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Thursday, May 30, 2019
SNL: Blunt talks economy in Springfield visit, answers
reporter questions regarding state abortion legislation X
Missourinet: Parson urges Corps to give states a seat
at the table
Joplin Globe: Tornado recovery efforts progressing in
Carl Junction, but still no word from FEMA X
The Missouri Times: Parson says Planned Parenthood
must comply with safety standards, shouldn't get 'special treatment'
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson press conference
on Planned Parenthood lawsuit
SNL: Parson responds to Planned Parenthood lawsuit X
KWMU: Planned Parenthood asks court to keep Missouri
from closing abortion clinic
Columbia Missourian: Parson urges Planned Parenthood
to comply with law ahead of hearing
P-D: Hearing on fate of St. Louis City abortion clinic
to take place today X
Joplin Globe: Residents claim $13,000 in lost property
through Treasurer Fitzpatrick's visit X
P-D: Governor's Mansion in line for long-awaited
repairs X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Conservation Commission
preliminarily approves fees for trout, nonresident permits
P-D editorial: Pro-life policy success is a
reminder: Elections have consequences X
Joplin Globe editorial: AG Eric Schmitt correct to fix
elderly/disabled abuse hotline X
P-D letter: Springfield septuagenarian admires House
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade, says GOP has "unfair" majorities in
Legislature X
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The Missouri Times: Missourians recall 1993 as they
prepare for more 'historic' flooding
JCNT: U.S. Corps increasing Missouri River releases as
flooding persists X
JCNT: Blunt surveys Jefferson City storm damage X
JCNT: State commission releases $104k to help find
housing for tornado victims X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis
City) to run for Jamilah Nasheed's state Senate seat
The Missouri Times: From lawmaker to lobbyist, Joe
Ortwerth retiring from public life in Missouri
CDT: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick: Housing
tax credits need retooling
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Andrew
Koenig (R-Manchester) talks with Rosenbaum about abortion legislation
and legal challenges, GM incentives, upcoming re-election, more
NPR: Missouri could become first state without
abortion clinic
The Missouri Times: Missouri has opportunity to become
first state without abortion provider
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood sues Missouri, says
state is 'illegally weaponizing licensing process'
P-D: Planned Parenthood could stop performing
abortions as early as this week X
The Missouri Times: ACLU seeks to get abortion
referendum on 2020 ballot
SNL: ACLU pushes for public vote on new abortion law X
The Missouri Times: Rules for Missouri's medical
marijuana program finalized
Columbia Missourian: Missouri finalizes medical
marijuana rules
The Missouri Times: 2020 session preview: Next
steps for Grain Belt Express legislation
KC Star editorial: Missouri's attempt to close state's
last abortion clinic and a shameful attack on women X
P-D editorial: It makes no sense to suspend driver's
licenses to force payment of court fines X
KWMU op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Lauren Weber:
Closing state's last abortion clinic is bad for Missouri women
Priddy: Gov. Parson and ag community should change
their talking point - agriculture is not really the backbone of
Missouri's economy
KC Star letters: Minnesota woman claims she and pals
were going to attend Chiefs game this fall, but are cancelling trip due
to abortion legislation; Kansas City man angry over possible
helmet-law repeal X
P-D letter: Overland octogenarian applauds Bruce
Franks for "mental health" departure X
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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Missourinet: Hawley, state
lawmakers praise volunteer response after Jefferson City tornado
Missourinet: Video: Hawley walks through
tornado-damaged streets
Missourinet: Parson activates National Guard in storm
recovery and preparation
KC Star: Cleaver, other Midwest Dems tread cautiously
on Trump, impeachment X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep.
LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City) on Better Together, abortion
legislation, more
KC Star editorial: Parson could make a deadly mistake
with repeal of Missouri's motorcycle helmet law X
Columbia Missourian's Danielle Pycior and Jamie Hobbs:
Ameren and its lobbyists are the villains in coal ash dispute
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Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian disagrees with
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P-D letter: St. Charles woman wonders why
Post-Dispatch ignores pro-life activists X
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Monday, May 27, 2019
Memorial Day
Missourinet: Hawley wants Congress to approve disaster
aid
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Billy Long describes Carl
Junction as 'total devastation'
Joplin Globe: Man-on-the-street interviews regarding
Mueller Report: Sexagenarian liberal playing guitar on college
campus, "freelance photographer" at coffee shop with no opinions, etc. X
KWMU: Missouri steps up seat belt enforcement
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri farmers are
in the voodoo with this trade impasse X
JCNT editorial: DHSS failing with hotline X
P-D editorial: Promoting Christianity in public
schools isn't just unconstitutional. It's un-American. X
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Sunday, May 26, 2019
KC Star: "I want to be a majority party." Ann Wagner's
plan to save the suburbs for the GOP X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau President
Blake Hurst on stalled disaster relief bill
SNL: Pro-life leaders expect challenges to legislation X
P-D: Feminists march in downtown St. Louis to protest
pro-life legislation X
P-D: Photo gallery: Woman with blue/green hair
holds sign proclaiming that her vagina is disgruntled; Man wears
model vagina atop head; Obese speaker says she believes in
women's health; etc. X
P-D editorial: David Humphreys should lead the charge
to take GOP back from its extremists X
SNL letters: Battlefield sexagenarian expresses
disdain for white males; Springfield sexagenarian threatens to
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Saturday, May 25, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: MO Ag Director Chris Chinn joins
Trump at announcement of trade aid package for farmers
Missourinet: Parson's update on storm recovery, damage
assessments: Missouri is making strong progress
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of May 20, 2019
The Missouri Times: Parson signs sweeping pro-life
bill into law during private ceremony
KWMU: Parson signs abortion bill into law
Missourinet: Parson signs abortion legislation
KC Star: Parson signs pro-life bill X
Missourinet: Schmitt says judge has ordered popular
swimming hole closed
KC Star editorial: The Navy doesn't need Eric
Greitens. Former governor's return sends disturbing message. X
Columbia Missourian's David Webber: Let's stop talking
about abortion
JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian unhappy with
legislators over pro-life legislation X
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Friday, May 24, 2019
St. Joseph News-Press: Area farmers stand with Trump
on China trade issue X
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley measures would affect
Missouri River management X
Missourinet: Hawley to tour tornado-damaged Carl
Junction today
Missourinet: Video: Parson, law enforcement
discuss tornado recovery in Jefferson City
