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Saturday, April 16, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published April 16, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, 2022 Missouri campaign finance reports, assault on Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, basic financial concepts are racist, Billy Long, Eapen Thampy, Eric Schmitt, everything is racist, John Payne, journalists treating Roy Blunt fairly after he announced retirement, Kansas City police funding, liberal media bias in Missouri, Louis Riggs, Lucas Kunce, Lucas Kunce for Missouri, Lucas Kunce for Senate, Mark McCloskey, McCloskey for Senate, Missouri 2023 state budget, Missouri campaign finance reports, Missouri political campaign fundraising, Missouri political journalism, Missouri recreational marijuana ballot initiative, Missouri recreational marijuana vote, Missouri unemployment benefits, MoDOT news, Sarah Fenske, Spencer Toder, St. Louis Public Radio, St. Louis Public Radio liberal book promos, Trudy Busch Valentine, Trudy Busch Valentine U.S. Senate Missouri, Vicky Hartzler.

Missouri Independent: A look at U.S. Senate candidates’ personal financial disclosures; Trudy Busch Valentine gets extension, won’t have to reveal details of inherited w e a l t h until July

The Missouri Times: Quarter 1 2022 Report: Statewides

The Missouri Times: Quarter 1 2022 Report: PACs

The Missouri Times: Quarter 1 2022 Report: State Senate

The Missouri Times: Quarter 1 2022 Report: State Representative

P-D: As signature deadline nears, campaign to legalize marijuana in Missouri seeks cash, canvassers; comments from Legal Missouri’s John Payne, veteran marijuana activist/lobbyist Eapen Thampy (hop over Post-Dispatch paywall here)

JCNT: Missouri unemployment rate mirrors national rate (hop over News-Tribune paywall here)

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Louis Riggs (R-Hannibal) explains why House didn’t burn through every possible dollar in state budget

SNL: Unemployed could still enjoy up to 8 weeks of handouts under plan approved by MO House

JCNT: Protesters call for stronger safety measures for MoDOT crews (hop over News-Tribune paywall here)

Joplin Globe: Many area law enforcement agencies clear backlog of untested sexual assault kits; AG Eric Schmitt launched SAFE Kit Initiative in Missouri three years ago

KCUR: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas remains critical of ‘racist’ state control over the KCPD

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: California woman, who moved to Missouri after Michael Brown’s attack on police officer Darren Wilson, promotes book about St. Louis’ “gaping” racial wounds, etc.

St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Independent’s latest campaign focuses on lead contamination (hop over News-Press paywall here)

JCNT editorial: Bridge naming is a fitting tribute for Roy Blunt (hop over News-Tribune paywall here)

Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri’s incredible milestone of success on sexual-assault kit backlog

Columbia Missourian’s David Webber: With vote against SCOTUS nominee, Blunt shows he hasn’t earned the honor of having his name on a bridge

P-D letter: Ladue sexagenarian wonders why Dem establishment replaced Scott Sifton with Trudy Busch Valentine, wants Post-Dispatch to spend more time covering Dem candidates (hop over Post-Dispatch paywall here)

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