Wednesday, November 30
Fox 2 (St. Louis): Video: Unions' "living wage"
protesters disrupt evening commute; McGriddle chef Bettie Douglas
says she's not axing anybody for anything, asks employer for $15/hr.
KMOV (St. Louis): St. Louis City Police Chief Sam
Dotson (D): Minimum-wage stunts leech police time, resources that
should be spend protecting law-abiding citizens
P-D: Minimum-wage protesters disrupt traffic;
Chief Dotson: "Our city is one of the most progressive in the
state ... so why are you trying to impact families trying to get home,
to get their kids to sporting events?"
TonysKansasCity.com: StandUp KC claims success in
getting 175 arrested for blocking the evening commute of working people
KC Star: Protesters sing, "We will not be moved," get
moved to paddywagon; U.S. Chamber spokesman asks why SEIU doesn't
pay their own workers $15/hr. +
McClatchy: Trump picks Elaine Chao as Transportation
Secretary; McCaskill praises Trump's selection of women for
cabinet posts
KWMU: Local unsigned musicians use North Dakota Indian
riots to promote themselves
KWMU: Missouri Botanical Garden "ethnobotanist" talks
about Indians, her anger over Trump's victory, more
SE
Missourian: Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder to speak at First Friday
coffee, will preview upcoming legislative session +
KWMU: Judge Richard Teitelbaum, liberal lion of
Missouri Supreme Court, dies at 69
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court Judge
Richard Teitelman dies at 69
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard Teitelman dies
Missourinet: Gov. Bob Holden reflects on Teitelman's
service and legacy
Missourinet: Collection of memories of Richard
Teitelman written by officials' communications staff
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard Teitelman
dies at 69
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court clerk Bill
Thompson to retire after 40-year judicial career
KC Star: Missouri's struggle to pay for road and
bridge repair continues +
CDT: Choi hears praise, hedges position on faculty
unions and guns X
P-D: Incoming UM President Mun Choi talks priorities
at UMSL visit
KWMU: Incoming UM president shares vision for
world-class system
KWMU: How much did Concerned Student 1950 histrionics
damage UM System's reputation? Thoughts from MO Commissioner of
Higher Ed Zora Mulligan
KC Star: Nixon breaks ground on Nixon Hall at MSSU +
Missourinet: Groundbreaking ceremony takes place for
Nixon Hall
SNL: State audit finds $3 million worth of
undeliverable, unposted income tax refund checks X
Missourinet: Missouri Veterans Commission Executive
Director Larry Kay back to work
JCNT editorial: Legislature must pass Good Samaritan
law and prescription drug monitoring program
X
P-D letter: Coed who works for campus sexual assault
program wants state legislators to spend more taxpayer money on sexual
assault programs
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Tuesday, November 29
KWMU: McCaskill re-election push begins with
bipartisan tone; Senior senator praises Gov-elect Eric Greitens,
highlights her support for Medicare and opposition to 'right to work'
Missourinet: McCaskill says serving as ranking member
of Senate committee will expand her role in government oversight
KC Star: Trump's win fuels growth in the ranks of
College Republicans +
Columbia Missourian: A majority of white women voted
for Trump - why? Interviews with Caucasoid females across age and
ideological spectrums
SE
Missourian: Anti-Trump activists hassle local presidential
elector; Jackson's Scott Clark shrugs off angry missives from
belligerent bellyachers +
SNL: Trump meets with St. Louis businessman David
Steward as part of cabinet-level interviews X
KWMU: Team managing Missouri's first federal opioid
grant focuses on attitudes, resources during first training
KC Star: Unions organize "Fight for $15" fast-food
protests today +
The Missouri Times: Mike Parson in position to be
powerful lieutenant governor
The Missouri Times: Medical marijuana proponents cite
growing support for legalization
Missourinet: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) wants
punishment strengthened for assaulting first responders
Missourinet: Missouri Medal of Valor recipients save
others from floods, fires, gunmen
JCNT: Capitol policeman gets Medal of Valor X
KWMU: Capitol renovations - Phase 1 - are almost
finished
Missourinet: North Missouri woman sentenced to 90
years in prison; AG Chris Koster says victims were molested and
held under water
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Liberal anti-Trump college
students start "WhatNow" support group +
KC Star's Dave Helling: "Stuff I like" series:
State capitols, public television and fish tacos +
KC Star letter: Area coed disagrees with
pro-campus-concealed-carry letter +
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Monday, November 28
Rosenbaum: Looking ahead at Missouri's post-election
storylines
CDT: Sara Walsh to run for 50th District seat in 2018 X
KC Star: Schaaf's plan to undermine special
interests: Tax deduction, up to $100, for political contributions +
P-D: Gary Toelke (R), the longest-serving sheriff in
Franklin County, offers lesson: Avoid politics
Missourinet: Missouri Sierra Club plans to pressure
Missouri lawmakers over commission
Columbia Missourian: With new enforcement regulations
for child trafficking in place, task force considers additional measures
Missourinet: Mobile app created by Missouri company
aims to fight sex trafficking industry
P-D: State seeks bids from funeral homes for burial of
deceased prisoners
AP:
1,500 fewer deer killed statewide during Missouri gun season
KWMU: Ferguson activists claim to take wait-and-see
approach to AG-to-be Jeff Sessions
JCNT editorial: Galloway's audit finds dismal lack of
transparency X
Des Moines Register editorial: Missouri handled
drowning death of Brandon Ellingson irresponsibly
SNL op-ed: Why Missouri's millennials aren't signing
up for Obamacare X
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Sunday, November 27
CDT's Brittany Ruess: Any changes to Obamacare will
likely move slowly; Comments from Missouri Hosptial Association's
Dave Dillon, Americans for Prosperity's Jeremy Cady X
KC Star's Eric Adler: Pro-Obamacare series:
Thoughts from man who claims to have "brittle bones" and others with
sad stories, no input from overhaul proponents
+
Kaiser Health News/KCUR: Area gal worries about sick
kid's fate under GOP regime
KWMU: Environmental group wants EPA to force Missouri,
other states to monitor fertilizer runoff
P-D: Leader of DOJ's Ferguson probe dislikes Trump's
pick for attorney general
JCNT: First lady Georganne Nixon to mark her last
Christmas in mansion X
Kraske: The Chat: Greitens inaugural;
Missouri campaigns' TV spending +
Drebes:
Candidates begin lining up for Dan Brown's Senate seat
St. Joseph News-Press: GOP says state agenda will
include cutting regulations, keeping government from "coming down
(taxpayers') necks" X
KC Star: GOP agenda includes 'right to work,' cuts to
unemployment benefits, more +
AP:
Pro-life groups, legislators talk 2017 agenda
P-D: Effects of muni court overhaul becoming
visible; North St. Louis County woman who owes court fine:
"I'm not paying them (expletive)!"
Gary
Rust: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) remains humble
about honorable military career +
Washington Missourian editorial: Pothead athlete,
academic dishonesty add to Mizzou's woes X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller Sr.: If Missouri
Democrats are going to rebound, they must recognize the damage their
big-government liberal philosophy has done X
P-D op-ed: Introducing the representation
credit: Give taxpayers $100 deduction from state taxes for
contribuing to political party of their choice
P-D letter: Oakville man responds to McCaskill's
post-election comments, say Democrats are out of touch with their
"liberal, overbearing and intrusive agenda"
P-D letter: Sexagenarian liberal dislikes Missouri gun
laws and conservative website ProfessorWatchlist.org
P-D letter: Bella Villa man responds to Jeremy Cady's
pro-'right to work' op-ed
P-D letter: Son of two St. Louis City cops is tired of
anti-police savagery
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Saturday, November 26
Student
Life (Washington University): Anti-Trump activists push
administrators to make Wash U. a "sanctuary campus" for illegal
immigrants
AP:
Greitens plans ball, tour before inauguration
P-D:
Details on Greitens' inaugural ball
The
Missouri Times: Former Rep. Noel Torpey (R) joins Andy Blunt's
lobbying firm
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Libla to sponsor bill dealing with police violence X
CDT:
Boone County school districts make preliminary preparations for state
budget cuts X
KC
Star: New University of Missouri System President Mun Choi to
tour campuses next week +
KWMU:
St. Louis City joins national initiative to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from buildings
SNL:
Hunters harvest more than 185,000 deer during 11-day fall firearms
season X
KWMU:
NAACP to hold second town hall meeting in Ladue; NAACP board
member John Gaskin III says he wants district to "bend over backwards
to right some wrongs"
Student
Life (Washington University) op-ed: President of "Nice Jewish
Queers" talks about battle with Palestinian campus group
P-D
letter: Glendale Democrat disagrees with Ann Wagner on financial
and environmental regulations
P-D
letter: Imperial woman wants state legislators to take action on
opioid abuse
P-D
letter: Area woman responds to conservative's criticism of family
columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha Sultan
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Friday, November
25 Happy
Black Friday!
