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Tuesday, September 29,
2020
SNL: Blunt, Hawley back Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's
SCOTUS nominee
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: 2nd
Congressional candidate Jill Schupp (D) on Obamacare, Trump impeachment
vote, more
KC Star: 2016, 2018 U.S. Senate runners-up Jason
Kander, Claire McCaskill take Trump to task on Twitter over taxes
KCUR: Federal agents have left Kansas City, but
officials say anti-crime Operation LeGend continues
KWMU: Illegal alien still holed up in Maplewood;
Activist group promotes "week of action" to complain about illegal's
status
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Mask mandates, Gov. Parson vs. Nicole Galloway, more
P-D: Audio: Editorial page editor Tod Robberson,
editorial page writer Kevin McDermott interview Secretary of State Jay
Ashcroft (R)
P-D: Audio: Editorial page editor Tod Robberson,
editorial page writer Kevin McDermott interview with Yinka Faleti (D)
Missourinet: November ballot measure would impose
two-term restriction on all Missouri statewide elected officials
KCUR: Missouri voters will decide whether to expand
statewide office term limits
P-D: Gov. Parson, in isolation, says he's doing well
P-D: Former Rep. David Wood (R-Versailles) leaves
Division of Children's Services post after three months
The Missouri Times: Missouri reboots low income
housing tax credit: What to know
Missourinet: Missouri's Fast Track financial aid
program is accepting new applications
SNL: Missouri medical marijuana sales predicted
'early- to mid-October' as testing, transport approved
St. Joseph News-Press: Education leaders say
substitute teacher shortage in Missouri made worse by COVID-19
JCNT: Missouri expands online COVID-19 dashboards
Missourinet: Missouri revamps COVID-19 dashboard
features
P-D: Missouri unveils new COVID-19 dashboard;
total reported coronavirus cases decreases
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
KWMU: Regional, state China virus update
The Missouri Times: Ameren to invest $8B in clean
energy
JCNT: Ameren commits to net-zero carbon emissions by
2050
KWMU: Ameren invests in wind and solar energy, aims
for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
P-D: Ameren announces plans to reach 'net-zero' carbon
emissions by 2050, and spend billions on renewable energy; Sierra
Club still not happy
P-D endorsement: Yinka Faleti (D) for secretary of
state
KC Star endorsement: Vote against Rick Roeber (R) for
state rep, based on comments from ex-wife and adopted children
Joplin Globe editorial: State must appeal Eleven Point
ruling
The Missouri Times op-ed: Former Florissant Mayor Tom
Schneider: GOP state lawmakers have cataclysmic effects on
Missouri's economy
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Monday, September 28, 2020
This Week in Missouri Politics: Kevin Engler and
Tishaura Jones talk mask mandates; Panel of state Reps. Donna
Baringer (D), Jim Murphy (R), Carpeneters' Mark Dalton, Dem Braxton
Payne talk Gov. Parson vs. Galloway, mask mandates, more
St. Joseph News-Press: MWSU students get ready to vote
KC Star: Missouri's low-income housing tax credit,
zeroed out by Eric Greitens in 2017, is back
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers to discuss education
supplemental budget request and COVID dollars
Missourinet: Missouri libraries go the distance to
reach communities during COVID-19 era
P-D: Regional, state China virus update
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update: No
new deaths
AP: State confirms no new COVID-19 deaths
St. Joseph News-Press: Nearly 500 active missing
children cases in Missouri
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Missourian: Local sexual assault and victim advocacy organization
receives federal, community grant funding
Columbia Missourian: State Capitol dome lit red to
observe National Fire Prevention Week
P-D endorsement: Jill Schupp (D) for 2nd Congressional
District
P-D editorial: Newspaper's campaign endorsements
"reflect our informed assessment of the candidates"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Letter from Blunt,
Graves to Army Corps of Engineers regarding Missouri River a step in
the right direction
Joplin Globe op-ed: Phill Brooks: Veto sessions
offer drama, political opportunity
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Sunday, September 27,
2020
KC Star: 'This is what America's about.' Hundreds turn
out for Trump car parade in Kansas City
JCNT: Amendment 3 would change redistricting process
Columbia Missourian: Local Democratic political figure
Mark Farnen passes away
P-D: KWMU general manager Tim Eby, ousted after
'racism' complaints, is staying on as consultant
Washington Missourian: State reps address special
session successes; Thoughts from Reps. Dottie Bailey, Aaron
Griesheimer, John Simmons
KC Star: Carrollton expects to thrive from medical
marijuana
JCNT: State leaders tout collaborative response to
pandemic
JCNT: Counties, schools working together for COVID-19
contact tracing
Joplin Globe: Area school superintendents say
innovative approach to quarantine policy working for them
KC Star: COVID-19 or the flu? Missouri prepares
for confusion, testing demand this winter
SNL: Health Department announces 8 more COVID
deaths: 3 in their 70s, 3 in their 80s, 2 in their 90s
St. Joseph News-Press: Gaming machines under
scrutiny: If it looks like a slot machine, maybe it is
Washington Missourian editorial: Gov. Parson's
classless critics go ballistic over COVID diagnosis: "Serves you
right, you got what you deserve, I hope you die."
KC Star editorial: Two years later, still no medical
marijuana sales in Missouri. What's the holdup?
JCNT editorial: Kudos to Sarah Steelman, Ken Zellers,
state agencies and individuals for StateScoop awards
CDT Executive Editor Jim Van Nostrand: Bidding
farewall to Tribune icon Rudi Keller
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia sexagenarian says
Cleaner Missouri is deceptive
P-D letter: Kirwood sexagenarian says Cleaner Missouri
is disrespectful to voters
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Saturday, September
26, 2020
The Missouri Times: Obama endorses Jill Schupp, Nicole
Galloway
SNL: Barack Obama endorses Nicole Galloway for governor
P-D: Galloway, Gov. Parson camps disagree over ad
centered on Jon Galloway's lobbying
KC Star: Blunt expresses confidence in security of
U.S. elections
Columbia Missourian: National Facebook campaign pushes
Missourians to register to vote
P-D: Missouri's first lady moves ahead with fall
festival at end of COVID-19 isolation period
NPR: Gov. Parson, first lady won't let illness affect
annual fall festival
The Missouri Times: Isolation and quarantine - what's
the difference?