KC Star: Navy confirms Greitens' return X
KWMU: David Humphreys wants Parson to veto abortion
legislation
P-D: GOP donor David Humphreys wants Parson to veto
pro-life legislation X
KCUR: Missouri Department of Corrections to
counties: the check's in the mail for housing inmates, eventually
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers set later start date for
schools
SNL: Missouri lawmakers debate repeal of motorcycle
helmet law X
JCNT: National advocacy group says Missouri roads are
in poor shape X
Joplin Globe editorial: Parson should veto
motorcycle-helmet repeal X
P-D editorial: Navy should tell Greitens thanks for
your offer of service. But no thanks. X
Priddy: Thoughts on tornadoes, in-state tuition for
young illegals, state lawmakers as cattle, steamboat museum
legislation, the joy of napping, more (1,369 words)
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man says pro-life
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Thursday, May 23, 2019
KWMU: Liberal groups oppose Hawley's efforts on flood
management, want senator to prioritize pallid sturgeon
The Missouri Times: Mark Osmack says he's running in
15th Senate District primary; Democrat garnered 25% in
congressional primary last year
Missourinet: Parson: Major tornado hit Jefferson
City; Rescue efforts continue this morning
Missourinet: New mental health hospital to bear Jay
Nixon's name; Former governor was tireless advocate for better
facilities
KC Star: Greitens says he will deploy with Navy X
Columbia Missourian: Schmitt launches investigation
into state's elder abuse hotline
The Missouri Times: Medical marijuana seed-to-sale bid
protest rejected by state
P-D: Pro-choice, pro-life advocates disagree on legal
implications of abortion legislation X
The Missouri Times: A look at some of the low-profile
measures passed this session
Columbia Missourian: Understaffing takes a toll on
Missouri's corrections officers
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: May 22, 2019
The Missouri Times: Advocacy group says Missouri's
transportation system ranks among lower half of states
AP:
Judge reverses Missouri trooper's loss of officer's license after man's
drowning
P-D editorial: Parson should leave Missouri's
motorcycle helmet law firmly strapped in place
X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Wind, not government,
in your hair: Adult motorcycle riders should have the freedom to
go helmetless X
P-D letter: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe: Trade agreement
vital for Missouri agriculture X
P-D letter: Overland woman says pro-life bill is
misogynist, racist, and classist X
P-D letter: St. Ann sexagenarian compares pro-life
legislators to slave owners X
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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
AP:
Hawley bill would allow people to opt out of data tracking
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: KCUR's Brian
Ellison joins Rosenbaum and Rachel Lippmann to recap the ups and downs
of the 2019 Missouri Legislature
P-D: Abortion rally photo gallery: Morbidly
obese woman rolls onto hindquarters, claims she is withholding
intercourse from all male suitors due to abortion legislation;
other efficacious messaging X
JCNT: Pro-choice rally draws 30 in Jefferson City X
Columbia Missourian: Pro-choice rally draws 50 in
Columbia
SNL: Abortion rally draws 50 in Springfield;
Planned Parenthood rep tells crowd that calling Parson's office will
make a difference
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's elderly population a
target for scammers; Bill from Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
aims to help victims
Columbia Missourian: Legislators say budget boost
could help adult abuse hotline
P-D: Insurance group says motorcycle helmet law change
will mean more deaths
Messenger: Sarcastic take on 2019 legislative session X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man expresses disdain for
white male Republicans X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man wants Parson to flip-flop on
pro-life principles X
P-D letter: Self-described "women's studies scholar"
opposes pro-life legislation X
P-D letter: University City feminist claims she and
cohorts will kick Republicans' "sorry butts to the curb" next year X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman makes pro-life argument
devoid of rage, hatred or threats X
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019
KWMU: Hawley wants to institute an Internet
'do-not-track' list for personal data
Missourinet: Major disaster declaration approved for
13 Missouri counties
KC Star: Trump approves disaster declaration for 13
Missouri counties, bringing funds for repair
X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Corn Growers
Association's Mark Scott: A trade win for corn industry
Missourinet: Schmitt's office joins FBI efforts to
fight human trafficking
SNL: GOP says efforts to improve "Clean Missouri" will
be back next year X
SE
Missourian: Local lawmakers celebrate passage of pro-life
legislation +
P-D: Missouri Democrats, in political exile, hope
pro-life legislation will help them generate cash, interest X
The Missouri Times: A look at criminal justice
measures passed this session
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers green-light partial
motorcycle helmet repeal, vehicle fee increase, inspection triggers
P-D: In Missouri, some officials want to curtail
feel-good Capitol color show X
Joplin Globe: Editor Carol Stark to be inducted into
Missouri Press Hall of Fame X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Legislative session
was about more than abortion X
P-D editorial: Abortion bill notwithstanding, Missouri
dodged some big bullets this session X
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Missourian op-ed: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R): The right to
exist: In support of Israel +
KWMU op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Lauren Weber:
Missouri should join 49 other states in passing PDMP
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Missouri lawmakers
are usually wrong, which is why their constituents end up re-electing
them
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Monday, May 20, 2019
SE
Missourian: Memorial honoring Vietnam veterans holds grand
opening in Perryville +
Rosenbaum: 6 observations as Gov. Parson finds success
in first legislative session
P-D: In his first session as governor, Parson scores
big wins X
Missourinet: Post-session analysis: Thoughts
from Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) and House
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield)
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Ray Hartmann,
David Barklage, Jay Kanzler, and St. Louis County Council Democratic
candidate Kelli Dunaway talk GM incentives, pro-life legislation, Bruce
Frank's departure, more
KC Star: Feminists gather at Plaza to protest pro-life
bill; Organizer celebrates her success gathering the "pissed off"
after legislation is already passed X
KWMU: Cities prepare for legalized medical marijuana
in Missouri
Missourinet: 'Nathan's Law' to restrict capacity at
in-home day cares goes to Parson's desk
Missourinet: Drones are one signature away from being
banned near Missouri prisons, mental hospitals
Missourinet: The helmets could soon come off for many
motorcyclists in Missouri
KC Star: Washington University law prof, allies
continue campaign against Title IX due process legislation X
Columbia Missourian: Northwest Missouri wind-power
projects a boon to some, a bane to others
P-D: Despite attacks, coal stands strong as power
source for Missouri X
Joplin Globe editorial: State lawmakers did the right
thing and prioritized education funding X
P-D op-ed: Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O'Fallon): The