Helling:
Republicans now firmly in control; Excuses won't help the
Democrats find their way out of the wilderness +
Hannibal
Courier-Post: Republicans' closed meeting over earmarks riles
McCaskill
KWMU:
ACLU's Mustafa Abdullah, other social justice warriors claim increased
interest in their programs after Trump's victory
KSPR:
Group of 12 travels to North Dakota to join Indian protest; Local
organizer says fellow riot participant was hit by bean bag pellets
SNL:
Local group travels to North Dakota for riot; Indians, paleface
kemosabes throw rocks at officers and start fires; Springfield
organizer skips teepee for comfort of local hotel X
Missourinet:
Missouri drone company executive explains FAA drone regulations
AP: Center
for Public Integrity: Most Missouri GOP candidates outspent their
rivals on television
SE
Missourian: Cape police chief, local lawmakers back 'Blue Alert'
proposal in response to anti-police savagery +
Missourinet:
Missouri Retailers' Association's Dave Overfelt: Black Friday not
always Missouri's busiest shopping day of the year
Missourinet:
MoDOT says motorists should consider an alternative to I-70 on Sunday
Washington
Missourian editorial: Cop shootings inspired by anti-white racism
is a worry; Shooters should be tried in court quickly and receive
life sentences without parole X
P-D
columnist Stacy Washington: The NAACP is on the wrong side of
history on school choice
P-D
letter: St. Louis reverend expresses pleasure that Post-Dispatch
has a new conservative columnist in Stacy Washington
P-D
letter: Maryland Heights sexagenarian expresses anger that
Post-Dispatch has a new conservative columnist, says editorial board is
not liberal enough
P-D
letter: St. Louis sexagenarian disagrees with new conservative
columnist Stacy Washington on guns, says city and state have too many
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Thursday, November
24
Happy
Thanksgiving!
Attitude Magazine (UK): Meet the gay men who voted for
Donald Trump; 26-year-old southern Missourian says he's tired of
illegal aliens flooding borders, health care costs skyrocketing and the
federal government strangling small businesses
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Dunklin County voter turnout illustrates demise
of Bootheel Democrats
CDT: Stephen Webber's loss exposes weaknesses of
Democratic Party in Boone County
KC Star: Trump terror tales: Officials at small
liberal arts schools want Trump to denounce "harassment" in wake of
victory; Gals at Cottey College (Nevada, Mo.) and William Jewell
sign form letter saying students are "frightened"
P-D: Trump terror tales: Ladue school district
town hall meeting draws dozens; St. Louis Public Schools teacher
Jeanine Molloff blames Trump for "ugliness" of rhetoric
KTVI: Four months ago: St. Louis Public Schools
teacher Jeanine Molloff spray-paints "Trump is Nazi Scum" on her garage
door
KC Star: Change in administrations means new faces in
federal roles; Comments from John Hancock, Obama appointee Jason
Klumb
KWMU: Federal overtime rule set to impact 85,000 in
Missouri blocked by federal judge - for now
St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph woman takes
mini-vacation to North Dakota for Indian pipeline protest;
Paleface does not identify as "protester," prefers to be called "water
protector"
AP: Former House Speaker Catherine Hanaway, former
House Budget Chair Rick Stream among those advising Gov.-elect Eric
Greitens
Missourinet: House Budget Chair Scott Fitzpatrick
(R-Shell Knob) to meet with Eric Greitens to discuss finances
Drebes: New system for House committees may be on the
way
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep.-elect Cody
Smith (R-Carthage), taking over Tom Flanigan's seat
The Missouri Times: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff)
to file bill increasing punishment for those who attack law enforcement
KWMU: State officials recommend provisional
accreditation for Riverview Gardens district
P-D: Riverview Gardens schools in line for state
upgrade
Missourinet: Galloway: We appreciate Lawrence
County Prosecutor's dedication to justice
P-D letter: Green Park man dislikes Donald Trump and
Ann Wagner
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Wednesday, November 23
KWMU: Area counselors offer advice on managing
Thanksgiving-dinner political conversations; Avoidance, shooting
water guns suggested for those who can't manage social interactions
like adults
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Kirkwood couple
disagrees on politics, manages conflict like adults; Man of the
house deals with woman's emotional reaction to Trump victory
KWMU: Missouri Farm Bureau says Thanksgiving dinner
price tag down a bit this year
Missourinet: Missouri Highway Patrol boosting
enforcement efforts this Thanksgiving weekend
Missourinet: Missouri road projects take a break for
four-day Thanksgiving weekend
Washington Post: New overtime rule could cost Missouri
taxpayers more than $5 million
Drebes:
Lefties rushing their initiative petitions to ensure favorable language
from outgoing Secretary of State Jason Kander
The Missouri Times: Sarah Steelman to lead State
Treasurer-elect Eric Schmitt's transition team; Team members named
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Kirk
Mathews (R-Pacific) talks with Rosenbaum about Eric Greitens as
governor, an Uber/Lyft bill, 'right to work,' and fixing Medicaid
Drebes:
Parade of candidates begins lining up for Rob Schaaf's Senate seat
AP:
Pfizer plans $200M building, consolidation in St. Louis area
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Silver Haired Legislature sets 2016 agenda,
wants actual legislators to spend more money on state programs for olds +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Association of Counties
approves three resolutions, but votes against cannabis prohibition
The Missouri Times: Galloway reports more than half of
local governments did not report finances this month
Brownfield Ag News: Ag director says 'still work to be
done' on dicamba investigations; Richard Fordyce notes that
herbicide's new formulation will virtually eliminate volatilization
KWMU: EPA won't meet end-of-the-year deadline to
propose remedy for West Lake Landfill; Republic Services' Russ
Knocke: "Science is good. It should be the guide."
P-D editorial: Revamp desegregation program to
continue integration of area schools
Priddy:
Thoughts on how Eric Greitens' life will change as governor;
Reflections on seeing Bill Phelps at a shopping mall, John Ashcroft's
Mustang, etc. (1,150 words)
P-D op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's Jeremy
Cady: Greitens victory gives Missouri workers a reason to
celebrate
KC Star letter: Area woman wants Missouri's
congressional delegation to oppose Trump's chief strategiest +
P-D letter: Women's Foundation of Greater St. Louis
Board President Jill Nowak reacts to Trump victory, complains about
"wage gap," "economic inequalities," etc.
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Tuesday, November 22
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: Trump terror
tales: Illegal immigrant claims her anchor baby is scared of
president-elect
SNL's Steve Pokin: Anti-Trump speaker confronted on
stage by lone Trump supporter, cries X
Missourinet: Columbia College prof Terry Smith:
Missouri is a red state with two big blue urban polka dots - and a blue
Columbia dot in the middle
KC Star: Talent name remains on short list for Trump's
Secretary of State +
Washington Post: Talent still in the mix for defense
secretary
The Missouri Times: Greitens promises 'Blue Alert'
system in wake of police shootings, visits victim
Missourinet: Greitens issues statement on recent
police shootings
P-D: Man who shot St. Louis officer was wanted;
At age 19, George P. Bush III racked up impressive resume of crimes
KC Star: After Gladstone shooting, officers encouraged
to be vigilant +
CDT: Former U.S. Rep. Allen West (R) inspires
anti-abortion crowd in Columbia X
Missourinet: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) to file
measures aimed at changing Missouri's abortion clinic laws
KTVI (St. Louis): Cigarette smugglers taking advantage
of Missouri's low tax rate
KWMU: Judge Rodney Sippel (D) orders cumulative voting
in Ferguson-Florissant School Board elections to give black candidates
better chance of winning; ACLU cheers decision
P-D: Judge changes voting system to ensure more black
candidates win
KWMU: St. Louis Public School Superintendent Kelvin
Williams recommends two more schools in North St. Louis close
P-D: Two St. Louis City schools recommended for closure
Missourinet: MO Dept. of Agriculture investigations
into unapproved use of approved herbicide are racking up
expenses; EPA covering some of cost
The Missouri Times: Missouri Association of Counties
holds conference in Osage Beach
The Missouri Times: Warren County Assessor Wendy
Nordwald elected president of Missouri Association of Counties
P-D editorial: Marijuana merchants could use help from
a states-rights president
SNL editorial: Focus needed on Sunshine requests X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's Sunshine
Law is due respect X
P-D letter: Maplewood liberal responds to
conservative's letter about protests, says electing Donald Trump was an
injustice
KC Star letter: Area woman says campus open-carry