JCNT: DHSS' Randall Williams: Flu shots have
added importance this year
Missourinet: State releases guidance for Missouri
long-term care sites to offer visits again
SNL: State implementing new data tracking system for
COVID cases
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D: Regional, state China virus update
The Missouri Times: As EPA reviews dicamba
regulations, Missouri Farm Bureau hopes for a quick decision
KWMU: Ameren Missouri joins Midwest plan for electric
charging stations along interstates
KWMU: St. Louis area utility companies prepare for
increase in customers choosing not to pay bills this winter
CDT op-ed: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler: Supreme
Court nominee must be confirmed without delay
The Missouri Times op-ed: MATA's Brett Emison:
Tort bills protect wrongdoers at the expense of Missouri families
P-D letter: Ladue man calls Blunt a hypocrite on
SCOTUS vote
Washington Missourian letter: Washington woman says
"hundreds of groups" oppose Cleaner Missouri
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Friday, September 25,
2020
SNL:
What would overturning Roe v. Wade mean in Missouri? Thoughts from
Campaign Life Missouri's Sam Lee, others
St.
Joseph News-Press: Hawley talks COVID relief from Washington
KMOV:
Two charged after Black Lives Matter riot leads to fires, attacks on
officers at St. Louis police headquarters
P-D:
Two charged in arson attack; "ExpectUs" leader defends arson,
says "burning buildings is less violent" than police behavior
KC
Star: Five arrested in connection with Black Lives Matter
agitation in KC Wednesday night
The
Missouri Times: Amid riots, Gov. Parson activates National Guard
as 'precautionary measure'
JCNT:
Gov. Parson activates National Guard for possible riots
Missourinet:
Governor activates Missouri National Guard in response to riots
KC
Star: Gov. Parson activates National Guard as 'precautionary
measure' in face of riots
SE
Missourian: Cape County GOP Chair Matt Henson details political
sign-stealing cases
KWMU:
Tim Eby fired as St. Louis Public Radio GM after tales of "systemic
racism" at station
KWMU/Corporation
for Public Broadcasting "Sharing America" racism reporter Andrea
Henderson: Black seniors in St. Louis fear coronavirus, long
lines could keep people from voting
SE
Missourian: Ashcroft encourages in-person voting, details
multiple methods available to cast ballots
KWMU:
Ashcroft continues statewide tour to educate voters on mail-in,
absentee options
P-D:
Judge dismisses lawsuit from NAACP, League of Women Voters over voting
standards
SNL:
Voters see 'unfair' ballot language on Cleaner Missouri in two counties
Missourinet:
Missouri counties mailing new ballots after Amendment 3 language goof
P-D:
Gov. Parson 'feels healthy' as COVID-19 quarantine begins
KC
Star: Gov. Parson's COVID case highlights value of rapid tests
Missourinet:
Decline in overnight call volume prompts Missouri to adjust hours on
COVID-19 hotline
KC
Star: Daily regional China virus update
The
Missouri Times: PSC denies Evergy's request for further testimony
in coronavirus case
P-D:
Galloway sharply criticizes St. Louis' use of tax-increment financing
incentives
KWMU:
Galloway audit calls for better oversight, transparency on St. Louis
City TIFs
P-D
editorial: Trump, Hawley, Schmitt seek to punish social media
companies that fact-check the president
P-D
editorial: Gov. Parson's illness proves his policy is a failure
The
Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau's Eric Bohl:
Revamped biotechnology oversight good for Missouri
P-D
op-ed: Missouri NAACP's Nimrod Chapel: List of grievances
against Missouri's justice system and "racist framework of law
enforcement"
P-D
letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian wants Missouri PSC to shut
down Ameren's coal plants immediately
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Thursday, September 24, 2020
JCNT: Missouri governor, first lady test positive for
COVID-19
SNL: Gov. Parson, first lady test positive for COVID-19
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson, first lady test
positive for coronavirus
The Missouri Times: Missouri's statewide officials
test negative for COVID-19 after Gov. Parson contracts it
AP: Missouri governor has COVID-19
KWMU: Gov. Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson test
positive for coronavirus
Missourinet: Gov. Parson and first lady test positive
for COVID-19
P-D: Gov. Parson, wife test positive for
COVID-19; governor postpones travel, debate
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air: Former Wash U.
provost says Trump's comments on coronavirus are 'psychically
devastating'
AP: All federal agents from Operation Legend leave
Kansas City
P-D: St. Louis children's hospitals see
record-breaking number of gunshot victims
The Missouri Times: Amendment 3 language wrong on
ballots issued in 2 counties
KC Star "4Star Politics" show: Former KC Star reporter
Jason Hancock, St. Louis Democrat consultant Rosetta Okohson Gov.
Parson's illness, governor's race; Okohson claims "no bills were
passed" in special session
The Missouri Times: Hawley: Galloway under
investigation by the Board of Accountancy
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Dem AG
candidate Rich Finneran talks support for Obamacare, shares thoughts on
concurrent jurisdiction, more
P-D: St. Charles County judge hears arguments in
residency case; Democrat woman running for state rep wants Rep.
Nick Schroer (R-O'Fallon) off ballot
P-D: With early voting underway, Missouri facing a
trio of lawsuits from liberal groups
AP: Former NFL player holds GOTV event at Black
Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City
Missourinet: Rep. Ron Hicks (R-Dardenne Prairie) says
Speaker Haahr deserves credit for helping pass St. Louis City police
emancipation bill
St. Joseph News-Press: Witness protection bill aimed
at fighting violent crime
Missourinet: DESE wants to launch high school program
to recruit future teachers
KWMU: Citing low coronavirus risks, St. Louis County
schools welcome back young students
The Missouri Times: Updated county-by-county tally of
coronavirus cases, deaths
P-D: Missouri details delays in death certificate data
P-D editorial: GOP state lawmakers to blame for St.
