Friday, April 22, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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P-D: Insurance policy covered sexual assault lawsuit settlement, Steve Roberts’ campaign says; Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo (D-Independence) stands up for Roberts (avoid stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Ex-teacher’s aide convicted of sodomizing second grader in Florissant; Deonte Taylor, 39, showed autistic boy pornographic videos, then sodomized him and exposed him to HIV; Taylor and his 69-year-old boyfriend then allegedly sought hitman to kill the boy and his family (avoid stltoday paywall here)
KWOS (Jefferson City): The KWOS Morning Show with Austin Petersen and John Marsh: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) on critical race theory legislation (0:45), bill to allow schools to offer Old Testament class as elective (2:45), how legislation affects school boards (4:55), banning puberty blockers for minors and keeping boys out of girls’ sports (5:00), “disastrous” Legal Missouri 2022 initiative petition (8:10)
The Missouri Times: Missouri Chamber report: state recovers most jobs lost during pandemic
Missourinet: Toyota is pumping $109 million in its manufacturing plant in Troy
St. Louis Public Radio: House passes bill providing a one-time tax credit for some Missourians
P-D: Missouri Senate panel trims $500K from AG Schmitt’s budget after wave of school lawsuits (avoid stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: Republican infighting makes its way into Senate budget process
SNL: Bill would make adjustments to state’s Sunshine Law
The Missouri Times: Senate holds end-of-week press conference
P-D letter: Pacific octogenarian, who lost state rep election in 36-point nailbiter, says Democrats “care more about their constituents than Republican lawmakers do” (avoid stltoday paywall here)