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Sunday, April 24, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

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Joplin Globe: Vicky Hartzler emphasizes economy, immigration at business roundtable: “We need people to get off the couch and embrace the work ethic again”

TonysKansasCity.com: Show-Me Eric Greitens ridealong with KCPD

KC Star: Eric Greitens deletes tweets linking to video featuring KCPD ride along. He lacked OK to film

TonysKansasCity.com: Residency questions continue to confront former Kansas City newsman Mark Alford in 4th Congressional District GOP primary

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske weekly schedule: Monday’s show to criticize Thomas Jefferson; Tuesday’s show to celebrate Tishaura Jones’s first year as St. Louis mayor; Wednesday’s monthly “Legal Roundtable”

Washington Missourian: Midwest Roots to begin producing cannabis products at rural Washington facility; Company will limit production to keep supply tight (avoid Washington Missourian paywall here)

JCNT: Reading, literacy bill becoming education ominbus bill (avoid Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

SNL: Missouri Higher Ed Commissioner Zora Mulligan and two diversity candidates are finalists for Missouri State University provost job

KC Star: Fentanyl spotlight: Fentanyl killed their boys. Now these KC area parents are on a quest to save lives

KC Star’s Lisa Gutierrez: Fentanyl spotlight: Testing strips could prevent Missouri overdoses, but GOP state legislators stand in the way

Columbia Missourian: Questions about enforcement of youth homes remain

P-D editorial: Even some of Eric Schmitt’s fellow Republicans have had enough of his stunts (get around stltoday paywall here)

JCNT editorial: Legislature should allocate $5 million in next year’s budget to aid in the resettling of refugees and legal immigrants (avoid Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

KC Star “race and equity” reporter Aaron Torres: Area environmentalists attend Earth Day event, take climate change seriously

KC Star op-ed: Rep. Ian Mackey (D-St. Louis County): Blue Valley school board member Jim McMullen and GOP state legislators wrong about “back to basics” education focus

TonysKansasCity.com: Analysis of Mackey op-ed: As KC Star circles the toilet bowl of history, it seems that they’re more than willing to target a small time politico in order to push their partisan agenda

JCNT letter: Lohman octogenarian wants Missouri to keep female prison inmates safe from transgender “women” (avoid Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

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