Sunday, May 30, 2021
Brownfield Ag News: Infrastructure counter offer a
micro-step closer but still far off; Comments from Roy Blunt
JCNT: Missouri Veterans Commission's one-stop benefits
portal created for veterans, military
JCNT: Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) reflects
on legislation benefiting veterans and their families
Columbia Missourian's Chase Meili, Rachel Schnelle, Clivia
Liang and Jingying Xu: No clear reason for urban-rural political
divide in Missouri; Rural Missourians "tend to be more religious,
pro-abortion [sic]"
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina) previews
next session's priorities, says irresponsible state spending is
"horrifying"
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Danny Busick (R-Bunceton) disappointed
several bills fell short of approval
Missouri Independent: As Missouri keeps building wind
farms, some communities look to regulate
P-D: Missouri ordering fewer doses of COVID vaccine
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman: After brutal year,
Missouri public health figures consider leaving positions;
Conservative citizens and GOP lawmakers are to blame
Joplin Globe op-ed: Missouri Sierra Club's Marisa
Frazier: Missourians should contact state lawmakers to oppose
CAFOs, and should also grow their own crops and raise their own animals
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin man thinks College of the
Ozarks should stand up to Biden Administration's order eliminating
single-sex housing
Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian says Josh
Hawley is too extreme
KC Star letters: Kansas City man criticizes Eric
Schmitt for opposing Critical Race Theory curriculum, says Missouri
bicentennial should focus on state's racist history; Kansas City
septuagenarian opposes Tony Luetkemeyer's police-emancipation
legislation
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian calls state
lawmakers "exceptionally cruel" for not funding Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: St. Louis Democratic Socialists of America
Chair Ben Conoyer: Failure of conservatives' education
legislation is a win for public schools
Saturday, May 29, 2021
KRES/KWIX: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves says Biden wants
bipartisan infrastructure bill, but Pelosi is a roadblock
P-D: Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce claims
D.C. tax credit, didn't vote in Missouri in 2018 or 2020
Missourinet: Free, at-home test kits for COVID-19 now
available to Missourians
KWMU: FEMA's downtown China virus vaccination site to
close after Memorial Day
Missouri Independent: Livingston County health
administrator disapproves of seeing people enjoying life, including
"baseball games and basketball games in cities," without masks:
"I just cringe"
JCNT: Former Speaker of the House Elijah Haahr:
Health care must be relocalized
The Missouri Times: Gas tax referendum rejected for
drafting error but group has refiled
JCNT: Petition for gas tax referendum resubmitted
Missouri Independent: Error forces restart on petition
for vote on Missouri gas tax increase
The Missouri Times: Wieland calls for new Senate
Republican leadership as FRA fallout continues
Missouri Independent: Wieland calls for a change in
Senate leadership over handling of FRA bill
The Missouri Times: State files lawsuit against
Quinton Lucas, Kansas City on behalf of police board
KC Star: Kansas City police board files lawsuit
against city leaders over budget measure
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: No decision yet about
special session request for KCPD funding issue
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) says
education proposal will protect against Critical Race Theory's
"color-of-your-skin shaming"
KSDK: Career criminal who sucker-punched 12-year-old
white boy sentenced to 7 years; Police department says public
"understandably expressed a desire to see (criminal) charged with a
hate crime"
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Missourian: Criminal sentenced 7 years in prison for punching
young white boy in the face
KC Star: Unemployment overpayments issue unresolved
JCNT: Galloway: Missouri ranks 49th in nation
for school funding
Joplin Globe: Liberty proposing rate increase for
Missouri customers
SNL: Revival 98 dispensary waiting on state
"commencement" inspection process; Former NFL player Grant
Wistrom hopes to welcome potheads buying "medicine" by July
P-D editorial brief: Blunt gives unacceptable answer
on Jan. 6 commission
Joplin Globe editorial: Gov. Parson's appointment of
first black woman to Missouri Supreme Court worth celebrating
KC Star's Derek Donovan: Roy Blunt had a choice on the
Jan. 6 commission, and picked Trump
P-D letter: Town and Country woman wants state
lawmakers to fund Medicaid expansion
Friday, May 28, 2021
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley's bipartisan bill would
change the way military prosecutes sexual assault cases
KC Star: DHSS data shows 81% of Missourians age 15-24
remain COVID vaccine-free; First Lady Jill Biden visits Kansas
City to try to change that
KC Star: Biden considering Claire McCaskill for
ambassadorship in Europe, report says
KWMU: Bridge and interstate improvements highlight St.
Louis-area transportation priorities
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Missourian: Rush Limbaugh's show will be replaced with
conservative "Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show"
Missourinet: If elected Speaker, Rep. Dean Plocher
(R-Des Peres) would focus on caucus-driven legislation
Heartlander News: In rare move, Missouri Ethics
Commission referred case against Rep. Ian Mackey (D-St. Louis County)
to local prosecutor; Comments from Liberty Alliance Executive
Director Chris Vas
P-D: Report explores relationship between Rep. Chad
Perkins (R-Bowling Green) and woman he met while serving as police
officer
KC Star: Report claims woman may have been intoxicated
first time she had sex with cop; Rep. Chad Perkins says report's
author is jilted political rival
The Missouri Times: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal)
leads new committee to tackle broadband issues during interim
The Missouri Times: GOP lawmakers request pro-life
policies in special session
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson faces diverse
special session demands
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Missourian: Wayfair bill waiting for governor's signature
The Missouri Times: 'Tiny robot' legislation rolls to
governor's desk
The Missouri Times: Report from Auditor Nicole
Galloway criticizes state's role in funding education, says burden is
shifted to local governments
Joplin Globe editorial: Memo to DHSS: Get on
board with Sunshine Law
JCNT editorial: You beat COVID. Don't fall victim to
ticks.
KC Star editorial: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas says
opponents of police reform are 'using our tragedies as fear porn'
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Branson Mayor Karen
Best: Blunt, Hawley should support Trump's plan for paid family
leave
Missouri Independent op-ed: Bharani Kumar:
MoCannTrade is Missouri's "medical marijuana cartel"
P-D letter: Stream Team United's Mary Culler:
Missouri rivers need more room to flow during floods
KC Star letter: Kansas man says he drives more than an
hour each way to work in Missouri because of state's strong wages
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian wants Sen.
Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) to foot the bill for special session
Thursday, May 27, 2021
KC Star: U.S. Senate unanimously passes legislation
from Josh Hawley to declassify intelligence on Wuhan lab's leak and
coverup
The Missouri Times: Missouri defense contracts
amounted to $14 billion in FY19
KC Star: HUD secretary visits KC to promote Biden's
infrastructure spending, meet with liberal "KC Tenants" group
KCUR: HUD secretary meets with housing activists
The Missouri Times: Scott Fitzpatrick, other GOP state
treasurers warn banks over Biden Administration's climate push
Missouri Independent: Fitzpatrick, others push back
against Biden's "abuse of power"
The Missouri Times: MEC closes Ian Mackey fundraising
complaint
Missouri Independent: Judge sets trial date for
lawsuit over Missouri Medicaid expansion
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislation increases sheriffs'
pay, bans "chokeholds"
Heartlander News: Northland Kansas City legislators
request special session in response to "defunding of the Kansas City
Police Department"
The Missouri Times: Northland Kansas City GOP
lawmakers request special session regarding police budget
KC Star: GOP lawmakers want special session on
Critical Race Theory; KC Public Schools set to begin 1619 Project
lessons for students this summer
The Missouri Times: Rep. Sarah Unsicker (D-Shrewsbury)
wants Gov. Parson to call FRA-focused special session
KCUR's Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Fact-checking
Gov. Parson: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago advisor says
abundant handouts not to blame for people choosing not to work
JCNT: Group wagering on casino coming to Lake of the
Ozarks; Comments from Rep. Suzie Pollock (R-Lebanon)
The Missouri Times: PSC extends Spire's coronavirus
assistance program
P-D op-ed: Missouri Chamber of Commerce's Dan
Mehan: Bring fairness and justice back to our judicial system
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Legislative
session review: gas tax, Wayfair, police, Second Amendment
Preservation Act, ESAs, Roeber
KC Star's Katie Bernard and Jeanne Kuang: Correcting
GOP misinformation on Critical Race Theory in Missouri schools
Missouri Independent op-ed: PROMO's Stephen Eisele and
others: Missouri students must be taught "LGBTQ inclusive" sex ed
KC Star's Hurubie Meko: "Missouri Gun Violence"
advocacy series, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report
for America: Evictions cause Missouri gun violence
KC Star op-ed: Missouri "COVID widow" wants more money
from government
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian says GOP U.S.
