X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley calls for surge of personal
protective equipment into Missouri hospitals
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt says Senate worked hard to
include ag aid
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream
P-D: Two more die of China virus in Missouri as state
tops 900 cases
AP:
Henry County Democratic Party Chairman William "Al" Grimes dies after
contracting coronavirus
KC Star: Al Grimes was the first death in Henry County
from Wuhan virus
Missourinet: Gov. Mike Parson says fallout of
coronavirus means tough Missouri budget cuts ahead
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn:
Food supply and farmers focused amid crisis
Missouri Ruralist: COVID-19: 3 documents you
need to keep farming in Missouri
P-D: St. Charles County provides more information than
St. Louis City on coronavirus cases
St. Joseph News-Press: Record flooding was the
emergency a year ago
Joplin Globe: State funding for Neosho flooding
buyouts smaller than hoped
KC Star: Lawmakers, hospitals debate MO HealthNet
reimbursement proposal; Comments from Todd Richardson, Missouri
Hospital Association's Dave Dillon, state lawmakers
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's daily press briefings
are self-pitying
P-D editorial: With gun sales rising, it's urgent that
St. Louis City be exempt from Missouri Republicans' wild-west approach
Messenger: Illegal aliens, hiding out in St. Louis
County trailer park, spread false rumors about
ICE raids - while advocates complain that coronavirus information isn't
printed in
Spanish
SNL letter: MSU journalism prof says Gov. Parson's
actions on coronavirus too closely resemble those of President Trump
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Sunday, March 29, 2020
Missourinet: At least 838 people test positive for
China virus in Missouri - 168 case jump from Friday
P-D: Widespread sampling leads to jump in Missouri's
reported coronavirus cases
The Missouri Time: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
AP:
Coronavirus claims 10th Missouri victim as cases increase
Columbia Missourian: Acquiring, distributing
protective equipment is state's top priority
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Missouri ships
more than 200,000 masks to health workers and first responders around
state; More
The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Service Commission
requests utility workers be deemed 'essential' during coronavirus crisis
SNL: Coronavirus tests Missouri's strapped local
health agencies
P-D: Hospitals in rural Missouri brace for coronavirus
P-D: St. Louis police traffic division quarantined
after sergeant tests positive for Wuhan virus
JCNT: Coronavirus presenting new challenges for
Missouri farmers
Washington Missourian: Spring flooding begins
SNL: NORML signals failure to achieve signature
threshold for recreational marijuana ballot initiative
KWMU: How to get a REAL ID in Missouri - and why you
might need one
AP: Maryville judge appointed to Missouri court of
appeals
Washington Missourian editorial: Federal disaster
declaration is good news for Missouri recovery
JCNT editorial: Gov. Parson should issue stay-at-home
order
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson must summon the courage to
usurp local control while there's still time
KC Star's Bryan Lowry and Jason Hancock: By not
expanding Medicaid, Missouri lawmakers worsened coronavirus pandemic
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Renew Missouri's James Owen
and Emily Piontek: Missouri needs to bolster solar energy
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian expresses
anger at Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina), other Republicans for
expressing views on coronavirus
P-D letter: Washington sexagenarian demands KMOX issue
public apology for broadcasting Rush Limbaugh
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
Missourinet: U.S. Reps. Clay, Cleaver, Hartzler,
Luetkemeyer share thoughts on stimulus package
The Missouri Times: Video: Sen. Caleb Rowden
(R-Columbia) talks with Scott Faughn about coronavirus, plans to get
lawmakers back to Jefferson City, more
JCNT: Cole County to invoke stay-at-home order in
response to pandemic
Missourinet: Gov. Parson mobilizes Missouri National
Guard in fight against coronavirus
AP: Gov. Parson mobilizes National Guard for virus
fight
KC Star: Gov. Parson mobilizes Missouri National Guard
to help train, coordinate efforts in pandemic
Missourinet: Latest COVID-19 count in Missouri:
at least 10 dead, 670 people test positive
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: St. Louis
County Executive Sam Page (D), other leaders praise federal stimulus
package; Gov. Parson mobilizes Missouri National Guard; More
P-D: Inmates charged with violent crimes in St. Louis
City and St. Louis County released amid spread of Wuhan virus
AP: Missouri Gaming Association says unregulated slots
are a health risk
The Missouri Times: Missouri AFL-CIO criticizes Gov.
Parson's efforts on coronavirus
KWMU: Galloway audit finds problems with how Missouri
confirmed Medicaid eligibility
AP: AG Eric Schmitt appeals decision on Jonathan
Irons; WNBA "star" Maya Moore has campaigned to let
burglar/assailant free
KC Star editorial: Is KC too small? City may not
make the cut for coronavirus aid in stimulus bill
Phill Brooks: Issues in covering coronavirus
KWMU/Corporation for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America"
racism reporter Andrea Henderson: AG Eric Schmitt appeals
inmate's exoneration, but WNBA "star"/amateur legal analyst Maya Moore
continues brave fight against America's racist court system
P-D letter: St. Louis woman angry at area Democrats
and Republicans over President Donald Trump's daily press conferences,
wants officials to "shout, shout, then scream"
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Joplin Globe: Blunt, Long lay out details of economic
stimulus
The Missouri Times: President Trump approves Gov.
Parson's request for federal major disaster declaration
Missourinet: Highlights from Gov. Parson's daily press
briefing on COVID-19
Missourinet: Audio: Q&A with Gov. Parson
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: President Trump
issues major disaster declaration for Missouri; Gov. Parson,
National Guard to partner on expanding hospital capacity; STL
County Executive Sam Page asks retired doctors and nurses to aid
response
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt proposes relaxing
licensing regulations amid coronavirus pandemic
Missourinet: Missouri Grocers Association, led by Rep.
Dan Shaul (R-Imperial), working with AG Eric Schmitt to prevent gouging
during pandemic
SNL: Missouri unemployment applications jump tenfold
as US numbers hit record high
AP:
Missouri swamped by unemployment claims as cases exceed 500
KWMU: Missouri unemployment claims skyrocket
Missourinet: Gov. Parson expects more cases of
coronavirus could pop up in Missouri prisons
SNL: All Missouri prison staff deemed essential
Missourinet: Briefs: Missouri House Democrats'
spokesman Marc Powers says Rep. Joe
Runions (R-Grandview) now recovering at home; Gov. Parson says
Capitol is being cleaned extensively daily
The Missouri Times: How Missouri compares to other
states during coronavirus
KWMU: Tale of the coronavirus tape: Missouri
Gov. Mike Parson vs. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker
SNL: Under stay-at-home orders, gun stores still have
freedom to operate
Missourinet: Rep. Wes Rogers (D-Kansas City) says
Small Business Administration web portal moves too slowly
P-D: SEIU, AFL-CIO, et al. criticize Gov. Parson
KWMU: Union wants grocery store workers classified as
first responders
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers praise UM System
President Mun Choi for taking interim position at Mizzou
KWMU: C-SPAN honors local students in documentary
competition: Winners include "If 'Boys Will Be Boys,' Girls Will
Be Sexually Assaulted," "The Psychological Impact of Gun Violence in
America," etc.
