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Monday, October 30
NBC's Meet the Press: Transcript: McCaskill
talks Trump's tax plan, name-checks presidential candidate Jason
Kander, more
Business Insider: How Austin Petersen went from
anti-Trump libertarian to MAGA Republican
St. Joseph News-Press: Local agency opposes cuts to
its federal funding X
KC Star: Local woman's latest fundraising stunt takes
aim at Betsy DeVos; Debi Jackson's previous gimmicks have
included enrolling son in Girl Scouts, etc.
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Lt. Gov. Mike
Parson on 'Buy Missouri,' transportation funding; Panel of Jo
Mannies, Reps. Joe Adams (D-University City), Phil Christofanelli
(R-St. Peters), Shane Roden (R-Cedar Hill) on SB43 and HUD funding, GOP
state auditor primary, Cierpiot's election, Hawley misrepresenting
McCaskill tweet, more
Missourinet: Profile: Springfield, Mo. chapter
of Missouri Faith Voices
P-D: Missouri groups try again to get medical
marijuana on the ballot
Columbia Missourian: Campaign contribution limits fail
to stem tide of donations
Columbia Missourian: Security expert visits Boone
County, talks election-ballot security
P-D: Missouri wants ideas on how to spend money from
Volkswagen settlement
St. Joseph News-Press: Silver Haired Legislature
delegates set priorities, aim to communicate with real legislators X
KC Star editorial: Why the Kansas-Missouri economic
border war is a waste of time and money
CDT op-ed: Columbia Housing Authority CEO Phil
Steinhaus: Low-income housing tax credits are crucial for Missouri X
Riverfront Times Editor Sarah Fenske: Post-Dispatch
editorial page editor chastises paper's writers for having opinions
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Sunday, October 29
SNL: Here's the status of Obamacare in Missouri, with
enrollment starting Nov. 1 X
AP:
16 public safety officers, 2 civilians honored for valor
JCNT: Area state Senate and House campaign fundraising
reports: Mike Bernskoetter for state Senate, Sara Walsh vs.
Michela Skelton rematch, more X
Drebes:
Moody's Analytics study shows value of systemic tax overhaul to Missouri
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers surveying residents on how
they want to pay for transportation needs
JCNT: Profile: Patrick Baker named new state
Senate administrator X
AP:
After 3 misfires, Greitens names new school board member
KRES/KWIX: Missouri Veterans Commission Service
Officer Arthur Nott-Hopkins talks services and benefits available to
Missouri's veterans
SNL: Greitens appoints numerous Springfield women to
political positions X
AP:
Greitens appoints 30 women to various boards, commissions
Joplin Globe: State still slow to pay counties for
housing prisoners
Washington Missourian editorial: Greitens should set
his presidential campaign aside and concentrate on Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Beware rural/urban
split on roads X
Washington Missourian editorial: The promise of
Hyperloop is profound, but Missouri officials should first focus on
fixing current roads and bridges X
SNL editorial: State must adjust community college
funding X
KC Star letter: American Farm Bureau's Young Farmers
& Ranchers Chairwoman Kalena Bruce of Stockton, Mo.: Tax cuts
would help revitalize rural communities
SNL letter: Willow Springs sexagenarian expresses
anger over Koch brothers' business success, roots for McCaskill victory X
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Saturday, October 28
Missourinet: McCaskill issues statement on taxes, says
Trump told her he won't cut taxes for "the rich"
Missourinet: McCaskill seeks info about Afghan
trainees going AWOL in the U.S.
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: SLU Health Law
Policy Center's Sidney Watson talks Obamacare open enrollment
SNL: Springfield gets $4M in HUD money to eliminate
urban "slums and blight" X
Columbia Missourian: Boone County Democrats name
office in honor of Wendy Noren
Kraske: Jacob Turk doesn't care if his independent
Missouri Senate campaign hurts the GOP
Drebes: Tim Jones' Leadership for America PAC
increases cash on hand through wise investments
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 21, 2017
The Missouri Times: Auditor cites fiscal note issues,
but 2017 House bill from Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove) could
have addressed some concerns
The Missouri Times: On #moleg podcast, Senate Minority
Caucus Chief Counsel Chris Schappe talks parliamentary tricks and
serving as a bridge between Ds and Rs
KSMU: PDMP counties in southwest Missouri growing
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dean Dohrman (R-La Monte)
contributes to national security, electromagnetic pulse study
SNL: Greitens names Joplin chaplain for state Board of
Education X
SNL: MSU Board of Governors bans masks, torches,
weapons from campus protests X
P-D: Missouri Highway Patrol cuts hours on St. Louis
interstates as pilot program ends
The Missouri Times: Highway Patrol wins award for
customer service
P-D: Municipal League says more than 3 dozen cities
united against statewide vote on city-county merger
P-D editorial briefs: On McCaskill and mustard
gas; Response to KC Star editorial board's jabs at St. Louis
SNL editorial: College of the Ozarks wisely requires
military science course X
McClellan: Amiable septuagenarian's medical
update: Old cancer, new cancer
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Friday, October 27
Missourinet: Jeff Roe poll shows Josh Hawley leading
Claire McCaskill 48-45; Columbia College prof Terry Smith weighs
in
Clayton Times: Cort VanOstran has $182k cash on hand,
leads pack among Dems seeking to fill ballot slot against Ann Wagner
AP: New Media Investment Group, parent of Columbia
Daily Tribune and other Missouri papers, reports Q3 loss
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Columbia Daily
Tribune is now run by "vulture capitalists," making the Missourian far
and away the best paper in town
KSGF: Nick Reed Show: Paul Curtman talks about
bid for state auditor, says Nicole Galloway is a "bureaucrat" who lacks
the leadership to work with Legislature (6:25)
SNL: Republican Paul Curtman promises Springfield
crowd leadership if elected Missouri auditor
X
P-D: State Senate races begin to take shape;
Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) to seek Chappelle-Nadal seat;
Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) may get free pass
The Missouri Times: Doug Libla fundraiser rakes in
more than $50k for charity
The Missouri Times: Rep. Justin Hill (R-Lake Saint
Louis) tapped to lead new committee looking into stabilizing Missouri's
health insurance market
The Missouri Times: Missouri Health Facilities Review
Committee seat vacated ahead of Certificate of Need meeting;
Andrew Lear says interrogation into family made him uncomfortable
Clayton Times: Mizzou emerges as top school for online
courses
The Missouri Times: Ozarks Technical Community College
touts economic value to community
KWMU: Riverview Gardens principals say district is
falsifying attendance records to gain state re-accreditation
The Missouri Times: Historical Society explores
Missouri for bicentennial commemoration
Missourinet: St. Louis alderman will introduce bill to
reduce marijuana penalties today
JCNT: Last of Medicaid-stunt Senate-gallery disruptors
gets probation X
AP:
Media groups complain about reporter arrests during riots, pen
strongly-worded letter to mayor; Koran Addo, former City Hall
reporter and current City Hall employee, says he hasn't seen the letter
P-D: Protesters block traffic in Central West End,
migrate to Mayor Lyda Krewson's house for "noise rally"; Troop
chants, "Who's outside? We [sic]
outside!"