Senate candidates are causing her to feel "ill" and "sad"
KC Star letters: Lee's Summit sexagenarian says Sen.
Roy Blunt has no backbone; Kansas City octogenarian criticizes
Gov. Parson for "conservative economic views"
P-D letter: South St. Louis County sexagenarian says
raising Missouri's sin taxes and creating junk-food taxes would pay for
Medicaid expansion
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
The Missouri Times: Hawley teams up with Gillibrand to
improve military response to sexual assault
KC Star: Hawley partners with New York Democrat on
bill to improve military sexual assault response
The Missouri Times: Cleaver seeks federal funds for
electric buses in Kansas City
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: AG Eric
Schmitt opposes David Chipman's appointment to ATF
Missouri Independent: GOP's U.S. Senate primary field
will expand ahead of statewide Lincoln Days celebration in Kansas City
AP: Charges against Patricia McCloskey amended
KWMU: MSNBC commentator Claire McCaskill weighs in on
Josh Hawley, 2022 U.S. Senate race, Roy Blunt, Missouri Medicaid
expansion, more
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Missourian: Cape Girardeau outpaces state, national average in
residents saying 'no' to COVID vaccine
The Missouri Times: Elijah Haahr named executive
director of new Noble Health Foundation
Columbia Missourian: Part one of two-part
series: Missouri's child support system and cracking down on
deadbeat dads
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) looks back on
budget work
P-D: Missouri Medicaid chief Kirk Mathews warns of
'crippling' cuts
The Missouri Times: Missouri's water, sewer
infrastructure rate adjustment process could be changing
KC Star: NAACP, "National Black United Front-KC," et
al. support Mayor Quinton Lucas' police-funding power play; GOP
state lawmakers may take action
KWMU: Tick-spread disease on the rise in Missouri
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Missourian: A year after George Floyd resisted arrest, SEMO
awards first "Advocacy, Equity and Justice" scholarship
P-D editorial: Cori Bush needs to explain her stand on
the anti-Israel boycott movement
Washington Missourian editorial: If gas tax increase
appears on Missouri ballot, we'll support it
P-D editorial: State should refrain from interference
in local police budgeting, or accept responsibility
KC Star op-ed: Russ Carnahan: Roy Blunt should
support Dems' Jan. 6 commission
Missouri Independent op-ed: Why COVID will be a
lasting concern inside Missouri prisons
KC Star letter: Kirksville woman wants Blunt to
support "humanitarian health aid" for other countries
P-D letter: Carbondale, Ill. septuagenarian criticizes
GOP lawmakers and Gov. Parson for listening to rural Missourians
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
KTVI (St. Louis): U.S. Rep. Jason Smith meets with
President Trump amid speculation of Senate bid
KC Star: Jason Smith meets with Donald Trump in New
York
P-D: As he weighs U.S. Senate run, Smith meets with
Trump in New York
KC Star: Jill Biden's community college tour to make
stop in Kansas City
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
show recap
The Missouri Times: U.S. Supreme Court denies review
in Missouri death penalty case
KWMU: Gov. Parson makes history by appointing first
black woman to Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri Independent: Trailblazing Gov. Parson names
first black woman to sit on Missouri Supreme Court
P-D: Gov. Parson breaks the mold for Missouri Supreme
Court appointments, names first black woman to state's high court
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson chooses Robin Ransom
for Missouri Supreme Court
KC Star: Gov. Parson appoints first black woman to
Missouri Supreme Court
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson appoints Judge Robin
Ransom to Missouri Supreme Court
KRES/KWIX: Gov. Parson visits Moberly for ribbon
cutting at Swift Prepared Foods; Nearly 200 new jobs created
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislation protects businesses
against frivolous COVID lawsuits
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) says she is working with Gov.
Parson on legislation for nonviolent drug offenders
KC Star: GOP state lawmakers from KC area respond to
Mayor Quinton Lucas' police-force power play
KWMU: First medical marijuana dispensary in Rolla area
opens
SNL: Springfield school district leaders take part in
critical race theory training at "Facing Racism Institute" at Missouri
State University; MSU "chief diversity officer" says CRT is
nothing to worry about
KWMU: Turnover rate for Missouri school
superintendents on par with last year, up significantly from 2019
The Missouri Times: Health Facilities Review Committee
approves new facilities in St. Charles County
KMIZ: State reports high demand for Johnson &
Johnson vaccine, while state's allocation goes down
The Missouri Times: About 14,000 children in Missouri
have started coronavirus vaccination process since Pfizer approval
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT: Public comment
sought on project that will temporarily detour the Katy Trail near
Rocheport
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri needs more
transparency into medical marijuana program
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: After opposing anti-hate crime
bill, Josh Hawley blames Democrats' rhetoric for attacks on Jews
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Missourian's Lucas Presson: A podcast, a missed opportunity by
the Missouri Legislature, and a tribute to Rush Limbaugh
Missouri Independent op-ed: Missouri Charter Public
School Association's Douglas Thaman: When all public schools
thrive, our communities will, too
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Missouri needs to implement
gas tax that applies to everyone
P-D letter: Overland septuagenarian criticizes "modern
GOP," calls on 84-year-old Jack Danforth to return and "prop up"
Republican party
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian unhappy with
Ann Wagner's vote on Dems' Jan. 6 commission, vows to cast one (1) vote
against her in Nov. 2022
JCNT letter: NFIB's Brad Jones thanks lawmakers for
passing COVID liability protections
P-D letter: Missouri Coalition for the Environment
criticizes Missouri Water Commission's vote on groundwater
Monday, May 24, 2021
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Brian Williams
(D-University City) talks to Scott Faughn about police legislation,
FRA, U.S. Senate race; Panel of David Barklage, St. Louis County
Police Association's Joe Patterson, Dem Reps. Jo Doll and Rasheen
Aldridge talk FRA, police officer emancipation, education bills, GOP
U.S. Senate primary
SNL: 12,000 Jordan Valley Community Health Center
patients affected by big nationwide data breach
Missouri Independent: Missouri medical marijuana
companies win tax relief from state lawmakers
Missouri Independent: Lawmakers in Missouri, other
states push back against 'The 1619 Project' and critical race theory
Brownfield Ag News: State, local tax credits
contribute to Delta Peanut facility in Kennett; Comments from Ag
Director Chris Chinn
KC Star editorial: Eric Schmitt wants to cancel
critical race theory, aka 'history'
P-D's Tony Messenger: Missouri's working families need
a consultant on the governor's payroll
KC Star's Toriano Porter: Contact the Missouri Public
Service Commission and tell them to deny Spire's request for rate
increase
P-D letter: Crestwood man expresses outrage over Ann
Wagner's vote on Dems' Jan. 6 commission, vows to cast one (1) vote
against her in Nov. 2022
P-D letter: Glendale sexagenarian mocks GOP Sens.
