Monday, October 31 Happy Halloween!
KC
Star: Blunt, GOP statewides rally in KC +
SNL:
At GOP rally, Scott Walker and statewide slate take aim at Hillary
Clinton, Chris Koster X
KWMU:
Scott Walker the latest national name to stoke Missouri partisans' GOTV
fire
Kraske:
Jason Kander on the millennial mindset +
P-D:
Profile: Roy Blunt
P-D:
Profile: Jason Kander
Columbia
Missourian: Thomas Jefferson impersonator's latest gimmick:
Running as write-in candidate for U.S. Senate
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Mike Cierpiot; Panel of
Danny Pfeifer and Reps. Jon Carpenter (D), Jeremy LaFaver (D), Glen
Kolkmeyer (R) talk Trump-Clinton, MO statewide races, KC-area
legislative races
AP:
Profile: Eric Greitens
Brownfield
Ag News: Gov candidate Chris Koster (D) talks ag issues, Medicaid
expansion, more; Eric Greitens (R) declines opportunity for
in-depth interview with state's largest radio network
Missourinet:
Carnahan, Parson debate to be livestreamed at 4 p.m. today;
Missourinet's Brian Hauswirth, Brownfield Ag News' Julie Harker to
moderate
AP:
Tobacco tax ballot initiatives making for strange political bedfellows
Missourinet:
Overview: Amendment 6
SNL:
District 132 overview: Crystal Quade (D) vs. Thomas Quinn (R)
X
SNL:
District 135 overview: Randy Alberhasky (D) and Steve Helms (R)
X
SNL:
District 136 overview: Kevin Austin (R) vs. Jeff Munzinger (D)
X
Columbia
Missourian: 44th House District profile: Tom Pauley (D)
Columbia
Missourian: 44th House District profile: Cheri Reisch (R)
KNPN
(St. Joseph): Halloween hijinks: GOP goblins remove
campaign signs from outside Democratic headquarters, post Republican
signs in their place
Washington
Missourian: MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna to speak at city
meeting this morning X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Corporal punishment legal in Missouri, but not
St. Joseph X
St.
Joseph News-Press: State's "Cold Weather Rules" going into effect
for those who've chosen to not pay their bills X
JCNT
endorsement: 'No' on Amendment 6 X
Messenger:
Turning 50 prompts reflections on a changing political world; In
a better era, guys used to be able to drink beer with men of the other
political party
Columbia
Missourian op-ed: New weekly columnist: Seasoned citizen
Ken Midkiff recites his resume, says readers should expect "unabashed
liberal" opinions
Quincy
Herald-Whig letter: Hannibal woman appreciates Blunt's work on
Pell grants
SNL
letter: Springfield septuagenarian mocks Billy Long, attempts
punchline involving Las Vegas X
P-D
letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian says Amendment 3 is a
Trojan horse
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Sunday, October 30
SNL: Cruz, Blunt, Long to headline GOP rally in
Springfield on Wednesday X
KC Star: Blunt campaign pokes Kander over Clinton and
FBI investigation +
KC Star: Cleaver, at Dem GOTV rally: News of FBI
investigation was "not good, was not helpful"
+
SNL: Fact check: Did Blunt sneak in tobacco
provision? X
SNL: Fact check: Is Jason Kander as liberal as
Hillary Clinton? X
Missourinet: Blunt says he wants more health care
choices for Missourians
SNL: Overview: Billy Long's re-election X
Washington Missourian: Franklin County Clerk Debbie
Door (R) on high alert for anyone attempting to commit voter fraud X
P-D: What Missourians can expect when shopping on
HealthCare.gov for 2017 coverage
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee's Summit); Panel of
Danny Pfeifer and Reps. Jon Carpenter (D), Jeremy LaFaver (D) and Glen
Kolkmeyer (R)
P-D: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to make stops for
Greitens today in St. Louis, Springfield and KC; Blunt to take
part in KC event
SNL: Union's GOTV push draws twelve (12)
volunteers; Koster mingles with small crowd X
P-D: Mason-Dixon poll: In attorney general race,
Josh Hawley leads Teresa Hensley by 10
P-D: Mason-Dixon poll: Tobacco taxes failing,
voter photo ID and campaign limits doing well
Drebes:
Family tobacco business pays for anti-Amendment 3 website
Missourinet: Opponents of Amendment 3 say measure
could end stem cell research
SNL: Overview: Ballot initiatives X
Webster-Kirkwood Times: Overview: Ballot
initiatives; Comments from campaign-limits activist/community
college prof John Messmer
CDT: City spokesman says Rowden's anti-Webber "Wanted"
fliers are improperly posted on city utility poles X
P-D endorsement: Jason Kander (D) for U.S. Senate
KC Star endorsement: Roy Blunt (R) for U.S. Senate +
Washington Missourian endorsements: Chris Koster (D)
for governor
CDT endorsement: Teresa Hensley (D) for attorney
general X
SNL endorsements: Yes on Amendments 1, 2 and 4;
No on both tobacco taxes and Amendment 6 X
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens refuses to
answer questions about dark money - and the issue won't go away X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: To ease Missouri's
opioid epidemic, prioritize treatment X
SNL op-ed: League of Women Voters of Southwest
Missouri: Vote 'No' on Amendment 6; Gals say photo ID
provision discriminates against olds, females, others who can't handle
herculean task of obtaining a free ID X
P-D editor Gilbert Bailon: Come downtown on Wednesday
night to hear me speak about the media and "informed voting"
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian is upset
Post-Dispatch didn't send a reporter to her League of Women Voters
forum, and that Ann Wagner didn't attend either
KC Star letter: Greenwood man says Missouri's lack of
early voting is a form of vote suppression +
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Saturday, October 29
KWMU: Biden urges crowd at packed Pageant to get
Kander to U.S. Senate
P-D: Biden, in St. Louis speech, touts Jason Kander as
part of new 'greatest generation'
P-D: Ted Cruz to stump for Blunt, other statewides
next week in Joplin and Springfield
KC Star: Overview: Missouri's congressional
incumbents vs. quixotic ballot-slot fillers +
KC Star: Stereotype-breaking voter profiles:
Black gal and Latina grandma for Trump, two white males for Clinton +
KWMU: SLU law prof analyzes Missouri's Obamacare
premium increases
Columbia Missourian: After pressure from McCaskill, MU
can keep offering health insurance to grad students
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Greitens makes stop in Kennett, calls Koster "a
corrupt, crooked, Clinton-style career politician" +
The Missouri Times: New MRP mailer takes aim at Koster
on Medicare cuts
The Missouri Times: Greitens vs. Koster: A week
in review
St. Joseph News-Press: Greitens claims he's the
frontrunner, stops in St. Joseph X
P-D: Mason-Dixon poll shows Greitens tied with Koster
SNL: Brunner vs. Greitens conflict continues as
election nears X
The Missouri Times: Statewide office campaigns:
A week in review: Carnahan vs. Parson, Ashcroft vs. Smith, Baker
vs. Schmitt, Hawley vs. Hensley
St. Joseph News-Press: Mike Huckabee speaks at Vitae
Foundation event, talks up Jay Ashcroft at Buchanan County GOP
headquarters X
JCNT: Helias High School students vote in mock
election; Trump wins with 77 percent of vote; Other GOP
statewide candidates receive 70-90 percent of vote - except Greitens,
who got 61% X
P-D: Overview: Amendment 2
KCTV: Voters to consider two tobacco tax increases
P-D: House Budget Chair Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell
Knob): Lawmakers to appropriate tobacco tax revenue if Amendment
3 passes
AP: Overview: Amendment 4
CDT: Muleskinners group hears pros, cons of voter
photo ID proposal X
CDT: Rowden pushes back against Webber ad on father's
consulting firm X
The Missouri Times: Top state Senate races: A
week in review: Rowden vs. Webber, Jotte vs. Sifton, Lasater vs.
Rizzo, Bechtold vs. Silvey
SE
Missourian: Overview: Sen. Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape
Girardeau) vs. Donnie Owens (D) +
The Missouri Times: Several House candidates behind in
filing Missouri Ethics Commission quarterly reports
SNL: Voting machine testing conducted in Greene County X
P-D: Democratic House leaders Jake Hummel, Gail McCann
Beatty say new facts brought to light by Steve Roberts' case are
"concerning"
JCNT: Nixon closes state offices Friday after
Thanksgiving, giving state employees an extra day to spend with their
friends and families X
KWMU: Monsanto opens high-tech greenhouses in midst of
acquisition; Gov. Jay Nixon, Ann Wagner speak at ribbon-cutting
SE
Missourian: Last public meeting on state license plate design to
be held next week +
CDT: Local costume shop, Koster's office resolve
lawsuit over cosmetic contact lenses X
CDT: Concerned Student 1950 celebrates one-year
anniversary of Homecoming Parade disturbance, ensuing drama X
KC Star endorsements: Russ Carnahan (D) for lieutenant
governor; Jay Ashcroft (R) for secretary of state; Eric
Schmitt (R) for treasurer; Josh Hawley (R) for attorney general +
Messenger: Why I left Cora Faith Walker's "I'm no
angel" nugget out of original column
SNL op-ed: Discount Smokes & Beer's Jim
Boeving: Amendment 3 is another "Big Tobacco" scheme X
P-D letter: Show-Me Institute's Emily Runge:
Unclear whether Amendment 3 would improve education
SE
Missourian letter: Rep. Tila Hubrecht (R-Dexter): Vote 'No'
on Amendment 3 +
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Friday, October 28
P-D: Mason-Dixon Missouri poll: Trump leads
Clinton by 5, with Blunt and Kander virtually tied; Sample size
only 625
KWMU: Profile: Blunt says his past and his work
reflect views and values of most Missourians
The Missouri Times: Fewer St. Louis City residents
voting absentee so far this year than in 2012
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Ann Wagner
chats with Mannies & Rosebaum about decision to withdraw support
for Trump, driving GOP turnout for other races in her district, more
The Riverfront Times: Steve Roberts sues Cora Faith
Walker for defamation, malicious prosecution and other offenses;
Evidence includes store surveillance video, receipts from couple's
wine-and-pizza-fueled intercoursing tripleheader
The Missouri Times: After charges against him
dismissed, Steve Roberts fights back with suit of his own;
Attorney says Walker's false "rape" charge undermines true victims of
actual assaults
P-D: Roberts sues Walker over "demonstrably false
allegations;" Roberts says night before St. Louis "assault,"
Walker showered in his KC hotel room, engaged in picture-taking foreplay
KMOX: Roberts: Cora Walker's rape lie,
sympathy-fishing and paramour-besmirching done to "advance her
political career;" No comment from Walker
P-D: Four days ago: Walker: I did not have
sexual relations with that man, Mr. Roberts
Missourinet: Overview: Amendment 2
P-D: Large tobacco companies spending significant
money on tobacco tax amendments
KWMU: Radio station to hold moderated conversation
next Tuesday on tobacco taxes and Amendments 4 and 6
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin)
on need for Amendment 6 +
Missourinet: Missouri marijuana advocate Dan
Viets: Pro-pot people will totally get their stuff together by
2018
CDT: Fact-check: Rowden, Webber attack ads X
KWMU: 48 judges face retention elections in November -
47 get passing marks from the bar
Missourinet: Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City) vows to
change murky Missouri law on ballot selfies
The Missouri Times: Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield)
wins top award for Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, looks
toward next legislative challenge
The Missouri Times: Incoming Rep. Peter Meredith
(D-St. Louis City) hopes his next eight years driving to Jefferson City
as part of Democratic superminority will amount to more than "a protest
vote"
P-D: Ameren project on hold as PSC decides whether it
should regulate charging stations
KWMU: Survey of northern Missouri's bat population in
the works
CDT endorsement: Judy Baker (D) for state treasurer X
P-D editorial: Without consistent levee and flood
plain management, disaster looms for many communities
P-D op-ed: Rev. Karen Anderson: Black youths'
bad behavior should be blamed on school suspension policies, law
enforcement officers, and juvenile justice system
P-D letter: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan: Nixon
and Democrats are focused on appeasing unions, trial attorneys
SNL letter: Springfield octogenarian says Blunt, Long
deserve the heave-ho X
P-D letter: Kirkwood octogenarian says that as
governor, Eric Greitens would make Missourians poor and sick
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Thursday, October 27
The Missouri Times: Remington Research (R) poll:
Trump surges in Missouri; Greitens narrows gap with Koster;
More
