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Tuesday, October 30
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Missourian: Trump to hold rally Nov. 5 in Cape Girardeau +
P-D: Trump will end final campaign blitz in Cape
Girardeau Monday night X
KWMU: McCaskill, Hawley zero in on central themes as
U.S. Senate contest hits home stretch
The Missouri Times: Missouri's U.S. Senate race draws
in heavy-hitting national politicians
SE
Missourian: General election overview: U.S. Rep. Jason
Smith (R) vs. Kathy Ellis (D) +
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Nicole Galloway
on her accomplishments and re-election; Panel of Scott Charton,
Mike Kelley, Mike Hafner, Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester) talk November
ballot issues and more
P-D: 8-days-out campaign finance reports:
Galloway vs. McDowell, statewide ballot measures, more X
KWMU: Pro & Con: Amendment 1, "Clean
Missouri": Benjamin Singer vs. Jim Talent
Columbia Missourian: General election overview:
Amendment 1
KWMU: Pro & con: Prop D, the gas tax measure
on Nov. 6 ballot: Scott Charton vs. Gwen Moore
P-D: Dems, Republicans size up opportunities in state
legislative contests X
KC Star: Daughter of anti-Semitic state rep candidate
urges vote against her dad; Steve West fills GOP ballot slot in
Jon Carpenter's re-election X
The Missouri Times: Out-of-state Democratic political
committee uses postcard gimmick for volunteers unwilling to knock doors
The Missouri Times: Scott Marrs remembered as
legislative institution and strong advocate for southwest Missouri
SNL: Scott Marrs, lobbyist for Springfield, remembered
for his integrity X
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to decide whether
Parson had authority to appoint a lieutenant governor
KWMU: St. Louis school board election comes months
ahead of return to power
Missourinet: MoDOT schedules winter operations drill
on state roads
The Missouri Times editorial: Hawley's policies trump
McCaskill's personality for U.S. Senate
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Missourian endorsements: No on Amendment 1; No on Amendment
2; No on Amendment 3; Yes on Amendment 4; No on
Proposition B; No on Proposition C; Yes on Proposition D +
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: No on Proposition B
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Yes on Proposition D
St. Joseph News-Press endorsements: Missouri
House: Bob Bergland (D), Bill Falkner (R) and Brenda Shields (R)
P-D editorial: Biennial "We believe that children are
the future, teach them to vote and let them lead the way" promo X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Ron Richard: Missouri
conservatives should support Prop D for Missouri roads
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Susan
Pendergrass: Let Bryce's Law live up to its potential in Missouri
KC Star letter: Lee's Summit octogenarian says she is
tired of attacks on McCaskill, says McCaskill should be proud she chose
to marry into money X
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia man claims to be
mentally ill, endorses McCaskill over Hawley
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man says expanding
Medicaid will fix opioid crisis X
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Monday, October 29
KC Star's Katy Bergen: VP Mike Pence to visit KC on
Friday in support of Josh Hawley, "Vickey [sic] Hartzler," others X
P-D: Biden to attend GOTV rally for McCaskill on
Wednesday in Bridgeton X
P-D: General election overview: Proposition D X
KWMU: General election overview: House District
97: Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R) vs. Mike Revis (D)
CDT: General election overview: House District
46: Martha Stevens (D) vs. Cathy Richards (R) X
Missourinet: New Missouri Medicaid director Todd
Richardson to examine rural health care
Missourinet: DHSS says personal information of 10,000
people breached
KWMU: Search for next Missouri education commissioner
narrows
CDT: DESE wants feedback on child-care rating system X
Sedalia Democrat: Katy Trail to connect with $2.3
million project
St. Joseph News-Press: Proposed USDA offices seen as
benefit to city
CDT endorsements: Yes on Amendment 1, Yes on
Proposition B X
P-D editorial: Time for Missouri to make it easier for
voters to register on Election Day X
KC Star influencer series: Local control X
SNL letter: Springfield sexagenarian opposes Hawley
and "his cronies" on Obamacare, makes her key points in ALL CAPS X
P-D: League of Women voters sexagenarian supports
Amendment 1 X
Columbia Missourian letter: Hartsburg military veteran
supports Amendment 2, says it will relieve PTSD
P-D letter: Brentwood man says Missouri Legislature
abdicated its responsibilities with Prop D X
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Sunday, October 28
KWMU: Bob Kelley, retired regional labor leader and
father of Mike Kelley, dies
P-D: Robert Kelley, longtime president of the Greater
St. Louis Labor Council, dies +
St. Joseph News-Press: General election
overview: McCaskill vs. Hawley
JCNT: Prop D would exempt Olympians' medals from tax X
JCNT: State Senate candidates Mike Bernskoetter (R),
Nicole Thompson (D) differ on "Clean Missouri"
X
JCNT: House District 49 candidates Travis Fitzwater
(R) and Lisa Buhr (D) differ on "Clean Missouri" X
JCNT: House District 59 candidates Rudy Veit (R) and
Linda Ellen Greeson (D) differ on "Clean Missouri" X
JCNT: House District 60 candidates Dave Griffith (R)
and Sara Michael (D) differ on "Clean Missouri" X
JCNT: Local legislative candidates answer reader
question on abortion X
Columbia Missourian: Candidate profile: Sara
Walsh
Columbia Missourian: Candidate profile: Michela
Skelton
Columbia Missourian: Candidate survey series:
State rep candidates on medical marijuana
JCNT: Absentee voting is brisk in Cole County X
CDT endorsement: Claire McCaskill (D) for U.S. Senate X
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Yes on Proposition D
SNL endorsements: Yes on Amendment 1, Yes on Amendment
2, No on Amendment 3, Yes on Proposition B, Yes on Proposition C, Yes
on Proposition D X
P-D editorial: Anonymous mailers against her should
convince Ann Wagner to start fighting 'dark money' X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: As FBI closed in on
'MAGA Bomber,' Hawley blamed Clinton for encouraging violence X
SNL op-ed: Local higher education officials, K-12
superintendent support Proposition D X
KC Star op-ed: Dark Money casts a shadow over
Missouri's minimum wage debate X
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Saturday, October 27
CDT: Trump to rally GOP in Columbia on Thursday
P-D: Campaigning Trump to visit Columbia on Thursday
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Morning Consult
polls and McCaskill's unpopularity
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: McCaskill's
claims about Trump tariffs and Missouri soybeans
The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life comes out
in opposition to "Clean Missouri"
SE
Missourian: General election overview: Proposition B
SNL: General election overview: House District
135: Steve Helms (R) vs. Rob Bailey (D)
Columbia Missourian: Candidate survey series:
State rep candidates on gun control
KWMU: Absentee, early balloting is on the rise in the
