Saturday, October
31 Happy
Halloween!
SNL: McCaskill will vote in favor of Blunt's bill to
nix controversial Obama water rule; Senior senator says EPA needs
to "go back to the drawing board" X
CDT: Rival political clubs select Rubio, Clinton as
most feared presidential candidates X
The Hill: Abigail Blunt of Kraft Food Group named one
of D.C.'s top 45 most effective lobbyists; Wife of Missouri's
junior senator does not lobby U.S. Senate
Drebes:
8-day reports filed in Tuesday's special elections for House seats
P-D: West County voters set to elect Dean Plocher (R)
to fill Diehl's vacated seat
JCNT: Missouri Budget Project says state's Medicaid
eligibility limits are among the lowest in the U.S. X
CDT: Pro-life activists seek court order to use
amplifier outside Planned Parenthood clinic X
CDT: Union wants concession from university after
contract expired; UM's John Fougere says union wants university
"to change our position which includes rewarding the people who do the
best work" X
KWMU: SEIU holds election this weekend to organize
local community college instructors
P-D: Community college staff will vote on forming a
union
The Missouri Times: Nixon's task force releases video
on stadium efforts
KC Star: Court rules that state law banning
discrimination based on age, race, religion and gender does not also
extend to gays; Comments from Koster, Kinder +
KWMU: Authorities catch man who set church
fires; ATF does not consider acts a hate crime, as the
firestarter is black
Missourinet: Police catch 35-year-old David Lopez
Jackson; Authorities feared arsons would stoke racial tension
P-D: New reports in West Lake Landfill case show the
site is safe
KWMU: Documentary shown at local film festival to
feature West Lake Landfill and Coldwater Creek "victims"
P-D editorial: St. Louis is first target of the B-3
bombers; State leaders should "redouble their efforts toward the
kind of economic activity that works"
KC Star editorial: Curb tax incentives to more
effectively stoke private development in Kansas City area +
JCNT editorial: Kids these days should keep learning
cursive - it is "incomparable and precious" X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: National groups representing
millions of American's sorority women and fraternity men should not
have created Safe Campus Act, and should instead have just lined up
behind Gillibrand-McCaskill legislation +
P-D letter: Ann Wagner's industry-speak on
financial-adviser bill doesn't make much sense
JCNT letter: Russellville man says national
naval-gazing on race began when thief Michael Brown entered a
convenience store with the intent to steal X
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Friday, October 30
The Hill: Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan are new power
couple; Blunt on 'no-nonsense' personalities
Missourinet: Missouri's federal legislators and
communications staff provide statements on Paul Ryan
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt differ on
budget deal X
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on budget-deal
machinations; Hanaway on her gov tour; Kehoe on GOP gov
primary debate +
Brownfield Ag News: House Ag Committee focuses on big
data; Missouri Farm Bureau's Blake Hurst testifies
KWMU: National Panhel, IFC groups propose legislation
to address sexual assault, harassment on nation's campuses;
McCaskill, Gillibrand unhappy they were not part of process
P-D: McCaskill writes letter to Mizzoui Greek
organizations that support legislation she opposes
The Missouri Times: Catherine Hanaway to embark on
statewide RV tour
P-D: Missouri power players join forces in effort to
keep spy agency within St. Louis' borders
AP: Nixon: New agency home can fix "profound
mistake;" NSA would sit on one-time site of notorious Pruitt-Igoe
housing complex
KWMU: Federal agency hearing draws big crowd in North
St. Louis but few from the neighborhood
KWMU: Pot proposals demonstrate what it can take for
an initiative petition effort to succeed in Missouri
Drebes:
Lawyer Sarah Unsicker to run for Rep. Jeanne Kirkton's (D-Webster
Groves) open seat; Ed Shew to fill Dem ballot slot against Rep.
Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint Louis)
Missourinet: Lawmakers want Missouri home-schooled
students to be allowed in public-school sports
JCNT: Koster's office sues Illinois telemarketers X
Missourinet: Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) pleased
with intern policy, not its creation
KWMU: Federal program to reduce gun crime gets city
committee approval
P-D editorial: New intern harassment policy should
more clearly define "romantic relationships," and credible complaints
about creepster behavior should be made more public
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Biogas offers
Missouri a big step forward X
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: School districts across
Missouri, nation should scale back excessive amounts of testing +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Dave Spence: Why we
should not let the Rams leave by our infighting
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Campus race
drama: Everyone should take part, it's time to have a
conversation, etc.
KC Star letter: Self-described "progressive" male
shares his emotions about University of Missouri - Planned Parenthood
issue, says he will no longer give money to university +
JCNT letter: Area man displeased with stance of Rep.
Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark) on judge's ruling, sarcastically suggests
Miller read the Constitution and Google Jim Lembke X
JCNT letter: Area man says Rocky Miller and his ilk
are "illiterate" hucksters X
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says a higher minimum
wage is a disincentive for workers to better themselves
P-D letter: St. Louis man says football-stadium
hearing was the same as every other public forum - white males with
money on stage while the downtrodden are sadly saddled with "the
feeling of powerlessness"
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Thursday, October 29
KWMU: Republican-controlled House passes budget
compromise with majority of support from Democrats
KWMU: Crop-insurance cut sparks bipartisan opposition
to budget plan; Comments from Missouri Farm Bureau's Garrett
Hawkins
KWMU: Robocalling tax deadbeats earns McCaskill's
criticism
The Hill: Budget deal OKs robocalls to collect student
debt; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: Wagner votes against budget agreement;
Blunt will likely vote no, McCaskill will likely vote yes
P-D's Raasch: Crisis governing, latest chapter:
Thoughts from McCaskill, Blunt
KMOX: McCaskill to get database of vets involved in
mustard gas experiments
P-D: McCaskill probes WWII mustard gas
experiments; Blunt offers bills in opposition to Obama
Administration's Clean Power Plan
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on veterans and
mustard gas experiments; Blunt on cybersecurity;
Chappelle-Nadal on wanting her free-parking privileges +
AP: Missouri, Illinois battle for new home of federal
spy agency
Columbia Missourian: $2.9M grant to expand renewable
fuel in Missouri
AP: USDA to provide Missouri nearly $3 million for 177
ethanol pumps at 166 stations
Missourinet: Cole County GOP to hold debate for
Republican gov candidates Tuesday night; Event will be streamed
at Missourinet.com
Columbia Missourian/PolitiFact: Fact Check:
Kinder correct about Nixon's veto overrides
Drebes:
Ashley Burke, formerly with Jeanie Riddle and Jeff Grisamore, takes job
with U.S. Rep. Sam Graves
KC Star: Nixon names Raytown building after "Walkin'"
Joe Teasdale +
JCNT: Missouri's Unclaimed Property program is a
success story X
JCNT: Missouri gets an "A" for teaching high school
students about finances; Group says education is essential since
millennials are "dangerous illiterate" about finances X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Justin Alferman (R-Hermann)
says he'll introduce ethics-overhaul legislation
Area
Wide News (South Missouri): Kinder travels to discuss DNR land
acquisition
SNL: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) expects bill to
vacate criminal sentences for trafficking victims X
Missourinet: State lawmakers say Missouri needs more
high school referees
The Missouri Times: House committee looks into
operations of Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA)
KMZU (Carrollton): Job Fair offered as part of state
outreach program for veterans
P-D: Stadium deal would give NFL team two-thirds of
tax revenue
KC Star: 'Revenge porn' can break victims without
breaking a state law; Missourians are free to post revealing pics
of lovers, as long as those pics were taken with consent +
KWMU: Man who claims he was harassed and fired for
being gay has lawsuit dismissed; State's discrimination
definition doesn't include sexual orientation
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court asked to consider man
convicted for plotting shooting spree is in prison for his thoughts
P-D editorial: For better energy efficiency, not just
a carrot, but a stick; Ameren and its regulators should find a
way to preserve program
JCNT editorial: Safety diffuses frightening
combination; Keep an eye out for tiny costumed humans and take
extra care to not drive drunk on Halloween X
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Kansas Citians don't have
to move to Kansas for good schools; People should stop making
judgments based solely on failures in main urban school district
P-D op-ed: Rep. Joshua Peters (D-St. Louis):
Missouri Highway Patrol should investigate when officers use deadly
force
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Lawrence,
KS passes judgment on Missouri's minimum wage
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Wednesday, October 28
P-D: Northrop Grumman beats Boeing in Air Force bomber
competition; Comments from Blunt
Bloomberg: Valeant response "deeply disappointing,"
McCaskill says
Missourinet: McCaskill seeks DOD cooperation to help
veterans exposed to mustard gas
P-D: Ann Wagner's financial-adviser bill passes House
P-D: Lambert Airport ends free parking cards for
insiders, but some want them back; McCaskill never used her
pass; Chappelle-Nadal notes Clay's sister has one: "I've
only had one for a year ... I'm not upset, but I feel kind of cheated."
