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Monday, February 7, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published February 7, 2022 (updated: August 22, 2022) in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Barbara Washington Missouri, Bill Eigel, Calvert Street Group, Calvert Street Group Tennessee PR, Cheri Toalson Reisch, Chuck Basye, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Dale Singer, Danielle Duclos reporter, Donald Kauerauf, Eric Burlison, Gina Kaufmann, Governor Mike Parson, Gregg Keller, Jay Wasson, Jeanne Kuang, Jeff Roorda, journalists coping with decline in COVID cases, journalists finding personal and professional self-worth in COVID case counts, journalists mocking unvaccinated Missourians, Kansas City Star liberal bias, KCUR, KCUR liberal bias, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mike Moon, Missouri 2022 state legislative session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri congressional redistricting, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri General Assembly 2022 legislation, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri Medicaid residency verification, Missouri political journalism, Missouri recreational marijuana ballot initiative, Missouri recreational marijuana vote, Missouri Task Force One, Patrick Lynn, Patrick Lynn Calvert Street Group, Patrick Lynn Steve Stenger, Sam Alexander, Sam Gladney, Steve Stenger.

SNL: 7th Congressional GOP primary campaign fundraising update – plus associated PACs

This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) talks with Scott Faughn about opposition to Donald Kauerauf (0:45); never receiving a call from Gov. Parson (2:45); congressional redistricting (4:30); how Caleb Rowden should deal with the Conservative Caucus (9:55); Panel of Steve Stenger consigliere Patrick Lynn, Democratic attorney Sam Gladney, GOP consultant Gregg Keller, GOP state Senate candidate Jeff Roorda on Donald Kauerauf (15:50); congressional redistricting (22:15); GOP U.S. Senate primary (25:30)

P-D: Booming Missouri medical marijuana industry bets on full legalization in 2022

Columbia Missourian: Initiative petitions overhaul set for state House debate

Missourinet: Missouri opening a dozen 24-hour crisis centers to help Missourians with a variety of needs, including mental health, welfare handouts and Medicaid signups

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) on fighting revisionist history and hatred in school curriculum, gives update on other education bills

St. Joseph News-Press: School board member optimistic Gov. Parson plan will boost teacher pay

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Missouri Task Force One bill from Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch (R-Hallsville) moves out of committee

KC Star: Medicaid advocates complain about state’s residency-verification process

St. Louis Public Radio: Why so few houses have earthquake insurance near Missouri’s New Madrid Seismic Zone

Missouri Independent: Missouri bills would offer incentives for grocery stores, urban farms to eliminate “food deserts”; S e n . B a r b a r a W a s h i n g t o n (D –K a n s a s C i t y ) t h i n k s tax credits for “entrepreneurs” will convince urbanites to start eating vegetables

Columbia Missourian’s Danielle Duclos: Constitutional amendment would gut Missouri’s Medicaid expansion, reversing what was voters passed in 2020 and bringing back the control that conservative Republicans want

KCUR’s Gina Kaufmann: Cautious Kansas Citians like me take refuge at The Campground, where everybody knows you’re vaxxed and we “giggle” at the ignorant unvaccinated; “At the host’s stand, I showed my vaccination card with all the eagerness of a 21-year-old showing ID”

P-D letter: Former Post-Dispatch/Beacon/St. Louis Public Radio reporter Dale Singer mocks Gov. Parson for Kauerauf kerfuffle

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