St. Louis area
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 22, 2018
P-D: Bills to taxpayers for Greitens prosecutions
exceed six figures; some not yet released
P-D: Greitens defense team says it had 'unlimited'
budget, no political directives
The Missouri Times: Former state contractor breached
personal data of 10K Missourians
P-D: DHSS says contractor improperly stored
information for 10,400 people
AP:
DHSS alerts of security breach
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: No on Amendment 1
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Yes on Amendment 2,
No on Amendment 3 and Proposition C
KC Star endorsements: Yes on Amendment 2, No on
Amendment 3 and Proposition C
Washington Missourian endorsement: Nicole Galloway (D)
for state auditor
Washington Missourian endorsement: Dave Schatz (R) for
state Senate
KC Star editorial: Republicans are playing dirty in
their bid to beat Claire McCaskill in November
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Shamed Dogan
(R-Ballwin): Yes on Amendment 2
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar
Bluff): Yes on Prop D
P-D letter: Des Peres liberal urges "No" vote on all
sales tax amendments, wants "the rich" to pay more across the board
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Friday, October 26
KMBC: McCaskill, Hawley trade barbs in final debate
before the election
KC Star: McCaskill, Hawley trade rhetorical barbs in
debate over civility, health care and more X
KCUR: McCaskill, Hawley clash in final debate before
the election
P-D: In final debate, McCaskill says Trump "lies all
the time" X
Missourinet: McCaskill and Hawley blast each other's
positions during final U.S. Senate debate
AP:
At debate, Hawley targets vitriolic public discourse
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: McCaskill,
Hawley talk illegal immigration, taxes in final debate
Missourinet: McCaskill leads Hawley in fundraising,
spending
Missourinet: USDA designates 38 Missouri counties as
primary natural disaster areas from drought
The Missouri Times: VFW of Missouri endorses Amendment
2
Columbia Missourian: General election overview:
Amendment 4
KWMU: General election overview: Proposition D
Columbia Missourian: Local state rep candidates weigh
in on Proposition D
Washington Missourian: Campaign spending on local
state legislative races increases X
Columbia Missourian: Skelton files defamation lawsuit
against Walsh, HRCC, radio company over radio ad
Missourinet: Absentee voting sees an increase in
southeast Missouri
KC Star: St. Louis attorney still criticizing
investigation of Greitens by Hawley X
Missourinet: Deer in southern Missouri tests positive
for Chronic Wasting Disease
Washington Missourian endorsement: Claire McCaskill
for U.S. Senate X
SE
Missourian endorsement: No on all three marijuana proposals +
P-D editorial: Missouri Farm Bureau and its members
are rubes for supporting President Trump X
P-D classical music columnist Sara Bryan Miller: What
the world needs now is compassion, and it starts with Missourians
legalizing medical marijuana X
SNL op-ed: Nixa mayor Brian Steele: Vote
yes on Proposition D X
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian says Hawley
should not be elected to higher office until he ends robocalls X
SE
Missourian letter: Scott City man responds to letter accusing
Clean Missouri of blatant partisanship +
P-D letter: Ladue sexagenarian opposes Prop D, wants
higher tax on alcohol instead X
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Thursday, October 25
CNN's Rebecca Berg: McCaskill's closing pitch:
She's not one of those "crazy Democrats"
Columbia Missourian: Hawley is endorsed by free-speech
group
KC Star: Hawley campaign to donate $2,500 check it
received from pro-police PAC accused of scamming donors
P-D: Illegal mailers target Ann Wagner X
KWMU: International Institute of St. Louis gets
taxpayer-funded grant to help legal immigrants assimilate into workforce
The Missouri Times: West Lake Landfill owner wants
Mallinckrodt on hook for part of cleanup
KWMU: West Lake Landfill owner sues Mallinckrodt to
help pay for nuclear waste cleanup
SE
Missourian: General election overview: Amendment 4 +
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Republican
McDowell expounds on Missouri auditor campaign
SNL: General election overview: House District
136: Craig Fishel (R) vs. Jeff Munzinger (D) X
JCNT: Political ad sparks lawsuit from Michela Skelton X
CDT: Walsh points out that she cannot stop independent
expenditure targeting opponent X
CDT: Local state rep candidates talk issues at
candidate forum X
SNL: Parson signs treatment court bill in Springfield X
Missourinet: Missouri education wins big in Mega
Millions lottery
KWMU: Missouri education officials warn fewer students
will pass new, harder state tests
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court looking at
constitutionality of 2014 change to workman's compensation law
The Missouri Times: Committee approves three expedited
Certificate of Need applications
KC Star endorsement: Yes on Proposition B X
KC Star editorial: Kansas City Star endorsements are
no secret - this is how we do it: Five (5) Caucasoids, one (1)
black guy listen to candidates for an hour X
P-D editorial: Judge's ruling against Missouri's voter
ID law warns against GOP overreach X
SE
Missourian publisher Jon Rust: Hawley, Galloway are best for
Missouri +
Jensen:
Candidates grovel for newspaper endorsements but few advertise in
print; U.S. Rep. Jason Smith one of the few to appreciate the
value of newspapers +
SNL op-ed: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph), three
seasoned citizens explain why GOP voters should support Amendment 1 X
P-D op-ed: Former Sen. Joan Bray (D-University
City): Prop D is a tax even a liberal can't support X
P-D letter: O'Fallon conservative wonders why
Post-Dispatch gives op-ed space to Lacy Clay but not Ann Wagner or
Blaine Luetkemeyer X
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Wednesday, October 24
KC Star: Health care policy takes a starring role in
McCaskill-Hawley race X
P-D: A look at McCaskill and Hawley donors:
Hollywood types, hardworking Missouri entrepreneurs, more X
KC Star: Anti-gun group files FEC complaint against
Hawley and NRA PAC X
KWMU: Wagner-VanOstran race hinges on political
experience, health care
CDT: Hartzler takes big fundraising lead into final
weeks X
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves visits Hillyard
technical center
P-D: Owners of West Lake Landfill sue Mallinckrodt to
help pay costs of EPA cleanup X
The Missouri Times: Judge clarifies decision on voting
requirements, says no sworn statements required
P-D: Missouri voters without IDs won't have to sign an
affidavit to cast a ballot, judge rules X
KWMU: Judge clarifies ruling on voter ID law
Missourinet: Ashcroft critical of ruling that gutted
voter ID requirement
AP: Missouri judge clarifies ruling on voter ID law
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: State
Auditor Nicole Galloway on her record, dark money, "Clean Missouri"
gerrymandering power, and potential 2020 gubernatorial bid
CDT: Michela Skelton cries foul over radio ad;
Spot focuses on Democrat's support for protesters during annual St.
