Tuesday, March 30, 2021
The Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt releases first U.S.
Senate campaign ad: 'My conservative values run deep'
KC Star's Bryan Lowry and Jeanne Kuang: Missouri AG
Schmitt sues Treasury over tax cut restrictions in COVID stimulus
plan; Comments from state Rep. J. Eggleston of "Mayfair [sic]"
Missouri Independent: Missouri sues over tax cut
penalties in federal COVID-19 relief bill
Columbia Missourian: CoMo for Progress to hold protest
against Hawley today
The Missouri Times: Remington rated among top GOP
polling firms
Missourinet: Central Missouri man accused in January's
attack on U.S. Capitol
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Missourian: Ninth annual Stand Up for Life event scheduled for
April 18
Joplin Globe: Ron Richard's father, professional
bowler Carl Richard, passes away at 97
KWMU: FEMA to give 168,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses at
eight-week St. Louis event
P-D: FEMA to open 8-week vaccination site in St. Louis
City, at least tripling city capacity
KWMU: Missouri nursing homes are allowing indoor
visits for the first time in a year
Twitter.com: KWMU statehouse reporter Jaclyn Driscoll
quits midway into her second legislative session
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation says
disposing of dead fish waste properly is a must
Poynter: McClatchy, parent company of Kansas City
Star, is outsourcing page design and typesetting, helping to eliminate
at least 26 jobs
Missouri Independent: House to debate Missouri budget
P-D: With Medicaid expansion in limbo, House set to
vote on budget; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield) calls GOP colleagues "petulant children"
The Missouri Times: Missouri Hospital Association
commissions poll showing Missourians support implementation of Medicaid
expansion
Missourinet: Missouri House Special Committee on
Redistricting wants to hear from 8th District constituents today
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) reflects on
election bill passage
The Missouri Times: Senate passes bill freeing Kansas
City police officers from urban residency
P-D: Missouri Senate sends KC police emancipation,
chokehold ban to House
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers looking at need to
expand rural broadband access
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate to consider
agriculture facility inspection bill
The Missouri Times: PDMP bill perfected in Senate
P-D: Missouri Senate gives initial approval to
prescription drug monitoring program
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee to tackle
school bus safety today
JCNT: Missouri House passes bill to regulate
faith-based residential care
P-D: Missouri House backs new rules for boarding
schools aimed at stopping abuse and neglect
Missouri Independent: Lawsuit against Missouri House
over lack of mask mandate moved to federal court
SNL: Better Business Bureau says 'use caution' with
this Missouri medical marijuana card company
St. Joseph News-Press: Nicotine and marijuana vapes
showing up in schools
P-D editorial: Missouri GOP lawmakers turn their backs
on voters and the poor
The Missouri Times op-ed: Southeast Missouri
Transportation Service Executive Director Denny Ward: SMTS does
not support HB 52
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Missourian letter: Man who twice ran unsuccessfully for 8th
Congressional District seat says Jason Smith is wrong on stimulus and a
wide range of issues
Monday, March 29, 2021
This Week in Missouri Politics: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe
talks with Scott Faughn about 2024 gov race, his pro-life record,
school choice, Biden's gun control push, more; Panel of Sen.
Karla Eslinger (R-Wasola), Columbia Mayor Brian Treece, Axiom's Hannah
Beers Sutton, and The Missouri Times' Kaitlyn Schallhorn discuss GOP
U.S. Senate primary, COVID, more
SNL: This Week in Missouri's 2022 U.S. Senate
race: Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, Scott Sifton and Dem also-rans
KC Star: 500 attend Asian rally in Kansas City;
Zero attacks on police officers, torched American Flags or looted
businesses
St. Joseph News-Press: Some rural Missouri hospitals
receiving CARES money, some not
KC Star: KC metro reports only 35 new COVID-19
infections, no additional deaths Sunday
KWMU: As expected, some metro area residents choosing
to travel to rural areas for COVID vaccine
Missouri Independent: State continually improving
data, demographic details on COVID website; PROMO complains that
"transgender" option not inclusive enough, wants to see "gender
non-binary" or "gender nonconforming" added
SNL: Profile: Missouri Foundation for Health's
new CEO Dwayne Proctor
Missourinet: What we're watching this week in the
Missouri Legislature: Medicaid expansion, budget, PDMP and
proposal to reduce Missouri House's size
KC Star: House Budget Chair Cody Smith (R-Carthage)
says he's prioritizing Missouri's most vulnerable populations by
funding public defenders, school transportation and mental health
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) expects to see
increase in core funding for community colleges
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) on
broadband expansion, and ensuring cities and counties don't add new
taxes on satellites
CDT: At candidate forum, incoming House superminority
member David Tyson Smith says Missouri ranks only 3rd in "voter
suppression"
Missouri Independent: Lawmakers seek to protect
constituent info from disclosure under Sunshine Law; other
amendments to bill inspire debate
P-D: Missouri fixing dam at shuttered Jay Nixon State
Park
P-D editorial: Missouri has the right law on juvenile
offenders. Now it needs to fund it.
P-D editorial: Banning chokeholds, reporting data a
step in the right direction
P-D's Bill McClellan: Reality is more complicated than
it appears on TV; "60 Minutes" offers simplistic and biased puff
piece on Kim Gardner, with no mention of botched Greitens case or other
snafus
P-D's Tony Messenger: Republicans in Missouri, Georgia
turn their backs on democracy
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Ashley Aune (D-Kansas
City): List of House GOP transgressions: Medicaid funding,
minimum wage, initiative petition processes, ignorance of "food desert"
victimhood theme, more
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Angelica Ittzes:
House Bill 37 denies rights to no one
The Missouri Times op-ed: Coalition for Transparent
and Secure Elections: Missouri legislators must make hand-marked
paper ballots the official Missouri ballot
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian says Eric
Greitens is not a real Navy SEAL
P-D letter: Clayton man wants to see Eric Greitens
"back to the trash heap along with former St. Louis County Executive
Steve Stenger"
Joplin Globe letter: Webb City octogenerian says GOP
state lawmakers' "atrocities" have her feeling emotions ranging from
scared to depressed
Sunday, March 28, 2021
Washington Missourian: Dave Schatz considering run for
U.S. Senate
KC Star: Greitens' return signals more dramatics on
horizon; Springfield activist takes aim at "these men who have
used their power" against women
KC Star: "Stop Asian Hate" rally draws nearly
150; Civilized crowd makes political statement with zero reports
of arson, assaults on police officers, or blocked traffic endangering
drivers
P-D: City officials, activists already positioning for
federal stimulus money; Leader of "Vacancy Collaborative" seeks
cash to remedy "racism, redlining and racially restrictive covenants
and white flight and all that history"
P-D: Mass vaccination events distribute some 18,000
doses in three days
CDT: Rowden: Gas tax the 'short-term fix'
Missouri transportation needs
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House approves new
voting protections
Washington Missourian: State gives cannabis industry a
break as businesses adjust to new deadlines
St. Joseph News-Press: Finding marijuana use among
drivers tricky for law enforcement
JCNT: State parks director: Rock Island Trail
project on track
P-D editorial: Missouri GOP's effort on voter ID is
the real election fraud
P-D editorial: A minimum wage delayed is a minimum
wage denied
Joplin Globe editorial: Maneuvering shameful:
Fund Medicare [sic] expansion
P-D op-ed: Planned Parenthood's Michelle
Trupiano: Missouri women's health depends on erasing Trump-era
regulations
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman: Missourians' rate of
refusal for COVID-19 shot won't truly tame the pandemic
Columbia Missourian's Grace Zokovitch and Tatyana
Monnay: With Medicaid vote, GOP state lawmakers seek to illegally
undo the will of the people
P-D letter: Septuagenarian man living in Central West
End imagines scenario of Eric Greitens and "lap(ping) it up like heavy
cream"
KC Star letter: Kansas City man expresses emotions
over 2010 puppy mill vote, threatens to vote against Republicans over
Medicaid funding
P-D letter: Creve Coeur septuagenarian opposes GOP
minimum wage proposal, concludes argument with early 1990's punchline
"Not."
Saturday, March 27, 2021
The Missouri Times: To accelerate recovery efforts,
Gov. Parson extends ongoing state of emergency through Aug. 31
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Missourian: Phase 2 of virus vaccine plan begins Monday
P-D: Free rides and free shuttles to North St. Louis
City vaccination event this weekend, but hundreds of spots remain
unclaimed
KWMU: Despite clear instructions from St. Louis City
officials, urbanites forward vaccine invitation e-mails and create
confusion; University City woman: "You sort of trust the
government to handle things."
