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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published May 3, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, Austin Petersen, Billy Long, boys competing against girls in girls' sports, boys playing girls' sports, Carman Deck, columns defending critical race theory, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Dean Plocher, Denny Hoskins, education professionals complaining about the profession they chose, Eric Burlison, Eric Greitens, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, J. Eggleston, journalists defending critical race theory in Missouri schools, journalists rattling tin cup for story subjects, Kansas City police funding, Kurt Erickson, KWOS, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lucas Kunce, Lucas Kunce for Missouri, Lucas Kunce for Senate, Mike Moon, Missouri 2023 state budget, Missouri 4th Congressional District, Missouri congressional redistricting, Missouri Conservative Caucus, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri Independent liberal bias, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri Medicaid work requirements, Missouri political journalism, Missouri recreational marijuana ballot initiative, Missouri recreational marijuana vote, Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus, Missouri voter ID laws, Phill Brooks, Post-Dispatch liberal bias, Rock Island Corridor, Ron Hicks Missouri, Sara Walsh, sports betting in Missouri, Tony Luetkemeyer, Trudy Busch Valentine, Trudy Busch Valentine U.S. Senate Missouri, Vicky Hartzler.

St. Louis Public Radio: Supreme Court decision could mean near total abortion ban in Missouri; U.S. Senate candidates react

KC Star: Draft Supreme Court decision would end nearly all abortion in MO; U.S. Senate candidates react

Columbia Missourian: Two Rock Bridge students named semifinalists for U.S. Presidential Scholars Program; Area minorities choose to work hard, achieve success

The Missouri Times: Campaign profile: Focused on results for the Great Northwest, J. Eggleston is running for Senate

KCMO: Pete Mundo Show: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) on what happened to sports betting legislation last week (0:40), response to Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) on casinos (3:05), sportsbook “being held hostage and killed” for video lottery terminal legislation (4:00), prospects for passage (5:25), KC police funding (6:45), cap on real estate property taxes (9:30)

KWOS (Jefferson City): The KWOS Morning Show with Austin Petersen and John Marsh: Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) on end-of-session priorities including pro-life legislation (0:10), congressional map (1:15), opposition to sports betting (2:00), restaurant meals for welfare recipients (3:45), ban on puberty-blocking drugs for minors (4:45), spending federal largesse (6:50), recreational marijuana (8:30)

Missouri Independent: Lawmaker says GOP resistance may doom Missouri marijuana legalization bill; Rep. Ron Hicks (R-Defiance) says supporters should “pitch tents” outside Majority Floor Leader Dean Plocher’s office

KCUR: Nonprofit fundraising promo: Canna Convict Project works to educate and assist people in prison for cannabis related crimes

SNL: Lawmakers to address teacher pay this week

The Missouri Times: Senate Hour by Hour for Monday, May 2

Missouri Independent: Fractured Missouri Senate enters final two weeks of the legislative session

Columbia Missourian: Missouri House expands Senate education bill as end of session looms

Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate committee slashes funds for building Rock Island Trail

Columbia Missourian: Senate committee cuts funding for Rock Island Trail, adds $31 million to MU autism center

SNL: Bill from Sen. Eric Burlison (R-Battlefield) would outlaw homeowners’ associations from banning solar panels

Columbia Missourian: Protections for human trafficking may not pass into law, despite widespread support

AP: Missouri murderer to b e e x e c u t e d t o n i g h t ; Carman Deck robbed elderly couple who invited him into their home, forced couple to lay down in their bed, then shot them both twice in the head

Columbia Missourian: With pandemic over, Boone County Health Department announces changes to the COVID-19 Information Hub

Missouri Independent op-ed: Phill Brooks: Divisive ideological fights in Missouri’s legislature: photo ID, Medicaid, critical race theory, boys playing girls’ sports, puberty blockers and gender reassignment surgery for minors, more

P-D’s Kurt Erickson: GOP hardliners, pushing to ban transgender athletes, tie up Missouri Senate (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D op-ed: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill coed: Missouri teens should not need parental consent before terminating baby’s life (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star op-ed: Rodney Lincoln is innocent. But Missouri law won’t let him clear his name for good

P-D letter: St. Charles man dislikes Missouri’s “gun environment” and Eric Greitens (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: St. Charles County septuagenarian, who lost 2016 state rep race in 36-point nailbiter, opposes GOP legislation on initiative petitions (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: Missouri S&T education prof: Missouri should pay teachers more (get around stltoday paywall here)

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