Louis City riots X
SE
Missourian: General election overview: House District
145: Rep. Rick Francis (R-Perryville) vs. Ronald Pember (D) +
Missourinet: Parson to sign treatment court bill today
in Liberty and Springfield
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education considers
four finalists for commissioner job
The Missouri Times: New nonprofit forms to support
bringing Hyperloop to Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: State Senate
elections: Tony Luetkemeyer (R) and Dan Hegeman (R)
P-D editorial: Ann Wagner has co-sponsored bills to
protect patients with pre-existing conditions once Obamacare is repealed X
Messenger: Voting in the age of Trump, when 'policy
difference don't matter': McCaskill and Hawley both wrong to
embrace Trump's policies X
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: If McCaskill
loses, it's because she didn't do enough to embrace liberalism
Priddy: Prop D is merely a band-aid solution, but I'm
voting for it
Waters: Amendment 2 is the best medical marijuana
choice X
SNL's Steve Pokin: Brad Bradshaw, the man who would be
Missouri's marijuana king X
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian says Hawley is
lying about plans for Social Security and Medicare X
P-D letter: Wildwood man dislikes Dan Mehan and
Missouri Republicans, supports "Clean Missouri" X
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Tuesday, October 23
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): McCaskill: "I actually
think I'd win this election in a walk" if people knew about pharma's
dark-money conspiracy against me
KC Star: Liberals, conservatives disagree on
McCaskill's "moderate" positioning; Comments from John Hancock,
James Harris, others X
P-D: In St. Louis County, liberals hope anti-Trump
"resistance" powers Ann Wagner's opponent; Comments from 100% of
Post-Dispatch polisci prof pundit pool (Dave Robertson, UMSL) X
Columbia Missourian: Local restaurant breaks federal
law by offering financial incentives to vote
KWMU: Clean Missouri puts redistricting front and
center, limits lobbyist influence
The Missouri Times: St. Louis County NAACP neutral on
Amendment 1
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Kehoe stresses need for more
highway funding via Prop D
Quincy Herald-Whig: General election overview:
18th District Senate: Cindy O'Laughlin (R) vs. Crystal Stephens
(D)
The Missouri Times: Todd Richardson to head MO
HealthNet
KWMU: Todd Richardson to run state Medicaid insurance
program
Missourinet: Richardson will be Missouri's new
Medicaid director
AP:
Missouri House Speaker Todd Richardson to become Medicaid chief
P-D: Parson taps Richardson to run Medicaid program X
KC Star: Richardson to oversee state's $11 billion
Medicaid program X
KWMU: Appeals court decision could mean hepatitis
treatment for thousands of Missouri inmates
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Nicole Galloway (D)
for state auditor
P-D endorsement: Yes on Proposition B X
P-D letter: St. Louis man disagrees with Ann Wagner on
League of Women Voters' liberal bias X
SE
Missourian letter: Local immigrant supports higher minimum wage +
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Monday, October 22
Washington Missourian: McCaskill: Ugly Kavanaugh
fight won't hurt Democrats at polls: "I hope Missourians will
notice I stayed out of it" X
NY Times: GOP U.S. Senate candidate Josh Hawley
oversees an attorney general office in turmoil
KCUR: In Kansas City, illegal aliens lament inability
to vote
KCUR: Campaigns use digital ads to target cord-cutters
P-D: General election overview: Proposition B X
SNL: General election overview: Proposition D X
Missourinet: Parson on gas tax: "Sometimes,
you've got to step up and do what's right for Missouri"
This Week in Missouri Politics: Senate District 34
candidates Tony Luetkemeyer, Martin Rucker II talk policy priorities
CDT: Longtime Tribune political reporter Rudi Keller
tapped to be news editor X
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Sam Graves for U.S.
House
SE
Missourian endorsement: Yes on Proposition D +
P-D endorsement: Yes on Proposition D X
CDT's Hank Waters: Monthy endorsement of Claire
McCaskill: Josh Hawley would be "a dependable supporter of
Trump's worst instincts" X
SNL op-ed: Fifth-generation rancher Kalena
Bruce: Josh Hawley understands Missouri farmers and ranchers, and
their hardships X
P-D's Jack Suntrup: Hawley's list of accomplishments
is short, and always accompanied by self-promotion X
KC Star's Lindsay Wise: By not using e-mail the public
can see, Josh Hawley is a hypocrite X
KC Star influencer series: Term limits for judges X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian wants Ann
Wagner to opposes changes to Medicare X
Columbia Missourian letter: Defiance, Mo. retired
engineer opposes "Clean Missouri," says it would create a new class of
entitlement - "language minorities"
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Sunday, October 21
Washington Missourian: McCaskill says Hawley's ads are
false, blames media for unfavorable coverage X
JCNT: General election overview: Blaine
Luetkemeyer (R) vs. Katy Geppert (D) X
St. Joseph News-Press: General election
overview: Sam Graves (R) vs. Henry Martin (D)
JCNT: General election overview: Nicole Galloway
(D) vs. Saundra McDowell (R) X
Washington Missourian: Prop D has roots in Franklin
County X
JCNT: House District 50 profile: Sara Walsh X
JCNT: House District 50 profile: Michela Skelton X
St. Joseph News-Press: Local parties make GOTV push
KRES/KWIX: Randolph County Clerk Will Ellis warns
voters about long ballot, suggests they read up on initiatives before
they get to polling place
SE
Missourian: Mining company to locate in county; Delta
Regional Authority approves $300K grant for road to proposed facility +
KCUR: Recovering addicts say rural Missouri's meth
'explosion' is a warning to the country
Columbia Missourian: Milked dry: Missouri's
diminishing dairy industry at a crossroads
JCNT: State's seismic safety commission struggles to
fill vacancies X
St. Joseph News-Press endorsement: Josh Hawley for
U.S. Senate
Washington Missourian endorsement: Yes on Proposition D X
KC Star editorial: Project Veritas' undercover videos
and lies have no place in Missouri Senate race
X
Washington Missourian editorial: Consider the
negatives of marijuana before voting on November propositions X
P-D's Jack Suntrup: As attorney general, Josh Hawley
ran Democrat lawyers out of office and lacks work ethic; Feelings
from McCaskill campaign lawyer, other Democrats X
P-D letter: Pacific septuagenarian liberal supports
Clean Missouri X
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Saturday, October 20
KWMU; Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum break down Hawley and McCaskill's first one-on-one
debate
KWMU: Fact-checking a few claims from McCaskill-Hawley
debate
CDT: McCaskill calls Project Veritas activist
"fraudster" in talk to Columbia Dems X
The Missouri Times: McCaskill continues 'Your Health
Care, Your Vote' tour in Columbia
AP: Ad running in Missouri, Arkansas aims to warn
black voters about Kavanaugh fallout
P-D: Hawley campaign does not support African-American
activist's ad about Kavanaugh X
KC Star: Ad on urban radio warns black voters about
danger of false "harassment" allegations X
Brownfield Ag News: Ag Director Chris Chinn meets with
Trump and Perdue in D.C.