KWMU: St. Louis City tries to attract decent police
chief amidst strife; Protest leader lists desirable
characteristics of winner, admits group is seeking "a unicorn"
P-D editorial: Banking legislation shows Ann Wagner,
other Republicans won't fight for the little guy
P-D editorial: Gov. Greitens shrugs at ethics in
effort to sway school-commissioner decision
P-D editorial page editor Tod Robberson: Post-Dispatch
reporters should stop showing their blatant political bias on social
media
Columbia Missourian's Tateanna McCaskill: Greitens
wrong about MU enrollment drop
P-D letter: Former state Sen. Wayne Goode
(D-Normandy): State boards meant to be independent of governor,
Legislature
P-D letter: St. Louis man wonders why protest crowd
doesn't care about most St. Louis City murders
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Thursday, October 26
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Missourian: Trump appointee Peter Kinder seeks to make every
dollar count, trims $500k in administrative fat from Delta Regional
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Columbia Missourian: Obamacare navigators in Missouri
still peddling open enrollment
KWMU: Hawley says he sides with Trump on tax cuts,
blasts McCaskill
AP:
Hawley says he supports tax cuts for working Missourians, criticizes
McCaskill
USA Today's Deirdre Shesgreen: Pushback on tax-cut
claim leaves Hawley flummoxed
P-D's Kevin McDermott: Hawley lies about McCaskill and
taxes
Drebes: October quarter: Top 25 for most cash on
hand
CDT: Medical marijuana group joins in Parson veterans
event, and he's groovy with it X
SE
Missourian: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson visits Cape Girardeau to promote
'Buy Missouri' campaign +
Missourinet: Missouri COO Drew Erdmann says state is
competing for Amazon in a practical way
KC Star: Kansas City's Amazon plea is making all the
'most desperate stunts' lists
Missourinet: Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts
Summit): Jobs will be a top theme in 2018 Missouri legislative
session
The Missouri Times: Mizzou emerges as top school for
online courses
AP:
College of the Ozarks encourages patriotism with required class for
freshmen
P-D: Riverview Gardens falsified attendance reports to
improve chances for re-accreditation, administrators allege in lawsuits
KC Star: 'Uber for birth control' draws fire in
Missouri, other states for offering Plan B
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of October 25, 2017
KWMU: St. Louis Alderman seeks to block enforcement of
state, federal marijuana laws
P-D: New bill would allow use, sale and growth of
marijuana in St. Louis City
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missouri Department of
Conservation says fencing is an effective deterrent to feral
hogs; Wild animals' destructive rooting and wallowing costs $1.5
billion annually
KWMU: Protester Celebration Series: Sexagenarian
and millennial complain about law enforcement, perceived racism, etc.
KC Star editorial: Gov. Greitens, let's focus on
Missouri. The White House can wait.
JCNT editorial: Supporting Missouri-made products,
services X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Black and Hispanic
students consistently disappoint in Missouri schools, but the United
Way is trying to help X
KC Star op-ed: Former NPR executive got to know
Missouri evangelicals and found a way out of his liberal comfort zone
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian responds to Eigel
op-ed on West Lake Landfill, disagrees with EPA's science and facts
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Wednesday, October 25
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, GOP attempt to keep
attention on tax reform X
P-D's Chuck Raasch: Blunt could get more attention
from D.C. media if he chose to attack Trump
AP: McCaskill helps WWII vet get benefits for mustard
gas claim
P-D: With McCaskill's help, WWII vet wins appeal over
mustard-gas exposure
KTVI: Macon man receives overdue benefits from federal
government
Missourinet: Vicky Hartzler wants to address VA hiring
shortage
The Missouri Times: #moleg podcast: Freewheeling
discussion with Launch Code executive director and Twitstigator
extraordinaire Jeff Mazur
The Missouri Times: Paul Curtman announces bid for
state auditor
KWMU: Paul Curtman jumps into race for Missouri auditor
Missourinet: Paul Curtman to run for auditor in 2018
The Missouri Times: Sam Cooper elected as new
executive director of Missouri GOP
JCNT: Dave Griffith becomes third Republican to enter
race for Jay Barnes' seat X
The Missouri Times: Profile: Democrats Tyler
Maxwell and Rosetta Okohson of M.O. Political Consulting
SNL: Buy Missouri, Lt. Gov. Mike Parson encourages
state's consumers X
SNL: Pro-life advocates rally as new laws take effect X
CDT: Pro-life activists start campaign as law takes
effect X
Missourinet: House Budget Committee Chairman Scott
Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) says options are there to replenish money
cut from nursing care
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Area doctors,
professors weigh in on opioid epidemic
JCNT: Appeals court: Human Rights Commission
must allow 2 employees to sue Office of Administration X
Missourinet: No more Missouri county jail payments to
be made this quarter
Missourinet: Missouri panel prepares to make criminal
justice recommendations
Missourinet: Council of State Governments says more
community treatment, policing will lower Missouri prison population
Missourinet: Former sheriff's deputy Rep. Galen Higdon
(R-St. Joseph) will file bills targeting driving safety
The Missouri Times: Renew Missouri calls on
Legislature to look into grid modernization
KC Star editorial: The ultrafast Hyperloop from KC to
St. Louis not really all that it's cracked up to be
P-D op-ed: U.S. Chamber's Glenn Spencer: Fixing
Obama's anti-employer NLRB policies will restore common sense to
workplaces in Missouri and beyond
KC Star op-ed: Longtime KC Star "society pages" editor
Laura Hockaday dies at 79; Reporter focused on minorities,
bragged of wearing flats to formal events instead of high heels
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man hopes someone checks
on Maria Chappelle-Nadal to make sure she is "sane and functionally
literate" X
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Tuesday, October 24
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt votes for the week:
Budget, Medicare, state and local tax deductions
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Hartzler
statement on military crash deaths rated "Mostly True"
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Cort VanOstran:
Visiting lecturer at Wash U. Law School seeks to fill Democratic ballot
slot in Ann Wagner's re-election
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Activist Tom
Schweizer peddles book on "white privilege"
JCNT: Members of Faith Voices for Jefferson City meet
to swap horror stories of "subliminal, institutional and environmental
racism" X
KWMU: ACLU seeks to limit police tools used to subdue
protesters; Group compares use of pepper spray to 1960s water
hoses
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
panelists talk Jacob Turk as stalking horse and impact on McCaskill's
re-election
KWMU: New limits to campaign financing confuse
Missouri's political candidates
Drebes:
New MEC opinion on filing on personal financial statements
The Missouri Times: Romine says he was 'not made
aware' of SB43/HUD letter
KWMU: Judge says new Missouri requirement does not
impose 'undue burden' on abortion customers
Columbia Missourian: New abortion regulations take
effect today
St. Joseph News-Press: Commission could support opiate
monitoring X
P-D: Greitens campaign reimbursed visiting school
board chief candidate; $1,576 covered hotels, rental-car expenses
and a cup of coffee
Brownfield Ag News: Getting more beef into Missouri
schools
St. Joseph News-Press' Ken Newton: Broad reach to
bridge gap on broadband X
P-D op-ed: St. Louis Regional Chamber's Joe
Reagan: Congress should pass DREAM Act
Columbia Missourian op-ed: MU Law prof Sandy Davidson
says Judge Jeff Harris wrong to try to censor media
P-D letter: Ferguson man mocks Greitens' support of
Hyperloop
P-D letter: Ladue man mocks Greitens' support of
Hyperloop
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Monday, October 23
Missourinet: Greitens' speech in Iowa stirs
speculation about earlier-than-expected presidential bid
Missourinet: Cleaver, Congressional Black Caucus
focusing on race-agitating Russian Facebook ads from fall 2016
Sacramento Business Journal: McClatchy, parent company
of Kansas City Star, reports third-quarter loss
SeekingAlpha.com: McClatchy conference call
transcript: Company execs discuss drop in audience revenues,
including digital; "pretty nice gain" from dumping KC Star
building; benefits of cutting compensation costs;
maximizing "page views per editorial dollars spent;" much more (free
registration required)
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen. Bill Eigel
(R-St. Charles) on transportation funding plans; Panel of Reps.
Kathie Conway and Cora Walker, Matthew Lieberman and Jennifer Bukowsky
talk Greitens' office keeping HUD letter from legislators, Jacob Turk
as stalking horse, transportation, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast:
Speaker-to-be Elijah Haahr on state tax credits, 2018 'right to work'
ballot measure, funding transportation and overhauling utility
regulations, much more
Drebes:
Austin Montee, son of Susan Montee, to run for Pat Conway's open House
seat
The Missouri Times: Q&A: Sen. Gary Romine
(R-Farmington) on SB 43, governor's office not sharing letter from
feds, tendency of complainers to 'cry wolf' about imaginary
discrimination, work across the aisle with Sen. Scott Sifton
(D-Affton), more
JCNT: Profile: New Senate Administrator Patrick
Baker X
KSMU: Missouri State says it won't adapt to new Title
IX guidelines, says its process already gives falsely-accused men a
fair shake
St. Joseph News-Press: City Council in support of
Missouri Housing Development Commission projects X
SE
Missourian: Cape's casino flourishing as it celebrates fifth year +
KC Star editorial: Missouri Republicans will reneg on
their promise to restore aid for the disabled
Washington Missourian editorial: Low tax
reality: there will be some collateral damage when keeping taxes
low for working Missourians X
Columbia Missourian's Ken Midkiff: Missouri should not
sell off Eleven Point River park
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Sunday, October 22
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Jason Kander speaks to local
Dems, talks plans to open campaign offices in five states
Joplin Globe: Blunt, Jason Smith among those
introducing legislation to help protect and support victims of domestic
abuse
Washington Post: Claire McCaskill joins in on
Twitter's "#metoo" hashtag activism, recounts horror of former Speaker
of the House Bob Griffin's (D) oral sex punchline
KWMU: AFL-CIO locks convention doors to protect
attendees from St. Louis City protesters; Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City) reminds union leadership of his help in failing to
stop 'right to work': "I don't see a lot of the people that was [sic] calling for me to speak on the
floor."