would allow young women to protect themselves from would-be rapists +
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Monday, November 21
KWMU: Missouri Democratic Party postmortem: Dems
hope to recover from their crippling losses at the polls;
Comments from Roy Temple, Jason Kander, Jamilah Nasheed, John Rizzo,
Gail McCann Beatty, Gina Walsh
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Missouri Democratic Party
postmortem: Chairman Roy Temple says party has "fewer and fewer
people in the farm system;" Comments from one-half of
Post-Dispatch polisci prof pundit pool (Dave Robertson, UMSL)
SNL: Anti-Trump rally draws 200 to downtown
Springfield; Liberals read poems, sing
X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jason Smith
previews Trump presidency and congressional action; Panel of Tom
Dempsey, Don Gosen, Lou Hamilton, and Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-St. Louis)
talk election results, Greitens administration, more
Rosenbaum: Greitens likely to confront tough budget
situation when he enters office
Missourinet: Group files to collect signatures for
vote on recreational marijuana in Missouri
Missourinet: Missouri State Parks Director Bill Bryan
testifies about Amendment 1 and deferred maintenance concerns
Drebes: PSC Commissioner Scott Rupp (R): Why
Republicans should support renewable energy
Washington Missourian: Franklin County aces Galloway's
test on Sunshine Law
Missourinet: Nation's largest Child Exploitation Task
Force is located in Missouri
P-D: In shootout, St. Louis police put down man who
shot officer in the face
Washington Missourian editorial: Jim Talent for
Defense Secretary
P-D editorial: Missouri's 'castle doctrine' law
doesn't grant a license to kill
Messenger: Nixon should pardon group of female
criminals
KC Star op-ed: Missourians want answers when insurers
deny coverage of doctor-prescribed treatments
+
SNL op-ed: Missourians can't afford a bailout of
Obamacare X
P-D letter: Retired union man says he'll fight 'right
to work'
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Sunday, November 20
JCNT: Electoral college reps cast votes next month at
Capitol
X
Student Life (Washington University): Student-led
"Vote, dammit" outreach campaign worked to increase student voter
registration, turnout
SNL: Trump cabinet could include businessman with
Missouri ties; Forrest Lucas is pals with incoming Lt. Gov. Mike
Parson, has funded pro-agriculture campaigns
X
SNL: Four maps that explain how Greene County
voted; Most parts of the county shifted right, not left, in 2016 X
JCNT: Certified election results show GOP domination
of Cole County; Dem Chairwoman Susan Cook won't say it's
impossible for Democrats to win, "but it seems that way" X
JCNT: Transgender Day of Remembrance rally draws
twelve (12) to Capitol; Former man Cathy Serino expresses
"concern" about Trump, Greitens and Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) X
Student Life (Washington University): Israeli LGBTQIA*
(asterisk now denotes "non-cisgender/genderqueer") activist speech
interrupted by student protesters; "Students for Justice in
Palestine" battles "Nice Jewish Queers"
Missouri Ruralist: USDA Director Tom Vilsack appoints
Bowling Green woman to United Soybean Board
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Jason Smith; Panel of Tom Dempsey, Don
Gosen, Rep. Tracy McCreery (D-St. Louis), Lou Hamilton talk GOP
tsumani, Greitens, more
KC Star: Greitens team recruiting job-seekers +
JCNT: Missouri Bar discusses legislative priorities X
Columbia Missourian: Mizzou handing out scholarships
to minorities who express interest in teaching; Thoughts from two
Latina coeds
P-D letter: Area woman hopes state public defender
system gets more money under Greitens than Nixon
KC Star letter: Liberty woman expresses fear about
last session's SB 656 +
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Saturday, November 19
The Missouri Times: John Hancock steps down; GOP
guru rescued state party from debt and disarray, led Missouri
Republicans to historic statewide victories
P-D: John Hancock to step down as party chair, shares
credit with MRP Executive Director Jonathon Prouty
KWMU: Two-term incumbent Claire McCaskill begins
re-election push by positioning herself as underdog
Washington Missourian: Former Sen. Jim Talent among
contenders for Defense Secretary spot X
P-D: Longtime Clay Sr. aide Pearlie Evans dies;
Pal says her only wish was to see a woman elected president, "but as
you know, that didn't happen"
KWMU: Pearlie Evans, former district aide to William
L. Clay, dies at 84
KODE: Barry County Presiding Commissioner Cherry
Warren (R) to cast Electoral College vote
KBIA: Columbia College prof Terry Smith admits to
being wrong about Trump wave, says Trump "could not be more arrogant"
KC Star: Trump terror tales: Arab businessman
claims Caucasoid popped head into shop and yelled "White power!" +
KWMU: Trump terror tales: NAACP to hold town
hall in Ladue to hear students' stories
Columbia Missourian: Wanted: Trump terror
tales: Authors of winning entries get their story and photo in
newspaper
P-D: In a tumultuous election season, TV stations won
big
Missourinet: Blunt backs expansion of military history
project
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Empower Missouri, f/k/a Missouri Association for
Social Welfare, seeks assistant director
Missourinet: Sedalia-based manufacturer bucks trend of
sending jobs overseas
Drebes:
About that state budget hole
Missourinet: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) wants to
extend 'revolving door' law to five years
KC Star: Senate Republicans listen to Kansas City
Mayor Sly James talk urban priorities +
P-D: Senate will look for new way to provide meals for
staffers working late nights; Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine
Neighbors) on taking care of state employees working extra hours:
"The bottom line is, people gotta eat."
Columbia Missourian: USDA grant provides Columbia
schools with locally-grown food
KWMU: As student transfer program wins last extension,
supporters continue working for opportunity for all
KWMU: Riverview Gardens floats idea to help save its
bottom line - and students who have transferred out
AP:
San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals rules against
Missouri, other states in egg-production lawsuit
Waters: Caleb Rowden, Chuck Basye in positions to help
University of Missouri X
Columbia Missourian editor Tom Warhover: Celebrating
Galloway's Sunshine Law audit
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Friday, November 18
SE
Missourian: Jason Smith claims House GOP leadership post +
Missourinet: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) leads
social-media push to make Jason Kander the next DNC chair
KCUR: Facing Obamacare's repeal, Missouri health care
execs remain hopeful; Comments from Missouri Hospital
Association's Dave Dillon, lobbyist Chris Molendorp, Truman Medical
Centers' Charlie Shields
Missourinet: Wash U. prof says Dems' sudden interest
in abolishing Electoral College unlikely to bear fruit
Kraske: The Chat: Songs, catchphrases from
anti-Trump protests; McCaskill says Dems "nailed" Republicans on
earmarks +
KWMU: Trump backlash, day two: Troop of angry
Ladue students fights racism by skipping class, falling two days behind
non-truant classmates; Girl claims Hispanic student burned her
with glue gun
SE
Missourian: School officials: No instances of anti-Trump
parents or students spinning "harassment" yarns - yet +
Columbia Missourian: Wanted: Editors seek kids'
tales of "harassment" that can be tied to Trump's election
Kraske: Here's the most unfair thing about becoming
Missouri's next governor +
KMOX: As planned, John Hancock steps down as Missouri
Republican Party chairman
Missouri Farmer Today: Missourians renew soil
tax; Republicans roll in statewide and legislative races
KY3 (Springfield): Educators seek new funding for
early childhood education after tobacco tax hike fails
KWMU: Dozens of initiative petitions already filed for
Missouri's 2018 ballot
The Missouri Times: House candidates that could be
back in 2018
KWMU: HUD numbers show homelessness on the decline in
Missouri
Missourinet: Associated General Contractors' Len
Toenjes analyzes effect of Trump, Greitens victories on road
construction
The Missouri Times: What is the smart grid, and why
doesn't Missouri have one?
The Missouri Times: PSC tackles 15 orders and tariffs
before Thanksgiving holiday
KC Star: Missouri to pay millions for student's
drowning in handcuffs +
AP:
State settles in drowning case
The Missouri Times: City, state given the opportunity
for Ballpark Village second phase
Missourinet: Missouri State Parks director testifies
about Bass Pro Shops founder's display of state artifacts
SNL: Missouri House committee questions state director
over artifacts loaned to Bass Pro Shops X
P-D: State Parks Director Bill Bryan says state
artifacts more useful on display than trapped in Jefferson City closet
P-D: Bill transferring West Lake Landfill oversight to
Corps of Engineers won't pass Congress
KWMU: EPA to conduct more tests for radiation;
Bridgeton couple seeks payday for claim of "radioactive dust"
P-D editorial: Local governments are abysmal at
complying with Sunshine Law requests
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Former Rep.
