Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Army Corps of Engineers to release
more Missouri River water late into fall
Columbia Missourian: New speaker series from State
Historical Society of Missouri to feature retirees Claire McCaskill,
Jack Danforth
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Missourian: Liberal activist Angela Davis to speak at SEMO's MLK
Dinner in January +
KWMU: Jay Ashcroft, state Rep. Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis
County) seek to fight online misinformation
SNL: Officials urge Missourians to get REAL IDs to fly X
KC Star: Using patient data helped state identify
Planned Parenthood's botched abortions X
P-D: Cannabis industry group wants Missouri health
officials to issue vaping regulations X
Missourinet: Nicole Galloway audit: Urban
charter school exec exaggerated attendance to get extra $1.4 million in
state aid
KWMU: Urban charter school's founder fudged attendance
worth extra $1.4 million in state aid
Columbia Missourian: Panelists from MoDOT, other
groups propose distracted-driving solutions
SNL: Rep. Sonya Anderson (R-Springfield) to host DNR
public meeting Nov. 7 on TCE pollution X
KC Star editorial: KC mayor wants to take guns away
from abusers. Why hasn't Missouri done this yet? X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Brad Hudson (R-Cape
Fair): Illegal slot machines gamble on the state's future, but
Missourians can still win the day
JCNT letter: Jefferson City woman promotes anti-Trump
group's Medicaid-expansion rally X
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
KC Star: Substantial incentives in play for the new
USDA jobs in Kansas City X
AP: Prolonged Missouri River flooding could last all
winter
SE
Missourian: Cape district accepts federal grant for school safety +
KWMU: West St. Louis County House race could be a
political barometer
KWMU: State lawyers say Planned Parenthood puts
patients at risk
KC Star: State has "grave concerns" about patient care
at St. Louis abortion clinic X
AP:
Hearing begins on fate of St. Louis abortion clinic
P-D: Planned Parenthood says state's move to shutter
abortion clinic is overblown X
KWMU: Missouri officials eye test track for super-fast
hyperloop transit system
The Missouri Times: Hyperloop could have significant
impact in Missouri - if it's the first
Missourinet: Task force: Hyperloop could fuel
Missouri economy by billions, make 17k jobs
Missourinet: Haahr, Rowden say Hyperloop should happen
AP:
Officials pitch Missouri for high-speed Hyperloop test track
JCNT: Missouri's Hyperloop panel issues final report X
CDT: Panel recommends Missouri build Hyperloop test
track X
Columbia Missourian's Judy Lucas: Missouri looking to
build Hyperloop test track; Comments from "State Treasurer Scott
Fitzgerald [sic]"
KC Star: Missouri races ahead to land first Hyperloop
test track X
P-D: Hyperloop study calls for test track to be built
in Missouri X
KWMU: Rural schools face funding cuts as timber sales
agreement lapses
P-D: State looks to exempt Franklin and Jefferson
counties from auto emissions test X
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT sponsors third annual
Buckle Up Phone Down Day X
KC Star editorial: Wait - why is Missouri offering
public incentives to bring USDA jobs to KC? X
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Monday, October 28, 2019
Joplin Globe: Area Dems hear from House Superminority
Leader Crystal Quade, Hollywood TV crew boss at Eleanor Roosevelt
Day; Democrats changed event name from "Jackson Days West" after
complaints about racism X
KWMU: President of health clinic for immigrants quits,
says Trump administration "has literally tried to strike fear in the
heart of immigrants"
This Week of Missouri Politics: Guest Deb Lavender
talks to guest host Brittany Robbins about her gun control agenda,
state Senate campaign, more; Panel of MOGOP's Pat Thomas, Rep.
Tracy McCreery (D-Olivette), St. Louis County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy
(D), consultant Cassie Grewing talk tax credits, gaming machines
compromise, Medicaid expansion, Gunby vs. Pitman, more
KWMU: Hearing on Planned Parenthood abortion clinic's
license begins in St. Louis
P-D: Abortion license is on the line this week as
state and Planned Parenthood lock horns X
Missourinet: AG Eric Schmitt close to finishing
referrals in Missouri clergy abuse investigation
P-D's David Nicklaus: On data portability, Hawley and
Big Tech may not be as close as they seem X
P-D Nicklaus and Gallagher: "The Bottom Line" video
series: Business columnists discuss Missouri's tax incentives for
startups vs. big companies X
KC Star letter: Nixa sexagenarian says Gov. Mike
Parson does not demonstrate Christian values
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Sunday, October 27,
2019
The Missouri Times: Missouri UAW workers vote in favor
of GM proposal with Wentzville investment on table
Columbia Missourian: Experts call for more research
into medical marijuana at health policy summit; Comments from
Missouri Hospital Association's Jane Drummond, others
Columbia Missourian: Missouri State Highway Patrol
looking into rolling 'Cannabus' pot peddlers; Woman given weed in
exchange for "donation"; Man gets "medical" certification, calls
process "pretty easygoing"
St. Joseph News-Press: Harry Roberts tapped for
position in Jay Ashcroft's secretary of state office X
P-D: Trial set for private investigator charged with
lying in Greitens probe; William Tisaby blames racism after
getting caught perjuring himself
JCNT: Federal grant bringing improvements to JeffTran X
Washington Missourian: City of Union asks to be sole
applicant for East-West Gateway grants, crucial for Highway 47 funding X
Washington Missourian editorial: State legislators
should get behind Holly Rehder's PDMP proposal
X
P-D letter: Planned Parenthood board of directors
septuagenarian expresses anger at Blunt for support of Trump X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man calls U.S. Rep. Blaine
Luetkemeyer a "coward" for position on Syria
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Saturday, October 26,
2019
Missourinet: U.S. House passes Ann Wagner bill to help
fund rape kit testing
KC Star: Signs point toward a downtown KC location for
USDA research agencies X
JCNT: Corps of Engineers: Expect spring flooding
in mid-Missouri X
P-D: Wentzville's GM workers step off the picket line
following nationwide vote to end 40-day strike
X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Weekly
news-roundup series: Jason Rosenbaum, others discuss Sen. Brian
Williams' (D-University City) campaign spending and effects of Clean
Missouri on transparency
SNL: St. Louis attorney Mark Pedroli criticizes
Republicans for constituent-privacy protections X
CDT: In speech to local Dems, Michela Skelton promises
to raise taxes, stick it to "corporations and the ultra-wealthy" X
Columbia Missourian: Michela Skelton speaks to
Muleskinners; Two-time Missouri House runner-up will take on