Caleb Rowden and Rick Brattin for support of Second Amendment
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Joplin Globe: Joplin called model of loyalty, unity by
tornado anniversary speakers
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske
preview: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) on her efforts
to allow parole for drug offenders in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Kansas City police budget
reallocation leads Republicans to call for special session
JCNT: State report looks at ways to reduce
sleep-related infant deaths in Missouri
JCNT editorial: If there's enough interest in
Americans for Prosperity's petition, we will support a statewide vote
on gas tax
P-D's Bill McClellan: Josh Hawley is Missouri's
"secret weapon" to prevent businesses from moving here
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Missouri's U.S. Senate lineup
illustrates the Republican Party's dysfunction
The Missouri Times op-ed: Text of Gov. Jay Nixon's
speech at 10-year anniversary of Joplin tornado
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang: Missouri
faces twin crises in Medicaid - and GOP state lawmakers are at
fault; Comments from Washington University health economist
Jeffrey Jones. others
KC Star's Humera Lodhi and Hurubie Meko: "Missouri Gun
Violence" advocacy series, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health
and Report for America: Wave of evictions provides city leaders
built-in excuse for record-setting violence this year; Racist
institutions like "rent" and "paying bills" to blame
KC Star letter: St. Joseph man calls Josh Hawley
"unpatriotic," says Sam Graves engages in "military costume-play"
P-D letter: Louisiana sexagenarian mocks Sam Graves
for supporting "sacred religious beliefs"
P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian calls Rush
Limbaugh "hateful and cruel"
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves introduces
alternative infrastructure bill
Missouri Independent: Cleaver wants $6 million for
electric buses
St. Joseph News-Press: With potential public vote on
gas tax increase, transportation funding reaches fork in the road
Missouri Independent: Missourians, health care
providers pause plans as Medicaid expansion heads to court
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) discusses
failed bills and future broadband plans
The Missouri Times: Appellate Judicial Commission
recommends nominees for open Supreme Court seat
KC Star: Missouri pastor regrets denouncing Circle of
Hope abuse claims
P-D editorial brief: Praise for GOP lawmakers for
failing to create Rush Limbaugh Day
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Coalition for
Transparent and Secure Elections: Hand-marked paper ballot
advocates request the governor's help
The Missouri Times op-ed: Opportunity Solutions
Project's Joe Horvath: Gov. Parson should call special session
for unemployment program integrity
P-D letter: Clayton man says Cori Bush wrong to
reflexively side with Palestinian terrorists, says congresswoman has
not met with local Jewish leaders
P-D letter: Ballwin octogenarian cheers Washington
Post and Post-Dispatch for anti-Hawley coverage, says Sen. Andrew
Koenig (R-Manchester) is "embarrassing"
Friday, May 21, 2021
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Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith votes against Jan. 6
inquisition, says Dems "attempt to blame one side" for political
violence
KC Star: Cori Bush one of three House Democrats to
oppose $2 billion Capitol security bill
Columbia Missourian: AG Eric Schmitt joins 20 other
states to oppose Critical Race Theory
The Missouri Times: Missouri must go through
"diplomatic channels" to serve China lawsuits; Schmitt's office
used translation service to prep documents for ChiComs
The Missouri Times: Peter Kinder joins health care
network in leadership position
The Missouri Times: National Biodiesel Board hires
Gov. Parson's former legislative director Jeffrey Earl
Missouri Independent: Jeff Earl takes on new role,
joins National Biodiesel Board
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson highlighting beef
during Missouri Beef Month
The Missouri Times: Medicaid expansion suit filed in
Cole County
Missouri Independent: Lawsuit seeks to force Missouri
to enact voter-approved Medicaid expansion
KC Star: Medicaid expansion advocates sue Missouri,
choose three women with sad stories as symbolic plaintiffs
The Missouri Times: Federal reimbursement allowances
(FRA) renewal derails session - but what is it?
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers gained traction on
domestic violence "loophole" - and are already preparing for next year
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
St. Louis City Interim Public Safety Director Dan Isom wants Gov.
Parson to veto Second Amendment Preservation Act
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Missourian: County above state average in percentage of adults
declining COVID vaccine
P-D editorial: Mark McCloskey joins underwhelming
field of candidates
P-D editorial: More warnings from business that things
aren't right in St. Louis and Missouri
P-D's Antonio French: Gov. Parson, other GOP governors
choose cruelty over compassion
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Garrett Hawkins: Legislature tallied some hits, but
left key Farm Bureau priorities on base in spring session
P-D letter: Oakville sexagenarian says Roy Blunt will
leave office "with his tail between his legs"
P-D letter: St. Charles octogenarian wonders which
programs Missouri will cut to pay for Medicaid expansion
KC Star letter: Smithville septuagenarian wants Sen.
Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia), other Republicans charged with perjury for
not funding Medicaid expansion
P-D letter: University City septuagenarian says her
liberal teacher neighbor might quit profession, blames GOP state
lawmakers
Thursday, May 20, 2021
KC Star: Biden proposal would usurp Missouri law,
provide SNAP handouts to three-time dope felons; U.S. Rep.
Emanuel Cleaver says anti-drug laws are racist
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley won't support Dems' Jan.
6 inquisition without changes
KC Star: Missouri Republicans vote against Dems'
proposed Jan. 6 commission; U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler wants any
investigation to include a look at Black Lives Matter riots
KC Star: Union rally highlights fast-food workers'
tales of woe; 52-year-old man blames McDonald's for his poor
financial choices; 50-year-old man wants Burger King to give him
"hazard pay"; rationalizations from other adults shifting
responsibility for their budgeting blunders
KC Star: Event promo: RSVP for our gun-control
series, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report for
America; Panel, hosted by gun-control series reporter Kaitlin
Washburn, to discuss "excessive rent burden" and other atrocities
afflicting people who choose to live in places they cannot afford
JCNT: Missouri's jobless rate dips in April
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Missourian: Former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder named SoutheastHEALTH's
first-ever VP of government affairs
The Missouri Times: Profile: Department of
Mental Health Director Mark Stringer
The Missouri Times: Beach Boys, Hank Williams Jr.,
Missouri natives make up State Fair concert roster
Heartlander News: Petition drive seeks to stop
Missouri from raising gas tax in October
Columbia Missourian: Show Me the Vote public forum
unites Democrat and Republican social clubs
KWMU: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wants special
session for election changes
Missouri Independent: Ashcroft urges Missouri Senate
to shut off debate to pass Medicaid funding tax bill
KC Star/Fox 4 "Four Star Politics": Video: Dave
Helling and Missouri Independent's Jason Hancock give opinions on
Missouri legislative session
P-D: Centene CEO Michael Neidorff (D) again threatens
to leave Missouri, this time over Medicaid expansion
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) pleased
with PDMP passage
The Missouri Times: PSC denies Empire deferral request
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's action on
PDMP long overdue
P-D editorial: Second Amendment Preservation Act shows
depth of GOP dysfunction
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri should create
database on nursing homes
KC Star editorial: Missouri to innocent people
released from prison: Our bad, thanks for coming
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Missourian op-ed: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt: Fighting
against Biden's war on affordable energy
P-D op-ed: Elizabeth Chiarello: Now for the bad
news on Missouri PDMP
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Gov. Parson, GOP
lawmakers who oppose Medicaid expansion funding are anti-Christian,
violate "biblical mandates"
P-D letter: Kirkwood resident expresses anger over
number of "old, white men" elected to Missouri Legislature
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian expresses anger at
GOP state legislators over Medicaid expansion funding, feels
"embarrassed"
P-D letter: Woodson Terrace octogenarian calls Sen.
Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) and GOP lawmakers "tyrants"
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian says
voting for Missouri GOP candidates will create "another pandemic of
death and hate"
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau sends Biden
letter opposing tax plan; Group supports U.S. Rep. Jason Smith's
Death Tax Repeal Act
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt replaced as head
of Republican attorneys general group after serving on interim basis
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Missourian: Missouri serves China in COVID suit following local
court action
KC Star: Eric Schmitt serves Chinese Communist Party
in COVID lawsuit; Missouri AG seeks to hold Chicoms accountable
for role in spreading Wuhan virus
KWMU: Mark McCloskey shakes up already unpredictable
U.S. Senate race
The Missouri Times: Mark McCloskey jumps into U.S.