Chris Kelly (D-Columbia) on Missouri Democratic Party's failure to
recruit candidates, paltry GOTV effort
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Thursday, November 17
The Missouri Times: Compensated protesters oppose
Trump in Columbia; Malcontents-for-hire earn $15/hr. to hold
signs, bark chants
CDT: Anti-Trump rally draws hundreds in
Columbia; Stephens College student hatched idea after leaving
Jason Kander's election-night defeat party X
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump protesters gather to
share anger and sadness, sing songs, read poems
SNL: Professor from Wisconsin college visits Drury,
says she attributes Trump's victory to anger; Anti-Trump group to
hold protest in Springfield Sunday X
P-D: Blunt retains Senate leadership post;
McCaskill top Democrat on homeland security committee
AP:
McCaskill, Blunt named to leadership positions
KC Star: McCaskill questions Trump's commitment to
"drain the swamp," cites House GOP movement on earmarks +
Kraske: The Chat: Two-term incumbent Claire
McCaskill seeks "underdog" positioning for 2018 campaign; Nicole
Galloway on local governments' lack of transparency +
Roll Call: House Republicans elect Jason Smith to
leadership team
Missourinet: Congressman Jason Smith says Salem VA
clinic will extend hours to full time
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer says housing appraisal system
deserves 21st century solutions
P-D: Lacy Clay among House Democrats unhappy about
Trump's choice for chief strategist
Drebes:
Election turnout numbers
AP:
Missouri employment reaches all-time high
AP:
Boeing to cut some jobs, move others, in efficiency effort
The Missouri Times: Budget issues could be first test
for incoming Greitens administration
P-D: Nixon touts jobs report as Greitens plans changes
in approach to economic development
CDT: Richardson says UM funding won't be targeted by
Legislature
Missourinet: Missouri House committee holds oversight
hearing: Conservation agency salaries, illegal use of approved
herbicide, Bass Pro founder's appreciation for state artifacts, more
St. Joseph News-Press: Auditor report finds low
Sunshine Law compliance X
KWMU: Parts of 2015's municipal overhaul that differ
for St. Louis County before state Supreme Court
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court considers case
over traffic fines in St. Louis County
AP:
Missouri court weighs cap on fees begun after Ferguson
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court to decide legality of
municipal court reform law
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court considers state
rule on renewable energy standards
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court considers
requirements cut from green energy law
AP: Missouri Supreme Court debates sex offender
confinement
AP:
Nearly 100,000 deer harvested during start of firearms season
Quincy Herald-Whig: Wandering elk photographed by
trail camera in Scotland County, Mo.; Conservation agent warns
wild animals might be confused for deer and get shot
KWMU: Group of Ladue students complain about racism,
skip class to walk the streets; Girl compares herself to Rosa
Parks, complains about Trump
P-D: Ladue students fight back against perceived
racism by skipping class; Youngsters attending well-funded school
in state's wealthiest zip code complain about others' "privilege"
SE
Missourian editorial: Trio of local schools earn perfect state
scores; "Subgroup" of minorities and poor kids choose to work
hard, achieve success +
P-D editorial: Residents near Bridgeton and West Lake
Landfills deserve cash payouts
P-D letter: St. Louis County man suggests "immature
juveniles" start taking Clinton's loss like adults, stop throwing
temper tantrums and accept the election results
P-D letter: University City woman expresses her "grief
and despair" over election results; Photo of young liberals
femotional over Clinton loss
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Wednesday, November 16
The Missouri Times: Missourian Katie Walsh, 31, a
potential top White House aide
KSHB (Kansas City): Missouri presidential electors
bombarded with demands to not vote for Donald Trump; GOP
candidate won Missouri by nineteen (19) points
KQTV (St. Joseph): Muslim coed unhappy about Trump's
victory; Male student acknowledges consequences for illegal alien
family members, says he'll support Trump anyway
P-D: Ladue parent shares other side of "back of the
bus" hysteria, says disciplined student suggested black girl sit with
her teammates
CDT: At Columbia Board of Education meeting, liberals
express fear of bad behavior after resounding Trump victory;
Latina gal laments "profoundly negative effect on children" X
Missourinet: St. Louis-area liberals to discuss
election results; Webster University panel to be moderated by
Sierra Club's John Hickey, will feature Rep. Jeanne Kirkton (D-Webster
Groves), Webster U. coed, others
P-D: Two years out, Claire McCaskill already
positioning herself as "underdog" in re-election race
Columbia Missourian: Seven (7) liberal groups draw
crowd of twenty (20) to Indian protest; Group sings "The
Earth is Our Mother," marches to local Bank of America and US Bank
branch offices
KC Star: Indians, sympathizers powwow during work day
to protest pipeline +
KWMU: Nearly 80,000 in Missouri will be impacted by
new overtime rule going into effect Dec. 1
AP:
Missouri's minimum wage set to rise yet again in 2017
The Missouri Times: Galloway: Sunshine Law
doesn't glow in most local governments
KWMU: Galloway: Too many Missouri local
governments ignore requests for information
Missourinet: New audit highlights glaring
noncompliance with Missouri's Sunshine Law
AP:
Galloway audit finds poor compliance with Missouri Sunshine Law
P-D: Report finds Missouri local governments not so
transparent
The Missouri Times: Speaker Todd Richardson outlines
legislative agenda to Columbia Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Missourian: Richardson discusses legislative
priorities in Columbia
The Missouri Times: Bill Eigel poised to become strong
business advocate in the Senate
The Missouri Times: Elijah Haahr's Human Trafficking
Task Force meets for final time
KWMU: Race-based student transfer program could evolve
with new criteria
KWMU: State appeals court says defense attorneys must
get some witness information
SNL: Missouri hunters can donate deer hides to make
gloves for disabled veterans X
P-D: Couple near Bridgeton Landfill seeks payday after
claiming to find radioactive household dust
KWMU: Bridgeton couple sues nine companies, seeks
payout over supposed radioactive dust; EPA says it would like to
see "new, scientifically valid data" if it actually exists
P-D editorial: Missouri government should pay for the
lives it steals; State once wrongly incarcerated someone
KC Star op-ed: Koch Industries' Mark Holden:
Missouri businesses should consider 'banning the box' +
P-D letter: Franklin County man responds to P-D
editorial about post-election spray-paint incident, notes vicious
rhetoric of "tolerant" protesters
SNL letter: Springfield man offers modest
proposal: Charge political campaigns a dollar or two for every
campaign sign still up 10 days after the election X
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Tuesday, November 15
P-D: Profile: St. Louisan Katie Walsh, the
architect of fundraising efforts that helped Trump win
SNL: Anti-Trump protest set for this weekend;
Millennial Caucasoid says she feels "hopeless," claims Trump - still 65
days away from inauguration - is "acting just like a president for the
white man" X
CDT: University won't categorize anti-Trump student's
threats of violence as hate crime; University yet to receive
activist tales of "harassment" or "hate speech" in wake of Trump victory X
P-D: Ladue students disciplined after chanting,
"Trump, Trump," saying black students should move to back of bus;
Bad remarks from two teenage boys after school could mean all students
will be forced to sit through more diversity lectures
KC Star: Jason Kander still tweeting +
Kraske: The Chat: Speaker Todd Richardson on
leading supermajority; Eric Greitens on working with
legislators; Jack Cardetti on likelihood of Greitens' "overreach" +
Missourinet: Senate Minority Leader Gina Walsh
(D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) takes realistic approach to coping with GOP
victories, says she'll work with Greitens
The Missouri Times: Nixon reflects on his time as
governor
Missourinet: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau)
remembers close call with missile during Vietnam War
Missourinet: Auditor Nicole Galloway to release
Sunshine Law report today
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Development
Commission tax credits help launch senior citizen affordable housing
development
Missourinet: MoDOT urges motorists to follow
Missouri's "Move Over" law
The Missouri Times: Students compete in state
Constitution Project
Columbia Missourian: Deer season update:
Missourians harvest 96,000 wild animals over weekend
KWMU: Unaccredited Normandy, Riverview Gardens get
praise from state, parents, staff
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Maria
Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) wants new gov and AG to care about
West Lake Landfill, talks school transfer law
CDT: Newspaper to host "Conversation Cafe"
tonight; Readers invited to spend an evening at Tribune offices
to discuss "inequity," other issues with strangers X
P-D editorial: What part of 'get big money out of
Missouri politics' do megadonors not understand
P-D editorial: Local schools are smart to give up on
suspensions; Bad behavior is due to institutional racism and
food/health care inequality
P-D op-ed: Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis):
Chiropractic therapy is key to helping patients recover from addiction
P-D letter: Ballwin woman notes that despite liberal
bias of Post-Dispatch staff - from family columnist/beauty-product
reviewer Aisha Sultan to actual journalists - Missourians chose
Republicans
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Monday, November 14
KWMU: Anti-Trump protesters march downtown, stage
"die-in" to block traffic; Ferguson activist guilts Caucasoid
crowd: "Two years ago when I needed ya'll, ya'll weren't there."
P-D: Anti-Trump march snarls traffic in downtown St.
Louis
Missourinet: Columbia College prof Terry Smith:
Claire McCaskill, Nicole Galloway vulnerable in 2018
KC Star: Will Trump succeed in implementing
agenda? McCaskill: "Tax code reform, infrastructure ...
Those are things I'm down for and want to help with." +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jay Nixon on
Trump's victory, more; Jack Cardetti, Jack Spooner, GOP Reps.
Robert Cornejo and Marsha Haefner talk GOP domination, forecast for
Legislative victories, more
Rosenbaum: How a Gov. Greitens presents big
opportunities to GOP state lawmakers
SNL: What to expect from the Eric Greitens era X
AP: Despite vote to cap donations, Missouri donors say
effort to limit money in politics failed
KMOX: ACLU unhappy about Missouri voters' decision to
support voter photo ID
Drebes:
Sierra Club spent its members' money to help lose voter photo ID fight
Missourinet:
Incoming Lt. Gov. Mike Parson previews 'right to work' push, more
Missourinet: Speaker pro tem Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) on 'right to work' fight, Southwest Missouri's
increasing stroke within Legislature
P-D: Three area school districts announce
no-suspension policies; Kindergarten through third graders can
run amok, terrorize well-behaved classmates with no threat of missing
school
P-D editorial: Who's to blame for Missouri Democrats
getting hammered on Tuesday? Fingers pointed at state party,
Nixon and McCaskill
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Amendment 3
postmortem: Voters wanted specifics X
P-D letter: Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
President Lise Bernstein addresses the rough spanking her group took on
Tuesday
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Sunday, November 13
KWMU: Why were pollsters - with the help of reporters
and editors - so wrong about the election? Thoughts from UMSL's
Terry Jones, SLU communications prof Matt Carlson
SNL: Trump parade held in Springfield; Zero (0)
reports of windows smashed, businesses looted, or law enforcement
officers attacked X
Student Life (Wash U.): Students react to Trump
victory; Missouri Youth for Trump co-founder takes verbal attacks
in stride; Latina coed says her "trigger points" now include
Cardinals caps and the word "great"
Student Life (Wash U.): Two liberal students visit
polling places on election day, express anger at results;
Experiences from Hazelwood School District's crown jewel (Larimore
Elementary), a second black polling place, and one in Maryland Heights
KC Star: Protesters rally against Donald Trump, again +
KC Star: Video: Protest signs: "My P*ssy
Grabs Back," "Hands Out of My Transition," etc. +
Tony's Kansas City: Exclusive footage: Kansas
City's anti-Trump protests growing more militant
The Maneater: Crying, yelling as liberals congregate
to mourn Trump victory; Black coed uses racial slur, surmises her
"rapist" is happy Trump won; Event achieves climax when strangers
touch each other whilst singing Black Eyed Peas song
The Maneater: Trump once called Mizzou race protests
"disgusting"
P-D: Post-election retail therapy could be
unprecedented; Photos of gals spending money
Columbia Missourian: Local activists vow to fight
Standing Rock pipeline, regardless of Trump's win; Comments from
Indian leader Bigsoldier, paleface kemosabe
Washington Post: A battle for the soul of the
Democratic Party; Jason Kander considering run for DNC chairman
Washington Missourian: Franklin County voters see red
in statewide elections; Greitens beats Koster 55-37, while other
GOP candidates spank Democrats by 2-to-1 margins
SNL: Envisioning an Eric Greitens
administration; Comments from GOP Reps. Kevin Austin and Elijah
Haahr, Drury poli sci prof Dan Ponder, Mizzoui poli sci prof Marvin
Overby, Koster's David Turner X
Mother Jones: Missouri becomes next state to enact a
voter ID law; Voters approve measure by 63-37 margin
Columbia Missourian: Pot enthusiasts: We'll
totally get our act together for the 2018 ballot, for real this time
AP:
Nixon to travel to United Arab Emirates
SE
Missourian editorial: After GOP's evisceration of Missouri
Democrats, conservative policies will improve our state and country +
P-D editorial: Greitens will need new ideas to fix a
broken tax structure
Waters: Octogenarian publisher wants to buy Blunt a
drink to make up for endorsing Kander X
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Saturday, November 12
P-D: Anti-Trump gathering at Washington University
features weeping, singing, emotional screeds; 30-year-old man male: "This is
not America. So I just need a hug."
