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Sunday, November 29, 2020
SNL: Meet Greene County's new state reps:
Democrat Besty Fogle, Republicans Bishop Davidson, Bill Owen, Alex Riley
JCNT: Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) talks COVID liability
legislation
KC Star: Former reform school students claim Agape's
ties to law enforcement stifle investigations
JCNT: Mental health services reaching Missouri
consumers through federal program
KC Star: "COVID slide": Forcing students into
online environment leaves many behind
JCNT: Details still to be finalized in Gov. Parson's
plan to aid hospital staffing
KC Star: A look at China virus' impact on rural
Missouri hospitals
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Blunt should more clearly, and
loudly, criticize President Trump
P-D letter: Veteran news reporter Terry Ganey:
Blunt, Hawley are Trump abettors and lack integrity
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian expresses
anger at how President Trump, Gov. Parson have managed spread of COVID
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Saturday, November 28, 2020
Brownfield Ag News: Army Corps of Engineers working on
funding repair issue for Missouri River
P-D: After state sets aside CARES Act cash for
workforce development, COVID-19 paved way for new careers
The Missouri Times: Child support payments main
concern of special session, Hegeman says
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Kendrick looking forward to role
as chief of staff for Kansas City senator
JCNT: Missouri high court upholds life sentence in
juvenile murder case
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Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation: Deer
census not needed within Cape
P-D: State will be ready for first 50,000 doses of
COVID vaccine
The Missouri Times: CDC to begin coronavirus study in
Missouri schools next week
SNL: Missouri state park indoor areas temporarily
closing due to coronavirus
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D editorial briefs: Against legalized sports betting
and CAFOs
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Missourian op-ed: Kathy Swan: Congress is running out of
time to support frontline doctors
Messenger: Former corrections officer criticizes how
state handled China virus in prisons; Kerri Fowler lasted nearly
two (2) months on the job
SNL's Christopher Dixon: Gov. Parson should force
statewide mask mandate
P-D letter: Manchester septuagenarian says he is
embarrassed by St. Louis native Emily Murphy
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Missourian letter: Jackson sexagenarian wants Gov. Parson to
force statewide mask mandate
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian woman named
Karen wants Gov. Parson to force statewide mask mandate, say it would
cost "practically nothing"
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenarian says Missourians
should not blame county officials for restaurant restrictions, wants
people to direct "anger and frustration" at Gov. Parson instead
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Friday, November 27,
2020 Black
Friday
St. Joseph News-Press: The elephant in Buchanan
County: How Missouri Democrats lost what was once a stronghold
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate to vote next
week on COVID funding; fate of liability bill uncertain
KRES/KWIX: Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) previews
legislative session: budget challenges, in-school learning,
remote workforce study, more
SNL: Hunters killed more than 176,000 Missouri deer
despite lousy weather
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D editorial: While Gov. Parson stubbornly refuses to
issue mask mandate, rural Missourians need to comprehend seriousness of
coronavirus
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian wants to hear
Blunt and Hawley say that Biden was elected president
P-D letter: Overland sexagenarian cheers Jack Danforth
for criticizing President Trump
P-D letter: Crestwood sexagenarian wants 2017
executive order on prescription drug monitoring to be rescinded
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Thursday, November 26,
2020 Happy Thanksgiving!
P-D: Inside Ann Wagner's victory over Jill Schupp
P-D: Rep. David Gregory (R-Sunset Hills) exploring run
for statewide office; GOP auditor primary could pit Gregory vs.
Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold)
P-D: St. Louis City continues racking up homicides,
hits 241; Single-season record is 267 slayings (1993)
JCNT: Liberal groups criticize state's handling of
COVID inside prisons
P-D: SLU law prof wants Gov. Parson to set criminals
loose; Fewer than 30 Missouri inmates have died due to COVID
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
SNL: State, regional China virus update
Missouri Independent: Federal judge denies ACLU
request to keep landlords from evicting derelict renters
KC Star: Federal judge denies KC Tenants lawsuit over
derelict renters
Priddy:
Inspiration for freshmen legislators: You will be forgotten in
ten (10) years, and no one will remember what you said or did
Missouri Independent op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Alex
Smith: Rural areas in Missouri send their sickest patients to
cities, straining hospitals
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Wednesday, November 25, 2020
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Kip
Kendrick (D-Columbia) on his departure from Legislature, term limits,
Medicaid expansion, more
Missourinet: Missouri unveils new COVID-19 vaccine
website
Missourinet: CDC in Missouri Monday to begin COVID-19
study within schools
Missourinet: Veterans Commission homes continue to
fight coronavirus
SNL: Marshfield cites local-control guidance from Gov.
Parson, DHSS in issuing mask order
Missouri Independent: Under Gov. Parson's model, some
local governments are choosing to mandate masks
P-D: St. Louis County Council Democrats tell Gov.
Parson to issue statewide mask mandate, ask him for more money
P-D: SEIU holds COVID media event to push for hazard
pay
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
Missouri Independent: State, regional China virus
update
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court issues key ruling
involving juvenile murderer
The Missouri Times: PSC approves Empire fuel rate
increase
Missouri Independent: Five years after Ferguson
Report, race activists still complaining; MOGOP's Jean Evans,
Rep. Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City) on liberals' "defund the
police" campaign
Missouri Independent op-ed: Sam Panettiere: Kit
Bond and Gov. Parson show how to replace populism and pity parties with
persuasion and pragmatism; Lawmakers should focus on working
together and not launching petty personal potshots
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep.-elect Ashley Aune
(D-Kansas City): On freshman bus tour, new GOP colleagues sent a
message: "Your health and safety are of no concern to me."
KC Star letter: Raymore woman wants to see Gov. Parson
"work and worry and cry" over COVID
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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Blunt says initial round of
vaccine will be available soon
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Blunt talks COVID vaccine, election
results and Trump legacy
KC Star: Blunt secures federal funding for UMKC to
partner with local churches on COVID testing
AP: Execution scheduled for killer of pregnant woman
in Skidmore, Mo.; Lisa Montgomery murdered Bobbie Jo Stinnett,
then used kitchen knife to cut baby from mother's womb
P-D: Voter turnouts in St. Louis were large, but not
record-breaking
St. Joseph News-Press: No polling problems in Missouri
elections
P-D: Inauguration Day 2021 to look different than
swearing-in of past years
The Missouri Times: Social justice activist David
Tyson Smith (D) wants Kip Kendrick's open seat
CDT: David Tyson Smith wants Democratic Central
Committee nod for Kip Kendrick's safe Dem seat
Missourinet: Schatz: Missouri Senate to return
next week; two senators who tested positive for COVID have
recovered
SE
Missourian: Regional China virus update
KC Star: State, regional China virus update
Missouri Independent: State, regional China virus
update
KC Star: Missouri drop suits against KC homeowners
associations after removal of antiquated language from documents
KC Star editorial: Why are Missouri senators still
afraid to say it? Joe Biden won the election
P-D editorial: Rural Missourians learn that voting
Republican has consequences as big hog farms move in
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: "The Buzz" column: D.C.
