Tuesday, March 31
KWMU: Schweich aide Spence Jackson found dead
Missourinet: Missouri deputy auditor remembers 'fun,'
'professional' spokesman
KOLR: Darrell Moore, auditor's office attorney from
the Ozarks, remembers Spence Jackson
SNL: Schweich spokesman, Central high school and MSU
grad, left note before suicide X
Faughn: Spence Jackson was a pro's pro
Missourinet: Police: Despite controversy,
Jackson's death to be investigated like any other
The Missouri Times: Police provide more details into
death of Spence Jackson
P-D: Four weeks after Schweich, Spence Jackson suicide
again jolts Missouri GOP
JCNT: Jackson dead in apparent suicide X
AP: Police: Jackson left note
Kraske: The Chat: Hanaway on Spence Jackson +
P-D: Business, political leaders criticize EPA carbon
regs; Rep. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) says environmental agency
has gone "a step too far"
SNL: Nixon prepares to comply with EPA greenhouse gas
rules X
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt write letter in support of
National Geospatial-Intelligence locations in Missouri
SE
Missourian: Mail-processing change could create delays, postal
employees say +
Drebes:
Jennifer Joyce could crack Dems' all-white-male statewide slate
KC Star: Campaign to fund early childhood education
readies pitch to raise Missouri's tobacco tax
+
AP: Missouri House endorses limits on state spending
increases
AP: Missouri prescription drug database earns initial
approval
KWMU: Robbyn Wahby, Slay's top education adviser, will
head Missouri Charter School Commission
P-D: Robbyn Wahby to lead state charter school
commission
AP: House panel questions privacy in body-camera bill
KWMU: Missouri National Guard increases diversity in
its ranks, cites community-based recruiting
AP: Pharmacy association dissuades members from
providing drugs for lethal injections
AP: Man who shot police at Ferguson protest seeks
lower bond
P-D: Three in custody after attack on MetroLink rider
harassed about Michael Brown
AP: Police announce two arrests in train attack;
White male rode MetroLink, was harassed about Michael Brown then beaten
P-D: MetroLink riders, officials weigh in on savage
beating
KSDK: Victim of attack sets up GoFundMe account to
ensure he can get to work safely; Man says other riders watched
savage beating, did nothing to help
AP: Four non-Missouri journalists still upset about
arrests seven months ago
P-D editorial: McCaskill, Blunt choose politics over
addressing global warming
JCNT editorial: Let's hold off on capping new state
symbols just yet X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Gov. Nixon doesn't use public e-mail address,
text or any electronic communication +
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls:
Let's design a better K-12 funding system
Washington Missourian's Bill Battle: Homeschoolers in
high school sports: A right or a privilege?
P-D letter: Parents as Teachers' Alison Gee: The
answer to high suspension rates is spending more taxpayer money on
early childhood development
P-D letter: Kwame Foundation: The answer to high
suspension rates is the Tyrone Thompson Institute for Nonviolence
mentoring program
P-D letter: Restore full funding for Missouri's elder
abuse hotline
KC Star letter: Tom Dempsey, other Republicans want to
kick poor people while they're down; People who vote Republican
should be ashamed of themselves +
P-D letter: Missouri Republican lawmakers are really
mean, and their motto is "Let the people be damned"
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Monday, March 30
Missourinet: Spence Jackson, spokesman for the late
Tom Schweich, found dead
P-D: Spence Jackson found dead in his Jefferson City
apartment
AP: McCaskill tour will focus on seniors
KWMU: City would sell land directly to feds if
national agency chooses to relocate on north side
KWMU: FCC: More than two-thirds of rural
Missourians lack high-speed Internet access
Kraske: The Chat: Hanaway resumes gubernatorial
campaign; McCaskill says toodles to Reid
Kraske: Is Eric Greitens serious, or just another
Tommy Sowers? He should start by returning phone calls.
Rosenbaum: Nixon's choice: Examining the
possibilities for Missouri's next state auditor
SE
Missourian: Group seeks tobacco tax hike to fund early-childhood
education; Comments from Raise Your Hand for Kids' Erin Brower
KC Star: Missouri stuck with crumbling roads and
reluctance to pay for repairs
KC Star: With Kansas and Minnesota Capitol renovations
over budget, the question is: What will happen in Missouri?
P-D: As the economy improves, more Missouri state
workers are leaving
JCNT: Lawmakers begin home stretch; Mid-Missouri
legislators still pushing to get state pay raises into budget
AP: GOP supermajorities seek to sort out differences
on bills
AP: Where legislation stands as lawmakers return
P-D: New test, technology mark start of state exams
St. Joseph News-Press: Utilities group opposes
broadband bill
AP: Missouri organic farmers eligible for reimbursement
SNL: A look at local legislators' Jefferson City
apartments
KODE (Joplin): MO Dept. of Conservation, MoDOT promote
"No MOre Trash Bash!" anti-litter campaign
P-D: Diehl keeps his promise to focus on broad issues
rather than a "Ferguson agenda"
P-D editorial: Going halfway in reining in the payday
predators
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers wrong to cut
welfare without instituting lobbyist gift ban
P-D letter: Terry Jarrett says Luetkemeyer, others are
working to review EPA's Clean Power Plan
JCNT letter: Library director wants Nixon to release
library funds
P-D letter: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis):
Prescription requirement for pseudoephedrine is misguided
JCNT letter: Area death-penalty opponent urges others
to join her at Nixon protest
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Sunday, March 29
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: USDA recognizes Senath for community
work; Comments from McCaskill's Christy Mercer, others +
Washington Missourian: Mum's the FAA word on airport
closure process
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): EPA grilling study targeted by
Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello)
KC Star: KC political consultant Jeff Roe rides out
backlash to Tom Schweich suicide +
KMZU (Carrollton): Statewide scholarship scare over as
A+ gets funding; Comments from Missouri Dept. of Higher
Education's Liz Coleman
AP: Missouri bill would allow growlers in gas
stations, grocers
KWMU: Access to mental health care a challenge for
rural areas
St. Joseph News-Press: Disaster funds coming to
Northwest Missouri X
KMZU
(Carrollton): Missouri Department of Economic Development to host
job fair April 9
P-D: Union leader Jeff Roorda says DOJ's "band of
marauders" concealed truth about Ferguson shooting; Former Dem
state rep mocks traffic-ticket caterwauling, "Hands Up Don't Shoot myth"
KWMU: Police supporters rally in St. Louis; Lt.
Gov. Peter Kinder addresses the crowd
KWMU: Organization for Black Struggle, SEIU,
ACORN/MORE, et al. plan door-to-door effort in Ferguson
KC Star editorial: Pick up the pace on building Rock
Island Trail across Missouri +
P-D's Ken Leiser's final "Along for the Ride" piece:
Veteran columnist leaving the newspaper business
KC Star's Yael Abouhalhak: Casting your one (1) vote
against Jeff Roe's candidates will show him what's what +
P-D letter: People whining about lost scholarships
should blame the illegals' parents
P-D letter: Hancock deserved to be victim of smear
campaign
P-D letter: Central Reform Congregation Director of
Advocacy Jennifer Bernstein: All legislators who oppose Medicaid
expansion are either misinformed or liars
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Saturday, March 28
KRCU (SEMO): Bootheel rice farmers look forward to
Trans Pacific Partnership, Cuba trade; McCaskill wants U.S. to
drop Cuba embargo
KWMU: McCaskill offers brief, polite statement on
Reid's departure
P-D: Congressional delegation votes for the week
P-D: Federal office in North St. Louis County deals
with another case of underperforming employee tossing out records to
appear more productive
KC Star: Missouri reports solid job growth in February +
AP: After monthlong hiatus, Catherine Hanaway resumes
campaign for governor
P-D: Former Holden Chief of Staff Jane Dueker hired by
KMOX as fill-in host
P-D: Former Post-Dispatch political reporter Jake
Wagman (D) offers campaigns social-media background checks on its
potential hires
Columbia Missourian: Columbia lawyer Michael Barrett
named to lead Missouri State Public Defender System
Kirksville Daily Express: GOP Reps. Nate Walker, Craig
Redmon speak at Chamber's "State of the District," praise Diehl and
Richardson
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Walker, Redmon talk about
Legislature's first half, discuss constituent turnout and GOP leadership
KOAM (Joplin): Medicaid-expansion town hall forum
draws crowd of nearly a dozen
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): 911 funding on the docket when
Legislature returns
KTVI (St. Louis): Michael Brown question sparks
MetroLink beating caught on video; Teens harass lone white
passenger on train car, then punch and kick him in the face
P-D: Three youths attack man on MetroLink train after
asking him about Michael Brown; Perps still on the loose
AP: Man on St. Louis MetroLink asked about Michael
Brown, then attacked
KC Star Capitol Watch editorial: Weekly list of GOP
transgressions: Rep. Jeff Pogue (R-Salem) wrong about
transgenderism and women being forced to dress alongside men +
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Chief Justice
Mary Rhodes Russell brings attention to needs of foster kids
P-D letter: Mayor Francis Slay: More federal
money will help St. Louisans with heating bills
P-D letter: Area woman with health problem opposes
Onder's legislation
JCNT letter: Kehoe, other Medicaid opponents are cruel X
JCNT letter: Veterans deserve Medicaid coverage X
P-D letter: Response to Jennifer Joyce's response to
Keaveny's legislation
P-D letter: What Missouri needs is a bunch of
16-year-olds voting
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Friday, March 27
Washington Times: McCaskill one of three Dems to side
with GOP to speed deportations of illegal immigrant children
The Hill: McCaskill one of four red-state Dems voting
with GOP on carbon tax amendment
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill shows graciousness
in recognizing Boehner's bipartisanship +
P-D: Senate 'vote-a-rama' satisfies traditionalists
but exposes chasms; Comments from MO congressional delegation
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri delegation seeks to
stop 'dueling' power regulations X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: At cotton producers' meeting, Missouri Farm
Bureau says growers should keep an eye on EPA "Waters of the U.S."
rule, upcoming DNR regs +
JCNT: Former lawmaker Carl Vogel has 'good attitude'
about pancreatic cancer X
Missourinet: Hancock says 'whispering campaign' has
been roundly disproven
Drebes:
Eric Greitens sets up campaign website
Washington Missourian: At Franklin County Lincoln Day,
keynote Carl Bearden says GOP must move beyond blaming Obama
Washington Missourian: Luetkemeyer: Republicans
must remain united to elect a president in '16
St. Joseph News-Press: Jay Ashcroft brings SOS
campaign to area X
Missourinet: Nixon-led Missouri trade mission to
Europe enters last leg
P-D: Liberal think tank says Missouri's
African-Americans are among nation's leaders in unemployment
The Missouri Times: Legislature at the mid-way
point: Which bills passed, and what is their fate?
Missourinet: Missouri books May execution;
Kimber Edwards was facing felony charge for nonpayment of child
support, so he had his ex-wife killed
AP: Execution set for man convicted of contract killing
P-D: Former St. Louis jailer set to be executed in May
for hiring hitman to kill ex-wife
P-D: Still no word from KSDK on their employment of
newsroom aide/protester
AP: After Ferguson suit, three police agencies lose
tear gas as a tool to control protesters
P-D: DOJ hears mix of views on Ferguson report at
hearing; Adult identifying himself as "Big Moe" says Eric
Holder's DOJ "is keeping us captive in racism"
P-D editorial: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph) is a
hypocrite for opposing Medicaid expansion
JCNT editorial: Remedy needed for prescription drug
abuse X
KC Star editorial: Reject Burlison's reckless gun bill +
KC Star editorial: Feds' new payday lending
restrictions are welcome in Missouri +
JCNT letter: Instead of trying to make EPA's job
harder, Luetkemeyer should support a carbon fee X
KC Star letter: Charter school leader Douglas Thaman
says congressional delegation should support charter schools +
P-D letter: Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St.