KC Star: Local Asian activists plan weekend protests,
blame Donald Trump for racism in America; Galpals promote new
victimhood designation "hapa" for half-Asians
The Missouri Times: Rep. Tricia Derges (R-Nixa)
indictment grows to include alleged $900k COVID fraud scheme
SNL: Feds: Indicted Rep. Derges misled Greene
County to get $300k COVID test grant
Missourinet: Derges charged in alleged $900k COVID-19
fraud scheme
AP: Prosecutors add 3 fraud charges against Missouri
lawmaker
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Wash U.'s "Voter Access and Engagement Initiative" lead says GOP state
lawmakers seeking voter protections are racist
Missourinet: Video: Recap of Missouri
Legislature's work this week on education bills
Missouri Independent: Todd Graves meeting with
senators ahead of confirmation vote
The Missouri Times: House Majority Floor Leader Dean
Plocher (R-Des Peres) sponsors tax credit for businesses affected by
shutdowns
The Missouri Times: Senate leadership still sees path
forward on local health department restrictions
St. Joseph News-Press: Luetkemeyer's bill would
intercept stimulus checks headed for prisoners
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) confident in
performance audit bill after strong House support
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation announces
state's first black-bear hunting season this fall
P-D: Season, limits set for first-ever Missouri black
bear hunt this October
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation is offering
five permits for 2021 elk-hunting season
KC Star editorial: Missouri Legislature to
voters: Drop dead. We won't do as you told us on Medicaid
P-D editorial: Credit to nine GOP state senators who
sided with Dems on local control
JCNT editorial: Chokeholds should be banned, with rare
exception
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Cape's Shad Burner played role in
state COVID vaccination rollout
Missouri Independent op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Lauren
Weber: Missouri's public health defunding led to chaos
The Missouri Times op-ed: Smoke Free Missouri's A.J.
Moll: Tobacco 21 will address youth use; Legislature should
pass HB 517
Friday, March 26, 2021
The Missouri Times: Campaigns, cocktails and the
Capitol: The Missouri Times launches Third Read podcast:
U.S. Senate scrum, 2024 gov race, ESA bill, more
NY Times: Republicans fear flawed candidates could
imperil key Senate seats; Comments from Peter Kinder, Gregg Keller
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley weighs in on campaigns
for U.S. Senate seat
SNL: Springfield's Dee Wampler representing three
Missouri men charged with entering U.S. Capitol during riot
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Some local Asian leaders says St. Louis' focus on black issues made
them feel left out of victimhood discussions
KWMU: Missouri's China virus cases fall as vaccine
program succeeds, doctors say
Missourinet: Missouri COVID-19 rate lowest in
nation; St. Louis area events to vaccinate up to 18,000
KWMU: Thousands of Missourians find relief at St.
Louis mass vaccination
P-D: St. Louisans line up for COVID-19 vaccine
Missourinet: Missouri House gives final approval to
photo ID legislation; bill also allows no-excuse absentee voting
Missouri Independent: Republican lawmakers vote down
funding for Missouri Medicaid expansion
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Jay Ashcroft praises House
Republicans for "commitment to fiscal responsibility" on Medicaid
vote; Reaction from "Rep. Peter Merideth (D-University City [sic])"
Columbia Missourian: House committee votes no on
Medicaid expansion funding
P-D: Republicans vote down funding for Medicaid
expansion in Missouri
SNL: Missouri House Budget chief wants three-year
pause on minimum wage increases
The Missouri Times: Senate to consider bipartisan
unemployment overpayment waiver
Columbia Missourian: House approves new school choice
bill
Columbia Missourian: Senate rejects local health order
restrictions after marathon session
The Missouri Times: Senate approves renewable natural
gas program
KC Star editorial: Medicaid vote in Missouri rejects
reason, law, sense - and worst, the voters' will
Joplin Globe editorial: Do not change dates of
municipal elections
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Missouri just
might miss Roy Blunt in the U.S. Senate
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian says
Missouri GOP and Greitens "don't give a hoot" about Missourians
P-D letter: Ballwin man upset by Legislature's action
on ballot initiatives
P-D letter: Octogenarian founder of "Women's Voices
Raised for Social Justice" says state lawmakers should stop trying to
protect children from gender reassignment surgery or keep boys from
competing against girls in high school sports
Thursday, March 25,
2021
KWMU: AG Eric Schmitt jumps into
Missouri's U.S. Senate race
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt officially jumps
into Senate race
The Missouri Times: A look at how Eric Schmitt has
taken on the federal government as attorney general
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt: A timeline
of his career
SNL: Schmitt launches Senate bid to succeed Roy Blunt
AP: Schmitt running for U.S. Senate
Missouri Independent: Eric Schmitt joins race for U.S.
Senate seat being vacated by Roy Blunt
KC Star: Schmitt launches U.S. Senate bid
KC Star: Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt grills
Greitens
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Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith joins a call to probe Biden's
border wall construction suspension
St. Joseph News-Press: Local gun store owner weighs in
on Biden's gun-control push
P-D: Kamala Harris' husband makes stop in St. Louis,
promotes Biden stimulus and "gender wage gap" theory; Area
"gender nonbinary" says it was passed over for school district
promotions because it looked like a man
P-D photo gallery: Harris' husband, Mayor Lyda Krewson
sit through complaint session featuring four minorities and "gender
nonbinary" Caucasoid
KC Star: Louis Enrique Colon of Blue Springs pleads
not guilty to conspiracy, other charges in Capitol riot case
Columbia Missourian: New DHSS resource to provide
statewide access to vaccination transportation
Missouri Independent: Missouri Vaccine Navigator
especially helpful for large-scale vaccination events, local health
departments say
The Missouri Times: ESA bill takes first step in the
Senate
Columbia Missourian: K-12 teachers could receive $500
tax deductions
Missourinet: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) says
requiring student broadband access report will help to close digital
divide
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers seek answers
from DSS on oversight gaps of unlicensed reform schools
Missouri Independent: Abortion amendment puts bill to
finance Missouri Medicaid program in limbo
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) says
Wayfair is a priority
KWMU: Missouri House committee discusses giving
businesses more time to implement minimum wage hikes
Columbia Missourian: House bill would help businesses
brace for forced wage increases
Missourinet: Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) says
Missouri seniors are having difficulty paying property taxes
AP: Missouri House moves to tighten bail rules
KC Star: Bill to free Kansas City police officers gets
initial Missouri Senate approval
Columbia Missourian: Missouri senators discuss
resources for homeless and unaccompanied youth
Columbia Missourian: Proposed state budget reallocates
funds for in-home services
The Missouri Times: Bill to lessen power of local
officials during pandemics fails in Senate
P-D: Bipartisan group in Missouri Senate sinks attempt
to limit local health authorities
P-D: Lawmakers weigh bills to make daylight savings
time permanent in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Ban on same-sex marriages will
stay on the books in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Ameren Missouri gets green light
for new solar facility
P-D: Ameren gets state approval to build its largest
solar project
P-D: Missourians' Spire bills are going up, and a
federal case will determine how much
P-D: Coalition that includes former Gov. Jay Nixon
fights court-ordered sale of Missouri parkland
KC Star: Northeast Kansas City newspaper publishes
blank front page as cry for help; Publisher, managing editor
plead for cash
P-D editorial: Pandemic funds to states are for
pandemic relief, not GOP tax-cut-mania
P-D's Tony Messenger: The two Erics prepare to do
battle on Fox News for the soul of the Missouri Republican Party
Columbia Missourian op-ed: House Bill 37 on vaccine
religious exemptions denies rights to parents, teachers to have safe
schools
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
KC Star: Hawley stands by 2018 call for Greitens to
resign
St. Joseph News-Press: Former state lawmakers weigh in
on Greitens bid: Thoughts from retired Reps. Pat Conway, Galen
Higdon, Jim Neely
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Gov. Parson
celebrates National Agriculture Week
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson: Ag Day gets
farmers' story to the world
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Gov. Parson
establishes Show Me Strong Recovery Task Force
P-D: Missouri reports decline in new COVID-19 cases
KC Star: Kansas City metro adds fewer than 100
COVID-19 cases as rolling average sees drop
KC Star: KC Health Department vaccination data shows
blacks outpacing other minorities
CDT: Coronavirus vaccinations continue to ramp up
SNL: As high court weighs Obamacare, House Majority
Leader Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) seeks statewide vote on pre-existing
conditions
Missourinet: Proposed Missouri constitutional
amendment would change legislative term limits
Missourinet: Missouri bill would enable more people to
become substitute teachers
Missouri Independent: Emancipation of KC police
officers wins initial approval of Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects effort to free
Kansas City police officers
P-D: Missouri Senate give initial approval to bill
emancipating Kansas City officers
P-D: GOP-backed budget plan would fund one round-trip
Amtrak ride between St. Louis and Kansas City per day
KC Star: Missouri reform school investigation
grows: Gov. Parson directs AG Eric Schmitt to investigate Agape
SNL: Schmitt's office investigating Cedar County
Christian boys' reform school
KC Star: Legislation addressing Missouri reform school
abuse gets widespread support in House
Missourinet: Lawmakers to question DSS chief about
boarding school abuse investigations
Columbia Missourian: House advances bill regulating
seclusion and restraint in schools
Washington Missourian: "Ludicrous": Union R-XI
school board president rips bills to move school board elections to
November and restrict use of district resources for campaigning
KRES/KWIX: Truman President Dr. Sue Thomas says Gov.
