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Saturday, February 26, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

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St. Joseph News-Press: Roy Blunt visits the 139th Airlift Wing, talks Russia-Ukraine

Fox News: Missouri GOP U.S. Senate showdown: At CPAC, Eric Greitens says he’s the ‘only real’ Trump candidate in race (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

AP Pennsylvania reporters Jeff McMillan and Marc Levy: In attacking trans people like University of Pennsylvania champion swimmer Lia Thomas, Vicky Hartzler and other GOP candidates find latest wedge issue to exploit

TonysKansasCity.com: Podcast network attempts to rebrand 2016 U.S. Senate runner-up Jason Kander’s show; Company rep notes “a huge decline in listenership” after Trump left office

SNL: Springfield Police Department seizes hundreds of counterfeit pills – coming from Mexico – containing fentanyl

The Missouri Times: Wayne Wallingford redefines risk in his service to Missouri

JCNT: Judges asked to move quickly on state Senate district map

Missouri Independent: Judges must produce Missouri Senate map before candidate filing closes

Columbia Missourian’s Cameron Barnard: Judicial Redistricting Committee hearing reiterates the need for a map; Comments from “Shane Shoeller [sic]”

JCNT: State’s biggest sports teams rooting for wagering bills

P-D: Missouri lawmakers look to ban eviction moratoriums; Comments from Rep. Chris Brown (R-Kansas City), Empower Missouri’s Jeremy LaFaver

P-D: Missouri gas station operator charged with illegal gambling in Lincoln County

P-D: ‘Slow down and move over’: MoDOT crews set to repair potholes in St. Louis region

Joplin Globe editorial: J a c k Danforth is right – Missouri politics are too polarized

St. Joseph News-Press editorial: GOP Medicaid bill not an attack on Medicaid expansion but a chance to improve it and fix flaws

Daily American Republic editorial: Gov. Parson’s treatment of reporter is unacceptable

The Missouri Times op-ed: Scott Bell: Eminent domain changes: What’s next this session

P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian thinks pro-life U.S. Senate candidate running as an independent could win

KC Star letters: Kansas City septuagenarian says Josh Hawley is Putin’s “pet”; Kansas City man attempts punchline involving calling Hawley and Sam Graves “comrade”; transportation advocate wants state lawmakers to boost Amtrak funding; Kansas City man criticizes Star for inadequate coverage of Dems’ U.S. Senate primary featuring “two [sic] candidates”

P-D letter: Town and Country woman lectures Eric Schmitt about value of mask mandates, says “another variant is on the horizon,” wants Congress to fund $17 billion global vaccination effort

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