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Archive - November 2015


    


        Monday, November 30
       
Washington Post:  As Obama heads to Paris, Blunt, Manchin (D) and Inhofe (R) seek to check president's ability to make climate-change commitments
          KC Star:  Kansas City marchers call for action on climate change +
          KC Star:  Video:  Rain-soaked hirsute Caucasoid with bullhorn attempts rhythmic call-and-response using syllable-short stanza:  "Turn on clean energy/Turn on clean energy/Turn on clean energy/Turn off fossil fuuuu-els" +
          KWMU:  At a glance:  St. Louis' major employers in the coal industry
          Columbia Missourian:  PolitiFact check:  Vicky Hartzler's comments about dopehead parents and foster care rate "True"
          Kraske:  The Chat:  Missouri Kids First's Emily van Schenkhof on fewer dollars for crime victims +
          The Missouri Times:  Texts from the Trail column:  Missouri politicos, and what they have to be thankful for:  Gov candidates, statewide officials, state senators and state reps, consultants, more
          KOLR:  Lawmakers to discuss resettlement of Syrian refugees
          Missourinet:  Livestream link:  Missouri House, Senate joint hearing on Syrian refugees (hearing begins at 10 a.m. Central)
          KC Star:  Missouri lawmakers holding public hearing on Syrian refugees +
          Drebes:  Video from Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) on Syrian refugees employs creative background imagery
          Missourinet:  Missouri House hearing on stadium deal is today
          KWMU:  Affton School District joins national effort to rethink textbooks
          KMOV (St. Louis):  Coldwater Creek vs. West Lake Landfill;  County official decries activists' "myth-making" as federal study finds no immediate public risk from radioactive waste
          KWMU:  SLU sociology professor studies lawbreakers' feelings about municipal court system and paying their fines;  Groundbreaking research finds two-thirds believe their traffic stops were unfair, and the poor dislike paying fines
          Missourinet:  Astronomy professor weighs in on MU drama, says rage "has been building up basically since Michael Brown's death"
          AP:  Year after his strong-arm robbery and assault on officer, Michael Brown lies in relative obscurity;  Family has received "hundreds of thousands of dollars" but hasn't gotten around to buying a headstone
          Columbia Missourian:  Most-read articles of the week:  3 of 10 were race-drama articles posted here
          JCNT editorial:  Nicole Galloway extends scrutiny of Sunshine Law compliance X
          KC Star letter:  15-year-old says grading system put too much pressure on students, suggests schools give no more grades +
          JCNT letter:  MU should focus on sexual assaults, not tired "discrimination" whines;  Video via Dana Loesch shows black students entering library and shouting racial slurs at white students trying to study X
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        Sunday, November 29
       
KC Star:  Three years after Sandy Hook, mental health overhaul remains out of reach;  Comments from Blunt, Cleaver +
          AP:  Missouri lawmakers seek answers on funding to help refugees
          CDT's Rudi Keller:  Nicole Galloway profile:  A look at a day on the job, her staff, meeting Jon Galloway, why she's a Democrat, 2018 election plans, more X
          SNL:  Center for Public Integrity ranks Missouri low for accountability and transparency;  Comments from Springfield GOP Reps. Kevin Austin and Lincoln Hough, Brad Ketcher, Progress Missouri's Kevin Garner X
          SE Missourian:  Doctor shopping of prescription drugs remains a scourge in Missouri +
          CDT:  Legislative questions about faculty teaching loads add to University of Missouri woes X
          P-D:  November firearms season ends with increase in deer harvest
          P-D:  Missouri's first Jewish state representative dies;  Chaim Zimbalist served two terms in the 1950s
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  University of Missouri should stand firm and resist demands that it support abortion services;  Siding with Planned Parenthood would put UM at odds with many taxpayers and MU supporters X
          P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:  Restore abortion services in mid-Missouri;  State has already been exposed as racist toward minorities, shouldn't perpetuate stigma by being mean to women too
          Washington Missourian editorial:  Too many public officials are ignorant of the Sunshine Law X
          P-D's Nicklaus:  Small-business owner learns that Missouri's state tax credits aren't for him
          Washington Missourian's Bill Miller:  Silly political correctness:  If Mizzou milquetoasts get rid of Jefferson statue, they might as well change school name to Cave In University;  Thinskins emotional about an NFL team name ignore reality that "Indians were kinda red skinned" X
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        Saturday, November 28
       
Missourinet:  More victims' assistance agencies express concern about budget deal;  No response from Clay, Wagner, Luetkemeyer, Hartzler, Graves, Cleaver offices
          Washington Missourian:  National Popular Vote rep stops by newspaper offices, is looking for Missouri state lawmaker to introduce bill X
          Kraske:  2016 Missouri governor race power rankings and analysis:  Chris Koster the top dog, followed by Peter Kinder;  Eric Greitens rising;  Catherine Hanaway and John Brunner falling +
          Drebes:  Help Wanted:  Jeff Roe hiring research staffer
          AP:  Nixon wants settlement money sent to lead-damaged areas
          Missourinet:  Missouri Highway Patrol hopes increased enforcement reduces holiday crashes and violations
          KC Star:  From the home office in Jeff City, Mo., Nicole Galloway presents "Top 5 Most Common Sunshine Law Violations" +
          CDT:  Former MU chancellor Bowen Loftin continues to receive university legal defense, protection X
          JCNT:  Black students, and those with "disabilities," outpace white students in earning suspensions;  Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) offers legislation to help address "school-to-prison pipeline" X
          Washington Missourian:  Washington NEA president speaks up on behalf of transgender students:  "I would hate for (our district) to be seen like Hillsboro" X
          P-D:  Removed St. Louis County grand juror disputes circumstances, decries secrecy
          P-D editorial:  Eric Greitens' choice of words to incite John Brunner could have been better
          KC Star editorial:  KC police chief Darryl Forte wrong to suggest the media back off on officer-involved shootings +
          Messenger:  Trail of $50,000 in campaign contributions to St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger highlights Missouri's ethics problems
          Priddy:  Capitol Masquerade Ball to be held December 12;  Honorary co-hosts probably won't show up, but will at least send staff, and the auction should be fun
          P-D letter:  Sen. Roy Blunt talks about supporting move to spend more taxpayer money on Alzheimer's research
          P-D letter:  Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst:  Farmers asked to bear the brunt of costs of ameliorating climate change
          P-D letter:  Grain Belt Express President Russell Pisciotta:  Transmission line is not the only good supply of wind energy
          KC Star letter:  Excelsior Springs man mocks KC Star editorial board's support of Planned Parenthood +
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        Friday, November 27
       
Kraske:  The Chat:  Blunt on screening Syrian terrorists;  Kathleen Parker on campus malcontents' "serial tantrums";  Mike Moon on abortion legislation +
          Missourinet:  Missouri Catholic Conference calls for uninterrupted funding of refugee assistance
          Kraske:  Gov candidates need to say more about how to solve Missouri's road mess;  Koster, Greitens, Brunner offer unspecifics while Kinder and Hanaway are slightly more detailed +
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. John Rizzo (D-Kansas City) to run for state Senate
          KC Star:  J.J. Rizzo will run for the Missouri Senate +
          Drebes:  Emily Lewis, aide to Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown), headed to Missouri Bankers Association
          KWMU:  Hunters donate deer meat to Missouri's hungry through annual program
          Warren County Record:  NECAC program to be discussed at state meeting
          Missourinet:  Planned Parenthood to discuss all legal options to continue abortions at Columbia clinic
          AP:  Arrests for drunken boating plummet on Missouri waterways
          KRES/KWIX (Moberly):  Governor's Conference on Agriculture to feature awards, concert;  Comments from Ag Director Richard Fordyce
          Fulton Sun:  Governor's Christmas tree goes timber in Fulton, will be delivered Monday
          KMZU (Carrollton):  Missouri will receive nearly $100,000 settlement after Medicaid fraud claims
          P-D:  State lawmakers reimbursed less than $17,000 for their June-October expenses, including committee hearings
          AP:  Annual Thanksgiving parade returns to St. Louis;  Last year's parade was cancelled due to Ferguson protesting/rioting/looting
          P-D:  After Ferguson behavior causes one-year break, Thanksgiving parade rolls in downtown St. Louis
          Columbia Missourian editor Tom Warhover:  881 words explaining need for more "discussion" about race
          SNL letter:  Area woman dislikes protesters' demand of picking MSU faculty based on the color of their skin X
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        Thursday, November 26   Happy Thanksgiving!
       
KOLR:  B2 stealth bomber could halt Iran's nuclear program
          P-D:  Missouri parole board finally gets new appointments:  Former state Rep. Gary Dusenberg (R), Jennifer Zamkus (D), Ellis McSwain (D)
          Missourinet:  Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) believes 2016 bill could stop abortions in Missouri
          CDT:  Legal action likely over Columbia abortion clinic license, Planned Parenthood says X
          P-D:  Deadline looms for Planned Parenthood to obtain hospital privileging to continue abortions
          The Missouri Times:  Planned Parenthood in Columbia suspends abortion services
          CDT:  Abortion activists upset at Mizzou leader X
          CDT:  City prosecutor to decide whether MU professor will face assault charge X
          SNL:  MSU protesters issue latest demands:  Two black leaders must be handed top jobs, or else;  Group also alleges that Hispanic leader Juan Meraz does not address black students warmly enough when he enters multicultural center X
          The Missouri Times:  Ferghanistan:  The War on Police excelling;  Portion of proceeds from Roorda's book will go to assault victim Darren Wilson
          P-D:  Ferguson Commission's Traci Blackmon cracks Ebony's "Top 100" list
          KC Star editorial:  New MU chancellor should reverse cowardly decision on Planned Parenthood doctor +
          Shelly:  Kinder, Hanaway, Brunner use last gasps of denial to denigrate student and street protesters;  Student protesters will totally end up engaging in the civilized political process someday +
          Kathleen Parker:  For thin-skinned MU protesters and their ilk, we have nobody to blame but ourselves
          P-D letter:  St. Louis man says stadium cash would be better spent on improving young urbanites' education
          P-D letter:  Area woman befuddled by MU grad student's "I can't be both black and educated" logic
          Washington Missourian letter:  Area man says protesters whining about lack of black faculty should go to class and become professors themselves X
          Washington Missourian letter:  Wash Mo man says Mizzou histrionics show what happens when every millennial crybaby gets a trophy X
          P-D letter:  Meramec poli sci professor John Messmer:  MU tantrums show what happens when every child gets a trophy then grows up with the need for coddling
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        Wednesday, November 25
       
KCUR:  Blunt says widespread disruption in Syria makes vetting refugees impossible
          P-D:  Eric Greitens has testy phone-call exchange with John Brunner over anti-Greitens website;  Brunner campaign tapes phone call, sends to Post-Dispatch
          The Missouri Times:  Initiative petitions filed to shrink the size of government
          The Missouri Times:  Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) plans to pre-file 'ban the box' legislation
          CDT:  Looming loss of privileges ends abortions at Columbia Planned Parenthood clinic X
          Columbia Missourian:  Abortions no longer offered at Columbia Planned Parenthood
          CDT:  MU Alumni Association to revive Black Alumni Network X
          Washington Post:  'White Student Associations' pop up at Mizzou and other schools, though many are simply sarcastic or fake
          Rosenbaum:  Breaking down the costs, benefits and gaps of St. Louis' riverfront stadium
          The Missouri Times:  National Car Rental Field:  Not the first time Missouri financed a football stadium
          P-D:  Residents gather in North St. Louis for meeting on riverfront stadium
          P-D:  St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones:  'City has 99 problems;  financing a new stadium is not one'
          SNL:  Following trend in smaller schools, Marionville adopts transgender policy;  Kids can assign themselves a new name once every school year and cross-dress as they please, but humans with male genitalia must stay out of girls' locker room X
          P-D:  Nixon signals action on lead cleanups
          KWMU:  A look at the players in the West Lake and Bridgeton landfill sagas:  Andy Blunt, Richard Callow, others
          P-D:  Guns at the zoo?  St. Louis judge hears arguments
          Missourinet:  Convictions of man who raped and killed Robin and Julie Kerry thrown out
          P-D:  Missouri Supreme Court throws out Reginald Clemons murder conviction;  Hazelwood East graduates were raped, pushed off bridge to their death
          KWMU:  Missouri Supreme Court tosses out murder conviction and death sentence of Reginald Clemons;  Criminal remains in jail for assaulting a corrections officer
          AP:  Reginald Clemons' murder convictions in sisters' death tossed
          P-D:  Protesters congregate in Ferguson one year after jury's ruling in Michael Brown attack;  Group sporadically blocks some traffic
          P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:  Missouri needs to raise the gas tax to pay for crumbling roads
          KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah:  Survey shows McCaskill's approval rating at 48%, Blunt's approval rating at 45% +
          CDT's Waters:  Octogenarian uses appearance of six governors at KC event to write a column about his own career X
          KC Star's Diuguid:  Columnist wants readers to know that he volunteers at soup kitchen, notes increasing number of olds unable to support themselves +
          KC Star letter:  Lee's Summit woman suggests Missouri veterans preregister at veterans homes, cemeteries +
          P-D letter:  University City woman says Missouri must do more to reduce incarceration levels
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        Tuesday, November 24
       
