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Friday, November 29, 2019
JCNT: Presidential candidates file for Missouri primary X
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn visits
Mexico, says country's leaders are enthused about USMCA
SNL: Ripley reaches settlement in all but one duck
boat lawsuit X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Jack Bondon
(R-Belton)
The Missouri Times: Chez Monet serves up a slice of
family in the Capitol
P-D: Gov. Parson, Galloway differ on Medicaid expansion X
Columbia Missourian: Legislative preview
series: Writing the law: How Capitol staff provides a
foundation for legislation
KC Star: Lawsuit claims Missouri therapist sexually
assaulted prisoners at Chillicothe Correctional Center X
P-D: Missouri nonprofit settles $75,000 loan for under
$10k X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MoDOT area engineer discusses how
certain roads are prioritized for snow removal
KWMU (10/1/19): Kaiser Health News' Laura Unger:
University of Michigan study found Medicaid expansion substantially
reduced mortality rates
P-D letter: Former Democratic state rep candidate Ed
Shew plagiarizes Kaiser Health News story (above) on Medicaid expansion
in other states, signs his own name X
P-D letter: St. Louis man mocks Post-Dispatch
editorial's high-minded posturing regarding quality journalism X
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Thursday, November 28,
2019 Happy Thanksgiving!
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt works to ease the path to
adoptions
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KWMU: Coming back for more: Kathy Ellis (D), who
got twenty-five percent (25%) of vote in 2018 against U.S. Rep. Jason
Smith, says 2020 result will be totally different
KC Star: Galloway didn't investigate Greitens
transparency issues, baffling advocates X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Kirk Mathews, head
of the Medicaid Office of Transformation
SE
Missourian: Medicaid marijuana patient permit applications
outpace estimates +
Columbia Missourian: Missouri medical marijuana
enrollment growing quickly
The Missouri Times: Ceres statue returning to Missouri
Capitol
Missourinet: Lawmakers critical of NCAA's sanctions
against Mizzou
P-D: Spire pushes back at court ruling that gas
company overcharged customers X
The Examiner (Independence): Independence mayor denies
link between donations and votes X
KC Star: PAC donations to Independence mayor draw FBI
interest X
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri's deer firearm season
comes to a close with lower numbers X
Washington Missourian's Joe Barker: In the fight
against corporate cost-cutting, journalists are united and support each
other; Also, St. Louis' big-market journalists only storm into
town to cover Franklin County's big crimes X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Shavonne Danner:
Response to Carl Bearden's piece opposing Missouri Medicaid expansion
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Wednesday, November
27, 2019
P-D: Gov. Parson files paperwork to put President
Trump on March 10 presidential preference ballot X
Missourinet: At groundbreaking celebration, Clay
thanks Blunt for leadership on NGA
P-D: In groundbreaking, NGA says it will build St.
Louis businesses, too X
P-D: NGA photo gallery: Blunt, Clay, Gov.
Parson, Adam Schiff, protesters with "Reparations Now" sign, more X
Missourinet: Fort Leonard Wood leaders aim to make
Thanksgiving special for thousands of Missouri soldiers
P-D: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) may agree to
fill Democratic ballot slot for Ann Wagner's re-election X
SNL: Democratic Governors Association poll shows Gov.
Parson leading Galloway X
The Missouri Times: In new ads, Senate Conservative
Caucus highlights mission
SNL: Greene County Democratic Party leader quits,
takes job with Teamsters X
The Missouri Times: State hemp associations seek to
operate under state, not federal, guidelines for 2020
The Missouri Times: Profile: Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis City), Part II: Q&A
Missourinet: New DHSS report details health challenges
facing rural Missourians
Missourinet: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) wants
MoDOT to examine other states' best practices for snow, ice
Columbia Missourian: Legislative preview series:
How House Research, others contribute to the drafting of legislation
KWMU: Legislative preview: Lawmakers to discuss
rise of gaming machines
JCNT: Restoration continues at Missouri State Capitol,
Governor's Mansion X
Columbia Missourian: Schmitt concludes inquiry into
elder abuse hotline
KC Star: Kansas City leads Missouri cities in untested
sexual-assault kits X
P-D: Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ferguson
figure; Dorian Johnson gained attention with fabricated "Hands
up, don't shoot" tale X
P-D editorial: Gun-safety effort between mayors and
Parson is a sliver of what's necessary X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: With Drury Award, Gary Rust shows that
hard work matters +
SE
Missourian op-ed: Chuck Drury's comments about Gary Rust +
P-D letter: Town and Country woman thanks Hawley for
supporting nutrition bill X
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Tuesday, November 26, 2019
P-D: NGA prepares to break ground on $1.7 billion
north St. Louis City campus X
Brownfield Ag News: National Weather Service warns of
possible spring 2020 floods in Missouri, other states
KC Star: A video chronicle: Months of relentless
flooding push Missouri River dwellers to the brink X
KC Star: VA Secretary Robert Wilkie visits KC, gives
update on various legal issues X
The Missouri Times: Democratic Governors Association
hopes to convince donors that Galloway will be competitive
Joplin Globe: Rep. Lane Roberts (R-Joplin) announces
re-election campaign to Missouri House X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis City)
AP: Gov. Parson, urban mayors want to keep guns from
minors, abusers
CDT: Gov. Parson, mayors outline gun violence bills X
P-D: Missouri mayors push for limiting youth access to
guns - with Gov. Parson's blessing X
KWMU: Gov. Parson says limiting youth access to
handguns is important
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Missouri Highway
Patrol's surge on St. Louis City interstates has led to 300 arrests
P-D: AG Eric Schmitt hosts roundtable to hear from
opioid-treatment experts X
SNL: After two investigations, MO DHSS adds online
form for adult abuse reports X
KWMU: Missouri adds more ways to report elder abuse
P-D: Missouri starts online tool for reporting adult
abuse X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri broadband grant programs
starting soon
SE
Missourian: Schmitt: Almost 100 boxes of rape-kit evidence
in Cape County remain untested +
The Missouri Times: Invenergy acquires Atchison County
wind farm project, a future Ameren facility
KWMU: Five years after Ferguson riots, Dellwood tries
to bounce back from destruction; Packs of rioters stole from
businesses, set buildings on fire
KC Star editorial: 'Common sense': KC mayor
agrees with Gov. Parson that minors, abusers shouldn't have guns X
Washington Missourian editorial: University of
Missouri's gun ban is justified X
P-D op-ed: Gov. Mike Parson and NGA Director Robert
Sharp: Building a workforce for the future for NGA and St. Louis
region X
P-D letter: St. Charles woman annoyed by family
columnist/beauty-product-reviewer Aisha Sultan inserting anti-Trump
vitriol into fluff features X
P-D letter: Manchester woman says Missouri lags behind
other states in anti-opioid programs X
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Monday, November 25,
2019
AP: UAW capo Vance Pearson resigns;
Missouri-based leader one of 13 charged with embezzling member dues for
luxury vacations, booze and partying
AP: Home buyouts split apart flood-prone Mosby, Mo.
