems looking to
block House changes to abortion bill
Missourinet: St. Louis City alderwoman dislikes
Legislature's actions on abortion, says state legislation doesn't matter
AP:
Greitens to sign bill banning sex offenders from kids' museums
AP:
Greitens signs bill on college police training
The Missouri Times: The Missouri State Highway Patrol
is looking for public feedback. Here are the political reasons why.
CDT: MU moves to rescind Bill Cosby honorary degree X
Missourinet: Black Democratic lawmakers suggest MU's
Choi is manufacturing Bill Cosby honorary degree drama to distract from
UMKC rape
KC Star editorial: Federal help welcome in combating
Kansas City's violent crime problem
KC Star editorial: Hawley lawsuit is an important tool
in Missouri's fight against opioid abuse
P-D op-ed: Normandy teacher Inda Schaenen responds to
Fordham Institute piece on charter schools
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Women's Voices
Raised for Social Justice uses gun locks to help fight Missouri's gun
epidemic
P-D letter: Fenton sexagenarian says he doesn't
condone violence against Republican congressmen, but understands rage
against Ann Wagner and others
P-D letter: Area pediatrician wants Missouri
legislators to expand Medicaid
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Wednesday, June
21 First
Day of Summer
Politico: Fate of Obamacare repeal uncertain in
Senate; Comments from Blunt
SNL: Financial disclosure reports show congressional
members' approach to investments; Billy Long, son of a
stockbroker, moves from buy-and-hold to more active trading philosophy X
SNL: Army Corps of Engineers: No, we're not
draining Table Rock Lake. That's fake news. X
Faughn: The fix is in for Greitens' Commission on
Raising Taxes, but a few courageous souls could stand up for rural
Missouri
KODE (Joplin): Schmitt's office working to return
unclaimed property
The Missouri Times: House passes altered version of
Senate abortion bill
Missourinet: Missouri House approves abortion bill
P-D: Annual inspections of abortion clinics,
pre-empting St. Louis City ordinance part of House proposal
KWMU: Missouri House sends expanded abortion bill back
to Senate
Columbia Missourian: House returns amended abortion
bill to the Senate
KC Star: Missouri House approves new abortion
regulations
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) on
House improvements to abortion legislation and potential for Senate PQ
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood, Campaign Life
Missouri talk impact of Trump on their efforts
JCNT: 68 bills still await Greitens' pen X
The Missouri Times: A look at what's next for REAL ID
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) on
possibility of toll roads, gas tax hike next session
The Missouri Times: Annual Boys State kicks off in
Warrensburg once again
Drebes:
Marty Oetting lands role with MU chancellor-designate
Columbia Missourian: After Legislature takes no
action, Columbia City Council seeks to tighten rules on payday lenders
The Missouri Times: Politically Speaking
podcast: St. Louis City alderman says urban areas should fight
Missouri Legislature on abortion, other issues
P-D: Michael Brown wrongful death lawsuit settled
KWMU: Parents of Michael Brown get payoff
JCNT editorial: Sunshine Law violations unacceptable X
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Trump breaks
campaign promise, extends DACA; Comments from local illegal
alien, immigration lawyer Jim Hacking, Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell
Knob)
KWMU's Durrie Bouscaren: 18,000 to lose coverage in
Missouri's 'bare counties;' Missouri Republicans refuse to expand
Medicaid, while U.S. Senate GOP pushes for quick vote on secret bill
Columbia Missourian letter: Area liberal opposes
Greitens' pro-life push
P-D letter: Maplewood resident disagrees with governor
on special sessions, expresses distaste for Greitens' upcoming
presidential bid
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Tuesday, June 20
P-D: Anthem will sell insurance on Missouri Obamacare
exchange in 2018 - at least for now
P-D: Like a lot of Washington, beer industry bill on
hold until bigger pieces are moved; Blunt a co-sponsor
AP:
Height of Illinois levees concerns some in Missouri
Drebes:
Octogenarian former U.S. Rep. Bill Burlison (D) contemplates taking his
final electoral loss again Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) next
year; David Cort (R) files committee to run for Dixon's Senate
seat
Missourinet: Schmitt aims to return almost $1 billion
in unclaimed property
KC Star: Video: KC Star editorial board members
Steve Kraske, Colleen Nelson talk with AG Josh Hawley about sex
trafficking, PDMP and opioids, abortion, potential U.S. Senate bid
The Missouri Times: Greitens' campaign circulates
petition to support governor's special session
The Missouri Times: Onder's abortion bill and Koenig's
final product hold significant differences
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Rep. Jay Barnes
(R-Jefferson City) on special session's abortion legislation
KWMU: Missouri House committee passes amended version
of Senate abortion bill
AP:
Missouri House members toughen proposed abortion regulations
Missourinet: Missouri House committee toughens GOP
abortion bill that passed in the Senate
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg) on differences between Senate and House legislative
pace, approaches
SNL: Greitens to bring tech task force to Springfield X
JCNT: Greitens announces new innovation task force X
The Missouri Times: Tax commission, nearing end, holds
mostly closed sessions
Missourinet: Argument in Missouri Supreme Court to
throw out Sexually Violent Predator law
P-D: State troopers will begin patrolling interstates
withing St. Louis City limits, freeing up city police for violent crime
P-D: Settlement near in civil suit over death of
Michael Brown
KC Star editorial: The ghost of anti-abortion crusader
Phill Kline is going to haunt Missouri
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Deer Association's
Jacques deMoss: Deer import ban is not about fighting disease
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian says she
disagrees with Greitens on abortion X
P-D letter: St. John woman not happy with election of
Trump and Greitens, but says electoral losers should stop acting like
children
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Monday, June
19 Juneteenth
P-D: St. Louis' Juneteenth gathering celebrates the
end of slavery, the power of family and more
JCNT: Juneteenth honors black history, talent X
Politico: Jason Kander might be the future of the
Democratic party - if only he can figure out how
Roll Call: Why Ann Wagner and other House members
aren't rushing to announce for Senate
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest St. Louis County
Executive Steve Stenger (D); Panel of Rachel Herndon Dunn, Rep.
Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette), Erica Engelby, and Jeff Shawan talk
abortion, legislative priorities, and special session
KWMU: What you need to know about Missouri's new voter
ID law
Missourinet: Americans for Prosperity wants special
session for union-certification measure
Columbia Missourian: Minority- and women-owned
businesses handed an increasingly-large slice of state contract pie
P-D: Red-light cameras in Missouri are down - but not
necessarily out
Missourinet: Former Mamtek CEO to be paroled from a
Missouri prison in 2018
AP:
Ex-inmate alleges mistreatment at southwest Missouri jail
KC Star editorial: New Missouri law undercuts police
efforts to stop drunk driving
Columbia Missourian's Lucy Shanker: Missouri
Department of Conservation hosts firearms session for women: A
first-hand account
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian responds to
St. Charles' woman's response to Maplewood city council's response to
Trump climate announcement
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian wants
legislators to stay out of St. Louis City-St. Louis County merger talks
KC Star letter: Kansas City septuagenarian says voter
ID bill is intended to disenfranchise minorities
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Sunday, June
18 Father's
Day
JCNT: Father, son advise each other in government
positions: Ron and Travis Fitzwater
Messenger: Of baseball, fathers and sons, and the
passage of time
Daily
American Republic: Some FEMA denial letters might be error +
SNL: Pachyderms celebrate 50th birthday; Group
talks recruiting younger members, the legacy of founder George Parker,
defending Trump, more X
Drebes:
Brian Bunten to run UnitedHealth's government affairs operation in
Missouri, Oklahoma
Rosenbaum: Democrats mull whether pro-life candidates
would gain political ground in rural areas
AP:
Tensions high between Greitens and lawmakers
P-D: Greitens' tactics grate on some Missouri lawmakers
SE
Missourian: Pinhook reclaimed: State grants set to help
former village residents relocate +
P-D: Profile: Caleb Arthur, the young
conservative behind Missouri's fastest-growing solar company
SNL editorial: Don't fix state budget by nixing
housing credits X
JCNT editorial: Another backward step for Missouri
Department of Corrections X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Charlie Shields
reminds local leaders of top priority: Career readiness for
students X
P-D op-ed: Normandy Schools Collaboratives' Parents as
Teachers' Christopher Chambers: Nurturing fatherhood: The
power of fathers who play
SNL op-ed: Center for Competitive Politics' Luke
Wachob: Privacy for nonprofits, including Greitens', should be
common sense X
Horrigan: On Don Ruzicka and Mike Moon
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian disagrees with
Billy Long on GOP health care bill X
Washington Missourian letter: New Haven septuagenarian
expresses anger at Rep. Nathan Tate (R-St. Clair) for extravagant
Jefferson City lifestyle, including "chomping away on $40 dinners" X
SNL letter: Ron Calzone pans second special session X
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Saturday, June 17
Washington Post: At Congressional Baseball Game,
McCaskill talks about value of sincere hugs and bipartisan legislation
P-D: Before Scalise shooting, Ann Wagner had reported
five death threats to Capitol Police
Sedalia Democrat: Warrensburg's Tony Monetti speaks to
local Pachyderms, says he's running in GOP U.S. Senate primary
KC Star: Missouri doctor named head of American
Medical Association
P-D: Small-town Missouri doctor now leads one of the
nation's most influential medical organizations
Drebes:
Arthritis Foundation seeks State Director, Advocacy and Access
KC Star: KC Star editorial board to hold Facebook Live
Q&A with Attorney General Josh Hawley at 3 p.m. Monday
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of June 12
The Missouri Times: This Week in the General
Assembly: Week of June 12
Missourinet: Some lawmakers express dissatisfaction
with multiple special sessions
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger talks about value of
abortion-facility inspections, says House will probably change Senate
bill
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
talks REAL ID, K-12 funding, prescription drug monitoring program, tax
breaks
CDT: Cuts lead to crunch in MU communications X
The Missouri Times: Judge finds DNR guilty of
'purposeful violation' of Sunshine Law
The Missouri Times: Missouri loses ground on
regulatory credit ratings
The Missouri Times: PSC to review rules, wants input
from public
KC Star editorial: All of Kansas City should celebrate
Juneteenth
KC Star editorial: Vacancies show the absurdity of
letting the state control Kansas City police
P-D editorial: Mike Moon's video lacks message clarity
P-D editorial: Missouri's foster care families are
being set up for failure
KC Star letter: Area septuagenarian dislikes Emanuel
Cleaver's flip-flop on rhetoric and civility
P-D letter: Rep. Sarah Unsicker (D-Shrewsbury):
Women's health care aims to decrease number of abortions
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Friday, June 16
P-D: Blunt and other Republicans push back on other
Trump adminstration health cuts
AP: Advocacy group ranks Missouri in top 10 for not
providing taxpayer-funded summer meal handouts
CDT: Area congressional candidate says she supports
legalization of most drugs; Renee Hoagensen seeks to fill
Democratic ballot slot in Vicky Hartzler's re-election X
The Missouri Times: Galloway report: DHSS on top
of cybersecurity for vital record keeping
AP: Audit: Department of Health needs better
security for vital records
Drebes:
Kip Kendrick takes job with Columbia College
CDT: Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren submits
resignation letter X
Columbia Missourian: After 35 years, Wendy Noren
resigns as Boone County clerk
The Missouri Times: Greitens signs steel mill bill
from last extraordinary session
Missourinet: Greitens signs steel mill bill, heads to