KOLR:  Blunt criticizes Obama's Syrian refugee policy
          KY3:  Blunt sounds off on brewing Syrian refugee crisis
          CDT:  Hartzler defends bill requiring stiffer screening for Syrian terrorists X
          Missourinet:  Missouri Catholic Conference says letting in Syrians would be the "humanitarian" thing to do
          P-D:  Interactive graphic:  Where refugees to Missouri come from, and where they settle;  KC and STL impacted the most, with rural areas generally unaffected
          Missourinet:  Man faces 6 charges connected to death of Missouri trooper;  Serghei Pavel Comerzan responsible for killing Trooper James Bava
          SNL:  VA official confirms Springfield location is coming X
          The Missouri Times:  Texts from the Trail:  Politicos line up behind prez candidates;  Gov race updates;  Parkinson/Eigel vs. Zerr;  West Lake Landfill embers cool as facts choke out hysteria;  More
          KWMU:  Sen. Bob Dixon drops out of GOP contest for governor;  four candidates remain
          The Missouri Times:  Dixon ends bid for GOP governor's nomination
          AP:  Dixon no longer running for governor
          The Missouri Times:  Kurt Schaefer starts "Keep the Feds Off Our Farms" tour
          AP:  Report shows Missouri unemployment rate drops slightly
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Rural Health Care Summit proceedings show innovations
          KWMU:  Municipal court overhaul advocates say using legal system has been a success
          KWMU:  Legal Roundtable podcast:  Mark Smith, Esther Seitz discuss Senate Bill 5, Syrian refugees, Mizzou free-speech issues, more
          Missourinet:  State Auditor Nicole Galloway lists top violations of open records and meetings law
          AP:  Auditor finds Sunshine Law violations in closed meetings
          P-D:  PSC approves Laclede Gas request for infrastructure charge increase
          Columbia Missourian:  House creates intern ombudsman position to combat harassment
          KC Star:  Protests may move from college campuses to ballot boxes;  A look at how protesters are viewed by candidates, voters +
          CDT:  Police department expanding "community outreach" at expense of traffic unit X
          Columbia Missourian:  Black leaders say Columbia's white community "has some homework to do on equity";  47% of Columbia blacks earned less than $20,000 in 2013
          SE Missourian:  Law-enforcement officials explain fine line between free speech, criminal acts;  Attorneys discuss handling of "hateful slurs" +
          AP:  Ferguson marks one year since rioters/looters/arsonists acted out
          P-D:  Community marks one year of rioters/looters/arsonists running loose
          Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial:  McCaskill helps military battle wastefulness
          P-D editorial:  More data needed on police shootings
          CDT letter:  Indiana man says Mizzou protesters should stop being such thinskins X
          P-D letter:  Rolla man says conservative students are harassed on college campuses
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        Monday, November 23
       
P-D:  Supporters of bringing Syrian refugees here rally in the Loop;  Comments from Muslim activist Faizan Syed, Rabbi Susan Talvi, others
          Kraske:  The Chat:  Speaker Todd Richardson on Syrian terrorists and Missourians' safety;  Peter Kinder on 'right to work';  Mizzou student on her decision that she cannot be both black and educated +
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  First all-XX panel of Jane Dueker, Mindy Mazur, Rep. Anne Zerr (R), Linda Rallo chats with Scott Faughn about Syrian refugees, municipal court overhaul, Raise Your Hand for Kids tobacco-tax effort, Mizzou drama
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking:  Podcast tag-team Mannies & Rosenbaum chat with Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Union) on Syria and Muslims vs. Christian immigrants, stadium subsidies, future plans
          Politico:  FCC proposes millions in fines, collects $0;  McCaskill on Lifeline/Obamaphone penalty:  "We might as well have a big flashing sign that says, 'Doesn't matter, do whatever you want'"
          KWMU:  Ann Wagner sees big changes under Speaker Paul Ryan
          KWMU:  Obama administration presents "Champions of Change" awards to photographers with LGBTQIA focus;  Area lesbian Jess Dugan has been documenting transgender subjects for 10 years
          P-D:  Survey suggests Nixon public approval, damaged by Ferguson, has rebounded
          Drebes:  Former state Rep. Ted Farnen (D-Columbia) to run for Boone County Commissioner
          Missourinet:  Nixon calls on lawmakers to focus on economic development in 2016
          AP:  Effort to get cannabis oil to Missouri residents starts slowly
          Riverfront Times:  Post-Dispatch editor Christopher Ave withdraws from Webster class after Brittany Burke-related outcry
          Missourinet:  Trooper says he'll testify against Missouri in lawsuit over Iowa man's drowning
          AP:  Princeton student from Missouri among latest Rhodes scholars;  Richard J Lu of Ballwin chooses to work hard, finds academic success
          KWMU:  "We Live Here:  Race, class, power and poverty" series:  MU alumni share stories of the struggle of being black on campus
          Columbia Missourian:  Mizzou Alumni Association forms Black Alumni Network
          SNL:  MSU student flip-flops, now supports student group she criticized days ago X
          P-D:  Mizzou activists put pressure on university to continue relationship with Planned Parenthood
          P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:  Missouri's congressional delegation should reject Trans-Pacific Partnership
          Priddy:  By spreading fear about Syrian refugees, Missouri Republicans are helping the terrorists win
          St. Joseph News-Press' Steve Booher:  What's a Yik Yak?  A mid-50s scribe take a voyeuristic look inside. X
          Gateway Journalism Review's Terry Ganey:  The Pulitzer Prize reporter who carried a gun:  A look at the life and investigative style of Ted Link
          P-D letter:  State Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur):  Syrian refugees deserve same essential liberties
          SNL letter:  Lamar man says one Islamic terrorist's fake ID could lead to killing of thousands of Missourians X
          JCNT letter:  Jefferson City woman questions Medicaid-expansion benefits X
          P-D letter:  University City woman uses Nixon's stadium comments at school visit against him
          P-D letter:  Greendale woman glad that North County municipalities are challenging SB 5
          P-D letter:  Farmington felon says "Ban the Box" proposals should be extended to housing applications
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        Sunday, November 22
       
SNL:  ProPublica data:  U.S. Rep. Sam Graves outpaces even Emanuel Cleaver and Lacy Clay in missed congressional votes;  Every other member racks up less than 5 percent X
          Missourinet:  Nixon, lawmakers discuss screening of refugees and hearing on state's role
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in Missouri Politics teaser:  Dems Jane Dueker and Mindy Mazur, with Republicans Anne Zerr and Linda Rallo, talk Syrian refugees, municipal-court overhaul and Mizzou's ongoing dramatics
          The Missouri Times:  Profile:  Angela Bingaman joins Richard Callow's St. Louis Public Eye full-time, talks scrilla-chasing, spin and sundresses
          P-D:  St. Louis comptroller to oppose stadium financing bill
          SNL:  Missouri agriculture grant to help area Hmong farmers;  Asian family immigrated to the U.S. and chose to work hard, expresses gratitude for opportunities X
          The Maneater:  Curators hold listening session;  Some minorities complain about "microaggressions," other atrocities
          AP:  Mizzou facing damaged image after racial issues, upheaval
          P-D editorial:  Babies, a Missouri budget casualty
          P-D's Nicklaus:  UnitedHealth's problems are its fault, not Obamacare's;  Comments from Washington University health care economist Tim McBride
          CDT's Waters:  Protesters' 10-percent quota is impossible to meet;  Limited pool of qualified black candidates snatched up by better institutions anyway X
          Washington Missourian's Bill Miller:  MU protesters' demand for 10 percent black faculty is ridiculous X
          SE Missourian's Bob Miller:  'Microaggressions' are all around us +
          Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy:  MU race relationships status:  It's complicated:  Public disagrees with protester carping;  Andy Blunt handed a no-bid contract;  female alum tells tale of joy and pain, sunshine and rain
          CDT op-ed:  Craig Van Matre:  2,094 words on Tim Wolfe concludes that UM president's resignation may be all for naught, or maybe not X
          St. Joseph News-Press letter:  Area man says greedy types who oppose minimum-wage increases are forcing low-wage workers onto welfare X
          P-D letter:  Ferguson man says Ferguson effect emboldened protester types, and now decent people will rethink sending their offspring to Mizzou
          Washington Missourian letter:  New Haven seasoned citizen recounts glory days of hippie campus protests X
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        Saturday, November 21
       
The Missouri Times:  Republican legislators flock to join Marco Rubio
          P-D:  Northrop Grunman won the bomber bid over Boeing, but faces continued legal battles;  Comments from McCaskill
          KWMU:  Missouri lawmakers to hold public hearing on Syrian refugee resettlement
          AP:  Missouri Republican leaders call hearing on Syrian refugees
          JCNT:  MO DSS Director Brian Kinkade:  State has no role in deciding if refugees come X
          Messenger:  One Missouri Republican - state Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) - stands up to fear on Syrian refugees
          KOMU:  Missouri Democrats draw attention to Blunt's Paris messages;  Blunt's Tate O'Connor calls complaint 'laughable'
          KOMU:  Gov. Bob Holden organizes visit by Hong Kong Economic Trade Office;  Luetkemeyer attends, McCaskill and Blunt send staff
          P-D:  Area congressional delegation's votes for the week
          CDT:  Black Democrats discuss party shortcomings at Muleskinners;  Former Dem committeewoman says black vote is taken for granted:  "I am kind of done with the Democratic party." X
          Drebes:  Cora Faith Walker starts campaign committee for safe Dem seat currently held by Rep. Sharon Pace (D-Northwoods)
          KC Star:  Missouri governors tout job recruiting efforts, economic development initiatives +
          AP:  Nixon, 5 past Missouri governors discuss economic development
          Maryville Daily Forums:  GOP state Reps Dan Hegeman, Allen Andrews preview legislative session:  Chances slim for 'right to work' and Medicaid expansion, say best path to RTW is with Republican governor
          KDNL (St. Louis):  Video:  Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) talks with Jamie Allman about battle with municipalities that want to collect more traffic-fine dollars
          KC Star:  KC attorney Herb Kohn appointed chairman of Missouri Gaming Commission +
          CDT:  Transgender event draws less than a dozen to Capitol X
          CDT:  Kurt Schaefer reopens Capitol office as threat investigation continues X
          AP:  Both sides pressure Mizzou over Planned Parenthood ties
          CDT:  UM, labor union hope to find common ground in federal mediation X
          CDT:  Union organizers share experiences with MU students X
          CDT:  Breitbart's Ben Shapiro challenges protesters at MU:  "If you can't show systematic racism at Mizzou you instead rely on stupid garbage like 'white privilege' and 'microaggressions.'" X
          AP:  Curators hear student complaints at forum, including complaints about timing of forum
          P-D:  Curators sit through two hours of complaints;  Sociology grad student Teah Hairston shares her struggle story:  "I have to choose to be black or educated:  I can't be both."
          Columbia Missourian:  Hispanic female speaks out against racial quotas, suggests students can succeed despite having Caucasoid professors
          CDT:  Students complain to curators;  Indian group now wants an Indian culture center built on campus X
          Columbia Missourian:  Fact check:  Kinder's 'zero fact' on swastika wrong
          SNL:  Black student to MSU group making demands:  "You do not represent me";  Asheton Mayfield takes aim at chronic malcontents "stoking the burning coals of the fiery pit of hell that is the 'race war'" X
          SNL:  Responding to protesters' 'demands,' MSU board supports President Smart X
          KWMU:  Ferguson interim police chief to step down, to return to Arizona position
          P-D:  Ferguson interim police chief departing early
          USA Today editorial:  Campus adults should protect free speech
          The Missouri Times op-ed:  Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder:  Halt the relocation of Syrian refugees into Missouri
          CDT's Waters:  Ann Covington:  A career of service X
          Shelly:  Taking stock of a wacky week:  From Jay Nixon's wishy-washy Syria statement to Mike Moon's silly 'Islamization' fearmongering +
          KC Star's Steve Paul:  Mizzou protesters have super-charged the post-Ferguson atmosphere +
          P-D letter:  Old Monroe, Mo. (population 265) police chief supports marijuana legalization, says he has seen dope prosecutions wreak havoc on his metropolis
          P-D letter:  West Virginia woman responds to wind-energy editorial, critizes Clean Line energy project
          P-D letter:  Creve Coeur man says call for 10 percent black faculty is unrealistic, suggests boosting pipeline of future teachers by improving shoddy urban schools
          P-D letter:  Area man dislikes light sentence for Ferguson looter, sarcatically suggests the criminal be hired at Mizzou to fulfill faculty racial quota
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        Friday, November 20
       