Louis): Can't afford to pick up the tab for Noranda
SE
Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute intern Jessica Stearns says
paper should have added balance to film tax-credit story +
P-D letter: Easter Seals Midwest CEO thanks Schmitt,
Silvey, Schaefer, Sue Allen for standing up for autistic kids
P-D letter: Effort to 'ban the box' would help ex-cons
P-D letter: Hazelwood woman suggests Ferguson
protesters follow the union model of picketing, and share their message
in an assertive yet civilized way
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Thursday, March 26
McClatchy: Another long day in the Senate - for
amendments that won't become law; McCaskill says "gotcha
exercise" is "dumb"
Politico: Senate Democratic opposition to Medicare pay
bill softening; McCaskill says Dems should reward Boehner for
working across the aisle and finding compromise
Kraske: The Chat: Parson on campaign
civility; Medicaid funds-recovery; Koster's
conflict-of-interest policy +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: John Hancock
talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about Schweich suicide, future of
the party, gov primary, much more
Drebes:
Dems' Senate District 1 problem
KWMU: Missouri trade delegation highlights meetings
during European trip
AP: Nixon touts Missouri in European trade mission
AP: Schmitt, Schaefer oppose Kehoe's measure on
expert-witness change
CDT: State education funding proposal may overcome
intial projected losses X
P-D: Lawsuit targets city schools over directive to
take online classes
P-D: Bill from Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St. Peters) would
require CPR training
P-D: Twenty-eight is enough: Rep. Tom Flanigan
(R-Carthage) seeks to put an end to state symbolmania
P-D: Riverfront Times is being sold in parent
company's restructuring
AP: Attorney for man who admitted shooting police at
protest says client did not actually shoot police
P-D: KSDK silent on newsroom aide who helmed Ferguson
marches; Jana Marie Gamble promotes side hustle with
"#ItsAGambleProduction" hashtag
KWMU: Justice Department's Civil Rights Team to meet
with 'diverse group' about Ferguson
P-D: Ferguson Commission turnout includes equal number
of whites, blacks
KWMU: Ferguson Commission holds another meeting on
"racial healing," creates more aspirational to-do lists
Washington Missourian editorial: Compromise
lost: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith doing his part to bridge partisan
gap, and McCaskill is her usual frank self
Washington Missourian editorial: Trip to D.C. exposes
Missouri newspaper delegation to poorly-dressed proletariat;
Several looked like protesters, and one wore baggy clothes and gold
shoes
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans want to make
discrimination legal
JCNT editorial: On free speech and anonymous campaign
ads X
P-D op-ed: County Execs Steve Ehlmann (R), Steve
Stenger (D): Let's get area road projects "shovel-ready" in case
some money comes around
P-D op-ed: White woman from New York shares her
thoughts on young St. Louis blacks
Columbia Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael: Legislature needs to enact tax cuts
P-D letter: A+ program should be open to parochial
students before illegal immigrants
JCNT letter: Area man offers warning to visiting
protesters: Block my traffic intersection and see what happens X
P-D letter: Woman who attended Medicaid-expansion
rally unhappy about lack of media coverage
Columbia Missourian: Area coed supports Medicaid
expansion
P-D letter: Instead of blaming Missouri Republicans
for poverty, assign responsibility to those who refuse to improve their
own situation
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Wednesday, March 25
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on GOP's governing
challenges; Schweich donor revises date in Hancock story +
Missourinet: McCaskill arranges for St. Louis woman to
testify about Alzheimer's issues
AP: Mississippi River harbors to be dredged in
Missouri, three other states
KY3 (Springfield): Schmitt takes on EPA study on BBQ
grilling
Missourinet: Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) not
surprised by Schweich suicide findings, says he's still considering
running for governor
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Parson wants clean campaigning
AP: Audit: State Medicaid program lost out on
$27M from estates
Missourinet: State auditor says no teeth in AG's
conflict-of-interest policy
KWMU: Koster's office has not implemented
conflict-of-interest prevention policy, audit finds
Columbia Missourian: Koster's office still lacks
conflict of interest guidelines, audit says
AP: Missouri audit faults Koster on lobbyist policy
P-D: Audit: Koster hasn't implemented
conflict-of-interest policy
The Missouri Times: Koster responds to state audit
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Munzlinger hopeful Nixon will sign ag bill
P-D: Missouri lawmakers seek to ban college aid for
undocumented students
SNL: MSU diversity conference begins today;
Sessions include "Transgender 101," "Racial reconciliation," etc. X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kurt Bahr (R-St. Charles)
pushes to consolidate rural school districts
Missourinet: Missouri engineer wants a rebuilt I-70 to
support vehicles with no drivers
CDT: Court hearings set for DWI case against PSC
Commissioner Bill Kenney X
P-D: Koster drops eight municipalities from Macks
Creek lawsuit
AP: Cities dropped from lawsuit over traffic fines
KWMU: Why the Justice Department concluded "Hands Up,
Don't Shoot" was a myth
CDT: St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch to talk
about Michael Brown theft/assault/shooting next Tuesday at MU Law School X
KWMU: Recap of NPR Ferguson event
P-D: Police release more August looting photos:
Thieves of all shapes, sizes run/waddle whilst pilfering items from
North County clothing shop
P-D editorial: New study should guide lawmakers.
Yes, school funding matters.
Shelly: Expanding Medicaid would help poor diabetics +
P-D letter: For trafficking-bill holdup, Ann Wagner
should blame McConnell, not McCaskill
P-D letter: Buses, trucks should bear brunt of road
costs
JCNT letter: Area woman offers legislative
psychoanalysis: Medicaid opponents are emotionally-hysterical
inadequate males; Feminist legislators are valiant X
P-D letter: Area man offers advice to illegal
immigrants demanding Missouri scholarships - you're a guest here, and
if you don't like it, go back to wherever you came from
P-D letter: Missouri Republicans' position on welfare
is foolish
P-D letter: High urbanite suspension rates are due to
hypocrite Republicans and their refusal to help the poor
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Tuesday, March 24
KSMU: How a worst-case scenario in cuts at Fort
Leonard Wood impacts community
Alaska Dispatch News: FCC chairman chides 'slick'
legal work on wireless deal; McCaskill calls deal 'outrageous'
Kraske: The Chat: Sam Graves on rental car taxes +
KMZU (Carrollton): Audio: McCaskill's weekly
press call focuses on upcoming D.C. landscape, whistle-blower
proposals, funding sports complexes
SE
Missourian: Flood-control project finds supporters, few foes at
meeting +
Missourinet: Schmitt calls for rebellion against EPA
study of grill technology
Drebes:
More on the John Wright will-he-or-won't-he tea leaves
KWMU: Schweich donor makes key change in claim that
state GOP chairman made anti-Semitic comment
AP: Schweich donor revises story about Hancock's
alleged remark
P-D: Schweich donor revises statement
KMOX: Clayton police: No evidence Schweich was
target of a 'whisper campaign'
KWMU: Mannies, Rosenbaum, and Marshall Griffin review
the legislative session thus far
CDT: Daniel Boone, Centralia libraries urge Nixon to
release money X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
on "Bring Jobs Home Act"
St. Joseph News-Press: Drug measure is bitter pill for
Schaaf X
Missourinet: Missouri legislator proposes official
state limit on official things; Rep. Tom Flanigan
(R-Carthage): "Twenty-eight ought to surely cover it by now."
AP: Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield) wants gun ban
for 'violent' felons only
CDT: Rep. Jeff Pogue (R-Salem) files bill prohibiting
gender-neutral housing, unisex public bathrooms X
P-D: Missouri designates best stroke centers; MO
DHSS expects improved survival and recovery rates
Columbia Missourian: MU Health Care designated for
high-level stroke care
P-D: The Real Housewives of Ladue: Internecine
real estate/inheritance drama includes bit parts by Chris Koster,
Catherine Hanaway
AP: Videographer arrested covering Ferguson faces
court hearing; Woman in her 40s refuses to give her age, says
arrest has been a source of stress
P-D: Ferguson protestor joins Delmar rally, gets
cellphone stolen; Clash between teens and protesters ends with
shots fired
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: McCaskill, Blunt
support local push to upgrade Airlift Wing's aircraft X
KC Star editorial: Nixon has failed to appoint a
replacement to KC police board; Situation "is another indictment
of the lackadaisical state control" of police and budget +
JCNT editorial: Trespassing deaths increase on
Missouri railroads; Paper advises readers to not text or wear
headphones near oncoming trains, and to also avoid bungee jumping from
overpasses X
Helling: By killing himself, "Whatever message Tom
Schweich meant to send will echo for months to come" +
KC Star letter: Missourians should legalize marijuana +
P-D letter: In David and Goliath tale, Ameren plays
the heavy
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Monday, March 23
Washington Post: Presidential contender Ted Cruz's
staff includes "no-holds-barred" strategist Jeff Roe
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill's podiatry
issues; Danforth, Schweich's dad on Schweich suicide +
Missourinet: Missouri GOP Vice Chair Valinda Freed
says support for Hancock is strong
This Week in Missouri Politics: Eric Schmitt discusses
state treasurer bid; Opinion Maker Panel includes Rep. Caleb
Rowden (R-Columbia), Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-St. Louis), Lynda
Brotherton (D)
Missouri Viewpoints: Protecting Missouri's senior
citizens: Money, the law and fraud; Thoughts from Rep. Mark
Parkinson (R-St. Charles), AARP's Craig Eichelman
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
says outlook is good for education spending and foundation formula
The Maneater: Missouri House, Senate create
"Legislative Task Force on Dyslexia"
The Maneater: Pro-life student group distributes
pamphlets, flyers at Student Center
AP: Prescription drug database adds security
protections
P-D: Momentum grows in Missouri to block local
business regulations
Kirksville Daily Express: Legislative roundup:
Walker's survivor benefits bill passes House
KMZU
(Carrollton): Audio: MoDOT promotes its Workzone Awareness
Week
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Nixon appoints Chariton County
Sheriff Chris Hughes to Sentencing and Corrections Oversight
Commission; Comments from Hughes
KWMU: Missouri Senate moves forward with
Ferguson-related bills, but they remain stalled in House
KWMU: Overlapping judges, prosecutors weave tangled
web in St. Louis County municipal courts
Washington Missourian editorial: Nixon, legislators'
trip to Europe on behalf of Missouri is a good harbinger of things to
come
P-D editorial: Taxpayers should provide A+
scholarships to immigrants who are here less-than-legally;
Moreover, international students should not be forced to pay
international tuition
JCNT editorial: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis)
wrong to push "parents-rights" legislation X
Washington Missourian editorial: A dose of cold water
on municipal-court caterwaulers: If you don't want to end up in
court, don't break the law.