P-D editorial: Bolster Missouri's economic system for
the pandemic's economic victims
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Sen. Josh Hawley wants
to investigate China's coronavirus cover-up? Yes, please.
P-D op-ed: UFCW President David Cook: During a
crisis, grocery store workers should be considered first responders
P-D letter: Bonne Terre septuagenarian wants state
lawmakers to allow voting by mail, early voting for November election
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Missourinet: U.S. Senate approves $2 trillion stimulus
package; Blunt pleased with bill
SNL: Here are three big things Gov. Mike Parson has
said about COVID-19 so far
CDT: Missouri tallies 101 new coronavirus cases;
Gov. Parson seeks federal disaster declaration
Missourinet: Gov. Parson requests major disaster
declaration for Missouri coronavirus response
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's daily press briefing:
In one week, Missouri receives nearly 30% of total unemployment claims
filed in 2019
SNL: Tens of thousands of jobs lost as Missouri hotel,
travel industry 'devastated' by coronavirus
P-D: Jobless claims spike in Missouri as leaders look
to get benefits paid faster
Columbia Missourian: State legislature faces tough
budget choices amid coronavirus complications
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: St. Louis
County Executive Sam Page (D) talks coronavirus: ""This is really
a public health emergency. It doesn't have a partisan home."
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Missouri
Historical Society seeking sad stories; St. Louis Circuit
Attorney Kim Gardner (D) recommends 56 inmates for release; more
P-D: St. Louis city and county to release more than
140 inmates amid coronavirus concerns
Missourinet: China virus count in Missouri: at
least 8 deaths, 356 infected people
The Missouri Times: Missouri leaders note 'alarming'
drop in child abuse hotline calls during coronavirus crisis
JCNT: Child abuse concerns rise amid coronavirus
outbreak
KWMU: Confirmed coronavirus case at Fort Leonard Wood
won't slow down training
KWMU: Expanded absentee ballots possible for
Missouri's elections this year
JCNT: Missouri Supreme Court extends suspension of
proceedings, allows for remote oaths
Missourinet: Union wants grocery baggers, pharmacy
workers, others classified alongside first responders as "essential
workers"
KWMU: Latest forecast predicts only 'moderate'
flooding in St. Louis region this spring
JCNT: Medicaid expansion campaign says measure will
appear on November ballot
KC Star editorial: From disaster request to press
conference Q&A: A list of things Gov. Parson has done wrong
while leading state through coronavirus crisis
KC Star editorial: Another Missouri health
crisis: Don't hoard malaria drugs to fight coronavirus
Jon
Rust: Some good news in the analysis of COVID-19 rates
P-D op-ed: Advice on Wuhan virus from a Missourian
living in China
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley touts stimulus package, says it
benefits the working poor
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, Hawley weigh in on
pandemic stimulus package
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's daily press
briefing on COVID-19
JCNT: Gov. Parson: No quick end in sight for
coronavirus
P-D: Missouri opens door for more sick people to get
Wuhan virus tests
KC Star: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas compares Gov. Parson
to "Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrats"
P-D: Confirmed China virus cases jumps to 255 in
Missouri
Missourinet: Columbia and Boone County issue new
stay-at-home orders
SNL: Springfield, county order residents to stay at
home
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus in Missouri:
Which counties have issued 'stay at home' rules?
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Inmate at St.
Louis City juvenile detention center tests positive for
coronavirus; Gov. Parson declines ACLU request to set criminals
free; more
P-D: Urban juvenile delinquent tests positive for
Wuhan virus
SNL: Amid pandemic, Missouri health authorities
approve weed patients
The Missouri Times: Missouri expands access to food
stamp handouts during coronavirus pandemic
Columbia Missourian: State extends, expands welfare
handouts
JCNT: Child care centers remain vital amid closures
The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Service Commission
issues guidelines on certain cases in wake of coronavirus
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation: No
fishing permits needed starting Friday
Columbia Missourian: Forecast calls for more flooding
in Missouri this spring
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau County Democratic Committee officer
volunteers to fill Democratic ballot slot for Kathy Swan's open state
rep seat; Andy Leighton says his campaign agenda is coronavirus
and "health care, health care, health care"
KC Star editorial: Conservative Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina) wrong on questioning government's coronavirus shutdowns
SE
Missourian editorial: Census participation is vital
P-D letter: Brentwood woman says Planned Parenthood's
corporate leaders are hypocritical on women's health and state orders
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's briefing on
COVID-19
The Missouri Times: Missouri Capitol, state offices
shutter as positive coronavirus cases rise
JCNT: Missouri State Capitol, state office buildings
to close to public
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol closes due to
coronavirus; 15,000 state employees working remotely
SNL: Greene County reports first coronavirus death
P-D: St. Louis City and St. Charles County report
first Wuhan virus deaths
P-D: St. Charles, Jefferson counties issue 'stay home'
orders to prevent Wuhan virus spread
SNL: Area medical society rep wants Gov. Parson to
issue statewide stay-at-home order
Missourinet: Missouri prisoners to make hand sanitizer
for coronavirus response efforts
The Missouri Times: Missouri Department of Corrections
confirms inmate has coronavirus
Missourinet: Missouri prison inmate tests positive for
coronavirus
KWMU: St. Louis hospitals likely won't have enough
room to treat every coronavirus patient
Missourinet: There have been more than 1,000 Missouri
deaths from flu and pneumonia this season
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers request bars,
restaurants be allowed to sell mixed drinks to-go
Missourinet: Missouri DSS Acting Director Jennifer
Tidball: Calls are down substantially to Missouri Child Abuse and
Neglect Hotline, and that's not good
P-D: Some Missouri conservatives skeptical of Wuhan
virus hysteria
KWMU: Medicaid expansion campaign says it met
signature threshold to appear on ballot
SNL: Medicaid expansion campaign says it has
signatures to go on ballot
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Laid-off Riverfront
Times music editor Daniel Hill talks about his working-after-layoffs
stunt and costume gimmick, calls Gov. Parson "worthless"
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Interview
with new ACLU-Missouri Executive Director Luz Maria Henriquez
KWMU: Mobile office helps rural Missouri women escape
attackers
P-D editorial: Journalists serve as public's eyes and
ears as pandemic restrictions grow
Faughn: Gov. Parson's response to coronavirus may not
be what urban liberals want to hear, but it's a very Missouri response
to a global problem
KWMU Executive Editor Shula Neuman: We are putting in
herculean effort to bring you the news
KC Star op-ed: SLU associate sociology prof:
Instead of wasting time on PDMP, Missouri lawmakers should simply
expand Medicaid
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Monday, March 23, 2020