KWMU: Federal grant helps Missouri S&T researchers
look for contaminants left behind by spring floods
KWMU: Gov. Parson aims to make Missouri a national
leader in apprenticeships
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri officials tout 'Clear
the Air' anti-vaping campaign X
P-D: With $26 million at stake, Missouri takes another
swing at curbing license plate scofflaws X
KWMU: St. Louis County's Ritenour School District aims
to reduce percentage of white students in gifted program
Washington Missourian: Future of coal ash for traction
control uncertain; Local environmentalists compare use on roads
to "secondhand smoke" X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's
congressional delegation correct to press FEMA on befuddling flood
policy X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Even women who claim to
be pro-life know Missouri's abortion policies hurt women X
P-D letter: Wentzville man says Sen. Josh Hawley, a
professor of constitutional law, is ignorant of U.S. Constitution X
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Sunday, November 24,
2019
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler says
House Dems' impeachment efforts a waste of time, will backfire
Brownfield Ag News: South Korea's new import policy
good news for Missouri rice growers, says Ag Director Chris Chinn
KMOV (St. Louis): Hawley tours apartment complex where
residents complain of substandard conditions
St. Joseph News-Press: Tony Luetkemeyer, Brenda
Shields post impressive fundraising numbers X
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT urges drivers to stay safe
on the roads Thanksgiving week
SNL: Ozarks woman sues MoDOT board over fatal crash
involving guardrail X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri State Parks asks for
help testing new trail app
Joplin Globe: Severe storms that hit Superfund sites
could provide environmental activists more opportunities to complain X
SNL op-ed: Tech trade association attorney: Josh
Hawley's legislation would take power away from parents X
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Saturday, November 23, 2019
KWMU: Hawley backs bill aimed at creating programs to
help pay for high-cost health claims
Missourinet: Blunt wants State Department to boost
measures for international adoptions
SNL: Burmese students showcasing culture at Pershing
Middle School; Legal immigrants seek to assimilate, express
gratitude for opportunities that America provides X
The Missouri Times: U.S. Department of Transportation
awards $10M to 3 Missouri airports
JCNT: Flood recovery group's recommendations to span
local, state, federal levels X
KC Star: Hawley urges federal investigation of KC
public housing projects X
SNL: Leader of national LGBTQIA* group makes stop in
Springfield, says priorities involve minorities and transgenders X
KWMU: Politically Speaking: Rosenbaum, others
discuss Gov. Parson's anti-vaping campaign, GM's tax incentives, St.
