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Saturday, May 30, 2020
P-D: Black Lives Matter protesters block I-70 in St.
Louis for three hours, start fire, break into delivery trucks
KWMU: Protesters block highway, start fire;
Groups to target Clayton, Ferguson today
KC Star: Mob, wielding a traffic barricade,
successfully subdued by pepper spray; Protesters throw traffic
cones at police, bang on commuter's truck, break Westport business
window; more
SNL: Black Lives Matter protesters congregate,
interfere with traffic flow during workday in Springfield
SNL: Photo gallery: Protesters hold signs
declaring "F-ck 12 (police)," "Black Lives F-cking Matter," "Riot for
Respect," other persusasive messages
P-D: Twitter user threatens to shoot Rep. Tony Lovasco
(R-St. Charles County) after lawmaker shares views on defending
property during riots
SNL: GOP state rep generates buzz after tweeting about
looters; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield)
says Lovasco "unfit to hold public office"
KWMU: Gov. Parson defends decision to give local
government more power on coronavirus restrictions
The Missouri Times: Interview series: DHSS
Director Randall Williams talks with Kaitlyn Schallhorn about reopening
process and what's next
Missourinet: Missourian who partied at Lake of the
Ozarks tests positive for coronavirus
SNL: Boone County resident positive for COVID-19 after
visiting Lake of the Ozarks pool party venue
The Missouri Times: Medicaid expansion group violated
ethics laws, complaint alleges
The Missouri Times: Missouri's lone abortion clinic
granted victory in license renewal fight
Missourinet: Missouri panel grants abortion license
renewal request for St. Louis Planned Parenthood
KWMU: State ruling means Planned Parenthood can
continue to offer abortions
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC expands Ameren solar
project
JCNT: AG office report highlights disparities:
Men pulled over more than women; Cole County "disparity index"
1.02 for both blacks and whites
KWMU: AG's office releases annual vehicle stops report
P-D editorial briefs: Gov. Parson should sign
legislation cracking down on fake "service animals"
Rust:
While still low, Cape Girardeau numbers bump back up. Here's why.
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin sexagenarian outlines
disdain for President Trump and Gov. Parson, urges vote for Nicole
Galloway
P-D letter: St. Louis man says high-speed scooters
should be regulated as motorcycles
P-D letter: Wildwood sexagenarian opposes hunting
season for black bears
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Friday, May 29, 2020
Fox News: AG Eric Schmitt, 2 other GOP attorneys
general: Time for Congress to take action against China's
communist government
The Missouri Times: Missouri's 'Phase 1' of reopening
extended through mid-June
JCNT: Gov. Parson extends Missouri public health order
15 days
Missourinet: Gov. Parson extends Missouri's reopening
order through June 15
SNL: Gov. Parson extends 'Phase 1' social distancing
order to June 15
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson's social distancing
order extends through June 15
Missourinet: Missouri Gaming Commission to allow
casinos to reopen Monday
SNL: Another 27k in Missouri file for unemployment
amid continued uncertainty
Joplin Globe: Forecast: Unemployment could
affect 1 in 3 Joplin workers at peak, and 31% of Missouri workers
Missourinet: Gov. Parson announces U.S. tooling
provider to expand eastern Missouri location
The Missouri Times: Missouri's response to
coronavirus: A timeline
KWMU: Missouri's first coronavirus election could
foreshadow shift toward absentee voting
CDT: Thousands use absentee ballot to avoid polls in
Boone County
The Missouri Times: We Ask America poll of 500
Missourians, predominantly in urban areas, finds most Missourians
support Gov. Parson's handling of coronavirus
P-D: Medicaid waiver waitlist not going away for
Missourians with developmental disabilities
Columbia Missourian: Missouri public defenders unhappy
with workload
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers hope to see a cattle
slaughter facility in the Show-Me State
JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation seeks
comment on black bear hunting proposal
P-D: Photo gallery: Black Lives Matter
protestors shut down traffic in St. Louis, cause car crash on I-44
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's comments on health
safety and elections undermine democracy
P-D op-ed: Cato Institute's Simon Lester: Hawley
is wrong about a WTO withdrawal
Washington Examiner op-ed: Sen. Dave Schatz
(R-Sullivan): How Missouri protected the vote while also
protecting the voter
P-D letter: Former Democratic state rep candidate Ed
Shew: Gov. Parson and Republican lawmakers wrong to oppose
Medicaid expansion
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley: It's time for the Coast
Guard to act on duck boats
AP: Second lawsuit filed against Missouri Medicaid
expansion - this time by United for Missouri
Joplin Globe: Missouri Medicaid expansion campaign
makes stop in Joplin
Joplin Globe: Video: Healthcare for Missouri's
Jack Cardetti stumps for Medicaid expansion
Scott Faughn: Legislative session winners 2020
JCNT: Missouri bill improves situations for children
JCNT: Gov. Parson to announce plans for soon-expiring
health order
The Missouri Times: How is Missouri testing for
coronavirus? A look at 3 methods.
Missourinet: Coronavirus testing underway among
Missouri prison workers and inmates
Columbia Missourian: China virus testing begins in
nursing homes around the state
P-D: Despite media pressure to name nursing homes with
coronavirus cases, Missouri following law regarding privacy
SNL: Who should be tasked with breaking up rogue pool
parties? State and county officials disagree.