P-D: Tariffs and drought weight heavily on farmers X
SE
Missourian: Multiple marijuana issues make for confusing ballot +
The Missouri Times: Catholic bishops cite 'potentially
unethical biomedical research" in opposition to Amendment 3
St. Joseph News-Press: District 9 overview:
Sheila Solon (R) vs. Bob Bergland (D) X
Missourinet: Judge's ruling on Missouri voter ID law
remains in place through November election
Columbia Missourian: New weapon in campaign sign
battle: Neighborhoods can't ban them
KWMU: Mapping tool helps St. Louis County voters
better understand election results
The Missouri Times: Arts advocates applaud Holsman,
Hoskins for leading legislative successes
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of October 17, 2018
SNL: Conservation Department proposes new rules to
help slow CWD in Missouri deer population X
Columbia Missourian: March for "marginalized" groups
draws fewer than 70 participants; Self-described "queers," select
minorities defeat oppression by chanting
CDT editorial: Don't confuse James O'Keefe's espionage
with journalism X
JCNT editorial: With Capitol renovations, continue to
prioritize accessibility X
SE
Missourian's Lucan Presson: Josh Hawley is the right choice for
Missouri Senate +
Washington Examiner's Tiana Lowe: Abuse allegations
surface against Claire McCaskill's husband
Messenger: More St. Louis residents help bust
third-party marketing group sending bogus "constituent" letter to state
legislators X
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman agrees with Michael
Wolff on Amendment 2 X
P-D letter: Springfield's Steven L. Reed supports
Amendment 3, says revenue will benefit unions, education and roads X
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman surprised by inability
of newspaper's beauty-product reviewer to write objective political
column X
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Friday, October 19
KWMU: Health care, party independence are major themes
in McCaskill-Hawley Senate debate
P-D: McCaskill, Hawley trade barbs, compliments in
Missouri Senate debate X
P-D: Outside Senate debate, St. Louisans listen
closely and take notes; Photo of frowny women at University City
bar X
CDT: McCaskill, Hawley spar in Senate debate X
Missourinet: McCaskill and Hawley clash at Missouri
U.S. Senate debate
KC Star: In Senate debate, Hawley says McCaskill is
too liberal X
AP: Fact check: McCaskill, Hawley debate
statements
KC Star: Conservative activist who captured McCaskill
campaign policy statements had access to voter info, campaign claims X
KC Star: Liberal "Lord of the Rings" actor tweets
endorsement of Hartzler's Democratic opponent, gets 'ticked off' at
lack of interest X
SNL: Greene County near record voter registration X
Missourinet: National GOP group sends out inaccurate
absentee information to GOP voters in southeast Missouri
The Missouri Times: Saundra McDowell rolls out 'Every
Dollar Works' platform
CDT: Parson promotes Prop D at Columbia stop X
Missourinet: Amendment 4 would give bingo
organizations a boost
Missourinet: 82 Missouri students get perfect ACT
score; West St. Louis County's public schools have strong showing
Clayton Times: Introducing a new mode of
transportation spearheaded in Missouri: The Hyperloop
KWMU: St. Louis Port Authority seeks land and revenue
beyond the banks of the Mississippi; Changes to district's
geography require approval from MoDOT
P-D: KFNS owner wants to focus on sports, but also
pursues Jamie Allman X
The Missouri Times: Capitol Dome to be lit pink to
honor breast cancer patients
KC Star editorial: The McCaskill-Hawley race is
bringing millions of dollars to Missouri. That's bad news. X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Promote and buy
Missouri products
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: If getting under
McCaskill's skin was Hawley's goal, then he won St. Louis debate X
Kraske: 'Clean Missouri' proposal will finally clean
up Jeff City X
Messenger: Missouri ballot initiatives offer hope for
broken political system X
SNL op-ed: NORML Executive Director Erik
Altieri: Not all Missouri medical marijuana efforts are created
equal - Amendment 2 puts the interests of patients first X
KWMU op-ed: Sharing America's Ashley Lisenby:
Too many Missourians living in poverty
P-D letter: Clayton septuagenerian dislikes Ann
Wagner, says Missouri is not extraordinary and League of Women Voters
is an objective group X
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Thursday, October 18
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Missourian: McCaskill accuses drug companies of 'unbridled greed'
at Cape campaign rally +
Missourinet's Jason Taylor: McCaskill campaign unhappy
with hidden-camera videos, wants AG's office to investigate;
Comments from "St. Louis based Republican operative Ed [sic] Keller"
AP: McCaskill-Hawley race turns nastier over
policy-disparity videos
KC Star: McCaskill demands Hawley's office investigate
hidden-camera videos of her campaign X
KWMU: McCaskill-Hawley debate to be streamed live at 7
p.m. Central tonight
Missourinet: McCaskill and Hawley to debate tonight in
St. Louis
KC Star: Annual youth voting piece: 22-year-old
calls herself a "super liberal," earns cash making calls for Hartzler
opponent X
Missourinet: Saundra McDowell addresses legal and
financial issues
The Missouri Times: Governor calls Prop D supporters
to action at Kansas City northland rally
Joplin Globe: Parson makes second Joplin stop to stump
for proposed fuel tax increase X
Columbia Missourian: State House incumbents outraise
challengers
The Missouri Times: "Best of the Legislature"
profile: Rep. Jean Evans (R-Manchester)
Missourinet: Ag Director Chris Chinn: High-speed
Internet crucial to attract next-generation Missouri farmers
Missourinet: Annual Missouri ACT results: Asian
students dominate Caucasoids with 23.2 vs. 20.9 average;
Hispanics manage 18.7, with blacks pulling up rear at 16.5
KWMU: Hyperloop supporters say project would boost
Missouri economy
P-D: Hyperloop group says St. Louis-KC high-speed
connection would be a bargain at $10 billion - or less X
KC Star: Study says I-70 hyperloop could work X
Missourinet: Almost half a million Missourians to
participate in "ShakeOut" earthquake prep event today
The Missouri Times editorial: It's time for the
governor to fill the expired terms of the Bi-State board of directors
P-D editorial: Missouri must offer former teen
offenders the chance to show they've changed
X
KC Star op-ed: Children's Mercy Hospital Chief
Toxicologist Jennifer Lowry: Medical marijuana shouldn't be an
easy 'Yes' for Missouri voters X
Washington Missourian letter: Missouri Chamber of
Commerce CEO Dan Mehan: "Clean Missouri" will inject raw
partisanship into nonpartisan redistricting process X
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Wednesday, October 17
KWMU: Profile: Urban, rural and everywhere in
between, McCaskill casts wide net in re-election bid
Washington Times: Staffers laud McCaskill for hiding
gun-control view in undercover video: 'She's really good about
strategy'
Clayton Times: Conservatives critical of Wagner's
opponent for fundraiser at "anti-cop" establishment
The Missouri Times: What we learned: October
2018 quarterly reports
CDT: Missouri House: Republicans outraise
Democrats 10-to-1 X
JCNT: PACs contribute heavily to local state
legislative candidates in final weeks of general election X
SE
Missourian: Parson calls on community leaders to push Prop D for
future of Missouri +
Missourinet: Parson: Proposed gas tax would cost
the average motorist $1.25 a month
Missourinet: Prop D receives support from business and
labor
The Missouri Times: Clean Missouri hits airwaves with
first TV commercial
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: Liberal groups make stop in Kennett to support
"Clean Missouri"; Group of three (3) holds "press conference" at
Dunklin County Courthouse +
The Missouri Times: Campaign finance complaint against
Vescovo dismissed by Missouri Ethics Commission
The Missouri Times: Bicentennial license plates now in
circulation
Missourinet: Missouri replaces bluebird license plates
to showcase historic birthday
AP:
Missouri releases new bicentennial vehicle license plates
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Missourian: Ameren building power into its solar grid +
P-D endorsement: Cort VanOstran for U.S. Congress X
JCNT editorial: Kehoe stumps for Missouri-made products X
Jensen:
The left has abandoned values-based Democrats; Many Southeast
Missouri Democrats hold nothing in common with violent protesters +
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: McCaskill-Hawley
attacks remind us that politicians do have families - and feelings X
KWMU op-ed: Center for Public Integrity's Lateshia
Beachum: Anti-Trump "Abandonded in America" series: Stream
of consciousness on HUD, Michael Brown's attack on Darren Wilson,
McCaskill, Hawley, Lacy Clay, St. Louis City voters, etc. (4,772 words)
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Missourian op-ed: Rep. Rick Francis (R-Perryville): Clean
Missouri is a wolf in sheep's clothing +
P-D op-ed: Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Judge
Michael Wolff: Among three medical marijuana initiatives,
Amendment 2 is the best choice X
P-D letter: Warren County man suggests Post-Dispatch
stop wasting time and effort on endorsement editorials, should simply
state that it endorses any and all Democrats