Louis City police officers' potential emancipation, more
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Michael Williams,
appointed by Gov. Parson to University of Missouri Board of Curators
KC Star: KC schools waiting to learn what the fake
attendance data scandal will cost them X
P-D: Medicaid waiver waitlist: How adult care
workers' demand for higher wages has affected state budget decisions X
Washington Missourian: State lawmakers discuss support
for sustainable agriculture, debunk myths about CAFOs X
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC, Spire resolve issues
from 2018 natural gas fire incident
The Missouri Times op-ed: United for Missouri's Carl
Bearden: Medicaid expansion: Selling snake oil to the masses
SNL op-ed: Democratic state rep candidate Dave
Gragg: If Republican lawmakers cared about Missouri, they would
raise taxes for Medicaid expansion, and education, and also roads X
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Friday, November 22,
2019
Missourinet: Blunt, Hawley split on vote to keep
federal government open
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley continues criticism of
China X
KWMU: St. Louis County Democrat altered absentee
ballots, forged documents
P-D: Special Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D)
documents vote fraud in St. Louis County: Former Rep. Ted Hoskins
(D) forged absentee applications, changed votes on ballots X
AP: Vote fraud documented in St. Louis County;
Democrat Jean Peters Baker charges Hoskins with five counts
AP: Missouri Department of Revenue will make it even
easier for those changing address to update voter info
St. Joseph News-Press: ATF says Missouri's young
criminals steal firearms from cars outside of establishments that
forbid guns X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Missouri
Republican Party Executive Director Jean Evans' comments on This Week
in Missouri Politics regarding crime rated "Half True"
KCUR: Advocates for Medicaid expansion say too many
KC-area immigrants are uninsured
SE
Missourian: Veteran newspaper publisher Gary Rust honored by Cape
Chamber +
AP: Monthly survey of Midwest bankers shows rural
economy growing in November
Missourinet: Deer hunting season means increased sales
for many Missouri businesses
KWMU: Galloway audit criticizes oversight of special
taxing districts in St. Louis City
P-D: Galloway documents sales tax rates as high as
11.679 percent in St. Louis City X
The Missouri Times: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe honors dozens
of law enforcement officials in Medal of Valor ceremony
The Missouri Times: Fitzpatrick's office places $2.5M
in natural disaster loan program
The Missouri Times: 20 questions with Senate President
Pro Tem Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan)
The Missouri Times: Senate pre-filing: What to
know about the legislative process
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers ask if property taxes should
change statewide because of Jackson County X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri's timid
approach to vaping X
P-D editorial: Missouri's Republican supermajority not
spending enough money to subsidize black families X
KC Star editorial: Despite their wishes, Kansas City
police officers should be forced to live within city limits X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Jeff Shawan (R-Poplar
Bluff): Liberal silence on illegal immigration is deafening
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian says Missouri
tax on Internet purchases is inevitable +
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Thursday, November 21, 2019
JCNT: FEMA grants total $912,000 to local
tornado-damaged households X
Missourinet: USDA grant helps to expand virtual health
care in rural Missouri
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Graves secures federal funds for
Kirksville Regional Airport
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: U.S. Attorney Jeff
Jensen on short- and long-term solutions for taming urban criminals
The Missouri Times: Schmitt calls for law and order
session, hopes to free St. Louis City police officers from residency
requirement
The Missouri Times: Republican Michael Davis to run
for Jack Bondon's open state rep seat
KWMU: EPA data shows areas near major highways have
higher air pollution levels than areas further away from traffic;
Activists decry "environmental racism," demand Gov. Parson appoint
urbanite to Missouri Clean Air Commission
SE
Missourian: 2020 legislative preview: Local lawmakers
sponsor bills on shared parenting, texting while driving, more +
Missourinet: State lawmakers from both parties have
beef with rising property taxes for senior citizens
KC Star: KC Public Schools falsified records to gain
state accreditation X
Missourinet: Former KC schools superintendent claims
he was unaware district was falsifying attendance records
The Missouri Times: Attorney General Eric Schmitt's
audit finds more than 6,000 untested rape kits in Missouri
CDT: Schmitt audit finds 7,000 untested rape kits in
Missouri X
Missourinet: Missouri discovers about 7,000 untested
and partially-tested rape kits since 1980
KWMU: Court rules against Spire in pipe-repair billing
case
KC Star editorial: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson launches
unserious, half-hearted anti-vaping campaign
X
Joplin Globe editorial: Arkansas public-private
partnership might be a compromise model for Missouri CAFO disputes X
P-D letter: Hillsboro septuagenarian attempts logical
leap involving Missouri legislators, abortion and gun control X
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Wednesday, November
20, 2019
Detroit News: Embattled UAW capo Vance Pearson meets
in secret with feds in St. Louis; Fellow St. Louis-based union
leader Nick Robinson also embezzled member dues
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, other lawmakers continue
to work on stalled defense bill X
Columbia Missourian: Army Corps of Engineers to reduce
water releases into Missouri River
Missourinet: Federal grant addresses severe water
shortage, some road issues in northeast Missouri
KWMU: In-depth: Gov. Parson talks with Jason
Rosenbaum about workforce development, transportation, Medicaid,
abortion, upcoming election
The Missouri Times: Profile: Drew Dampf, chief
of staff for Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby)
KWMU: AG Eric Schmitt endorses 'law and order' agenda
for Missouri legislators; Schatz-Grier bill would emancipate STL
police officers from living within city limits
P-D: Ending residency requirement for St. Louis City
cops gets support from Schmitt; Mayor, police chief seek to give
officers freedom to live in safe communities
X
AP:
Schmitt, lawmakers lay out plan to help control violent urban crime
SE
Missourian: Higher Education Commissioner Zora Mulligan stresses
education to create strong workforce +
Columbia Missourian: Former House Minority Leader Jeff
Harris (D-Columbia), now a judge, sides with UM on gun ban
CDT: Jeff Harris sides with University of Missouri in
2nd Amendment case X
AP: Gov. Parson names Ron Richard to Missouri Southern
board
Missourinet: House committee studying local taxation