gossip: Liberal CNN analyst Carl Bernstein says Roy Blunt doesn't
like Donald Trump
The Missouri Times op-ed: Conservative, liberal groups
want legislative leaders to create "meaningful virtual option" for
public to participate in hearings
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Project Coyote's Vicki
Markus: It's time to protect Missouri black bears
KC Star letter: Kansas City man expresses anger over
President Trump, threatens to cast votes against Blunt, Hawley
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian expresses anger over
President Trump, calls Blunt and Hawley "unpatriotic" and "suckers"
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian expresses
anger over President Trump, says Blunt, Hawley and Ann Wagner have no
conscience
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Monday, November 23, 2020
P-D: Cops catch man who looted pawn shop where David
Dorn was slain; Budding criminal Kyri Morgan, 19, caught on video
during George Floyd riot while facing separate felony gun charge
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-St.
Joseph) goes after unlicensed youth facilities in new report
Columbia Missourian: Missouri lawmakers propose
regulating religious boarding schools
P-D: Livingston County activists complain about
planned animal operation
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D editorial: The case against Google may be valid,
as long as Hawley/Schmitt ideology is kept out of it
P-D editorial: Missouri needs a dang mask mandate. Now.
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: The case for
flip-flopping: Gov. Parson should capitulate on mask mandate
Phill Brooks: What's next for Gov. Parson's agenda?
Tony Messenger: Gov. Parson opposes local control when
China corporation donates to his campaign, but supports it when China
virus sweeps Missouri
P-D's Michele Munz: Former Missouri Democratic Party
Chair Roy Temple, others express anger at Gov. Parson over lack of
statewide mask mandate, China virus cases at old folks' homes, etc.
Joplin Globe op-ed: Hammond Institute for Free
Enterprise's Rik Hafer: Economic freedom in Missouri improves
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Jakob Puckett:
Raising gas tax, adding toll roads would help Missouri highways
P-D letter: Sexagenarian St. Charles couple predicts
that if Gov. Parson doesn't issue statewide mask mandate, "people will
be dying at home or in the streets"
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Sunday, November 22,
2020
JCNT: Trump supporters rally at state Capitol
P-D: Photo and video gallery: Supporters rally
for President Trump downtown: American flags, pickup trucks, zero
assaults on law enforcement officers
SNL: State board proposes raise for Missouri
lawmakers, would be first since 2007
Columbia Missourian: Missouri parents' interest in
home schooling grows during pandemic
Washington Missourian: Gov. Parson: Vaccines to
be distributed next month
JCNT: State taking steps to simplify Medicaid
application process
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Legal Roundtable
preview: ACLU lawsuits against Missouri over fake-meat law,
Office of Public Defenders' use of waiting lists
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
Joplin Globe's Andy Ostmeyer: A wild year for Missouri
state parks
KC Star's Lisa Guttierez: Missourians who resist mask
mandates, question virus hysteria are causing emotional trauma for
friends and family
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian Francine
Buerke expresses anger at President Trump, wants Blunt, Hawley and
Wagner to resign
P-D letter, April 2019: St. Louis County
septuagenarian Francine Buerke wants Blunt, Hawley and Wagner to
impeach Trump
P-D letter: September 2019: St. Louis County
septuagenarian Francine Buerke calls President Trump a "fascist," wants
Blunt, Hawley and Wagner to resign
JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian wants
statewide mask mandate, compares China virus spread to a militia
kidnapping and killing Missourians
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Saturday, November 21,
2020
P-D: Resist STL protests Thor Hearne's law firm,
blocks traffic in Clayton
P-D: Photo gallery: Resist STL protest:
Obese Caucasoid woman and normal-sized pal attempt to twerk in traffic
(#11); "True North Law Firm Suppress [sic] Black Votes" (#10); More
P-D: Levee districts, many controlled by Husch
Blackwell, charge millions to taxpayers - and bills keep rising
Scott Faughn: Under a Biden Administration, things
look up for Missouri Republicans; Gov. Parson keeping his word on
masks; Urban finger-wagging at Senate GOP caucus; More
JCNT: Empower Missouri outlines state legislative wish
list: More SNAP handouts, removing sentenching enhancements for
HIV criminals, minimizing LIHTC benefits for "wealthy communities," etc.
The Missouri Times: Mandatory background checks,
access to abuse complaints among lawmakers' recommendations for youth
residential facilities
P-D: Gov. Parson considering military to help Missouri
hospitals
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Missourian: Regional China virus update
Missouri Independent: Regional, state China virus
update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Harvard University tool shows counties'
"tipping points" for China virus
Washington Missourian editorial: Governor calls on
counties to make their own decisions on masks, and Franklin County does
so
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric
Bohl: Georgia runoffs could impact Missouri farmers
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Health Care for
All's Jen Bersdale, others: Coverage under Obamacare critical for
Missourians
Messenger: COVID-19 brings a death sentence to
Missouri prisons, and Gov. Parson looks the other way
P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian wants Blunt and
Hawley to declare that Biden won presidency
P-D letter: University City "Women's Voices Raised for
Social Justice" septuagenarian says GOP state lawmakers to blame for
urban street violence
Washington Missourian letter: St. Louis City woman
wants Gov. Parson to force statewide mask mandate
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Friday, November 20, 2020
Missourinet: Departing House Speaker Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) reflects on successes, disappointments
KWMU: St. Louis County may get its first charter school
P-D: Normandy School District establishment opposes
new charter school
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri House committee
releases recommendations to protect children at reform schools
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers recommend new
regulations for religious schools
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers recommend changes to end
'cycle of abuse' at reform schools
SNL: Former and current state Children's Division
workers complain about budget cuts, leadership
JCNT: Constitutionality of sexual assault law
challenged
The Missouri Times: Constitutionality of Missouri's
rape kit law questioned in court
SNL: Gov. Parson urges precautions around holiday
gatherings
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson issues public health
warning to communities on COVID
The Missouri Times: What coronavirus executive orders
has Gov. Parson signed?