P-D: Outside groups spending heavily in Blunt-Kander
race
SNL: Democrat, Libertarian candidates debate in 7th
Congressional District; Genevieve Williams (D), Benjamin Brixley
(L) compete for silver medal X
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill defends
Obamacare; Koster on Medicaid expansion; Greitens' Will
Scharf on changing Missouri's judicial selection process +
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith criticizes actions of EPA in
dicamba probe: "I don't believe the EPA needs to be down here" +
The Missouri Times: Missouri Democratic Party to file
SEC complaint against Greitens for alleged 'pay-to-play' activities
AP:
Fight continues over secretive giving to Greitens' campaign
P-D: Missouri Dems seek SEC investigation over $2M
contribution to Greitens
Columbia Missourian: Overview: Amendment 2
The Missouri Times: Clashes over Amendment 3 continue
as questions arise over appropriation of funds
Missourinet: Missouri NEA calls Amendment 3 'slush
fund for politicians and private schools'
CDT: Overview: District 47: Chuck Basye
vs. Susan McClintic X
CDT: Profile: Chuck Basye (R) X
CDT: Profile: Susan McClintic (D) X
SE
Missourian: Overview: 145th District: Rick Francis
(R) vs. Ronald Pember (D) compete for Shelley Keeney Taylor's open
House seat +
CDT: Local Dems speak at NAACP event X
Drebes: October quarterly reports: Leftover cash
stashes
Missourinet: Nixon touring Missouri touting public
health response
Missourinet: Mizzou social work prof says new
sentencing law could allow arguments for further leniency
The Missouri Times: Emery discusses updates on utility
ratemaking and modernization
The Missouri Times: PSC questions jurisdiction over
electric car charging stations
Missourinet: Missouri Highway Patrol warns motorists
about deer
TonysKansasCity.com: Exclusive: Kansas City Star
aftermath tough times: After dismissal from paper, Yael
Abouhalkah rattles online tin cup for donations
Washington Missourian endorsement: Roy Blunt (R) for
U.S. Senate
CDT endorsement: Jason Kander (D) for U.S. Senate X
Quincy Herald-Whig endorsement: Eric Schmitt (R) for
Treasurer
SNL op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's Jeremy
Cady: Obamacare hinges on Missouri's U.S. Senate race X
P-D op-ed: Michigan man says Missouri should embrace
'right-to-work' policy to make wages higher and workers freer
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian wants paper
to educate voters on feasibility of write-in campaigns
Washington Missourian letter: Webster Groves
sexagenarian explains why she prefers Jason Kander over Roy Blunt X
P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian says Amendment
3 may not be perfect but still deserves 'Yes' vote
P-D letter: Former St. Louis County Elections Director
Karen Grace (R): Vote 'No' on tobacco taxes, because it's time to
stop subsidizing everyone else's kids
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Wednesday, October 26
Missourinet: Assistant U.S. attorney will lead
election security for Missouri's western district
KWMU: Profile: Heartland Democrat: Kander
hopes to keep proving his doubters wrong in race against Blunt
KC Star: Democrats accuse Blunt of coordinating with
superPAC
The Missouri Times: Missouri Republican Party
criticizes Kander over election issues, ties to Clinton and more
Missourinet: McCaskill defends Obamacare; Senior
United States senator weighs in on Missouri state legislators' approach
to state Medicaid issue
P-D: Prosecutor in Steve Roberts-Cora Faith Walker sex
case says no "credible evidence" exists that couple's sex sessions
"were anything but consensual;" Roberts' attorney says he
submitted evidence that "conclusively contradicts" Walker's "rape" tale
Four weeks ago: Messenger: Incoming state
representative claims colleague raped her; Cora Faith Walker
demands Steve Roberts be denied seat he earned in Missouri House
Three weeks ago: KC Star's Sanchez: While facts
are technically unknown, Steve Roberts is definitely wrong for what
he's saying about his sexual relationship with Cora Faith Walker
P-D: Greitens wants to change how Missouri picks its
judges
SNL: Koster and state legislative candidates weigh in
on Medicaid expansion
P-D: Greitens friend and 'dark money' expert both
involved in record-breaking donation - but still no disclosure;
Paper expands local polisci prof pundit pool to include one-time
interview
with STLCC's John Messmer
The Missouri Times: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to
campaign for Eric Greitens
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Eric Schmitt
chats with journoduo about MOST program, state investments in companies
who profit from terrorists, more
Columbia Missourian: NAACP panel draws one (1)
statewide candidate, as Judy Baker stops by and leaves early; Dem
legislative candidates, plus GOP state rep candidate Don Waterman,
spend hours sitting through discussion
The Missouri Times: Three Republicans sheriffs endorse
Teresa Hensley over Josh Hawley
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau throws weight
behind Soil and Water Tax renewal
The Missouri Times: Associated Industries of Missouri,
Missouri Retailers Assocation support Amendment 3
KC Star: KC Chamber comes out against Amendment 3
The Missouri Times: Rowden ad challenges Stephen
Webber on public safety
The Missouri Times: Democratic opponent for Ryan
Silvey's re-election explains showing up on Republican's doorstep,
other oddities
Drebes:
October report debt listings: Kurt Schaefer, John Brunner, Peter
Kinder
KRZG: Rep. Charlie Davis (R-Webb City): Taking
ballot selfies is a First Amendment right, and I'll fix the killjoy
state statute prohibiting them
KWMU: Three more school districts earn "provisionally
accredited" distinction; State will reveal names of new letdowns
on Nov. 7
Missourinet: Missourians can vote now for bicentennial
license plate design
P-D: Missouri Department of Conservation considers ban
on unlimited turtle hunting
CDT endorsement: Lieutenant governor: Vote for
the same party as your preferred governor candidate
Messenger: Ethics spat over payday-loan industry in
St. Louis takes another turn: Alderman Cara Spencer (D) vs.
superattorney Jane Dueker (D)
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit man encourages 'Yes' vote
on Amendment 1
P-D letter: Clayton man says Amendment 4 will protect
against neverending string of taxes
P-D letter: Des Peres man says editor Gilbert Bailon's
arrogant view of readers meshes well with Tony Messenger's lazy and
race-baiting columns
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Tuesday, October 25
KWMU's Rachel Lippmann: "<X things>"
journomeme: Seven (7!) things that worry elections officials 2
weeks before presidential election
Missourinet: Nixon says election will be fair despite
urban vote fraud uncovered by Post-Dispatch
Missourinet: Billy Long expresses disappointment in
GOP colleagues abandoning Trump
KC Star: Kander launches closing argument with
military testimonial; Blunt focuses on Obamacare +
SNL: Outside groups spend big money on Blunt-Kander
race X
Missourinet: Missouri Farm Bureau presents Blaine
Luetkemeyer with "Friend of Farm Bureau" award
Missourinet: Greitens mum on Amendment 2
KC Star: Greitens, Koster plan KC-area events +
The Missouri Times' Scott Faughn: Backstory on Humane
Society's Joe Maxwell endorsing Eric Greitens
Kraske: The Chat: Koster on Greitens "fighting
everybody," including GOP; Missouri Office of Administration's
Ryan Burns on Capitol steps timeline +
KWMU: Overview: Russ Carnahan vs. Mike Parson
The Missouri Times: Brent Lasater (R) receives $250k
more cash in state Senate battle against John Rizzo (D)
Rosenbaum: How South County legislative races could
matter in the 'right to work' fight: Scott Sifton vs. Randy Jotte
and Cloria Brown vs. Vicki Englund
SE
Missourian: 147th District overview: Rep. Kathy Swan (R)
vs. Greg Tlapek (Libertarian) +
The Missouri Times: Speaker pro tem candidates raise
funds for party
P-D: Advocates for the mentally and physically
disabled want candidates to spend more time talking access
issues; Comments from St. Louis Association for Retarded
Children's Sharon Spurlock, Paraquad's Cathy Brown
SNL: Legalities of Missouri ballot selfies is unclear X
The Missouri Times: Bob Holden releases first
gubernatorial wine
KWMU: Environment Missouri wants more government
spending on "carbon-free transportation"
CDT: Morehouse College black studies prof to speak at
Mizzou event celebrating last year's race disturbances X
Missourinet: Eleven Missouri schools in suburban and
rural areas earn awards from U.S. Department of Education
The Missouri Times: Questions arise if Office of
Public Counsel complaint was politically motivated
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: EPA probes off-label use of approved herbicide +
AP:
State says Buzzfeed reporter doesn't have right to watch executions
St. Joseph News-Press endorsements: Mike Parson (R)
for lieutenant governor; Jay Ashcroft (R) for secretary of
state; Judy Baker (D) for treasurer; Josh Hawley (R) for
attorney general X
P-D endorsement: Judy Baker (D) for state treasurer
P-D endorsement: Teresa Hensley (D) for attorney
general
CDT's Waters: Endorsements: Yes on 1; Yes
on 2; No on 3 and Proposition A; Yes, or maybe No, on
4; No on 6 X
KC Star op-ed: Columbia business owner: Updating
federal regulatory process would benefit Missouri +
KWMU Diversity Fellow Jenny Simeone: National "Black
& Engaged" group calls for civic engagement in St. Louis beyond
Election Day; Tara Tee: "If you're not going to be voting,
I expect your community garden to be poppin'"
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man says Amendment 2
contains gaping loopholes
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Monday, October 24
P-D: Prosecutors, FBI investigating vote fraud in
Berkeley
Student Life (Wash U.): Gephardt Institute completes
voter registration push, continues election-related programs
P-D: Joe Biden will campaign for Kander in St. Louis
on Friday
Kraske: The Chat: Columbia College prof on
Blunt's need for Trump voters; Hawley and Hensley criticize each
other's experience and donors, respectively +
Missourinet: Blunt holds law-enforcement
roundtable; Officials discuss opioid epidemic, describe havoc
wreaked by Colorado's marijuana legalization
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Chris
Koster; Panel of Becky Lohmann, Jennifer Bird, Richard McIntosh,
Barry Aycock talk Koster vs. Greitens, Schmitt vs. Baker, Amendments 3
and 4, more
This Week in Missouri Politics - Overtime: Panel
analyzes and picks winners in other statewide contests
KWMU: Koster, Greitens oppose Amendment 3, split on
other ballot measures
KMIZ: Greitens talks about $1.9M donation, provides
backstory for his relationship with SEALs for Truth treasurer Nick Britt
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Democrat
Judy Baker talks with Rosenbaum about her vision of the state
treasurer's office, Schmitt's position on Boeing's state tax credits,
more
AP:
Overview: Amendment 2
KRCG: Video: Rival tobacco tax initiatives to
appear on same ballot; Comments from Linda Rallo, Ron Leone
P-D: Amendment 4 opponents say measure could result in
higher property taxes
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Stephen Webber (D)
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Caleb Rowden (R)
Missourinet: Sen. Mike Kehoe (R-Jefferson City) talks
road-funding needs
P-D endorsements: Yes on 1; Yes on 2; Yes on
3; No on 4; No on 6; Yes on Prop A
Messenger: An open letter to Eric Greitens on
ethics: Criticizing Steve Tilley and Tim Jones - while hiding the
identity of your own donors - is disingenuous
Priddy: A plainer-explainer summary of November ballot
issues
Student Life (Wash U.) letter: Law school student
supports Amendment 3
P-D letter: St. Charles man says Amendment 3 will help
prevent next generation of Ferguson youths from causing problems
P-D letter: Shrewsbury man says Amendment 6 will help
keep non-Republicans from voting
P-D letter: Woman who works at Wash U. med school's
"Contraceptive Choice Center" wants lawmakers to spend more taxpayer
money providing birth control
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Sunday, October 23
SNL: Blunt, Kander differ on key national security and
terrorism issues X
AP: Blunt-Kander race one of several that could
determine Senate control
KC Star: Blunt campaign paying Andy Blunt $10k/month +
St. Joseph News-Press: Area high school teacher, local
university prof offer criticisms of Trump X
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Chris Koster; Panel of Becky Lohmann,
Jennifer Bird, Richard McIntosh, and Barry Aycock talk Koster vs.
