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Saturday, February 5, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published February 5, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, $SR, Bruce DeGroot, Eric Burlison, Eric Schmitt, everything is racist, Garrett Hawkins, Josh Hawley, Kaitlin Washburn, Kansas City Star Missouri gun violence advocacy series, Kavahn Mansouri, liberal media bias in Missouri, Louis Riggs, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri congressional redistricting, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri DESE, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Foundation for Health sponsored content, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Missouri self-defense laws, Missouri state employee wage increase 2022, MoDOT news, Rick Francis, Robert Cornejo, Sarah Fenske, Second Amendment Preservation Act, Spire, sponsored journalism, Tony's Kansas City, Waters of the U.S. rule Missouri.

The Missouri Times: Schmitt, Greitens release dueling China ads to air during Olympics

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau calling for farmer support against the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers reinstating WOTUS

JCNT: MoDOT: Cold temperatures have slowed road clearing

Missouri Independent: Bankruptcy of failed Missouri factory project nears end after 10 years in court; Mamtek promoters promised prosperity, jobs and delivered debt, embezzlement of construction funds

Columbia Missourian: Redistricting impasse spurs talk of changing primary election date

P-D: Gov. Parson’s push for state worker raises could be upended by fellow Missouri Republicans

P-D: Missouri high court to hear challenge to controversial gun law

SE Missourian: Rep. Rick Francis (R-Cape Girardeau) firmly opposed to Burlison’s self-defense bill, other area lawmakers defer comment

Columbia Missourian: Senators hope to expand Medicaid coverage for new mothers

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: Area rabbi, law school prof complain about Gov. Parson’s “Christian values” tweet

P-D: Responding to criticism, Gov. Parson’s office says h e ‘has never required a religious litmus test’

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) reports on broadband bill hearing

Missouri Independent: Bipartisan Missouri bills aim to ban out-of-school suspensions through the third grade

KMBC (Kansas City): Missouri farmers support right-to-repair bill (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KC Star: Police investigating three break-ins at medical marijuana dispensaries in Kansas City

P-D: Gov. Parson appoints former Rep. Robert Cornejo (R-St. Peters) as associate circuit judge

KCTV (Kansas City): Spire customers in Missouri see increased bills (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Joplin Globe: Health officials report decline in COVID-19 cases following omicron-fueled spike in January

Midwest Newsroom’s Kavahn Mansouri, via St. Louis Public Radio: M i s s o u r i ‘s Second Amendment Preservation Act makes it harder to stop crime. Now Iowa will consider a similar bill

KC Star’s Kaitlin Washburn: Gun control advocacy series, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report for America: Missouri woman speaks out against gun violence for national awareness week

The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Bruce DeGroot (R-Ellisville): Missouri’s Sunshine Law must be revised

The Missouri Times op-ed: Christina Mosley: Big government aims to kill cottage industry in Missouri to help retailers

Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia sexagenarian says Josh Hawley is a racist

Columbia Missourian letter: Saint Louis Head Start Organization for Education leader praises DESE for literacy grants

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