X
P-D letter: Olivette octogenerian praises
Post-Dispatch for "insightful" endorsement of McCaskill X
P-D letter: Florissant man unsurprised by liberal bias
in McCaskill endorsement, says Hawley is correct on Obamacare and
pre-existing conditions X
P-D letter: Urban restaurant owner supports Prop B for
higher minimum wage X
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Tuesday, October 16
KWMU: Hawley has slight financial advantage over
McCaskill in U.S. Senate contest
AP:
McCaskill brings in another $8.5M for Senate re-election bid
P-D: Hawley enters October with more campaign cash
than McCaskill X
KWMU: Hawley banks on conservative principles, and
Trump, to get the win over McCaskill
KC Star: McCaskill and Hawley fight over pre-existing
conditions gets personal X
KWMU: Urban liberals oppose Hawley's plan to appeal
voter ID ruling
Missourinet: Lacy Clay, others criticize Hawley for
supporting voter ID law
KRES/KWIX: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer says neither
chamber likely to flip, says Dems' anti-Kavanaugh behavior helped GOP
P-D: 2nd Congressional District Dem, Libertarian speak
to liberal group X
The Missouri Times: National Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Addiction's St. Louis chapter raises concerns regarding medical
marijuana ballot measures
Missourinet: General election overview:
Proposition B, the minimum-wage issue
Columbia Missourian: Parson voices support for
Proposition D, preparing people for the workforce
JCNT: Parson launches statewide tour to support
Proposition D X
KOMU: Fact Check: Proposition D ad rated "True"
The Missouri Times: Galloway outraises McDowell
50-to-1 in bid for state auditor
The Missouri Times: October 2018 quarterly
filings: State auditor
The Missouri Times: October 2018 quarterly
filings: Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: October 2018 quarterly
filings: Missouri House
Columbia Missourian: Disabilities group to hold state
legislative forum Thursday
Brownfield Ag News: Parson: It's important to
bring young people into agriculture
Missourinet: Parson hopes to see more young people
involved in agriculture
JCNT: Parson proclaims October 'Pork Month' X
Columbia Missourian: Parson, state officials stress
importance of public role in conservation
The Missouri Times: Missouri files brief supporting
Arizona's ban on businesses that boycott Israel
Clayton Times: Association of Missouri Electric
Cooperatives (AMEC) announces legislative awards at annual meeting
Missourinet: Missouri prison system reaches potential
record of 800 correctional officer vacancies
AP:
Judge orders Missouri to give juvenile lifers parole chance
P-D editorial: Attention West Lake residents:
EPA says radiation is good for you X
P-D op-ed: Hansen's Tree Service President Chad
Hansen: Voters' pocketbook issues favor Hawley X
KC Star letter: Kansas City feminist says McCaskill
will be re-elected X
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Monday, October 15
NBC:
Meet the Press: Josh Hawley talks Kavanaugh, Obamacare and
pre-existing conditions
AP: On "Meet the Press," Hawley mentions liberals'
"mob behavior"
KWMU: Politcally Speaking podcast: U.S. Rep. Ann
Wagner on Obamacare, sex trafficking, minimum wage, more
This Week in Missouri Politics: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Blake Hurst on McCaskill Bootheel comment, Prop D, problems
with "Clean Missouri"; Panel of Dan Kleinsorge, David Barklage,
Rep. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis City), Tishaura Jones talk
McCaskill-Hawley, Prop D, Clean Missouri
Missourinet: MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna:
I-270 in St. Louis area "in desperate need of repair," says passage of
Prop D is crucial
Missourinet: Lieutenant governor's program showcases
Missouri-made items to buy
P-D: Missouri violated rights of inmates convicted as
juveniles who are serving life without parole, judge says X
P-D endorsement: Yes on Amendment 1, "Clean Missouri" X
McClellan: Maybe Missouri's sex offender registry
should just be for sex offenders X
KC Star influencer series: Medical marijuana X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman disagrees with concept of
provisional ballots, says every voter should get regular ballot X
P-D letter: St. Louis man says Prop D spends too much
on law enforcement, not enough on roads X
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Sunday, October 14
P-D: A look at the top individual donors, PACs funding
the McCaskill-Hawley matchup X
KC Star: Company facing closure after tariffs is at
center of McCaskill-Hawley battle X
NBC: Josh Hawley on "Meet the Press" this morning
P-D: Missouri abortion activists ramp up for a fight
after Kavanaugh appointment to Supreme Court
X
Washington Missourian: New ruling on voter ID law
impacts election prep, so expect big turnout; Comments from
Franklin County Clerk Debbie Door (R) X
Columbia Missourian: Taxing questions surround medical
marijuana proposals
JCNT: General election overview: House District
59: Rudy Veit (R) vs. Linda Greeson (D)
X
The Missouri Times: Beloved CEO Barry Hart reflects on
42 years with Missouri Association of Co-Ops
P-D: Data shows Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
following through on promise for "red tape reduction" X
CDT: Missouri State Public Defender Director Michael
Barrett: Public defenders can't 'keep up' with caseloads X
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Missourian: Missouri Dept. of Conservation's targeted culling a
voluntary, effective program against CWD, official says +
P-D endorsement: Claire McCaskill for U.S. Senate X
P-D endorsement video: McCaskill hits stump-speech
bullet points; Editorial Page Editor Tod Robberson says editorial
board embraces "centrism" X
SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian supports
Amendment 1 and Proposition B X
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Saturday, October 13
Washington Times: Fact check: Liberal MSNBC
host's claim that McCaskill voted for Neal Gorsuch is incorrect
JCNT: Judge to decide on Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee complaint against Hawley X
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt gathers information on
opioid crisis
KWMU: International Institute of St. Louis gets 3-year
grant to combat human trafficking
JCNT: Clean Missouri supporters rally at Capitol X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Hashing out
the details of Missouri's 3 medical marijuana initiatives
AP:
General election overview: The three medical marijuana
initiatives on Missouri's November ballot
SE
Missourian: General election overview: Rep. Kathy Swan
(R-Cape Girardeau) vs. Renita Green (D) +
Columbia Missourian: Local Green Party, Democratic
state legislative candidates talk climate change
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of Oct. 8, 2018
KWMU: A land of shrimp, wine and honey: Missouri
funds agriculture beyond cows and corn
The Missouri Times: George Mason University report
ranks Missouri 15th in fiscal health
The Missouri Times: Greggory Favre resigns as deputy
director of Department of Public Safety
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 10, 2018
Missourinet: Missouri Highway Patrol reminds drivers
to be alert on roadways during fall harvest season
SNL: Chronic wasting disease threatens $1B deer
hunting culture X
KC Star editorial: Hawley shouldn't be surprised about
Springfield pastor's comments on gay men X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man says GOP state reps
are mischaracterizing Clean Missouri X
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Friday, October 12
MSNBC: Midterms 2018: State of politics in
Missouri: Jo Mannies, John Hancock and Mike Kelley talk
McCaskill-Hawley, more
MSNBC: Midterms 2018: The role of race in
Missouri politics: Antonio French says African-Americans 'don't
feel very strongly' about voting for McCaskill
Washington Times: McCaskill shuns Missouri's rural
'Bootheel' voters in cellphone video
Washington Times: Hawley rips McCaskill over census
citizenship question opposition
SNL: Springfield friends of Texas U.S. Senate
candidate Beto O'Rourke to host fundraiser next weekend
P-D: Ann Wagner receives anti-sex-trafficking award
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Bob Holden, Sheena Greitens
talk China tariff impacts
The Missouri Times: State seeks emergency stay on
voter ID law ruling
The Missouri Times: Campaign advocating for fuel tax
increase launches statewide ad campaign
Washington Missourian: General election
overview: Statewide ballot initiatives
KCUR: General election overview: Mike Cierpiot
(R) vs. Hillary Shields (D)
KCUR: General election overview: Q&A with
Tony Luetkemeyer (R), Martin Rucker II (D)
The Missouri Times: Unions file lawsuit challenging
overhaul of state's merit system
Missourinet: State officials look to boost pay for
some Missouri veterans home workers
The Missouri Times: Quaker Window Products' $65M
expansion to create 300 new jobs in Missouri
Missourinet: Company to build massive manufacturing
facility in rural Missouri town
KCUR: Missouri school districts still don't know how
students did on new math and English tests
KCUR: New York-based company says St. Louis and Kansas
City haves some of the worst nursing homes in the country
P-D endorsement: Yes on Amendment 2 for medical
marijuana
Washington Missourian editorial: Independent U.S.