Greitens, Schmitt vs. Baker, Amendments 3 and 4, more
Kraske: The stands of Chris Koster, Eric Greitens on
highway issues reveals a lot +
The Missouri Times: Greitens defends campaign donation
from SEALS for Truth
SNL: Greitens will 'absolutely' accept outcome of
election X
P-D: Profile: Eric Greitens
P-D: Profile: Chris Koster
SE
Missourian: Overview: Missouri ballot measures +
CDT: Politicians populate parade as MU Homecoming
passes without disruption X
Columbia Missourian: Candidates flock to MU Homecoming
parade
Columbia Missourian: MU Homecoming parade draws
demonstrators, but no interruptions
CDT: Martha Stevens, Don Waterman commit to university
funding, but differ on most issues X
CDT: Profile: Martha Stevens (D) X
CDT: Profile: Don Waterman (R) X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Profile: Lena Samford (D) +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Profile: Rep. Andrew McDaniel (R) +
Washington Missourian: Nixon: Economic
development to remain a priority in final months of term X
CDT: Nixon releases funds to support Missouri Task
Force 1 X
Monett
Times: Woman challenging Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) seeks to
change state handout programs; Stephanie Davis (I) talks of
seeing welfare recipients buying steaks and lobster
JCNT: Steps to Capitol building almost finished X
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Eric Greitens (R)
for governor X
P-D endorsement: Chris Koster (D) for governor
KC Star endorsement: Chris Koster (D) for governor +
Washington Missourian endorsement: Yes on Amendment 1 X
Washington Missourian non-endorsement: Yes, or maybe
no, on Amendment 2 X
SE
Missourian's Gary Rust: Why Roy Blunt deserves re-election +
P-D op-ed: Dena Ladd: Why medical research
advocates are so concerned about Amendment 3
P-D editor Gilbert Bailon: Tony Messenger wins Mizzou
award for 'courageous editorial voice'
Columbia Missourian letter: NRA-ILA's Jennifer Baker
responds to PolitiFact piece, says Kander's record is anti-gun
P-D letter: St. Louis man says paper's coverage of
SEALS for Truth donation shows anti-Greitens bias
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Saturday, October 22
KC Star: Outside spending sets Missouri record for
U.S. Senate race +
KCUR: Up to Date: Kander talks with Kraske about
"common-sense" overhaul of immigration, background checks, more
Lebanon Daily Record: Blunt visits local GOP
headquarters, talks Supreme Court and Obamacare
KOLR: Blunt visits Springfield, discusses job growth
P-D: Blunt meets with Post-Dispatch editorial board,
talks Trump's hypothetical Supreme Court picks - including Missouri's
Ray Gruender
P-D: Judge orders shakeup of Eagle Forum
The Missouri Times: October tip sheet: Statewide
races
The Missouri Times: HSUS' Joe Maxwell (D) endorses
Eric Greitens; Former lt. gov says Greitens respects what 2010's
Proposition B did for "those female dogs"
SNL: Dueling tobacco tax initiatives cause confusion X
The Missouri Times: October tip sheet: Missouri
Senate races
The Missouri Times: October tip sheet: Missouri
House races
SNL: Area legislative candidates learn about
Springfield-area child abuse X
The Missouri Times: NAACP hosts job fair and political
luncheon honors; Scott Faughn honored with "Media Partner of the
Year" award
Missourinet: Nixon releases $8.7 million, following
Volkswagen's settlement
The Missouri Times: Nixon releases $8.7 million;
Soybean farmers applaud restoration of biodiesel funds
Missourinet: State recovers $1.6 million from
delinquent Medicaid contractor
Missourinet: Dedication planned to honor mid-Missouri
soldiers caught in middle of monument controversy
CDT: University of Missouri curators meet without
naming presidential selection X
KC Star: In wake of Trump "Access Hollywood" video,
paper solicits - and publishes - readers' tales of drunken
intercoursing, sexual force and domination; Paper promotes
anti-Trump hashtag +
KOLR: Missouri, Arkansas offer different solutions for
feral hogs; MO Dept. of Conservation says trapping wild,
destructive animals more effective than simply shooting them
P-D: Man who shot police officer in arm captured,
charged; Officers were serving Jo'Von Mitchell with warrant for
previous crime when he opened fire
KC Star endorsements: Missouri Senate: Jason
Holsman (D), Brent Lasater (R), Ryan Silvey (R) +
KC Star letter: Area man dislikes Blunt TV ad playing
Kander's comments regarding "pinkos, Commies and leftists" +
P-D letter: Kirkwood man believes he has found
loophole in Amendment 2
P-D letter: Wentzville sexagenarian tells 1960s
harassment tale, wants McCaskill to investigate female Missouri
National Guard employee for not sounding sympathetic enough
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Friday, October 21
Kraske: The Chat: Kander on VA services;
MU prof Peverill Squire on Missouri Dem candidates clinging to their
guns; Teresa Hensley on Koster's performance as Cass County
Prosecutor +
KMOX: Global election expert Paul DeGregorio (R) says
Trump's talk about "rigged" elections is irresponsible (note:
party ID corrected)
KC Star: Election officials, academics weigh in on
voter fraud; Man, woman pleaded guilty to voter fraud in Kansas
City in 2013 +
SNL: Blunt: 'Of course' I'll accept election
results X
Missourinet:
Columbia College prof Terry Smith talks Trump's impact on Blunt's
re-election
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Bill
Otto (D-Maryland Heights) explains to Mannies & Rosenbaum his
rationale for giving up state rep seat to take November loss against
Ann Wagner
KWMU: With party switch in his past, Koster hopes to
blaze a new trail as governor
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact analysis:
Greitens' claim about Koster and Backpage.com rated "Mostly False"
KWMU: Overview: Secretary of state: Jay
Ashcroft (R) vs. Robin Smith (D)
KWMU: "On the Air" podcast: Host Don Marsh talks
with GOP SOS candidate Jay Ashcroft
Missourinet: Eric Schmitt forms special needs coalition
SNL: Hawley, Hensley debate in Springfield X
Brownfield Ag News: Dept. of Ag Director Richard
Fordyce talks budget cuts to Dairy Revitalization Act, previews
upcoming Governor's Conference on Agriculture, more
Columbia Missourian: MU students told to expect
smaller Bright Flight awards
Columbia Missourian: Before MU Homecoming, another
closed session for curators
Missourinet: Legislative task force organizes to
tackle dyslexia in public schools
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools still fixing water
fountains, pipes
P-D: After years near the bottom, Missouri is finally
doing more to boost energy efficiency
AP:
Missouri gets $8.7M from Volkswagen after emissions scandal
KWMU: MO DNR wants Republic Services to study
groundwater flow, install additional wells; Amateur
epidemiologist Dawn Chapman shares her theory on geological physics
P-D: Republic Services will continue monitoring
landfill's environmental impacts
CDT endorsement: Stephen Webber (D) for state Senate X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Vote 'No' on
tobacco taxes and Amendment 6; Vote 'Yes' on Amendments 1 and 2
KC Star letter: Blue Springs man finds Kander more
believable than Blunt on veterans' issues +
SE
Missourian letter: Rep. Donna Lichtenegger (R-Jackson):
Vote 'No' on Amendment 3 +
SE
Missourian letter: Area sexagenarian references his previous
anti-tax letters to the editor, delivers plot twist with support for
Amendment 3 +
Columbia Missourian: Liberal activist criticizes
Rowden's claim that government doesn't create jobs, points to thousands
of Columbians employed by public university system
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Thursday, October 20
Kraske: The Chat: St. Louis County Dem election
official predicts voter intimidation at polls; Rep. Nate Walker
(R-Kirksville) suggests lobbyists are human +
KMOX: Global election expert Paul DeGregorio (R) says
Trump's talk about "rigged" elections is irresponsible;
Kander: "There's no Democratic or Republican way to run an
election"
KWMU: Blunt, Kander vie to show who cares the most
about veterans
SE
Missourian: Kander calls for VA changes during Cape campaign stop +
P-D: Campaign fundraising report roundup: Clay,
Wagner, Luetkemeyer, Smith
CDT: Obamacare options limited in Missouri X
Missourinet: FBI: Largest prostitution and sex
trade sting shows Missouri is not immune to these crimes
KWMU: New Mississippi River website is expected to
boost tourism
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Democrats, Republicans
embrace guns in campaign ads; Koster, Kander, Webber join GOP
candidates in using firearm imagery
KWMU: Man on a mission: Eric Greitens embarks on
quest to become Missouri's governor
The Missouri Times: Greitens aims to tie Koster to
Clinton
SNL: Greitens gets another $1 million of Humphreys
money, gets hit with ethics complaint X
P-D: John Brunner files subpoena to get Greitens to
talk about controversial California contributor Michael Goguen
AP:
Video shows Teresa Hensley slamming Chris Koster's work as
prosecutor; Comments were made at 2006 debate
P-D: Teresa Hensley walks back 2006 criticism of Chris
Koster
The Missouri Times: Poll: Koster maintains lead,
but downballot races look good for Republicans
KMOX: Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn discusses
new poll, says Greitens "may have found a message that sticks"
The Missouri Times: Next governor will be forced to
make tough choices on transportation funding
CDT: Hawley leads Hensley in money chase, while other
area hopefuls lag behind rivals X
Columbia Missourian: League of Women Voters hosts
forum on November ballot measures
KMOX: Overview: Amendment 4, stopping new sales
taxes on services
Missourinet: Overview: Amendment 6, voter photo
ID
The Missouri Times: Speaker Todd Richardson assisting
battleground districts across state
KMIZ: Columbia-area state Senate, state rep candidates
attend forum: Transcript of Webber, Rowden, Reisch, Pauley,
Stevens, Waterman, Basye, McClintic talking road funding, MU
appropriations, much more
CDT: State rep candidate Cheri Reisch to pay $100 fine
over missing language in Boone County Fair program book X
Liberty Tribune: Overview: Rep. T.J. Berry (R)
vs. Brian Lautenschlager (L) in 38th House District
The Standard (Missouri State University): MSU grad
Daniel Bogle (R) running for Genise Montecillo's state rep seat
Drebes:
New campaign committees: Mike Allen and member of the Gates BBQ
empire
CDT: Boone County poll workers train for Nov. 8
election X
The Missouri Times: Agriculture's
storyteller-in-chief: Dept. of Ag's Richard Fordyce earns
bipartisan praise for commitment to Missouri's farmers, ranchers and
consumers
Missourinet: Missouri's unemployment rate continues to
climb
CDT: Spokesman: University of Missouri curators
unlikely to complete presidential search this week X
KC Star: University of Missouri curators reportedly
close to choosing new system president +
KWMU: Ferguson-Florissant School District opposes
NAACP plans to alter elections
The Missouri Times: PSC approves dates for local
hearings on Grain Belt Express lines
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Trust Fund
Advisory Committee meets to discuss legislative issues, potential
recapture of funds
CDT endorsement: Tom Pauley (D) for 44th District
state rep X
P-D editorial: Term limits have had deleterious effect
on Missouri Legislature
Columbia Missourian: C.W. Wilson fills paper's
black-columnist slot after departure of Carl Kenney, pens column
opposing Amendment 6
Columbia Missourian: Two months ago: Carl Kenney
abdicates black-columnist slot, says he's skipping town because he
failed to earn more than $30k/yr. and Columbia has too much "white
privilege"
P-D op-ed: Vision for Children at Risk's Richard
Patton: Yes on Amendment 3; Opponents are entirely
self-interested
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Wednesday, October 19
P-D: Missouri GOP women weigh in on Trump; St.