P-D: Two men killed in separate shootings in St. Louis
City on Saturday; Zero protests or riots reported
Brownfield Ag News: Lt. Gov. Mike Parson to launch
'Buy Missouri' in fly-around
AP:
Few hit so far by cuts to aid for elderly, handicapped
AP:
Missouri waves birth-certificate fees for foster-care children
KC Star: Hyperloop: Missouri speed route from KC
to STL is top 5 contender, perhaps top 3
Columbia Missourian: Pharmacists say prescription drug
monitoring program a big help
AP:
Ameren making $130 million of repairs to Missouri nuclear plant
P-D: In Jefferson County air quality debate, Doe Run's
loss will be Ameren's gain
JCNT editorial: Bold proposals could change state's
industry, transportation X
P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans' hateful new
discrimination law creates a deliberate $500,000 mistake
SE
Missourian editorial: Crime data rises; Law-abiding
citizens in "rough neighborhoods" are doing their best to discourage
hoodlums and support law enforcement +
Waters: 2018 endorsement series: "Law-and-order
moderate" Claire McCaskill over Josh Hawley X
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian responds to
letter responding to Kristen Taketa piece promoting diversity/guilt
lessons in schools, spins yarns of Southern segregation
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Saturday, October 21
P-D: St. Louis native Emily Murphy faces tough task
heading Trump's federal procurement, facilities office
Missourinet: UPDATE: Headline: "Liberal
group stages event to criticize southwest Missouri GOP congressman"
Missourinet: Original headline (Friday morning):
"Liberal group stages event to pester southwest Missouri GOP
congressman"
Missourinet: Jack Cardetti says GOP congressmen must
begin delivering on conservative promises made, or face voter wrath at
midterms
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview:
"Understanding What it Means to Be White and Privileged" author Tom
Schweizer given noon hour to promote his (self-published) book
Drebes:
Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) posts strong quarter with no GOP
opponent in sight
The Missouri Times: Carroll County Clerk Peggy McGaugh
to run to replace son in HD 39 special election
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 16, 2017
The Missouri Times: Buy Missouri is 'first of many'
from Lt. Gov. Mike Parson
The Missouri Times: Behind the Headlines: Why
did Missouri submit a separate bid for Amazon HQ2?
SNL: Long-term care cuts in Missouri affecting fewer
than 30 people X
KC Star: Fewer disabled Missourians impacted by budget
cuts than predicted so far
P-D: Lawmakers claim they have solution to health care
cuts for disabled and elderly
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): AG office's Casey Lawrence to
speak to area olds about Sunshine Law
The Missouri Times: PSC rule changes seek to add
broadband to USF offering, but jurisdiction questioned by providers
The Missouri Times: Police officers testify that
arrest warnings to troop of protesters were clear
P-D editorial: McCaskill doing her best to fix her
statements on DEA legislation
KC Star editorial: KC's bid for Amazon's HQ2 is a
template for the region's future
Washington Examiner op-ed: Does Claire McCaskill not
respect intellectual property, or does she just not like Native
Americans?
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Join the
Flagship Council to help educate ill-informed Greitens and legislators,
put Missouri State in its place and help the PAC elect pro-Mizzou
candidates
P-D letter: Oakville man suggests death row inmates
are charged for murder due to being murderers, not due to poverty or
their race
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Friday, October 20
Missourinet: Jason Smith to wrap up southern Missouri
tour today
SNL: Billy Long brings top federal arts official to
Springfield for tour of the town X
Missourinet: Liberal group stages event to pester
Billy Long
P-D: Trumka talks unions' agenda as AFL-CIO convenes
in St. Louis
KWMU: Open enrollment for Obamacare begins Nov. 1 amid
'daily confusion'
SNL: MSU among hundreds of colleges signing pro-DACA
letter to Congress X
KWMU: Federal grants will help school districts
dealing with non-English-speaking immigrants
Washington Missourian: Rep. Paul Curtman (R-Pacific)
not running for U.S. Senate, sets sights on auditor race instead X
Missourinet: Petition seeks constitutional amendment
to expand Medicaid in Missouri is approved; Missouri Hospital
Association's Dave Dillon prescribes dose of realism
St. Joseph News-Press: Andrew County Collector Phillip
Rogers to run for Delus Johnson's state rep seat X
The Missouri Times: Profile: The Kelley Group's
Show Me Victories
The Missouri Times: Governor pitches Missouri to
Amazon, touting hyperloop and the future
KWMU: St. Louis and Missouri submit bids for Amazon's
2nd headquarters
Missourinet: Missouri pitches to Amazon a three-city
innovation corridor
AP:
Missouri proposed innovation corridor for Amazon's 2nd home
AP:
Hyperloop One: Missouri among top 5 for high-speed track
P-D: Missouri banking on futuristic tube travel in bid
for Amazon HQ2
KC Star: KC area's secret bid for Amazon HQ offers a
few sites. Where could it go?
The Missouri Times: Greitens appoints Rep. Joe Don
McGaugh (R-Carrollton) as next Associate Circuit Judge for Carroll
County
P-D: Greitens names Joe Don McGaugh to judicial post
SNL: Greitens appoints Amy Dent as new Christian
County auditor X
JCNT: Earthquake drill highlights some longtime faults
in state's preparedness X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Greitens' statement on Veterans Treatment Court graduation rates rated
"Mostly True"
SNL: U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission says new
discrimination law won't imperil Missouri's federal funding X
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court rules on public defender caseloads
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court rules
against public defenders' stunt
Drebes:
As the State Board of Education Turns: Team Greitens could boot
Margie Vandeven after all
KWMU: Special education teachers spread thin in St.