Senate race
P-D: St. Louis attorney, famous for defending home
from tresspassing protester mob, announces bid for U.S. Senate
AP: St. Louis man who stood up to roving protester mob
announces run for U.S. Senate
KC Star: Mark McCloskey launches bid for U.S. Senate
P-D: St. Louis attorney Al Watkins uses derogatory
references to the disabled in describing Trump supporters
The Daily Beast: Al Watkins compares former President
Trump to Hitler, calls Capitol rioters "f@cking retarded ... short-bus
people"
Columbia Missourian: Boone County Pachyderms,
Muleskinners to hold "Show Me the Vote" forum tonight; SOS Jay
Ashcroft to speak
The Missouri Times: Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain
Grove) launches bid for House majority floor leader
KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Missouri
Independent's Jason Hancock and Rudi Keller share their opinions on the
2021 legislative session
P-D: The Chat Room: Liberal columnists Tony
Messenger, Aisha Sultan offer list of complaints about GOP lawmakers
and 2021 legislative session, praise gas tax hike
Heartlander News: 2021 legislative session ends with
good news for Missouri gun owners
AP: Missouri lawmakers pass longtime priorities
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Missourian: Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) pleased to get PDMP
past the finish line
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) talks gas tax
and emphasis on rural broadband
KRES/KWIX: Missouri School Boards' Association's Brent
Ghan calls legislative session a mixed bag for education
CDT: Lawmakers pass bill from Rep. Chuck Basye
(R-Rocheport) allowing parents to record special education meetings
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Cattlemen's Association
disappointed that eminent domain bill was "stonewalled"
Columbia Missourian: Efforts to deregulate agriculture
industry have mixed success in Legislature
CDT: Bill waiting to reach Gov. Parson's desk could
help Boone County renters
Missouri Independent: DHSS evaluating next steps after
appeals court ruling on marijuana applications
P-D: DHSS to appeal court ruling in marijuana
application case
KC Star: Pastor asks for money to help Circle of Hope
owners fight 'false, demonic accusations'
Joplin Globe: Former Gov. Jay Nixon recounts lessons
learned from 2011 tornado
The Missouri Times: Bicentennial Bridge to connect
capital city with Missouri River
Missouri Independent: Missouri Clean Water Commission
votes 5-1 to provide clarity on "groundwater" definition;
Missouri Pork Association cheers decision
The Missouri Times: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
special license plate new option for Missourians
P-D: Missouri gets new license plate featuring Negro
Leagues Baseball Museum
KC Star editorial: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt's stunt
lawsuit against China is harming Asians
Washington Missourian editorial: Legislative session
review: The good, the bad and the ugly
KC Star editorial: Missourians should vote on a gas
tax hike. Then lawmakers should do what voters say
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Florissant Mayor Tom
Schneider (D): Missouri Republicans, particularly Gov. Parson and
Sen. Schatz, deserve credit for gas tax increase
Missouri Independent op-ed: Phill Brooks: A most
unusual legislative session
Columbia Missourian's C.W. Watson: Gov. Parson shows
lack of integrity by failing to fund Medicaid
The Missouri Times op-ed: R Street Institute's
Shoshana Weissmann: Missouri is becoming a national leader on
occupational licensing improvements
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau President
Garrett Hawkins opposes federal 'death tax'
The Missouri Times' Scott Faughn: The tale of how the
1st session of the 101st General Assembly ended in the Senate:
Details of GOP-vs.-GOP infighting, Senate-House deals, broken
compromises, the fallout, and what's next
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Lawmakers, Axiom's Aaron Baker look back on session, from
education to PDMP
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres)
announces bid for House speaker
The Missouri Times: Missouri gas tax increase could be
left up to voters if new referendum is successful
Missouri Independent: Conservative group wants to send
gas tax hike to Missouri voters; Thoughts from Americans for
Prosperity's Jeremy Cady
P-D: State to resume contract talks with three labor
unions
P-D: Longtime economic development expert Robert
Miserez left his mark on Missouri
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Ameren sustainability lead discusses renewable energy, Cori Bush's
criticism of nuclear energy, more
The Missouri Times: State's first electric school bus
making the rounds in rural Missouri
KWMU: New program to help the poor pay for
Internet; Comments from Missouri DED's Tim Arbeiter
SE
Missourian: Celebrate Missouri's 200th birthday with bicentennial
events, projects
Missouri Independent: Missouri Housing Development
Commission has already given away $3.6 million in rental
assistance; Liberal groups still not happy
Missouri Independent: China virus outbreak at
Smithfield plant in northern Missouri likely larger than originally
known
KC Star: Mask devotees cling to their face coverings,
question CDC's guidance
P-D editorial: Josh Hawley was instrumental in Jan. 6
Capitol "mischief"; 2020 Black Lives Matter riots were "mostly
peaceful"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri lawmakers
correct to question cost of Medicaid expansion
Washington Missourian editorial: Gov. Parson and
GOP-led Legislature deserve credit for shepherding gas tax increase
Joplin Globe editorial: Legislative recap: Home
runs, and some whiffs
Washington Missourian editorial: Missouri sees
positive effects of vaccinations, marking the beginning of the end of
pandemic
P-D's Aisha Sultan: Campaign promo: Moms Demand
Action traveling gun-control exhibit
KC Star's Toriano Porter: New Missouri law would free
innocent people. Missouri's prosecutors are on the clock
P-D letter: St. Charles octogenarian cheers Washington
Post and Post-Dispatch for anti-Hawley coverage
P-D letter: Wentzville septuagenarian calls Josh
Hawley "nuttier than Donald Trump"
P-D letter: St. Charles septuagenarian wants Rep.
Paula Brown (D-Hazelwood) and Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) to
lower personal property taxes
P-D letter: Manchester sexagenarian says GOP state
lawmakers want Missourians to be "poor, sick and voiceless"
P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenaian mocks pro-life
state lawmakers, attempts punchline labeling God female
Monday, May 17, 2021
KRES/KWIX: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer opposes
vaccine passports: "It's about them controlling our lives,
controlling what we do and where we go"
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Missourian: Would-be restaurant workers chose to collect
unemployment rather than work - but Gov. Parson's directive provides
hope
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Sens. Lauren
Arthur (D-Kansas City) and Holly Rehder (R-Scott City), Rep. Becky Ruth
(R-Festus), Axiom's Aaron Baker on transportation funding, ESAs, Dan
Brown, Medicaid expansion funding, Second Amendment Preservation Act,
FRA, more
KWMU's Jason Rosenbaum "On the Trail" column: 8
takeaways from a fruitful, but frustrating, Missouri legislative session
Missouri Independent: GOP divisions in the Missouri
Senate bedevil legislative session
CDT: Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) announces $1.5
million in state funding for Ashland Workforce Development Center
St. Joseph News-Press: State workers head back to the
office for in-person work today
KWMU: Missouri looks to southeast Asia to increase ag
exports
SE
Missourian: Missouri's bicentennial and President Truman's
connection to southeast Missouri
KC Star editorial: Missouri voucher bill will hurt
public education. Will that help low-income kids?
P-D's Tony Messenger: AG Eric Schmitt must have missed
'process server' day in law school
JCNT letter: California man predicts state lawmakers
will approve "full auto" firearms, cites "the radio" and "news outlets"
as sources of gun info
Sunday, May 16, 2021
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers expect lawsuits over Medicaid
decision
Washington Missourian: Fuel tax increase vote splits
Franklin County lawmakers
Missourinet: Feral hog and prescribed burning
legislation now on governor's desk
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers demand change in child
welfare agency
Columbia Missourian: Legislative session photo
gallery: Captions decry GOP lawmakers' "anti-trans legislation,"
other liberal commentary
KC Star: Convicted murderer could be set free from
Missouri prison
P-D editorial: The Missouri Legislature adjourns. Good
riddance.
Joplin Globe op-ed: Charter school advocate Cathy Jo
Loy: GOP must stay united for 2022 U.S. Senate race
P-D op-ed: St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley
Bell: Missouri Legislature gives new hope to the wrongly
convicted in Missouri
KC Star racism/injustice reporter Cortlynn Stark and social
justice reporter Katie Moore: Local "Stop Asian Hate" activists
dismantle racism
P-D letter: Ladue septuagenarian disapproves of Josh
Hawley's "ambitious" nature
P-D letter: Creve Coeur sexagenarian wants Missouri
congressional delegation to burn more federal money on fixing
"long-standing injustices for our communities"
KC Star letters: Democrat who lost 2014 6th
Congressional District election to Sam Graves in 37-point nailbiter
says "I told you so" about Medicaid expansion; Woman blames Gov.