to hold final hearing Wednesday
Joplin Globe editorial: State's tax breaks for GM
appear to be a bad bet X
P-D editorial: Still awaiting an end to Missouri's
'tampon tax' X
KC Star editorial: Kansas City Public Schools could
pay dearly for falsifying attendance records
X
KC Star editorial: Missouri must fund and fix its
broken public defender system X
KC Star public defender advocacy feature preamble:
Dave Helling: How Missouri justice system cheats poor defendants X
KC Star public defender advocacy feature: Public
defenders ordered to violate ethics to keep defendants moving through
court X
KC Star public defender advocacy feature: Missouri
prosecutors hold all the cards. Public defenders and vulnerable clients
fold. X
KC Star public defender advocacy feature: Missouri
judge pressures poor to plead guilty X
KC Star public defender advocacy feature: With
overloaded public defenders, you only get 'a sliver of an attorney' X
KC Star public defender advocacy feature: Before their
day in court, poor people forced to spend years in jail X
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Missourian's Jon Rust: Tribute to reporter Mark Bliss, who's
shared his life with our community +
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Tuesday, November 19,
2019
KWMU: St. Louis activists use "voter suppression"
storytelling to motivate voters, say Missouri's voting rules are too
confusing for urbanites to understand
SNL: In wake of Springfield's overdose spike, feds
charge 20 in heroin cases: Devonte Smith, Marquis Martin,
Roderick Stewart, Delante Worsham, Danjouna [sic?] Wiggns [sic?], etc. X
KRES/KWIX: Luetkemeyer hopes to avoid government
shutdown
SNL: Missouri Republicans use Dems' impeachment push
in fundraising appeal X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Becky
Ruth (R-Festus) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about Jefferson County's
partisan evolution, Missouri transportation funding, and Hyperloop
KC Star: National pro-choice group endorses Nicole
Galloway for governor X
P-D: Washington University contributes $250,000 to
Medicaid-expansion campaign X
The Missouri Times: Missouri launches 'time-sensitive'
youth vaping awareness campaign
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson announces campaign to
educate public about dangers of vaping
JCNT: Gov. Parson launches 'Clear the Air' anti-vaping
campaign X
Missourinet: Missouri hopes to put out fire in
popularity of e-cigarettes among youth
KWMU: Missouri begins youth vaping campaign
P-D: Gov. Parson rolls out anti-vaping campaign X
The Missouri Times: Greg Mermelstein named interim
director of Missouri public defender system
SNL: Missouri State Parks Director Bill Ellis retires
with little fanfare X
SNL: Fewer deer, one hunter killed on opening weekend X
CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Susan
Pendergrass: Stubborness on school choice comes at a price X
The Missouri Times op-ed: MATA's Brett Emison:
Response to Missouri Retailers Association's David Overfelt op-ed
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Monday, November 18, 2019
Columbia Missourian: Nationwide rally for Texas serial
rapist/murderer Rodney Reed draws eight (8) in Columbia;
Organizer expresses disdain for "very conservative, very backwards"
Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press: Local law enforcement focusing
on human trafficking X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Lincoln Hough
(R-Springfield) talks with Scott Faughn about workforce development,
state revenue, consequences of Medicaid expansion, Trump
impeachment; Panel of Rep. Bob Burns (D-St. Louis County), Sam
Gladney, Ken Waller, Nicole Jenkins talk Trump and impeachment, Gov.
Parson vs. Galloway
P-D: Gov. Parson to attend Republican Governors
Association event in Florida this week X
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says Casey's General Stores
expansion in Joplin will bring quality jobs
KWMU: As Gov. Parson drives Missouri workforce
development, St. Louis Community College looks to specialize in health
care
P-D editorial: Nicole Galloway, other Dem gov
candidates should make Obamacare and Medicaid expansion the
cornerstones of their campaigns X
KC Star editorial: KC police department should not be
governed by governor-appointed panel X
KC Star editorial: Missouri high school football
players can pray, but coaches shouldn't be leading X
Messenger: As Missouri River remains high, Maryland
Heights ignores flooding lessons; Thoughts from Great Rivers
Habitat Alliance Excutive Director David Stokes X
SNL op-ed: Democratic gov candidate Nicole
Galloway: Missouri should ban government use of
message-destroying apps X
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Sunday, November 17,
2019
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Missourian: Gov. Parson honors veterans, Stars and Stripes Museum
at inaugural event: "This governor will never take a kneel to
anyone who disrespects this country" +
St. Joseph News-Press: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe lays out
agenda, looks to election X
SNL: Medicaid-expansion campaign stages photo op in
Springfield X
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Economic Development
says Nucor's Sedalia steel plant will open in late December
AP: Missouri lawmakers weigh in on GM job-retention
plans
Quincy Herald-Whig: MoDOT says final two trusses on
old Champ Clark Bridge slated to come down Monday
Washington Missourian editorial: Army Corps of
Engineers will reduce water released from upstream dams, and that's
good news for Missouri X
Joplin Globe editorial: Governments should pass
anti-vaping rules X
P-D editorial: Northwestern University debacle
reminiscent of Melissa Click's journalist-bullying X
SNL's Steve Pokin: "Answer Man" column: Is MoDOT
really telling drivers to go ahead and hit deer on the highway? X
P-D letter: Mountain View sexagenarian couple says SOS
Jay Ashcroft "derelict in his duty" X
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Saturday, November 16, 2019
Farm Journal: U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue visits
USDA KC office, discusses challenges and opportunities
AP:
Perdue, Missouri officials celebrate USDA research agencies' moves to
Missouri
KC Star: Perdue explains advantages of having
researchers in KC, closer to farmers X
Columbia Missourian: Nicole Galloway's criticism of
Gov. Parson for uninsured children rated "Half True"
P-D: Rex Sinquefield contribution alert:
Successful businessman/philanthropist contributes to Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe X
The Missouri Times: Farmington businessman Kent Scism
(R) launches campaign for Gary Romine's open Senate seat
Columbia Missourian: Jacque Sample plans to run
against Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville), will emphasize gun
control, Medicaid expansion, "women's issues"; First-time
candidate says she is "not exactly fluent" in raising money
The Missouri Times: Profile: Mary Gant Newquist,
Missouri's first female state senator; Kansas City Democrat talks
about political courage and her vote against the Equal Rights Amendment