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's COVID-19
briefing
Missourinet: Gov. Parson's administration issues
public health warning on coronavirus
Missourinet: Missouri issues public health warning for
local governments to implement, plus travel advisory
KWMU: Gov. Parson extends state of emergency until
March 2021
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson: Missouri
residents must make 'tough decisions' regarding COVID-19, holiday
gatherings
P-D: Gov. Parson calls hospital capacity 'a problem,'
calls on Missourians to limit holiday gatherings
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon)
calls for legislative action on 'unlawful' county mandates
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
The Missouri Times: Ameren, Marriott unveil new
electric vehicle charging station in Jefferson City
JCNT editorial: Careful balance required for liability
protection measure
P-D letter: Empower Missouri's Christine Woody wants
Blunt and Hawley to push for more stimulus handouts
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian says Missourians
have shown they are irresponsible and therefore need a government mask
mandate
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Thursday, November 19,
2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Hawley addresses Biden
briefings, troop drawdown
KC Star: Campaign 2024: Dems criticize Hawley
for having Ozark, Mo. voting address while family's new house is being
built in Christian County
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Hartzler's
tweet regarding unemployment rate is accurate
KC Star: A bill to make duck boats safer advances in
U.S. Senate, two years after Missouri tragedy
Missourinet: Blunt, Cleaver announce legislation to
mint Negro Leagues commemorative coin
Joplin Globe: Missouri unemployment falls slightly in
October
The Missouri Times: Missouri officials could see first
pay raise in 14 years
KWMU: Some St. Louis families face unexpected
challenges setting up nursing home cameras
The Missouri Times: PSC approves Ameren rate change
delay
Missouri Independent: Missouri utilities offer
handouts to payment derelicts. Will it affect your rates?
Missourinet; Gov. Parson explains "Show Me You Care"
coronavirus education campaign
Columbia Missourian: State job centers now requiring
masks, appointments for in-person services
P-D: Gov. Parson touts open economy, keeps up busy
travel schedule across Missouri
P-D: Local China virus task force leader again calls
on governor to flip-flop on mask mandate
JCNT: Colleges: Students can stay if in
quarantine
P-D: Patient in mental hospital is latest COVID-19
victim in state facility
Missouri Independent: Daily state China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D: St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson (D) won't run for
re-election
KC Star editorial: Josh Hawley pretends his lack of a
real Missourian address is an elitist attack
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson talks a lot about local
control. If only he meant it.
KC Star editorial: False claims of voter fraud insult
Kansas City election workers who make voting safe
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen.-elect Jason Bean
(R): Missouri lawmakers can take one of three roads on Medicaid
expansion
The Missouri Times op-ed: Liberty Alliance USA's Chris
Vas: The "Missouri Independent" is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Missourians should reject it.
P-D letter: Moscow Mills sexagenarian wants Gov.
Parson to force a mask mandate
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis named Karen mocks Gov.
Parson's pro-life beliefs, says governor "sure doesn't care about
babies or their parents and grandparents"
P-D letter: St. Peters man applauds Post-Dispatch
editorial board for choosing Antonio French as diversity hire, says
board should also add conservative woman to group
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18, 2020
The Missouri Times: Union Strong: IAFF backed
winning Missouri candidates Ann Wagner, Mike Kehoe, Eric Schmitt
SNL: Josh Hawley hopes to pass duck boat safety bill
in final months of current Congress
Missourian: Hawley praises bipartisan movement on duck
boat legislation
Missourinet: Blunt, Gov. Parson, local officials take
part in groundbreaking ceremony at Columbia Regional Airport
CDT: State, local leaders break ground in virtual
ceremony for new Columbia airport terminal
KC Star: Bill from Blunt and Cleaver to commemorate
Negro Leagues baseball heads to President Trump's desk
SE
Missourian: Bow tied on 2020 election results; Cape County
Clerk Kara Clark Summers details final election results, process
P-D: Failure to pay Missouri Ethics Commission fine
could cost Bruce Franks about $75,000
Missouri Independent: Overview: COVID liability
legislation
KC Star: Prosecutor: Gov. Parson directs AG to
help investigate Missouri reform school, 'possible charges'
Columbia Missourian: Rain, wind hinder hunters on
opening weekend of Missouri deer season
SE
Missourian: Cape County medical director sees 'twinkling of
light' in coronvirus tunnel
Missourinet: White House Coronavirus Task Force keeps
Missouri in red zone
AP: Urban teachers union wants Gov. Parson to
flip-flop on mask mandate
Missouri Independent: Daily state, regional China
virus update - plus comments from Rowden on Senate GOP retreat
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri should
bolster unemployment insurance
P-D editorial: Businesses that want virus liability
protection should accept restrictions
Priddy:
On Missouri's presidential election results, nitpicking Gov. Parson's
statement on number of Missouri governors, more
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Tuesday, November 17,
2020
KWMU: "Report for America" advocacy series: SLU
sociology prof warns of Census data dangers: "We may not feel
this urgency to make Missouri a more inclusive state": Talk of
"historical patterns of discrimination," "social vulnerability index,"
etc.
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Gov. Parson talks election, "defund police," COVID,
more; Panel discusses Cleaner Missouri's win
Columbia Missourian: Departing Rep. Kip Kendrick
(D-Columbia) offers reality check for Missouri Democrats: "There
is reason for Missouri Democrats to be fairly pessimistic at this point
... we took a significant beating on election day."
The Missouri Times: Politically Speaking
podcast: Rep.-elect Adam Schwadron (R-St. Charles County) on
absentee balloting, COVID liability, congressional redistricting, more
P-D: Unions to Missouri Supreme Court: GOP labor
law 'rigged' against workers
JCNT: Gov. Parson joins three counties to celebrate
200 years of history, vision for the future
The Missouri Times: Where Missouri's supplemental
budget funds are going
SNL: COVID-19 cases in Missouri Senate delay special
session
JCNT: COVID-19 delays Missouri special session until
after Thanksgiving
The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate postpones special
session due to COVID among members, staff
Missouri Independent: Missouri delays meetings for
special session
KWMU: Missouri Senate postpones special session
P-D: Missouri Senate postpones special session
The Missouri Times: New House member bus tour
postponed; orientation to continue in Capitol
JCNT: Health care provider: Missouri prisons
working with hospitals
SNL: Missouri Hospital Association president wants
Gov. Parson to force mask mandate
SE
Missourian: Regional China virus update
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star editorial: COVID will shame Gov. Parson and
state's Republican leadership for years
P-D editorial: Pleas from doctors, hospitals have
fallen on Gov. Parson's deaf ears
Missouri Independent op-ed: Jeff Smith: Missouri
GOP's dominance in 2020 leaves Democrats wishing for an Eric Greitens
comeback
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman: GOP senators deal with
COVID after refusing to wear masks at Big Cedar Lodge retreat
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian wants Blunt
and Hawley to criticize Trump, calls trio "hypocrites"
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Monday, November 16,
2020
This Week in Missouri Politics: Gov. Mike Parson talks
with Scott Faughn about 2020 elections, "defund police" movement,
COVID-19, more; Panel of Rep. Rick Francis (R-Perryville), former
Rep. Patrick Naeger (R-Perryville), GOP mastermind Tom Burcham, Perry
County Clerk Jared Kutz talk election results, more
KC Star: Missouri Democrats process 2020 beating, say
outlook is grim for 2022; Departing MO Dem Executive Director
Lauren Gepford says national Dems unlikey to burn money on quixotic
campaign against Blunt: "Quite frankly, I think we'll be happy to
have anybody run in 2022."