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: With MoDOT funds
tight, area lucky to get Highway 47 help
JCNT letter: Response to Kehoe on tort reform X
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Sunday, March 22
SNL: Hartzler torn between budget thrift and support
for defense spending X
KMZU (Carrollton): Audio: Blunt conference call
with reporters: Transportation funding, military funding, more
Drebes:
Kansas City Star has its first lobbyist: Polsinelli's Roxsen Koch
P-D: Schweich's suicide turns GOP gubernatorial
primary into free-for-all
KC Star: Republicans are having their way in the
Missouri Legislature +
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers pleased with session so
far X
KMZU (Carrollton): Audio: Sen. David Pearce
(R-Warrensburg), Rep. Mike Lair (R-Chillicothe) hold listening post in
Chillicothe; Lair: "We make sure the rural kid isn't forgotten"
(6:50)
CDT: UM, historical society at odds in scramble for
state bond funding X
AP: Music therapists seek state recognition, funding
for kids
P-D: St. Louis City, Normandy and Riverview schools
lead the way with highest percentage of elementary school suspensions
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri House agrees to lift
livestock, grain limits on state highways
KC Star: Raytown engineer wants to turn dumb pavement
into a smart Interstate 70 +
JCNT: House to pass resolution recognizing deceased
black journalist Lucile Bluford X
P-D: Several dozen protesters march down Delmar;
Teen held after shots fired, as "several groups of teenagers were
involved in three or four fights in the area"
CDT: Mizzou administrators try to figure out how to
deal with race complaints X
KWMU: Forum hosted by Michele Martin will feature
Chappelle-Nadal, Rich McClure, activists/Twitter celebrities
JCNT editorial: Annual slow-down-in-work-zones
editorial X
P-D editorial: Municipal court officials play hide the
records
CDT's Waters: Loftin, MU officials don't deserve race
complaints X
KC Star letter: Area man disagrees with Nixon's
library cuts +
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Saturday, March 21
SNL:
Proposed cuts to Fort Leonard Wood would be felt in Springfield X
KMOX:
Former Clinton Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles to give commencement
speech at Maryville
P-D:
Area delegation's votes for the week
Kraske:
New mandates would require you to vote and make you pass a civics test
to graduate high school +
KC
Star: For Nixon's auditor appointment, black group wants someone
black +
KMOX:
Schweich's father says auditor was concerned about keeping Crohn's
disease a secret, says opponents were doing more than just whisper
campaign
KMOX:
Hancock under pressure - what's next?
KMOX:
Audio: Hancock talks about ongoing conversation about state party
chairmanship
P-D:
Hancock alleges deliberate smear campaign
KWMU:
Danforth says he's not giving up his campaign against Hancock
CDT:
A+ scholarship program to reimburse students in full X
P-D:
Online college wins over students in Missouri
Brownfield
Ag News: Missouri dairy bill goes to Nixon
St.
Joseph News-Press: Recap of Silver Haired Legislature visit to
Capitol X
P-D:
Jay Pulitzer, former heir to newspaper empire, dies of 'massive heart
attack' at 65
KWMU:
Protesters march through Clayton; Organizer says goal is to "make
white people uncomfortable"; Child holds sign reading "Black live
[sic] matter"
KPLR:
Video: Protesters act out toward invited TV cameras; "This
Fox 2. [sic] They tell all
lies."
P-D:
St. Louis County police seek qualified minority candidates
P-D:
Billy Graham organization executes "Adopt-a-block" program in Ferguson
KC
Star editorial: Missouri should expand Medicaid +
JCNT
editorial: Civics-test debate focuses on specifics X
P-D
op-ed: SLU's Ken Warren on Schweich suicide and religious
demographics: It's hard out here for a Jew
Columbia
Missourian editor Tom Warhover: Schweich suicide demonstrates
worst of Missouri politics; Paper's coverage of trash roll carts
demonstrates the very best
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: John Wright on behalf of Show-Me
Institute: Time to close loophole in Sunshine Law
P-D
op-ed: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce (D),
others: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis City) wrong about "wrongful
convictions" complaint
KC
Star's Diuguid: Kansas City School District praised by state for
its innovative work +
P-D
letter: Post-Dispatch should have lambasted Blunt, other GOP
senators for Iran-letter gambit
KC
Star letter: Concealed carry, Missouri Dept. of Conservation
hubbub, Medicaid expansion +
P-D
letter: Illegal aliens should be eligible for taxpayer-funded
scholarships
P-D
letter: Missouri should abolish all 522 school districts and make
everybody equal
P-D
letter: Missouri should abolish death penalty
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Friday, March 20
Washington Times: McCaskill, Sen. Kelly Ayotte
(R-N.H.) move to abolish wasteful federal agency
KMOX: EPA should not be regulating backyard
barbecues, says Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale)
Fox Business: Video: Why does the EPA want to
crack down on BBQs?
P-D: Missouri to study EPA carbon rule compliance
strategies through national program
AP: Differing accounts emerge after auditor's suicide
P-D: Schweich campaign provides affidavit saying
Hancock referenced Schweich's religion; Another man who attended
meeting said Jewish reference never happened
KWMU: Latest dispute in Schweich suicide saga:
Men who met with Hancock disagree over what Hancock said, didn't say
The Missouri Times: GOP donor signs affidavit against
MRP Chairman John Hancock
KC Star: GOP businessman backs claim of anti-Schweich
whispering campaign +
KWMU: Spring break arrives for Missouri
legislators; what's done and what's next
Missourinet: Missouri House party leaders assess the
session so far
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature moves agriculture
bills before break
AP: Bill to help Missouri's dairy industry heads to
governor
Columbia Missourian: Libertarian group gives Missouri
failing grade on welfare reform
KRCG: Welfare report puts Missouri at the
bottom; Diehl: "What's the first letter in TANF stand for?
Temporary."
The Missouri Times: TANF and SNAP reform on the way to
approval by General Assembly
JCNT: Hearland Institute says Missouri has lowest
'welfare reform' grades X
KOMU: Proposed bill would shorten eligibility period
for welfare; Comments from "Jeannette" [sic] Oxford, Rep. Genise
"Marticello" [sic]
Missourinet: Medicaid protesters briefly delay start
of session; Cape Girardeau woman, Pevely man share sad stories
KOMU: Protesters congregate at Capitol, block traffic
in streets; Comments from Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia)
AP: Hundreds rally for Medicaid expansion at Capitol
CDT: Senate budget work pits education program against
social service spending X
Columbia Missourian: Legislators aim to curb abuse of
pharmaceuticals in Missouri with monitoring program
AP: Missouri House OKs notice for taxpayer-funded
advertisements
KC Star: Missouri, other states urged to call for
convention amending U.S. Constitution +
JCNT: House panel advances bill to legalize industrial
hemp production X
P-D: Missouri Senate: Nixon can't extend bonds
for NFL stadium without vote
KWMU: Too small to survive? Bill would make
disincorporation easier for county municipalities
P-D: Regulators waive efficiency charge for low-income
Ameren customers
The Missouri Times: Nixon names former Joplin police
chief as new director of Public Safety
P-D: New county health chief promises to study
Bridgeton landfill effects
KWMU: Ferguson protester who shot cops was on
probation for using stolen credit card, "had trouble showing up" for
meetings with probation officer
P-D: Reviews still coming for St. Louis County police
practices and handling of protests
KWMU: On first night in Ferguson, Richter sets new
fines and fees
P-D: New judge takes over in Ferguson
AP: Ferguson municipal court resumes with new judge
P-D editorial: Republicans' 'welfare reform' is as
silly as it is mean
Shelly: Untimely demise of charter school partnership
shows KC must move beyond race issues +
SNL letter: "Right to work" is good for workers X
SNL letter: "Right to work" is bad for workers X
P-D letter: Michael Brown was a common strong-arm
robber and violent assailant, and there's no excuse for his criminal
behavior
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Thursday, March 19
SNL:
Roy Blunt taps middle son, Andy, to manage re-election campaign
Kraske:
Dems criticize Blunt's hiring of his lobbyist son; MO mental
health chief Dr. Keith Schafer retiring; more
Helling:
Letter to Iran on arms-debate nuances could figure in Blunt-Kander
election, to be held 20 months from now
Washington
Post: McCaskill seeks transparency from DHS chief on bevy of
morale studies
P-D:
McCaskill wants to ax office she says offers reports you can get
elsewhere
P-D:
Ann Wagner criticizes McCaskill for not bucking Democrat filibuster
SE
Missourian: Flood-control project soon will be up for public
comment period
KWMU:
VP Joe Biden makes video appearance at Slay's birthday fundraiser
JCNT:
Anonymous businessman challenges state law on political ads;
'Paid for by' disclaimer at issue
The
Maneater: Longtime marijuana activist Dan Viets discusses
cannabis laws and rights at MU event
JCNT:
Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) want to add 'parenting rights' to
Constitution
Drebes: Ethics
complaint against former state Rep. Chuck Gatschenberger (R-Lake Saint
Louis) dismissed
The
Missouri Times' Collin Reischman: Handicapping Nixon's
state-auditor choices: Minority candidates, qualified elected
officials, more
KC
Star: Willie Epps among minority candidates in Nixon's
auditor-selection field
Drebes:
Dave Spence says Zweifel's "Missouri Promise" is "on the right path,"
offers additional suggestions
AP:
Missouri saves $1.6M on interest after refinancing bonds
The
Missouri Times: Nixon's office tells librarians to 'shhh';
Staff accuses bibliophiles of ignoring "Ooohwee, Decibels!" system
KC
Star: R. Crosby Kemper III, other library backers 'thrown out' of
Nixon's office
The
Missouri Times: Medicaid expansion could become bargaining tool
in legislative horse-trading
Missourinet:
House proposes shorter lifetime limit for welfare eligibility
KC
Star: Missouri bill would help cut off welfare recipients sooner
AP:
Missouri House OKs stricter work requirements for welfare
KWMU:
Bill from House Republicans would kick welfare recipients off the dole
faster
AP:
Senate panel passes measure to grant tax amnesty
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) reintroduces film
tax-credit bill
Missourinet:
Missouri lawmakers propose state ban of powdered alcohol, which exists
JCNT:
Civics test urged for graduation in Missouri
AP:
Missouri Senate committee passes student transfer bill
CDT:
MU Chancellor Bowen Loftin holds forum on race, gets criticized for
hours
CDT:
House approves bill allowing campus religious groups to be selective in
choosing members
CDT:
Group brings anti-abortion project to University of Missouri campus
P-D:
Police close alleged rape case after finding no evidence a crime occured
Columbia
Missourian: Citing zero credible evidence, police close rape
investigation; MU student chose to kill herself in 2011
CDT:
Columbia police put Sasha Menu Courey case to bed; Issue created
outcry over Title IX, creation of special office
CDT:
MU Title IX office shares data on fall reports; Title IX office
has already cost $184,000
The
Maneater: Bill from Rep. Mike Kelley (R-Lamar) would make
daylight savings time permanent
KWMU:
Federal budget could disrupt funding for new stadium
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast Alderwoman Donna Baringer (D) chats
with journogang about Rams stadium, more
The
Maneater: Bill from Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) focuses on
gender pay equity
KC
Star: Brother of slain deputy witnesses killer's execution in
Missouri
AP:
Ferguson Facebook case part of national debate about online
threats; Jaleel Abdul-Jabbaar said like-minded should shoot
Darren Wilson
The
Maneater: Administration criticized for lack of action on race
issues; Muslims say "American Sniper" makes them feel scared
P-D:
Ferguson-related midyear funding sent to governor; Cleaning up
looter/arsonist destruction, corralling protesters cost taxpayers
millions
P-D:
Ferguson-Florissant students get to take a trip to Selma;
McCluer's Vaughn Ross: "We're gonna [sic] have to represent our
community"
P-D
editorial: Missouri leads the nation in punishing black students
who misbehave
SNL
op-ed: Medicaid expansion makes sense
Columbia
Missourian's David Rosman: "Religious-freedom" proposal from Rep.