Parson for her inability to pay bills and "stressing out very much"
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian predicts Eric
Schmitt's grandchildren will disagree with grandpa's early 2020s policy
positions
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Joplin Globe: Southwest Missouri Democrats and
Missouri Health Care for All turn out "about 10 people" for Medicaid
protest
KC Star: Missouri Jobs With Justice victimhood series,
Day 2: Group turns out fewer than 80 people for Medicaid
protest; 41-year-old man says he has not visited a doctor since
he was 18, offers expertise on improving health care system
KC Star: Missouri Jobs With Justice victimhood series,
Day 2: Kansas City woman calls Gov. Parson a "tyrant", says
Social Security disability benefits pay her a measly $1,900/month to
relax at home
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Live blog for Friday
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Live blog for Friday
Missourinet: What you need to know about the top
Missouri bills passed, not passed this legislative session
KC Star: Legislative wrap-up: what passed, what
didn't
KWMU: Legislative flameout overshadows end to
productive Missouri legislative session
Columbia Missourian: Session ends with major
accomplishments, partisan bitterness
The Missouri Times: Session derails in upper chamber
on final day over claims of dishonesty
Missouri Independent: Legislative roundup: What
passed, what didn't
P-D: Legislative roundup: What passed, what
didn't
KC Star: Senate abruptly adjourns on final day
Columbia Missourian: Senate Democrats bring session to
a halt early, citing broken promises
P-D: Missouri Legislature wraps up session with flurry
of controversial bills
The Missouri Times: Wayfair tax proposal heads to
governor's desk
JCNT: Capitol Complex tax credits await governor's
signature
The Missouri Times: Legislature approves Second
Amendment Preservation Act
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers pass Second Amendment
Preservation Act
Missouri Independent: Bill protecting Missouri
businesses from most COVID-related lawsuits heads to governor
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers pass broad COVID lawsuit
shields for businesses, medical providers
The Missouri Times: Legislature approves effort to
compensate college athletes for use of their likeness
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) says rural school
districts scored a big transportation win, says ESAs won't hurt area
schools
Missouri Independent's Rebecca Rivas: Missouri
Republicans pass bill to counter calls to 'defund the police';
Comments from Sen. Bill Eigel of "Weldon Springs [sic]"
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers vote to end
EPA-mandated emissions testing near St. Louis
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Ameren
sustainability lead to discuss 'clean energy'
SNL: State, federal agencies investigate fire at
Marshfield propane tank plant
JCNT editorial: State pay hike small, but appreciated
Joplin Globe editorial: Pass, sign bill to limit
chokeholds
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Ashley Aune (D-Kansas
City): Perspectives from the superminority
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang: Missouri
Republicans tested limits of supermajority status pushing conservative
agenda
P-D letter: Rock Hill sexagenarian fantasizes about
creating "Hall of Despicable and Infamous Missourians," wants Rush
Limbaugh aside MLK assassin James Earl Ray
Friday, May 14, 2021
KWMU: Missouri COVID vaccination rates slow;
Missouri Hospital Association survey finds more than one-fourth of
Missourians just say 'no' to vaccine
The Missouri Times: Mike Henderson joins House Speaker
Pro Tem race
KWMU: Gov. Parson axes Medicaid expansion, setting up
lawsuit over future of health care program
P-D: Gov. Parson scuttles Medicaid expansion after
lawmakers provide no money
KC Star: Missouri Medicaid expansion won't go forward
without funding, Gov. Parson says
KC Star: Missouri Jobs With Justice victimhood series,
Day 1; Able-bodied man chooses to not participate in company
health plan, racks up more than $10K in medical bills; Woman
claims Type 2 diabetes prevents her from getting a job; Newspaper
prints victimhood campaign photos provided by Missouri Jobs With Justice
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Live blog for Thursday
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Live blog for Thursday
The Missouri Times: Major bipartisan criminal justice,
police legislative package clears General Assembly
Missourinet: Major police legislation heading to Gov.
Parson's desk
KWMU: Wide-ranging Missouri police and public safety
bill heads to Gov. Parson
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers repeal KC police
residency, empower prosecutors in innocence cases
Missouri Independent: Missouri Legislature close to
passing bill holding protesters accountable for breaking the law,
endangering public safety
The Missouri Times: General Assembly approves
unlicensed reform school oversight measures
KC Star: Students cheer as Missouri passes reform
school bill
Columbia Missourian: House passes bill on punitive
restraint, seclusion of children in schools
P-D: Missouri lawmakers take steps to regulate
religious boarding schools
KWMU: Missouri could have run-offs for 2022 Senate
race and other major elections; Photo ID and no-excuse absentee
effort falters
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman and Jeanne Kuang: GOP
lawmakers pitch runoff plan for primary; Comments from GOP Sen.
Bill Eigel of "Weldon Springs [sic]"
Columbia Missourian: Senate approves Second Amendment
Preservation Act
P-D: Missouri Senate approves gun rights bill
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers on the brink of passing
bill to protect against federal gun control measures
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers on the brink
of passing bill to collect taxes on online sales
Missouri Independent: Push for disclosure of Missouri
medical marijuana records runs into veto threat
P-D: Bill that looks to aid Missouri's transition away
from coal power clears Legislature on eve of final session
Missouri Independent: Bill to speed Evergy and
Ameren's move to 'clean' energy wins Missouri legislative approval
The Missouri Times: Legislature moves to protect
lottery winners' identities
Missourinet: Legislation designating Arch as
Missouri's official monument is one vote away from final passage
P-D editorial: AG Eric Schmitt's lawsuit against St.
Louis County is yet another lame publicity stunt
Joplin Globe editorial: Lawmakers should fund Medicaid
expansion
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson violates his oath. He
and fellow Republicans defy voters on Medicaid
KC Star editorial: Missouri wants to run Kansas City's
police department. Then let Missouri pay for it
Joplin Globe editorial: Finally, a PDMP for Missouri
is within reach
P-D editorial: Schools should ignore parents' feedback
and continue pushing Critical Race Theory
P-D op-ed: The Opportunity Trust CEO Eric
Scroggins: Legislature correctly funded measure to address
failing schools
The Missouri Times op-ed: Planned Parenthood
advocate: Lawmakers should fund Medicaid expansion; "Racist
and discriminatory systems" conspire against black people and women
KWMU op-ed: ProPublica's Jeremy Kohler and Haru
Coryne: Missouri lawmakers approve changes to racist clean-energy
program
P-D letter: American Society of Civil Engineers local
president supports raising gas tax
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian promises to
leave Missouri each year on Rush Limbaugh Day
Thursday, May 13, 2021
KC Star: U.S. Senate hopeful Quinton Lucas (D) visits
D.C., says Missouri state lawmakers don't listen to him
The Missouri Times: Former Sen. Dan Brown, patriarch
of legendary Missouri family, passes at 70
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep.
Bennie Cook (R-Houston)
The Missouri Times: Final week in the Senate:
Live blog for Wednesday
The Missouri Times: Final week in the House:
Live blog for Wednesday
P-D: Missouri's unemployment cuts put jobless on the
clock; Able-bodied men and women tell tales of woe
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Wayfair bill
passed back to Senate
AP: Missouri lawmakers vote to collect online sales
taxes
KWMU: Missouri Senate passes wide-ranging law
enforcement and criminal justice bill
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers strike a deal
on crime bill after governor's veto threat
Columbia Missourian: Senators agree to modify crime
bill to avoid Gov. Parson's veto
Missourinet: Legislation aimed at helping Missouri
police officers cope with stress and trauma from critical incidents
heads to conference committee
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers add police 'bill of
rights' to multiple bills
KC Star: Legislature may pass bill that could help
Jackson County prosecutor free inmate
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) says ESA
legislation is win for everyone
Missouri Independent: After passing tax credit program
to fund school choice, lawmakers cut it in half
Columbia Missourian: Legislation eliminating tuition
caps moves closer to final passage
AP: Missouri lawmakers ask for special session on
election laws
KCUR: Missouri Republicans call for special session on
election measures, ballot protections
Columbia Missourian: House committee calls for special
session to pass voting legislation
P-D: Last-minute push for ballot security measures
underway in Missouri Senate
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers pass bill
limiting local health orders, banning vaccine passports
Columbia Missourian: Legislature gives final approval
to restrictions on local health officials' powers
P-D: Bid to crack down on pandemic-inspired public
health orders sent to Gov. Parson
Missouri Independent: Anti-Grain Belt legislation
could come before Missouri Senate as legislative session wraps
The Missouri Times: PACE legislation crosses finish
line
JCNT: Port Authority bill amended, sent to Senate
Columbia Missourian: 'Rush Limbaugh Day' stripped from
designations bill
JCNT editorial: Governor makes right call to end
pandemic unemployment benefits
P-D editorial: 'Incentivized' by unemployment aid?