St. Joseph News-Press: Jay Ashcroft reflects on
Missouri elections and national issues
CBS: 60 Minutes: Josh Hawley talks TikTok
sharing data with ChiComs
Washington Missourian: Franklin County voters topple
county turnout records
AP: Poll workers in Missouri and other states contract
China virus, but Election Day link unclear
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia)
leaving House superminority to serve as Razer's chief of staff
Columbia Missourian: Kip Kendrick announces departure
from Missouri House
SE
Missourian: Health department medical director in tune with
governor's guidelines for schools
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Area health care workers complain about
workload in profession they chose; University of Arizona prof
predicts flood of "PTSD" claims in coming months
SE
Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation offers free CWD
sampling for opening weekend
JCNT editorial: Welcome push for COVID aid, but is it
too late?
Messenger: Trish Gunby diagnoses Missouri Democrats'
problem: Voters "have no idea" what Democrats stand for
KC Star's Humera Lodhi: "Missouri Gun Violence"
advocacy series, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report
for America: Racism, state lawmakers' fiscal discipline to blame
for Missouri's gun violence and COVID
P-D's Robert Patrick: "Missouri Gun Violence" advocacy
series, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report for
America: Gov. Parson, GOP lawmakers ignore root causes of violent
criminal behavior
P-D letter: St. Louis woman hopes to persuade Blunt to
turn on Trump, begins by calling senator a coward
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian wants state
lawmakers to allow early voting
P-D letter: Webster Groves octogenarian responds to
piece on GOP's statewide triumphs, calls for Missourians to "get rid of
labels" and work together
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Sunday, November 15, 2020
SNL: Black Lives Matter, other liberal groups turn out
dozens of supporters for pro-Biden rally in Springfield
SNL: Photo gallery: Sen. Brian Williams (D-St.
Louis), House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield)
speak; MSU sociology professor Lyle Foster sings; Caucasoids
raise Black Power fists; more
JCNT: Crowd rallies at Missouri Capitol to support
Trump
Columbia Missourian: 'Stop the Steal' rally draws more
than 300 in Jefferson City; Trump supporters hear from host Sen.
Cindy O'Laughlin (R-Shelbina), Jay Ashcroft, Hawley's Dan Hartman
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Looking for common ground
after 17-point victory
KC Star: Rally speakers decry alleged religious school
abuse, say they'll start showing up at Capitol next year
KC Star: Video: Former religous school attendees
attend media avail, tell stories
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson wants to use COVID funds to
help businesses
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson, GOP state lawmakers to
blame for urban violence
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson won't listen to police
on guns and domestic violence
SNL's Harrison Keegan and KC Star's Kaitlin Washburn:
Tighter gun control laws would curb domestic violence in Missouri
KC Star letters: Smithville sexagenarian expresses
anger at Missourians for approving Amendment 3; Independence
septuagenarian expresses anger at Blunt, threatents to cast one (1)
vote against him next year
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Saturday, November 14, 2020
The Missouri Times: Lauren Gepford resigns as
executive director of Missouri Democratic Party
P-D: Thor Hearne involved in Trump election integrity
efforts in Michigan
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst
says new WOTUS rule could be replaced under Biden
JCNT: Senate introduces COVID-19 liability protection
bill
St. Joseph News-Press: Senate introduces new
legislation regarding COVID-19 liability
JCNT: Public survey: Highway Patrol receives
high marks for performance
P-D: Guns to blame for St. Louis City shootings;
Giffords Center wants Missouri to ban large-capacity magazines
JCNT: Local meat processors prepare for Missouri deer
season
P-D: Judge orders changes to Missouri's
'unconstitutional' parole system
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Lawyers for convicted murderers say Missouri AG Eric Schmitt wrong to
appeal class-action lawsuit
KWMU: 'Coalition' campaign wants Gov. Parson to
flip-flop on mask mandate
SE
Missourian: In a calm manner, Cape Girardeau health officials
encourage taking precautions as COVID cases spike in region;
Logic-based press conference features zero tears or physical stunts
CDT: China virus press conference production: In
opening scene, local health director drops large stack of documents on
podium before first line of dialogue: "This is out of control!"
P-D: China virus press conference production:
war metaphors, waterworks, other emotional appeals
P-D's Tony Messenger: Press conference review:
Notes on theatrical story arc, weeping, role of Gov. Parson as
antagonist, backstage tension between Democrat protagonists, other
subplots
Missouri Independent: State, regional China virus
update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
The Missouri Times: PSC denies AARP intervention in
Evergy case
P-D editorial briefs: Mocking the McCloskeys
SNL's Steve Pokin: Mocking election fraud allegations
via Helms vs. Fogle
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: A plea from Cape Girardeau hospital execs
on COVID
P-D letter: Crestwood septuagenarian dismayed that
Post-Dispatch editorial board remains exclusively male
P-D letter: Warson Woods man wants Missouri AG Eric
Schmitt to "keep his nose out of the Pennsylania election"
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Friday, November 13,
2020
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Scott
Sifton (D-Affton) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about Missouri Democrats'
shellacking, and if there is any hope for the future
SNL: Anatomy of a blowout: Four lessons from
Missouri GOP's spanking of Democrats
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske:
Wash U. law prof Ronald Levin speculates on why AG Eric Schmitt seeks
to uphold election integrity in Pennsylvania
KWMU: State and federal efforts to help small
meatpacking plants may take time
The Missouri Times: Ashcroft: 'No probable
cause' to find Galloway misused office
SNL: By 76 votes, Democrat Betsy Fogle flips Missouri
House seat; Republicans now have 114 seats, for veto-proof
supermajority
Missourinet: Look for Missouri Senate to vote on $1.27
billion supplemental next week
Missourinet: Gov. Parson adds COVID liability to
special session call; Reaction from House Superminority Leader
Crystal Quade (D-Springfield)
JCNT: Gov. Parson expands special session
St. Joseph News-Press: Governor expands special
session to include liability protections
The Missouri Times: COVID liability protections:
What to know
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson expands special
session call to include liability protections
The Missouri Times: Missouri-developed coronavirus
vaccine expected by the end of the year
Missourinet: Pfizer VP in Missouri optimistic about
new vaccine, says "science is winning"
JCNT: Governor eases K-12 quarantine policy
The Missouri Times: Missouri updates school quarantine
guidelines for students, staff wearing masks
The Missouri Times: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas, others
want schools to ignore new state COVID-19 guidance
KC Star: Lucas advises KC schools to not follow
updated quarantine guidance
Missourinet: Missouri schools update COVID-19
quarantine rules based on exposure
Missouri Independent: Missouri updates rules on when
students must quarantine after China virus exposure
St. Joseph News-Press: Governor updates quarantine
guidelines for schools
SNL: Missouri updates quarantine rules for masked
students, teachers
P-D: Gov. Parson updates school guidance on
coronavirus quarantines in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson updates quarantine
guidelines for schools
St. Joseph News-Press: 29 veterans have died at
Cameron Veterans Home since Oct. 17
Missouri Independent: Missouri health care workers
complain about fatigue in the profession they chose
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau mayor has COVID, urges masking and
social distancing
SE
Missourian: Regional China virus update
Missouri Independent: State China virus update
KWMU: Regional China virus update
P-D: Regional China virus update
KC Star: Regional China virus update
P-D editorial: Illinois, Missouri approach pandemic
differently, but the results are the same
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's COVID guidance for
schools is just plain dangerous
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former McCaskill aide Amanda
Morrison: Cori Bush a refreshing change from Missouri's white men
like Blunt, Hawley and 2020 GOP statewide ticket
Priddy: Mocking GOP efforts to investigate vote fraud
Messenger: Gov. Parson employs shifting definition of
freedom as COVID-19 crisis deepens in Missouri
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Thursday, November 12,
2020
Missourinet: Veterans, state lawmakers turn out in
Jefferson City for groundbreaking of Gold Star Families Memorial
Monument
SNL: Top GOP electeds back Trump's call for thorough
vote-counting; Hawley: "The media do not get to determine
who the president is. The people do."