KC Star: Some area residents will see higher premiums
for Obamacare health insurance plans +
AP: McCaskill, Schumer World Series wager:
Public humiliation of displaying rival team's logo, plus one hundred
(100) dollars to urban charities
Drebes: MoScout poll: Cutting the number of
state representatives
CDT: MU student groups partner with online services to
increase voter turnout X
CDT: Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments in gun
rights cases X
KWMU: Ban on felons having guns could be undone by
2014 gun rights amendment
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court hears St. Louis gun rights
case
AP: Missouri ban on felons carrying guns challenged
again
KC Star: Former House Speakers still stewarding
contributor dollars; Cash on hand: Tim Jones at $732k,
Steve Tilley at $570k, Diehl at $206k +
The Missouri Times: Rep. T.J. Berry (R-Kearney) sees
steps being taken on path toward economic growth in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Protesters who disrupted Mizzou
Homecoming parade get sit-down meeting with Tim Wolfe, remain angry
KC Star: Missouri approves new midtown KC charter
school +
JCNT: Some area schools keeping cursive
relevant; Educators hope kids these days can balance keyboarding
with ability to sign their own name X
KWMU: State school board members hope to find more
taxpayer money for Normandy, Riverview
P-D: Riverview Gardens High students are behaving
better and scoring higher on tests than in previous years
KWMU: Black students achieve higher suspension rates
than white counterparts; Comments from DESE's Margie Vandeven
CDT: Federal judge denies attempt to halt execution
for triple-murderer Ernest Lee Johnson X
AP: Federal judge declines to block Missouri execution
of triple-murderer Ernest Lee Johnson
CDT: Appeals court rules Missouri law denies gays
protection from harassment X
KWMU: Rams fans direct their ire at Kroenke during
public meeting on team's future
Missourinet: Rams tell NFL officials what they think
of possible LA move
P-D: Emotional Rams fans plead case to NFL
Daily
American Republic: State says pollution lessened at off-road
park; Estimated crowd of 14,000 attended "Trucks Gone Wild"
gathering
JCNT editorial: In support of Speaker Todd
Richardson's effort to raise the standard of behavior at Capitol X
P-D op-ed: Gov. Jay Nixon: Working together to
pass comprehensive ethics overhaul: Imagining a world of no more
lobbyist gifts, no more offsite committee hearings, no more
intern-indulging, no more stewarding of campaign cash once officials
leave office, more
Priddy: A few thousand words on the late Harold Caskey
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Tuesday, October 27
Wall Street Journal: McCaskill, other Dems demand end
to Benghazi panel
The Hill: McCaskill pushes Navy on whistleblower
retaliation
P-D: McCaskill announces $10M in federal money for
Champ Clark Bridge replacement
WGEM: McCaskill announces approval of $10M federal
grant to help replace Champ Clark Bridge
Columbia Missourian: 21 years in the clink gives Jeff
Mizanskey a platform to push pro-pot agenda
Columbia Missourian: Reynolds Journalism Institute
forum Thursday will address social media and millennial voters;
Panel at Missouri state school includes zero Missouri professors or
researchers
Kraske: The Chat: Gov. Bob Holden on state's
lack of terrorist preparation prior to 9/11 +
The Missouri Times: New economic numbers put Missouri
on top in small business growth
KC Star: Nixon: Missouri led nation in business
creation in 2013 +
P-D: League of Women Voters' Gwen Moore calls for more
state transportation dollars to stay in St. Louis, Kansas City
KWMU: Proposed school standards are praised, panned at
state hearing
Missourinet: Proposed learning standards for Missouri
schools receive mixed reaction
AP: Proposed Missouri K-12 learning standards draw
criticism
Missourinet: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark) wants
investigation of judge whose ruling freed man who once confessed to
raping daughter
The Missouri Times: Miller looks to impeach circuit
court judge for letting confessed rapist free
JCNT: Sodomy case ruling faces appeal X
SNL: NAACP, Missouri Faith Voices, Dem candidate for
GOP state rep seat, others push for city council to take symbolic
stance in favor of Medicaid expansion; Council removes
minimum-wage increase from draft legislative-priority list X
KWMU: Are you ready for some (debate over)
football? Aldermen consider stadium financing plan
Missourinet: Koster warns Royals fans to watch out for
fake World Series tickets
KWMU: Colleges move with General Assembly to adjust
intern policies
AP: Missouri inmate seeks to block execution;
Lawyers for man who beat three people to death with a hammer say lethal
injection could cause seizures, convulsions
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court appoints special
judge in case of Reginald Clemons, sentenced to death in Chain of Rocks
murders; Man confessed to role in rape and murder of Kerry
sisters, then changed his mind
AP: Missouri court gets help to try to decide death
penalty case; Reginald Clemons and pals raped two Hazelwood East
grads, then shoved the girls off bridge to their death
KWMU: Representatives from two federal agencies rely
upon scientific data to show that landfill and surrounding areas are
safe; Crowd of 300 natives remain restless
KMOX: Hundreds of angry residents gather at union
hall, "fed up with reports and government-driven data"
P-D: EPA says decision near on firebreak at West Lake
Landfill
KC Star letter: Missouri Department of Revenue needs
to make explanation of license-plate renewal more clear +
CDT letter: Author of book on Thomas Jefferson:
Angry students' complaints about Jefferson are misplaced X
P-D letter: Paper's silly staged story on woman
corraling offspring for "evacuation drill" only adds to unfounded
hysteria
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Monday, October 26
Kraske: The Chat: Koster on EPA's
carbon-emissions overreach; McCaskill on National Guard
corruption; Richardson on MO House intern standards +
P-D: American Crossroads began running pro-Blunt ads
one week ago
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Dave
Spence; Panelists Jake Hummel, Tracy McCreery, Joe Lakin and Nick
Maddux discuss GOP gov primary, medical marijuana initiative,
state-school leadership controversy, more
Drebes: MoScout poll: Medical marijuana
Drebes: MoScout poll: Stem-cell research
Drebes: MoScout poll: Gun background checks
JCNT: Gov. Bob Holden tells Historical Society about
the legacy of Gov. James T. Blair, Jr.; Newspaper staff succumbs
to temptation of getting punny with Holden's name X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journoduo
has a chat with Rep. Kim Gardner (D-St. Louis) on House Dem caucus'
coping skills, 'right to work,' Planned Parenthood, how to handle cases
of cops defending themselves from criminals, and her political ambitions
Columbia Missourian: The short, controversial tenure
of Bowen Loftin; Positive comments from Sen. Jami Nasheed (D-St.
Louis), MU College Republicans, others
SE
Missourian: Kelso district gets perfect score from state;
Jackson district pleased with its overall score, still looking for ways
to boost laggard "subgroup" performance +
KWMU: Thoughts from one (1) teacher on Missouri and
Common Core standards; Angie Muse attempts to help educate North
County juveniles on behalf of Hazelwood School District
P-D: A cooperative effort: Small police
departments band together in North St. Louis County
Jezebel: Missouri's House Speaker would really like
Congressmen [sic] to stop
sexually harassing interns; Commenters weigh in on timing and
value of training, biological fact of young women being attracted to
successful older men, more
AP: Missouri, other states see increase in
lottery-ticket sales thanks to Illinois' budget mess
St. Joseph News-Press: Casino unconcerned over fantasy
sports sites like DraftKings and FanDuel; Missouri Gaming
Commission has no jurisdiction, and AG office has issued no opinions X
Missourinet: Nixon, NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo gamble on
World Series; Nixon to provide BBQ, coffee, Negro Leagues jersey,
Ford F-150 hat
P-D: Koster calls on EPA to remedy landfill issue
'without delay'
P-D editorial: Missouri's failure to act on juvenile
life terms could have expensive consequences
Washington Missourian editorial: Unnecessary data
collection; State Auditor Nicole Galloway's recommendations will
help improve cybersecurity X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Speaker Todd
Richardson's intern-standards approach is the right one, should be
implemented soon, and should serve as a model for the Missouri Senate X
Washington Missourian editorial: Story of local
pothead who lost track of toddlers shows political bias of
pro-marijuana Facebook users X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Case of local
dope enthusiast who lost track of toddlers a good example of why
marijuana initiatives deserve "no" vote X
P-D letter: Spanish Lake man reminds you to have a
little pride and spruce up your property this fall - especially you,
slumlords.
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Sunday, October 25
Washington Examiner: Profile: Christian Morgan,
formerly of Axiom Strategies and current chief of staff for Rep. Ann
Wagner
The Hill: Blunt press office signs free-agent flack
Katie Boyd, formerly of Speaker John Boehner's office
SNL: Springfield donors contribute little to
presidential campaigns, prefer Ben Carson, Hillary Clinton;
Neither candidate has raised more than $18,000 from area X
P-D: Maria Chappelle-Nadal says she's serious about
taking on eight-term incumbent Lacy Clay
KC Star: GOP governor candidates hope to avoid
repeating 1992 Missouri debacle; Divisive, negative campaign -
and a tarnished primary winner - allowed Mel Carnahan to waltz into
Governor's Mansion +
KC Star: Man who lied about sexual abuse as a boy
tries to get his father's name off of Missouri's sex-offender registry +
SNL: State report card highlights disparity among
Springfield schools; Affluent students perform well, while poor
students taking the exact same test continue to post disappointing
scores X
P-D: Emergency plans for West Lake Landfill stoke
fears; Comments from Koster's office, scientists, local
officials, residents
P-D: Video: Area woman conducts her own West
Lake Landfill "emergency drill" at home, attempts to corral her seven
(7) spawn into minivan; Toddler shrieks, weeps
P-D's Gallagher: Overview of the financial-services
policy battle between Ann Wagner and the Obama Administration and its
impact on local employers Edward Jones, Stifel, Scottrade and Wells
Fargo
P-D's Nicklaus: Critics of "Missouri Works" say
program favors large employers over smaller businesses
CDT op-ed: Crack-cocaine enthusiast Ernest Lee Johnson
- who scoped out convenience store and planned logistics of robbery,
then beat three employees to death with a hammer - should be spared
because of low IQ, hard-knock upbringing X
CDT op-ed: Social work professor: Ernest Lee
Johnson's mother drank when she was pregnant, so Nixon should cut
triple-murderer some slack X
P-D op-ed: Solutions to improve Ferguson and other
low-income communities: Approve more home loans for the
poor; Attempt to provide "financial and life counseling;"
More
P-D letter: Florissant resident says Congress is no
place for "pseudo-Democrat" like Maria Chappelle-Nadal
SNL letter: PIRG "Affordable Textbook Project" wants
McCaskill, Blunt to push for free online tomes at the expense of
texbook publishers and college bookstores X
JCNT letter: Bonnots Mill man opposes tobacco-tax
increase proposals, says they disproportionally affect the poor X
P-D letter: Alderman Cara Spencer (D): St. Louis
voters want their say on stadium financing
P-D letter: EPA regional administrator urges citizens
to consider facts, science amidst West Lake Landfill hysteria
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Saturday, October 24
Missourinet:
Missouri AG Chris Koster files challenge to EPA "Clean Power Plan,"
says compliance push is "economically risky"
AP:
Chris Koster one of only two Democratic attorneys general in U.S. to
stand up to Obama's energy regulations
Politico:
Aging with student debt; McCaskill, Elizabeth Warren ask feds to
conduct a study of the effects of Social Security garnishment on olds
who still have not managed to pay off their student loan debt
SNL:
Rep. Vicky Hartzler to aid investigation of Planned Parenthood X
The
Hill: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) at a crossroads, considering
options; McCaskill says she would welcome fellow sexagenarian in
the U.S. Senate
KC
Star: John Kasich announces Missouri team: Matt Roney,
Aaron Willard, Ryan Silvey, David Cole, Kenny Hulshof, others +
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics teaser:
Guest Dave Spence; Panel of Dem Reps. Jake Hummel and Tracy
McCreery, Joe Lakin, and Catherine Hanaway's Nick Maddux weigh in on
governor's race, pot proposals, more
The
Missouri Times: Tip Sheet: 2016 Missouri House races
Missourinet:
Speaker Todd Richardson releases proposed intern-behavior
processes: Interns must avoid all intercoursing/romantic
outercoursing with legislators or staff; Everyone must sit
through training; Full audio of interview with Speaker
KC
Star: Missouri House releases changes to intern, sexual
harassment policies +
SNL:
MSU tweaks internship program as state weighs changes
Columbia
Missourian: House speaker proposes update of sexual harassment
policy
CDT:
Richardson releases draft policy on interns, sexual harassment;
Rep. Kip Kendrick (D-Columbia) offers golden rule of avoiding oral
seduction: "Don't say something unless you could say it with your
mother around." X
P-D:
Richardson releases draft intern policy; Rep. John Rizzo
(D-Kansas City) calls plan "a step in the right direction"
The
Missouri Times: Speaker Todd Richardson releases intern policy
change recommendations; Suggestions win praise from Women's
Foundation
KWMU:
Intern/legislator behavior policy changes include outside counsel, an
ombudsman to hear coed complaints, more; Rep. Stacey Newman
(D-Richmond Heights) remains unhappy
P-D:
Stadium financing revealed: City to pay $70 million, plus rebate
some taxes
Ray
Hartmann: A primer on St. Louis NFL stadium financing:
Cutting through the confusion of a very expensive deal to the city
CDT:
Tim Wolfe agrees to spend time listening to litany of complaints from
students who disrupted Mizzou Homecoming parade X
CDT:
MU will host "New Media for New Voters" public forum: Panel of
five (5) professors includes zero from Missouri schools X
P-D:
St. Louis Public Schools leaders ask state for accreditation update
JCNT:
Ameren disappointed in Public Service Commission decision X
Missourinet:
Miscreants set fire to Barrel Bob; MoDOT says mascot will have
legs replaced, be back on the job within weeks
Columbia
Missourian: MoDOT mascot Barrel Bob vandalized and burned;
Officials say those who committed hate crime against orange-skinned man
will get off scot-free
P-D
editorial: County exec is right: Every county resident
deserves quality cops
SNL
op-ed: Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield): Fight for
'freedom' to work will continue X
KC
Star letter: Lone Jack man thinks Nixon's Ferguson Commission
should have had a broader scope, and dirty cops should be held
accountable for cover-ups +
P-D
letter: Fenton man says people who don't want to pay traffic
fines should avoid breaking traffic laws; Also, the poor are poor
largely because of the choices they make
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Friday, October 23
NY Times: Hillary Clinton advisers woo Biden
backers; McCaskill criticizes GOP's "pretend Benghazi committee" X
Missourinet: McCaskill applauds Clinton's
Benghazi-testimony performance
The Hill: McCaskill accuses Johnson of selective leaks
over Clinton's server
St. Joseph News-Press: Sam Graves helps lead highway
legislation X
SNL: Thousands wait in line to see Ben Carson in
Springfield X
AP: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith endorses Marco Rubio for
president
The Missouri Times: Former Clinton Labor Secretary
Robert Reich brings book tour to mid-Missouri; Dem Reps. Stephen
Webber, Kip Kendrick stop by to say hi
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Obamacare and
Medicare premiums; Mike Parson on divisive primaries; Jake
Hummel on GOP's temporary lack of intern action +
KTVO (Kirksville): State treasurer candidate Eric
Schmitt returns to college stomping grounds
Drebes:
Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) running for Senate District TBD
The Missouri Times: Jack Spooner to host GOP pig roast
tomorrow in St. Charles; Former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Jack
Clark to take ceremonial first swipe at swine
KWMU: University of Missouri gets swept into renewed
battle over embryonic stem-cell research
Columbia Missourian: There is no unexplainable gender
wage gap among MU faculty, report shows; Differences in pay are
due to the fact men have, on average, more experience
KOMU: MU women organize a 'Taking Back Beauty'
campaign urging no makeup for one (1) whole entire week; Gals'
group promotes 'healthy confidence' of a fard-free face
Columbia Missourian: Photo Gallery: Students
defeat racism/sexism/other -isms by writing slurs on "Hate Wall," then
destroying said wall; Hateful works include "immigrant," "THOT
(that ho over there)," "feminazi," more
KOMU: DESE working to protect students against cyber
threats; Comments from State Auditor Nicole Galloway
CDT: State audit finds area of concern with DESE
collection of student information X
P-D: 2015 Performance Report: Students in St.