Parson is "very supportive" of public higher education, says schools
want increase in funding
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) previews
second-half legislative topics: Wayfair, fuel tax, Corps of Engineers
bill
Joplin Globe: Bill pairs Second Amendment preservation
and armed volunteer group
P-D: Missouri Health Care Association, others support
proposal to give businesses more time to implement forced minimum wage
hikes
KC Star: Bill from Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) would
give businesses more time to adapt to rising labor costs
JCNT: Disability rights advocates reach out to
Missouri lawmakers
Columbia Missourian: Removing "food deserts" is the
goal of bill from Sen. Doug Beck (D-Affton)
Columbia Missourian: State adds spice to Swift
Prepared Foods incentives
P-D: February's freeze could raise Missouri gas bills
15% or more
KC Star: Mayor Quinton Lucas unhappy with pricey
natural gas bill from Texas provider; Spire's Scott Weitzel
explains concepts of weather, supply and demand
SNL: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D),
Rep. Betsy Fogle (D) weigh in on local school board campaign shenanigans
P-D editorial: It's up to Missouri's GOP to keep the
deeply unfit Greitens away from the Senate
Washington Missourian editorial: Independent
pharmacies step up in vaccine effort
KC Star's Dave Helling: Eric Greitens' U.S. Senate run
means a migraine for Missouri Republicans - and Democrats, too
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. John Wiemann
(R-O'Fallon): We cannot let trial lawyers shut down our state
P-D letter: St. Charles woman wants Bill Eigel of
"Weldon Springs [sic]" to ask
Caleb Rowden to please scuttle bills regarding initiative petitions
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
The Missouri Times: Jay Ashcroft opens up about his
decision not to run for U.S. Senate
KWMU: Lt. Gov. Kehoe passes on U.S. Senate contest to
run for Missouri governor
Missouri Independent: Mike Kehoe passes on 2020 U.S.
Senate run to focus on 2024 Missouri governor's race
SNL: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe won't seek U.S. Senate seat,
running for governor instead
SNL: Who's running to replace Roy Blunt in the U.S.
Senate? 'Everyone'
SNL: Former Gov. Eric Greitens announces run for
Senate, brushing off past scandals
KWMU: Eric Greitens announces run for Senate
The Missouri Times: Greitens jumps into 2022 U.S.
Senate race
The Missouri Times: Dan Shaul enters race for SD 22
The Missouri Times: Becky Willard joins Hawthorne
Foundation as its new executive director
KC Star: State to put more than half of unspend
federal aid in unemployment fund to help Missourians in need
Missouri Independent: Federal aid, Medicaid expansion
top issues for Missouri House Budget Committee
Missouri Independent: Budget plan shows first Missouri
savings from federal Medicaid changes
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate bill
seeks to block prisoners from receiving coronavirus stimulus checks
Columbia Missourian's Jose Luis Adriano: Bill from
"Sen. Roger Stone, R-St. Charles" [sic?!?]
addresses bail and conditions of release from custody
The Missouri Times: Senate takes a shot at permanently
allowing sale of mixed drinks to go
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Soybean Association
supports bill to provide more food options to women, children
The Missouri Times: NAACP, others oppose Eigel's bill
on protester accountability
P-D: Organization for Black Struggle, ACLU, et al.
oppose protester-accountability bill; Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon
Spring) takes time out to gift Rep. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City)
with a "teachable moment"
Columbia Missourian: Bill seeks to help police better
corral protester mobs
P-D: Rep. John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon) wants to apply
ethics standards to cities, starting with St. Louis City
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) discusses
biodiesel content bill
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) talks about
meat processing tax credit
Columbia Missourian: Dentists, optometrists and more
professions now eligible as vaccinators in Missouri
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Missourian: Daily average of vaccine doses administered falls
slightly
KC Star: KC metro's daily rolling average of COVID-19
cases holds steady
KC Star editorial: The depraved Eric Greitens thinks
we have a short memory, Missouri. Prove him wrong
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Jason Bean
(R-Holcomb): Time is right for more high-speed Internet access in
Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Garrett Hawkins: Incentive programs work for rural
Missouri
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Missouri GOP
lawmakers, like their Georgia counterparts, seek to prevent black
people from voting
Monday, March 22, 2021
NBC: Meet the Press: Roy Blunt: "Democracy
is give and take"
The Missouri Times: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe announces
gubernatorial bid, forgoing U.S. Senate bid
Missouri Independent: Top 10 rankings for GOP U.S.
Senate candidates: Congressional delegation, Eric Schmitt, Scott
Fitzpatrick, Mike Kehoe, others
Washington Missourian: Local Moms Demand Action
chapter promotes traveling t-shirt gimmick
Missourinet: What we're watching this week in the
Missouri Legislature: budget and preexisting condition legislation
KWMU: Missouri Legislature second-half preview:
Budget, Medicaid funding, school choice, sports betting
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina)
discusses future of school choice bills
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) talks rural
broadband
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) talks
election-related proposals
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) expects
significant pay increase for Dept. of Corrections workers
Missourinet: It's back: Seersucker Wednesdays
KC Star: KC metro reports fewer than 35 new virus
cases, no additional deaths Sunday
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmaker's police-dog bill
deserves to go nowhere
KC Star's Kevin Hardy: "Missouri Gun Violence"
advocacy series, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report
for America: Missouri's gun laws to blame for rural suicides
Columbia Missourian's Mallory Daily: As state
lawmakers open their arms to agribusiness and regulations vanish, CAFOs
hurt communities
P-D letter: St. Peters octogenarian shares thoughts on
Hawley, Civil War and Sherman's March to the Sea
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Politico: Sunday talk show lineup: Roy Blunt on
'Meet the Press'
P-D: Minor flooding expected in the St. Louis area
P-D: After multiple historic floods, Eureka, region
rethink river management
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Missourian: River rising, floodgates closing on Cape Riverfront
Missourinet: Thousands vaccinated at successful
Arrowhead event, many from Jackson County's poorest neighborhoods
KC Star: KC metro records only 64 new COVID cases, no
new deaths Saturday
Washington Missourian: Rural Americans less likely to
get COVID vaccine as independent pharmacies step up
St. Joseph News-Press: Latest highway funding fix
could include a rebate
Missourinet: Legislation to keep sex offenders away
from Department of Conservation centers has bipartisan support
Washington Missourian: County transportation committee
members share criticisms of MoDOT staff
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's appointment of Todd
Graves to university board gives enormous power over KC to one
hyperpartisan law firm
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Fantasizing about an Eric
Greitens campaign and the return of "swagger" and "machine guns"
JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian opposes gas
tax increase
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian opposes
minutemen bill
Saturday, March 20, 2021
KC Star: Cleaver's anti-racism rally draws "roughly
two dozen people"
P-D: Local activists gather in St. Louis City to tell
tales about perceived bigotry, linguistic slights
P-D: Minorities dominate 2021 St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Regional Spelling Bee; 9 minorities, 1 Caucasoid reach final round
KC Star: Gov. Parson speaks at mega-vaccination
event; Jackson County Executive Frank White (D) praises governor,
says event is essential for "communities of color"
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Missourian: Teachers, school administrators line up for vaccine
Missourinet: CDC study of Missouri schools:
COVID-19 spread is rare in K-12 schools
KWMU: CDC-Wash U. study shows in-person schooling was
safe all along
P-D: Wash U. study shows low COVID transmission in
schools that follow basic protocols
KC Star: KC metro area adds fewer than 100 new
COVID-19 cases and no deaths
The Missouri Times: 'Tale of two governors': New
ad compares Gov. Parson's handling of coronavirus to Cuomo
The Missouri Times: Missouri individual tax filing,
payment deadline extended through May
CDT: Gov. Parson: Columbia Area Career Center a
showcase for workforce development in Missouri
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) gives
recap of education bill
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson taps new members for
University of Missouri board
Missouri Independent: Convenience store owner pleads
guilty in Missouri illegal gambling case
Columbia Missourian: Incoming Rep. David Tyson Smith
(D-Columbia) signals priorities for term in superminority:
fighting "voter suppression," limiting effective police restraint
tactics, etc.
