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Thursday, March 30
The Hill: Durbin giving McCaskill, other vulnerable
Dems space on Gorsuch
Washington Post: McCaskill says McConnell, White House
have done little to woo her on Gorsuch
P-D: Pro-Trump ads coming to Missouri, nine other
states
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court hears case over
penalties against longtime North St. Louis County Democratic leader
Elbert Walton
P-D: Being 'obnoxious and disrespectful' in bankruptcy
court could mean discipline for Democratic boss Elbert Walton
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson pushes for passage
of resolution aimed at bringing missing Missouri soldiers home
The Missouri Times: Rehder fends off most changes to
PDMP as House perfects
AP:
Opioid drug tracking program advances in House
Missourinet: House approves PDMP bill; critics
say a database won't work
Columbia Missourian: Debates over prescription drug
monitoring program bill continue in Missouri House
P-D: Missouri House gives PDMP initial approval, but
opposition looms in the Senate
St. Joseph News-Press: Local physician weighs in on
prescription drug bills X
The Missouri Times: House committee puts final touches
on budget
AP:
Missouri House OKs $242 million for unexpected expenses
KWMU: Missouri's budget for coming fiscal year crosses
first hurdle
Missourinet: Hawley's office fails to send
representative to budget hearing, sees funding cut
SNL: House committee moves money from attorney
general's budget after office no-shows hearing
X
SE
Missourian: Wallingford says he seek to fix, not repeal
prevailing wage +
AP: Missouri House votes down Medicaid expansion
Columbia Missourian: Legislation targeting lobbyist
gifts stalls
The Missouri Times: Parties battle over Cornejo's
alcohol measure
P-D: Some legislators look to ban toll roads
The Missouri Times: Emery, Romine spar over utilities
bill in morning inquiry
Columbia Missourian: Reiboldt says ag legislation
would protect farmers from local-government meddling
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee approves
Scottrade Center legislation
AP:
Missouri lawmakers advance plan to ban red-light cameras
P-D: Missouri House taking another shot at red-light
camera ban
Missourinet: Missouri House holds moment of silence
for Independence office shot in line of duty
Missourinet: University of Missouri Interim Chancellor
Hank Foley accepts New York Institute of Technology job
CDT: Foley says salary not a major factor in taking
NYIT job X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Gov. Bob Holden:
Indonesia rising as import partner
P-D letter: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis):
State can continue to move toward improving access to AP exams
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Elaine Gannon
(R-DeSoto): Making the high school equivalency exam free would
help disadvantaged students
Messenger: Sheriffs' Retirement Fund Series, Part V
Columbia Missourian op-ed: J-School prof Sara Shipley
Hiles: Newspaper funds lead-testing project, hopes results will
help advance its agenda
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Wednesday, March 29
KC Star: McCaskill undecided on Gorsuch confirmation,
Democratic filibuster +
KC Star: McCaskill, Blunt disagree on Trump's energy
order +
SNL: McCaskill opens probe of opioid drug makers X
Missourinet: McCaskill leads committee investigation
into opioid manufacturers
AP:
McCaskill asks drug makers about opioid sales plans
The Hill: McCaskill investigating opioid producers
Washington Post: McCaskill to investigate opioid
makers' role in drug crisis X
P-D: McCaskill sends queries to opioid drug makers
about sales, marketing strategies, donations
CDT: Hartzler mulls independent investigation into
Trump's Russia ties X
P-D: Undoing Clean Power Plan could mean short-term
savings, long-term uncertainty for Missouri utilities
The Missouri Times: Rep. Tim Hurst (R-Meta) leads
convoy of mid-Missourians to Kansas farmers' aid
KFVS: Eric Schmitt discusses saving for college at
Cape Girardeau elementary school
Missourinet: Galloway audit underway to review state
prescription drug expenses through Medicaid and CHIP
Quincy Herald-Whig: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
pushes statewide program to monitor opioid abuse
The Missouri Times: As other states reconsider
Medicaid expansion, Missouri Republicans stand firmly opposed
Missourinet: Second-half preview: A look at
Greitens' State of the State priorities and where legislation stands
AP:
Greitens says Trump might intervene on REAL ID
KC Star: Greitens attends Trump bill signing, meets
with Pence +
The Missouri Times: Greitens signs Corlew's expert
witness standards bill
KWMU: With Greitens' signature, Missouri set to
tighten expert-witness rules
Missourinet: Greitens says expert-witness law will
help create jobs
AP:
Greitens signs change to expert witness vetting
Missourinet: GOP legislators provide workable boost in
funding to cash-strapped public defender system
Columbia Missourian: Winners, losers emerge from
latest round of Missouri budget talks
The Missouri Times: House passes gift ban for local
government officials, ticket resale bill
Columbia Missourian: State legislators advance pursuit
of insurance for those with developmental disabilities
AP:
House votes to repeal prevailing-wage law
AP:
Bill overturning St. Louis abortion ordinance advances
KWMU: Missouri hospitals forgo family planning funds
as abortion rules go into effect; Comments from Missouri Hospital
Association's Jane Drummond
The Missouri Times: Emery's grid modernization bill
begins trip through Senate perfection gauntlet
P-D: Proposal from Rep. Peter Meredith (D-St. Louis
City) would fund voter ID education with money from lottery advertising
budget
CDT: International applications lag at UM campuses X
KC Star editorial: Missouri must act on drug monitoring +
CDT op-ed: Terry Schlemeier: 'Business-friendly'
Show-Me State is too tough on labor X
Messenger: Sheriffs' Retirement Fund Series, Part IV
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Chillicothe sexagenarian
dislikes Graves' approach to the sick and the old X
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Tuesday, March 28
Washington Examiner: McCaskill, other Democrats dodge
questions on Gorsuch
Bloomberg: Senate GOP leaders push for health care
effort after House plan implodes; Comments from Blunt
KWMU: Trump to loosen Obama carbon regulations for
Missouri, other states; Comments from Sierra Club's John Hickey,
Ameren's Ajay Arora
SE
Missourian: Stephen Webber speaks to SEMO College
Democrats; Missouri Democratic Party leader says Jay Nixon
ignored party fundraising in favor of his own campaign +
P-D: Greitens meets with Trump cabinet, AIPAC during
D.C. visit
KC Star: Greitens prefers straight-to-voters approach
to media relations; Comments from press corps' Phill Brooks,
veteran GOP consultants James Harris and Jeff Roe +
The Missouri Times: Judge rules changes must be made
to Kander's 'right to work' ballot language
SNL: New Teamsters PAC based in Springfield starts
fundraising in 'right to work' era X
The Missouri Times: Former Skelton aide Ryan Dillon to
run in Democratic primary for GOP state Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Sarah Wood Martin wins National
Council of Jewish Women award
The Missouri Times: New TV special sheds light on
Messer investigation
SE
Missourian: Jay Ashcroft announces grants for summer reading
programs +
P-D: Greitens set to sign expert-witness law
Missourinet: Lawmakers in both parties want more
transparency from State Legal Expense Fund; House's Dept. of
Corrections investigation continues
AP: Missouri House advances plan for $242 million in
extra spending - most for unanticipated Medicaid expenses
The Missouri Times: House Rules Committee approves 26
bills, including personhood amendment and alcohol advertising
CDT: State Senate to consider tax credit repeal X
The Missouri Times: Emery's collateral source bill
faces further hurdles despite early passage through Senate
Missourinet: Measure to protect privacy of online
personal information moving through Legislature
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee considers
charter schools expansion bill
KC Star: National charter school group ranks Missouri
low for laws; Missouri Public Charter School Association's
Douglas Thaman says proposed law will help +
Missourinet: University of Missouri researcher says
lawmakers should incentivize rural nursing homes to improve their
technology
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to rule on sexual
predator
KC Star editorial: McCaskill, Greitens avoid the hard
questions +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's judge
selection process due fresh review X
P-D's Nicklaus: Obamacare has a few dents, but it
isn't about to explode; In many rural areas of Missouri, only one
company offers insurance on the exchange
St. Joseph News-Press' Newton: Ike Skelton set a good
model for engaging with constituents X
Messenger: Sheriffs' Retirement Fund Series, Part III
Lake Sun letter: Camdenton septuagenarian wants MO
congressional delegation to know she supports Al Franken versus
"ignorant" Trump
P-D letter: "St. Louis Anti-Racist Collective" takes
Editorial Page Editor Tod Robberson to task for not doing enough to
support black causes, showing his "deep paternalism"
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Monday, March 27
Mother Jones: Republicans, Democrats both seek to
raise Elizabeth Warren's profile; Kander's Abe Rakov says
Massachusetts liberal was helpful to challenger's bid
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau members meet
Missouri congressional delegation, visit Canadian embassy
Washington Missourian: Leader of group serving area
olds worries about cuts to HHS funding X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Jake
Hummel (D-St. Louis City) chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
labor's future, charter school legislation, and value of Greitens' city
living experience
Drebes:
Second-half legislative preview: Friction between House and
Senate over workrate and priorities; Legislators' antipathy
toward Greitens; more
St. Joseph News-Press: State legislators map out the
final stretch X
P-D: Second-half legislative preview: Tax
credits, school choice, PDMP, more
SNL: Americans for Prosperity's Missouri chapter
pushes forward with conservative legislative agenda X
P-D: GOP legislators to continue pro-life push
Missourinet: Legislation to override St. Louis City
minimum wage hike could see quick action in state Senate
Missourinet: Assistant Truman prof says other options
are superior to upholding and implementing Missouri voter ID law
CDT: DESE releases new report for teacher preparation
programs X
Stateline: Missouri, other states see population
boomlet among women in their 30s
P-D endorsement: Ferguson Mayor James Knowles deserves
re-election
CDT op-ed: MU biology prof George Smith:
Hartzler goes out of her way for Israeli occupation X
Messenger: Sheriffs' Retirement Fund Series, Part II
P-D letter: Webster Groves man disagrees with Wagner
on financial issues, suggests that incumbent - re-elected by 21-point
margin - is in election peril come 2018
Washington Missourian letter: "A Better Road Forward"
anti-tax group: Say no to double taxes and toll roads X
P-D letter: Mother of special needs child thanks
lawmakers for passing charter school legislation
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Sunday, March 26
NY Times: Paul Ryan escapes from health care defeat
badly damaged; Billy Long says critics will blame Speaker "for
everything"
Washington Missourian: Local library director opposes
federal, state cuts to his budget X
P-D: Tug-of-war nearly derailed NGA's move to North
St. Louis City
Columbia Missourian/Politifact: Blunt remark about
length of Cabinet-approval process labeled "False"
KC Star: Hawley follows through on campaign pledge to
push back against federal regulations +
KTVI (St. Louis): Eric Schmitt touts Missouri Linked
Deposit Program; Arctic Ice's Jerry Camsenzind says low-interest