Elijah Haahr is pandering
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Wednesday, March 18
Lake News: Blunt discusses Fort Leonard Wood
P-D: Wagner's human-trafficking bill mired in gridlock
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Iran op-ed;
Nixon on auditor selection; Kinder on DOJ's alleged racism and
left-wing bent +
AP: Unannounced GOP gov candidate Eric Greitens makes
the rounds at Capitol
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass spending plan for
additional $124 million; Funds will cover disasters both natural
(Joplin tornado) and man-made (Ferguson riots and arsons)
AP: Senate panel advances "right to work" but not
"paycheck protection"
AP: Missouri House OKs tax deduction for returning
businesses
Missourinet: Missouri film tax credits are gone, but
lawmakers hope to reinstate it
CDT: Lawmakers favor historical society proposal for
state construction funding X
Missourinet: Child abuse, neglect issues brought
before Missouri House panel
JCNT: Missouri Senate backs state probes of
child-on-child abuse X
The Missouri Times: "Constitutional Carry" from Rep.
Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) would eliminate CCW requirements
P-D: St. Louis schools seek more flexibility from the
state
AP: Missouri State Board of Education restores
Normandy's status as failing
AP: Liberty school prinicipal resigns after bullying
case
AP: Missouri House initially approves blocking plastic
bag bans
KOMU: Hemp growth advocates say legalization could
boost economy
The Missouri Times: Senate approves 'Ban the Box'
after initially voting it down
KOMU: "Ban the Box" ordinance may be unaffected by
proposed Senate bill
Missourinet: Missouri executes Cecil Clayton for 1996
murder of deputy; Comments from Gov. Jay Nixon (D)
AP: Missouri executes Cecil Clayton; Attorney
General Chris Koster (D) says murderer "paid the ultimate price for his
terrible crime"
AP: Missouri Supreme Court denies execution reprieve
for man who killed deputy
KWMU: Cecil Clayton executed by lethal injection
KOMU: GRO Missouri urges new look at power plant
contract
KWMU: Better Together says there is widespread secrecy
in St. Louis County municipal governments
AP: Man who shot police returns to court
KWMU: St. Louis City Alderman Antonio French weighs in
on Ferguson
KOMU: Students demand mandatory diversity and race
relations courses, diversity training for university staff, more
Columbia Missourian: Chancellor Bowen Lotin endures
litany of complaints, finger-pointing
TonysKansasCity.com: KC St. Patrick's Day parade
ruined by brawling and youth violence
P-D editorial: Political attack ads: Perfectly
legal, perfectly reprehensible
Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart: "Hands Up, Don't
Shoot" was built on a lie
KWMU Race/Culture/Diversity Fellow Emanuele Berry:
Shooting won't change protests; Comments from "Millennial
Activist [sic] United" and
"St. Louis [sic] Prosecutor"
Bob McCulloch UPDATE:
Volunteer copyediting leads to suitable corrections, factual accuracy
KC Star letter: McCaskill wrong to be in cahoots with
Obama on immigration, security +
P-D letter: Higher ed needs more money
P-D letter: Campaign groups with shady "independent"
expenditures need forced transparency
P-D letter: Vicious political ads play to the worst
part of voters
P-D letter: Ferguson woman wonders why Ferguson is
being singled out for municipal issues, when it's been established that
Darren Wilson was justified
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Tuesday, March
17 Happy St. Patrick's
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KWMU: Republican legislative leaders to join Nixon on
trade trip to Europe
SE
Missourian: Nixon touts European trade tour during Cape Girardeau
stop +
P-D: As criticism mounts, Blunt, other Republicans
defend letter to Iran
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): U.S. Rep. Sam Graves talks
federal highway trust fund
St. Joseph News-Press: Locals to take part in annual
"Washington Fly-In" X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill winces over prospect
of anyone reading her e-mails to her kids +
KTVI (St. Louis): Schmitt takes aim at EPA with "Pork
Steak Rebellion"
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Local legislators waiting for all
the facts before rushing to judgment on John Hancock
Kraske: Will John Hancock survive?
(Answer: It appears he will.) +
KWMU: Unannounced GOP gov candidate Eric Greitens
talks about his book
KWMU: Health care professionals skeptical of Nixon's
Medicaid expansion proposals
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers speed up budgeting
process to put pressure on Nixon
AP: MoDOT says exposed crack shows need for funding
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): New bridge cost nothing for
county; McCaskill staffer, others attend ribbon-cutting
AP: Missouri Senate advances bill to access $200M in
bonds
JCNT: Proposal from Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis) would require paper copy of every ballot cast X
CDT: MU chancellor hires Brian Millner as special
assistant X
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg) talks foundation
formula funding
AP: Missouri House OKs requirements for school
bullying policies
St. Joseph News-Press: School district could face more
state oversight X
KC Star: KC Public Schools board member Airick Leonard
West one of a dozen attending Obama meet-and-greet +
KC Star: It's Columbia officials vs. Jeff City
Republicans in battle over local ordinances +
AP: Nixon appoints former U.S. Rep. Pat Danner (D) to
credit union commission
Columbia Missourian: Missouri hunters passionate about
proposed regulations
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Richard
Fordyce: Birds with avian flu won't reach consumers
Missourinet: Attorneys, family argue over whether
killer of Barry County deputy should be executed by Missouri tonight
AP: Murderer seeks execution reprieve for killing
deputy
AP: Facts on Cecil Clayton's murder of law enforcement
official, tonight's execution
AP: Senate panel approves additional emergency
spending; Portion will replenish funds exhausted by Ferguson
response
P-D: Attorney: Jeffrey Williams did shoot cops,
but it was accidental
AP: Jeffrey Williams' lawyer Jerryl Christmas offers
alibi: He did shoot officers, but it was accidental
Talking Points Memo: Kinder: 'More racism in the
Justice Department' than in Ferguson
P-D: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles faces recall effort
AP: Ferguson flooded with records requests after
Michael Brown theft/assault/shooting case
KTVI (St. Louis): Nixon denies trying to silence Fox
2's Chris Hayes over Ferguson reports
KWMU: Urban League erects edifice at site of
burned-out QuikTrip
P-D editorial: From 'right to work' to the 'servant
economy'
P-D letter: Suicide is not event-driven
P-D letter: Stadium investment is in state's best
interest
P-D letter: Ballwin man's sarcastic take on DOJ's
Ferguson panacea: ERICHOLDERVILLE will feature no police, no
traffic tickets, no city administration
P-D letter: To protect police, keep protesters from
congregating during dark hours
P-D letter: Reporter Christine Byers should be
commended for mentioning that assault victim Darren Wilson was innocent
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Monday, March 16
KWMU: Prosecutor Bob McCulloch (D) says Ferguson
shooter admits to attending protests, then shooting officers
USA Today: Protester charged with shooting officers in
Ferguson
AP: Protesters not willing to claim protester Jeffrey
Williams
P-D: McCulloch says shooter claims he didn't mean to
shoot police
AP: Updated Ferguson timeline: From immediately
after Michael Brown's strong-arm robbery of convenience store to arrest
of Jeffrey Williams
KTVI: Citizens gather to support law enforcement,
Mayor James Knowles; Separate group of protesters trample
American flag
Columbia Missourian: The Week in Photos:
MU4MikeBrown rallies behind "Black is Resilent [sic]" poster
P-D: What's going to happen to Canfield Green
Apartments? Management deals with high vacancy rate, renters who
won't pay their bills
KWMU: Zweifel: Ferguson relief efforts showcase
need for 'flexible' state government
KWMU: Taxpayers to support Dept. of Interior's
initiative in St. Louis, 10 other cities
This Week in Missouri Politics: Hancock addresses
Trish Vincent's allegations; Rep. Justin Hill (R), Jason Crowell
(R), Jeff Mazur (D), Anne Schweitzer (D) discuss shooting of cops,
medical marijuana, more
Drebes:
Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City) changes campaign committee, may
consider statewide run in 2016
AP: The Missouri Times' Scott Faughn revives Nevada
newspaper where Mark Twain got his start
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson
City) wants state workers to earn more +
KWMU: Nixon seeks to expand Medicaid
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) on tort reform
Missouri Viewpoints: Should Missouri 'ban the
box'? Thoughts from Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) and former
judge Lisl King Williams
AP: Missouri bill will require students be permanent
residents or U.S. citizens before receiving taxpayer-supported A+
scholarships, would require international students to pay international
tuition
KC Star: Rep. Elijah Haahr says bill would protect
religious liberty on campuses; Comments from Sen. Jason Holsman
(D-Kansas City), Joshua Hawley, leader of
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex/asexual group +
KWMU: Groups rally for Normandy schools, call for
tuition caps on transfers
SNL's Paul Berry: Annual Sunshine Week editorial X
SNL op-ed: Area superintendents: Pass a student
transfer bill free of unintended negative consequences X
P-D letter: Schweich suicide: Being Jewish is
like being Muslim, black or gay
P-D letter: Frontenac man admires how Wisconsin
protesters congregated without looting or burning down businesses
P-D letter: St. Charles man blames media - especially
Post-Dispatch - for perpetuating "Hands Up Don't Shoot" and "Gentle
giant" lies which led to officers getting shot
P-D letter: Woman who chooses to live in urban area
says urbanites should be subjected to stricter gun laws than rural
residents
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman supports more wind,
solar energy in Missouri
KC Star "Letter of the Week": Adjunct professor Rita
Pearce not interested in unionization push, says she will not "waste
precious classroom time" carping about imaginary slights +
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Sunday, March 15
USA Today: ABC's "This Week" to feature Blunt, Lacy
Clay on shooting of officers at Ferguson protest
KMZU (Carrollton) news reporter Mike Stone: Blunt
"quick to point the finger away from those responsible" for Ferguson,
"seemed to side step the abuses of power"
AP: Part-time Ferguson Mayor James Knowles in
full-time spotlight
SE
Missourian: Sheriff, Cape police chief speak at GOP meeting, say
Ferguson is on their minds +
P-D: Municipal courts are well-oiled money machine
KMZU (Carrollton): Rep. Sam Graves holds Agriculture
Roundtables to share insight, advice
KMZU (Carrollton): Chris Koster (D) keynotes Missouri
Soybean Association Annual Meeting, is praised for standing up for
agriculture against animal-rights activists
P-D: Jeff Roe's "Citizens for Fairness in Missouri"
one degree of separation away from Hanaway; Gov candidate says
she did not coordinate anti-Schweich ad
Drebes:
In wake of Schweich's suicide, Rep. Bonnaye Mims (D-Kansas City)
introduces "anti-intimidation" bill, replete with 111-word run-on
sentence
AP: Nixon headed to Europe for trade mission
P-D/Kaiser Health News: Missouri Medicaid turns to
wellness incentives
SNL: Springfield becomes top metro area for
poverty; Woman with five (5) kids explains the struggle of long
work hours, lack of sleep, discomfort with fellow Section 8
inhabitants, more X
JCNT: State Senate ready to work on budget X
JCNT: Funding tops educators' legislative priorities X
P-D: MoDOT: Hundreds of bridges in bad shape,
but still safe
P-D: Solar panels spur fights between homeowners,
property associations
KMZU (Carrollton): Public opinion could change
Missouri hunting regulations
SE
Missourian: Koster's office to prosecute local murder case +
AP: Missouri Supreme Court rejects condemned
murderer's "mentally incompetent" argument
Washington Missourian editorial: Shooting of cops at
protest underscores why law enforcement deserves respect and
appreciation
Washington Missourian editorial: Unannounced GOP gov
candidate Eric Greitens is interesting, will play "White Knight" after
Schweich suicide
SNL op-ed: Southwest MO GOP stalwart Roseann
Bentley: Congressional delegation should support funding for
Parents as Teachers X
Washington Missourian op-ed: Homeschool, government
and sports; Haahr's bill would force MSHSAA public schools to
accept homeschoolers
P-D letter: Missouri Legislature, Supreme Court should
dismantle municipal court system
P-D letter: Small municipalities perpetuate economic
exploitation
P-D letter: Paper's anti-police bias creates constant
division, tension
KC Star letter: Nixon should halt execution of murderer +
Washington Missourian letter: From Ferguson looting to
MoDOT funding, no one wants to take responsibility for anything anymore
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Saturday, March 14
KWMU: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles slams 'hostile
language' from Eric Holder