veteran Judy Baker in Democratic state Senate primary
SE
Missourian: At event arranged by former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder,
Honorable Young Men club impresses state legislators +
This Week in the Governor's Office: Week of October
21, 2019
Missourinet: Gaming industry predicts sports betting
will generate millions of dollars in Missouri
SNL: Haahr, Hough honored for boosting MSU funding X
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation:
Missouri bull shark story is 'baloney' X
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Friday, October 25,
2019
Missourinet: Hawley wants to move 10 federal agencies
out of D.C., including one to Missouri
SNL: Hawley wants federal agencies in Missouri, other
states X
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, Hawley question
Democrats' impeachment processes X
Missourinet: Hartzler weighs in on House Dems'
impeachment efforts
CDT: Woman running in 4th Congressional Democratic
primary distributes "news release" about Hartzler and impeachment X
P-D: Wentzville GM workers strongly approve contract
proposal; Hazelwood woman laments inability to pay household
bills after three (3) light paychecks; Husband relaxes at home in
recliner, on "medical leave" with depression
X
St. Joseph News-Press: Ashcroft rallies poll workers
ahead of election X
The Missouri Times: Missouri House special elections
2019: What to know about the races
Columbia Missourian: Lt. Gov Mike Kehoe, Ag Director
Chris Chinn, Dept. of Higher Ed's Zora Mulligan speak at MU session on
rural broadband
P-D: As Missouri lawmakers consider sports gambling,
revenue estimates jump X
SE
Missourian: Schmitt warns of scams, discusses Facebook inquiry +
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Cattlemen's Association
confident Missouri's meat-labeling law will prevail
JCNT: It's deer season on Missouri roads X
Joplin Globe editorial: For better school comparisons,
bring consistency to state assessments X
P-D op-ed: Lacy Clay: Seeking solutions to
student loan crisis X
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: Hartzler wrong to join
mostly-male group of impeachment objectors X
P-D letter: Chesterfield woman thanks Blunt for
support of bone marrow program X
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Thursday, October 24,
2019
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Republicans storm impeachment
inquiry; Rep. Vicky Hartzler - re-elected in 2018 by 32
percentage points - faces "competitive race" X
KC Star: Sen. Josh Hawley calls for moving 10 federal
agencies into heartland X
The Missouri Times: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner praises House
reauthorizing rape kit legislation, slames 'politicization'
SNL: Mexican alien nabbed in Marshfield likely to be
deported; Jose Vargas-Leon, five other illegals were captured by
ICE at Mexican restaurant last year X
Columbia Missourian: Politifact fact check:
Local union boss' quote in The Missouri Times regarding General Motors'
profits rated "Half True"
P-D: University City man seeking Democratic nomination
for attorney general defends Obamacare X
The Missouri Times: Education initiative petitions
OK'd to gather signatures
JCNT: Missouri House sued over response to open
records request X
Missourinet: Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) to
prefile Missouri PDMP legislation in December
JCNT: AG Eric Schmitt talks to local seniors about
avoiding scams X
Missourinet: Schmitt warns seniors of increasing
number of scam calls
The Missouri Times: Missouri roadway project earns
national recognition
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 23, 2019
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri government should
stop use of "burner" apps X
JCNT editorial: No place in government for
self-deleting apps X
P-D op-ed: BJC CEO Rich Liekweg and Wash U. Chancellor
Andrew Martin: Missouri needs more gun-control laws X
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Wednesday, October 23,
2019
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri flood recovery gets
attention at Capitol Hill hearing X
KC Star: Cleaver to Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook
cryptocurrency plan: 'This stuff scares me' X
JCNT: U.S. Dept. of Justice gives $1 million to
Missouri state agency for school safety X
The Missouri Times: Nicole Galloway chooses
out-of-state consultant Chris Sloan to manage gov campaign
P-D: Court rejects lawsuit filed by Democratic
attorney general primary candidate X
The Missouri Times: Rich Finneran enters attorney
general race, sets up Democratic primary
P-D: Second candidate enters Democratic attorney
general primary X
Joplin Globe: Local political groups to hold
fundraising events: U.S. Rep. Billy Long to speak at annual
Newton County GOP Bean Feed; Missouri House Superminority Leader
"Crystal Quad [sic]" to speak
at Dems' Eleanor Roosevelt banquet X
Missourinet: Missouri's unemployment rate remains near
3 percent, shows stronger growth than U.S. in some sectors
The Missouri Times: 'Small yet mighty' tax credit
program lauded before Senate committee
Columbia Missourian: AG Eric Schmitt visits senior
center, warns elderly about financial scams
CDT: Attorney general puts focus on senior scams X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri joins 47 states in
investigation into Facebook
Missourinet: Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove)
wants to fast-track foster parent training
SE
Missourian: Former Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder (R) helps promote
mentorship program for black youth; Legislative Black Caucus
among groups making stop in Cape Girardeau to learn more +
KWMU: State education board wants more counselors in
public schools
Missourinet: Missouri Children's Division continues to
grapple with 80% turnover rate
Missourinet: Rep. Dan Shaul (R-Imperial) says gaming
machine controversy "is going to be the next feral hog issue in the
state"
Missourinet: DHSS' Williams: Despite cooler
temps, continue to protect against mosquitoes
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Department of Agriculture
taking hemp rule comments in November
P-D: Gov. Parson names attorney Joseph Blanner to
regional "Board of Freeholders" X
KC Star editorial: Missouri agency screwed up when it
erased 'Trump 2020' from 13-year-old boy's photo X
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Mizzou's Marshall
Stewart: It's time to step up and improve broadband access in
Missouri
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Tuesday, October 22,
2019
Missourinet: Feds give Missouri $2 million to bolster
school security measures
KWMU: Federal grant funds Mizzou internships to treat
addiction in underserved areas
AP:
Proposal to change Missouri voting rules goes to court
KSDK: MoDOT apologizes for editing photo that showed
boy wearing 'Trump 2020' shirt, hat
P-D: Citing new Clean Missouri restrictions, Sen.