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Coronavirus is not
political issue; Governor talks to legislative leaders in both
parties
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson calls Rep. Joe Runions
(D-Grandview) in hospital; 79-year-old state rep says governor
"understands the challenges our hospitals are facing"
Missourinet: Gov. Parson calls Runions in hospital
KC Star: Runions still hospitalized
Missourinet: Missouri verifies 106 people with
coronavirus
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Fort Leonard Wood, Whiteman report
positive coronavirus cases
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: New local
numbers
Missourinet: Hawley wants probe into China's handling
of Wuhan virus
P-D: Gun sales soar in St. Louis metro region during
Wuhan virus pandemic
KC Star: As Chinese virus spreads, sales of guns and
ammo surge at Kansas City-area gun shop
SE
Missourian: Newspaper to beef up online offerings, temporarily
reduce print days in response to coronavirus
SNL: Fewer Springfield students dropping out;
Nearly 250 enrolled in state's "Missouri Option Program"
KWMU: Ameren Missouri equipment supplier targeted in
ransomware attack
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Gov. Parson should
distance himself from lobbyist
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman applauds state
lawmakers for protecting children from puberty blockers
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Missourinet: Gov. Parson in Saturday briefing:
Extensions and waivers to help Missouri families
JCNT: Gov. Parson cites actions aimed to protect most
vulnerable during health crisis
SNL: Gov. Parson orders statewide pause on gatherings
of more than 10
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
coronavirus cases
Missourinet: Coronavirus count climbs to 90 in Missouri
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: New
numbers; Work requirements waived for SNAP handouts; More
SNL: Greene County now has one more COVID-19
case; CoxHealth 'soon' to have 120 ventilators
Missourinet: Three Missouri jurisdictions require
citizens to stay home - with some exceptions
KWMU: St. Louis City, County issue 'stay-at-home'
mandate; state orders 'social distancing'
KC Star: Kansas City metro under stay-at-home order
effective Tuesday as Wuhan virus spreads
P-D: U.S. Army solider at Fort Leonard Wood tests
positive for Wuhan virus
Missourinet: Feds approve low-interest disaster loans
for Missouri small businesses, non-profits affected by coronavirus
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson, state departments
announce changes to state procedures for Wuhan virus
SNL: Missouri tax deadline delayed three months;
driver's licenses extended
KC Star: Missouri changes income tax deadline, child
care, Medicaid, and driver's license rules
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson ends guessing game and
finally closes schools
KC Star editorial: Mayor Quinton Lucas just saved
lives with new shelter-in-place order
P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian wants Blunt
and Hawley to resign over coronavirus
KC Star letter: Washington, D.C. man wants Gov. Parson
to make Missouri more like Beltway
SNL letter: League of Women Voters septuagenarian says
coronavirus is a good reason to lower absentee-voting standards
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
The Missouri Times: Truman Building sees first
positive coronavirus case
The Missouri Times: Rep. Joe Runions (D-Grandview)
tests positive for coronavirus
KC Star: State rep with coronavirus is 79 years
old; Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) says
Runions is "over the hump"
Missourinet: Gov. Parson describes coronavirus as
"public health emergency"; Missouri now has 73 confirmed cases
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's media briefing
on coronavirus
SNL: Gov. Parson to order statewide limits on
gatherings over 10
JCNT: Missouri to ban gatherings of more than 10 people
KC Star: Gov. Parson to ban gatherings over 10 people
The Missouri Times: Updated: County-by-county
list of COVID-19 cases
P-D: Missouri cases of Wuhan virus jump to 73;
state's third death reported in St. Louis County
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Metro offering
"free" rides; More
KWMU: St. Louis Public Radio General Manager Tim Eby
amazed by web traffic to Wuhan virus update stream; Station
cancels spring pledge drive
KCUR: Some business leaders want Gov. Parson to order
uniform social distancing
KCUR: Activists want Gov. Parson to force landlords to
give "rent and mortgage holiday"; Area woman blames coronavirus
for her poor financial condition
The Missouri Times: Missouri higher ed department
lowers A+ scholarship standards due to coronavirus
Missourinet: Missouri says no standardized tests,
makeup days this school year due to Wuhan virus
KC Star: Missouri officials: No state testing
for students, no makeup days
SNL: Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests canceled
for year
Missourinet: Missouri eases some child care
regulations during coronavirus outbreak
KC Star: A look at effects of coronavirus on rural
Missouri towns
The Missouri Times: Ameren partners with United Way,
others to provide $1M in energy assistance amid coronavirus crisis
Missourinet: Gov. Parson orders flags at half-staff
for fallen Springfield officer; Christopher Walsh was shot by
Joaquin Roman at convenience store
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Webster prof,
students take aim at Trump policies on illegal aliens
P-D letter: De Soto sexagenarian thanks U.S. Reps.
Jason Smith and Ann Wagner for support of flood legislation
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Missourinet: Key takeaways from Gov. Parson's COVID-19
press briefing
Missourinet: Gov. Parson to Missourians: "We can
conquer this. We can get through this."
The Missouri Times: Updated: County-by-county
list of COVID-19 cases
SNL: 5th and 6th local coronavirus cases confirmed X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson expects U.S. Small Business
Administration to approve his coronavirus request for Missouri
businesses
SNL: All Missouri public schools closed voluntarily,
Gov. Parson says X
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: No statewide
education assessments this year
The Missouri Times: Missouri schools will not lose
funding for closing early for coronavirus
KC Star: Kansas City Public Schools still providing
"free" food handouts to thousands of kids X
JCNT: State makes 'borrowed leave' available to its
workers X
KC Star: Missouri waives work requirement for food
handouts, expands Medicaid to Wuhan virus patients X
P-D: Democrats want state to waive rules for
unemployment handouts X
KC Star: Missouri Republicans push back against
Democrats' "doomsday" spending pleas X
Missourinet: Schatz optimistic about finishing budget
The Missouri Times: House passes supplemental budget
amid coronavirus fears
The Missouri Times: How Ford, GM plants in Missouri
are handling coronavirus
Missourinet: Geological drilling and testing to affect
I-70 traffic near Rocheport Bridge
P-D editorial: Stop calling Chinese virus "Chinese
virus" X
KC Star editorial: Missouri needs a plan to stop the
homeless from spreading Wuhan virus X
JCNT editorial: Tread carefully on bill to close
public meetings X
P-D family columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha
Sultan: St. Louis County, "Missouri Department of Health and
Human Services [sic]" failing
on coronavirus X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Westminster University poli
sci prof John Langton: Missouri lawmakers should focus on gun
control, "inequality," "despair," etc.