loan helped his company expand
AP:
Second-half legislative preview: Labor, lawsuits, education,
budget, other bills
Columbia Missourian: Unemployment benefits bill would
allow jobless to receive payments for up to 13 weeks
Kirksville Daily Express: Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston) makes pitch for prescription drug database during
Kirksville stop X
AP:
Effort to stop 'right to work' dealt a blow in Missouri court
Washington Missourian: Bill from Sen. Dave Schatz
(R-Sullivan) would fund Scottrade renovations up to $6 million X
St. Louis Record: Missouri Senate bills take on
infrastructure fees due to population changes; Comments from
Missouri American Water's Brian Russell, others
West Plains Daily Quill: Warm weather stirs activity
among snakes, black bears; Missouri Dept. of Conservation gives
tips to avoid dangerous animals
P-D: African-American march draws 200 in St. Louis
P-D editorial: Missouri educators must provide student
access to AP coursework and exams
Messenger: Sheriffs' Retirement Fund Series, Part I
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Security is
expensive at the Missouri Capitol and other government buildings X
P-D's Samantha Liss: Missouri Republicans refuse to
expand Medicaid - to the detriment of Missouri's poor
KC Star letter: Local septuagenarian applauds
editorial board's sarcastic invitation to Trump +
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Saturday, March 25
P-D: Blunt, others champion mental health funding
Missourinet: Hartzler wants to see forward movement on
GOP health care bill
St. Joseph News-Press: Local liberals rally against
GOP health care bill X
KMOX: McCaskill speaks with border patrol about
illegal immigrants
KC Star: After KC Public Schools' publicity push, ICE
reiterates alien-gathering policy +
St. Joseph News-Press: Trip to D.C. secures 100 jobs
at Rosecrans Memorial Airport; Group met with McCaskill, Blunt,
Graves last year X
Washington Post: McCaskill, others get justice for
Energy Department whistleblower X
The Hill: McCaskill leads bipartisan group
investigating military group-intercoursing pics
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Panel of Rep. Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg), Axiom's Travis
Smith, Independence Mayor Eileen Weir, and Fred Dreiling talks
prevailing wage, Missouri Plan, ethics, 'right to work,' budget, and
which Republican will take on Claire McCaskill
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of March 20
KWMU: Greitens to meet with Trump in D.C. over the
weekend
KC Star: Greitens to make another D.C. trip this
weekend +
The Missouri Times: Five questions with Rep. Hannah
Kelly (R-Mountain Grove)
Missourinet: Ashcroft confident voter ID funding
request will be honored
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) talks funding for education, social services
Washington Missourian: Bill from Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-St. Charles) would give roads back to counties; First District
Commissioner Tim Brinker (R) calls move "appalling"
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) gives
update on special subcommittee looking at Dept. of Corrections
The Missouri Times: Emery's bill targets grid
modernization
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn proud of
Missouri farmers helping those affected by wildfires
P-D: Ferguson activist gets probation for attacking
SUV driver who tried to push through blockade
KC Star editorial: Graves let constituents down by not
taking a position on GOP health care bill +
P-D editorial briefs: Revisiting animal-breeding
debate; Public defenders
CDT letter: Columbia man wonders why news
organizations don't investigate voter fraud involving dead people X
P-D letter: Ellisville woman opposes auctioning off
state park
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says deaf drivers
deserve a special license plate
P-D letter: UMSL Dean of Enrollment Services Alan
Byrd: Bright Flight scholarship program wrong to use
discriminatory ACT scores
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Friday, March 24
Washington Post: Blunt, other Senate Republicans
hesitant to focus on to House GOP bill until its passage
PBS: Mini-profiles of Obamacare supporters,
opponents: Weldon Spring sexagenarian says she supports GOP
health care bill
KRES/KWIX: Luetkemeyer explains his support of GOP
health care bill
Missourinet: Billy Long says CBO's uninsured figure is
misleading
CDT: Missouri Health Care for All turns out fewer than
twelve (12) Obamacare supporters for Hartzler protest X
KBIA (Columbia): Missouri Health Care for All turns
out ten (10) Obamacare supporters to protest Hartzler
SNL: Some pro-Obamacare protesters gathered outside
Long's office acknowledge futility of their efforts; Passerby
honks horn, points to Trump bumper sticker X
P-D: Greitens joins other GOP governors to sign on to
pro-AHCA letter
Missourinet: St. Louis airport exec testifies before
Blunt subcommittee on infrastructure needs
Politico: Hill Republicans growing frustrated with
Mattis; Marine general has bristled at nominating Missouri's Jim
Talent, other qualified GOP pols for posts
Drebes:
Update on Ann Wagner for U.S. Senate campaign
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Holly
Rehder (R-Sikeston) chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about PDMP,
'right to work,' her future as Speaker of the House
The Missouri Times: Five questions with Rep. Mark
Ellebracht (D-Liberty)
Missourinet: GOP legislative leaders preview 2017
session's second half
The Missouri Times: Tort reform battle heats up in
Missouri as Washington gets involved
Kraske: It's time for Missouri to rethink all things
judicial +
KWMU: Legislature yet to pass lobbyist-gift ban
Missourinet: Group hopes Legislature will support
"convention of states"
Missourinet: Missouri prosecutors want changes to laws
involving child sex crimes
Columbia Missourian: MU Faculty Council debates
"validating white people's anxiety," memorial to honor slaves who built
campus, etc.
P-D: Union organizers file suit against the University
of Missouri curators
KWMU: UMSL faculty sues UM System, alleges
unionization rules are too strict
AP:
Government: Ferguson making 'meaningful progress' in reforms
KC Star editorial: Trump should visit KC for WWI
Centennial and stick around for lectures on infrastructure spending,
refugees and immigrants, etc. +
JCNT editorial: Blunt's legislation eases transition
from military to civilian jobs X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Policymakers in
Washington and Jefferson City can use a reminder: Missouri
depends on farm economy X
P-D's David Nicklaus: States' economic handouts are
poorly targeted; Comments from University of Missouri's Joseph
Haslag
P-D letter: St. Louis man says standards for expert
witnesses benefit big companies, not individuals
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Thursday, March 23
McClatchy: DSCC, gearing up to defend McCaskill and
other vulnerable Dems, releases ad targeting GOP health care bill
Missourinet: New Missouri Republican Party Executive
Director Austin Stukins talks Obamacare repeal, retiring Claire
McCaskill, more
CDT: Pro-life changes win Hartzler's vote on GOP
health care plan
KTTS (Springfield): Missouri Health Care for All
organizes pro-Obamacare protests outside GOP congressional offices
Joplin Globe: Missouri Health Care for All turns out
sixteen (16) for protest outside Billy Long's office
CDT: CoMo for Progress event provides Obamacare
supporters opportunity to vent; Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
calls President Donald Trump a "con artist"
Missourinet: McCaskill undecided on Gorsuch
P-D: Liberal groups pressure McCaskill to oppose
regulatory overhauls
Missourinet: Wagner, Hawley target Federal Reserve
agency
CDT: Liberal group "Race Matters, Friends" wants
Columbia Public Schools to oppose federal enforcement of immigration
laws
P-D: Phyllis Schlafly's daughter alleges that brothers
sabotaged her inheritance in ongoing family fight
The Missouri Times: Five questions with Rep. Nick
Schroer (R-St. Charles)
The Missouri Times: Charter schools highlighted at
rural education forum
KWMU: Legislators will tackle federal REAL ID law in
second half of session
SNL: With no taxes or tolls likely, MoDOT makes due
Missourinet: Transportation Committee Chairman Bill
Reiboldt (R-Neosho) says there will not be a major transportation bill
this year
P-D: University of Missouri System joins the growing
list of schools using Common Application
KC Star: UM System schools join the 'Common App,' and
expect an enrollment boost
Columbia Missourian: UM System schools to begin using
the Common Application
P-D: Group opposing Christian sex education materials
to hold rally March 28
The Missouri Times: More cities line up for Grain Belt
Express deals as PSC hears case for a second time
The Missouri Times: PSC taks steps to change rules to
improve transparency
KWMU: Ferguson's next mayor faces repairing city's
reputation
KWMU: Activists unhappy with speed of implementing
Ferguson's federal consent decree
P-D editorial: Ann Wagner's loyalty to financial
industry stinks of swamp politics
Jensen:
State bill looks at driver civility; Noble legislation
underscores sad reality that miscreants have no respect for authority
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Tuition
flexibility could help fix higher ed budgets
P-D op-ed: Local union rep opposes GOP changes to
prevailing wage
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Wednesday, March 22
Roll Call: McCaskill, other vulnerable Senate
Democrats stand firm in opposing GOP health care plan
SNL: Billy Long shrugs off GOP divisions over
Obamacare replacement X
Hannibal Courier-Post: Local "Show Me Indivisible"
group draws fewer than 30 to rally; Obamacare supporters
congregate during what most Missourians consider the work day X
Vox: Health care fact checks: Luetkemeyer
comment on state-run health exchanges is inaccurate
Washington Post: Mini-profiles of the
"vulnerable": O'Fallon, Mo. Obamacare supporter, once obese and
now old, opposes GOP health plan
CDT: Local artists' anti-Trump rally draws fewer than
40; Local thespian says she turned to art as "my therapy" X
Columbia Missourian: Advocates protest Trump budget
cuts; Area artist thinks calling and writing letters to
congressional offices will make a difference
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt: FBI probe should
move with haste +
P-D: Rep. Ann Wagner takes aim at consumer protection
chief
Missourinet: Jason Smith says Trump will make it to
Missouri; Congressman - who stayed loyal to Trump when other GOP
politicos bailed in the fall - wants President to visit southeast
Missouri
Drebes: Jason Smith on Trump's wiretapping allegations
The Missouri Times: Kit Bond shares his thoughts on
the current state of Missouri politics: Greitens, state budget,
gas tax, advice for freshmen legislators
The Missouri Times: Austin Stukins named new Missouri
GOP executive director
The Missouri Times: Joe Lakin's Victory Enterprises
earns Pollie for Missouri GOTV piece
The Missouri Times: Mini-profile: Q&A with
Rep. Crystal Quade (D-Springfield)
The Missouri Times: Finding Lynn Messer:
Investigation Discovery special airs Sunday
AP:
Missouri jobless rate drops slightly in February
St. Louis Record: Choices for Missouri Supreme Court
seat prompt debate over 'elitist' system; Thoughts from James
Harris, others
KWMU: Missouri's public defenders to get help with
large caseloads
Columbia Missourian: Dueling prescription drug
monitoring proposals on collision course in Legislature
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers backing off Medicaid
prescription limit +
Missourinet: Missouri Department of Mental Health
Director Mark Stringer wants more money for addiction caseworkers
AP:
Federal judge defers ruling on Missouri abortion rules
Missourinet: Campaign Life Missouri, NARAL-Missouri
view pregnancy resource centers differently
Missourinet: Measure to oversee big event ticket
purchases could pass Missouri House
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Galen Higdon (R-St.