Louis City's homicide rate
P-D letter: St. Charles sexagenarian wants Blunt and
Hawley to fight Trump on SCOTUS approach
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Wednesday, September
23, 2020
The Missouri Times: President Trump weighs in on
Missouri campaigns again, tweets support for Gov. Parson and AG Eric
Schmitt
KC Star: Supreme Court could toss Obamacare next
month; Schmitt among AGs supporting lawsuit
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air preview: Wash
U.'s former provost, now editor of Science magazine, bashes President
Trump
Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue,
Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn attend grand opening of Benson Hill
headquarters
P-D: In St. Louis visit, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Sonny Perdue talks climate change, dicamba, and more
The Missouri Times: Missourians for Alternatives to
the Death Penalty rally in Jefferson City draws five (5) to protest
Indiana execution
Missourinet: Phone scammers impersonating FBI agents
from Jefferson City; Missouri mark swindled out of life savings
Missourinet: Absentee voting begins in Missouri for
November election
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Missourian: Early voting begins in Cape County; ballots in
the mail
P-D: In-person absentee voters surge at St. Louis area
election offices
Joplin Globe: Jay Ashcroft visits Joplin to note
voting procedures, options
SE
Missourian: SOS Jay Ashcroft to visit Cape as part of
mail-in/absentee ballot education push
St. Joseph News-Press: Ashcroft's opponent criticizes
SOS chief of staff Trish Vincent for meeting with Heritage Foundation
employee
KC Star: Gov. Parson's ad touting COVID-19 success
features wife of Rep. Jeff Shawan (R-Poplar Bluff)
SE
Missourian: Kathy Swan never requested recount in closely decided
state Senate primary
P-D: New York based Brennan Center for Justice, a
liberal advocacy group, criticizes Cleaner Missouri
SNL: Gov. Parson signs crime bills signed in special
session
SE
Missourian: Local law enforcement officers join Gov. Parson in
Jackson for witness protection fund bill signing
P-D: St. Louis City police chief hopes ending
residency rule will mean 100 new officers over next year
Missourinet: Missouri House Ethics Committee meets in
closed session for 50 minutes
JCNT: Public entrance to Missouri State Capitol to be
temporarily moved
P-D: State employs Deloitte Consulting to design
employee-recognition program
JCNT: New White House data shows improvement in
Columbia, Boone County numbers compared to Jefferson City, Cole County
P-D: Hospitals in Missouri's smaller towns brace for
colder months as COVID-19 numbers rise
KC Star: Missouri Christian reform school, under
investigation, is put up for sale
KWMU: New owners of Webster-Kirkwood Times, which
suspended print operations in March, insist paper can be successful
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: On mental health,
Hawley provides a voice of reason that's sometimes lacking in
coronavirus debate
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson usually isn't a mask
supporter, but he plays one on TV
P-D editorial: Rep. Nick Schroer has disengaged from
his district and needs to step aside
P-D letter: Frontenac sexagenarian disagrees with
Blunt on SCOTUS vacancy
Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia septuagenarian
criticizes Trump and Blunt for SCOTUS approach, attempts "blunt"
punchline
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Tuesday, September 22,
2020
Missourinet: Hawley says Democrats have threatened to
'burn down the Constitution' on SCOTUS confirmation
KC Star: Hawley says he wants SCOTUS nominee who
"understands that Roe, for instance, was wrongly decided"
Reuters: Trump will meet with AG Eric Schmitt, other
AGs to discuss key U.S. tech liability shield
P-D: USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, MO Ag Director Chris
Chinn attend Creve Coeur ribbon-cutting for ag tech company Benson Hill
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson. Lt. Gov. Kehoe
endorsed by Fraternal Order of Police
The Missouri Times: Former Missouri Senate President
Pro Tem Tom Dempsey opens new lobbying firm
JCNT: Ashcroft begins voting information tour in
Jefferson City; Effort seeks to help all Missouri voters
understand ballot options
KWMU: Organization for Black Struggle, other liberal
groups continue legal fight against Missouri's voting safeguards
P-D: Democratic challenger to Rep. Nick Schroer
(R-O'Fallon) still pushing to remove incumbent from ballot
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson signs off on violent
crime bills
Joplin Globe: State program to provide protection for
crime witnesses
P-D: Gov. Parson signs bill emancipating police
officers from St. Louis City limits
Missourinet: Gov. Parson signs witness protection and
St. Louis Police Department residency bills into law
KCUR: Gov. Parson reiterates opposition to forcing
statewide mask mandate
St. Joseph News-Press: Columbia moves out of 'red
zone' in White House report; Missouri improves national rank
CDT: Boone County COVID case numbers continue decline
Columbia Missourian: Health Department catches up as
COVID-19 cases decline
Columbia Missourian: Active COVID-19 cases decline in
Boone County by 41.5%
Missourinet: COVID-19 workforce issues could put
MoDOT, travelers in a major bind this winter
P-D: Hospitalizations from China virus hit record
numbers; Comments from Missouri Hospital Association's Dave Dillon
KC Star: Southwest Missouri schools try innovative
approach to student quarantines; Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) says
superintendents should make decisions for their districts
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: All special session
topics have merit and deserve consideration in regular session
JCNT editorial: Make Missouri railroad safety a top
priority
Priddy: Thoughts on Uniting Missouri's helpful
vote-by-mail toolkit
P-D letter: Dittmer septuagenarian says Gov. Parson
thinks too much like Trump, and will lose in November
P-D letter: St. Louis City octogenarian opposes
Cleaner Missouri
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Monday, September 21,
2020
CBS News: "Face the Nation" video: Blunt on
President Trump filling Supreme Court vacancy
SNL: Sen. Blunt backs plan to fill Supreme Court
vacancy this year
Missourinet: Blunt says vote on SCOTUS nominee
different than 2016
CDT: Climate rally draws 50; Environmentalists
march around town, chant anti-coal ditties
AP: Ann Wagner vs. Jill Schupp typifies partisan
battles over suburban districts
This Week in Missouri Politics: Rep. Barbara
Washington (D-Kansas City) talks with Scott Faughn about state Senate
bid, violent crime; Reps. Bill Kidd and Ashley Manlove discuss
special session, urban crime; Danny Pfeifer and Home Builders
Association's Will Ruder talk COVID-19 and KC area's resilience
KC Star: Some area Democrats, along with Organization
for Black Struggle and other liberal groups, complain about Missouri's
voting safeguards
P-D: St. Louis homicide rate reaches historic levels
Missourinet: Gov. Parson to sign witness protection
bill today
JCNT: Missouri public retirement funds recover some of
what was lost earlier in year
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education has lengthy
discussion about the state of charter schools
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
SNL: California thermometer company predicts Greene
County could soon have COVID-19 'surge'
KC Star editorial: Blunt calls GOP position on
replacing Ginsburg 'tradition.' It's not.