Columbia Missourian's Julia Garlich: Rep. Adam
Schnelting (R-St. Charles) wrong on marriage and domestic unions
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Thursday, March 19,
2020
CDT: Columbia sees first coronavirus death in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Missouri's first
coronavirus-related death reported in Boone County
KWMU: First coronavirus death in Missouri is
Columbia-area resident
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Missourians must have plans
to overcome COVID-19
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner in self-quarantine
KWMU: Wuhan virus update stream: Rep. Ann Wagner
self-quarantines
Missourinet: Blunt says many Missourians could get
$1,000 or more from stimulus package
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson suspends April
municipal elections until June
SNL: Missouri House approves $40 million for
coronavirus through June 30; Democrats want to spend more X
JCNT: Missouri House approves Gov. Parson to spend
federal funds in coronavirus response X
P-D: Missouri House OKs $40 million to fight Wuhan
virus X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers debate risks, rewards
of increased COVID-19 funding
Missourinet: Missouri's Social Security offices halt
in-person services
P-D: Extra screening and cleaning aimed at keeping
coronavirus out of Missouri prisons, jails X
KWMU: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) on
coronavirus decisions, carjacking crimes, PDMP, more
P-D: Riverfront Times lays off staff members and
suspends print edition, blames coronavirus X
AP: NAACP complains about treatment of black workers
at KC VA hospital; Shominicia Banks says deadlines for training
programs are unfair, alleges "secret monitoring" of job performance
JCNT editorial: Gov. Parson correct to order Missouri
casinos to close X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson in denial of coronavirus
Columbia Missourian's Anna Peterson: Mizzou coed
shares musings on the play Hamilton, the American Revolution and a
one-sentence tweet from Eric Burlison
P-D letter: Missouri Egg Council Director Jo
Manhart: Counties don't have resources to regulate pig farms X
P-D letter: St. Louis reverend responds to
Post-Dispatch's complaints about religious beliefs and MONA X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democrats, Republicans
change convention approach over coronavirus
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Missouri now has 15
confirmed casees of coronavirus
AP: Missouri reports 15 COVID-19 cases
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson says Missouri will
increase COVID-19 testing, leaves many decisions up to local leaders
P-D: Gov. Parson working to expand coronavirus testing X
KC Star: Missouri to expand Wuhan virus testing X
The Missouri Times: House will not take up FY21 budget
this week amid coronavirus concerns
P-D: With the Wuhan virus already hitting state
revenues, Missouri House to delay budget vote
X
The Missouri Times: An insider's look at how the
Missouri legislative budget process works
Missourinet: Twice-daily Amtrak service across
Missouri gets bipartisan support in House budget committee
AP: St. Louis Major League Soccer franchise gets $5.7M
in state tax credits for stadium
P-D: Virus brings St. Louis region to standstill, but
day care centers continue to bustle X
SNL: Missouri state parks open, but events suspended
through April 30 X
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation cancels
organized events through April 15; trails, ranges still open X
P-D: Missouri casinos closed at midnight X
P-D editorial: Coronavirus or not, officials don't
have power to make their own laws X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: Beware of fake coronavirus news:
Area man's malicious hoax about local coroavirus case spread by
unwitting patsies +
KWMU's Eric Schmid: By forcing Americans to declare
"male" or "female," U.S. Census makes area nonbinaries feel like they
don't exist
P-D letter: Maplewood man responds to LGBTQIA*
editorial, says kindergarten is too young to manufacture "gender
identity" confusion X
P-D letter: Arch City Defenders intern demands
Missouri lawmakers mandate paid sick leave X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Tuesday, March 17,
2020 Happy St.
Patrick's Day!
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus in Missouri:
Where are the positive COVID-19 cases?
Missourinet: Two more coronavirus cases hit Missouri
AP:
Missouri records seventh case of Wuhan virus
Missourinet: State to soon boost Wuhan virus testing
of Missourians with certain symptoms
SNL: Plan changing how public meetings work in an
outbreak moves through House committee X
AP:
Lawmakers advance bill to limit public meeting access in outbreaks
Missourinet: Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) rules out Missouri House remote sessions
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court suspends
in-person proceedings in appellate, circuit courts over coronavirus
SE
Missourian: Supreme Court of Missouri suspends in-person
proceedings in appellate, circuit courts +
Missourinet: Public, private clinics with few
coronavirus tests must choose most at-risk
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Area infectious
disease physician explains why coronavirus testing is necessarily
limited
P-D: Fight against coronavirus could get a $20 million
boost from Missouri lawmakers +
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia),
Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) seek to maintain school funding for
schools that temporarily close
KWMU: 'We do not have the answers': K-12 schools
try to figure out how to go online
SNL: DHSS: COVID-19 won't delay medical weed
program X
P-D: Complaint against former tourism director
tossed; Ward Franz accepted $1,330 worth of Boston Red Sox
tickets from tourism department vendor X
KC Star editorial: Coronavirus outbreak should
convince Missouri lawmakers to allow early voting X
The Missouri Times op-ed: MOBIO CEO Kelly
Gillespie: Biosimilars offer savings for Missouri
Columbia Missourian's Jack Kosowski: Gov. Parson
exaggerates value of his leadership in Missouri's job growth
The Missouri Times op-ed: Ron Boyer: It's time
to bite the bullet and close Missouri schools
P-D's Benjamin Hochman: Finally, Missouri makes the
right call and cancels high school basketball finals X
P-D letter: Northwoods woman hopes Lacy Clay, Ann
Wagner, Josh Hawley lose more money in the stock market X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Monday, March 16, 2020
SNL: Coronavirus could change how governments meet
during outbreak X
SNL: Gov. Parson, local officials urge pause on public
events of 50+ as KC, STL issue bans X
AP: Gov. Parson: Cancel or suspend gatherings
larger than 50
Missourinet: Missouri to receive federal guidance this
week on $13 million in coronavirus funding
SE
Missourian: Proposal from U.S. Rep. Jason Smith targets price
gouging during pandemic +
SE
Missourian: Smith explains vote against Wuhan virus relief
proposal +
Missourinet: Gov. Parson calls for limit on public
gathering size, with some exceptions
The Missouri Times: DHSS Director Randall Williams
talks state's strategy for COVID-19
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House approves Wuhan
virus funding for local health agencies, other needs
AP: States turn to cash reserves as coronavirus
strains budgets
The Missouri Times: Bill from Rep. Derek Grier
(R-Chesterfield) could mitigate potential medical professional shortage
brought on by coronavirus
Washington Missourian: Analysis: Trump, Biden
top local presidential primary ballots X
KWMU: Missouri won't gain or lose congressional seat
after Census
B
Magazine: Road to the future: Proponents behind
TransAmerica Corridor seek to transform how America uses highways
forever +
Joplin Globe: Missouri officials awaiting
congressional action on highway funding X
SE
Missourian: Local lawmakers weigh in on prescription drug
monitoring legislation +
Washington Missourian editorial: Turnout for
presidential preference primary is pitiful X
P-D editorial: Missouri should arrange the in-home
care disabled children need X
Phill Brooks: Politicians can learn from past failures
to control medical information X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Sunday, March 15, 2020
The Missouri Times: Positive coronavirus tests climb
to 5 in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus presumptive positive
test at Clinton hospital
Missourinet: Clinton hospital reopens to patients
SNL: Second person in Greene County tests positive for
Wuhan virus X
Joplin Globe: Gov. Parson confirms second Wuhan virus
case from Greene County X
KC Star: A look at Missouri's quarantine powers X
Brownfield Ag News: AG Eric Schmitt joins amicus brief
opposing California's Prop 12, says Missouri farmers and ranchers
shouldn't be subjected to CA's burdensome regulations
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: It's time for
Missouri to lasso illegal gambling X
Joplin Globe editorial: Annual Sunshine Week editorial X
SNL op-ed: Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel
responds to Show-Me Institute's Andrew Wilson on cost of Medicaid
expansion X
CDT op-ed: A.T. Still University assistant prof:
Missouri should expand Medicaid X
Waters: Missouri conservation is envy of nation X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Saturday, March 14, 2020