General Motors deal is a Great Deal - but only for GM X
P-D's Nicklaus: Yes, GM subsidy is corporate welfare,
but it's necessary in a competitive world X
P-D's David Nicklaus and Jim Gallagher: "The Bottom
Line" video: Is GM subsidy corporate welfare or necessary
investment? X
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Sunday, May 19, 2019
P-D: Congressional votes for the week:
Obamacare, Title IX, judges X
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jason Smith supports Trump trade policy, says
China responsible for farm woes +
JCNT: Child poverty declines in Missouri;
Advocacy group complains about "living wage," Medicaid expansion, etc. X
AP: Investigation into Greitens' staff's social media
use ends
AP: Analysis: Parson achieves most of his 2019
legislative agenda
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers reflect on
'successful year' in Jefferson City X
JCNT: Mid-Missouri lawmakers look back at 2019 session X
Joplin Globe: MSSU, Crowder poised for more state
funding for nursing, health sciences programs
X
SNL: Waynesville, Kennett are both seeking direct
deals with marijuana companies X
P-D editorial: Lessons for future leaders from the sad
downfall of Bruce Franks, Jr.: "Mental health" tearjerker a
flimsy alibi for federal investigation X
KC Star editorial: Missourians subsidize Kansas City
stadiums to the tune of $3 million per year. When will Kansas chip in? X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Rural Missouri celebrates successful legislative session
Waters: Hammerschmidt - an unholy blend of tax credits X
SNL's Christopher Dixon: Legislation needed to stop
excessive robocalls X
CDT op-ed: Gatehouse Media Regional Editor Allen
Fennewald: CAFO debate divides rural ideals X
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian opposes Dohrman
proposal for "In God We Trust" in public schools, says students are
oblivious to all signage X
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Saturday, May 18, 2019
KC Star: Missouri farmers, federal lawmakers weigh in
on continued trade tensions X
St. Joseph News-Press: Actress Glenn Close bolsters
message for Blunt-backed bill X
St. Joseph News-Press: FCC approves funds to fill gaps
in broadband access around area X
KWMU: Debate continues on Missouri medical marijuana
supply and demand
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate live blog
The Missouri Times: Missouri House live blog
KWMU: Live blog: The last day of the Missouri
Legislature
KWMU: Last day of session: Abortion, bridge
bonding bill, term limits, and missed opportunities
Missourinet: 2019 legislative session: What
passed, what failed
Columbia Missourian: Legislative session ends; A
look at what passed, what failed
P-D: How key legislation fared in 2019 Missouri
legislative session X
The Missouri Times: Sweeping pro-life bill given final
legislative approval
SNL: House passes pro-life legislation; Parson
to sign X
Missourinet: Abortion bill heading to Parson's desk
AP:
House passes abortion bill
P-D: Abortion legislation approved by Missouri House,
heads to governor X
KC Star: Parson says he'll sign abortion legislation
soon X
Columbia Missourian: Pro-life legislation set to
become law in Missouri
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Missourian: Pro-choice activists, media allies seize upon verbal
slip from Rep. Steve Hovis (R-Cape Girardeau)
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P-D: Urban municipal officials unhappy with Missouri
Legislature's pro-life legislation X
The Missouri Times: Bonding compromise sent to
governor's desk
AP:
Missouri lawmakers OK $301M in bonds for bridge repairs
P-D: Legislative briefs: School start date,
bridge funding, motorcycle helmet law, motor vehicle inspections X
The Missouri Times: General Assembly sends
constitutional amendment on term limits to ballot
AP:
Missouri voters to decide on term limits for state officials
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers vote to have insurance
plans cover kids with disabilities
Columbia Missourian: Therapy options for disabled
children to be expanded with bill's passage
AP:
Bill delaying school start date passes Missouri Legislature
JCNT: Bill requiring treatment courts passes Missouri
Legislature X
Columbia Missourian: Effort to stop Grain Belt
Express' use of eminent domain fails
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: To my pro-life
friends: This brutal Missouri abortion ban is where we part ways X
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Friday, May 17, 2019
KC Star: U.S. Senate passes Hawley bill to fund
suicide prevention programs for police officers X
KWMU: Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to hold
college "climate summit" at Wash U. next year
P-D: Bloomberg teams with Wash U. to expand
climate-change activism X
JCNT: Missouri School Safety Task Force holds last
public hearing before report to governor X
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) resigns,
cites mental health
The Missouri Times: Franks resigns, cites stress
Missourinet: Rep. Bruce Franks to resign
P-D: Bruce Franks quits Missouri House X
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers enter final day with major
unfinished business
SE
Missourian: Rehder rips Republican colleagues for avoiding PDMP
bill +
Faughn: One more day, one day more: Explaining
Senate actions and motivations; Greitens meeting with supporters,
feeling out 2020 and 2022; More
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate live blog
The Missouri Times: Missouri House live blog
CDT: Lawmakers make final push as session nears end X
Missourinet: House expected to debate abortion bill
today
SNL: Abortion measure back in Missouri House X
P-D: Vote on abortion bill expected today X
KC Star: Abortion bill headed for passage X
KC Star: Q&A on abortion legislation X
The Missouri Times: 'Border War' bill advances through
Senate
The Missouri Times: General Assembly moves to make
redistricting process more transparent
SNL: Bill inspired by Hailey Owens clears Missouri
Senate, heads to Parson X
The Missouri Times: Omnibus 'child protection' bill
receives final legislative approval
P-D: 'Nathan's Law,' designed to crack down on
dangerous day cares, headed to Missouri governor X
The Missouri Times: Senate again approves added
protections for domestic, sexual violence victims
Columbia Missourian: Senate approves bill that helps
trafficking victims expunge their records
The Missouri Times: Senate green-lights partial
motorcycle helmet law repeal despite minor roadblocks on the floor
AP:
Senate votes to relax helmet law, vehicle inspections
AP:
State proceedings on hold for duck boats
KC Star editorial: Missouri's extreme abortion bill
rivals Alabama in cruelty and doing harm to women X
Joplin Globe editorial: Legislature's CAFO bill is a
bad odor rising X
P-D letter: University City woman who works for
abortion provider opposes pro-life legislation
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Thursday, May 16, 2019
St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis attorney takes
prominent Trump re-election role: Q&A with Jack Oliver
KC Star: Hawley delivers first major Senate floor
speech, focuses on hardworking middle-class Americans X
Missourinet: Video: Blunt calls for quick
passage of federal disaster aid bill
SE
Missourian: Soybean farmers brace for 'train wreck' of China
tariffs and bad weather +
P-D: Parson's Uniting Missouri PAC attracts top
talent; Michael Hafner on board X
KWMU: Galloway to investigate St. Louis County
contracts in wake of Stenger plea; Port Authority, Economic
Development to be included in audit
Columbia Missourian: AG Eric Schmitt intervenes in
public defender agreement, says criminals could walk free
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate live blog
