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Saturday, July 31
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P-D Political Fix: Seen at Chuck Berry/Nelly DNC
event: Clint Zweifel, Jack Cardetti, Margaret Onken, Joe Keaveny,
Brian Wahby
Berger: Seen at DNC welcome event: Wahby,
Zweifel, Joe Maxwell, GOPer Ray Wagner, Sen. Robin Wright-Jones
Kraske: Democrats need a good goosin' as 2010 rolls
on; Obama campaign arm sees lack of enthusiasm in Kansas City
AP: Four positive tests of St. Louis vets
KWMU: Four John Cochran vets test positive for
hepatitis
KRCG: Rep. Luetkemeyer's daughter-in-law killed in
accident
KOMU: Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer's daughter-in-law killed
in accident
P-D Political Fix: Hip surgery lands Akin on
congressional disabled list
AP: Senate race may narrow to Blunt, Carnahan
Missouri
News Horizon: Underdog Senate candidates struggle for recognition
KSMU:
Tea Party groups emphasize they 'have not endorsed Roy Blunt'
Beacon Backroom: Although primaries not over, Russ
Carnahan calling for general-election debates
Beacon Backroom: With Aug. 3 primary looming, GOP
candidates use Prop C to attract support
KC Star Prime Buzz: Icet promises no tax dollars for
abortion of 'illegals'
Washington Missourian: Candidates for Griesheimer's
seat raise over $600,000
Joplin Globe: Doctors, lawyers help pour $220,000 into
Missouri race
Washington Missourian: State rep candidates in
spending mode with primary
Beacon Backroom: Right before primaries, Nixon makes
changes at St. Louis Election Board
P-D Political Fix: St. Louis man, Tarrell [sic] Campbell, admits voting twice
in 2008 election
KC Star: Politics, lobbying swayed education
construction projects, audit finds
St. Joseph News-Press: Suicide conference held in
capital; Seminar sheds light on risk factors, recent local death
SE
Missourian: John Purcell says he's still a member of the Cape
Girardeau County Republican Party
KC Star: Glenn Beck speaks in KC
KC Star editorial: Primary campaigns are wildly
entertaining, but not wildly truthful; Robin Carnahan, Bryan
Pratt among those with head-scratching themes
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Renewed uncertainty over
clean energy in Missouri
SNL letter: Billy Long would break lawyer monopoly
St. Joseph News-Press letters: Prop C, final campaign
exchanges in Schaaf vs. DeStefano
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Beacon Backroom: Chuck Berry and Nelly wow Kiener
Plaza crowd; Arch and Busch up next
P-D: Chuck Berry helps city make its case for
Democrats' convention
KTVI: St. Louis auditions to land 2012 DNC convention
KMOX: Hancock and Kelley: Slay chief of staff
Jeff Rainford talks about Democratic Convention efforts
KMOX: St. Louis Hispanic spokesman reacts to
immigration ruling
AP: Missouri voter registration rises at welfare
offices
KC Star: Arlington Cemetery's lapses stun senators
Missourinet: McCaskill notes investigation started in
Arlington scandal
Missourinet: McCaskill subcommittee grills
ex-Arlington officials
KWMU: McCaskill searches for answers to Arlington mess
Joplin Globe: Post commander: Local vets
disgusted by mismanagement at Arlington
KMOX: Workers say "vigilance" still needed at John
Cochran VA Medical Center
P-D Political Fix: Russ Carnahan announces two new
inquiries into Cochran VA hospital
WaPo's Cillizza: Carnahan family the most powerful
political dynasty in Missouri
Joplin Globe: Roy Blunt-Robin Carnahan showdown
expected in Senate race
Beacon Backroom: Missouri Democrats take aim at
Purgason and Joe the Plumber over Wurzelbacher's "independent"
expenditures
P-D Political Fix: Democrats file FEC complaint about
Joe the Plumber's ad for Chuck Purgason
KWMU: Missouri Democrats to file complaint against
Purgason and Joe the Plumber
Missourinet: No Tea Party endorsement for Blunt, no
Tea Party endorsement for anyone
The Pitch: Missouri Tea Party is sooooo pissed at
Michele Bachmann
Beacon Backroom: Tea Party activists still steamed
about Michele Bachmann stumping for Blunt
P-D Political Fix: Roy Blunt comes out in favor of
Missouri's Proposition C
KWMU: Missouri holds nation's first referendum on
federal health law
AP:
Proposition C tests federal health care law
P-D Political Fix: Kenny Hulshof endorses Allen Icet
in Republican auditor primary
Beacon Backroom: Kenny Hulshof endorses Allen Icet in
GOP auditor battle; Ashcroft hits the phones for Tom Schweich
P-D Political Fix: Schweich to Icet: I'll
counter your Hulshof with an Ashcroft
AP: Missouri auditor candidates battle for outsider
banner
KC Star Prime Buzz: Brad Lager gives $125,000 to Will
Kraus in primary
Beacon Backroom: Sen. Rita Days takes a side in 14th
