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Monday, March 7, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published March 7, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: @jeffreyjonesmo, #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Alex Bryant, Alex Smith Kansas City, Audrey Richards, Billy Long, Bruce DeGroot, Casey Hanson, Cori Bush, Cori Bush trips, Daniel Desrochers, Eric Burlison, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, Grace Zokovitch, Health Forward Foundation, Health Forward Foundation sponsored content, Jim Talent, John Combest, journalists coping with COVID decline, journalists coping with decline in COVID cases, journalists finding personal and professional self-worth in COVID case counts, Kansas City Star liberal bias, KCUR liberal bias, Kids Win Missouri, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lowry Lite, Mark Dalton, Michael Davis Missouri, Michael O'Donnell Missouri, Mike Kehoe, Mike Moon, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri eviction "crisis", Missouri Foundation for Health, Missouri Foundation for Health sponsored content, Missouri Independent liberal bias, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri Medicaid residency verification, Missouri Medicaid work requirements, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Rasheen Aldridge, Sam Alexander, Scott Fitzpatrick, Second Amendment Preservation Act, Steve Roberts St. Louis, Steven Roberts Cori Bush, Sunshine Law Missouri, Tessa Weinberg, Timothy McBride Washington University, Tony Lovasco, Tony Messenger, Tony's Kansas City, Vicky Hartzler, Washington University in St. Louis.

This Week in Missouri Politics: Jim Talent talks with Scott Faughn about Russia’s military errors (0:50); why Missourians should care (2:30); two reasons why Russia will lose (4:30); U.S. expanding its commitments while weakening its power (8:00); panel of Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O’Fallon) and Rasheen Aldridge (D-St. Louis City), Carpenters’ Mark Dalton and St. Louis City alderman candidate Mike Gras (D) on status of congressional map and Steve Roberts vs. Cori Bush (15:00); Missouri pols uniting behind Ukraine (19:45); GOP U.S. Senate primary (23:15); Jack Danforth’s meddling machinations (24:15); Who won the week: Mike Kehoe, Rep. Mike O’Donnell (R-St. Louis County), Missouri House, St. Louis City Dems, Matthew Porter of MS Society, Igor Shalai

Joplin Globe: Republican U.S. Senate and U.S. House contenders gather for annual Lincoln Day event in Joplin

KODE (Joplin): Video: Republican candidates share plans for the future during the annual Lincoln Day fundraiser: Billy Long takes aim at Vicky Hartzler’s voting record

JCNT: State of Judiciary rescheduled for Tuesday

JCNT: COVID-relief funds released to mid-Missouri school districts

Missouri Independent: Schools left ‘scrambling’ after Missouri treasurer tied bond deals to AG’s COVID demands

Missourinet: Bill could set up baby nurseries behind prison walls

JCNT: Bill from Rep. Michael Davis (R-Kansas City) would create maximum charge for inmate phone calls

JCNT: Missouri State Penitentiary tour season starts

JCNT: Advocates prepare to rally around children; Comments from Kids Win Missouri’s Casey Hanson, others

Washington Missourian: Washington’s city physician: OK to relax COVID measures

KC Star: The CDC’s mask guidelines changed. Which counties are high or low risk around KC?

JCNT editorial: Government overreach with eviction bans

P-D editorial: As Missouri gun deaths mount, lawmakers aim to shoot down remaining safeguards

P-D’s Tony Messenger: With this public safety success story, Cori Bush and Joe Biden are on the same page

KC Star’s Daniel Desrochers: Thoughts on Missouri U.S. Senate GOP primary, Trump vs. McConnell, and Jan. 6 Capitol riots

TonysKansasCity.com: Gov. Parson should stop Internets beef with journalist

P-D’s Grace Zokovitch: Missouri Republicans look to throw a little shade on the Sunshine Law

KCUR’s Alex Smith: D e s p i t e best e f f o r t s f r o m M i s s o u r i F o u n d a t i o n f o r H e a l t h a n d Health Forward Foundation, t housands of Kansas Citians can’t get Medicaid coverage because Missouri’s process is illegally slow; third-party quotes from “patient experience advocate” Sharonda Hooker, 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 still “worried”; “Media coverage to include third-party quotes from health care advocacy organizations, ironically overweight health care policy analysts from liberal universities”

P-D letter: Chesterfield man wants readers to complain to state lawmakers about Medicaid expansion

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