Washington Missourian:  Bringing refugees to Missouri warrants much caution, lawmakers say X
          JCNT:  Blunt:  Press 'pause' button on refugees X
          Missourinet:  Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) explains letter calling for camps for refugees, preventing 'Islamization' of Missouri
          KC Star:  Conservative group says their poll shows Missourians want Nixon to take stronger stance against Syrian refugees +
          Kraske:  The Chat:  Nixon on letting in Syrian refugees, Glen Kolkmeyer on gas tax +
          P-D:  Congressional Quarterly ranks McCaskill, Blunt voting records
          KWMU:  McCaskill:  Backpage.com CEO faces possible Senate contempt hearing
          KWMU:  Area members of Congress vote to shift federal oversight of West Lake Landfill
          P-D:  Proposed law would strip EPA of authority over nuclear waste at West Lake Landfill
          AP:  Lawmakers want Corps, not EPA, to remediate landfill
          Kraske:  Here come da govs, here come da govs!  Six Missouri govs in KC today to discuss economic development +
          SNL:  Rep. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) will not seek re-election, will run for Greene County commission seat X
          KWMU:  Homeless numbers drop in Missouri, remain unchanged in St. Louis area
          KWMU:  St. Louis County files suit challenging state's municipal overhaul
          Missourinet:  St. Louis County cities' suit challenges constitutionality of Missouri municipal court law
          The Missouri Times:  Schmitt, Nasheed, Cornejo respond to lawsuit against SB 5
          KTRS (St. Louis):  Recently-enacted Senate Bill 5 faces legal challenge
          P-D:  North County cities sue to block law that limits revenue from traffic cases
          AP:  Suit challenges Missouri law limiting Missouri court fines
          CDT:  UM curator Ann Covington resigns for personal reasons;  Nixon will appoint replacement for female slot X
          Columbia Missourian:  Ben Shapiro slams political correctness at MU after recent protests
          CDT:  Facebook page questioning MU protests shut down, then restored X
          KOMU:  African-American student charged with making threats on Yik Yak;  Budding scholar Paris Lovett: "It's a new age and I can write [sic] my ancestors [sic] wrong and just start killing ya'll off"
          AP:  Curators to hear student gripes today
          KC Star:  Curators plan an audience for MU student groups on Friday +
          SNL:  Missouri State protesters issue 'demands,' set deadlines X
          SE Missourian:  Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) honored as advocate of music therapy +
          The Missouri Times:  Prenger Family Center leading way on truancy court diversion;  Comments from Missouri Supreme Court Justice Mary Russell
          KWMU:  Federal agency to help study supposed risks from Coldwater Creek
          KWMU:  Starbucks breaks ground in Ferguson;  new store is part of new concept
          Washington Missourian editorial:  Until feds give assurances about improved security, governors have a point in blocking Syrian refugees X
          P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:  McCaskill right to fight drug price-gouging
          Washington Missourian editorial:  It pays to be fired:  Bowen Loftin got a heck of a deal X
          Washington Missourian's Bill Miller:  The pendulum has swung too far at Mizzou;  As Peter Kinder said, fiasco was governance by "mob rule" X
          P-D letter:  Kirkwood woman thanks Gov. Jay Nixon for embracing Syrian refugees
          JCNT letter:  Jefferson City woman wants Nixon to block Syrian refugees, keep them from leeching public assistance X
          CDT letter:  Area woman wants University of Missouri to terminate relationship with Planned Parenthood X
          JCNT letter:  Member of National Organization for Women (NOW) wants Mizzou to strengthen relationship with Planned Parenthood X
          Washington Missourian letter:  Warrenton woman says Gary Pinkel set "horrific" example by siding with petulant protesters
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        Thursday, November 19
       
KC Star:  Blunt offers thoughts on Syria, ISIS in campaign email +
          Kraske:  The Chat:  AG Chris Koster on keeping Missourians safe from potential terrorist refugees;  Kurt Schaefer on receiving death threats +
          The Missouri Times:  Petition started to stop Syrian refugee resettlement
          Missourinet:  Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) wants special session, camps to deal with Syrian refugees
          Columbia Missourian:  Missouri legislators call for Nixon to block Syrian refugees
          AP:  Missouri lawmakers seek special session over refugees
          Missourinet:  Advocates for domestic violence victims dislike cuts to federal program
          Missouri Farmer Today:  Mini-profile:  Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
          Drebes:  Jeff Roe's James Thomas III files "Courageous Conservatives PAC" with FEC
          Missourinet:  A gas tax proposal will be filed again in Missouri Legislature
          The Missouri Times:  Pension committee proceeds despite lack of quorum, increased security
          P-D:  Nixon visits award-winning St. Louis City Public School for gifted kids, answers questions on stadium, running for president, his suits, more
          Columbia Missourian:  A look at area's black jobless numbers;  Man who dropped out of St. Louis City's Vashon high school describes subpar experience
          KWMU:  Districts want to save money on buses to put back into classrooms
          CDT:  University of Missouri faces tough legislative year, area lawmakers say X
          CDT:  MU names new head of research, graduate studies and economic development;  Hank Foley's first appointment is Caucasoid male Mark McIntosh X
          CDT:  Paper to end "Trib Talks" series with 4 p.m. session today;  Readers encouraged to take part in anonymous chat with League of Women Voters, 'Minority Mens [sic?] Network' X
          Columbia Missourian:  Judge reconsiders, sets bond for suspect in MU Yik Yak threats
          CDT:  Judge sets bond for MU threat suspect X
          P-D:  Officials reassure Bridgeton businesses on West Lake Landfill
          KWMU:  Ferguson hires new city manager:  De'Carlon Seewood
          P-D:  Mailers sue Post-Dispatch, allege wage discrimination based on race
          P-D editorial:  Greek organizations should join McCaskill-Gillibrand to fight campus sexual assault
          KC Star's Mary Sanchez:  Mike Moon's Syrian-terrorist proposal shows he's ignorant +
          CDT's Waters:  Octogenarian reacts to MoScout MU poll X
          KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah:  Obama backs free speech at MU and conservatives harshly unleash it;  Breitbart's Ben Shapiro to speak at MU tonight, taking aim at "whiny pantywaist fascism" +
          Columbia Missourian op-ed:  J-School grad student Ben Kupiszewski:  On campus free speech, the perpetually-offended, and the witch hunt for make-believe "systematic racism"
          SNL letter:  Battlefield man disagrees with concealed-carry proposal from Cathy Hannaway [sic] X
          St. Joseph News-Press letter:  Reponse to Alonzo Weston column on minimum-wage hike X
          P-D letter:  Kirkwood woman fact-checks Grain Belt Express editorial
          P-D letter:  Mizzou alum dislikes salary paid to Bowen Loftin and other bureaucratic "fat cats"
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        Wednesday, November 18
       
P-D:  Blunt, and the somber walk into the secret terror threats
          P-D:  Congressional delegation weighs in on Syrian refugees
          CDT:  GOP, Koster call for blocking refugees after Paris attacks X
          Missourinet:  Mostly-Republican call for blocking Syrian refugees from Missouri grows
          AP:  More call on Nixon to block Syrian refugees in Missouri
          SNL:  Area lawmakers disagree with Nixon on Syrian refugees X
          CDT:  Syrian refugees months or years from being accepted in U.S., activists say X
          Drebes:  McCaskill takes aim at crazy drug price increases
          AP:  Justice Dept. brings federal charges in investigation into dietary supplement deception;  McCaskill sent letter to executives
          P-D:  Fraternity and sorority organizations back off sexual assault bill after McCaskill protests
          Kraske:  The Chat:  Missouri Dems on Andy Blunt's no-bid contract +
          KWMU:  Most of Missouri's GOP candidates for governor expected to head to Vegas
          The Missouri Times:  Race for Dempsey's seat down to Anne Zerr and Bill Eigel
          The Missouri Times:  Override of unemployment-benefits bill upheld, will move to Supreme Court
          AP:  Judge backs state on unemployment-benefits bill
          P-D:  Missouri could pay blind residents $19 million
          Missourinet:  Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) wants child suicide prevention education available to school employees
          Missourinet:  U.S. Supreme Court consideration of Texas abortion law could affect Missouri laws
          The Missouri Times:  Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) closes office due to death threats
          CDT:  Schaefer closes offices during threat investigation X
          KWMU:  Kurt Schaefer ties death threat to his leadership role against Planned Parenthood
          AP:  Planned Parenthood clinic can reapply for privileges
          P-D:  MU chancellor's new role hits a snag after Cerner objects
          AP:  Cerner raises concerns about University of Missouri deal
          CDT:  Board yet to vote on new role for old MU chancellor X
          Missourinet:  Some Mizzou alumni say last week's protests unfairly portray University of Missouri
          Columbia Missourian:  Fact check:  Juan Williams exaggerates car incident at Mizzou Homecoming Parade
          AP:  Missouri would likely be alone with 10 percent black faculty
          P-D:  Demand for 10 percent black faculty at Mizzou would put it above norm for peer universities
          Columbia Missourian:  Former MU faculty emphasize need to keep - not just recruit - faculty
          KWMU:  Taking stock at a tumultous time for the University of Missouri
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City) appointed to Missouri Children's Trust Fund Board
          KWMU:  3-judge panel to hear Ernest Lee Johnson's latest appeal
          SE Missourian:  Missouri deer harvest up 6 percent from last year +
          KWMU:  Calling in the ethicist:  Reflecting on Ferguson with understanding of protesters and the police
          KC Star editorial:  Crackdown by Missouri and other states on for-profit college chain is good news +
          SNL op-ed:  U.S. Rep. Billy Long:  Ozarks veterans deserve the clinics they were promised X
          Columbia Missourian's David Rosman:  Kurt Schaefer's actions placing 'undue burden' on Missouri's citizens
          St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston:  Minimum-wage debate:  Sexagenarian shares stories from the early 1970s X
          CDT's Waters:  Overall, the whole Mizzou ordeal was a positive thing X
          P-D letter:  Webster Groves woman says 'Ban the Box' legislation will help alleviate discrimination
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County man says Mizzou malcontents view life through the prism of race
          JCNT letter:  Centertown man compares Mizzou protests to Ferguson riots, wonders why media does not depict Michael Brown as near-300-pound strong-arm dopehead that he was X
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        Tuesday, November 17
       
