Sunday, January 31
SNL: McCaskill cheers Clinton; Blunt neutral in
GOP primary X
The Missouri Times: Graves talks transportation options
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, Sen. Wayne Wallingford, Rep.
Kathy Swan take part in Cape Girardeau Area Chamber of Commerce annual
banquet +
SNL: GOP candidates for governor debate in Springfield X
SNL: Road fix needn't include tax hike, say GOP
candidates for governor X
KSPR: Republican candidates for governor visit
Springfield
Washington Missourian: St. Clair Mayor Ron Blum,
Alderman Nathan Tate to face off in GOP primary for Dave Hinson's seat
Drebes: Hart Nelson, Greg Laposa earn promotions at
St. Louis Regional Chamber
CDT: Pro-life event draws 800 to Missouri Capitol X
JCNT: Midwest March for Life draws hundreds;
Knights of Columbus share in pro-life cause X
CDT: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis) hopes bill shines
spotlight on statewide candidates using their committee chairs as
campaign tools X
AP: Work requirements start kicking in for those
accepting handouts; Sen. David Sater (R-Cassville) says lawmakers
saw many on the dole who "weren't even trying to get a job"
AP: A state-by-state look at taxpayer-funded food
handouts
AP: Q&A on rules requiring able-bodied adults to
work for their handouts
SE
Missourian: Lawmakers: No bill can ensure ethical
behavior; Comments from Wayne Wallingford, Holly Rehder, Kathy
Swan +
KWMU: Bill from Rep. Ken Wilson (R-Smithville) would
define open records access for police cameras
KC Star: Harvard report proposes less emphasis on test
scores, more on "passion" and "caring"; Some Missouri students
lament their struggle, while others explain how they chose to work hard
and achieved success +
P-D: An unusual insanity plea highlights the limits of
state mental health services
P-D: Missouri lawmakers look to pump up sales of craft
beer
SE
Missourian: Kander warns seniors of sophisticated fraud schemes +
St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri American seeks recoup
of water investments X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Investment tax-credit
bill from Rep. Craig Redmond (R-Canton) would help northwest Missouri X
Washington Missourian editorial: Mizzou status:
Situation Normal, All Fouled Up; Also, where is the leadership? X
Washington Missourian editorial: Savage behavior hits
Washington; City's third robbery in four months may not sound
like much to urbanites, but Wash Mo. residents must stand on guard X
CDT's Matt Sanders: Taxpayers pick up the tab for 84.2
percent of Blue Ridge Elementary's lunches; Only 15.8 percent of
breeders can manage to feed their own offspring X
P-D letter: Rep. Jay Barnes: Preserve medical
privacy while tracking prescription abuse
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Saturday, January 30
P-D: Blunt, State Department arguing over source and
intent of Iran payment
KC Star: On MSNBC, veteral reporter Al Hunt calls Jeff
Roe a potential "rock star" +
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
KWMU: Court hears arguments for and against clearing
land for federal spy agency
The Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics
preview: Guest Jason Smith; Panelists Eapen Thampy, Sen.
Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis), Jay Atkins, Rep. Bryan Spencer
(R-Wentzville)
CDT: Chuck Graham questions Jeff Harris' experience,
loyalty in text declining judicial endorsement; Graham says
fellow Dem was petulant over Chris Koster, showed lack of friendship
during hard times X
Drebes:
Former St. Louis City Alderman Fred Wessels starts campaign committee
for Jake Hummel's safe Dem state rep seat
KWMU: No new taxes on Missouri agricultural lands
AP: Update on week's ethics bills
P-D: Missouri appeals block on abortion license
revocation
Missourinet: Ron Richard says Legislature's
relationship with University of Missouri 'terrible'
KWMU: St. Louis seat on UM Board of Curators remains
empty; Sen. Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) says she'll push
to make sure slot is filled by non-Caucasoid
CDT: Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) files bill to
expand "equal pay" protections X
KWMU: "Beyond the Headlines": Rosenbaum and
others discuss Ferguson and consent decree; Marshall Griffin
expresses anger over Missouri Senate providing journalists with new
work space
CDT: Concerned Student 1950 threatens curators on
Melissa Click vote, says they'll use "any means necessary" to destroy
"white supremacist patriarchal capitalism" X
CDT: City prosecutor reaches deal with Melissa Click X
Missourinet: Agreement would let Missouri professor
Click avoid assault charge
Columbia Missourian: City prosecutor forgoes criminal
charge against Melissa Click
KC Star: Melissa Click avoids assault prosecution +
Columbia Missourian: Local leader of Black History
Month, Juneteenth celebrations arrested; Curtis "Boogeyman" Soul
Brown out on bail after shooting at man
P-D: Teen gets five years probation for looting
Dellwood gas station; Area thieves stole from Mobil Mart during
all three rounds of Ferguson rioting
P-D: Ferguson residents weigh cost of consent decree
KC Star editorial: Here's who loses with voter ID
proposals: List of types of grown men and women who might not
overcome insurmountable obstacle of getting an ID +
SNL editorial: Schaaf may have a point about
prescription drug monitoring X
Washington Missourian editorial: Melissa Click should
be fired; Curators should not have caved to demands of protesters
in the first place X
P-D editorial: College education remains vital,
despite enrollment drops; UMSL, Mizzou see less student interest
and bigger budget holes
Washington Missourian editorial: Lawmakers won't
embrace lower BAC any time soon X
KC Star editorial: Charter schools offer exciting
choices as KC district struggles +
P-D editorial: Ferguson facing critical - and
expensive - decisions
Waters: On the Missouri Senate providing new work
space to reporters X
Columbia Missourian editor Tom Warhover: Surge of
university news keeps staff from writing about important things like
"enterprise articles around race and diversity"
P-D letter: Cedar Hill man says photo IDs make
election judges' jobs easier - plus, IDs are already required to check
out a library book, board a plane, cash a check, other functional-human
tasks
P-D letter: Area man responds to area man's response
to P-D abortion coverage
P-D letter: Joan Bray says Ameren wants to radically
change law governing utility rates
Columbia Missourian letter: Area activist says number
of Missouri payday loan shops is "frightening"; Adults who choose
to borrow money at unfavorable rates and terms should be protected by
legislation
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman says Wieland, Gosen
benefit from insurance bill
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Friday, January 29
St. Joseph News-Press: Energy bill follows process,
still raises concerns; Comments from Blunt X
SNL: Feds offer few answers on trafficking of migrant
children; McCaskill, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) hold hearing X
Washington Post: Obama administration placed children
with human traffickers, McCaskill-Portman report says
P-D: McCaskill, other senators fault government for
mistreatment of migrant children
AP: Bipartisan probe faults government for migrant
child abuse
Washington Post: Candidate in Maryland Dem
congressional primary gets heat for past contribution to Blunt
Kraske: McCaskill's woman-of-the-people jury-duty
tweets; Nixon on KC earnings tax; Dogan on ethics bill +
The Missouri Times: Koster denounces Brunner's
renewable fuel stance
The Missouri Times: Brad Bradshaw drops bid for
lieutenant governor, says he'll hold off on his marijuana petition too
KWMU: Bradshaw drops campaign for lieutenant governor
and for legalizing marijuana
Drebes:
Byron DeLear leads money chase in House 70 Dem primary; Bill Otto
giving up seat to fill Dem ballot slot against Ann Wagner
The Missouri Times: MoDOT, House leadership kick off
transportation conference
The Missouri Times: Transportation funding
alternatives explored at conference
JCNT: Missouri transportation officials hopeful for
funding solution X
AP:
House advances another round of ethics-related bills
KWMU: Nixon's stadium plan leads to another proposed
change in ethics laws
Missourinet: Missouri House abortion bills
filed; Dems call them unnecessary, political
The Missouri Times: Municipal courts bill heads to
House
P-D: Schmitt's bill putting cap on non-traffic
violation revenue passed by Missouri Senate
KC Star: Senate bill no longer targets Kansas City
earnings tax +
KWMU: Revamped earnings tax bill would phase out St.
Louis earnings tax in 10 years; Kansas City no longer targeted
P-D: St. Louis earnings tax would be phased out under
proposal
Columbia Missourian: Concerned Student 1950 defends
Melissa Click; Group says society should learn from "evil past"
and dismantle "white supremacist patriarchal capitalism"
Columbia Missourian: National NAACP group to honor
Concerned Student 1950 at "Image Awards" next week
P-D: Former MU [sic]
president wanted soft
landing, didn't get it (Nomenclature
help proffered at 7:20 a.m. via Twitter) Correction made at
8:45 a.m. without attribution
CDT: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Glendale) calls for Galloway
to do "deep dive" into University of Missouri finances X
KWMU: Normandy School Board wants more public input
The Missouri Times: German Heritage Corridor bills
seek to celebrate tradition
Rosenbaum: As Ferguson mulls consent decree, a city
and a region's fate hang in the balance
AP:
Ferguson police agree to overhaul policies, training
KWMU: DEA forges stronger community partnerships in
St. Louis in new fight against drug trafficking
P-D: STLBJ names Patricia Miller as publisher;
Her father, Bill Miller, is publisher of the Washington Missourian
P-D editorial: Former University of Missouri president
does himself no favors
SE
Missourian editorial: Early graduation requires a plan,
dedication for high school students +
JCNT editorial: Expert-witness legislation and the
quest for truth X
P-D editorial: In pursuing charges against
rapist-murderer Reginald Clemons, Jennifer Joyce should have taken
death penalty off the table
Messenger: Bitter shakedown letter damages university
Wolfe says he loves
Shelly: Why the University of Missouri is in big
trouble, and why it will survive +
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Columnist
apologizes to Caleb Rowden for mischaracterizing position on University
of Missouri, then criticizes Rowden for other things
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Associate professor of
ethnomusicology and black studies: In support of Melissa Click as
she supported us
Priddy:
A changing tide in Missouri against the death penalty, maybe
Diuguid: From unrest, agreement with with Justice
Department should make Ferguson more credible, accountable to residents +
P-D letter: Creve Coeur man says gun crimes need
mandatory sentence
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman says Wieland's bill
aids insurance industry, not citizens
KC Star letter: Show-Me Institute's John Wright says
government employees deserve to vote in regular union elections +
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Thursday, January 28
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: Blunt continues to
bash arms deal with Iranians
P-D: McCaskill's tweets about jury duty will end as
case is closed
P-D: Nixon plans talk this week with Major League
Soccer commissioner about expansion
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber of Commerce to
host conference on transportation today
KC Star: Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) says fellow
House Dem Michael Butler assaulted him after AFL-CIO event +
The Missouri Times: Lobbying gift ban passes in the
House
The Missouri Times: Mitten wants to bar statewide
candidates from chairing committees
KWMU: Bill to allow concealed carry on Missouri
campuses sparks strong reactions for and against
AP:
Missouri lawmakers consider concealed carry rights on campuses
SNL: MSU president opposes concealed carry on campus X
The Missouri Times: Senate review gubernatorial
appointments
Missourinet: Senate considers proposals to expand
Missouri expungement law
The Missouri Times: Missourians for the Unborn holds
"All Lives Matter" rally in Capitol rotunda
KWMU: Patricia Breckenridge cites municipal court
progress in annual State of the Judiciary address
AP:
Missouri judge education to include race bias training
The Missouri Time: Breckenridge delivers her first
State of the Judiciary address
The Missouri Times: Text of State of the Judiciary
address
AP: Lawmakers consider audits of University of
Missouri System
The Missouri Times: Former University of Missouri
president criticizes Kurt Schaefer, school officials in e-mail
CDT: In e-mail, Wolfe criticizes MU officials over
fall turmoil X
KC Star: Tim Wolfe: Kurt Schaefer pressured me
to undermine primary foe's candidacy for attorney general +
KMIZ: AG candidates Kurt Schaefer, Josh Hawley respond
to Wolfe's claims
Missourinet: Highlights of former UM System President
Tim Wolfe's e-mail slamming football team, curators, Mike Middleton,
others
Columbia Missourian: Wolfe criticizes UM System
leaders, Loftin in e-mail to university supporters
P-D: Tim Wolfe criticizes current leaders
KC Star: In letter, Tim Wolfe rips colleagues +
Missourinet: University of Missouri Curators suspend
professor who assaulted journalist
P-D: UM board suspends Melissa Click
KC Star: Melissa Click suspended days after assault
charge +
CDT: UM curators suspend Melissa Click pending
investigation X
Columbia Missourian: Click suspended pending further
investigation
Columbia Missourian: UM curator Yvonne Sparks resigns
after two months
P-D: UM curator Yvonne Sparks resigns, says she cannot
devote adequate time to role
The Missouri Times: Bill to repeal death penalty moves
to Senate floor
The Missouri Times: Keaveny seeks to "appease" Ron
Richard's concerns on MONA
Columbia Missourian: Legislative debate on LGBTQIA
rights continues
AP: Business groups divided on LGBTQIA discrimination
ban
The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau lists
legislative priorities: Farmland value disapproval, telehealth,
more
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri 'Corn Roots' member
visits state Capitol
The Missouri Times: Students take a trip to Capitol,
talk about sex-ed legislation
The Missouri Times: Galloway: Local governments
not filing financial reports correctly
P-D: Audit: Low compliance with new municipal
reform law in St. Louis area
AP:
State finds landfill radiation in lower end of range
KWMU: Ferguson releases draft of federal consent decree
Missourinet: Ferguson is closer to settling with U.S.