Joseph) would restrict taxi and Uber/Lyft drivers from using some
smartphone operations while driving
SNL: Missouri lawmakers likely to support convention
of states X
CDT: UM System president warns of closed programs amid
budget crunch X
KWMU: Webster University to host sex-trafficking
seminar
KC Star editorial: Tolls? Gas tax? Let's at least have
a chat about funding Missouri highways +
P-D op-ed: Locs [sic]
of Glory proprietor Tameka Stigers: State of Missouri should get
out of braiders' hair
CDT letter: Fulton man says ag bills from Munzlinger,
McGaugh threaten Missourians X
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian expresses
anger that Post-Dispatch eliminated the children and news beat,
especially in light of dastardly Missouri Republicans' reign
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Tuesday, March 21
Ozark
Radio News: Pro-Obamacare group protests outside office of Rep.
Jason Smith; "Stand and Resist" campaign draws crowd of fifteen
(15)
CDT:
Trump's victory lamented at NAACP dinner; Mary Ratliff: "We
feel that" we're "a nation in mourning" X
KC
Star: Trump might make stop in KC for World War I centennial +
St.
Joseph News-Press: Local group takes part in annual fly-in, will
meet with McCaskill, Blunt and Graves
KC
Star: Missouri Republican Party announces new executive
director: Louisiana native Austin Stukins +
The
Missouri Times: Profile Q&A: Rep. Bruce DeGroot
(R-Chesterfield)
Columbia
Missourian: At-a-glance updates on Missouri legislative
issues: Charter schools, medical malpractice, many more
The
Missouri Times: Senate postpones confirming gubernatorial
appointments over Greitens' executive order
St.
Joseph News-Press: Proposal to sell bridge, highway naming rights
X
P-D:
At midpoint of session, Missouri Republicans on track with changes to
legal system
The
Missouri Times: Rural Economic Development caucus hopes to expand
view on state's economy
Missourinet:
New Missouri House Rural Economic Development Caucus to raise awareness
about farmer suicide rates
Missourinet:
Newly-formed organization aims to alleviate Missouri public defender
system caseloads
P-D:
Private attorneys pledge to take on some cases from St. Louis public
defenders
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Bill from Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) would make
juvenile officer an elected position
Missourinet:
Bill from Rep. Shane Roden (R-Cedar Hill) would eliminate most of
Missouri's motorcycle helmet law
Missourinet:
Emery, Libla disagree on potential rate increase under proposed utility
change
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Hearings take place this week in Grain Belt Express
case
AP:
Wind energy firm trying again for OK of cross-country line
Washington
(D.C.) Monthly op-ed: How an obscure Obamacare provision is
quietly saving lives, and money, in Missouri
Messenger:
On family leave, Greitens embraces Obama and wins for Missouri families
P-D
op-ed: Sexagenarian home health care worker, via SEIU
communications staff: Greitens cuts to home health care are
"dramatic"
Environment
America press release: Cars are polluting 40% less than they were
20 years ago; Instead of accelerating this process, Trump is
considering slamming on the brakes
CDT
letter: Environment Missouri's Taylor Hale: McCaskill
should continue opposing Trump policies; Talking points lifted
verbatim from press release above X
P-D
letter: Chesterfield man wonders if minimum-wage protesters
understand their predicament if proposal is enacted
P-D
letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian grows weary of
Post-Dispatch's obsession with street pharmaceuticals salesman/police
assailant Michael Brown
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Monday, March 20
SNL: McCaskill effort allows cities, counties to
receive federal money for prescription drug tracking programs X
Washington Missourian: Federal funds could be
available for county roads; Trump may unveil program
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Kit Bond on Eric
Greitens, gas tax, Trump, advice for first-year legislators;
Panel of former Sen. Tim Green (D-Spanish Lake), Reps. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City) and Nick Schroer (R-St. Charles) talk charter
schools, "paycheck protection," Greitens' paid-leave push
Rosenbaum: Taking the temperature of the Legislature
on paid parental leave
Missourinet: Auditor's website with daily tracking of
general revenue fund will expand details
SNL: Existing 'cliff effect' program helped 0 (zero)
people in five years, report from MO Dept. of Social Services says X
Missourinet: Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) expects
proposed charter school expansion to fail in Missouri Senate
KWMU: Educators focus on helping adopted children
overcome behavior problems, separation anxiety
St. Joseph News-Press: Liquor Wars 2.0, tobacco and
guns on the docket after Legislature's Spring Break X
Missourinet: Lawmakers consider airport alcohol bill
AP: Missouri DED program helps exports from small
Missouri companies
AP:
Man gets 25 years for shooting 2 cops in Ferguson protest
P-D editorial: Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington), other
Missouri Republicans aim to hurt workers
KC Star editorial: Bill from Rep. Brandon Ellington
(D-Kansas City) to crack down on TIF development goes way too far +
KC Star's Scott Canon: Amid Trump-inspired xenophobia
and violence against immigrants, fewer than half as many foreign
students apply to UMKC +
Washington Missourian Editor Bill Miller: Anti-toll
roads fever X
Waters: Questioning state tax cuts X
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Sunday, March 19
KMIZ: Hartzler continues practice of holding town
halls via telephone
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Hartzler stat
about high-speed Internet access rated "Half True"
Forward: Eric Greitens, Missouri's first Jewish
governor, is eyeing the White House
Drebes:
Former state Rep. John Mayfield (D-Independence) considering another bid
SNL: Legislative roundup: Lawmakers vote to
expand charter schools, cut tax credit for the elderly X
SE
Missourian: Reps. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau), Donna
Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) back charter school bill; Rep. Rick
Francis (R-Perryville) opposes it +
P-D: Chesterfield's Alice Liu named champion in St.
Louis Post-Dispatch Spelling Bee; Minority female chooses to work
hard, achieves success
AP:
Paid parental leave for state workers considered in Missouri
AP:
Missouri prisons head orders change after harassment claims
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Current
Medicaid-funding system is no longer a viable option, and block-grant
funding would provide solution X
SNL editorial: Push forward on prescription drug
monitoring X
JCNT editorial: MoDOT's "Pothole Patrol" to the rescue X
KC Star op-ed: UMKC Chancellor Leo Morton apologizes
for not sending out alert after campus rape, acknowledges feelings of
campus feminists and LGBTQIA* groups, takes official position against
"sexism, racism, homophobia and transphobia"
+
KC Star letter: Area woman says Blunt, other
Republicans opposed to Obamacare wish "death sentence" on poor and
middle-class Americans +
P-D letter: American Cancer Society thanks Ann Wagner
for her work on Medicare glitch
P-D letter: Millennial planning future state rep bid
thanks Greitens for work on higher ed
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Saturday, March 18
The Hill: U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad campaign
pressures McCaskill, other red-state Dems to back Trump on cutting
federal regulations
Bloomberg: Bosnians, who chose to immigrate legally,
make positive contributions to St. Louis; Comments from St. Louis
County Republican Central Committee's Rene Artman, Mayor Francis Slay,
others
KWMU: Musicians band together to fight Trump's racist
immigration policies; Public radio station promotes concert with
ticket information, free download of anti-Trump group song, more
Yesterday: KWMU General Manager Tim Eby: Stand
up against the Trump budget so we can continue to bring you unbiased
journalism
KC Star: Trump budget could affect Kansas City
streetcar expansion +
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: McCaskill
statement about importance of small-business job creation rated "True"
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
USA Today: Military investigating soldiers' same-sex
group intercoursing pics on websites; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts,
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals' Ray Gruender make appearance at Wash
U. Law School event
SNL: Law offices of prominent local Republicans Dee
Wampler and Joe Passanise honored as "Best Lawyers" X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Kit Bond on Greitens, more; Panel of former
Sen. Tim Green (D-Spanish Lake), David Barklage, Reps. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City) and Nick Schroer (R-St. Charles) talk charter
schools, "paycheck protection" and family leave pushes
The Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt joins partnership to
expand MO ABLE program
KOMU: MO ABLE program designed to help people with
disabilities save money
The Missouri Times: House and Senate accomplishments -
so far - in the 2017 session
KWMU: At the halfway mark, Missouri GOP legislators
tout session's successes - and promise more
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Reporter Marshall
Griffin recaps most important stories of the Missouri Legislative
session; Host Don Marsh leads off with gathering of twelve (12)
transgender students blocking a Capitol bathroom
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers look at task force to
dive into state's road problems
KC Star: Fate of lobbyist gift-ban legislation unclear +
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Legislature raises fines
for off-label herbicide application
P-D: Ferguson documentary fans the flames surrounding
2014 attack on police officer
KC Star editorial: Greitens pursues family-friendly
policy; Washington should follow +
JCNT editorial: With leave policy, Greitens provides
key benefit to state workers X
KC Star letter: Country Club, Mo. octogenarian mocks
$80,000 price tag for UMKC basketball coach search +
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Friday, March 17 Happy St. Patrick's
Day!
