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Saturday, January 29, 2022 – Missouri political headlines

Published January 29, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, $AEE, $EVRG, $LEE, Adrian Plank, Aisha Sultan, Alex Riley Missouri, Ameren Missouri, Billy Long, Brenda Talent, Chuck Basye, Danny Busick, entitlement, Eric Schmitt, Evergy, health professionals complaining about the profession they chose, initiative petitions in Missouri, Jessica Bax, journalists coping with decline in COVID cases, Kansas City Star editorial board, Kevin Strickland, Lee Enterprises, liberal media bias in Missouri, Missouri 2022 state legislative session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri Department of Mental Health, Missouri General Assembly 2022 legislation, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Public Service Commission, old people ironically not reading snail mail, people who choose to be obese complaining about health problems, Rasheen Aldridge, regulatory sandbox legislation Missouri, Sarah Fenske, Schmitt Derangement Syndrome, Show-Me Institute, St. Louis Public Radio, victimhood.

The Missouri Times: YouTube removes Billy Long ad for violating “election integrity policy”

SNL: Blunt visits Greene County, talks Dems’ elections bill and SCOTUS; Comments from Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller

SNL: Springfield couple sentenced to house detention for Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol

SNL: Indicted GOP Rep. Tricia Derges denied dismissal of charges, recusal of prosecutor

Columbia Missourian: Adrian Plank to make third consecutive bid for state representative; Columbia Democrat lost to Chuck Basye in back-to-back 14-point nail-biters

JCNT: Jay Ashcroft challenges fifth-graders to persevere, be good citizens

Brownfield Ag News: Rep. Don Rone (R-Portageville) wants $23.5 million to expand the New Madrid port along the Mississippi River

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Danny Busick (R-Newtown) on House passage of Missouri Agriculture and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) tax credits

Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson among those waiting on next step for year-round E15 sales

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: Caregivers for the disabled want higher wages; thoughts from Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Jessica Bax, others

P-D: Missouri State Parks report record attendance, campsite and cabin rentals in 2021

SNL: Missouri Healing Arts board requests court records in Agape Boarding School doctor case

St. Joseph News-Press: Evergy seeks rate hike

Columbia Missourian: Columbia woman baffled by higher monthly Ameren bill; Area sexagenarian claims Missouri Public Service Commission told her “Oh, we don’t really serve the public”

Missouri Independent: China virus roundup: Pandemic task force chief concedes that St. Louis’ four largest healthcare systems see decline in COVID hospital admissions; Fredericktown doctors put in extra effort for overweight old lady ; more

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: Conservative Brenda Talent to join liberal regulars on monthly “Legal Roundtable” to discuss Eric Schmitt and Missouri mask mandates

KCUR: Kevin Strickland’s latest complaint: Still waiting on autographed bat from Frank White

Daily American Republic editorial: Opposition to raising initiative petition hurdles, and redistricting processes in general

KC Star editorial: Sarcastic proposal from urban lawmakers shows GOP hypocrisy on local control of police

The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Alex Riley (R-Springfield): Missouri should adopt a “regulatory sandbox” to attract job creators and advance business-friendly reputation

P-D’s Aisha Sultan: If parents sued Missouri’s attorney general

P-D letter: Ladue octogenarian praises Post-Dispatch for its “precious truth-telling journalism”

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