AP: Amid backlash, Lake of the Ozarks business owner
defends actions
Scott Faughn: Finger-wagging is no way to lead;
Urban liberal media narrative on breaking up pool parties is predictable
SNL: Online purchase scams continue, a consequence of
COVID-19; Area seasoned citizens fall for gift-card payment
swindle
Columbia Missourian's Anna Peterson: U.S. Rep. Vicky
Hartzler exaggerates China's influence on prescription drug supply chain
KC Star op-ed: "Progress Women" Executive Director
Stacey Newman: Missouri Legislature is out of control and failing
Missouri
P-D letter: St. Louis woman hopes Lake of the Ozarks
party attendees spend afterlife "swimming in fire and brimstone"
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Missourinet: Ann Wagner's plan seeks "justice and
compensation" from China
St. Joseph News-Press: Local Census 2020 response in
line with nation
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson moves Medicaid
expansion effort to August ballot; Comments from House Budget
Chair Cody Smith (R-Carthage), House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield)
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says moving Medicaid
expansion to August ballot will help state better plan budget
AP: Gov. Parson moves up vote on Missouri Medicaid
expansion
KWMU: Expanding Medicaid in Missouri to go on August
ballot
Columbia Missourian: Medicaid expansion will be on
August ballot
The Missouri Times: Missouri begins testing all
inmates, staff at Dept. of Corrections facilities
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
P-D: Gov. Parson says he has no plans to use National
Guard to break up pool parties
KC Star: Gov. Parson says he trusts local law
enforcement to monitor, act upon safety issues
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson addresses Lake of the
Ozarks buzz, China virus testing data
P-D: St. Charles, downtown St. Louis casinos could be
only two operating in region next week
KWMU: With traffic down during pandemic, Missouri road
crews speed up projects
JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation seeking
comments on bear hunting proposal
AP: Missouri open records lawsuit sent back to lower
court
Missourinet: Inmate who stomped an elderly woman to
death during a 1982 robbery dies in Missouri prison
P-D: AG Eric Schmitt files consumer fraud charges
against serial scammer
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson, afraid of voters,
plays politics with Medicaid expansion
JCNT editorial: Expanding remote work could benefit
Missouri state government
Joplin Globe editorial: Lake of the Ozarks fiasco an
embarrassment for Missouri
P-D editorial: History has lessons for Missourians who
thumb noses at social distancing
The Missouri Times op-ed: State rep candidate Karan
Pujji: More tariffs on China would bring Missouri to its breaking
point
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian proposes helmet law
compromise involving full-face helmets for newly-licensed motorcycle
riders, and freedom to choose for experienced operators
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Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Missourinet: Missouri offers free community sampling
COVID-19 tests for 6 more counties
AP: Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks packed amid China
virus pandemic
P-D: St. Louis area and state officials issue stern
warnings after Lake of the Ozarks parties
KC Star: St. Louis County, KC health director urge
Lake of the Ozark partiers to self-quarantine
The Missouri Times: Updated numbers: Coronavirus
cases among Missouri prisoners, staff
KC Star editorial: Missouri lacks COVID-19 tests,
contact tracers. If this is a war, there's no cavalry.
Joplin Globe editorial: Listen to former Sen. Jack
Danforth and vote 'no' on Cleaner Missouri
Platte County Landmark's Guy Speckman: Why Sen. Tony
Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) is this year's MVP of the Missouri Senate
Columbia Missourian's Claire Colby: Missouri's CAFO
industry benefits from low fines, infrequent inspections
P-D letter: St. Albans septuagenarian disagrees with
GOP lawmakers on notarized absentee ballots and helmet law repeal,
calls lawmakers "lamebrains"
P-D letter: University City septuagenarian says
Missouri GOP lawmakers are to blame for urban gun violence
P-D letter: St. Louis nonagenarian "horrified, angered
and saddened" by execution of rapist-murderer Walter Barton
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Monday, May 25, 2020
Memorial Day
St. Joseph News-Press: Local legislation advances to
governor's desk
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport)
talks about quiet session for education
KC Star's Crystal Thomas: Lawmakers consider options
for Medicaid reimbursements; Comments from "Rep. Peter Meredith [sic]", others
P-D editorial: It's outrageous that quarantined
nursing home workers are denied sick leave
Phill Brooks: Legislative successes, losses and missed
opportunities
Messenger: Brief in Flynn case puts Missouri AG Eric
Schmitt on both sides of prosecutorial discretion issue
P-D letter: St. Louis pediatrician unhappy with level
of state guidance on testing expectations
KC Star letter: Lake Waukomis man says long hold time
on state unemployment phone line shows Gov. Parson doesn't care
P-D letter: Florissant sexagenarian calls motorcycle
helmet repeal "amazingly stupid"
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Sunday, May 24, 2020
Columbia Missourian: State officials make
recommendations for CARES Act federal aid
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Hospital Association
says rural hospitals see big hit from China virus
JCNT: State considers expanding remote work for staff
P-D: DHSS, Missouri National Guard provide free
drive-thru testing in St. Charles and Jefferson counties
KMBC: Missouri improves reporting of coronavirus
testing results, segregating different testing data types
P-D: Missouri updates approach to reporting China
virus data
KC Star: Missouri follows CDC in updating Wuhan virus
testing reports, separating antibody and viral tests
Missourinet: Lawmakers to hear update on Missouri
slaughter facilities and economic impact from China virus
St. Joseph News-Press: Black bear hunting season
proposed in Missouri
SE
Missourian editorial: On Memorial Day we remember those who gave
their life for this country
JCNT editorial: Pandemic won't stop honors for our war
dead
McClellan: Lawsuits targeting Stan Kroenke, China a
waste of time
SNL op-ed: Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller:
Legislature struck right balance with voting bill; Gov. Parson
should sign it
SNL's Steve Pokin: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield)
wrong on payday loans
P-D letter: Webster Groves man lists reasons why
lawmakers should oppose Wayfair tax
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Saturday, May 23, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley: Volunteers who showed up
after Jefferson City tornado "showed the very best of who we are"
The Missouri Times: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft
certifies Medicaid expansion ballot measure through 'expedited' method
KWMU: Medicaid expansion to appear on ballot
Missourinet: Ashcroft approves Medicaid expansion
ballot measure
KC Star: Ashcroft approves Medicaid expansion petition
Missourinet: Term-limited Rep. David Wood
(R-Versailles) to take over Missouri DSS' Children's Division;
Comments from Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield), Kids
Win Missouri's Craig Stevenson
AP: Missouri jobless rate more than doubles to 9.7%
due to China virus
SNL: Gov. Parson: Without federal aid,
$500M-$700M more in budget withholdings coming in July
SE
Missourian: Most counties in region report new coronavirus cases
Columbia Missourian: DHSS to hold China virus testing
event at Hickman High School
KCUR: Virginia Tech professor theorizes that some
states, including Missouri, are undercounting Wuhan virus deaths
Missourinet: Update on Mark Twain National Forest
recreational openings
Washington Missourian: Franklin County leaves regional
PDMP
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri State Highway Patrol
sees increase in traffic fatalities
SNL op-ed: Springfield pediatrician wants Blunt,
Hawley, Long to support extension of SNAP handouts
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Gov. Parson's leadership during
pandemic has been solid, though stance on masks could improve
KC Star letter: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler responds to
Star editorial on PPP loan, says newspaper left out important context
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Friday, May 22, 2020
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves: Some flood
victims in danger of being victimized twice if Congress doesn't act
Missourinet: CARES Act spending team hears the
up-to-date needs of Missouri agencies, businesses
JCNT: Gov. Parson: 3 strategies to drive
increased COVID testing
AP: Missouri's increased virus testing to focus on
nursing homes
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson outlines plan for
statewide comprehensive COVID-19 testing
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's Thursday press briefing and
Q&A: Strategies to focus testing; CARES Act spending
team update
St. Joseph News-Press: COVID-19 testing to expand
locally and statewide