JCNT editorial: Congratulate the leaders who drove
successful renovation of Capitol building
P-D letter: Crestwood septuagenarian expresses anger
over city council vote, sarcastically suggests Gov. Parson and GOP
state lawmakers will reject federal relief funds
Friday, March 19, 2021
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Missourian: Hawley, Smith back bill simplifying concealed-carry
renewal
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt retirement leaves
speculation on replacement
SE
Missourian: Area man seeks signatures to run as independent for
U.S. Senate
P-D: Feds used St. Louis-area man's social media posts
to place him at U.S. Capitol riot
Brownfield Ag News: Japan temporarily sets higher
tariff on beef; Comments from University of Missouri livestock
economist Scott Brown
KC Star: Cleaver to host media event with Asians,
others this afternoon
JCNT: Missouri to begin final phases of COVID-19
vaccination plan soon
Missourinet: Missouri's next COVID-19 vaccination
phases to open earlier than expected
SNL: Missouri expects to open up COVID-19 vaccine
eligibility to all residents by April 9
KWMU: All Missouri adults will be eligible for COVID
vaccine April 9
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson announces every
Missourian will be eligible for a COVID vaccine by early April
P-D: Missouri opens floodgates: All adults to be
eligible for vaccine in April
P-D: St. Charles County aims to give 4,000 doses of
COVID-19 vaccine at Family Arena in largest one-day clinic yet
KC Star: All adult Missourians can get COVID vaccine
beginning April 9, Gov. Mike Parson says
KC Star: Ride KC to provide shuttles to 'mega'
COVID-19 vaccination event at Arrowhead Stadium
Missouri Independent: Missouri tax bills unlikely to
trigger penalties in federal stimulus law
CDT: Gov. Parson picks Keith Holloway, Todd Graves for
University of Missouri curator spots
P-D: Gov. Parson picks Todd Graves for spot on
University of Missouri Board of Curators
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson selects two
accomplished Mizzou grads for curator posts
Missouri Independent: State working through backlog of
payments to Missouri child care providers
JCNT editorial: Wayfair bill will level the playing
field
KC Star editorial: Mass vaccination at Arrowhead can't
disguise the continuing COVID-19 mess in Missouri
SNL op-ed: Rep. Betsy Fogle (D-Springfield): GOP
lawmakers work to disregard the voice of Missouri voters on Medicaid
P-D letter: Oakville octogenarian disappointed in Gov.
Parson, wants him "to be on top of the facts and figures" of state
budget
Thursday, March 18, 2021
The Missouri Times: Dem U.S. Senate candidate's
flip-flop on abortion raises question if there's still room for
pro-life Democrats in Missouri
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis' new exhibit and podcast to celebrate
Cori Bush, other liberals
SNL: Missouri State seeks PPP loan for Ozarks Public
Television, Ozarks Public Radio; MSU CFO: "Anywhere we can
get free money, we're looking at it"
The Missouri Times: Flood recovery efforts outpacing
past years, Gov. Parson says
JCNT: Flooding possible as heavy rain impacts
mid-Missouri
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg)
says state is flush with cash, opposes gas tax increase
Missouri Independent: SLU church helps urbanites get
state ID; St. Louis liberal explains how she got emotional about
Missouri Republicans' ballot integrity efforts
Missouri Independent: Lawsuit alleges Washington
University leaked confidential records to KC Star to undermine Title IX
bill
P-D: Another employee charged with abuse at Webster
Groves youth center
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) on teacher
retirement bill
KC Star: Some KC-area districts open virtual schools
P-D: Virtual learning, first a crisis response to the
pandemic, is in St. Louis to stay
Missourinet: Missouri Nurses Association: It's
more dangerous to be a health care worker than a police or corrections
officer
KWMU: Missouri to vaccinate 14,000 people at several
St. Louis-area events next week
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Missourian: Area vaccine clinics scheduled
P-D: Drop in virus testing prompts Missouri leaders to
emphasize its importance
P-D: Some Asian groups criticize Rep. Brian
Seitz; Branson Republican referred to China virus as "Chinese
virus"
The Missouri Times: PSC approves intervention in
Empire transportation electrification case
SNL: 'Destroy' and 'dispose' moss balls infected with
invasive zebra mussels, Missouri Department of Conservation urges
The Missouri Times: Lynne Jackson leads push to
denounce Missouri Supreme Court decision from 180 years ago
KC Star editorial: No, Missouri cannot and should not
use COVID relief to fund tax cuts
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: State must support
corrections workers
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith says $1.9
trillion spending bill a blue state bailout
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: School
officials, legislators at odds on reopening plans but compromise could
have been reached
JCNT letter: Former state rep runner-up Thomas Minihan
(D) accuses U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer of executing "drive-by
shooting at the truth"
KC Star letter: Sedalia man complains about Gov.
Parson's criticism of liberal reporters' complaints about vaccine
distribution
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia septuagenarian
calls Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) a "gutter-mouth" and will continue
to not vote for him
Wednesday, March 17,
2021 Happy
St. Patrick's Day!
AP: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt, others attorneys general
questions stimulus barring tax cuts
The Missouri Times: What the new COVID relief package
means for Missouri
AP: Missouri State Fair on this year after 2020
cancellation
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Barbara
Washington (D-Kansas City) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about COVID
liability, federal stimulus funds, KC police officer emancipation, more
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) talks Wayfair
bill progress
KWMU: Electronic tracking of livestock has many
opponents in the U.S.; Comments from Dept. of Ag Director Chris
Chinn, Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins
SNL: Missouri starts revoking marijuana business
permits at companies that didn't meet operating deadline
Missourinet: Missouri's National Guard Hall of Fame
ready to launch in Kirksville
P-D: Missouri hopes for triple the doses of virus
vaccine soon
KCUR: Seniors who failed to take initiative to get
COVID vaccine now competing with wider pool
Missouri Independent: New York group "Equity Forward"
requests documents from DSS, complains about administrative fee;
State contracts with Alliance for Life to help low-income women who
choose life over death
Washington Missourian editorial: Gov. Parson is a
committed advocate of vocational education
JCNT editorial: Planning Show-Me State travel? Go with
Mo
P-D editorial: More guns isn't the solution to
violence on Missouri public transportation
P-D editorial: Superintendent's lack of certification
adds to Normandy's state accreditation woes
Washington Missourian editorial: Annual Sunshine Week
editorial
KC Star op-ed: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls and
Michael McShane: No, school choice would not defund public
schools in Missouri
Missouri Independent op-ed: Missouri Rural Crisis
Center's Tim Gibbons: Missouri DNR selling out Missourians for JBS
P-D's Tony Messenger: From St. Louis to Sedalia,
vaccine tourists blaze a trail out west
P-D letter: Alzheimer's Association's Stacy Tew-Lovasz
praises Blunt for support of Alzheimer's research
P-D letter: Barnhart sexagenarian says GOP state
lawmakers seek to confuse voters
P-D letter: Fenton sexagenarian opposes gas tax
proposal
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian calls GOP
lawmakers' proposals "stupid" and "untenable"
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
The Missouri Times: A look at how AG Eric Schmitt has
taken on the federal government
KWMU: St. Louis City will receive more than $500
million in coronavirus cash - most in Missouri
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) discusses
bill which allows school districts to share superintendents
KC Star: Proposals from Reps. Suzie Pollock
(R-Lebanon) and Chuck Basye would protect minors from
transsexual-related surgery and hormone treatments, keep boys out of
girls' high school sports
St. Joseph News-Press: State bans device to weigh corn
- without a scale
P-D: St. Louis area school districts begin vaccinating
teachers
KWMU: Teachers roll up sleeves for COVID vaccine
Joplin Globe: Teachers, staff receive first
vaccinations as new tier opens
KC Star: Need a COVID test in Missouri? Worlds of Fun
and Kansas City Zoo will play host
Missouri Independent: CDC study: Most
Missourians who got first COVID vaccine dose got recommended second shot
St. Joseph News-Press: Two nearby Department of
Corrections prison facilities temporarily close due to staff shortages
Columbia Missourian: Proposed legislation honors
legacy of David Dorn; Retired police captain was murdered in St.
Louis City during George Floyd riots and looting
JCNT: New Missouri tourism campaign launches
P-D: Explore St. Louis praises Missouri's new tourism
campaign, starring black woman; NAACP complains
Washington Missourian editorial: Senate President Pro
Tem Dave Schatz applies business sense to transportation funding
Phill Brooks: Missouri's legislative second
half: Taxes, school choice, ballot integrity and COVID-19 promise
to be dominating issues
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Columbia attorney W.B.