Fox News: Video: Mayor James Knowles sounds off
on latest Ferguson protests, cop shootings
KWMU: Police pursuing multiple leads related to
officers shot at protest
P-D: No arrests so far in case of cops shot at protest
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: New shooting in Ferguson sets
right wing shrieking; Conservatives have chutzpah to complain
about two cops getting sent to hospital +
P-D: QuikTrip won't bother reopening store burned by
protesters
KWMU: Atlanta group's four-day effort yields just 150
voter registrations
CDT: Loftin responds to protester group showing up on
doorstep at 10:30 p.m.; Greektown march chant: "All these
racist-ass Greeks, we don't need 'em, need 'em" X
The Maneater: Campus demonstration ends at Loftin's
doorstep; MU4MikeBrown promoted event with "We Back [sic] We Black [sic]"
KWMU: McCaskill backs plan to give more workers access
to retirement plans
KTVI (St. Louis): Clint Zweifel remembers Schweich in
St. Louis Regional Chamber address, touts "Missouri Promise" program
JCNT: Hancock plans to work at improving Missouri GOP X
Drebes:
August Busch III contributes to Eric Greitens' gubernatorial campaign -
and that of Chris Koster, Catherine Hanaway
Missourinet: European auto parts supplier to open
distribution center in Missouri
KWMU: University of New Hampshire study examines
struggle of children whose parents fail to provide for them in
Missouri, other states
KC Star: Lending industry successfully transitions
from "payday loans" to "online loans" in 15 states, including Missouri +
JCNT: Liberal group Progress Missouri threatens
lawsuit over video at Senate hearings X
KMZU (Carrollton): Missouri Cattlemen's Association at
the Capitol every Wednesday during session
Missourinet: MoDOT talks about lack of money, impact
KC Star: Juvenile admits Liberty middle school
assault; 14-year-old miscreant who attacked autistic kid is
placed in custody of Missouri Division of Youth Services +
KWMU: Laclede Gas responds to environmental group's
complaints about low-income access to energy-efficient appliances
P-D: Environmental group says energy-efficiency
savings not reaching low-income households
P-D: Settlement of up to $18 million approved in
red-light camera lawsuits in St. Louis County
P-D editorial: Nixon should transcend politics by
appointing one of Schweich's staff to fill auditor seat
P-D editorial: Zweifel's "Missouri Promise" is the
proper path for economic gain
KC Star "Capitol Watch" editorial: Weekly list of GOP
transgressions: Republicans are wrong on Ferguson, Obama +
SNL op-ed: Missouri's right-to-work supporters are
committing "an offense to the God of justice"
X
P-D letter: Amidst Ferguson caterwauling, where is the
apology to Darren Wilson?
P-D letter: Ferguson woman notes buried lede in voter
registration story - which 3rd Ward candidate is trying to take
advantage of students?
The Maneater letter: Young white male responds to
protester groups' angry "racist-ass Greeks" chant
P-D letter: Danforth's hypocrisy on Schweich suicide
P-D letter: Festus man says Ameren's goal is to
pollute lungs
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Friday, March 13
KWMU: What now? Ferguson takes stock after a
tumultuous week
KWMU: Live blog: Investigation continues
following shooting of officers during protest
AP: Police, other groups encourage civilized behavior
in Ferguson; Comments from union leader Jeff Roorda, protesters,
others
JCNT: State senators offer reaction to protest
shootings X
Columbia Missourian: MU4MikeBrown holds "We Back [sic] We Black [sic]" march; Pack of
protesters goes to chancellor's private residence after 10 p.m., howls
catchphrases at his house
SE
Missourian: Farmer flooded after levee breach wins case against
insurance company; Feds flooded valuable Missouri farmland in
2011 to spare welfare-ridden Illinois town +
The Guardian: Among politicians, Claire McCaskill is
the best at using Twitter
P-D: 'Staggering' crisis looms in retirement income,
McCaskill and others learn
Kraske: The Chat: Nasheed on Ferguson
savagery; McCaskill on Americans' pitiful, inexcusable lack of
retirement planning; Hancock rolls out list of backers +
Missourinet: Missouri GOP Chairman John Hancock not
stepping down, denies "whisper campaign" against Schweich
KWMU: Hancock goes on offense in denying Jewish rumors
about Schweich
KC Star: Three state senators, two state reps call for
Hancock to step down; Hancock camp releases its own list of
backers +
P-D: Hancock says he did not participate in any
'whisper campaign' about Schweich's Jewish status
KOMU (Columbia): Hancock offers more response to
critics
The Missouri Times: Hancock goes on offensive as three
state senators, two state reps call for his resignation
Drebes:
Brian Millner takes job as special assistant to University of
Missouri's Bowen Loftin
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers says
new machines will help visually-impaired voters cast ballots +
KC Star: Ford begins F-150 production at Claycomo today +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Todd
Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff) chats with journogang on lessons on
bipartisanship he learned from his dad; Budgets; Municipal
court legislation; more
KWMU: Missouri House sends $26.1 billion state budget
to Senate
JCNT: No state worker pay raises in budget X
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri House recommends $74M K-12
budget increase
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri House discusses bill on
school accreditation
KWMU: Normandy forum features ideas, not criticism
P-D: Normandy parents offer advice to struggling
school system
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri Senate discusses ways to
protect online student privacy
AP: Missouri Senate passes medical malpractice lawsuit
limits
CDT: Firms to pay out $8.25 million to settle Mamtek
claims X
Columbia Missourian: Chronic wasting case hints at new
normal for wildlife
AP: Missouri Gas Energy will modify policies after
restaurant blast
Columbia Missourian: Sierra Club to host viewings of
anti-coal ash documentaries
P-D editorial: Those seeking to punish Ferguson Mayor
James Knowles should consider leaving him in office to deal with the
mess
KC Star editorial: Shooting of police at protest
clouds reform effort in Ferguson +
JCNT editorial: Tort reform legislation may displease
the court X
Shelly: It's a shame Tom Schweich isn't around to go
after Rex Sinquefield and Jeff Roe +
P-D letter: Schweich's decision to kill himself should
lead to Catherine Hanaway dropping out of governor's race
P-D letter: Schweich's decision to kill himself should
lead to more integrated public school classrooms
KC Star letters: Lobbyists attempt to persuade
lawmakers; Tom Schweich was mentally ill
+
JCNT letter: Holts Summit man dislikes "whining,
crying and shoving" from "tree-huggers" and "do-gooders" on wood stoves X
P-D letter: Municipal court reform: It's not
fair that traffic ticket fines are the same for poor people as they are
for the rich
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Thursday, March 12
P-D:
Warm weather draws out protesters; Two police officers shot
outside Ferguson police department
Video:
Sound of shots fired, followed by protester gibber, shrieks and howls
P-D:
Photo gallery: Protesters drink champagne, scream at police
KWMU:
Two protesters shot outside Ferguson police department
Missourinet:
Protesters congregate, two officers shot
AP:
Protester gathering results in two officers being shot
Missourinet:
Ferguson police chief resigns
P-D:
Ferguson police chief resigns; Protesters congregate in street,
shut down busy thoroughfare
P-D:
Protester reaction to police chief resignation: Insight from
ShordeeDooWhop, search4swag, others
KWMU:
McCaskill on Wednesday, prior to cops being shot: Ferguson
protesters have helped create "terrific legacy"
KWMU:
NPR's Michele Martin coming to Ferguson again; August event
featured lengthy protester cross-examination of Mayor James Knowles
KWMU:
Legislative Black Caucus demands action on Ferguson-related bills
The
Missouri Times: Black Caucus wants to see "Ferguson
agenda"; Press conference held prior to cops being shot
Politico:
McCaskill says Cotton's letter to Iran "undermined ... our standing in
the world"
KWMU:
EPA to hold meeting tonight on Carter Carburetor cleanup
P-D:
Tom Schweich's final obsession; Auditor's father, others describe
unusual mindset in days before suicide
KC
Star: Schweich COS Trish Vincent says Hancock admitted talking
about Schweich's Jewish status +
KC
Star: Blunt takes to Senate floor, offers remembrance of Schweich
+
Mannies:
Updates on pro-Hancock vs. anti-Hancock battle; Lingering Dooley
vs. Stenger resentment; MO GOP gov primary; Koster
Kraske:
The Chat: Mike Parson for governor; Jay Nixon for Medicaid
expansion +
Drebes: Ben Jones
heads to Omaha for Union Pacific; MO/KS duties go to Lindsey
Douglas
P-D/Kaiser
Health News: Nixon outlines Medicaid expansion plans
AP:
Missouri Senate endorses pilot program to forgive child support debt
JCNT:
DESE appeals 'Common Core' ruling X
AP:
Alien invaders won't receive A+ scholarships under bill;
International students to be charged international tuition
KWMU:
Normandy seeks to identify priorities for superintendent
JCNT:
Schaaf promotes merging local state data centers X
The
Missouri Times: House gives early approval to medical marijuana
JCNT:
Lawmakers propose bills to legalize industrial hemp production X
SE
Missourian: Pact would exempt low-income from Ameren rate increase
+
CDT:
Regulatory staff recommends denying Grain Belt Express X
JCNT:
Members of Silver Haired Legislature make their way around Capitol
building, push priorities X
SE Missourian
editorial: Helping former inmates return to the workforce +
SNL
op-ed: Mizzou's Bowen Loftin: Higher ed is worth the
investment X
P-D
letter: Post-Dispatch ignores the parts of DOJ report that
disprove "Hands Up Don't Shoot" fairy tale
P-D
letter: It's a travesty to link Selma march to Ferguson's violent
criminal protesters
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Wednesday, March 11
KCUR
(Kansas City): More than 250,000 in Missouri sign up for
Obamacare this year; About half are new, with other half
re-enrolled
Missourinet:
State Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) proposes creating paid position
in D.C. for someone to campaign for Missouri's military bases
The
Missouri Times: Former Sen. Kit Bond (R) still supporting Parents
as Teachers
Kraske:
The Chat: Nixon on upcoming auditor appointee; Daylight
Savings Time debate; more +
Drebes:
Group that ran anti-Schweich "Barney Fife" radio ads amended their
report as soon as suicide news broke
The Missouri
Times: Mike Parson supporters begin talking him up as potential
gov candidate to fill Schweich void
KC
Star: Blunt maintains consistent position on post-suicide
party-chair emotions, says state GOP committee should determine state
GOP committee issues +
Missourinet:
House adopts $26.1B budget - sans Medicaid expansion
The
Missouri Times: House begins budget debate
KWMU:
Missouri House endorses FY2016 state budget
P-D:
Missouri House approves $26.1B budget
AP:
Missouri House grants initial approval to $26B budget
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rowden bill to counter ordinances "unfriendly to
business"
AP:
Missouri Senate endorses med-mal caps
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Court reform on the docket in Senate
AP:
Senate panel considers "right to work"
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) prepares to battle Sierra
Club
KWMU:
New chancellor named at St. Louis Community College
AP:
New chancellor announced for St. Louis Community College
KC
Star: Missouri House gives initial approval to school
anti-bullying bill +
The
Missouri Times: Following savage attack on autistic kid, House
weighs anti-bullying bill
Missourinet:
Missouri bullying debate touches local control, enumeration issues
KWMU:
DESE recommends that Normandy remain unaccredited
P-D:
Ability to sell vacant schools was Normandy's life line last year
KWMU:
In wake of UCLA report on race and school discipline, city schools will
change standards of expected behavior and subsequent punishment
P-D:
St. Louis City Schools supe Kelvin Adams contemplates how to punish
misbehaving students even less next year
CDT:
League of Women Voters to show income-inequality film; Woman
severely beaten by Stephen Webber in Dem primary to share thoughts
after movie X
KWMU:
MoDOT: 600 Missouri bridges are in poor to serious condition
AP: MoDOT
rings alarm bells about bad bridges
P-D:
Ameren rate case becomes forum for new economic development proposal
The
Missouri Times: Noranda, Office of Public Council file new
compromise in rate case
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: Noranda makes new run at cutting electric rates
SE
Missourian: State mulls changes to deer season +
KC
Star: Lawyers for condemned murderers complain about workload
+
P-D:
Police release new looting video, photos; Male, female miscreants
thieve cigarillos, liquor, other staples from Dellwood Market
KWMU:
Ferguson's city manager resigns after blistering criticism in Justice
Department report
P-D:
Shaw resigns as Ferguson city manager
AP:
Ferguson city manager is 5th out following DOJ report
KWMU:
Ferguson pledges to work with new judge, will hire its own as well
KWMU:
Municipal court-reform update
P-D
editorial: Supreme Court finds its courage in Ferguson. Now what?