D.C. to talk jobs
AP:
Greitens among governors meeting with Trump
AP:
Greitens signs electric rate break for metal makers
The Missouri Times: Long day (and night) in Senate led
to compromise on abortion bills
KWMU:
Closed-door negotiations produce abortion bill no Missouri legislator
is happy with
Missourinet: House to debate abortion legislation on
Tuesday
AP:
Senate passes legislation on annual abortion-clinic inspections
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers back sheltered
workshops; Facilities' future less certain
Missourinet: Greitens yet to sign Missouri State
Penitentiary tourism bill
CDT: Democratic lawmakers protest rules requiring some
students on live on campus X
KC Star: Greitens may or may not sign bill on UMKC
downtown arts campus
Columbia Missourian: After regulators deny Ameren
request, legislators and the governor accomodate it
AP:
Missouri DNR to pay $5,000 fine; Members of Clean Water
Commission were taken on tour of hog farms without proper public notice
KC Star: Bigger boats, bigger wakes breed conflict on
Lake of the Ozarks; Comments from Rep. Diane Franklin
(R-Camdenton), others
P-D: Galloway cites improvements in Wellston municipal
court after investigation, consolidation
KC Star editorial: No one should tell Ash Grove
residents how to vote, but Mike Moon's constituents should vote him out
in 2018
KC Star op-ed: Cleaver and GOP Rep. Kevin Yoder:
We remain unified in yesterday's baseball game and today's debates
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: State budget
cuts will hurt disabled residents X
P-D letter: St. Charles woman mocks Maplewood's
attention-seeking on Trump and climate change
P-D letter: Local deacon responds to Stacey Newman
letter on abortion and killing
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Thursday, June 15
KSHB (Kansas City): Delegation responds to shooting of
Republicans; Comments from McCaskill, written statements from
Blunt and Cleaver communications staff
Missourinet: Delegation members, communications staff
tweet condemnations of anti-GOP shooting
Missourinet: Cleaver: Tone in Washington might
have propelled shooting of Republican congressman
Drebes:
FREE Missouri Scout special session edition: Senate's pro-life
contingency plans, Brian Bunten's new gig, Greitens team circles the
wagons, Josh Hawley in D.C., peanut gallery speculates on Silvey's
intentions, new client for Mike Talboy, more
KC Star: Join the KC Star editorial board via Facebook
Live to talk voter ID with Jay Ashcroft today at 1:30 p.m.
SNL: Area voter ID opponents hold press conference,
compare law to past lynching of African-Americans X
Washington Missourian: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan)
not happy about special-sessions gimmick, says governor not
communicating well X
KC Star: Greitens, state party respond to complaints
about campaign use of The Mission Continues donor list
SNL: Planned Parenthood says it hopes to provide
abortions in Springfield starting this summer
X
The Missouri Times: Greitens, Planned Parenthood hold
opposing rallies to bolster support for special session
KWMU: Activists hold dueling rallies over abortion
legislation
AP:
As lawmakers debate abortion legislation, both sides rally
Missourinet: Missouri Senate passes abortion bill
Missourinet: Activists on both sides of abortion issue
rally
P-D: Dueling rallies in Capitol as Senate approves
abortion law changes
KWMU: Suggested policy changes for Missouri Department
of Corrections slow to take hold
KWMU: Hawley looking for state court's help in going
after alleged sex-trafficking website
P-D: St. Louis area drivers, garages hit snags amid
rocky rollout of new emissions testing software
CDT: Choi rolls out plan to address enrollment, MU's
public image X
SE
Missourian: Racial disparity of traffic stops inches upward in
Cape +
Washington Missourian editorial: Eric Greitens'
self-promotion session: Presidential hopeful uses taxpayers as
extras in his perpetual campaign ad X
KC Star editorial: Missouri senators to Greitens -
come out of the shadows
SNL editorial: Mike Moon's chicken video latest in
bizarre history X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis liberal opposes
financial-regulation policies of Trump, Luetkemeyer, Wagner
SNL letter: Social-justice group opposes state's
electric-vehicle industry, says poor people rely on "abundant and
reliable coal" X
CDT letter: Anonymous author, afraid to use his/her
name, criticizes Greitens' religious pro-life push X
KC Star letter: Sexagenarian labor lawyer opposes
Missouri's 'right to work' law
P-D letter: Ladue sexagenarian supports Planned
Parenthood, opposes Bob Onder's legislation
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian says he is still
waiting for his state tax refund and wants the Post-Dispatch to
investigate
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Wednesday, June
14 Flag Day
St. Joseph News-Press: Jeff Sessions faces tough
questions from Blunt, others on Senate panel X
P-D: Amid loss of insurers, Centene to enter Missouri
Obamacare market; Comments from McCaskill
KCUR: As other insurers flee, Centene to enter
Obamacare exchange in Missouri
CDT: Centene to offer Obamacare insurance plans in 2018 X
The Hill: Watchdog report requested by
McCaskill: Federal agencies made $132B in improper payments
P-D: McCaskill questions whether VA anti-fraud
initiative would have caught St. Louis scheme
Politico: McCaskill breaks from party as Senate backs
weapons sales to Saudi Arabia
AP:
McCaskill, Blunt, Smith seek historic site designation for Ste.
Genevieve
P-D: Missouri delegation reintroduces bill that would
make Ste. Genevieve a National Historic Site
P-D: Sinquefields meet with Education Secretary Betsy
DeVos
P-D: Maplewood, population 8,000, promotes its climate
disagreement with President Donald Trump
Missourinet: Missouri jobless rate steady and low at
3.9%, and down from one year ago
The Missouri Times: Bipartisan group of senators
request formal investigation of Gov. Greitens
SNL: Bipartisan group of legislators, including Sen.
