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Friday, January 27
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P-D Political Fix: McCaskill, Blunt divided on debt
limit vote
St. Louis Beacon: McCaskill to report $4.8M in
campaign warchest
AP: McCaskill raises $1.4M in re-election bid
Mahoney: Brunner says he's on for three debates, but
Branson is not one of them; Campaign calls Steelman's charges of
debate-ducking "crap"
P-D: New proposal would run pipeline next to existing
one in Missouri
AP: St. Louis hosts first big parade on Iraq War's end
AP: Damage from 2011 floods could mean worse in 2012
St. Louis Beacon: Joplin, St. Joe GOP donors offer
boost to embattled Wisconsin governor
Mahoney: MoScout out in front of STL media, predicts
Ed Martin will switch races
Mahoney: Drebes' scoop was right - Ed Martin switches
races, again
St. Louis Beacon: Ed Martin changes races again, now
running for AG
Missouri News Horizon: Third time's a charm, chronic
GOP candidate Ed Martin hopes
P-D: Ed Martin switches races again, will now pursue
attorney general's seat
AP: Sinquefield gives another $1.2 million to "Let
Voters Decide" income-tax elimination campaign
Shelly: Don't believe everything these petition guys
say; Recap of an encounter with a Sinquefield signature-gatherer
St. Joseph News-Press: Dog-breeding law up for
discussion; Lawmakers say HSUS may bring another campaign to
Missouri
St. Louis Beacon: Missouri Supreme Court declines to
hear suit challenging new state House districts
Missourinet: Court says 'not yet' to House
redistricting challenge
AP: Missouri Supreme Court declines redistricting case
Missourinet: Redistricting plaintiff Joan Bray says
she sympathizes with candidates
Drebes: The case for Elaine Gannon for state rep
Missourinet: Governor-backed auto industry incentives
introduced
SNL: Missouri lawmakers considering incentives to draw
amateur sporting events
Missouri News Horizon: Committee OKs reduction to
state lawmaker retirement benefits
KSMU: Area superintendents call upon state to amend
its funding formula
SNL: Springfield-area superintendents call for stable
state funding
P-D: Dramatic school plan offered for failing schools
P-D: St. Louis Public Schools to sponsor charters
SE
Missourian: Schools the site of more emergency shelters
The Maneater: Students stand against education cuts
Columbia Missourian: Columbia legislators vow to fight
Gov. Nixon's education cuts
KC Star: UMKC chancellor warns of fresh budget pain
AP:
Southeast called safest state-school campus
Missouri News Horizon: Business leaders seek consensus
on transportation needs
The Maneater: Toll proposed for I-70
Mahoney: Kraus says avoiding an I-70 toll road vote is
a "constitutional runaround"
AP: Missouri Senate votes to add Accountability Portal
info
Missourinet: 'Chloe's Law' would mandate additional
newborn screenings
Missourinet: Bills to clean up, reform adoption laws
hit both chambers
Missouri News Horizon: DWI law heads to state House
AP: Missouri House to examine changes to court circuits
SE
Missourian: Jackson woman appointed to state nursing home board
AP: Gambling machine maker to pay $375,000 fine to
Missouri
Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial: Missouri's
Luetkemeyer right on ag youth jobs
P-D editorial: 2008 Nixon vs. 2012 Nixon would offer
interesting contrast; Governor tacks consistently to the right
P-D letter: Missouri Trucking Association's Tom
Crawford on Keystone pipeline
SE
Missourian letter: McCaskill and energy
SNL letter: State rep candidate Matthew Block says he
looks forward to running a primary campaign against candidate Lynn
Morris
Disclosure
Thursday, January
26 Drebes' moscout.com pay site: Ed Martin's next switch (to AG)
coming sooner rather than later ...
