''The Citizen'' was the original name of a free monthly

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distributed in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and renamed in May 2011 to ''The Monitor''. The paper covers state politics in Jefferson City, Missouri and

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, as well as regional issues in Cass County, Missouri,

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, Jackson County, Missouri,

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and

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. The Monitor produces a mix of

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and

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, openly declaring a Center-right bias. Regular contributors include the Show-Me Institute, based in

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, and the Kansas Policy Institute, based in

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. Both are free-market

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focused on state policy issues. ''The Monitor'' was started in February 2011. Citizen Publications, LLC owns the paper. It ceased publication in September 2011.

Staff

*Publisher - Greg Brooks *Managing Editor - Greg Lipford

External links

''The Monitor''
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