Joplin Globe's Andy Ostmeyer: Newspaper makes a
concerted an effort to print both liberal and conservative views
P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian demands Sens. Jack
Danforth and Kit Bond speak out against President Trump
P-D letter: Ballwin sexagenarian disagrees with Ann
Wagner on health care, calls her Trump's "loyal little toady"
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian unhappy with
how St. Charles County conducts elections
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Sunday, September 20, 2020
SNL: Elected officials/comms staffers tweet heartfelt
statements on RBG
Joplin Globe: Billy Long's Democratic opponent quits
race
KC Star: Profile: Nicole Galloway
JCNT: After sliding down national health rankings for
decades, signs for Missouri point upward
SNL: Missouri Department of Conservation Director Sara
Parker Pauley to lead Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Columbia Missourian: Cultivating a cannabis
crop: Missouri grow site gets ready to harvest medical marijuana
KC Star: Business booming at Lake of the Ozarks
St. Joseph News-Press: Special session recap
SNL: Advocates want rapid testing in nursing homes
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D: Regional, state China virus update
Washington Missourian editorial: Roy Blunt's
leadership in health care is impressive
JCNT editorial: Less-than-ambitious special session
brings less-than-spectacular results
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Saturday, September 19, 2020
Missourinet: Ruth Bader Ginsburg passes away;
Elected officials tweet statements
KC Star: FiveThirtyEight says Biden has lost ground in
Missouri as Trump's lead widens
SNL: Woman filling Democratic ballot slot against
Billy Long throws in the towel, quits campaign
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Hawley's
statement about USPS cash on hand rated "Mostly True"
SNL: Liberal D.C. group's election mailers mislead
some voters about registration status
SE
Missourian: Election season set for Tuesday; Cape County
clerk to mail ballots this week
Columbia Missourian: Boone County voters have options
as general election approaches
Missourinet: ACLU, Organization for Black Struggle, et
al. file lawsuit complaining about mail-in ballot standards
Columbia Missourian: Fact check: Sen. Caleb
Rowden (R-Columbia) correct about CARES Act funds not being paid out
The Missouri Times: Missouri takes home most
StateScoop Awards honoring state, private workers
The Missouri Times: "Next Steps" legislative preview
series: Nonpartisan court plan expansion
JCNT: DHSS seeks to fund counties' anti-flu efforts
SNL: White House COVID group urged Texas-style mask
mandate for Missouri
KWMU: Bikefest draws thousands, stimulates
mid-Missouri economy; St. Louis coronavirus czar scolds rural
Missouri officials, attendees
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D editorial brief: Gov. Parson correct to reject
payroll tax deferral
JCNT editorial: Missouri not over the hump yet on
coronavirus
SE
Missourian op-ed: Peter Kinder: 'Blessed are the
peacemakers'
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Stephen Limbaugh Sr. delivers talk on
Constitution
SNL's Christopher Dixon: Mocking Galloway and Gov.
Parson campaign commercials
Messenger: What's that burning in the oven? It's
Missouri's medical marijuana license process
KC Star's Laura Bauer and Kevin Hardy: Impending doom
in mid-Missouri: Maskless humans listen to classic rock, eat hot
dogs and drink Busch Light
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Friday, September 18,
2020
Missourinet: Hawley: Increases in social
isolation from pandemic may be contributing to surges in drug addiction
P-D: Photo gallery: "Expect Us" rally visits St.
Charles, gets greeted by Trump supporters; Morbidly obese woman
takes off mask to scream at police; Man with "F-ck the Police"
mask taunts officer; more
The Missouri Times: Sen. Blunt awarded American Farm
Bureau Federation's highest honor
SNL: Army Corps orders landowner to restore dredged
and damaged Bull Creek
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Vicki
Englund talks about state treasurer bid, LIHTC, more
CDT: Facebook shuts down page for liberal Columbia gun
group; Company cites "Dangerous Individuals and Organizations"
policy
KC Star: Missouri Secretary of State's Maura Browning
talks ballot security, mail-in ballots, drop boxes, more
Missourinet: Missouri study projects 13,000 annual job
openings in agriculture over the next decade
AP: Monthly bankers survey: Economy seeks
improvement in rural parts of 10 Midwest states
P-D: Missouri jobs fall, unemployment rises, signs of
economic recovery stalling
Missourinet: Gov. Parson plans to call Missouri
Legislature back soon for another special session
The Missouri Times: Anti-crime special session comes
to a close. What bills made it through?
SNL: Missouri adds virtual, hybrid options as COVID-19
cases mount
Missourinet: Missouri extends child care subsidies for
some school-aged kids getting remote education
P-D: Former St. Louis City health director wants Gov.
Parson to shut down gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts at Lake of the
Ozarks
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D: Regional, state China virus update
The Missouri Times: PSC approves Spire gas line project
JCNT: Missouri Chief Justice George Draper wants more
diversity in courts
P-D: State investigation stalls sale of south St.
Louis' St. Alexius Hospital
Columbia Missourian: State warns Potterfield
contractors about polluted stream
P-D: Scathing audit from Galloway's office gives north
St. Louis County town lowest possible rating; Bel-Ridge sits
within Normandy School District
SE
Missourian editorial: Business visionary Charles Drury left an
inspiring legacy
JCNT editorial: DESE should determine COVID reporting
plan, quickly
P-D editorial: State should mandate and pay for police
body cameras
P-D editorial: 'Act surprised' if asked about
mask-wearing, St. Charles County tells poll workers
P-D letter: Creve Coeur sexagenarian says she gathered
signatures for Clean Missouri, expresses anger over Cleaner Missouri
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Thursday, September
17, 2020
KWMU: EPA enables golf range for North St. Louis City
Boys & Girls Club
P-D: EPA administrator says West Lake Landfill cleanup
on schedule
KC Star: 4Star Politics show: Sean Soendker
Nicholson opposes Cleaner Missouri
KC Star's Bryan Lowry: Fact check: Galloway ad
claims auditor "recovered" taxpayer money. But that's not the case in
most instances
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: State
Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick talks highlights of term, LIHTC, Medicaid
expansion, more
SNL: Campaign spotlight: Rep. Steve Helms (R)
vs. Betsy Fogle (D) in Springfield
SNL: Photo gallery: Rep. Steve Helms and Betsy
Fogle campaign in 135th District
KWMU: St. Charles County elections officials won't
force voters or judges to wear masks
P-D: St. Charles County election officials say critics
misinterpreting instructions to poll workers
P-D: William Danforth dies at 94
Missourinet: Gov. Parson extends timeframe of Missouri
National Guard help with COVID
JCNT: Missouri pandemic seems to be 'turning a
corner,' Gov. Parson says
AP: Gov. Parson lauds declining rate of deaths from
COVID-19
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson says state to distribute
faster COVID-19 tests
Missourinet: Video: Gov. Parson's COVID-19 and
legislative briefing
SNL: Special session on crime comes to a close;
Thoughts from Gov. Parson, GOP leadership, House Superminority Leader
Crystal Quade (D-Springfield), academics
JCNT: Missouri special session ends with most of Gov.