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson declares state of
emergency as number of coronavirus cases in Missouri climbs
Missourinet: As two new cases of coronavirus surface,
Gov. Parson declares state of emergency
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: State of emergency was
next appropriate step to protect Missouri's public health
P-D: Second Wuhan virus case likely in St. Louis County X
SNL: Gov. Parson declares state of emergency X
SNL: News analysis: Gov. Parson:
Missouri 'well-equipped' for coronavirus X
JCNT: Gov. Mike Parson declares state of emergency in
Missouri X
AP: Gov. Parson declares emergency, notes 2 new cases
of Wuhan virus
SE
Missourian: In the mail: Census invites should be arriving
soon +
SNL: Officials urge Missourians to complete census
online X
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith to headline Cape Girardeau
County Lincoln Day event tonight +
SE
Missourian: 2500 Missourians sign card for Rush Limbaugh;
Peter Kinder accepts card on Limbaugh's behalf
+
The Missouri Times: Missouri sheriffs form new
lobbying group, Missouri Sheriffs United
AP: NAACP calls voter ID requirement "racist," wants
Jay Ashcroft to resign; Secretary of state criticized KC Mayor
Quinton Lucas for tweeting about elderly female poll worker's mistake
Joplin Globe: Rep. Ashley Bland-Manlove (D-Kansas
City) proposes automatic voter registration measure X
Missourinet: Missouri Senate bill to keep tabs on
suspected mishandling of prescription drugs
The Missouri Times: General Assembly halts DNR
commission's hazardous waste generator fee hike
Joplin Globe editorial: Lawmakers should oppose free
speech bill from Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte) X
KC Star op-ed: Listen to Missouri AG Eric Schmitt and
reach for the soap, not the silver X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Dan
Cassidy and Eric Bohl: Coronavirus fight shows need for broadband
infrastructure
SNL op-ed: Rep. Craig Fishel (R-Springfield):
Video lottery terminals prey on poorest Missourians X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Holly Rehder: Creating
a 'safe space' for feral hogs benefits no one
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Friday, March 13, 2020
SNL: Local coronavirus test likely presumed positive X
Missourinet: State's second likely case of coronavirus
is in southwest Missouri
The Missouri Times: Missouri confirms second possible
coronavirus case
AP: Missouri has second coronavirus case as
cancellations grow
P-D: Second person in Missouri tests positive for
Wuhan virus X
SNL: Missouri prisons suspend visits for 30 days X
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus and the Capitol:
How concerns, precautions are affecting state government
Missourinet: How coronavirus will affect Missouri's
state budget
Missourinet: Missouri House will be in session next
week: Budget is top priority
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House will return to
work next week; Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
driving forward on budget
SNL: Speaker of the House focused on constitutional
requirement of passing state budget; House superminority leader
offers coronavirus spending wish list X
Missourinet: Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) issues coronavirus wish list: Waive new handout
rules, furlough certain criminals, force businesses to provide
mandatory paid sick leave, etc.
Missourinet: Missouri Hospital Association's Dave
Dillon: There are laws we need changed in the short term to deal
with coronavirus
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: The state of St.
Louis print media: "All-star panel" of Post-Dispatch's Gilbert
Bailon, Antonio French to discuss Post-Dispatch and other topics
The Missouri Times: Galloway campaign using Eric
Greitens as bogeyman foil for fundraising
KWMU: Prescription drug monitoring likely coming to
Missouri
AP: Missouri could join other states in tracking
opioids
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers consider repealing motorcycle
helmet requirement X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson must declare state of
emergency over Wuhan virus X
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers should pass MONA X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Rosenbaum: Breaking down Joe Biden's mammoth Missouri
presidential primary victory
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Missouri Foundation
for Health's Alex Rankin promotes group's 2020 census push
KWMU: As Planned Parenthood clinic awaits its fate,
abortions in Missouri have virtually halted; Only three babies
aborted at Central West End clinic in February
Missourinet: Hawley outlines details about the $9.9
million in coronavirus funding heading to Missouri
SNL: Missouri opens toll-free coronavirus hotline X
Missourinet: Missouri launches coronavirus information
hotline
Joplin Globe: DHSS: Missouri has test supplies
for coronavirus disease X
KWMU: AG Eric Schmitt sues televangelist Jim Bakker
for selling fake coronavirus cure
The Missouri Times: Senate cancelling session week
early due to coronavirus concerns
SNL: Here's what could happen if coronavirus hits the
Capitol X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Senate cancels session
next week
Missourinet: Mizzou journalism group exposed to
coronavirus during New Orleans conference
P-D: Bayer employee tests negative for
coronavirus; Creve Coeur campus to reopen X
JCNT: Auditor Nicole Galloway: Audit the office
before legislative session's end X
Columbia Missourian: Senators want state auditor to be
audited
SNL: Springfield Public Schools board opposes bill
requiring members to live in different parts of the city X
JCNT: Missouri sheriffs looking for statewide
representation X
Missourinet: Rep. David Evans (R-West Plains) proposes
to clarify Supreme Court's bail rules
SNL: Missouri lawmakers endorse bill to end
breed-specific rules for dogs X
The Missouri Times: House perfects bill banning
breed-specific dog bans
Columbia Missourian: House members oppose dog breed
discrimination
SNL: MSU Women's History Month event features "Me Too"
founder Tarana Burke X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri National Guard
crewman Dave Myers: Sen. Blunt should support air medical access
legislation
P-D op-ed: Missouri must apologize for slavery, then
begin resourcing reparations X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
KWMU: Biden easily wins Missouri's Democratic
presidential primary
Missourinet: Biden sweeps Sanders in Missouri
Democratic primary
Missourinet: Missouri's presidential primary draws 23
percent
SNL: Biden wins big in Missouri's Democratic
presidential primary X
P-D: At election-night party, Bernie Sanders
supporters vow to keep fighting X
P-D: Photo gallery: Democratic watch
parties: Jack Coatar, Megan McBride, others celebrate at Biden
party; Human with dyed red hair comforts congressional candidate
Cori Bush at Sanders party; More X
AP: Biden wins Missouri's Democratic primary
AP: VoteCast: In Missouri, 7 out of 10 Dem
primary voters under 30 preferred Sanders over Biden; Significant
majority of Dem voters call economic system "unfair"
AP: Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primary
in Missouri
KC Star: Missouri voters find 'comfort' with Biden,
reject Sanders' call for revolution X
AP: McCaskill pleased with her new career appearing on
MSNBC talk shows
AP: Urban poll worker can't find Mayor Quinton Lucas'
name in voter database after searching for "Lucas Quinton"
KC Star: Mayor Quinton Lucas takes to Twitter to
complain after poll worker's error X
P-D: Former U.S. Rep. Jack Buechner (R) dies at 79 X
Missourinet: DHSS Director Randall Williams testifies
about coronavirus funding and St. Louis County case
SNL: Lawmakers encourage people to avoid non-business
visits to the Capitol X
The Missouri Times: Coronavirus concerns shutter some
public areas of Capitol; lawmakers urge guests to avoid visits
AP: Missouri lawmakers say avoid Capitol over virus
concerns
KC Star: AG Eric Schmitt says televangelist Jim Bakker
pushes fake coronavirus cure X
The Missouri Times: PDMP finally finds path forward in
Senate
KWMU: Missouri House agrees to end residency
requirement for police statewide
The Missouri Times: Senate bundles legislation helping
sexual assault victims: 'One step closer to providing justice'
KWMU: St. Louis City could join county's special
education district
KWMU: Indians overtake Mexicans as largest
foreign-born population in St. Louis area
KC Star editorial: Mayor Quinton Lucas should have
been allowed to vote, even if workers couldn't find his name X
P-D op-ed: Ellisville woman opposes puberty-blocker
ban from Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St. Charles), says daughter decided at
2 (two) years old she wasn't actually a girl
X
P-D letter: Ladue septuagenarian mocks GOP lawmakers'
focus on "small" issues, says they should tackle big issues like
texting while driving X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
KWMU: Missourians head to the polls for presidential
primary
KWMU: Sanders banking on support in Missouri to get
campaign back on track
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Bernie Sanders talks
coronavirus, health care, and Trump; Analysis from Jo Mannies
Missourinet: Bernie Sanders rallies supporters in St.