The Missouri Times: Missouri House live blog
Missourinet: House Speaker Pro Tem John Wiemann
(R-O'Fallon) outlines priorities for session's final two days
KWMU: Senate votes to substantially curtail abortion
in Missouri
KC Star: Missouri Senate passes abortion legislation
Missourinet: Missouri Senate passes abortion ban bill
Columbia Missourian: Senate passes abortion
bill; Back to House for final vote
Columbia Missourian: Senate abortion debate timeline
AP: Missouri Senate joins national pro-life wave with
8-week ban
The Missouri Times: Senate Democrats filibuster
pro-life bill before it's even brought to the floor
The Missouri Times: General Assembly approves changes
to Missouri's fledgling hemp program
The Missouri Times: Legislature votes to continue
funding convention, sports centers
Missourinet: Lawmakers approve state aid for
Enterprise Center
AP: Lawmakers OK state aid for St. Louis Blues arena
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin
Adams aims to reverse trend of teachers getting "older and
whiter"; Percentage of experienced Caucasoids simply unacceptable
P-D editorial: Real-life 'Handmaid's Tale' looms
larger as lawmakers push draconian abortion laws X
KC Star editorial: Parson gets the facts wrong with
happy talk about tariffs that hurt Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Attorney General Eric Schmitt wants
to punish the poor by overworking and underfunding public defenders X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston): Missourians deserve a Senate vote on PDMP
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian wants
Blunt to stop supporting Trump policies X
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Wednesday, May 15, 2019
P-D: Hawley to deliver his first Senate floor speech
today X
P-D: Anti-Trump toilet paper sent to McCaskill at
local NBC affiliate; 'Suspicious package' causes scare X
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, GOP leaders urge flood
relief vote X
AP:
FCC authorizes $22 million for broadband in rural Missouri
The Missouri Times: Jennifer Tidball to serve as
acting director of DSS
JCNT: Jennifer Tidball to head Department of Social
Services again X
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Live blog
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Live blog
KWMU: GM incentives approved as Senate turns attention
to abortion
The Missouri Times: GM workforce development bill
survives Senate conservatives' marathon filibuster
Missourinet: First Missouri Senate deadlock of final
week is over with deal reached on GM bill
Missourinet: Parson, DED's Rob Dixon: This plan
benefits all Missouri, not just GM
P-D: Senators end 27-hour filibuster on GM incentives X
KC Star: After 27-hour filibuster, GM incentive
package passes X
Columbia Missourian: With filibuster behind them,
Senate prepares to debate abortion
P-D: Time running out for GOP to make changes to
'Clean Missouri' this session X
KC Star: GOP effort on Clean Missouri stalls in Senate X
P-D: Missouri is on the verge of making hearing aids
more accessible to the poor X
The Missouri Times: General Assembly moves changes to
expungements to governor
JCNT: House sends Bernskoetter's CAFO bill to governor X
The Missouri Times: Protections for large livestock
operations sent to governor's desk
AP:
Lawmakers OK bill on livestock rules
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis
City) uses CAFO debate to question colleagues' integrity: "Not
everyone in here has the right intentions"
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Grain Belt
Express power lines would not be taller than the Statue of Liberty
P-D: Missouri extends special oversight of Riverview
Gardens School District through 2022 X
KWMU: Education briefs: DESE teacher survey
results; Riverview Gardens still needs state oversight;
Computer science no longer an elective
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court hears challenge to change
Clean Water Commission membership X
SE
Missourian: What's up with flashing yellow arrows? MoDOT
explains +
P-D: Ferguson, nearing fifth anniversary of attack on
police officer and subsequent riots, searches for a new brand identity X
P-D editorial: In-state tuition for Dreamers just
makes good business sense X
P-D op-ed: Regional Chamber's Tom Chulick: GM
and Gov. Parson want to keep Wentzville plant open. Why play games? X
P-D op-ed: Former Washington Post publisher Donald
Graham: I set up scholarships in my home town, and then I set up
a nationwide scholarship program, and Missouri lawmakers should be as
generous and compassionate and selfless as me
X
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian thinks state economy
would improve if lawmakers raised taxes X
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian angered by
Eigel's proposal for Bangert Island X
KC Star letters: Raytown sexagenarian upset over drop
in Medicaid enrollment numbers; Warrensburg sexagenarian thinks
writing to legislators about LGBTQ legislation will make a difference X
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
KWMU: Mayors of river towns talk flooding, solutions
KWMU: Maxine Waters returns to St. Louis, speaks at
Vashon High School
Show
Me Missourah: Cooper County: Scott Faughn talks with
leaders about county's history, political composition and evolution,
landmarks and tourist destinations, more
KCUR: Missouri joins multi-state lawsuit against
generic drug companies
KC Star: Editorial board names new member:
Caucasoid male Michael Ryan
The Missouri Times: Bills to watch in the final days
of session
The Missouri Times: Senate live blog for Monday
The Missouri Times: House live blog for Monday
The Missouri Times: GM workforce, incentive 'vehicle'
causes strife in General Assembly
Missourinet: Missouri House approves second Wentzville
GM bill; overnight Senate filibuster continues
AP: Missouri Senate in stalemate over GM incentive
package
KWMU: General Assembly actions: GM incentives,
criminal sentencing, Clean Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Senate stuck on Fast Track, GM
incentive legislation
P-D: Disagreement over General Motors incentives
brings work in Missouri Senate to a halt X
JCNT: Despite filibuster, mid-Missouri lawmakers still
hoping for some legislative success X
The Missouri Times: General Assembly sends criminal
justice overhaul measure to governor
AP: Lawmakers vote to ease prison and jail sentences
P-D: 'Debtors' prison' legislation sent to Parson's
desk X
Columbia Missourian: Effort to address Clean Missouri
face hurdles in final week of session
Columbia Missourian: 'Debtor prison,' Simon's Law sent
to governor
The Missouri Times: Simon's Law given unanimous
approval, sent to governor's desk
AP: Missouri passes parental rights in
do-not-resuscitate cases
KWMU: ACLU and state reach agreement on public
defender workloads
KC Star editorial: Missouri can't afford to risk
losing GM plant. Tax incentives are a small price to pay X
KC Star editorial: After lawmakers fail to pass
drug-monitoring bill, Missouri remains in a class by itself X
P-D editorial: Legislators head home this week,
leaving LGBT discrimination legal in Missouri
X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Rural broadband closer to becoming reality
Columbia Missourian's Sky Chadde and Yue Yu: Business
lobbyists get sympathy from powerful legislators in Jefferson City
Columbia Missourian's Sky Chadde: New Columbia
Missourian database exposes which lobbyists testified before committees
since 2013
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau man dislikes tax incentives for
film companies and GM +
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Monday, May 13, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt weighs in on China tariffs,
Army Corps' river management