P-D:  Blunt joins call for moratorium on Syrian refugees
          KTVI:  Kinder asks Nixon to prevent Syrian refugees from coming to Missouri
          Missourinet:  Lawmakers call on Nixon to refuse Syrian refugees' relocation to Missouri
          The Missouri Times:  Rep. Kathie Conway (R-St. Charles), GOP gov candidates ask Nixon to keep Missouri from accepting refugees
          KMIZ:  Nixon not refusing Syrian refugees in Missouri
          P-D:  Nixon won't bar Syrian refugees from Missouri, despite Republican calls for a ban
          KWMU:  Liberal think tank, advocacy organizations says governors who say 'no' to refugees may not have law on their side
          AP:  Nixon calls for safeguards after Paris attacks
          Kraske:  The Chat:  John Hancock on importance of March 15 presidential primary;  Catherine Hanaway on Missouri's lack of leadership +
          The Hill:  Sierra Club begins running ads urging McCaskill, Blunt to support Obama's carbon regulations
          Wall Street Journal:  Lawmakers, including McCaskill, target high drug prices
          KWMU:  Greek organizations drop support for bill opposed by McCaskill
          The Missouri Times:  New weekly column, Texts from the Trail, to focus on 2016 campaign news;  Nuggets on John Brunner vs. Eric Greitens (un)friendly fire, Schaefer vs. Hawley, Koster's week, more
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking podcast:  Mannies & Rosenbaum chat with Ryan Johnson of Missouri Alliance for Freedom about anonymous donors, support for some ethics-law changes, and forecast for 'right to work' legislation
          Drebes:  Missouri Alliance for Freedom makes Sunshine request for info on every state rep's bulk mailers
          The Missouri Times:  Mark Parkinson drops Senate bid, endorses Bill Eigel;  St. Charles Republican calls Rep. Anne Zerr (R-St. Charles) "pro-tax, pro-spending, anti-family-values"
          P-D:  Mark Parkinson withdraws from race to succeed Tom Dempsey
          Missourinet:  Voter ID, ethics overhaul among top priorities for Missouri Senate Republicans
          Missourinet:  Galloway hopes recent audits serve as reminder for vehicle license offices
          KC Star:  Columbia one battleground in larger fight over abortion in the U.S. +
          CDT:  Protests tarnished university image in Missouri, poll shows X
          KC Star:  MoScout poll shows disapproval of MU protests, football coach Gary Pinkel +
          P-D's Ben Frederickson:  Tiger football players' relationship with protest group isn't over;  J'Mon Moore says he might start "community service hours," or maybe just "going to talk to people"
          CDT:  MU faculty hold solidarity march;  Caucasoid male balances sound amplifier atop his long-haired cranium X
          AP:  Black KU students complain about administration, start "Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk" movement;  Protesters say they were inspired by Mizzou protester behavior, but "not trying to mimic Mizzou"
          AP:  Bowen Loftin to keep bulk of old salary
          P-D:  Ousted Mizzou chancellor will keep most of his salary
          The Missouri Times:  Rebate lawsuit dismissed as net metering rules change again
          CDT:  Grain Belt Express wind power project gets green light in Illinois X
          Missourinet:  CDC:  Birth rate among Missouri teenagers drops 50% due to implants, other contraceptive strategies
          P-D editorial:  Rural landowners, farmers should give in a little and allow Grain Belt Express;  Seasoned-citizen editorial board chooses half-century-old protest song for headline
          P-D op-ed:  Tishaura Jones:  Missourians deserve an end to payday lending
          P-D letter:  O'Fallon woman responds to McCaskill's request for men to "shut the hell up," imagines the caterwauling if gender roles were reversed
          P-D letter:  Florissant woman wants Missouri Republicans to expand Medicaid
          SNL:  Springfield woman exposes the conspiracy to keep poor people down in Missouri:  Mechanisms include opposing Medicaid expansion and increased minimum wage, support of 'right to work,' others X
          P-D letter:  Ballwin man offers practical solution to urbanites' crime problem:  Assign one police officer to every 300 potential criminals and let the positive mentoring relationships bloom
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        Monday, November 16
       
KWMU:  Republicans, Clinton already jockeying for support in Missouri's March 15 primary
        KODE (Joplin):  VA to meet with Mount Vernon leaders to try and open rehab center;  Comments from U.S. Rep. Billy Long
        KMZU (Carrollton):  Wentworth Military Academy hosts first-ever Ike Skelton Legacy Dinner;  Former COS Bob Hagedorn, U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver among award-winners
        KOMU (Columbia):  Missouri River Relief receives $91,000 EPA grant
        This Week in Missouri Politics:  Guest Catherine Hanaway;  Panel of John Hancock, former Sen. Chuck Graham (D-Columbia), Pat White, Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) discuss MU protester demands and state-school acquiescence, GOP gov primary
        Neosho Daily News:  Catherine Hanaway visits Newton County, says she wants to restore values, jobs
        Drebes:  MoScout poll:  Missourians slightly favor expanding discrimination laws
        KC Star:  'Sure shot' Jay Nixon gets his buck on deer season's opening weekend +
        Kraske:  The Chat:  House Budget Chairman Tom Flanigan (R-Carthage) weighs in on Mizzou handing Andy Blunt a $10k/month no-bid lobbying contract +
        Missourinet:  Obama applauds Mizzou protesters
        JCNT:  MU alumni combat protests with social media campaign X
        Columbia Missourian:  Video:  At day three (Nov. 5) hunger-strike hero Jonathan Butler discusses his his self-inflicted starvation struggle
        Columbia Missourian:  "Inclusivity" march draws 300;  Overwhelmingly-Caucasoid crowd barks "No justice, no peace," other catchphrases
        P-D:  In Normandy, Saturday school for some students, teachers
        KMOX:  St. Louis aldermen get earful on new stadium;  Comments from Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette), others
        KWMU:  Report from Auditor Nicole Galloway finds Dept. of Conservation doesn't always follow directions
        SE Missourian:  Area students to let MoDOT test their bridges +
        Rosenbaum:  County cities band together to oppose Stenger's police standards push
        KWMU:  Report:  St. Louis banks opening more branches in black neighborhoods
        NY Times editorial:  Policing for profit in St. Louis County
        P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:  Missouri should follow other states' lead on legalizing marijuana
        Washington Missourian editorial:  Protesters damaged their own cause, and alumni are disgusted;  Handing Mike Middleton the interim president job "may soften conditions since he is black" X
        KC Star editorial:  Renovated Gateway Arch will benefit St. Louis and Missouri +
        CDT's Waters:  Finding blame on campus:  Protesters will have to start adopting reasonable expectations X
        KC Star letter:  Citizens for Environmental Action:  Koster should support Obama administration's Clean Power Plan +
        P-D letter:  St. Peters man says Ameren makes willy-nilly increases in electric bills
        JCNT letter:  Area man wonders how alleged "slurs" are undocumented in the smartphone era, expresses disappointment that UM leaders "folded like a lawn chair" X
        JCNT letter:  Area man says curators should be ashamed for giving in to protesters' extortionist behavior X
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        Sunday, November 15
       
Missourinet:  Blunt says Paris attacks evidence of intelligence community's fears, could happen here
          Missourinet:  Official says Mizzou students studying abroad in France are safe amid terror attacks
          P-D:  Area congressional delegation's votes for the week
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in Missouri Politics teaser:  Guest Catherine Hanaway;  Panel of John Hancock, Chuck Graham, Pat White, Rep. Shamed Dogan (R)
          KC Star:  John Brunner, Catherine Hanaway, Peter Kinder attend Platte County gov forum;  Topics include taxes, education, Mizzou protesters' behavior +
          SE Missourian:  Gubernatorial candidates Catherine Hanaway, Eric Greitens make Cape stops +
          P-D:  Opponents of transmission line say "right to farm" amendment precludes project
          KWMU:  Proposed stadium gets a public hearing
          P-D:  Football fans and foes gather at St. Louis riverfront for stadium argument
          St. Joseph News-Press:  How a gram of meth makes it to Missouri X
          St. Joseph News-Press:  Wind project generates concern about birds;  Comments from Missouri Department of Conservation's Janet Sternberg X
          Daily Dunklin Democrat:  University of Missouri Extension's Mike Milam hosts group to learn about migrant workers and human trafficking
          SNL:  Officials consider whether MSU's spike in sexual assaults is an anomaly X
          CDT:  Abortion politics unlikely to abate for new University of Missouri leadership X
          CDT:  Graduate students extend olive branch, but view new leadership with caution X
          CDT:  Alumni group starts social media campaign against protests;  "Truth Matters MU" creates #UnityMU hashtag, aims for "a reasoned response to racial tensions" X
          KC Star:  Analysis:  Outlook for next steps of agitation - or possible placation - at Mizzou +
          P-D:  Mizzou has long history of race complaints, stalled attempts at action
          P-D:  Diversity initiative has made headway;  Programs have handed out scholarships to students, and jobs to faculty applicants
          CDT:  MU interim chancellor and "interim vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity" discuss next steps X
          KC Star:  Race relations:  Mizzou tailgater-on-the-lot interviews +
          P-D:  Race relations:  Mizzou tailgater-on-the-lot interviews
          Columbia Missourian:  Concerned Student 1950 stages march, uses bullhorn for "extra loud" instigation through Greek Town
          Columbia Missourian:  Breaking down the journalist-bullying videos:  Play-by-play of journobumping from self-described "sturdy" anonymous female protester-sympathizer
          JCNT:  Jefferson City NAACP promotes hotline for reporting discrimination, including insults X
          P-D:  Mizzou professor is latest race-struggle celebrity;  Cyndi Frisby's Facebook posts detail her overwhelmingly emotional moments, crying fits
          JCNT:  MoDOT project helps identify Trail of Tears X
          P-D editorial:  Solutions for St. Louis' high premature-birth rate:  Expand Medicaid, raise tobacco tax
          Gateway Journalism Review:  Terry Ganey:  Behavior of Mizzou protesters - as well as Ferguson rioters' attacks on P-D reporter Paul Hampel - lead to teaching moments for young journos
          P-D letter:  Cottleville man says Kurt Schaefer is a hypocrite for criticizing Mizzou professor while opposing study on abortion wait period
          P-D letter:  Trio of protester-sympathizers - Melissa Click, Richard "Chip" Callahan, and Janna Basler - are unfit to represent university;  Protesters aren't the only students that deserve respect
          P-D letter:  University City woman says Mizzou is reaping what it sowed via years of liberal pablum and shielding students from the real world
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        Saturday, November 14
       
KC Star:  Missouri Dems backing Clinton in 2016 race +
          The Hill:  Sierra Club cites poll from liberal Public Policy Polling (D), says majority of Missourians "generally prefer" EPA writing environmental rules rather than Congress
          JCNT:  Sierra Club urges Ameren to reduce coal use X
          CDT:  Agencies busy as Medicare drug plan, Obamacare enrollment periods overlap X
          The Hill:  Missourian Andy Cohen, the creator of "Real Housewives" franchise, fantasizes of a politics-based show - and would cast Claire McCaskill as "the normal one"
          SE Missourian:  Gubernatorial candidate Catherine Hanaway pushes 'Constitutional carry' during stop in Cape +
          KC Star:  Anti-Eric Greitens campaign tied to former John Brunner staffer Adam McClain springs into action;  "Patriots for America" team includes Boston's Vincent DeVito, who also has ties to current Brunner advisers +
          The Missouri Times:  Ethics complaint filed against Missouri Promise initiative
          The Missouri Times:  Profile:  Kyle Garner, who seeks to fill Dem ballot slot against Rep. Nathan Beard (R-Sedalia)
          CDT:  UM System hires Andy Blunt to lobby General Assembly without seeking bids;  House Budget Chairman Tom Flanigan (R-Carthage) says hiring more lobbyists is "kind of a head-scratcher" X
          P-D:  Mizzou to provide $10,000 of taxpayer money to Andy Blunt each month to lobby;  Rep. Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas City) calls decision "puzzling"
          KC Star:  Taxpayers, via University of Missouri, secure lobbying services of Andy Blunt for bargain $10k/month +
          AP:  Nixon finds black female to fill vacancy on University of Missouri Board of Curators;  Yvonne Sparks works at St. Louis Fed
          AP:  Modern-day complaints mirror those of Mizzou minorities in 1969:  Supposed threats from white students, not enough emotional care and support from administrators, etc.
          P-D:  From NY to LA, Mizzou protesters inspire stunts elsewhere;  Gimmicks include traditional "die-ins" of not working/lying down in public to "moment of shouting," in which Caucasoid allies must remain silent
          KWMU:  UMSL has highest percentage of black students (14%) than any other school in UM System;  Black student group leader LaVell Monger says, "There's really no racial tension."
          CDT:  Gary Pinkel, citing health, to leave Missouri football team at season's end X
          SE Missourian:  SEMO public safety director arrested for DWI +
          JCNT:  Audit criticizes Missouri Department of Conservation spending X
          CDT:  Missouri State Teachers Association delegates adopt legislative agenda;  Some disagreement about need for schools to create policies to deal with young gender-benders X
          P-D:  St. Louis Regional Chamber study calls new stadium 'critical,' adds 7,500 jobs
          P-D:  Hearing on guns at the St. Louis Zoo rescheduled
          SE Missourian:  As Missourians head into hunting season, Dept. of Conservation urges basic and life-saving tips +
          P-D:  Pedestrian in Ferguson struck by car, killed;  Female Ferguson protester arrives at scene, manages to get herself arrested
          P-D:  Protest figure Umar Lee withdraws from mayoral race;  After prolific two-month campaign, cabbie still believes City should secede from state of Missouri
          Messenger:  University of Missouri has long, anguished history with racial strife
          Priddy:  What in the world is going on at Mizzou?  Retiree offers 5,000+ words on race, state-school administration, Ferguson riots, much much more
          CDT's Waters:  New faces at Mizzou are encouraging;  Mike Middleton has instant credibility with "black protesters on the street" X
          CDT's Waters:  Jeff Harris is a superb choice for circuit judge X
          CDT letter:  M.D. of Bellair (Mo.):  Koster should have supported Obama's clean-energy regulations X
          KC Star letter:  Tim Wolfe shouldn't have let himself be bullied and, instead, should have thrown the hunger-striker off campus;  Handing someone a title like, "vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity and equity" is nonsense +
          P-D letter:  Arnold man says today's hypersensitive students can hardly comprehend what real civil-rights fighters endured
          P-D letter:  St. Louis woman says protesters should have worked out their emotions, demands in private like adults
          P-D letter:  Chesterfield man says at Mizzou, a mob runs the school and a football coach fires the administration
          P-D letter:  Clayton man says petulant football players should lose their scholarships;  While we're at it, let's demand all sports teams have proportional makeup of the school's demographics
          P-D letter:  Lake Saint Louis man expresses disbelief that furor was due to one racial slur and one piece of graffiti
          P-D letter:  Clayon's Barry Freedman says Mizzou protesters should be congratulated for doing what Ferguson Commission and Black Lives Matter members could never do
          P-D letter:  St. Louis Caucasoid objects to portrayal of his ilk in editorial cartoon
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        Friday, November 13
       