KWMU General Manager Tim Eby: Stand up against the
Trump budget so we can continue to bring you unbiased journalism
KWMU: Mid-America Arts Alliance opposes Trump
budget; Comments from arts group CEO, no input from Trump budget
supporters
KC Star: Cleaver, urban officials oppose Trump budget +
P-D: Area liberal environmental groups oppose Trump
budget; Comments from Sierra Club's John Hickey, Missouri
Coalition for the Environment's Ed Smith, landfill agitator/amateur
epidemiologist Dawn Chapman
P-D: Blunt has concerns with nondefense discretionary
cuts in Trump budget
KWMU: GOP health care bill doesn't account for aging
population
Missourinet: McCaskill: many Missourians can't
afford GOP health care plan
CDT: Hartzler: GOP health plan tax credits are
too generous X
P-D: San Francisco sexagenarian's pro-Obamacare letter
earns response from Blunt
Messenger: Area workshops help illegal immigrants
avoid law enforcement; Bill from Sen. Andrew Koenig
(R-Manchester) would be hard on illegals
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Dark money in
Missouri politics: Thoughts from UMSL's Wally Siewert, Show-Me
Institute's Patrick Ishmael, UC-Irvine prof
The Missouri Times: Missouri Rising releasing first TV
ad in support of tort overhaul
The Missouri Times: GOP leaders tout successes in
legislative session as Spring Break arrives
Missourinet: Spinning into Spring Break: Speaker
Todd Richardson (R-Poplar Bluff), Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City) provide halftime analysis
The Missouri Times: Senate passes Wasson's job
training bill before spring break
AP:
Missouri House votes to end tax break for old, disabled renters
AP:
Missouri House OKs bill to limit medical malpractice suits
The Missouri Times: House passes charter school
legislation in close vote before Spring Break
Missourinet: Charter school expansion bill passes
House by one vote
AP:
Missouri House passes charter school expansion bill
P-D: Charter school expansion plan heads to Missouri
Senate
CDT: University of Missouri reveals plan for covering
budget cuts X
AP:
Missouri House votes to raise marriage age
Washington Missourian: Bill from Rep. Kevin Corlew
(R-Kansas City) to add tolls to I-70 draws attention and resistance X
SE
Missourian: Missouri House passes bill raising fines for
pesticide applicators who choose to break the law +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Bill on pesticide application sent to
governor's desk +
Dexter
Statesman: Stoddard County first in region to adopt
drug-monitoring program +
CDT: County may consider drug-monitoring program X
JCNT: Lawmakers react to Greitens' parental-leave order X
The Missouri Times: MoDOT joins in on paid family
leave policy
Missourinet: Current Dept. of Corrections
employee: "The system is broken."
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Brandon Ellington
(D-Kansas City) aims to help inmates return to the workforce
SNL: AG's office says it's not the right body to
investigate police union allegations X
AP:
Missouri prosecutor seeks death penalty against woman
P-D editorial: Too many tax credits in Missouri?
First, whack poor senior citizens.
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Greitens shows
how dark money flows in Jefferson City
P-D letter: Spanish Lake man opposes GOP minimum wage
bill
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia man says Medicaid
block grant would hurt poors, olds, et al.
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian dislikes rural
Missouri legislators' impact on St. Louis region
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Thursday, March 16
Buzzfeed: After years of running from Obamacare,
McCaskill and other vulnerable Democrats find themselves defending the
law
Politico: McCaskill, other red-state Democrats
choosing party over president; Senior senator has voted against
all of Trump's most contentious Cabinet picks, and six of eight GOP
regulatory rollbacks
P-D: Pro-Gorsuch group makes stop in Missouri, urges
vote for Supreme Court nominee
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler continues tradition of
holding telephone town halls, takes questions on health care and more
Columbia Missourian: Faculty, students weigh making MU
a 'sanctuary campus' for illegal aliens
KWMU: St. Louis Jewish Community Center receives
another bomb threat
The Missouri Times: Plan from Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick
(R-Shell Knob) calls for full funding of K-12, major cuts to Medicaid
funding
AP:
House Budget Chair Fitzpatrick proposes full aid for schools
P-D: Missouri budget taking shape
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) seeks cell
phone tax for cash-strapped 911 services +
Missourinet: Missouri Senate considers "paycheck
protection"/"paycheck deception" legislation
Columbia Missourian: UM System would score limited
budget relief in House proposal
KC Star: Bonds for UMKC downtown arts campus win
approval from House, now go to Senate +
SNL: Senate committee meets MSU Board of Governors'
nominees X
Missourinet: Missouri House committee considers plan
aimed at avoiding school make-up days
KWMU: St. Louis City charter school Preclarus granted
reprieve by UMSL to stay open
JCNT: Disability activists rally at Capitol X
AP: Missouri Senate passes rules for vetting expert
witnesses
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Senate committee takes
up measures limiting multiparty lawsuits
KWMU: Group opposed to St. Louis City minimum wage
hike want another day in court
The Missouri Times: Wieland holds up speedy passage of
Uber bill
The Missouri Times: House pefects ticket resale
legislation
Missourinet: Bill in Legislature to speed delivery of
new alcoholic beverages to shelves
Missourinet: Anti-tobacco group rallies at
Capitol; Comments from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids's Ginny
Chadwick
The Missouri Times: Galloway, Rep. Mark Ellebracht
(D-Liberty) call for more transparency during Sushine Week
KWMU: Transgender students visit Capitol, block men's
room, chant catchphrases; Capitol Police called to office of Sen.
Ed Emery (R-Lamar) after discussion gets huffy
SNL: Video: Transgender students confront Emery
in senator's office, curse him for bathroom bill; Profanities
include references to derrieres, "Jesus Mother<intercoursing>
Christ" X
KWMU: Some Ferguson residents worry about an
understaffed police department
Columbia Missourian: Newspaper asks for donations to
support its operations
P-D editorial: Greitens is smart to boost funding that
keeps Missouri's brightest students in state
P-D op-ed: Anti-addiction activist Gary Henson:
Prescription drug monitoring program is a win for Missouri
KC Star letter: Kansas sexagenarian criticizes Blunt
for opposing Obamacare +
P-D letter: Florissant man says film depicting Michael
Brown as a drug dealer doesn't cast police assailant in a better light
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Wednesday, March 15
KSDK (St. Louis): Blunt, Clay weigh in on GOP health
care bill
SNL: Hartzler treads carefully on GOP health care bill X
SNL: How the House GOP health care bill would affect
Missourians X
AP:
Mexican duo busted for growing pot in Missouri federal wildlife refuge
area
SE
Missourian: Area schools look to secure federal funds for new
gyms that double as tornado shelters +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Overtime panel:
Thoughts on potential 2018 GOP U.S. Senate candidates: Ann
Wagner, David Wasinger, Todd Richardson, more
KWMU: Nixon on Missouri Democratic Party's leftward
slide, his legislative legacy, more
Columbia Missourian: Pro-life rally at Capitol draws
Republican leaders
The Missouri Times: Greitens, pro-life groups mending
fences
Missourinet: Greitens tells pro-life crowd he'll fight
attempts at establishing abortion "sanctuary cities"
Missourinet: Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters)
says bill would address abortion "sanctuary cities"
Drebes: Galloway audit of tax returns may answer
important questions
The Missouri Times: Greitens reminds state workers
'this is the people's money' in e-mail
SNL: Greitens to hold live Facebook event today X
AP:
Missouri House passes bill prohibiting local elected officials from
accepting lobbyist gifts
KC Star: GOP officials debate best approach to
protecting state employees' pension plan +
Missourinet: House will debate "senior services
protection fund"
SNL: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) receives "Defender
of the 6th Amendment Award" from Missouri State Public Defender
Commission and Missouri State Public Defender System X
P-D: After 'right to work' passage, lawmakers continue
debate on labor topics
KWMU: Charter school legislation slowly progressing in
Jefferson City
Columbia Missourian: Bill proposes statewide charter
school expansion
The Missouri Times: Facing transportation budget cuts,
school districts look to fuel options; Neosho school district
opens up to propane-fueled school buses
SNL: Wasson bill could benefit Care to Learn X
Columbia Missourian: Resolution from Rep. Rory Rowland
(D-Independence) aims to unite Missouri sheltered workshops against
federal act
The Missouri Times: Rep. Joe Don McGaugh
(R-Carrollton) pushes bill to stop funeral fraud
P-D: Bill from Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester) would
raise Missouri marriage age to 17
AP:
Legislature considers two bills on traffic stops
P-D: Proposal would help educate drivers on how to
behave when pulled over
Missourinet: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan):
Scottrade Center in St. Louis is in need of upgrade
P-D: Slay, Blues president ask legislators for help
with Scottrade renovations
SE
Missourian: Court sides with utility company, affirms 2015 PSC
ruling in subdivision rate increase +
Missourinet: In wake of filmmakers' agitation,
Ferguson City Council meets; Ferguson sexagenarian: "If you
don't like it here, get out."
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Join Ashcroft, Reps.