Charles County, West/Central/South St. Louis County, Jefferson County
perform well; St. Louis City, North St. Louis County students
disappoint
JCNT: Area school districts accredited;
Jefferson City narrowly averts losing accreditation X
Columbia Missourian: Columbia students see improvement
in state annual progress report; Area's "super subgroups" of
poor/mentally handicapped/black students improved their performance
SNL: On state 'report card' Springfield gains ground X
Missourinet: Report: Most Missouri schools meet
education standards, but "super subgroups" of poor/mentally
handicapped/black/non-English-speaking students still dragging down
average scores
KWMU: Students in subpar school districts show
improvement, with Normandy students still the most
disappointing; No clear pattern for charter schools
KWMU: A closer look at annual report cards: How
poorly-performing student bodies are starting to do better
AP: Riverview Gardens, Normandy students show
improvement; Ferguson-Florissant students among disappointing
performers this year
KC Star: Kansas City Council repeals minimum-wage hike +
The Missouri Times: Highway 54 bridge maintenance
underway may indicate future of MoDOT's projects
The Missouri Times: Legislators speak at Associated
Industries of Missouri conference
P-D: Ameren efficiency program may end after Missouri
regulators reject utility plan
The Missouri Times: Ameren's Missouri Energy
Efficiency Investment Act (MEEIA) plan takes center stage at PSC meeting
AP:
St. Louis City giving back money from red-light camera violations
KMWU: Richard Davis appeals 2006 murder conviction
before Missouri Supreme Court; Man and his girlfriend kidnapped
two women in separate instances, then videotaped themselves raping and
murdering them
AP: FBI director says agency used aerial surveillance
over Ferguson
KWMU: St. Louis City eclipses last year's murder total
with 160th urban homicide; More than 90 percent of victims are
black
KC Star editorial: Discouraging declines in scores for
Kansas City, Hickman School districts +
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian takes readers down a
meandering path of thoughts on Bowen Loftin, Tim Wolfe, health care
subsidies, more X
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Community Credit Union's Patrick
Adams: Smart federal rules can make credit fair
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Missouri should start
moving forward on energy efficiency in homes
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman suggests that
instead of funding a St. Louis City sports stadium, Missouri taxpayers
should hand that money over to public defenders
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Thursday, October 22
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill pushes for return of
EPA dollars X
Missourinet: Blunt attributes rise in Medicare
premiums to nature of Obamacare
Agri-Pulse: Blunt on impact of government regulations
on farm families, House Speaker race, spending battles, GMO labeling,
more
Politico: McCaskill slams Sen. Ron Johnson over
"selective" e-mail releases
KC Star: Local officials tell a U.S. Senate panel that
Kansas City No Violence Alliance has been successful +
KWMU: Senate Special Committee on Aging hears about
tech-support scams; Comments from ranking member McCaskill
KWMU: Effort to nab new National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency site may benefit from eminent domain
AP: St. Louis panel OKs resolution in bid for spy
agency campus
KWMU: Social-work professors bring poverty-tales book
tour to St. Louis; Authors claim those on the dole would rather
work for a living
KWMU: Maria Chappelle-Nadal files paperwork, says
she'll follow through on threat to run against Lacy Clay
P-D: Chappelle-Nadal says she'll run against Lacy Clay
CDT: Mike Parson speaks to Boone County GOP Central
Committee, warns of dangers of bitter primaries X
The Missouri Times: Lt. gov candidate Brad Bradshaw
(D) proposes medical marijuana amendment
Drebes:
Missouri Promise conducting telephone polling; List of questions
Top Producer magazine: All about "Right to
Farm"; Clarence, Mo. hog producer Chris Chinn talks about
Missouri's effort
Kraske: The Chat: Kinder rips Nixon's budget cuts +
Missourinet: Missouri Republican legislators ask state
agencies about effect of budget restrictions
CDT: Curators mum on topics discussed in four-hour
closed session X
The Missouri Times: UM curators meet behind closed
doors for four hours, disclose nothing on Loftin
Columbia Missourian: No announcement after closed UM
curators meeting
P-D: Closed-door meeting triggers questions over
Mizzou chancellor's fate
KWMU: Mizzou signs new agreement to allow nursing
students to train at Planned Parenthood
AP: MU nursing school to enter into new agreements
Missourinet: Missouri education department to change
student data collection after audit
AP: After report from Auditor Nicole Galloway,
Missouri to stop collecting student Social Security numbers
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether
wrongful death cases are subject to caps on damages
AP: Lawyer challenges Missouri limits on noneconomic
damages
P-D: St. Louis aldermen to call for public vote on
stadium funding
Missourinet: Missouri House party members trade
messages about intern policy
The Missouri Times: Democrats want action on intern
policy
P-D: Rep. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) wants more action
on intern policy
P-D: "American Council for an Energy Efficient
Economy" ranks Missouri near the bottom
KWMU: Police chiefs, meeting in D.C., say Michael
Brown robbery/assault/shooting created momentum for changing practices
AP: Stenger wants uniform policing standards across
county's 57 municipal police departments
P-D: Student finds loaded gun on playground of
Ferguson elementary school
AP: Officials: Student finds gun on Ferguson
school playground; Officials believe incident was a result of
community members using grounds after school
P-D editorial: Missouri Courts Plan turns 75. It needs
tweaking.