Bob Dixon (R-Springfield), pushes to investigate Gov. Greitens X
KWMU: Divide over Greitens, abortion apparent as 2nd
special session begins
P-D: Bipartisan group of senators calls for probe of
Greitens
KC Star: Recap of previous The Mission Continues
fundraising-list coverage +
The Missouri Times: Senate committee passes abortion
bills; action on floor set for Wednesday
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
Onder details the need for urgency regarding special session on abortion
CDT: Committee trims, then approves abortion
regulations X
AP:
Missouri Senate panel advances abortion regulations
Missourinet: Abortion bills move to Senate floor
P-D: Abortion measures advance in special session
Columbia Missourian: Senate abandons several of
Greitens' abortion proposals
SNL: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) beheads chicken to
make a point about abortion X
KCUR: Greitens yanks police board appointees ahead of
special session
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
still has privacy concerns about REAL ID
CDT: Sobriety checkpoints are drying up X
KWMU: Missouri taking minimalist approach with its
plan for new federal education requirements
Missourinet: MoDOT: 347 Missouri pedestrians
died between 2013-2016
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau), city of Cape
Girardeau settle condemnation case +
P-D: Lawyer for Reginald Clemons discussing plea deal
in Chain of Rocks killings
P-D editorial: A special session designed to advance
Eric Greitens' trajectory
P-D editorial: More city-county governance talk. This
time the Legislature wants to play.
P-D op-ed: Great Rivers Habitat Alliance's James
Blair: Another proposal that would destroy irreplaceable flood
plain
P-D op-ed: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond
Heights): By pushing pro-life proposals, what kind of a Reform
Jew is Eric Greitens?
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Tuesday, June 13
Roll
Call: Insurer exits in Missouri, other states bolster GOP case
for Obamacare repeal
Helling:
Emanuel Cleaver among those "ducking" town halls
Daily American
Republic: Some opioid procedures not followed at Poplar Bluff VA
center +
The
Missouri Times: Gov. Bob Holden, Maxine Waters to receive
lifetime achievement awards from St. Louis County NAACP
Missourinet:
Unions promote anti-'right to work' petition
Drebes: Ron
Calzone sues again, this time over tax-credit bill
The
Missouri Times: ACLU challenging Missouri's voter ID law in court
The
Missouri Times: Second special session begins in Senate with
questions of Greitens' motives
Missourinet:
Silvey questions Greitens' special-session call
The
Missouri Times: Holsman files legislation for year-long session
to protest governor's call
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) beheads chicken
ahead of special session
The
Missouri Times: Silvey on Greitens ' REAL ID ceremony snub:
"I'm just a part-time legislator, but he's a full-time politician, so
he needs the cameras more than I do."
Missourinet:
REAL ID bill becomes the real deal
AP:
Missouri takes steps toward compliance with federal ID law
P-D:
Greitens signs REAL ID law
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) says Senate
colleagues' antics can be "excruciating," anticipates some increased
fees for agriculture next session
The
Missouri Times: Half attendance at Greitens' tax committee hears
about gross receipts taxes and low-income housing tax credits
Missourinet:
Missouri Parole Board Member Don Ruzicka resigns amid uproar over
behavior at prisoner meetings
P-D:
Don Ruzicka resigns amid word game allegations
AP:
Ruzicka resigns spot on Missouri Parole Board
St.
Joseph News-Press: PLA bill won't create savings on Blacksnake
project X
P-D:
Missouri wraps up plan to fix failing schools
KWMU:
Lawsuit claims Missouri foster kids are prescribed too many medications
AP:
Missouri sued over psychotropic drugs for foster care kids
P-D
editorial: Greitens should demand answers over reports of
game-playing at parole hearings
KC
Star editorial: Kansas City's police board gets new members but
faces familiar challenges +
Columbia
Missourian's C.W. Dawson: A call for better fathers; Men -
particularly black men - should stop abandoning the children they create
P-D
letter: Wildwood septuagenarian says she is outraged by parole
board's behavior during hearings
P-D
letter: Area gals say Fordham Institute's proposed remedies for
schools haven't worked
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Monday, June 12
KC Star: Cleaver calls Trump "a tiny little bully that
borders on being a tiny little criminal" +
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves touts KCI plan, revival
of the coal industry X
Bloomberg: America's health care crisis is a gold mine
for crowdfunding; Comments from Physicians for a National Health
Program-Missouri Chair Ed Weisbart
Washington Missourian: FEMA reinstating denied flood
funds
The Hill: Qatar hires John Ashcroft for 'crisis
response'
Missourinet: Wash U environmental law prof dislikes
Trump's stance on Paris climate agreement
SNL: Liberal Springfield couple, distraught over
Trump's election, travels U.S. and Canada in Winnebago X
CDT: Area LGBTQIA* activists attend march in D.C. X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Bob Onder on
women's health and abortion sanctuary cities; Panel of Rep. Nick
Schroer (R-O'Fallon), Chuck Hatfield, Virvus Jones, Jack Spooner talk
special session, term limits, dark money coordination, more
Missourinet: Legislature's special session on
abortion-related issues begins today
KWMU: Missouri's second special session sets up
another fight over St. Louis City's actions
Washington Missourian: Rep. Nathan Tate (R-St. Clair)
looks back on rookie session, says lobbyists "aren't the devil," House
action and Senate holdups, more X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri State Board of
Education's Charlie Shields to speak at St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce
breakfast X
KWMU: Publicity starts early for some St. Louis
charter schools
KC Star editorial: Greitens wastes time and money with
another special session +
P-D editorial: Greitens promised jobs and wages. He's
delivering the opposite.