Parson's agenda not passed
KWMU: Gov. Parson says he's "very content" with bills
passed in special session
Columbia Missourian: Special legislative session ends
AP: Special session recap
P-D: Lawmakers make quick work of veto session
KC Star: Legislature passes two bills in special
session
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT director: State has
best construction year in a decade
SE
Missourian: Area schools see decline in substitute teachers
because of coronavirus concerns
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
SE
Missourian: 30 more coronavirus cases in Cape County
KC Star editorial: The losers in failed anti-crime
special session: Gov. Parson, KC and all Missourians
Joplin Globe editorial: Processing rape kit backlog a
good step
P-D letter: Former Missouri Gaming Commission employee
opposes video gaming machines
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020
P-D: EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to visit former
Carter Carburetor site, dedicate new Boys & Girls Club golf course
SE
Missourian: Southeast prof says Eisenhower memorial in Washington
'long overdue'
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Corn CEO Gary Marshall to
retire in April 2021
The Missouri Times: Gary Marshall retiring from
Missouri Corn after 34 years
KC Star's Allison Kite: Mayor Quinton Lucas attends
The Missouri Times' "30 Under 30" bipartisan event, wears a mask - but
not everyone else did; Comments from "simple hillbilly" Scott
Faughn
The Missouri Times: Full 30 Under 30 list
P-D: New ad from Gov. Parson highlights state's
economy, Missourians' return to work during crisis
KC Star: East Coast university professors claim China
virus is hurting Gov. Parson's popularity
KC Star: Gov. Parson calls House Dems' marijuana salvo
"ridiculous"
JCNT: Liberal group's voting lawsuit against Missouri
to go to trial; Comments from "American Women" attorney Uzoma
Nkwonta
Columbia Missourian: Planning underway for legislation
focused on Missouri's agriculture industry
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education proposes $8.5
billion FY2022 budget
JCNT: DESE determining how to report virus cases in
schools
Missourinet: Missouri to get rapid COVID-19 tests for
long term care centers and schools
The Missouri Times: Missouri will pivot to remote
learning if advised to, president tells lawmakers
Missourinet: President Mun Choi to lawmakers:
mask rules are working at Mizzou, and egregious violations result in
expulsions
Columbia Missourian: Choi defends UM system's COVID-19
response
SE
Missourian: NY Times says Cape coronavirus rate among nation's
fastest growing
JCNT: PSC's Maida Coleman among those seeking Lifeline
freeze
KC Star: Owner of Missouri Christian boarding school
says girls' 'abuse' tales are lies
Missourinet: Court settlement to bring debt relief to
Missouri's former ITT Tech students
KC Star editorial: Missouri faces 'drastic' COVID
budget threat if Washington doesn't step in
Cook Political Report's Jessica Taylor: Missouri's
governor race: Lean Republican
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint
Louis): 338 medical marijuana facilities are plenty for Missouri
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Tuesday, September 15,
2020
The Missouri Times: Joe Biden endorses Nicole Galloway
Columbia Missourian: Biden backs Galloway for Missouri
governor
SNL: Galloway's health care tour makes stop in
Springfield
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Luetkemeyer talks value of
in-person learning, applauds teacher efforts
P-D: Missouri rejects Trump's payroll tax deferral
offer
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Deb
Lavender (D-Kirkwood) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about state Senate
campaign, Medicaid expansion, opposition to Sen. Koenig's pro-life
legislation, more
CDT: Judy Baker proposes plan to combat China virus in
bid for state Senate seat
The Missouri Times: Strategic Capitol expanding to DC,
adds Travis Brown, Tracy King to team
SE
Missourian: Cape County website will track absentee ballots
St. Joseph News-Press: Election authorities prepare
for record turnout with safety measures
Missourinet: Gov. Parson pleased with special session
on crime, wants House to approve concurrent jurisdiction legislation
Missourinet: Hundreds seek to become Missouri
substitute teachers through speedy online training path
Missourinet: Missouri Board of Education to decide
whether to accelerate MOCAP enrollment decisions
KC Star: House Dems' memo criticizes state's medical
marijuana rollout, DHSS, Gov. Parson, others
P-D: Dem report alleges Gov. Parson's administration
conspired on pot probe
JCNT: Testing, temporary closure at Truman Building
after COVID-19 cases
KWMU: As region surpasses 1,500 China virus deaths,
St. Louis doctors predict pandemic will last through 2021
Columbia Missourian: Boone County total active COVID
cases down by nearly 400
CDT: State, Boone County disagree over COVID-19 counts
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Missourian: Nearly 100 COVID cases reported over three-day period
KWMU: UMSL criminologist says Black Lives Matter
agitations "have not been particularly violent or involved substantial
looting"
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson's rollout of medical
marijuana industry has been an expensive debacle
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri's deal with
McChrystal Group smells bad
P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenarian expresses
indignation toward Josh Hawley for responding to her letters in a
"dismissive, demeaning tone"
P-D letter: Ballwin septuagenarian befuddled by
Cleaner Missouri language, surmises he'll "get screwed"
P-D letter: St. Peters sexagenarian says Gov. Parson
and Republican lawmakers are the ones defunding police by opposing new
taxes
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Monday, September 14, 2020
This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of Rep. Mary
Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold), Jeff Roorda, Gregg Keller talk with Scott
Faughn about presidential race, special session, China virus, more
Missourinet: Ann Wagner: St. Louis County has
not distributed $100 million in CARES Act funding
JCNT: USDA extends waiver for free meals to students
SNL: Army Corps of Engineers: Several violations
in dredging at controversial Bull Creek crossing
P-D: St. Louis area election authorities prepare for
another surge in absentee voting ahead of Nov. 3
SNL: As Gov. Parson's anti-crime session comes to a
close, here's what you need to know
P-D: As the geography of the pandemic shifts, virus
rates slow in St. Louis, rise in outlying counties
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
Joplin Globe editorial: Lawmakers should shut down
bill to intervene in local prosecutions
KC Star's Melinda Henneberger: KC neighbors do battle
over Trump, Biden in 'sign war.' How do they keep it friendly?