Louis region
CDT: Members picked to rename Lee school;
Reference to Civil War figure deemed insensitive to certain groups X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of October 19, 2017
P-D: At public forum on West Lake Landfill, EPA
officials entertain theories from amateur epidemiologists
KWMU: Despite overwhelming weight of scientific
evidence that no radioactive material moved, EPA to conduct further
testing at West Lake Landfill; Activists celebrate "huge win"
SNL: As Missouri's elk herd grows, elk hunting season
might be just around the corner X
P-D: St. Louis police say their efforts to corral herd
of protesters and rioters was lawful and appropriate
The Missouri Times op-ed: Let's apply fringe West Lake
Landfill gals' group "Just Moms STL" logic to Obamacare and frolic in
the absurdity
KWMU's Durrie Bouscaren: Trump's decisions on health
care likely to hurt Missourians
The Missouri Times op-ed: Columbia activists freaking
out about Robert E. Lee school name should focus on academics instead
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Thursday, October 19
Missourinet: McCaskill criticizes GOP for not giving
specifics about proposed tax changes
CDT: Hartzler bills seek to spur VA recruiting X
CDT: Few revisions expected by Congress from 2014 farm
bill X
Columbia Missourian: Hartzler outlines plans for new
farm bill
The Missouri Times: Anarchy in the 8th:
Democrats score big win over Republicans by placing Jacob Turk on the
ballot
The Missouri Times: Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) to
run for Brian Munzlinger's state Senate seat
Missourinet: Republicans jockey for position in race
to replace Munzlinger
The Missouri Times: As many as 7 candidates face off
for Republican nomination for Paul Fitzwater's HD 144 seat
Drebes: Ryan Nonnemaker leaving Bob Onder's office
Missourinet: House Superminority Leader Gail McCann
Beatty (D-Kansas City): Greitens and GOP knew new law would cause
loss of federal funds
P-D: Restoring $35 million in cuts affecting old,
handicapped proving tough for Republicans
St. Joseph News-Press: Lawmakers, locals look at
addressing opioid epidemic X
Missourinet: More than 500,000 Missourians prepare for
annual earthquake drill today
P-D: FBI in St. Louis arrests four sex traffickers,
rescues teenage girl
Missourinet: Young prostitutes, pimps captured in
trafficking crackdown
Columbia Missourian: Forum: MU Title IX leader
needs deep understanding of range of people, systems
KWMU: Hawley takes dim view of attorney general
reviewing police-involved killings
Columbia Missourian: "Race Matters, Friends" seek
volunteers to sit in on local traffic case hearings, document perceived
"unfair treatment"
P-D: Top-level EPA officials to sit through West Lake
Landfill activists' "community listening session"
KWMU: First wave of Stockley verdict protesters and
rioters might get off scot-free
P-D: Judge: Testimony about St. Louis City
police conduct during protests 'very, very concerning'
JCNT editorial: Galloway's audit shows need to improve
tracking of tax breaks X
The Missouri Times op-ed: NARAL's Alison Dreith:
Hawley takes his anti-choice obsession to the U.S. Senate
The Missouri Times op-ed: Campaign Life Missouri's Sam
Lee: Satan worshippers threatening Missouri values
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Blunt, Hartzler
should flip-flop on health care
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Wednesday, October 19
The Missouri Times: October quarterly filings:
What we learned
Jensen:
McCaskill unwise to kick off campaign with liberal Al Franken
SNL: McCaskill gets wooed by White House to join
tax-overhaul effort
P-D: McCaskill: 'Honest, sloppy' mistake led her
to blame cancer ordeal for going MIA on DEA
SNL: McCaskill admits 'sloppy' mistake on where she
was when DEA bill was signed
Missourinet: McCaskill: Trump's "sabotage" of
Obamacare could be remedied by legislation
AP:
McCaskill, Blunt pitch Kansas City and St. Louis for Amazon's second
headquarters
Missourinet: Mizzou economist hopes Amazon does not
choose Missouri for second HQ: "Missouri would be the biggest
sucker"
KC Star: KC wants all $40 million available from feds
for Buck O'Neil bridge fix
The Missouri Times: Jeff Roe's consulting empire
expands with acquisition of California-based Revolvis
Hannibal Courier-Post: Shelbina businesswoman Cindy
O'Laughlin (R) enters race for state Senate
KTVO (Kirksville): North Missouri businesswoman Cindy
O'Laughlin announces state Senate run
Chicago Tribune: Tax Foundation report: Missouri
ranks 16th in tax climate for business
Missourinet: Transportation task force debates
increase in gas tax
Missourinet: Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola) reacts to
House Ethics Committee
The Missouri Times: Ron Richard: Not considering
filing St. Louis City-County merger 'at this time'
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri Supreme
Court: Week of October 17, 2017
Washington Missourian: East Central College ready for
accreditation visit
JCNT: High-tech political learning on wheels;
Students board C-SPAN bus
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Missourian: Cape Girardeau's increasing homicide rate tied to
drugs
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating: Fox News
contributor's statement about St. Louis City and nation's highest crime
rate rated "Mostly True"
P-D: Protesters make a scene at court hearing on
Galleria arrests; Pack circles, howls at woman who spoke in
support of police
KWMU: Protesters' agitation has led to increased
earnings for police officers; Wash U. economics prof calls
protesters' economic relevance "miniscule"
Messenger: Military officer snubbed by Greitens in
quest for answers on violent arrest
KC Star editorial: What KC can learn from bidding for
Amazon's HQ2
Missourinet's Jason Taylor: Hartzler makes herself
scarce for town halls, spends time with district youth instead
P-D letter: Ballwin man responds to piece on Galloway
audit, wants legislators to stop handing out tax breaks
KC Star letter: Kansas octogenarian offended by
editorial on age limits for elected officials
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Tuesday, October 17
The Missouri Times: October 2017 Missouri quarterly
campaign finance filings
KWMU: Missouri auditor candidates amass cash for 2018
election
JCNT: Leonard Steinman launches U.S. Senate
race; Key plank involves replacing herbicides with hoes X
Missourinet: McCaskill, Blunt team up to pitch
Missouri for new Amazon headquarters
SNL: White House to host Speaker-elect Elijah Haahr
(R-Springfield), others for tax talk today X
Brownfield Ag News: Greitens, other GOP governors
plead with Trump in Renewable Fuels Standard letter
The Missouri Times: Hawthorne Foundation brings
Greitens to Europe for second trade mission
Missourinet: Greitens to depart for second trade
mission
The Missouri Times: Ethics Committee to advance to
preliminary hearing after Warren Love's Facebook comment
Missourinet: Missouri House committee will hold
hearing about lawmaker's Facebook post
AP:
Ethics panel to review complaint against Rep. Warren Love (R-Osceola)
KWMU: Missouri lawmaker who made 'hang 'em' remark on
Facebook will face ethics complaint
The Missouri Times: Kehoe on This Week in Missouri
Politics: Transportation, education, tax-credit overhaul big
issues of 2018
The Missouri Times: Schroer on TWIMP: Criminals
impeding traffic puts law-abiding Missourians at risk
CDT: University of Missouri System picks top GOP aide
Dustin Schnieders for staff lobbyist X
Columbia Missourian: University of Missouri System
hires director of governmental relations to oversee day-to-day
operations
SNL: Safer schools is mission of new group formed in
Missouri X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Sarah
Unsicker (D-Webster Groves) lists Democratic superminority's dreams,
including ending tax breaks for job creators, raising minimum wage, etc.
P-D editorial: McCaskill exposes the unholy alliance
between regulators and opioid profiteers
JCNT editorial: Greitens needs more
transparency; Blocking woman who used "puke" emoji on Facebook
was foolish X
P-D op-ed: Judy Baker: Threatened Medicaid, CHIP
programs are vital to our health care system
P-D op-ed: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring): If
the EPA wants to excavate the West Lake Landfill, the truck stops here
P-D letter: Veteran St. Louis City protesters says
urban youth need education, not woe-is-me self-pity "social justice"
lessons
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Monday, October 16
Missourinet: Al Franken to visit Missouri next month
to help McCaskill's re-election campaign
Washington Missourian: McCaskill talks re-election,
voting trends
P-D: Profile: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Austin
Petersen
Missourinet: Jason Smith meets with Pence on tax
overhaul, will tour southern Missouri this week
Missourinet: Blunt, Luetkemeyer applaud Trump's
support of coal; Comments from Sierra Club's John Hickey, others
AP: Joplin haggles with FEMA over tornado repairs
JCNT: C-SPAN to wheel into Jefferson City on rolling
bus tour of state capitals X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Mike Kehoe on
transportation funding, Cierpiot's election, HUD and discrimination
bill, Chappelle-Nadal; Panel of Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon),
Mindy Mazur, David Barklage, Anne Schweitzer talk Trump's health care
order and Senate Republicans' lack of testicular fortitude, McCaskill's
re-election, discrimination bill and HUD money, bill to stiffen
penalties for human roadblocks, more
The Missouri Times: Jeff Knight wins nomination for
special election to replace Sandy Crawford
Drebes:
Jamilah Nasheed's birthday bash fundraiser today
Washington Missourian: Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan)
to run for Senate President Pro Tem X
KC Star: Criminals are stealing more firearms than
ever - and KC gun owners are making it too easy
P-D: Two slain, a dozen injured in St. Louis City
shootings since Saturday morning; Shootings lead to zero (0)
street protests
KC Star editorial: Missouri delegation should oppose
NRA on guns
CDT editorial: Auditing tax breaks: Galloway
finds another oversight X
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Sunday, October 15
SNL: Mizzou economics professor Aaron Hedlund,
weighing GOP Senate bid, talks to Greene County Pachyderms X
CDT: Josh Hawley on similar career path as John
Danforth X
KC Star: Josh Hawley attends Americans for Prosperity
seminar in New York
P-D: Paul Curtman could challenge David Wasinger in
GOP bid for state auditor nomination
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer expresses frustration
with U.S. Senate's lack of action of health care, tax overhaul and
immigration protections
P-D: Upset by players' disrespect, St. Charles VFW
post stops showing NFL games
Washington Missourian: Local Korean War Veterans group
opposes NFL players being 'disrespectful to the flag, the national
anthem and veterans wo served their country"
Columbia Missourian: Profile: Missouri Faith
Voices on the warpath for peace, social justice
P-D: Missouri farmers talk challenges, opportunities
enabled by decades-old weedkiller dicamba and new application
regulations
P-D: Downtown protesters block traffic
P-D: Protest photo gallery: Well-fed Caucasoid
displays "EAT IT" tattoo whilst blocking traffic, more
P-D editorial: Galloway's review of legislative tax
breaks lists 8-year cost to Missouri at $8 billion and up
Messenger: Protesters' disruptions earn capitulation
from Mayor Lyda Krewson
KC Star letters: Kansas men criticize Koch brothers
and tax cuts
SNL letter: Sen. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield):
Teamsters, trial lawyers goad West Lake Activists to caterwaul for
costly, unnecessary "excavation" X
P-D letter: St. Louis City man says North St. Louis
City magnet school is correct to avoid suspensions, focus on teaching
kids yoga and social justice
P-D letter: UMSL's J. Martin Rochester: Public
schools' focus on "diversity" is really social justice warrior
indoctrination
P-D letter: St. Charles woman responds to piece on
school group's slanted curriculum
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Saturday, October 14
KWMU: St. Louis illegal immigrant profile:
Mexican who snuck into America at age 2 complains about going to school
with white children, other atrocities
TonysKansasCity.com: Historic Kansas City theatre
cancels Milo Yiannapolous event, citing security concerns
SNL: Area Elizabeth Warren fan makes her own trading
cards of famous gals, rattles online tin cup for cash X
KWMU: Big names, big money come through to help
medical marijuana initiative; Comments from New Approach
Missouri's Jack Cardetti, others
The Missouri Times: Former Rep. Sheila Solon to run
for Delus Johnson's open state rep seat
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 8, 2017
P-D: Greitens appoints attorney Katie Fowler as St.