SE
Missourian: Federal grant will help defray costs for child care
services at SEMO +
SE
Missourian: Health officials report Missouri's second
vaping-related death +
Missourinet: Missouri's second vaping-related death is
a woman in her mid-50s
St. Joseph News-Press: Rally against Missouri
Department of Corrections draws three (3) in St. Joseph X
KWMU: Missouri DNR collecting 'orphaned containers'
that washed up in Missouri during spring floods
Joplin Globe: Modern deer season dawned 75 years ago
in Missouri X
Joplin Globe editorial: The ship has sailed on duck
boats X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis sexagenarian expresses
anger at Sen. Blunt for not supporting anti-Trump proceedings X
KC Star letter: Kansas City septuagenarian defends
Cleaver for comparing preservationists to KKK, says congressman
"probably had flashbacks" to 1960s X
P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian attempts
analogy involving Gov. Parson, cattle and Missouri residents X
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Friday, November 15, 2019
KC Star: Trump will nominate KC Library's Crosby
Kemper III to lead Institute of Museum and Library Sciences X
JCNT: Former Trump advisor John Bolton speaks at
Lincoln University X
The Missouri Times: Clay invites local pro-choice
activists to testify before House committee
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Local activists want
Trump to flip-flop on Paris climate-change accord
KWMU: Sweep of violent fugitives nets 160 criminals in
St. Louis
Missourinet: 69 gang members in St. Louis area
arrested; 16 arrests on murder-related warrants
P-D: Lacy Clay enters Lambert Airport fray, demands
binding vote on privatization X
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: GOP fundraising
letter is wrong - Hillary Clinton will not run for president
The Missouri Times: Rep. Karla Eslinger (R-Wasola)
announces bid for Mike Cunningham's open state Senate seat
SNL: Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove),
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) speak at Drury
University on women and campaigning X
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson announces nearly $8
million for hundreds of workforce development programs across the state
JCNT: Gov. Parson speaks at Callaway bridge X
Columbia Missourian: Gun-control series: In
Missouri, gun sellers abound
KC Star: Planned Parenthood denied Medicaid money for
second year in a row X
The Missouri Times: DHSS confirms second
vaping-related death in state
KCUR: Liberal arts students, professors increasingly
defensive about their degrees' value; Missouri state legislators
are to blame
KC Star: Flotron & McIntosh in the running for KC
lobbying contract X
P-D: Gov. Parson appoints new judge to St. Louis
County circuit court X
Washington Post: Gannett, GateHouse shareholders
approve merger, creaing nation's largest newspaper publisher X
KCUR: Kansas City Star gives up on Saturday print
edition, will publish six days a week next year; KC Star Editor
Mike Fannin does not respond to inquiries
JCNT: Missouri DNR endorses proposal to build new
well, pump station X
SNL: Deer firearms season opens Saturday in Missouri X
AP: Activist sues to get St. Louis City personnel
data; "Grassroots Accountability Movement" wants to publish names
of officers who have pulled over black drivers
KC Star letter: Grain Valley man suggests that Cleaver
remove his own name from street and give that honor to MLK X
SE
Missourian letter: Jackson man wants sex education to be required
in Missouri schools +
Washington Missourian letter: St. Louis sexagenarian
doesn't want CAFOs in Franklin County X
P-D letter: Brentwood man mocks Post-Dispatch's
marketing pitch of "trusted journalism" X
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Thursday, November 14,
2019
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: House in 'chaos' as
Democrats fixate on impeachment +
Joplin Globe: Local professors weigh in on political
theater of impeachment hearings X
The Missouri Times: DACA before U.S. Supreme
Court: What it means for young illegals in Missouri
KC Star: Lacy Clay, House Dems to host "National Black
Women's Reproductive Justice Agenda," St. Louis Planned Parenthood's
chief abortion officer, others at hearing X
AP:
National Transportation Safety Board: Coast Guard ignored duck
boat safety proposals
KC Star: New safety recommendations for duck boats
same as 2002, years before Missouri tragedy
JCNT: Gov. Parson attends Moniteau County Cattlemen's
Association dinner
SNL: Democrats find woman to fill ballot slot against
Rep. Steve Helms (R-Springfield); Betsy Fogle thinks focusing on
Medicaid expansion, LGBTQIA* issues will make her a winner X
The Missouri Times: Homelessness in Missouri down,
says Missouri Housing Development Commission study
Missourinet: Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz
(R-Sullivan) to file slot machine legislation for 2020
Columbia Missourian: Family wins lawsuit against DESE
for right to take online classes
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC greenlights Evergy,
Nucor rate contract for Sedalia steel mill
KWMU: Anti-CAFO activists rally in Franklin County
JCNT: Firearms deer hunting opens this weekend X
Kirksville Daily Express: Hunting has huge impact on
northeast Missouri economy X
P-D: Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) wants AG
Eric Schmitt to spend time looking into 'dangerous' urban apartment
conditions X
KC Star letter: Kansas City woman saddened by
Cleaver's "racism" allegation against preservationists X
Joplin Globe letter: Retired director of Carpenters
Regional Council training program: State of Missouri is commited
to building on apprenticeship program X
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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Missourinet: Blunt says trade dispute has hurt China's
economy, believes Pelosi is using USMCA vote as impeachment leverage
against some Dems
SE
Missourian: SEMO political science professor expects "political
theater" from House Dems' impeachment hearings
+
AP: Missouri awarded $35 million in federal grants for
road projects
JCNT: Medicaid-expansion advocates hold rally at
library X
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson creates new office
tasked with increasing apprenticeship opportunities
JCNT: Gov. Parson creates office to increase number of
apprentices X
KCUR: In Missouri, mental health parity is being
enforced by state laws
KC Star: Activists use lung cancer statistics to
continue push for higher state tobacco taxes
X
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: Join Gov. Mike Parson, Lt. Gov. Mike
Kehoe, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, and Peter Kinder at Stars and Stripes
National Museum fundraiser this Saturday night
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The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Denny Hoskins
(R-Warrensburg): State, federal governments must look at
infrastructure improvements to mitigate disasters before they happen
KC Star's Michael Ryan: New film shows campus assaults
on free speech. How do Missouri colleges fare?