Louis
AP: Sanders touts energy at St. Louis rally
P-D: Bernie Sanders, Jill Biden rev up supporters in
St. Louis X
The Missouri Times: Biden to Missouri voters:
We're the campaign to defeat Trump
CDT: Jill Biden pumps up Columbia crowd in advance of
primary X
Columbia Missourian: Jill Biden stops in Columbia in
mad dash through Missouri
AP: Missouri primary could help Biden preserve recent
momentum
Missourinet: Missouri House superminority leaders
Crystal Quade (D-Springfield), Tommie Pierson, Jr. (D-St. Louis)
decline to take a stand in presidential primary
JCNT: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) seeks
re-election X
KWMU: St. Louis area election officials prepare for
primary vote amid coronavirus outbreak
KC Star: Election officials take coronavirus
precautions X
KWMU: St. Louis County Exec Sam Page: Focus on
coronavirus prevention, not quarantine breakers
AP: Missouri virus case shows 1 exposure can mean
major response
P-D: Bayer closes Creve Coeur campus over concerns
employee may have coronavirus X
SE
Missourian: Missouri Veterans Home access restricted amid
COVID-19 concerns +
Columbia Missourian: PDMP bill reaches Senate floor,
encounters resistance
AP: Missouri Senate backs development-zone tax break
for businesses
AP: Bill from Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St. Charles)
would create a state department of defense
Columbia Missourian: Seclusion and restraint bill
heads to the Senate
AP: Missouri Senate passes ban on marijuana-infused
candy
The Missouri Times: Senate advances 'fix' to gas
companies' infrastructure replacement processes following Spire court
case
P-D: Spire seeks 'green light' to speed recovery of
infrastructure investments X
KWMU: Jeff Smith talks about SLU's "second chance" job
fair and value of hiring former inmates
KC Star editorial: Use caution before signing Missouri
recreational marijuana petition X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Gay couple, raising two boys
as girls, opposes bill to keep boys from playing girls' high school
sports
KC Star letter: The Nature of Conservancy of
Missouri's Adam McLane thanks Sen. Blunt for supporting National Parks
Services' Land and Water Conservation Fund X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Monday, March 9, 2020
SE
Missourian: Missouri to hold presidential preference primary
tomorrow
+
This Week in Missouri Politics: Gov. Jay Nixon talks
with Scott Faughn about Missouri Democratic presidential preference
primary, how Dems should view work vs. entitlement, MO Senate
Democrats, more; Panel of former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin
O'Malley and Rep. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City) talk Biden vs.
Sanders
CDT: Leonard and Velma Steinman take on Biden, Sanders
in Missouri presidential preference primary X
Missourinet: Pro-lifers hold 3rd Annual "March on the
Arch"; Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) among speakers
P-D: Family of Missouri's first coronavirus patient
broke self quarantine, St. Louis County officials say X
KWMU: Family of St. Louis County woman with
coronavirus violated quarantine by going to school dance
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: pavilion being built
at State Fair in Sedalia will create off-season event space
St. Joseph News-Press: Voters could expand term limits
in Missouri X
SNL: Rep. Craig Fishel (R-Springfield) proposes way to
diversify Springfield Public Schools school board X
Joplin Globe: School districts increasingly adopting
four-day weeks, looking for new incentives for teachers X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri dentists reducing number
of opioids prescribed
Joplin Globe editorial: Education funding is the
answer for districts struggling to recruit and retain teachers X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Joe Biden's KC rally
brings out supporters who've had enough of Bernie Sanders' backers X
McClellan: On Gov. Parson and Missouri medical
marijuana selection process X
Phill Brooks: Tips for cub reporters on Capitol spots
to score news items X
P-D letter: Dittmer septuagenarian wants to help
Missouri Dems, but says state party leadership is just collecting a
paycheck X
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian dislikes
Cleaner Missouri, threatens to vote against Sen. Bill White (R-Joplin)
in 2022 X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
KWMU: In St. Louis City, Joe Biden makes case to
Democrats
P-D: Biden brings his resurgent campaign to St. Louis
City, criticizes President Trump X
P-D: Photo gallery: Biden rally in St. Louis City X
P-D: Bernie Sanders, Jill Biden to make last-minute
campaign stops in St. Louis on Monday X
St. Joseph News-Press: Biden visits Missouri X
SNL: With the Missouri primary in sight, here's where
local liberals are leaning now X
Columbia Missourian: Area liberals weigh in on
Democratic primary; Thoughts from sometimes-candidate Michela
Skelton
KC Star: Biden and Sanders offer Democrats stark choice X
KWMU: First Missouri coronavirus case is in St. Louis
County
P-D: Gov. Parson: St. Louis County woman is
Missouri's first positive case of coronavirus
X
SNL: Missouri sees first apparent coronavirus case X
Columbia Missourian: First coronavirus case in
Missouri tests 'presumptively positive'
KC Star's Mike Fannin: McClatchy throws in the towel
on Star's Saturday print edition, but the paper will continue its bold
advocacy journalism X
Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R) asks
USDA Director Sonny Perdue about crop insurance amid broken levees
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson, Ag Director Chris
Chinn break ground for new Director's Pavilion at Missouri State
Fairgrounds
KWMU: Area man peddling marijuana-growing lessons
finds takers in downtown St. Louis City; Student Tarraze
Merriweather thinks four-hour class will help her create "growing
station" for "pain management"
JCNT: Missouri road projects at risk if federal
spending plan not renewed X
KC Star: Missouri's payouts in prison lawsuits keep
getting bigger X
JCNT: Drag queens rally against bill opposing Drag
Queen Story Hour; bill supporters host prayer walk X
Columbia Missourian: Drag queens hold performance at
Capitol; Men dressed as women praise free speech and open
dialogue, use rainbow umbrellas to block opponents
P-D editorial: Hawley, McConnell give Trump a free
pass on incivility X
P-D editorial: Medical marijuana licensing process
draws well-earned fire from GOP lawmakers X
P-D's Jim Gallagher and David Nicklaus: "The Bottom
Line" video series: Missouri unions buck national trend, increase
membership X
KC Star op-ed: Michael Ryan: A year after a
sorry attack on conservative speaker Michael Knowles, is UMKC all-in on
free speech? X
KC Star op-ed: Democratic secretary of state primary
candidate Yinka Faleti: Jay Ashroft is openly attacking our
democracy X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Saturday, March 7, 2020
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Jason Rosenbaum and
others talk Dem presidential primary, coronavirus, giving children
puberty blockers to retard their natural development, more
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Democratic Party tells
presidential campaigns it won't provide congressional district-level
results on election night; State party submitted request to
Ashcroft after ballots had already been printed
P-D: Preview: Missouri's Democratic presidential
preferency primary X