SE Missourian
op-ed: Barry Aycock: Trade agreement with Cuba is good for
farmers, business +
KC
Star's Mary Sanchez: Missouri Chamber opposes Webber's bill on
"gender pay inequality" +
SNL
letter: Area woman supports Medicaid expansion X
KC
Star letter: Kansas man decries tone of modern-day politics, then
calls Jeff Roe a "bug" who shouldn't be allowed outside during daylight
hours +
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Tuesday, March 10
Hartmann:
Tragically flawed: Why no one should try to make public sense of
a suicide
SNL: Blunt, Billy Long bash ATF's proposed bullet ban X
Alaska Dispatch News: Wireless discounts add up to
billions through provision backed by Stevens; Comments from
McCaskill
KWMU: St. Louis-based LaunchCode serves as a model for
Obama initiative; Comments from McCaskill
KC Star: Obama announces initiative to train workers
quickly in tech jobs in KC; Comments from McCaskill +
The Maneater: McCaskill still focused on campus sexual
assault
The Missouri Times: Marijuana campaign: Nuggets
on bills, lobbyists, Montell Williams, polling data, arguments against,
more
KWMU: Nixon still considering who should replace
Schweich, how to reform municipal courts
AP: Bill from Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob)
would prohibit illegal aliens from receiving A+ scholarships
Missourinet: Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)
proposes adding online safety to sex ed in Missouri
KWMU: Ameren's Callaway nuclear power plant license
extended
KWMU: DED's Mike Downing says new football stadium
could generate $300 million in revenue
P-D: Study: State would see payoff from building
stadium for Rams
AP: State officials expect $300M revenue bump for St.
Louis stadium
AP: House panel considers eliminating daylight savings
KC Star: Appeals court throws out Missouri law banning
noisy protests at houses of worship +
JCNT: Bill targets "gender wage gap"; Statistics
on disparities focus on medians and do not take into account
occupation, education, hours worked per week
X
P-D: Senators still discussing municipal court reform
KWMU: Ferguson judge resigns; Missouri Supreme
Court orders cases assigned to appellate judge Richter
AP: Appeals judge appointed to take over Ferguson court
KWMU: Missouri's code of conduct for judges rarely
leads to disciplinary action
P-D: Prolific protest tweeter Deray Mckesson moves to
St. Louis; Minnesota native was named to LA Times young
protest-leaders list alongside esteemed colleague "ShordeeDooWhop"
JCNT editorial: Kehoe should be applauded for working
with governor's staff on LAGERS bill X
P-D editorial: Nixon should buy lawyers' "mentally
incompetent" argument for man who shot a 29-year-old deputy sheriff in
the head
KC Star editorial: Nixon should halt execution of man
who murdered law enforcement official +
Messenger: The revenge of the captive lawmaker;
Joplin Globe ran an op-ed not actually written by Rep. Bryan Spencer
(R-Wentzville)
Helling: Ferguson shows profits and public interest
not always on the same page +
P-D letter: Creve Coeur woman wonders if someone with
common sense can calm down hysterical Danforth, other thinskins
KC Star letter: Liberal group opposes GOP effort to
undercut local laws +
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Monday, March 9
WGEM (Hannibal): Democrat Days brings out local
Democrats
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer "disappointed" by
Danforth's blame-game eulogy
The Missouri Times: Rumor source revealed,
named: Schweich heard from a supporter who talked to a guy who
said some of Hancock's friends thought Schweich was Jewish
This Week in Missouri Politics: David Barklage (R),
Travis Brown (R), Mike Kelley (D) remember Tom Schweich
The Hill: Blunt vs. Kander: Missouri is trending
more Republican every year; Challenger faces uphill battle
against a strong fundraiser and hard worker
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
on DOD and Fort Leonard Wood hearings
KMZU (Carrollton): Missouri receives single-family
housing guaranteed loan program from USDA
AP: Other states seek to emulate Missouri's success
blocking EPA's residential wood-burning regulations
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon on Joplin's
recovery; McCaskill on campus sexual assaults; GOP State
Committeeman Bruce Buwalda on the anti-Hancock tempest blowing over +
Missourinet: Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-St. Louis)
takes aim at air travel habits of Nixon, MoDOT commissioners
JCNT: Tort reform back in Missouri Senate X
KC Star: Charter schools struggle for property despite
vacant buildings in KC, St. Louis districts +
P-D: House Budget Committee cuts state's IT budget,
despite cyber threats
Missourinet: Rep. Lyndall Fraker (R-Marshfield)
proposes printing Missouri's Blue Book again
Drebes:
Help wanted: Senate seeks security specialist
KOMU (Columbia): Missouri Dept. of Agriculture working
with USDA on response to avian flu in Missouri
KODE (Joplin): Turkey-growing facility in Asbury
infected with avian flu
P-D: MoDOT's annual "report your pothole" spring PR
campaign
KC Star: Defense lawyers will try "mentally
incompetent" gambit to spare condemned man; Cecil Clayton did not
shoot the sheriff, but he did shoot the deputy
+
Rosenbaum: Critics claim that if Ferguson becomes
'island of justice,' it will still be in a 'sea of injustice'
P-D: Ferguson-related bills on way in Congress, but
prognosis is cloudy
P-D: Out-of-towners descend upon Ferguson for Spring
Break; Lashoney Frink: "We are like modern-day freedom
riders"
SE
Missourian editorial: Schweich's decision to kill himself shows
that the state of campaigns is "remarkably putrid" +
KC Star's Maria Rose Williams: No signs that SEIU is
organizing adjuncts at UMKC +
SNL letter: Blunt should have gotten involved in
Missouri GOP State Committee issue X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City woman claims she will not
vote for any candidate who attacks opponent X
KC Star "Letter of the Week": 11-year-old kid admits
to reading Harry Potter, claims library cuts are going to be what keeps
him from getting a Ph.D. +
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Sunday, March 8
Mannies: Demo Days: Annual press conference
featuring rural Dem lawmakers draws zero (0), since they are extinct in
NEMO; Montee: "In rural Missouri, that's where we're
losing"; Koster talks gov campaign, support of tobacco tax hike
CDT: Koster endorses cigarette tax hike X
P-D: Koster calls for tax increase on cigarettes to
fund college tuition for Missouri students
Mannies: Demo Days: Kander portrays Blunt as
Washington insider who cares little for those back home
KRES (Moberly): McCaskill, Blunt fight for Fort
Leonard Wood jobs
CDT: Blaine Luetkemeyer cites concerns about Missouri
River programs X
KC Star: Fast-food workers march for higher wages,
chant new catchphrase comparing themselves to Selma marchers +
JCNT: John Hancock's GOP chairmanship not in trouble X
SNL: Campaign limits, marijuana could be on 2016 ballot X
KC Star: Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City) proposes
conservative turn on Obamacare; Reaction from Sen. Bob Onder
(R-Lake Saint Louis), Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael
Quincy Herald-Whig: Missouri's A+ program helping
students pay for college, but cuts may be coming
AP:
States to wield Missouri ruling on Common Core test group
CDT: Bill from Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
designed to protect student religious groups
X
AP:
Missouri Senate OKs higher weight limits on livestock trucks
P-D: Ameren, others prepare grid for wind energy
P-D: Ameren's NE Missouri project could impact state's
say in high-voltage lines
P-D: Grain Belt Express is a new kind of transmission
developer
AP:
Ferguson police chief stays on the job after DOJ report
P-D: Ferguson judge criticized as revenue generator
who helped bring in millions
Washington Missourian editorial: In support of MoDOT's
annual "report your pothole" spring PR campaign
JCNT editorial: In support of MoDOT's annual "report
your pothole" spring PR campaign X
Washington Missourian editorial: Annual piece on
Newspapers in Education (NIE) Week
National Review's Jay Nordlinger: Politicians - and
actual celebrities - whoop it up in Cuba; McCaskill met with zero
dissidents, but she did take time to tweet pictures of cool vintage cars
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian pontifications on the state
of Missouri politics: Campaigns are negative, voters must demand
better, etc. X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: One option to
improve area roads is to establish a Transportation Development
District (TDD)
P-D op-ed: Ferguson Commission co-chair Rich
McClure: St. Louis Public Schools deserve our strong support
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson woman says she'll miss Tom Schweich +
SNL letter: Septuagenarian man wants Medicaid expanded X
SNL letter: Sexagenarian Sierra Club lady wants City
Utilities to change coal ash plans X
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Saturday, March 7
Kraske:
Let's pause before we round up a scapegoat for Tom Schweich's
suicide; Auditor was a deeply troubled man +
P-D:
No clear 'oust Hancock' movement afoot in Missouri GOP following
Schweich suicide
CDT:
Republicans discuss GOP chairmanship; State Committeewoman Sara
Walsh describes lack of substance in "whisper campaign" allegations
X
KMOX:
Licensed professional counselor Linda Fehrmann on why suicide is not
due to one incident, but rather deeper mental illness and distorted
sense of reality
KC
Star's Steve Paul: There's more than one 'why' in Schweich's
suicide +
KMOX:
Former County Exec Gene McNary (R) defends Hancock
KMOX:
Former state auditor candidate Jay Kanzler (R) discussing experience
running for office when people thought he was Jewish
KODE
(Joplin): Area prof says 'whisper campaigns' discourage local
citizens from running for office; B-roll of area electeds at
official meeting donning casual garb, wearing hats indoors
KMOX:
Roundtable: Jake Dueker (D), Jeff Rainford (D), Tim Jones (R) on
the Schweich suicide blame game, Hanaway, DOJ on Michael Brown
assault/shooting case, more
KZRG
(Joplin): Audio: Vicky Hartzler on DHS and immigration,
ISIS, why Giuliani was right about Obama's lack of pride in America
KC
Star's Shelly: Rex Sinquefield talks about two candidates he
supports - Catherine Hanaway and Chris Koster - and the "ripe"
environment for tax cuts +
KZRG
(Joplin): Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City), Bill White (R-Joplin)
on possibility of Missouri gov, gov lite candidates running as a ticket
KRES