Justin Alferman (R-Hermann) and Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) in
supporting voter ID education X
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Explaining D.C. staff and
its responsibilities X
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: It may be time
for the state and higher education to part ways
SE
Missourian op-ed: Ron Calzone: Privacy and REAL ID in
Missouri +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Missouri public
defenders crushed by case overload
Jensen:
Whether Michael Brown was a good guy or a petty drug-dealing thug, new
film doesn't change the fact that he assaulted a police officer +
KC Star letter: Independence woman declares Blunt and
most GOP congressmen "morally corrupt" +
CDT letter: Columbia woman wants Hartzler to hold
in-person town halls X
P-D letter: Septuagenarian liberal expesses her
"disillusion" at Greitens' success in raising cash
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Tuesday, March 14
P-D: McCaskill, Lacy Clay oppose House GOP health care
bill
KMBZ (Kansas City): NAACP holds pro-Obamacare rally
outside Blunt's office, draws nearly two dozen
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler continues practice of
holding telephone town halls
Missourinet: St. Louis Metro Transit System visits
D.C., lobbies for more money
P-D: McCaskill campaign hires former Koster fundraiser
Erika Brees; Kander urges supporters to pony up for senior senator
KWMU: Liberal journalist charged in Jewish bomb
threats to remain behind bars until trial
The Missouri Times: Greitens' executive order on paid
parental leave for executive branch employees expected to cost
taxpayers more than $1 million
KWMU: Greitens grants paid parental leave for
executive branch employees
Kraske: Greitens remains big on image, weak on policy +
CDT: Galloway plans deep look into state budget crisis X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Statement from
Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) on employment numbers rated
"Mostly True"
Drebes: GOP may seek emergency clause on 'right to
work' to preempt labor's referendum efforts
CDT: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) backs
legislation targeting voter rolls X
SE
Missourian: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) wants to close
loophole to protect domestic violence victims
+
Missourinet: Dept. of Mental Health Director Mark
Stringer says demand for substance abuse treatment far exceeds spots
available in Missouri
The Missouri Times: House passes bill limiting
professional registration and licensing
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Randy Pietzman (R-Troy)
would stop expansion of state parks until repairs are made
SNL: Lawmakers move to provide suicide prevention
training X
Missourinet: Missouri House committee gives green
light to "Hailey's Law"
SNL: Bill may exempt engagement rings from bankruptcy X
Missourinet: About 300 pothole-patching crews work on
Missouri roadways in March
KC Star: Police ponder how UMKC strip club worker's
car ended up in Missouri River +
KC Star: UMKC holds media-free safe space session for
activists to complain about "rape culture" +
Columbia Missourian: Muslim anti-Trump panel at MU
draws fewer than 50; L.A. Times "race and justice" reporter
applauds his paper's landmark advances, like use of "LGBTQ" rather than
antiquated "LGBT"
P-D: Bill from Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) stiffens
penalties for pesticide applicators who choose to break law
Missourinet: St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch
(D) calls filmmaker's attempt to promote Michael Brown conspiracy
theory "pathetic"
P-D: Ferguson police prepare for more attacks on law
enforcement after filmmaker's agitation; North County residents
charged with assaulting police officer, attempting to set cop car on
fire
AP:
McCulloch: Filmmaker's edits to Ferguson robbery video "pathetic"
KWMU: McCulloch critical of filmmaker's conspiracy
theory
KWMU: Election season just warming up in St. Louis
County; Ferguson Mayor James Knowles seeks re-election
KC Star editorial: Trump's dismissal of Tammy
Dickinson, other U.S. attorneys is not a scandal +
P-D editorial: Shortchanging Missouri's public
defenders prompts lawsuit
SNL editorial: Bipartisan 'cliff effect' bill offers
solution X
KC Star op-ed: Blunt: Missourians deserve a
better health care system +
KC Star op-ed: St. Louis sexagenarian recounts trip to
D.C. to let her anti-GOP "anger boil over," wants Blunt to flip-flop on
Obamacare +
SE
Missourian's Adrienne Ross: 'A day without a woman' just a day to
complain; African-American columnist says self-pitying liberal
females should get over the fact Clinton lost
+
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's
Blake Hurst: Chronic malcontent Ken Midkiff gets facts wrong
about environmental laws
SE
Missourian letter: 8th Congressional District GOP Chair Eddy
Justice invites community to Butler County Republicans' education
reform roundtable at noon on March 22 +
KC Star letter: Area man dislikes Greitens' use of
violent imagery +
SNL letter: Area man responds to previous LTE on cost
of natural gas, says prices are based on supply and demand X
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Monday, March 13
Fox News: Video: Blunt on Russia probe:
Important to answer all questions
Missourinet: Hartzler considers House health care
plan, waiting on CBO
P-D: Ann Wagner supporting Trump on health care
overhaul
Columbia Missourian: Under-26 provision of Affordable
Care Act likely to survive; Comments from 24-year-old grad
student still on her parents' insurance
Columbia Missourian: Area pastor wants Blunt, Hartzler
to help refugee family members
KWMU: Deadline looms again for retired coal workers'
health care; McCaskill co-sponsors Miners Protection Act of 2017
SNL: Greene County Democrats to abandon "Jackson Day"
moniker after this year's annual dinner; Missouri Democratic
Party's Genevieve Williams says mentioning the former president's name
evokes too much "pain and anger" X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Lyda
Krewson; Panel of Reps. Donna Baringer (D) and Paul Curtman
(R-Union), Husch Blackwell's Jay Atkins, Remington Research's Titus
Bond talk Dems' decline in rural Missouri, minimum wage, University of
Missouri financial hijinks, and who won the week (Richardson, Haahr,
Ann Wagner, Galloway)
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Jean
Evans (R-Manchester) talks with Rosenbaum about minimum wage, marriage
age, more
Drebes:
Justin Brown, running for his dad's GOP state Senate seat, wins friends
in Jefferson City
AP:
State budget leader questions wisdom of 2015 tax break bill
JCNT: Alzheimer's caregivers oppose cuts to their
funding X
St. Joseph News-Press: Bipartisan bill takes aim at
student identity theft X
The Current (UMSL): UM System faces scathing criticism
in state audit
P-D: Conspiracy theory in new Michael Brown film
prompts fresh protest outside Ferguson convenience store;
Protesters fire shots, stuff rag in police car gas tank
KC Star editorial: Missouri's public defender problems
a failure of leadership +
P-D editorial: Don't dump parole. Wisconsin emphasis
on full prison terms is one Missouri should ignore
P-D editorial: College administrators and local
authorities could curb binge drinking; Photo of comely coed
submitting to man's projectile shot
JCNT editorial: Uber, other next-gen ride services
come with convenience, baggage X
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: Local Social
Welfare Board reps oppose changes to Obamacare
X
Priddy: "Day at the Capitol" dreams shattered:
Going office-to-office handing out brochures is pretty much worthless,
no matter how good it makes you feel
The Current (UMSL) editor Kat Riddler: Greitens
doesn't answer enough questions from the press
SNL's Will Schmitt: Greitens embraces national media
stage while fending off local reporters X
CDT op-ed: Bob Roper: University is in the midst
of perilous times; Galloway audit, lack of legislative clout,
inviting "well-known communist" Angela Davis to campus don't help
university's cause X
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Sunday, March 12
The Hill: Senate Republicans eyeing alternative tax
reform plan; Comments from Blunt
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Graves support
efforts to roll back regulations X
KWMU: Area illegal immigrants and enablers attend
workshops, learn tricks to avoid deportation
Colorado Statesman: Jason Kander speaks at Colorado
Democratic Party dinner
McClatchy: Rising-star Dems are caught in red-state
trap; Kander's nationwide promotional tour not the traditional
path for those seeking to run statewide again
Drebes:
Remington Research poll on state energy issues
SNL: Governor's tax study group gets organized, picks
focus areas and discusses town halls X
JCNT: Lawmakers ponder Greitens' staff budgeting X
Columbia Missourian: Medicaid debate in Legislature
centers on financing, flexibility
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Rowden
statement about Medicaid costs rated "Mostly True"
P-D: Ashcroft fundraising pitch touts efforts on voter
ID
SE
Missourian: Area GOP lawmakers back bill to block St. Louis City
plan to increase minimum wage +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal)
talks about stopping cities from creating their own minimum wage
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello) talks
passage of tort overhaul bill
CDT: Planned Parenthood case moves forward;
Lawsuit seeks to invalidate certain state laws on abortions X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): 911 coordinator for Missouri to
be appointed; Comments from Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown)
JCNT: MoDOT safety engineer Eileen Rackers retires
with 28 years of knowledge X
P-D: Film screened at South by Southwest presents new
Michael Brown theory: Violent teen was attempting to settle
earlier drug deal, not simply strong-arming and assaulting a minority
business owner
P-D/KC Star joint editorial: Annual Sunshine Week
editorial: Greitens still governing in the dark, should reveal
benefactors
KC Star editiorial: Missouri should rein in sweetheart
deals for high-ranking state employees +
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri lawmakers
must protect teachers from violent students' attacks
SNL letter: Local octogenarian mocks McCaskill for
Russian ambassador statements, calls her "Sen. Shifty" X
SNL letter: Local nonagenarian applauds McCaskill for
standing up to Trump X
SNL letter: Local sexagenarian suggests Greitens is
hiding something about The Mission Continues
X
Washington Missourian letter: Local sexagenarian
dislikes Lt. Gov. Mike Parson's plan to allow veterans to access
private nursing homes X
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Saturday, March 11
Politico: 17 Democrats join Blunt in push for security
funding for Jewish centers
KC Star: Hartlzer, Graves not ready to commit to GOP
health care bill +
KWMU: House GOP health care bill could add another
nail in the coffin to Missouri Medicaid expansion; Comments from
Missouri Hospital Association's Dave Dillon, state reps
KC Star: Obama appointee Tammy Dickinson among 46 U.S.