District - backs Maria Chappelle-Nadal
P-D: Joe Keaveny vs. Jim Long marks split between City
Hall, public safety unions
Washington Missourian: Four Missouri Senate hopefuls
in Republican primary election for Griesheimer's seat
SE
Missourian: 158th District candidates Wayne Wallingford, Debra
Tracy want state to review all spending
SE
Missourian: Cape County Clerk Kara Clark Summers estimates 37
percent turnout for Tuesday's election
SNL: Progressive Party won't be on ballot in Missouri
Stateline: Pension overhaul treats lawmakers, other
state workers differently
CDT: Nixon lays out goals for economic growth effort
Missouri
News Horizon: Governor outlines tight schedule for economic
planners
St. Louis Business Journal: AT&T names Missouri
president: John Sondag
KC Star: Missouri schools falling behind No Child Left
Behind
P-D: Missouri students making slow, steady progress
St. Louis Beacon: MAP tests show progress, but
educators say they're not the best report card
KSMU:
Two-thirds of Springfield Public Schools did not meet federal
achievement standards
SNL:
Fallen short - Springfield School District Adequate Yearly Progress
CDT: MAP scores show some improvement, more sanctions
St. Louis Beacon: Chris Nicastro learns - and teaches
- hard lessons in first year as education commissioner
P-D: After state takeover, many teachers won't get
jobs back in Riverview Gardens
KMOV: Dozens of teachers want to know why they were
fired
CDT: Audit criticizes university lobbying
efforts; Montee: Politics affects process
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Montee states UCM
shortchanged
SNL: Three swimming beaches are closed due to E. coli
KMOX: Is Missouri food safety getting stale?
Riverfront Times: Koster shuts down domestic violence
center for being a total fraud
P-D: Year-long shutdown for westbound Blanchette
Bridge repairs; MoDOT could begin work at end of next year
Riverfront Times: St. Louis launches new tactic to get
you to pay red-light camera tickets
CDT endorsement: No on Proposition C
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal endorsements: 4th
District primaries: Ike Skelton, Vicky Hartzler
Washington Missourian endorsement: Dick Stratman for
Senate 26
KC Star endorsements: State House primaries
P-D editorial: Gov. Nixon fails Access Missouri
scholarship students
McClellan: A little dirt-slinging to sway
Democrats; Going negative on Cleveland, Charlotte, Minneapolis
KC Star's Barbara Shelly: Proposition C will only
encourage freeloading
SNL op-ed: Scott Eckersley: Stand up to special
interests, bickering
P-D letter: Post-Dispatch should have covered
Nieves-Stratman-Jackson state Senate race
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AP: Massive leak renews debate on intelligence
sharing; Comments from Bond
Riverfront Times: "Veterans for Peace" praises
WikiLeaks; St. Louis group wants medal for informant
KMOX: GAO to investigate John Cochran VA issue
Missourinet: Arlington hearing starts today
KOMU: McCaskill, Bond join flood aid efforts
Rasmussen: Blunt 49, Carnahan 43; Blunt opens
slightly wider lead
Beacon Backroom: Robin Carnahan gets personal,
comparing the current and "old" Roy Blunt
Politico: The Barack Obama-Nancy Pelosi event;
Mike Kelley says Robin Carnahan "has probably seen enough" of Obama in
Missouri
KMOX: Hancock and Kelley: Robin Carnahan talks
about Senate race; Jane Cunningham discusses Prop C
SE
Missourian: Robin Carnahan cancels Cape Girardeau campaign stop
KTVI: Video: Robin Carnahan visits St. Louis
KTVO: Video: Robin Carnahan stops in Kirksville
to "Stop the Bull"
P-D: Chuck Purgason left out of national Tea Party
surge
P-D Political Fix: Some Tea Party groups angry that
Rep. Michele Bachmann backs Roy Blunt
Politico: Tea partiers rebuke Bachmann visit
St. Louis Business Journal: Russ Carnahan says "Hell
no" to $10B BP tax credit
Beacon Backroom: Russ Carnahan sells "Attractive
Nuisance," but boat continues to be political pain
Peterson: Russ Carnahan sells boat that GOP candidate
Ed Martin has used as campaign issue
SNL: Michael Wardell, Billy Long sign 'death tax'
pledge
SNL: Billy Long touring area with Sarah Steelman
Beacon Backroom: Prop C supporters predict victory,
blast hospital group for its opposition
Missouri
News Horizon: Health care ballot issue stoking predicted voter
turnout
Beacon Backroom: Primary is key in Senate Districts 2,
14, 24, 26
P-D: Opponents Cynthia Davis, Scott Rupp targeted by
complaints to Ethics Commission
St. Louis American: Incumbents Morris, Whitehead,
Webb, Keaveny face challengers on Aug. 3
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Democrats Gary
Grigsby, Holmes Osborne III seek party's nomination to take on Rep.