CDT's Waters: GOP surprise: Jack Danforth gives
money to Josh Hawley X
KC Star's Sanchez: American Cancer Society, unions,
successful businessmen donate big money to Misssouri campaigns, and
that's not healthy +
Smithville Herald op-ed: Be sure to know Missouri deer
laws and your rights; Missouri Dept. of Conservation's Larry
Yamnitz "probably has never disciplined or fired an agent for anything"
Columbia Missourian letter: Area woman says
legislators who oppose Medicaid expansion are bad and need to be
punished
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman responds to piece
on MSD trying to collect on overdue bills, suggests sad-sack debtors
should cancel their TV and Internet and start making better choices
P-D letter: Ballwin man says Dem candidates' "Black
Lives Matter" gibber is the lowest of pandering
P-D letter: Maryland Heights man suggests that
Post-Dispatch follow its own advice, move headquarters to the epicenter
of urban violence in North St. Louis City
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Wednesday, October 21
The
Hill: Blunt's bipartisan legislation enables federal grants for
new mental health clinics
Washington
Post: McCaskill, Sen. Tim Carper (D-Del.) raise concerns about
proliferation of single-source 'bridge' contracts
Columbia
Missourian: Fact Check: McCaskill's statement about Rand
Paul and super PACs rated "False"
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill says bombastic Trump and African-American
doctor Carson would have her "dancing a jig;" Missouri Alliance
for Freedom's Ryan Johnson on ethics +
SNL:
Ben Carson to bring presidential campaign/book tour to Springfield
tomorrow X
KC
Star: KC Mayor Sly James one of 50 black mayors to endorse
Hillary Clinton for president +
P-D:
Blunt campaign presses Kander on immigration stance
KC
Star: Brad Bradshaw, running for Dem lt. gov post, proposes legal
medical marijuana +
Drebes: Jami's B-Day
Bash: The never-ending host committee
KC
Star's Jason Hancock: Analysis: The top 10 most generous
political donors in Missouri: Successful businessmen, unions
defending workers' rights, corporations defending their freedom to
operate, others making their voices heard +
Drebes: Help
Wanted: Beyond Housing seeks government affairs manager
Bloomberg:
Payrolls decline in 27 states in September, led by Missouri
The
Missouri Times: Republicans speak out against Nixon's $50M budget
withholdings
P-D:
Planned Parenthood's contracted pathology lab repeatedly fails to file
state-required paperwork
Columbia
Missourian: MU nursing school to enter into new agreements with
Planned Parenthood
Columbia
Missourian: MU students petition in support of Jefferson statue
and legacy on campus
KWMU:
"We Live Here" series: St. Louis educators discuss approaches to
dealing with kids who choose to behave badly
KWMU:
University City Children's Center's Steve Zwolak shares theories on
dealing with misbehaving kids
Missourinet:
Missouri man behind videotaped rapes and murders challenges death
penalty
Missourinet:
Neglect is the leading complaint to Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect
Hotline
Missourinet:
Missouri high court to consider timing as a factor in wrongful death
liability
The
Missouri Times: Sen. Gary Romine (R-Farmington) protests state
park built with settlement funds
The
Missouri Times: NFL holding public hearing on 'potential
relocation'
KWMU:
Overview of Bridgeton and West Lake landfills issue: Facts and
science, speculation and hysteria
CDT:
Bruce Cole seeking to reverse guilty plea in Mamtek criminal case X
NY
Times: St. Louis officials believe arsons at six black churches
are linked; Statement from Nixon's office
P-D:
Newspaper carriers sue Post-Dispatch, Lee Enterprises
KC
Star editorial: Clean Power Plan will slice pollution, boost
renewable energy; Koster wrong to appeal to conservatives with
his stance +
P-D
editorial: St. Louis' black residents hit hardest by debt, and
the General Assembly should do something about it
P-D
op-ed: Increase awareness of HPV and its role in mouth and throat
cancer in Missouri
The
Missouri Times letter: Emery secretary Rose Granich gives an
update on senator's health and progress
KC
Star letter: KC woman says raising minimum wage is the fair thing
to do +
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Tuesday, October 20
P-D: Missourians give more than $2M to presidential
campaigns; List of candidates, notable MO contributors
The Chicago Maroon (University of Chicago):
McCaskill: Ben Carson on a Trump ticket would have her "dancing a
jig"
Kraske: The Chat: American Crossroads on
pro-Blunt ads +
KWMU: American Crossroads subsidiary runs pro-Blunt ads
KC Star: Successful businessman David Koch hosts
dinner, will split cash between Blunt and two other candidates +
CDT: Late crops and low prices test promises of 2014
farm bill X
KWMU: Monsanto joins 80 other companies to support
White House push for global effort on greenhouse gases
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Kit
Bond outlines his life in politics and policy: Days as governor,
earmarks, modern-day Medicaid expansion, chestnuts growing on his open
fields, more
The Missouri Times: Pro-pot campaigns generate support
in online polls; Mark Habbas talks about his work on bipartisan
legislation for medical marijuana
JCNT: Jeff Mizanskey speaks at NORML meeting, regales
crowd of nearly two dozen with tales of unsavory prison food and
convict fistfights X
KC Star: Profile: Speaker Todd
Richardson +
Missourinet: Nixon announces budget restrictions in
response to tobacco settlement ruling
Missourinet: GOP legislators call Nixon's budget
restrictions unnecessary
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon's budget cuts hit
Rosecrans to the tune of $3M X
JCNT: Nixon slashes $46.1 million from budget X
KC Star: Nixon slices $46 million from Missouri budget
to cover lost revenue from tobacco settlement
+
KWMU: Nixon withholds $46.1 million from Missouri
budget
AP: Nixon blocks $46M in state spending to "fix"
Missouri budget
P-D: Nixon withholds $46.1M in new programs
Columbia Missourian: Nixon withholds $46.1M from new
programs
KOLR: Oregon County residents fight plan for new state
park; Sen. Mike Cunningham (R-Rogersville) will introduce
legislation to sell the land if DNR purchases it
The Missouri Times: Missouri Alliance for Freedom
pushing "ethics pledge"
CDT: Students who disrupted Mizzou Homecoming parade
still angry; Comments from UM spokesman John Fougere X
KC Star: Overview of campus protest actions in
MO: Marches that marked Michael Brown's strong-arm
robbery/assault/death, MU grad student health insurance, more +
Columbia Missourian: Mizzou junior begins "Ain't I a
Black Woman" discussion series; First event will focus on coping
with "beauty pressures" placed upon young women of color
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education supports cap
on reimbursements for pre-school special education
Missourinet: Missouri struggles to find foster care
for some children more than others
KC Star: Farmers Insurance pays to settle complaint
under Missouri no-call list law +
AP: Farmers Insurance settles Missouri no-call lawsuit
for $575k
P-D: Koster files suit against Charter, accuses cable
giant of telemarketing violations
STLBJ: Koster lawsuit claims Charter violated no-call
laws
P-D: Public hearing Oct. 27 on Rams' potential move to
Los Angeles
KC Star editorial: Small businesses in Missouri
deserve real help, not lip service; Missouri Works benefits big
employers, and that's destructive to Kansas City +
P-D editorial: Missouri accidentally made the case for
gun background checks
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Silence announces
the sentiment of those who don't speak; Tim Wolfe should have
shown more sensitivity to those who blocked his car and disrupted the
MU Homecoming parade
P-D letter: New Haven man says record-setting urban
murder season directly attributable to "greed of too many of the
already wealthy"
P-D letter: Wentzville man says reason for St. Louis
City's high-water homicide performance is simple - the criminal element
feels empowered and cops are afraid to do their jobs
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Monday, October 19
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill's bipartisan effort
on "orphaned earmarks" +
AP:
Valeant subpoenaed over patient-assistance program, pricing
Missourinet: Iran deal takes another step, but Sen.
Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) urges opposition via "Defund Iran" campaign
SNL: American Crossroads subsidiary begins TV, radio
advertisements on behalf of Blunt X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Eric
Greitens; Panel of Jack Cardetti, Jane Dueker, Rep. Jay Barnes
(R-Jefferson City), Aaron Willard discuss Greitens, minimum wage
Drebes:
Rex Sinquefield's contribution to Kurt Schaefer
Rosenbaum: Lawmakers struggle to close General
Assembly's revolving door; Rep. Keith English
(I-Florissant): "People have said that no matter what I decide to
do, that I'll do very good at it ... I don't [cattle-excretory
expletive] people."
Missourinet: Missouri Children's Division says the
state needs more foster homes
P-D: Pay raise for public defenders unlikely;
38-year-old Jefferson County man laments the struggle of high workload
and paltry pay in the profession he chose
SE
Missourian: Area anti-drug group wins $625,000 federal grant +
Columbia Missourian: Most-read stories of the
week: Activists complaining about Thomas Jefferson, activists
disrupting Homecoming parade, activists complaining about Christopher
Columbus
SE
Missourian editorial: Richard Kinder's donation to University of
Missouri - with the purpose of teaching students the U.S. Constitution
- makes all of us richer +
KC Star's Derek Donovan: How does the Star's editorial
board work? Seasoned citizens Yael Abouhalkah, Barb Shelly, Steve
Paul, Lewis Diuguid "represent the institutional voice of the Star" +
P-D: ProPublica - "Investigative journalism in the
public interest": Utilities attempt to recoup the money owed to
them by St. Louis residents; Sad stories, tears from adults
incapable of paying their own bills
P-D letter: St. Louis Rajiv Ravulapati says Nixon's
proposed energy plan is a good start for Missouri
Columbia Missourian letter: Female rabbi from
Massachusetts applauds climate-change advocates paddling the Missouri
River
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Sunday, October 18
P-D: Railroads,
Amtrak say service could stop without more time to install safety
technology; McCaskill, Blunt push for extension
The Maneater: Mid-Missouri for Bernie Sanders hosted
watch party Tuesday; Sanders campaign claims 463 people attended
event
P-D: Obamacare extends the reach of breast cancer
charity "Gateway to Hope"
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
teaser: Guest Eric Greitens; Panel handicaps Greitens'
chances to win GOP primary and general, talks minimum wage, more
The Missouri Times: Profile: Rep. Anne Zerr
(R-St. Charles) is The Iron Lady of Missouri Republicans
P-D: Victims' families worry about reconsideration of
juvenile killers' life sentences
P-D: Missouri, with many juvenile criminals earning
life sentences in jail, lags in response to Supreme Court action
SNL: Missouri touts efforts to improve mental health
services X
CDT: MU graduate students respond to Loftin's health
insurance guarantee X
The Maneater: Majority of students - including 63% of
undergraduate females - say sexual assault is not a problem at MU
Columbia Missourian: Experts push sustainable food
systems at workshop; One of every ten adults in St. Louis has
diabetes, nearly one of every three is fat
JCNT: Obesity prevention programs coming to mid-Mo.
schools thanks to Missouri Foundation for Health; More than 1 of
8 toddlers spawned from the poor are fat X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Taxpayers will fund a
"hefty" amount of money for program to improve the lives of
mid-Missouri's poor X
SNL editorial: Better mental health services are
needed; Lawmakers refuse to expand Medicaid, so other options
must be explored X
KC Star letter: In defense of Missouri's payday loan
corporations +
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Saturday, October 17
P-D: Clay, Luetkemeyer, Wagner report Q3 fundraising
totals; Bill Otto, filling Dem ballot slot versus Wagner, has
$65K cash on hand
The Missouri Times: 2016 Tip Sheet: Blunt vs.
