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Tuesday, February 8, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published February 8, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, 2022 Missouri Lincoln Day, 93.9 The Eagle Columbia MO, Billy Long, Branden Rathert, Bruce DeGroot, Doug Richey, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, Kavahn Mansouri, Ken Midkiff, Kurt Erickson, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mark McCloskey, Midwest Newsroom, 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 political journalism, Missouri redistricting, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Missouri state employee wage increase 2022, Missouri state Senate races 2022, Post-Dispatch liberal bias, Scott Faughn, Second Amendment Preservation Act, Stephanie Bell, Steven Roberts, Tom Vilsack, Vicky Hartzler, Wake Up Columbia.

93.9 The Eagle: Wake up Columbia with Branden Rathert and Stephanie Bell: Billy Long previews this week’s U.S. Senate debate at Lincoln Day: speculation that Schmitt and Greitens are “living in Joe Biden’s basement” (12:15); criticism of “Shanghai Schmitt” (12:50); why Vicky Hartzler is not a true conservative (14:30); congressional redistricting maps (8:00); YouTube controversy (1:50); more

Brownfield Ag News: USDA announces $1 billion for climate-smart practices, market expansion

The Missouri Times: USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announces new initiative tackling climate change during visit to Lincoln University

JCNT: USDA announces $1 billion grant program while visiting LU

P-D: U.S. agriculture secretary, during Missouri appearance, kicks off new $1B ‘climate-smart’ grant program

Missouri Independent: USDA pledges $1B for ‘climate smart’ ag products

The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: State Senate Tipsheet: February 2022

The Missouri Times: Senate’s redistricting fight begins with conservative rally

The Missouri Times: Redistricting Rumble: Senate begins marathon debate on congressional maps; Live blog of ongoing debate

Columbia Missourian: 7-1 redistricting map voted down by Senate

Missouri Independent: Republican officials rally supporters to advocate for ‘7-1’ Missouri congressional map

P-D: Bipartisan Senate coalition rejects ‘7-1’ Missouri congressional plan

Columbia Missourian: Initiative petition overhaul subject of state House debate

P-D: Missouri House endorses plan to raise standards for changing state constitution

JCNT: Proposed pay increase for state workers headed to Missouri House floor

Missouri Independent: House committee scales back governor’s pay raise plan for Missouri state workers

Columbia Missourian: House Budget Committee cuts back Parson’s proposed state worker raises

KC Star: Missouri Republicans limit proposed state worker raises over opposition to $15 minimum

St. Louis Public Radio: $15 minimum wage for Missouri state employees not guaranteed under amended budget

SNL: House committee cuts back plan for MO state worker raises, eliminates $15 minimum for all

SNL: Counties, U.S. Department of Justice ask state Supreme Court to block Missouri gun law

P-D: Drops in St. Louis violent crime not greater in Cure Violence areas last year, analysis shows

JCNT editorial: Keep the stat e parks attendance momentum going, Missourians

KC Star editorial: B i l l f r o m S e n . S t e v e n R o b e r t s (D –S t . L o u i s C i t y ) limits citizen’s arrest law to prevent Ahmaud Arbery-type murder

P-D editorial: Thin-skinned insults are no way for the mayor to respond to an abuse victim

P-D’s Kurt Erickson: GOP pl a n to gut Medicaid advances to floor of Missouri House

The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs): The Missouri Course Access and Virtual School Program (MOCAP) question: Should superintendents block eligible parental requests? No!

Missouri Independent op-ed: Missouri National Education Association President Phil Murray: DESE and state lawmakers should waive standardized testing this year

Midwest Newsroom’s Kavahn Mansouri, via St. Louis Public Radio: Cities make their case to Missouri Supreme Court that the state’s gun law is unconstitutional

SE Missourian op-ed: National Parents Organization’s Linda Reutzel: Report shows Missouri’s child support guidelines are lacking

The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Bruce DeGroot (R-Ellisville); Missouri shouldn’t follow California’s failed homelessness playbook

Columbia Missourian’s Ken Midkiff: Geriatric columnist reminds readers that h e i s a “COVID-19 survivor”; meandering thoughts on Trump, Claire McCaskill, Billy Long

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