Justice Department
P-D: Ferguson releases proposed settlement with the
Justice Department
AP:
Ferguson, U.S. reach tentative deal on police overhaul
P-D: In Ferguson, vote to replace deceased councilman
exposes racial divide
KC Star editorial: Tim Wolfe's blame-casting e-mail
dodges his own role in University of Missouri upheaval +
Sanchez: Tim Wolfe's letter shows a University of
Missouri president who did not lead and resigned out of fear +
Columbia Missourian's Carl Kenney: There's no reason
to punish Melissa Click any longer; Prof was courageously acting
as a "mama bear" to protect students in their safe space
P-D op-ed: Ferguson Caucasoid Blake Ashby takes aim at
notion of "white privilege," says ridiculous term is itself a form of
"microaggression"
P-D letter: Right to Life marcher praises God for
keeping group safe and helping put spotlight on their cause
P-D letter: Missourians for a Balanced Energy Future's
Irl Scissors responds to P-D editorial on energy rates
KC Star letter: Rep. Nick King (R-Liberty) urges
common sense when signing petitions +
P-D letter: Webster Groves man says getting a voter ID
isn't too tough
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Wednesday, January 27
Washington Post: Pundits assess the impact of Trump at
the top of GOP ticket; Comments from Blunt on voter attitudes X
Columbia Missourian: Mid-Missouri organizations to
host Obamacare sign-up event
Messenger: Black pastor says that without National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, St. Louis will become as bad as Detroit
Drebes:
David Poger the new senior political director for Lacy Clay
The Missouri Times: Casey Burns named new HRCC
political director
Kraske: Greitens on Nixon and Ferguson; Budget
Director Dan Haug on state's higher Medicaid spending; Hank Foley
on Melissa Click +
KWMU: St. Louis on the Air show: Host Don Marsh
hears thoughts on election from UMSL's Terry Jones, Missouri Jobs with
Justice's Lara Granich, Ferguson pastor
Drebes: Missouri Realtors group kicks off campaign
The Missouri Times: New NAACP Missouri President
Nimrod Chapel names executive committee; Names include Jane
Dueker, former Rep. Esther Haywood
P-D: Missouri lawmaker accuses colleague of starting
fight outside bar; Rep. Courtney Curtis (D-Ferguson) says Rep.
Michael Butler (D-St. Louis) was the aggressor in fightfight that
started after labor event
AP: Democrats engage in fistfight after AFL-CIO event
at bar; Curtis says he was not drinking and sustained cuts and
bruises to his face X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Rep. Gina
Mitten (D-Richmond Heights) criticizes Nixon's State of the State, new
House internship standards, ethics legislation, more
P-D: MoDOT director says "tidal wave" of repairs on
horizon, urges lawmakers to act
Missourinet: Pay hike for legislators, elected
officials could be pulled from Missouri budget
CDT: Senators seek ways to reduce Medicaid
supplemental spending X
Missourinet: More ethics legislation advancing in
Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist gift ban perfected by
House
KC Star: Missouri House advances ban on lobbyist gifts +
CDT: Missouri House appoves lobbyist gift ban as
ethics debates continue X
AP:
Proposed lobbyist gift ban moves forward in Missouri House
KWMU: Missouri Senate committee hears testimony on
abortion legislation
AP:
Missouri bill would ban abortions for Down syndrome
Missourinet: Sen. Jill Schupp (D-Creve Coeur) applauds
indictment of Planned Parenthood video makers
CDT: Attorney: Melissa Click to plead not guilty
to misdemeanor assault charge X
Columbia Missourian: Plea of not guilty entered for
Melissa Click in MU incident
CDT: Demands for firing, support for student
protesters mark Senate debate over Melissa Click X
CDT: Melissa Click video becomes prime exhibit in
hearing on free speech course requirement X
Missourinet: Mizzou dramatics lead Rep. Dean Dohrman
(R-La Monte) to propose freedom of speech as a college graduation
requirement
Columbia Missourian: MU's Foley to deliver "State of
the University" today
P-D: Office of Civil Rights investigating alleged
bullying at Francis Howell School District; Kabir Muhammed says
mean words have made his 15-year-old son "emotionally distraught,"
wants to make a federal case about it
JCNT: Senate committee hears bills on clearing felon
records X
JCNT: Organization calls for more investigators of
child-on-child sexual abuse X
KWMU: This year's limits on municipal fine revenue get
first approval in Missouri Senate
P-D: Schmitt's bill further limiting municipal court
revenue approved by Missouri Senate
AP:
Missouri Senate debates limiting municipal fines
P-D: Riding-hailing regulation, nixing taxi commission
on Legislature's radar
The Missouri Time: Sen. Jason Holsman (D-Kansas City)
hoping to stop homeowners' associations prohibitions on solar panels
SNL: Advocates press again for bill banning LGBT
discrimination X
The Missouri Times: Legislators, activists rally
against sex trafficking
Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Conservation reports
new record set for largest gizzard shad
P-D: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City)
wants state to buy out homes near West Lake Landfill
The Missouri Times: Rep. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia)
introduces legislation to address "wage gap"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Will Kraus' proposed
tax break for elderly requires analysis X
P-D editorial: Melissa Click protested for justice.
Now she'll get it.
CDT op-ed: Phill Brooks: Journalists lose clout
at state Capitol; Newfound lack of respect will only hurt both
parties X
Jensen:
Newspaper endorsements of candidates losing influence +
Priddy:
On public records and journalists' access to them
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Area woman disagrees with
Sen. Kurt Schaefer (D-Columbia) on everything
P-D letter: O'Fallon may says verifying the ID of
voters is important
Columbia Missourian letter: Show-Me Institute's
Patrick Ishmael: Ethics overhaul seems a real possibility
P-D letter: Planned Parenthood rep questions
"integrity and professionalism" of P-D reporter Alex Stuckey
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Tuesday, January 26
KOMU:
Time running out to sign up for Obamacare; Deadlines do not apply
to Native Americans or native Alaskans, who can sign up whenever they
want
KOAM
(Joplin): Obamacare counselors provide health enrollment
assistance
Kraske:
The Chat: Blunt on mental health funding; Peter Kinder on
Greitens' "bicoastal" contributors; MU prof on Nixon's final year
in office +
P-D:
Missouri seeks extra federal help for flood damage to public works
P-D:
McCaskill tweets her jury-duty experience in St. Louis County
The
Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: A closer look at
University of Missouri's problems; More on Jeff Roe, SOTS
response, Peter Kinder, more
KSMU
(Springfield): GOP gubernatorial candidates blast feds during
forum in Ozark
KWMU:
Politically Speaking podcast: Eric Greitens talks with Mannies
& Rosenbaum about campaign contribution limits, school vouchers,
transparty switch from Democrat to Republican, more
KMWU:
Democratic lawmakers will push for Medicaid expansion, higher minimum
wage, other bills with no chance of passage
The
Missouri Times: Democrats announce legislative priorities
Missourinet:
Legislators criticize size of requests for Missouri mid-year budget
Missourinet:
Legislative budget chairs question money in proposed budget beyond
revenue projection
The
Missouri Times: Appropriations committee hears Nixon's budget
recommendations
The
Missouri Time: Budget leaders cautiously using recommendations
P-D:
Panel OKs union paycheck proposal
JCNT:
Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) seeks up to 10 days paid leave for
state employees with new child X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Legislator proposes property tax break for
elderly; Kraus, Spencer proposal would cut a break to olds north
of 72 years X
CDT:
City prosecutor files assault charge against Melissa Click X
CDT:
Chancellor: Melissa Click's job safe during tenure process X
The
Missouri Times: MU professor Click charged with assault
The
Missouri Time: Mizzou assembles task force to assess Click tenure
KC
Star: MU professor Melissa Click, who called for "muscle" to
bully reporter, charged with assault +
AP:
Melissa Click charged with assault
P-D:
Melissa Click charged for assaulting journalist
KC
Star: Koster's office suing former Kansas City charter school
+
KWMU:
Prosecutor Jennifer Joyce (D) will seek death penalty, try case against
rapist-murderer Reginald Clemons
P-D:
Democrat Jennifer Joyce will seek death penalty for Chain of Rocks
murders; Reginald Clemons and three pals raped Hazelwood East
grads, then pushed them off bridge to their death
Missourinet:
Death penalty case to be retried in 1991 Chain of Rocks Bridge murders
AP:
Prosecutors will re-try Reginald Clemons for his rapes, murders
SE
Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith speaks against land purchase by
Missouri DNR +
The
Missouri Times: Smith testifies on bill to sell ASARCO lands
P-D:
Proposal for new state park in Oregon County gets panned at legislative
hearing
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) and her husband
petition for jury trial in condemnation case +
Brownfield Ag
News: Producers raise Missouri state beef checkoff concerns
Waters:
On state regulation of fantasy sports X
P-D
editorial: Ferguson faces reality, drops cases it would have had
a hard time winning
SNL
"Answer Man" column: Why does MoDOT use so many mile marker
signs? To make it easier for first responders to save lives, it
says. X
P-D
letter: Mayor Francis Slay: St. Louis in best position to
help NGA meet its mission
P-D
letter: National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
opposes Barnes' bill on prescription drug monitoring
P-D
letter: Unionville man says Missouri needs to raise its fuel tax
more to maintain roads
P-D
letter: St. Louis College of Pharmacy associate prof says
opportunities are available to responsibly dispose of opioids
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Monday, January 25
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill positions Clinton as
"underdog"; McCaskill and Gillibrand on sex assaults; Tommy
Pierson on role as diversity candidate +
KC Star: Jeff Roe featured as ruthless but teary Cruz
campaign chief on Fox News Sunday +
P-D: Volunteers rushed to help place sandbags during
the flood. Now they need to be removed.
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Lt. Gov. Peter
Kinder; Panel of Linda Rallo, Angela Bingaman, James Harris,
Justin Alferman discuss voter ID, expert witness bill, Koster, GOP gov
primary
KMOX: Reardon Roundtable: Jane Dueker, Scott
Faughn, Brenda Talent, Lewis Reed discuss Nixon's State of the State,
the Rams, Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, more
Missourinet: Nixon's final address looked back on
accomplishments, ahead to potentially tough session
KOLR (Springfield): Nixon honors two SW Missouri
troopers for saving life in Christmas floods
Missourinet: Senate expected to complete block of
proposed ag land tax value increase
P-D: Layoffs coming at UMSL as budget hole grows
SE
Missourian: State's age rule for judges boots seasoned citizen
off the bench +
P-D: "<X> Things" journomeme: Three (3!)
factors that sunk the St. Louis effort to keep the Rams
P-D editorial: Bill requiring photo ID at the polls is
a solution looking for a problem
JCNT editorial: Legislators should act on pay raise
for state employees X
SE
Missourian editorial: Death penalty should not be a partisan issue +
KC Star editorial: Tougher road ahead this time for
Kansas City's earnings tax campaign; Rex Sinquefield has too much
money, and voters are too "angry" +
Messenger: Government stonewalls while former Guard
employee waits; McCaskill's office tries to help
The Missouri Times' Travis Zimpfer: Stan
Kroenke: The most hated man in Missouri
SNL op-ed: Hank Billings: 89-year-old reflects
upon career in Missouri newspapers, shares tales of "Mr. Olds" and
others X
P-D letter: State Treasurer Clint Zweifel:
Legislature sets up bureaucratic hurdles to updating education standards
P-D letter: Wildwood man dislikes P-D use of
"anti-abortion" rather than "pro-life," suggests paper be consistent
and call pro-choicers "anti-life"
P-D letter: Wash Mo doctor says emphasis on treating
pain leads to prescription narcotic overuse
P-D letter: St. Charles liberal bothered by new
editorial page editor's "centrist" self-description
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Sunday, January 24
SNL: Blunt backs gun bill that could complicate mental
health push X
SNL: Blunt sees sliver of consensus with Obama to curb
gun violence X
St. Joseph News-Press: Gun show draws huge crowds X
Brownfield Ag News: McCaskill a co-sponsor of bill to
lift Cuban trade embargo
CDT: Caleb Jones takes on multistate role in Rubio
presidential campaign X
P-D: Ferguson-Florissant School District product
Chingy throws in, throws out his Donald Trump support; Composer
of hotel-party homage "Holidae In" says endorsement brouhaha just
another day in "live [sic] of
a celeb"
P-D: Missouri group stranded 25 hours in storm on way
home from national March for Life
SE
Missourian: Federal action opens door for flood aid in area +
JCNT: Flood-affected residents pursuing disaster aid
through FEMA, local agencies X
KWMU: "<X> Things" journomeme: Five (5!)
things to know about applying for flood aid from FEMA
This Week in Missouri Politics: Preview of today's
show: Guest Peter Kinder; Panel of Linda Rallo, Angela
Bingaman, James Harris, Justin Alferman discuss voter ID, expert
witness bill, gubernatorial race
St. Joseph News-Press: Study says Missouri is one of
cheapest states to be a smoker X
Brownfield Ag News: Supportive Nixon comments on ag
bode well for funding chances; Comments from Ag Director Richard
Fordyce, Missouri Dairy Association's Larry Schmidt
Missouri Digital News via CDT: Nixon at odds with
fantasy sports industry over push for regulation
P-D: Legislators look to control medical costs with
'gatekeeper' law
JCNT: Bill from Rep. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit)
focuses on STEM careers X
P-D: City school students continue to disappoint, with
half of schools still performing below state standards for
accreditation; Worst schools rewarded with extra "nurses,
counselors, social workers, reading and math specialists"
AP: Dustin Allison to leave public counsel's office
SNL: Sen. Jay Wasson (R-Nixon) races to split judicial
district X
AP:
Missouri Democrats to try to ban LGBT discrimination
SE
Missourian editorial: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith is one to watch in
Washington +
Washington Missourian editorial: Stubbornness on
ethics reforms: Missouri "wallows in failure land" X
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Saturday, January 23
Chicago Tribune: Alarmed by Sanders' rise, Clinton
backers rush to Iowa; McCaskill positions former First Lady as
"underdog"
Riverfront Times: Chingy endorsed Donald Trump on
Twitter, and all hell broke loose; North St. Louis County native,
best known for 2003 rap ditty "Right Thurr," says "country is a
business an [sic] needs to be
ran [sic] by a businessman"
Brownfield Ag News: Blunt shows water map before
override attempt
P-D: Missouri flood victims can get federal aid,
volunteers still needed today for cleanup
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
P-D: North St. Louis County misses out on $38 million
disaster grant; State requested money with plea that area is poor
and houses are old
KOLR (Springfield): Missouri university seeks
religious exemption from Obamacare mandate
Washington Missourian: Local students attend March for
Life
CDT: Abortion foes drop lawsuit over use of amplifier
outside Planned Parenthood X
CDT: Radio station, "Guild of Silly Heathens," Planned
Parenthood attract small crowd to hear abortion tales; Event
backdrop includes protest signs reading "Vaginas are Precious, "Alot [sic] of things are actually pretty
well," etc. X
STLBJ: McCaskill to kick off BJ Women's Conference on
Friday; For $300, area gals can learn about creating "personal
brand," improving exercize routines, etc.