Kander; Gov race and other statewide races, including details on
cash raised and campaign consultants on the payroll
AP: Successful businessmen pick sides in GOP AG
primary: David Humphreys backs Joshua Hawley, while Rex
Sinquefield contributes to Kurt Schaefer
CDT: Stephen Webber outpaces Caleb Rowden in
fundraising for 19th District seat X
The Missouri Times: 2016 Q3 campaign reports:
Missouri House of Representatives candidates
Drebes:
Sen. Brian Munzlinger (R-Williamstown) hiring; Opportunity to
play "good cop" to mid-MO GOP stalwart Pat Thomas
The Missouri Times: Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, John Brunner
score big in Rep. Paul Curtman's "In Defense of Liberty Dinner" straw
poll
JCNT: Nixon orders flags to half-staff to honor marine X
CDT: MoDOT unveils plan for $1.2M in local bridge
replacement projects X
SNL: Area residents may be able to vote on new taxes
for early education; Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield), Rep. Lincoln
Hough (R-Springfield) discuss enabling legislation X
P-D: EPA disputes Koster's landfill reports, calls
them "not helpful"
KWMU: Federal report shows no radiation risk to
communities around West Lake Landfill
KSDK: Report: No health risk to communities
surrounding West Lake Landfill
KWMU: Republic Services casts doubt on landfill fire
expert's report; In deposition, Tony Sperling backpedals on
notion that "fire" was spreading north
KC Star editorial: New mental health crisis center is
a good first step, but much more is needed; Missouri is backing
away from financing mental health care +
JCNT editorial: Study links marijuana to risky
behavior by youth; Data shows prepubescent pro-pot kids more
likely than peers to be driving drunk by age 16 X
P-D editorial: Another committee to study a problem
with an obvious solution; Missouri Supreme Court moves slowly to
municipal court overhaul in St. Louis County
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Friday, October 16
The Missouri Times: Federal, state officials applaud
ruling on Waters of the United States
KWMU: McCaskill, Blunt, Wagner weigh in on Senate
filibuster rule
Wall Street Journal: Valeant probe reprises federal
focus on drug pricing; McCaskill not satisfied by company's
response
Bloomberg: Valeant slumps as U.S. prosecutors issue
subpoenas on prices; Comments from McCaskill on company's claims
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on Valeant;
Nixon still wants Medicaid expansion; Judge on St. Louis City's
superfluous minimum wage "law" +
SNL: Marijuana petition campaigns kicking off in the
Ozarks; NORML rep Trish Bertrand says passing a recreational-use
law would be a tough sell, so they'll start with "medical" uses first X
The Missouri Times: 2015 Q3 campaign reports:
Missouri governor candidates
The Missouri Times: 2015 Q3 campaign reports:
Missouri lieutenant governor candidates
The Missouri Times: 2015 Q3 campaign reports:
Missouri secretary of state candidates
The Missouri Times: 2015 Q3 campaign reports:
Missouri state treasurer candidates
The Missouri Times: 2015 Q3 campaign reports:
Missouri attorney general candidates
The Missouri Times: 2015 Q3 campaign reports:
Missouri Senate candidates
KWMU: Koster reports more than $5M in the bank,
outpacing all Republicans; Danforth endorses Peter Kinder
P-D: Greitens tops GOP fundraising in governor's race
- mostly from outside Missouri
AP: Governor's race Q3 fundraising summary
Kraske: Eric Greitens shines brighly in new
book; Time Magazine's Joe Klein gushes over former Navy
SEAL: Tattoo-free teetotaller is dedicated to a life of service +
CDT: Jack Danforth cites longtime friendship with
Joshua Hawley to explain support in AG race X
Columbia Missourian: Stephen Webber leads the pack in
campaign fundraising
The Missouri Times: Progress Missouri names new
executive director: Laura Swinford, most recently communications
director for SOS Jason Kander
Drebes: Sen. Joe Keaveny (D-St. Louis), Rep. Mike
Colona (D-St. Louis) among those seeking judgeship
P-D: Paul LeVota says he hasn't decided what to do
with his campaign cash
Missourinet: Wide-ranging interview with Rep. Keith
English (I-Florissant): His desire to work for Will Kraus and
Mike Parson campaigns; Koster winning race for governor;
Thoughts on Jake Hummel and House Dems with "chip on their shoulder";
No details on the job he's taking or when he'll go away
P-D: Medicare premium increases may hurt state
Medicaid plans
AP:
Missouri to proceed with cuts to jobless benefits; Unemployed
will continue receiving benefits for more than 3 months
CDT: Rep. Diane Franklin (R-Camdenton) takes credit
for ending privileges for Columbia abortion clinic doctor X
The Missouri Times: St. Louis judge strikes down
city's minimum wage increase
Columbia Missourian: Graduate students, still unhappy
after Loftin's concession, hold "grade-in" to show anger
JCNT: Ameren customers could see lowest rate in 15
years X
KWMU: Meeting about landfills draws crowd; Area
ladies express fears
P-D: Residents attend public hearing about Bridgeton
landfill; Insight from 16-year-old Shhdwafi Youssef; Photos
of woman shouting into microphone, woman weeping, more
P-D: Ferguson 1000 hosts job fair tomorrow
P-D: St. Louis City ties last year's homicide total,
with 2 1/2 months of murders left to go
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. David Sater
(R-Cassville): Ethics: The foundation of our political
system
P-D letter: Sierra Club's John Hickey: Chris
Koster disappoints with his opposition to Obama's Clean Power Plan
P-D letter: Webster Groves resident notes that
Missouri law forces a woman to wait a whole three (3) days before
terminating a pregnancy
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Thursday, October 15
Politico: Angry GOP Senate freezes out Obama nominees,
including former McCaskill legislative director
KWMU: Blunt has three times as much money in the bank
as Jason Kander
KC Star: Blunt campaign claims fundraising edge in
Missouri's U.S. Senate race +
AP: Blunt touts $4.4M for election, rival Kander at
$1.6M
CDT: Coalition floats energy petition to Jefferson
City; Environmentalists unhappy with Koster's stand on EPA
regulations X
The Missouri Times: Environmentalists deliver
petitions to Nixon by canoe
Columbia Missourian: Environmentalists paddle 26 miles
on Missouri River to prove a point about climate change
JCNT: Health care jobs on horizon in
mid-Missouri; $15M in federal taxpayer money to be spent training
poor people for careers in health care X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on women's
superiority as lawmakers; Speaker Todd Richardson on St. Louis
City stadium +
KC Star: Kansas City to get a mental health assessment
center; Koster announced center as result of negotiations with
Ascension Health +
KCUR: New Kansas City health center will get $20M from
hospital sales
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Journoduo
chats with Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) on 'right to work'
prospects and GOP reps who voted no, St. Louis stadium funding, more
The Missouri Times: College of the Ozarks' Left/Right
Debate stars Hanaway, state lawmakers, national columnists
Missourinet: Missouri Republicans consider abortion
law proposals for 2016; One proposes abortion memorial
KWMU: Missouri House Republicans float several ideas
for tightening regulations on abortion providers
The Missouri Times: House holds another investigative
hearing on Planned Parenthood fetal tissue controversy
Columbia Missourian: House committees hear from
pathologist contracted by Planned Parenthood
KWMU: Judge strikes down city's minimum wage law
P-D: Judge strikes down St. Louis City's minimum wage
law hours before it takes effect
The Missouri Times: ACLU sues Missouri over tuition
for immigrants
CDT: Loftin: MU will cover graduate assistants'
health insurance costs next year X
Columbia Missourian: MU chancellor guarantees graduate
student employee health insurance subsidies now, in future
The Missouri Times: Kevin Gadsey's move to Missouri
signals more advocacy for state's disabled
P-D: Charlack police on verge of disbanding;
Eric Schmitt's Senate Bill 5 affects controversial municipality with
"rocky reputation as a speed trap"
P-D: Slay hopeful 'report card' spurs action on
Mississippi River
P-D: Ferguson could be beneficiary of Square public
offering; Spending suggestions from Ferguson Democratic
Committeewoman Patricia "Patricialicious" Bynes, others
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court forms Commission
on racial and ethnic fairness
Columbia Missourian: Students who disrupted Mizzou
Homecoming parade complain about treatment by police
KWMU: Normandy reports that middle schoolers are
acting more civilized; Ban on cell phones has helped
P-D: Normandy School District shows signs of stability
Drebes:
Rep. Tommie Pierson (D-St. Louis) ends using church space for youth
programs after violence and break-ins
P-D: Post-Dispatch reporter Paul Hampel departs
newspaper, will work for County Exec Steve Stenger; Veteran
scribe was attacked, injured during Ferguson protesters'
one-year-anniversary riot
P-D op-ed: Missouri Farmers Union: Climate
change will affect Missouri's family farmers
KC Star letter: Area liberal suggests, sarcastically,
that Rex Sinquefield be anointed King of Missouri and the Show-Me
Institute serve as his Legislature +
P-D letter: St. Louis man says that Missouri firearm
homicide rates have increased since gun-purchase laws were loosened
P-D letter: Scientist urges residents pay attention to
facts - rather than act hysterically - in West Lake Landfill case
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Wednesday, October 14
Washington Examiner: Obama's energy plan gets hit from
the left; MO AG Chris Koster will join lawsuit against Clean
Power Plan
St. Joseph News-Press: Defense measure finds partisan
divide; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt, Graves X
CDT: Grant will encourage SNAP recipients to spend
taxpayer money at farmers market; $147,000 on direct mail, other
tools for "marketing the farmers market" to those on the dole X
The Missouri Times: Missouri NEA votes in favor of
Hillary Clinton endorsement
The Daily Pennsylvanian: McCaskill speaks at
Wharton; Senior senator touts Clinton, says America will be
better once another 40 male U.S. Senators go away and are replaced with
women
KWMU: Need is high and resources are slim for victims
of human trafficking, advocates say; Comments from Ann Wagner,
Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield), others
The Pitch (KC): Activist group says Blaine Luetkemeyer
is carrying water for the payday loan industry
JCNT:
Lincoln University receives $4.4M education grant; Provost thanks
McCaskill, Blunt, Luetkemeyer X
Missourinet: ACLU sues four Missouri colleges and
universities over immigrant students' hiked tuition; Three adults
who snuck into the U.S. as kids face hardship of paying nonresident
tuition
AP: Immigrants sue Missouri colleges over higher
tuition rate; ACLU of Missouri's Jeffrey Mittman says charging
students higher tuition is "mean-spirited"
The Missouri Times: Joint Rules Committee hears
dispute between DESE, Nixa district
Columbia Missourian: Former Planned Parenthood worker,
pathology lab rep to meet with Missouri House committees
Missourinet: Statewide standards proposed for
Missouri's juvenile justice system
The Missouri Times: Child Abuse and Neglect Committee
meets to discuss new statewide standards recommendations
KC Star: Rates may not shine so brightly on
solar-powered homes in Missouri +
Columbia Missourian: Falling employment causes state
to deactivate another IBM incentive
AP: Letter from Speaker Todd Richardson blasts state
money for St. Louis City stadium
P-D: Residents near old lead mines dislike plan for
new state park
P-D: Mississippi River 'report card' gives watershed a
D+
The Missouri Times: Auditor Nicole Galloway to join
micro-conference on cybersecurity
Missourinet: Missouri Department of Insurance suggests
Missourians consider purchasing earthquake insurance
KSMU: Missouri Department of Conservation holds
presentation on managing urban deer population
KWMU: New commission set up by Missouri Supreme Court
will pursue 'racial and ethnic fairness" in Missouri legal system
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court committee will study
racial issues in the state's justice system
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: It's time to
lift the crude oil export ban X
CDT's Waters: Octogenarian says Black Lives Matter
positions "surely irritate many of us," but at least they're not going
overboard X
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: Sexagenarian columnist wears
20-year-old hoodie to "1,000 Man March," commiserates with Alvin Brooks
about lack of turnout, future of urban area, etc. +
SNL letter: Area liberal dislikes ALEC, applauds Rep.
Charlie Norr (D-Springfield) for voting against 'right to work' X
P-D letter: D.C.-based industry group representing
installment loan companies responds to anti-payday-loan editorial
P-D letter: Chesterfield octogenarian expresses anger
about Koster's stance on old hens, says she hopes Missouri loses EPA
energy lawsuit too
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Tuesday, October 13
Missourinet: Electric cooperatives, Missouri Alliance
for Freedom pleased with Koster joining challenge of EPA emissions
regulations
Hannibal Courier-Post: Blunt, Graves pleased with
court decision on EPA's "Waters of the U.S." rule
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest John Brunner
talks about his bid for governor; Panelists Katie Casas, Rep.