Mike McGhee
St. Louis American: North County resident claims he
was retaliated against for putting candidate's sign in his yard
AP: Nixon kicking off economic growth committee
KOMU: Nixon meets with steering committee
St. Louis Beacon: Trying times for arts groups that
rely heavily upon state funding
P-D: Public defenders threaten to refuse St. Louis
County cases
St. Joseph News-Press: Nixon seeks disaster funds
AP: Koster plans meeting to discuss Lake of the Ozarks
Missourinet: Hog producer proposes solution to
pollution, odor
Columbia Missourian: MOHELA grants $30 million in
scholarships to offset Access Missouri cuts
AP: Montee releases higher education reviews
Missourinet: Audit highlights issues with MOHELA's
Lewis & Clark Discovery Initiative
CDT: State auditor's report flags concerns over plans
for MOHELA funds
P-D Political Fix: Auditor Susan Montee criticizes
Missouri's higher ed coordination
SE
Missourian: Montee's review critical of MOHELA disbursements,
River Campus funding
KWMU: Montee's audits focus on college construction
projects in Missouri
Missouri
News Horizon: Audits criticize efforts placing politics over
education
P-D Political Fix: Missouri Gaming Commission hits
Lumiere Place owner Pinnacle Entertainment with $50,000 fine
P-D editorial: St. Louis' bid for the 2012 Democratic
convention is not so modest
St. Louis American endorsements: No on C;
Keaveny, Chappelle-Nadal, Fraser, Whitehead, Morris, Carlson, Clem
Smith, Steve Webb
SE
Missourian editorial: November's casino vote
St. Louis American Political Eye: Free agents and farm
teams: Closer look at Rev. James T. Morris' district, 14th
Senatorial, Page versus Fraser and Kinder
MayorSlay.com:
Top 10 reasons to vote on Aug. 3
CDT op-ed: Sen. Kit Bond: Alzheimer's battle
needs commitment
Columbia Missourian: 'Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention
Act' would restrict responsible owners
SNL letter: Robin Carnahan's focus out of sync with
voters
Joplin Globe letter: Yes on Prop C
SNL letter: Lincoln Hough for state rep
St. Joseph News-Press letters: More on Rob Schaaf vs.
John DeStefano
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Beacon Backroom: Labor peace and Chuck's guitar among
the enticements during DNC visit
P-D: Don't tell anyone, but the Democrats are coming
KTVI: St. Louis Democrats hope grassroots effort could
score DNC 2012; Comments from Brian Wahby, Mack Bradley
St. Louis Business
Journal: Online poll: Should St. Louis host the 2012
Democratic National Convention?
