Tuesday, August 30, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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SNL: Recap of Blunt’s Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos”
SE Missourian: Blunt, Hawley vote against Democrats’ $400 billion “clean energy” spending, some of which will subsidize local businesses (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
SE Missourian: At farm tour, U.S. Rep. Jason Smith hears from producers about regulatory concerns; congressman joined by GOP Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, Rep. Barry Hovis, incoming state Rep. John Voss (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
P-D: As tax cut looms, hundreds of beds sit empty at Missouri’s homes for veterans (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri House renovation work delayed with call for special session (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
Missourinet: Missouri agencies respond to NBC News criticism of summer to-go meals policy
P-D: Area schools remove books under new law that is unlikely to be enforced (get around stltoday paywall here)
Missouri Independent: Judge dismisses lawsuit from Southeastern Legal Foundation alleging Missouri School Boards‘ Association violated Sunshine Law
The Missouri Times: Little change for Missouri abortion providers after Roe. vs. Wade decision
St. Joseph News-Press: New statewide program to support firefighters battling cancer (get around St. Joseph News-Press paywall by reading syndicated version on stltoday here)
SE Missourian: Mississippi River drops to ‘low-flow’ conditions (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
P-D editorial: Allowing the extremes – including Cori Bush – to prevail is a formula for disaster in America (get around stltoday paywall here)
The Missouri Times op-ed: Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R-St. Peters): Credit card interchange fee system works well for consumers
The Missouri Times op-ed: Ron Calzone: Meanwhile, on the eve of yet another special interest session
P-D’s Kurt Erickson: New law means less sunlight as Missouri takes down contract website (get around stltoday paywall here)
Harvest Public Media’s Eva Tesfaye, via KCUR: In Missouri and other states, local groups monitor toxic algae in the absence of state testing
P-D letter: Columbia woman calls Eric Schmitt “a lackey for the fossil fuel industry” (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Hillsboro septuagenarian says having both Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt in the U.S. Senate will be detrimental to Missouri (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian compares Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley to Nazis (get around stltoday paywall here)