Gov. Parson's harsh portrayal needs tweaking
P-D op-ed: Jonah Goldberg: Josh Hawley playing
the part of martyr to cancel culture
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis): Grain Belt Express, private property rights and our
family farms
The Missouri Times op-ed: GOP activist Maryann
Manion: Republicans should quit virtue-signaling and pass COVID
liability protections
KC Star's Michael Ryan: College of the Ozarks lawsuit
seeks to protect religious colleges from feds
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian says honoring
Rush Limbaugh is controversial
P-D letter: Breckenridge Hills sexagenarian criticizes
GOP lawmakers over Medicaid funding, says he cares about the poor more
than they do
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
KC Star: U.S. Reps. Jason Smith, Vicky Hartzler will
vote to oust Liz Cheney: Smith: "Members of House
leadership should not be the distraction"
The Missouri Times: Profile: Dem U.S. Senate
primary candidate Scott Sifton
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Illegal alien from Honduras celebrates living life on the loose
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt sues St. Louis
County over 'unreasonable' health orders
Missourinet: AG Eric Schmitt sues St. Louis County
over COVID health regulations
P-D: AG Eric Schmitt sues St. Louis County over
COVID-19 restrictions
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Bruce
Sassmann (R-Bland)
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis
County) announces bid for House Speaker Pro Tem
The Missouri Times: Missouri ending all federal
pandemic-related unemployment benefits in June
Missourinet: Gov. Parson discusses how handouts have
incentivized people to stay out of the workforce
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's press
conference on curbing feds' entitlement bonanza
KWMU: Missouri joining other red states in ending
participation in COVID-19 unemployment program
P-D: Gov. Parson announces halt to pandemic jobless
benefits after June 12
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson moves to end federal
unemployment handouts
KC Star: 'Time to go back to work': Gov. Parson
ends extra federal unemployment handouts
The Missouri Times: Final Week in the Senate:
Live blog for Tuesday
The Missouri Times: Final Week in the House:
Live blog for Tuesday
KWMU: Missouri drivers likely to see first gas tax
hike in decades
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislature gives final
approval to fuel tax increase
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature votes to pump up the
state's gas tax
Missouri Independent: Gas tax increase on its way to
governor after clearing Missouri House
P-D: Missouri House approves boost in state gas tax
Columbia Missourian: Fuel tax increase approved by
Legislature; Comments from Hallsville Republican "Cheri Toalson
Resich [sic]"
KWMU: Missouri Legislature sends opioid monitoring
program to governor
Missouri Independent: Missouri House approves PDMP,
sends bill to the governor
P-D: PDMP headed to Gov. Parson's desk
Columbia Missourian: Missouri's prescription drug
monitoring program heads to the governor; Comments from "Rep.
Justin Hill (R-St. Charles [sic])
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Missourinet: Latest WalletHub promotional survey ranks Missouri
'high' in drugs, but PDMP could help
Missouri Independent: Abortion battle continues on
Missouri Medicaid provider taxes
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: DESE invests
$50M in teacher recruitment, retention
Missourinet: To help reduce a K-12 teacher shortage,
Missouri to offer recruitment and retention grants
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
approves reform school protection legislation
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate approves
oversight of unlicensed faith-based reform schools
KC Star: Missouri Senate passes bill giving state some
oversight of Christian reform schools
P-D: Phaseout of St. Charles County personal property
taxes advances in Senate
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson says provision in
crime bill "total power overreach of government"
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Webster University "Chief Diversity Officer", associate education
professor promote Critical Race Theory, insist curriculum "does not
demonize the white people"
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske
preview: Activist wants "racial equity" in Missouri's medical
marijuana program
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's unemployment decision
will force thousands back into poverty
P-D editorial: On Medicaid, Gov. Parson bows to the
voters - while legislators kneecap them
KC Star op-ed: Sacramento, Ca. man wants Blunt and
Hawley to flip-flop on gun control
KC Star's Michael Ryan: Forcing dead babies on women
won't help the pro-life cause or burnish its image
KC Star letter: Kansas City man opposes GOP voting
safeguards
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith tours southern border, says
policies 'crazy'
The Missouri Times: Lacy Clay, longtime chief of staff
join D.C.-based international law firm
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt joins with 43
other attorneys general to urge Facebook to halt development of
"Instagram for kids"
Missouri Independent: AG Eric Schmitt joins effort to
convince Facebook to abandon plans for children's Instagram
P-D: Uniting Missouri PAC standing by David Barklage
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Lauren
Arthur (D-Kansas City) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about congressional
redistricting, Medicaid expansion, Empowerment Scholarship Accounts
(ESAs), voter ID, more
The Missouri Times: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho)
announces bid for House Speaker Pro Tem
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Haffner (R-Pleasant
Hill) jumps into floor leader race
KC Star: Gov. Parson to propose plan next legislative
session for spending Biden's COVID cash
AP: Missouri avoiding hasty approach to spending $2.7B
in pandemic aid
P-D: Gov. Parson's adminstration laying the groundwork
for Medicaid expansion scenarios
KC Star: DSS begins preparing for potential increase
in number of Medicaid recipients
The Missouri Times: Final Week in the Senate:
Live blog for Monday
The Missouri Times: Final Week in the House:
Live blog for Monday
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Schatz gas
tax bill clears fiscal review committee
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Federal
reimbursement allowance (FRA) extension passes House as amendment
Columbia Missourian: Crime bill sent to Senate for
final approval
Columbia Missourian: Gun rights bill headed to Senate
for final approval
CDT: Basye's bill to protect female high school
athletes added to A+ Scholarship bill
KMIZ: State bill could require school districts to
allow recordings of IEP meetings
AP: Missouri House votes to legalize needle exchanges
P-D: HSUS issues another report about Missouri's
"puppy mills"
P-D editorial: St. Louis City doesn't need pandemic
spending oversight from a hostile Legislature
SNL op-ed: Show-Me Institute's David Stokes:
Here's a crazy idea: Tax yourself; "Don't tax you, don't
tax me, tax that tourist in the CID"
Missouri Independent op-ed: ProPublica's Jeremy Kohler
and Haru Coryne: PACE program disproportionally harms black
homeowners, should be subject to state oversight
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says young people, old
people, and black people can't manage to obtain a photo ID
Monday, May 10, 2021
SNL: Photo gallery: "Voter rights" rally draws
dozens; Liberals wear masks outdoors
This Week in Missouri Politics: Reps. Ashley Bland
Manlove (D-Kansas City) and Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg) discuss Medicaid
expansion, public defender and community college funding, rural
broadband, charter schools; Sens. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) and
Jason Bean (R-Holcomb) on gas tax, community college funding, more
KWMU's Jason Rosenbaum: On the Trail: Missouri
Legislature begins final week with plenty of unfinished business
Missourinet: Final week in Missouri's legislative
session: Wayfair, gas tax, PDMP and Grain Belt still unresolved
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Legislature works to
finalize bills ahead of Friday deadline
Missourinet: Lawmakers to debate gas tax;
Thoughts from Missouri Trucking Association's Tom Crawford, Missourians
for Transportation Investment's Jeff Glenn
Missourinet: Missouri's operating budget approved by
lawmakers includes historic increase for foster children and families
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) talks REAL
ID compliance extension
Missouri Independent: Critics of Missouri's medical
marijuana program say some operators game the system by controlling
more than fair share of locations
P-D: Missouri pharmacists 'fill in gaps' in vaccine
distribution
KC Star editorial: Sen. Josh Hawley is right about big
tech, but gets a lot wrong in 'Big Tech'
P-D's Tony Messenger: Connecting Missouri River to its
flood plain is key in urban and rural areas
KC Star's Toriano Porter: Parents challenging
white-guilt curriculum at Rockwood School District "need to
chill": Columnist recounts hardships of being handed a quality
education through deseg program, mentions status as a "three-sport
athlete" more than 30 years ago, expresses resentment over coaches
never visiting his home in St. Louis City, etc.
