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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published February 22, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Adrian Plank, Bob Onder, boring Sunshine request results, Broadband expansion in Missouri, Chimene Schwach, Chuck Basye, Dane Diehl, Doug Richey, Emanuel Cleaver, Eric Schmitt, Jeanne Kuang, John Combest, Kansas City Star liberal bias, Karla Eslinger, Katie Bernard, KWTO Springfield, liberal media bias in Missouri, Louis Riggs, Missouri 2022 state legislative session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri Gaming Commission, Missouri General Assembly 2022 legislation, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri Medicaid work requirements, Missouri Parents' Bill of Rights, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Soybean Association, Missouri State Council of Firefighters endorsements, rural broadband expansion in Missouri, Sarah Ritter Kansas City Star, Tracy McCreery, Vicky Hartzler.

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KWTO (Springfield): Vicky Hartzler on Russia-Ukraine status (2:50); what Biden should have done (3:15); what the U.S. should do now (4:00); why Putin doesn’t respect Biden (6:00); her work to boost military spending (8:00); her advantages over other GOP U.S. Senate candidates (9:45)

KCUR: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver hopes to spend money on “zero emissions” transit line from Independence to Kansas City, Kansas

P-D: Former Florissant Mayor Tom Schneider says he’ll run for U.S. Senate as independent

The Missouri Times: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) makes St. Charles county executive race official

P-D: GOP Sen. Bob Onder to run for St. Charles County executive

The Missouri Times: Capitol Briefs: Tracy McCreery endorsed by Missouri State Council of Firefighters

CDT: Democrat Adrian Plank to make third run for state representative, w i l l t a k e o n Chimene Schwach in primary

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) on Medicaid work requirements for able-bodied adults

Joplin Globe: ‘Giant piles of cash’: Rep. Cody Smith (R-Carthage) reports on Missouri House budget process

Missouri Independent: Flaw discovered by a Post-Dispatch reporter existed in state-run website since Jay Nixon’s first term as governor

P-D: Police probe shows Missouri data weakness existed a decade before Post-Dispatch exposed it

SNL: Republican senators broke deadlock last week, Sen. Lincoln Hough’s workforce scholarship bill among first to move

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) filing more broadband bills: “Folks in the Senate haven’t done a bloody thing all session except argue”

The Missouri Times: Lawmakers consider rape shield bill from Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R-Scott City) to protect victims

KC Star’s Katie Bernard, Jeanne Kuang and Sarah Ritter: GOP “Parents’ Bill of Rights” bills are making teachers feel under attack

P-D: Religious groups on tap to manage Missouri tax-credit scholarships

Missourinet: Sen. Karla Eslinger (R-Wasola) wants Missouri high schoolers to fill out Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application before graduating

SE Missourian: State commission says January casino gaming numbers down in Southeast Missouri

Missouri Independent: Texts reveal last-ditch efforts to save Gov. Parson’s health director

JCNT: 180 new Eagle Scouts honored in Capitol ceremony

Joplin Globe editorial: Leave initiative petition alone

P-D editorial: Term limits reduce Missouri politicians’ effectiveness, empowering lobbyists

St. Joseph News-Press editorial: With this Missouri Senate, schools should worry about federal funding

St. Joseph News-Press editorial: A modest proposal for texting-while-driving legislation

The Missouri Times op-ed: Missouri Soybean Association’s Dane Diehl: A beetle and the EPA want to send my Bates County farm back to the stone ages

The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Bruce DeGroot (R-Ellisville): My “Judicial Privacy Act” will give Missouri judges much-needed protection

P-D op-ed: Former AP reporter who served as school district comms flack: Eric Schmitt’s l a w s u i t s a g a i n s t m a s k mandates caused me anxiety, and then I quit my job

Columbia Missourian letter: Shrewsbury septuagenarian says initiative petition proposals represent “election sabotage”

P-D letter: University City sexagenarian says GOP state lawmakers are “devious” and seek to “sabotage” democracy

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