P-D:  Nearly every prominent Missouri Democrat has lined up behind Hillary Clinton
          Missourinet:  Sierra Club finds 60 farmers in Missouri to support Obama's Clean Power Plan
          Kraske:  The Chat:  Blunt, Kander camps will find a way to spin Drebes' MoScout poll +
          Politico:  Summary of Q&A with Jason Kander
          The Missouri Times:  St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay endorses Jake Zimmerman in Dem AG primary over Teresa Hensley
          Drebes:  MoScout poll:  Banning gifts tops voters' ethics list
          KC Star:  Former state Rep. Ray Salva (D) says federal conviction shouldn't affect his state pension +
          Missourinet:  Missouri Public Safety Director Lane Roberts gives updates on improvements for Mexico veterans home
          The Missouri Times:  Profile:  Newly-elected Rep. DaRon McGee (D-Kansas City)
          The Missouri Times:  University of Missouri System hires Dave Smith as new executive director of state government relations;  Andy Blunt handed lobbying contract
          CDT:  Semester of strife capped longstanding issues with Tim Wolfe, Bowen Loftin X
          CDT:  Curators name Mike Middleton as interim president to replace Wolfe X
          Columbia Missourian:  Mike Middleton is named interim UM System president
          KWMU:  Curators find black man to fill interim president role at University of Missouri
          The Missouri Times:  Mike Middleton steps into role as UM System president
          Missourinet:  Middleton will seek to satiate demands of Concerned Student 1950
          CDT:  Middleton says he will address complaining students' demands X
          Missourinet:  Statements on Middleton from Democratic officials' communications staff
          KC Star:  Third Missouri man charged with posting Yik Yak threats against college campuses +
          Missourinet:  Indiana professor says other colleges, universities may have to deal with similar campus dramatics as Mizzou
          SE Missourian:  SEMO Black Student Union draws 30 to Mizzou solidarity rally;  Black male describes struggle of Caucasoids assuming he'll always be tardy +
          KWMU:  Normandy schools focus on improving attendance
          P-D:  Open-carry gun group plans rally, march in Ferguson
          KWMU:  Missouri gun laws face challenges in the courts and on the streets
          KWMU:  Stadium proponents forced to work for yardage before St. Louis aldermanic committee
          P-D:  Stadium proponents present financing plan to St. Louis aldermanic committee
          Washington Missourian:  Ameren bemoans 'D+' grade of state's energy infrastructure
          KWMU:  Working group studying municipal court overhaul hears overwhelming call for consolidation
          P-D:  Consolidation of area municipal courts urged at hearing
          P-D:  Post-Dispatch publishes "news" article about winning awards in its own company's competition
          P-D editorial:  Missouri has an embarrassing trifecta of ethics-free zones
          KC Star editorial:  Mike Middleton is a good choice to lead University of Missouri system out of upheaval +
          JCNT editorial:  University should take a stand against all forms of intolerance - including protesters' KKK fairy tales and bullying of the media X
          Washington Missourian editorial:  Mizzou students called a hurtful name should be mature and not throw a tantrum;  Protesting students have hurt the university, and now decent people will question sending their kids there X
          P-D op-ed:  Former PSC commissioner Terry Jarrett:  EPA's Clean Power Plan oversteps federal authority
          Columbia Missourian op-ed:  Heartland Institute's Logan Pike:  Providing facts and context to last week's hard-luck SUV-driving welfare-mother profile
          CDT's Waters:  Postponement of Ernest Johnson's execution might potentially mean the end of the death penalty in Missouri, maybe X
          KC Star letters:  Area man says Mizzou football players on scholarship should show a little more gratitude;  Another area man says black students won because they're on the right side of "the issue" +
          JCNT letter:  Area man sarcastically suggests Americans throw more hunger-strike tantrums to get their way X
          SE Missourian letter:  Mizzou grad student dislikes hunger-strike histrionics and threats, compares hysterical female bullies caught on camera to Stalin and Mao henchmen +
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        Thursday, November 12
       
Kraske:  The Chat:  McCaskill urges men to quit talking so much;  MU bullyprof Melissa Click issues mea culpa +
          Vox:  Google data:  Most-googled Obamacare questions by state;  Missouri an outlier with "How to get Obamacare?"
          Drebes:  MoScout poll:  Blunt leads Kander
          National Journal:  Blunt's insider profile a danger in outsider year (subscription required)
          KSDK (St. Louis):  VA hands out millions in bonuses despite scandal;  Comments from McCaskill
          KFVS (Cape Girardeau):  Missouri honoring Heartland veterans;  Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder started award program in 2012
          Brownfield Ag News:  USDA gives $19,000 to Ferguson organic group for "feasibility studies"
          KWMU:  Bloomberg's attack ad against Koster may be a political blessing
          Missourinet:  Rep. Lindell Shumake (R-Hannibal) will try again to ask Missouri voters to approve bonds for new veterans home
          KWMU:  As funding bill waits in the wings, stadium backers make case to NFL owners
          P-D:  NFL owners vow to exhaust 'every option' before letting teams move
          KCTV:  Kansas City hospitals deny cannabis oil to severely epileptic patients
          CDT:  University of Missouri Board of Curators pledge announcement today X
          CDT:  Wolfe still acting president until curators name interim leader X
          U.S. News & World Report:  Missouri police solicit reports on 'hurtful' speech, startling scholars;  Comments from Joshua Hawley
          Missourinet:  MU Director of Greek Life Janna Basler placed on administrative leave for hazing young journalist
          P-D:  Director of Greek Life at Mizzou placed on administrative leave after confrontation with minority journalist
          Columbia Missourian:  MU Director of Greek Life put on leave;  Title IX complaint filed against her and Melissa Click
          The Missouri Times:  Kurt Schaefer calls for Mizzou to fire professors who denied press
          P-D:  Mizzou professor tells students he is quitting over decision to hold exam as racial tensions boil
          Washington Times:  Mizzou associate professor resigns amid backlash after refusing to cancel exam:  "I will be there, and there will be an exam administered in our class"
          Washington Post:  'Grow up,' tweets former Mizzou football star to students who slammed 'hero' professor
          Missourinet:  Protesters demand meeting with Nixon
          KWMU:  The protester demand that virtually no college meets:  Fill 10% of faculty spots with qualified blacks
          Columbia Missourian:  Concerned Student 1950 holds segregated meeting:  Black students could remain in basement, while Caucasoids and other "allies" sent upstairs to separate but equal meeting place
          P-D:  Hazelwood Central students gather in commons during lunch, then follow orders and return to class;  Last December, Hazelwood East students walked out of school to protest grand jury's ruling on Michael Brown's attack
          The Missouri Times:  MU police make arrest in terror threat after unsubstantiated rumors grip campus
          P-D:  Lake Saint Louis man, 19, charged with making online threats against Mizzou
          KFEQ (St. Joseph):  Northwest Missouri State University student arrested for making online threats
          Washington Post:  What is Yik Yak, the anonymous-comment service at the center of "threat" stories?
          The Maneater:  "Black Culture Center" sign spray painted overnight, changed to "Culture Center"
          SE Missourian:  Perry County finishes season with acceptable ozone numbers +
          JCNT editorial:  Resignation amid escalating frustrations X
          SE Missourian op-ed:  Positive experiences with Missouri's VA hospitals +
          Fox Sports' Clay Travis:  The entire Mizzou protest is based on lies
          CDT's Matt Sanders:  Lesson for Concerned Student 1950:  Local media covers your protests because we care X
          P-D's Koran Addo:  Missteps, not student revolt, led to Mizzou chancellor's demise
          CDT Darkow cartoon:  Melissa Click:  Sarcastic take on hysterical protester-sympathizer and hunger-strike histrionics X
          P-D letter:  University City man mocks editorial board, St. Louis City leaders for support of stadium
          St. Joseph News-Press letter:  St. Joseph man says Mizzou problems stem from white privilege X
          KC Star letter:  Nevada, Mo. man says Mizzou racial controversies and MO DSS issues show Nixon is not a leader +
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        Wednesday, November 11   Veterans Day
       