KC Star: Anti-Trump demonstrators march from Union
Station to City Hall +
KC Star: Video: Millennial female explains
emotional hardship of election results, says she's "not cool with Trump
... I can't do this anymore"; Crowd chants, woman shrieks at lone
Trump supporter +
Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood protest draws
less than two dozen; Mizzou coed says Trump election was "an
attack on my life, my identity"
KWMU: Wash U freshmen react to Trump victory;
Liberal student brags to professor about ripping "Make America Great
Again" hat off Trump supporter's head
Tony's Kansas City: Missouri's post-election
winners: Cleaver, Rizzo, non-liberal Caucasoid males
P-D: Even in a nation with a long history of protests,
anti-Trump strife is unusual; Reporter Kevin McDermott begins
expanding Post-Dispatch academic source pool, interviews Wash U history
prof and Mizzou public affairs prof
P-D: How did Trump come to represent Flyover
Country? Reporter Chuck Raasch begins expanding Post-Dispatch
academic source pool, interviews SEMO poli sci prof Jeremy Walling
P-D: How the Trump agenda could change the way St.
Louis does business; Comments from 1/2 of Post-Dispatch polisci
prof pundit pool (Ken Warren, SLU)
97.1FM (St. Louis): Tim Jones responds to Christopher
Ave's post-election "fake news" complaints (9:00), corrects
misinformation about Travis Brown's First Rule and Rex Sinquefield
P-D: In wake of election, Post-Dispatch gives black
conservative Stacy Washington a column
Drebes:
Obama commutations with Missouri ties: Three urban dope dealers
The Missouri Times: Republican sweep of statewide
offices ushers in new era of Missouri politics; Democrats'
highest-ranking state official soon to be Nicole Galloway
The Missouri Times: 10 People Who Made an
Impact: Asher Allman, Aaron Baker, Titus Bond, Casey Burns, Scott
Charton, Jeff Layman, Jon Prouty, Abe Rakov, Jonathan Ratliff, David
Turner
The Missouri Times: Legislative leaders optimistic
about working with Greitens despite candidate's 'corruption' allegations
KWMU: Greitens reaches out as he prepares to take the
helm of Missouri state government
AP:
Greitens to announce transition team next week
P-D: Greitens and his family prepare for move to
Jefferson City
Missourinet: Incoming Lt. Gov. Mike Parson reflects on
his military service
KC Star: Courts will look at campaign contribution
limits; Comments from Todd Jones, James Harris, Sen. Jason
Holsman (D-Kansas City) +
P-D: After leaving Legislature, former Rep. Tony
Dugger (R-Hartville) to provide for his family by working as a lobbyist
Missourinet: Republicans eye 2017 as year to make
Missouri a 'right to work' state
Missourinet: Nixon: Missouri exports expected to
reach all-time high
KWMU: New signs coming to Missouri highways will point
the way to alternative fuel stations
Washington Missourian: Washington School District
achieves 91.8 percent of annual state report card X
Washington Missourian: St. Clair R-XIII School
District scores 88.2 percent on state report card X
CDT's Waters: Greitens should return to who he was
before he ran against Koster; Stephen Webber's loss due to
complacency; Among GOP victories, Josh Hawley's victory is most
bothersome X
KC Star letter: KC septuagenarian disagrees with Sam
Graves on gun control +
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Friday, November 11
Veterans Day
Kraske: Winding down one wacky campaign season:
Trump wins Missouri women, Carnahans finally exit stage left, much more +
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon (D) expresses respect
for voters' selection of Greitens; Jason Kander (D) accepts
voters' decision, expresses love of country; NAACP's Nimrod
Chapel complains about voter-approved photo ID provision +
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: How were pollsters
and mainstream media so wrong about the presidential election?
Thoughts from Missouri's preeminent polling expert Terry Jones,
Founders Professor of Political Science and Public Policy
Administration at UMSL
KDNL (St. Louis): The Allman Report: Jamie
Allman reacts to Post-Dispatch podcast linked here yesterday, responds
to Christopher Ave's comments about "fake news" and misinformation
about show ownership
Twitter: Post-Dispatch family columnist/beauty-product
reviewer/"tolerance" crusader Aisha Sultan blocks blogger after he
links to her podcast appearance yesterday
Columbia Missourian: Students, area liberals gather in
Speakers' Circle to lament the reality of President Donald Trump
Columbia Missourian: Post-election femotions:
Liberal gals ages 37 to 84 lament the unreality of Clinton as "Madame
President"
The Maneater: Campus feminists in a tizzy over Trump's
victory; College Republicans leader Francesca Boewe responds with
facts about election results, gender of Trump's campaign manager
The Missouri Times: Greitens meets with Nixon as part
of transition
KWMU: Bumpy road ahead for some of Missouri's new
constitutional amendments
Missourinet: Missouri Agriculture Director Richard
Fordyce wants to continue to lead department
The Missouri Times: Senate Majority Caucus re-elects
Ron Richard as President Pro Tem
Missourinet: Dem legislators assign Reps. Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City), Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis) responsibility of
heading up House superminority
The Missouri Times: Caucuses elect leaders;
Rep-elect Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis) wins leadership spot in
Legislative Black Caucus
SE
Missourian: Area lawmakers push for 'right-to-work' law in
Missouri +
Washington Missourian: Nixon highlights A+ program
expansion at St. Francis Borgia Regional High School X
Missourinet: Missouri-based provider of home loans to
veterans raising big money for injured soldiers
Columbia Missourian: For opening weekend, a full-court
press on lethal deer disease
P-D: At criminal justice forum, talk about
ramifications of Trump's election for Ferguson; Comments from
U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay, Ferguson Mayor James Knowles
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Trump won -
let's get rid of the electoral college
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Thursday, November 10
Rosenbaum: Answering the 12 questions asked before a
red wave swept through Missouri
KWMU: Missouri's rural voters flocked to Trump,
fueling statewide GOP victories
Columbia Missourian: Republican lawmakers in 'full
control' following election sweep; Student reporters build upon
and expand newspaper's source pool, identify polisci prof under 60
years old
P-D: 'What the hell happened' in Missouri? The
evolution of a newly-minted red state; Reporter Kevin McDermott
digs deep, interviews 1/2 of Post-Dispatch polisci prof pundit pool
(Ken Warren, SLU)
P-D: Even with Republicans in control of state
government, Greitens faces challenges; Reporter Kurt Erickson
goes the extra mile, interviews 1/2 of Post-Dispatch polisci prof
pundit pool (Dave Robertson, UMSL)
P-D: Audio: Post-Dispatch reporters, editors
react to Trump's victory, GOP success in Missouri; Family
columnist/beauty-product reviewer Aisha Sultan expresses "fear and
anxiety" (2:40), gets emotional about Trump's "racism" (8:30), says
Trump voters were angry about "8 years of a black man as President"
(18:25)
P-D: Audio: Political and national editor
Christopher Ave says "most journalists have a sort of viewpoint that
derives from being educated, largely at liberal arts universities ...