P-D: McCaskill says new study should set aside doubts
about campus assault claims
Drebes:
Chuck Hatfield, representing "Little Tobacco" company, files suit
against Raise Your Hand for Kids' initiative petition
The Missouri Times: Democrats ask Eric Greitens to
return contribution from CEO under federal investigation
The Missouri Times: Q&A: Lt. gov candidate
Tommy Pierson on his campaign, possibility of being first black elected
statewide official, defeating well-funded Russ Carnahan with a "strong
grassroots campaign," more
KNPN (St. Joseph): Video: Secretary of state
candidate Will Kraus talks about his support for voter ID
St. Joseph News-Press: Susan Montee to speak to area
Democratic women's group X
KWMU: St. Louis County Dems to get new party
leader; Hazelwood's Matt Robinson stepping down, endorses fellow
North County Dem vet Mary Elizabeth Dorsey
KWMU: Behind the Headlines: Jo Mannies talks
about Nixon's final State of the State
Riverfront Times: In his final State of the State,
Nixon ignores the Ferguson Commission he created
KWMU: Fast start for Missouri lawmakers this year
P-D: Nixon talks stadium, finally
P-D: St. Louis aldermanic president asks NFL to pay
for Edward Jones dome debt
Brownfield Ag News: Senate Ag Chair Brian Munzlinger
(R-Williamstown) says tax bill on fast track
KWMU: Another municipal governance overhaul clears
Senate committee
KC Star: Rep. Sheila Solon (R-Blue Springs) pushes to
ban alcohol, smoking in Capitol +
CDT: Boone County House members promise to oppose UM
budget cuts X
KOMU: "Chats with the Chancellor" begin at MU;
Hank Foley to spend one (1) hour each week listening to students, staff
CDT: MU faculty members/Moms Demand Action activists
attend Foley's first informal chat, say chancellor told them he opposes
Munzlinger-Dixon gun proposals X
Columbia Missourian: First MU Chat with the Chancellor
draws diverse crowd
KWMU: UMSL may choose to handle budget cuts by making
layoffs
KWMU: City earnings tax to be on April ballot;
Alderwoman: "It's ridiculous we even have to vote on this"
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: There is no harm in
Missouri implementing a fair voter ID law X
P-D editorial: A sweetheart deal for a few could drive
up utility rates for the many; Legislature should not give
Ameren-Noranda odd couple what they want
Waters: Nixon's budget reminds us that he has provided
needed balance to Legislature; Missouri is "arguably the most
culturally regressive state in the nation" X
KC Star Public Editor Derek Donovan: A paper's
"balance" is more than left vs. right - it's also positive vs. negative +
SNL op-ed: Area man presents list of topics on which
he disagrees wth Billy Long X
P-D letter: Ballwin man says Republicans push voter ID
to suppress the vote
SNL letter: Battlefield man dislikes voter ID push,
warns: "It is about to get real, for real" X
P-D letter: Des Peres man says St. Louis benefits from
Superintendent Kelvin Adams losing his bid for L.A. schools job
P-D letter: St. Louis man responds to sensitivity over
"thug" label: "If a personal acts like a brutal hoodlum or
gangster he is a thug, whatever his race"
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Friday, January 22
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill, Blunt split on
"Waters of the U.S." vote X
KWMU: Both sides mark 43rd anniversary of Supreme
Court decision legalizing abortion
CBS News: Price-hiking pharma exec gets White House
subpoena; Comments from McCaskill
NY Times: Congress calls Martin Shkreli to tesify on
rapid rise in drug prices; Comments from McCaskill
Kraske: The Chat: Nixon predicts Sanders
nomination would cause "meltdown" for Dems; Curtman pokes Nixon
for lack of accessibility +
Missourinet: President grants disaster declaration for
Missouri
Drebes:
New TV ad buys: "One Nation" and American Chemistry Council
The Missouri Times: Greitens campaign volunteers for
flood relief
P-D: Primary preview: Lieutenant governor
KMIZ: Missourians for Fair Taxation gather in
Jefferson City; Missouri realtors petitioning for amendment
addition
The Missouri Times: Pot group says it has raised
enough money to start gathering signatures
Riverfront Times: Pro-pot Sinquefield son continues
father's tradition of bankrolling campaigns, gives $40k to marijuana
initiative
Kraske: Missouri legislators must pass campaign
contribution limits +
Rosenbaum: Key takeaways from Nixon's final State of
the State speech
SE
Missourian: Nixon backs 'common sense' plan to raise state's fuel
taxes +
SE
Missourian: Nixon touts railroad upgrade at SEMO Port +
CDT: Rep. Jake Hummel (D-St. Louis) calls for Schaefer
to step down as appropriations chair, cites AG-race grandstanding X
The Missouri Times: Alferman, Republicans push last
voter ID measure through House
KWMU: Missouri House passes bill to put voter photo ID
requirement on ballot as constitutional amendment
JCNT: Senate won't delay on voter ID issue X
Missourinet: Schaefer says Nixon's budget proposes
extravagant welfare increases, says request for $277M in Medicaid
funding is not realistic
SE
Missourian: Local lawmakers push for drug database, regulations
against "pill mills" +
The Missouri Times: Reps. Genise Montecillo (D-St.
Louis) and Keith Frederick (R-Rolla) team up to raise awareness for
mental health
The Missouri Times: Expert witness bill heads to the
House
Missourinet: Governor, Democrats want
nondiscrimination act; Richard says 'not in the Senate'
Missourinet: Execution date set for Earl
Forrest; Methamphetamine connoisseur got into drunken dispute
over lawnmower, then killed sheriff's deputy and two others
JCNT: PSC hearing set on $51M water rate hike X
P-D: Ferguson lets activists off the hook
P-D: Wrongful death suit filed over off-duty St. Louis
officer's shooting of VonDerrit Myers; Family of the deceased
maintains criminal was armed only with turkey sandwich
KC Star editorial: Nixon uses speech to look back, but
cooperation is needed to go forward in Missouri +
JCNT editorial: Libla's proposal marks a realistic
step to help fund transportation X
P-D editorial: As the nation confronts opioid
addiction, Missouri dithers; Legislature should pass bill from
Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City)
Shelly: Nixon's State of the State call for "risk
taking" rings hollow +
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: On voter ID and Real ID +
P-D op-ed: Midwest Innocence Project:
Change the laws around eyewitness identification of criminals
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Self-described
"deep-dyed, dues-paying Democrat" pleased with Nixon's State of the
State
Columbia Missourian op-ed: Self-described "white,
older lesbian" wants University of Missouri Curators to cut ties with
Missouri Farm Bureau for LGBTQIA stance
SE
Missourian op-ed: Sikeston-Standard Democrat sports editor
chooses to read comment section of race-based story, is surprised to
find dearth of fact-based intellectual dialogue +
SNL letter: Area woman says MoDOT has frittered away
taxpayer dollars on bike helmets and other non-highway items, says
agency doesn't deserve more money X
KC Star letter: Anti-death penalty group weighs in on
execution issues +
SE
Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau woman supports "Anti-Smart
Meter" bill, says it helps utility customers reclaim "sovereignty of
their homes" +
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Thursday, January 21
NY Times: Alarmed Clinton supporters begin focusing on
Bernie Sanders' socialist edge; McCaskill, Nixon take aim at
surging senator
NBC News: McCaskill: "Absolutely impossible" for
Sanders to win key swing states
US News & World Report: As Dem race heats up,
gloves come off; Comments from McCaskill
KC Star: The New Republic profiles Jeff Roe:
"Ted Cruz's Howitzer" +
Missourinet: Obama vetoes Blunt's bill to end "Waters
of the U.S." rule
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on protecting Americans
from refugees; Graves on KCI airport; Libla on gas tax +
USA Today: Report cites wasted Pentagon money in
Afghanistan; McCaskill calls natural gas-station program "dumb on
its face"
CDT: McCaskill hearing highlights efforts to combat
rising narcotics addiction X
Brownfield Ag News: USDA adds Missouri to its
"StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity" anti-poverty initiative
P-D: Courts need to help fight gun violence, St. Louis
police chief says at mayor's meeting in D.C.
KWMU: "<X> Things" journomeme: Six (6!)
ways the floods of 2015 and 1982 were similar
KOMU: Proposed amendment would stop sales tax on
services in Missouri; Comments from Missourians for Fair
Taxation's Scott Charton
Drebes: Raise Your Hand for Kids likely to hire
National Petition Management to gather signatures
KC Star: Missouri group forms to support women in
state politics; Christine Page's Women's Policy Network of
Missouri will connect young women with mentors
+
AP: Union leader in Missouri admits to
embezzlement; AFSCME affiliate president wrote checks to himself,
pals for personal use
Missourinet: Nixon delivers his last proposed Missouri
budget
KWMU: Nixon plays it safe with his final state budget
The Missouri Times: Prepared text of Gov. Jay Nixon's
State of the State address
CDT: Nixon reflects on career, hits familiar themes in
final State of the State address X
KC Star: Nixon calls for ethics legislation, LGBTQIA
rights in final State of the State +
JCNT: Nixon pitches state pay raise, Medicaid
expansion, education funds X
Missourinet: What Nixon did, did not mention in State
of the State address
AP:
Nixon focuses on ethics in final State of the State speech
P-D: Nixon highlights his legacy in final State of the
State
CDT: Nixon budget proposal includes almost $27M
increase for University of Missouri X
Missourinet: In State of the State, Nixon says daily
fantasy sports should be regulated, taxed in Missouri
Missourinet: Missouri legislative Democratic leaders
respond to Nixon's State of the State
Missourinet: Missouri legislative Republican leaders
respond to Nixon's State of the State
The Missouri Times: Nixon's State of the State panned
by Republicans
Missourinet: State of the State photo gallery
The Missouri Times: Voter ID discussed in House, HJR
moves to Senate
AP:
Voter ID proposals move forward in Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Voter ID bill heard in Senate
KC Star: House Republicans advance voter ID bills over
Democratic opposition +
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri House rejects proposed ag
land tax hike
Missourinet: "Paycheck protection" proposal
returns; Rep. Clem Smith (D-Velda Village Hills): "This
could bankrupt some unions."
CDT: MoDOT director discusses funding shortfall with
Columbia Chamber of Commerce X
CDT: Senate committee approves fuel tax
increase; Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University City) votes
"present," says she's holding out to see how measure "is going to
benefit urban areas" X
The Missouri Times: Senate perfects measure to
strengthen expert witness standards
P-D: Further limits on municipal court revenue
approved by Missouri Senate committee
CDT: Senate committee hears support, concerns about
industrial hemp production X
Columbia Missourian: Interim MU Chancellor Hank Foley
forms committee to explore free speech, regulation of public space on
campus
KC Star: KC school board picks new
superintendent; Mark Bedell says he will turn unaccredited
district around by "engaging people" with "authentic dialogue" +
KWMU: Ferguson gives short window to apply for
Councilman Brian Fletcher's vacant seat
P-D editorial: NGA. Three letters that are far more
critical for the city than NFL.
KC Star editorial: KC school board makes a wise
superintendent choice +
Jensen:
Missouri voters likely to approve voter ID measure +
Waters: MU woes; Black football players' protest
and subsequent resignations show "the animals are in charge of the zoo" X
P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Michael McShane:
No Child Left Behind is gone. What now for Missouri?