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian says Cleaner
Missouri language is deceptive
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Sunday, September 13, 2020
KC Star: KC suffers its deadliest summer in at least
10 years as feds shine national spotlight
KC Star: 'Back the Blue" rally features Ann Dorn, KC
City Councilwoman Heather Hall, Missouri Fraternal Order of Police
President Rick Inglima
KC Star: Sen. Josh Hawley defends KC Chiefs
fans; Former U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander responds with GIF
from 2004 movie
St. Joseph News-Press: Election officials gearing up
for a high turnout
JCNT: Mailings from liberal D.C. group cause confusion
for local voters; "Voter Protection Center" pieces suggest voters
have been dropped from registration lists
JCNT: Residents pray for end to abortion on national
remembrance day
P-D: Last $300 federal unemployment payments to be
paid next week in Missouri
Joplin Globe: Opioid overdose deaths drop in Missouri,
but experts say pandemic could erase that
P-D: Lawsuits from failed medical marijuana applicants
cost state $1.3 million
Joplin Globe: Testing of rape kits from southwest
Missouri produces first DNA 'hits'
Columbia Missourian's Katrina Troy: Law creating
'Sexual Assault Survivors' Bill of Rights' faces lawsuit; "Bill
passed nearly unanimously in Missouri Senate 150-3 [sic]"
KC Star: Rep. Keri Ingle (D-Lee's Summit) wants
hearing on Christian boarding school; Rep. Mike Stephens
(R-Bolivar) says operators insist they're being falsely accused of abuse
SNL: National and local results both show obesity
brings higher risk to COVID patients; 35% of Missourians are fat
Columbia Missourian: Data transmission error resulted
in lack of reported COVID-19 positivity rate
P-D: Daily China virus update: Three (3) new
deaths statewide
KC Star editorial: Gov. Parson, like Trump, bets
campaign against 'lawlessness' will win votes
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Saturday, September
12, 2020
AP: Citations issued for 9 trespassers who invaded
Central West End neighborhood
P-D: Ann Wagner to debate Jill Schupp
The Missouri Times: Nicole Galloway misused tax
dollars for her gubernatorial campaign, complaint alleges
P-D: Missouri meat processors line up for slice of
federal pandemic aid
CDT: Coronavirus unemployment supplement ends
early; funds exhausted
SNL: Springfield could get Missouri's first marijuana
dispensary
Missourinet: Gov. Parson pleased with start of school
year for K-12 and higher education
SNL: White House COVID group: Missouri still in
'red zone,' masking needed where cases are in schools
KC Star: White House groups' recommendations involve
closing some bars, restricting restaurant seating
AP: Missouri health department: 99,000 sickened
by China virus
P-D: COVID-19 infections at St. Louis County nursing
homes down since pandemic's start, report says
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
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Missourian: Two coronavirus deaths reported in Cape County
KWMU: "We wasn't [sic]
sentenced to die": Prisoners, activists complain about COVID
Columbia Missourian Senior News Editor Laura Johnston:
By popular demand, we'll reprint fewer editorials from the St. Louis
Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star; Also, no more comments
allowed on news stories or editorials
NPR's Vanessa Romo: Black Lives Matter champions face
persecution after being victimized by white couple "on the beautifully
manicured lawn of (McCloskeys') mansion"
P-D letter: St. Peters woman says Amendment 3 is
intentionally deceptive
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Friday, September 11,
2020
SNL: President Trump put Josh Hawley on his Supreme
Court list. Hawley's a hard no.
Missourinet: Hawley rules out U.S. Supreme Court
appointment
KC Star: President Trump's Supreme Court list includes
Hawley, Sarah Pitlyk
P-D: Ann Wagner rips St. Louis County for holding onto
federal coronavirus aid
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Missourian: U.S. Department of Ag program will provide free
breakfast and lunch for children in Cape
P-D: Ads for Ann Wagner, Gov. Parson highlight
Democrats' "defund the police" push
JCNT: Newspaper to hold voter registration drive-thru
event
St. Joseph News-Press: During local visit, Gov. Parson
talks state's success in handling coronavirus
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D: Sierra Club, Cori Bush, others want Ameren to
retire coal plants by 2030 - up to 15 years before planned
JCNT editorial: State wisely bans kid-friendly
marijuana edibles
P-D editorial: For not forcing mask mandate, Gov.
Parson deserves brutal judgment in November
Joplin Globe editorial: Statewide mandate or not,
Missourians should wear a mask
KC Star editorial: KC area schools should make virus
data public
Phill Brooks: A special session legislative whale
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Vote no on Cleaner Missouri
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Thursday, September 10, 2020
KC Star: Hawley has 'no interest' in serving on
Supreme Court after President Trump adds him to list
KC Star: Hawley mocks Disney's "woke capital" praise
of Chinese government
KC Star: Former Sen. Claire McCaskill goes on Twitter
tirade: President Trump "stupid" and "sicko"; McConnell a
"big ass coward"
CDT: Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway to debate in Columbia
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson, Galloway set to
debate in Columbia
AP: Galloway unveils health care agenda
KC Star: 4Star Politics show: Jeff Roe talks
about Gov. Parson's margin of victory: "Nicole Galloway is no Jay
Nixon" (starts at 13:30)
The Missouri Times: Updated list: The Missouri
Times 2020 30 Under 30
Missourinet: Survey showing economy improving in
Missouri and Midwest
Missourinet: DSS stats show number of food stamp
recipients increased after COVID pandemic
Missourinet: State offers free training to 1,000
Missourians unemployed by COVID-19
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson announces $1 million
federal grant to combat violent crime in St. Louis City
KWMU: Urban League VP praises Gov. Parson's commitment
to fighting violent crime in St. Louis City
Missourinet: Gov. Parson announces $1 million grant to
Urban League to help prevent violent crime
P-D: Gov. Parson announces grant to fight St. Louis
City violence
The Missouri Times: First batch of SAFE Kits results
in numerous DNA hits
Columbia Missourian: Gov. Parson says he'll stay in
close communication with university leaders on COVID
Missourinet: Missouri health department to resume
COVID-19 community testing next week
P-D: Missouri resumes free COVID-19 testing events in
counties seeing biggest increase in cases
SE
Missourian: Four dozen new coronavirus cases reported in area
The Missouri Times: PSC allows remote testimony in
Evergy case
Joplin Globe: PSC denies nearly the entirety of
Liberty's request for electric rate increase
Scott Faughn: How the Senate failed: Behind the
scenes of special session machinations and the PQ
Joplin Globe op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Susan
Pendergrass: Legislature, DESE should make it easier for parents
to access MOCAP
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman mocks letter
suggesting McCloskeys could tame protester mob with bottled water
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Wednesday, September
9, 2020
SNL: AG Eric Schmitt backs Trump administration
crackdown on Facebook, Twitter
St. Joseph News-Press: Sam Graves focusing on
navigation and flood control
Brownfield Ag News: NRSC offers emergency funds to
restore flood-prone lands; 83 counties in Missouri are eligible
P-D: Gov. Parson still evaluating President Trump's
payroll tax deferral
The Missouri Times: We Ask America (R) poll shows Gov.
