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Friday, February 18, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published February 18, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: @jeffreyjonesmo, #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, 97.1 FM Talk, Annie Frey Show, Billy Long, Bram Sable-Smith, Cori Bush, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Dave Schatz, entitlement, Eric Schmitt, Jeanne Kuang, Josh Hawley, journalists coping with COVID decline, journalists coping with decline in COVID cases, journalists finding personal and professional self-worth in COVID case counts, Kaiser Health News, Kansas City Star liberal bias, Kansas City Star Service Journalism team, Kevin McDermott, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mike Moon, Mike Sanders Missouri Democratic Party, Missouri 2022 state legislative session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri General Assembly 2022 legislation, Missouri Independent, Missouri Independent liberal bias, Missouri political journalism, Natalie Wallington, new angles on COVID stories, Phil Galewitz, Schmitt Derangement Syndrome, St. Louis Public Radio, Tessa Weinberg, Timothy McBride Washington University, Tod Robberson, Tom Barr, urban reporters attempting to cover the state Capitol, victimhood, voting by mail Missouri.

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo Show: Josh Hawley on endorsement of Vicky Hartzler, reaction to Billy Long’s criticism

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo Show: Eric Greitens on Josh Hawley’s endorsement of Vicky Hartzler (1:00); Trump supporters’ preference for him (1:15); his “30-point lead” (2:00); praise for Billy Long (4:15); recent trip to Mar-a-Lago (8:00); efforts to “expose” border patrol crisis (8:45)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Annie Frey Show: Eric Schmitt on border crossing numbers for the month of January and what can be done about it

Missouri Independent: Cori Bush skips subcommittee hearing on “extremist threats” and defunding police movement

Missourinet: Sam Graves warns Republicans redistricting fight in Missouri Senate could backfire

KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show: Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) on why he was wearing overalls (21:45), conversation with Sen. Dave Schatz (R-Sullivan) (23:30); Mike Cierpiot’s criticism of Jim Lembke (24:50); Lincoln Hough’s “socialist program” Fast Track bill (27:45); vow to Senate leadership: “They’re going to wish they hadn’t done this” (28:50); praise for Sens. Rick Brattin, Bill Eigel, Denny Hoskins, Bob Onder (30:00)

The Missouri Times: Tom Barr (R), Greene County Circuit Clerk, announces bid for Springfield House seat

SNL: Circuit Clerk Tom Barr running for House district representing east Greene County

TonysKansasCity.com: The curse of former Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders still haunts Jackson County

KSHB (Kansas City): Court backs Missouri ban on using public funds for campaigns (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Columbia Missourian: Republicans seek election law changes

Kaiser Health News’ Bram Sable-Smith and Phil Galewitz, via St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri leaders, who long resisted Medicaid expansion, break the law with delays; Comments from health care advocacy organization “Families USA,” Georgetown’s “Center for Children and Families,” Washington University health care policy analyst Timothy McBride

Combest: 20 for 20, Part 4 (10/21/21): Missouri media’s top victimhood angle 1H 2022: Missouri expanded Medicaid in 2021, but experts are worried that it was too late; “Media coverage to include third-party quotes from health care advocacy organizations, ironically overweight health care policy analysts from liberal universities”

KC Star: Georgetown’s “Center for Children and Families”: Missouri among states with highest risk of kids losing health coverage, report finds

St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri trails behind national average in seat belt safety

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri’s veterans homes deal with staffing shortages

Columbia Missourian: Biden administration sues Missouri over Second Amendment Preservation Act

P-D: Missouri attorney general says federal lawsuit prompts suspension of ‘Safer Streets’ pact in St. Louis City

Columbia Missourian: New bills seek to strengthen provisions against sexual abusers

Missouri Independent: Missouri state health agency seeks control of Title X funds that go to Planned Parenthood

SNL: MSU plans to split leftover COVID-19 relief funds to make direct payments to some students

SNL: Springfield-Greene County Health Department sees 25 percent decrease in COVID cases in the past week

St. Louis Public Radio: COVID permavictims: Wash U. study shows higher rates of “depression”, “anxiety” in COVID-19 survivors

KC Star editorial: Trump wants to pick winners, period. But even he seems to think Eric Greitens is too pervy

P-D editorial: In defending Missouri’s unconstitutional gun law, Schmitt aids the criminals

P-D editorial: Prosecutor should have said what Missouri already knew: There was no hacking.

P-D editorial board’s “Up for Discussion” video series: Tod Robberson and Kevin McDermott: Gov. Parson still doesn’t get ‘hacking,’ and Schmitt doesn’t get the Supremacy Clause

KC Star editorial: To Eric Schmitt, the system that locked up an innocent man matters more than justice

JCNT editorial: Legislative proposals for technology task forces would keep state on cutting edge

Missouri Independent’s Phill Brooks: Reflections on congressional redistricting from the 1970s to the present

KC Star “Service Journalism Team’s” Natalie Wallington: Missouri makes it hard to vote by mail, and state lawmakers are trying to make it even harder – here are some “pro tips” to overcome the barrier s

Joplin Globe op-ed: Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) attempting to thwart will of the people, Missouri courts

The Missouri Times op-ed: Vinnie Clubb: Changes to statute of limitations are a must for Missouri

Missouri Independent’s Rebecca Rivas: Missouri’s black lawmakers want to recognize “Black History Month,” but GOP lawmakers are seeking to ban critical race theory

P-D letter: Former Democratic state rep candidate Ed Shew, who lost 36-point nailbiter in 2016: GOP state lawmakers are “heartless”

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