Louis newspaper expands local source pool to include professor that is
not a seasoned-citizen Caucasoid male
P-D: St. Louis County election officials anticipate
polling-place problems, ask police for help; Commission Chair
Richard Kellett (D): "There are a lot of nuts out there."
KC Star: McCaskill's name mentioned in Wikileaks
emails; Dems' brainstorm identified passable VP options among
subgroups of women, blacks and Latinos +
KWMU: St. Louis agency approves issuing bonds for NGA
project
P-D: Getting ready for new NGA, St. Louis approves up
to $120 million in bonds
Kraske: The Chat: Chris Koster on national Dems
ignoring Missouri; Josh Hawley on Jefferson City politicians +
KC Star: Debates becoming less important in statewide
contests +
P-D: With exception of governor race, Republicans
outraising Dems in statewide contests
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Teresa
Hensley talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about her experience, Second
Amendment and urban criminals, more
The Missouri Times: Latest criticisms of Amendment 3
revolve around abortion
KWMU: Jennings School District welcomes anti-voter-ID
campaign; Denise Lieberman of "Missouri Voter Protection
Coalition" given speaking time at junior high assembly to
campaign against Amendment 6
CDT: Political party, union funds pour into Boone
County state legislative races X
P-D: Fight over residency of Rep. Keith English
(I-Florissant) back in court
The Missouri Times: Samuel Diehl visitation, funeral
arrangements
Missourinet: Federal overtime rule will have $2
million impact on Missouri state budget
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Development
Commission holds first hearing in road to funding new housing projects
Missourinet: Prisoner work-release labor helps save
MoDOT millions
P-D: Centene subsidiary awarded expanded Medicaid
contract in Missouri
The Missouri Times: Deadline announced for
construction of Capitol steps project
The Missouri Times: Clean Line closing in on final
order from PSC
Missourinet: Koster's office sues Volkswagen for
violating state environmental laws
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Conservation says 4,300
feral hogs have been killed this year
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Donald Trump for
President X
CDT endorsement: Chris Koster (D) for governor X
KC Star editorial: Republican senators' obstruction of
justice continues, and Missourians should vote against Blunt +
P-D editorial: Missouri's graduation rate is great,
but students might not be prepared for life after high school
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Personal
endorsements: Vote for all Democrats for statewide offices, and
the Democrat running against Hartzler; Also, vote to limit
campaign contributions
KC Star op-ed: Popeye's worker skips opportunity to
pick up extra shifts, takes free bus trip to St. Louis for debate
protest +
CDT op-ed: Missouri Press Association's Jean
Maneke: Missouri Legislature should take Sunshine Law more
seriously X
P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian reacts to Messenger
column on artifacts, expresses outrage that successful businessman
negotiated lending agreement with state
Columbia Missourian letter: Area social worker says
Medicaid recipients should not be held accountable for flaking on
appointments
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says that in the face of
savage attacks on police officers, decent people should contribute to
BackStoppers
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Tuesday, October 18
KWMU: Hillary Clinton campaign sending money to
Missouri to help elect Jason Kander and other Democrats
KC Star: Republicans pounce as Hillary Clinton sends
money to Missouri +
USA Today: Clinton campaign sending money to Missouri
to help turn out vote
Drebes:
Hillary Clinton's transition team hires Cleaver aide
KC Star: DNC bus tour focuses on GOTV effort;
Headliners Emanuel Cleaver, Sly James draw 30 to downtown rally +
KC Star: "It Happened to Me" promo: In wake of
Trump controversy, newspaper invites readers to share their own
experiences; Top storytellers may be contacted by reporters, see
their tales in print +
St. Joseph News-Press: Kander hears about education in
St. Joseph visit X
Rosenbaum: Why Kander's rise in the polls shouldn't be
that shocking
KWMU: Statewide candidates show bank balances headed
into the home stretch
The Missouri Times: October quarterly reports:
Governor: Eric Greitens, Chris Koster
The Missouri Times: Greitens' donor's donor still a
mystery
AP:
Donors behind $2M check to Greitens remain a secret
SNL: Greitens donor stays secret as local legislative
hopefuls report their cash X
The Missouri Times: Koster, some Joplin first
responders say Greitens wrong to politicize 2011 tornado
Kraske: The Chat: Greitens on decision to quit
Navy Reserves; Mike Parson on getting more young people into
agriculture +
The Missouri Times: October quarterly reports:
Lieutenant Governor: Russ Carnahan, Mike Parson
The Missouri Times: October quarterly reports:
Secretary of State: Jay Ashcroft, Robin Smith
The Missouri Times: October quarterly reports:
State Treasurer: Judy Baker, Eric Schmitt
The Missouri Times: October quarterly reports:
Attorney General: Josh Hawley, Teresa Hensley
KOLR: Tobacco tax campaigns take to the TV;
Comments from Linda Rallo, Ron Leone
The Missouri Times: October quarterly reports:
Missouri Senate candidates
The Missouri Times: October quarterly reports:
Missouri House of Representatives candidates
Missourinet: Donors break contribution records in
governor's race; Nixon urges voters to pass contribution limits
Missourinet: Missouri's strategic highway safety plan
to be unveiled Tuesday in Columbia
St. Joseph News-Press: McKenna details MoDOT challenges X
Missourinet: Dent County, city of Salem receive
Workforce Ready Certifications
SE
Missourian: CNN pundits disagree civilly in debate at Southeast
Speaker Series +
Missourinet: Missouri legislative task force on
dyslexia to hold first meeting
SE
Missourian: City of Jackson to ask area lawmakers to draft law
allowing public-safety tax +
CDT: Trib Talks event to be held tonight;
Newspaper facilitates opportunity for readers to discuss community
"inequities" with strangers X
CDT endorsement: Robin Smith (D) for Secretary of State X
P-D editorial: Female who leads Missouri National
Guard's sexual assault response program wrong to make Facebook comment
regarding Trump and the media's fixation on supposed-victim tales
Messenger: State employee wrong to express opinions
critical of news media on her personal Facebook page
P-D letter: Peabody SVP Vic Svec responds to Tony
Messenger column on Ken Bone and energy
P-D letter: Septuagenarian says Blunt's voting record
shows antipathy toward olds
SE
Missourian letter: Septuagenarian explains why her League of
Women Voters klatch opposes voter photo ID +
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Monday, October 17
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on Trump; Koster
on campaign-contribution limits
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt disagree on Trump
KZRG: Blunt campaigns in Carthage
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri pork producers say Trans
Pacific Partnership needed
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Dems David
Turner and Jeff Roorda, along with Republicans Gregg Keller and Jim
Gwinner, discuss Trump-Clinton, Koster-Greitens, other statewide races
P-D: Iran-Boeing passenger plane deal plays a role in
Missouri state treasurer's race
KWMU: Missouri journodo tag-team champions Mannies
& Rosenbaum offer Politically Speaking trivia contest; Quiz
here, entry details and prize info in Sifton link below
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Scott
Sifton (D-Affton) talks with Mannies and Rosenbaum about what
unsuccessful bid for House in 2002 taught him, why Senate Dems should
stop the futile filibustering, tight race with Jotte, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Randy Jotte
talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about Medicaid, 'right to work,' more
Webster-Kirkwood Times: Overview: Scott Sifton
vs. Randy Jotte
Monett
Times: Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove), woman running as independent
share views on Medicaid expansion
Missourinet: Nixon to travel to Germany, seeks to
ensure Bayer keeps its commitment to Missouri residents and Monsanto
employees
AP: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce says SB
656 will lead to more accidental shootings
Moberly Monitor-Index: Area school districts bracing
for transportation funding cut
Daily
American Republic: In Poplar Bluff, black students make up only
10 percent of student body - but achieve 25% of suspensions
The Progressive Farmer: Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville)
will fast-track Missouri bill to raise fines on pesticide applicators
who knowingly breaking the law
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Sam Graves for U.S.
Congress
Hannibal Courier-Post endorsements: Yes on Amendments
1, 2 and 4; No on Amendments 3 and 6; No on Proposition A
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area sexagenarian
unhappy about paper's endorsement of Roy Blunt
SNL letter: Illinois man defends Billy Long's support
for school choice
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Sunday, October 16
KC
Star: U.S. Senate race overview: Roy Blunt profile +
KC
Star: U.S. Senate race overview: Jason Kander profile +
P-D's
Chuck Raasch: Democrats highlight Blunt's family, former
staffers' livelihood of lobbying; Comments from one-half of area
polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave Robertson)
AP's
Jim Salter: U.S. Senate race overview; Reporter avoids rote
formulaic approach of peers, interviews St. Louis area polisci prof not
named Robertson or Warren (UMSL's David Kimball)
St.
Joseph News-Press: Mini-profiles; Third-party candidates
compete for bronze medals in Senate, gov races X
Kraske:
Who wins Missouri, today: Trump, Koster, Schmitt, Ashcroft;
U.S. Senate race and gov lite are toss-ups +
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics preview:
Dems David Turner and Jeff Roorda, along with Republicans Gregg Keller
and Jim Gwinner, talk Trump-Clinton in MO, Koster-Greitens, others
statewide races
P-D:
Video: Editorial page editor Tod Robberson interviews Eric Greitens
AP:
Eric Greitens dropped out of Navy Reserve drills
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Mike Parson speaks in Kennett; GOP lt. gov
candidate says he favors right to work, opposes federal mandate to
allow teenage boys in girls' restrooms, more +
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Overview: Constitutional amendments on November
ballot +
KWMU:
Liberals congregate to rally against Amendment 6: AFL-CIO,
Organization for Black Struggle, Missouri Faith Voices, et al.
CDT:
Overview: 44th District House race: Tom Pauley (D) vs.