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Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Missourinet: Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue to visit KC on
Friday; U.S. Rep. Sam Graves talks benefits of USDA relocation
AP: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver appears on Al Sharpton's
MSNBC show to criticize historic preservationists, compares "Save the
Paseo" group to KKK
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
episode recap
KBIA: "Intersection" podcast: Serving in a
superminority: Dem Reps. Kip Kendrick, Martha Stevens talk
Medicaid expansion, coping strategies for 2020 session, more
KWMU: Missouri House superminority member Rep. LaDonna
Applebaum (D-St. Louis County) wants Medicaid expansion, PDMP
The Missouri Times: Profile: Sarah Jones,
assistant attorney general - special litigation
KWMU: Thousands in Missouri already have medical
marijuana cards with nowhere to legally buy it
Missourinet: Department of Higher Education and
Workforce Development hosting Apprenticeship Missouri Summit today in
Columbia; Comments from Zora Mulligan
Columbia Missourian: State reps appear on "food
insecurity" panel, discuss playing Empower Missouri's
"#MOSNAPChallenge" sympathy game
P-D: Missouri fines Doe Run $1.2 million for lead
emissions, other infractions X
KC Star editorial: Emanuel Cleaver stomps and shouts
when asked about comparing MLK Boulevard opponents to KKK X
P-D editorial: Sunshine Law won't work unless more
Missourians demand that officials comply X
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri deer hunters can stop
spread of CWD by following state rules X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Retailers
Association's David Overfelt: Liability lawsuits create
unnecessary hurdles for businesses
KBIA op-ed: Graduate student Kelly Kenoyer:
Missouri's lack of higher ed funding forces some Mizzou students to
have jobs, miss parties
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Hyperloop has economic
benefits, but doesn't alleviate immediate need to fix I-70 X
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Monday, November 11,
2019 Veterans Day
Missourinet: Marine Corps League says new members are
crucial for lobbying on Capitol Hill
AP: Thousands in Missouri, other states face
life-threatening floods from aging dams
St. Joseph News-Press: Deepening river proposed to
alleviate future flooding X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep.-elect Trish Gunby
(D) talks to Scott Faughn about campaign and plans upon joining House
superminority; Panel of Reps. Jim Murphy and Tommie Pierson Jr.,
Thom Robbins and Braxton Payne talk special election, Gov. Parson vs.
Nicole Galloway, gaming-machine controversy, more
P-D: Retired Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner among applicants
for multiple marijuana businesses X
Missourinet: Advocacy group leader says more kids
should be in mental health system, not foster care
St. Joseph News-Press: Data shows Missouri American
Water supplies clean water to local communities; D.C.-based
Environmental Working Group complains about federal safety standards X
KC Star editorial: Sen. Josh Hawley is right - drugs
flooding across U.S.-Mexico border kill Missourians X
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Sunday, November 10, 2019
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Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith visits Catapult Creative House
to learn about young entrepreneurs +
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of November 4, 2019
Joplin Globe: Missouri Southern President Alan Marble
praises Gov. Parson: "(He) has done the best job in a long time
in understanding higher education ... he's put the money behind his
talk" X
SNL: Here's what Springfield lawmakers said about top
education issues for 2020 X
SNL: Scientific data from Missouri Department of
Natural Resources underscores safety of drinking water; Amateur
epidemiologist disagrees with science, imagines that chemical caused
relative's non-Hodgkins lymphoma X
Joplin Globe editorial: Credit Gov. Parson and state
lawmakers for turning the corner on higher education funding X
KC Star op-ed: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville): Common sense violence fix: Hold dangerous
felons accountable for their actions X
Messenger: Missouri legislators should spend more
taxpayer money on public defender system X
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Saturday, November 9, 2019
Fox News: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) on impeachment,
President Trump's success in lowering black unemployment rate
Columbia Missourian: Millennial woman running in Dem
primary to challenge Hartzler suggests beating incumbent will be
easy: "I'll just take her job"
CDT: Democrat vows strong fight against
Hartzler; Lindsey Simmons compares heroics as high school track
competitor to running for U.S. Congress X
KWMU: Politically Speaking weekly news roundup:
Jason Rosenbaum, others discuss legalized sports betting, Democrats'
early 2020 salvos against Eric Schmitt, special elections, more
The Missouri Times: As Missouri continues to debate
sports gambling, NFL Players Association raises security concerns
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau Republicans Kathy Swan, Wayne
Wallingford promote shared-parenting legislation +
Columbia Missourian: Legislative committee hearing
raises concerns on child diversion data, foster care shortages
AP: Missouri proposes ban on pot companies paying
taxes in cash
Missourinet: Missouri's vaping-related illness cases
continue to climb
SNL: New state law helps tighten up local schools'
winter break X
SNL: Greene County Commission won't oppose CAFO law X
P-D editorial: Ward Franz's resignation shows value of
whistleblowers X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Missouri jobs are paid by trade
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: In new book, David Limbaugh makes the
case for conservatism +
SE
Missourian op-ed: GOP state rep candidate Will Perry:
Angela Davis was a poor choice for SEMO's MLK event +
P-D letter: Catholic deacon says abortionist's claim
to "value life" is hypocritical X
JCNT letter: CAFO opponent responds to CAFO supporter
responding to CAFO event responding to CAFO legislation X
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Friday, November 8,
2019
Missourinet: Hartzler, Luetkemeyer weigh in on House
Dems' upcoming impeachment hearings
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt, others call on EPA to fix
proposed Renewable Fuel Standard rule
Missourinet: Federal operation targets dangerous sex
offenders in the Ozarks
The Missouri Times: Missouri Ethics Commission fines
former Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) for misuse of campaign funds
P-D: Bruce Franks spent campaign money at casino, pet
hospital, jukebox app, wrote checks to himself and "cash"; Former
state rep resigned in July citing "mental health" X
P-D: Petition to place Medicaid expansion on ballot is
quarter of way there, activists say X
The Missouri Times: Renewable energy initiative
petition ballot language faces legal battle
AP:
Report: No evidence St. Louis City prosecutor was threatened by
