Wednesday, April 27, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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KC Star: Kansas City Police Department member under investigation for role in Greitens ride-along
P-D: Judge considers records request by Eric Greitens after ex-wife accused him of abuse (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star: Eric Greitens’ attorney pushes political conspiracy in hearing over cell phone records (get around KC Star paywall by reading syndicated reprint on Hastings Tribune website)
KC Star: ‘Missouri as a proxy’: Supreme Court hears Schmitt-led case over “Remain in Mexico“ immigration policy
KCUR: Biden’s push to reduce sentences for minor drug crimes means freedom for 5 Missourians
The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: April 2022 State Senate Tipsheet, with top 10 races ranked
SNL: Attempt to block controversial MO gun law can proceed in lower court, Supreme Court rules
P-D: Ruling on Missouri’s controversial Second Amendment Preservation Act reversed (get around stltoday paywall here)
KCUR: Missouri Supreme Court lets Jackson County, St. Louis challenge controversial gun law
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate approves record budget, adds $1.2B to House spending
P-D: Missouri Senate approves massive budget, sets up showdown over spending with House (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: Senate passes slew of budget bills despite conservative resistance
Bloomberg, via P-D: Gov. Parson’s plan to raise Missouri teachers’ starting salary passes Senate; National Education Association releases annual teacher salary report (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Religious groups chosen to run Missouri’s new tax-credit scholarship program (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee passes Parents’ Bill of Rights
Columbia Missourian: 17-year olds to be considered children under proposed law
KC Star: Four women accuse ex-DOC prison guard of assault (avoid KC Star paywall by reading reprint on stltoday)
Columbia Missourian: Catalytic converter bill is opposed by auto shops, metal dealers
P-D: Measure targeting LGBTQ discrimination gained more GOP votes, but still fell short in the Missouri House (get around stltoday paywall here)
SE Missourian: At Cape Girardeau County public health board, COVID merits “barely a mention”
SNL: On his way out, retiring CoxHealth CEO Steve Edwards criticizes Missouri state legislators
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri should seek the earliest possible slot in the Democratic presidential primaries (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers are poised, again, to kick a domestic-abuse gun bill down the road (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Sunset Hills octogenarian questions secrecy around Cora Faith Walker’s death (get around stltoday paywall here)