(Moberly): Missouri budget advances to House floor;
Comments from Rep. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia)
CDT:
Lawmakers try again on bill to offer tax amnesty X
KODE
(Joplin): Prescription drug database bill up for debate;
Comments from Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City), area residents
CDT:
University of Missouri revamps federal lobbying efforts; Sarah
Spreitzer to start at $175,000/yr. X
CDT's
Ashley Jost: Learning Curve column: Legislative updates,
new leadership, more X
Student
Life (Washington University): Chancellor's wife to push
gun-control events, legislation on her husband's campus; Risa
Zwerling says she'll host Joe Biden, or maybe Gabby Giffords, or maybe
Rahm Emanuel
Monett
Times: Legislators move to boost school funding by $70M:
Thoughts from Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob)
KZRG
(Joplin): Joplin School District graded "fair" by state audit
Brownfield
Ag News: Koster files egg bill appeal
P-D:
Koster succeeds in getting reservation payday lender to pay restitution
to Missourians
SE
Missourian: Koster pulls plug on predatory lender +
Fulton
Sun: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission renews Callaway Energy
Center operating license
JCNT:
Former state Senator/current PSC commissioner Bill Kenney (R) arrested
for DWI X
Hannibal
Courier-Post: State order beefs up real estate tax in Ralls County
KTTS
(Springfield): MoDOT spring PR campaign transitions to
pothole-filling theme
KSDK
(St. Louis): Excerpts of MoDOT press release, with byline
KOMU
(Columbia): Excerpts of MoDOT press release, with byline
SNL:
Excerpt of MoDOT press release, with "News-Leader staff" byline X
P-D:
Costs, benefits of new Rams stadium to be explored at hearing
CDT:
Rep. Bryan Spencer (R-Wentzville) disavows interest group's attack on
Dept. of Conservation; American Cervid Alliance's PR firm rewrote
newsletter without permission, lawmaker says X
Perryville
News: Locals weigh in on Missouri Department of Conservation
proposed changes
JCNT:
Prison tours turn $82,000 profit to be reinvested in Missouri State
Penitentiary X
KMOX:
Audio: James Knowles talks about DOJ report, changes already made
in Ferguson
P-D:
Ferguson mayor deals with DOJ's list of complaints
KWMU:
DOJ has limited power to force changes in area's municipal courts
KWMU:
Nixon calls for improving Missouri courts after DOJ report on Ferguson
JCNT:
Nixon urges Missouri bar to help with municipal court reform X
KWMU:
Fiscal reality: A look at the cost of implementing all the
changes DOJ claims Ferguson needs
KWMU:
Film at True/False festival includes look at Ferguson facts,
myths; Example panel points out untruth of Dorian Johnson's
"Hands Up" storytelling
KC
Star Capitol Watch editorial: Weekly list of GOP
transgressions: Republicans wrong on Brownback tax cuts, Missouri
Medicaid expansion +
P-D
editorial: Missouri Supreme Court must end the Ferguson shake-down
Kirksville
Daily Express editor Jason Hunsiker: Medicaid should be expanded,
but it won't happen here; "Facts don't matter to (lawmakers.)
That's scary."
KC
Star's Sanchez: The problem in Ferguson wasn't lawless
miscreants, but rather, the police +
KC
Star letter: Liberty man offers sarcastic thanks to Graves on
security vote; Former state Rep. Sandra Reeves (D) complains
about negative politics, then
compares Jeff Roe to an Islamic terrorist +
P-D
letter: Sarcastic suggestion to fund bullying education for
legislators
P-D
letter: Post-Dispatch editorial board whines about bullying, but
is among the worst perpetrators
P-D
letter: Missouri Ethics Commission should enforce truth in
campaigns
P-D
letter: In grief, we grope for someone to blame - but John
Hancock isn't the reason Tom Schweich killed himself
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Friday, March 6
Messenger:
GOP stalwart Paul DeGregorio calls for soul-searching in wake of
Schweich death
P-D:
Text of Paul DeGregorio's letter to GOP leaders
Helling:
Hancock controversy pushing Blunt into tough corner +
Shelly:
In wake of Schweich suicide, make cowardly "nonprofit" groups reveal
their donors +
Washington
Post's Kathleen Parker: After the Tom Schweich episode, why would
anyone run for office?
Missourinet:
Schweich committeed suicide while wife was on phone with Danforth aide
P-D:
Danforth aide says Schweich's final conversation was about Jewish rumors
AP:
Danforth assistant says Schweich shot himself after call
KWMU:
ACORN/MORE turns out "about a dozen" to complain about Federal Reserve
Bank, swap struggle stories
P-D:
In St. Louis, Brownback urges patience for his supply-side experiment
Washington
Missourian: Secretary of State Jason Kander says photo ID at
polls would put "unjust burden" on Missouri voters
CDT:
Convention proposals seek to test unused powers of Constitution X
JCNT:
Missouri food stamp use drops as food pantries become busier X
AP:
Missouri House sends tax amnesty measure to Senate
JCNT:
Senate sends LAGERS bill to House X
AP:
Missouri Senate's student transfer bill could cost $224M
CDT:
Missouri Scholars Academy financial burden might fall on families X
CDT:
FCC ruling forestalls Schaefer's effort to block city-owned broadband
X
Missourinet:
Bill to free Missouri man serving life for pot offenses gains support
AP:
Black Caucus Chair Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas City) says "Ferguson
agenda" should be a high priority
KWMU:
No new Ferguson bills on Missouri legislative agenda following Justice
Department report
KC
Star: In KC, Nixon says police problems may extend beyond Ferguson
+
KWMU:
Michael Brown's family plans to sue Ferguson, Wilson over death
Missourinet:
Michael Brown's family will sue for 'wrongful death'
Washington
Missourian editorial: "Uptight" Schweich "did not possess the
armor in his makeup" to handle attacks - and Hancock won't be stepping
down
Washington
Missourian editorial: If Ike Skelton was still in Congress, we
wouldn't even be talking about planned cuts to Fort Leonard Wood
KC
Star editorial: Reckless gun measures threaten public safety in
Missouri and Kansas +
KC
Star editorial: Key points and outrageous finds in Ferguson report
+
SNL
op-ed: Local Democratic leader Ed Janosik: Schweich suicide
shows problems with Missouri GOP X
SE Missourian
op-ed: University of Missouri exec vice president Hank
Foley: The University of Missouri as economic driver +
P-D
op-ed: Former state Sen. Betty Sims (R-Ladue): A blueprint
for higher education
JCNT
letter: People who were mean to Tom Schweich will be held
accountable on Earth, or maybe in the afterlife X
P-D
letter: McClellan buys Hancock's total baloney
P-D
letter: Reader uses gun punchline in wake of Schweich suicide
P-D
letter: Missouri should elect a governor like Tom Schweich
P-D
letter: Smear campaigns keep decent people out of politics
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Thursday, March 5
P-D: Mike Kelley, former Missouri Democratic Party
exec director, defends John Hancock in Schweich suicide controversy
KMOX: Audio: Mike Kelley on Tom Schweich's
decision to kill himself and John Danforth's assignment of blame
97.1 FM (St. Louis): Jamie Allman on Tom Schweich's
decision to kill himself and John Danforth's assignment of blame
McClellan: Why Danforth's eulogy blaming John Hancock
for suicide was off base
KSGF: Nick Reed on Schweich suicide: Can an
adult be "bullied"? Why are we taking responsibility away from
the person who killed himself?
SNL: Blunt says GOP state committee should make the
call on MOGOP chairman X
Kraske: The Chat: Mike Kelley on Schweich blame
game, McCaskill on Ferguson +
KMZU
(Carrollton): Hartzler talks about impact of Fort Leonard Wood
cuts
KRES (Moberly): Sen. Kit Bond weighs in on Fort
Leonard Wood
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves, Blunt weigh in on
Homeland Security brouhaha X
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill legislation will
address campus rape X
The Missouri Times: Nixon's options for state
auditor: Jeff Harris, Victor Callahan, minority/female
candidates, others
Brownfield Ag News: Disagreements apparent over
proposal for elected ag director; Missouri Farm Bureau notes
issue of urban-rural voting split, but Rep. Jay Houghton
(R-Martinsburg) begs to differ
The Maneater: Missouri lawmakers introduce photo ID
requirements
The Missouri Times: Sam Brownback touts Kansas'
success at Grow Missouri event
AP: Grow Missouri hosts Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback
CDT: House Budget Committee approves $26.1 billion
spending plan X
AP: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) says bill to
bar health insurance subsidies is a first step to dismantling Obamacare
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial passage to
medical malpractice award limits
AP: Missouri House endorses lawsuit caps for medical
malpractice
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Jobs for Education
Program would benefit small business, higher ed; Comments from
Rep. Delus Johnson (R-St. Joseph), NFIB's Brad Jones, St. Joe Chamber's
Pat Lilly X
KC Star: Students ask UMKC chancellor more questions
about Bloch School controversy +
KWMU: Student transfer bills on fast tracks in
Jefferson City
Missourinet: Lawmakers told of 'gap' in Missouri law
on kids abusing kids
JCNT: Jefferson City woman: State needs power to
investigate child-on-child abuse X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Anne Zerr (R-St. Charles)
says new tax credit will help new grape growers and wine producers
The Missouri Times: Sen. Ryan Silvey (R-Kansas City)
seeks to restrict Nixon's authority to bond Rams stadium
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journogang
chats with Slay COS Mary Ellen Ponder on keeping the Rams, National
Geospatial Intelligence Agency, more
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Skunks enter mating season; Missouri
Dept. of Conservation warns Missourians to beware of stinky, rabid
animals
NPR: Justice investigation backs former Officer Darren
Wilson; Report details Michael Brown's assault on convenience
store owner, attack on officer
KWMU: Justice Department finds that Wilson's use of
force was reasonable
P-D: Justice Department finds that Ferguson officer
under attack did not violate assailant's civil rights
KMOX: Darren Wilson 'relieved' at feds' confirmation
of grand jury ruling
AP: Michael Brown's uncle unhappy about Justice
Department confirmation of grand jury's ruling
AP: McCulloch not surprised by Justice decision, says
enduring attacks from people who disregard facts is part of his job
P-D: Protesters congregate outside Ferguson police
department, give up protest before 11 p.m.