P-D: Missouri's health director says spike in China
virus deaths due to reporting delays
SNL: 27,000 more file for unemployment in Missouri as
'reopened' economy inches forward
P-D: As unemployment claims dip, some Missouri
businesses struggle to lure back workers
AP: Gov. Parson not only allows graduation, but
keynotes
JCNT: Jay Ashcroft delivers pandemic supplies to local
election officials
SE
Missourian: Coronavirus 'dashboard' up in Missouri;
Charleston prison still only lockup with outbreak
The Missouri Times: House Speaker Pro Tem John Wiemann
(R-O'Fallon) donates PPE throughout Missouri
Missourinet: GOP Reps. Adam Schnelting and John
Wiemann: major PPE donation highlights importance of Missouri
State Defense Force
Missourinet: Every available Missouri state trooper is
on the road and water this Memorial Day weekend
The Missouri Times: PSC tackles tariff disputes,
extensions
KC Star editorial: Many Missouri House Democrats
didn't bother with masks - wearing one is just "too tough"; Two
House Democrat sources complain to newspaper about caucus colleagues'
dinner gatherings, maskless behavior
The Missouri Times op-ed: Pat Rowe Kerr:
Missouri should back common-sense approach to address flooding
KC Star op-ed: Former Florissant Mayor Tom
Schneider: GOP state lawmakers wrong on Wayfair tax, Cleaner
Missouri
P-D op-ed: League of Women Voter sexagenarians:
Republican lawmakers wrong on Clean Missouri
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Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau woman says Medicaid expansion
will keep rural hospitals open
P-D letter: Sullivan sexagenarian dismayed by
Missouri's lack of PDMP
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Thursday, May 21, 2020
Columbia Missourian: Blunt announces $17 million in
COVID-19 aid for Missouri clinics
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson: Missouri
National Guard to assist with China virus testing
AP: Gov. Parson's Wednesday press briefing:
Expanded testing, protecting businesses from coronavirus lawsuits, more
Missourinet: Missouri Chamber of Commerce calls on
governor to deal with 'opportunistic' coronavirus lawsuits
P-D: Gov. Parson pushes for expanded China virus
testing
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature OKs adding
cameras in nursing homes
Missourinet: Missouri motorcycle helmet law repeal has
governor's support, but it's part of a larger bill
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
CDT: Former Sen. Chuck Graham (D-Columbia) dead at
55; Comments from former Rep. Ted Farnen (D-Mexico), Caleb Rowden
Missourinet: Former Missouri lawmaker who championed
jobs for the disabled dies
JCNT: Missouri State Penitentiary tours to resume June
1, CVB says
Missourinet: Missouri State Penitentiary ghost and
history tours to resume in June
Joplin Globe: Missouri considering possible black bear
hunting season
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Sen. Josh Hawley
correct to identify meatpacking and food supply as priority for change
KC Star editorial: Missouri colleges could be
coronavirus factories in the fall
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash
Grove): Medicaid expansion would be a disaster for Missouri
P-D letter: Washington University School of Social
Work student opposes Cleaner Missouri, vows to vote against Republican
lawmakers
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Wednesday, May 20, 2020
The Missouri Times: Republican state legislators
oppose federal bailouts; Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield)
organizes effort
The Missouri Times: Missouri AFL-CIO pick Jake Hummel
as next president
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: LaunchCode Executive
Director Jeff Mazur, Sen. Brian Williams (D-Ferguson) discuss training
Missouri's workforce for the post-pandemic era
Washington Missourian: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft
predicts safe elections in visit to Union
AP: Missouri lawsuit for absentee voting amid virus
appealed
P-D: Absentee ballot applications for June 2 election
soar amid coronavirus worries
SNL: Opponents of Cleaner Missouri say ballot summary
language "unfair"
Missourinet: House Speaker Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) talks session's successes, special session; House
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) offers criticism
SE
Missourian: Clock runs out on PDMP bill
Missourinet: DOR Director Ken Zellers says no tax
return backlog this year
P-D: Gov. Parson sets goal of 7,500 coronavirus tests
a day
Missourinet: Coronavirus hits workers at Audrain
County hog farm
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Tough budget decisions ahead
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson: More cuts
needed to balance state budget
Missourinet: Missouri households eligible for free or
reduced school meals can get pandemic handout
KWMU: Rare illness linked to Wuhan virus affects
children in St. Louis region
CDT: University of Missouri worst-case budget plan
sees cuts up to 25 percent
Columbia Missourian: Tuition increase, more cuts and
layoffs expected as UM grapples with China virus
Missourinet: Missouri becomes first state to execute
prisoner during coronavirus outbreak
KC Star: Missouri executs convicted rapist-murderer
Walter Barton
AP: Missouri first in the nation to return to
execution normalcy
KWMU: Missouri leads other states in resuming
executions during pandemic
JCNT editorial: Missouri's elected officials should
not shun face masks
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Skepticism reigns on
Missouri cannabis licenses
Columbia Missourian's Jack Kosowski: Tweet
analysis: Gov. Parson said Missouri businesses could open May 4
if local regulations allowed it - but some local regulations did not
allow it
KC Star op-ed: Qiana Thomason: Coronavirus makes
it clearer than ever Missouri needs Medicaid expansion
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
The Missouri Times: TWMP recap: Ann Wagner says
House response to coronavirus goes from collaborative effort to
'partisan charade'; GOP consultant David Barklage, Carpenters'
Union's Mark Dalton talk Trump, Cleaner Missouri, PDMP
KWMU: Environmental groups sue U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, claim river barriers worsen flooding
JCNT: State 'kicking up' COVID-19 testing
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says 163 long-term care sites
have had coronavirus cases
AP: Gov. Parson: Virus testing focus on
long-term facilities
P-D: Gov. Parson says state targeting long-term care
facilities for widespread coronavirus testing
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
Missourinet: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says
expanded mail-in voting "not the most secure way to hold an election"
AP: Lawsuits claim Cleaner Missouri redistricting
measure is unfair
KC Star: Cleaner Missouri opponents sue to change
ballot question
Missourinet: Rep. Joe Runions (D-Grandview) receives
standing ovation after battling China virus
P-D: PDMP legislation dies; 85% of state's
residents covered by St. Louis County's own program as other counties
have joined in
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Coalition Against
Domestic and Sexual Violence "very hopeful" about state's progress on
rape kits, "survivors' rights" legislation
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says execution of
rapist/murderer Walter Barton "will move forward as scheduled"
P-D: WalletHub report: Missouri better than many
states for military retirees
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation seeks comment
on black bear hunting season in 2021
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson should oppose corrupt old
system and stand against Cleaner Missouri bill
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: COVID-19 in Southeast Missouri: The
good news in the numbers
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Lockdowns in
Missouri probably not legal
P-D op-ed: Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice
Michael Wolff: Gov. Parson should delay execution of Walter Barton
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Monday, May 18, 2020
This Week in Missouri Politics: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner
talks with Scott Faughn about federal response to coronavirus;
Panel of David Barklage, Carpenters Union's Mark Dalton talk Cleaner
Missouri, PDMP, Trump's job performance
KWMU: How the coronavirus upended Missouri's 2020
legislative session
P-D: Upended by pandemic, Missouri lawmakers limited
in answering Gov. Parson's agenda
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers approve bill to
prevent taxation of stimulus checks
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature adopts medical
marijuana changes
Columbia Missourian: Video gaming machines stir
debate: Perspectives from Missouri, Illinois
JCNT: Utilities weigh how to collect past-due payments
KC Star: Court clears way for Missouri to execute
rapist/murderer Walter Barton tomorrow
KC Star: Some U.S. cities see less crime in pandemic,
but KC starts May with rash of shootings
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Funny doglegs and
elongated strips: Missouri voters get another crack at
redistricting
KC Star editorial: Missouri prisoner sentenced to 20
years as a teen seeks freedom. Gov. Parson should act.