attorneys asked to resign under new administration +
Washington Missourian: Greitens has nearly $3 million
war chest; Post-election donations flow in X
P-D: Throughout the country, Democrats and Republicans
have set up 501(c)(4) organizations to aid policy agendas;
Greitens is the latest
Messenger: Jet-setting Gov. Greitens to voters:
My finances are none of your business
Missourinet: Missouri Senate posting archived audio of
debate
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Recap of the week's
Associated Press original reporting: Randall Williams as new DHSS
lead, Ron Richard on venue shopping +
The Missouri Times: Greitens' tax credit committee
meets for the first time
Missourinet: Rowden proposes tax deduction for
first-time home buyers
Missourinet: Senate passes bill to increase penalties
for illegal alien criminals
The Missouri Times: House passes Christofanelli's
20-week abortion ban
KWMU: Pro-life bills set to be debated in Legislature
KC Star: As his city racks up homicides, KC Mayor Sly
James "saddened" by GOP legislators' lack of appetite for gun control +
Drebes:
Liquor War II
CDT: University of Missouri System president ends
executive incentive pay after critical audit
X
CDT: UM Faculty Council denounces incentive pay X
P-D: University of Missouri abandons incentive pay
program for execs
Columbia Missourian: New UM president talks tuition
hikes, program cuts at first news conference
Missourinet: University of Missouri System considers
tuition hike, cuts to programs and jobs
CDT: MU to use reserve funds to cover $20 million
shortfall X
KC Star: Missing UMKC coed found dead;
20-year-old strip club worker drove car into Missouri River +
Missourinet: AG Josh Hawley applauds repeal of
Obama-era environmental rule affecting coal industry
CDT: Appeals court upholds ruling in Mamtek case X
KWMU: "Behind the Headlines" feature: Jo Mannies
discusses St. Louis City mayoral election, history of women in Missouri
politics
The Missouri Times: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis
City) changes mind, won't run as write-in for St. Louis City mayor
KWMU: Bruce Franks will not pursue write-in candidacy
for St. Louis mayor
KC Star editorial: Holsman correct in wanting to
shrink number of state reps, change term limits +
P-D letter: Ferguson man says Missouri legislators who
oppose REAL ID are displaying selective outrage
SNL letter: KC "Moms Demand Action" member who lives
in bad neighborhood wants Missouri women to push GOP legislators for
more gun control X
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Friday, March 10
Bloomberg: Blunt talks balancing defense spending
increase with mental health funding
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith: GOP bill first step to replace
Obamacare +
CDT: Local officials offer caution, concern on GOP
health care bill X
Vox.com: Vox, Kaiser Health News, ProPublica teaming
up on new "fact-check" advocacy campaign; Obamacare claims from
Blunt, other GOP congressmen will be criticized
Politico: McCaskill, other Democrats from Trump states
seek to partner with Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) on cutting red tape
KY3 (Springfield): Branson businesses appeal to Blunt,
Long on H-2B visa program; Resorts can't hire enough locals to do
housekeeping work
Columbia Missourian: At-a-glance updates on Missouri
legislative issues: Guns, REAL ID, marijuana, higher ed and K-12
funding, more
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
says Missouri budget shortfall due to 2015 GOP bill on business taxes
The Missouri Times: Minimum wage restriction passes
through House
AP:
House moves to block higher minimum wage in St. Louis City
KWMU: House passes minimum wage bill
Missourinet: House moves to bar cities from increasing
minimum wage
KC Star: KC Council passes minimum wage increase by
8-4 vote +
KWMU: Missouri House passes bill targeting crimes by
illegal aliens
The Missouri Times: Senate passes bills on workers'
comp, re-entry of illegals, more
AP:
Missouri Senate approves health, highway patrol appointees
AP:
Missouri House passes change to tort lawsuits
The Missouri Times: Reps. Michael Pace (R-West
Plains), Gregg Smith (R-Clinton) swap seats on Missouri Highways and
Transportation Commission
Drebes:
Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations' legislative agenda
focuses on marijuana, income tax exemption
Washington Missourian: East Central College may
increase tuition if state budget issues remain
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Western debate team a
casualty of state budget cuts X
The Missouri Times: New community college network
seeks to build skilled workforce
SNL: OTC to be part of community college network X
CDT: Missouri community colleges sign agreement to
collaborate on workforce training X
KWMU: Harris-Stowe President Dwaun Warmack shares
stories from trip to D.C., visit to Oval Office
KWMU: "Workforce High" hands young urbanites high
school degrees after completion of online tests
KRES/KWIX: Bill from Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton)
would help rural districts find bus drivers
P-D: More schools shut out materials from Christian
sex ed group
Missourinet: Bill would stiffen penalties for
protesters who block roadways
Fort Leonard Wood Guidon (Gannett): Warm weather means
uptick in ticks; MO Dept. of Conservation provides tips for those
who can't avoid dangerous, dirty parasites
KC Star: Greitens preaches peace at KC march, says
law-abiding urbanites will "take back" the streets +
AP:
Lawmakers question response to Missouri prison complaints
The Missouri Times: ACLU sues Missouri over
public-defender funding
P-D: Questions swirl around deaths at state halfway
house near downtown St. Louis
P-D: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) claims he'll
run as a write-in for mayor of St. Louis
Washington Missourian editorial: Protests lead to more
protests; Trump backers stand up after liberals' displays of
anger - but Trump still needs to reach political adulthood X
KC Star editorial: UMKC's response to alleged rape was
inadequate at every turn +
CDT's Darkow cartoon: MU administration pay X
Springfield Business Journal op-ed: McCaskill:
Bring back jobs to Missouri, United States
Waters: UM audit: Twisting in the wind X
P-D op-ed: Raising the minimum wage will lift St. Louis
P-D op-ed: Stacy Washington: Minimum wage hike
will hurt St. Louis
P-D letter: West County Community Action Network, a
Caucasoid "Black Lives Matter" offshoot, opposes voter ID law
P-D letter: Former St. Louis Community College trustee
Candace Gardner - who resigned after her failure to pay taxes was
revealed - wants Greitens to give more money to higher ed
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Thursday, March 9
P-D: Blunt talks federal budget priorities
Tri-City Herald (WA): McCaskill, others to Energy
Secretary Rick Perry: Reinstate whistleblower rules
P-D: Harvard law prof to join Clay's defense of
cops-as-animals painting
AP:
No ruling yet on liberal journalist's bond request in Jewish threats
case
Columbia Missourian: Columbia woman seeks to fill
Democratic ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler; Renee Hoagenson
shares dreams of universal health care, election victory ensuring
"politics will not be for the rich anymore," etc.
Huffington Post: Profile: Professional wrestler
and Bernie Sanders supporter Curtis Wylde, who defeated mainstream
Missouri Dems for spot on Democratic National Committee
KC Star: Greitens team opens new non-profit policy
arm: "A New Missouri Inc." +
The Missouri Times: Centerpoint Medical Center surgeon
Jon Patterson to run for House seat of Rep. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit)
The Missouri Times: Minimum wage bill gets speedy
approval from House
AP:
Missouri House votes to block St. Louis minimum wage hike
SNL: Waterworks flow as women testify on "cliff
effect" bill X
AP:
House Budget Chair Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) says services to
poor seasoned citizens and the handicapped can be saved by ending some
tax breaks
The Missouri Times: As part of Budget Integrity
series, Galloway to audit Dept. of Revenue's issuing of tax refunds
The Missouri Times: Senate to hold confirmation
hearing for new UM curators
KWMU: UM System curator appointees poised for Senate
confirmation
CDT: Senators focus on critical state audit while
questioning nominees for University of Missouri curators X
Columbia Missourian: Mizzou not unique in trend of
states trimming higher education budgets
Columbia Missourian: Mizzou has money to cover budget
gap with university reserves
KC Star: Video: Pack of UMKC students, unhappy
over administration comments regarding supposed rape, push their way
into employee's office; Group surrounds African-American
administrator, interrupts his attempts to speak +
Drebes:
Bill from Rep. Bart Korman (R-High Hill) would let voters choose "None
of the Above" on ballots
Missourinet: Families, Rep. Tom Hurst (R-Meta) want
answers about Missouri's missing Vietnam War heroes
Columbia Missourian: Proposal from Rep. Brandon
Ellington (D-Kansas City) targets TIFs
KWMU: ACLU files class-action suit against state over
public defender workload
P-D: ACLU uses state over public defender funding,
workload
Missourinet: MoDOT launches pothole patrol;
pothole patching costs about $15 million annually
P-D: If the St. Louis Zoo wants more taxes, state
lawmakers want to have a say
AP:
PSC approves Ameren rate increase
The Missouri Times: PSC approves evidentiary hearing
dates in Great Plains merger case
P-D: Mizzou journalism professor to speak at National
Press Club event; David Kurpius recounts getting defensive with
stranger over importance of reporters
P-D editorial: Missouri Plan is a model for choosing
judges
Bolivar Herald-Free Press' Dave Berry: How simple
facts can counter a weak hit piece: At Missouri Press Association
event, Lt. Gov. Mike Parson corrects formulaic, rote criticism from
Post-Dispatch's Kurt Erickson
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Wednesday, March 8
P-D: Blunt, other Republicans express doubts House GOP
health care bill can pass
AP: Conservative backlash threatens to sink new House
GOP health care bill; Comments from Blunt
Columbia Missourian: Kaiser Family Foundation opposes
GOP health care plan; Report highlights potential impact on
Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt: Senate panel is
best place to investigate Russia X
KC Star: McCaskill invites Trump's Treasury secretary
to meet retired Teamsters +
KWMU: Iranian man working at SLU Hospital dislikes
Trump's approach to immigration
KWMU: Is St. Louis City in danger of becoming a
"sanctuary city"? Thoughts from Governing Magazine's Alan
Greenblatt
KWMU: Radioactive contamination along Coldwater Creek
does not pose health risk - but taxpayers will pay to have it removed
by Army Corps anyway
SE
Missourian: Cape County Lincoln Day dinner April 1 to feature
national security, 'right to work' keynote speakers +
KCTV: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt activates loan
program for small businesses impacted by Oak Grove tornado
AP:
Missouri unemployment ticks down
SNL: Senate asks Greitens to absorb COO's salary X
KWMU: Bill from Sen. Mike Cunningham (R-Rogersville)
would stiffen penalties for deported illegals who enter Missouri and
commit crimes; Immigrant activists visit Capitol to lobby against
bill
KWMU: Inspired by havoc caused by Ferguson mobs, Rep.