Travis Fitzwater, Ryan Johnson, and Eli Yokley discuss governor's
race, EPA energy regulations, and Uber's freedom to operate in St. Louis
CDT: Kurt Schaefer secures $500k donation from Rex
Sinquefield; Joshua Hawley touts fundraising totals
Drebes:
Rep. Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City) fundraiser gets above-average
attendance, serving 730 pork steaks
CDT: College Democrats squawking over tweet from
Pachyderm leader; At MU Homecoming parade, sexagenarian Fred
Berry tweeted pic of what he considered a prime rear view
Columbia Missourian: Students march to protest
Columbus day; 18-year-old woman, whose relatives live on an
Indian reservation, weeps
KOMU: State Board of Education set to review proposed
math and English guidelines
KMZU
(Carrollton): Opiod abuse in health care delivery shows a
dramatic increase; Interview with Missouri Hospital Association's
Dave Dillon
P-D: School districts prepare for potential emergency
involving West Lake Landfill
KWMU: Public gets a chance to weigh in on nominees for
St. Louis police civilian oversight board
P-D editorial: Chris Koster, thinking backward,
decides to fight the EPA; Gov candidate disappoints with his
"10th Amendment flag-flying"
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: McCaskill,
Blunt pushing to improve Veterans Affairs services
Columbia Missourian's Carly Kenney: Mandatory
diversity training is a good thing
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Monday, October 12
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on EPA's
water-regulation overreach; Koster on EPA's energy-regulation
overreach
+
SNL: One year out from general election, most local
GOP state reps face zero or token opposition; GOP primary set for
Eric Burlison's seat X
St. Joseph News-Press: Legal weed faces opponents in
office; County prosecutor challenges "false narrative" on number
of potheads in jail X
KWMU: Prescription painkiller abuse cases on the rise
in Missouri hospitals
JCNT: Profile: Missouri Senate Secretary Adriane
Crouse X
Missourinet: Missouri legislative hearings on Planned
Parenthood continue this week
AP: New proposed Missouri math, English standards up
for review
KWMU: Arts Academy teachers face bumps to being first
charter school in city to unionize
Student Life (Washington University): "Student-Worker
Alliance" complains about working conditions for adjunct faculty;
Chancellor Mark Wrighton says less-than-full professors have real
full-time jobs elsewhere and are simply supplementing their salary
Truman Index: New budget may freeze tuition
Rosenbaum: St. Louis stadium bill will be shipped to a
deeply skeptical aldermanic committee
Missourinet: Missouri Department of Conservation
expands pheasant hunting to statewide
Daily
American Republic: Billboard in Poplar Bluff changed after
outcry; Missouri Municipal League says "guns, ammo & cool
sh--!!" sign protected by First Amendment
St. Joseph News-Press: Gun show draws
enthusiasts; Vendor: "Sales are booming, especially with
everything that's going on politically" X
KC Star: Olive Garden apologizes to KC police officer
asked to leave because he was armed +
Student Life (Washington University): Gun violence
initiative struggles due to lack of student participation;
Organizer: contrary to what many believe, "crime is localized to
specific areas and perpetrators in (St. Louis) city"
KWMU: North County business owner re-opens boutique
destroyed in Ferguson riots
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Another drug
threat: Prescription pain killers up, with young white males the
stars now in the dope show X
SNL editorial: Impact of poverty affects entire
community; While some note that the poor make bad choices,
everyone can agree that the poors' offspring aren't to blame X
KC Star editorial: Kansas City must keep battling to
reduce consistently high murder rates; Missouri legislators
should reverse course and support stricter gun laws +
KC Star editorial: University of Missouri leaders
should spend more time, resources on ending racism; Forcing
students and staff to sit through online training is not enough +
KC Star op-ed: Former state Rep. Kevin Elmer
(R-Nixa): Ethics reform in the Missouri Capitol starts with me +
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Sunday, October 11
KMIZ (Columbia): Transcript of conversation with Rep.
Vicky Hartzler on Iran, Speaker race, her opposition to medical
marijuana, more
SNL: Ex-Sen. Jim Talent revs up fight over whether
ethanol must be added to fuel X
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) says
nation's energy security needs re-examination; Oil-industry
group "Vets4Energy" opposes ethanol +
Missourinet: Koster challenges Obama administration's
federal carbon emission regulations
P-D: Missouri files suit to block U.S. from recouping
overpayments made to hospitals
Kraske: At Dem Halloween-themed fundraiser, McCaskill
dresses up as Cruella de Vil, posts photo to Twitter +
CDT: Planned Parenthood protesters out in force
locally for national event X
The Missouri Times: Teaser: What's on today's
This Week in Missouri Politics
KC Star: Josh Hawley's camp for attorney general
claims new fundraising record for a down-ballot race +
JCNT: Two groups approved to circulate 8 petitions for
tobacco tax hikes X
KOMU (Columbia): Mid-Missouri political groups
campaign among large MU Homecoming crowd; Comments from Boone
County GOP's Mike Zweifel
JCNT: Lawmakers finally move on study of state pay,
benefits X
P-D: SLU case highlights the gray areas of campus
sexual assault investigations
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) involved in land
dispute with Cape +
P-D: Amid reforms, municipal court traffic cases and
revenue plummet
St. Joseph News-Press: Season for deer-involved
accidents is near; Wild animals "so entranced in the dating
ritual" that they have no regard for vehicles
X
Columbia Missourian: Angry students block Homecoming
parade, delay Tim Wolfe's car for 15 minutes; Paradegoers weigh
in on protesters' use of racial slurs at family-friendly event
Columbia
Missourian: Video: Male protest leader shouts racial slur
into bullhorn; Female protesters sob uncontrollably, find comfort
in men's arms
CDT: Tensions high as Black Lives Matter protesters
disrupt Mizzou Homecoming parade X
P-D: Farrakhan says Ferguson 'ignited it all'
KC Star: Nearly 100 turn out for KC's "1,000 Man March" +
P-D's Jim Gallagher: St. Louis area Teamster
pensioners face deep cuts in income
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Drop in
enrollment at East Central College should trouble everyone +
SNL letter: Springfield man says Billy Long's
immigration stats are wrong X
P-D letter: Florissant woman describes Missouri's
energy plan as "milquetoast"
P-D letter: Columbia's Rag Singh says "it is in the
very human nature to discriminate," but Mizzou community should try to
show "respect and responsibility"
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Saturday, October 10
KWMU: U.S. Reps. Jason Smith, Lacy Clay propose
African-American civil rights trail to mark historic struggle sites
P-D: Koster says Missouri will sue to block EPA carbon
rules
P-D: NRSC continues anti-Kander "Pandering Panda" meme
KC Star: Candidates hate raising money, but they need
it more than ever; Most men and women running for office dedicate
time and resources to raising contributions from hundreds of donors +
AP: Rex Sinquefield gives $500,000 check to Kurt
Schaefer
AP: Missouri DHSS Director Gail Vasterling stepping
down, will take job as attorney with Dept. of Mental Health
CDT: Grad students plan Homecoming float symbolizing
the pain of their struggle: "It won't be as exuberant as others" X
CDT: MU students burn Islamic state flag in protest of
terrorist group's activities X
Columbia Missourian: MU's LGBTQ Resource Center
celebrates 20th anniversary; Director: "There's still a lot
of microagression and heterosexism that exists in the world"
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau School District to have cybersecurity
audit by state +
JCNT: Edward "Ted" Jones joins Hall of Famous
Missourians X
KWMU: Report on proposed NGA sites: Find out
where they stand
P-D: NGA releases study of St. Louis sites for new
campus
JCNT: Chief justice to Missouri Bar: All
Missouri courts should show 'respect' X
P-D: 20th anniversary of 'Million Man March' to have
Ferguson overtones; 1995 event drew 400k, or 40% of Minister
Louis Farrakhan's goal, to Washington, D.C.
KWMU: Mayor to restart St. Louis Commission on Violent
Crime
Washington Missourian editorial: Regardless of whether
or not Mizzou QB Maty Mauk is a dope, MU has a transparency problem X
Washington Missourian editorial: Annual National
Newspaper Week editorial X
SNL op-ed: SOS Jason Kander: "Safe at Home"
program helps survivors of domestic violence
X
CDT's Waters: MU 'racism' drama: Octogenarian
says "black and white races harbor a natural inclination to segregate,"
but that can be fixed by smiling at each other
X
CDT letter: Local advocate promotes Head Start
Awareness Month X
P-D letter: St. Louis stadium should be named
"Nixon-Slay-Stan Scam Memorial Stadium"
P-D letter: Response to Show-Me Institute response to
Ferguson Commission response to failure of some in North County to lift
themselves up: College is too expensive, especially for "black
and brown (students) living in North County"
CDT letter: Anonymous letter-writer imagines Kurt
Schaefer's daughter getting raped, then backpedals X
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Friday, October 9
Missourinet: McCaskill: Not enough being done to
remove Social Security numbers from Medicare cards
Government Executive: Regulatory overhaul bill from
McCaskill clears Senate Homeland Security panel
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt both undecided
on Trans-Pacific Partnership X
KC Star: McCaskill appears on MSNBC again, talks about
Hillary Clinton and Trans-Pacific Partnership
+
P-D: Ann Wagner frustrated by GOP leadership
turmoil; Lacy Clay says he's never seen a day like it
P-D: Jason Kander raises $825,000 for U.S. Senate
campaign in third quarter
The Missouri Times: Koster continues effort to isolate
potential GOP opponents on stem-cell issue
Drebes:
Jake Zimmerman announces endorsement from law school pal U.S. Rep.
Joaquin Castro (D-Texas)
Missourinet: Effort underway to legalize medical
marijuana use in Missouri
CDT: Medical marijuana advocates submit initiative
language to Secretary of State X
AP: Petitions filed to allow medical marijuana use in
Missouri
The Missouri Times: First hearing for human
trafficking task force takes place in Kansas City
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau native Richard Kinder donates $25
million to MU for teaching, studying U.S. Constitution +
CDT: MU forms Kinder Institute with $25 million gift X
Missourinet: University of Missouri to require staff
and students to sit through online diversity training session
KC Star: MU to require incoming freshmen to take
diversity training; Chancellor Bowen Loftin records "angry
video," says students should care about "end(ing) racism and hatred at
Mizzou" +
P-D: Enrollment loss in St. Louis Public Schools
compounds problems
SE
Missourian: Georganne Nixon visits Blanchard Elementary School,
reads to kids +
Missourinet: Edward "Ted" Jones to be inducted into
Hall of Famous Missourians
Missourinet: Missouri fire officials stress use of
smoke alarms
KWMU: Update from Slay's visit to urban crime
summit; Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel takes strong stand for his
city's police in light of "Ferguson effect" and emboldened criminals
P-D: St. Louis City police promise heightened presence
for Cardinals' postseason games; County resident Christopher
Sanna was shot by city resident/domestic assailant/career criminal
Kilwa Jones after game last month
P-D: Dozens attend vigil for Vonderrit Myers, who was
put down last October after firing shots at officer; Criminal's
family maintained that "gun" was actually a turkey sandwich
JCNT editorial: State faces penalty for diverting
tobacco money X
P-D editorial: Time for stadium boosters to turn over
their cards
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Missouri moves
up ranks in gun rights, and criminals keep murdering
P-D letter: Ann Wagner is wrong about
financial-services legislation
SE
Missourian letter: SEMO grad says he's embarrassed by
university's name, says it "may be the longest and most
regionally-specific name in the country" +
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Thursday, October 8
Missourinet: Blunt urges Obama to sign defense bill
KWMU: Blunt sponsors bill to help military families
with relocations
The Hill: McCaskill, other Dems demand details on
spending for Syrian rebel program
Missourinet: Luetkemeyer supporting Kevin McCarthy for
Speaker; Hartzler says she's still meeting with candidates
Kraske: The Chat: Missouri House Speaker Todd
Richardson on Marco Rubio; Ann Wagner on next Speaker of the U.S.