Brian Williams (D-University City) spends $10,975 on "outings";
Vague descriptions en vogue after Amendment 1 passage X
SE
Missourian: Gov. Parson talks workforce development, Internet
sales tax during Cape visit +
Missourinet: Gov. Parson emphasizes importance of
protecting crime witnesses
Columbia Missourian: Nicole Galloway urges ban on
self-deleting messaging apps
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Shamed
Dogan (R-Ballwin) talks with Rosenbaum about criminal justice
legislation, special election for Jean Evans' open House seat, more
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson in KC to discuss
violent crime crisis. But talk isn't enough X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Jim Talent: Trump used
the options he had in Syria
Washington Post's Greg Sargent: Josh Hawley criticized
my opinion on Twitter, so let me tell you my whole life story X
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Monday, October 21,
2019
This Week in Missouri Politics: Jim Talent talks with
Scott Faughn about Syria, Hong Kong, more; Panel of Brittany
Robbins, Joe Lakin, Gregg Keller, John Gaskin talk NBA and Hong Kong,
Gov. Parson vs. Nicole Galloway, U.S. House Dems' impeachment effort,
more
KWMU: Dept. of Defense funds new search-and-rescue
tech review at Fort Leonard Wood
P-D: Gov. Parson's administration blocks at least $2
million in payments to Medicaid scammers X
Missourinet: Asians students continue to dominate
whites, others in Missouri school testing
P-D: St. Louis-based Parents as Teachers, created by
Gov. Kit Bond, celebrates 35 years; CEO wants more money from
state X
KC Star: Missouri sued over law protecting
authenticity of Indian-made goods; California paleface claims she
is member of "Patawomeck," a "tribe" not recognized by federal
government X
P-D editorial: It's up to consumers and investors to
halt Ameren's corporate greed, save the planet
X
SE
Missourian editorial: Newspaper celebrates 115 years and 41 awards +
Messenger: Rep. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis City) has
Sunshine Law question for AG Eric Schmitt: What are you afraid of? X
P-D letter: St. Louis City man wants police to seize
all gaming machines X
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Sunday, October 20,
2019
P-D: After Missouri corrections officers win millions
from state, prison nurses seek their own jackpot X
SNL: On Missouri school exams, Asians dominate whites
in English proficiency 64% to 55%; Black students outpace special
education students 25% to 18% in English, 18% to 14% in math X
St. Joseph News-Press: As vaping rises, tobacco tax
receipts plummet X
P-D: State still working out details of marijuana
production, sales; Local pot paraphenalia peddler offers advice
for scoring and storing dope X
Washington Missourian: City to seek MoDOT approval for
Highway 47 expressway X
P-D: Ameren invites schools, businesses and nonprofits
to host solar projects X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri elk hunting rules in
place
JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation seeks public
help for plan addressing declining number of birds X
Joplin Globe editorial: State should rethink delivery
of school data X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Confusion and mixed
messages on vaping laws X
St. Joseph News-Press op-ed: Missouri Medicaid
expansion is fiscally responsible X
P-D letter: Florissant woman thanks Clay, Wagner for
adding their name to House women-and-children hunger resolution X
JCNT letter: Jefferson City man thanks Luetkemeyer for
adding his name to House women-and-children hunger resolution X
P-D letter: University City man triggered by Gov.
Parson's declaration of "Pork Month," says Missourians should swear off
bacon, ham and pork chops X
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Saturday, October 19, 2019
JCNT: Flood advisory panel learns more about what
flood recovery will cost X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: New weekly
news-roundup series: St. Louis Blues visit with President Donald
Trump; Hawley and Hong Kong; Planned Parenthood targets Gov.