Cheri Reisch (R) X
CDT:
Profile: Tom Pauley (D) X
CDT:
Profile: Cheri Reisch (R) X
Columbia
Missourian: Profile: Jeremy Wiggins, Missouri's youngest
GOP delegate at the 2016 Republican National Convention
SNL:
City of Springfield already identifying lobbying priorities for 2017
Missouri legislative session X
SE
Missourian: Gun grabbing: More than 270 firearms stolen in
Cape since 2011 +
Columbia
Missourian: Crossbows in the crosshairs as state opens use of
weapon to all archery hunters
P-D:
Tensions rise in Bootheel over off-label use of approved
herbicide; Law-abiding farmer places responsibility on EPA for
regulatory/bureaucratic sloth, and on farmers who chose to break the law
St.
Joseph News-Press endorsement: Roy Blunt for U.S. Senate X
P-D
editorial: Appeals court flip-flops on anonymity for 'M7,'
Missouri's lethal drug provider
CDT's
Waters: No on Amendment 3 X
CDT
op-ed: UMSL's David Kimball: Vote 'No' on Amendment 6, the
voter photo ID amendment X
CDT
op-ed: Terry Schlemeier: Reaction to Missouri Legislature's
veto session five (5) weeks later X
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Saturday, October 15
KC Star: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) cheers
Kander, slams Blunt and big business in Kansas City +
KCUR: Nearly 1,000 turn out to see Native American
Sen. Elizabeth Warren visit home of the Chiefs
KSHB: Kander gets help from nationally-renowned
liberal Elizabeth Warren in tight race against Roy Blunt
Politico: Blunt stands by Trump
P-D: FEC sends Blunt campaign routine queries about
contributions; Blunt Deputy Campaign Manager Burson Snyder says
fixing reports will require minor bookkeeping or data entry corrections
USA Today: Mailing address overview: Blunt owns
residences in Springfield, Mo. and Washington, D.C.
CDT: Blunt makes non-campaign stop at MU engineering
building X
KC Star: Now running for vice president, Tim Kaine
makes time for Rockhurst high school reunion; Virginia senator
spends 15 minutes at football game +
CDT: Muleskinners meeting features man filling
Democratic ballot slot for Vicky Hartzler's re-election X
Missourinet: VA official: homelessness among
veterans declining in Columbia area
P-D: Ken Bone deals with challenging aspect of
heightened public profile; Critics disagree with previous online
posts about George Zimmerman's self-defense takedown of Trayvon Martin,
appreciation for pregnant women's proper curves, other opinions
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics to
debut in Kansas City market
Missourinet: Koster supports prescription drug
monitoring program legislation
The Missouri Times: Koster responds to new line of
attack from Greitens about Joplin
KC Star: Dem statewide candidates lose day from
campaign trail, sit through Sly James meeting of mayors +
KWMU: Overview: Amendment 2, the campaign
contribution-limit proposal
The Missouri Times: A look at the race for departing
Rep. Jeanne Kirkton (D-Webster Groves) seat: Democrat Sarah
Unsicker vs. Republican Greg Mueller
The Missouri Times: Four-way dance for GOP House
Caucus Chair: Elaine Gannon vs. Mike Kelley vs. Glen Kolkmeyer
vs. Becky Ruth
Columbia Missourian: New Missouri law holds Medicaid
recipients accountable for flaking on appointments, but may clash with
federal law
Missourinet: Portions of SB 656 now in effect
P-D: State law lays out guidelines to keep student
data secure in Missouri schools
Missourinet: Rep. Craig Redmon (R-Canton) wants to
make sure starting pay is competitive for Missouri Conservation agents
The Missouri Times: PSC staff won't get in the way of
Westar acquisition
Hannibal Courier-Post: Hannibal's going batty for
official opening of Sodalis; Missouri Dept. of Conservation, U.S.
Forest Service to provide updates as harmless bats get fleeting moments
of attention
KWMU: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights) to
introduce another gun bill next year, starts another gun-safety klatch
KC Star endorsement: Hillary Clinton for President +
P-D editorial briefs: Missouri's "Right to Farm"
amendment was built on paranoia
P-D op-ed: U.S. Green Building Council's Emily Andrews
wants McCaskill, Blunt to support Obama's Clean Power Plan
Messenger: Missouri State Museum lends artifacts to
Bass Pro Founder's private museum in exchange for $50k
contribution; Indian-artifact givers want items back six month
earlier than lending agreement stipulates
Columbia Missourian Managing Editor Tom Warhover: We
spent a lot of time writing voter guide, so you should spend time
reading it
KC Star letter: KC man says Missouri leans Republican
because a majority of the state is racist +
P-D letter: Feminist Sarah Felts responds to P-D
editorial on Cora Faith Walker-Steve Roberts sex story, says paper
should stop engaging in "victim-blaming"
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Friday, October
14 Samuel
Diehl, son of John Diehl, passes away while at flight school
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on media's obsession
with Trump accusers; Progress Missouri's Laura Swinford on voter
photo ID amendment +
Kraske & Helling's "Deep Background" audio: How
should Roy Blunt handle media's attempt to make Donald Trump a focus of
U.S. Senate race? +
Kraske: Jason Kander enjoying an astonishing
ride; Even with a loss next month, candidate will be a rising
Democratic star +
P-D: Blunt says he wants to focus on Missouri issues,
not alleged assaults by Bill Clinton or Donald Trump
NY Times: Missouri's David Humphreys among GOP donors
urging RNC to cut ties to Trump
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner calls for Clinton aide
to step down over comments about Catholics
The Missouri Times: Debate scene-stealer Ken Bone
makes his first product/policy endorsement: uberSELECT
AP:
Missouri leads nation in TV ad spending for governor's race;
Thoughts from one-half of St. Louis polisci prof pundit pool (Dave
Robertson, UMSL)
SNL: Greitens planning Southwest Missouri bus tour X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Josh Hawley
talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about qualifications, Teresa
Hensley, Trump, more
SE
Missourian: Complex politics behind two Missouri tobacco tax
issues +
KWMU: Amendment 4 overview: Realtors lead
pre-emptive strike against expanding sales taxes to include services
The Missouri Times: Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton) faces
tough challenge in fending off Randy Jotte
CDT: Webber, Rowden ads trade blows over taxes, sex
offenders X
Columbia Missourian: State, county election officials
discuss protecting the vote from hackers, other threats
Drebes:
Steve Tilley to lobby for Missouri Energy Development Association (MEDA)
KWMU: Boeing opens new facility to build commercial
airplane parts; Nixon attends ribbon-cutting
Missourinet: Missouri Transportation Department
Director Patrick McKenna: We need big money
Columbia Missourian: UM System presidential search
committee may have found their qualified black candidate: Ohio
University's Roderick McDavis
KWMU: Audit details cybersecurity concerns in Missouri
schools
Missourinet: DNR testifies about maintenance needs in
Missouri state park system
KWMU: Committee hears complaints about off-label use
of approved herbicide
Missourinet: Court reverses decision about Missouri's
lethal injection drug supplier
AP:
Court: Missouri does not have to disclose pentobarbital supplier
P-D endorsement: Yes on Amendment 2
Waters: Blunt, Hartzler stick by Trump; Blunt
needs support from "Trump-infested voters" X
Priddy: Vote against any candidate who sent you
negative mail, or is advocating for what their largest donor wants
Columbia Missourian letter: Christopher S. Bond Life
Sciences Center's Jack Schultz: Amendment 3 seeks to block
research
KC Star letter: Nevada, Mo. man wants legislators to
stop accepting meals from lobbyists +
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Chillicothe woman wants
legislators to expand Medicaid to cover former prison inmates X
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Thursday, October 13
The Missouri Times: Remington Research (Axiom) poll of
2,000+ likely MO voters: Trump, Koster lead in Missouri;
Parson vs. Carnahan too close to call
The Missouri Times: Trump comments deterring few in
Missouri
SNL: Long talks about his decision to maintain support
for Donald Trump X
Kraske: The Chat: Wagner vs. Hartzler 2018 U.S.
Senate primary takes shape with disagreement over Trump; Kander
says Blunt puts party before principle; McCaskill admits to
twitstigating without proofreading +
KC Star: Monmouth poll of less than 500 voters shows
Blunt with two-point advantage over Kander +
KWMU: In latest reports, Kander raises more, while
Blunt spends more
P-D: Kander outraises Blunt in third quarter, but
incumbent has more cash to spend
AP:
Kander raises $3 million for bid for U.S. Senate
Washington Missourian: At area visit, Blunt talks
business, Obamacare issues
KC Star: Missouri employee claims bias in lost
promotion, names Jason Kander as defendant; Bulgarian immigrant
says job he deserved was handed to black woman in the spirit of
symbolic diversity +
Missourinet: McCaskill wants Missouri veterans clinic
to expand business hours
AP:
Fact-checking Koster, Greitens campaign claims
SNL: Latest polls show governor race tightening X
The Missouri Times: MOGOP takes aim at Koster with new
website
Missourinet: New Republican website targets donations
to Koster
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Don Marsh has a chat
with former fellow TV news personality Robin Smith; Candidate
explains her name ID advantage, shares thoughts on voter photo ID,
quotes Martin Luther King, more
CDT: Local liberal, conservative debate voter photo ID
proposal at League of Women Voters forum X
The Missouri Times: House tip sheet:
October; A look at each competitive House district, and where
momentum has shifted in the last month
CDT: State legislative candidates clash over ethics
proposals X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Incoming state Rep.
Fred Wessels (D-St. Louis City)
Missourinet: Missouri state agencies requesting
additonal $54 million in state budget
P-D: Nixon rejects tiny road project that could help a
Kroenke development
Missourinet: House Select Committee on Ag Chair Bill
Reiboldt (R-Neosho) says Legislature will fast-track bill to increase
penalties for pesticide applicators who choose to violate federal,
state laws
CDT: Ohio University president being considered for
University of Missouri president X
Columbia Missourian: Audit suggests changes to UM
System's diversity, equity practices
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court sets execution date for
Mark Christeson
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Yes on Amendment 4 X
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Yes on Amendment 8
(voter ID) X
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston: People who claim
election fraud exists probably believe in the boogeyman X
CDT's Waters: Ed Emery's valuable contribution to
discussion about gender confusion; State senator "makes us think,
even if we end up in disagreement" X
P-D op-ed: Area liberal says refusal to expand
Medicaid, increase welfare handouts and raise the minimum wage shows
Missouri Republicans are heartless
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Wednesday, October 12
Missouri
voter registration
CDT: Hartzler stands by Trump as some Republicans turn
away from nominee X
Missourinet: Billy Long calls out establishment
Republicans for abandoning Trump
Roll Call: Rating the U.S. Senate challengers:
Jason Kander moves to #1
P-D: In fundraising letter for Blunt, Speaker Paul
Ryan says losing Missouri could mean GOP losing Senate
SNL: Jason Kander talks student debt, Senate race at
MSU roundtable; Non-binary millennial chooses to wear hat -
backwards - indoors X
KODE: Jason Kander visits Joplin to speak with veterans
The Missouri Times: AFL-CIO, Americans for Prosperity
campaigns target Blunt, Kander
CDT: McCaskill talks veterans assistance, disgust with
Trump X
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill stands up for
Missouri farmers, urges EPA consider sound science in review of safe,
effective Syngenta herbicide X
KOMU: McCaskill visits Patriot Place apartments for
veterans
KRCG: Homeless veterans find shelter at Patriot Place
apartments
P-D: Jason Smith says McCaskill offered him a hug,
apology after slapdash tweet labeled him "Justin"
AP:
Gov candidate Q&A series: Koster, Greitens on marijuana,
abortion, LGBTQIA rights in the workplace, SJR 39
Kraske: The Chat: Greitens on charity-political
donor overlap; Hawley on his AG priorities +
The Missouri Times: Greitens submits Missouri Right to
Life survey
SNL: Mike Parson to rally in Springfield with
agricultural, business leaders X
The Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt releases first TV
ad; "Inspiration" focuses on his son
Messenger: Why is David Humphreys investing in Josh
Hawley? Because he wants to bribe incoming AG and influence a
class-action lawsuit.
