Thursday, June 30, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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P-D: Danforth Super PAC to burn up to $20 million on John Wood campaign (get around stltoday paywall here)
The Missouri Times: Sen. Justin Brown’s (R-Rolla) Illegal Immigration Committee begins work
JCNT: New utilities law to bring high-speed internet to Capitol (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Gov. Mike Parson signs several bills
SNL: Gov. Mike Parson signs several bills into law, including Missouri photo ID voting requirement
AP: Missouri enacts photo voter ID law
Columbia Missourian: Governor signs photo ID requirement into law
P-D: Missouri governor signs law aimed at cracking down on homeless camps (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Heritage value bill signed into Missouri law (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D: Rural Missouri watches as Gov. Parson considers veto of tax credit plan (get around stltoday paywall here)
SNL: In emails, three Springfield school board members stood up against district’s ‘defiant’ response to Missouri AG Eric Schmitt
TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Chiefs & Royals confront abortion choice for new stadium money
SNL: In Missouri, people can still receive treatment for ectopic pregnancies
Missouri Independent: Schmitt says state abortion ban does not prohibit Plan B or contraception
KC Star: Saint Luke’s reverses course, resumes offering emergency contraception after assurances
KCUR: Saint Luke’s resumes offering Plan B after raising concerns over Missouri’s abortion ban
P-D: Hospital system does about-face on emergency contraceptives, says Missouri law unclear (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Missouri mental health facility struggles to find room to isolate patients with COVID (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT sought funding for safety equipment at Amtrak crash site
Columbia Missourian: MoDOT working to decrease work zone fatalities
JCNT: Missouri Supreme Court expanding public access to court records (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
The Missouri Times: Ameren announces new solar facility in Mid-Missouri
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri Lottery deserves legislative support (get around St. Joseph News-Press paywall here)
KC Star op-ed: Kristyn Jeffries: Gun violence takes Missouri kids’ lives. Congress, follow Roy Blunt’s lead (avoid KC Star paywall by reading syndicated version on AOL News here)
KC Star’s Daniel Desrochers: Josh Hawley symbolizes the Jan. 6 insurrection. So why hasn’t he come up in the hearings?
Columbia Missourian’s David Rosman: Republicans should denounce Greitens ad
P-D letter: Pacific sexagenarian says women should be free to abort children conceived during commission of a crime (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Creve Coeur septuagenarian theorizes that children born to unwilling mothers will choose a life of crime (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D’s Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but Eric Greitens’ ad makes me feel unsafe (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D op-ed: April 2021: Lynn Schmidt: I used to be a Republican, but not anymore (get around stltoday paywall here)
July 2018: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but support Claire McCaskill over Josh Hawley
July 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Gov. Parson and the White House (get around stltoday paywall here)
September 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Jay Ashcroft’s plan on mail-in ballots (get around stltoday paywall here)
October 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I support Jill Schupp over Ann Wagner
December 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Donald Trump, Josh Hawley and GOP senators (get around stltoday paywall here)