Missouri Independent: U.S. Rep.-elect Cori Bush (D)
takes aim at Gov. Parson, claims 17-point statewide victory was
"racially charged ... that southern strategy," says governor running
Missouri "like the chair of the carwash committee"
St. Joseph News-Press: Gov. Parson reflects on
service, next commander-in-chief during local visit
Jason Rosenbaum: Missouri Republicans can shape state
government and policy for years to come, while Democrats are still in
the wilderness
Scott Faughn: More election fallout: Amendment
3, Dems' misplaced state Senate resources, and what Democrats could
learn about rebuilding from Peter Kinder
SNL: House leaders to investigate claims against GOP
Rep.-elect Rick Roeber
KC Star: Utah Highway Patrol arrests man for drunk
driving; 36-year-old told officers he was high on LSD and
Adderall, and wanted to kill Claire McCaskill
P-D: Family says Missouri veterans home patient died
of neglect, not coronavirus
Columbia Missourian: Prospects bright for Missouri
firearms deer hunters this fall
P-D: Ameren and St. Louis City officials separately
announce new solar energy initiatives
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D editorial: Farm Bureau's 'guerrilla' tactics won
Amendment 3, but a court battle awaits
P-D op-ed: SLU's Ken Warren (D): Why has
Missouri turned so red?
Columbia Missourian's Steve Spellman: Missouri ran
free, fair election but maybe other states didn't
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Wednesday, November 11,
2020 Veterans Day
MSNBC: Video: U.S. Rep.-elect Cori Bush (D) to
police: We will "defund your butts" (3:10)
SE
Missourian: Local Dems, Republicans react to presidential
election results
SNL: Race for Springfield state rep seat goes to
recount
SE
Missourian: City of Cape Girardeau: Campaign yard signs
cannot be recycled
Missourinet: Thousands of unemployed Missourians sign
up for free online classes
The Missouri Times: Ford picks Kansas City for new
electric vehicles, adding 150 new jobs
The Missouri Times: House moves forward with
supplemental budget
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers 'moving forward with'
addressing COVID liability in extraordinary session
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers likely to
consider COVID liability protection in special session
SNL: Missouri House OKs plan to spend remaining
COVID-19 relief money
Missourinet: Missouri House gives initial approval to
$1.2 billion supplemental budget
Missourinet: Haahr anticipates addition of COVID
liability to Missouri's special session
KWMU: Missouri House approves $1.2B supplemental
budget, now it heads to Senate
P-D: Missouri lawmakers retooling budget to target
more COVID-19 relief
Missouri Independent: Police techniques spark debate
in Missouri House committee
Missouri Independent: Missouri House leadership vows
investigation into allegations of abuse against Rick Roeber
The Missouri Times: House Republican Caucus meeting
over Roeber allegations next month
The Missouri Times: Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove
(D-Kansas City) named chair of Legislative Black Caucus
KC Star: Newspaper can't afford lease on iconic glass
building, will move out; Printing of KC Star will move to Des
Moines
Missourinet: DHSS says state is prepared to start
vaccinating people next month, including transporting long-term patients
P-D: Public school enrollment down by 27,500 in
Missouri, with majority of decrease from preschool and kindergarten
classes
P-D: Two facilities for juvenile delinquents see new
outbreaks of China virus
SE
Missourian: 2 virus deaths reported in region
Missouri Independent: Missouri adds more than 4,000
China virus cases for only third time
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
Washington Missourian editorial: Blunt should be
commended for sensible statements on counting legal votes
P-D editorial: Trump's fraud claims are false and
toxic. Hawley must stop endorsing them.
KC Star editorial: After Roeber's children speak out,
Missouri Republicans promise inquiry
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: How did Missouri become a Republican
stronghold? Thoughts from Lloyd Smith
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Tuesday, November 10,
2020
Missouri Independent: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt joins
Republican AGs in challenging Pennsylvania mail-in ballot dump
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Dean Plocher on GOP unity and Cleaner Missouri's
victory; Panel discusses demoralizing Dem defeats
Columbia Missourian: Phone calls from the final
stretch: Interviews with six (6) Biden supporters, zero (0) Trump
supporters
KC Star: Nearly half of workers at Jackson County
Election Board out sick with COVID-19
Missouri Independent: Budget Committee approves $1.3
billion COVID spending bill
JCNT: Budget director: State's intent is to
spend all CARES Act money
The Missouri Times: Supplemental budget bill advances
in the House
P-D: House passes spending plan
Columbia Missourian: House Budget Committee approves
$1.3 billion supplemental budget; Comments from "Rep. Peter
Meredith [sic]"
Missourinet: Missouri gets $6 million in federal aid
to create thousands of tech apprenticeships
Missouri Independent: House Committee on Children and
Families hears stories from youth residential facilities
KC Star: Lawmakers hear complaints about youth
facilities
KWMU: Missouri S&T looks to a future with more
private investment, less state funding
P-D: Law enforcement officials address misconceptions
around "chokeholds," other tactics
JCNT: Missouri House panel seeking consensus on police
techniques
Missouri Independent: Children of Rep.-elect Rick
Roeber (R) want Speaker Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold) to block rep from being
seated
SNL: Remember REAL ID? Deadline draws near
The Missouri Times: Why COVID Exposure Notifications
don't work on phones in Missouri
KWMU: China virus pandemic complicates how criminals
adjust to life after prison
KC Star: State, regional China virus update
P-D: State, regional China virus update
KWMU: Local activist complains about lack of
diversity, high professional standards in Missouri medical marijuana
market
KWMU: Event promo: Sierra Club, Arch City
Defenders, et al. hold online complaint series about "environmental
racism"
KC Star editorial: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt thinks his
job is to fight the 'possibility' of a Biden win
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman: After his quixotic China
lawsuit, Missouri AG Eric Schmitt signs onto case that won't change
election results - and is dangerous for democracy
P-D Editorial Page Editor Tod Robberson: Post-Dispatch
finds first black editorial board member since 2007; Antonio
French to join all-male editorial board, write columns
KC Star letter: Kansas City liberal criticizes
McCaskill for post-election comments, says Missouri Democratic Party
needs non-white leadership
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Monday, November 9, 2020
Washington Post: The pride of Villa Duchesne, St.