Tichenor: No state subsidy for private schools
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Bruce DeGroot
(R-Chesterfield): Police transparency efforts will help both
public, law enforcement officers
P-D letter: Pasadena Hills septuagenarian says Blunt
left Senate to flee Trump, mixes metaphors involving life-support
systems, California landslides and Moses
P-D letter: Warson Woods man responds to Post-Dispatch
editorial that criticized state's position on infanticide
Monday, March 15, 2021
KRES/KWIX: Blunt says Biden's stimulus will backfire
when Missouri voters realize funds went to illegals, prisoners,
poorly-managed states
KRES/KWIX: Luetkemeyer says Biden's "buddy-buddy,
chummy-chummy" approach to foreign foes is disconcerting
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Phil
Christofanelli (R-St. Peters) on Roy Blunt, ESAs, personal life,
property taxes, election integrity, more; Panel of Reps. Peter
Merideth (D-St. Louis City) and Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis County), David
Barklage, and Ryan Hawkins talk Blunt, COVID lockdowns, initiative
petition changes, more
The Missouri Times: Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St.
Peters) deftly rises as young star of Republican Party, says he is gay
Missourinet: Budget to take center stage in Missouri
House when lawmakers return from Spring Break
P-D: Pandemic didn't crush Missouri state budget as
had been expected
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) explains
vote against gas tax increase
Missouri Independent: Todd Graves' path to curator
spot will face "some pretty strong opposition," Missouri Senate
Democrats' counsel Chris Schappe warns
Missourinet: Missouri Public Defender System handles
about 6,000 deadbeat criminal cases annually
P-D: State, regional China virus update
P-D editorial: Missouri GOP wants to make it easier to
deceive voters and harder for them to speak
P-D's Tony Messenger: Like native grasses taking root,
better flood-plain policy is emerging in Missouri
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian says Billy
Long is lying about stimulus "fluff"
P-D letter: Glendale sexagenarian says serving as a
poll worker gives her election expertise that Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake
Saint Louis) lacks
P-D letter: St. Louis City octogenarian supports gas
tax increase
Joplin Globe letter: Citizens for Modern Transit's
Kimberly Cella: Concealed carry permit holders should be unarmed
when enduring St. Louis' MetroLink and other public transportation
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin woman frightened by
minutemen proposal
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Washington Missourian: Blunt explains decision to not
seek re-election
KC Star: Profile: Hawley consultant Timmy
Teepell; Successful Louisiana advisor declines to talk to liberal
reporters; Comments from anonymous rival GOP consultants,
Democrats, etc.
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
won't back down from criticism of union tactics, labels Columbia NEA's
arguments "complete bullsh!t"
KRES/KWIX: MSBA's Brent Ghan anticipates full funding
of foundation formula
KC Star: Circle of Hope students happy with charges
SNL: Missouri Supreme Court weighs key transparency
case
Columbia Missourian: Boone County vaccine distribution
runs smoothly at area's first state-sponsored clinic
P-D: New state data provide clearest picture yet on
vaccine flow in Missouri
KC Star: Regional China virus update
Joplin Globe: Newspaper eliminates Sunday print
edition, replaces it with "Weekend Edition" delivered on Saturday
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson sits on a mountain of
federal aid yet complains about the new package
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Roy Blunt personified a GOP
establishment that passively abetted Trump's mayhem
P-D "The Bottom Line" video series: Seasoned business
reporters Jim Gallagher and David Nicklaus say Missouri's system of
utility regulation protected St. Louisans this winter
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian suggests Gov.
Parson arranged vaccine distribution to reward those who voted for him
Saturday, March 13,
2021
KWMU: 'Not a last chapter guy': Blunt looks ahead
KC Star: After mass layoffs gutted federal agency in
Kansas City, push to restore jobs pays off
JCNT: Cole County could see millions in federal
COVID-19 aid
SE
Missourian: State data shows southeast Missouri's unemployment
picture improving
SE
Missourian: Local chambers cheer Wayfair passage in Missouri
Legislature
Joplin Globe: Southwest Missouri lawmakers share
upcoming bills, goals for 2021 session
Joplin Globe: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) proposing
changes for local elections
St. Joseph News-Press: Campus leaders weigh in on bill
from Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) to reorganize career and
technical training services
Missouri Independent: Lawmakers seek answers on
Missouri vaccine plan
SNL: Missouri teachers are eligible for COVID vaccine
next week - but will they take it?
P-D: Poll of fewer than 425 Missourians shows a
quarter say they won't get COVID vaccine
KC Star: Want the COVID vaccine in the KC area? These
tips will improve your chances
KC Star: Local China virus update
P-D: State China virus update
KWMU: Missouri seeking to get correct data from
vaccine providers regarding mutiracials
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Here's to hoping
Missouri's next U.S. senator shows St. Joseph as much love as Roy Blunt
did
Joplin Globe editorial: Gas tax plan unorthodox but
needed
Joplin Globe editorial: Annual Sunshine Week promo
The Missouri Times op-ed: Renew Missouri's James
Owen: Assault on clean energy financing in Jefferson City
continues
Columbia Missourian's David Webber: Missouri
Legislature should not put limits on citizen input
Friday, March 12, 2021
P-D: Gov. Parson confirms he's not running for Blunt's
seat; Rizzo endorses Sifton to fill Dem slot
Missouri Independent: Dems consider options to take
the hit in U.S. Senate race: Jay Nixon, Scott Sifton, various
urban and diversity candidates
KRES/KWIX: Luetkemeyer says students need to return to
school
Jason Rosenbaum: How the coronavirus dramatically
changed Missouri politics and policy
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson gives hope to
Missourians with recent COVID news
The Missouri Times: Missouri independent pharmacies
receive 16,000+ coronavirus vaccines in first week of program
Missourinet: Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium will be
mega-vaccination site for two-day event
JCNT: 'Mega-vaccination' event planned for Kansas City
SE
Missourian: Cape County reopens vaccine waitlist
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers consider creating fund
to bring doctors to rural areas
JCNT: Gov. Parson visits Nichols Career Center
The Missouri Times: Governor promotes Work Ready
communities with visit to Nichols Career Center
Washington Missourian: Governor visits Four Rivers
Career Center
JCNT: Gov. Parson, Lt. Gov. Kehoe reflect on Capitol
renovation effort and success
KWMU: Changing the Missouri Constitution could get
harder
SNL: Missouri reps want higher standard for
constitution changes
Columbia Missourian: House gives final push to bills
on constitution changes, local health orders
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
reconsiders vote on tax cut bill
The Missouri Times: Wayfair tax bills pass out of both
chambers - but with some differences
KWMU: Missouri Legislature advances online sales and
gas taxes
Columbia Missourian: State Senate passes Wayfair and
gas tax bills
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate passes syringe
services program bill
Missouri Independent: Few Missouri prosecutors file
gambling charges sought by patrol
P-D: Normandy schools superintendent not certified to
lead the provisionally-accredited district
KC Star: Two women handed new roles at Star;
Melinda Henneberger promoted to newspaper VP and editorial page
editor; Mara Rose Williams moving to opinion staff after
conceiving paper's whiteness-apology series
SE
Missourian editorial: Celebrating Missouri's bicentennial year of
statehood
KC Star editorial: Finally, Missouri moves on abusive
'reform school,' but don't credit AG Eric Schmitt
P-D's Antonio French: Even Democrats might miss Roy
Blunt one day
Columbia Missourian's William Skipworth: Blunt
statement on reopening schools rated "half true"
P-D's Michele Munz: Missouri's underfunded public
health departments deserve more money, but GOP lawmakers seek to hurt
them
Columbia Missourian's Caitlin King: Missouri
Republicans push misleading information on gender dysmorphia, rush
witnesses through committee testimony
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian wants "a
candidate for statewide office" to propose curbing Centene's ability to
profit from Medicaid
Thursday, March 11, 2021
The Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt to announce candidacy
for U.S. Senate
KWMU: Jay Ashcroft won't run for U.S. Senate - opening
the door to a crowded field
SNL: Jay Ashcroft says he won't run for Blunt's seat
in 2022
KC Star: "4Star Politics": John Hancock, Mike
Kelley weigh in on GOP U.S. Senate primary field: Thoughts on
