Friday, April 29, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published April 29, 2022 (updated: June 29, 2022) in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, 104.9 St. Louis radio, 97.1 FM Talk, Austin Petersen, Billy Long, Bob Onder, Boeing St. Louis, boys competing against girls in girls' sports, boys playing girls' sports, Charlie Shields, Clean Missouri, Cleaner Missouri, education professionals complaining about the profession they chose, Eric Schmitt, fentanyl in Missouri, Gov. Parson, Holly Rehder, how to get around News Press paywall, how to get around News Tribune paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Kacen Bayless, Kansas City conservative radio, Kansas City Nielsen radio rankings, Kansas City Star liberal bias, KCMO radio rankings, KCUR, KMOX radio rankings, KWOS, liberal media bias in Missouri, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri Conservative Caucus, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Missouri Department of Agriculture news, Missouri Independent liberal bias, Missouri Parents' Bill of Rights, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus, MoDOT news, NewsTalk STL, NewsTalk STL radio rankings, No on Cleaner Missouri, Pete Mundo, Sarah Coffey, Second Amendment Preservation Act, sports betting in Missouri, St. Louis conservative radio, St. Louis Nielsen radio rankings, St. Louis radio rankings, Tessa Weinberg, Tony Messenger, top Kansas City conservative radio, top St. Louis conservative radio, Vicky Hartzler.

KWOS (Jefferson City): The KWOS Morning Show with Austin Petersen and John Marsh: U.S. Rep. Billy Long on Biden’s “idiotic” immigration policy (0:10), how weak leadership affects illegals’ decisions to invade U.S. (1:45), support for Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy (3:45), building the wall (4:15), “bone to pick” with Gov. Parson (8:45), criticisms of Eric Schmitt and Vicky Hartzler (9:25), Disney (11:30)

P-D: Boeing unveils first new trainer jet for Air Force (get around stltoday paywall here)

Spectrum Local News (Charter Communication, St. Louis): Boeing unveils new St. Louis-made T-7A Red Hawk trainer jet heading for the U.S. Air Forc e ; C o m m e n t s f r o m G o v . P a r s o n

JCNT: Missouri farms brought in record $4.3B in 2021, report says; Agriculture remains the state’s largest industry, worth $93.7 billion (get around News-Tribune paywall here)

Nielsen: Monthly Kansas City radio rankings: KCUR remains #4

Nielsen: Monthly St. Louis radio rankings: KMOX remains #11 overall, conservative 97.1FM Talk drops two spots to #15; liberal public access station KDHX remains #16; St. Louis Public Radio remains #17; 97.1 FM stream ranked #20; new conservative station “The Patriot” 104.9FM moves up one spot to #19

KWOS (Jefferson City): The KWOS Morning Show with Austin Petersen and John Marsh: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) on Senate leadership prioritizing government expansion (0:20), welfare recipients using food stamps at restaurants (1:00), response to Sen. Holly Rehder (R-Scott City) (2:45), GOP senators adopting the “Mitt Romney-John McCain formula for popularity” (4:30), current budget draft as “an orgy of overspending” (6:00), thoughts on GOP U.S. Senate primary (7:45), sports betting (8:45)

The Missouri Times: Republican Senate leadership holds end of week press conference

The Missouri Times: ‘Parent’s Bill of Rights’ measure awaits Senate action

SNL: GOP bill elections bill aims to ban ‘Zuckerbucks’

St. Joseph News-Press: Bill from Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) would limit property tax increases (get around St. Joseph News-Press paywall here)

Columbia Missourian: Missouri legislators debate boys competing in girls’ sports

St. Louis Public Radio: Legislative briefs: Protecting girls’ sports, election provisions, SNAP handouts

Columbia Missourian: Proposed pay increases for Missouri teachers advance in legislature

SE Missourian: Missouri’s A+ scholarship program use varies by institution type

Missouri Independent: Preventing pollution or creating more greenhouse gases? Missouri debates ‘advanced recycling’

St. Louis Public Radio: MoDOT is looking for public input on ramps and bridges on a 3-mile stretch of I-64

JCNT editorial: Honoring Missouri’s fallen workers (get around News-Tribune paywall here)

KC Star editorial: Simple, cheap fentanyl test strips save lives. Why does Missouri ban them?

KC Star op-ed: Missouri State Board of Education President Charlie Shields: Invest in teachers now, Missouri, or a labor shortage will hurt our children’s future

The Missouri Times op-ed: Foundation for Government Accountability’s Sarah Coffey: Time is running out for action on Zuckerbucks, ballot drop boxes and prefilled absentee ballot applications

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Guns become leading cause of child deaths, but Missouri looks the other way (get around stltoday paywall here)

Missouri Independent’s Tessa Weinberg: Missouri House joins wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation pushed nationwide

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Missouri House passes two bills targeting transgender students

P-D letter: Maryland Heights sexagenarian says she finds Missouri Republicans “infuriating,” claims lawmakers “tricked” voters into passing Cleaner Missouri in 2020 (get around stltoday paywall here)

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