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The Hotline: Missouri #3 in Senate race
rankings; GOP primary is McCaskill's best friend; Senior
senator remains most vulnerable Dem incumbent
P-D Political Fix: McCaskill: Arlington Cemetery
improved but work remains in tracking graves
AP: More than 400,000 buried at Arlington;
McCaskill comments on cemetery's improvements
Student Life: Wash U.
students change allegiances as Republican race continues
Drebes: Logan Thompson takes reins at Camp Kinder
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Rep. Kent Hampton gives thoughts on district
map lawsuit
St. Louis Beacon: Doughnut-hole discounts to help
seniors; health exchanges on hold in Missouri
KC Star Prime Buzz: Three Senate Dems delay vote on
bill limiting discrimination lawsuits
AP: Three Senate Democrats filibuster workplace
discrimination bill
SE
Missourian: Cape County discrimination lawsuit moves forward as
Senate considers changes to law
Columbia Missourian: Columbia school personnel, board
express opinions about teacher tenure
KC Star: Bill in state legislature would allow quicker
state intervention in KC schools
AP: Bill allows quicker intervention in failing schools
P-D: Charter school fans trumpet successes
SNL Inside Missouri Politics Blog: Springfield
superintendent backs KC schools fix
P-D: Raising high school dropout age to 18 is debated
P-D: Schools applaud lunch overhaul, prepare for
changes
KC Star: Many districts have already adjusted to new
school lunch rules
SE
Missourian: Senate approves Mayer nomination to SEMO regents
Columbia Missourian: Senate confirms Pamela Henrickson
as University of Missouri System curator
Washington Missourian: Latest meth bill not practical,
says local narcotics investigator
AP: House approves bill on state regulations
Washington Missourian: Nieves bill would eliminate
press parking spaces
St. Louis Beacon: Forum on nuclear power unleashes
emotion on both sides
AP: Missouri, Stifel agree to $1.1 million settlement
P-D: GE fraud case yields $450,000 for Missouri
Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood in Columbia to
resume abortion services
KC Star: Missouri's black homicide rate again highest
in the nation
Tony's Kansas City: KCPD Chief advises against panic
over "two-year old data" on Missouri black homicide
P-D: ACLU suit says St. Louis won't provide jail
grievance data
SE
Missourian: GSA accepts $325,000 offer for former Cape Girardeau
federal building
Washington Missourian editorial: Respect those who
respect life; Luetkemeyer, pro-life marchers deserve gratitude
Washington Missourian editorial: State legislative
districts cause confusion
JCNT editorial: Proposals to unite gov, lt. gov.
candidates on same ticket are self-indulgent and do not merit support
KC Star editorial: Red faces of KC police red-light
camera report
P-D op-ed: Teacher tenure and retaliation
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St. Louis Beacon: Obama's populism hits GOP skepticism
as campaign issues clarify; Roundup of Missouri reaction
P-D Political Fix: Local congressional statements on
SOTU
KSDK: Roundup of congressional statements on SOTU
MSNBC: Luetkemeyer among bipartisan group hosting Iraq
war vets at SOTU
KC Star: Cleaver hosts 'Sister Bertha' at SOTU
KC Star Prime Buzz: Blunt defends lower rates on
investment income
USA Today: Child-labor rules could limit what kids are
allowed to do on farms; Comments from Luetkemeyer
St. Joseph News-Press: Group seeks to stop larger
trucks, urges phone calls to Graves' office
P-D: Randy Jotte enters 2nd Congressional
primary; Ann Wagner, Ed Martin both currently remain in race
St. Louis Beacon: First Birds Point breach and 'levee
rebellion' happened 75 years ago
St. Louis Beacon: Redistricting lawsuits could delay
Missouri candidate filing (updated)
KC Star: Voter ID bill clears House committee
SNL: Voter ID bill clears Missouri House panel
Missouri News Horizon: House committee passes photo
voter ID
AP: Missouri Senate backs measure blocking health
exchanges
Missouri News Horizon: Senate approves budget
transparency measure
P-D: Casinos fight Nixon proposal to jack up admission
AP: Casinos object to higher fees to help veterans
Missouri News Horizon: House committee takes up
veterans funding bills
P-D: St. Louis County Municipal League offering
compromise on sales tax dispute
SE
Missourian: Cape officials pondering 2012 sales tax holiday
Missourinet: Employment discrimination law changes
debated in Senate
AP: Nixon curator nominees face uncertain future
St. Louis Beacon: City firefighters sue to force
county schools to accept their children
Missourinet: House poised to send state rules review
to Senate
AP: Missouri House weighs bill on state regulations
Missouri News Horizon: Senate committee approves
adding cell phones to Do Not Call list
Suburban Journals: Anti-meth campaign proceeds city by
city
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT director sees local
benefit to tolls
AP: Missouri running up debt for Amtrak trains
St. Louis Beacon: Stickers depicting gun shots placed
on door of Rep. Scott Dieckhaus (R), Dem senators
AP: Gun target stickers found at Mo. Capitol offices
Missourinet: Gun sight stickers stucke on legislators'
office name plaques
Drebes:
Rep. Rochelle Walton Gray (D) may move to avoid primary with Sylvester
Taylor, instead face Rep. Tommy Pierson
KC Star: KCP&L loses request for $3 million to
cover rate-case costs
AP: Under agreement between Zweifel's office and U.S.