KWMU:  Missouri environmental activists to sue over clean water rules;  Comments from MO Coalition for the Environment's Liz Hubertz, MO Farm Bureau's Leslie Holloway
          Roll Call:  Senate seeks bipartisanship in rules overhaul;  Blunt agrees with Alexander, Schumer on need for 67 votes to update rules
          Missourinet:  McCaskill:  Many veterans pleased with care at VA facilities
          KWMU:  Water activities part of many area veterans' therapy
          KC Star:  VA foster care program offers a new kind of veterans home +
          CBS:  Late Show with Stephen Colbert:  Video of McCaskill, Amy Klobuchar
          Jezebel:  Missouri's Sen. Claire McCaskill begs men to consider shutting up more
          Mother Jones:  McCaskill wants her male colleagues to learn to "shut the hell up"
          Drebes:  White House fall interns with Missouri connections:  Five coeds, zero males
          KC Star:  Video:  Chelsea Clinton stops in KC to promote book, speaks at school +
          P-D:  McDonald's employees keep doors locked in morning, leave protesters out in the cold;  Burger chefs/janitors/Black Lives Matter members protest for one (1) hour
          Missourinet:  St. Louis area workers participate in nationwide strike for higher wages and union rights;  McRib pitmaster Frances Holmes shares theory of economic stratification, declares that there is no middle class
          KC Star:  Downtown rallies end long day of StandUp KC protests;  Woman who chose to take on $90k in student-loan debt laments her budget struggles, phone bill +
          The Missouri Times:  Catherine Hanaway releases proposal for nine GOP debates across Missouri
          KC Star:  Hanaway, who balked at limiting debates, wants nine showdowns +
          KC Star:  Missouri labor unions spend big to fend off 'right to work' +
          Dexter Daily Statesman:  Rep. Tila Hubrecht (R-Dexter) examining options, alternatives to Medicaid expansion +
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking podcast:  Alderman Jack Coatar chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about St. Louis stadium details, more
          P-D:  Stadium financing deal includes 'transformative' plans to attempt to hire qualified minorities
          KWMU:  Municipal League director pans county exec's police-standards plan
          CDT:  University of Missouri Board of Curators calls for special meeting this afternoon X
          CDT:  Political reaction to Wolfe, Loftin resignations colored by liberal, conservative viewpoints;  McCaskill hints she played a role in pushing Wolfe out, while Kinder denounces "mob rule" X
          P-D:  Missouri hunger-strike celebrity is from Omaha, son of top railroad exec;  Struggle symbol Jonathan Butler's dad made at least $8.4 million last year
          KC Star:  MU football coach Gary Pinkel distances himself from "Concerned Student 1950" protest group in radio interview +
          CDT:  Pinkel:  "I did the right thing, and I'd do it again" X
          Columbia Missourian:  MU Police Department asks students, faculty to report "hateful or hurtful speech";  Police should be called immediately upon awareness of hurt feelings
          The Missouri Times:  MU Police Department faces backlash to e-mail asking for reports on hate speech
          The Maneater:  Missouri Student Association President Payton Head spreads rumor that KKK showed up on campus, then apologizes for untruth
          Washington Times:  Melissa Click, caught on video bullying journalist, resigns
          Missourinet:  University of Missouri to remove courtesy title for professor who blocked reporters
          NBC News:  University of Missouri teacher who sought 'muscle' to block journalist apologizes;  Comments from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder
          P-D:  MU professor apologizes for bullying student journalist
          KC Star:  Professor apologizes for confrontation during MU protest +
          CDT:  Protesters' bullying of journalists sparks First Amendment debate X
          CDT:  Concerned Student 1950 dismantles campsite X
          Columbia Missourian:  Tents begin coming down after campus protests
          Missourinet:  Former curator expects many applicants for next University of Missouri System president
          KWMU:  New Missouri diversity officer urges patience
          KWMU:  Tavis Smiley calls student protest behavior and leaders' resignations "heartwarming"
          CDT:  MU police make arrest after social-media threats X
          P-D:  Mizzou apprehends person suspected in online threats
          P-D editorial:  Winning the battle at Mizzou is signal for hard work to begin
          KC Star editorial:  Lesson learned:  MU employees, student protesters wrong to block media +
          CDT's Waters:  Tim Wolfe didn't commit any hanging offenses, but his bosses felt otherwise X
          USA Today op-ed:  Sen. Claire McCaskill:  Cruel and unusual service:  There is still time to help American veterans abused in mustard gas experiments
          Jensen:  What is "white privilege" anyway?  Reflections of a humble, hardworking man whose accomplishments are due to sweat and sacrifice, not skin color +
          P-D letter:  Ladue resident says protesters need to show tolerance themselves;  Demand for Wolfe to plead guilty to 'white privilege' was silly
          P-D letter:  Florissant man says football players' stunt was shameful
          P-D letter:  St. Louis man says football players should be proud of forcing resignations so quickly
          P-D letter:  St. Louis man wonders why minority protesters aren't upset about Planned Parenthood's role in killing black babies
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        Tuesday, November 10
       
Kraske:  The Chat:  Harry Reid talks up Jason Kander;  Show-Me Cannabis' John Payne on pot initiative;  Paul Wieland on opposing death penalty +
          KWMU:  29-year-old nursing student stuck in the coverage gap;  Planned Parenthood's Laura Burbank calls such situations "heartbreaking"
          KC Star:  Unions stage minimum-wage rally in KC today;  Child-care and fast-food workers are current organizing targets +
          KC Star:  Chelsea Clinton's book tour stops in KC today +
          Drebes:  Raise Your Hand for Kids cigarette-tax campaign announces team:  Consultants, global public relations firm, others
          Rosenbaum:  Mizzou's racial tensions grab the attention of state leaders - and the nation
          The Maneater:  Concerned Student 1950 holds press conference;  Member shuts down crowd's "M-I-Z" chant:  "That's still traumatic for us because it was used against us."
          KWMU:  Amid racial controversies, UM system president and Mizzou chancellor step down
          KWMU:  Curator who picked Wolfe says his resignation 'sets a terrible precedent';  Former state Sen. Wayne Goode (D):  "It's almost an invitation for chaos"
          Columbia Missourian:  A day of celebration and confusion;  Aged Caucasoid female assaults student photographer with backpack
          KC Star:  President, chancellor resign amid racial strife +
          KC Star:  After Wolfe steps down, students push photographer +
          P-D:  Mizzou protesters thwart media coverage;  Comments from journalists
          L.A. Times:  Video captures Missouri protesters' clash with media;  Caucasoid university professor Melissa Click confronts minority journalist
          Washington Post:  Video shows protesters, university employees barring media coverage
          New York Daily News:  Protesters, faculty shoved journalists away from protest tent area;  Caucasoid Greek Life Assistant Director Janna Basler, professor Melissa Click caught on video confronting minority photojournalist
          Gawker:  University of Missouri professor calls for "muscle" to remove minority reporter from protests;  Melissa Click's current research projects include 50 Shade of Grey, Lady Gaga topics
          Slate:  University of Missouri employees, protesters force media out of quad
          Huffington Post:  Why is a Mizzou communications professor telling reporters to 'get out'?
          Columbia Missourian:  Loftin resigns as MU chancellor, effective at end of the year
          Columbia Missourian:  Concerned Student 1950 issues new demands:  Meeting with Gov. Jay Nixon, etc.
          CDT:  Activists say fight is not finished after UM president resigns X
          CDT:  Loftin to transition to new role at MU X
          Missourinet:  Wolfe resigns as University of Missouri president after student, faculty protests
          Missourinet:  University of Missouri chancellor to shift to a new job after UM president's resignation
          Missourinet:  Change of role at University of Missouri for Loftin comes after calls for his dismissal
          AP:  University of Missouri president leaves over race complaints
          AP:  Timeline of Monday happenings
          The Missouri Times:  Protesters celebrate and plan next steps
          P-D:  At Mizzou, an upheaval leads to a campus celebration;  Heroic protesters launch "a remarkable and swift revolt"
          KWMU:  SLU student reacts to Mizzou race controversy
          KWMU:  Ferguson Commission mulls over passing the baton to FOCUS St. Louis
          P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:  Let's give ex-cons a real second chance
          KC Star editorial:  After student protests toppled MU leadership, cool heads and wise choices prevailed +
          National Review editorial:  Dear Mizzou:  Life is hard, and it's harder if you're stupid:  "When men with souls made of cotton candy wilt in the face of this sort of absurdity, it encourages it"
          Fox Sports' Clay Travis:  Mizzou protest is total charade;  Entire hysterical scene is now an absurd satire
          CDT's Joe Walljasper:  Admire the activism, but question the endgame X
          KC Star's Sam Mellinger:  Why the last few days at Mizzou have college administrators everywhere scared +
          KC Star's Mary Sanchez:  MU upheaval means more chaos ahead +
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County man says city voters should demand a vote on "whack-a-doodle" stadium money
          P-D letter:  Overland man says that after Ferguson riots and St. Louis City's homicidal behavior, a new stadium won't paper over image problems
          P-D letter:  St. Louis man says stadium deal is guaranteed loser for taxpayers
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        Monday, November 9
       
SE Missourian:  Tax credits can make big effect in local health-insurance costs;  Certified Obamacare counselor says program has done "amazing things" +
          KWMU:  "Five things" journomeme:  Cinco reasons why Missouri is suing the feds over hospital overpayments
          Politico:  Democrats hope to ride Hillary wave to Senate control;  Harry Reid calls Jason Kander "stunning in his approach ... That guy is good."
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  Guest Bob Dixon;  Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis), Rep.-elect Dean Plocher (R), Democratic donor and Missouri ag leader Barry Aycock, former Speaker Tim Jones on GOP gov primary, UM drama, more
          P-D:  Missouri could decide medical marijuana issue in 2016
          Drebes:  Brian Schmidt, of Missouri Capitol and Missouri Wonk fame, now engaged to Sarah Clark
          P-D:  Center for Public Integrity gives Missouri subpar ranking for campaign finance restrictions and lobbyist activities
          Missourinet:  Three weeks left in Missouri tax amnesty program
          JCNT:  Profile:  Interim MoDOT Director Roberta Broeker X
          Missourinet:  Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial) to reintroduce bill to end death penalty in Missouri
          AP:  Missouri executions expected to slow as 16 of 26 condemned inmates have yet to exhaust their appeal
          AP:  Execution updates:  Chain of Rocks rapist/murderer Reginald Clemons and others
          KMWU:  Universities create new, simple application tool to attract more poor and minority students
          SNL:  Colleges to mark Veterans Day with music, special events;  Students will have an opportunity to honor veterans and show gratitute for living in a free society X
          Missourinet:  "Concerned Student 1950" issues list of demands:  Tim Wolfe must hand-write an apology - and hold a press conference - acknowledging his "white privilege," etc.
          P-D:  University of Missouri president becomes the focus amid protests at Mizzou
          CDT:  MU football coaches show support for players amid boycott;  Anonymous player:  "Half the team and coaches - black and white - are pissed. If we were 9-0, this wouldn't be happening." X
          P-D:  Status of Mizzou's next game up in the air;  University would owe BYU $1M, plus attorney fees, if it reneges on game contract
          The Maneater:  Football players will take time off from practice
          CDT:  Graduate students to skip work today, Tuesday X
          The Maneater:  Graduate students decide to take two days off
          The Maneater:  "Concerned Faculty" will skip out on teaching responsibilities for two days
          KC Star:  Racial tension smolders amid calls for outster of President Tim Wolfe +
          Missourinet:  Statement from UM President Tim Wolfe
          The Maneater:  Wolfe releases statement, will not resign;  President acknowledge "passion" of protesters
          Missourinet:  Statement from Gov. Jay Nixon
          Missourinet:  Statements from House Committee on Higher Education Chairman Rep. Steve Cookson (R-Butler County), Rep. Gail McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City)
          KC Star:  Statement from Rep. Caleb Jones (R-Columbia) +
          Missourinet:  Statement from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder
          Missourinet:  Statement from U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill
          Columbia Missourian:  List of 10 most-read stories of the week:  8 of 10 about campus race issues, one about Maty Mauk's suspension, one about the family of victim in triple-murder case
          KMWU:  Exploring the data behind punishing badly-behaved kids
          KC Star editorial:  Tim Wolfe's removal needed to quell crisis at University of Missouri +
          P-D editorial:  Coal companies, not taxpayers, owe miners
          P-D letter:  University City woman disagrees with Catherine Hanaway on abortion
          P-D letter:  Area woman says SLU should be more welcoming of abortion supporters
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        Sunday, November 8
       
P-D:  Veterans honored at downtown St. Louis parade
          SNL:  Military families enjoy Veterans Day Parade X
          USA Today:  Obama says he'll visit city with most Obamacare signups;  Kansas City one of 20 target cities
          KQTV (St. Joseph):  Possible funding cuts could affect YMCA;  Local director urges residents send e-mails for congressional staffers to read
          P-D:  Peabody retirees again face loss of benefits;  Lacy Clay one of 58 co-sponsors of legislative remedy
          SNL:  Competing proposals spark fight over curbing sexual assault on campus;  Comments from McCaskill, national IFC and Panhel organizations, MSU officials X
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in Missouri Politics teaser:  Gov candidate Bob Dixon, plus discussion of GOP gov primary, Dean Plocher's election and University of Missouri's state-school histrionics
          Missourinet:  Schaefer says MU study of Missouri 72-hour abortion wait violates state law
          JCNT:  MoDOT's new director not concerned by Missouri's 'super size' X
          JCNT:  State recycling coordinator brings environmental initiative to employees, agencies X
          Missourinet:  Missouri House to hold hearing on St. Louis NFL stadium plan
          P-D:  Complicated and expensive:  What recent NFL stadium deals can teach St. Louis
          P-D:  New state traffic ticket cap a factor in 2 villages' switch to city status
          St. Joseph News-Press:  License office's future direction remains unclear;  Paper receives "scant comment" from MO DOR and office's current operator, James Montee X
          CDT:  Kinder Institute to be housed in Jesse Hall X
          CDT:  Grad students discuss rights, unionizing X
          CDT:  Tensions high as students continue protests X
          CDT:  Missouri football players threaten boycott:  "We are black. Black is powerful";  Team is 1-4 in SEC with no hopes for bowl consideration X
          KC Star:  Blacks on MU football team vow not to play until President Tim Wolfe is gone;  Team has only three games remaining +
          P-D:  Mizzou football players say they won't play unless Tim Wolfe is ousted
          Columbia Missourian:  Black Missouri football players plan to join Wolfe protest through boycott
          Columbia Missourian:  Video:  "Concerned Student 1950" marches across campus;  Members shout, chant, weep
          KWMU:  Ferguson police turn to residents for input on community policing
          KC Star editorial:  Tainted study reveals desperate attempt by payday loan industry to shape debate X
          JCNT editorial:  House action on interns and harassment on the edge of completion;  Providing outside legal counsel will finish it off X
          CDT op-ed:  Show-Me Institute's James Shuls:  Thanks to an archaic system catering to the lazy, Missouri's teachers have no financial incentive to get better X
          Shelly:  An open letter to Jonathan Butler, the MU student heroically starving himself until Tim Wolfe leaves +
          P-D letter:  Texas student says he wrote senior thesis on prescription drug monitoring program, shares his advice for Missouri
          P-D letter:  Clayton religious leader notes that 98 percent of city's homicide victims are black, says the answer is to "find a young black male at risk and mentor him"
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        Saturday, November 7
       