Parson expanding lead over Galloway
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Democrat
Alissia Canady talks about campaign for lieutenant governor
P-D: Rex Sinquefield cuts ties with Travis Brown,
Pelopidas
SE
Missourian: SEMO Votes prepares students for election season
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Missourian: Charles Drury Sr. - businessman, entrepreneur - dies
at 92
The Missouri Times: "Next Steps" legislative preview
series: Wayfair sales tax
AP: Three-quarters of Missouri public school students
have in-person option
Missourinet: Missouri NEA wants database of COVID-19
exposures in schools
St. Joseph News-Press: County COVID-19 numbers vary
from state dashboard
SE
Missourian: Saliva test for coronavirus not available for SEMO
P-D: Photo gallery: Black Lives Matter
protesters paint "Defund the Police" on city streets, shine bright
lights in officers' eyes
P-D letter: St. Charles septuagenarian says Mizzou
shows double standard by sanctioning protest marches
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Tuesday, September 8,
2020
P-D: Government workers' union Labor Day rally draws
50; Cori Bush, Kim Gardner speak, pose for pictures
Columbia Missourian: State Senate candidate Judy Baker
speaks at Black Lives Matter protest
KWMU: Urban "Voter Empowerment Committee" to offer
online instructions for filling out ballots
St. Joseph News-Press: New crime and traffic laws now
in effect in Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Missouri scales back motorcycle
helmet law
KWMU: Delayed dispensaries give some weed
entrepreneurs a chance to catch up
Missourinet: State of Missouri partners with
Washington University for rollout of new COVID-19 saliva tests
SE
Missourian: Rapid test for coronavirus now available in Cape
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update: No
deaths
P-D: Regional China virus update
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Don't fool yourself -
Kenosha-style rioting could happen in St. Joseph
P-D op-ed: UFCW's David Cook: Grocery workers
still on the pandemic frontlines but without hazard pay
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Monday, September 7,
2020 Labor Day
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler doesn't
expect another stimulus bill soon
SNL: Ballot language set for Cleaner Missouri. Here's
what you'll see Nov. 3
St. Joseph News-Press: Senate approves five crime
measures, two head to governor's desk
Missourinet: Missouri unveils new statewide
apprenticeship matching service
SNL: Gov. Parson says outside resources have been
helpful in tackling COVID-19
Missourinet: Gov. Parson says he's proud of work done
to establish statewide tracking dashboard
CDT: August a sign of 'long haul' ahead in Missouri's
virus battle
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
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Sunday, September 6,
2020
Joplin Globe: Federal report criticizes lack of FEMA,
SEMA oversight when Joplin schools rebuilt from tornado
KCUR: Judge recommends criminal count dismissal in
Branson duck boat case
JCNT: Availability of medical marijuana in Missouri
expected soon
AP: Missouri adds 77 COVID-19 deaths; most
aren't recent
P-D: Missouri adds 77 uncounted China virus deaths to
total after data glitch discovered
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
Washington Missourian: St. Clair License Office offers
walk-in service again
KWMU: Black bear hunting is coming to Missouri in fall
2021
P-D: Black Lives Matter activists march
downtown; Speakers criticize Missouri Republicans, attendees
vandalize City Hall
P-D editorial: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt goes to the
mat for Trump's right to lie
JCNT editorial: Cleaner Missouri ballot language
should have been clear
Joplin Globe editorial: More COVID-19 dashboards are
needed among schools, government agencies
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Remembering Ken
Newton and Alonzo Weston as they retire from reporting
KC Star op-ed: Former U.S. Senate candidate Jason
Kander (D): Men and women of the military do not support
President Trump
KC Star's Jonathan Shorman: Missouri Republicans fail
to walk the talk on local control
SNL letter: Sexagenarian MSU women's studies professor
Holly Baggett urges vote against Rep. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield)
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Saturday, September 5, 2020
Columbia Missourian: Counties provide input on
solutions to Missouri River flooding
P-D: Clay, local officials celebrate $30 million rehab
plan for public housing complex
The Missouri Times: 30 days after 2020 primary
elections filing reports: PACs
The Missouri Times: 30 days after 2020 primary
elections filing reports: Statewide offices
The Missouri Times: 30 days after 2020 primary
elections filing reports: Missouri Senate campaigns
The Missouri Times: 30 days after 2020 primary
elections filing reports: Missouri House campaigns
Twitter: Rudi Keller leaves Columbia Daily Tribune,
will work for States Newsroom, a national nonprofit
The Missouri Times: Missouri general revenue up from
last year, August report says
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson, Ag Director Chris
Chinn, ag leaders talk success of pork donation program at St. Louis
Area Foodbank
The Missouri Times: General Assembly approves Pretrial
Witness Protection Fund
Columbia Missourian: Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia)
says county leaders must distribute COVID-19 relief funds immediately
SE
Missourian: Gov. Parson, Jackson school officials tout smooth
reopening of classes
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update:
Daily average sees decline
Missourinet: 7,000 college-age people in Missouri test
positive for COVID-19 in August
SE
Missourian: 27 new coronavirus cases reported in Cape County
The Missouri Times: PSC alters farm tap inspection
requirements for Spire
SNL: Missouri sets proposed black bear hunting
framework for future seasons
SNL: Hartville men arrested after traveling to Kenosha
to view riots
KC Star: Missouri men face gun charges after traveling
to Kenosha to see Trump, witness riots
KC Star: Black Lives Matter activists march downtown
P-D editorial brief: On David Humphreys sitting out
2020 elections
SE
Missourian's Lucas Presson: Jason Smith talks farm tour, impact
of COVID on agriculture
The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon
Spring): Governor, Senate choose defense of rights over politics
as usual in St. Louis City
P-D: Chesterfield sexagenarian believes Missouri's
mail-in voting has appropriate safeguards
P-D letter: St. Louis County octogenarian says
McCloskeys should have offered protester mob bottles of water
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Friday, September 4, 2020
KWMU: Sen. Blunt, Gov. Parson see manufacturing as
economic opportunity for rural Missouri
Reuters: Schmitt, three other attorneys general back
President Trump on social media regulations
Missournet: County clerks want more funding for
November election operations
AP: Rewrite of Cleaner Missouri ballot summary final
P-D: Missouri jobless rolls drop
The Missouri Times: Senate Republicans pass concurrent
jurisdiction with PQ
AP: Senate passes bill to help prosecute St. Louis
City homicides
JCNT: Missouri works to make COVID-19 saliva test more
available
P-D: Missouri works to ramp up access to faster
COVID-19 tests
P-D: Gov. Parson says consultant group has helped
track virus spread, planned for distribution of medicine across state
AP: Gov. Parson: 7,000-plus Missouri college
students test positive for COVID-19
Missourinet: White House coronavirus task force ramps
up suggestions for Missouri
SNL: Missouri NEA wants DESE to track, publicly report
COVID-19 cases
CDT: Boone County tops state list for new COVID-19
cases
Joplin Globe: More than half of local COVID-19 deaths
come from nursing homes
JCNT: Local farmers, officials share levee concerns
with DNR
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Clay, Cleaver, Graves
and Wagner provide a degree of hope for USPS solution
P-D editorial: Senate bid to reduce local
prosecutorial control deserves to die in the House
KC Star editorial: Why is Gov. Parson spending
COVID-19 relief funds on no-bid consulting contract?