P-D: Probe reveals deeper problems at Arlington
National Cemetery
CDT: Errors found at Arlington rile McCaskill
KC Star: McCaskill panel finds more problems, millions
wasted at Arlington National Cemetery
KCUR: McCaskill points to human error and
mismanagement for misplaced bodies
Missourinet: McCaskill wants answers from Army
officials on why thousands of bodies at Arlington are mismarked
Missourinet: Missouri National Guard leaders have
ideas for new American war strategy
Politico: Senate eyes online privacy rules;
McCaskill says targeted ads based on her search results "creepy"
KSDK: FEMA goes door-to-door in North St. Louis County
assessing damage from floods
The Hill: Filibuster reform is short of needed
votes; Robin Carnahan says she would support call to lower Dems'
threshold
KMOX: Hancock and Kelley: Tony Messenger, Roy
Blunt talk about Post-Dispatch poll results (audio)
AP: 7th District crowd runs right to replace Blunt in
Congress
SNL: 7th District candidates share their role models
SNL: Legal, economic training aids 7th District
candidate Tim Davis
KC Star Prime Buzz: Skelton not listed among
vulnerable Dems by CNN or National Journal
St. Louis Beacon: With Prop C, Missouri voters will be
first in nation to weigh in on health care reform
KC Star: Missourians to vote on Proposition C, which
relates to purchase of health insurance
AP: Opposition organizing to Missouri health care
measure; rally to be held Thursday in Kansas City
P-D Political Fix: Missouri Hospital Association joins
fight against Prop C
KMOX: Hancock and Kelley: BJC Health Care CEO
Steven Lipstein voices his concern on Prop C (audio)
P-D Political Fix: Aiming for continued momentum,
Allen Icet touts NRA endorsement
Beacon Backroom: Schweich leads final frenzy of
campaign spending for primaries
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Right to Life endorses
Chester in 28th House District; NRA endorses Schaaf
Beacon Backroom: Only a quarter of Missouri voters
expected to cast ballots next Tuesday
CDT: Laptops to greet voters; Check-in process
will be affected
KC Star: Campaign mailings turn aggressive;
Comments from Jeff Roe, others
AP: Missouri scholarships cut below law's minimum
amounts
P-D: Cuts to scholarship funds are mitigated
AP: Montee to release 2 reviews on colleges
KHQA: Rep. Rachel Bringer escapes injury in car
accident
KMOX: Kinder visits former colleagues in prison
Beacon Backroom: Kinder visits El-Amin in prison,
reports former legislator has gained weight
KY3: Convicts training dogs for adoption in Licking,
Mo. prison
P-D: Advocacy group says child welfare improving in
Missouri
KMOV: Not paying for red light camera tickets in St.
Louis could cost you more
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal endorsement: Roy Blunt
in GOP Senate primary
P-D editorial: Government already pays health care
costs for most Missourians
SNL op-ed: Bond, McCaskill should work to repeal
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
CDT op-ed: Missouri Budget Project's Ruth
Ehresman: 'No' vote on Proposition C would let Missourians tackle
real issues
St.
Louis Beacon op-ed: Free high-performing public schools for every
Missouri zip code?
Columbia Missourian op-ed: State Treasurer Clint
Zweifel: Helping Missouri small business owners reach their dreams
P-D letters: Blunt vs. Carnahan; Prop C
SNL letter: Darrell Moore is 7th District's best
choice to protect rights
St. Joseph News-Press letters: More on Rob Schaaf vs.
John DeStefano
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St. Louis Business Journal's Kelsey Volkmann: St.
Louis' DNC bid catches Politico's eye
P-D Political Fix: Bond calls Afghan war leaks
"shocking"
USA Today: Gibbs: Document disclosure is 'breach
of federal law;' Comments from Bond, Skelton
Fox News: Administration calls war document leak
illegal, harmful amid calls for probe; Bond: "Somebody
ought to be wearing an orange jumpsuit"
CNN: World powers react to WikiLeaks' documents
AP: U.S. braces for blowback after Afghan war
disclosures
Missourinet: Bond wants jail time for those behind war
document leak
KC Star: McCaskill to demand answers in Arlington
National Cemetery scandal
Missouri
News Horizon: McCaskill: 'Thousands' of bodies in limbo as
Arlington inquiry looms
AP: McCaskill: Arlington Cemetery grave gaffe
growing
Columbia Missourian: McCaskill examines report of
discrepancies at Arlington National Cemetery
KC Star: A barbeque brouhaha brews over president's
visit to town; Cleaver's office questions Obama's choice of BBQ