P-D:  McCaskill, Blunt, Luetkemeyer, Wagner criticize Obama Keystone decision
          KC Star:  Blunt, Graves criticize Obama's pipeline decision +
          P-D:  VA head says finding people to run veterans health care systems, like the long-vacant St. Louis slot, takes time;  McCaskill, Blunt not pleased
          SE Missourian:  U.S. Rep. Jason Smith teaches students lesson about paying attention to politics +
          The Missouri Times:  Koster targeted by Bloomberg PAC on EPA lawsuit;  Koster campaign manager Andrew Whalen says AG fights onerous federal regulations to keep Missourians' utility bills low
          Roll Call:  Rothenberg/Roll Call ratings move Blunt's re-election from "Safe Republican" to "Republican Favored"
          KWMU:  Missouri GOP plan to organize gubernatorial debates fizzles;  Greitens team says opponents are scared, while Brunner's Michael Hafner labels notion "ridiculous and insincere"
          AP:  Plan to limit Missouri GOP governor's debates falls through
          CDT:  NORML official speaks to Muleskinners X
          AP:  New spending cuts further test the tension between GOP, Nixon
          CDT:  Pro-life groups deliver petitions urging MU to end ties with Planned Parenthood X
          CDT:  Union brings labor dispute to Mizzou football game;  Comments from UM's John Fougere, labor group's Regina Guevara X
          CDT:  Tim Wolfe apologizes to students who disrupted MU Homecoming parade, says he should have gotten out of his car to chat X
          AP:  Wolfe meets with student staging hunger stunt
          KC Star:  Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) joins in Mizzou hunger strike, says she didn't feed herself for two (2) whole entire days +
          The Maneater:  Students confront Wolfe in KC about "systematic oppression";  Video of Wolfe's comments, activists' shouting and high-pitched shrieks (language NSFW)
          Columbia Missourian:  Group of 15 activists escorted out of private UMKC fundraiser;  Transcript of intelligible portion of protester shouting, Wolfe's statement
          KWMU:  Artsy film about prescription drug abuse to play at Tivoli;  Filmmakers criticize drug industry's "false advertising"
          KWMU:  Most heroin dopeheads are also prescription pillheads, Wash U. researchers find
          P-D editorial:  On Catherine Hanaway's tour bus logo issue;  Punchline involves state-school rivalry with state to the west
          P-D editorial:  Aldermen can hate the new stadium deal then pass it
          Messenger:  In the Capitol or in Chesterfield, harassment is no joke;  Area mayor's potty-mouthed interactions with employees are out of line
          Hartmann:  It's buyout time in Bridgeton;  The federal government needs to face responsibility for the suffering it has caused
          KC Star's Mary Sanchez:  Nitpicky town ordinances - like those of Pagedale, Mo. - become instruments of oppression +
          P-D letter:  Valley Park man says Missouri prisons should begin releasing more drug criminals onto the streets
          P-D letter:  St. Louis man "disgusted" by current generation of smart-mouth savages who disrespect the police
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County man laments the fall of the Post-Dispatch, from reputable news source to sensationalist rag
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        Friday, November 6
       
P-D:  Senate votes to block controversial "Waters of the U.S.A." rule";  Comments from McCaskill's John LaBombard, Blunt
          KOLR:  Water regulations rule halted in federal court
          Kraske:  The Chat:  McCaskill on drug companies' price-gouging;  Missouri Highway Patrol on why crime has dropped in most parts of Missouri +
          KWMU:  Feds set to hand out $1M of taxpayer money for violence-prevention program in North St. Louis City;  Alderman:  "I was brought up to never turn down money"
          P-D:  Author of George H.W. Bush biography to stop in St. Peters next month
          KWMU:  Politically Speaking podcast:  Gov. Bob Holden speaks with journoduo on saner era of campaign fundraising, guns, his role in promoting Midwest to the Chinese, Eric Greitens' pre-GOP days, more
          The Missouri Times:  Rory Rowland's win gives House Democrats one more vote in superminority
          Columbia Missourian:  NORML official draws 30 to talk about marijuana laws;  Newspaper staff unable to resist urge to make "blunt" pun
          Missourinet:  Gov. Nixon, Rep. Justin Alferman (R-Hermann) see path to ethics overhaul differently
          The Missouri Times:  Patrick McKenna named new MoDOT director
          P-D:  New MoDOT chief says toll roads will be discussed
          KWMU:  Patrick McKenna hired as new MoDOT director
          AP:  Missouri turns to New Hampshire's Patrick McKenna to serve as new transportation chief
          The Missouri Times:  Bowen Loftin to receive letters of support from religious community
          CDT:  Kurt Schaefer objects to MU study on effect of 72-hour abortion wait period X
          CDT:  MU finalizes new Planned Parenthood clinical site agreements X
          P-D:  MU administration deals with critics;  Comments from John Fougere
          The Missouri Times:  Activists, English department express anger about Mizzou's top leaders
          CDT:  MU students take part in walkout over campus race issues X
          KC Star:  Student who claims he won't eat until Wolfe resigns says he is already too exhausted to speak +
          Columbia Missourian:  Activists back down from planned football-game protest, say they don't want to deal with "drunk white people"
          Columbia Missourian's Jacob Bogage:  Inside the tent of the heroes protesting university leaders
          P-D:  Panel examines hardships of adults who choose to borrow money and then are expected to pay it back;  Advocates want state to toughen laws governing lenders
          Missourinet:  Missouri House intern policy debated, but could face changes
          KC Star:  Missouri House committee adopts changes to sexual harassment and intern policies +
          CDT:  House panel approves new policies on interns, sexual harassment X
          The Missouri Times:  Committee approves intern, sexual harassment policy changes
          KWMU:  New Missouri House rules counter sexual harassment of interns, staff
          P-D:  Missouri House committee toughens intern, harassment policy
          AP:  Lawmakers will be required to sit through annual sexual harassment lecture
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  Legislators have the chance to show they're serious about ethics overhaul;  Richardson has already taken the lead on intern issue X
          Shelly:  Bowen Loftin is learning the high price of appeasement +
          Kraske:  Peaceful, civilized KC rallys - even after Ferguson - are a clear contrast to St. Louis area's riots +
          SNL letter:  Area man mocks Billy Long's statements about House's legislative accomplishments X
          P-D letter:  The criminal caught setting fire to Berkeley QuikTrip should be called an arsonist, not a protester
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        Thursday, November 5
       
AP:  McCaskill crosses party line on water-regulation vote
        The Hill:  McCaskill, others reveal bill to repeal budget deal's robocall provision
        KWMU:  Senate committee to scrutinize sharp increase in pharmaceutical drug pricing;  Comments from ranking Dem McCaskill
        AP:  Senate panel summons price-hiking CEO of Turing Pharma;  Comments from McCaskill
        Washington Post:  Senate launches investigation into 'Pharma bro' company Turing, three others
        AP:  Nixon joins other Dems lining up behind Hillary Clinton
        CDT:  VA whistleblower considers filling Democratic ballot slot against Vicky Hartzler X
        KC Star:  Chris Koster returns $10,000 AT&T check, then picks up another one +
        CDT:  GOP governor hopefuls show little disagreement in first forum X
        Drebes:  A look at initiative petition campaigns' quarterly reports:  Brad Ketcher's marijuana committees, minimum wage and home health care workers, Jay Ashcroft's "Voter ID" promotional vehicle, others
        KWMU:  Nixon, legislative leaders share quest for stiffer ethics laws;  Top two recipients - Reps. Don Gosen (R) and Mike Colona (D) - each accept less than $3500 in gifts over nine months
        KWMU:  Why the push for a new NFL stadium in St. Louis is at a critical juncture
        Missourinet:  GOP candidates for governor say funding a St. Louis football stadium needs voter approval
        Missourinet:  Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) plans to bring "paycheck protection" bill back in 2016
        The Missouri Times:  Schaefer seeks more answers on latest MU Planned Parenthood pact
        The Missouri Times:  New study says prescription-only laws fail to address meth supply and demand
        JCNT:  House panel revisits Water Patrol/Highway Patrol merger X
        NY Times:  Lawsuit accuses Missouri city of fining homeowners to raise revenue;  Comments from Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale), others
        St. Joseph News-Press:  State Auditor Nicole Galloway makes return trip to St. Joseph, talks about local schools and cybersecurity X
        CDT:  MU English Department votes no confidence in Chancellor Loftin X
        Columbia Missourian:  English Department votes no confidence in chancellor's leadership
        Columbia Missourian:  Students hold "emergency" meeting to call for Tim Wolfe's resignation
        Columbia Missourian:  Video of activists' rally/press conference:  Shouting, raised fists, call-and-response ditties, more
        KWMU:  Union program trains minorities for a life working in trades;  Quotes from Jeff Aboussie, others
        SNL:  Advocates still pushing for Medicaid expansion in Missouri;  Comments from legislators, non-working woman who racked up $35k in debt, others X
        KWMU:  Black mothers three times more likely to have offspring die in infancy than white mothers;  Researchers are baffled, but advocates say expanding Medicaid, providing jobs would help
        Missourinet:  Livestream of public hearing on Missouri House's intern/harassment proposals
        Missourinet:  Missouri's senior United States senator weighs in on Missouri House of Representative intern policies, offers ideas
        Missourinet:  Ernest Lee Johnson's execution on hold
        AP:  Missouri execution cancelled pending appeals court review
        The Missouri Times editorial:  Five takeaways from the GOP gov debate
        Washington Missourian editorial:  Nixon has challenged legislators to pass ethics overhaul;  Results are bound to be "interesting" +
        KC Star's Lewis Diuguid:  Ohio vote against legalizing marijuana could affect efforts in Missouri +
        SNL op-ed:  Jeff Munzinger, candidate seeking to fill Democratic ballot slot against Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield):  Missouri should expand Medicaid X
        Washington Missourian letter:  Glendale sexagenarian dislikes Ann Wagner's financial-services proposal
        P-D letter:  Harris-Stowe - with its eight (8) percent graduation rate - has survived by playing into the soft bigotry of low expectations for years;  Time to merge it with UMSL
        P-D letter:  Creve Coeur woman mocks Missouri PSC, labels it "Ameren Service Commission"
        KC Star letter:  KC man wants Jackson County to change name to avoid honoring slaveowner;  Also suggests voting become mandatory +
        P-D letter:  Sexagenarian still subscribes to print edition of newspaper, contemplates conundrum of falling gasoline prices and rising subscription cost
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        Wednesday, November 4
       