KC Star op-ed: Mark Woodworth: Gov. Parson,
don't let Walter Barton be a victim of Missouri AG's prosecutors like I
was
Joplin Globe letters: Webb City man asks media outlets
to report demographic context of coronavirus deaths, including location
and age; Webb City septuagenarian says Gov. Parson and GOP
lawmakers will worsen coronavirus pandemic
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis sexagenarian says
"Missouri Leigslature [sic]"
protects puppy mills
P-D letter: Pro-life SLU student responds to
pro-choice SLU student's op-ed
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Sunday, May 17, 2020
SNL: Roundup: Here's what Missouri lawmakers
passed - and didn't pass - this session
Missourinet: Summary: Key bills passed by the
Missouri Legislature this session
JCNT: Local legislators reflect on wins, losses in
pandemic-dominated session
Columbia Missourian: Wayfair tax dead for another year
St. Joseph News-Press: Time is of the essence for
levee repairs
JCNT: Public forums for Missouri State Penitentiary
proposals on tap Monday
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Agriculture's "Missouri Grown"
Director Christi Miller also Missouri-grown
P-D editorial: China gets the meat that risks U.S.
workers' lives. Missouri helped it happen.
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian not
attending economic reopening "party" supported by "President Trump and
his friends like Gov. Parson"
SNL letters: Springfield septuagenarian opposes
Cleaner Missouri, says Republicans in "state Congress [sic]" can only win elections by
cheating; Springfield woman opposes closed primaries
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Saturday, May 16, 2020
KWMU: Truncated Missouri Legislature ends but extra
time may be coming
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Friday activity
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Friday activity
AP: Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) coordinates
effort to oppose U.S. House Dems' 'unacceptable solution to the
financial woes of individual states'
JCNT: Leaders tout successes of shortened legislative
session
The Missouri Times: PDMP legislation dies
Columbia Missourian: New pandemic voting changes
approved by Legislature
The Missouri Times: Missouri elections bill would give
secretary of state subpoena power in investigations
AP: Missouri lawmakers OK mail-in voting on final day
of work
P-D: On final day, Missouri lawmakers approve new
vote-by-mail options
P-D: End-of-session recap
P-D: Photo gallery: "Missouri ends first
legislatve [sic] session
during COVID-19"
The Missouri Times: Omnibus health care bill, with
coronavirus testing provisions, passes through Legislature
Columbia Missourian: Crime bill passes, expands
definition of 'dangerous felon'
Columbia Missourian: End-of-session briefs:
Cleaner Missouri, medical marijuana, PDMP, crime, budget, gambling,
schools, MONA, Wayfair
AP: End-of-session briefs: Pseudoephedrine,
edibles, Hyperloop, motorcycle helmets, more
KC Star: End-of-session recap
Missourinet: Missouri vaping bill heading to Gov.
Parson's desk
JCNT: Heartland Port bill sent to governor
Moberly Monitor-Index: Missouri prisons facing
coronavirus challenges
AP: Federal court grants Missouri murderer 30-day
execution stay
Joplin Globe editorial: Newly-passed Missouri bill
helps sexual assault survivors
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: Gov. Parson: 'We made decisions
based on facts'
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Missourian's Jon Rust: Why Missourians should wear a mask:
Faith, fear, responsibility and freedom
KC Star's Caitlyn Rosen: Missouri retains dubious
status as only state without PDMP program
KC Star letter: Sugar Creek sexagenarian opposes
Cleaner Missouri
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Friday, May 15, 2020
SNL: As Missouri unemployment claims slow, two
southwest Missouri companies report furloughs
JCNT: Governor: More Missouri budget
withholdings expected
The Missouri Times: Missourians receiving SNAP
handouts can order freebies online - and the option is 'permanent'
Missourinet: SNAP handouts can now be used for online
grocery shopping in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Interview series: Missouri
Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst talks with Scott Faughn about China
virus impact on corn growers, dairy farmers and cattle ranchers
P-D: St. Louis area China virus hospitalizations
continue to fall as region prepares to reopen
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Activity from Thursday
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Activity from Thursday
The Missouri Times: Amid claims of dishonesty, Senate
unanimously reconsiders omnibus bill after finding 'hidden' language
from House
SNL: Missouri House OKs plan to let everyone vote by
mail this year, revive voter ID
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers seek new mail-in ballot
system
Columbia Missourian: Mail-in voting option included in
wide-sweeping elections bill
SNL: Sen. John Rizzo (D-Independence) pushes for free
COVID testing for uninsured
P-D: Democratic plan would pay for Wuhan virus testing
using federal funds
SNL: Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield) says he's not
behind robocalls supporting education bill
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass bill against boycotting
Israel
P-D: Legislative session winding down
SNL: Campgrounds at Missouri state parks reopening in
phases
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Missourian: SEMO revises reopening plan; former Lt. Gov.