Louis native Emily Murphy, is in charge of handing transition resoures
to Biden - and she's waiting until results are official
Missourinet: Blunt says final elections results
unlikely to change enough to make a difference
This Week in
Missouri Politics: Incoming House Majority Floor Leader Dean
Plocher (R-Town and Country) talks with Scott Faughn GOP supermajority
success, Cleaner Missouri, Ann Wagner's win, more; Panel of Rep.
Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis County), Victory Enterprises' Joe Lakin, senior
Democratic consultant Jane Dueker, Dem attorney Sam Gladney discuss
Dems' loss of moderates, Wagner-Schupp, Koenig vs. Lavender, Doug
Beck's big margin, more
Columbia Missourian: Former MU political science
professor David Leuthold: Increase in Trump votes nationwide
"certainly a matter of concern"
KWMU: Local environmental group organizes yard sign
recycling drive
KC Star: KC home lender James B. Nutter & Co. sued
by feds for fraud
Missouri Independent: Preview: Gov. Parson's
first full term in office, relationships with GOP lawmakers:
Thoughts from top GOP consultant James Harris
St. Joseph News-Press: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) has big plans for majority whip position
Missourinet: Missouri's state budget director to
testify today in detail about supplemental budget
Missourinet: Missouri's health director to outline
vaccine plan and testify about COVID numbers
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
KC Star editorial: Voters choose Rick Roeber (R) for
Missouri House. Lawmakers should expel him.
Independence Examiner editorial: Now that election is
over, Gov. Parson should force a statewide mask mandate
JCNT letter: Ashland septuagenarian wants Blunt,
Hawley to criticize Trump on coronavirus response
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man predicts Cori Bush will
pass no legislation, will be "just another congressperson collecting a
check"
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
P-D: As Biden strikes concilatory tone, Black Lives
Matter agitators block St. Louis City streets, scream "F@ck Trump!"
Twitter: Post-Dispatch whitewashes Black Lives Matter
protester's language, removes "F@k Trump!" from photo caption
KWMU: Anti-Trump protest draws dozens downtown
KC Star: Anti-Trump rally features car parade,
dancing; Obese woman barks "F@ck you!" to two young men
peacefully holding Trump sign (1:21)
Columbia Missourian: Anti-Trump crowd rejoices with
Biden win; Waterworks, attempted rhyming, other performative acts
Columbia Missourian: Trump supporters gather for "Stop
the Steal" rally
JCNT: More votes cast this year in Missouri;
party line solidified
P-D: McCloskeys sue UPI, photographer over iconic
image defending home
The Missouri Times: General revenue report shows high
gains over last fiscal year
JCNT: Missouri National Guard leader: Force
remains strong during pandemic
The Missouri Times: Rep. Derek Grier (R-Chesterfield)
building national reputation for expertise in licensing and other
regulatory rollbacks
KC Star: Legislative hearing preview: Lawmakers
to hear stories on Monday about alleged abuse at southwest Missouri
boarding schools
KC Star: Collection of stories from boarding schools
students
KC Star: Former boarding school student says
experiences led to bad dreams
Washington Missourian: Franklin County leads state
following youth deer season opening weekend
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
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Saturday, November 7,
2020
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: GOP leader details
how Missouri Republicans trounced Democrats; Jean Evans on Dems'
lack of ground game, liberals' history of crying wolf on "racism," much
more
Missourinet: Blunt says all legal votes should be
counted
KWMU: Blunt, Hawley, Clay weigh in on vote-counting
brouhaha
KC Star: Former Sen. Jack Danforth - who left office
in 1995 - weighs in on vote counting
SE
Missourian: Military, overseas ballot deadline passes
The Missouri Times: What would a presidential recount
look like in Missouri?
P-D: Inside Gov. Parson's landslide win; Rep.
Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) potential candidate for state auditor
in 2022
KC Star: Dave Drebes of the Internet gives preview of
Missouri's 2022 U.S. Senate race
KWMU: Missourians' support of Cleaner Missouri could
lead to national fight over "one person, one vote"
P-D: St. Charles County officials promise change after
COVID-positive judge works Election Day
AP: Missouri poll worker kept COVID diagnosis mostly
to herself
SE
Missourian: Former U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr.
speaks at 2020 Respect for Law banquet
P-D: Surveillance of two top aides to Gov. Parson
prompts federal probe; No comment from Rep. Dottie Bailey
(R-Eureka)
KC Star: FBI investigating after GPS devices found on
Erdmann, Steelman cars
AP: Audit finds $8 million in potential Missouri
Medicaid overpayments
Missouri Independent: COVID precautions ordered for
northwest Missouri hunting site
Missouri Independent: State China virus update
AP: State China virus update
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KWMU: Regional China virus update
KC Star: Regional China virus update
Washington Missourian editorial: Dem demise:
Missouri Republicans have the right message at the right time
KC Star editorial: Jack Danforth disputes election
fraud claims. Blunt and Hawley should join him.
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Friday, November 6,
2020
AP: AP VoteCast survey: How Missouri voters
split among Trump-Biden and Parson-Galloway by age, education, location
KC Star: U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says Dems
should put McCaskill out to pasture: "Why do we listen to people
who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections?"
AP: Missouri voters dump 2018 redistricting
"reforms"; Sean Soendker Nicholson (D) says campaign "worked
hard" to persuade voters "someone was trying to dupe them"
Priddy: Why won't election day losers simply say, "I
wasn't good enough"?