Parson's campaign manager; more
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Singapore native
explains the hardships faced by "pansexual transmasculine queers" in
St. Louis
P-D: Anticipating uncivilized behavior, Missouri
officials ask St. Louis City police for help at upcoming abortion
hearing X
SE
Missourian: State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick says Nicole
Galloway's attacks on Gov. Parson over state's reserve fund are
"dishonest" +
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 14, 2019
SNL: Missouri violent crime: Gov. Parson holds
meeting with mayors of state's four largest cities X
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson names former state
Rep. Mike Colona (D-St. Louis City) associate judge in St. Louis City
The Missouri Times: How Missouri contributes to
Walgreens' massive drug collection program; Gov. Parson joins
Rep. Donna Baringer (D-St. Louis City), Mayor Lyda Krewson (D) at
drop-off site
St. Joseph News-Press: Gov. Parson's Fast Track grant
program aims to contribute to Missouri workforce X
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Tony Luetkemeyer
(R-Parkville) lays out legislative priorities
X
KCUR: McClatchy, parent company of Kansas City Star,
faces NYSE delisting; VP of operations walks away; KC Star
Publisher Tony Berg moves to Wichita Eagle: Mike Fannin will
attempt to oversee news operations at Star and six other newspapers
KC Star: Editor Mike Fannin named president of The
Kansas City Star X
Washington Missourian: The Missourian Publishing
Company sells Warren County Record to former editor X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: With new format for
school report cards, state earns an 'A' in confusion X
P-D letter: Bourbon sexagenarian expresses anger at
state lawmakers over various transgressions X
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Friday, October 18,
2019
Missourinet: U.S. Reps. Graves, Hartzler, Wagner
disagree with President Trump on Syrian troop withdrawal
Brownfield Ag News: USDA tells lawmakers that agencies
will thrive in Kansas City
KWMU's Kae Petrin: Area transgender spooked by
upcoming Supreme Court ruling; "Genderqueer" says "they/them" is
"terrified" by potential effects on LGBTQIA* humanoids; Comments
from MO AG "Schmid [sic]"
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson garners Missouri
Chamber PAC endorsement
P-D: GOP ads in Missouri House special election focus
on Democrat Trish Gunby's early support of St. Louis City-County
merger; Gunby labels ads "falsehoods and lies" X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: St. Louis
City Alderwoman Sarah Martin talks with Rosenbaum and crew about
Missouri House special election, urban crime, more
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson meets with Mayor
Treece, talks violent crime
Missourinet: Gov. Parson to meet with St. Louis City,
Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield mayors today to discuss urban
criminal behavior
P-D: St. Louis City alderman wants St. Louis City
parks to be covered by state ban on guns at child care
facilities; Comments from Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) X
The Missouri Times: Missouri's unemployment rate
continued inching down in September
AP: Survey of bankers in Missouri, other states shows
improved rural economy in October
JCNT: Prayer, worship event set up on Capitol grounds X
Missourinet: MO ABLE aims to help disabled Missourians
save without fear of losing federal benefits; Comments from State
Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick
SNL: Missouri removes scores from state's school
report cards X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri farmers harvest hemp for
first time in 82 years; Missouri Dept. of Ag to release its
permit system in coming months
SNL: MO AG Eric Schmitt: Dallas County dog
breeder 'inhumane' X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Air Conservation
Commission backs repealing prohibition on cost recovery during
construction
KWMU: Missouri Air Conservation Commission wants
legislators to scrap nuclear plant-funding law
The Missouri Times: Missouri PSC approves liability
fund despite Evergy's protestations
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 17, 2019
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Josh Hawley refuses
to kowtow on Hong Kong X
Washington Missourian editorial: Millions of dollars
spent to reduce Missouri River flooding have not done much good X
Washington Missourian editorial: St. Louis City is
awash in street savagery, but its professional sports teams give the
city a positive spin X
P-D letter: Anti-Ameren activist says Ameren should
pay for decades of pollution X
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
KWMU: Local UAW workers react to possible end of
strike; Millennial man recounts calamity of not eating out at
restaurants for nearly five (5) weeks, says key is "not to show no [sic] emotion"
P-D: Ann Wagner hauls in $478,000, waits for
opponent; Missouri Dems say they're holding out hope for a "top
notch candidate" to fill ballot slot X
Sikeston
Standard-Democrat: Jamie Burger switches parties, will run in GOP
primary for Holly Rehder's open House seat; Former Scott County
presiding commissioner served 18 years as a Democrat +
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says Missouri's pork industry
is helping to keep young people on the farm
KWMU: Through state tax program, Missouri farmers
adopting practices that help improve soil and reduce water
pollution; Missouri Coalition for the Environment still unhappy
Brownfield Ag News: Dakotas blizzard runoff could
impact Missouri
KCUR: Missouri parents just got more school data, but
they may need a textbook to figure it out
P-D: Students in Clayton, Francis Howell, Brentwood
districts perform well on state tests; Students in Riverview
Gardens and Normandy disappoint, perform even worse than last year X
The Missouri Times: PSC case could hurt U.S. energy
stocks, lead to less investment in Missouri, Evergy warns
JCNT: Dept. of Insurance reminds Missourians to
consider earthquake insurance X
Missourinet: Home security company report: FBI
data shows Missouri murder rate climbed 61% in five years
Joplin Globe: Andy Ostmeyer appointed editor of Joplin
Globe X
KC Star editorial: Missouri releases baffling school
performance scores. Does anyone know what they mean? X
P-D letter: Anti-Ameren activist responds to Ameren's
response to Post-Dispatch editorial responding to Ameren's response to
judge's decision X
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Wednesday, October 16,
2019
AP: Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues visit
President Donald Trump at White House - as a full team
P-D: President Trump keeps it light during Blues'
White House visit: Jordan Binnington: "He's funny. He did a
great job. And he's a really nice guy." X
St. Joseph News-Press: Congress back to full agenda,
but impeachment campaign burns time; Hawley talks Hong Kong X
AP: Mexican alien sentenced for illegal re-entry, ID
theft
P-D: Feds may want millions back when Loop Trolley
goes under, official says X
The Missouri Times: October 2019 quarterly
filings: What we learned
The Missouri Times: October 2019 quarterly
filings: Committees
The Missouri Times: October 2019 quarterly
filings: Missouri Senate
The Missouri Times: October 2019 quarterly
filings: Missouri House
Columbia Missourian: Dem gov candidate Nicole Galloway
criticizes Gov. Parson's economic leadership
Missourinet: Galloway: "Missouri among the least
prepared in the nation to weather a recession"
The Missouri Times: Galloway blasts Budget Reserve
Fund as inadequate
JCNT: Galloway: Under Gov. Parson, Missouri is
abusing its Budget Reserve Fund X
AP: Galloway: Missouri not saving enough for
impending recession
The Missouri Times: St. Louis City Alderman Megan
Green joins crowded SD 5 race
KWMU: To discourage vaping among youth, Gov. Parson
mandates education campaign
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson's executive order sets
in motion campaign on 'youth vaping epidemic'
Missourinet: Gov. Parson calls youth vaping an
'epidemic'; orders campaign about dangers
JCNT: Governor calls for departments to create
anti-vaping campaign X
AP: Missouri leaders to raise awareness about vaping
risks
Columbia Missourian's Sophia Michelle Gonzalez:
Legislative forum focuses on charter school expansion, teacher
retirement; Comments from "Rep. Chuck Bayse [sic]"
P-D: Still finalizing funding, Hazelwood sports campus