we as a breed are more educated than the average American" (6:30)
P-D: Audio: Christopher Ave expresses
frustration with "fake news" produced by Rex Sinquefield team (12:15),
specifically The Allman Report (broadcast weekdays at 5 p.m. on KDNL in
St. Louis)
P-D: Audio: Editor Gilbert Bailon signals
paper's upcoming coverage of GOP opposition to Obamacare, focus on
hard-knock "victim" tales (14:50)
P-D: Local Trump supporters celebrate the new
president-elect
KC Star: Donald Trump's win is almost too good to be
true for his Kansas City area supporters +
SNL: Area reactions: Seasoned Caucasoid male
happy; Young black gal mad; Church secretary happy;
Septuagenarian German frau mad X
KC Star: Anti-Trump protests draw hundreds in Kansas
City +
KC Star: Video: Throng stomps through downtown,
chants "Not my president"; Rotund Caucasoid with facial
accessories explains rejection of election results; Signs include
"Ashamed in AmeriKKKa," etc. +
Tony's Kansas City: First, original reporting on KC
protests; Compendium of area news coverage of march, protest
SNL: Hancock: Missouri, U.S. have "turned around" X
Missourinet: Missouri turns brighter red after
elections
P-D's Chuck Raash: Winners and losers from Election Day
KC Star's Jason Hancock: Winners and losers from
Election Day +
AP: Mizzou student gets emotional about election
results, threatens to kill Trump supporters; Gregory Phipps
released on $500 bond
CDT: 23-year-old male gets emotionally triggered over
Trump victory, makes violent threats on social media X
Tony's Kansas City: Kansas City's political "girl
power" mentality to blame for demise of Missouri Democratic Party
Tony's Kansas City: John Rizzo emerges from GOP sweep
as new KC Democratic Party stalwart; Mayor Sly James traveled to
Columbia for Stephen Webber, but couldn't bother to support Democrat in
his own backyard
KC Star: Jim Talent's name bandied about as possible
Defense secretary +
Kraske: The Chat: Greitens looks at the
opportunities ahead +
P-D: Greitens likely to make Missouri a 'right to
work' state
Missourinet: Speaker Todd Richardson: Missouri
House Republicans will focus on labor, tort and education reform
The Missouri Times: Haahr, Kolkmeyer, Lynch to assume
leadership roles
SNL: Helms joins GOP caucus in Jefferson City, where
Elijah Haahr is elected to top leadership role
X
KTVI (St. Louis): From seed to shelf: Medical
marijuana usage in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Hundreds of Missouri teachers
gather for annual convention
KWMU: Time to recycle political mail and door-to-door
flyers
SE
Missourian: Firearm season for deer begins Saturday +
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans: Swamp
creatures vs. Drain-the-Swamp governor; Greitens must reconcile
anti-legislator rhetoric with need to lead
SNL editorial: Adults should harness election emotions
and do something worthwhile X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Greitens should shift
positions on crime, guns +
P-D letter: Webster Groves man responds to Messenger's
anti-GOP column, says voters are fed up with liberal agenda
P-D letter: Chesterfield man suggests election results
should teach Post-Dispatch editors, reporters how far out of touch they
are with hardworking Missourians
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Wednesday, November 9
Missouri election results
KWMU:
Blunt defeats Kander; Missouri Republicans set for solid control
of Missouri state government
CDT:
Police catch vandals trespassing, defacing Trump signs; Ladavia
Robinson, Imani Simmons-Elloie, Dionte Boyd, Alexxis [sic?] Means,
Karalyn Kelley busted X
KC
Star: Roy Blunt wins solid victory in Senate race +
SNL:
Blunt wins hard-fought Senate race X
AP:
Blunt keeps U.S. Senate seat as Kander concedes
P-D:
Blunt beats Kander by 7
Missourinet:
Kander says he hopes his run inspires young Missourians
KWMU:
Republicans prevail in down-ballot races; Incumbents win
congressional races
Columbia
Missourian: GOP sweeps statewide offices
P-D:
GOP wins attorney general, other down-ballot races
KC
Star: Cleaver, Graves, Hartzler prevail +
CDT:
Hartzler wins easy victory in 4th District race X
Columbia
Missourian: Hartzler wins fourth term in U.S. House
SNL:
Billy Long wins fourth term as Republicans retain House majority X
AP:
Greitens defeats Koster to win governor's race
P-D:
Greitens elected governor
Missourinet:
Audio: Greitens' victory speech
Messenger:
The tragedy of a GOP gubernatorial win: Rage defeats reason
Missourinet:
Republicans win big
KWMU:
Election issues results: Parks, campaign limits, voter photo ID
pass, as do limits on sales taxes
SNL:
Voters reject tobacco tax to fund preschool expansion X
P-D:
Tobacco taxes fail; Campaign limits, voter photo ID pass
CDT:
Boone County voters choose Democrats in presidential, statewide races
X
CDT:
Rowden defeats Webber to hold 19th District Senate for GOP X
Columbia
Missourian: Rowden edges Webber in 19th District Senate race
CDT:
Party alignment unchanged as voters return Basye and Kendrick, elect
Stevens and Reisch X
Columbia
Missourian: Boone County House districts stick with their parties
SNL:
Area Republicans cruise to victory in most statehouse races X
SNL:
Austin, Helms win; Quade's victory keeps 132 blue X
P-D:
In Democratic committeeman election, Ferguson Twitter celebrity Rasheen
"SheenBean" Aldridge defeats Rodney Hubbard Sr.
Drebes:
Speaker Pro Tem contender Joe Don McGaugh: Office shouldn't be a
lounge for lobbyists
KWMU:
Missouri Supreme Court hears disputed tobacco settlement case
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Tuesday, November
8 Secretary of State
Election
Results: Available after 7 p.m.
The Missouri Times: List of candidates' election-night
watch parties
KWMU: Candidates' last-minute appeals for votes wraps
up in St. Louis
The Missouri Times: Koster and Kander lead Democratic
rally on election eve
The Missouri Times: Blunt, Schmitt and Parson tour
growing businesses in final hours of campaign
The Missouri Times: Greitens calls for 'clean sweep'
in Tuesday's election
CDT: Statewide candidates kick off final election push
in Columbia X
St. Joseph News-Press: GOP candidates make final
campaign swing X
Columbia Missourian: Greitens holds last-minute rally
in Columbia
The Missouri Times: Governor's race countdown:
Election eve activities
AP:
Candidates in top Missouri races make last-minute push
KWMU: Mannies & Rosenbaum talk Trump coattails,
Blunt vs. Kander, Greitens vs. Koster, more
The Missouri Times: Missouri Alliance for Animal
Legislation calls out Humane Society Legislative Fund on Koster attack
ads
The Missouri Times: Final tipsheet: Missouri
statewide offices
St. Joseph News-Press: Voters try to sort through
competing tobacco measures
Columbia Missourian: Annual pre-election
send-reporter-to-coffee-shop-to-talk-to-olds story
Drebes:
SOS turnout estimate
Missourinet: Missouri's county clerks poised to handle
record voting
SNL: Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller (R) predicts
65 percent voter turnout X
SNL: Deputies will perform roles helping disabled
voters, ensuring integrity at polling places despite flak X
Missourinet: Democrats, NAACP oppose plan to station
deputies inside Springfield polling places
Columbia Missourian: Boone County braces for election
day turnout
P-D: Live updates on St. Louis area voting
KC Star: Long lines form early at KC polling places +
The Missouri Times: Final tip sheet: Missouri
Senate races
The Missouri Times: Final tip sheet: Missouri
House races
KC Star: Star removes pageview limit restrictions for
election week +
KWMU: St. Louis VA moves its benefits office from
downtown to Overland
Missourinet: McCaskill calls Janet Reno a role model
KC Star: KC Public Schools hits the full accreditation
mark for the first time in decades +
CDT: Loftin reflects on Wolfe, last days in office X
KC Star: Missouri trooper's manslaughter trial delayed
in Brandon Ellingson drowning case +
KC Star endorsements: Recap: Clinton and 4
Democrats, 7 Republicans +
KC Star endorsements: State representative
races: 3 Democrats, 4 Republicans +
P-D endorsements: Recap: Clinton and 6
Democrats, zero (0) Republicans
P-D letter: Wildwood man says Koster's experience is a
positive, not a negative
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Monday, November
7 Election
Eve
Rosenbaum: The 12 burning questions of Missouri's
unpredictable election
Missourinet: General election turnout could reach an
all-time high in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren
(D) says media protrayal of one presidential candidate as surefire
winner has a dampening effect on turnout
NY Times: McCaskill: Biggest threat to democracy
is "failing business model of real journalism;" Senior senator
laments rise of "fake news"
P-D's Chuck Raasch: What did Americans learn about
themselves in 2016 election? Thoughts from two Mizzou profs,
Missouri Democratic Party's Roy Temple
KC Star: Area feminists rally against Trump,
Republicans +
SNL: Blunt, Kander make final frenzied pitch X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on Comey;
Missouri Budget Project on Amendment 4 +
P-D: Photo gallery: 2016 St. Louis Veterans Day
Parade
P-D: New Americans talks citizenship, policy and
community ahead of historic election; Thoughts on democracy from
those who chose to follow immigration laws
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Russ
Carnahan; Panel of Sarah Martin, Jane Dueker, David Steelman, and
Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) discuss statewide candidates and
amendments
This Week in Missouri Politics: Overtime
edition: Panel makes predictions on U.S. Senate race, other
statewide races
Drebes: A look at money spent against Amendment 2
Missourinet: House leaders Denny Hoskins (R), Gina
Mitten (D) frame expectations for tomorrow's state rep races
KWMU: UM System leaders say racial climate is improving
SE
Missourian: Three area schools get perfect scores in state report +
P-D: Area district rankings: Brentwood
100%; Kirkwood 99.3%; Francis Howell, Ft. Zumwalt and
Orchard Farm (St. Charles Co.) 99.3%; Riverview Gardens
74.6%; Ferguson-Florissant 70.4%; Normandy 54.6%
KWMU: Progress report: Normandy test scores
improve, while Riverview Gardens and St. Louis Public Schools continue
to disappoint
Missourinet: MoDOT to winter test run this weekend
KWMU: Franklin County animal-rights activist sues
state, feds, gravel-mining company over habitat for grey bats
P-D editorial: Know your rights when heading to the
polls; Donald Trump is trying to tear down our electoral system
Priddy: "Big money" doesn't bother fighting Amendment
2 - because it knows Amendment 2 doesn't matter
Messenger: State beginning to resemble HBO "Westworld"
theme park; Elderly St. Louis City man defending himself and his
property from marauding hoodlums, other recent examples show Missouri
has too many guns
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Sunday, November 6
KWMU:
St. Louis County election officials say absentee voting similar to 2012
Washington
Missourian: Franklin County clerk expects 75 percent turnout X
JCNT:
Cole County clerk expects 75 percent turnout X
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Dunklin County clerk expects 60 percent turnout +
KWMU:
St. Patrick Center registers fewer than 30 homeless voters, will
provide free bus passes on Tuesday
SNL:
In change, deputies at Greene County polls will now be in plain clothes
X
CDT:
State GOP Chairman John Hancock predicts GOP sweep in Missouri on
Tuesday X
LA
Times: Overview: Missouri's U.S. Senate race
Drebes:
KC Star editorial board takes a right turn - even endorsing Republicans
- after dumping liberal greyhairs
SE
Missourian: Overview: Jason Smith's re-election +
The
Missouri Times: Governor's race countdown: 3 Days Out
The
Missouri Times: Koster emphasizes bipartisan credentials on state
tour with ag leaders
KNPN
(St. Joseph): Video: Koster makes final campaign push at
event with ag leaders
P-D:
Overview: Governor's race: Eric Greitens vs. Chris Koster
P-D:
"Black Vote Brunch" targets Amendment 6
SE
Missourian: Highway Patrol data shows fatal crashes on the
increase in region, state +
P-D:
In the battle of Missouri hunters vs. deer, crossbows are a game-changer
CDT:
After tumultuous fall 2015, Concerned Student 1950 fades from view X
CDT:
Faculty reflect on fall 2015 race histrionics X
P-D
endorsements: Jason Kander (D) for U.S. Senate; Chris
Koster (D) for governor
St.