JCNT editorial: Missouri Department of Revenue's tax
refund problems X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Columbia mayor
deserves praise for opposing President Donald Trump
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian unhappy with
News-Leader coverage of McCaskill-Schumer-Tester vacation X
KC Star letters: Lee's Summit man wants legislators to
pass PDMP; Lee's Summit woman unhappy with Greitens' call for
special session +
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Sunday, June 11
Politico:
McCaskill, other Senate Democrats try to spark rural comeback in 2018
P-D:
Ann Wagner tells conservative faith group that the modern sex trade is
slavery
Drebes:
Greitens names Patrick Baker as Missouri's Flood Recovery Coordinator
Dunklin
Democrat: Jay Ashcroft makes Bootheel stop on voter ID
informational tour
JCNT:
Petition aims to halt 'right to work' law; Ballot language
approved by "Secretary of State John [sic]
Ashcroft" X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) recaps constituent
feedback from town hall forum
CDT:
Local use tax would depend on state, federal legislation X
P-D
editorial: Blunt, Greitens MIA when a veteran needs help
KC
Star editorial: Greitens should sign UMKC arts campus bill, veto
minimum-wage and discrimination bills
SE Missourian
editorial: Tailor Institute dealing with challenge of losing
state funds +
SNL's
Steve Pokin: The governor who cried weasel; Greitens guilty
of the same "weaselly" behavior he once accused John Brunner of X
Waters:
Greitens wants to "play god to his anti-choice base," and legislators
should stay home during special session X
P-D
letter: Affton resident applauds Onder's pro-life stance
P-D
letter: St. Charles County Democrat responds to Fordham Institute
piece on charter schools
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Saturday, June 10
KC Star: McCaskill tirade about GOP health plan goes
viral +
KC Star: Missouri Hospital Association study:
GOP health bill shorts state on Medicaid; Comments from VP Dave
Dillon +
KC Star: Trump administration solicits public
suggestions on Obamacare policies +
Sedalia Democrat: MRP Executive Director Austin
Stukins says Missouri is "ruby red" state, takes aim at
McCaskill; Comments from Pettis County GOP's Carla Young,
volunteer award winner Abe Kropp
P-D: Congressional delegation's votes for the week
The Missouri Times: Profile: Missouri Club for
Growth treasurer - and potential state Senate candidate - Cindy
O'Laughlin
Drebes:
Greitens donor considers bid for St. Louis County Executive - as a
Democrat
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of June 5
SNL: Greitens urges pro-life action, asks Springfield
crowd to pray for lawmakers X
P-D: Greitens rallies supporters in St. Charles in
advance of special session on pro-life provisions
The Missouri Times: Governor's special-session call
includes game-changing provision for AG's office
KWMU: Ashcroft responds to ACLU complaints about voter
ID law
JCNT: Public defenders' budget in limbo X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) to
bring back prescription drug monitoring program bill
KWMU: At local meeting of health executives, panel
chastises Missouri Republicans for failing to pass PDMP, not spending
enough on treatment centers
SE
Missourian: Cape County commissioners considering
prescription-drug monitoring program +
The Missouri Times: Missouri isn't the only state
fighting over liquor laws
Missourinet: State safety efforts underway prior to
August's total solar eclipse
P-D: August eclipse has Missouri officials planning
for influx of viewers
CDT: Local legislators sit through kids' panel,
entertain questions about lawmaking and favorite ice cream X
Columbia Missourian: Local Democrats, Republicans
visit library, take questions from kids
KC Star: Greitens names two to Kansas City police board +
Missourinet: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City)
says drug house has "set up shop" next to his district office
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Legislature correct
to hold pesticide applicators accountable for off-label herbicide
applications X
SNL op-ed: Center for Diversity and Reconciliation's
Emily Bowen-Marler: Sign petition limiting campaign contributions
and lobbyist gifts X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian says AG
report on traffic stops can provide multiple groups -including men - an
opportunity to act indignant X
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Friday, June 9
SNL:
Blunt challenges Comey during hearing on Russia, Trump and more X
P-D:
Blunt-Comey exchange a microcosm of the political-legal tangle of
Russian investigation
Missourinet:
Blunt questions former FBI director about private conversation with
Trump
Missourinet:
Cleaver: Comey's testimony was 'riveting'
Missourinet:
Columbia's Brian Treece joins "Climate Mayors" opposing Trump on Paris
withdrawal
The
Missouri Times: Profile: Jacob Scott, Chief of Staff for
Sen. Bill Eigel (R-St. Charles)
SNL:
Greitens and Huckabee to appear at VFW convention before abortion rally
X
The
Missouri Times: Huckabee joins Greitens on tour for special
session rallies
The
Missouri Times: Republicans, Democrats predictably split on
abortion special session
SE
Missourian: Area reps: Special session a 'woodshed' moment
for senators, represents 'new way of doing things' +
P-D:
Greitens tours local pregnancy center, talks special session
KC
Star: ACLU sues Missouri to temporarily halt new voter ID law
+
P-D:
ACLU, NAACP sue over voter ID law
SNL:
Don't kill economic incentives, Springfield tells Greitens' tax
committee X
Drebes:
Opioid manufacturers prepare to defend themselves from legislative
action
KC
Star: Anti-opioid march to take place Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium
+
P-D:
Missouri parole board played word games during hearings with
inmates; Key phrases included "hootenanny," "manatee," Hank
Williams Jr. song, more
The
Missouri Times: Captain Erik J. Anthes to be honored as
Distinguished Member of the Regiment for historic 16th Infantry
P-D
editorial: Greitens recalls legislators to burnish his
anti-abortion credentials
Warrensburg
Daily Star-Journal Published Joe Warren: Flying birds should be
grounded; Local teacher should know better than to flip off the