House +
KC Star: KC man trained in both Whopper and Big Mac
artistry represents Missouri at "Worker Voice Summit"; Terrance
Wise, a 36-year-old man, chooses to not wear jacket when introducing
the President of the United States at the White House +
KWMU: Robert Reich book tour to stop in St.
Louis; Clinton's Secretary of Labor talks about tough economic
times, says the downtrodden are totally on the cusp of a "populist
upsurge"
AP: Correction to Brunner announcement story and
self-funding figures
SE
Missourian: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) to speak to
GOP gals tomorrow +
SNL: LGBTQIA advocate to fill Dem ballot slot against
Rep. Kevin Austin (R-Springfield) in safe GOP seat X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Gina
Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) on Rs voting against 'right to work,'
Nixon's lack of leadership during Ferguson riots, more
Missourinet: Rep. Jon Carpenter (D-Kansas City)
'skeptical' of any talk of a pay raise for Missouri employees
KWMU: State officials propose comprehensive energy
plan for Missouri
The Missouri Times: DED's Department of Energy sets
recommendations for comprehensive energy plan
KWMU: What the stadium naming deal means for St.
Louis' dreams of keeping Rams
Columbia Missourian: Students deface Thomas Jefferson
statue, call for its removal; Others, dismayed by protesters,
remove sticky notes from statue of Founding Father
Missourinet: Koster's office says 263K Missourians
possibly hit by T-Mobile, Experian breach
AP: Kander warns Missouri businesses about deceptive
flier
AP: EPA reaches settlement with two Southeast Missouri
landowners
KWMU: Body camera recommendations absent in Ferguson
Commission report
P-D: Slay, police chief join other urban leaders in
crime summit with Justice Department
Huffington Post Ferguson Fellow Mariah Stewart: Thanks
to Eric Schmitt's bill, a St. Louis County town must learn to police
without profit
P-D letter: Overland woman new to St. Louis area
dislikes stadium proposal, suggests spending money "investing in the
community"
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Wednesday, October 7
The Hill: Dems let defense bill advance despite Obama
veto threat; McCaskill among Dems to break ranks and vote with
Republicans
Missourinet: Blunt sponsors bills to ease military
family relocations
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt bill aims to help
military families X
P-D: Blunt, others pushing more flexibility for
transferring military families
KWMU: Blaine Luetkemeyer, Ann Wagner describe the
personality traits of their ideal Speaker of the House
Kraske: The Chat: Cleaver on possibility of U.S.
House moving further right; John Brunner on running a better
campaign this time around +
The Missouri Times: Marco Rubio endorsed by Missouri
Speaker of the House Todd Richardson
Missourinet: Dueling petition efforts seek to raise
Missouri cigarette tax
KWMU: Medicare open enrollment starts this
month; Q&A with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services'
Julie Brookhart
KWMU: SLU to spend $2.5 million of taxpayer money to
fix geriatrics' medical problems
The Missouri Times: Ben Murray looking to replace
term-limited Mike Colona in safe Dem seat
Drebes:
Jamey Murphy, formerly of Jim Lembke's office, to work for Sen. Paul
Wieland (R-Imperial)
The Missouri Times: Legislative Correspondent
Series: Devout Cards, Royals fans who moonlight as legislators to
provide MLB playoff analysis and cross-state taunting
The Missouri Times: Kinder reaffirms commitment to
"right to work"
Missourinet: Zweifel's office holds annual
unclaimed-property auction, generates nearly $100,000
KWMU: New school standards recommendations are
complete, but old rancor remains
KMZU (Carrollton): KC crash lawyer wants Missouri
curriculum to include "Drive By Example" program for teens, including
lessons on distracted (texting) driving
JCNT: Disability advocates gather at Capitol to mark
anniversary of ADA; Chuck Graham, others call for Medicaid
expansion X
KWMU: Judge will render quick decision on legality of
St. Louis' minimum wage law
AP: Judge mulls suit's bid to block St. Louis minimum
wage boost
CDT: CBD oil program has few patients as growers
prepare to establish first cannabis crop X
P-D: Proposed riverfront stadium gets a name:
National Car Rental Field
Missourinet: Powerball officials say changes will
create better odds and bigger prizes
Missourinet: Missouri state officials urge space
heater safety
P-D: Franklin County man, who killed home invaders in
two separate cases, protected by Missouri's castle doctrine
CDT: Boone County concealed weapons permits on the rise X
KWMU: Slay heads to D.C. summit on violent crime as
St. Louis heads for 200 homicides
P-D: Mayor: Police will expedite hiring of about
80 officers
SE
Missourian editorial: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith is right - without
abortion, Birthright shows compassion for women +
P-D editorial: Send Harry Truman back to the Capitol
to represent Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Area state schools
should think a little harder about why their enrollment is declining X
P-D editorial: Guns, crime and homicide. Reaping
the whirlwind
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Taking a stand
against the Iran deal X
CDT's David Rosman: Kurt Schaefer's political
about-face X
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's James Shuls and Michael
McShane: The Ferguson Commission: A bridge to nowhere
JCNT letter: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark):
Koster should oppose Obama's energy regulations X
CDT letter: Area woman says GOP legislators who
criticize Planned Parenthood and oppose Medicaid expansion are
hypocrites X
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Tuesday, October 6
Government Executive: After 640-day wait, VA gets a
nominee for Inspector General; Comments from McCaskill
Washington Post: The mail could be taking even longer
to be delivered than the Postal Service is saying; McCaskill,
others request report
KMBZ (Kansas City): Emanuel Clever weighs in on U.S.
House GOP race for Speaker
Missourinet: John Brunner formalizes run for Missouri
governor, becoming fifth Republican in the race
Missourinet: Brunner hopes to stand out against other
candidates for Missouri governor
CDT: Brunner officially becomes fifth GOP candidate
for governor X
The Missouri Times: John Brunner makes candidacy for
governor official, spotlights ethics
P-D: Brunner formally launches campaign for governor,
vows to rein in lobbyist perks
P-D: Brunner camp takes innovative approach to
campaign kickoff, with focus on online promotion of announcement-eve
rally; Comments from campaign manager Mike Hafner
KWMU: Brunner announces he's running for governor
Kraske: The Chat: With "political chameleon"
line, Brunner hits both Greitens and Koster; UMSL's Dave
Robertson on value of proven commodities over "novelty" candidates +
KC Star: Stem-cell issue re-emerges as campaign issue
in Missouri +
The Missouri Times: Democratic Governors Association,
Missouri Right to Life clash over embryonic stem cell research
Drebes: Help Wanted: Executive Director,
Missouri Cable Telecommunications Association
AP: John Diehl leaves job at Husch Blackwell
Missourinet: Missouri National Guard is adding 400 new
jobs
AP: Missouri National Guard to add about 400 jobs in
state
AP: Missouri no longer due $50 million from tobacco
settlement
Missourinet: Corrections officers support talk of
Missouri state employee pay hike
KWMU: Despite reputation for reform, Missouri's
juvenile justice system has serious systemic issues
Rosenbaum: A look at what happens if St. Louis City's
minimum wage law survives
Missourinet: Boonville official touts security
measures for sensitive data, in light of Galloway's audits
P-D: Emergency plans disclosed for Bridgeton Landfill
Missourinet: Most car vs. deer accidents happen in
October and November in Missouri
P-D: Slay, police chief, others attend crime summit in
D.C.
JCNT: National report finds nearly one out of every
three Missourians is fat; Slothy state ranks high in physical
inactivity and diabetes, with age range 45-64 the oinkiest X
Brownfield Ag News: University of Missouri researcher
looking to make heifer tests more affordable
P-D editorial: Report card for county police:
Good, but could get better
The Hill op-ed: A beer bill fit for all; Blunt
sponsors "Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act"
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Harold
Caskey: A senator of fairness and intellect X
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: Missouri
legislators - especially Kurt Schaefer - deserve blame for the problems
at Mizzou
KC Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: Redesign comments
flood Star: Unprecedented outrage over more challenging crossword
puzzle; Olds applaud larger typeface for news while sports
typeface shrinks +
CDT letter: Hank Waters should stop taking University
of Missouri's administration at their word X
P-D letter: Maplewood man labels cartoon depicting
white woman and black man orally servicing white man's feet "glorious"
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Monday, October 5
KMZU
(Carrollton): Blunt not happy with report from Veterans
Administration
KOMU
(Columbia): Mid-Missouri political groups prepare for
elections; Bernie Sanders supporters caravan to Iowa, while
Republicans prepare Mizzou Homecoming float
Kraske:
The Chat: Roger Wilson, James Mathewson remember Harold
Caskey; Eric Greitens says Jeff City has produced "embarrassment
and failure" for decades +
This Week
in Missouri Politics: Guest Bev Randles; Panelists Mark
Dalton (D), Angela Bingaman (D), Tim Jones (R), Dean Plocher (R)
discuss RTW fallout, Kurt Schaefer and Planned Parenthood, GOP gov
primary, Maria Chappelle-Nadal vs. Lacy Clay
AP:
John Brunner to announce bid for governor today
AP:
History against outsider candidates for governor in Missouri
Drebes: Guest list for
Will Kraus fundraiser in St. Charles
Drebes: Darrell
Moore, last of Schweich's senior staff in the auditor's office, moves
over to AG office
AP:
Feds sending Missouri $36.7 million to help crime victims
P-D:
Missouri planning to add thousands of acres of parkland, but Oregon
County officials say state has not been 'forthcoming' with information
KC
Star: Fight brewing over cutting Missouri's jobless benefits +
P-D:
Dental benefits for poor adults in Missouri remains in limbo
SNL:
State task force led by Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield) to tackle
human trafficking X
KWMU:
Funding Missouri's public schools comes down to one not-so-simple
formula
St.
Joseph News-Press: Missouri Retired Teacher Association names
Rep. Mike Lair (R-Chillicothe) "Legislator of the Year" X
St.