Louis judge
SNL: Lower license fees for pharmacists, podiatrists
and psychologists to cost state $2 million X
Columbia Missourian: More than 20 states, including
Missouri, remain out of compliance with REAL ID law
Missourinet: EPA requires 2018 safeguards for popular
weedkiller dicamba
P-D: One of three men who assaulted police officers
during Ferguson riots gets probation, 'shock time'
KWMU: Protesters' Ferguson stunt succeeds, ends in
arrests; Congressional candidate Cori Bush (D) to police:
"You [sic] yanking her around,
you could have broke [sic] her
arm!"
P-D: Protesters block traffic in Ferguson
P-D: Protest photo gallery: Millennial
Caucasoids wave desecrated American flag, sit Indian-style in middle of
street
KC Star editorial: Campaign contribution caps mean the
world may never know how much Rex Sinquefield donates to conservatives
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: David Steelman's
views deserve a wider airing X
P-D editorial: Greitens right to consider Highway
Patrol for police investigations, wrong to praise cops who corralled
rioters
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: McCaskill's town
hall attracts mostly elderly women, features senior Senator's "frank,
factual, to-the-point" answers X
P-D letter: Florissant man suggests Amazon remove St.
Louis City from HQ consideration, look for a city whose mayor stands up
to street anarchists
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Friday, October 13
Bloomberg: Under Trump, Obamacare navigators' funding
teat drying up; Comments from Missouri Association of Area
Agencies on Aging
SNL: State senator who wished Trump dead links him to
Hitler X
AP:
Maria Chappelle-Nadal's latest social media post: Comparing Trump
to Hitler
Missourinet: Chappelle-Nadal's tweet compares Trump to
Hitler
Missourinet: Blunt says Missouri leads the nation in
mental health treatment
Columbia Missourian: Politifact check: Blunt
statement on length of tax code rated "True"
KWMU: McCaskill sets blistering fundraising pace,
while rival Hawley files first report
The Missouri Times: McCaskill breaks record with $2.9
million raised this quarter
SNL: McCaskill, Hawley boast of fundraising totals as
Missouri Senate race heats up X
Missourinet's Jason Taylor: BREAKING: Missouri's
U.S. Senate race could be expensive, competitive
The Missouri Times: Republicans accuse Dems of 'dirty
political games' with Jacob Turk as a spoiler in SD 8
Drebes:
Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) could get free pass in re-election
campaign
The Missouri Times: Profile: Republican Jack
Spooner
The Missouri Times: Hawley closer to prosecuting
trafficking ring
The Missouri Times: Enacting discrimination law means
Missouri could lose less than $500k/yr. in HUD funds
SNL: Missouri's new discrimination law imperils
federal funding, HUD told state in July X
KWMU: New discrimination law puts Missouri at odds
with HUD
AP:
Missouri discrimination law change means funding loss
KC Star: Discrimination law could cost Missouri less
than $500k in federal funds
Missourinet: Missouri's new discrimination law not in
compliance with federal standards
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Missourian: Bills addressing equal child custody to be filed,
legislators say +
Hannibal Courier-Post: Missourians invited to MDC
webcast on invasive species; Certain plants, animals travel to
areas they don't belong, cause headaches and economic damage
P-D: Protesters congregate in Clayton outside
Greitens' fundraiser, chant "Come outside/We [sic] outside!"; Group plans
agitation today in Ferguson
P-D photo gallery: Protester howls into the night
KWMU: ACLU documents students' misbehavior, punishment
AP:
Black students more likely to be punished for bad behavior, ACLU claims
Missourinet: ACLU report focuses on black students'
behavior, punishments
KC Star editorial: We may need age limits for
politicians, young and old; U.S. Senate has too many octogenarians
CDT editorial: AG Josh Hawley's political maneuver
should come as no surprise X
P-D editorial: The mayor came for a dialogue.
Protesters tried to see who could shout the loudest.
Columbia Missourian's Phill Brooks: Good state
regulations demand legislative expertise
P-D letter: Greenway Networks' Greg Poleski:
Greitens should reopen three new state parks, support new
rails-to-trails state park
KC Star letter: Kansas woman growing tired of
Greitens' incessant "athletic" tryhard chestpuffery
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Thursday, October 12
SNL: Blunt comes to Springfield to talk mental health
push X
KC Star: Blunt says new program will help fill
treatment gap in mental health care
KWMU: McCaskill offers Medicare option for middle-aged
people at 46th town hall
AP:
McCaskill petitions Homeland Security for help at Busch Stadium
Missourinet: McCaskill helps Cardinals' anti-terrorism
efforts
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill to GOP hopeful Josh
Hawley: Talk to Missourians X
KC Star: Blunt has kind words for Josh Hawley
Missourinet: Columbia woman seeks to fill Democratic
ballot slot in Vicky Hartzler's re-election
P-D: New U.S. attorney vows increased focus on violent
crime, opioids
Quincy Herald-Whig: Cindy O'Laughlin enters Missouri
Senate race
Kirksville Daily Express: Cindy O'Laughlin announces
run for Missouri state Senate
The Missouri Times: Lathrop Gage joins with Gallagher
Consultants to form new consulting firm
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: National
Review's David French talks to Mannies & Rosenbaum about
anti-free-speech stance of college thinskins and Trump's pro-Pledge
stance against NFL owners
P-D: National Review columnist tackles free speech,
NFL protests in talk at Wash U.
SNL: Greitens: 'The flag brings real patriots to
their feet, not their knees' X
P-D: In video, Greitens makes pitch for Amazon HQ to
choose Missouri
The Missouri Times: Galloway: Inaccurate fiscal
notes worsen 'budget crisis in Missouri'
KWMU: Galloway audit finds Missouri not accurately
tracking tax breaks
Missourinet: Galloway audit says tax-incentive system
does not adequately show fiscal impact
AP:
Galloway: State lacks tracking of tax breaks
AP: Missouri gets 4 more months to comply with REAL ID
Act
The Missouri Times: #moleg podcast: Sen. Dave
Schatz (R-Sullivan) talks transportation, Senate and his bid for pro tem
Drebes:
Schatz swings for the fences, as annual golf fundraiser brings in
six-figure sum
The Missouri Times: Transportation Task Force
entertains ideas on how to best improve Missouri infrastructure
Missourinet: State task force discusses transportation
funding options, including gas tax
Missourinet: Kehoe: Plan to preserve care for
handicapped Missourians to be submitted soon
SE
Missourian: Child-custody advocate: State law needs fix to
provide parents with more equal custody +
SNL: MoDOT: Open-container penalty has done some
good X
KWMU: Activists demand state officials encroach on EPA
jurisdiction and monitor radioactive waste in Bridgeton Landfill
stormwater
KWMU: Mayor Lyda Krewson attempts to speak with
protesters at forum, gets rewarded with screams and chants
P-D: Crowd at protester forum gets violent; Man
gets punched for suggesting Mayor Lyda Krewson be heard
P-D photo gallery: Angry woman screaming, grown man
wearing baseball cap indoors, etc.