The Missouri Times: New anti-Amendment 3 ad features
camel mascot
P-D: Challengers to tobacco tax hike take fight out of
courtroom and onto the airwaves
CDT: State Senate race heats up during debate between
Caleb Rowden, Stephen Webber X
CDT: Caleb Rowden, Cheri Reisch decline to pass
judgment on Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) comments regarding "gender
confusion" X
Columbia Missourian: At League of Women Voters forum,
state legislative candidates focus on important state issues, as well
as Ed Emery's opinion of homosexuality
Columbia Missourian: State legislative candidates
appear at disability forum
CDT: New registrations, overall voter numbers down in
Boone County as deadline nears X
P-D: St. Louis City election board failures result in
another do-over election; Ferguson Twitter celeb Rasheen
"SheenBean" Aldridge gets another shot at Rodney Hubbard, Sr. in Dem
committeeman race
The Missouri Times: Some in agriculture industry fear
budget withholds could taint Nixon's legacy
Missourinet: Construction industry and state team up
for Build Missouri Week
Columbia Missourian: Reps. Sue Allen (R-Town and
Country), Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) pass cyberbullying bill after
six-year effort
Missourinet: Missouri House committee to address
off-label use of approved herbicide, State Fair RV parking, park
systems upkeep
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Area special ed teacher, local officer help
black students overcome unwarranted fear of police +
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit firearms enthusiast says
he is skeptical of Kander's pro-gun posturing
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Tuesday, October 11
KWMU: Blunt maintains support for Trump over
Clinton; Both sides expect more national Dem money to be spend
helping Kander
P-D: Experts speculate on Trump's impact on Blunt
campaign; Comments from Gregg Keller, John Hancock
Rosenbaum: Ferguson notably absent from St. Louis'
presidential debate
P-D: Red sweater guy Kenneth Bone is Internet
sensation after debate; Rotund Shiloh, Ill. man chose Izod
cable-knit number after he split the rear end of his suit
SNL: After savage debate, Trump and Clinton supporters
find reasons for optimism X
Student Life (Wash U.): First-hand experiences from
inside the debate hall: Thoughts from two Clinton supporters
Student Life (Wash U.): Campus "Liberation Collective"
protest fails; Liberal coed says she left protest early after
"Transsexual people of color"/West Lake Landfill/pro-Palestine
activists were "advertising their own grievances"
Columbia Missourian: McCaskill admires veteran housing
at Patriot Place
AP:
Greitens taps charity donors for gubernatorial bid
KWMU: Overview: Amendment 1, state parks and
soils tax
The Missouri Times: Health care organizations line up
on both sides of Amendment 3
Missourinet: Amendment 4 - the ban on service sales
taxes - has limited but vocal opposition
CDT: Sen. Ed Emery (R-Lamar) clarifies remarks about
'gender confusion' X
Missourinet: Another clash expected in Missouri
Legislature over prescription drug monitoring program
SE
Missourian: City of Jackson may need help from state lawmakers to
fund fire, police projects +
P-D: Missouri's 'right-to-farm' amendment doesn't
apply to marijuana growers, St. Louis judge says
The Missouri Times: Office of Public Counsel complaint
against Laclede stayed
P-D:
Three injured as gunfire breaks out at St. Louis vigil for Vonderrit
Myers Jr.; Event marked the two-year anniversary of officer
defending himself against gunfire from career criminal
St.
Joseph News-Press endorsement: No on Amendment 3 and Proposition A
X
CDT
op-ed: First Chance for Children former director Jack
Jensen: Support Amendment 3 for Missouri's children and future
X
Columbia
Missourian's op-ed: NORML's Dan Viets: Marijuana editorial
ignores medical research
Priddy:
The case against state legislative term limits
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Area woman says money spent
on crisis pregnancy centers would be better spent on welfare programs
KC Star letter: Parents of overseas teacher whose
identity was stolen in United Arab Emirates thanks Blunt's office for
helping them through ordeal +
P-D letter: Florissant man dislikes newspaper's glee
in reporting that most recent cop-murderer was white
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Monday, October 10
KWMU: The Wash U debate: 'Free expression' zone,
tape talk, down-ballot concerns
KWMU: After the debate: Reaction from Clay,
Cleaver, Jason Smith, Jack Danforth, students
The Missouri Times: Debate recap, reaction
P-D: Debate recap, reaction
SNL: Debate recap, reaction
X
Missourinet: Post-debate reaction from students
Columbia Missourian: St. Louis City Alderman Cara
Spencer (D) among those battering Trump pinata outside restaurant
Columbia Missourian: Protest scenes: Buses
transport herds of minimum wage protesters; Woman complains about
West Lake Landfill; etc.
Messenger: Debate analysis: Clinton overcomes
Trump's misogyny and bigotry, proves she is a fighter and a diplomat
who will represent the entire nation
Kraske: Debate analysis: America lost. We all
lost. +
St. Joseph News-Press: Area gun salesmen expect spike
in sales after the election; Override of Nixon's veto also
provided bump X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Lester
Turilli; Panel of Jeff Mazur, St. Louis Mayor Candidate Lyda
Krewson (D), Missouri Right to Life's Susan Klein, and Tim Jones talk
presidential race, Koster-Greitens and tax returns, more
KY3: Public health organizations oppose both tobacco
tax increase ballot measures
This Week in Missouri Politics overtime: Bonus
discussion on Amendment 3, Amendment 4
Sedalia Democrat: Local realtors voice support for
Amendment 4
KSIS: Realtors urge voters to vote 'Yes' on Amendment 4
CDT: Emery comments on homosexuality spark backlash X
Columbia Missourian: Democrats call on GOP candidates
to rebuke Emery's statements on gay rights; State senator said
"unnatural behavior - formerly protrayed as mental illnesses" are now
"privileged by government mandates"
Missourinet: Missouri Chamber debutes website tool to
track spending by trial lawyers, unions
KWMU: Missouri voter registration deadline is Oct. 12
Drebes:
Paul Snider to lead government affairs at Kansas City Area
Transportation Authority
Missourinet: Missouri FBI official urges college
seniors to apply for bureau jobs before graduating
SE
Missourian: Number of students eligible for free, lower-priced
lunches inch higher in region; Taxpayers may subsidize up to
64.8% of student meals in Cape district +
CDT: County argues city misinterprets state law in
appeal of TIF ruling X
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Galloway's report shows improvements in Dunklin
County Public Administrator's office +
P-D endorsement: Russ Carnahan (D) for lieutenant
governor
P-D endorsement: Robin Smith (D) for secretary of state
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Amendment 2 will
muddy the campaign-finance waters X
KC Star op-ed: Missouri AARP's Sidney McCarther
opposes voter photo ID amendment +
Columbia Missourian editor Tom Warhover: Meet the 13
members of 2016-17 Readers Board: 7 seasoned citizens, one black
male, one Asian male
KC Star letter: Retired doc urges Sen. Rob Schaaf
(R-St. Joseph) to support a state prescription drug monitoring program +
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Sunday, October 9
Student Life (Wash U.): Over 200 students, faculty,
staff to volunteer for debate
KWMU: With debate looming, Ann Wagner withdraws
support for Trump; Other Republicans holding on
Missourinet: Wagner calls on Trump to end White House
bid
P-D: Ann Wagner withdraws Trump support;
McCaskill attempts to twitstigate GOP delegation, replete with
misspelling Wagner's name and calling Jason Smith "Justin"
Washington Post: At Mount Vernon Apple Butter Makin'
Days parade, Blunt - and supporters - keep the focus on Missouri issues
and defeating Hillary Clinton
SNL: Blunt: Trump's remarks 'inappropriate,'
still voting for him X
KC Star: Pressure on Blunt expected to grow +
KC Star: Republican statewide candidates criticize
Trump's comments, but will still vote for him
+
Columbia Missourian: Local voices story; Wash U.
student who started Missouri Youth for Trump; Black man who
prefers Trump over Clinton, and two galpals who disagree; More
Student Life (Wash U.): Inconveniences, political
tensions lead to student ambivalence over debate
P-D: Retrospective: Big moments from previous
Wash U. debates
Student Life (Wash U.): Students, St. Louis community
gear up for debate-day protests, disturbances
Student Life (Wash U.): Group of 30 white Black Lives
Matter sympathizers gather on Loop for protest; Comments from
septuagenarian Dorothy Johnson of U. City Action Network
KMOX: Group of Black Lives Matter sympathizers urge
consumers to avoid spending money on "Black Out Friday" October 21
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Lester Turilli; Panel of Jeff Mazur, St.
Louis Mayoral Candidate Lyda Krewson (D), Missouri Right to Life's
Susan Klein, and Tim Jones on presidential race, Koster vs. Greitens
and tax returns, more
SNL: Koster, Greitens trade volleys amid escalating
battle for Governor's Mansion X
AP: Gov candidate Q&A series: Koster and
Greitens on 'right to work,' minimum wage, unemployment benefits
P-D: Panel reviewing University of Missouri takes a
look at diversity programs, Title IX compliance
SE
Missourian: SEMO president enters second year; Carlos
Vargas-Aburto talks about improving graduation rate, trying to find
qualified minority students and faculty, more
+
Drebes:
Missouri Public Service Commission's Scott Rupp explains dynamic
pricing and how it could help Missouri's utility industry
Student Life (Wash U.) editor Katie Marcus: Thoughts
on serving as paper's credentialed reporter in media filing center
SE
Missourian op-ed: Remarks from Jon Rust on his father, Gary Rust,
at the opening of the Rust Center for Media +
CDT op-ed: Ron Leone: Amendment 3 is a scam X
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Saturday, October 8
Mannies: Wash U.'s latest debate reflects the future,
and recalls the past; A look at Sunday's format, and first-hand
behind-the-scenes accounts from each of previous St. Louis debates
Rosenbaum: St. Louis' struggles and opportunities
should inform Clinton and Trump
P-D: Debate preview: Analysis from one-half of
local polisci prof pundit pool (Dave Robertson, UMSL)
KC Star: Trump's 2005 banter regarding women's
openness to being physically dominated by famous men draws reaction
from Blunt, Greitens, Hawley +
SNL: Ben Carson speaks at College of the Ozarks;
Former presidential candidate lauds Trump and Greitens, mocks
"silliness" of colleges' posturing around "transgender stuff" X
Kirksville Daily Express: Kander's Kirksville stop
focuses on small business issues X
CDT: In Columbia, Kander emphasizes campaign finance,
ethics proposals X
P-D: McCaskill says congressional investigation of
Backpage.com continues even after CEO's arrest
SNL: Blunt announces that MSU Chorale will perform at
2017 presidential inauguration X
The Missouri Times: Ann Wagner, Nicole Galloway to
speak at RGA event for women later this month
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Ron Hicks (R-St.