P-D letter: Missouri Right to Life's Pam Fichter on
upcoming March for Life
P-D letter: Richmond Heights man says Missouri should
require education for new gun owners
KC Star letter: KC man responds to millennial
caterwauling about college costs, offers advice: Try working,
pick a college you can afford, and stop spending so much money +
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Wednesday, January 20
P-D: McCaskill holds U.S. Senate field hearing in
Jefferson City, lobbies for prescription drug monitoring
AP:
McCaskill says Missouri needs tighter drug monitoring
The Missouri Times: McCaskill hears testimony from
Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston) on opioid abuse
Kraske: Cleaver on criminal sentencing; Todd
Richardson on Dems' "Golidlocks" ethics demands; Nixon's refusal
to take a stand on Melissa Click +
KWMU: Deputy director of St. Louis VA temporarily
assumes top job
KWMU: Slay in D.C. for mayors' conference, talks NGA
with Missouri delegation
Missourinet: USDA holding meetings in Missouri this
week on flooding
CDT: Pot initiative conceals campaign funding through
not-for-profit X
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: Trying
to find rhyme or reason in the confusing contribution patterns of David
Humphreys
The Missouri Times: Missouri Association of Realtors'
"Missourians for Fair Taxation" kicks off statewide anti-tax campaign
today
The Missouri Times: Updates on special-elect Reps.
Dean Plocher (R), DaRon McGee (D), Rory Rowland (D) campaign reports
Missourinet: Livestream link for Gov. Nixon's State of
the State address tonight at 7 p.m.
Missourinet: "<X> Things" journomeme:
Seven (7!) things to watch for or listen for or think about in Nixon's
State of the State
Columbia Missourian: Analyzing Nixon's State of the
State addresses: Education, taxes have been common themes
P-D: Missouri voter ID plan could be among the
strongest in the country
The Missouri Times: Kander releases legislative
proposals
Missourinet: Lobbyist gift ban, other proposed reforms
headed to Missouri House
The Missouri Times: Lobbyist gift bill heads to the
House, campaign committee bill stagnates
AP:
Ban on lobbyist gifts passes Missouri House committee
P-D: Lobbyist gift ban heads to full House for vote
AP:
Second parent would be notified about abortion under measure
SE
Missourian: Group of young conservatives, including SEMO student,
push for end of Missouri death penalty +
KWMU: Bill to abolish death penalty in Missouri being
considered
P-D: Panel votes against home care worker raises
P-D: Nixon's stadium task force under microscope
CDT: MU to subsidize graduate student health insurance
for another year X
JCNT: Rep. Jeanie Riddle (R-Mokane) revives her bill
for high school civics test requirement X
KWMU: Judge will decide whether to change
Ferguson-Florissant school board voting; Black woman who managed
to get elected dismisses NAACP's gripes
P-D: Ferguson-Florissant school district lawsuit
decision months away; NAACP unhappy with election outcomes
KC Star: Final KC superintendent candidate to be
named; Winner guaranteed to be black man
+
P-D: Ameren working with Noranda, lawmakers to save
smelter
KWMU: Galloway slams Carpenter's office for renovation
contract and sloppy bookkeping
P-D: State audit blasts St. Louis Recorder of Deeds
for financial mismanagement
CDT: Koster's office to prosecute Fulton hail repair
complaints X
SNL op-ed: U.S. Rep. Billy Long: Confronting
America's growing opioid abuse crisis X
P-D op-ed: New editorial page editor Tod
Robberson: Self-described centrist says he dislikes unworkable
knee-jerk extremist positions
Messenger: Curators adopt Melissa Click approach to
presidential search: When in doubt, shut the public out
Priddy: Missouri Monocracy: 1736 words on
representative democracy, state legislative voting districts, campaign
finance, much much more
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Latest in series
on GOP meanness: Republicans are mean to women, "pro-life" should
extend to universal health care, etc.
P-D letter: Bellefontaine Neighbors resident says ban
on development in flood plains is good idea
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Tuesday, January 19
The Missouri Times: Republicans announce Lincoln Days'
Friday night speaker
KWMU: Cleaver says he thinks there's a chance
Ferguson/Baltimore/Chicago dramatics may persuade Congress to make
grand jury, sentencing changes
Kraske: The Chat: Missouri gun salesman on
Obama's unwitting help; Author says use of "thug" is
racist; Ron Richard on working with Nixon +
KC Star: MU self-starver Jonathan Butler speaks at MLK
celebration; Son of Union Pacific executive VP says he has "so
much invested in the movement"
P-D: MLK celebration becomes rallying cry:
Speakers proclaim, "Black lives matter," "We are going to engage the
community," etc.
KWMU: Part 3/3 of MLK series: The effort to turn
around MLK Drive; Activists insist, "we're at a crossroads," "we
don't need much - a little bit of money can go a long way," etc.
KMOX: Reardon Roundtable: Jane Dueker, Scott
Faughn, Jack Cardetti talk presidential primary, the Rams departing St.
Louis, and Missouri politics (Jan. 15)
The Missouri Times: January 2016 Tip Sheet:
Statewide races
CDT: Columbia candidates raising large sums of money
in quest for statewide offices; A look at the fundraising
quarters of Judy Baker, Joshua Hawley, Kurt Schaefer X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Alliance for Freedom
holds online poll
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Charter Public School Association seeks
director of development and communications
Missourinet: More ethics action in Missouri House this
week; Richardson says Dems are playing Goldilocks, waiting for
something that's "just right"
The Missouri Times: Republicans push for death penalty
reconsideration
Missourinet: Committee will consider bill that would
end death penalty in Missouri
KMOX: David Steelman, member of the University of
Missouri Board of Curators, talks to host Mark Reardon about Mizzou and
Melissa Click
Missourinet: Nixon says it's not his place to call for
firing of Mizzou professor who verbally assaulted a minority student
KWMU: Harris-Stowe fails on four of five
performance-funding criteria
P-D: Pay hikes for home health care workers may get
axed
AP: Missouri casino operators seek tweaks to credit
rules
Missourinet: Bill would allow domestic violence
victims to keep cell phone numbers
P-D: Joan Bray leaving Consumers Council of Missouri
P-D: Rep. Jay Houghton (R-Martinsburg) calls for big
flags on bikes
SE
Missourian: Newspaper launches new website design, will be more
compatible with mobile and tablet devices +
P-D editorial: Time for Missouri to get Real with ID
security
Darkow cartoon: Verbal assailant Melissa Click and her
"safe space" X
Waters: Thoughts on selecting the next University of
Missouri president X
Jon
Rust: Reasons behind the SE Missourian redesign: 59 percent
of site visitors now accessing via mobile device +
P-D letter: University City man says more money for
Army Corps of Engineers means more flooding
P-D letter: Clayton woman disagrees with Missouri
legislators' "privileged position" on abortion
P-D letter: Area reverend opposes death penalty
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Monday, January 18 Rev. Dr. Martin
Luther King Day Missouri
State Holiday via Gov. John Ashcroft, attested by Secretary of State
Roy Blunt
KWMU: MLK Drive: In 1972, meant to be an honor,
now embarrassing; "Even that consistently staunch promoter of
liberal causes," the Post-Dispatch, changed its address from Franklin
to N. 12th St. when Franklin became MLK Drive
P-D: Speaker at MLK event explains her distaste for
the word "thug"
Columbia Missourian: Vendors say sales are up at this
weekend's gun show after Obama's executive action
P-D: The flood is gone, but long slog to recovery just
beginning
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Brandon Butler
from Conservation Federation of Missouri; Panel of Mark Dalton,
Jeff Rainford, Reps. Rocky Miller and Ron Hicks talk ethics
legislation, Rams, presidential primaries, more
Drebes:
David Humphreys gives $50k to Bev Randles
Drebes:
'Right to work' groups meet in Jefferson City, plot strategy
Missourinet: Nixon prepares to release FY 2017
Missouri budget proposal
KWMU: Short week at the Capitol features State of the
State Address and hearings
AP:
Restricting lobbyist gifts next target for state lawmakers
KC Star: Missouri Capitol sees an influx of interns
despite a year of scandal; Legislators expected to improve
behavior after two-hour PowerPoint presentation +
KWMU: Too soon to tell whether region's drop in opiate
deaths could start a downward trend
SE
Missourian: Diversity panel gives findings to Southeast +
Columbia Missourian: State wildlife vet is part of elk
poaching investigation
Missourinet: Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (D-University
City) wants as much attention on Ferguson as abortion
KWMU: Group seeks cash to print Ferguson books;
Kickstarter campaign has raised $2k of $25k goal
SE
Missourian editorial: What would MLK say about black
unemployment, Ferguson rioting, Chicago gun violence? +
KC Star editorial: In a city plagued by violence,
putting Dr. King's words on billboards and/or digital streetcar kiosks
would make a difference +
KWMU op-ed: The decline of MLK Drive: "There is
no use playing as if we live in a color-blind and equitable
society;" Photo of "a man cross [sic]
Martin Luther King Drive"
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Sunday, January 17
Kraske:
The Chat: McCaskill on opioid abuse; Bike-club rep dislikes
bike-flag proposal +
Missourinet:
McCaskill supports bill allowing graduates to refinance student loans
SE
Missourian: Management of the river creates pros and cons +
KRES/KWIX
(Moberly): Missouri River management a challenge
KWMU:
Affordable-housing advocates use flood disaster to push their cause
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics preview:
Guest Brandon Butler from Conservation Federation; Panel of Mark
Dalton, Jeff Rainford, GOP Reps. Ron Hicks and Rocky Miller discuss
ethics, Rams, presidential race, more
SNL:
Dixon, Wasson, Burlison want to tackle federal budget X
AP:
Missouri sees many options, little consensus on road funding
P-D:
Emotional debate over abortion continues in 2016
JCNT:
Jefferson City Public Schools target student attendance; State
law has no mechanism in place to hold parents accountable for students'
chronic absenteeism X
The
Maneater: No final decision on search process for next UM System
president
CDT:
As new semester is about to start, MU grad students' demands unanswered
X
CDT:
Graduate student benefits mixed at other universities X
CDT:
UM System, labor union approach mediation over contract X
St.
Joseph News-Press: Legislature's ethics proposals are on track
X
Washington
Missourian's Bill Miller: Rams' Stan slams St. Louis, state X
Waters:
Stand Kroenke: The devil in very nice duds X
P-D
letter: Ballwin man says state should end foolish cycle of
repeated flooding, repeated assistance
P-D
letter: Sen. Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph): Restore voting
rights for ex-cons
P-D
letter: Gender studies teacher at all-girls school says female
columnist's piece on dealing with bad bosses reinforces "discriminatory
patriarchal systems"
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Saturday, January 16
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
Missourinet: McCaskill's U.S. Senate hearing on
prescription drug trafficking to be held in Jefferson City
P-D: D.C. roundup: Blunt, Wagner stand up for
Missouri coal; Blunt to kick off re-election around late-Feb.