KC Star editorial: Will Greitens keep his promise to
clean up state government?
P-D editorial: Former state lawmaker Caleb Jones and
current St. Louis City alderman Sarah Wood Martin should not choose to
feed their families by lobbying
KC Star op-ed: Americans for Prosperity's Jeremy
Cady: Will McCaskill help fix the broken tax code?
KCUR's Frank Morris: Blunt continues pushing for tax
cuts despite harm done to middle class, budget deficit
P-D letter: Bella Villa octogenarian says herds of
protesters on highways could block fire trucks, ambulances
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man responds to Tod
Robberson column, says black community is harmed by men who abandon the
children they create
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Wednesday, October 11
Missourinet:
Blunt welcomes Trump Administration's support of coal
KWMU:
On Mental Health Day, Blunt calls for truce between Trump and Sen. Bob
Corker (R-TN)
P-D:
Blunt suggests Trump and Corker should play nice
KC
Star: McCaskill: Brownback's Kansas should be 'cautionary
tale' on taxes
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): In wake of Las Vegas shooting, Luetkemeyer says
stories of gun owners fighting off attacks are rarely mentioned by media
The
Missouri Times: Hawley enters 2018 Missouri Senate race
The
Missouri Times: McCaskill, Courtland Sykes respond to Hawley's
U.S. Senate announcement
SNL:
GOP competitors lob criticisms at Josh Hawley X
Morning
Consult: Paul Curtman says he's considering state auditor bid,
speaks highly of Hawley
AP:
Hawley must unite GOP factions in Missouri Senate race
KWMU:
Hawley announces U.S. Senate bid, setting up possible matchup with
McCaskill
KWMU:
High crime rate earns North St. Louis County's Castle Point
neighborhood a cool million of taxpayer dollars to try to improve
behavior
The
Missouri Times: Democratic candidate's husband among those
signing Jacob Turk's state Senate petition
Drebes: Martin
Rucker II seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot in race for Schaaf's seat
KWMU:
Greitens isn't dismissing idea of changing who investigates
police-involved killings
The
Missouri Times: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) answers
questions about his rap lyrics glamorizing violence against fellow
African-Americans, thorough intercoursing of females
P-D:
Protest updates: Pack marches to location where heroin dealer
pulled gun on officer, got put down; Bruce Franks to speak at
panel today, then lead group on streetwalk during business hours
Missourinet:
Greitens: 800 new National Guard jobs are coming to Missouri
The
Missouri Times: Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue state over latest
abortion law
P-D:
Planned Parenthood sues Missouri over newest abortion law
Missourinet:
ACLU, Planned Parenthood file lawsuit challenging new abortion
regulations
CDT:
Planned Parenthood Columbia location given green light to terminate
fetuses X
Missourinet:
Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville) wants to debate use of taxpayer money
on NFL teams
KC
Star: In wake of flag protests, Walker wants to review state
money used for Arrowhead
Messenger:
On Nate Walker, NFL protests and pack of protesters who made a scene in
state Senate gallery
CDT:
University of Missouri calls off search for staff lobbyist, will stick
with Andy Blunt X
Columbia
Missourian: Mistakes of past weak leadership won't be repeated,
Steelman says
CDT:
Curator David Steelman: University of Missouri events of 2015 "a
meltdown" X
SNL:
MSU's gun-control panel disussion draws fewer than 50 X
KWMU:
School districts taking responsibility for cost of ACTs after state
stops paying the tab
P-D:
Who should run St. Louis City schools? Appointed and elected school
boards trying to figure that out
The
Missouri Times: Missouri Hyperloop Coalition conducting hyper
loop study
Missourinet:
Missouri state trooper accused of having sex with underage boy
Missourinet:
Dallas Delay case highlights changes in Missouri law regarding first
degree murder
KC
Star editorial: Is it too much to ask that Claire McCaskill and
Josh Hawley fight fair in U.S. Senate race?
KC
Star editorial: Don't punish protesting NFL players by cutting
state money for Arrowhead Stadium
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Tuesday, October 10
AP: Josh Hawley announces bid for U.S. Senate
SNL: Hawley makes Senate bid official X
SNL: Ex-Trump strategist Steve Bannon backs Hawley X
P-D's Kevin McDermott: To the surprise of no one,
Hawley formally throws his hat in the ring for U.S. Senate;
Thoughts from 1/2 of P-D poli sci prof pundit pool (UMSL's Dave
Robertson)
Missourinet: Hawley releases video announcing bid for
Senate
KC Star: Hawley challenging McCaskill for Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Quarterly fundraising numbers
begin to roll in; Analysis from Jack Cardetti and Scott Dieckhaus
P-D: Liberal "Media Matters" group takes aim at St.
Louis conservative radio host Jamie Allman
The Missouri Times: Buchanan County Presiding
Commissioner Harry Roberts announces bid for SD 34
AP:
Satanic Temple's abortion lawsuit headed to Missouri Supreme Court
AP:
Judge rules Missouri owes $26.3 million to blind residents
SNL: Missouri's REAL ID waiver just expired, but
Greitens says state has a plan X
KWMU: Likelihood of another special session getting
slimmer
The Missouri Times: House Superminority Leader Gail
McCann Beatty (D-Kansas City) wants Greitens to testify against Rep.
Warren Love (R-Osceola)
Missourinet: Superminority Leader invites Greitens to
appear before committee to criticize Love
SE
Missourian: College algebra to be removed from Southeast required
curriculum; 2016 Senate bill helped pave the way for flexibility +
Missourinet: Nasheed to file legislation regarding
officer-involved deaths
The Missouri Times: On This Week in Missouri Politics,
Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) and Dave Spence talk "root causes"
for riots and protests
P-D: Two St. Louis City judges sit through hours of
activist complaints involving "unfair" treatment
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri State
Highway Patrol must try to find elusive qualified minority applicants X
Hannibal Courier-Post's Eric Dundon: Public should be
more impressed than they are about journalists' use of Sunshine Law X
P-D letter: Black man says Post-Dispatch's milquetoast
Caucasoids should stop patronizing African-Americans and start holding
criminals accountable for savage behavior
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Monday, October 9
Columbus Day
KWMU:
At St. Charles gun show, 2nd Amendment enthusiasts add facts to 'bump
stock' hysteria
Quincy
Herald-Whig: Local group helping residents sign up for Obamacare
JCNT:
Rural hospitals continue to struggle in Missouri X
This
Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Jay Barnes on decision to choose
family over state Senate, culture of incivility and "abnormal" people,
more; Panel of Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City), Jack
Cardetti, Jeff Mazur, Dave Spence on abortion lawsuits, rage agitation
and street protests, Josh Hawley vs. Claire McCaskill, more
Missouri
Viewpoints: Missouri Marijuana Legalization Movement's Tim Gilio
talks about campaign for recreational and medical pot; Missouri
Jobs with Justice's Richard von Glahn shares details of liberals'
"Clean Missouri" plan
St.
Joseph News-Press: Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner Harry
Roberts (R) to run for Schaaf's seat; Rep. Delus Johnson (R) says
he "probably will not" run X
Drebes: Former Rep.