P-D letter: Pacific septuagenarian mentions status as
civics teacher decades ago, says state legislators must approve
Medicaid expansion funding
P-D letter: St. Charles septuagenarian attempts
analogy involving Medicaid expansion funding and campaign contributions
from outside Missouri
Sunday, May 9, 2021
Mother's Day
P-D: Liberal groups turn out 75 for urban "voter
rights" rally
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Democratic Party
Chairman Michael Butler the top recipient of energy industry's
"entertainment" dollars; Potential Dem U.S. Senate hopeful
Quinton Lucas (D) second
Missourinet: Dems, Republicans weigh in on Medicaid
expansion funding
Washington Missourian: Franklin County commissioners
approve "Second Amendment Order"; Advocates hope move will
encourage Missouri Senate to pass Second Amendment Preservation Act
JCNT: Numerous Missouri programs offer respite for
veterans considering suicide
KC Star editorial: 'Birthing people'? Cori Bush steps
on her own message
P-D editorial: In honoring Rush Limbaugh while
dishonoring Walter Cronkite, Missouri GOP shows its colors
Joplin Globe editorial: Lifelong restraining orders a
good step to protect victims
Joplin Globe op-ed: Joplin woman calls Jeremy Cady's
op-ed on Medicaid expansion funding "propaganda"
Columbia Missourian's Molly Hart, Taylor Freeman and Judy
Lucas: Brave trans kids stand up to anti-trans Missouri
lawmakers; Bills "unlikely to reach Gov. Mike Parsons's [sic] desk in 2021"
P-D letter: Ladue man calls KMOX leaders "cowardly"
for broadcasting Rush Limbaugh
P-D letter: Illinois sexagenarian says Republican
state legislators who voted against Medicaid expansion are "not
honorable Christian men and women"
Saturday, May 8, 2021
Fox News: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush scorched for referring
to mothers as "birthing people"
SNL: Liberals plan massive "voter rights"
demonstrations in Springfield, KC, St. Louis, Jefferson City, and Cape
Girardeau today
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson withdraws nominee to
replace David Steelman on the University of Missouri curators
The Missouri Times: General Assembly gives final
approval to FY22 budget
KWMU: Missouri Legislature passes $35 billion budget
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers send budget with
unemployment forgiveness, more public defenders to Gov. Parson
P-D: Missouri lawmakers approve new state budget
St. Joseph News-Press: State budget approved by the
House and being sent to the governor for approval
Missouri Independent: Lawmakers say next step is up to
Gov. Parson for Missouri Medicaid expansion
Columbia Missourian: Missouri budget finalized;
Comments from St. Louis Dem "Peter Meredith [sic]"
Missourinet: Missouri Legislature passes tax credits
to fund private school scholarships; Comments from Missouri
School Boards' Association's Melissa Randol, others
SE
Missourian: Rep. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) touts bill
to ease veteran state licensures
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) amends COVID-19
passport bill
The Missouri Times: Springfield land bank bill makes
progress in both chambers
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) frustrated
with performance audit bill's standstill
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) updates
prescribed burn bill
The Missouri Times: Ameren Missouri expanding solar
energy output
P-D editorial brief: Liberal group criticizes
congressional Republicans, spares Blunt and Wagner with "mediocre"
ratings for certifying election results
Columbia Missourian's David Webber: Missouri should
not teach the Bible in public schools
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia sexagenarian pens
open letter to Josh Hawley, accuses senator of sponsoring tax credit in
order to trick voters into forgetting about Capitol insurrection
Columbia Missourian letter: St. Louis septuagenarian
complains about state's higher ed funding
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian criticizes AG
Eric Schmitt for review of pandemic restrictions
Friday, May 7, 2021
Truman Day
Morning Consult: Exclusive: Ann Wagner, Jason
Smith add campaign muscle as they consider U.S. Senate bids
KC Star: Cori Bush refers to mothers as "birthing
people"
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson, Mike Kehoe, Jay
Ashcroft speak at National Day of Prayer ceremony at Capitol
JCNT: Current, former state leaders participate in
annual Day of Prayer
Missourinet: Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs)
reflects on President Truman's legacy and historical connection to
Excelsior Springs
P-D: Missouri House approves Rush Limbaugh Day
P-D: David Barklage indicted on tax charge
Missouri Independent: Longtime GOP consultant David
Barklage indicted on felony tax charge
KC Star: Political consultant David Barklage indicted
on tax fraud charge
KC Star: Missouri phasing out National Guard mass
vaccination events as demand drops
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) on potential
special sessions
The Missouri Times: ESA bill heads to governor's desk
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate sends education
savings account program to governor's desk
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers send school choice bill to
governor's desk
Columbia Missourian: School choice bill passes
Legislature
Missouri Independent: Pro-life amendment affects bill
crucial to Missouri Medicaid finances
Missourinet: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg):
There's no path forward for any Missouri gaming bill this session
KRES/KWIX: Hoskins on sportsbook legislation, video
lottery terminals, more
Brownfield Ag News: Bill limiting inspection authority
of ag facilities passes
Missouri Independent: Lawmakers demand answers from
Missouri DSS for undercount of abuse reports
The Missouri Times: Senate pauses insurance, tax
credit bills for further review
The Missouri Times: Occupational therapy, pharmacist
licensing reforms considered in Senate
Missouri Independent: Bill proposing changes to DNR's
processes clears House committee, still faces uncertain future
Columbia Missourian: Missouri House approves letting
college athletes benefit from their names, images
P-D: Time-sensitive HIV medication could be easier to
access under proposal heading to Missouri governor
St. Joseph News-Press: Advocacy group asks Legislature
to soften HIV transmission laws
SE
Missourian: Judge Limbaugh reflects on Birds Point levee ruling
10 years later
JCNT editorial: Don't wait for feds to fund
transportation
KC Star editorial: OMG and get the smelling
salts: Missouri agrees to hire more lawyers for the poor
P-D's Tony Messenger: Levee project gives Missouri
River more room to roam
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Tech experts poke holes in
Hawley's new book
P-D's Antonio French: Gov. Parson, AG Schmitt lead GOP
efforts versus urban Dems in a game of chicken
KC Star's Dave Helling: What is Eric Schmitt trying to
hide? A tale of two open records requests
Columbia Missourian's Caitlin King: House members burn
hours creating new days to honor Missourians as the session deadline
looms
P-D letter: Wentzville septuagenarian angered by
Koenig's suggestion that able-bodied Missourians should work for a
living
Thursday, May 6, 2021
KWMU: Census data: More than 3,200 flee St.
Louis City in last year, pushing population to lowest level since
mid-1800s; St. Charles County leads region in population gain
P-D: Census data: For the first time in at least
a century, more people died in Missouri than were born
KWMU: Biden's EPA head makes St. Louis stop, promotes
infrastructure spending
P-D: New EPA head visits St. Louis City, calls for
more spending
KWMU: Fort Leonard Wood mayors say they want to make
military housing better
P-D: Ethics investigation alleges professional
misconduct by Kim Gardner
KC Star: St. Louis prosecutor faces misconduct
allegations related to Greitens investigation
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Jim
Kalberloh (R-Lowry City)
The Missouri Times: "A Day in the Life" series:
Rep. Raychel Proudie (D-Ferguson)
JCNT: Missouri's state workers headed back to offices
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Missourian: Gov. Parson issues 'return to office' directive
KCUR: Gov. Parson gives all-clear for state employees
to return to offices May 17
KC Star: Three (3) state employees complain about
going back to work; Blind woman who works at DESE will have to
arrange a ride to office; Man who is vaccinated claims his
vaccinated wife at home could still catch COVID; DSS call center
employee "shocked" that she may need to arrange after-school care
The Missouri Times: Public defenders, Amtrak, schools
among budget differences debated in conference committee
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers agree on more
money for hospitals, higher education
Columbia Missourian: Proposed state budget compromise
includes more money for UM, other schools
Columbia Missourian: Pandemic property tax exemption,
other taxing proposals added to Senate bill
KWMU: Missouri passes bill to hold protester mobs
accountable for blocking traffic, bans "chokeholds"
Missourinet: Missouri bill boosts protections for
police, punishment for dangerous protests
Missouri Independent: Missouri House passes
protester-accountability bill, bans police "chokeholds"
Columbia Missourian: High-profile crime bill banning
"chokeholds" sent to the Senate for final approval
Columbia Missourian: Crime bill receives House
approval; Comments from Dem. Rep. Alan Gray of "Blackjack [sic]"
The Missouri Times: Missouri college athletes could
get paid for their likeness under bipartisan plan
The Missouri Times: Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's
Summit) leads bipartisan collaboration on vital utility legislation
Missouri Independent: Less pollution, lower
bills: Missouri moves ahead on utility securitization
KRES/KWIX: Anti-spoofing bill moves through
Legislature; Thoughts from Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown)
Columbia Missourian: Lawmakers discuss
texting-while-driving ban
P-D op-ed: Center for Women in Transition's Barbara
Baker urges lawmakers to pass bill from Rep. David Evans (R-West
Plains) on community-based sentencing
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian wants Blunt to use
final two years in office to flip-flop on gun control
KC Star letters: Lee's Summit septuagenarian wants
Blunt and Hawley to denounce Trump; Kansas City woman says Rep.