White House X
Messenger:
Missouri Guard loses again as feds says whistleblowers were illegally
fired
Missourinet's
Jason Taylor: Greitens' call for special session on abortion not
clear on all intentions
P-D
letter: Clayton attorney Susan Block says SOS Jay Ashcroft wrong
on "Safe at Home"
P-D
letter: St. Peters woman says latest special session is part of
Greitens' plan to discriminate against women
KC
Star letter: West Coast transplant says she won't start attending
Royals games due to pro-life advertisements +
P-D
letter: Brentwood man responds to Messenger column on violence,
says fathers must stop abandoning the children they create
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Thursday, June 8
P-D: Blunt: What Comey won't talk about could be
a problem in showdown hearing
Missourinet: McCaskill plan to provide DC insurance
access gets companion legislation in U.S. House
KC Star: Warrensburg Middle School teacher takes trip
with students, holds up middle fingers toward White House +
Faughn: Insult to injury: Greitens' shots at
legislators unnecessary for Bootheel bill passage; Notes on dark
money, CDT's Jim Robertson, Tony Messenger, more
SNL: Ashcroft holds voter ID education session in
Springfield X
Missourinet: Galloway: Missouri tax refund
problems cause drastic spike in Whistleblower Hotline calls
The Missouri Times: Greitens brings legislators back
for second special session
The Missouri Times: Pro-choice groups ramp up efforts
ahead of special session
SNL: Greitens' rallies in Springfield, Joplin to
feature Mike Huckabee X
Missourinet: Greitens calls special session on abortion
Missourinet: Greitens: Blocking St. Louis City
ordinance is about protecting pregnancy care centers
AP:
Greitens calls special session on abortion
KWMU: Abortion focus of second special legislative
session
P-D: Targeting abortion laws, Greitens calls another
special session
KC Star: Greitens calls special session to focus on
abortion +
Drebes:
DHSS Director Randall Williams says previous administrations have
failed to comply with abortion law
KWMU: Loss of funding for DWI checkpoints in Missouri
draws mixed reviews
The Missouri Times: The case for and against St.
Louis' re-entry; Comments from legislators
St. Joseph News-Press: State's highway panel hears
local updates X
The Missouri Times: Osage Nation's efforts for a
casino already have opposition
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: June 7, 2017
AP:
Galloway: More than $100,000 missing from Viburnum
SNL editorial: Voter ID dramatics aside, the goal is
still to get voters to the polls X
P-D editorial: Enjoy this year's budget cuts? Just
wait until next year.
P-D op-ed: Fordham Institute's Brandon Wright and
Michael Petrilli: Missouri's plan to fix its failing schools
falls flat
SNL letter: Housing developer Stacy
Jurado-Miller: Governor's tax committee should support State Low
Income Housing Tax Credit program X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian responds
to piece on "poverty," suggests those profiled give up their cable TV
and cellphones
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Wednesday, June 7
The Hill: Missouri among five places most likely to
lose Obamacare insurers
KC Star: There's more to BlueKC's Obamacare exit than
just financial losses +
Missourinet: Blunt prepares to question ousted FBI
director
Missourinet: Blunt tells Trump's education secretary
that budget cuts won't fly
JCNT: Illegal immigrant attacks mentally-challenged
woman in Jefferson City; Salvador Hernandez-Nevarro pushed woman
in an alley, fondled her, pinned her to door of business, threw her
down, taunted her before police arrived X
Missourinet: Jason Smith encourages Missourians
impacted by flooding to apply for disaster assistance
P-D: McCaskill amends past personal financial reports,
including reports on stock of opioid manufacturer
The Missouri Times: What you need to know about
Missouri's evolving campaign finance laws
SNL: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft talks voter ID in
Springfield X
KFVS: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt visits Cape
Girardeau to introduce MO ABLE program
JCNT: Galloway to DOR: Don't keep Missourians
waiting for tax refunds X
Drebes:
Greitens' bill-review process
The Missouri Times: Greitens poised to call special
session on abortion
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
talks MU budget cuts
SNL: Mizzou cuts affect some lobbying contracts;
Andy Blunt's contract will remain in effect X
The Missouri Times: KCU opens doors to first new
medical school in nearly 50 years in Joplin
AP:
$5 million award upheld in white professor's discrimination case
SNL: Willard superintendent suspended for praying at
graduation X
SNL: Springfield closer to launching prescription drug
monitoring program X
Missourinet: Activist group Race Matters, Friends
wants Columbia police chief fired after AG report
JCNT editorial: Disaster declaration a key step to
healing X
KC Star editorial: Ashcroft's voter-ID education tour
should include a stop in KC +
KWMU op-ed: Commonwealth Fund's health care fellow
Bram Sable-Smith: For rural hospitals already on the brink, GOP's
proposed Medicaid cuts would hit hard
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: CDT cartoonist
Darkow let go
P-D letter: Center for Competitive Politics' David
Keating: Complaints about "dark money" are really complaints
against free speech
P-D letter: Florissant woman says special session was
all about corporate welfare for Ameren
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Tuesday, June 6
The Hill: Senate GOP eyes July vote on health
care; Comment from Blunt
P-D: Blunt agrees with Trump decision to not invoke
authority to keep Comey from testifying
The Missouri Times: Kansas City company awarded major
VA contract
KC Star: Cerner wins big VA health records contract +
St. Joseph News-Press: Rural Missourians facing doctor
shortage X
Missourinet: FEMA asks Missouri residents recovering
from floods to register for aid
Missourinet: John Danforth to receive Winston
Churchill Leadership Medal on Thursday
P-D: Former Speaker Tim Jones lands regular gig at
KFTK radio
KWMU: Who's running Missouri now? A brief look
at Greitens' cabinet picks to date
The Missouri Times: Governor's tax committee hears