P-D: DOJ issues Ferguson report; Holder says
attack on Wilson and subsequent events "set off the city of Ferguson
like a powder keg"
KWMU: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles: "We must do
better"
P-D: Holder's report calls Ferguson municipal court an
abusive fundraising tool
KSGF (Springfield): Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield)
on Dept. of Justice's lamentations vs. reality faced by law enforcement
The Maneater: Nixon's "Office of Community Engagement"
remains unfunded
The Missouri Times: Nasheed, Chappelle-Nadal, Black
Caucus' Ellington react to Justice Department report
AP: Nasheed, Chappelle-Nadal want to disband Ferguson
police department
JCNT editorial: Negative campaigning will continue X
P-D editorial: The hammer of justice falls on Ferguson
KC Star editorial: Corrective action must follow
Justice Department's report on Ferguson, Mo.
+
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian pontifications on state vs.
local laws, Uber and plastic bags X
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Wednesday, March 4
KWMU: Danforth blames political smear campaign for
Schweich's suicide
Missourinet: Danforth eulogy condemns 'bullying,'
'whisper campaign' against Schweich
P-D: Danforth, in eulogy, decries 'whispering
campaign' against Schweich
KC Star: 'Words' killed Tom Schweich, Danforth says,
as friends remember 'intense' public servant
+
AP: Danforth decries political bullies in Schweich
eulogy
Missourinet: GOP veteran/Schweich spokesman Spence
Jackson: John Hancock should resign
AP: Missouri House passes resolution honoring Schweich
KC Star: Cleaver not part of Democratic boycott of
Netanyahu speech +
AP: State revenues still up close to 5 percent from
last year
AP: Missouri unemployment rate increases slightly in
January
AP: Missouri House panel OKs budget with more K-12
school money
AP: House committee OKs Haahr's bill for sports for
homeschooled students
KWMU: The challenge of training enough doctors to meet
Missouri needs; Comments from Missouri Foundation for Health,
panel of students from "Washington Universit [sic]"
UPDATE: Corrected without attribution
AP: Former head of St. Louis black police officers'
association suspended for stealing $200,000 in member dues; Sgt.
Darren Wilson not related to Ferguson officer Darren Wilson
P-D: Darren Wilson, former head of black officer
group, put on leave after allegedly stealing member dues
P-D: Police reveal new video, photos of looters;
Buxom brunette beauty, pack of males shatter windows and steal from
Cricket Wireless
KWMU Race/Culture/Diversity Fellow Emanuele Berry:
Report shows police were "racially bias [sic]" and "blacks are
disproportionality [sic]
targeted," but can "serve as an example to others [sic] police departments" UPDATE: Corrected without attribution
AP: Justice Dept. report criticizes Ferguson police
AP: Ferguson cast of characters: Police Chief
Tom Jackson, Gentle Giant Michael Brown, Officer Darren Wilson, Trayvon
Martin's attorney, others
P-D: DOJ will hone in on Ferguson traffic stop numbers
P-D editorial: The martydom of Tom Schweich
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Jack Spooner: A tribute to Tom
Schweich
Jensen:
Missouri's GOP congressional delegation should be burning the midnight
oil on immigration +
Shelly: Schweich's suicide won't enjoy an extended
news cycle, but we have to try to understand why he did what he did +
Columbia Missourian's Rosman: Schweich's decision to
kill himself shows Missouri needs more mental health professionals
CDT op-ed: McCaskill: A plan to curb sexual
violence on campuses X
SNL op-ed: Rep. Bryan Spencer (R-Wentzville):
Time to reform Department of Conservation X
KWMU's Bill Freivogel: Justice Department
investigation of Ferguson policing is just first step in instituting
change
P-D letter: Former STL County Assistant Elections
Director Dick Bauer (R): Slander and innuendoes hurt our civil
society
P-D letter: Missouri Department of Mental Health's
Linda Tolle: State should not have allowed Tom Schweich to be
bullied
JCNT letter: Schweich frequently spoke to student
groups X
P-D letter: Missouri lost a valuable public servant
P-D letter: Editorial should have been more
sympathetic, and John Hancock should be sued
KC Star letter: Rex Sinquefield, Jeff Roe are
responsible for Schweich's decision to kill himself +
JCNT letter: "Cold-blooded, anonymous jerks" are
responsible for Schweich's decision to kill himself X
P-D letter: "Ban the Box" bill would remove an
obstacle to employment for ex-offenders
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Tuesday, March 3
P-D:
Family and friends - in addition to politicians - to attend Schweich's
funeral
AP:
Danforth to offer eulogy at Schweich funeral today
AP:
State lawmakers cancel hearings due to auditor's funeral
Kirksville
Daily Express: Ad that labeled Schweich 'weak' linked to former
Kirksville attorney Seth Shumaker
Missourinet:
Sen. Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) calls for end to negative ads after
Schweich's suicide
CDT:
Parson seeks to fight dirty politics in response to Schweich's suicide
X
AP:
Parson seeks clean politics after Schweich's suicide
P-D:
Parson calls for lawmakers to be honest in ads following Schweich's
suicide
Missourinet:
Rep. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) remembers Schweich
Drebes: Woody Overton,
Kelvin Simmons to host event for Hillary Clinton primary opponent
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley
Missourinet:
Missourians, elected officials voice opposition to Fort Leonard Wood
cuts
KOMU:
Community, lawmakers speak against Fort Leonard Wood cuts
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill on retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski
(D-Maryland); Parson on negative ads; More +
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Reporter Marshall Griffin remembers
Schweich; Will Kraus on plans for SOS office, voter reg, tax
cuts, more
KWIX
(Kirksville): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) on pension
legislation
Hannibal
Courier-Post: Missouri's A+ Schools Program benefits community
members of all ages
The
Missouri Times: Bill from Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) would penalize
state employees for recognizing same-sex marriages
KWMU:
Exit interview: EPA's Karl Brooks says St. Louis still has
challenges
AP:
Ferguson news guide: No charges expected for officer assaulted by
Michael Brown
P-D:
Ferguson, state officials to be briefed on DOJ investigation today
AP:
KC Schools wins lawsuit over Ferguson protests; District won't
compensate any of 14 students who walked out of Nixon speech, and won't
pay ACLU lawyer fees
KC
Star: KC Schools won't pay protesting students for "damages," and
won't pay ACLU +
P-D:
Ferguson Commission ponders tasks ahead
KWMU:
Obama's "Task Force on 21st Century Policing" offers
recommendations: require training to "combat implicit bias," etc.
AP:
Obama panel challenges St. Louis to "face its reality"
P-D:
Obama's policing task force recommends independent investigation of
police shootings
KC
Star editorial: Memorializing Tom Schweich by criticizing Jeff
Roe, John Hancock, Rex Sinquefield +
P-D
editorial: Legislature to felons: Get your guns in the
Show-Me State
SNL
op-ed: Mayor Francis Slay: Troubling results of Missouri's
gun amendment
P-D
letter: McCaskill, Blunt and Wagner should stop supporting
Keystone XL and start supporting carbon fee
P-D
letter: Zweifel's tuition plan is a good idea
P-D
letter: School-retention bill a bad idea; Chappelle-Nadal
"needs to end her stroll around Lake Wobegone and come back to Lake
Reality"
KC
Star letter: Silvey, Schaefer shouldn't punish districts for
bullying problems +
P-D
letter: Planned Parenthood CEO dislikes bill mandating annual
inspections
SNL
letter: Leave state Conservation funds alone X
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Monday, March 2
KC Star: Senate race highlights changing attitude
about candidates' military service; MSU prof George Connor says
Kander's vet status not enough to overcome (D) label +
Missourinet: Missourians, elected officials to rally
against Fort Leonard Wood cuts
AP: February report: Economic growth likely for
Midwest states
KSHB: "STANDUP KC" draws small crowd to hear wage
complaints; Sandwich artist Terrance Wise shares hard-knock
story, microeconomic theory
TonysKansasCity.com: Fact check: How the fight
for $15/hr. could cost jobs in the long run
Missouri Viewpoints: Lighting up another tobacco tax
increase effort in Missouri; Host Mike Ferguson talks with Brian
Schmidt, Carl Bearden
Drebes:
Talk of Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) running for SOS likely untrue
Kraske: The Chat: Messenger on Schweich;
Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare could affect Missouri +
Kraske: The politics surrounding Schweich's death will
emerge post-funeral +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
on school transfer bill and Schweich
P-D: No solid tuition fix in school transfer bills
Missourinet: Senators threaten budget cuts for schools
that fail to stop bullying
The Maneater: Hundreds of UM System alumni descend
upon Capitol for lobbying day
Washington Missourian: County Clerk Debbie Door (R)
supports photo ID, says requiring identification is not a barrier to
voting
AP: Missouri Republicans seek to rein in liberal
cities on plastic bags, other regulations
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Munzlinger weighs in on toll road
proposal
SE
Missourian: Regional panel urges no change in air-quality rules +
NY Times: Eric Holder to blame Ferguson police for
racial tensions
AP: Eric Holder set to announce thoughts on Ferguson
Washington Missourian editorial: In Memoriam:
Tom Schweich
Washington Missourian editorial: McCaskill is right to
support Keystone XL
JCNT editorial: Governing principles caught in
political crossfire; Allowing legislative leaders to "intervene"
in lawsuits leads to political one-upsmanship
X
Washington Missourian editorial: MoDOT's stripped-down
plan will lead to more lawsuits
KC Star editorial: Kansas City School District makes a
steady march toward full accreditation +
P-D op-ed: Bevis Schock: Acting like beggars for
a football stadium
JCNT letter: Missouri Farm Bureau is attacking
Department of Conservation X
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian suggests that SLU also
build a monument for police who endured protester savagery
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Sunday, March 1
P-D/Kaiser Health News: Outcome of Obamacare subsidy
case could have 'drastic' consequences for Missouri
P-D: Congressional delegation's votes for the week
P-D: Tony Messenger's statement on his conversations
with - and final voice mail from - Tom Schweich
P-D: Political tensions Schweich faced had mounted
KC Star's Barb Shelly: What a tragedy:
Schweich's suicide means Missourians will end up with Rex
Sinquefield-owned Gov. Chris Koster or Gov. Catherine Hanaway +
Drebes: Eric Greitens opens exploratory committee -
plus, the list of domain names he registered for himself back in 2009
KWIX (Kirksville): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
files "Get Government Off My Back" bill
AP: Missouri GOP bristles at mandates, but sometimes
uses them
JCNT: Legislators push bonds as way to fund more
projects X
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson
City) sponsors bill to expand telehealth services, make Medicaid more
efficient
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers: School transfers
debate important for entire state X
P-D: In St. Louis County, number of nonwhite
first-graders on the rise
SE
Missourian: Programs help ex-cons try to re-enter society +
JCNT: Fulton State Hospital work expected to begin in
spring X
JCNT editorial: In Memoriam: Tom Schweich X
SNL editorial: Public video records at risk in state
Senate X
SNL op-ed: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield):
Right to Work: Freedom to work gives us freedom to grow X
KC Star letter: Whoever pushed Tom Schweich over the
edge should feel really bad about it +
P-D letter: Missouri needs far better transportation
planning
P-D letter: Nasheed's comments are insulting to Isom's
intelligence
P-D letter: Mehlville School District president:
State should not give failing school districts a discount
SNL letter: Springfield woman attempts analogy
involving right-to-work legislation and purse-snatching from "my granny" X
P-D letter: Ballwin man says that when Planned
Parenthood M'Evie Mead says "no patient was at risk," she's forgetting
about the babies getting killed
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