Jim Avery (R-Crestwood) registers as lobbyist
Missourinet:
Columbus Day one of 12 Missouri state holidays
Columbia
Missourian: Columbus Day now viewed through culturally-sensitive
prism; Comments from Indian coed, others
KC
Star: Satanist wins transfer of her abortion case to the Missouri
Supreme Court
Missourinet:
Missouri Supreme Court hears argument against law barring convicted
felon from having guns
Missourinet:
Sen. Bob Dixon (R-Springfield) thinks Missouri should overhaul county
jail payment system
KMOX:
Changing demographics at street protests: More whites than blacks
showing up to disrupt traffic, cause disturbances; Rep. Bruce
Franks (D-St. Louis City) says street activation hasn't begun "for real"
P-D:
Protesters mark 3-year anniversary of police shooting in St. Louis
City; Budding criminal VonDerrit Myers fired shots at officer,
was put down
KC
Star op-ed: Missouri Chamber's Dan Mehan: Greitens and
unified Legislature making sure Missouri isn't the 'Sue-Me State'
KC
Star letter: Area pediatrician wants delegation to extend
CHIP; KC man says Hartzler is "mindless"
P-D
letter: Webster Groves nonagenarian dislikes Blunt's position on
guns
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Sunday, October 8
CDT: Thanks to husband's riches, McCaskill leads
Missouri congressional delegation in wealth; Luetkemeyer,
Hartzler lead House delegation in assets X
SNL: Joplin's David Humphreys is Missouri's rising
Republican mega-donor X
JCNT: Frenchman speaks to Missouri Catholic
Conference, urges state to be kinder to immigrants X
Drebes:
Urban shuffling: Rep. Michael Butler (D-St. Louis City) to take
on incumbent Recorder of Deeds Sharon Carpenter, while Josh Peters and
Bruce Franks will battle for Nasheed's state Senate seat
SNL: Former Schweich treasurer Joe Passanise receives
'Lawyer of the Year' recognition X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Nate Walker (R-Kirksville)
says Legislature will work with Eric Schmitt to keep state pensions
strong
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna
says smartphones are causing dramatic increases in Missouri fatalities
SE
Missourian: Missouri State Highway Patrol begins 'preliminary
inquiry' into Oran timecard fraud allegations
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Washington Missourian editorial: Blunt is right to
push for a fairer, simpler tax code X
Washington Missourian editorial: Patriotic stand by
College of the Ozarks on National Anthem is refreshing X
Washington Missourian editorial: Before being
judgmental about officer-involved shootings, we should imagine how we
would react if faced with street savagery X
KC Star op-ed: UMKC's Allan Katz: At upcoming
"civility" forums, attendees will ring bells when political speakers
get hysterical or dramatic
P-D letter: Florissant man suggests police impound
highway-blocking protesters' cars
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Saturday, October 7
Politico: In advance of poor Obamacare enrollment
numbers, McCaskill accuses GOP of "trying to sabotage the markets"
P-D: Federal, state lawmakers weigh in on Trump's new
birth control coverage rules
P-D: Congressional votes for the week
Missourinet: GOP Senate candidate Austin Petersen says
he feels 'singled out' for gun giveaway
P-D: Profile: GOP U.S. Senate candidate
Courtland Sykes; Instigatory online ads, written Q&A take
right-wing aim at "Big Media," feminist frumps and Muslim mayhem
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC commissioner - and
former NFL Pro Bowler - Bill Kenney talks about anti-Trump kneeling
protests
The Missouri Times: Missouri Soybean Association,
other ag groups denounce Joe Maxwell's liberal "Family Farm Action"
group
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 2, 2017
Drebes:
GOP critic says Greitens' anti-red-tape push could be mere window
dressing; Effort likely to culminate in self-glamorizing Facebook
video
SE
Missourian: Missouri DOD Director Rob Dixon speaks at First
Friday coffee, talks about need for skilled workforce +
KWMU: Some public defenders decline new cases after
Missouri Supreme Court disciplines lawyer
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court decision means
stealing convictions under state law stay in place
The Missouri Times: Grain Belt appeals PSC decision,
asks Court of Appeals to re-establish Commission's authority
The Missouri Times: Threat assessment amendment
depends on utilities bill
P-D: Protesters march in Ferguson, yell at police
officers; Congressional candidate Cori Bush delivers stump speech
to throng
KWMU: State of the Riots series, Episode 2:
Editor Shula Neuman, reporter Willis Ryder Arnold: Protesters'
highway shutdown and arrests, Board of Aldermen proposal limiting
police tools, more
JCNT editorial: Paying for college? Consider MOST +
P-D editorial briefs: David Humphreys must pay the
price for having lobbyist use a parking lot garage space
P-D letter: Missouri Pharmacy Association's Ron
Fitzwater: Pharmacists do their part in fight against meth
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Friday, October 6
Washington Post: The Axe Files: David Axelrod
talks to Jason Kander about 2020 presidential campaign, guns
SNL: A look at NRA activity in Missouri:
Endorsing Chris Koster (D) over Eric Greitens (R), supporting Blunt,
opposing McCaskill, more X
P-D: List of NRA, gun-control groups' activity in
Missouri
Helling: Blunt's support of 2nd Amendment in 2016
re-election was "a cutural signal" to voters
Reuters: McCaskill drafts bill in response to Allergan
patent maneuver
Politico: Josh Hawley has a phone chat with Steve
Bannon; Comments from James Harris, Jane Cunningham
KC Star: Josh Hawley chats with Steve Bannon about
U.S. Senate run; Ed Martin has not ruled out a primary bid
Missourinet: Missouri Hospital Association's Dave
Dillon, Truman Medical Centers' Charlie Shields talk CHIP renewal
P-D: Nick Pistor discusses new book 'Shooting
Lincoln,' detailing photography during the Civil War
SE
Missourian: Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Webber
holds meeting in Cape Girardeau, talks Medicaid +
JCNT: Barnes says no to state Senate race X
Missourinet: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City)
decides against state Senate run
Dunklin
Democrat: Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft holds meeting in Kennett +
The Missouri Times: Eric Schmitt named Rodel Fellow by
Aspen Institute
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Justin
Alferman (R-Hermann) chats with Mannies & Rosenbaum about
campaign-contribution limits, possible special session for in-home
cuts, and suggests street-riot crowd attempt to articulate what they
want
KWMU: Missouri Highway Patrol struggling to find
qualified minority and lady applicants; Both groups more likely
than white men to throw in the towel during training
The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court denies
transfer of 'right to work' cases
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri Supreme
Court: Week of October 2, 2017
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Development
Commission committee, annual commission meeting postponed
Drebes:
Bumps lie ahead for Greitens' Board of Education takeover plan;
Holsman could hinder gov's plans to stack the deck
SE
Missourian: Southeast president addresses budget challenges,
opportunities during state of university address +
P-D: Missouri highway signs have jokes; A look
behind the sometimes-lippy humor
Missourinet: Study: Missouri a "high-risk" state
for drivers hitting deer; Feeble-minded animals tend to get in
way of traffic, cause damage
P-D: Traffic-blocking protesters begin encountering
citizen opposition; Counterprotesters gather to show support for
police; One driver doesn't let pack of protesters stop vehicle's
progress
Washington Post: Limelight from riots, street stunts
help raise urban politicians' profiles: Mini-profiles of
congressional candidate Cori Bush, Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City)
P-D editorial: Street and mall riots less effective
than civilized voting activities
P-D editorial: Yes to outside police investigations.
No to St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's poor money management
and sense of entitlement.