Senate candidate Craig O'Dear won't win, but he's addressing the ills
of government
P-D Editorial Page Editor Tod Robberson: On pro
wrestling, Donald Trump and Josh Hawley
KC Star op-ed: Veteran Democratic leader Jane
Dueker: Vote 'No' on Clean Missouri
P-D op-ed: Florissant Mayor Tom Schneider:
Proposition D is essential to maintain safe highways
P-D letter: Ballwin man disagrees with Hawley on
Obamacare and pre-existing conditions
P-D letter: University City man disagrees with Show-Me
Institute's Andrew Wilson on minimum wage
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Thursday, October 11
KWMU: St. Louis region's 2nd Congressional District
looms large in McCaskill-Hawley race
Morning Consult's Eli Yokley: Morning Consult poll
shows McCaskill's approval drop 7 points in third quarter, with a 48%
disapproval rating
P-D: Reuters poll shows McCaskill-Hawley neck-and-neck
SNL: At Minnesota campaign stop, Trump boasts of
strong turnout at Hawley rally in September X
KC Star: Hawley takes part in ag tour with Missouri
Farm Bureau; Reporters ask for reaction to Springfield pastor's
comments on gay men's life expectancy X
JCNT: Voters to decide on fuels tax increase X
Missourinet: Ashcroft says judge's decision creating
"mass confusion" at polls
CDT: Mizzou's Planned Parenthood advocates dislike
pro-life group's photo display; Created Equal shows body parts of
aborted babies X
P-D: Attorney keeps pushing for Greitens secrecy
probe, months after Hawley found no wrongdoing
X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Don Phillips (R-Kimberling
City) to join Missouri Probation and Parole Board
AP: Missouri lawmaker appointed to state parole board
KWMU: Tourism officials across Missouri hope for more
money from Parson
JCNT: 3 unions sue state over Merit System change X
P-D: Missouri making plans for renovation of state
Capitol - with price tag unknown X
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court looking at invalid
probation imposed by lower courts
P-D endorsement: Nicole Galloway (D) for state auditor X
KC Star editorial: Missouri should have early voting X
SNL op-ed: Rep. Crystal Quade (D-Springfield):
Vote yes on Proposition B to improve quality of life X
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Wednesday, October 10
Washington Times: McCaskill hit for silence as
Democrats 'smeared' Justice Kavanaugh
Washington Times: Outside cash floods nasty Missouri
race that could determine control of Senate
AP:
Flooding closes Missouri roads and threatens to top levees
SE
Missourian: Voter registration grows in advance of today's
deadline, says Cape Girardeau County Clerk Kara Clark Summers +
KC Star: Jackson County voter registrations reach
record highs X
The Missouri Times: Judge orders injunction against
portions of Missouri's voter ID law
KWMU: Judge rejects portion of Missouri voter ID law,
but allows most of it to continue
Missourinet: Judge strikes down portions of Missouri
voter ID law, state to appeal
P-D: Judge calls Missouri voter ID advertising
'misleading'
KC Star: Judge tosses part of Missouri voter ID law,
chides state over advertising X
AP: State to appeal ruling against voter ID law
Missourinet: General election overview: Three
competing marijuana initiatives
AP: Marijuana backers look for Midwest breakthrough in
Missouri, other states next month
Columbia Missourian: If Prop D passes, nine area
projects might be possible, Columbia officials say
The Missouri Times: Galloway highlights tenure as
auditor in first TV advertisement
SE
Missourian: General election overview: House District
146: Barry Hovis (R) vs. Gayla Dace (D) for Donna Lichtenegger's
seat +
AP: Union slams prison chief for photo of her holding
beer at charity fundraiser
P-D: A beer at a golf outing draws outcry from union X
Missourinet: UMKC will no longer sponsor its eight KC
charter schools in May
Missourinet: MoDOT director says key I-70 bridge in
mid-Missouri should be replaced
The Missouri Times: Ashcroft recognizes Stanley the
Bulldog's work as anti-bullying advocate
SE
Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation considering
regulation changes to curb chronic wasting disease (CWD) +
Columbia Missourian: Tuesday SCOTUS decision formally
makes Missouri hair-braiding lawsuit moot
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Health Care for
All's Jen Bersdale: Hawley wrong on Obamacare and pre-existing
conditions
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau
President Blake Hurst: Clean Missouri is a lemon of a deal
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: It's time to join
30 states and legalize medical marijuana
The Missouri Times op-ed: Becky Willard:
Missouri and the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad campaign finance
reform
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Terry Ganey: Chuck
Basye (R) vs. Adrian Plank (D) is a snapshot of Missouri politics
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Tuesday, October 9
SNL: Pence, Hawley praise Kavanaugh at Springfield
event X
SNL: Video: Pence praises Kavanaugh X
SNL: Photo gallery: Pence at Hawley event in
Springfield X
Missourinet: Pence stumps for Hawley in Springfield
Missourinet: Hawley critical of McCaskill's "No" vote
on Kavanaugh
KC Star: McCaskill says she would 'never consider'
ousting Kavanaugh as Hawley slams her vote X
The Missouri Times: NRA, Emily's List spend big in
Missouri's U.S. Senate race
KWMU: Unions oppose Trump's suggestion to bring
efficiency to postal service through privatization
Reuters: Local gun groups flex muscle in U.S. state
politics, sidestepping the NRA; Comments from Eric Burlison, Rep.
Jered Taylor (R-Nixa)
Missourinet: General election overview:
Amendment 1, the "Clean Missouri" initiative
P-D: Brad Bradshaw, who is self-funding medical pot
initiative, landed in tax collectors' crosshairs X
P-D: In race for Missouri auditor, Galloway hitting
the airwaves first X
The Missouri Times: Democrats say poll shows Robert
Butler within margin of error against Paul Wieland
The Missouri Times: MEC dismisses complaints about
Martin Rucker in SD34
AP: Tomorrow is voter registration deadline in Missouri
P-D: Democratic politico 'Button' Bob Levine dies at 67 X
The Missouri Times: Galloway, Missouri Sheriffs'
Association clash over sex offender report
Daily
American Republic: Stoddard, Butler County officials:
Galloway refused to release full list of noncompliant sex offenders +
KWMU: Finding a suitable schoolhouse in St. Louis can
be 'the real snag for charter schools'
Columbia Missourian: Lack of funding, staff afflicts
Missouri's public defender system, state officials say
P-D editorial: If Hawley's health care plan is for
real, he should call for a debate on it X
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Monday, October
8 Columbus
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Missourinet: Columbus Day is a federal and Missouri
holiday
KWMU: Black Lives Matter, Indians, others to protest
Christopher Columbus today
P-D: Festival on the Hill focuses on Italian-American
heritage; Activists will protest at Columbus statue today X
Brownfield Ag News: Hartzler: Work requirements,
conservation, politics are farm bill sticking points
SNL: ACLU hosts "10 Days of Trans Demands" protest in
Springfield X
KWMU: Voter registration applications rise in St.