gets cool reception from state board X
Joplin Globe: Missouri officials believe interstate
bypass will be good for businesses, communities X
Missourinet: DHSS' Randall Williams: Missouri's
flu season could be a rough one this year
KWMU: After years of collecting dust, Missouri's rape
kits are being sorted out
The Missouri Times: Ameren Missouri, Ameren Services
heads to switch roles
P-D op-ed: National Parents Organization - Missouri
chapter's Linda Reutzel: Missouri shown the way to improve family
courts X
Waters: Michael Barrett did the best he could for
Missouri's public defender system X
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Tuesday, October 15,
2019
Missourinet: Hawley on Hong Kong protesters:
"Fifty years ago, it was Berlin. Today, it's Hong Kong"
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Area teacher says
she has Indian blood, wants people to take "Indigenous Peoples' Day"
seriously
The Missouri Times: Steele Shippy talks 2020
gubernatorial race
P-D: Galloway OK with contributions from UAW in the
run-up to her bid for governor X
P-D: Libertarian Rik Combs, seeking to fill
Libertarian ballot slot in gov race, wants to eliminate Missouri's
personal property tax X
SE
Missourian: Scott City businessman Will Perry to run in GOP
primary for Holly Rehder's open seat +
The Missouri Times: Yvonne Wilson, longtime Democratic
state lawmaker, dies at 90
KCUR: Former Missouri state lawmaker Yvonne Wilson
dies at 90
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Rebuilding collapsed
railroad bridge in north Missouri is critical
The Missouri Times: Missouri's jail reimbursement
program 'one of a kind': A look at the backlog
St. Joseph News-Press: Buy Missouri campaign continues
gaining traction X
KC Star: Hundreds in KC area vie for marijuana
licenses. Here's where they are hoping to open
X
Brownfield Ag News: MO Ag Director Chris Chinn says
recent Asian Swine Flu preparedness training all about communication
KWMU: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report:
More than 1 in 10 Missouri kids is fat
SE
Missourian op-ed: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: House Democrats'
un-American impeachment process +
The Missouri Times op-ed: State Rep. Steve Roberts
(D-St. Louis City): Majority of Missourians support background
checks
P-D letter: Kirkwood Democrat receives GOP mail piece,
is befuddled by fundraising industry's decades-old "survey" gimmick X
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Monday, October 14,
2019 Columbus
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Missourinet: Most government offices are closed
today; President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat, created
Columbus Day to honor the man whose discovery helped civilize North
America
St. Joseph News-Press: Meth production sees massive
decline in Missouri; Comments from Sen. Josh Hawley X
This Week in Missouri Politics: Steele Shippy talks to
Scott Faughn about Gov. Parson's election campaign, Missourians'
support for President Trump, more; Panel of Reps. Tracy McCreery
(D-Olivette), David Gregory (R-St. Louis County), David Barklage talk
Gov. Parson vs. Galloway, U.S. House Dems' impeachment push,
more; MO AG Eric Schmitt talks baseball
KC Star: Planned Parenthood takes aim at Steele
Shippy; Abortion provider wants to force Gov. Parson's campaign
manager to testify over state's denial of abortion-clinic license X
P-D: Ahead of 2020 gubernatorial election, Planned
Parenthood takes aim at Gov. Parson's campaign manager X
KWMU: Divide emerges over whether Gov. Parson should
restart low-income housing tax credit
Missourinet: Hundreds apply for Missouri's new Fast
Track grant program
Missourinet: Millions of dollars in Missouri state
fairground improvements about to begin in Sedalia
KC Star: Obscure Missouri tax is meant to help kids,
but whistleblower says Lafayette County Children's Services Fund is
mismanaging money X
P-D: New effort enlists support of Missouri gun
dealers in reducing number of suicides X
P-D letter: Missouri Telecommunications Industry
Association's Richard Telthorst talks rural broadband expansion X
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Sunday, October 13,
2019
P-D: GM workers' strike lasts nearly one month;
Millennial union member laments hardship of "not barbecuing every day
like I would like to" X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Pork Board EVP Don
Nikodim says China deal tremendous opportunity for Missouri producers
Washington Post: Hospitals forced to deal with bad
debt from people who accept medical care, then refuse to pay their
bills; Comments from St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare X
JCNT: Buy Missouri looks to get more buy-in X
Columbia Missourian: State owes Missouri counties over
$35 million for holding, transporting state prisoners
CDT: Missouri's school reports to have new look X
CDT: Departing public defender Michael Barrett makes
final argument for poor defendants X
Washington Missourian editorial: More federal
resources coming for rural roads X
P-D editorial: Missouri Supreme Court should uphold
partial reversal of the state's voter ID law
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P-D editorial: Why don't purveyors of unregulated
gaming machines testify about their legality?
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Saturday, October 12,
2019
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Jo Mannies,
Jason Rosenbaum and others discuss Blunt and impeachment, Missouri
gaming machines, KC Star's ongoing Greitens series, 2016 presidential
debate at Wash U., more
SNL: Sarah Huckabee Sanders talks faith, Trump and
liberal media bias at College of Ozarks X
KWMU: Missouri Medicare patients could save money this
enrollment season by switching plans
CDT: Democrat Dave Raithel quits 19th Senate district
primary X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of October 7, 2019
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson makes appointments to
charter school, emergency response commissions
The Missouri Times: Lawmakers look back at 4-H
experience as members, parents, leaders
P-D: Video gaming company named in federal probe made
contributions to Missouri Democrats, Republicans X
Missourinet: Dept. of Public Safety awards:
Trooper receives Missouri medal for capturing suspect in violent foot
chase
Joplin Globe: Missouri American Water Co. wades into
property acquisition for reservoir X
P-D: Days after being carjacked, St. Louis City woman
buys a gun to protect herself and her son X
KC Star editorial: Greitens' confide use cost Missouri
dearly. Government should ban secret messaging apps. X
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Friday, October 11,
2019
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler says withdrawing
from Syria is a mistake
KC Star: KC attorney for illegal aliens sues ICE
agents after taking a dive at immigration facility last year X
KCUR: Local attorney, featured in Netflix series on
illegals, sues ICE; Andrea Martinez seeks payday for "negligent
infliction of emotional distress," other trauma
KC Star: Pro-Gov. Parson PAC Uniting Missouri rakes in
$1.5 million during quarter X
P-D: Gov. Parson holds wide fundraising lead over
Democrat Nicole Galloway X
The Missouri Times: Missouri could shell out up to
$2.45 billion under Missouri NEA initiative petitions
The Missouri Times: Judy Baker enters SD 19 Democratic
primary, will take on Michela Skelton and David Raithel for right to
battle GOP Sen. Caleb Rowden
CDT: Three's company, too: Judy Baker joins the
growing Democratic primary field against Rowden X
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers warily eye
pre-trial bail rules after Kansas City mass shooting
Missourinet: Illegal gambling complaints in Missouri
have nearly quadrupled in one year
P-D: Missouri House holds hearing on gaming machines X
SNL: Local license offices working through REAL ID
confusion X
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Department of
Corrections teams with Hannibal-LaGrange to offer ministry degrees to
inmates
CDT: Moberly Correctional Center records four deaths
in two days X
Columbia
Missourian: Robert Wood Johnson report ranks Missouri youth
obesity by race; Asians the least porky, while Hispanics and
blacks bring up the rear
CDT: Robert Wood Johnson report: Missouri ranks
low on child obesity X
P-D: Apology from St. Charles County prosecutor to
ex-girlfriend, a judge, ends state probe X
P-D op-ed: SLU Law adjunct professor Joseph C.
