Wednesday, June 8, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

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KC Star’s Daniel Desrochers: Gov. Parson endorses Kalena Bruce in 4th Congressional District GOP primary; recap of Rudi Keller’s original reporting yesterday

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Show: Former state Sen. John Lamping (R-Ladue) on The 100 PAC’s Missouri Senate scorecard (6:00), why most Senate Republicans vote like conservative Democrats (6:30), which Missouri R e p u b l i c a n leaders govern like conservative Democrats (8:00)

The Missouri Times: Primary Previews: Senate District 22: Mary Elizabeth Coleman vs. Shane Roden vs. Jeff Roorda vs. Dan Shaul

St. Louis Public Radio: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) drops out of St. Charles County executive race against incumbent Steve Ehlmann

The Missouri Times: Sen. Bob Onder (R-Lake Saint Louis) drops out of County Executive race in home county, says he’ll focus on electing Nick Schroer and stopping ranked-choice voting

Missouri Independent: Appeals court finds Greitens’ use of self-destructing text message app wasn’t illegal

KTRS (St. Louis): Ray Hartmann Show: Rep. Peter Merideth (D-St. Louis City) on “decompressing” and “processing” from stressful state legislative session (1:30), Republicans’ intentional dysfunction (1:45), praise for budget (2:00), “pretty upset” about elections bill (2:15), liberal groups planning to challenge new voting safeguards (5:30), praise for “reasonable Republicans” in the Senate (8:15), expectations for 2023 session (11:10), Republicans not wanting to give tax breaks to low-income individuals (17:15), thoughts of running for Lewis Reed’s open Board of Alderman president seat (18:45)

JCNT: Gov. Parson signs seven bills into law (get around Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

SNL: Gov. Parson approves drug licensing, cottage food legislation in first round of bill signings

KC Star: New Missouri law protects doctors who prescribe alternative COVID drugs

P-D: New Missouri law protects doctors who prescribe ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine (get around stltoday paywall here)

Columbia Missourian/KOMU/KBIA “2,500 Below” rural issues series: Missouri Republicans stand in the way of needed government regulations; perspectives from Missouri Rural Crisis Center, Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins and MO Ag Director Chris Chinn

Columbia Missourian/KOMU/KBIA “2,500 Below” rural issues series: Rural explosion in four-day school week aimed at recruiting teachers

Columbia Missourian/KOMU/KBIA “2,500 Below” rural issues series: Reducing number of Missouri school districts could save money, require fewer administrators, combine bus routes, and more

JCNT: Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council seeks to disrupt ‘school to prison pipeline’ (get around Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

P-D: St. Louis County employee indicted in federal COVID relief kickback scheme (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: Who is Tony Weaver, the man at the center of a St. Louis County fraud scandal? A look at his ties to Elbert Walton, Sen. Angela Mosley (D-Florissant), Reps. Alan Gray (D-Black Jack) and Jay Mosley (D-Florissant) (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: Who is Mohammed Almuttan, the local business owner who feds say successfully bribed local Democratic leaders? (get around stltoday paywall here)

JCNT: Settlement in Department of Corrections officers lawsuit gains preliminary OK (get around Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

KC Star: Hundreds of mayors to converge on Kansas City for 2024 conference, Lucas announces

KC Star: Judge throws out verdict in transgender case; Woman nearly scored $4 million payday a f t e r Blue Springs denied her daughter unfettered access to boys’ locker rooms

TonysKansasCity.com: Mayor Quinton Lucas blames next massacre on opponents of gun control

JCNT: ‘Manners’ program for boys and girls returns to the Missouri Governor’s Mansion (get around Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Ishmael: 2022 Missouri legislative recap: Missourians deserve more than lawmakers delivered (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star op-ed: Kansas environmental group research fellow Stan Cox: Missouri lawmakers subvert the will of the people in favor of fossil fuels

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless and Jonathan Shorman: Court rules Greitens’ texting app legal as Missouri Sunshine Law faces multiple threats from Republicans

JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian wants Blunt and Hawley to flip-flop on 2nd Amendment (get around Jefferson City News-Tribune paywall here)

KC Star letter: A b r i d g e d v e r s i o n o f Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Ishmael’s op-ed above

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