Thursday, August 25, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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SNL: ‘It’s a handout’: Roy Blunt, Josh Hawley, Eric Schmitt criticize President Biden’s student debt bailout
KMBC: Kansas City students react to president’s plan for student loan debt; UMKC coed considers free-money plan “amazing!” (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Columbia Missourian: MU students share support, concerns for Biden’s debt forgiveness plan
P-D’s Kurt Erickson: California taking necessary steps to ban gas-powered cars, but Republicans like Eric Schmitt are standing in the way; Trudy Busch Valentine campaign ignores questions (get around stltoday paywall here)
TonysKansasCity.com: Bill Maher coming to Kansas City
Springfield Daily Citizen: Vote 417 PAC to fight Missouri’s “voter suppression” laws with caterwauler concert, speeches from liberal leaders (get around Springfield Daily Citizen paywall here)
SE Missourian: Local lawmakers back Gov. Parson’s tax cut plan (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
The Missouri Times: Democrat pushback on tax cut could set stage for slow-moving special session
P-D: Gov. Parson defends decision not to allow to-go option for summer meals program in Missouri (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: MoDOT considers bus connecting Columbia, Jefferson City (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri has no plans to bring air conditioning to Algoa Correctional Center (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D editorial: When he’s not denouncing masks as ‘ineffective,’ Eric Schmitt sees them as life-saving (get around stltoday paywall here)
Washington Missourian editorial: “Dial 9-8-8” already helping Missourians
P-D op-ed: John Danforth: John Wood was the best choice for U.S. Senate (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian’s David Rosman: Career retrospective: I am longtime friends with Judy Baker, but I too might run in the 2024 Democratic primary for Caleb Rowden’s state Senate seat; also, here are some updates on Yinka Faleti and Chimene Schwach
P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian opposes marijuana legalization, says cannabis industry is the next Big Tobacco (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: St. Louis man opposes Gov. Parson’s proposed income tax cut, would accept a tax cut on food (get around stltoday paywall here)