joint
WaPo's Cillizza: Will President Obama drag down Senate
candidates? A look at Blunt vs. Carnahan
Fulton Sun: Blunt meets with Fulton business leaders
P-D Political Fix: Joe the Plumber places television
ad backing Chuck Purgason over Roy Blunt
The Hill: Joe the Plumber buys anti-Blunt TV ad in
Missouri
AP: Republicans vie for right to run against Ike
Skelton
SNL: Scott Eckersley 'fought the government'
Politico: Americans for Job Security targets Billy
Long over earmark
P-D Political Fix: More from the Post-Dispatch
poll: What is - and isn't - on voters' minds
KCUR: Challenge to federal health mandate to appear on
August ballot
AP: Ads begin for Proposition C
Beacon Backroom: Pro-Prop C group launches statewide
radio campaign for final week before vote
KC Star: GOP candidates for Missouri auditor feature
an insider and an outsider
Beacon Backroom: Final spending reports from Schweich,
Icet, Calloway, Chappelle-Nadal, Nieves, Stratman
P-D Political Fix: John Lamping, unopposed in GOP
primary, stuffs campaign war chest in 24th state Senate district
SNL: Kevin Elmer, William Breshears vie for GOP nod in
House District 141 primary election
Columbia Missourian: 21st House district candidates
John Cauthorn, Mike Becker offer contrasting solutions to budget woes
Joplin Globe: Five vying for GOP nods for two House
seats
Missourinet: Nixon on his way back home after visiting
troops
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Nixon visits troops in
Mideast
P-D: Castlewood creek popular despite E. coli levels
SNL:
Missouri DNR working to find source of TCE found in at least 13
Rogersville wells
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: State bites jail
budget: slashes fees
Columbia Missourian: Increased funds for 911 services
kept on hold in Missouri Senate
Missourinet: Special Senate education committee
meeting in KC
SE
Missourian: Perry County judicial hopeful receives $35,000 from
his brother, Steve Tilley
P-D: Advocacy group report says Missouri child welfare
rank improves
St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri to return
$574,000 to Bankers Life customers
JCNT editorial: Public defender overload eludes viable
solutions
P-D endorsements: Scott Rupp, Joe Keaveny, Joe Adams,
Dick Stratman, both Sam Page and Barbara Fraser
Joplin Globe op-ed: Proposition C would only shift the
costs
P-D letters: Proposition C; Pro-life legislation
Columbia Missourian letter: Unbalanced state budget
would be outrageously irresponsible
SNL letter: Lincoln Hough for state rep
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AP: McCaskill sets Senate panel hearing on Arlington
Cemetery gaffe
CDT: Bond roasted at charity benefit; Earmarks
and gaffes flayed
AP: Sen. Bond gets roasted at Alzheimer's Association
fundraiser
The Hill: Last names haunt Missouri's U.S. Senate
candidates
Beacon Backroom: Blunt headlines fiesty, fiery
speakers at city GOP picnic
KC Star: In GOP primary race, spotlight shifts from
Skelton as candidates target each other
Berger: Local Dems criticize or contribute to Martin,
signal their level of support for Russ Carnahan
Politico's "In the Arena": Grover Norquist says Ed
Martin is a top politico to watch
SNL: 7th District candidates tackle employment
SNL: Former state Rep. Steve Hunter, running for
Blunt's seat, favors term limits, abolishing Federal Reserve
P-D: GOP race for state auditor still up for grabs
Beacon Backroom: In GOP contest for state auditor,
Icet and Schweich both tap into anti-Obama mood
Joplin Globe: Reps. Larry Wilson, Ed Emery, Mike
Parson seeking GOP nod in 28th Senate district
Joplin Globe: Term limits create three open seats in
House districts
SNL: 137th District candidates Reggie Duke, Melissa
Leach differ on immigration reform, tax incentives
St. Joseph News-Press: New budget woes could punish
state workers
AP: Analysis: Nixon sets new discrimination
policy
SE
Missourian: Rural fire districts in area get $65,000 for
equipment; Missouri Dept. of Conservation allocates funds
St. Joseph News-Press: Northwest graduate Cheyenne
Shaffer rising in Democratic politics
CDT: Americans with Disabilities Act focus of parade
KC Star endorsements: Will Kraus, Jolie Justus, John
DeStefano
SNL endorsement: Lincoln Hough in GOP primary for Bob
Dixon's seat
SNL editorial: 7th District candidates rise to the
top, but no clear winner
JCNT editorial: Nixon commission's scrutiny of tax
credits useful
KC Star Diuguid: Minorities deserve their share of
stimulus jobs
St.
Louis Beacon op-ed: No on Proposition C
St.