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Thursday, September 3, 2020
St. Joseph News-Press: Sen. Roy Blunt, Gov. Mike
Parson talk flooding, utility disconnections in Savannah visit
SNL: Joplin megadonor David Humphreys sitting out 2020
elections while others spend big
CDT: Boone County Health Department: Political
events must follow COVID-19 orders
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Gov. Parson to recognize
Drive to Feed Kids today
KC Star: With mail-in voting law expiring at end of
year, Gov. Parson and Missouri Legislature likely to take up issue in
2021
The Missouri Times: Sen. Bill White (R-Joplin) to vie
for Assistant Majority Floor Leader
Missourinet: Missouri Senate passes five special
session bills to fight crime
Columbia Missourian: Several criminal justice bills
approved by Senate
JCNT: Special session gets heated over simmering issues
KC Star: Missouri witness protection fund headed to
Gov. Parson after Senate approval
P-D: Senate passes proposal to help St. Louis City
address homicides
KWMU: Missouri Senate OKs some anti-crime bills,
including ending St. Louis police residency
P-D: Mayor Lyda Krewson takes refuge at apartment
after series of protester agitations at her home
Missourinet: Missouri launches online training course
to fast-track prospective substitute teachers
St. Joseph News-Press: Gov. Parson to talk
saliva-based COVID-19 test in briefing today
KWMU: School districts play key role in tracking China
virus
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
P-D: Virginia-based consultant continues work on
coronavirus response efforts
Missourinet: Sen. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas City)
criticizes consulting group's contract for coronavirus work
P-D: Survey on Missouri police oversight shows support
for changes in discipline, training
P-D editorial: Gov. Parson quietly hires an outsider
to cover his own crisis-management deficits
The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Pharmacy
Association CEO Ron Fitzwater: Push to mail-order prescriptions
impacts patients and pharmacies
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Steve Butz (D-St. Louis
City): Legislature should pass Wayfair tax in 2021
P-D op-ed: Sierra Club's Missouri chapter director
Gretchen Waddell Barwick: List of demands for Ameren: close
plants, address "disproportionate environmental impacts" on minorities,
etc.
St. Joseph News-Press' Alonzo Weston:
Reporter/columnist retires from reporting, will write monthly column
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Wednesday, September
2, 2020
Missourinet: Clay, Cleaver, Graves, Wagner vote to
give $25 billion to help keep Postal Services afloat
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves talks ag, transportation
during St. Joseph stop
Joplin Globe: Final push made for 2020 census
Missourinet: Missouri is first state in the nation to
receive maximum funding for shared work program
SE
Missourian: Web verification tool for Cape County voting
contemplated
Missourinet: St. Louis police chief on residency rule
legislation: "We desperately need more officers and we need them
now"
KWMU: Missouri Senate advances special session
proposals, including eliminating residency for St. Louis City police
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee blocks effort to
allow minors to get guns without parental consent
SNL: August report from White House Coronavirus Task
Force recommended Missouri mandate masks
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update
SE
Missourian: Cape County records two coronavirus deaths
P-D: CARES Act fund picks up the tab for China virus
consulting work
KC Star: Missouri has paid McChrystal Group $522,000
for consulting work on contact tracing, expanded testing, school
reopening, more
KC Star editorial: Don't believe Trump's boasts about
Operation LeGend's KC success
SE
Missourian editorial: Gov. Parson, Nicole Galloway offer stark
differences in gubernatorial contest
P-D op-ed: "Stand Up Republic" organizer Lynn
Schmidt: Ashcroft wrong to defend ballot notarization requirement
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Tuesday, September 1,
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2015 Missouri political news headlines
CDT: U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler: Federal relief
plans should be based on need
AP: St. Louis City couple charged after defending home
appear in court
AP: Slain St. Louis officer was 8th shot in the city
this year
KC Star: President Trump touts Operation LeGend's KC
success at White House briefing
KCUR: Chinese government, CCP yet to file response to
Missouri's lawsuit
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
recap: Krewson talks importance of eliminating residency rule,
much more
The Missouri Times: The Missouri Times 2020 30 Under
30 event to be held Sept. 14 in Jefferson City; Profiles of Sarah
Schlemeier Henke, Schmitt's Chris Nuelle, Missouri Dems' Naeem
Jenkins-Nixon
KWMU: Appeals court changes ballot summary for Cleaner
Missouri
AP: Judges redo summary of Missouri redistricting
measure
SNL: Ballot language for Cleaner Missouri rewritten
again with 'more limited' changes
Missourinet: Missouri court offers ruling on Cleaner
Missouri ballot language
KC Star: Missouri appeals court rewrites summary of
Cleaner Missouri proposal for November ballot
P-D: Appeals court rules on Cleaner Missouri ballot
language
JCNT: Special session bills before Missouri Senate
committees
SE
Missourian: State, Cape County seek CARES Act direction
P-D: After 2019 nosedive, Missouri Medicaid rolls grow
in pandemic
SNL: Greene County COVID case numbers increase among
young people
KC Star: COVID spread in Missouri college counties
outpaced state rate in August
KC Star: Daily regional China virus update: No
new deaths
SE
Missourian: Cape County records 1,000th coronavirus case, ninth
death
JCNT: Changes coming for temporary license documents
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