Joseph News-Press endorsement recap: All Republicans, except Judy
Baker (D) for state treasurer X
Washington
Missourian endorsements: Yes on Amendments 1 and 2; No on 4
and 6; Maybe on tobacco taxes X
KC
Star endorsements: Missouri House: Ken Wilson (R);
Tyler McCall (D); Kevin Corlew (R); Mark Ellebracht
(D); Ira Anders (D); William Van Buskirk (R); Donna
Pfautsch (R) +
McClellan:
Response to Tony Messenger's "I still believe her" stance:
Roberts-Walker case raises questions of "rape culture" and
guilty-until-proven-innocent mindset
SE Missourian
letter: Missouri Association of Realtors' Jeff Long urges 'Yes'
vote on Amendment 4 +
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Saturday, November 5
Kraske: Numbers say a lot about election 2016:
Factoids and data points on voters, campaign spending, interest group
scores, much more +
KC Star: 'I can't wait for the election to be
over;' Voters hope for respite after Tuesday; Comments from
psychologist, reverend, poli sci 100 prof +
CDT: Multiple checks and security measures protect
election fairness, says Boone County Clerk Wendy Noren (D) X
KWMU: "St. Louis on the Air": Four days before
election, Claire McCaskill gives GOTV push for Hillary Clinton, Jason
Kander, Amendment 2
SNL: Blunt event added to state's packed political
schedule ahead of Tuesday's election X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Blunt campaign
wrong about Kander manipulating elections
KC Star: Profile: Roy Blunt +
KC Star: Profile: Jason Kander +
The Missouri Times: Governor's race countdown: 4
Days Out
P-D: Ethics complaint against Greitens is dismissed
The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life makes no
endorsement in governor's race, labels Greitens and Turilli as
'pro-life'
KC Star: Greitens vs. Kander issue breakdown:
Medicaid expansion, minimum wage, LGBTQIA rights, more +
The Missouri Times: Humane Society political arm
weighs in for Eric Greitens and Russ Carnahan with mailings attacking
Chris Koster and Mike Parson
P-D: Overview: Lieutenant governor: Russ
Carnahan vs. Mike Parson
The Missourian: Attorney general's race: The
week in review
Missourinet: Overview: Amendment 2
Drebes:
MOScout poll shows Amendment 4 surging
CDT: Profile: Caleb Rowden X
CDT: Profile: Stephen Webber X
The Missouri Times: New polls: Webber-Rowden
tied, Scott Sifton opening lead on Randy Jotte
CDT: Fact check: Webber, Rowden attack and
response ads X
P-D: GOP looks to defend House supermajority;
St. Francois County Dem candidate won't say if he's voting for Hillary
Clinton
Washington Missourian: Overview: Justin Alferman
(R) vs. Tom Smith (D) X
Washington Missourian: Overview: Paul Curtman
vs. Green Party candidate X
The Missouri Times: Restraining order and tax liens
make 70th District the nastiest race in the state
Columbia Missourian: Election news quiz: Enter
to win $25 gift card to The Heidelberg
P-D: Nixon heading to Germany and Israel, seeks to
convince Bayer to invest more in Missouri
CDT: Not being a candidate is 'liberating,' Nixon says
at Columbia event X
CDT: Nixon announces grant for MKT work during visit
to Columbia X
KC Star: Nixon wins legal showdown with state public
defender system +
Missourinet: Court dismisses Missouri Public Defender
System director's lawsuit against Nixon
P-D: Medical examiner confirms body found in Ste.
Genevieve County is that of Lynn Messer
The Missouri Times: MoDOT passes financial audit
Washington Missourian endorsement: Eric Schmitt (R)
for state treasurer X
P-D editorial: Ann Wagner's unwavering ambivalence on
Trump
Columbia Missourian's Tom Warhover: A year after race
hysteria reached its peak, the solution is clear: More talking
KC Star letter: Warsaw sexagenarian opposes Amendment
6, says "people of color," olds and poors will find obtaining an ID
"impossible" +
P-D letter: Local League of Women Voters klatch:
Vote 'No' on Amendment 6
P-D letter: Illinois septuagenarian opposes 'right to
work'
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Friday, November 4
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: McCaskill to appear
on septuagenarian Don Marsh's show today to stump for Clinton,
Amendment 2, other pet campaigns
Kraske: The Chat: Ann Wagner on Trump;
Kander camp on Trump voters' crossover; Ted Cruz on Blunt and
Supreme Court; Roy Temple on Greitens' charity/campaign blurred
lines +
St. Joseph News-Press: Kander visits St. Joe as part
of GOTV push X
St. Joseph News-Press: Overview: Roy Blunt vs.
Jason Kander X
SNL: Kander, Greitens, Koster in Springfield this
weekend X
KWMU: Compendium of coverage on each statewide race
and ballot initiative
KWMU: In Missouri's U.S. Senate and governor races,
it's hard to follow the money
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner's campaign criticizes
Dem opponent for not disclosing tax liens
The Missouri Times: Governor's race countdown: 5
Days Out
The Missouri Times: Poll numbers: How Greitens
and Koster are performing in each Missouri media market
KWMU: Missouri leads the way in TV ad spending on
state contests
AP:
Greitens, Koster campaigns tailor ads to suit Missouri's diverse
geography, demographics
AP:
Missouri Ethics Commission subpoenas Greitens' ex-aide
KWMU: Overview: Attorney general: Josh
Hawley vs. Teresa Hensley
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake
Hurst pushes for passage of Amendment 1
The Missouri Times: Amendment 3 supporters make final
push
The Missouri Times: Amendment 4 campaign cites support
from state GOP, Libertarian parties
KSGF: Yes on Amendment 4 says no to service taxes
Missourinet: Overview: Amendment 4: Scott
Charton vs. Missouri Budget Project's Traci Gleason
Columbia Missourian: ACLU's Mustafa Abdullah campaigns
against Amendment 6
KWMU: Overview: Proposition A: Ron Leone
vs. Stacy Reliford
Columbia Missourian: District 47 profile: Rep.
Chuck Basye (R)
Columbia Missourian: District 47 profile: Susan
McClintic (D)
Washington Missourian: MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna
addresses local group, says he favors "citizen/taxpayer-centric"
approach to road funding X
CDT: University of Missouri curators set new
president's pay at $530,000 X
AP:
New University of Missouri system president to earn $530K a year
Washington Missourian endorsement: Blaine Luetkemeyer
(R) for U.S. Congress X
P-D editorial: The dark forces behind Eric Greitens'
gubernatorial campaign
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Vote 'No' on
Amendments 2 and 6
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Labor Tribune's Ed
Finklestein: 'Right to work' is a great slogan, but it's deceptive
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says Amendment 4 is
part of conspiracy to rob the poor and middle class to benefit the
wealthy
SE
Missourian letter: Area woman summarizes ballot initiatives,
urges 'Yes' vote on Amendment 6 and 'No' on everything else +
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Thursday, November 3
Missourinet: Both sides in U.S. Senate race claim
advantages; Comments from Rich Chrismer, MO Dems' Will
Baskin-Gerwitz
SE
Missourian: Clinton-Trump race to boost voter turnout, local
officials say; Comments from Cape County Clerk Kara Clark Summers
(R), others +
Kraske: The Chat: Pundits analyze Trump-Blunt
numbers; Parson calls Carnahan's valet-parking charge a
lie; More +
McClatchy: McCaskill says most GOP U.S. senators will
secretly vote for Hillary Clinton
SNL: Ted Cruz joints Blunt, statewide GOP candidates
in Springfield X
Missourinet: Ann Wagner won't endorse Trump, but will
vote for him
P-D: Ann Wagner, who last month withdrew Trump
endorsement, now says she will vote for GOP nominee
P-D: 2018 U.S. Senate race to feature McCaskill vs.