Peters) crosses party lines to support Chris Koster
The Missouri Times: Leaders credit Koster for filling
leadership void during Ferguson, but some accounts differ
Drebes:
Potential reasons why Eric Greitens won't release tax returns
P-D: Votes against 'right to work' earn some GOP state
reps union support
The Missouri Times: Profile: Incoming state Rep.
Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove)
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Rep. Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering), opponent
discuss 'right to work,' other topics at forum; Idealistic
millennial Lena Samford (D) voices opposition to voter photo ID laws,
supports Medicaid expansion
Missourinet: Nixon: Rebirth of Missouri's auto
industry has been a cornerstone of his administration
KWMU: UM presidential search 'going well' but no name
yet
CDT: University of Missouri curators chairwoman
defends secrecy of presidential search X
Columbia Missourian: UM curators close annual review
without presidential announcement
CDT: Foley optimistic after late gain in University of
Missouri enrollment; Number is down from past years X
SE
Missourian: SEMO's Rust Center for Media holds dedication, open
house +
The Missouri Times: Office of Administration
Commissioner Doug Nelson honored with national award
P-D endorsement: Hillary Clinton for President
P-D editorial briefs: McCaskill right to go after
Backpage.com CEO; Bad parenting to blame for marauding packs of
violent young savages; Missouri Supreme Court takes positive step
for court consolidation
KC Star editorial: Murder rate is a big black eye to
Kansas City; Missouri legislators wrong to pass gun bill +
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri Western
dancers who chose to kneel - and other disrespectful limelight-seekers
- are not owed an apology by university; Glory hounds should step
away from their role in public events before acting out X
Waters: On UM president search and secrecy X
P-D's Aisha Sultan: SLU Muslims prove a point by
showing up to College Republicans event and then walking out
P-D letter: Paper provides news coverage to lynchings,
but numbers pale in comparison to modern black-on-black murders
P-D letter: American Association of University Women -
Missouri chapter: Women's voices are rarely heard, candidates
should care about "pay equity," etc.
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Friday, October 7
KWMU: What you need to know about the Oct. 9
presidential debate at Washington University
KWMU: KWMU to host live pre-debate show from Wash U.
campus; Septuagenarian Don Marsh will showcase sexagenarian
analysis: one half of local polisci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave
Robertson) and a retired SLU communications prof, utilizing zero (0)
faculty from Washington University
KMOX: Wash U. puts finishing touches on campus ahead
of debate
KTVI: Final preparations ongoing ahead of
debate; Candidates, audience will endure questions read by voters
who can't decide between Trump and Clinton
KWMU: Ferguson officials want Trump, Clinton to visit
prior to debate; Comments from Mayor James Knowles, others
KWMU: Wash U. Dems, Republicans debate issues
BuzzFeed: SEIU's "Fight for 15" member-recruitment
campaign plans to make a scene outside debate on Sunday
Missourinet: Former GOP congressmen Tom Coleman, Jack
Buechner lend name to anti-Trump letter; Bad-mouthing GOP
standard-bearer garners septuagenarians long-lost media attention
P-D: Imo's franchisee in St. Louis City displays Trump
sign; Neighborhood liberals take to Facebook to share emotional
freakout
SNL: Blunt to make several stops in and around
Springfield this weekend X
SNL: Self-proclaimed bin Laden slayer stumps for
Greitens, who says Koster is 'afraid to debate' X
The Missouri Times: Koster, Greitens react to St.
Louis County police officer's murder
The Missouri Times: Hawley vs. Hensley heats up;
Dem's new ad mocks Hawley's lack of experience, while Hawley spox
Kristen Blanchard Ansley labels Hensley a "soft-on-crime" plea-bargain
enthusiast
Columbia Missourian: Legislative candidates speak at
Pachyderm rally
Missourinet: Missouri parks and soil tax extension has
broad support
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Rep. Andrew McDaniel (R-Deering), opponent
speak at local Farm Bureau forum +
Drebes:
Democratic Attorneys General Association Missouri gets new treasurer
Drebes:
Details on new David Humphreys ad buy
Columbia Missourian: MU student enrollment at lowest
since 2010 academic year
KC Star: Enrollment declines at University of Missouri +
KWMU: Challenges to minimum wage restrictions before
Missouri Supreme Court
Missourinet: State Supreme Court considers Kansas
City, St. Louis minimum wage cases
The Missouri Times: Sen. Will Kraus (R-Lee's Summit)
plans enactment ceremonies for SB 1025
P-D: Questions raised over Missouri's new tax
deduction for stillborn babies
CDT: Outgoing DNR Director Sara Parker Pauley reflects
on tenure X
Truman Index: Richard Fordyce speaks at University
Farm; MO ag director joined by Sen. Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown), Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
The Missouri Times: KCP&L acquisition to give
Missouri another Fortune 500 company
Missourinet: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) leads
bipartisan group of legislators promoting area health fair
KWMU: State wildlife officials hope to raise
Missouri's endangered lake sturgeon population
KC Star endorsements: Yes on Amendment 1 (soil and
water conservation), Yes on Amendment 2 (campaign contribution limits),
No on both tobacco taxes, No on Amendment 4 (sales tax prohibition), No
on Amendment 6 (voter photo ID) +
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: The governor says
goodbye; In speech to Missouri Press Association, Nixon says "new
media people" do not have same kind of standards as old-line MPA members X
Messenger: Rape allegation inspires previous Roberts
accuser to speak up; Twentysomething who claims Steve Roberts
touched her at a bar last year meets with columnist, cries
The Current (UMSL) op-ed: It's on us to combat ageism
in college; Millennials should try to be nicer to olds
P-D letter: Washington, D.C. woman feels Post-Dispatch
editorial wasn't hard enough on Steve Roberts
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Thursday, October 6
Student Life (Washington University): University says
it attempts political neutrality amidst debate fervor
Student Life (Washington University): University
organizes discussion panel of "marginalized groups"; Liberals of
various ethnicities, "identities" congregate to criticize Trump and his
supporters
Roll Call: Trump's large Missouri lead - and Kander
staying within striking range of Blunt - suggests incumbent is "badly
trailing" Trump's level of support
GQ:
Q&A with Jason Kander on gun ad, being the country's first
millennial elected to statewide office, Blunt and Trump, more
Columbia Missourian: Politifact analysis:
Kander's voting record on guns is "nuanced"
KY3 (Springfield): McCaskill secures $72 million in
earmarks for Missouri highway projects
Hannibal Courier-Post: McCaskill sees to it that
decade-old earmarked funds are repurposed for U.S. 61 improvements
Missourinet: Hartzler talks 9-11 vote, defense
spending bill
The Missouri Times: Hartzler attends opening of
manufacturing plant in Harrisonville
KC Star: When pressed, Chris Koster says he's
supporting Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump
+
P-D: St. Louis City alderman files complaint about
Josh Hawley contributions; Republican Attorneys General
Association calls move "a politically motivated, frivolous complaint"
P-D: Overview of six ballot questions; Parks,
soil and water sales tax, limiting campaign contributions, cigarette
taxes, prohibition on new sales and use taxes, voter photo ID
The Missouri Times: Amendment 4 takes spotlight with
polling, new opposition
Columbia Missourian: Candidate forum at Mizzou draws
40 students; Eight state legislative candidates and their staff
lose an evening to sparsely-attended event
P-D: Another battle over absentee votes in St. Louis
heads to court next week; Ferguson celebrity Rasheen "SheenBean"
Aldridge and his mother have both been handed losses by Hubbard family
The Missouri Times: Judge rules Ron Calzone will not
have to register as a lobbyist
The Missouri Times: Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark)
critical of Speaker pro tem candidate's letter to caucus; Rep.
Joe Don McGaugh (R-Carrollton) uses St. Louis City's Walker-Roberts
alleged incident to criticize Jefferson City "culture"
AP:
Nixon reverses $12 million of budget cuts
P-D: Missouri schools, health centers to receive part
of money cut by Nixon
CDT: Committee leaders mum on status of University of
Missouri presidential search X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Energy Initiative hosts
conference in St. Louis
The Missouri Times: New leadership at Missouri
Municipal League
P-D editorial: Crime is a problem of poverty, not skin
color; Spending more taxpayer money on "eliminating poverty" will
change the mindset of budding criminals
KC Star editorial: Low test scores show KC, Hickman
Mills school districts falling far short of goals +
SE
Missourian editorial: Rust Center for Media will serve students
at Southeast Missouri State +
P-D op-ed: U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Glenn
Spencer: SEIU's "Fight for 15" St. Louis street theatre is a
transparent plot to skim fast-food workers' income
KC Star's Jason Hancock: A 'yes' vote on Amendment 2
will help end the horror of large campaign contributions in Missouri +
P-D letter: Illinois man criticizes Blunt, praises
Jason Kander for supporting Obamacare
Quincy Herald-Whig letter: Area man supports Roy Blunt
for re-election
KC Star letters: Man older than Roy Blunt calls
senator an "old mossback"; Male domestic violence victim says
Missouri should offer more services to men +
P-D letter: Woman who is friends with man in Greitens
commercial critical of Post-Dispatch editorial and news coverage
P-D letter: Kirkwood man wonders when St. Louis City
youths' savage attacks will be labeled what they are: hate crimes
against whites
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Wednesday, October 5
P-D: Labor rally draws 1,000 to St. Charles
arena; Kander, Koster, Sen. Scott Sifton (D-Affton), others speak
KC Star: Tim Kaine spurs excitement among fifteen (15)
area residents who claim to have befriended him in high school +
Missourinet: Third-party U.S. Senate candidates on
immigration, "free" college tuition
AP:
New federal regulations will give area public employees a pay raise
NPR: Sexual assault numbers vary by who is tracking
it; Interview with McCaskill
KWMU: DEA announces big meth bust in St. Louis
P-D: DEA announces major meth seizures, arrests in St.
