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Friday, June 17, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published June 17, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Ann Wagner, Ann Wagner for Congress, Ann Wagner wacko birds, Article IV dark money Missouri, Austin Petersen, Better Elections Article IV, Better Elections Missouri, Better Elections Missouri dark money, BetterElectionsMo.com, Bills signed by Governor Mike Parson, campaigns setting low expectations to make small victories seem more dramatic, Coldwater Creek, Cori Bush, David Lightner, Dean Plocher, Ella McCarthy, Ella McCarthy reporter, entitlement, Eric Schmitt, everything is racist, Faisal Khan, fatherhood, Illegal aliens in Missouri, infanticide, Jason Rosenbaum, Jason Smith, Jim Kalberloh Missouri, journalists treating Roy Blunt fairly after he announced retirement, Kacen Bayless, Kalena Bruce, Kansas City Star abortion advocacy series, KWOS, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mexicans, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri 2nd Congressional District, Missouri 2nd Congressional District Democrat primary candidates, Missouri 4th Congressional District, Missouri DESE, Missouri Independent liberal bias, Missouri NIL bill, Missouri political journalism, Planned Parenthood Great Plains, ranked choice voting Missouri, ranked-choice voting, ranked-choice voting Missouri, Rick Brattin, Roy Blunt, Scott Charton, Smolletting, Tricia Derges, Trish Gunby, victimhood, World Cup Kansas City Kathy Nelson.

KWOS (Jefferson City): Austin Petersen and John Marsh: Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O’Fallon) explains red flag laws (0:15), letter to Sen. Blunt (2:00), why Republican senators compromise with Democrats at the end of their terms (3:10), members of the Republican congressional delegation masquerading as conservatives (3:45), other details on federal gun proposal (4:20), more on “red flag” laws (5:15), 2023 gun-related and school security agenda (7:15), thoughts on U.S. Senate GOP horse race (9:00)

Fox4 Kansas City: Four dozen Missouri lawmakers ask Sen. Blunt not to sign ‘red flag’ law; thoughts from incoming House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres), Rep. Jim Kalberloh (R-Lowry City)

Missouri Independent: Group of Missouri Republican state lawmakers push Blunt to oppose Senate gun deal

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Missouri Republicans ask Sen. Blunt to withdraw support from bipartisan gun deal; letter signed by Sen. Bill Eigel of “Weldon Springs [sic]”, others (get around KC Star paywall by reading syndicated version on Denver Gazette site here)

Fox 2 St. Louis: Eric Schmitt says border security issues fueling crime (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KC Star: Missouri farmers, pro-life advocates split endorsements between Kalena Bruce and Rick Brattin in race for 4th Congressional Distr i c t

St. Louis Public Radio: Politically Speaking: State Rep. Trish Gunby on filling Democratic ballot slot for Ann Wagner’s re-election

Combest, February 2022: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying) – a guide for quixotic candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts

SE Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith congratulates Jackson student on appointment to US Naval Academy (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

P-D: Feds to conduct a review of Coldwater Creek cleanup, Bush says (get around stltoday paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Ranked choice voting campaign claims signature total is in doubt

Southeast Missourian: Better Elections sets low expectations for campaign, claims proposal may fall short of signatures to appear on Nov. ballot (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

Missouri Independent: Ranked-choice voting proposal may miss Missouri ballot, campaign says

SNL: How the FBI investigated GOP Rep. Tricia Derges: Trial testimony

The Missouri Times: World Cup coming to Kansas City, economic boost coming to Missouri

KMIZ (Columbia): Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe on KC’s World Cup bid and economic “ripple effect”

TonysKansasCity.com: Roundup of World Cup local news coverage

KC Star: New Missouri law allows college coaches, staff to help players score likeness deals

P-D: Gov. Parson signs new Missouri NIL law for student athletes (get around stltoday paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: New law allows guidance for collegiate athletes seeking to profit off name in Missouri

Missouri Independent: Lawsuit threat forces open DESE teacher retention commission meeting

P-D: Missouri commission on teacher retention backtracks on keeping meetings closed to public (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star: Five more former students sue Missouri boarding school alleging torture, starvation

Missouri Independent; Judge rules against Schmitt in Columbia schools mask case

St. Louis Public Radio: Faisal Khan to resign in September; St. Louis County acting health director directed obscene gesture toward meeting attendees, lied about being assaulted

KC Star editorial: Before World Cup arrives in 2026, state legislators must let Kansas City make its own gun-control laws

SE Missourian editorial: The importance of fathers in the lives of their children: How cowardly, child-abandoning deadbeats ruin America (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

KC Star’s Ella McCarthy: Columbia ‘abortion travel agent’ helps would-be mothers snuff out unwanted children

KC Star letter: Man who chooses to live in Kansas questions intelligence of Missouri Republicans

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