P-D: Biden, Sanders to hold St. Louis rallies this
weekend X
KC Star: Bernie Sanders cancels GOTV rally scheduled
for downtown KC on Monday X
Missourinet: Bernie Sanders cancels Monday rally in
Kansas City
SNL: Blunt says $9.9M coming to Missouri within 30
days for COVID-19 X
SNL: No cases of coronavirus found in Springfield
area, four tests come back negative X
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt introduces Missouri River
flood protection bill
SNL: Missouri wants to expand number of programs
eligible for 'Fast Track' grant X
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson calls Missouri Center
for Soy Innovation 'a great opportunity to learn'
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Rep. Shamed Dogan
(R-Ballwin) joins Jill Delston, author of "Medical Sexism," to promote
effort on pelvic exam consent
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri Gaming
Commission would do a better job than DHSS regulating medical marijuana X
The Missouri Times op-ed: State Senate candidate Megan
Green (D-St. Louis City): Bernie Sanders shares our Missouri
values
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Louis Riggs
(R-Hannibal): It's time for rural Missourians to stand up and
speak out; Urban elitists, "news" media stereotype hardworking
people
KC Star op-ed: MATA's Brett Emison: If big
business gets 'legal reform,' Missourians lose constitutional rights in
court X
SE
Missourian op-ed: Area woman responds to Show-Me Institute's
response to Medicaid expansion campaign piece
+
P-D letter: St. Peters sexagenarian disagrees with
Hawley on impeachment X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Friday, March 6, 2020
SNL: Here's where Biden and Sanders will rally before
the Missouri primary X
Missourinet: Hawley: We have allowed our medical
supply chain to be compromised
KWMU: Coronavirus Q&A
AP: Senators urge changes to reduce Missouri River
flooding
P-D: Businessman at center of former St. Louis County
Exec Steve Stenger (D) corruption scheme gets 17 months X
KWMU: Campaign donor in St. Louis County corruption
scandal gets 17 months in prison for bribery
AP: Across the country, state lawmakers debate
gerrymandering
KWMU: Missouri Senate to take up prescription drug
monitoring with increased chance of passing
KC Star: Missouri marijuana czar says lawmakers sought
to embarrass him on behalf of 'big donors' X
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) describes Missouri medical marijuana rollout as
'atrocious'
Missourinet: Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St. Charles) says
bill would protect children from gender reassignments and puberty
blockers
AP: Missouri House backs rear-facing car seats for
babies
SNL: 'Her legacy lives on': Rep. Becky Ruth
(R-Festus), a grandmother who helped create newborn screening law,
tells history of the bill X
Columbia Missourian: 'Get Government Out of Marriage'
bill from Rep. Adam Schnelting (R-St. Charles) killed in House committee
AP: Missouri Senate passes bill targeting fake caller
IDs
The Missouri Times: Former police officer asks
Missouri lawmakers to consider app to protect schools from shooters
SNL: Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon): Let feral hog
hunters on public land X
Joplin Globe: Ross says he supports funding for Share
the Harvest X
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers considering stricter
restrictions to imposing the death sentence
P-D endorsement: Joe Biden in Missouri's Democratic
presidential preference primary X
SNL op-ed: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan: Ex-Im,
USMCA provide opportunity and growth X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Rosenbaum: 8 things to watch when Missouri Democrats
pick a presidential nominee
Missourinet: Missouri Democratic Party cancels
presidential candidate forum
2/23/20: KC Star: Missouri Democratic Party says
every remaining presidential candidate will appear at March 8 rally X
KC Star: Biden supporters predict big win in Missouri
after campaign's 'resurrection' X
KC Star: Bernie Sanders will visit Kansas City to get
out the vote X
The Missouri Times: Sanders campaign adds Missouri
offices as primary looms
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley wants China's 'TikTok'
app banned from government devices X
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith describes rural
Missouri hospital closings as unacceptable
SNL: Missouri closing in on 1,200 flu-pneumonia deaths X
Columbia Missourian: Local, state officials to host
coronavirus briefing
St. Joseph News-Press: Supporters of Missouri Medicaid
expansion say it's moving closer to ballot X
The Missouri Times: Hough's economic development bill
survives nearly 10-hour filibuster
SNL: Lawmakers resume bashing marijuana rollout X
P-D: Missouri officials ripped for handling of medical
pot program X
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) proposal would require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to
meet work requirements X
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St.
Peters) would let virtual schools count enrollment of some students,
not school districts
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers accuse Columbia Public
Schools of putting up 'roadblocks' to inquiry into seclusion rooms
KC Star: House gives initial approval to restrictions
on seclusion and restraint in schools X
Columbia Missourian: Proposed bills would expand,
regulate gambling
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis) says bill would "protect Missouri taxpayers from subsidizing
abortion, cloning or stem cell research"
P-D: Repeal of cop residency rule advances in Missouri
House X
Columbia Missourian: 'Blair's Law' enjoys bipartisan
support; Bill would make firing gun in celebration a felony
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Ann Kelley
(R-Lamar) would allow expanded sales of raw milk
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate advances 'fix' to
gas companies' infrastructure replacement processes following Spire
court case
The Missouri Times: Evergy, Elliott Management reach
'agreement' resulting in changes to utility's board
P-D: Glendale murderer seeks change in Missouri
sentencing laws for teens X
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court considers case
that could affect sentences for teen murderers
P-D endorsement, updated: Joe Biden in Missouri's
Democratic presidential preference primary X
KC Star editorial: How Missouri screwed up medical
marijuana licenses X
P-D op-ed: Michael A. Wolff: A cartel could
control Missouri medical marijuana X
P-D's Tynan Stewart: Proposals from GOP state
lawmakers would deny transgender kids the medical procedures and
therapy they need X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Missourinet: Blunt announces emergency funding bill
for coronavirus
KWMU: Missouri ready for expected coronavirus cases,
Gov. Parson says
Missourinet: Gov. Parson focused on educating
Missourians about coronavirus
JCNT: Gov. Parson discusses preparations for
coronavirus X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri has conducted about 15
coronavirus tests; none positive
KC Star: Lawmakers pepper DHSS Director Randall
Williams with questions about coronavirus X
Missourinet: Coronavirus concerns blamed for gas price
drop in Missouri and nationwide
P-D: Joe Biden plans St. Louis stop ahead ahead of
Missouri presidential preference primary next week X
KC Star: Joe Biden to make stops in Kansas City, St.