Peter Kinder weighs in on debate
KC Star editorial: Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R) wrong to
take PPP loan, then balk at further Wuhan virus spending
Columbia Missourian op-ed: League of Women Voters
septuagenarian: Cleaner Missouri is outrageous
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Rep. Tila Hubrecht
(R-Dexter): The conservative case for Missouri Medicaid expansion
SNL op-ed: Former Rep. Ray Weter (R-Nixa):
Medicaid expansion better for health care, economy
P-D letter: Ladue sexagenarian praises Jack Danforth
for opposing Cleaner Missouri, says current GOP lawmakers are infected
with partisan "disease"
P-D letter: Richmond Heights septuagenarian asks for
and receives clarity from St. Louis County election board on absentee
voting rules for seasoned citizens
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Thursday, May 14, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley, Hartzler, Graves focus
on food supply and Missouri's meat producers
JCNT: Missouri has plan to develop flood-monitoring
system
Missourinet:
Video: Gov. Parson's Wednesday press briefing and Q&A
JCNT: DHSS' Williams: 8,800 COVID-19 tests can
be done daily
KC Star: Missouri on FEMA list of states with growing
coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Activity from Wednesday
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Activity from Wednesday
AP: Lawmakers move to expand Missouri absentee voting
amid virus
The Missouri Times: Voters will get to decide on
Cleaner Missouri
KWMU: Cleaner Missouri proposal will go to voters
SNL: House approves redistricting plan, sending it to
November ballot
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature wants voters to
decide fate of Cleaner Missouri
KC Star: Houses passes bill to give voters a voice on
redistricting plan
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers send restricting
proposal to voters
Missourinet: PDMP expected to hit Missouri Senate
floor today; House floor debate gets heated
P-D: Plan to track opioids gets House approval
Columbia Missourian: House approves amended PDMP
The Missouri Times: Missouri extends ability for
restaurants, bars to sell mixed drinks to go
KWMU: Budget bill allows for feral hog meat to be
donated to Missouri food pantries
Missourinet: Missouri's casinos to remain closed
through May 31
P-D: Missouri casinos set to open June 1
KWMU: Sunshine Law loss leaves Mizzou with $175k bill
AP: Missouri moving ahead with execution plans;
Walter Barton pushed 81-year-old woman to the ground, beat her,
sexually assaulted her, then stabbed her more than 50 times
KC Star editorial: St. Louis had nearly twice as many
China virus cases, but the KC area is spiking now
P-D op-ed: Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller
(R): Legislature is running out of time to approve absentee
balloting
Columbia Missourian's Sara Dingmann: Three weeks ago,
Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) got a statistic wrong regarding
percentage of counties with China virus cases
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Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith emphasizes
importance of rural hospitals and telehealth, talks 8th District
economy reopening
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Tuesday press briefing and Q&A
P-D: Gov. Parson focuses on Missouri's economic
recovery, as DED's Rob Dixon warns 'it's going to take years'
SNL: Missouri getting 4,000 doses of key COVID drug
AP: China virus cases reach 10,000 in Missouri, with
deaths topping 500
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Activity from Tuesday
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Activity from Tuesday
The Missouri Times: Auditor could have say in Cleaner
Missouri ballot language
KWMU: House votes to raise standards for punitive
damages; Rep. Bruce DeGroot (R-Chesterfield) says measure "brings
back some common sense" to court system
Missourinet: Missouri K-12 districts can request to
start school earlier this fall
P-D: Missouri schools prepare for online learning in
the fall, while cases of mystery inflammatory syndrome pop up in St.
Louis
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers discuss Grain Belt
Express, rape kit testing
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature OKs measure
streamlining rape kit testing process
AP: Missouri passes bill requiring hospitals to offer
rape kits
KC Star editorial: Forcing in-person voting could cost
Missouri lives
Columbia Missourian's Ashlyn O'Hara and Galen
Bacharier: Missouri lawmakers push to overturn Clean Missouri
even though their constituents supported it
KC Star's Crystal Thomas: With no public scrutiny, GOP
lawmakers push through a bill to trap borrowers in a cycle of debt
Columbia Missourian's Sara Dingmann: Secretary of
State Jay Ashcroft got statistic wrong in anecdote on Milwaukee polling
places
KC Star letter: Gladstone nonagenarian wants newspaper
print edition to list full summaries of every legislative proposal
discussed in editorials, along with lawmakers' votes
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020
KWMU: Hawley charts out big shift in how America
handles unemployment amid coronavirus
P-D: Missouri to receive almost $18 million from HUD
to combat coronavirus
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's Monday press
briefing and Q&A
AP: Gov. Parson calls it 'encouraging' to see some
return to normalcy
P-D: Missouri set to receive remdisivir for
coronavirus treatment
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Missourinet: GOP state Senate opponents Holly Rehder, Kathy Swan
differ on use tax
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Missouri
Senate: Activity from Monday
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Missouri
House: Activity from Monday
AP: Few days left for Missouri opioid tracking bill
Missourinet: Missouri PDMP personal for Rep. Holly
Rehder (R-Scott City): Don't judge "unless you've walked a mile
in their moccasins"
SNL: Missouri voters could expand Medicaid, then let
lawmakers block it on the same ballot
SNL: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark) on Cleaner
Missouri: "This will go down in flames"
Missourinet: Departing GOP lawmaker predicts Cleaner
Missouri will lose at polls
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
Missourinet: Coronavirus hits eastern Missouri jail
KC Star: Death toll in Missouri from China virus could
be undercounted, depending upon interpretation of CDC data
JCNT: Missouri road fatalities increase despite less
traffic
Columbia Missourian: Calls to Missouri DSS child abuse
hotline plummet as pandemic isolation grows
The Missouri Times: 'What do you do with these pigs?'
Inside Missouri hog farmers' struggles with coronavirus
SNL: HSUS report says Missouri leads the nation in dog
breeders
Joplin Globe editorial: Arming school teachers should
not be part of the solution for school shootings
Joplin Globe editorial: Brass knuckles not worthy of
legislative discussion
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Missourian's Lucas Press: Blunt's 'Shark Tank' initiative
unleashes private sector ingenuity on pandemic
CDT op-ed: Ashland septuagenarian wants Rowden to
flip-flop on Cleaner Missouri
The Missouri Times op-ed: Harold Selby: Don't
let opponents of Grain Belt Express block progress for rural Missouri
P-D letter: Santa Maria, Calif. man objects to
Hawley's objection to Missouri subsidizing bailouts of fiscally
irresponsible states
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian says Gov.