filing
Kraske: Ted Cruz's "New York Values" line brings back
another Jeff Roe gem: Kay Barnes, Nancy Pelosi and "San Francisco
Values" +
CDT: Gun vendors attribute rising sales to upcoming
elections, regulations; Comments from Confederate Firearms, other
vendors X
Missourinet: Nixon requests major disaster declaration
to assist Missourians impacted by historic flooding
KWMU: Greitens outpaces all rivals for governor with
latest fundraising tally
AP: Koster keeps financial lead in Missouri's
governor's race
KWMU: Russ Carnahan to run for lt. gov
The Missouri Times: Carnahan enters lt. gov
race; Brad Bradshaw (D) says former congressman is a "career
politician" seeking to use office as "ceremonial bench"
AP: Former Congressman Russ Carnahan creates
lieutenant governor campaign committee
P-D: Russ Carnahan running for lt. governor, will hold
"listening tour" prior to formal announcement
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reports: Attorney General
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: State Senate
The Missouri Times: January 2016 quarterly
reports: State House of Representatives
P-D: Marijuana advocate with Missouri ties sued by
business partners in Oregon court; Company gave $26k to Missouri
pot initiative for polling
AP: Businessman challenges proposal for tobacco tax
amendment
CDT: Democrats Stephen Webber, Susan McClintic report
fundraising advantages in legislative races X
Missourinet: Nixon's 2017 budget proposal includes
additional funding for Missouri's developmentally disabled
CDT: Nixon proposes funding to expand Thompson Center
for Autism X
AP: Nixon calls for $131 million in new disability
spending
The Missouri Times: Rep. Kevin Corlew (R-Kansas City)
seeks to make Real ID an option for Missourians
Rosenbaum: Rams' departure prompts re-evaluation of
the Edward Jones Dome
KWMU: Station begins new Friday show for reporters to
discuss their stories; Debut edition features Rosenbaum
discussing Rams departure, stadium conundrum
KMOX: Rep. Anne Zerr (R-St. Charles) wants to make
sports owners who skip town pay
The Missouri Times: Zerr hopes to prohibit incentives
from abandoned stadium owners
P-D: Zerr: Future team owners would have to pay
debt before leaving
CDT: Local government leaders, business leaders oppose
legislative cuts to MU X
SE
Missourian: Job fair set to help former Noranda employees +
P-D: Police catch Ferguson looter; Roy Brown
expanded criminal resume to include 14 recent violent robberies in
downtown St. Louis
P-D editorial: Reducing urbanites' criminal behavior
will take money and will, not just a commission and a plan
Terry Ganey: Missouri Senate exiles press to the
bleachers
P-Ds Nicklaus: Losing the Rams should be an economic
nonevent for St. Louis
NY Times' Joe Nocera: In losing the Rams, St. Louis
wins; Slay correct to have "no real interest in the NFL"
Waters: More on Melissa Click: David Steelman
weighs in X
P-D letter: Kirkwood man says legislation is needed to
protect NFL fans from greedy owners
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Friday, January 15
Politico: Rachel Maddow touts Claire McCaskill as one
of five female potential Hillary Clinton veep selections
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt has role in 'cancer
moonshot' effort X
P-D: McCaskill to hold field hearing on opioid abuse
in Jefferson City; Rep. Holly Rehder (R-Sikeston), others to
testify
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill takes aim at
Kroenke; Nixon talks up Missouri in Detroit +
Missouri Farmer Today: Farmers assess damage after
historic flooding
Drebes: Brad Green heads to Missouri Chamber;
Josh Foster from Sen. Emery's office to pitch in for Ron Richard
KWMU: Kinder first out of gubernatorial gate with
latest finance figures, takes swipe at Hanaway, Brunner and Greitens
Kraske: Missouri stands strong against Medicaid
expansion +
Missourinet: Bill would verify eligibility of Medicaid
recipients
P-D: Voter photo ID bill advances to Missouri House
floor
SE
Missourian: Area election officials support voter photo ID
legislation; Perry County Clerk Jared Kutz (R): "I honestly
don't know anyone who doesn't have a photo ID"
+
The Missouri Times: Schaaf introduces bill to restore
voting rights to ex-cons
CDT: House approves ethics package including Rowden
proposal limiting lobbying X
The Missouri Times: First four ethics bills pass the
House
KWMU: Missouri House passes first group of ethics bills
P-D: Missouri lawmakers take aim at their ethics
practices
AP: Missouri House passes first bills of session on
ethics
CDT: Curator David Steelman calls for dismissal of
Melissa Click; Faculty member was caught on video committing
macroaggressions against minority journalist
X
CDT: MU faces 'financial crisis' of lost enrollment
and state support, official says
KWMU: UM curators set details for presidential search
Columbia Missourian: Gun advocates, opponents disagree
on merits of guns on college campuses
Missouri Farmer Today: Rural schools face challenges,
enjoy community support; Comments from DESE officials, others
KC Star: Kansas City meets the finalists for
superintendent of schools; Veteran African-American educators
explain how they'll lead district back to accreditation +
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Nixon sets Jan. 24-30 as "School Board
Recognition Week" +
Missourinet: St. Louis, Kansas City mayors defend
earnings taxes to Missouri Legislature
The Missouri Times: Standing room only as earnings tax
bill gets committee hearing
The Missouri Times: Earnings tax 'unconstitutional'
according to former solicitor general
KWMU: Push begins in Missouri Senate to eliminate
earnings taxes in St. Louis City and Kansas City
KC Star: KC leaders oppose elimination of earnings tax +
The Missouri Times: Jackson County sheriff hopes to
see legislative legalization of medical marijuana
P-D: Missouri to add new park in Oregon County
Washington Missourian: Board of Public Works says two
proposed House bills would be detrimental X
SE
Missourian: Sen. Doug Libla (R-Poplar Bluff) blames unfair trade
laws for Noranda's woes +
KWMU: Black Jew, white Jew unite to preserve stories
from Ferguson riots through legacy of Judaism
JCNT editorial: A shorter legislative session won't
end lawmaker shenanigans, but might save taxpayers some money X
Washington Missourian editorial: Passage of ethics
bills marks a step forward X
Washington Missourian editorial: Curtman's bill to
require a House review of state audits is unnecessary X
Washington Missourian editorial: Paper's website sets
new traffic record in December; Most visits come from outside city X
KC Star editorial: Ignore the drivel of earnings tax
foes in Jefferson City +
Waters: Kurt Schaefer, Joshua Hawley and abortion
machinations X
Priddy: Imagining Korman's lobbyist-lawmaker sex
reporting form: Consuming foodstuffs off erogenous zones,
intercoursing in front of mirrors, etc.
Messenger: St. Louis business owner wants region to
learn from stadium failure
Missouri Farmer Today op-ed: Missouri Rural Crisis
Center's Roger Allison opposes beef checkoff
KC Star letter: UMKC prof applauds Cleaver's
pro-earmarks stance +
SE
Missourian letter: Missouri Coalition for Oral Health pleased
that dental benefits are back into Medicaid +
CDT letter: Area woman says expanding Medicaid will
help poor women who choose to breed X
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Thursday, January 14
KC Star: Missouri politicos fantasize about a world in
which the Missouri primaries matter +
KWMU: Blunt maintains campaign-finance edge over Kander
AP: Blunt touts $5M for Senate race; Kander at
$2M
The Atlantic: Among Senate Dem hopefuls, Kander offers
most critical reaction to Obama's gun announcement
Missourinet: SOTU: Delegation's communications
staffers pen reactions in the voices of their bosses
Kraske: The Chat: McCaskill on student loan
debt; Nixon on Rams' departure; Mizzou official on race
histrionics' impact on freshman applications
+
P-D: Relocating sports teams should pay back public
funds, McCaskill says
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens names campaign
leadership team: Jane Cunningham, Steelmans, Paul DeGregorio,
Bert Walker, John Lamping, Nate Walker, College Republican campus
leaders, many more
The Missouri Times: Early education cigarette tax
petitions approved for circulation
The Missouri Times: List of 2016's active campaign
committees
The Missouri Times: Brad Green joins Missouri Chamber
of Commerce as Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs
The Missouri Times: Nixon sharing Missouri automotive
manufacturing rebound in Detroit
Missourinet: Politico ranks states by public data,
says Missouri falls to "35th best": Residents got fatter in 2015
and will die sooner than in most states, but average income rises to
$26k
AP: Liberal think tank issues report highlighting
economic struggle in St. Louis, other urban areas; Study
concludes that poor people do not earn enough money
AP:
Missouri jobless aid dependent on constitutional challenge
P-D: Lawmakers begin to tackle Real ID conundrum
AP: Missouri lawmakers consider Real ID changes
Missourinet: Missouri House advances ethics
bills; Democrats complain they were blocked out
The Missouri Times: Revolving-door legislation
perfected by House; McCreery adds more ethics language
The Missouri Times: Travel expenses ethics bill to be
voted on by House today
The Missouri Times: Personal-disclosure bill perfected
by House
The Missouri Times: Legislator-consultant ban bill
advances
CDT: House approves Rowden bill imposing waiting
period before officials may lobby X
AP: One-year lobbying ban for Missouri lawmakers moves
forward
KWMU: Ethics bills receive first-round approval in
Missouri House
CDT: Fuel tax increase wins favor from industry groups X
Missourinet: Discussion of fuel-tax hikes resumes in
Missouri Capitol
The Missouri Times: Gas tax bill gets first committee
hearing
AP: Missouri business groups voice support for gas tax
hike
KWMU: Fuel-tax hike being considered by Missouri
Senate committee
CDT: Curators begin charting course to find next UM
System president X
KC Star: Race protests at Mizzou will stunt freshman
enrollment +
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) one of five
Republicans sponsoring bill to end death penalty +
CDT: Attorneys argue skull-bashing murderer's case
before appellate panel X
P-D: Missouri lawmakers respond with legislation to
'secretive' state land purchases
P-D: Lawmakers hear testimony on Schmitt's bill
further limiting municipal court revenue
KTVI (St. Louis): Eric Schmitt leads push in Jefferson
City to cap revenue cities and towns can collect from fines
The Missouri Times: Schmitt continuing
municipal-courts overhaul, points to Pagedale
AP: Missouri legislation would further limit fines
cities keep
Missourinet: Missouri Senate committee vote cancelled
on stadium bill
KWMU: For some, the NFL's departure from St. Louis is
a 'gut punch;' Comments from Alderman Jack Coatar, Sen. Rob
Schaaf (R-St. Joseph), others
AP: Slay: No interest in trying again on NFL
P-D: Consensus among regional leaders: St. Louis
is done with professional football
AP: Q&A about Rams' move to Los Angeles
The Missouri Times: Noranda to lay off 530
employees; Ameren expected to ask PSC for rate increase
SE
Missourian: Noranda to lay off 350; Plant may halt
operations +
P-D: Noranda slashing over half of smelter workforce,
may close plant
P-D: State Auditor Nicole Galloway says Winfield
exceeded state cap on traffic ticket revenue
AP: Koster says people who bought Macaroni Grill gift
cards can seek refunds
KWMU: St. Louis earnings tax likely to headline April
election in the city
JCNT: Ferguson Commission Co-Chair Starsky Wilson
outlines racial-disparity fixes: Expanding Medicaid, forcing
businesses to pay a higher minimum wage, etc.
+
KWMU: 2015 St. Louis City crime numbers show few
surprises; North City neighborhoods rack up highest homicide
totals
KC Star editorial: Full accreditation must top list
for next Kansas City schools leader +
P-D editorial: Money talked. The Rams head west. Now
what, St. Louis?
KC Star's Lewis Diuguid: St. Louis' loss of Rams will
lead diehard fans to Kansas City to enjoy the Chiefs +
KC Star's Yael Abouhalkah: Don't let King Rex
Sinquefield kill Kansas City's earnings tax +
P-D letter: Chesterfield man says pro-gun state
legislators lack courage to allow weapons in Capitol
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Wednesday, January 13
KWMU: SOTU reaction: Blunt, Cleaver
St. Joseph News-Press: McCaskill pushes student loan
debt relief X
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal: McCaskill reacts to
Iran taking U.S. Navy personnel hostage X
Drebes: Robin Carnahan scissors old campaign
committee, donates remaining funds to her new PAC, Democracy 2.0
The Missouri Times: 'Right to work' advocacy campaign
ends first ad campaign against Republican incumbents
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis)
on campaign finance restrictions, Mayor Francis Slay on urbanites'
prolific 2015 homicide performance +
JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Social Services works on
welfare verification system X
JCNT: Medicaid waiver proposed to treat mental illness X
The Missouri Times: Voter photo ID moves out of first
committee
Missourinet: Bills to create Missouri voter photo ID
system advance in House
KWMU: Missouri House committee passes voter ID bills
P-D: Missouri House panel approves voter ID bill
AP: Missouri voter photo ID measures pass House
committee
Missourinet: Proposed abortion regulation changes
challenged in Missouri hearing
The Missouri Times: Committee hears Onder's bill on
abortion regulations
AP: Senators review bill to ban fetal-tissue donations
CDT: Lawmakers hear bill to increase regulation of
abortion clinics, doctors X
P-D: Goodbye, St. Louis Rams; next stop, LA
KWMU: It's over: Kroenke is moving the Rams to
Los Angeles
Missourinet: Nixon's statement on vote by NFL owners
Missourinet: Stadium task force releases statement on
#NFL decision to allow Rams to move to LA
The Missouri Times: Rams set to leave St. Louis;
Stadium proponents disappointed
KWMU: UM curators set to begin presidential search
CDT: Curators to discuss search for next UM System
president X
CDT: Fewer freshmen apply to MU; officials
expect enrollment decrease X
SNL: MSU legislative priorities: 6 percent
funding increase, more X
Missourinet: Proposal from Sen. Jay Wasson (R-Nixa)
aims to close gap on Missouri's school funding shortfall
AP: St. Louis schools improve, but not enough for
accreditation
P-D: Ferguson Commission and St. Louis Public Schools
share common reform goals; Leaders say racial disparities are a
shame, everyone must work together, the time to act is "now," etc.
KWMU: Riverview Gardens accreditation status raises
questions
P-D: State Board of Education sets goals for Riverview
Gardens schools
AP: Riverview Gardens could get accreditation upgrade
in June
SE
Missourian: Rep. Kathy Swan (R-Cape Girardeau) and husband Reg
say city is acquiring their land unfairly +
KWMU: Galloway announces audits of Ferguson, Pine Lawn
municipal courts
Missourinet: Federal Court to hear arguments today on
Ernest Lee Johnson's death sentence; Lawyers for man who bashed
three skulls with a hammer say pentobarbital might cause their client
pain
KWMU: SLU's Keon Gilbert teams with Maryland's Rashawn
Ray, offers solutions to reduce number of black males killed by
police: More spending on "mental and preventative health
services," weakening stand-your-ground laws for the law-abiding, etc.
