Wednesday, February 16, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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Fox News: Ted Cruz backs Eric Schmitt in Missouri U.S. Senate primary
Politico: Billy Long torches Hawley over Senate endorsement
Missouri Independent: Billy Long says Josh Hawley lied to him about U.S. Senate endorsement
SE Missourian: Hartzler defends women’s sports in new campaign ad
Columbia Missourian: Judicial Redistricting Commission plans hearing on Senate districts
JCNT: Gov. Parson: Trade, technical schools key to workforce development
JCNT: Republican lawmakers, advocates rally for 7-1 congressional map
Fox 2 (St. Louis): Demonstrators rally for GOP-heavy map as Senate tables debate
Fox 2 (St. Louis): Rowden wants senators to “grow up a little bit and get back to business”
Columbia Missourian: Conservatives rally over redistricting as Senate reconvenes
KC Star: MO Senate slams back into gridlock after map fight
P-D: Missouri Senate attempts to move on from redistricting debate, runs into another wall
Missouri Independent: Gov. Parson holds out hope for $15 state worker minimum wage
JCNT: Two abortion bills encounter confusion, concern at hearing
SNL: Missouri House advances ballot measure to defund Medicaid expansion, attach work requirements
Columbia Missourian: House gives preliminary approval to plan that could reverse Medicaid expansion
JCNT: House education panel hears several ‘parental bill of rights’ bills
KC Star: Angry parents speak out against masks, CRT at Kansas City area school board meetings
P-D: Court: Remote worker wrongly denied Missouri unemployment benefits
KC Star: COVID cases keep dropping in Kansas City
KCUR: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas won’t renew school mask mandate as COVID cases fall
SNL: As COVID cases rapidly fall, Springfield moves past omicron surge
JCNT editorial: Nixing new gas tax would be a mistake
P-D’s Kurt Erickson: Latest GOP plan to torpedo Medicaid expansion wins initial OK in Missouri House
P-D letter: Glendale octogenarian says GOP lawmakers do not care about voters