Parson's choice to not wear a mask was a calculated "dog whistle" to
fringe voters
P-D letter: University City man opposes state
lawmakers' proposals to expand right-to-carry freedoms
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Monday, May 11, 2020
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Missourian's B Magazine: Missouri counts: An overview of
the 2020 Census
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Missourian's B Magazine: 20% of Missourians - more than a million
people - without high-speed Internet; A look at Missouri
Department of Economic Development efforts
SNL: National group targets Springfield for "cancel
rent" campaign; People's Action touts its success convincing
seven (7) Springfield households to sign online petition
P-D: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and wife contribute $500 to
two local county commissioner candidates
This Week in Missouri Politics: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas
talks with Scott Faughn about city's coronavirus response; Panel
of Charlie Shields and Victor Callahan talk testing efforts, local
government response, Missouri Senate's last week of session
P-D: Missouri's testing rate trails Illinois, but
reflects different strategy, reality
SNL: Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield) says tax break
for makers of medical supplies will bring jobs to Missouri
Missourinet: Rep. Steven Roberts (D-St. Louis City)
works with DHSS, Affinia Healthcare to hold second COVID-19 testing
event in his district
St. Joseph News-Press: Measure to overhaul foster care
could pass Legislature
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Gov. Parson should
flip-flop on execution of convicted murderer Walter Barton
P-D letter: Septuagenarian Clean Missouri supporter
criticizes octogenarian Clean Missouri supporter for failing to mention
party ID of Cleaner Missouri supporters
P-D letter: Crystal Lake Park septuagenarian wants
state to collect sales taxes directly from credit card processors and
car dealers
P-D letter: SLU priest and theology professor responds
to SLU student's pro-choice op-ed
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St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, Hawley prioritize virus
testing, jobs
AP: Gov. Parson, other U.S. governors aim to boost
production of medical supplies
P-D: The St. Louis area has seen more China virus
cases than Kansas City; theories abound
P-D: State, local health officials ponder utilizing
more contact tracers
P-D: Gunfire causes more damage in city on Saturday
than coronavirus, police reports show
KWMU: Last week of Missouri legislative session could
be unusually quiet
Joplin Globe: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho): Limit
on medical marijuana licenses, other rules unfair
P-D editorial: The pandemic should figure into this
year's flood preparation
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Virus fuels urgency
in online sales tax debate
KC Star op-ed: KC NAACP's Rodney Williams;
Politicians' attack on Clean Missouri is outrageous even by Jefferson
City standards
P-D op-ed: Children's Education Alliance of Missouri's
Brian Murphy: Missouri Legislature, DESE should support virtual
education
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Saturday, May 9, 2020
P-D: St. Louis-area hospitals to receive $82 million
from HHS
AP: County election officials, religious groups share
thoughts on absentee voting
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature passes FY21
budget: What to know
The Missouri Times: Tax relief bill from Sen. Tony
Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) goes to governor
SNL: Lawmakers pass bill to keep stimulus checks
tax-free
Missourinet: Missouri House gives final approval to
budget; feral hog debate gets heated
AP: Schools, colleges spared in stripped-down Missouri
budget
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers pass $35.2 billion state
budget
Joplin Globe: Missouri Senate advances sexual assault
law
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri
Cattlemen's Association disappointed in eminent domain filibuster
KC Star: Missouri medical marijuana officials will
comply with lawmakers' demands for records
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Televangelist Jim
Bakker is not a coronavirus villain, says his attorney Jay Nixon
P-D: St. Louis-area China virus hospitalizations
continue to fall
AP: St. Louis County, Kansas City plan restricted
openings
KWMU: Most St. Louis County businesses can reopen with
limits on May 18
P-D: St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, St. Louis
Mayor Lyda Krewson explain the gradual reopening of region to begin May
18
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Service Commission
grants CCNs to utility companies
AP: Missouri House panel dismisses sexual harassment
complaint
Washington Missourian endorsement: Yes on Medicaid
expansion
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri lawmakers
must pass Internet sales tax
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Lawmakers' discussion
of brass knuckles a waste of time
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: CARES Act funds to local counties
should be scrutinized
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
wants Gov. Parson to wear a mask
P-D letter: St. Louis County Democratic committeewoman
wants SOS Jay Ashcroft to ask senior citizens to vote absentee
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Friday, May 8, 2020
KWMU: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith part of delegation seeking
aid for rural hospitals
FOX 2 (St. Louis): U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner addresses the
problems people are having reviewing unemployment benefits
FOX 2 (St. Louis): U.S. Rep. Sam Graves says more
people will be flying soon, with masks
The Missouri Times: State auditor's office launches
'transparency portal' for federal coronavirus funds; State
treasurer's office launched website last month
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Thursday press briefing and Q&A
JCNT: Governor, first lady explore how merchants adapt
to pandemic
Missourinet: Gov. Parson emphasizes safety and
expanded COVID-19 testing during stops at two mid-Missouri businesses
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson says he'll review
coronavirus data before giving recommendation on State Fair
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
Missourinet: 500k Missourians file for unemployment
since mid-March
AP: Over 50,000 Missourians filed for unemployment
last week
KWMU: Missouri Department of Labor handling massive
influx of unemployment applications
P-D: China virus slashes Missouri tax revenues in half
of April
AP: Missouri budget director: Economy 'turned
off like a faucet'
P-D: Your federal stimulus check would be exempt from
Missouri income tax under House plan
The Missouri Times: Breaking down the omnibus
discussions in the Senate
Columbia Missourian: Compromise eliminates state
higher ed cuts, restores UM project - with a catch
SNL: Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) says banking
bill won't prevent cities from imposing burdens on payday lenders
KC Star: Legislative probe into medical marijuana
rollout continues
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson was for a coronavirus
shutdown before he was against it
Joplin Globe editorial: Gov. Parson must start wearing
a mask in public
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers fight crisis with
hyperloop fantasies, restoring debtors' prisons
The Missouri Times op-ed: Health care and safety
groups oppose Missouri motorcycle helmet repeal
P-D letter: Maryland Heights sexagenarian opposes
Cleaner Missouri, predicts voters will kick GOP supermajority out of
office in November
P-D letter: St. Peters octogenarian says Post-Dispatch
is a reputable newspaper
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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Missourinet: Hawley: "The meatpacking industry
has become too consolidated"
AP: Judge dismisses lawsuit over meat worker safety
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson says workers' choice
whether to return to Triumph Foods
Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Wednesday press briefing and Q&A
JCNT: Federal funding available for child care needs
KWMU: Missouri receives $66 million in federal aid for
coronavirus child care needs
SNL: Greene County, local agencies to receive millions
in relief from the federal government
The Missouri Times: SNAP handouts could be used online
in Missouri by next week
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
The Missouri Times: Updated numbers: Coronavirus
cases among prison inmates, staff
The Missouri Times: Rep. Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis
City) organizes COVID-19 testing center in North St. Louis City
AP: St. Louis City, county to begin reopening May 18
KWMU: St. Louis businesses can start to reopen May 18,
but many aren't ready
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Missourian: WalletHub report: Amid pandemic, Missouri
among least freedom-restricting states
Missourinet: Missouri State Fair board of directors
meets today to discuss plans for this year's event
P-D: Coronavirus could cancel or shorten the Missouri
State Fair
The Missouri Times: Missouri budget: 5
differences between Senate, House plans
SNL: Missouri Senate budget proposes gambling expansion
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Missourian: Local government, business leaders hope for Wayfair
legislation this year
JCNT: Late-moving proposal could keep local health
departments from making health rules
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: House
Supeminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) on "frustrating"
legislative session
SNL: Liberal Christian group says TV network tied to
Oral Roberts University drops Jim Bakker show
P-D: How coronavirus could change Missouri schools
when they reopen
SNL: New cases of chronic wasting disease found in
Polk, Stone, Taney counties
Joplin Globe editorial: Lawmakers should not change
Clean Missouri
KC Star editorial: Allowing brass knuckles and feral
hog hunting? Missouri lawmakers have gone off the rails
P-D editorial: Workers deserve minimal protections
before nursing homes receive liability shield
Rust:
Where do we start when opening up the economy?