SNL op-ed: Billy Long: Putting the Ozarks first
in the 114th Congress X
Priddy:
Illustrating the closing of a campaign-finance loophole, using Disney
characters
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Ethics bills
worthless unless campaign contributions are limited
Helling: Voters' voices were never heard in St. Louis
stadium push +
CDT op-ed: MU faculty make a bad case worse;
Colleagues look foolish trying to defend Melissa Click X
Messenger: NAACP/ACLU lawsuit over Ferg-Flor at-large
voting districts draws attention to race issues
P-D letter: Black sorority rep weighs in on Nixon,
Legislature and school-funding formula
P-D letter: St. Ann woman dislikes Korman's proposal
on lawmaker-lobbyist intercoursing
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Tuesday, January 12
SNL: Ahead of Obama speech, McCaskill, Blunt, and
Billy Long lay out their legislative agendas X
KWMU: McCaskill chooses Howard University student as
SOTU guest; Sable Givens chosen to symbolize struggle of adults
who choose to borrow large sums of money and are expected to pay it back
SE
Missourian: Rep. Jason Smith's SCRUB Act seeks to scrap
burdensome regulations +
P-D: McCaskill, three other female senators to appear
in Iowa for Hillary Clinton
KC Star: McCaskill headed to Iowa to campaign for
Clinton +
St. Joseph News-Press: Local gun owners react to Obama X
Kraske: The Chat: Cleaver on lack of
"anti-murder" sentiment; Hanaway, Greitens on ethics; Ron
Richard on senators' predictable election-year speechifying +
P-D: St. Louis cancer expert takes trip to D.C., is
one of 15 granted the honor of talking with Joe Biden staffers
Brownfield Ag News: Nixon named chairman of national
Governors' Biofuels Coalition
Columbia Missourian: Tobacco tax proposals seek to
buck trend of defeats on previous ballots
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail: The
Expectations Game: Setting fundraising targets for statewide and
state legislative candidates; More
Drebes:
Readers' Poll: Jeff City Life: Best place for lunch, best
place to have a drink and not see other people, more
Rosenbaum: Do Missouri lawmakers have the political
fortitude to pass a transportation tax hike?
AP: Cheap gas, federal action boost Missouri
transportation plan
Missourinet: Four ethics proposals advance in Missouri
House
KC Star: Missouri House moves on ethics bills +
KWMU: House committee passes 4 ethics bills; GOP
gov candidates Hanaway, Greitens among those weighing in
CDT: Ethics bills clear committee despite criticism
over lack of campaign limits X
The Missouri Times: Lobbying bills referred from
committee
AP: Missouri House panel OKs 'cooling-off' period for
legislators
P-D: Current Missouri lawmakers exempt themselves from
lobbying ban
Missourinet: Missouri House committee to hear voter ID
proposals today
Missourinet: Missouri House and Senate to hold
hearings on abortion today
CDT: Josh Hawley, Kurt Schaefer spar over impact of
Planned Parenthood investigation X
The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life announces
priority legislation
Missourinet: Lawmakers want to reject increase on
Missouri ag land property values
The Missouri Times: NRA-ILA releases bills to
watch: Various "pro-gun" bills from GOP reps across Missouri,
three "anti-gun" proposals from Richmond Heights' Stacey Newman (D)
CDT: Education advocates eye bills in General
Assembly; Thoughts from Missouri NEA's Otto Fajen, Missouri
School Boards' Association's Brent Ghan X
KWMU: Accreditation consideration: Riverview
Gardens, St. Louis Public Schools top state school board agenda
P-D: St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin
Adams passed over for L.A. job
P-D: NAACP, ACLU take aim at at-large elections;
Groups say black candidates' failure to win shows system's bias
Missourinet: Limits on TANF handouts could encourage
more Missourians to give to food pantries; Thoughts trom Missouri
Association for Social Welfare/Empower Missouri's Jeanette Mott Oxford
KWMU: Slay names Crime Commission members as crime
numbers come out; Panel includes STL City schools supe Kelvin
Adams, Mack Bradley, Missy Kelley, security director for Cardinals, more
P-D: St. Louis crime increased in 2015
KC Star: Amid deadly start to new year, Kansas City
task force prepares to tackle violence +
P-D: Posthumous profile: Brian Fletcher
displayed passion for Ferguson when criticism of the city was most
intense
KC Star editorial: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) must
get over his preference for pork +
P-D editorial: Missouri laws limiting taxpayer-funded
benefits for the poor and unworking are "truly shameful"
CDT's Waters: Road money: It's a disgrace that
the Legislature won't do anything substantial
X
P-D op-ed: Waterways Council President Michael
Toohey: Commentary about river report card fails to concentrate
on facts
SNL letter: Springfield woman writes to Columbia paper
to criticize Springfield state Rep. Eric Burlison X
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says state and federal
elected officials are greedy, we need people to represent the interests
of the public, etc.
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Monday, January 11
KWMU: Attacks question how Blunt, Kander conduct their
offices
Politico: U.S. Senate race ranked 9th most likely to
change hands
KWMU: After record-breaking floods, how to prevent the
next one isn't clear
This Week in Missouri Politics: Guest Todd
Richardson; Panel of David Jackson, Jason Rosenbaum, David
Barklage, Mark Milton discuss proposed state campaign-finance and
lobbyist-gift overhauls, St. Louis stadium issue, more
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Dave
Schatz (R-Sullivan) talks with Mannies & Rosenbaum about support
for raising fuel tax, flood preparations, constituents' lack of
interest in changing campaign-finance laws, more
Daily
Dunklin Democrat: Catherine Hanaway visits with area farmers +
Drebes: Tom Dempsey gives $60k to St. Charles
committee; Group gave $2,500 to Anne Zerr
AP: With several elected officials running for higher
office, legislative forecast calls for heavy bloviating
The Missouri Times: Missouri NAACP elects new
president for first time in decades
Kraske: The Chat: Rep. Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson
City) on proposed cooling-off period for departing legislators +
P-D: Missouri House members to sit through 47-slide
sexual harassment PowerPoint presentation
KMZU (Carrollton): GOP Sens. Dan Hegeman, Rob Schaaf
talk transportation funding
Washington Missourian: Right to carry on campus, sales
tax breaks for firearms discussed by lawmakers
Drebes:
New pre-filed bills: GOP opposition to death penalty;
Caller ID spoofing
Columbia Missourian: MU reports fewer students
applying for fall
KWMU: ACLU sues Ferguson-Florissant School District,
says at-large districts discriminate against black candidates
KWMU: Does the NFL have a future in St. Louis?
We'll find out this week.
Missourinet: Rep. Stacey Newman (D-Richmond Heights)
proposes another gun-control bill
P-D: Former Ferguson Mayor Brian Fletcher dies
JCNT editorial: Missouri's amnesty policy helps
collect taxes, but coddles and coaxes scofflaws X
P-D editorial: We all favor better policing, but the
goals must be realistic
KC Star editorial: Voters should renew an earnings tax
that's critical to Kansas City's future +
Priddy: Reporters should have a table on the floor of
the Senate, and should feel free to grab senators as they come off the
floor
JCNT letter: Area woman says roads should be funded by
those who use them, not just smokers X
JCNT letter: Area seasoned citizen mocks Diehl,
LeVota, other "frat boys" X
JCNT letter: Area beef producer opposes checkoff X
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Sunday, January 10
The
Hill: Republicans say State of the Union response is an outdated
vehicle; Comments from Billy Long
JCNT:
Obama's gun control executive orders not universally welcomed X
KC
Star: KC gun show bustles in wake of Obama's move for more
background checks; Vietnam vet: "You know who the world's
best gun salesman is? Barack Obama." +
P-D:
Emanuel Cleaver uses opening address at MLK event to criticize Donald
Trump: "We're more anti-Muslim than we are anti-murder."
P-D:
North St. Louis City registers first homicide of the year; Man on
porch offers advice to witness: "Say less, man. Say less."
P-D:
North St. Louis City's Gwendolyn Webb, Spanish Lake's Alkesha Anderson
charged with stealing Missouri child-care funds
KMOX:
St. Louis Clergy Coalition, Lacy Clay launch petition drive to keep NGA
in North St. Louis City
Belleville
News-Democrat: Democrat Durbin, Republican Kirk making direct
pleas to decisionmaker in NGA case; Durbin says IL leads on
merits, with MO relying on emotional revitalize-our-downtrodden-area
plea
P-D:
Nimrod "Rod" Chapel to serve as new president of Missouri NAACP
Daily Dunklin
Democrat: Area students visit D.C., get White House visit with
Rep. Jason Smith +
KWMU:
VA program gives St. Louis vets direct access to opiate antidote
KMWU:
Cold, high water volume lessen environmental impact of historic floods
P-D:
As the river water recedes, calls for new approaches rise
The
Missouri Times: This Week in Missouri Politics teaser:
Guest Todd Richardson; Panel of Jason Rosenbaum,
David Jackson, David Barklage, state rep candidate Mark Milton (R)
KC
Star: Paul LeVota creates new campaign committee +
CDT:
Cathy Richards self-reports campaign violation; Boone County
official running in Dem primary for Webber's seat sent campaign message
in county envelope X
SE
Missourian: Kinder, Hanaway favor freeing highway-patrol money
for roads, bridges +
JCNT:
MoDOT, lawmakers look at funding options for improving state's highways
X
JCNT:
Nixon proposes shorter legislative sessions as part of ethics bill X
CDT:
Bill from Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) aims to prevent mistaken
arrests on old warrants X
SNL:
How the Missouri school funding formula works X
SNL:
Why school funding cap was removed and the problems it created X
SNL:
Full funding of schools this year? Probably not. X
SE
Missourian: Fewer-class-periods series: Part one:
Fewer class periods at Cape aim to boost pay +
P-D:
NFL's Goodell: St. Louis stadium plan inadequate, NFL won't step
in to block Rams move
JCNT
editorial: Galloway's audit shows that follow-through is needed
to lift Missouri Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board's "sub-par"
performance X
KC
Star editorial: Surge in murders, violent crimes demands new
strategies; KC urbanites take early 5-1 homicide lead over
cross-state counterparts +
CDT's
Waters: Republicans will forget about Melissa Click and Janna
Basler soon, and busy themselves with other nonsense X
Columbia
Missourian's Maggie Walter: Columbia Missourian's "Show Me the
Errors" contest underscores editorial staff's humility, sense of humor
in acknowledging mistakes
Twitter:
KC Star editorial board fixes yesterday's "Ron Richards [sic]" typo without acknowledgment
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Saturday, January 9
KC Star: Jeff Roe moves from Kansas City to national
stage +
P-D: McCaskill, Blunt differed on key votes in 2015
P-D: Area delegation's votes for the week
P-D: Mayor Francis Slay to visit New Hampshire, show
support for Hillary Clinton
Missourinet: Missouri to receive emergency money for
post-flood road repairs
P-D: Feds grant $1 million in road assistance for
Missouri flooding
AP: Missouri receives $1 million for road, bridge
repairs after floods
AP: Most Missouri Guardsmen return home after flood
fight
The Missouri Times: Greitens makes more noise with
criticism of Koster
Drebes:
The new Paul LeVota campaign-cash vehicle
Washington Missourian: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
to run for Franklin County Commission
P-D: Dave Hinson to run for Franklin County Commission
CDT: Boone County Public Administrator Cathy Richards
enters Democratic primary for Stephen Webber's House seat X
CDT: Incoming Muleskinners president pushes for a less
white, less old membership; Group considers that midday meeting
times might not be ideal for people who work for a living X
Gateway Journalism Review: Ten years after
Pulitzer: Staff cuts, declining circulation, low morale;
How the Post-Dispatch drives good journalists away
P-D: New Post-Dispatch editorial page editor Tod
Robberson describes himself as a "centrist"
KC Star: Meet the "Midwest Voices" columnists for
2016: Community organizer, social worker, self-described
"millennial progressive," self-described "humanitarian" immigration
lawyer, self-described defender of "the vulnerable," etc. +
AP: Old driver's license? You can still fly for
two more years.
P-D: In ethics conversation, lawmakers disagree over
length of "cooling off" period
CDT: Senate studying contempt proceedings against
Planned Parenthood X
Missourinet: Record Powerball jackpot powering other
Missouri games, education
The Missouri Times: Q&A with Sen. Gary Romine
(R-Farmington) about ASARCO settlement and Oregon County land purchase
P-D: After race histrionics, early indicators show
downward trend in Mizzou enrollment
AP: Trial in suit against Ferguson-Florissant
district; NAACP unhappy with at-large school board elections, in
which voters elected Caucasoids to five of seven seats
KWMU: Stadium task force refutes Rams' claim abouts
about rent, revenue
P-D: Task force lambastes Kroenke for 'cruel attack'
KWMU: Annotating Stan Kroenke's 'love letter' to St.
