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Monday, August 29, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published August 29, 2022 in Uncategorized. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, 2022 Missouri State Fair, 2023 Missouri legislative session, Adam Sommer, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Bill Eigel, Bills signed by Governor Mike Parson, Bills vetoed by Governor Mike Parson, Caleb Rowden, charter schools in Missouri, Chris Chinn, Emily Weber, environmental advocacy journalism Missouri, Eric Schmitt, get around stltoday paywall, Gov. Parson, Governor Mike Parson, Heartland Pod, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Jack Coatar, Jacob Scott Eigel, Jacob Scott Missouri, Jeff Rainford, John Danforth, John Wood Danforth, John Wood Missouri U.S. Senate, John Wood residency, lead contamination in Missouri, Lead contamination Missouri, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lincoln Hough, Mark Wolfe Missouri State Fair, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, MASBDA tax credits, Mike Bernskoetter, Missouri 2022 state legislative special session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri 2023 state budget, Missouri Agriculture and Small Business Development Authority tax credits, Missouri Conservative Caucus, Missouri Department of Agriculture news, Missouri General Assembly 2022 special session, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri League of Women Voters, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Missouri Senate Conservative Caucus, Missouri State Fair, Missouri voter ID laws, Niara Savage, Proud Boys Missouri, Rodger Reedy, Scott Faughn, Second Amendment Preservation Act, Show-Me Institute, Susan Pendergrass, This Week in Missouri Politics, Tishaura Jones, Trudy Busch Valentine, Trudy Busch Valentine Eric Schmitt, Trudy Busch Valentine U.S. Senate Missouri, urban crime in Missouri.

KC Star: Donors use Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo to help KC Proud Boys charged in riot

This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) talks with Scott Faughn about disbanding the Conservative Caucus (1:15), seeking new leadership (2:35), how he’d react to a Caleb Rowden-Mike Bernskoetter victory in caucus elections, how Rowden has failed in “trial run” as leader (5:15), Koenig as Floor Leader (5:45), arguments against Bernskoetter and Rowden (6:30), PQs (7:30), how Dems’ success highlights Rowden’s failure (8:45), “structural improvements” he’d make (10:00), more about how he’d react to Rowden-Bernskoetter team (10:30), state budget surplus and special session tax cut (11:35); panel of state Reps. Rodger Reedy (R-Windsor) and Emily Weber (D-Kansas City), Eigel Chief of Staff Jacob Scott, Heartland POD’s Adam Sommer on Eric Schmitt, John Wood and Trudy Busch Valentine (17:30), special session (23:15), who won the week: 4H and FFA students, Bill Eigel, Missouri teachers, Eric Schmitt, Chris Chinn and Missouri State Fair’s Mark Wolfe (26:15)

St. Louis Public Radio: Politically Speaking: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) on special session tax cuts, MASBDA, Schmitt’s U.S. Senate victory, Conservative Caucus disbanding

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Roundtable of Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold), St. Louis Alderman Jack Coatar (D), Dem consultant Jeff Rainford; Coleman on special session (32:00 ), C o a t a r o n M a y o r T i s h a u r a J o n e s “h i d i n g u n d e r a desk ” (38:25 )

St. Louis Public Radio: New Missouri laws take effect, including voting safeguards, charter school funding changes, higher ed, “No Patient Left Alone,” eminent domain, others

P-D editorial: Pot is now more prevalent than cigarettes, but federal law remains outmoded; also, gun extremists run Missouri (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star editorial: Gov. Mike Parson is talking to Sam Brownback’s ‘tax experiment’ architect. Beware, Missouri

St. Joseph News-Press editorial: S pecial session on tax cuts: Despite pushback from Democrats and liberal think tanks, lawmakers should return the money to the people

SNL op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Susan Pendergrass: DESE lacks urgency, produces rhetoric and platitudes

Missouri Independent op-ed: MacArthur Justice Center’s Amy Breihan and Megan Crane: Missouri poised to execute man who hunted down and killed police officer; Kevin Johnson was only 19, had “emotions at their apex” and deserves a break

Missouri Independent “race, education and criminal justice” content creator Niara Savage: Fight over silica mine rekindles fears about Missouri’s Old Lead Belt

P-D letter: Richmond Heights sexagenarian wants Missouri to embrace “progressiveness and climate change legislation,” calls Eric Schmitt a “clown” (get around stltoday paywall here)

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