Louis on Saturday X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Michael Person
(D-Ferguson)
SNL: Highlights from Missouri's marijuana industry
conference: Comments from Jack Cardetti, Dena Ladd, others X
JCNT: DHSS releases draft medical marijuana rules on
complaints against physicians X
Columbia Missourian: Edible medical marijuana would
require stricter labeling under Senate proposal
KWMU: Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors)
steps aside as Senate minority leader, gives John Rizzo (D-Kansas City)
a head start in role
The Missouri Times: Rizzo replaces Walsh as minority
leader in Senate
AP: Missouri state Senate Democrats shuffle leadership
The Missouri Times: Senate passes bill to allow state
employees to run for local office
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House attempts to pass
drone regulation for second year in a row
Columbia Missourian: Columbia schools will not appear
at House seclusion hearing, citing short notice
P-D: Lawsuit against DSS claims Missouri fails
severely disabled kids X
Missourinet: State House backs plan requiring
Alzheimer's support group in every county in Missouri
KWMU: Missouri House Democrats oppose requiring women
to get pelvic exams before aborting babies
Columbia Missourian: Democrats file legislation to
remove pelvic exam requirement prior to abortion
AP: Man who shot and killed wife seeks clemency from
Gov. Parson
P-D editorial: Josh Hawley's bill to spotlight
tax-funded slumlord housing deserves bipartisan support X
Priddy: Missouri should stop wasting money on
worthless presidential preference primary
SE
Missourian letter: Area assistant music professor threatens to
vote against Republicans who support Cleaner Missouri X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
KWMU: St. Louis-area Census Bureau office lags behind
Springfield, KC regions in recruiting workers
AP: Corps decreasing water flowing into lower Missouri
River
Columbia Missourian: Coronavirus discussions in
Washington center on containment, funding, economy
SNL: Here's what top Missouri medical experts advise
for coronavirus X
Columbia Missourian: Health officials say Missouri at
low risk of coronavirus outbreak
Missourinet: Missouri's health director testifies the
state is well-prepared for coronavirus
JCNT: Missouri legislators briefed on coronavirus X
Columbia Missourian: League of Women Voters klatch
pokes holes in Cleaner Missouri; Gals gab, laugh about GOP
proposal
Detroit News: Kirkwood septuagenarian pleads guilty to
embezzling union member dues; UAW capo Edward "Nick" Robinson
says he enjoyed "cigars, good liquor"
AP: "Good liquor" and other joys: ex-UAW
official pleads guilty
SNL: Weed czar: Missouri dispensaries coming soon X
AP: State: Top ailment earning medical marijuana
prescriptions is "psychological disorders," followed by "chronic
conditions"
P-D: Missouri lawmakers have their own ideas for
medical marijuana programs X
SNL: Springfield sees mini-boom in hydroponics after
medical marijuana legalization X
AP: Missouri House faces revamped voter photo ID plan
P-D: Changes to Missouri voter ID law approved by House X
Columbia Missourian: House gives approval to voter ID
plan
Missourinet: Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold)
wants to simplify paperwork for federal safety net programs
KWMU: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis) talks
repeal of 'flawed' bond rules
P-D: Missouri pays out another $2 million over prison
worker discrimination case; Richard Dixson was subjected to
discrimination and hostile work environment for being white X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri could join 31 other
states in uniform AP exam credit policy
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers seek to tighten
language around punitive damage suits
The Missouri Times: Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon) seeks
to expand MDC meat donation program - while changing how it's funded
The Missouri Times: Country music artist Porter
Wagoner inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
The Missouri Times: Missouri Soybean Association
chooses Ronnie Russell as new president
P-D endorsement: Democratic presidential
primary: Joe Biden or Michael Bloomberg
X
P-D editorial: A Missouri smelter revived by Trump's
tariffs is again on the ropes X
KC Star editorial: If Sen. Hawley, Mayor Lucas want to
punish deadbeat landlords, there's more they can do X
P-D op-ed: Woman who left Kirkwood for New York City
in the 1990s says Missourians should vote for Michael Bloomberg X
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to letter critical
of Grain Belt Express X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Monday, March 2, 2020
SE
Missourian: DESE, county health department offer tips to avoid
coronavirus +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Dem Reps. Tracy
McCreery and Wiley Price, along with Jim Lembke and Arnold Councilman
Jason Fulbright, talk with Scott Faughn about Dem presidential primary,
Ann Wagner's re-election, state Senate primaries and tort overhaul
legislation
KC Star: Hawley, KC Mayor Quinton Lucas partner in
effort to crack down on neglectful landlords
X
Washington Missourian: A look at local state rep
primary filings X
KC Star: Missouri legislators continue probe of
alleged conflicts in medical marijuana program
X
SNL: Missouri House wants private schools exempt from
minimum wage bumps X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
pleased with continued broadband bill progress
P-D: Missouri lawmakers looking at guidelines for
autonomous delivery services X
SNL: Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon) seeks to erase MDC's
Share the Harvest funding X
JCNT: Hundreds wait to have dicamba complaints
investigated X
JCNT: Historian Bob Priddy speaks about Jefferson
City's start at annual dinner X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should not exempt private
and religious schools from minimum wage increase X
Joplin Globe letter: Missouri Right to Life's Steve
Rupp says pro-lifers should oppose Medicaid expansion X
SE
Missourian letter: Area woman who failed to file Medicaid
paperwork blames Gov. Parson +
P-D letter: "Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing of
Missouri" rep supports Nasheed's bill to restore voting rights X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
Sunday, March 1, 2020
March
2019 Missouri political news headlines
March
2018 Missouri political news headlines
March
2017 Missouri political news headlines
March
2016 Missouri political news headlines
March
2015 Missouri political news headlines
March
2014 Missouri political news headlines
P-D: Top Missouri Democrats won't take a stand in
presidential primary: Nicole Galloway, Lacy Clay, Jill Schupp
take a powder X
SE
Missourian: Presidential primary turnout expected to be
low; Thoughts from Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers
+
Missourinet: Graves focusing on flooding and levees
CDT: Local, state health agencies prepare for
coronavirus arrival X
JCNT: Local officials prepare for spread of China virus X
AP: Ads for Gov. Parson in rural areas focus on Trump
support, illegal immigration
St. Joseph News-Press: How safe is our voting
equipment? Thoughts from Jay Ashcroft, Buchanan County Clerk Mary
Baack-Garvey X
JCNT: Missouri Republicans look to reinstate voter ID
law X
JCNT: Missouri senators defend filibusters, despite
the cost in time and energy X
SNL: "It's about individual responsibility and
individual freedom': Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) tries
again on motorcycle helmet law repeal X
St. Joseph News-Press: Research critical for medical
marijuana; Local doctor: "Most people who are getting
prescriptions are simply wanting to be on marijuana, which is fine, but
let's stop pretending that it's medicine." X
P-D: More than 800 appeals filed by jilted pot
companies in Missouri licensing fight X
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools face reality of urban
demographics: dwindling population base, poor test scores X
JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation staff share
knowledge of wildfires with agencies X
P-D letter: Missouri Farm Bureau's Leslie
Holloway: Missouri's industrial farms are well-regulated X
P-D letter: St. Peters octogenarian disagrees with
Missouri Farm Bureau president, thinks Grain Belt Express will not
affect farmers X
Washington Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael: State should track local labor contracts X
Disclosure
X =
Think before you click; this site has chosen to limit its
reporters'
access to you and holds every one of your clicks against a monthly
pageview limit.
+
= This site has chosen to provide
its reporters with access to you by
waiving its pageview limit for all links posted on
johncombest.com.
E-mail
John
Combest at john {at} johncombest {dot}
com.
John
Combest bio