Louis
P-D editorial: Legislature should pass ethics overhaul
KC Star editorial: Missouri General Assembly has a lot
to prove as 2016 session begins; Thoughts on Speaker Todd
Richardson, "Ron Richards [sic]",
more Update:
"Ron Richards" corrected Saturday morning without attribution
JCNT editorial: You can help improve Missouri's
traffic-fatality rate; Try to not die this year. X
CDT's Waters: Ethics proposals and reality X
P-D letter: St. Charles woman opposes 'right to work'
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Friday, January 8
KWMU: Hillary Clinton, Chris Christie to top
presidential ballots in Missouri
KC Star: Cleaver wants to bring back earmarks, putting
him at odds with McCaskill +
AP: McCaskill calls for tax relief after Missouri
flooding
CDT: Taxpayers to provide free breakfast and lunch to
all students at seven Columbia schools - regardless of whether students
qualify for free and reduced-price meals X
SE
Missourian: Helping hands vs. sticky fingers: the lowdown
on flood looting +
The Missouri Times: Blunt speech may bolster focus on
Missouri's ports
The Missouri Times: Blunt speaks to House on mental
health, transportation
AP: Blunt speaks to Missouri House
P-D: Annual MLK kick-off program held tomorrow at
Harris-Stowe; University of Missouri interim president Mike
Middleton to be handed award; Emanuel Cleaver to speak;
Choir from unaccredited Normandy High School to sing
The Missouri Times: Eric Greitens attacks ethics
reform push from both sides
Kraske: The Chat: Greitens pokes at Nixon's
ethics stance; Richardson on House-cleaning plans +
AP: Paul LeVota moves more than $100K from his
campaign committee to PAC
CDT: State senate opponents Caleb Rowden, Stephen
Webber clash on road funding during Chamber event X
The Missouri Times: Rep. Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair)
will not seek re-election, will run for county commission
Drebes:
Brendan Cossette headed to Missouri Chamber to become new COO
SE
Missourian: Local changes uncertain as Real ID deadline approaches +
KWMU: Missouri driver's licenses do not meet federal
security requirements; Commercial air travel not affected
AP: Nixon wants license law changed
Missourinet: Missouri bill calls sexual relations with
lobbyists a gift; Recreational intercoursing would be reported to
Missouri Ethics Commission
CDT: Bill requires reporting sex between lawmakers and
lobbyists on ethics forms X
AP: Missouri bill calls for reporting of lobbyist,
lawmaker sex
Missourinet: Little legislative support for splitting
Missouri Water and Highway Patrols
The Missouri Times: Rep. Elijah Haahr (R-Springfield)
files Sunshine Law request for St. Louis and Kansas City earnings tax
data
Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court to consider
unemployment bill veto override
The Missouri Times: SOS office receives "good" rating
on audit, corrects overpayment
The Missouri Times: Jeff Mizanskey visits Capitol to
thank legislators
P-D: Nixon responds to Kroenke's proposal to move the
Rams to Los Angeles
P-D: Slay to NFL's Goodell: 'I cannot ever
remember meeting Stan Kroenke'
KC Star: Mayor Sly James talks about his city's gun
violence on 'Nightline' +
SE
Missourian: Commissioners call for city to pay $67,200 to Kathy
Swan and her husband for land +
P-D: Ameren bills to drop as efficiency program ends
KC Star: Bipartisan vote provides reporters new space
from which to cover Missouri Senate +
P-D: In bipartisan vote, senators provide reporters
new working space
Missourinet: Press corps to move off the Missouri
Senate floor
KWMU: In bipartisan move, Senate votes to provide
reporters space in gallery
AP: Missouri Senate moves reporters off floor
JCNT editorial: Legislators giving lots of lip service
to ethics, again X
Washington Missourian editorial: Unclear if Missouri
legislators have the intestinal fortitude to pass ethics legislation X
Washington Missourian's Bill Miller: Not much middle
ground in gun-law debate X
P-D op-ed: Community Builders Network's Thomas J.
Pickel: Energy efficient affordable housing: An opportunity
Missouri must not miss
Messenger: 99 problems, and Kroenke ain't one
Messenger: Video: Missouri Senate vs. the press
KC Star letter: Area woman says white males' desire to
own guns fueled by bigoted white supremacy +
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Thursday, January 7
The Hill: Blunt, Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.)
propose bipartisan bill to boost mental health funding
KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Blunt visits Southeast Missouri
State to highlight NIH funding, talk flood
KOLR: Blunt visits Springfield, celebrates increase in
cancer funding
Kirksville Daily Express: Blunt meets with local
leaders on mental health
Politico: Democrats mine Pentagon files for dirt on
Blunt, other GOP senators
Missourinet: Congressional Republicans support bill to
repeal Obamacare, defund Planned Parenthood
KWMU: 'Operation Recovery' to remove 500,000 tons of
flood debris from St. Louis area
Missourinet: State lawmakers talk Missouri flooding as
2016 session begins
The Missouri Times: Jay Hahn, Whit O'Daniel announce
new government relations firm
Missourinet: Videos: Missouri legislative
leaders' opening-day remarks
The Missouri Times: Speaker Todd Richardson delivers
opening day address
Missourinet: Missouri House, Senate GOP plan to work
closely in '16 session
AP: Legislature starts session under new leadership
KWMU: Jefferson City opening day notes; moving
quickly on ethics legislation and other priorities
Missourinet: Ethics bills to take lead out of the gate
in Missouri legislative session
JCNT: Fast start predicted at Capitol; Debate on
ethics overhaul could start next week X
Columbia Missourian: Ethics overhaul at top of agenda
for state lawmakers
KC Star: Ethics bill defines sex between lobbyists,
lawmakers as a gift +
KC Star: Senate to give staff more room to work on
Senate floor; Journalists can watch Senate proceedings from
public gallery +
KWMU: Missouri lawmakers begin annual state budget
battles
CDT: Possible fuel tax increase one of top budget
issues as lawmakers begin session X
Missourinet: Missouri lawmakers studying Real ID issue
P-D: Missouri driver's licenses still valid to enter
federal courthouse; U.S. Marshal's office is not changing
procedures in response to Real ID
Columbia Missourian: Bills face complex path to
becoming law; A look at last year's plastic-bag/minimum-wage
mash-up
CDT: Session preview: Democrats criticize
Schaefer's criticism of MU; Minority party suggests statewide
candidate might be grandstanding in an election year X
CDT: Some MU faculty counter calls for Melissa Click's
removal with letter of support X
The Missouri Times: State legislators react to Obama
gun proposal
P-D: St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Kelvin
Adams on short list to lead L.A. schools
KWMU: St. Louis Public Schools supe mentioned in
search for L.A. job
KWMU: 'Not a 3 professional team market.' Why the Rams
want to leave St. Louis
KWMU: Mayor Slay on Rams' bid for L.A.: 'Make no
mistake - St. Louis is a great city, a great sports town'
P-D: St. Louis to Kroenke: You're 'preposterous'
Columbia Missourian: 2015 deaths in Missouri vehicle
crashes highest since 2009
Kraske: The Chat: Ellington on grand juries and
police-involved shootings +
The Missouri Times: Nasheed, Dogan, ACLU team up to
fight police profiling
Missourinet: ACLU, "Don't Shoot Coalition" back
police-profiling bill
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Mannies
& Rosenbaum have a chat with St. Louis City Alderman Cara Spencer
on restricting guns, city earnings tax, more
JCNT editorial: GOP call for Melissa Click's scalp is
a good example of political posturing X
P-D editorial: Silent Stan unloads, offers to show NFL
the money
Priddy: Retired scribe offers sarcasm on Kurt
Schaefer, guns on campus, more
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: If Missouri legislators pick
off Melissa Click, it's not a win for education +
Columbia Missourian's David Rosman: Insight into
legislative session: There are a number of issues, and Rex
Sinquefield will attempt to persuade legislators, and there will be a
lot to write about
KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas
criticizes Missouri's occupational licensing regulations +
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Wednesday, January
6
Missouri General Assembly Opening Day
KMOX: Obama weeps during gun-control speech;
Comments from Blunt, Clay
St. Joseph News-Press: Blunt, Graves react to Obama's
gun proposal X
KCUR: Blunt talks guns, health research during KC stop
Missourinet: Congressional delegation reacts to
President's orders on gun control
KC Star: KC Mayor Sly James weighs in on Obama
proposals, says, "There are no gun laws in this state" +
KWMU: List of Missouri gun laws: Concealed-carry
application regulations; rules on owning, selling and
transporting firearms; other Missouri gun laws
SNL: Greene County Sheriff scoffs at Obama's
'knee-jerk' executive action on guns X
The Missouri Times: GOP gubernatorial candidates chime
in on potential gun control actions
SE
Missourian: Cape Girardeau man federally indicted on food-stamp
fraud charges; Convenience store owner redeemed $800,000 in SNAP
handouts +
SE
Missourian: Homeowners, companies gear up for flood cleanup
efforts +
KC Star: Kurt Schaefer, Josh Hawley spar over Iranian
militant group +
Drebes:
Help Wanted: Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual
Violence seeks communications coordinator
Drebes: MoScout Readers Poll on Lobbyists: Most
Effective, Happy Warrior, Lovable Curmudgeon, Best Superhero Duo, more
KWMU: Legislative session preview: Contribution
limits; Regulating how and when departing legislators can use
their skillset to earn a living; Guns;
Transportation; More
AP: Legislative session preview: One-sentence
summaries of key topics
Kraske: The Chat: Speaker Todd Richardson
optimistic about session's productivity; MSTA's Bruce Moe on
teacher pay +
CDT: Nixon makes ethics top priority for his final
legislative session X
The Missouri Times: Nixon enthused, but wary, on
proposed lobbying changes
KC Star: Nixon renews call for legislative ethics
overhaul +
Columbia Missourian: Ethics overhaul at top of agenda
for state lawmakers
AP: Nixon says ethics changes should be priority this
session
JCNT: Nixon: 2016 is the year for ethics reform +
AP: Nixon supports bill to raise Missouri gas tax 1.5
cents
SNL: Lawmakers: Road funding a top priority for
session X
AP: Missouri general revenue up for first half of
budget year
Missourinet: Missouri amnesty program will bring in
$35 million in back taxes
AP: Nixon says state tax amnesty program will bring in
$35 million this year for health care
Missourinet: Nixon opposes splitting Missouri water,
highway patrols
CDT: Subpoena fight sets tone for legislative debate
on abortion X
KC Star: Group of University of Missouri faculty
members defend colleague who verbally assaulted minority journalist +
KWMU: Galloway investigating small business advocacy
board
Missourinet: Kroenke lays out details as to why it's
time for Rams to leave St. Louis - and it's harsh
SNL: Springfield Public Schools names office building
for former Sen. Roseann Bentley (R) X
KWMU: Nasheed, Dogan propose major overhaul of state
traffic stop data
AP: Missouri measure seeks to address policing "bias"
The Missouri Times: Rep. Brandon Ellington (D-Kansas
City) files bill to forbid grand juries from hearing police cases
SE
Missourian editorial: Neighbors, infrastructure help fight
flood; A positive, optimistic look at flood preparations and
recovery +
JCNT editorial: Applying new federal law to local
schools X
Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal editorial: State has
obligation to fully fund schools X
P-D op-ed: Rep. Deb Lavender (D-Kirkwood):
Thoughts on economic woes, fear of gunfire, Star Wars' depiction of
women, other aspects of the female struggle
P-D op-ed: Washington University senior lecture [sic] Michael Gordinier:
Permit holders should be allowed to carry guns on college campuses
KC Star letter: KC man attempts analogy:
Legislators opposing contribution limits are like Bill Cosby drugging
and raping women +
P-D letter: St. Louis County woman says editorial
board opposes woe-is-me culture only when a white male shows entitlement
P-D letter: St. Charles man responds to victim-culture
editorial, says editorial board can manage to blame anything on white
male Republicans
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Tuesday, January
5
Session Eve
KMIZ: Blunt visits Jefferson City; Junior
senator discusses GOP disagreements on REAL ID, flooding, his push for
more mental-health funding
KWMU: Outgoing director says access is better at St.
Louis VA, but needs to be monitored
Missourinet: Many roads re-open in Missouri, but
flooding expected could lead to closures
SE
Missourian: Area counties begin to assess flood damage +
CDT: Initiative petitions might force lawmakers into
action on ethics overhaul X
The Missouri Times: Texts from the Trail column:
Brunner's hefty check to himself makes it clear it's 'game on;' a
look at recent entrants into state legislative races
The Missouri Times: In-depth series on statewide
candidates: Catherine Hanaway, Missouri's Red-State
Architect: Insight from Chuck Caisley, Carl Bearden, former Reps.
Larry Crawford (R) and Esther Haywood (D), more
The Missouri Times: Profile: Steve Roberts
Jr.; Son of St. Louis City real estate figure to run in primary
for Kim Gardner's safe Democratic seat
The Missouri Times: Profile: Nick Schroer:
Brother-in-law of Rep. Robert Cornejo (R) to run in primary for Ron
Hick's safe Republican seat
P-D: Dean Plocher, Republican filling Diehl's vacated
seat, to be sworn in tomorrow
Rosenbaum: Richardson looks to defy legislative
expectations; Dems, Republicans, and the Speaker himself preview
Poplar Bluff native's first full session as leader
KWMU: Reporters Jo Mannies and Marshall Griffin, along
with UMSL's Terry Jones, preview the legislative session
KC Star: Legislative-session preview: Overview
of top issues +
JCNT: Nixon sets Jan. 20 for State of the State X
KWMU: Politically Speaking podcast: Sen. Joe
Keaveny (D-St. Louis) talks with journoduo about Webber vs. Rowden,
voter ID, stadium funding, uncompassionate nature of proposed
"cooling-off" livelihood-restriction proposals, more
Missourinet: Rep. Dianne Franklin (R-Camdenton)
proposes reversing merger of Missouri Highway and Water patrols
The Missouri Times: Franklin pre-files bill to
re-establish water patrol
KC Star: Franklin files bill to reverse merger of
water patrol into Highway Patrol +
JCNT: Franklin files bill to re-establish State Water
Patrol X
The Missouri Times: Republican legislators demand
termination of MU professor for role in protests; Melissa Click
was caught on video verbally assaulting minority journalist
Columbia Missourian: State lawmakers want 2 of MU
staff fired for protest actions; Caucasoid females Melissa Click,
Janna Basler commited macroaggressions against minority student
CDT: Lawmakers call for termination of Mizzou prof,
Student Life employee for behavior caught on camera; Lawmakers
poke at prof's academic focus on BDSM chick lit, poppy topics X
AP: GOP lawmakers want Mizzou professor fired for
threatening minority journalist
SNL: In wake of report showing "no credible evidence"
of discrimination, Missouri State University's top black official says
he'll go away; School officials say breakup was mutual X
JCNT: Missouri State Teacher's Association says MO
teachers rank 42nd in pay X
AP: Bill from Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) would
criminalize using drugs while pregnant
AP: GOP-led panel wants Planned Parenthood leader held
in contempt for refusing to share documents
The Missouri Times: Schupp criticizes Schaefer over
Sanctity of Life recommendations
P-D: Red-light camera ban up for debate by Missouri
lawmakers
KWMU: It's official: The St. Louis Rams want to
move to Los Angeles
Missourinet: Rams apply to move from St. Louis to Los
Angeles
P-D: Rams apply for move to L.A.