P-D op-ed: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan:
Missouri should enact commonsense coronavirus legal reforms
Daily
American Republic letter: Eddy Justice: The unwavering
strength of southeast Missouri is inspirational
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian
"disgusted" by Gov. Parson's decision to not wear mask
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Wednesday, May 6, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt takes part in first
socially-distanced Senate hearing
AP: Gov. Parson urges Missourians to support
state-based businesses
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Recovery hinges on shopping
locally
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe praises Missouri's
economic recovery plan, emphasizes importance of expanding testing
capabilities
SNL: COVID-19 vaccine under trial being produced in
Missouri
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: St. Charles County
Executive Steve Ehlmann on reopening amid pandemic
KC Star: 'We need to get back to work.' Missouri
restaurants, stores begin to reopen
P-D: Mayor Lyda Krewson claims state shortchanged St.
Louis City, counties on federal coronavirus aid
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county list of
positive coronavirus cases
Joplin Globe: Pandemic forces political campaigns to
adapt
The Missouri Times: Statewide bench tipsheet:
Scott Sifton, Tracy McCreery, John Rizzo, Crystal Quade, Brian
Williams, Peter Merideth, others
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt urges federal
government to investigate meatpacking industry
AP: Schmitt among 11 attorneys general seeking probe
into meatpacking industry
AP: Missouri Senate tries to spare colleges from
budget cuts
SNL: GOP budget chief eyes work requirement for
Medicaid
Columbia Missourian: Missouri lawmakers consider work
requirement for Medicaid
P-D: Rep. Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg) says bill would
shield front-line caregivers, first responders from predatory lawsuits
The Missouri Times: House approves medical
manufacturing incentive
P-D: Senate OKs expansion of gambling at Missouri
truck stops
Columbia Missourian: Debate on public safety omnibus
bill involves firearms, brass knuckles
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature advancing
omnibus bills during pandemic 'tarnishes' institution, bipartisan
coalition says
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Highway Patrol phasing
back in written driver exams
Missourinet: Missouri's 2020 Katy Trail Ride cancelled
P-D editorial: Daughters, husbands, grandparents not
worth sacrificing for Gov. Parson's hasty reopening
KC Star editorial: Missouri wrong to want to be the
first to allow concerts, live events during Wuhan virus pandemic
Priddy: This reopening better work
P-D op-ed: Missouri Right to Life's Steve Rupp:
Pandemic focuses our mission on saving lives. That's why abortion is
relevant.
P-D op-ed: SLU co-ed studying "women's and gender
studies": Abortion services are more essential during pandemic -
not less
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Missourinet: Video and summary: Gov. Parson's
Monday press briefing and Q&A
JCNT: Gov. Parson extends executive orders, funds
being disbursed to counties
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: St. Louis City
to receive federal funds this week; SBA to provide loans to ag
businesses; more
Columbia Missourian: Local governments to receive
CARES funds tomorrow
SNL: Gov. Parson kicks off economic reopening at Bass
Pro, Cox South
SNL: Photo gallery: Gov. Parson visits
Springfield as it begins to reopen
AP: Gov. Parson on freedom and personal responsibility
in pandemic: "I don't think it's government's role to mandate who
wears a mask and who doesn't."
P-D: Businesses reopen in some areas of Missouri
AP: Like much of Missouri, St. Charles gently begins
to reopen
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Missourian: The Reopening: Local business, health,
government leaders weigh in
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers seek to make
coronavirus funds available for short-term shortfall; Comments
from State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
Brownfield Ag News: 373 asymptomatic COVID-19 cases at
Triump Foods
Missourinet: About 15 percent of workers so far have
China virus at pork plant in NW Missouri
P-D: Mass testing at meat processing plant boosts
Missouri's China virus numbers
KWMU: Coronavirus effects on Missouri agriculture are
severe but inconsistent
P-D: Federal lawsuit seeks to block city, county
stay-at-home orders
The Missouri Times: Timeline: Gov. Parson's
executive orders on coronavirus
SNL: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt sued televangelist Jim
Bakker over coronavirus elixir claims. Jay Nixon says Bakker was right.
KWMU: SEIU demands hazard pay boost for all nursing
home workers
P-D: SEIU rally features demands for more money,
claims that nursing home operator killed woman by denying extra sick
leave
The Missouri Times: Statewide bench tipsheet:
Elijah Haahr, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, Bob Onder, Caleb Rowden, David
Gregory, Bill Eigel, Rob Vescovo, Lincoln Hough, Tony Luetkemeyer, Jon
Patterson
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers appeal to Gov. Parson
for clemency for convicted murderer Patty Prewitt
P-D: State audit says St. Louis comptroller has
inadequate procedures to track city property
KC Star editorial: Kansas City PPP loan information
should not be secret
JCNT editorial: State employees never stopped
providing services
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Missourian editorial: As Missouri reopens, continue to follow
health guidance
P-D editorial: Moratorium on evictions, utility
cutoffs needed to prevent homeless surge
P-D op-ed: Jack Danforth: Let's stick with Clean
Missouri
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Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian wants Missouri
lawmakers to raise state income tax
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Monday, May 4, 2020
This Week in Missouri Politics: St. Louis Mayor Lyda
Krewson talks with Scott Faughn about Wuhan virus, reopening, testing,
more; Panel of Gregg Keller and Democrat consultant Lou Hamilton
on President Trump vs. Biden, reopening state's economy, Clean Missouri
fix, Schmitt's lawsuit against ChiComs, more
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Nicole Galloway can't
win from her basement; KC Mayor Quinton Lucas: "She's
missing the moment."