P-D letter: St. Louis County man wonders why
anti-police editorial left out the "savagery and brutality" of
protesters
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Thursday, October 5
Politico: Blunt, others unveil bipartisan criminal
justice overhaul package
Washington Post: Blunt, bipartisan group unveil latest
attempt at sentencing overhaul
SE
Missourian: Local Moms Demand Action leader says Las Vegas
shooting ruined her event: "This was supposed to be a big party,
rah-rah" +
Missourinet: Americans for Prosperity to run ads
targeting McCaskill on taxes
P-D: Missouri U.S. Senate campaign bits: Former
Kander spokeswoman Anne Feldman to Dems' superPAC; Other Kander
staffers move to Iowa to lay groundwork for presidential campaign
AP:
Jeff Jensen confirmed as U.S. attorney for eastern Missouri
Dunklin
Democrat: MDP Chairman Stephen Webber to hold town hall meeting
tonight at Dunklin County Courthouse
AP: Greitens hits campaign trail for other GOP
governors
The Missouri Times: Greitens calls for special
election in HD 97, 129, 144
The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Bernskoetter
(R-Jefferson City) kicks off Senate District 6 campaign
CDT: Caleb Jones leaving Greitens office for electric
co-op post X
The Missouri Times: Caleb Jones leaving governor's
office, takes VP job with Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives
Missourinet: Caleb Jones heading to Association of
Electric Cooperatives
AP:
Caleb Jones leaves governor's office for Missouri electric co-op job
The Missouri Times: To honor gals' group 25-year
anniversary, Greitens to hand out 25 appointments to 25 women in 25
days; Sheena Greitens delivers the news
Columbia Missourian: New health care funding proposals
would cut from senior tax credits
The Missouri Times: UM System looks to hire new
in-house lobbyist, but rules could prevent some from taking the
job; Top contenders include Kelly Gillespie, Jeff Davis, David
Pearce
SNL: Anti-Trump feminist speaks at MSU, makes dire
predictions of impending American autocracy X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact rating:
Statement from Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) on Planned Parenthood
founder and eugenics rated "Mostly False"
Drebes: State bids out security guard services
Missourinet: Rep. Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) wants to
increase penalties for those who block interstates without
permits; Rioters damaged cars in St. Charles last month
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 4, 2017
AP:
Missouri court rules in favor of lesbian seeking custody
P-D editorial: Alderman's bill goes overboard to
protect protesters, constrain police
P-D letter: Perryville sexagenarian says
sometimes-columnist Bill McClellan is no longer liberal enough
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenarian wants state
legislators to pass tighter gun laws
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Wednesday, October 4
Bloomberg: McCaskill blasts Trump for saying tax plan
won't benefit him
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill continues push for
contractor oversight X
SNL: Federal CHIP funding could run out in Missouri by
March X
SE
Missourian: Delta Regional Authority to invest $2.4 million to
aid economic development in region; Comments from Peter Kinder,
Jason Smith, Eric Greitens +
Missourinet: Missouri's Stephen Censky to serve as
USDA's second in command
The Missouri Times: AFL-CIO announces national
convention in St. Louis
P-D: GOP looks to hold legislative seats in special
elections
SNL: Greitens' team creates new official social media
accounts X
Missourinet: Missouri State Treasurer Eric
Schmitt: student loan debt has surpassed mortgage debt
Missourinet: State of Missouri sending out latest wave
of county jail reimbursements
P-D: Satanic Temple and Planned Parenthood score
initial win in abortion fight
The Missouri Times: Legal victory paves the way for
three pregnancy-termination clinics
Missourinet: Abortion provider moving quickly to
expand termination services after 8th Circuit Court decision
AP: New study examines how far women in each state
must travel to terminate unborn babies
SNL: DHSS memo: Missouri plans to require
abortion providers to have a physician on-call 24/7 X
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to hear challenge
to 2008 law banning convicted felons from having guns
The Missouri Times: Annual conference discusses ways
Missouri can move forward with energy consumption
KC Star: Charges dropped against illegal alien accused
of on-campus rape of UMKC student; February incident created
hysteria among campus rape activists
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Missourian: State declares test results for schools invalid +
SNL: Man nabbed after digging ginseng root on Missouri
Dept. of Conservation land X
KWMU: Missouri conservation officials propose ban on
commercial wild turtle trapping
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Conservation says fall
turkey hunting could be challenging
JCNT: Hundreds of mid-Missouri students pray
together; "See You at the Pole" events lead to zero broken
windows or assaults on law enforcement officers X
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City), others
participate in highway-blocking stunt; Woman who assaulted police
officer during Galleria riot addresses pack of protesters outside jail
P-D: Protests block highway; Police succeed in
corralling herd onto side streets
P-D: Alderman's proposal would limit police tools used
to control rioters
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Tuesday, October 3
Missourinet: Elected officials, candidates and staff
pen statements on Las Vegas
KY3 (Springfield): Blunt aims to give more protection
to victims of domestic violence
CNBC: More scrutiny for Allergan over Indian tribe
deal; McCaskill calls patent partnership an "absurd loophole"
Missourinet: NAFTA negotiation critical for Missouri
railroad company
AP: McCaskill unhappy with DeVos' stance on rights of
those accused of campus sex assaults, wants to talk to Trump about it
AP:
Community college sociology prof peddles book claiming citizens were
harmed by mysterious government airplanes spraying chemicals;
Government study shows no evidence, but Lacy Clay wants investigation
anyway
P-D: New campaign limits spur growth of PACs
The Missouri Times: Pat Rowe Kerr (R) to run for Jay
Barnes' open state rep seat
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri House seeks Publications Specialist
AP:
Monthly survey indicates more economic growth ahead for Midwest
The Missouri Times: Dose of legislative reality serves
as antidote for Democratic superminority's health care plan
SNL: Court ruling could speed up pregnancy
terminations in Springfield X
Missourinet: Planned Parenthood wins fight to expand
abortion in Missouri
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston)
talks needle-exchange bill
The Missouri Times: Missouri American Water case could
change how Missouri decides rates
Missourinet: Green lender in Missouri cooperating with
FBI investigation into contractor
KWMU: Union leader Jeff Roorda (D) to run for
Jefferson County county executive
P-D: Pepper spray deployed effectively during Friday
protest; Black clergy hold press conference to complain
KWMU: Small sect of protest crowd attempts to register
voters in St. Louis City
P-D editorial: To quell riots, St. Louis deploys a
commando.
Waters: Race at MU: Cartwright joins the fray X
P-D letter: Sierra Club rep opposes Greitens'
environmental moves
P-D letter: Wildwood man responds to protester
caterwauling, says people of his Jewish faith have faced discrimination
and still manage to thrive whilst loving America
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Monday, October 2
P-D's Raasch: McCaskill, Blunt typify how Washington
is adjusting to the spontaneity of Donald Trump
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Rep. Tracy
McCreery (D-Olivette), Jim Avery, Judy Baker, Brianna Lennon talk Jacob
Turk playing spoiler in state Senate race, Nicole Galloway's first
statewide election, Democratic superminority's health care plan, St.
Louis riots, more
Drebes:
Melissa Etheridge lends name to medical marijuana group's fundraising
e-mail
Brownfield Ag News: Josh Hawley, others attorneys
general urge EPA to abolish Obama's "Waters of the U.S." rule
P-D: Gov. Jay Nixon reflects: On legislators'
complaints of his "aloof" approach, Ferguson riots, Rams, state parks,
more
SNL: Restoring care for 8,000 Missourians likely means
cutting tax credits for seniors X
Washington Missourian: Rep. Nate Tate (R-St. Clair)
talks transportation at St. Clair Chamber of Commerce meeting X
Missourinet: Missouri falls six months behind in
paying county jail bills
Missourinet: National Chamber group, MATA weigh in on
new GOP-backed lawsuit laws
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Press Association
awareds: Columbia Missourian wins Best Online Newspaper or Website
P-D: Success of St. Louis police sergeant in
outsmarting rioters irks protesters
P-D editorial: Congress should change law hindering
Missouri's Western Governors University
P-D editorial: Target stores right to raise minimum
wage, while Missouri GOP legislators are still wrong; Greitens
lacked the courage to actually sign GOP bill
Washington Missourian editorial: National Newspaper
Week a good time to highlight the value of small newspapers X
KC Star letter: Jefferson City man wants state Dept.
of Conservation to treat deer the same way they treat mountain lions
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Sunday, October 1
October
2016 Missouri political news headlines
October
2015 Missouri political news headlines
CDT: Rural hospitals on life support in Missouri X
Columbia Business Times: Former journalists find life
beyond the news cycle: A look at Scott Charton, John Fougere
Drebes:
Help Wanted: St. Louis Realtors seeks assistant director of
government affairs
CDT: Local activists, experts say "ban the box" law is
not doing minorities any favors X
CDT: State-school minority data: MU sees
decrease in black students since Fall 2015 race agitation; UMSL
Chancellor Tom George addresses high level of minority enrollment X
SNL: Drury University speaking series to host Rhode
Island conservative; Tom Nichols has a sense of humor, says many
Americans act like "Cheers" know-it-all Cliff Clavin X
SNL: Drury University speaking series to host St.
Louis liberal; Sarah Kendzior is a feminist, bemoans Trump's
"atrocities" X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Despite
street-protester logic, market is best at setting wages X
SNL editorial: Missouri State grows, thrives despite
cuts X
Washington Missourian editorial: Ameren Missouri is
right on renewables X
P-D editorial: Union employee who wrote pro-police
tweet should get their "butt" kicked out of the job
KWMU's David Cazeres: Heroic protesters won't be
deterred as they stomp around Galleria mall, impede traffic in Richmond
Heights
P-D letter: St. Charles man says Rep. Bruce Franks
(D-St. Louis City), other protesters should stop blaming white people
for their problems and try marching around their own violent
neighborhoods
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