Welling: Legislature fixed bad law that unduly punished juvenile
offenders. Honor it. X
P-D letter: Ameren Chairman Michael Moehn responds to
paper's latest anti-Ameren editorial X
P-D letter: Sunset Hills woman annoyed by
Post-Dispatch's anti-police bias X
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Sen. Josh
Hawley's statement about Missouri meth use rated "True"
The Missouri Times: Yinka Faleti, former leader of
Ferguson group, to run for secretary of state
The Missouri Times: Republican Theresa Baumann
considering bid for Rep. Elaine Gannon's open House seat
Missourinet: Missouri House hearing on alleged illegal
slots expected to draw crowd today
P-D: Missouri Lottery warns retailers against
potentially illegal slot machines X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Department of Agriculture
amends hemp regulations following changes to state law
CDT: Columbia takes steps to keep subsidized housing
free of medical marijuana X
KWMU: School districts sue Juul, saying student vaping
drains resources
P-D: MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna to head national
transportation group X
P-D: In Jefferson City, Amtrak riders wait under tents
while train station is inspected X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: Week of October 9, 2019
SNL: Missouri Dept. of Conservation outlines plans for
first elk hunt X
KC Star editorial: Sam Graves should ignore
impeachment stunts and focus on facts X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: The world of
legalized marijuana is not an easygoing hippie paradise X
P-D letter: Former Ameren employee says newspaper's
anti-corporate screed ignores the utility's customers X
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Wednesday, October 9,
2019
KCUR: Missouri farmers are sticking with President
Trump as China imposes retaliatory tariffs
SNL: Blunt disagrees with President Trump on
withdrawing troops from Syria, hopes he'll "reconsider" X
St. Joseph News-Press: Congressional delegation weighs
in on NBA comments on China X
Missourinet: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pledges to
work with states on flooding factors
P-D: Flooding and detours reduce number of users on
Missouri's Katy Trail X
Missourinet: Fatality rate on rural American roads is
double that of urban roads, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao tells
St. Louis audience
KWMU: Federal-state partnership between U.S. Attorney
Jeff Jensen and MO AG Eric Schmitt is getting violent criminals off St.
Louis City streets faster
Missourinet: Federal-state prosecutor team announces
long list of violent crime charges in St. Louis
AP: 58 indictments brought under federal-state effort
Columbia Missourian: Local transgenders hope for
favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling; Stephens College woman
explains fury at people "misgendering" her as a woman
The Missouri Times: Cost takes center stage at House
hearing on Medicaid expansion
JCNT: Appeals court: DOC still owes employees
$118 million X
The Missouri Times: Missouri court sides with
Corrections officers over $114M payment dispute
P-D: Prison guards win latest round in $125 million
Missouri overtime case X
KC Star: Jackson County jury awards woman $200k from
Dept. of Corrections for sexual harassment, doesn't buy bonus tales of
"race and disability discrimination"; Ana Barrios says emotional
trauma caused her tummyaches X
The Missouri Times: At House hearing, Jackson County
assessment director concedes process is "deeply flawed"
JCNT: Missouri releases demographics on vaping
illnesses X
CDT: Local schools, colleges won't allow Missouri's
medical marijuana X
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau applies for state aid to finish
Veterans Memorial Drive +
Missourinet: Dept. of Public Safety awards:
Missouri students recognized for saving neighbor from man with axe
SE
Missourian's Jon Rust: SE Missourian to allow pseudonyms on
online comments again +
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
SNL: Hawley: NBA shouldn't "kowtow" to China
over Hong Kong X
Columbia Missourian: Blunt, Hartzler oppose U.S.