Dept. of Ag, farmers eligible for new fed loan guarantees
AP: Missouri Department of Conservation says chronic
wasting disease found in two Missouri deer
St. Joseph News-Press: Program seeks to expand food
stamp access
KC Star: KC police officials request more study of
red-light cameras
P-D editorial: Payday loan industry sinks to new low
in defending greed; Anonymous funding, empty threats underscore lack of
credibility
SNL editorial: Missouri should revisit dental care
funding
SNL op-ed: Missouri Right to Life's Pam Fichter:
Pro-life efforts winning battle
P-D op-ed: State rep candidate Martin Casas:
Take a walk to see tax credits that work
KC Star's Abouhalkah: Sloppy red-light study
embarrasses KC police
P-D letters: Teacher tenure, school choice, Ameren's
"green" rate increase, casino fees and veterans
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Drug testing welfare
recipients
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KC Star Prime Buzz: Missouri GOP won't change its
mind: Delegates will be picked at caucuses, not via primary
The Hill: Harry Reid, Claire McCaskill in running for
'pork' award
St. Louis Beacon: Missourians fight fog, ice to
protest abortions in annual march
P-D Political Fix: Hundreds from Missouri join DC
anti-abortion rally
The Maneater: New abortion law changes process for
Planned Parenthood
St. Louis Beacon: Randy Jotte to make it official that
he's challenging Wagner, Martin in the 2nd
AP: Teresa Hensley says she'll enter Democratic
primary in Hartzler's district
St. Louis Beacon: Redistricting lawsuits could delay
Missouri's candidate filing
KC Star: New lawsuit challenges Missouri House
redistricting
AP: Lawsuit challenges new districts for Missouri House
Missouri News Horizon: Crowell, Lamping:
Missouri gov, lt. gov should be of same party
AP: Missouri Senate panel backs voter registration
changes
AP: Missouri plans savings from debt refinancing
AP: Missouri House considers shorter week to save money
Missourinet: Employment discrimination law changes
debated in Senate
AP: Missouri Senate debates workplace discrimination
bill
Missouri News Horizon: Senate begins debate on
workplace discrimination bill
Columbia Missourian: Missouri workplace discrimination
bill blocked in state Senate
SNL: College funding debate brews; proposed cuts
could cost MSU $11 million
The Standard (MSU): State budget cuts Missouri higher
education
The Maneater: Higher education could lose funding from
smaller state funds
St. Joseph News-Press' Newton: Bootstraps in a world
of learning: Nixon's higher-ed cuts have an impact
The Maneater: New bill stirs up debate over classroom
lecture recording
P-D: St. Louis firefighters join school transfer fight
Missouri News Horizon: After Penn State, Missouri
lawmakers look to toughen 'mandatory reporter' law
Missouri News Horizon: Missouri lawmakers seek term
limits for all
AP:
Missouri House members seek new cold medicine limits
St. Joseph News-Press: Bills target privacy concerns
over utilities' smart meters
Missourinet: House committee to consider changes for
circuit courts
St. Louis Beacon: Move to designate Missouri 'Great
Rivers State' starts flowing
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon to local veteran:
Merci; Men receive France's Legion of Honor
AP: Missouri Dept. of Insurance touts record aid levels
KRCG: Statewide petition would legalize and tax pot
Riverfront Times: Prosecutors drop charge against
marijuana petitioners
KTVO: MoDOT leasing old building; Macon site
will house new companies looking to expand
KC Star: Study suggests red-light cameras don't add to
safety
AP: EPA, Lincoln U. team up for black students' careers