Louis area
KC Star: Koster, Greitens debate over debates +
The Missouri Times: Koster suspends debate
negotiations over lack of tax info from Greitens
KWMU: Koster pulls plug on more debates until Greitens
produces his tax returns
Missourinet: Koster, Greitens squabble over debates
and tax returns
P-D: Koster threatens to cancel second debate if
Greitens doesn't release tax information
AP:
Tax returns could halt talks for Missouri governor debates
Missourinet: Third-party gov candidates on Medicaid
expansion, 'right to work'
Kraske: The Chat: Third-party gov candidate
justifies existence on ballot +
The Missouri Times: Robin Smith's former campaign
consultant files MEC complaints against candidate; Democratic
veteran Glenn Campbell says Smith stiffed him on salary, wanted her
health care paid for by donor dollars, demanded her husband be paid for
doing little to no actual work, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: SOS
candidate Jay Ashcroft on voter ID, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: SOS
candidate Robin Smith on voter ID, more
The Missouri Times: Outgoing Rep. Jeremy LaFaver
(D-Kansas City) criticizes American Cancer Society for Amendment 3
opposition
SE
Missourian: Local realtors push for taxpayer-protection amendment +
KCTV: Video: Grassroots effort underway to
approve Missouri taxpayer protection amendment
KCUR: Activists urge voters in Kansas City to vote
'yes' on service tax ban
CDT: Webber, Rowden stress support for MU at retirees
forum X
Columbia Missourian: State legislative candidates
speak to MU retirees
Drebes:
David Humphreys plans to make KC Dem spend cash
KWMU: New absentee ballot restrictions could slow
vote-counting in St. Louis County
P-D: Columnist Tony Messenger on KTRS: Steven
Roberts' self-defense against rape allegations is "slut-shaming"
AP:
Missouri revenue up 3.6 percent but still short of budget
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers could revisit gas tax
hike in 2017
CDT: Committee interviews University of Missouri
presidential finalists; Transport vehicles park under tent to
hide identity of candidates X
KWMU: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) organizes
health care fair Saturday in Overland
P-D: Missouri Supreme Court: Airplane meals
can't be taxed at the same rate as frozen dinners
Columbia Missourian: Large hog farm in Callaway County
back before Missouri Clean Water Commission
AP: Missouri DNR identifies source of white color in
St. Louis County creek; Paving company reported truck accident
last week, when low-toxicity additive was spilled
P-D: Several municipal courts in St. Louis County to
consolidate
AP:
Some municipal courts in St. Louis County are consolidating
Missourinet: Sen. David Pearce (R-Warrensburg)
presents Senate resolution to western Missouri radio personality for 50
years of service
P-D editorial: Give nonprofits an edge in bids to run
state license offices
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says it's time to crack
down on violent youths' animalistic behavior
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Tuesday, October 4
KC Star: Undecided? We want you; Paper
will provide pizza, cash stipend to hear from those who can't seem to
decide between Trump and Clinton
KC Star: VP debate local angle: Tim Kaine went
to high school in KC; Anecdotes, embellished memories from people
who now claim to have been close to speech/debate enthusiast
Roll Call: As Dem candidates in Ohio and Florida
falter, Kander gets more national resources
KOLR: Fact check: Blunt vs. Kander on student
loans
The Missouri Times: Al Franken lends name to Kander
fundraising e-mail
KWMU: Federal water spending bill could improve
Missouri water quality and flood protection
Missourinet: Two Afghan military students in Missouri
are reported to be AWOL
KWMU: Census data shows St. Louis area dealing with
nation's largest percentage increase of immigrants
AP:
Gov candidate Q&A series: Koster, Greitens on education
funding
The Missouri Times: Koster campaign provided reporters
real-time fact-check info during Missouri Press Association debate
The Missouri Times: AFL-CIO begins mail campaign to
support Koster
SNL: After bid for Speaker pro tem, Rep. Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield) won't be running for state Senate in 2018
Columbia Missourian: State senate candidate
profile: Caleb Rowden on ethics proposal
The Missouri Times: Steve Roberts responds to Walker's
rape accusation, suggests she's been a long-term paramour
P-D: Roberts denies rape allegation, says he and
accuser had long-term intimate relationship; Walker declines to
"dignify (Roberts') statement with a response"
AP:
Candidate accused of rape says relationship was consensual
SE Missourian: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) to file
'right to work' legislation next year
CDT: University of Missouri presidential search
meetings to be held in Kansas City
The Missouri Times: Missouri Association of School
Administrators names Springfield supe "Superintendent of the Year"
KWMU: State testing Coldwater Creek samples after
water turned white this weekend; Metropolitan Sewer District says
color could be due to paint or a number of other factors
AP:
Tests underway on North St. Louis County creek that turned white
The Missouri Times: Feral hog hunting ban in
conservation areas goes into effect
Missourinet: Missouri's feral hog hunting ban on
public land takes effect
P-D: Federal judge dismisses Ferguson protesters'
$41.5 million lawsuit against police; Judge says payday-seeking
plaintiffs "have completely failed to present any credible evidence"
AP:
Judge tosses suit over police tactics in Ferguson protests
KC Star editorial: Feds finally crack down on payday
loan operators; Missouri legislators should enact tougher laws
P-D editorial: Rape allegation takes courage;
Not rushing to judgment takes patience
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Team Cora: While facts
are technically unknown, Steve Roberts is definitely wrong for what
he's saying about his sexual relationship with Cora Faith Walker
P-D letter: Maryland Heights man says Second
Amendment, Obama/Muslim memes are not funny, and Greitens should
apologize for what a man in TV commercial reposted on Facebook
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman offers sarcastic
take on tobacco tax, suggests government add sin tax to pizza, french
fries and alcohol too
SE
Missourian letter: Area sexagenarian suggests teachers arm
themselves against student attacks - not with guns, but with magnesium
flares and "flash bang" noisemakers
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Monday, October 3
Politico: Paul Ryan to stump for Senate Republicans,
including Roy Blunt
Kraske: The Chat: Kander's debate
punchline; Greitens camp on releasing personal financial
information +
Drebes:
2018 watch: Rep. Marsha Haefner (R-St. Louis County) among those
mulling bid for Congress
SE
Missourian: Nearly 50 participate in local pro-life demonstration +
SE
Missourian: Area groups promote open enrollment for Medicare
Parts C and D; Stock photo of bespectacled Caucasoids sipping
coffee in kitchen while perusing policy paperwork +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Bruce
Franks; Panel of Crystal Brinkley, Jeff Rainford, David Barklage,
Ron Hicks discuss Trump-Clinton, Koster-Greitens
AP:
Gov candidate Q&A series: Koster, Greitens answer questions
on highway funding, proposed tobacco taxes, Medicaid expansion
Columbia Missourian: Politifact series: Koster
leaves out facts in Medicaid statement
P-D: A look at third-party gov candidate also-rans
Drebes:
Polling results for November's ballot initiatives
AP: More on incoming Rep. Cora Faith Walker's
(D-Ferguson) rape allegations: Incoming Rep. Steve Roberts'
(D-St. Louis City) criminal defense attorney says he has "objective
evidence" that sex was consensual
Missourinet: Nixon to appoint Harry Bozoian as new
director of Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
Missourinet: State task force seeks better conditions
for Missouri's dyslexic school kids; Comments from Sen. Bob Onder
(R-Lake Saint Louis)
P-D: Increased security around some St. Louis County
schools amid creepy-clown concerns
KTVI: Missouri Dept. of Conservation:
Challenging season ahead for turkey hunters
KWMU: Overview: Dealing with Missouri's juvenile
delinquents
P-D: St. Louis City officers successfully defend
themselves after 14-year-old opens fire; Cops display expert
marksmanship, critically injuring 6-foot-tall offender without killing
him
P-D: Ballwin officer Michael Flamion able to drive
wheelchair, eat normal food; Cop was ambushed in July by career
criminal and St. Louis City resident Antonio Taylor
P-D editorial: Time for Missouri to crack down on
those who text or check social media while driving
Priddy: Veterans Jason Kander and Eric Greitens fought
for the right of Colin Kaepernick to disrespect our country
KC Star op-ed: Former PSC member Terry Jarrett:
Missouri should brace for potential rise in power costs with
implementation of Stream Protection Rule +
KC Star letter: Independence octogenarian disagrees
with pro-gun legislators, says citizens should be required to take "an
approved mental exam" before getting a gun +
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Sunday, October 2
P-D: Nixon talks about future in a Hillary Clinton
administration, pride in having state host presidential debate at Wash
U., more
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Bruce Franks; Panel of Crystal Brinkley,
Jeff Rainford, David Barklage, Ron Hicks discuss Trump-Clinton,
Koster-Greitens
SNL: In Ozark, Greitens calls for broad transportation
study, says Missouri needs a Chief Operating Officer; Thursday
event will feature man who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden X
JCNT: Home-stretch preview: A look at Chris
Koster and Eric Greitens positions on key issues, fundraising numbers,
more X
KWMU: Missouri Capitol in uproar over rape allegations
by incoming Rep. Cora Faith Walker (D-Ferguson) against fellow incoming
freshman Rep. Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis City)
Student Life (Wash U.): SB 656 review: Comments
from two gun-control advocates, no input from pro-gun sources;
Chancellor's wife/employee advises that "America is a scary place,"
while law-school prof says self-defense provision is racist
P-D's "Bottom Line" video series: Business reporters
discuss how North St. Louis County residents - and scofflaws all across
the state - choose to violate Missouri law by driving without
insurance; Lawmakers choose to ignore problem
KWMU: How St. Louis City Public Schools are dealing
with no-suspension policy for badly-behaved youngsters
P-D editorial: Before the next debate, Donald Trump
should hear the sad stories from shuttered Festus old-folks home
P-D editorial: Greitens finds himself in another
campaign ditch, thanks to his aides; Vet who appeared in gov ads
reposted Second Amendment, Muslim/Obama memes
P-D's Aisha Sultan: Profile: West County
Community Action Network; Small group of white Black Lives Matter
sympathizers fights racism by holding signs at intersection, then
returning to their safe suburban neighborhoods
CDT's Doug Pugh: Tribune's new-publisher nightmare has
a happy ending X
P-D letter: SLU student: Nixon, others should
support Obama's Clean Power Plan
P-D letter: Member of Community Health-in-Partnership
Services (CHIPS) applauds herself and her group for caring about the
poor, says Missouri legislators not nearly compassionate enough
SNL letter: Springfield letter alleges that pro-gun
Republicans sold the state to the NRA for a discounted price of "30
pieces of silver" X
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Saturday, October
1 Messenger:
Incoming Rep. Cora Faith Walker (D-Ferguson) accuses incoming Rep.
Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis City) of rape
KWMU: Blunt, Kander break no new ground in their first
faceoff
CDT: Blunt, Kander debate guns, experience and the
Supreme Court
KC Star: Blunt, Kander meet in what may be their only
debate
Missourinet: Both Blunt, Kander oppose "free" college
tuition
SNL: Blunt and Kander strike contrasts in debate
SNL: Fibs and facts from Blunt-Kander debate
AP: Kander, Blunt go face-to-face
P-D: In first debate, Blunt and Kander spar over guns,
college funding and the U.S. Supreme Court
SNL: Democrat plans "Retire Billy Long" rally today
outside area GOP headquarters
P-D: Thanks to change pushed by McCaskill, unused
'earmarks' being re-directed into St. Louis area roads project
KWMU: Koster, Greitens highlight their differences in
first forum
CDT: Governor candidates debate experience,
qualifications
The Missouri Times: Amid contentious week, Koster and
Greitens attend first head-to-head forum
KC Star: Greitens goes on the attack in first Missouri
governor debate with Chris Koster
Missourinet: Koster, Greitens spar over Medicaid
expansion and education during Missouri governor debate
P-D: Missouri governor candidates tout experience
versus need for outsider
SNL: Greitens campaign says candidate not ready to
release tax returns
Missourinet: Sen. Kurt Schaefer (R-Columbia) thinks
Trump's strong performance in Missouri will help downballot Republicans
CDT: State rep candidates Martha Stevens, Don Waterman
speak at Muleskinners meeting
The Missouri Times: Jay Mosley hopes to oust
party-switching Keith English; Challenger says he's counting on
black voters to give Caucasoid incumbent the boot
SE
Missourinet: Cape County Clerk Kara Clark Summers: Security
tight for counting votes in November election
The Missouri Times: Talk-radio station based in
Quincy, Ill. focuses on Missouri politics; Missouri Times' Scott
Faughn, Axiom Strategies' Aaron Baker do weekly hits
Columbia Missourian: UM System presidential finalists
might meet with campus chancellors, but not faculty
Columbia Missourian: Some Columbia middle-school
students outpace statewide peers; District notes that poor
students continue to drag numbers down
The Missouri Times: Human trafficking task force meets
in Columbia
SE
Missourian: Noranda plant bought by Swiss company
P-D letter: St. Peters man responds to gun-control
editorial
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says appointee to St.
Louis Public Schools Special Administrative Board showed her
incompetence years ago
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