Louis Beacon op-ed: Carl Bearden: Yes on Proposition C
CDT op-ed: Rep. Stephen Webber: Assembly's
action on pensions dishonorable
Joplin Globe's Dave Woods: Readers chime in on 7th
Congressional District candidate forum
Joplin Globe's Carol Stark: 129th District race:
A look at Shelly Dryer and Bill White
KC Star letter: Ford tax breaks
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KOMU: Sen. Bond gets a roast
KRCG: Sen. Bond was
roasted to help raise money for Alzheimer's Association
The Hill: Senate panel takes up Arlington woes;
Comments from McCaskill, Skelton
AP: McCaskill questions failure to punish officers for
deadly firefight
Missourinet: Poll finds Blunt leading Carnahan in
Senate race
P-D: Poll finds support for Proposition C
P-D: Full Post-Dispatch/KMOV poll results
KHQA: Robin Carnahan comes to Hannibal
Joplin Globe: 100 words project: 7th
Congressional candidates give thoughts on jobless benefits
Beacon Backroom: At least 170,000 in Missouri and
Illinois to get new unemployment benefits
P-D: Rally calls for 30 percent minorities, women in
construction jobs
KSDK: MOKAN, minority advocates want piece of new
Mississippi River Bridge construction
KMOV: Rally asks for more minority workers on new
Mississippi River Bridge
SNL: Proposition C language perplexes some voters
AP: Missouri switching to deductible health
plan; Employees, retirees may pay more out of pocket
CDT: Nixon gets view from the front; Governor
visits injured troops
KC Star: Gary Dusenberg, Will Kraus, Bryan Pratt
compete in 8th District GOP Senate primary
SE
Missourian editorial: Proposition C would send a message to
Washington
CDT editorial: Nixon and abortion legislation
SNL endorsement: Jack Goodman
KC Star endorsements: Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, Ike
Skelton, Bill Stouffer
KC Star endorsements: Susan Montee, Tom Schweich in
auditor primaries
KC Star endorsements: Will Kraus, John DeStefano
St. Joseph News-Press: Flood maps require facts, reason
St. Joseph News-Press' Newton: Diversity marks broad
field in Missouri U.S. Senate race
KC Star's Abouhalkah: Ford Motors can't claim poverty
Columbia Missourian letter: League of Women Voters
opposes Proposition C
P-D letter: Proposition C; Nixon and pro-life
legislation
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Rob Schaaf vs. John
DeStefano
SNL letter: State rep candidate Lincoln Hough knows
how to get the job done
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P-D: Poll finds Roy Blunt with 6-point lead over Robin
Carnahan for U.S. Senate
P-D: Blunt has edge over Carnahan in fundraising
SNL: 7th Congressional candidates share views on
health care
SNL: 7th Congressional District campaign notes
SNL: Michael Wardell asserts loyalty, life experience
make difference
Kraske: A good week for Ike Skelton; Bryan
Pratt's numbers show how big money is rushing toward Jeff City
KC Star: Swelling suicide rate stings Missouri
National Guard; McCaskill bill would require embedded counselors
KRCG: McCaskill aims to clean up Arlington Cemetery
Missourinet: Missouri unemployment checks expected in
1-5 weeks following federal 'extension'
P-D Political Fix: With Jeff Smith in jail, hoops
tourney gets assist from friends
St. Louis Business Journal: Historic tax credit
supporters blast Nixon's commission appointees
Missourinet: Tax credit opponent sits on Tax Credit
Review Commission
Beacon Backroom: Nixon impressed with Missouri troops
and equipment encountered during Afghanistan visit
AP: Nixon meets with military in Afghanistan
Missourinet: Nixon in Iraq, Afghanistan
WDAF: Relief from the heat not an option at closed
state park beaches
KRCG: E. coli source remains a mystery at closed
beaches
Columbia Missourian: Curators finalize state funding
requests for 2012
Missouri
News Horizon: A closer look: Texting while driving campaign
St. Louis Business Journal: Groups that supported
Obama's health plan say most small Missouri firms can get health tax
credits
St. Louis Beacon: Missouri Foundation for Health wins
$2 million grant to fight obesity, smoking
ArchCityChronicle.com:
Senate 14: Ted Hoskins raising very little money
St. Joseph News-Press: Candidates in Dem state rep
primary, Ken Shearin and Bill Caldwell, have similar goals
St. Joseph News-Press: Northwest Missouri Republican
Club marks 25 years; Purgason attends; Schaaf criticizes
DeStefano's ad
Missourinet: PSC makes it easier to file utility
complaints
KC Star: Meth's new method raises danger