Eric Schmitt, Mike Kehoe, Jason Smith, Ann Wagner, Vicky Hartzler,
Democrats' "retreads" and "wallpaste personalities"
SNL: Here's what Missouri would get from Biden's $1.9T
aid plan
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Michael Johnson (D-Kansas City)
SE
Missourian: State vaccination plan prepares to enter new segment
Missouri Independent: St. Louis, KC regions to get
even larger share of Missouri vaccine supply under new model
P-D: Thousands more vaccine doses bound for St. Louis
as Missouri adjusts distribution
KWMU: Some illegals uneasy about getting
vaccine; Advocates wants vaccine details translated into foreign
languages for immigrants who refuse to learn English
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Rep. Emily Weber (D-Kansas
City) files HR complaint against Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) for
calling China virus "Chinese virus"
The Missouri Times: Circle of Hope owners arrested in
'most widespread sexual, physical, mental abuse' cases, Schmitt says
Missourinet: Schmitt: Circle of Hope is one of
the most widespread cases of physical and sexual abuse patterns in
state history
SNL: Schmitt charges Circle of Hope Girls Ranch owners
with abuse, child molestation, statutory rape
KC Star: Schmitt details 'horrific' abuse in charges
against girls reform school owners
P-D: Owners of Missouri reform school charged with
more than 100 felonies
P-D: GOP lawmakers move to raise standard of changing
Missouri Constitution
The Missouri Times: Schatz's gas tax increase
perfected by Senate
SNL: Missouri lawmakers talking about nearly doubling
gas tax - but you could opt out
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Missouri senators discuss tax
cuts; Comments from Sen. Bill Eigel of "Weldon Springs [sic]"
P-D: Tax cut push in Missouri could jeopardize federal
relief funds
KRES/KWIX: Missouri School Boards' Association Brent
Ghan says several GOP bills "not particularly friendly to public
education"
P-D: Missouri House favors plan allowing students to
switch school districts
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) predicts
overwhelming vote to protect high school girls from males dominating
athletic competitions
P-D: Bill from Rep. John Wiemann (R-O'Fallon) would
bar judges from rewriting ballot language
The Missouri Times: Senate formally condemns Missouri
Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision
KWMU: Murderer's lawyers to file for habeas corpus
after Supreme Court loss
Washington Missourian editorial: Blunt's decision not
to seek re-election is a loss for Missouri
KC Star editorial: KC can't go on a spending spree
with federal COVID-19 relief
P-D editorial: Religious boarding schools must not get
a pass from basic state oversight
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Hospital
Association's Herb Kuhn: Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) offers
the wrong prescription for Medicaid overhaul
Bob Priddy: Reflections on the filibuster's value to
the Missouri Senate (741 words)
P-D letter: Louisiana sexagenarian calls Gov. Parson a
coward and says lawmakers should not change Missouri Conservation
Commission
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
SNL: Blunt expresses optimism for country's future,
offers advice to Missouri's next U.S. senator: "Democracy is not
for sissies"
The Missouri Times: Roy Blunt praised by Trump after
Senate announcement
SE
Missourian: Peter Kinder, others weigh in on Blunt's
announcement; Local Dem leader suggests House Superminority
Leader Crystal Quade or Dem AG primary runner-up Elad Gross take the
hit for Dems in 2022
The Missouri Times: 'Fated from birth': Judge
Stith retires from Supreme Court after venerable career
The Missouri Times: Ben Brown to run for Schatz's open
seat
SNL: AG Eric Schmitt's office: Circle of Hope
Girls Ranch owners in custody
Missourinet: AG Eric Schmitt to provide update today
on Circle of Hope facility
P-D: Critics continue to second-guess Missouri's
vaccine distribution logistics
KCUR: Urban leaders complain about inability to read
and interpret vaccine data provided by state
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Rep. John Simmons (R-Washington) explains voter ID bill
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Tony
Lovasco (R-O'Fallon) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about federal stimulus
money for Missouri, Medicaid spending, voter ID, charter schools, more
The Missouri Times: Schatz's gas tax increase stalls
in Senate
Missourinet: Missouri gas tax hike proposal put in park
P-D: Gas tax increase with rebate option slams into
wall of opposition in Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Wayfair tax
bill perfected in House
Missourinet: Missouri reviews whether it can give
teachers a bonus. There's good news and bad news.
Missouri Independent: Rep. Jeff Coleman (R-Grain
Valley) says he's avoiding distractions as he moves social media bill
forward; Tennessee activist tells reporter to "kiss my
(posterior)"
Missouri Independent: Committee votes to increase size
of Missouri Conservation Commission
P-D: Missouri House debates vaccination rules as
COVID-19 cases tumble
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Rep. Bridget
Walsh Moore (D-St. Louis City) sponsors employment bill to help workers
with disabilities
P-D: Measure to merge St. Louis County police
departments meets pushback in Missouri House
KWMU: Tampon bill moves forward
P-D editorial video: Tod Robberson and Kevin McDermott
on Blunt's departure: Two retirement-age white men discuss
Blunt's retirement, say senator should have bashed Trump and Republican
Party and predict Blunt will join sons in lobbying
P-D editorial: St. Louis cautiously reopens, but GOP
in Missouri and elsewhere unilaterally disarms
Missouri Independent op-ed: Missouri Jobs With
Justice's Caitlyn Adams: Josh Hawley hurts us with his lies
P-D letter: Chesterfield man suggests Hawley is racist
for opposing left-winger's appointment
P-D letter: St. Louis County octogenarian labels Gov.
Parson incompetent, uses inaccurate farming analogy
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
The Missouri Times: Roy Blunt won't seek re-election
to U.S. Senate in 2022
The Missouri Times: Missouri political figures react
to Roy Blunt's retirement announcement
The Missouri Times: Sen. Roy Blunt: A timeline
of his career
SNL: Blunt says he's not running for re-election,
reshaping 2022 race
Joplin Globe: Reflections on Roy: Thoughts from
Nick Myers, Gary Nodler, Ron Richard, former aide Steve McIntosh, local
Dems
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: Roy Blunt
through the years
P-D: Roy Blunt, at Springfield airport, declines to
insert himself into early GOP scramble for his seat
P-D: Video: Blunt says GOP primary "will sort
itself out," says he's confident Republicans will keep seat
Missouri Independent: Blunt won't run again in 2022,
likely sparking crowded GOP primary
Missouri Independent: 10 potential candidates for
Blunt's seat
Missourinet: Blunt will not run for another term as
U.S. Senator
KC Star: Field of possible GOP U.S. Senate candidates
forms after Blunt's announcement; KC Mayor Quinton Lucas
considering bid to fill Democratic ballot slot
KC Star: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt leading effort of 12
attorneys general to fight back against Biden "social cost"
environmental order
KC Star: Man accused of threatening to kill Cleaver
will remain detained
SE
Missourian: More than 1 million Missourians receive one dose of
COVID vaccine
Missouri Independent: Missouri adds 81,206 'probable'
COVID-19 cases to pandemic report
KC Star: KC Health Department leader wants more
vaccine doses
KC Star: COVID vaccines for Missouri teachers gain
priority under federal directive
Columbia Missourian: Protecting health care workers
from violence the focus of new bill
Missourinet: House Budget Chairman Cody Smith
(R-Carthage): Missouri expects to receive billions under new
stimulus package
KRES/KWIX: State working to catch up on jail
reimbursement debt; Comments from Rep. Peggy McGaugh
(R-Carrollton)
P-D: Conservative effort to eliminate Missouri's
personal property tax hits turbulence, falls short
KRES/KWIX: McGaugh's elections bill moves to House
floor
Washington Missourian: Voter ID bill from Rep. John
Simmons (R-Washington) moves to Senate
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
perfects bill restricting use of education funds for campaigning
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) stands by
"strong language" regarding Missouri NEA
The Missouri Times: KC Public Schools Superintendent
Mark Bedell criticizes charter school legislation
Columbia Missourian: Problems in medical marijuana
rollout cause tense discussion among lawmakers
P-D: Missouri House passes bill to honor Second
Amendment rights on public transit
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate to debate asbestos
litigation legislation
KRES/KWIX: Bill would extend co-op tax credits through
2027
Joplin Globe editorial: Roy Blunt was always good to
Southwest Missouri
P-D editorial: Roy Blunt's departure speaks volumes
about GOP's shift to the radical right
KC Star editorial: Does Blunt want to be remembered
for defending the GOP or Trump?