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Cleaver correct
on student loan approval data
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Joe Lakin,
Brittany Robbins, Gregg Keller, Sam Gladney talk GM incentives, Better
Together, in-state tuition for aliens, pro-life bills
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Ald. Jack
Coatar: St. Louis City wunderkind talks with Rosenbaum about
Better Together's collapse, medical marijuana, more
P-D: State of Missouri accuses Stenger crony of
bilking investors out of $1.2 million; Five area residents duped
by John Rallo scam involving Oriental "coconut water slurry" X
Missourinet: Rep. Rebecca Roeber (R-Lee's Summit)
continues to recover from March car crash
Missourinet: End-of-session preview: GM
incentives, Grain Belt Express, redistricting
Missourinet: National spelling bee whiz kids prepare
to take the stage; Missouri's delegation dominated by minority
females
CDT: Mamtek case takes new twist with objections to
settlement X
P-D editorial: Revival of Missouri's low-income
housing tax credit is urgent, but so is overhaul X
Rudi Keller: Unwelcome mat remains out for young
illegals X
Waters: Sunshine Law: Galloway vs. Parson X
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Sunday, May 12, 2019
Mother's Day
P-D: Congressional votes for the week:
Import-Export bank, funding for young illegals, more X
KC Star: Veteran's group leader says KC VA's yearlong
silence on Missouri vet's death could be a coverup X
JCNT: Income tax collections jumped in April;
state revenues continue ascent X
SE
Missourian: Parson to graduating SEMO students: "We can all
work together to ensure the future is bright"
+
KC Star: Senate's Conservative Caucus remains
steadfast in opposition to Parson's workforce-training bill X
Joplin Globe: End-of-session preview: Pro-life
bills, workforce development, bridge bonding, cultural districts, more X
P-D: End-of-session preview: GM subsidies,
pro-life legislation, redistricting, charter schools X
KC Star's Jason Hancock and Crystal Thomas:
End-of-session preview: Comments from "Sen. Jeannie [sic] Riddle" X
SNL: MSU notches win in state budget, could cut
tuition hikes X
JCNT: Dept. of Revenue urges employees to review their
withholding instructions X
Joplin Globe editorial: Restore low-income housing tax
credits X
Washington Missourian editorial: The 'better' in
Better Together was never clearly explained X
Washington Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael: GM incentives and low-income housing tax credits
are pure cronyism X
Washington Missourian letter: Pacific man disagrees
with sale of Eleven Point River State Park X
P-D letter: St. Louis food-stamp recipient disagrees
with Missouri Republicans on Medicaid eligibility X
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Saturday, May 11, 2019
KC Star: Sam Graves breaks with GOP to support
disaster aid bill critical for Missouri X
AP:
Missouri River causes new problems in areas levees broke
KWMU: Key figures in Stenger case facing their own
federal charges
P-D: St. Louis economic development chief Sheila
Sweeney pleads guilty in pay-to-play scheme; Stenger donor John
Rallo indicted
AP:
Sheila Sweeney pleads guilty to federal felony for role in pay-to-play
scam
SNL: Missouri may license many more marijuana testing
facilities than required by Amendment 2 X
P-D: Missouri could license 10 marijuana testing
facilities; Wednesday is deadline to suggest marijuana rules X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of May 6, 2019
AP:
Missouri lawmakers pass $30 billion budget proposal
JCNT: Missouri Senate passes Rock Island Trail funding
bill X
SE
Missourian: Drug-monitoring bill faces Senate opposition as end
of session looms +
Washington Missourian: Local lawmakers support effort
to give voters a voice on redistricting X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: May 9, 2019
KWMU: Pallid sturgeon released into Missouri River in
effort to save the endangered species
Hannibal Courier-Post: Gatehouse Media unloads
Courier-Post to Quincy Media, which operates Quincy Herald-Whig X
KC Star editorial: Missouri GOP scrambles to do the
wrong thing and bar Dreamers from in-state tuition X
P-D's Raasch: Farewell column series, Part V:
Earmarks: Thoughts from Blunt, former Talent Chief of Staff Mark
Strand X
CDT op-ed: Lindenwood prof R.W. Hafer: Missouri
is overdue to revise its tax structure X
Phill Brooks: Remembering Ken Rothman X
Messenger: Rural Missouri judges are still holding on
to debtors prison scheme X
P-D letter: St. Louis man angered by Alzheimer's
nonprofit's ad thanking Blunt for support X
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Friday, May 10, 2019
Vanity Fair: Jack Oliver organizes unofficial kick-off
to Trump's 2020 campaign
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley bill helping law
enforcement heads to full Senate X
Missourinet: Graves talks impact of flood on farmers
KWMU: EPA to conduct more testing at West Lake Landfill
P-D: Federal charges against Sheila Sweeney and John
Rallo in Stenger's pay-to-play scam; Port Authority's sham
"marketing consultant" contracts in focus X
The Missouri Times: Republican lawmakers welcome
author Michael Knowles to Capitol after UMKC incident
The Missouri Times: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
announces bid for floor leader, says he "wants to give back"
The Missouri Times: FY 2020 budget finalized, sent to
governor's desk
Missourinet: Lawmakers approve $29 billion
budget; tuition for alien students was key issue
The Missouri Times: DACA language in budget sent back
to conference committee
Missourinet: House rejects conference committee report
on alien tuition
P-D: Missouri Republicans reverse move to grant
in-state tuition to illegals X
Columbia Missourian: Illegal aliens unlikely to be
offered same tuition rate as legal Missourians
AP:
Missouri House passes bill to re-start low-income housing
The Missouri Times: House approves incentive package
aimed to attract GM Wentzville expansion
Missourinet: Missouri House hits the gas on incentives
plan for GM expansion
P-D: Missouri House approves incentives for Wentzville
GM plant X
The Missouri Times: Senate Republicans, House Rules
chairs trade volleys over stalled bills
The Missouri Times: Senate committee advances bill
from Rep. Chris Dinkins (R-Annapolis) to aid domestic violence victims
JCNT: Missouri River port bill still alive as session
winds down X
Columbia Missourian: Statement from Rep. Patricia Pike
(R-Adrian) on powdered alcohol rated "True"
Columbia Missourian: Feral hogs are destroying
Missouri farmland, and stakeholders seek consensus on fighting them
SNL: Anti-discrimination bill gets hearing X
P-D editorial: Missouri's new marijuana industry
already seeding state politics with cash; Donors gave a whopping
$15k to Parson's PAC X
KC Star editorial: 'We have a God-given right to
discriminate.' Is this the state Missouri wants to be? X
KC Star's Crystal Thomas: Missouri GOP was pressured
by the right to break Dreamers' hearts X
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
KWMU: Don Marsh whistleblower/anti-lookism advocate
Evie Hemphill: Democratic congressional primary losers promote
Netflix special; 2018 Silver Medalist Cori Bush brags about her
hips, complains about hordes of men flocking to hug her
P-D: Parson surveys St. Louis area flooding, as waters
recede but another crest looms X
KWMU: Amid floods, St. Louis area governments work to
update regional disaster plans
P-D: EPA to do additional testing at West Lake
Landfill; Activists hope potential payday not in danger X
The Missouri Times: General Motors incentive bill
targets entire automotive industry
KWMU: Parson seeks Wentzville GM plant expansion with
tax incentive proposal
Missourinet: Missouri unveils incentives plan to
attract major GM expansion