P-D: Judge confirms Lee Enterprises' bankruptcy plan
KC Star editorial: Spending caps won't improve things
in Missouri
KC Star editorial: Brownback's shameful food stamp
policy hurts kids; Missouri formula gives more generous handouts
to illegals' offspring
P-D editorial: Don't leave voters out of toll road
discussion
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute: Nixon and GOP have
it wrong: When it comes to government "creating" jobs, less is
more
P-D letters: Higher ed funding, teacher tenure
Disclosure
Monday, January 23
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KMBC's Mahoney: Gingrich's Missouri organizer, Austin
Hunt, says Newt will be ready for March caucus
St. Louis Beacon: Gingrich's South Carolina win might
not help him much in Missouri
Joplin Globe's Redden: Democratic presidential
candidate Randall Terry stops in Joplin; Rep. Lynn Jenkins to speak at
Lincoln Days
KMOV: Occupy St. Louis protests outside Wal-Mart,
Lowe's; Group angry over decision to pull ads from TV's "All-American
Muslim"
AP: Obama's health overhaul lags in states
Berger:
Slay/Kinder consultant Gentry Trotter starts new blog
Drebes:
Former PSC member Jeff Davis starts new gig at BNSF Railway
Messenger: Free meal culture part of what's wrong with
Legislature
Tony's Kansas City: Missouri Democrats soon to file
redistricting lawsuit
Hannibal Courier-Post: Supreme Court ruling leaves
Munzlinger in limbo
KOLR:
Group pushes for Missouri vote on green energy
KC Star: Alternative arises as payday loan industry
comes under scrutiny
Missourinet: Annual attempt to reduce number of state
reps in process
AP: Analysis: Nixon's budget depends on new
revenues
St. Joseph News-Press: Higher education budget cuts
likely to hurt programs
AP: Nationwide, state higher education spending sees
big decline
AP: Rep. Paul Curtman's bill would let students share
recorded lectures
KTVO: Rep. Zach Wyatt is against eliminating teacher
tenure
KTVI: Video: Rep. Andrew Koenig sponsors
intelligent design bills
P-D: Authorities navigate castle doctrine
St. Louis Beacon: Rise in addiction spurs call to
monitor prescription drugs
AP: Meth fills hospitals with burn patients
SE
Missourian: Task force, including Rep. Steve Hodges, evaluating
Charleston juvenile detention center
St. Louis Beacon op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Michael
Podgursky: Private school choice and the Turner decision
McClellan: Sarcastic look at Nixon's State of the
State cuts, budget priorities
KC Star letters: Mayor Sly James' school
takeover; Intelligent design
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Sunday, January 22
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KC Star: Dems also face a Bainful headache;
McCaskill accepted more than $24,000 from Bain executives
SNL: Occupy Springfield protest calls for election
reform; Adults don cardboard boxes, engage in public costume play
KSGF:
Audio: Dave Spence talks about Nixon's record, Sinquefield's
income tax proposal, compares himself to a leaner Chris Christie
KC Star: Kansas slashes food aid for children of
illegal aliens; Missouri uses more generous SNAP handout formula
for illegals
St. Louis Beacon: Audio: Jason Rosenbaum, Jo
Mannies discuss Missouri budget and payday loan industry
P-D: Letters from "Missourians for Equal Credit
Opportunity" warn churches against petitions on payday loan fee issue
St. Joseph News-Press: Governor's Conference on
Agriculture draws 500 to Crown Center
Washington Missourian: East Central College faces
another round of budget cuts
KC Star: School reform proposals are in limbo in
Missouri General Assembly
AP: Missouri considers changes to teacher tenure
