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Thursday, April 21, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published April 21, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, 2022 Missouri campaign finance reports, 2024 Missouri governor race, Amy Blunt, Andrea Henderson, Andy Blunt, Billy Long, Bob Onder, charter schools in Missouri, columns defending critical race theory, Corporation for Public Broadcasting Sharing America, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, critical race theory in Springfield MO public schools, Dave Schatz, diversity hires, diversity hires unironically complaining about diversity, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, everything is racist, Galen Bacharier, Jay Ashcroft, John Lamping, journalists defending critical race theory in Missouri schools, Kit Bond, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lincoln Hough, Mark McCloskey, Matt Blunt, McCloskey for Senate, Mike Kehoe, Missouri 2022 legislation, Missouri 2022 state legislative session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri General Assembly 2022 legislation, Missouri Parents' Bill of Rights, Missouri political journalism, Patricia McCloskey, quixotic congressional candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts, Roy Blunt, Sharing America, Sheena Greitens, St. Louis Public Radio, Vicky Hartzler.

St. Louis Public Radio: Overview of U.S. Senate fundraising

St. Louis Public Radio: Politically Speaking podcast: Former state Sen. John Lamping (R-Ladue) with Jason Rosenbaum: overview of top tier GOP U.S. Senate candidates (3:00); why quixotic vanity candidates run for U.S. Senate (5:10); Mark McCloskey (6:30); Dave Schatz laying groundwork for 2024 statewide campaign (7:50); Billy Long and the one mistake he’s made (10:00); Trump endorsement patterns (12:00); Eric Schmitt’s skills as “a professional politician” (14:00); Smithfield Foods issue (16:15) and China Hub (17:25); Vicky Hartzler as establishment candidate, supported by Kit Bond and Blunt Inc. (20:00); relationship with Eric Greitens (23:15); Greitens’ populist message (24:00); how Sheena Greitens’ child-custody allegations affect campaign (24:45); why Blunt Inc. opposes Greitens (28:00); which candidate would win if election was today (28:40); Bob Onder vs. Steve Ehlmann (29:30); redistricting map and endgame (32:00); Mike Kehoe as a “conservative Democrat who is now a moderate Republican” versus Jay Ashcroft for governor in 2024 (34:00)

JCNT: Pro-life supporters express confidence in upcoming Supreme Court decision (get around News-Tribune paywall here)

Kansas City Beacon: Hesitant support continues for full cannabis legalization in Missouri, amid concerns about fairness and equity

SNL: Tesla crashes into front doors of new Springfield dispensary on 4/20

USA Today: Fact check: Yes, Missouri students were given math assignment about Maya Angelou’s sex work

Columbia Missourian: Senate committee approves governor appointees

SNL: Teacher raises, school transportation money added to budget; tax credit bill advances

Columbia Missourian: House endorses one-time tax credit for eligible Missourians

Missouri Independent: Senate committee cuts attorney general’s budget over COVID lawsuits; Appropriations Vice Chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) says he’s upset Eric Schmitt ‘continues to sue most of the citizens of this state’

Columbia Missourian: Funds for Ukrainian refugees added to state budget by Senate committee

Columbia Missourian: Senate passes bill with Rowden’s virtual school provisions

SNL: Gov. Parson signs GOP governors’ letter to Biden administration opposing charter school changes

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Senate passes bill funding charter schools without using public school money

Missouri Independent: Senate passes charter funding compromise, moving bill step closer to governor’s desk

KC Star: Millions more to Kansas City charter schools; Missouri Senate passes revised education bill

Missouri Independent: Missouri offering $49.5M to settle overtime claims for corrections officers

P-D: State readies budget to pay long-sought settlement to Missouri prison workers (g e t a r o u n d stltoday paywall here)

SNL: Conservation officials, landowners talk feral hogs during field day

KC Star editorial: A ‘border strike force’ in Missouri? Gov. Parson should concentrate on real problems

SNL’s Galen Bacharier: “Parents’ Bill of Rights” legislation a product of right-wing scrutiny and hostility toward public schools

St. Louis Public Radio/Sharing America racism reporter Andrea Henderson: Despite efforts by some white parents to ban the truth from public schools, area minorities seek out controversial books

P-D letter: Pasadena, California man criticizes Eric Greitens (get around stltoday paywall here)

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