The Missouri Times: Hoskins on PDMP bill: Bring
it on
CDT: Lawmakers poised to pass state budget X
SNL: MSU poised to receive $10 million boost in state
funding X
The Missouri Times: Bill funding higher education in
FY2020 scheduled for another conference committee meeting
JCNT: Missouri House briefly considers gas tax to help
repair infrastructure X
JCNT: Abortion takes center stage at Capitol X
The Missouri Times: Senate stalls on 'comprehensive'
abortion bill - but supporters say it'll be back soon
Columbia Missourian's Caitlyn Rosen: Final
confrontation over abortion legislation postponed in Senate;
Comments from "Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Couer [sic])"
Columbia Missourian: Campus carry legislation unlikely
to pass this session
P-D: Emissions testing in the St. Louis region could
be dropped next year X
The Missouri Times: Legislature passes bill from Rep.
Greg Sharpe (R-Ewing) providing more funding for utility training
programs
SNL: House sends poaching bill to Parson X
KOMU: Missouri Dept. of Conservation begins effort to
increase pallid sturgeon population
Missourinet: Both sides on sexual orientation bill
testify before House committee
Columbia Missourian: Committee hears testimony on MONA
P-D: Lawmakers consider sexual orientation legislation X
KC Star editorial: Parson is hiding behind the First
Amendment to keep public records secret X
P-D editorial: Parson tries to evade Sunshine Law
compliance by invoking First Amendment X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Eminent domain bill
would undermine local city councils X
SNL op-ed: Attorney General Eric Schmitt:
Fighting the opioid crisis and how people can help X
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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
NY
Times: Trump embraces the traditional fundraising he once
shunned: Jack Oliver says campaign has been "strategic, focused
and on point" with new approach
Rosenbaum:
5 takeaways from a St. Louis City-County merger plan that never got to
voters
KWMU:
Despite suspension, St. Louis County NAACP backs John Gaskin III
The
Missouri Times: Republicans nominate Lee Ann Pitman for Jean
Evans' vacant seat
The
Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Doug Richey
(R-Excelsior Spring)
KWMU:
St. Louis County Council heeds Sam Page's call for state audit
The
Missouri Times: Galloway requests legal opinion on Sunshine Law
exceptions
KC
Star: Galloway: Schmitt must decide if 1st Amendment can be
used to redact public records X
SNL:
Audit: Former Miller chief steals, loses money X
KC
Star: Galloway: Ex-police chief, lieutenant brother stole
thousands from taxpayers X
Missourinet:
Parson heading to Wentzville to discuss GM legislation
P-D:
In pursuit of an expansion of GM's Wentzville plant, Missouri offering
up to $50 million in subsidies X
P-D:
Senate leaders in Missouri pledge to get redistricting question on 2020
ballot X
The
Missouri Times: Senate conservatives continue 'defense'
filibuster against House bills, avoid PDMP
Columbia
Missourian: With session winding down, lawmakers discuss PDMP and
other topics
The
Missouri Times: Does 'Fast Track' have a path forward? Not
without education overhaul, conservatives say
The
Missouri Times: Finishing touches: Conference committee
hashes out budget differences
JCNT:
Bridge bonding plan still in Missouri budget bills X
AP:
Lawmakers may end high tuition rate for aliens in Missouri
KC
Star: Missouri budgeters lift in-state college tuition ban for
aliens X
Columbia
Missourian: Budget compromise includes funding plan for Rocheport
Bridge, MU medical complex, consensus on alien tuition
The
Missouri Times: Senate considers changes to parole option for
elderly inmates
KC
Star: Texting-app legislation not a priority at end of session
X
Missourinet:
Four months remain for Missouri to gather number of untested rape kits
or lose $2 million in federal funding
P-D
editorial: Suspending Better Together was smart, but the effort
needs to continue X
P-D
letter: St. Louis man disagrees with Clean Missouri opponents
X
P-D
letter: Florissant septuagenarian expresses anger over GOP
efforts on animal breeding in 2011, recent action on Clean Missouri,
etc. X
SNL
letter: Area liberal disagrees with "House Majority Leader [sic] Elijah Haahr" on Clean Missouri
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Wall Street Journal: Trump campaign woos GOP donors
who sat out 2016; Trump team's cash pipeline built upon advice
and guidance from Missouri's Jack Oliver
P-D: Hawley says Silicon Valley offers little good
while monetizing social media addictions X
AP:
Midwest rivers recede, but flooding danger lingers
Missourinet: U.S. House to debate disaster aid to help
states, including flood-stricken Missouri
KC Star: Trump's pick to head ICE attended UMKC Law,
served as deputy sheriff in Platte County X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Maria
Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) on Better Together and the damage
that Clean Missouri would do to African-American voters
KWMU: Better Together pulls St. Louis City-County
merger plan, will aim for local vote if revived
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers keep focus on local vote
in wake of Better Together withdrawal
AP:
Plan for St. Louis City-County merger pulled back
P-D: Better Together pulls St. Louis City-County
merger proposal X
P-D: Medical marijuana advocates contribute to
campaigns, including Parson's PAC X
Missourinet: End-of-session preview: 'tough
path' for charter schools; sports betting not dead; GM
package to be fast-tracked
Columbia Missourian: Conservative Caucus filibuster
stops Senate action
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers trying to finalize
language on GM Wentzville legislation
The Missouri Times: Differences between Senate, House
budgets heading into conference committee
CDT: Tax credits bill moves toward House vote X
The Missouri Times: Eminent domain bill, targeting
Grain Belt project, survives Senate committee vote
JCNT: Bernskoetter's Rock Island Trail bill goes back
to Senate X
JCNT: Senate panel hears 'religious liberty' lawsuits
bill X
SNL: Lawmakers, city leaders seek tax option for
possible convention center X
Joplin Globe: Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Zel
Fischer visits Joplin, solicits feedback on rule changes X
The Missouri Times: Certificate of Need approved for
psychiatric care facility in Maryland Heights
SE
Missourian: Isle Casino Cape Girardeau one of several casinos
named in class-action lawsuit over wages +
P-D editorial: State should spend more money on
student services, which would improve behavior
X
P-D op-ed: Farmers to blame for flooding X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Cameron City Councilwoman
Julie Ausmus: Expanding gambling with new slot machines won't
help veterans, and it shouldn't be done without voter approval
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian says Blunt too
obedient to Trump X
P-D letter: St. Louis man wants Lacy Clay to support
impeachment X
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Monday, May 6, 2019
KWMU: Floodwaters inundate Missouri river towns
This Week in Missouri Politics: Dem Reps. Tracy
McCreery and LaKeySha Bosley, along with David Barklage and Jared
Brown, talk with Scott Faughn about Stenger corruption, CAFOs, "Clean
Missouri," more
P-D: Efforts underway to tighten requirement that
candidates pay their taxes X
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers negotiate education
funding, broadband expansion ahead of budget deadline X
P-D: Missouri moving closer to restarting low-income
housing tax credit program X
Columbia Missourian: Liberal institutions oppose
Medicaid work requirements
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-St.