Wagner - maybe
KC Star: Libertarian VP candidate William Weld to
visit Kansas City today +
Missourinet: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter visits
Fort Leonard Wood
The Missouri Times: Governor's race countdown: 6
Days Out
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission to take
depositions in Missouri Democratic Party ethics complaint regarding
Greitens donor list
SNL: Democrats say Greitens mailer broke federal law X
The Missouri Times: Less than one week out, poll shows
Greitens up for the first time
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Russ
Carnahan talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about mending fences with
Lacy Clay, support for low-income housing tax credit, Tour of Missouri
bike race, more
P-D: Missouri Ethics Commission dismisses complaint
against Josh Hawley
The Examiner (Jackson County): Making sense of dueling
tobacco taxes
NPR: Why tobacco companies are spending millions to
boost a cigarette tax
KSHB (Kansas City): Overview: Amendment 3
KWMU: Overview: Amendment 3: Jane Dueker
vs. Ron Leone
SE
Missourinet: First Friday Coffee event to focus on Amendments 3
and 4 +
KWMU: Overview: Amendment 4: Scott Charton
vs. Amy Blouin
KWMU: Overview: Amendment 6: Rep. Shamed
Dogan (R-Ballwin) vs. veteran liberal Denise Lieberman
Columbia Missourian: Overview: Amendment 6
KWMU: Marijuana measures are on the ballot in nine
Missouri states, but not Missouri
P-D: Local state rep races: Mark Milton (R) vs.
Deb Lavender (D); Byron DeLear (D) vs. Mark Matthiesen (R);
Cloria Brown (R) vs. Vicki Englund (D); Rob Vescovo (R) vs. Bob
Butler (D); Dan Shaul (R) vs. Karen Settlemoir-Berg (D)
Columbia Missourian: Profile: State rep
candidate Don Waterman (R)
Columbia Missourian: Profile: State rep
candidate Martha Stevens (D)
Columbia Missourian: Profile: State rep
candidate Kip Kendrick (D)
Columbia Missourian: Profile: State rep
candidate William Lee (I)
Drebes:
Campaign committee changes: Anne Zerr, John Brunner, others
Missourinet: Missouri Secretary of State office offers
new website for voting information
The Missouri Times: Skeletal remains found on Missouri
lobbyist Kerry Messer's property
The Missouri Times: Messer's son, granddaughters
located skeletal remains
The Missouri Times: Son calls for Messer to come clean
about murder
AP:
Sheriff says remains are likely those of Kerry Messer's wife
P-D: Skeletal remains found in woods 'likely' those of
Kerry Messer's wife
P-D: After lawsuit, Sen. Paul Wieland (R-Imperial)
enrolls family in contraception-free health insurance plan
CDT: New University of Missouri president to start
March 1 X
KWMU: Choi, new UM system president, wants high
standards and an inclusive environment
Missourinet: Dr. Mun Choi says he wants to repair
relationship between school and Legislature, protest group
AP:
New UM system president says open dialogue will quell disturbances from
campus malcontents
Missourinet: Select Committee on Education Vice
Chairman Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles) wants UM Board of Curators to
consider Hank Foley for permanent post
SNL endorsements: Roy Blunt (R) for U.S. Senate;
Billy Long (R) for U.S. Congress; Chris Koster (D) for governor X
Washington Missourian endorsement: Jay Ashcroft (R)
for secretary of state X
P-D op-ed: Missouri School Boards' Association's
Melissa Randol: Amendment 3: A choice between cheap
cigarettes or kids
P-D op-ed: ACLU's Jeffrey Mittman: Amendment
3: A stealth attack on religious freedom
KC Star letters: Kansas sexagenarian expresses her
outrage over newspaper endorsement of Roy Blunt; Sexagenarian
tobacco farmer opposes Amendment 3 +
P-D letter: Greitens supporter says candidate's salary
is modest compared to that of other CEOs
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St.
Joseph) supports Amendment 2 X
P-D letter: Fenton man opposes new cigarette taxes,
says worthy projects should be paid for by majority of taxpayers
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Wednesday, November 2
Washington Post: A Jason Kander win could mean
Republicans losing control of the U.S. Senate; Trump outpaces
Blunt in recent polls
P-D: New poll confirms neck-and-neck races for U.S.
Senate, governor
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Kander stops in Caruthersville, talks about
opposition to Trans Pacific Partnership and 'right to work' X
SNL: North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D) stumps for
Kander in Springfield X
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt-Cruz vs.
Kander-Warren; Greitens on improving government agencies'
performance; Koster on bipartisan cooperation +
SNL: Newt Gingrich speaks at College of the Ozarks
forum, praises Blunt and Billy Long X
P-D: St. Louis County absentees on pace with
2012; St. Charles County seeing double the rate of absentee
ballots compared to four years ago
Drebes: Axiom's Aaron Baker offers anecdotes
suggesting high turnout among Trump supporters
Missourinet: Conservative environmental group holds
forum at Washington University; "Republic-EN" says it's time for
an "eco-right" to challenge "eco-left" on climate-change and tax
policies
P-D: Bankrupt Peabody Energy still paying Washington
lobbyists; Milkman's son Dick Gephardt among those representing
St. Louis-based company
The Missouri Times: Governor's race countdown: 7
Days Out: New poll, payday loan issue, more
The Missouri Times: Republicans, Koster spar over
contributions from payday loan industry
P-D: Missouri Republican Party highlights
payday-lender contributions to Koster
KC Star: GOP targets Koster's contributions from
payday-loan industry +
Missourinet: At lt. gov debate, Carnahan and Parson
emphasize transportation and safety, but clash on ethics
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mike Parson
talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about low-income housing tax
credits, Carnahan's liberalism, Bubs Hohulin, more
P-D: Overview: Attorney general race: Josh
Hawley vs. Teresa Hensley
CDT: Rowden-Webber race spending approaching $4 million X
KC Star: Senate Republicans to continue raising money
after election +
Rosenbaum: Upcoming election will put House
supermajority to the test; A look at key races
Missourinet: Special pavement planned for mid-Missouri
highway could reduce crashes by 90%
KWMU: City school transition talks won't resume before
January
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court to weigh in on utility
surcharge in St. Louis County
KC Star endorsements: Emanuel Cleaver (D), Sam Graves
(R) for U.S. Congress +
P-D endorsement: Bill Otto (D) for U.S. Congress
CDT: Missouri Parks Association's Susan Flader:
Vote 'Yes' on Amendment 1 to reinvest in parks, soil, water X
P-D op-ed: Claire McCaskill: Vote 'Yes' on
Amendment 2 to limit the influence of the rich and powerful
P-D op-ed: Ferguson Commission Co-Chair Rev. Starsky
Wilson: Approve Amendment 3 to spend more money on pre-K education
KC Star letters: Area liberal expresses anger over
paper's endorsement of Roy Blunt; Fair Grove man opposes
Amendment 4 +
SE
Missourian letter: Amendment 3 supporter seeks to counter
"misinformation" and "confusion" about proposal +
P-D letter: Union leader opposes 'right to work'
P-D letter: Kirkwood man dislikes new Missouri license
plate letter/number configuration
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KC Star: Obamacare will be costlier in KC area in 2017 +
Missourinet: McCaskill blasts FBI director for timing
of announcement that could hurt Clinton campaign
The Missouri Times: Missouri Scout (Drebes)
poll: Blunt up 3 over Kander; Koster up 1 over
Greitens; Poll taken prior to FBI-Clinton e-mail news
Missourinet: Columbia College prof predictions:
Blunt, Koster win
SE
Missourian: Blunt, Kander make repeated visits to Cape in hot
U.S. Senate race +
KC Star: Kander dumping $25,000 in donations after
questions about law firm's contributions +
AP:
Kander donates $25,000 in questionable donations to U.S.
Treasury; Cash came from Massachusetts law firm that violated
federal election law
KC Star: Blunt took campaign contributions from
for-profit colleges +
The Missouri Times: Spending on political ads is going
down
The Missouri Times: Governor's race countdown:
Day 8
KWMU: GOP group bankrolls Greitens as he and Koster
break spending record
Missourinet: Video: Russ Carnahan vs. Mike
Parson debate
Missourinet: In lieutenant governor debate, Carnahan
and Parson emphasize experience and bipartisanship
P-D: Overview: Secretary of state: Jay
Ashcroft vs. Robin Smith
KWMU: Overview: Amendment 6
The Missouri Times: House Tip Sheet: 8 Days
before general election
The Missouri Times: Profile: Incoming state Rep.
Jean Evans (R-Ballwin), taking over for Andrew Koenig
SNL: Area state rep candidates to appear at candidate
forum X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Gov. Jay
Nixon's talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about finishing strong,
Medicaid expansion, plans for life after politics
AP:
University of Connecticut Provost Mun Y. Choi to to lead University of
Missouri
KC Star: University of Missouri curators to name a new
system president: UConn's Mun Choi +
KWMU: Missouri patients on ventilators are leaving the
state for care; Comments from Paraquad's Amy Wehmeier, Missouri
Health Care Association's Harvey Tettlebaum
Missourinet: Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho) will urge
EPA to approve improved dicamba formulations; Lack of agency
action has keep new tools out of farmers' hands
KWMU: Florissant is the latest area city facing
federal lawsuit over 'debtors prison' allegations
P-D editorial: Greitens, Hawley would mess with
Missouri's judicial selection process
CDT endorsement: House District 44: Martha
Stevens (D) X
SNL endorsements: House races: Sonya Anderson
(R); Crystal Quade (D); Elijah Haahr (R); Curtis
Trent (R); Randy Alberhasky (D); Kevin Austin (R) X
Jensen: Blunt's election will maintain the balance of
power in Capitol +
P-D op-ed: University of Kentucky Law School
prof: Missourians should vote 'No' on Amendment 6
Priddy: Missourians support Amendment 6, and that's
really sad.
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area man says Blunt
remembers his agricultural roots X
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