Joseph News-Press editorial: Protect school data; Districts
across the state will benefit from Auditor Nicole Galloway's efforts
X
JCNT
editorial: Annual "National Newspaper Week" editorial X
SNL
letter: Billy Long should listen to facts from Obamacare
supporters X
Columbia
Missourian letter: Mizzou coed gets emotional over Kurt Schaefer
and Planned Parenthood, declares "I am angry" five (5) times
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Sunday, October 4
The Examiner (Jackson County): Cleaver wants to bump
Frank Blair from Capitol's Statuary Hall, replace with Truman
KC Star: Vewiser Dixon pursues his vision for a Black
Silicon Valley south of Jazz District; Cleaver is optimistic,
says tourists will totally flock to urban neighborhood someday +
The Missouri Times: Teaser: What's on today's
This Week in Missouri Politics
Washington Missourian: Eric Greitens gives fiery
speech during tour stop in Washington
KC Star: Govs. Sam Brownback, Nikki Haley backing
Catherine Hanaway; Kansas gov to attend event at Chuck Caisley's
house +
CDT: Easing finances prompt call for state employee
pay raise X
P-D: Parents flustered by Common Core math seek help
SNL: Tax incentives play a part in building boom - at
a cost X
KWMU: Ameren pledges $2.5 million to Ferguson
Commission priorities
AP: Ameren announces $2.5 million program for Ferguson
area
P-D: Ameren pledges $2.5 million in charitable support
in response to Ferguson Commission report
Washington Missourian: Paper lauching e-Edition
JCNT editorial: Strong case for state employees' pay
raise restated X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Eric Greitens is
a force to contend with in GOP primary, and could give Chris Koster a
spirited race
CDT's Waters: All GOP gov candidates will oppose
stem-cell research, and supporters of stem-cell research had better
rise up against them X
Nevada Daily Mail op-ed: Gov. Roger Wilson and Senate
President Pro Tem James Mathewson: Remembering Harold Caskey, "an
old-school Democrat: pro-life, pro-gun, pro-public education"
P-D letter: Newborns in Missouri should be screened
for rare disease
P-D letter: Area septuagenarian responds to letter on
ballpark concealed carry, attempts Chicago Cubs punchline
P-D letter: Ferguson woman says her town is healing,
details acts of kindness and compassion
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Saturday, October 3
P-D: St. Louis area members' congressional votes on
government funding, abortion, Medicaid
KC Star: Cleaver opposes final defense authorization
bill +
The University News (SLU): Faith, politics converge in
D.C.; Blunt secures 10 tickets for SLU kids
Columbia Missourian: Politifact "fact check" on NRSC
anti-Kander ad: Evidence for 'fancy dinners' claim is thin
Drebes:
MOScout poll: Only 24% believe Missouri is headed in the right
direction; Drebes offers thoughts on red vs. blue
The Missouri Times: Over $1M donated before committee
filing deadline; List of contributions
CDT: Republican Eric Greitens targets 'political
class' in bid for governor X
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens speaks to students
at Mizzou; GOP state reps Nate Walker, Chuck Basye attend
P-D's Kevin McDermott: No, Mr. Greitens, you haven't
raised more Missouri money than all other candidates
KWMU: Ballot measures - submitted by Jane Dueker (D)
and John Lamping (R) - would shrink the size of the Missouri House
CDT: Debate on embryonic stem cells hurts Missouri's
reputation, advocate tells Muleskinners X
Missourinet: Nixon's commutation cancels execution set
for next week; Kimber Edwards had ex-wife shot in the head over
child support
Missourinet: Attorney for Kimber Edwards, spared
execution, wants his exoneration
P-D: Nixon commutes death sentence for man who had his
ex-wife shot in the head; Governor condemns man to lifetime of
taxpayer-funded food, clothing, shelter and entertainment
KWMU: Nixon commutes Kimber Edwards' death sentence to
life without parole
AP: Nixon commutes sentence for condemned man
Missourinet: Judge reverses decision to revoke license
of embattled Missouri sheriff
P-D: Alderman Antonio French threatens filibuster of
NFL stadium financing
KWMU: Aldermen exempt sheltered workshops from minimum
wage law
P-D: St. Louis City aldermen approve exempting
'sheltered workshops' from minimum wage
St. Joseph News-Press: Area law enforcement agencies
face thousands of state, municipal warrants; Officials plea for
community help in rustling up scofflaws X
KWMU: Justice Department's post-Ferguson report chides
policing in region
P-D: Final Ferguson-related federal report dissects
St. Louis County police
P-D: Clothing boutique, destroyed by Ferguson
rioters/looters/arsonists, re-opens
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Taxpayer dollars
well-spent on airport runway X
P-D editorial: The Regional Chamber signs on to
Ferguson Commission report
CDT letter: Area man says Missouri Right to Life
should stop trying to impose its morality onto others X
P-D letter: Planned Parenthood's Linda Raclin:
Missouri Republicans should leave Planned Parenthood alone
P-D letter: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan): Worth
waiting before Ameren spends more money on environmental controls
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man says Post-Dispatch should
stop running ads for gun shops
P-D letter: Give Kimber Edwards a break - he's
somewhere on the autism spectrum
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Friday, October 2
P-D's Chuck Raasch: The presidential campaign overruns
the halls of Congress; Comments from McCaskill, Blunt
Kraske: The Chat: Clinton surrogate Claire
McCaskill criticizes Kevin McCarthy over Benghazi comments; Kevin
Engler on state employee pay raise +
KWMU: EPA issues ozone rule that displeases
environmentalists and business interests; Comments from Sierra
Club, MO Chamber's Dan Mehan, McCaskill, Blunt, Luetkemeyer, Clay
Riverfront Times: Best of St. Louis Awards: Best
Journalist: Jason Rosenbaum
AP: Former Sen. Harold Caskey (D) dies at age
77; Pro-life, pro-gun Democrat served 28 years
P-D: Businessman John Brunner to officially join
governor's race tomorrow; St. Louisan will kick off campaign in
Springfield
Missourinet: Eric Greitens defends financial support
from outside Missouri
CDT: Catherine Hanaway, John Brunner join Kinder in
opposition to embryonic stem cell research X
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Missourian: Nixon announces $325K grant for incubator startup
competition +
Washington Missourian: Rep. Justin Alferman
(R-Hermann) optimistic about state funding for roads, says Speaker Todd
Richardson "gets it"
Columbia Missourian: MU graduate student coalition
pushes ahead on unionization
CDT: MU graduate students take further steps toward
unionization X
Columbia Missourian: UM curators approve fund to help
Missouri startups pass through 'valley of death'
CDT: Curators discuss retiree medical benefits, MU
Accelerator Fund X
Columbia Missourian: March protesting "racial
injustice" draws 40
CDT: Black students protest racial climate on
campus; Signs include "I am not here to assimilate" and "Thomas
Jefferson is [sic] racist" X
Columbia Missourian: Illegal immigrant activist Jose
Antonio Vargas speaks at MU
Washington Missourian: Federal taxpayer dollars fund
programs for elementary students who perform poorly in science, math
AP: Businessman and Katy Trail patron Edward "Ted"
Jones to be inducted into Hall of Famous Missourians
The Missouri Times: Rep. Linda Black (R-Park Hills)
calls for community action regarding lead smelter accident
P-D: DOJ to release final Ferguson-related report,
analyzing St. Louis County police
KWMU: Slay, Stenger say they'll spend even more
resources on Ferguson Commission's suggestions
Washington Missourian editorial: Instead of
complaining about higher ed costs, try attending community college and
saving a little money
JCNT editorial: Share roads safely during harvest
season X
KC Star editorial: Weak Missouri ethics penalties for
dirty tricks in KC school board races +
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Kurt Schaefer is
a bully, not a statewide leader; Also, Planned Parenthood rally
featured healthy number of young coeds and a nifty new chant
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Columnist says
Judy Baker is better than her Democratic primary opponent Pat
Contreras, will use column to tell readers why over the coming months
CDT's Waters: More lip service from DESE; Public
schools should adopt 'value-added' assessment
P-D letter: Shrewsbury man offers advice for
Koster: Support Ikea, which is good, and oppose Ameren, which is
bad
P-D letter: Tom Sullivan says end-run around voters
and Legislature could hurt stadium's chances
Columbia Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael says state deserves praise for keeping hunting fees
reasonable
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says sporting events are
the only reason many people head downtown, so city should increase
police presence
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Thursday, October 1
KC Star: Among Missouri delegation, vote on
government-funding bill split upon partisan lines +
AP: Votes by Missouri delegation split along party
lines
Washington Post: After McCarthy gaffe, Democrats
question the need for Benghazi committee; Comments from McCaskill
P-D: Record-keeping at St. Louis VA mental health
practice draws criticism from Inspector General
CDT: Taxpayers funded 10 percent fewer free summer
lunches in 2015 compared to 2014, Columbia numbers show;
Advocates seeks ways to hand out more "free" food next year X
KC Star: McCaskill still pushing on campus sexual
assaults +
Missourinet: Clay attends congressional hearing on
Planned Parenthood
Brownfield Ag News: Former Sen. Jim Talent chairs new
group set up to support the Renewable Fuel Standard
KWMU: Event in Forest Park on Saturday will celebrate
20-year anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Jeremy LaFaver (D-Kansas
City) questions leadership of Missouri Democratic Party;
Greitens' elementary questions; Schaefer on Planned Parenthood +
The Missouri Times: Top GOP activists assess John
Hancock's first 7 months on the job; Praise from Eddy Justice,
state committee members Kay Hoflander and Sara Walsh
KC Star: Eric Greitens is a no-show at his own event
in Lee's Summit; Campaign chose Dallas-based "Tex-Mex" chain
restaurant Chili's for local kickoff +
The Missouri Times: Terry Nelson, head of the
Carpenter's Union, retiring
Drebes:
The problem with Keith English's mystery job offer
The Maneater: Mizzou College Republicans foster
political debate and open conversation
AP: Monthly survey gives another sign of Midwest
economic slowdown
AP: Missouri enters data center competition with new
tax breaks
P-D: State issues $7.4M in tax credits for Northwest
Plaza rehab
Missourinet: Missouri House leaders push Nixon to
support state employee pay raise
The Missouri Times: House GOP leaders call on Nixon to
raise state employee wages
Missourinet: Koster criticizes 'assault' on Missouri
stem cell research, group says it's misrepresented
The Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood supporters look
to turn the tide of current national conversation
CDT: Slideshow: Planned Parenthood rally
signs: Middle-aged woman in choker necklace demands religion "get
out" of her supposedly lace-trimmed pink panties; Corpulent human
in mom jeans suggests Bowen Loftin acquire pink testicles X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life defends
Schaefer; Photo of male who attended Planned Parenthood rally
holding pink "Schaefer for Fuhrer" sign
KWMU: State auditor Nicole Galloway to review cyber
security measures of five public schools
Missourinet: Missouri high court asked to consider
constitutionality of juvenile sex offender registry
KWMU: Missouri's lack of protection for
lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer/intersex/asexual humans creates
problems without easy solutions; Comments from PROMO's A.J.
Bockelman, Queer Trans People of Color's KB Frazier
P-D editorial: Planned Parenthood - not politics from
guys like Kurt Schaefer - prevents abortions
CDT op-ed: Rep. Tim Remole (R-Excello): Koster
should fight Obama's energy plan; Missouri can't afford ruinous
scheme X
P-D letter: High Ridge man says activist are
misrepresenting health data to attack Ameren
P-D letter: China native Bing Nan talks about work as
Wash U grad student with Sierra Club, relates stories of Chinese
pollution to Ameren
P-D letter: Ameren rep defends company's environmental
record, current efforts
P-D letter: Manchester man says Missouri Legislature
should lift the prohibition on concealed-carry at the ballpark, and let
decent people protect themselves from urban savagery
P-D letter: University City man questions state's
incarceration costs, says Nixon should free woman who killed her husband
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