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Monday, April 4, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published April 4, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Aisha Sultan, Alex Smith Kansas City, Better Elections Missouri, BetterElectionsMo.com, Bram Sable-Smith, Carla Young, Christi Miller Missouri, Denny Hoskins, diversity hires, diversity hires unironically complaining about diversity, Ed Lewis, entitlement, Eric Greitens, everything is racist, fentanyl in Missouri, Grain Belt Express, Jason Grill, JGrill Media, 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, journalists treating Roy Blunt fairly after he announced retirement, Kaiser Health News, Kansas City Star editorial board, Kay Hoflander, KCUR, KCUR liberal bias, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lincoln Hough, Missouri 2022 state legislative session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri congressional redistricting, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Missouri Department of Agriculture news, Missouri eminent domain legislation, Missouri General Assembly 2022 legislation, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri political journalism, Pat Thomas Missouri Republican, Rachana Pradhan, ranked choice voting Missouri, ranked-choice voting, ranked-choice voting Missouri, Rene Artman, Roy Blunt, Scott Charton, Sheena Greitens, sports betting in Missouri, substance abuse rehabilitation programs are racist, Tony Messenger, Trudy Busch Valentine, Trudy Busch Valentine U.S. Senate Missouri, Trudy Busch Valentine Veiled Prophet, victimhood.

ABC News: Sen. Roy Blunt on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”: Video and transcript

SE Missourian: Recap of ABC News interview: Roy Blunt to vote ‘no’ on Biden’s Supreme Court nominee

St. Louis Public Radio: EPA reverses course on herbicide ban in Missouri and 7 other states; thoughts from Missouri Dept. of Agriculture’s Christi Miller, others

Missouri Independent: Women within Missouri GOP speak out against Eric Greitens as party remains silen t ; R e n e A r t m a n , J e a n E v a n s , K a y H o f l a n d e r , P a t T h o m a s , C a r l a Y o u ng take a stand

Fox4 KC/KC Star “4Star Politics”: Better Elections Missouri’s Scott Charton on ranked-choice voting ballot initiative; former Rep. Jason Grill (D-Kansas City) on congressional redistricting, GOP U.S. Senate primary

Washington Missourian: Franklin County Presiding Commissioner Tim Brinker rips proposed congressional map that would split county in half (hop over Missourian paywall here)

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) wants more funds for problem gambling services

SNL: Springfield’s GOP Sen. Lincoln Hough proposes $500 tax credits for all amid $3B budget surplus

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) on eminent domain legislation and Grain Belt Express

KC Star editorial: COVID crisis over, says the governor who never thought it was a crisis to begin with

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Veiled Prophet atonement: How Trudy Busch Valentine can make amends for winning 1977 socialite pageant (hop over Post-Dispatch paywall here)

KCUR’s Alex Smith: Missouri’s racist approach to fentanyl addiction is killing blacks

P-D’s Aisha Sultan: Missouri public universities should follow California’s lead and be done with discriminatory ACT and SAT tests (hop over Post-Dispatch paywall here)

Kaiser Health News’ Bram Sable-Smith and Rachana Pradhan: Patients’ perilous months-long waiting for Missouri Medicaid coverage is a sign of what’s to come

The Missouri Times: Combest, 10/21/21: Missouri media’s top victimhood angle for 1H 2022: “Missouri expanded Medicaid in 2021, but experts are worried that it was too late.”

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