decision to pull out of Syria
JCNT: Cole County resident Rik Combs seeks to fill
Libertarian ballot slot for Gov. Parson's re-election X
St. Louis Business
Journal: Dave Drebes' Missouri Scout reports that Yinka Faleti,
former leader of Ferguson group, seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot
for Jay Ashcroft's re-election X
P-D: Former "Forward Through Ferguson" leader forms
campaign committee X
P-D: Gun charges against St. Louis Democratic
fundraiser Matt Lieberman dismissed on eve of trial, then refiled X
The Missouri Times: Fiscal year off to very different
start from last
Missourinet: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff): a
user tax for Missouri transportation is still a conservative position
KWMU: How spraying saltwater on roads could save
Missouri money and reduce runoff
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers question Jackson County
official Gail McCann Beatty over assessments
X
Missourinet: Missouri House subcommittee to hear
testimony on Medicaid expansion today
KWMU: Health officials urge Missourians to get flu
shots ahead of potentially severe season
JCNT: First responders, citizens honored with awards
from governor X
Missourinet: Missouri Department of Public Safety
honors first responders and civilians for acts of heroism
Missourinet: Missouri officers honored for ending 2018
prison riot
St. Joseph News-Press: 7 first responders from area
honored for heroism X
P-D: Francis Howell School District sues Juul
e-cigarette company, citing harm to students
X
KC Star: Fewer than 1% of teachers in Missouri or
Kansas are black men X
JCNT editorial: State government honors show
Missouri's improvement X
The Missouri Times op-ed: Eddy Justice: When
elected to the Missouri Senate, I'll be a member of the Conservative
Caucus - and here's why
Waters: Missouri's death penalty is state-sanctioned
murder X
P-D letter: Perryville mother of child born deaf
thanks Gov. Parson for hearing aid distribution program X
P-D letter: St. Louis County septuagenarian responds
to liberal op-ed on voter registration, reminds author that voters must
meet state requirements X
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Monday, October 7, 2019
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt encouraged about a USMCA vote
Missourinet: On CBS's "Face the Nation," Blunt talks
impeachment process, his role and President Trump's approach
CBS News: Video: Sen. Roy Blunt on "Face the
Nation"
CBS News: Transcript: Sen. Roy Blunt on "Face
the Nation"
Missourinet: 62 Missouri hospitals penalized by
Medicare for having high rates of readmissions
This Week in Missouri Politics: AG Eric Schmitt, Scott
Faughn talk Cardinal baseball; Missouri Republican Party
Executive Director Jean Evans, longtime Dem consultant Jane Dueker talk
impeachment and urban violence
Missourinet: Denial takes effect for day care that
wanted to open next to rural Missouri nursing home with sex offenders
P-D: Advocates call for Missouri to join other states
in lifting time limits on sex abuse lawsuits
X
JCNT: Former maintenance worker brings personal touch
to Missouri State Penitentiary tours as guide
X
KTTN: Missouri Department of Conservation says black
vultures causing damage to vehicles at Bagnell Dam area
KWMU/Corporation for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America"
racism reporter Andrea Henderson: Missouri's open-carry law to
blame for urbanites' violent behavior
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Renewable fuels
proposal brings region tangible benefits that are hard to ignore X
P-D editorial: Missouri must end the unfair free ride
internet retailers get on sales taxes X
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Sunday, October 6, 2019
SNL: Less than a year after failed Amendment 3 bid,
attorney Brad Bradshaw faces $701,000 IRS tax lien X
SNL: CL PAC making contributions to conservative state
legislative candidates; Comments from Jim Lembke X
The Missouri Times: This Week in the Governor's
Office: Week of September 30, 2019
JCNT: Advocacy group KIDS COUNT says number of
Missouri children living in "concentrated poverty" decreases X
KC Star: Greitens' use of Confide app still costing
Missouri taxpayers X
SNL: Greene County Commission approves paying contract
attorneys amid state public defender shortage
X
SNL: Students take to Senate floor during Missouri
Catholic Conference X
P-D editorial: In Jefferson City, Ameren fights to
pollute the air and endanger groundwater X
JCNT Editor Gary Castor: An online subcription to the
News Tribune is cheap - and no other mid-Missouri news source compares
to us X
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Saturday, October 5,
2019
KC Star: KC Star's eEdition has changed; Most
articles still accessible by opening "Incognito" window in Chrome
browser, Googling headline, then reading for free X
The Missouri Times: Missouri voter ID law before state
Supreme Court: What to know
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court ponders voter ID
law
The Missouri Times: Firefighters, police split
endorsements in race for Jean Evans' state rep seat
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: New weekly
news-roundup series: Rosenbaum, others discuss how Missouri
abortion law is affecting Planned Parenthood's business model
P-D: Judge declines to block Missouri's 'fake meat'
labeling law X
Missourinet: Pine Lawn day care won't appeal state's
decision to strip license; Video captured behemoth throwing
three-year-old against cabinet, splitting girl's head open
P-D editorial: Short takes: Missouri to allow
welfare recipients to use marijuana X
SE
Missourian's Lucas Press: Women for Trump co-chair, in town for
Holly Rehder event, talks Trump agenda and how it benefits women +
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Cindy O'Laughlin
(R-Shelbina): Missouri NEA may place significant changes for
school policy on 2020 ballot
P-D letter: Veteran GOP leader Tom Wilsdon says Rep.