Nick Marshall (R-Parkville) proposes tougher penalties for protesters
who block roadways
Columbia Missourian: Legislation addresses law-abiding
citizens being "unlawfully detained" in their cars by protester mobs
SNL: Missouri Senate backs bill for program to fight
opioid abuse X
AP:
Missouri counties do what state won't: Track opioid sales
Missourinet: Missouri House Budget Committee to tackle
circuit breaker legislation on Wednesday
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers consider joining
movement to push for congressional term limits
Columbia Missourian: Legislation from Rep. Hannah
Kelly (R-Mountain Grove) would clarify protection for religious groups,
school activities
CDT: Kael Miranda faces tough battle, but repeats as
Tribune Regional Spelling Bee champion; Immigrant student chooses
to work hard, outperforms competition X
One year ago: 11-year-old immigrant student works
hard, achieves success in spelling competitions; Kael Miranda
brought strong work ethic from Japan, crushes Caucasoid competition
P-D: Colleges do a good job training Missouri's future
teachers, new state ratings say
The Missouri Times: House committee passes alcohol
advertising bill, despite protests
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear tax
dispute between St. Louis Rams and state
P-D editorial: Good news, bad news as Missouri Supreme
Court upholds St. Louis City minimum wage
Jensen:
Unlike the West Lake Landfill plaintiffs' "chronic stress" maladies,
the nation's growing political divide not going away any time soon +
KC Star letter: Parkville man disagrees with Sam
Graves on 2nd Amendment protections +
CDT letter: Anonymous author disagrees with GOP
legislators on unemployment benefits X
P-D letter: Mid-East Area Agency on Aging opposes cuts
to its programs
P-D letter: Clayton octogenarian says Post-Dispatch
doesn't do enough to promote local feminists' lamentations, activities
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Tuesday, March 7
Hannibal Courier-Post: Demo Days report: Webber
talks Trump, Kendrick talks about struggle ofr serving in
superminority, more X
KWMU: 20 months out, Missouri Republicans and
Democrats already strategizing around McCaskill's re-election race
P-D: Ann Wagner ends 2016 with more cash on hand than
any other federal officeholder in Missouri - including McCaskill
CDT: Columbia woman seeks to fill Democratic ballot
slot against Hartzler; Renee Kennedy Hoagenson hopes to narrow
incumbent's 40-point re-election margin X
Washington Post: McCaskill calls for investigation of
DEA enforcement slowdown amid opioid crisis X
P-D: Blunt says answers on wiretapping will come
quickly
Missourinet: Congressman Jason Smith returns to
Missouri Capitol to address House Republicans; Former state rep
talks Trump, Perryville, praises Rep. Ben Harris (D-Hillsboro), more
CDT: Missouri Hospital Association says Missouri
hospitals could lose billions with Obamacare repeal X
Chicago Tribune: Mentally ill Missouri woman shoots,
kills father; Mother blames gun laws
Riverfront Times: Post-Dispatch "TRUTH" video goes up,
comes down as newsroom fumes; Ad depicting "newsroom" uses
actors, avoids showing any actual Post-Dispatch reporters
The Missouri Times: Schmitt campaign ad wins Reed Award
SE
Missourian: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson) says she has not
endorsed Tony LaForest in GOP primary for her state rep seat +
Drebes:
Jon Patterson running for seat of Rep. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's Summit)
The Missouri Times: 50 Years of Gubernatorial
Portraits: Greitens forgoes official headshot, chooses family
photo
The Missouri Times: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft,
Reps. Justin Alferman (R-Hermann) and Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
promote voter photo ID education
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis) appears
alongside Ashcroft, Alferman to promote voter photo ID education
P-D: Franks, Ashcroft, Alferman promote voter photo ID
education
AP: Ashcroft begins effort to educate voters on photo
ID law
Missourinet: Proposal from Sen. Jason Holsman
(D-Kansas City) would change makeup of House and Senate, extend term
limits
Missourinet: Budget Chairman Scott Fitzpatrick
(R-Shell Knob): We must preserve services for vulnerable people
Missourinet: Missouri House committee considers
proposed propane motor fuel tax
Columbia Missourian: Arbitration bill voted out of
House Litigation Reform committee
KC Star: Sly James says only way to raise minimum wage
is through statewide petition +
The Missouri Times: Republicans continue fight against
St. Louis City minimum wage hike
P-D: St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay makes a trip to
Jefferson City, speaks on minimum wage hike
SNL: City mayors, state lawmakers at odds over minimum
wage increase X
KRES/KWIX: Reimbursement bill from Sen. Brian
Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) would benefit a number of counties
Riverfront Times: Law banning truthful advertising on
booze sales comes under fire in Missouri
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers propose HOA legislation,
but critics say it won't protect homeowners +
CDT: University of Missouri defends $2.4 million in
extra payments for top administrators after critical audit X
The Missouri Times: University of Missouri System
audit reveals more than $2 million in 'hidden bonus pay'
P-D: Audit of University of Missouri System highlights
problems with former Chancellor Bowen Loftin
KWMU: University of Missouri System audit:
Millions in hidden payments to top administrators
Missourinet: Scathing audit finds excessive pay for
executives in UM system
AP:
Audit: $2 million in hidden bonuses at University of Missouri
Columbia Missourian: State lawmakers respond to
Galloway's audit on UM System
SNL: Missouri State issues statement on transgender
accommodations X
Missourinet: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights)
proposes school threat bill
Columbia Missourian: Columbia City Council votes to
join prescription drug database
SNL: Legislation would increase scrutiny on police
"bias" X
KC Star editorial: Blunt must help sort fact from
fiction in Trump wiretap claims +
P-D editorial: If Christian group's sex education
program is effective, parents should demand proof
KC Star editorial: Meet the Star's new editorial board
Tuesday night at the Plaza library branch +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat's Steve Patton: Greitens should hold a press
conference or two, and grant a few interviews
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Monday, March 6
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Democrat Days photo
gallery: Stephen Webber, McCaskill's sister, Wes Shoemyer, more
Drebes:
At Lincoln Days, potential GOP candidates and their consultants insert
names into chatter surrounding 2018 U.S. Senate primary
This Week in Missouri Politics: Women's Foundation's
Wendy Doyle; Panel of Mindy Mazur, Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-St.
Louis), Casey Burns, ACLU's Daniela Velaquez talk school choice, GOP
discrimination bill, McCaskill, more
SE
Missourian: Republican disabled veteran Tony LaForest announces
candidacy for Donna Lichtenegger's term-limited seat in 2018 +
Washington Missourian: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson will push
for private care of vets; Veterans homes may not be needed X
P-D: Alternative prescription drug database could be
one of most expensive in the nation
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau members meet
with lawmakers at Capitol; Comments from MFB's Blake Hurst, BJ
Tanksley
P-D: Robert Ziehmer, former director of Missouri Dept.
of Conservation, still getting paid under a separation and release
agreement with Missouri Conservation Commission
Missourinet: Both sides testify on Missouri medical
marijuana legislation
Missourinet: Wireless provider trying to stamp out
smart phone use behind the wheel; Comments from AT&T
Missouri's John Sondag
P-D: Two state troopers injured when tractor trailer
hits their vehicle, overturns
SNL: Area girl wants to use boys' restroom;
Mother demands public school administrators accommodate daughter's
wishes X
KWMU: West Lake Landfill group's complaints now
include "chronic stress;" Activist Dawn Chapman laments large
credit-card debt she chose to rack up
KC Star op-ed: Solar-power company founder applauds
McCaskill for opposing Scott Pruitt +
JCNT op-ed: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft:
Missourians overwhelmingly passed photo voter ID, now what? X
Messenger: Reminiscing on the Tony Messenger vs. Ed
Martin e-mail battle of 2007
Midkiff: Missouri Farm Bureau wrong about Rock Island
Trail
P-D letter: Olivette woman dislikes Blunt's comments
about Democratic Party
CDT letter: Citizens Climate Lobby wants Hartzler to
support fines on companies for greenhouse gas emissions X
SE
Missourian letter: Kirkwood woman equates Greitens' school-busing
budget cuts with state legislators "stealing your hard-earned cash" +
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Sunday, March 5
KWMU: Missouri Democrats face do-or-die scenario in
rural Missouri; Report from Democrat Days in Hannibal
KWMU: St. Louis area Trump supporters rally in
Ballwin, Jefferson City
P-D: Trump supporters rally at Missouri Capitol:
"It's our turn"
JCNT: Crowds come to support Trump in Jefferson City X
KOMU: Trump supporters rally at Capitol
CDT: Trump critic holds pro-media rally; Jacob
Davis-Hannson encourages shaming friends who do not subscribe to
newspapers X
CDT: Mizzou's Queer Trans People of Color group,
others hold Black Trans Women's Lives Matter Vigil, complain about
Emery's transgender-accommodations bill X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Women's History Month edition: Women's
Foundation's Wendy Doyle on the Missouri Plan; Panel of Mindy
Mazur, HRCC's Casey Burns, Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-St. Louis), ACLU's
Daniela Velazquez talk McCaskill and Russia, GOP discrimination bill,
school choice, more
CDT: Michela Skelton, filling Dem ballot slot versus
Republican Sara Walsh, complains about boundaries of district she seeks
to represent: "They gerrymandered it real good [sic]" X
Columbia Missourian: Several gun-related bills filed
in General Assembly
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Pat Conway (D-St. Joseph)
proposes election-related bills X
P-D: Pro-life group provides sex-ed materials at area
public schools; Lindbergh School District parent outraged over
abstinence themes
JCNT: State shifts to new plan for paying Medicare
providers X
JCNT: City pushes for state help with Missouri State
Penitentiary redevelopment X
P-D obituary: Former state Sen. John Schneider
(D-Florissant)
Washington Missourian editorial: On McCaskill and
Russian ambassador: Politicians can't be expected to remember
every conversation they have X
JCNT editorial: Greitens saves taxpayer money, but
who's paying for his air travel? X
SNL editorial: A change for endorsements:
News-Leader readers have expressed annoyance with endorsements, so
editorial board will make fewer of them X
P-D's Nicklaus: Businesses fear long-term harm from
city's $11 minimum wage
CDT letter: Columbia septuagenarian says he has
complained to Hartzler about Trump, but has "not heard boo from her" X
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenarian opposes GOP
legislators' discrimination bill
P-D letter: Missouri Charter Public School
Association's Douglas Thaman: Closure of charter schools won't
benefit students
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Saturday, March 4
WGEM: 46th annual Missouri Democrat Days underway in
Hannibal
McClatchy: Democrats' 2018 plan: More bluster,
same policy; Excerpts from Jason Kander's speech to Democratic
National Committee
Mediaite: Man arrested for JCC bomb threats was
liberal journalist fired for fabrication
Riverfront Times: Before bomb threats, Juan Thompson
unraveled - and called Riverfront Times reporter "white piece of sh!t"
P-D: FBI says liberal journalist's threats against
Jewish groups was part of campaign against ex-girlfriend
P-D: University City police want to question Juan
Thompson in cemetery vandalism
Faughn: Diversity is a sham as long as Southern
Missouri is excluded from the Missouri Supreme Court; Tax credit
programs can be saved if Haahr and Rehder show the courage to stand up
for rural Missouri
Drebes: Speaker Todd Richardson creates two
Dem-chaired subcommittees
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of Feb. 27
AP: Nixon's final months of flights cost taxpayers
$50,000
Columbia Missourian: Fact Check: Greitens'
statements on crimes rated "Half True"
KDNL: The Allman Report: James Harris on how the
Missouri Supreme Court's nominee process is weighted toward
non-conservatives
Missourinet: Ron Richard wants judge selection process
sacked while fellow Republicans seek to reverse recent high court ruling
Missourinet: Galloway's audits reveal millions in
waste, abuse
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton)
talks budget updates for biodiesel producers, Greenwood Autism Clinic
at Truman State
The Missouri Times: Schaaf's PDMP bill passes through
the Senate, Rehder ready to oppose
KWMU: Don't expect Missouri to start a prescription
drug monitoring program this year
KC Star: Monitoring prescription drugs: Missouri
likely to remain only state without program +
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): At local League of Women Voters
meeting, Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) shares concerns with REAL ID
bill
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Prevailing wage a hot topic; Kennett
Mayor Bob Hancock calls law "the single biggest deterrent to
construction in Missouri"
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri School Boards'
Association's Brent Ghan still has concerns over charter school
expansion bill
P-D: State lawmakers ramp up efforts to nullify St.
Louis ordinances
KWMU: Greitens says he's open to 'investments' on
state land for MLS stadium
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Representatives of OAKS Senior Nutrition Center
meet with Lt. Gov. Mike Parson
KMOX: Missouri Dept. of Conservation conducts black
bear den checks
KWMU: National Urban League conference returns to St.
