Friday, June 3, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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KC Star: Emanuel Cleaver backs Trudy Busch Valentine in Democratic primary for U.S. Senate
P-D: St. Louis aldermanic president, two allies indicted on federal bribery charges (get around stltoday paywall here)
Indictment document (pdf): Urban elected officials take envelopes stuffed with cash bribes, accept free cars and vehicle repair services, submit knowingly false information on land abatement documents, share thoughts on “some of these f*cking little young white progressives” (p. 64), demonstrate unique usage of grammar and sentence structure, more
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: Congratulations to our station for subsisting 50 years – we’re setting up our own celebratory exhibit and throwing ourselves a party
JCNT: MoDOT $140M over budget due to inflationary prices (get around Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)
P-D: Missouri Lottery director quits, blames budget cuts by lawmakers (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Adult education becoming a greater priority in Missouri (get around Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)
Missourinet: Missouri budget proposal includes opening two new autism centers
SE Missourian: Online gas tax refund claim form now available (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Missouri Independent: Missouri to spend more than $100M settling pay claims for corrections officers
P-D: Missouri set to pay out $128 million in prison worker overtime case (get around stltoday paywall here)
The Missouri Times: Department of Agriculture program brings fresh produce to low-income Missourians
KC Star: Need help with groceries this summer? New text line connects MO families to food programs
SE Missourian: Natural gas prices soar locally and nationally; Ameren Missouri starts new “Clean Slate” debt-relief program (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Joplin Globe editorial: Sen. Roy Blunt is right – mental health clinics needed
P-D editorial: When it comes to reforming unregulated gambling in Missouri, the game is fixed (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D’s Tony Messenger: Canceled NRA event at Grant’s Farm evokes Adolphus Busch IV’s action after Sandy Hook (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian says she still feels slighted by Hawley’s comments on masculinity last year, wants him to spend less time on “a fetus in a womb” and start banning “assault weapons” (get around stltoday paywall here)