Joseph) taks aim at eminent domain X
KWMU: Local academics study the toll that prisoners
put on jail officers' mental health
Missourinet: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) wants
Legislature to pass sexual orientation bill
Washington Missourian editorial: Family farming is
thriving in Missouri X
KC Star editorial: Missouri taxpayers should provide
more higher-quality feminine products to female prisoners X
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian disagrees with
Post-Dispatch and Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) on robocall
legislation, says citizens should simply ignore spam calls X
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Sunday, May 5, 2019 Cinco de Mayo
P-D: Congressional votes for the week: House
Dems' environmental bills; Senate war-powers bill X
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt visits region, talks
improvements to rural health care X
AP:
4 killed in Midwest flooding; roads closed, levees strained
AP:
Missouri loses appeal over large North Dakota water project
P-D: Investigation into Greitens case shows St. Louis
City prosecutor's office lied about testimony, evidence X
The Missouri Times: Initiative petition to expand
Medicaid approved to gather signatures
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of April 29, 2019
JCNT: Safety, quality lead concerns of Parson's Child
Care Working Group X
JCNT: Legislature moves forward on tort overhaul X
CDT: Senate passes bill on CAFO rules X
Joplin Globe: Gambling bills in Legislature appear to
have minimal impact on region X
SNL: Bill from Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield)
would honor state's agreement with Nixa on childhood education center
lease X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: May 1, 2019
P-D op-ed: St. Charles County Executive Steve
Ehlmann: Background on state oversight of St. Louis Public
Schools: history of irresponsible spending, patronage jobs, deseg
nightmare, and more X
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Saturday, May 4, 2019
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Missourian: Mississippi River expected to reach major flood stage
by Tuesday +
Brownfield Ag News: Flooding getting worse
KWMU: River town mayors nervously watch rising water,
want more funding for flood prevention
Brownfield Ag News: Agencies converge to meet with
northwest Missouri farmers regarding flood recovery
Missourinet: Inmates sandbagging again in northeast
Missouri's Clarksville; Mississippi River to crest there Sunday
Missourinet: St. Louis, Kansas City among narrowed
list for future USDA research sites; Comments from Blunt
KC Star: U.S. Dept. of Transportation sends $2 million
to Missouri for flood-damaged roads
Brownfield Ag News: USDA narrows relocation sites for
ERS/NIFA
KWMU: Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger
(D) pleads guilty; Sentencing in August
P-D: Stenger pleads guilty to pay-to-play
charges; Sham Port Authority contract scam, lobbying contract
among criminal schemes X
P-D: Stenger timeline: Elections, payoff to Lacy
Clay capo John Cross, more X
P-D: Off-the-books bake sale leads to ethics fine for
urban Democrat candidate; Kimberly-Ann Collins says she'll
challenge Steve Roberts again in 2020 X
The Missouri Times: Revenue collections bounce back in
April
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston) would increase visitation rights for grandparents
The Missouri Times: Senate adopts resolution
pertaining to elective Bible classes in public high schools
Missourinet: Missouri Rural Crisis Center unhappy with
CAFO bill
The Missouri Times: Judge who sentenced man to 241
years meets with lawmakers seeking his clemency
KC Star editorial: In Barr hearing, Josh Hawley stirs
the same partisan contempt he ran against X
KC Star editorial: After Title IX brouhaha, wife of
Richard McIntosh must resign X
SNL op-ed: New Approach Missouri's John Payne:
Missouri's medical marijuana law one of the best X
SNL's Claudette Riley: Putting guns in the hands of
teachers is an extreme measure X
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Friday, May 3, 2019
AP:
Flood approaches, tops 1993 levels in some locations
CDT: Democratic activist Nate Irvin arrested for child
pornography; Former campaign manager for Renee Hoagensen's bid
against Vicky Hartzler used file-sharing site to swap videos of
toddlers being sexually abused
KWMU: Former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger
(D) to plead guilty today; Prosecutors do not rule out future
indictments of others in pay-to-play contracts scheme
P-D: Stenger to plead guilty today X
Brownfield Ag New: Dave Drennan retires from Missouri
Dairy Association
The Missouri Times: 100-year-old World War II veteran
joins Missouri's Day of Prayer event
JCNT: Day of Prayer at Capitol acknowledges need for
prayer, sacrifices of service members
The Missouri Times: Audit rates Missouri State
Treasurer's Office performance as 'excellent'
The Missouri Times: Officials looking at potential
incentive package to win $1B GM expansion
Columbia Missourian: Missouri competing for
billion-dollar GM plant expansion
Missourinet: Speaker Elijah Haahr optimistic about GM
legislation
AP:
GM discusses expansion plan with state leaders
The Missouri Times: Senate reaches 'genuine
compromise' on tort overhaul bill during another late-night debate
SNL: Bill from Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte) would
put national motto in schools X
Columbia Missourian: Senate adopts resolution on
elective Bible classes, OKs CAFO bill
Brownfield Ag New: CAFO bill advances to Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Senate advances contentious CAFO
bill after overnight filibuster
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Pork Association's Don
Nikodim says science won the CAFO debate
KWMU: Missouri House backs requiring local approval
for St. Louis City-County merger
The Missouri Times: House passes resolution requiring
local vote for St. Louis City-County merger
SNL: Senate passes tough poaching bill, with minor
change X
AP: Title IX legislative strategy included
highlighting false reports from jilted "victims"
Columbia Missouria's Laura Murgatroyd:
Fact-check: Statement on vehicle inspections from GOP Rep. Dave
Muntzel from "Booneville [sic]"
KC Star editorial: Parson has opportunity - and
experience - to show leadership on "NAACP travel advisory" X
Messenger: Bangert Island proposal recalls floodplain
boondoggles of the past X
P-D letter: St. Charles octogenarian says thoughts and
prayers are unhelpful, wants more gun control
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Thursday, May 2, 2019
Fox News: Hawley calls ex-FBI agent's 'open disdain'