KC Star's Dave Helling: Republicanism changed under
Roy Blunt's feet, leaving him no place to stand
SE
Missourian's Adrienne Ross: Farewell column, and a heartfelt
thank you to the Rust family
P-D op-ed: R Street Institute's Anthony
Lamorena: Missouri's cash bail laws need changing
P-D letter: University City man says Gov. Parson sends
vaccines to rural areas because of racism
Monday, March 8, 2021
KRES/KWIX: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler discusses
President Trump's future role in GOP
SNL: Republicans look ahead to 2022 elections at
Greene County Lincoln Day
Joplin Globe: Local Republicans gather for Lincoln
Day; Billy Long calls size of stimulus unemployment handouts
"ridiculous"
Missouri Indpendent: Missouri man who threatened
Cleaver and Tennessee congressman will have a hearing today
Missourinet: After two decades, Missouri Supreme Court
Judge Laura Denvir Stith retires today
Missourinet: Look for several late nights in the
Missouri Senate this week; House to begin discussion on
congressional redistricting
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) wants
all of unemployment overpayments forgiven
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina)
discusses Wayfair bill
P-D: New members added to Missouri House Conservation
Committee ahead of controversial vote
KC Star: Reps. Derges, Price and Roeber are shunned by
some, but still remain in office
KC Star: KC area kindergarten enrollment dropped amid
COVID
Missouri Independent: Black Missourians underachieve
in obtaining COVID vaccine
KWMU: Legislation to provide free tampons for convicts
on hold; Report from committee hearing held two weeks ago
P-D's Tony Messenger: Legislative 'politics' stand in
the way of improving prisoners' access to tampons
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian wants voter
photo ID requirement
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man says Post-Dispatch
editorial board shows prejudice against public funding for religious
schools
P-D letter: Columbia, Illinois woman weighs in on
Missouri driver-defense bill, details incident in which her injured son
with cerebral palsy could not be reached by ambulance because of Black
Lives Matter agitators
Sunday, March 7, 2021
SNL: Blunt, Hawley vote against Biden's $1.9 trillion
pandemic aid bill
KC Star: Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker
(D) expresses frustration with Black Lives Matter protesters who chose
to "block traffic, and vandalize a car" during Saturday agitation
Columbia Missourian: More than half a million
Missourians have received both doses of vaccine
P-D: Hundreds appear for one-shot vaccine option at
north St. Louis County center
Missouri Independent: Missouri making state and local
reports on China virus deaths match more closely by adding data on
antigen tests
St. Joseph News-Press: Local law enforcement officials
weigh in on House Bill 85 and Second Amendment freedoms
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) shares status
of performance audit bill
KC Star: Operator of reform schools says he would
"welcome" state registration requirement
P-D: Feds take over case involving Great Circle
adventure camp worker accused of child porn
Joplin Globe: Miller murder straining state's death
penalty defense teams
P-D editorial: In an inquiry about the insurrection,
Hawley is oddly focused on communications
P-D editorial: Ignoring hypocrisy, Missouri lawmakers
reach for any excuse to block wind energy
Columbia Missourian's Mark Ossolinski: How Missouri
Republicans are challenging the federal government
KC Star's Kaitlin Washburn and P-D's Rachel Rice:
"Missouri Gun Violence" advocacy series, sponsored by Missouri
Foundation for Health and Report for America: Black male suicide
on the rise; Guns are to blame
KC Star op-ed: VFW State Commander Eric
Sullivan: Don't let Missouri lawmakers cheat sick veterans out of
justice for asbestos exposure
P-D letter: Maryland Heights sexagenarian says Gov.
Parson is "selling out" and accepting bribes from Chinese companies
Columbia Missourian letter: League of Women Voters
septuagenarian says Missouri Republicans' voter ID proposal is racist,
sexist, ageist, ableist, and classist
Saturday, March 6, 2021
Missourinet: Interview: Hawley wants separate
minimum wage hike, calls for immediate tax credit for blue-collar
workers
KRES/KWIX: Hartzler has concerns with COVID relief
package
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Ashley Aune (D-Kansas City)
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Brian
Seitz (R-Branson)
SE
Missourian: Virus numbers continue significant drop
KC Star: Kansas City metro adds less than 75 new
COVID-19 cases, deaths at local hospital down
Missourinet: Check out next week's mega coronavirus
vaccination events in Missouri
Missouri Independent: Most Missouri mass vaccination
events last week had unused doses, but waste was rare
P-D: Missouri rejiggering vaccine distribution
protocols
The Missouri Times: Former House employee alleges he
was fired for requesting mask mandate; Tad Mayfield seeks
jury-trial payday for "emotional pain and suffering," etc.
Missouri Independent: Lawsuit alleges Missouri House
staffer was fired for complaining about lack of masks
KRES/KWIX: O'Laughlin disappointed that COVID
liability bill does not include emergency clause
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) discusses
support for ESA bill
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O'Fallon), others discuss public defender funding
Missouri Independent: Dan Finney resigns seat on
Missouri Gaming Commission
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) moving bill to
help Marceline
KC Star editorial: Rep. Sam Graves complains about
COVID-19 aid for farmers - but only if they're black
Joplin Globe editorial: Senate should join House in
approving bill to create online financial database to increase fiscal
transparency for local governments
SE
Missourian op-ed: Peter Kinder: Remembering Churchill's
Iron Curtain Speech 75 years ago
Missouri Independent op-ed: Phill Brooks:
Charter school legislative efforts vs. the Constitution
Friday, March 5, 2021
KC Star: U.S.
Rep. Sam Graves (R) meets with Biden in Oval Office to discuss
infrastructure plan
SE
Missourian: Profile: From southeast Missouri to the
governor's office: Robert Knodell
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Chris
Brown (R-Kansas City)
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall)
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske
recap: 2020 Dem AG primary silver medalist Elad Gross still
pitching February report showing national GOP AG group invited Eric
Schmitt's staff to a series of regular conference calls
The Missouri Times: Missouri general revenue remained
strong in February, latest report says
SE
Missourian: State unveils new vaccine program; Even more
vaccination events to be held in urban areas
KWMU: Gov. Parson: Even more vaccination events
will be catered to urban communities
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Distributing COVID
vaccines to as many Missouri pharmacies as possible will expand
accessibility
Missourinet: Feds to prioritize teachers in retail
pharmacy vaccine program
Columbia Missourian: K-12 teachers, child care workers
eligible for immediate COVID-19 vaccination
KC Star: Gov. Parson announces five pharmacies in KC
to have vaccine, with three more sites in surrounding area
Missouri Independent: Missouri will add antigen tests
to its COVID report, increasing positive case counts
SNL: House OKs plan allowing state officials to
restrict public health orders issued by local governments
The Missouri Times: Missouri House moves to forgive
federal coronavirus unemployment overpayments
Missouri Independent: Missouri House votes to forgive
federal unemployment overpayments
KWMU: Missouri House approves unemployment overpayment
forgiveness plan
Columbia Missourian: House passes bill to prevent
collection of federal unemployment repayments
KC Star: Missouri House passes bill to forgive
undeserved unemployment benefits
P-D: Some Missouri lawmakers look to make some
pandemic-related voting changes permanent
SNL: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) wants public vote
on new rules ensuring biological males do not compete in girls' high
school sports
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske
preview: Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O'Fallon), others to discuss public
defender funding
Missouri Independent: Interpersonal tension continues
between two Missouri Gaming Commission members
The Missouri Times: PSC clarifies customer assistance
program
Washington Missourian: Department of Corrections
spokesperson: Pacific prison to get garment factory
Columbia Missourian: Columbia NAACP holds town hall to
list grievances regarding China virus within Department of Corrections
JCNT: NAACP complains about COVID in prisons
KWMU: Missouri Department of Conservation hopes videos
recorded in Spanish will attract new visitors
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Doug Richey
(R-Excelsior Springs): We need to get COVID liability protections
to governor's desk pronto
P-D letter: St. Louis County man calls Rush Limbaugh a
pig
P-D letter: Former Ferguson-Florissant School Board
President, who moved to Illinois, criticizes Missouri charter schools
Thursday, March 4, 2021
KC Star: Marionville man allegedly made threats
against Tennessee Dem congressman in 2019 and Emanuel Cleaver in January
St. Joseph News-Press: Johnson & Johnson shot may
see high use at mass vaccination events
Missouri Independent: Missouri to receive Johnson
& Johnson vaccine in late March
P-D: St. Louis area hospitals may still be vaccinating
seniors, rather than essential workers, in mid-March
Columbia Missourian: Wide ranging election proposals
include eliminating presidential primary
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) believes
an education package will be approved
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Bill
allowing concealed carry on public transit perfected by House
Columbia Missourian's Will Morris: House bill allows
concealed carry on public transit; Comments from "Rep. Peter
Meridith [sic]"
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears abortion
bills
P-D: Republicans vote to protect businesses from local
health orders
KRES/KWIX: House passes eminent domain bill;
Thoughts from Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville)
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Danny Busick (R-Bunceton) on anhydrous
regulation bill
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears testimony
about medical marijuana patients and rationalizing why "food deserts"
are to blame for poor diet choices
JCNT: Two bills would protect children from gender
reassignment surgery, keep boys and girls from playing against opposite
sex in high school sports; LGBTQIA* activists unhappy
Columbia Missourian: At House hearing, two high school
girls say they want to play on boys' teams
Missouri Independent: Committee hears debate on high
school sports bill; Woman complains that soccer-playing son was
not allowed to join girls' team; Former women's college
basketball player says allowing men to compete against women is unfair
to women
P-D: Activists weigh in on Basye's bill to protect
female high school athletes
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers consider
cybersecurity commission
SNL: Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) to Congress:
Don't 'pack' the Supreme Court
The Missouri Times: Cancer group moves annual lobbying
day to Zoom
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Women
Legislators of Missouri hold college scholarship contest
P-D editorial: Apparently, 'safe and secure' elections
aren't so safe and secure
KC Star editorial: Everyone knows Lamar Johnson is
innocent. Why won't Missouri give him a new trial?
