Wednesday, May 25, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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97.1 FM Talk (St. Louis): Mark Cox Show: Former state Sen. John Lamping (R-Ladue) on Billy Long‘s campaign, candidate forums at 18 North Central in O’Fallon, what separates Long from the crowd (3:00), what’s keeping Long from a Trump endorsement (3:45), why Hartzler won’t get the Trump endorsement (5:30), why establishment Republicans fear populism and support ranked-choice voting (7:30)
Missouri Independent: Phone records blast holes in Eric Greitens’ conspiracy claims, attorney says
P-D: Debate over debates emerges in Missouri ahead of Aug. 2 party primaries; Hartzler’s Mike Hafner says Greitens won’t debate; Kunce challenges Trudy Busch Valentine; Steve Roberts invites “Socialist” Cori Bush to debate 10 times (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Former St. Louis City Alderman Irving Clay Jr. – brother and uncle to two longtime congressmen – dies at 97 (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Former Rep. Kathie Conway (R-St. Charles) among Gov. Parson’s two new appointments to Missouri Ethics Commission (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Local chapter of liberal National Women’s Political Caucus rescinds political endorsements after pushback; Rep. LaDonna Applebaum (D-St. Louis County) among leaders of rebellion (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: League of Women Voters klatch kvetches about GOP election legislation (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star: Missouri voters will decide Kansas City police funding fight
The Missouri Times: AARP urges Gov. Parson to veto tax rebate
JCNT: Hitachi plant celebrates 50 years, announces $10M expansion; Gov. Parson, Department of Economic Development Acting Director Maggie Kost on hand (get around News-Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri commissioner of higher education selected for new role at MSU (get around News-Tribune paywall here)
SNL: Missouri State hires Zora Mulligan for No. 2 role
SNL: High court weighs law that unions say disrupts bargaining with state
P-D: St. Louis hospital officials push masks again, as BA.2.12.1 variant helps COVID cases rise (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star editorial: As gun violence rages, Blunt and Hawley take campaign contributions from the NRA