Ann Wagner is looking out for small investors
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Friday, October 4, 2019
AP:
Blunt believes House 'ready to move' on impeachment
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson, Sen. Blunt tout
Rocheport Bridge project, highlight further infrastructure needs
The Missouri Times: Rocheport Bridge, bonding 'just
beginning' of finding transportation funding solutions
CDT: Funding set for Rocheport Bridge project X
CDT: Gov. Parson, Sen. Blunt visit Zenith Aircraft in
tour of region X
KWMU: Missouri Supreme Court to decide if voters
without proper ID must sign affidavit
AP:
Missouri Supreme Court weighs voter ID law
P-D: Missouri's voter ID law in front of state's
highest court X
The Missouri Times: Heads of Missouri Bar, state's
public defender system stepping down
KCUR: Head of Missouri's embattled public defender
system resigns
KCUR: Missouri looking to fix pay system for
developmentally disabled care
Columbia Missourian: Hyperloop pod makes its first
stop at MU
CDT: Virgin Hyperloop One pod visits MU X
SE
Missourian: Ameren Missouri announces statewide solar project
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The Missouri Times: This Week in the Missouri
PSC: October 2, 2019
Washington Missourian: Washington artist commissioned
to paint Governor's Mansion dining room piece
X
Columbia Missourian: Douglass Park shootings help
bring up Columbia's homicide tally; Some area residents blame
police
Washington Missourian editorial: Unlimited
contributions to candidate PACs deepen cynicism X
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson's random attack on
National Anthem protests is an obvious political ploy X
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri deaths increase, but
many could have been prevented X
JCNT editorial: Capitol contractor's safety violations
are troubling X
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Thursday, October 3, 2019
KWMU: U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt: House Democrats
'ready to move on the impeachment question'
Missourinet: MU law prof promotes new book on Trump
impeachment campaigns
JCNT: State Tech receives federal grant for new
building X
Missourinet: Video: Sen. Blunt, Gov. Parson talk
Rocheport bridge funding
Columbia Missourian: Blunt, Gov. Parson talk
bipartisan approach to infrastructure funding
Missourinet: Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe talks transportation
funding
The Missouri Times: AG Eric Schmitt appeals decision
allowing abortions based on Down syndrome diagnosis
KC Star: With pro-life legislation in Missouri
threatening its business model, Planned Parenthood announces plans for
new Illinois facility X
AP: Planned Parenthood building new abortion clinic in
Illinois, near St. Louis
SNL: Former Democratic state legislators Craig Hosmer,
Mike Schilling want current state legislators to expand Medicaid X
The Missouri Times: Ken Zeller promoted to Department
of Revenue director
P-D: Gov. Parson names new revenue director X
The Missouri Times: Who serves in Missouri's executive
branch? A look at the 22 positions
P-D: Missouri investigators launch probe into dozens
of gas station gaming terminals X
CDT: Local state lawmakers sit through youth
legislative forum, listen to high schoolers talk about vaping culture,
other teen topics X
The Missouri Times: Ameren opens applications for
solar generation facilities at 'community hubs'
KWMU: Ameren, Missouri Botanical Garden are making
solar power more affordable for homes, schools and nonprofits
SE
Missourian editorial: New Cape VA health care center is good for
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JCNT editorial: State, feds drag feet on CBD X
Priddy: President Donald Trump headed for the same
fate as Richard Nixon and Eric Greitens
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Wednesday, October 2,
2019
SNL: Biden leads Democrats in
Missouri; Mike Kelley's Show Me Victories surveyed 400 likely
Democratic primary voters X
Missourinet: Sen. Blunt, Gov. Parson to announce
funding for Rocheport bridge
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Graves'
statement on Missouri's aging bridges rated "Mostly True"
Missourinet: FEMA aid approved for 82 counties and St.
Louis City after this year's flooding
St. Joseph News-Press: Gov. Parson tours flood-damaged
areas X
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri pork producers extremely
pleased with Japan deal
KC Star: Justice Department following Missouri lawsuit
over Realtor fees in home sales X
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: New York woman
peddles how-to book for liberals, says Missouri Democrats should follow
lead of gals' gun-control group to win elections here
CDT: 32-year old attorney seeks to fill Democratic
ballot slot for Vicky Hartzler's re-election
X
Columbia Missourian: Two millennial Democrats will
battle to get their name on a congressional ballot next November
The Missouri Times: Rep. Jack Bondon (R-Belton)
launches Senate bid with 5-county tour
The Missouri Times: Duncan Kincheloe plans 2020
retirement from Missouri Public Utility Alliance
The Missouri Times: Ashcroft holds virtual town hall
on election security, voter registration
Missourinet: MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna,
Associated General Contractors' Len Toenjes talk surge in construction
jobs, shortage of Missouri workers
Delta
Dunklin Democrat: The business of Missouri cannabis +
The Missouri Times: National energy-efficiency group
praises Ameren's efforts
JCNT: Missouri Capitol stone restoration company cited
for workplace health violations X
JCNT: Modified Missouri State Penitentiary tours
return for fall X
AP: Rapist/murderer Russell Bucklew assumes room
temperature
Misssourinet: Execution of Russell Bucklew goes off
without a hitch
KWMU: Russell Bucklew executed without
complications; Defense attorneys predicted 'grotesque' effects
SE
Missourian: Former prosecutor says Russell Bucklew's death was a
'stark contrast' to that of his victim +
The Missouri Times: A look at Missouri's death penalty
laws, history
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri Medicaid
deserves an honest debate, not another wildly-expansive ballot
initiative X
JCNT editorial: Accountability portal helpful, despite
need for tune-up X
KC Star editorial: New gaming stations popping up at
Missouri gas stations. Aren't they illegal? X
KWMU op-ed: Kaiser Health News' Laura Ungar:
Unlike Missouri, Illinois offers residents a bountiful harvest of
Medicaid goodies
KC Star letter: KCK man says Helling and other
liberals dislike American heritage, which is why they attack Josh Hawley X
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The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri politics
recap: Cierpiot: Biden is best bet for Democrats in 2020
but likely won't get the chance
Missourinet: Hawley weighs in on Missouri life
expectancy data
The Missouri Times: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner fights for
reauthorization of rape kit legislation: What this means for
Missouri
Missourinet: USDA's critical staffing shortages from
KC move triggers the stalling of several reports
Missourinet: 2004 presidential runner-up John Kerry to
make appearance at Maryville University, complain about climate change
KWMU: Event promo: "Why Progressives Must Fight
for the States" book signing at Left Bank Books: New York woman
hopes to instruct Missouri Democrats on how to win elections
KC Star: Second candidate seeks to fill Democratic
ballot slot for Vicky Hartzler's 2020 re-election; 32-year-old
Lindsey Simmons filed ethics complaint against Hartzler in August over
tractor tweet X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Bill
Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) talks with Rosenbaum and others about
Conservative Caucus' 2020 priorities, Medicaid expansion ballot
proposal, 2nd Amendment, more
P-D: Uniting Missouri PAC rakes in major cash over
weekend X
P-D: Handouts and high times: Missouri welfare
recipients free to smoke weed with "prescription" X
The Missouri Times: Audit recommends improvements to
Missouri Accountability Portal
JCNT: Audit: Improvements needed to Missouri's
financial accountability database X
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT puts Salt Creek bridge up
for grabs
P-D: Judge orders Ameren to outfit Jefferson County
coal plant with "scrubber" to reduce air pollution X
KWMU: Federal judge orders Ameren to install air
pollution controls at two power plants
KC Star: Massive fraud case involving Missouri
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