Greitens' attorneys
P-D: No charges in Gardner's threat claim against Eric
Greitens' attorneys X
St. Joseph News-Press: Gov. Parson calls bridge
program key to strong economy X
Missourinet: Major League Baseball says Missourians
expected to wager $5.5 billion on sports, if it's legal
KWMU: Pro sports leagues pitch gambling to Missouri
legislators
Missourinet: Missouri Police Chiefs Association's Sean
Fagan talks "Ferguson effect" and struggle to attract talent
JCNT: MoDOT readies for winter storms, already
treating some roads X
The Missouri Times: Evergy to appeal PSC decision in
Sibley case, estimating annual impact of $9 million
P-D editorial: Missouri's suburban voters are smarter
and better informed than rural counterparts - and that spells trouble
for Ann Wagner X
P-D editorial: Don't allow proliferation of machines
that may constitute illegal gambling X
KC Star editorial: Three more murders in Kansas City
show how urgently Missouri lawmakers must pass gun control X
CDT op-ed: GateHouse Media regional editor Allen
Fennewald: We need targeted rural broadband expansion everywhere X
Messenger: Poor people in Missouri are paying for
extra retirement benefits for sheriffs X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says Gov. Parson's pro-life
position is "shameful" X
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley concerned about Chinese
social media company's data collection X
P-D: Blunt praises nominees for federal judgeships X
The Missouri Times: Missouri House special election
results
AP: Victory in St. Louis County signals hope for 2020,
Democrats think
Columbia Missourian: Wait list long for state mental
health programs
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson credits investment in
workforce development, infrastructure for October revenue results
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson announces $5 million
broadband grant program
P-D: St. Louis City has approved roughly 50 gaming
machines in restaurants, gas stations X
Columbia Missourian: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
seeks help in returning unclaimed military medals
JCNT: Fitzpatrick hopes to renunite military medals
with those who earned them X
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC sides with Evergy
over handling of renewable energy credits
Columbia Missourian: Emerald ash borer made its way to
16 new Missouri counties this year, Dept. of Conservation says
P-D letter: Eureka sexagenarian scolds state
legislators for incontinence diaper taxes, abortion legislation, other
transgressions X
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Wednesday, November 6,
2019
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Former White House
speechwriter: "Josh Hawley reminds me of those early years of
Ronald Reagan"
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn,
others to join U.S. trade delegation to Mexico
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency talks future "openness" initiatives
Scott Faughn: Post-Dispatch's "Wildwood Woke" approach
attacks black legislators for abiding by Clean Missouri
regulations; Kansas City Star's hypocrisy on tax subsidies;
Post-Dispatch's early campaign salvos against Eric Schmitt;
Special elections; More
KC Star: 2020 campaign preview: Gov. Parson's
election to four-year term X
KWMU: Gunby captures Democrat-leaning House seat
P-D: Democrats win local House races X
SNL: Missouri may not let legal weed companies pay
taxes in cash. That could be a problem. X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri launches broadband grant
program
The Missouri Times: Inside Missouri's $5 million rural
broadband grant program
KWMU: From competition to cooperation: St. Louis
Public Schools and charter schools are working together
Missourinet: Missouri Highway Patrol:
Deer-vehicle collisions peak in November in Missouri
Missourinet: At Senate hearing, Springfield trial
lawyer complains about gun laws
P-D editorial: Cozy relationship with state attorney
general helps Paul McKee escape a costly lawsuit X
Messenger: Some still unhappy about surcharge for
Sheriff's Retirement Fund X
JCNT letter: Missouri Farm Bureau's Leslie
Holloway: CAFO event was disappointingly one-sided X
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Tuesday, November 5,
2019
Brownfield Ag News: Hartzler encouraged about a USMCA
vote
KWMU: A federal tax law could put rural electric
co-ops in Missouri at risk
P-D: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick seeks full,
four-year term X
Missourinet: Six Missouri House seats to be filled in
special elections today
Missourinet: Most Missouri state employees will be off
on both Thanksgiving and the following day
P-D: Missouri tourism chief Ward Franz out amid
whistleblower probe into hotel stays, Yankees and Red Sox tickets X
The Missouri Times: Hyperloop won't take funds away
from other infrastructure needs, Kehoe says
The Missouri Times: Senators sit through marathon
hearing on urban gun violence
Missourinet: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
(D) wants state to give her $500k for "gang intervention"
Missourinet: KC police chief says his city is on pace
for nearly 150 homicides this year
Columbia Missourian: Senators sit through seven hours
of testimony on urban violence
KWMU: Missouri Senate committee holds hearing on urban
gun violence
P-D: Marijuana business hopefuls in Missouri competing
with country's largest pot retailers X
SNL: Two Springfield city councilmen seek to pass
resolution complaining about state CAFO law X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City octogenarian skeptical of
Hyperloop costs X
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Monday, November 4, 2019
KWMU: USDA data shows Missouri has improved hunger
levels throughout the state
This Week in Missouri Politics: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe
talks with Scott Faughn about Hyperloop, transportation funding,
legislators' mandate from voters on abortion, veterans' issues;
Panel of Rep. Steve Butz (D-St. Louis City), Brett Dinkins, Jim Lembke,
Anne Schweitzer talk pro-choice social media outrage, Hyperloop,
Gunby-Pitman, more
SNL: Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick to announce run for
full term in Cassville today X
P-D: Democratic attorney general candidate requests
documents from Schmitt's office regarding internal ethics audits X
SNL: Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove), House
Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) to speak at Drury
panel on politics next week X
P-D's "The Bottom Line" video series: Business
columnists David Nicklaus and Jim Gallagher talk online sales taxes X
Missourinet: Higher Ed and Workforce Development
Director Zora Mulligan says Missouri's colleges and universities face
maintenance crisis
KWMU: A look at legal issues surrounding Illinois
residents smuggling their recreational marijuana into Missouri
CDT: Ag groups dropped from lawsuit over state CAFO law X
St. Joseph News-Press: Chronic wasting disease is
still around in Missouri X
Columbia Missourian: A look inside Columbia's debate
over urban violence; 19-year-old who shot 13-year-old: "He
dead. I know he dead and I'm going to jail."