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Rep. Peggy McGaugh
(R-Carrollton): Federal flood policy needs to safeguard
communities, taxpayer interests
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: Republican lawmakers cite
debunked conspiracy theories, push unconstitutional voter ID bill
KC Star letters: Kansas City septuagenarian praises
vaccination system; CEAM's Johnnie Calloway praises charter
schools; Overland Park septuagenarian wants Gov. Parson to put on
"big boy pants" and stop pushing for larger Missouri share of federal
stimulus funds; Kansas City man calls Hawley "subversive white
bigot"
P-D letter: St. Louis man takes offense to Hawley's
pro-America comments at CPAC
Wednesday, March 3,
2021
KC Star: Hawley asks FBI director about consumer data
collected in Capitol riot investigation
KC Star: Blunt, Hawley vote to confirm Biden's pick
for chair of Council of Economic Advisers
SNL: Eric Greitens makes appearance on St. Louis
radio, criticizes Roy Blunt
The Missouri Times: Jesse Jackson's organization
endorses black candidate in election for Kip Kendrick's open
seat; Attorney David Tyson Smith to join Democratic superminority
after April election
SE
Missourian: Coronavirus doses continue to flow into southeast
Missouri
P-D: St. Louis-area COVID-19 patient counts hit lowest
number in months; doctors see 'light at the end of that
proverbial tunnel'
Missouri Independent: Urban Missourians fail to step
up and get vaccinated, consultant hired by state finds
Joplin Globe: Mass vaccination effort in Carthage
draws hundreds; Area residents explain process of putting in
effort to sign up and get to site
The Missouri Times: Hough proposes largest income tax
cut in Missouri history
The Missouri Times: Schatz's new bill would block some
presidential executive actions
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
considering database of failing schools
Missourinet: Missouri senators seek to shine spotlight
on underperforming schools
KWMU: Standardized testing will happen this year, and
some teachers are unhappy
Missouri Independent: Democrats "concerned" about
Medicaid spending bill, theorize about GOP tricks
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
debates time limit for product damage suits
Columbia Missourian: Capitol security the focus of
House bill
P-D: "Baker bill" from Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) would
allow Missourians to sell homemade baked goods on the Internet
P-D: Bill from Sen. Doug Beck (D-Affton) would stop
foreign companies from owning Missouri farmland
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Lawmakers
files bills to rename highway after David Dorn
KRES/KWIX: Prescribed burn legislation from Rep. Tim
Taylor (R-Bunceton) moving forward in Missouri House
Missourinet: Convicted murderer Lamar Johnson's appeal
rejected by Missouri Supreme Court; AG Eric Schmitt and Kim
Gardner are on opposite sides in case
Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court denies
murderer a new trial
KC Star editorial: If you're afraid of nationalized
elections, blame Donald Trump and Eric Schmitt
KC Star editorial: KC business, health leaders see
hope on the COVID horizon
P-D editorial: Cities are slighted in Missouri's
vaccine distribution. It's time for a new model.
Missouri Independent: Former Paul LeVota intern Taylor
Hirth: As a former Missouri Capitol intern, the latest scandals
come as no surprise
KC Star letter: Kansas sexagenarian criticizes
Missouri's Josh Hawley, attempts analogy involving a child murdering
its parents
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Missourian letter: Jackson, Mo. union boss: Form
letter: End 'right-to-work' laws
Lincoln Journal-Star, Feb. 17: Lincoln, Nebraska union
boss: Form letter: End 'right-to-work' laws
Lisbon Morning Journal, Feb. 18: Ohio postal union
boss: Form letter: End 'right-to-work' laws
Boilermakers.org: Choose among these five options to
send "original" letters to your local newspaper
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Joplin Globe: Josh Hawley among speakers for
Jasper-Newton County Lincoln Day dinner this Saturday
CNN: Hawley says he evaluates Biden cabinet nominees
"one at a time"
KC Star: Gov. Parson says Biden's stimulus package
formula shortchanges Missouri
The Missouri Times: DHSS' Williams: Missourians
could return to normal activities by summer
SE
Missourian: Nearly 500k Missourians have completed coronavirus
vaccine regimen
P-D: Missouri expects 50,000 J&J vaccine doses
this week
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson announces
adjustments to Missouri's vaccine distribution model; U.S. Rep.
Cori Bush (D) wants more attention for "black and brown" people
SNL: Gov. Mike Parson reverses last of 2020-21 budget
cuts, citing improving economy
Missouri Independent: Missouri schools to receive $123
million as Gov. Parson releases budget withholdings
KWMU: Gov. Parson releases all budget funds previously
withheld at height of pandemic
The Missouri Times: House perfects coronavirus
unemployment overpayment waiver
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) pleased
with COVID liability legislation
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) talks ESA
bill passage, changes made during process
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) explains
why she voted against House Bill 349
Washington Missourian: State's proposed school funding
legislation 'disgusting' to Washington School Board members
Missourinet: Proposal from Rep. Dottie Bailey
(R-Eureka) would allow Missouri voters - not the governor - to decide
who sits on the state board of education
Columbia Missourian: Proposal from Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport) would protect high school girls from boys seeking to
compete against them in sports
Fox 2 (St. Louis): Video: Lawmakers plan to
investigate high beef prices affecting Missouri cattlemen; Rep.
David Gregory (R-Sunset Hills) leads legislative effort
Brownfield Ag News: Rep. David Gregory (R-Sunset
Hills) calls for cattle market investigation
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: House
considers multijurisdictional law enforcement evaluation
Washington Missourian: County opts back into
prescription drug monitoring program
SNL: Former House Budget Chair Allen Icet (R-Wildwood)
appointed Greene County Collector after billing delays
P-D editorial: Hawley's act falls deservedly flat even
among like-minded conservatives
Washington Missourian editorial: Instead of voter ID,
Missouri lawmakers should focus their energies on making voting more
accessible
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Hawley's support
for Trump will hurt him with Missouri voters
P-D op-ed: Missouri Public Health Association's
Lynelle Phillips: Missouri lawmakers going after the wrong foe
with restrictions on county health offices
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Chad Perkins (R-Bowling
Green): Some education reform policies are great for rural
schools - so why are they complaining?
P-D letter: St. Louis County octogenarian says it's a
bad idea to encourage "us old people" to use online vaccine sign-ups
since "grandchild or neighbors" must be used to figure out computers
Monday, March 1, 2021
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Columbia Missourian: Museum leaders meet with
congressional staffers, want more federal money
This Week in Missouri Politics: DHSS Director Randall
Williams and Gov. Parson's Chief of Staff Robert Knodell join Scott
Faughn to discuss vaccine rollout; Panel of Reps. Ashley Aune
(D-Kansas City), Betsy Fogle (D-Springfield), Aaron Griesheimer
(R-Washington), and Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin talk vaccine
distribution, mask mandates, charter schools
Missourinet: Mass vaccination clinics scheduled for
today in four Missouri towns
SNL: Essential workers' access to vaccine could be
limited by supply constraints
P-D: Union capo, others complain about turnover at
DSS' Children's Division
Missourinet: What we're watching this week in the
Missouri Legislature
SNL: Missouri House OKs plan for private school, home
school scholarships
Missourinet: Senate Education Committee to hear bill
to close underperforming schools
Missouri Independent: School choice bills face both
success and gridlock in Missouri
SNL: GOP lawmakers look to revive voter ID law
SNL: Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) introduces
'right to work' legislation
KWMU: Fight continues over eminent domain for utility
line across Missouri
KC Star's Jeanne Kuang: After violent riots, Missouri
lawmakers seek to protect police; Comments from Sen. Bill Eigel,
"a St. Charles [sic]
Republican"
SNL: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) wants tougher
penalty for letting feral hogs loose
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri stalking laws need to
be updated
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri voters
deserve a chance to decide on pre-existing conditions protections
KC Star editorial: Missouri needs coronavirus doses
where more people live
P-D editorial: Missouri Senate sees a one-way street
for accountability for lawbreakers
P-D's Bill McClellan: Some Missourians love us from
afar; Rex Sinquefield, not Rush Limbaugh, deserves state's honor
P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian expresses
gratitude for state's successful mass vaccination event at UMSL
P-D letter: Hillsboro septuagenarian opposes GOP
proposal to protect drivers who hit human roadblocks
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian opposes charter
school bill, wants to see more taxes
P-D letter: St. Louis County octogenarian says Rush
Limbaugh accomplished nothing to warrant celebrating his life
KC Star letters: Greenwood septuagenarian thanks KC
Star for efforts to counter Missouri's GOP legislative supermajority
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