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Thursday, May 26, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

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KC Star: In aftermath of Texas shooting, Josh Hawley focuses on prosecution and sentencing

KC Star “Service Journalism Team’s” Natalie Wallington: F i r e a r m –f r i e n d l y M i s s o u r i m a k e s i t e a s y t o b u y g u n s

KCUR: Missouri Republicans have taken money from NRA

P-D’s Kurt Erickson: GOP candidates have auctioned guns at campaign events; Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O’Fallon) spent $25 to purchase a table at a Wentzville gun show in 2018 (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: Boosting school safety funding in Missouri ‘a move in the right direction’ (get around stltoday paywall here)

The Missouri Times: Part 2: The last day of the 2nd regular session of the 101st Missouri General Assembly: Behind-the-scenes look into congressional map negotiations

The Missouri Times (yesterday): Part 1: The last day of the 2nd regular session of the 101st Missouri General Assembly: Behind-the-scenes look into congressional map negotiations

Twitter.com: St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air” host Sarah Fenske leaving next month, will be overseer of content at Riverfront Times and other alt-weeklies

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air: Your summer reading list: Books about Black Panthers (2), black cowboys, “the black experience in America,” “race, injustice and anger” for kids, “colorism,” a farm boy developing his “drag identity,” other page-turners

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske preview: Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker (D ) to discuss her courageous stand on Kevin Strickland and how it will affect other cases

Missouri Independent: ‘Gray market’ gaming company pumps $250K into PACs tied to Steve Tilley

SNL: Documentary defending indicted GOP Rep. Tricia Derges in production from Branson filmmaker

The Missouri Times: Show Me Missourah: Grundy County

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Hospital Association’s Dave Dillon on the No Patient Left Alone Act

P-D: Missouri Hospital Association says staff turnover at Missouri hospitals hitting an all-time high; union says higher wages will help (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: Missouri proposal would allow more businesses to contribute money to candidates (get around stltoday paywall here)

Washington Missourian: MoDOT officials warn that costs for road construction are exploding (get around Washington Missourian paywall here)

Missourinet: State Education Commissioner Dr. Margie Vandeven praises boost in teacher pay, other increases

Washington Missourian: Legislators increase funding for school buses (get around Washington Missourian paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: State education officials sit through Normandy and Riverview Gardens complaint session; former Special Administrative Board member says she had no idea her term would expire; black group says it will call on Gov. Parson to replace Margie Vandeven

SNL: Naked same-sex play ‘just a thing at Kanakuk’: Campers and staff say nude male counselor hanging out with nude boys was part of camp culture

P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans of conscience should coalesce around an anti-Trump candidate (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star editorial: By design, Missouri Ethics Commission has 3 GOP seats and only 1 Democrat

KC Star op-ed: Kansas man: Josh Hawley sees Asia as political ground richer than Ukraine

P-D semi-retirees Jim Gallagher and David Nicklaus: The Bottom Line video series: Hawley’s anti-Disney bill is a goofy idea

KC Star’s Judy Thomas: 36 Missouri Republicans follow ‘right-wing’ Facebook groups – including ‘far-right’ groups like Americans for Prosperity and anti-CRT clubs

P-D letter: Dittmer septuagenarian mocks GOP legislators for Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine resolution (get around stltoday paywall here)

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