P-D editorial: Legalized marijuana industry sees cause
for concern with cannabis vaping products X
Messenger: AG Eric Schmitt is investigating former
Missouri National Guard general in connection with tax credits X
KC Star letter: Kansas City woman says KC-area urban
violence targets "black transgender women and gender-nonconforming
people" X
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Sunday, November 3,
2019
SNL: What to know about Obamacare in 2020:
Advice from Cover Missouri's Nancy Kelley X
Columbia Missourian: Blunt introduces McCaskill at
State Historical Society event
CDT: McCaskill speaks at State Historical Society event X
P-D: 2019 special House election preview: Trish
Gunby (D) vs. Lee Ann Pitman (R) X
P-D: 2020 attorney general election preview:
Democrats, media to highlight developers' donations to Eric Schmitt X
P-D: Federal appeals court says Missouri lobbying
rules don't apply to activist Ron Calzone X
This Week in the Governor's Office: Week of October
28, 2019
Washington Missourian: Emissions tests may end in
Franklin County, if EPA accepts state plan X
SNL: Planned Parenthood, lady Dems vent emotions over
state abortion lawsuit X
JCNT: Missouri Hospital Association tracking programs
aimed at reversing opioid epidemic X
JCNT: Missouri Budget Project's Tom Kruckemeyer says
tobacco companies are buying state legislators
X
Missourinet: Senate committee to hear testimony
tomorrow on urban gun violence
P-D editorial: Sports and video gambling are here to
stay. Taxpayers should reap the benefits. X
CDT op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Lauren Weber:
Most Obamacare plans in Missouri not rated X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Missouri rural broadband still elusive 50 years after
Internet's birth
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian wants Blunt and
Hawley to start opposing Trump agenda X
P-D letter: St. Louis County liberal disagrees with AG
Eric Schmitt on Obamacare, pro-life policies, CAFOs X
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Saturday, November 2,
2019
Missourinet: Blunt, Hawley want to track law
enforcement suicides
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt tours new facilities at
air base X
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler talks impeachment, China
tariffs, support for Christian groups
CDT: Hartzler's office helped Christian group book
meeting room in Cannon House Office Building; Liberals outraged X
SE
Missourian: Pro-life memorial gone from South Mount Auburn
site; VA health care center incoming +
KWMU: Politically Speaking news roundup: Jason
Rosenbaum, others discuss Pitman-Gunby special House election,
Hyperloop, more
KWMU: Local NAACP names new president: John
Bowman, Sr.
JCNT: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe congratulates LU School of
Nursing for 50th anniversary X
KC Star: NARAL social media campaign targets DHSS'
Randall Williams with "a rallying cry for women, trans, and non-binary
folks" X
KC Star: Gov. Parson says Planned Parenthood's
"spreadsheet" meme is misleading X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 30, 2019
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's greeting to USDA
newcomers in KC: Hello, swamp creatures!
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Missourinet: USDA's Kansas City decision praised by
top Missouri Democrats and Republicans
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Chris
Chinn: ERS, NIFA move to Missouri will benefit state's farmers
The Missouri Times: USDA steps closer to Kansas City
move with downtown lease
AP: USDA picks Missouri office building as its Kansas
City site
KC Star: USDA finds rent value in Kansas City move X
Missourinet: Missouri's congressional delegation votes
along party lines on Trump impeachment rules
Joplin Globe: Billy Long, Vicky Hartzler react to
impeachment vote X
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley wants to add federal
resources to opioid fight X
SNL: Mother of Springfield homicide victim works to
change 'sanctuary city' rules; New Jersey county let Mexican
illegal off scot-free X
KWMU: EPA says workers are done cleaning up Carter
Carburetor Superfund site in St. Louis City
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Donna
Baringer (D-St. Louis City) talks vaping regulations, vehicle
license-tag scofflaws, gun control, city-county mergers, more
P-D: STL League of Women Voters celebrating 100 years
with banquet X
P-D: Planned Parenthood director punctuates testimony
with tears X
P-D: Abortion hearing photo gallery: Women who
choose to be obese protest over "healthcare"; Abortion clinic
director turns on the waterworks; More
X
KWMU: In weepy testimony, abortion clinic
administrator talks about state inspections and standards
KC Star: Abortion clinic administrator cries, says
state inspectors had "accusatory demeanor" X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Reps. Karla May
(D-St. Louis City), Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis) talk online sales
taxes
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri's latest economic
numbers provide good news X
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