Columbia Missourian: Judy Baker: 'We didn't
leave anything undone'
Columbia Missourian: Inside the Boone County Democrats
somber watch party: Nearly 30 gather to process defeat
KMOV: Sarah Steelman, Drew Erdmann tracked by GPS
devices; Private investigator claims Rep. Dottie Bailey
(R-Eureka) and Farmington business owner helped him find Steelman's
vehicle
SE
Missourian: Sen.-elect Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) ready for the
next challenge in Jefferson City
P-D: St. Charles County poll worker tested positive
for China virus, worked Election Day and died
AP: St. Charles County election judge worked despite
COVID-19 diagnosis, then died
KWMU: St. Charles County poll worker infected with
China virus dies after election day
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: more than 500 Amazon
jobs heading to southwest Missouri's Republic
SNL: Rep. Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) re-elected as
House superminority leader
The Missouri Times: What to expect from this month's
supplemental budget session
The Missouri Times: Special vs extraordinary session -
what's the difference?
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson open to adding COVID
liability to special session agenda
P-D: GOP lawmakers seek to add businesses protections
to special session
Columbia Missourian: Missouri continues to work on
COVID-19 vaccine, increasing testing
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers ask governor to expand
special session to include COVID liability
AP: Missouri lawmakers consider $1.2B for China virus
response
Columbia Missourian: Special session focuses on $1.3B
in additional COVID-19 funding
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe: initial report
about COVID deaths in Missouri veterans homes mentions air flow systems
P-D: Nearly half of Missouri's COVID deaths occur in
nursing homes
SNL: 200K+ rapid-result COVID-19 tests sent to
Missouri public, private schools
KWMU: Advocates for handicapped discuss sheltered
workshops and changes to subminimum wage policy
Missouri Independent: Childcare operators want more
money from state
Missourinet: White House report: 91% of Missouri
counties have moderate to high levels of COVID-19 transmission
KC Star: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
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Missourian: Regional China virus update
Joplin Globe editorial briefs: Applauding Roy Blunt
for vote-counting statement; Missouri Republicans dominate on
Election Day
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Missouri voters
rejected science and competence by choosing Gov. Parson over Galloway
KC Star op-ed: Berkeley, California "Earth Land
Institute" manager: Missouri wrong on black bear management
P-D letter: St. Louis woman thanks Lacy Clay for her
cats' happiness after they were released from animal testing lab
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Thursday, November 5,
2020
Jason Rosenbaum: Answering 11 big questions about a
Republican romp in Missouri
Scott Faughn: What a night for Missouri
Republicans; Thoughts on Galloway's poorly-run campaign, Wagner
vs. Schupp, and what Missouri Dems could learn from their rare white
male who supports police
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Jason Rosenbaum and
UMSL's Anita Manion discuss statewide election results
P-D: Ann Wagner thwarts Democrats' bid for St. Louis
suburbs; Jill Schupp underperforms 2018 Dem silver medalist Cort
VanOstran
SNL: Billy Long re-elected with 69% of the vote
SNL: Republicans sweep statewide offices, hold line on
supermajorities
P-D: Jubilation for Missouri Republicans, "shock" and
"disappointment" for Democrats over Galloway's spanking
SNL: Missourians support Cleaner Missouri: A
look at the numbers
P-D: Video: U.S. Rep.-elect Cori Bush (D)
praises "Resist STL" crowd: "You showed that you been [sic] all you been [sic] doing is getting like your
getting your your [sic]
presence in."
KC Star: Video: Anti-Trump rally draws 40;
Pink-haired human named "Jae" says it has been "dreading election day"
thanks to "homophobic, racist, fascist dictator" Donald Trump
The Missouri Times: Republicans maintain House
supermajority
KWMU: St. Louis-area counties see high, but not
record, turnout for 2020 election
SE
Missourian: Record number of ballots cast Tuesday in Cape County
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dean Plocher (R-Town and
Country) chosen to be next House Majority Floor Leader
SE
Missourian: Wayne Wallingford doing well after Monday's kidney
transplant, looking forward to returning to Missouri House
Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers return with
$1.3 billion COVID package on agenda
P-D: Gov. Parson outlines plan for $1.2 billion in
pandemic spending
Missouri Independent: White House report suggests
Missouri reduce restaurant capacity, urges Missourians to wear masks
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D editorial: Ann Wagner could enjoy easier
re-election campaigns by tempering her conservative positions
Phill Brooks: Election night reporting history
P-D letter: St. Louis man expresses anger at rural
Missourians, says St. Louis and KC hospitals should refuse to provide
care to rural patients
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Wednesday, November 4,
2020
KWMU: Missourians choose Donald Trump for president
Missouri Independent: Missouri voters pick Donald
Trump over Joe Biden
Missouri Independent: On Election Day, Missouri
Republicans dominate up and down the ballot
KWMU: Wagner beats Schupp in Missouri's nationally
watched 2nd Congressional District race
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner holds onto 2nd
Congressional seat
Missouri Independent: Ann Wagner prevails over Jill
Schupp
P-D: Ann Wagner defeats Jill Schupp by 7-point margin
Missourinet: Graves coasts to re-election, says it's
time to get the economy open again
CDT: Vicky Hartzler wins sixth term in Congress
KWMU: Cori Bush wins easily in 1st Congressional
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson elected to full term
as Missouri governor
KC Star: Parson defeats Galloway by 17 points;
Comments from GOP consultant James Harris, former state Sen. Jeff Smith
(D-St. Louis City)
P-D: Despite being outspent, Gov. Parson defeats
Nicole Galloway
Missourinet: Gov. Parson defeats Nicole Galloway
Missouri Independent: Mike Parson defeats Nicole
Galloway in race for Missouri governor
KWMU: Mike Parson wins first full term as governor
SNL: Mike Parson wins Missouri governor race against
Nicole Galloway; GOP sweeps other statewide offices
P-D: Missouri voters choose Republicans for statewide
posts
Missourinet: Mike Kehoe defeats Alissia Canady, plans
to focus on infrastructure and veterans issues
Missouri Independent: Jay Ashcroft whips Yinka Faleti
Missouri Independent: Scott Fitzpatrick wins Missouri
treasurer race over Vicki Englund
Missouri Independent: Eric Schmitt stomps Rich
Finneran in Missouri attorney general race
KWMU: Missourians scrap "Clean Missouri" in favor of
Amendment 3
The Missouri Times: Missourians approve Amendment 3
Missouri Independent: Voters support Cleaner Missouri
SNL: Photo gallery: GOP watch party: Gov.
Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, others
SNL: Photo gallery: Greene County Democrats
watch party: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade
(D-Springfield), potential superminority member Betsy Fogle, others
Missouri Independent: Missouri Republicans maintain
supermajorities in House and Senate
The Missouri Times: Doug Beck keeps SD 1 under
Democrats' control
The Missouri Times: Andrew Koenig beats Deb Lavender
by 8-point margin
The Missouri Times: Caleb Rowden keeps Senate seat in
victory over Judy Baker
CDT: Caleb Rowden secures re-election in 19th District
state Senate race
SNL: Betsy Fogle (D) leads Rep. Steve Helms
(R-Springfield) by 34 votes, with some absentee ballots still remaining
CDT: Cheri Toalson Reisch wins re-election to House
District 44
CDT: Sara Walsh (R) re-elected in 50th District
CDT: Chuck Basye (R) wins re-election to a final House
term
SNL: Extra workers and policing voter attire:
Following Shane Schoeller on election day
P-D: Polling place reports: Long lines, heavy
turnout, mostly smooth sailing around St. Louis area polling places
P-D: Missouri distilleries fight end of tax break
SNL: Young Missouri hunters killed 15,591 deer during
youth season
Missouri Independent: State, regional China virus
update
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
P-D editorial: Missourians wrong on Gov. Parson, Ann
Wagner, and Amendment 3
KC Star editorial: Mike Parson wins Missouri
governor's race. Does he plan to govern the entire state?
KC Star editorial: When will Missouri finally update
its voting laws?
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Tuesday, November 3,
2020 Missouri election results
(available after 7 p.m. CST)
P-D: St. Louis police union endorses President Trump,
Gov. Parson
KC Star: Kansas City police say they're ready for any
Election Day riots
Missouri Independent: Biden campaign releases names of
top bundlers: Joyce Aboussie, Tom Carnahan, Jason Cohen, others
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway make
campaign stops in mid-Missouri
Missourinet: Election preview: SD 31: Rick
Brattin vs. Raymond Kinney for Ed Emery's open seat
The Missouri Times: List of election night watch
parties
The Missouri Times: More than 800,000 ballots already
cast in Missouri
P-D: Missouri turnout expected to hit 75%
The Missouri Times: Missouri voters who test positive
for coronavirus must rely on local election authorities for voting
guidance
Missourinet: Speaker Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
chooses Rep. Dirk Deaton (R-Noel) as new House Budget Committee vice
chairman
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dirk Deaton (R-Noel) tapped
as House Budget Committee vice chair
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Missourian's B Magazine: Missouri becomes national model for
post-incarceration success
Missourinet: Blunt: There are at least four
companies with a cornavirus vaccine - and distribution needs to be
funded
Missourinet: Missouri Veterans Commission: 12
more COVID deaths at veterans home in Cameron
SNL: Schmitt's office files 24 charges against Oregon
County woman for dog breeding
The Missouri Times: United WE CEO Wendy Doyle on how
China virus affects Missouri women
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
SNL: Regional China virus update
P-D editorial: Endorsement summary for federal and
state offices: Six (6) Democrats, zero (0) Republicans
KWMU/Corporation for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America"
racism reporter Andrea Henderson: Missouri should restore voting
rights to felons
P-D letter: Hermann sexagenarian calls Gov. Parson "a
toadie" for President Trump
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Monday, November 2,
2020 Election Eve
Rosenbaum: 11 questions that could shape Missouri's
election
The Missouri Times: #F150CampaignTour: Scott
Faughn visits Cooper and Boone Counties: Insight on local state
rep race, Judy Baker campaign, Yinka Faleti vs. Jay Ashcroft, more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette) and Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst debate Cleaner
Missouri; Panel of David Barklage, Reps. Mary Elizabeth Coleman
(R) and LaKeySha Bosley (D), Jeff Rainford talk Trump's margin, Gov.
Parson vs. Galloway, Jill Schupp vs. Ann Wagner, legislative races, more
Joplin Globe: Life Chain group gathers in Joplin with
aim to end abortions
Missourinet: Final GOTV schedules for Gov. Parson,
Nicole Galloway
AP: Final preview: Gov. Parson vs. Nicole
Galloway
SNL: November election preview: Amendment 1
SNL: November election preview: Amendment 3
Missourinet: November election preview: Caleb
Rowden vs. Judy Baker
The Missouri Times: Rowden says pro-Baker PAC
spreading misinformation about his campaign
SNL: Election day guide: Polling places, ID
requirements, what you can't wear, more
KC Star: More than 700,000 Missourians had voted as of
Thursday
Missourinet: Columbia College prof Terry Smith says
absentee votes will make election-night predictions more challenging
KWMU: Profiles of local poll workers
St. Joseph News-Press: Sen. Dan Hegeman
(R-Cosby): School funding retains "challenges," big moves now
unlikely
P-D: Missouri officials divided on policing of gaming
machines
KWMU: Deadly infection for deer is spreading in
Missouri
P-D: Daily state, regional China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D endorsement: 'No' on Amendment 3
Messenger: Led by Josh Hawley, Republicans cry wolf
over alleged 'censorship' at Twitter and Facebook
Columbia Missourian's Paul Schloesser: Jill Schupp's
claims about Ann Wagner's donations rated "Half True"
Columbia Missourian's William Skipworth: Galloway
campaign correct to criticize Gov. Parson over medical coverage for
pre-existing conditions
Joplin Globe op-ed: Newton County Prosecuting Attorney
Will Lynch (R): Amendment 3 will undo damage caused by Clean
Missouri
P-D letter: St. Charles sexagenarian, who moved to
Missouri from East Coast last year, wants Missourians to reject Cleaner
Missouri
P-D letter: Old Monroe sexagenarian says state GOP
lawmakers are wrong on taxes, Medicaid, labor laws, Second Amendment,
and environmental regulations
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The Missouri Times: #F150CampaignTour: GOP
statewides rally in St. Peters; Union lit drop in Ballwin;
Phone chat with woman filling Democratic ballot slot for Jason Smith's
re-election; More
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: Pack of
Black Lives Matter protesters fails to block Trump Train from parading
in Columbia
Columbia Missourian: NAACP's massive GOTV push draws
15 (fifteen) volunteers in Columbia
SNL: History before histrionics: Stone County
presiding commissioner explains artifact display that sparked Dems'
recent media activation
Washington Missourian: Political yard signs dot
region's landscape as election day looms
CDT: Political signs are replaceable. It's still a
misdemeanor to vandalize them in Missouri, though
Washington Missourian: County sets early voting record
ahead of Tuesday's election
JCNT: Mid-Missouri clerks: Hefty voter turnout
possible
JCNT: How absentee ballot is submitted dictates when,
if it's counted
The Missouri Times: Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame
inducts first class of honorees
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
CDT Executive Editor Jim Van Nostrand: We don't do
endorsements because we don't have an editorial board - but vote
against Donald Trump and Caleb Rowden
The Missouri Times op-ed: Amendment 3 is a wolf in
sheep's clothing
P-D letter: League of Women Voters member opposes
Cleaner Missouri
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man encourages 'Yes' vote
on Amendment 3, says he voted against leftists' Clean Missouri in 2018
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