McClellan: Teacher tenure a thorny subject to tackle
P-D: MoDOT chief says voters could be bypassed on I-70
tolls
AP: Cold medicine limits sought; Lawmakers seek
compromise on pseudoephedrine
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Local reps give thoughts on Senate strike down
of new district maps
Drebes:
Gina Mitten considering run in District 83; Neither Stacey Newman
or Susan Carlson plan on moving from adjacent district to avoid primary
Joplin Globe: Missouri Department of Conservation team
focuses on Neosho's features
KC Star: La Raza likely to come to KC in 2015;
Latino group kept 2009 convention out of KC thanks to Funkhouser
appointment
JCNT editorial: Renewed I-70 conversation
Washington Missourian editorial: Missourians have no
taste for tolls; Missouri a backward state in transportation
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Rural vision:
Giving can help us grow
P-D letter: Teach for America and Missouri education
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Roll Call: Carnahan
office retracts comments on Clay primary challenge; spokesman says
veteran district director Jim McHugh "misinterpreted the Congressman"
Missouri News Horizon: McCaskill lobbies FAA for
commercial C-17
St. Louis Beacon: Lacy Clay, Ron Paul at odds on House
finance panel
Joplin Globe: HUD awards Joplin $45 million;
Comments from Blunt
Lake Sun: Luetkemeyer vows to help eliminate farm
labor changes
KMBC's Mahoney: Teresa Hensley plans Democratic
primary bid in Hartzler's district
Columbia Missourian: Occupy COMO turns out 11
protesters to oppose campaign finance ruling
KC Star: KC part of Occupy the Court events across U.S.
SNL: Buses leaving for March for Life in D.C.
St. Louis Beacon: As Roe vs. Wade anniversary nears,
new abortion restrictions proposed in Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press: Corps optimistic for no 2012
flooding
Missourinet: Corps: Missouri River prep on
schedule
KC Star: Former Democratic House Speaker Bob Griffin
opens up for first time about his 1997 corruption case and jail time
P-D: Nixon slams big donations, but he's accepted
plenty of them
Kraske: Jason Kander is quickly making his move
Drebes:
May-Whitehead III: Another urban Dem grudge match
Tony's Kansas City: Freedom Inc. leader Craig Bland
calls it quits amid Missouri Ethics Commission audit
AP: Nixon details incentives plan for auto suppliers
Missourinet: Rep. Jay Barnes: What patent
attorney knew might have stopped Mamtek deal
St. Louis Beacon: Area legislators lay out session
challenges, concerns, objectives
Missouri News Horizon: Budget director defends Nixon's
proposed higher education cuts
Joplin Globe: MSSU board discusses possible state cuts
AP: Nixon: Missouri schools should avoid big
tuition hikes
AP: Missouri curator Judy Haggard resigns one year
early
St. Louis Beacon: Does tenure protect bad teachers or
produce good ones? Missourians may decide
Tony's Kansas City: Jonas Hughes rejects GOP committee
offer
KMBC's Mahoney: Maverick Rep. Jonas Hughes turns down
GOP offer to join other committees
Missourinet: Convenience stores wary of I-70 toll road
talk
P-D: MoDOT loses St. Louis eminent domain case
P-D: Ameren Missouri proposes $145 million efficiency
plan; ratepayers will foot the bill
AP: Ameren Missouri plans to raise rates under
efficiency plan
P-D editorial: Redistricting: Maybe a little
chaos in Missouri election is a good thing
St. Louis Beacon op-ed: Sen. Tim Green (D-Spanish
Lake): A real presidential primary would be much better than
caucuses
P-D letters: Missouri AFL-CIO boss Hugh McVey on
Missouri jobs; Redistricting
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