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers set to make big cuts
to budget
Missourinet: Bipartisan Missouri legislative effort
seeks to restore cuts to Mizzou's NextGen Precision Health Initiative
P-D: Exuberance and caution as Missouri opens for
business
SNL: Risk, input and necessities: How local
officials decided what to open up on Monday
P-D: How rural counties prepared for reopening
KWMU: DHSS: State law does not allow department
to name nursing home facilities with coronavirus cases
KWMU: How Missouri students are learning about the
virus that has them stuck at home
Joplin Globe editorial: Responsibility for making
Missouri's economic reopening work falls on each of us
Messenger: Missouri's medical marijuana licensing
program 'defies logic,' new lawsuit asserts
P-D letter: Brentwood man challenges nurse
practitioners' campaign, says government officials should focus on PPE
and testing
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Sunday, May 3, 2020
SNL: In Paycheck Protection loans for small
businesses, Missouri punches above its weight
St. Joseph News-Press: Ethanol industry reaps downside
of fuel prices; Comments from Missouri Corn's Gary Marshall
P-D: Rural hospitals, without coronavirus patients,
see empty beds and dark hallways instead
CDT: On the curve: Experts say it is bending but
caution against rapid reopening
Columbia Missourian: Extent of domestic violence
during lockdown might never be known
Missourinet: DHSS: 359 workers at Triumph Foods
in northwest Missouri have tested positive for coronavirus
AP: Coronavirus strikes nearly 80 Missouri nursing
homes
P-D editorial: As state focuses on virus, GOP quietly
tries to kill Clean Missouri reforms
KC Star op-ed: Gov. Mike Parson: Show Me Strong
Recovery is a blueprint to move Missouri past coronavirus
SNL op-ed: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield): Missouri GOP using China virus to push bills
through
Columbia Missourian letter: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler
responds to anti-Hartzler piece, asks newspaper to uphold standard of
fairness and accuracy in reporting
P-D letter: St. Louis woman unhappy with Blunt and
Hawley over USPS funding
P-D letter: O'Fallon septuagenarian wants AG Eric
Schmitt to sue Donald Trump over coronavirus
P-D letter: Ballwin sexagenarian wants no-excuse
absentee voting
P-D letter: Wash U. social work grad student wants
Missouri voters to expand Medicaid
Columbia Missourian letter: Jobs With Justice
organizer opposes Cleaner Missouri
P-D letter: Manchester man disappointed by
Post-Dispatch's lack of original content, extreme liberal bias
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Saturday, May 2, 2020
KWMU: Wuhan virus update thread: Blunt announces
more federal funding for hospitals; Employees who voluntarily
quit jobs not eligible for Missouri unemployment checks; more
CDT: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler shares first-hand
perspective of challenges facing small-business owners, says Paycheck
Protection Program is helping family business maintain employment of
team members
Columbia Missourian: Some state office buildings
reopening Monday
Missourinet: Ag Director Chris Chinn: Localized
meat shortages, higher prices for some items possible in Missouri
Missourinet: Nearly 300 Missouri meat processing plant
workers test positive for COVID-19
AP: Missouri senators set aside $20 million in federal
funding for meat packing plants
KC Star: Nearly 300 workers at Missouri pork plant
test positive for coronavirus
The Missouri Times: Updated numbers: Coronavirus
cases among prison inmates, staff
SE
Missourian: State disburses $9.2 million to Cape Girardeau County
for virus costs
P-D: At least 70 Missouri nursing homes in St. Louis
area report COVID-19 outbreaks
The Missouri Times: Medicaid expansion campaign stages
petition dropoff at secretary of state's office
SNL: Medicaid expansion campaign files signatures for
2020 ballot
Joplin Globe: Medicaid expansion campaign says it
secured more than twice the number of required signatures
AP: Petition expected to put Medicaid expansion on
Missouri ballot
Missourinet: Missouri Capitol dome and law enforcement
memorial lit blue this weekend
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation flooded with
applications for Missouri's first elk hunt in the fall
SE
Missourian Publisher Jon Rust: Former U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
tests COVID-free in D.C.
Columbia Missourian's Jack Kosowski: Statement from
Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) about unprecedented freedom
restrictions overlooks Spanish flu
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau man wants legislators to focus
on China virus, not Cleaner Missouri
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Friday, May 1, 2020
May 2019 Missouri political
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Missourinet:
Video: Gov. Parson's Thursday press briefing and Q&A
SNL:
Around 54k more file for unemployment in Missouri as state prepares to
ease orders
Missourinet:
Missouri pays out more than $500 million in unemployment benefits since
mid-March
P-D:
Massive surge of unemployment claims leads to backlog of applicants
P-D:
Missouri hits 7,500 China virus cases Thursday
Missourinet:
Pneumonia and flu have now killed more than 1,500 this season in
Missouri; DHSS battling multiple health threats
KC
Star: 92 new coronavirus cases found among workers at Missouri
pork plant
KWMU:
Wuhan virus update thread: Missouri Republican Party to hold
congressional district conventions by mail; Missouri extends
federal unemployment benefits; more
SNL:
From Cleaner Missouri to abandoned planes: Here's what's going on
in Jefferson City
The
Missouri Times: House committee advances Cleaner Missouri
Missourinet:
Democrats on House committee oppose Cleaner Missouri on party-line vote
KC
Star: Missouri Republicans pass Cleaner Missouri over Democratic
opposition
SNL:
MDC, Missouri State Parks begin plans for reopening some areas
CDT:
Protesters rally at Capitol for right to skip out on rent; Woman
holds "#CancelRent" sign next to new car
KWMU:
SEIU complains about nursing homes' handling of China virus
P-D:
SEIU capo, other union reps complain about state government policies
KC
Star: Star hires 3 reporters - Jelani Gibson, Humera Lodhi and
Kaitlin Washburn - through "Report for America" advocacy program;
Recent college grads to expose how guns hurt "vulnerable communities"
P-D
editorial: Trump's order, supported by Gov. Parson, protects
meatpacking plant owners at workers' expense
KC
Star editorial: St. Louis gets $32 million in coronavirus
aid; KC gets nothing
SNL
op-ed: AG Eric Schmitt wrong to sue China and Communist Party of
China
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Patrick Ishmael and
Foundation for Government Accountability's Gregg Pfister: What
Missouri can do right now to help in the battle against COVID-19
The
Missouri Times op-ed: State rep candidate Karan Pujji (R):
Absentee voting the right path forward for Missouri
P-D
letter: St. Louis County's Michelle Chen applauds AG Eric Schmitt
for holding China accountable for wrongdoing
P-D
letter: Kirkwood male nurse wants Blunt to expand absentee
voting, quotes musical "Hamilton"
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