Hannah Kelly's bill on proper burial for infanticide victims shows lack
of "compassion, humility and respect"
P-D letter: St. Louis woman unhappy with state
lawmakers' decision on Medicaid expansion funding
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
KC Star: AG Eric Schmitt takes the reins as interim
chairman of Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA)
P-D: RAGA and its fundraising arm funded less than
$22k in travel and lodging costs for Schmitt last year
JCNT: Former U.S. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) at
Vitae Foundation breakfast: Vitae is keeping up as life changes
The Missouri Times: Blake Rollins named Missouri Farm
Bureau chief administrative officer
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Mitch
Boggs (R-LaRussell)
The Missouri Times: General revenue collections
continued to increase in April, latest report says
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn:
Missouri climbs the ranks for broadband access
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson's office declines to
release personnel records regarding former COO Drew Erdmann
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville)
shares concerns on gas tax proposal
Columbia Missourian: Bill protecting businesses from
COVID liability passes House
Missouri Independent: Opponents scuttle effort to add
benefit limits to Missouri unemployment debt bill
St. Joseph News-Press: Medicaid expansion advocates
say more spending would help rural hospitals, communities
Columbia Missourian: School choice bills still
awaiting approval, opponents still fighting
P-D: Critical victimhood theory: Rockwood NEA
claims teachers are facing "personal attacks" as parents stand up
against white-guilt curriculum
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger criticizes GOP state lawmakers'
efforts to defend against critical race theory/1619 Project curriculum
KC Star: Missouri DSS reported inaccurate numbers of
abuse and neglect cases at reform schools
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers approve plan to
extend orders of protection for life
SNL: Lifetime protection order bill on its way to
becoming law, thanks to local survivors of domestic violence
KC Star: Missouri passes bill allowing lifetime
restraining orders for domestic abuse survivors
KC Star: Missouri House passes bill to hold protesters
accountable for endangering public safety
P-D: Missouri House sends crime package to Senate over
Democratic opposition
Columbia Missourian: Bill limiting agricultural
inspections heading to Gov. Parson
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers pass PACE
legislation
The Missouri Times: Bicentennial Bridge sponsored by
Union Pacific
JCNT: Union Pacific Railroad has contributed $200,000
to Bicentennial Bridge
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Missourian editorial: Praying for our country, leaders on
National Day of Prayer tomorrow
JCNT editorial: Missouri state government creates
one-stop shop for military/veterans
JCNT editorial: Bill would fund much-needed public
defenders
P-D editorial: Not content with suppressing the vote,
the GOP seeks to silence protests
Missourinet's Bob Priddy: Sports-betting legislation
must ensure schools keep getting 21% of gambling's gross tax receipts
P-D letter: "Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice"
octogenarian criticizes Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) for saying
that healthy adults should work for a living
Washington Missourian letter: Marthasville
sexagenarian opposes gas tax increase, prefers mileage-based use tax
P-D letter: Defiance man says toll roads help cities,
but rural areas would suffer
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner travels to southern
border: "It's only going to get worse"
KC Star: Former mayor of Texas town may put his name
of Missouri GOP U.S. Senate primary ballot
P-D: 35-year-old Ladue native says he'll put name on
Democrats' U.S. Senate primary ballot
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Terry
Thompson (R-Lexington)
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Paul
Wieland (R-Imperial) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about Medicaid
expansion funding and what's next, Todd Graves, Gov. Parson, more
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina):
How expanded Medicaid and unemployment entititlements hurt businesses
and lead to more people sitting at home
P-D: Central West End restaurant job fair gets few
takers; Chase Park Plaza general manager says federal stimulus
and Missouri's generous handouts lead to people choosing to not work
KRES/KWIX: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg):
How Hoskins and other Republicans kept their word by not funding
Medicaid expansion
The Missouri Times: State launches resource and
benefits portal for veterans, service members
The Missouri Times: Missouri rolls out "one-stop-shop"
veterans resource tool
The Missouri Times: Here are the House conferees for
FY2022 budget negotiations
KWMU: COVID liability protection and other pandemic
measures get another life in Missouri Legislature
KWMU: Group of Rockwood School District parents unite
against critical race theory/1619 Project curriculum; More than
200 turn out to hear GOP Sens. Andrew Koenig, Cindy O'Laughlin discuss
legislation
Columbia Missourian: Bill from Sen. Karla May (D-St.
Louis City) would allow teaching the Bible in public schools;
Feedback from GOP Rep. "Chuck Bayse [sic]"
Heartlander News: Missouri NAACP President Nimrod
Chapel says Dem Sen. Brian Williams' police legislation "looks a lot
like Jim Crow"
P-D: Missouri Senate debates plan to forgive
unemployment overpayments but cut timeframe for benefits
Columbia Missourian: Senate debates unemployment
repayment, length of time on the dole
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Senate
approves changes to Sunshine Law
The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Legislature
adds pets to protection orders
The Missouri Times: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur)
on utility legislation
Missouri Independent: Bipartisan coaltion of lawmakers
hope to fund free feminine hygiene products in Missouri prisons
JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation seeking
application for fall black bear hunting
KC Star: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas says state lawmakers
should let city make its own laws about gun control
Joplin Globe editorial: Legislature should aid move to
cleaner power
P-D letter: St. Louis octogenarian predicts that
teaching white-guilt lessons in public schools will lead to racial
division in the classroom
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Missourian letter: Jackson man compares GOP state legislators to
the British government circa 1776
Monday, May 3, 2021
This Week in Missouri Politics: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Garrett Hawkins on property rights, Grain Belt Express, rural
broadband, improving roads, initiative petitions; Panel of Sen.
Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina), Dem Reps. Maggie Nurrenbern and Wes
Rogers, and Missouri Right to Life's Susan Klein talk Medicaid
expansion, COVID, education legislation
The Heartlander: Exclusive: Mark McCloskey on
his timeline for 2022 U.S. Senate announcement
The Heartlander: Gov. Parson on Missouri's economic
success, transcending COVID, and the "workers' market" for Missourians
who choose to work for a living
P-D: As gambling expansion stalls in Missouri, Senate
leader still trying to ban gas station slot machines
Missouri Independent: Missouri hospitals lobby for
changes to new Medicaid payment system
JCNT: Prosecutor: Domestic violence one of most
under-reported crimes
SNL's Steve Pokin: Missouri should fund Medicaid
expansion
KC Star's Kaitlin Washburn and Lisa Guttierez:
"Missouri Gun Violence" advocacy series, sponsored by Missouri
Foundation for Health and Report for America: Young vets in
Missouri die by suicide at exceptionally high rate, and guns are to
blame
P-D letter: St. Charles septuagenarian calls GOP state
lawmakers "cruel" for not funding Medicaid expansion
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Missourinet: Ceremonies honor Missouri officers who
made the ultimate sacrifice; Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, AG Eric Schmitt
speak
KC Star: Missouri Hospital Association survey shows
Missouri conservatives, blacks lead the way in declining COVID vaccine
KC Star: KC metro reports no new China virus deaths
Saturday
JCNT: Measure would OK Missouri school districts to
subdivide
St. Joseph News-Press: For Grain Belt Express
opponents, hope hasn't dimmed
P-D editorial: NRA seeks to bring Missouri-style
carnage to every corner of America
KC Star editorial: Medicaid expansion is up to you
now, Gov. Parson - and you know the right answer
Joplin Globe op-ed: League of Women Voters
sexagenarian: Blunt should heed his own warning about wrecking
American institutions
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Greitens' embrace by TrumpWorld
makes perfect, misogynistic sense
Joplin Globe op-ed: Americans for Prosperity-Missouri
State Director Jeremy Cady: Missouri can't afford Medicaid
expansion
Columbia Missourian's Julia Garlich: Part I of
two-part gun control series: Domestic violence victims paying the
price for Missouri Republicans' support of Second Amendment
P-D letter: Manchester septuagenarian offers litany of
complaints about Josh Hawley
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian supports 1619
Project, criticizes religious "myths and parables"
Saturday, May 1, 2021
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The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau President
Garrett Hawkins testifies before Congress on rural broadband
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn
says big ag events, including Missouri State Fair, are "on"
The Missouri Times: Freshman profile: Rep. Tim
Taylor (R-Bunceton)
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) aims to
protect Missouri jobs from federal overreach
St. Joseph News-Press: Child custody bill makes it to
state Senate
P-D: Closing residential treatment program in Webster
Groves raises bigger question about traumatized youth
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn says
Missouri to stick with federal dicamba label
P-D: AG Eric Schmitt plans legal action, joins GOP
lawmakers in targeting St. Louis County health orders
KC Star: Regional China virus update
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Missourian: Regional China virus update
JCNT editorial: Property tax proposal would create
revenue shortfall
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Westminster College
assistant political science professor disagrees with Sen. Roy Blunt on
court-packing
SNL op-ed: Springfield man says Rep. Chuck "Bayse [sic]" wrong about bill to protect
female high school athletes
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian calls Sen.
Josh Hawley "simply a racist," threatens to start recall petition
P-D letter: University City woman says state
government leaders to blame for Missourians' hesitancy to get COVID
vaccine
P-D letter: Webster Groves woman calls for "civil
disobedience" if state lawmakers pass bill banning 1619 Project
curriculum
P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenarian says
sophisticated business leaders considering move to Missouri would be
appalled by people who love "guns and pig farms"
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