for Trump the 'real crisis' during Barr testimony
P-D: The $30,000 mystery: Lacy Clay capo John
Cross given no-show job for support of Stenger's 2014 campaign;
Operative's resume includes work for SEIU, ACORN, et al. X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Attorney
General Eric Schmitt talks with Rosenbaum about crime crackdown,
municipal courts, pro-life "heartbeat" bills, more
KWMU: St. Louis Community College employee stole $5.4
million in state money
P-D: St. Louis Community College employee stole $5.4
million; Cash orginated from DED's job-training fund X
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Missourian: Parson to speak at SEMO commencement +
JCNT: Parson recognizes veterans with Silver Star
Service banners X
KWMU: Parson attends event to congratulate high-school
graduates joining the armed forces
JCNT: Stakeholders provide input through Parson's
Child Care Working Group X
P-D: General Motors in talks with state over expansion
at Wentzville plant X
KWMU: Clean Missouri debate zeros in on impact on
minority representation
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Missourian: Area lawmakers support effort to give voters a say in
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The Missouri Times: House Budget Committee starts
vetting bonding compromise for bridge repairs
Missourinet: Rep. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) on bridge
funding plan: "We've maxed out the MoDOT credit card"
Columbia Missourian: Borrow money to build
bridges? Senate says yes, but House isn't so sure
The Missouri Times: Joinder and venue alterations
headed to governor's desk
Columbia Missourian: Joinder and venue legislation
headed to Parson
The Missouri Times: Fast Track workforce bill stalls
in Senate over charter school impasse
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Holly Rehder
(R-Sikeston) requires companies to prove they aren't boycotting Israel
Missourinet: Rowden legislation would authorize
independent audit of Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway
P-D: Rep. Robert Ross (R-Yukon) says sale of
state-owned property in Ozarks will likely be litigated X
CDT: Lawmakers take on Grain Belt quarrel X
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Curtis Trent
(R-Springfield) would require Amber Alert oversight committee to meet
at least annually
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Statements from
Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) on PDMP and other states rated "Half
True"
Joplin Globe editorial: Legislators wrong to change
Clean Missouri X
P-D letter: Chesterfield man "disgusted" by efforts to
give voters a voice in redistricting X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman unhappy with GOP efforts
on Clean Missouri, says she has spoken to "thousands" of people who
support measure X
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019
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Politico: Meet the woman behind the Pete Buttigieg
media frenzy: Koster/McCaskill alum Lis Smith
St. Joseph News-Press: Congress returns to discord,
hint of cooperation X
P-D: Federal investigation finds people exposed to
North St. Louis County's Coldwater Creek radiation had risks "small and
unlikely to affect overall cancer rates," don't need additional health
screenings; Activists still plan to seek payday from feds X
KWMU: New St. Louis County Executive Sam Page
questions statewide vote on city-county merger
AP:
House plan hinges St. Louis City-County merger on local voter approval
P-D: St. Louis Democratic Central Committee opposes
Better Together plan X
The Missouri Times: Democrats nominate Trish Gunby for
Jean Evans' state rep seat
The Missouri Times: Senate doorkeeper Bill Wyrick
retires after 25 years
Missourinet: Missouri Senate allocates $8 million in
flood aid
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Conservation expected
to escape proposed funding changes
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers consider whether
conservation tax should be renewable
Columbia Missourian: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
wants more changes before reviving low-income housing tax credits
KC Star: Conservative Caucus hopes for charter-schools
compromise in exchange for Fast Track scholarships support X
Columbia Missourian: Fast Track workforce grant
program slowed by GOP filibuster
Columbia Missourian: NEA study shows Missouri teachers
raking in more cash than last year
Columbia Missourian: Legislation would put U.S. motto
on display at public schools
P-D: 'In God We Trust' could be a part of all Missouri
public schools X
Columbia Missourian: Senators consider plan to allow
high school students to take city transit to and from school
JCNT: House bill seeks to expand protections against
sexual abuse by school staff X
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Rep. Rocky Miller
(R-Lake Ozark) to expand child abuse protections in schools passes House
Columbia Missourian: Legislation from Sen. Jill Schupp
(D-Creve Coeur) focuses on unlicensed day cares
JCNT: Senate committee hears liability lawsuit limits
bill X
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects CAFO legislation
following 12-hour filibuster
Missourinet: Missouri Senate gives initial approval to
proposed local restrictions for large livestock operations
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Rural Crisis Center says
there is "huge outpouring" of opposition to CAFO bill
AP:
Missouri Senate advances bill on industrial farm rules
Columbia Missourian: Rep. Kent Haden (R-Mexico) says
CAFO legislation would clarify who has inspection power
JCNT: Lawmakers: Keep marijuana away from
industrial hemp X
JCNT: State publishes draft rules for medical
marijuana facilities X
KC Star: Title IX due process bills likely on hold
until next session X
SNL: Fake post claims mushroom hunting banned on
Missouri public lands X
P-D op-ed: Former Winfield Police Chief Betty
Taylor: Closing civil forfeiture loophole would enable law
enforcement to build public trust X
Priddy: Steamboat museum campaign series:
Legislators must stand up against casino interests (only 711 words)
Messenger: An obituary for Better Together, smothered
by the shadow of Steve Stenger X
P-D's Jack Suntrup: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring)
slips $2 million economic development provision into state's $30
billion budget X
P-D letter: St. Louis man wants Onder to bring drug
syringe service program bill up in committee
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JCNT letter: Centertown septuagenarian shares thoughts
on campus free speech bill, toll roads X
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