case for historic preservation tax credits
St. Joseph News-Press: Ashcroft tours state to educate
voters on ID law X
CDT: Ashcroft visits Columbia to promote voter ID
education X
Columbia Missourian: Ashcroft's voter ID education
tour makes stop in Columbia
JCNT: Ashcroft begins voter ID education tour X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
believes prescription drug monitoring program will return
P-D: Fewer than 65,000 to be affected by prescription
drug benefit cut
The Missouri Times: Energy groups request 'timely
decision' in Grain Belt case
Columbia Missourian: News of MU layoffs begins
trickling in
Missourinet: Empower Missouri focuses on traffic stops
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: State wisely ends
checkpoint funding X
CDT op-ed: Law prof Robert Jerry: Protecting
speech (and protest) at MU X
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Monday, June 5
Fox News: Blunt: Comey testimony will bring
probe to conclusion
Washington Times: On Fox News Sunday, Blunt urges
Muslim communities to confront extremism
P-D: Food vans help distribute taxpayer-funded meals
to urban youth
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Mike Cierpiot
announces bid for Kraus' seat, talks Bootheel jobs bill, more;
Panel of former Rep. Jeremy Lafaver, Sens. Jason Holsman and Ryan
Silvey, and KCUR's Brian Ellison on Bootheel jobs session, dark money
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: GOP
consultant Gregg Keller on Greitens and dark money, sanctuary cities
status, McCaskill's re-election bid, more
KWMU: The St. Louis Fed weighs in on potential
$10-an-hour minimum wage
Drebes:
Incentives not a dirty word for Greitens administration
Missourinet: St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson wants
Greitens to call special session to boost police officer pay
KC Star: KC theater community unhappy with UMKC budget
cuts +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Voter ID is now the
law; Politically-motivated attacks on Jay Ashcroft undermine
bipartisan support for elections process X
P-D editorial: 'Stand your ground' law is a license to
kill, and will likely surface in Missouri
Messenger: On poverty, compassion, and taking
responsibility for the children you create
P-D op-ed: UMSL students: Trump's immigration
stance scares local Indian tech students
SNL letter: Lebanon man says those seeking meeting
with Billy Long should ask questions in a civilized manner X
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian says she supports
toll roads, increased gas tax
KC Star letter: Oak Grove octogenarian responds to
"lunch-shaming" article, says it makes her want to cry +
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Sunday, June 4
P-D:
Eyes on Centene to fill void after Obamacare insurer bails on parts of
Missouri
CDT:
Boone Hospital trustees eye legal changes, insurance limitations as
they decide new lease; A look at the impact of Obamacare, lack of
Medicaid expansion X
AP: Mayors
group criticizes Trump for pulling out of Paris climate agreement
CDT:
Local anti-Trump "March for Truth" draws fewer than 60 participants
X
JCNT:
Anti-Trump march draws fewer than 25 participants X
KWMU:
Moms Demand Action Against Gun Violence group holds rally in St. Louis
City
St.
Joseph News-Press: Local Democrats hear from Nicole Galloway,
Scott Sifton, state rep candidate Austin Montee X
Drebes: Help
Wanted: Office of Lieutenant Governor seeks Director of Marketing
and Tourism
JCNT:
Profile: Secretary of State's Julie Stegeman's path from yearbook
to state director of publications X
AP: State
funding eliminated for Missouri sobriety checkpoints
KC
Star editorial: Greitens makes risky wager on dark money donations
+
P-D
editorial: Greitens stashes his sneaky money behind the First
Amendment
SE Missourian
editorial: Electric rate bill worth the effort if jobs come +
KC
Star editorial: Early childhood education takes backseat to
corporate tax cuts in Missouri +
JCNT
editorial: By seeking input on regulations, Chris Chinn's
Department of Agriculture will set strong precedent for other agencies
X
Waters:
Consensus among close observers is that Blunt will offer a fair
assessment of Trump-Russia connection X
Helling:
While Washington fiddles, Kansas City's infrastructure crumbles +
P-D
letter: Blunt says he's working to extend education grants
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Saturday, June 3
P-D:
Trump approves request for federal aid to Missouri flood victims
KC
Star: Downtown rally against Trump's Paris announcement draws
nearly fifteen +
Columbia
Missourian: 'Fair chase' hunting group submits initiative
petitions for statewide vote on captive deer operations
P-D:
Jay Ashcroft launches educational campaign to help inform citizens
about state's voter ID law
The
Missouri Times: Greitens announces Rob Dixon as new director for
Missouri Dept. of Economic Development
SNL:
Former Springfield chamber official named director of state Economic
Development Department X
AP:
Report: Missouri revenues not on pace to fully fund budget
KWMU:
Missouri bringing in slightly less money than expected, but cuts before
June 30 unlikely
AP:
Most Missouri state tax refunds should be returned soon
Washington
Missourian: Result of special session may be higher utility rates
X
CDT:
University of Missouri budget plan eliminates 474 jobs X
Columbia
Missourian: Choi outlines UM System budget plans for fiscal 2018
P-D:
Details on University of Missouri cuts: 474 jobs cut;
Mizzou takes the biggest hit
Missourinet:
Mizzou takes biggest hit in UM budget plan that slashes 474 jobs
KC
Star: UM System cutting $101 million from its four campuses +
KWMU:
More than 470 jobs being eliminated from University of Missouri System
Columbia
Missourian: Legislators to take questions at town hall for youth,
by youth
St.
Joseph News-Press: Missouri Department of Conservation to hold
open house to mark 80th anniversary X
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: State's report on traffic stops
leaves more questions than answers X
St.
Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: Social-media chatter has local
illegal immigrants worried about enforcement X
Messenger:
Sgt. Joe Schicker was Missouri's forgotten hero. Now he's the forgotten
soldier.