Charles County as deadline nears
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Sen.-elect Brian
Williams (D-University City); Panel of Carpenters' Mark Dalton,
Gregg Keller, state rep candidate Aaron Griesheimer, state Senate
candidate Bob Butler talk Kavanaugh, Clean Missouri, more
JCNT: Voters to decide fate of "Clean Missouri"
initiative X
Columbia Missourian: Cancer survivor campaigns for
medical marijuana
JCNT: Missouri Amendment 4 would change laws governing
bingo gaming X
KWMU: Missouri sees record number of female
candidates; Analysis from UMSL political science icon Terry Jones
KWMU: Special motorized chairs making it possible for
the disabled to enjoy Missouri's state parks
KWMU: Missouri stream restoration projects use
nature's strength to prevent erosion
P-D editorial: Missouri's voter ID law was designed to
discourage voting. It should go. X
P-D op-ed: The Heritage Foundation's David
Ditch: Roy Blunt comfortable with big spending and big debts X
KC Star influencer series: Clean Missouri X
P-D letter: St. Louis man unhappy with Hawley over
support for Kavanaugh X
Washington Missourian letter: Washington
septuagenarian opposes Clean Missouri X
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Sunday, October 7
SNL: Springfield's "#MeToo" protest draws smaller
crowd than first anti-Trump rally in 2017 X
SNL: Anti-Kavanaugh rally photo gallery: Signs
include "Rapist Judge," "Grab 'Em By the Balls," other inspirational
and uplifting slogans X
SNL: Rep. Lynn Morris (R-Ozark) declines invitation to
speak at anti-Kavanaugh rally: "Profanity and wanting to castrate
and kill white men is extremely barbaric and won't get those groups
anywhere." X
P-D: Anti-Kavanaugh protests in Clayton lead to about
a dozen arrests; Group blocks intersection, smashes "patriarchy
pumpkin," other efficacious acts X
P-D: Anti-Kavanaugh photo gallery: Woman flaunts
unshaved armpits whilst blocking traffic; Male holds sign reading
"KavaF@ckNaw;" Other persuasive messages
X
P-D: McCaskill and Hawley reference Kavanaugh - subtly
and obtusely - in fundraising appeals X
Washington Missourian: Candidate profile: U.S.
Senate candidate Craig O'Dear X
The Missouri Times: AFL-CIO dumping money into black
and Mexican radio in St. Louis, other cities
Columbia Missourian: "10 Days of Trans Demands" fuels
rally of nearly 30 in Peace Park; Jay-Marie "Brownboi [sic]" Hill sings "Here, Queer &
Staying" (audio)
KC Star: Galloway's campaign says Saundra McDowell
exaggerates experience in attorney general's office X
The Missouri Times: Tax tardiness an issue for
candidates of both parties
JCNT: General election preview: Mike
Bernskoetter (R), Nicole Thompson (D) on business issues X
CDT: Boone County House seats key to Democratic hopes X
Washington Missourian: Franklin County aggressive in
sex offender checks; Sheriff comments on Galloway's report X
KC Star editorial: Josh Hawley wants to end Obamacare,
but he doesn't have a better idea X
St. Joseph News-Press: Sex offender registry is
working in St. Joe
JCNT editorial: Legislature should centralize help for
domestic violence victims X
KC Star's Bill Turque: Kander's PTSD announcement
positions himself well for next bid for office
X
KC Star op-ed: NAACP chapter president supports Clean
Missouri, minimum-wage hike X
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Saturday, October 6
P-D's Raasch: Trump delivers on a campaign promise
that may be more important than the presidency itself; Comments
from McCaskill, Blunt X
P-D's Raasch: Impact of Kavanaugh vote on McCaskill,
other endangered Dems X
Columbia Missourian: MU Socialists organize
anti-Kavanaugh rally; Socialist coed recounts "crawling out of
depression" over Kavanaugh to lead fellow anti-capitalists to rally
Columbia Missourian: Ad-check series: Hawley
wrong about "Keep Families Together Act"
Columbia Missourian: Ad-check series: McCaskill
half-right about sanctuary cities
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum assess McCaskill vs. Hawley on pre-existing
conditions; St. Louis County turnout; Jason Kander and
depression/PTSD
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 1, 2018
JCNT: Eric Schmitt's MO ABLE program expanded to allow
greater savings X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Housing Development
Commission swears in new members, signs off on FY2019 budget
Missourinet: Missouri's oversight to be examined after
$1 billion lawsuit alleges sexual assault at nursing home
Clayton Times: In Maryland Heights, MoDOT discusses
future transportation opportunities
St. Joseph News-Press: Galloway says schools should be
required to perform background checks on volunteers X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City says common sense needed
when considering minimum wage versus "living wage" X
P-D letter: Marthasville man says Hawley's church
investigation unlikely to get to the truth X
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Friday, October 5
AP: General election overview: McCaskill vs.
Hawley
Hannibal Courier-Post: Hawley shares message of
Christian faith during Hannibal-LaGrange University chapel service X
P-D: McCaskill, Hawley choose to prioritize issues
other than "climate change" X
Columbia Missourian: Gina Loudon talks Trump at Boone
County Pachyderms' annual chili supper
Columbia Missourian: MU Law prof angry that fellow
liberals didn't send him anti-Kavanaugh letter to sign: "I've
never felt less relevant in my life"
P-D: Daily gallery of anti-Kavanaugh protest:
Obese woman in combat boots detained after chaining herself to fellow
protester; Mob stands in busy Clayton street while police
maintain order; Other protester activities taking place during
work day X
The Missouri Times: Munzlinger urges votes against
Amendment 3, citing concerns of eminent domain violations
P-D: Add 'unpaid tax bill' to financial questions
about Republican candidate for Missouri auditor X
The Missouri Times: Hanaway seeks dismissal of lawsuit
against A New Missouri, says Democrat 'has no skin in the game'
KWMU: Greitens' former non-profit campaign group wants
lawsuit seeking records tossed out
Missourinet: Hanaway trying to get lawsuit against 'A
New Missouri' dropped
P-D: Nonprofit tied to Greitens tries to thwart
Democrat's lawsuit X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Black woman hopes to
get more black women to the polls
The Missouri Times: House Chief Clerk and
Administrator Adam Crumbliss moving to executive branch
The Missouri Times: State Treasurer Eric Schmitt
announces MO Able to Work Initiative during Disability Employment
Awareness Month
The Missouri Times: National report shows progress in
Missouri's mission to provide high-speed Internet to schools
P-D: State board approves tax credits to remake
shuttered hospital on Delmar X
P-D editorial: Effort from "grassroots" group on tort
reform has elements of blatant fraud X
JCNT editorial: Missourians should attend MoDOT forums X
Kraske: Kander has made it okay for vets, others to
ask for help X
SNL's Andrew Jansen: Missourians should vote to
legalize medical marijuana and help area child's life X
KC Star letter: Sedalia octogenarian attempts
punchline involving Hartzler's "pointed high heel shoes" and welfare X
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Thursday, October 4
SNL: Vice President Mike Pence coming to Springfield
for Hawley event X
P-D: Ad check: Josh Hawley on pre-existing
conditions X
KWMU: Woman who designs handbags manufactured in China
unhappy with Trump tariffs
Missourinet: Jack Cardetti shares thoughts on Jason
Kander's announcement
KMIZ: General election overview: Proposition D
P-D: Report from Prop D group says 22 of St. Louis'
major roads are in poor condition X
KC Star: Prop D campaign report: Here's how much
driving on bad, congested roads is costing you in KC X
KRCG: New report says drivers in mid-Missouri are
losing money while driving on roads
St. Joseph News-Press: Few fireworks, but Tony
Luetkemeyer and Martin Rucker II spar over 'dark money'
The Missouri Times: State Senate candidate Ryan Dillon
(D) touts support for Medicaid expansion
Missourinet: Missouri revenues stabilizing as
taxpayers could see increase in withholding
AP:
Missouri down to one abortion clinic
Missourinet: Judge declines to block safety
requirement for abortion clinics
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 3, 2018
KC Star editorial: If the truth mattered to Roy Blunt,
he'd vote 'No' on Kavanaugh X
KC Star editorial: Sorry, Pat Roberts. You once
praised Claire McCaskill. You can't take it back X
P-D editorial: Jason Kander's determination to address
PTSD and depression should inspire others X
KC Star editorial: Missourians still in the dark about
REAL ID will need a crash course in compliance
X
SNL op-ed: Josh Hawley: Obamacare isn't needed
to protect preexisting conditions X
CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Andrew Martin:
Unintended consequences and the minimum wage: Proposition B will
lead to job losses X
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Wednesday, October 3
St. Joseph News-Press: Business evolves to benefit
from Trump tariffs
Clayton Times: Liberals hold anti-Kavanaugh protest
outside Blunt's Clayton office
P-D: Protest photo gallery: Male holds sign with
punchline involving intercoursing position; Democratic
congressional primary silver medalist Cori Bush yells; Rotund
protest journeywoman Elizabeth Vega fluffs sign; More X
P-D: McCaskill touts independence in new ad, but Sen.
Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) demands he be removed from it X
Missourinet: CNN claims McCaskill holds lead over
Hawley
The Missouri Times: Former SOS Jason Kander drops out
of KC mayoral race, sites PTSD and depression
KC Star: Kander ends campaign for mayor to focus on
his depression, PTSD X
Missourinet: Proposition D's Scott Charton: Gas
tax boost would create jobs, send money to Main Street
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Robert
Butler hopes Jefferson County voters make state Senate seat Democratic
JCNT: 6th District Senate candidates Mike Bernskoetter
(R), Nicole Thompson (D) stake out positions at forum X
JCNT: House District 60 candidates Dave Griffith (R),
Sara Michael (D) square off on hot-button issues X
The Missouri Times: State sends 22k mailers to comply
with judge's order following Motor Voter violation
JCNT: Ashcroft notifies voters of registration
deadline following court ruling X
P-D: Missouri revenue lags, but budget cuts not on
horizon X
Missourinet: Soybean plant planned for Bootheel
expected to create 60 new jobs; Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville)
calls opening a "real shot in the arm" to area
CDT: Abortions end at Columbia clinic X
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Interim Education Commissioner
Roger Dorson praises Parson, talks about search for new commissioner
KC Star editorial: Kander's withdrawal from mayor's
race is the bravest choice X
KC Star editorial: Voter registration deadline is
quickly approaching X
Messenger: Veteran who helps others with PTSD says
Kander's note will save lives X
KC Star letter: KC man blames Parson, Hawley, local
GOP officials for lack of movement on clergy investigations X
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Tuesday, October 2
P-D: Urban church posts video of McCaskill, a
dark-money critic, praising dark-money groups helping her campaign X
KWMU: Hawley wants special counsel to investigate
Feinstein
AP:
Hawley says he believes Kavanaugh was 'falsely accused'
AP:
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services gives University of Missouri
Extension grant to expand programs for elderly
The Missouri Times: AARP endorses "Clean Missouri"
The Missouri Times: National group buys billboards in
support of "Clean Missouri"
JCNT: Jefferson City Council supports Prop D X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Paul
Wieland (R-Imperial) on why his re-election bid is tougher than ever
before
The Missouri Times: Primary opponent backs Tony
Luetkemeyer for state Senate
Missourinet: General election preview: Rep.
Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) vs. Sarah Semple; Rep. Cheri
Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) vs. Maren Bell Jones
CDT: Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) to
separate legal defense, campaign funds X
JCNT: Judge expects to rule on voter ID case next week X
KWMU: Arguments wrap up in Missouri's voter ID lawsuit
P-D: Missouri's voter ID law under microscope X
AP:
Judge raises concern about Missouri voter ID law
Missourinet: Final arguments made in lawsuit
challenging voter ID law
KWMU: Moms Demand Action holds gun-control forum
The Missouri Times: Missouri granted REAL ID extension
until August 1, 2019
Missourinet: Missouri gets REAL ID extension
Columbia Missourian: State gets last REAL ID extension
it should need
P-D: Missouri gets another extension to comply with
airport ID rules X
KC Star: Missouri gets another extension to comply
with REAL ID X
Columbia Missourian: Deadline looms for Planned
Parenthood fetus terminations in Columbia
Missourinet: Galloway says law enforcement must step
up efforts to capture 1,200 missing sex offenders
AP:
Whereabouts of almost 1,300 Missouri sex offenders unknown
P-D: Sex-offender tracking in St. Louis City among
worst in the state, audit shows X
P-D: Missouri officials are dropped from
wrongful-death lawsuit of disabled man found in concrete X
The Missouri Times: Hawley's office reports 5,424
untested 'rape kits'
JCNT editorial: Parsons start new tradition at mansion X
KC Star editorial: The sex offender next door:
1,300 missing Missouri criminals must be found quickly X
P-D op-ed: Sierra Club's Jennifer Conner: Eleven
Point River marks 50 years as a wild and scenic river X
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Monday, October 1
October
2017 Missouri political news headlines
October
2016 Missouri political news headlines
October
2015 Missouri political news headlines
This Week in Missouri Politics: Jim Talent on
Kavanaugh, Clean Missouri, and more; Panel of John Hancock and
Reps. Tracy McCreery, Derek Grier and Bruce Franks talk
McCaskill-Hawley, Clean Missouri, more
SNL: Area feminists to hold "#MeToo" protest
Saturday; Gabfest to feature "music, poetry, dance and testimony" X
St. Joseph News-Press: General election preview:
Proposition D X
Missourinet: The inaugural Parson Family Fall Festival
set for Saturday in Jefferson City
JCNT: MoDOT meetings in seven districts planned for
October X
Missourinet: 1,200 Missouri sex offenders not
complying with law, including failing to check in with officers
KWMU: Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) wants
Parson to pardon arsonist; Joshua Williams was caught on video
attempting to set QuikTrip on fire during riot
Waters: Monthly endorsement of Clean Missouri X
CDT op-ed: Chip Cooper: Vote 'Yes' on Clean
Missouri X
KC Star op-ed: Former O'Reilly Auto Parts CEO endorses
Proposition B X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Patrick
Ishmael: To help the poor, earned income tax credit better than
minimum wage hike
KC Star influencer series: Minimum wage X
KC Star letter: Pleasant Hill man irked that McCaskill
rushed to judgment on Kavanaugh X
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