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Friday, February 4, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published February 4, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, Aaron Hedlund, Caleb Rowden, Donald Kauerauf, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, Gilbert Bailon, Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star Service Journalism team, LGBTQ display at Missouri Capitol, liberal media bias in Missouri, long-haul COVID symptoms Missouri, Lucas Kunce, Lucas Kunce for Missouri, Lucas Kunce for Senate, Michael O'Donnell Missouri, Missouri 7th Congressional District Republican candidates, Missouri congressional redistricting, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri political journalism, MoDOT news, Patrick McKenna MoDOT, Pell Grants Missouri, Sam Alexander, Sara Walsh, Trish Gunby.

AP: Lucas Kunce raises most candidate committee funds among Senate hopefuls in Missouri

Missouri Independent: Pro-Greitens PAC hits Eric Schmitt on China in ad airing during Olympics opening ceremony

The Missouri Times: Sam Alexander endo r sed by Michael Flynn in CD 7 race

The Missouri Times: How Trish Gunby and Sara Walsh balance the Legislature and running for Congress

KERA (Dallas): KERA hires veteran newsroom leader from St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Gilbert B a i lon says he’ll focus on “race, gender, immigration status, language, culture, sexual orientation, socio-economic background and religion”

JCNT: Nonprofits welcome governor’s pledge of $20 million

Columbia Missourian: Staff shortages at state hospitals causing ‘a workforce crisis’

Missouri Independent: Missouri transportation chief under fire for bucking lawmakers on pay raise plan

The Missouri Times: Freedom From Religion wants Parson to apologize for ‘Christian values’ tweet

P-D: Only Christians need apply? Missouri governor’s ‘Christian values’ statement prompts legal concerns

St. Louis Public Radio: Politically Speaking: Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) on Kauerauf, redistricting, supplemental budget

The Missouri Times: Congressional redistricting back in Senate next week

The Missouri Times: Report: UM System has $6.5B impact on Missouri

Columbia Missourian: University of Missouri System generates $6.5 billion for the state, study shows

Washington Missourian: School officials don’t support push to change how school board elections are conducted

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis has thousands of vacant properties. Bill from Rep. Michael O’Donnell (R-Oakville) aims to change that

Washington Missourian: Senate confirms Margy Eckelkamp to conservation commission

P-D editorial: Hawley posts a fist-pump to ignorance with his position on Ukraine

KC Star editorial: MoDOT director isn’t the problem. Missouri has money for roads and state worker raises

St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Kauerauf in c ident shows what happens when the mob affects public policy

Joplin Globe editorial: GOP lawmakers support anti-vaccine protesters and election deniers over a LGBTQIA* history exhibit

P-D editorial: Gov. Parson’s ‘Christian values’ litmus test is blatantly unconstitutional

CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Aaron Hedlund: Flood of federal money is not a free pass for a spending binge

KC Star op-ed: Northwest Missouri State University President John Jasinski: Missouri’s congressional delegation should support doubling of Pell Grants

The Missouri Times op-ed: Bettendorf, Iowa Mayor Bob Gallagher: Proposed railroad merger threatens vitality of Mississippi River communities

Missouri Independent’s Phill Brooks: Legislative targeting of education

KC Star “Service Journalism Team’s” Joseph Hernandez: Feeling down in the dumps weeks after catching COVID? You might be a victim of long-tail COVID

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