Louis this summer
KC Star editorial: Missouri needs prescription drug
monitoring program +
P-D editorial: Missouri Dept. of Corrections deserved
more than a slap on the wrist for slow-walking drug information
Waters: New University of Missouri System President
Mun Choi is off to a good start X
P-D letter: Wentzville woman says GOP legislators'
stance on Medicaid is "reprehensible"
P-D letter: St. Louis woman disagrees with GOP
legislators on Medicaid
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Friday, March 3
Washington Post: McCaskill's misfired tweet on
contacts with Russian ambassador earns "3 Pinocchios" on scale of 4
National Review's Charles Cooke: Claire McCaskill vs.
Claire McCaskill on Russia
KWMU: McCaskill, Blunt weigh in on Jeff Sessions
The Missouri Times: Stephen Webber, Nicole Galloway
will be keynote speakers at 46th Missouri Democrat Days
AP: Parent company of Smith & Wesson to expand in
central Missouri
P-D: Post-Dispatch wins awards for children &
families series by Nancy Cambria, other pieces
P-D's Nancy Cambria: Post-Dispatch editors have
eliminated the children & families beat
Last week: Gateway Journalism Review: As three
veteran journalists depart Post-Dispatch, Editor Gilbert Bailon insists
paper is dedicated to news reporting; Paper uses print space to
run self-promotional "TRUTH" ads
KWMU: Missouri Press Association Day at the
Capitol: Q&A with Greitens, Parson, Ashcroft, Galloway
Missourinet: Missouri Press Association Day at the
Capitol: Greitens takes questions
SNL: Missouri Press Association Day at the
Capitol: Statewide officials brief reporters X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Press Association Day at
the Capitol: Greitens talks funding budget, more
AP:
Missouri Press Association Day at the Capitol: During media
Q&A, Greitens says he'll interview Missouri Supreme Court nominees
The Missouri Times: Court plan likely up for review
after latest panel picks
P-D: Ron Richard seeks overhaul of judge selection
process
SNL: Greitens chooses to not fly on taxpayers'
dime; Missouri State Highway Patrol blocks real-time tracking of
state planes X
P-D: Greitens leases planes through charter company
AP:
Galloway launching series of audits to explore reasons state is facing
budget shortfall
Missourinet: Audits underway target policymaking
weaknesses, causes of Missouri budget gap
CDT: Galloway says state seized $6.2 million in cash,
property in 2016 X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Rep. Kip
Kendrick (D-Columbia) statement about reduced corporate tax collection
rated "Mostly True"
KWMU: Workplace discrimination bill heads to Missouri
House
AP:
Missouri Senate passes bill for prescription drug tracking
The Missouri Times: Bush touts education measures at
Missouri Capitol
Missourinet: Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells
Missouri GOP legislators to "be bold" on school choice
KWMU: Jeb Bush touts charter schools and vouchers at
Missouri Capitol
AP:
Jeb Bush: School choice is in Missouri's future
Jason Rosenbaum for NPR: As state budget revenues fall
short, higher education faces a squeeze
CDT: UM System outlook turns stable, retains AA+ bond
rating X
Washington Missourian editorial: Airport booze bill is
probably fine, but not very important X
JCNT editorial: A tale of two universities: MU
funded, Lincoln University slighted X
P-D editorial: Failure-factory charter networks like
Confluence Academy must be held accountable
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: UMSL black
history prof shares advice on how civil rights crusaders can fight Trump
P-D op-ed: Wash U. adjunct prof Susan Craig:
Blunt should support independent commission in Russia investigation
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Weekly update on Greitens'
inauguration expenses +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: GOP pro-life bills
are an attack on freedom
Washington Missourian letter: Area doctor says Hinson
is wrong - prescription drug monitoring programs work
KC Star letter: Smithville sexagenarian uphappy with
Kraus over REAL ID +
CDT letter: Area woman supports proposal from Rep.
T.J. Berry (R-Kearney) to abolish death penalty X
P-D letter: Glendale sexagenarian opposes last year's
gun bill, now signed into law
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KC Star: McCaskill bashes ICE boss for not meeting
with Senate on illegal-alien murder defendant +
USA Today: Widow chronicles husband's murder by
illegal Mexican alien; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: After Trump speech, spotlight on murderous
illegal immigrants turns to Wentzville widow
NY Times: McCaskill wins Quotation of the Day for quip
regarding Republicans and Obamacare
Missourinet: McCaskill condemns DeVos' comment about
history of black colleges and universities
KC Star: Teamsters retirees would offer 'earful' to
Trump team on failing Central States pension; Group meets with
McCaskill, Cleaver, Hartzler +
The Missouri Times: Trump starts process to rescind
Waters of U.S. rule, earns kudos from Missouri farmers
P-D: Harris-Stowe president reflects on Trump's HBCU
order, time in D.C.
Washington Post: After Bernie Sanders supporters knock
off Hillary Clinton backers in Missouri, progressives chatter about
recruiting "populist" into 2018 Democratic primary
Columbia Missourian: Social media posts started
relationships that ended in Muslim's wannabe-jihadist indictment
The Missouri Times: Emilee Lakin leaves HRCC for
Victory Enterprises; Becky Willard joins HRCC as Finance Director
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Lt. Gov. Mike Parson explains
office refurbishment costs
Missourinet: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt encourages
affected Perry County farmers and business to participate in disaster
relief program
Drebes:
Proposal from Sen. Shalonn "Kiki" Curls (D-Kansas City) would provide
public employees automatic COLAs
The Missouri Times: Benjamin Lipman, Lisa Hardwick,
Brent Powell selected by commission in first round of Supreme Court
process
KWMU: Judges, St. Louis lawyer the 3 candidates for
open state Supreme Court seat
P-D: Two judges, private attorney are nominees for
vacant Missouri Supreme Court seat
KWMU: Greitens' appointee for DHSS director questioned
about North Carolina job
SNL: Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon) wants to stop
government agencies from competing with private businesses X
P-D: Lawmakers renew push to try 17-year-olds in
juvenile court
P-D: Senate OKs discrimination bill
SNL: Brown Derby among small Missouri liquor companies
opposing alcohol advertising bill X
CDT: New UM president addresses legislative rally X
KC Star: University of Missouri System reclaims stable
financial outlook rating from S&P +
SNL: Ozarks Technical Community College freezes 19
positions, says tuition increase is likely X
Columbia Missourian: State Higher Ed Committee
considers requirement to post detailed data about course offerings
Columbia Missourian: Tears flow at marijuana
legislation hearing; Waterworks from supporters as they discuss
current and potential health impacts
Columbia Missourian: House passes bill to increase
fines for farmers breaking herbicide-application laws
AP:
Missouri Senate votes down LGBT discrimination proposal
Missourinet: Proposals from Rep. Brandon Ellington
(D-Kansas City) address criminal behavior in urban areas
P-D editorial: Medicaid block grants would be a
disaster. Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) can't wait.
Waters: Profile: Missouri marijuana advocate Dan
Viets X
P-D op-ed: Wash U Law professor Pauline Kim:
Missouri GOP discrimination bill is bad
P-D op-ed: Humanist activist James Croft: Why I
love lobbying: Walking the halls of the Missouri Capitol with the
ACLU is not a self-indulgent, feel-good waste of time and will totally
change what the GOP supermajority does
The Missouri Times op-ed: Women's Foundation CEO Wendy
Doyle: It is Women's History Month.
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March 2016 Missouri political news headlines
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March 2015 Missouri political news headlines
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March 2014 Missouri political news headlines
Missourinet: McCaskill not opposed to Trump's defense
spending
SNL: McCaskill wants GOP lawmakers to rethink border
wall X
SNL: Blunt: White House didn't ask me to spin
Russia contacts X
KWMU: Mitt Romney speaks at Wash U., talks climate
change, Obamacare, more
KWMU: LGBTQIA* activists who attacked police officers
at rally complain about how they were treated during arrests
The Missouri Times: MDP Chair Stephen Webber pokes
Greitens over ideological makeover, photo op with Trump
The Missouri Times: Galloway says Missouri seized $6.3
million in property in 2016
KWMU: Public Insight Network reader input:
'Right to work' brings sense of unease to Missouri's union members
St. Joseph News-Press: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph)
pushes his version of drug monitoring bill X
Missourinet: Rep. Jason Chipman (R-Steelville)
supports meth monitoring system as alternative to PDMP; Comments
from Consumer Healthcare Products Association's Jim Gwinner
JCNT: Pharmacy software works to limit meth production X
The Missouri Times: Jeb Bush joins state lawmakers
today to discuss school choice
KWMU: Missouri NEA, others oppose Emery's bill to
provide alternative restroom accomodations for students calling
themselves "transgender"
KWMU: In competition for students, some area colleges
erase in-state tuition parameters
SNL: Missouri could stop offering ACT for free X
Columbia Missourian: Mike Middleton saw interim
president job as calming UM's troubled waters
Missourinet: Business and labor groups view
arbitration legislation differently
Missourinet: Missouri Senate gives initial approval to
discrimination bill
P-D: Senate debate on workplace discrimination bill
goes past midnight
KWMU: Liberal groups speak out against discrimination
bill; Press conference features NAACP, ACLU, Planned Parenthood,
et al.
AP:
NAACP, others oppose discrimination bill
The Missouri Times: KCP&L's track to acquire
Westar must overcome one more regulatory hurdle
KC Star: Bill would bar punitive damages for state
employees in discrimination cases +
P-D: Missouri Dept. of Corrections fined $2,500 for
dragging feet on Sunshine request
Missourinet: With proposal from Sen. Jamilah Nasheed
(D-St. Louis City), women who claim to be abused could break leases
early, change their locks
Drebes:
Denny Hoskins, Brian Munzlinger and Old Drum the "historic" dog
Missourinet: Hawley says Northeast Missouri man
sexually assaulted children and an elderly woman
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court upholds
minimum wage raises in St. Louis
KWMU: St. Louis City minimum wage will rise to $11/hr.
by 2018
AP:
St. Louis City to raise minimum wage after court decision
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court upholds St. Louis minimum
wage hike
KC Star editorial: Missouri should loosen term limits +
P-D editorial: Missouri legislators should reject
Schaaf's sham prescription database
P-D op-ed: Local liability lawyer opposes GOP
discrimination bill
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Missouri tort
overhaul proposals are a sad symptom of a litigious society
CDT letter: MU social work prof wants Hartzler staff
to clean out voice mail box X
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