KWMU:  McCaskill joins Republicans to stop Obama Administration's "Waters of the U.S." rule
          AP:  McCaskill joins Republicans in voting to nix Obama clean-water rule
          USA Today:  "Travelers United" nonprofit says travelers want hotels to disclose resort fees;  McCaskill wants FTC to take more aggressive stance on the practice
          Kirksville Daily Express:  Northeast Missourians paying more for health insurance than residents in other parts of the state X
          Kraske:  The Chat:  McCaskill displeased with Citizens United ruling;  MU on Hanaway's use of a state-school logo +
          The Missouri Times:  Video:  Cole County GOP gubernatorial primary debate
          Missourinet:  Preview of GOP gov debate, plus video of debate
          KWMU:  Crowd of Missouri GOP candidates for governor accentuate their positives
          KC Star:  GOP gubernatorial hopefuls debate +
          P-D:  Five GOP candidates discuss 'right to work,' transportation funding, more
          AP:  Forum shows GOP gov candidates' agreement on red-meat issues
          JCNT:  Similarities, differences on display in GOP gov debate X
          JCNT:  Lawmakers, audience respond to debate;  Comments from Ron Fitzwater, others X
          Columbia Missourian:  GOP candidates for governor talk 'right to work,' rural issues in first forum
          The Missouri Times:  On RV tour, Hanaway calls for stricter measures on abortion, Planned Parenthood
          AP:  Hanaway proposes 20-week abortion ban in Missouri
          KC Star:  Low voter turnout as Dems win both area special House elections;  Rory Rowland picks up Noel Torpey's seat, DaRon McGee wins in urban district +
          AP:  Dems pick up Torpey's seat, trim GOP House advantage to 72 seats
          P-D:  Dean Plocher takes over John Diehl's seat
          Drebes:  Amber Watson, wife of beloved lobbyist Trent Watson, joins office of Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) part-time;  Bonnie Linhardt will serve as legislative assistant
          AP:  Missouri revenues up 3 percent from last fiscal year
          Columbia Missourian:  Photo gallery from yesterday's TANF-limits piece:  Welfare recipient driving her SUV, more
          Columbia Missourian:  Missouri allows "hardship exemptions" for welfare recipients seeking to spend more time on the dole
          SE Missourian:  Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) headed to D.C. to discuss future of federal education law +
          AP:  Planned Parenthood says supporters met with Loftin yesterday, pressured him to reinstate training contracts
          Columbia Missourian:  Activists deliver pro-Planned Parenthood petition to Loftin
          P-D:  Planned Parenthood supporters move event off SLU's campus to local hotel
          Columbia Missourian:  UM President Tim Wolfe takes time to meet with protesters;  Group still angry
          Columbia Missourian:  Video:  Wolfe attempts to talk to protesters
          Columbia Missourian:  Protesters announce boycott, promise to stop attending MU football games
          CDT:  Activists argue with Tim Wolfe;  DeShaunya Ware says she and pals will sleep outdoors every night until Wolfe resigns X
          P-D:  Stadium task force 'ready to present' to NFL
          KTVI (St. Louis):  Eureka approves permit for hemp production facility
          KC Star:  Missouri House will hold public hearings tomorrow on sexual harassment and intern policies +
          Missourinet:  Missouri execution of man who bludgeoned three at Columbia Casey's delayed
          KWMU:  Ernest Lee Johnson's execution on hold pending federal court appeal
          KWMU:  Station's West Lake Landfill coverage appears on NPR Morning Edition
          JCNT:  Missouri has big turkey harvest;  Missouri Department of Conservation provides details on youth hunting, urban kills, more X
          KWMU:  Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce (D) will not charge officers in death of Kajieme Powell;  Knife-wielding man stole items from convenience store, advanced on officers before being put down
          AP:  Antonio Whiteside, who set fire to Ferguson Market after last November's Michael Brown attack ruling, given 5-year sentence
          P-D:  Cancelled last year thanks to Ferguson rioters, Thanksgiving Parade is on again this year
          CDT:  Bradley steps aside in DWI case involving Nixon's son X
          JCNT editorial:  Missouri poised to set example on mental health X
          Columbia Missourian's David Rosman:  Legislature should pass MONA to protect lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex/asexual Missourians
          P-D op-ed:  Parkway South High School student says Missouri should pass "Good Samaritan" law to help heroin enthusiasts who overdose
          P-D letter:  St. Louis City Board of Education President Susan Jones says her board and residents should have a voice in St. Louis City school district
          P-D letter:  Florissant man likens stadium supporters' tactics to Roman caesars providing "bread and circuses to the plebians"
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        Tuesday, November 3
       
Columbia Missourian:  Open enrollment for health insurance marketplace begins this month
          The Hill:  McCaskill to push bill repealing "stupid" robocall provision of budget deal
          P-D:  McCaskill says audit of $43M gas station in Afghanistan made her 'jaw drop'
          Washington Post:  How the Pentagon spent $43M on a single gas station;  Comments from McCaskill
          JCNT:  McCaskill promotes her book X
          Politico:  McCaskill urges Florida Democrats to think about the general
          KWMU:  Senate Majority PAC sends "exclusive" seven-page opposition research file on Roy Blunt to KWMU
          The Missouri Times:  Missouri Republican Party, Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) take aim at Jason Kander over sanctuary cities
          The Missouri Times:  One year after The New York Times targeted Koster, AG has returned one percent of contributions
          Missourinet:  Livestream of GOP gov debate available here at 6:30 p.m. tonight
          The Missouri Times:  Livestream available at 6:30 p.m.;  Link to be shared via Twitter, Facebook and Google +
          CDT:  Hanaway to remove tiger logo from campaign RV after objections from MU X
          Drebes:  Bob Priddy to keynote Empower Missouri fundraiser tonight
          Columbia Missourian:  Missouri welfare overhaul limits the amount of time recipients can stay on the dole;  Area woman "Kenya" talks about her decision to reproduce at age 16, shares emotional tale of heartache and struggle
          KWMU:  UMSL changes course amid budget crunch, will dissolve newly-created public policy school
          P-D:  UMSL facing an $8 million budget shortfall;  Ferguson riots lead to waning interest from out-of-state students
          P-D:  White female instructor at Harris-Stowe gets almost $5 million in discrimination suit;  Suit alleged Latisha Smith subscribed to "Black Power" mantra, discriminated against Caucasoid
          CDT:  ASUM student "lobbyists" gear up for legislative session X
          Columbia Missourian:  MU student embarks on hunger strike, demands Wolfe's removal from office;  Jonathan Butler claims he won't eat, handicaps his odds at martyrdom at "more than 90 percent"
          Columbia Missourian:  Activists camp out to protest Wolfe and support hunger strike;  Ten (10) students gather, feed on Domino's pizza
          The Missouri Times:  Health care organizations question current Certificate of Need (CON) process
          Bloomberg:  Police agencies fold in St. Louis area as ticket blitzes stop;  Comments from Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale), U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
          KC Star:  Missouri Supreme Court again considers whether convicted felons can possess guns +
          P-D:  Missouri lawmakers weigh in on Oregon County state park discussion
          West Plains Daily Quill:  Eleven Point park proposal not popular;  Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, area state reps speak at town hall X
          Missourinet:  Natural gas rates lessened for some Missourians
          The Missouri Times:  Ameren, Great Plains Energy to announce quarterly earnings this week
          Missourinet:  Proposed Missouri House intern policy public hearing is Thursday
          AP:  Lawyers for triple-murderer Ernest Lee Johnson say lethal injection might trigger severe pain
          P-D:  Ferguson protester pleads guilty to setting fire at Berkeley QuikTrip
          KMOX:  Protesters angry that Mayor Francis Slay, AG Chris Koster, others didn't show up to "Radical Reconciliation" weekend event
          P-D:  Protesters gather at St. Louis City Hall
          KWMU:  Latest post-Ferguson report sounds similar notes
          KC Star endorsements:  Democrats for District 29 and District 36 state rep seats +
          P-D editorial:  The path for ballot initiatives in Missouri is an expensive one
          St. Joseph News-Press editorial:  Missouri's Cold Weather Rule keeps the heat on for those who have not payed their debts X
          P-D op-ed:  Ernest Lee Johnson cannot be legally executed;  Man who staked out convenience store, orchestrated triple-murder and destroyed evidence has a low IQ and should be spared
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        Monday, November 2
       
Kraske:  The Chat:  Blunt on budget deal;  McCaskill on Obama Administration's water rule +
          P-D:  What Missourians can expect from HealthCare.gov this year;  Comments from Missouri Foundation for Health's Nancy Kelley, others
          KWMU:  90,000 St. Louisans eligible to sign up for Obamacare;  Effort for AIDS counselors target the "underserved," with fruitful sojourns to "beauty salons and barber shops"
          This Week in Missouri Politics:  Guest Kurt Schaefer;  Panelists discuss ethics legislation, GOP presidential primary, St. Louis stadium deal
          Missourinet:  John Hancock previews tomorrow night's GOP gov debate;  Topics could include transportation, urban crime, job development and the economy, unaccredited schools, more
          Rosenbaum:  What do the gubernatorial contenders think about Nixon's stadium push?
          KC Star:  Two state rep seats on the ballot tomorrow +
          Drebes:  Ron Calzone to organize rally highlighting "betrayal" by Ron Richard
          AP:  Missouri judges get raise despite lack of lawmaker approval
          KWMU:  SEIU organizing effort at St. Louis Community College is successful
          Columbia Missourian:  Victim's family prepares for execution of their mother's killer, Ernest Lee Johnson;  Mary Bratcher came from humble beginnings and chose to work for a living
          Missourinet:  Lawyer for triple-murderer Ernest Lee Johnson tries to block execution, asks for lethal gas instead of injection
          KWMU:  Ernest Lee Johnson set to be executed tomorrow for 1994 triple murder
          KWMU:  News outlet debuts "Curious Louis":  Revolutionary idea is based on readers asking questions then journalist(s) tracking down answers
          P-D outsourced "freelance editorialists" editorial:  Republicans in Missouri, elsewhere continue the war on voting rights
          KC Star editorial:  Legislators should move quickly on harassment proposals;  Also, lobbyist-supplied meals and drinks must stop too +
          Washington Missourian's Bill Miller:  Lack of leadership on transportation means citizens must lead pro-revenue effort themselves
          P-D letter:  Missouri's National Alliance on Mental Illness Executive Director Cynthia Keele says lawmakers should stop being "so stingy" and expand Medicaid
          P-D letter:  University City liberal responds to conservative's minimum-wage letter, says conservative argument is "a tad insensitive"
          P-D letter:  St. Louis County resident says stadium financing won't satisfy conditions for NFL loan program
          JCNT letter:  Chamois man says Missouri beef check-off picks pockets, uses bovine-excrement expression as punchline X
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        Sunday, November 1
       
CDT:  Premiums, penalties to increase as Obamacare enrollment period opens X
          KOLR:  Obamcare enrollment begins;  Insurance broker offers tips to consumers
          SNL:  Local health care providers dubious of Medicaid changes X
          Brownfield Ag News:  Missouri corn grower says federal funds for ethanol infrastructure 'good news'
          The Missouri Times:  This Week in Missouri Politics teaser:  Guest Kurt Schaefer, panel of Reps. Mike Colona and Caleb Rowden, Jack Spooner, attorney David Sweeney
          P-D:  Rep. Kathie Conway (R-St. Charles) says she'll push to get more pay for state's corrections workers;  No comment from Nixon's office
          Columbia Missourian:  State Auditor Nicole Galloway to hold public hearing about court reform laws
          SNL:  Poverty special:  A look at the increasing number of area adults who can't provide for themselves:  Comments from city officials, grown men and women with sad stories, local state legislators, and a man making an effort to improve his own situation X
          JCNT:  42 percent of Jefferson City Public Schools provisionally accredited;  Official says district isn't making excuses, but notes lagging numbers are due to "subgroups" of the poor, learning-disabled, and minorities X
          CDT:  Appeals court denies motion to stay execution of Ernest Lee Johnson, whose savage hammer attack left three convenience-store employees dead X
          CDT:  A look back at Ernest Lee Johnson's grisly triple-murder case:  Public defender says crack-cocaine enthusiast who shot, stabbed and bludgeoned victims "is not a violent person" X
          SE Missourian:  Lawyers for rapist/murderer Russell Bucklew file new complaint with execution method;  Koster's office will file a motion to dismiss the case tomorrow +
          P-D:  Chicago power company says feds knew radioactive waste was being dumped at West Lake Landfill more than four decades ago
          KWMU:  Ferguson activists to hold "public accountability meeting" today;  SLU grants use of campus building
          P-D:  Ferguson police investigating fatal shooting, third in a year at same apartment complex;  No reports of rioting, looting, or "Black Lives Matter" marches at press time
          SNL editorial:  State should enact real payday-loan reform X
          P-D's Leah Thorsen:  "Along for the Ride" column:  Local transportation planning adapts to conservative times;  East-West Gateway's Jim Wild:  "We live in Missouri and we're very conservative ... at some point, you can't get blood from a stone"
          P-D letter:  Area coed is happy University of Missouri nursing students can head back to Planned Parenthood for training
          P-D letter:  Fenton woman says Koster should not cede Missouri's right to regulate online gambling
          P-D letter:  Green Park septuagenarian says citizens should take "torches and pitchforks" to Jefferson City, or else Missouri Ethics Commission will keep behaving like the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry and Curly Joe, sans Shemp)
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