SNL: Springfield woman says gun rights prevented
tragedy; Knife-wielding ruffian threatened woman and her children
at gas station - until the miscreant was run off by legally-armed
husband X
Missourinet: Five killed in Missouri crashes over New
Year's weekend
Missourinet: Traffic fatalities, drownings increase in
Missouri in 2015
P-D editorial: A river city perpetually surprised by
floods should wise up
CDT's Waters: GOP voter ID bill will help suppress
turnout among minorities, the poors and the olds X
KC Star's Mary Sanchez: Proposal from Sen. Jamilah
Nasheed (D-St. Louis City) and Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) seeks more
data on police bias, but numbers don't fix problems +
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Monday, January 4
Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: flood
protection along Mississippi is adequate, but more needs to be done
P-D: Recovery underway in wake of holidays marred by
flooding
AP: Missouri assesses damage, cleanup after flood
Kraske: The Chat: Blunt on historic flooding +
STLBJ: Missouri health exchange enrollment topping
last year's figures
AP: Survey gives continuing signs of economic doldrums
in Missouri, other Midwest states
KC Star: Tobacco companies line up on both sides of
Missouri tax debate +
KWMU: Q&A with Senate President Pro Tem Ron
Richard: Value of PQ to shut off filibusters; role of
Senate sobriety in tempering House actions; colleagues obsessed
with staring at their phones and managing their social-media images
instead of working; more
AP: Legislators submit ethics proposals, again;
Nixon says overhaul of rules could totally happen this year
Columbia Missourian: PolitiFact: Will Kraus'
statement on voter fraud, made during appearance on Scott Faughn's This
Week in Missouri Politics, rated "Half True"
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Pat Conway (D-St. Joseph)
on "living wage" proposals: More than $9/hr. not realistic
"unless we do a progressive increase" X
Missourinet: Groups discuss more control for videos of
Missouri child sex abuse victims in court cases
The Maneater: After stepping down as chancellor,
Loftin isn't dwelling on the past
KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Department of
Conservation wants decent citizens to report poachers; Comments
from area conservation agent
KC Star: Jolie Justus announces meeting of
anti-violence task force +
P-D: A look at the child victims of St. Louis City's
record-breaking 2015 homicide season
P-D editorial: St. Louis City should forget about
funding stadium, and focus on providing city employees paid family leave
Priddy: Meaningful ethics overhaul unlikely to happen
Messenger: Lawmakers target Tilley as ethics debate is
revived in Missouri; A look at contributions to Democrats,
Republicans
P-D letter: Ohio man offers Missouri a sandbag-filling
tip: Use machines manned by prisoners
JCNT letter: Area octogenarian says Missouri GOP
stance on Medicaid is "inconsiderate," cites "known fact" that over
100,000 veterans in Missouri can't afford health insurance X
P-D letter: Maryland Heights woman dislikes Rep. Jered
Taylor's (R-Nixa) proposal for gun-tax holiday, suggests diaper-tax
holiday to benefit poor tykes
P-D letter: Kirkwood woman says more guns lead to more
murder, suggests pro-gun state legislators have problems with their
"hearts and minds and souls"
P-D letter: St. Louis County resident says Rams owners
should not count on stadium funding
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Sunday, January 3
Missourinet: Nixon requests federal emergency
declaration for historic flooding in Missouri
Missourinet: President signs emergency decaration to
assist with Missouri flood relief
KWMU: President declares state of emergency in Missouri
SE
Missourian: River slowly retreats after setting record in Cape +
Kraske: Unlike his performance in Ferguson, Nixon
appears fully engaged in flooding crisis +
JCNT: Legislative preview: Lawmakers to invade
Capitol on Wednesday; Issues will include transportation, ethics
overhaul, Planned Parenthood X
JCNT: Area state senators list legislative priorities X
JCNT: Area state reps list legislative priorities X
St. Joseph News-Press: Legislative preview:
Lawmakers to consider gas tax ideas X
CDT: Legislative preview: GOP and 'right to
work' prospects; Ballot initiatives targeted at campaign
contributions, size of the Legislature and more; Predictions of
statewide-candidate showboating; More X
AP: Legislative preview: Missouri, other states
to consider wide variety of issues in their Legislatures: Guns,
Planned Parenthood, LGBTQIA rights, police body cameras
JCNT: Lawmakers facing 'REAL ID' challenge X
SNL: Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) wants to add criminal
penalties for drug use during pregnancy X
JCNT: New education act promises more local
control; Comments from DESE's Chris Neale, others X
KWMU: Music therapists' 5-year push for state
certification continues
JCNT: Fulton State Hospital project on budget,
schedule; Comments from Office of Administration's Ryan Burns X
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: From TANF cuts to
limiting unemployment benefits, state Republican proposals are
reasonable and defensible - but GOP leaders must be more vocal X
Washington Missourian editorial: Gas-tax debate to
begin - and current proposals aren't nearly enough X
JCNT editorial: Ridiculous number of initiative
petitions gradually is dismantling representative government X
P-D editorial: When everyone's a victim, no one is a
victim; Mizzou protesters' caterwauling over "safe space" - in
the middle of a public university - is one example
McClellan: 2016 predictions: Jeb Bush carries
Missouri over Hillary Clinton; Koster over Hanaway; Rams
leave St. Louis; Obama makes sure Illinois takes NGA away from
Missouri
Messenger: North Side location could bring NGA
history full circle
KC Star's Steve Rose: Survey examines Missourians'
views on climate change topics +
SNL op-ed: Show-Me Institute's Joseph Miller:
Drivers should pay for new Missouri highways
X
P-D op-ed: Solving racial tension in Missouri:
University City man believes that children are our future, teach them
well and let them lead the way
SE
Missourian: Area man says national Republicans have not been
conservative about spending, credits state GOP leaders for "holding the
line" on spending +
P-D letter: American Cancer Society volunteer thanks
Blunt for support of funding
P-D letter: St. Louis County man says "zoning czars,"
developers, elected officials to blame for flooding
P-D letter: St. Louis City man says Confederate
memorial teaches lesson about traitors
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Saturday, January 2
KWMU: Meramec River reaches crest; Interstates
reopened
AP: Interstate highways reopen in flood-ravaged St.
Louis area
Missourinet: River flooding disrupts critical shipping
time for Missouri farmers
Missourinet: Photo gallery: Flooding in eastern
Missouri yesterday
P-D: Levee breaks near St. Mary, Mo.; Historic
high water expected in Cape Girardeau
SE
Missourian: Flood of '16 breaks record in Cape, surpasses Great
Flood of 1993 +
Washington Missourian: Floods had major impact on
county roads, highway official says X
Missourinet: Missouri State Patrol requests citizens
not fly drones in flood-affected areas
CDT: Blunt visits area food bank as part of official
duties, declines to answer questions about son's lobbying or U.S.
Senate campaign opponent Jason Kander X
Kraske: The Chat: End-of-quarter fundraising
beg-for-cash edition +
AP: Annual new-laws overview: Welfare recipients
can stay on the dole for nearly four years; Unworking adults can
choose to accept unemployment benefits for more than three
months; Tax, traffic-fine, dog-breeding updates
P-D editorial: Gun sales tax-holiday idea from Rep.
Jered Taylor (R-Nixa) is dumb
Washington Missourian editorial: Top 10 AP stories are
a matter of opinion; Race histrionics at Mizzou - or "Cave-In
University" - was big news X
CDT's Waters: Planned Parenthood: University of
Missouri should reinstate "refer and follow" privileges X
Columbia Missourian's George Kennedy: Latest in
let's-spend-more-time-talking-about-race series; Septuagenarian
columnist refers to "aggressively ambitious" ideological assailant Kurt
Schaefer without mentioning his name
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says taxpayers would be on
the hook when Rams PSL sales fall short
P-D letter: Ferguson man offers sarcastic take on
Nixon and National Guard
P-D letter: Sappington man dislikes coverage of Tamir
Rice incident, objects to "Trayvonification": "posting innocent
child pictures of criminals in an attempt to sway opinion"
Washington Missourian letter: Area resident lists
targets of grievances: Black parents who don't control violent
offspring; Gun sellers who provide tools of violence; Local
gas-station owners seeking to maximize profits
X
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man says that while the
politically-correct crowd is at it, take away the statue of Union Gen.
Sigel
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KWMU: Meramec River reaches crest; I-55 closed
KWMU: Flood information at a glance: Road
closings, volunteer info
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri farmers work together
amid flooding
Missouri Ruralist: Video: Missouri farm family
faces floodwaters
Missourinet: Iowa National Guard soldiers to help 6500
Missourians get clean drinking water
SE
Missourian: River forecast at Cape now at 50 feet; would
break '93 record
P-D: State officials, lawmakers unsure of monetary
impact of flooding
Columbia Missourian: The Year in Pictures:
Lesbian newlyweds celebrate with selfie; Activists disrupt MU
Homecoming Parade; Caucasoid female MU employee verbally assaults
minority journalist; Grown man wears homemade Star Wars costume
in public; More
Kraske: The Great Kraskini's 2016 predictions:
Clinton over Cruz, Koster over Kinder, Blunt over Kander; Todd
Richardson, Ron Richard, Jason Kander impress
KWMU: John Brunner infuses $3.6M of own money into his
GOP bid for governor
The Missouri Times: Brunner donates $3.6M to
gubernatorial campaign
AP: Brunner puts $3.6M of his own money into gov
campaign
The Missouri Times: Missouri Family Policy Council
names AG candidate Kurt Schaefer "Missouri Family Champion of the Year"
Drebes: Initiative petition would keep Syrian refugees
out of Missouri
Missouri Farmer Today: 2016 legislative session could
look at dairy funding, farmland tax, ag issues; Comments from
Rep. Bill Reiboldt (R-Neosho), Missouri Farm Bureau's Ashley McDonald
St. Joseph News-Press: Opposition to St. Louis stadium
plan grows
JCNT: House members prefile full slate of proposed
legislation
JCNT: Senators prefile hundreds of bills for upcoming
session
KWMU: Education bill would keep male genitalia out of
girls' locker rooms
SNL: Report: 'No credible evidence' MSU
discriminated against top black official; State school spends
time, resources addressing one man's online petition
KMZU (Carrollton): New drug legislation may put
life-saving overdose medication into the hands of citizens;
Interview with Rep. Steven Lynch (R-Waynesville)
Missourinet: Missouri committee on Planned Parenthood
wants contempt proceedings, more hearings
AP: Missouri launches health care program for pregnant
women
P-D: Missouri taxpayers set to pick up the tab for
pregnant-women health care; Program will prop up nearly 1,800
women - earning up to three times the poverty level - who can't manage
to purchase health care on their own
P-D: Ameren Missouri energy efficiency program ends
AP: Missouri casinos attribute higher arrest totals to
better training
KWMU: EPA to build a physical firebreak at the West
Lake Landfill in Bridgeton
P-D: EPA proceeds with long-delayed barrier between
burning landfill and radioactive waste
AP: EPA orders isolation barrier at St. Louis-area
landfill
Columbia Missourian: Hunters kill 11,061 deer during
alternative weapons season; Missouri Department of Conservation
provides county-level data on wild animals removed from population
KC Star: 2015 was Kansas City's deadliest year for
homicides since 2011; Black males comprise 63% of the 109 murder
victims
P-D: St. Louis City boosts homicide total 14 percent
over 2014, with 188 total; St. Louis County increases murders 78
percent, for total of 66 slayings
P-D: Ferguson men apprehended after robbing man of
cell phone; Perps taken into custody without assaulting officers
St. Joseph News-Press: Kwanzaa ends today, with few
celebrating locally; Local activist says Afrocentric celebration
"doesn't have the permanency" of religious holidays
Messenger: Pied piper of failed river policies saw
this flood coming
Shelly: Pessimistic predictions for 2016;
Seasoned sexagenarian's top 2015 Missouri themes (Rex Sinquefield, Kurt
Schaefer) persist into new year
P-D op-ed: Missouri should roll back
occupational-licensing regulations
St. Joseph News-Press letter: Area woman thanks Sam
Graves staffer Wesley Shaw for listening to her views and responding in
a respectful manner
P-D letter: Illinois woman says David Lieb's piece on
wind energy was more like an advertorial by American Wind Energy
Association
Columbia Missourian letter: Block Grain Belt Express
President Russell Pisciotta details group's opposition to transmission
line
Columbia Missourian letter: Oak Grove woman says
curbing access to cold medicines won't curb meth addictions
SNL letter: Battlefield man says Nixon not to blame
for Brandon Ellingson's drowning
P-D letter: Crestwood resident opposes P-D push for
metro super-government, says "big is not beautiful"
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