WDAF: Police: 'Blue meth' latest marketing tool
for dealers
SNL endorsement: Scott Eckersley in 7th District Dem
primary
KC Star endorsement: No on Proposition C
St. Louis American endorsements: Keaveny,
Chappelle-Nadal, Fraser for state Senate; No on Prop C;
Various others for state rep seats
P-D editorial: A burning question Senate refuses to
answer; McCaskill's stance on climate bill is short-sighted
P-D letters: Texting-while-driving campaign;
Proposition C
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Beacon Backroom: Chuck Berry and 'mystery guest' to
regale public, DNC scouts at free concert
P-D Political Fix: Chuck Berry will headline concert
to show support for Dem convention bid
St. Louis Business Journal: DNC boosters aim to
attract volunteers with Chuck Berry concert
AP: St. Louis seeks volunteers for 2012 convention
Missouri
News Horizon: Obama passes unemployment extension; Missouri
delegation split
AP: McCaskill says new federal law on improper
payments could save billions of dollars
Missourinet: Sen. Bond hopes investigation into
intelligence gathering sends a message
Politico: Climate bill blame game begins;
McCaskill "avoided climate bill advocates and journalists who cover the
issue"
KC Star Prime Buzz: Dems' decision to kill climate
bill likely to spare Robin Carnahan from answering some tough questions
this fall
P-D Political Fix: Robin Carnahan proposes three
debates before November election; Blunt says three are not enough
Beacon Backroom: Carnahan proposes three U.S. Senate
debates - featuring all nominees on November ballot
AP: Blunt, Carnahan already debating debates
The Maneater: Carnahan calls for three debates in
Senate race
P-D Political Fix: Robin Carnahan on ethics: Get
rid of leadership funds, lawmakers who become lobbyists
Riverfront Times: Roy Blunt: Campaigning in
Missouri in rented pickup truck
NY Times: Democrats make $28M TV ad buy; Portion
of money will be spent defending Skelton
SNL: Billy Long pushes small-business perspective in
campaign
P-D: Potential impact of Aug. 3 health care measure
unclear
St. Joseph News-Press: Proposition C sees little
resistance
Sedalia Democrat: Gov. Nixon appoints 25 members to
tax credit review commission
P-D Building Blocks: Tax credit backers slam Nixon's
new Missouri commission
St. Louis Business Journal: MOHELA to give $30M for
Access Missouri scholarships
KC Star Prime Buzz: Kraus campaign-ad switcheroo on
YouTube, but not on TV
Beacon Backroom: Lacy Clay endorses Sam Page over
Barbara Fraser; NRA endorses Scott Rupp over Cynthia Davis
SE
Missourian: 157th District candidates cite jobs, health care as
top issues: Donna Lichtenegger vs. Gerald Adams
SNL: Republican primary likely to yield winner in 134
District: James Green, Mark Stuppy and Thomas Long
P-D Political Fix: State legislators tried to buy
Mariano Favazza, says the St. Louis circuit clerk
Hannibal Courier-Post: Tea Party-type group to hold
candidate forum, voter workshop Saturday
AP: Missouri closes 2 more beaches for high bacteria
Columbia Missourian: High E. coli levels close
swimming beach at Finger Lakes State Park
P-D: Missouri DNR overseeing Florissant gasoline spill
SNL: Springfield Public defenders: No new cases
until August
Missourinet: Missouri State Public Defender office in
Springfield closed to new clients
AP: Missouri Public Defender office turns away new
clients
KOMU: MoDOT auctions old equipment
St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri Foundation for
Health gets $2 million to fight obesity
Joplin Globe editorial: Civilized behavior at 7th
District candidate forum shows system still works
JCNT editorial: Spinning our way into solvency, tax
savings; Nixon's office has invested in spin
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: Child care
another casualty of Missouri budget-cutting
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri campaign
funding limits off table?
KC Star cartoon: Gov. Nixon wasting money in Iraq
SNL op-ed: 140th District candidate Bob Cirtin:
Experience, issues part of deciding elections
SNL op-ed: 140th District candidate Lincoln
Hough: Your best interests to be my goal in office
SNL letter: Gary Nodler can lead Republicans
SNL letter: Proposition C wording confusing
St. Joseph News-Press letters: Rob Schaaf vs. John
DeStefano; LeVota points out that 40 percent of Dems voted for
pro-life legislation
SNL letter: Thomas Long will protect our interests in
134th
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