The
Missouri Times letter: SSM's Jessica Pabst and Mike Rosenblatt
thank Romine and Libla for keeping utility rates low
P-D
letter: St. Louis man responds to Messenger's court-overhaul
column: What kind of a man abandons the children he created?
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Friday, June 2
P-D: Congressional delegation has partisan divide on
Trump's climate accord withdrawal; Statements from delegation's
communications staff
KC Star: Communications staff pen statements reacting
to Trump's Paris announcement +
Missourinet: Sierra Club opposes Trump's decision on
Paris agreement; Comments from President John Hickey
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jason Smith expects federal disaster declaration +
Missourinet: Greitens' flood recovery team says
federal relief is on the way
KWMU: Local school district opposes cuts to its
after-school federal funding
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft fires back at voter
ID opposition, launches law
Missourinet: Ashcroft on new voter ID law: "If
you're registered to vote, you can vote"
AP:
Ashcroft: IDs available for those who need them
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Bruce
Franks (D-St. Louis City) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
first year as legislator, minimum wage, Ferguson protests, more
The Missouri Times: A look at what's next for the
steel mill and smelter
Columbia Missourian: Recent special session cost the
state less than $67k
Missourinet: Dozens of Missouri bills await the
governor's action
AP:
Missouri health chief pledges crackdown on abortion law
The Missouri Times: American Gaming Association touts
benefits in Show-Me State as Osage seeks new casino
P-D: Few details emerge ahead of University of
Missouri layoff announcements
CDT: University lays off communications, lobbying
staff; John Fougere among those whose jobs were eliminated X
Columbia Missourian: UM System strategic
communications workers laid off
KWMU: What charter school a parent chooses may say
more about them than the school
P-D: Tax refund wait in Missouri may not be as bad as
2016
AP:
New state report: After being pulled over, minority drivers more
likely to be arrested than whites
The Missouri Times: Ag Director Chris Chinn:
Dept. of Ag kicks off public comment on rules and regulations overhaul
P-D editorial: Keep tolls on the table in discussion
about raising money for Missouri's roads
CDT editorial: Remembering Jim Robertson as he leaves
the Tribune X
P-D's Nicklaus: New minimum-wage study has fodder for
both sides of debate
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Republican state
legislators should abandon their position on taxes, end rewards for
businesses
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau sexagenarian says lawmakers'
special session vote was all about corporate welfare +
P-D letter: Maryland Heights septuagenarian wants
legislators to raise gas tax for infrastructure
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson man responds to letter chastising
Wallingford for not being conservative enough
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P-D letter: St. Louis City woman disagrees with Sen.
Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) on abortion
P-D letter: St. Charles man says lobbyists, activists
are the ones trying to replace districts' abstinence-based programs
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman applauds Ed
Martin's op-ed on West Lake Landfill and the role of the federal
government
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Thursday, June 1
June 2016
Missouri political news headlines
June 2015
Missouri political news headlines
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Donald Trump's
victory causes mental-health hardships for local illegal aliens
KC Star: Local disability groups complain about GOP
health bill; Comments from McCaskill's Sarah Feldman, area woman
with sad story, etc. +
The Missouri Times: Renew Missouri's PJ Wilson
stepping down, James Owen taking over
The Missouri Times: Rocky Miller seeking seat on
Cherokee Nation Tribal Council
AP: Survey shows slight decline in Midwest economic
conditions
KWMU: Missouri's term limits blamed for
short-circuiting legislative relationships
Drebes:
Ron Richard says hypothetical St. Louis City-St. Louis County merger
must include oversight to keep urban bureaucrats from frittering cash
away "on a bunch of umbrellas and stuff"
P-D: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur), Rep. Lauren
Arthur (D-Kansas City) want to pin down Greitens on Obamacare repeal
SE
Missourian: Funding ax for Tailor Institute for autism services
was 'oversight' +
KWMU: Liberal groups unhappy as voter ID provisions
become law of the land; Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights)
says law especially hard on transgenders
P-D: Local liberals congregate downtown to complain
about voter ID law, compare it to 'Jim Crow'
SE
Missourian: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) to host voter ID
seminar in Jackson on June 7 +
Missourinet: Retiring Rep. Tila Hubrecht (R-Dexter)
shares thoughts on state health care regulations, Medicaid expansion
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) to speak at First
Friday Coffee +
CDT: New petition filed in campus concealed weapons
case X
P-D: University of Missouri System begins layoffs at
headquarters
Missourinet: Chesterfield student Alice Liu advances
to National Spelling Bee finals; Minority female chooses to work
hard, achieves success
P-D: Chesterfield speller Alice Liu, 10, makes finals
of Scripps National Spelling Bee
St. Joseph News-Press: Sylvia Nguyen makes mark at
National Spelling Bee; Minority female takes temporary setback in
stride, maintains positive outlook X
CDT: Kael Miranda makes it to third round of National
Spelling Bee; Minority student chooses to not blame others for
outcome, says loss motivates him to do better next time X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the PSC: May
31, 2017
Missourinet: Galloway audit of Wellston underscores
city's legacy of incompetence
KC Star editorial: Missouri voter ID law could sow
confusion; Concept of "identification" too much for some
Missourians to handle +
P-D op-ed: National Down Syndrome Society's Sara Weir
and State Treasurer Eric Schmitt: MO ABLE opens windows of
opportunity for Missouri families
P-D op-ed: Rep. Jon Carpenter (D-Kansas City):
Greitens should veto minimum-wage bill
Missourinet's Jason Taylor: Missouri DHSS statement on
abortion clinics is meandering
P-D letter: Bel-Nor resident responds to Messenger
column on municipal-court overhaul, says not all North St. Louis County
towns have Section 8 infestations
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