Friday, September 30, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

Published September 30, 2022 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, 2023 Missouri legislative session, Amendment 3 marijuana, Amendment 3 Missouri, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Cody Smith, Eapen Thampy, Empower Missouri, entitlement, Eric Burlison, Eric Schmitt, Eric Schmitt ads, Eric Schmitt pork steaks, get around stltoday paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, John Payne, Jonathan Shorman, Josh Hawley, journalists defending critical race theory in Missouri schools, Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star editorial board, Kansas City Star liberal bias, Kristen Radaker Sheafer, Kristen Radaker Sheafer Democrat, Kristen Radaker Sheafer Eric Burlison, Legal Missouri 2022, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lynn Schmidt Post-Dispatch, Michael Wolff, Missouri 2022 state legislative special session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri 2023 state budget, Missouri Amendment 3, Missouri General Assembly 2022 special session, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri medical marijuana license lawsuits, Missouri political journalism, Missouri recreational marijuana ballot initiative, Missouri recreational marijuana vote, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Missouri voter ID laws, MoCannTrade, Post-Dispatch editorial board, Second Amendment Preservation Act, Senator Josh Hawley, Steve Kraske, Tom Wilsdon Maryland Heights, Trudy Busch Valentine, Trudy Busch Valentine Amendment 3, Trudy Busch Valentine Eric Schmitt, Trudy Busch Valentine marijuana, Trudy Busch Valentine marijuana licenses, Trudy Busch Valentine U.S. Senate Missouri, victimhood, voter fraud in Missouri, what is Amendment 3 Missouri, what is Missouri Amendment 3.

SNL: Missouri sues to block Biden’s student debt cancellation program, joining 5 other states

Nebraska Examiner, via Missouri Independent: Missouri AG joins five others in suing Biden administration to stop student debt cancellation

P-D: Eric Schmitt debuts ‘Grill Dad’ ad in first TV commercial of general election (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star: What kind of a U.S. Senator will Eric Schmitt be? Democrats, Republicans weigh in

Joplin Globe: ‘The 5 Qs’ candidate survey series: Incoming 7th District Congressman Eric Burlison and November opponents o n i m m i g r a t i o n

KC Star: Missouri icon Harry Truman strides back into U.S. Capitol as long-awaited statue unveiled

P-D: Missouri prosecutors blast marijuana legalization amendment (get around stltoday paywall here)

KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show: Eapen Thampy on Amendment 3 (24:05), specific objections from pro-legalization perspective (26:00), “Chief Equity Officer” and other SJW provisions hidden in Amendment 3 (27:00), Amendment 3’s ties to George Soros (28:00), Trudy Busch Valentine and “billionaires helping billionaires”, (28:30), Empower Missouri and other far-left support for Amendment 3 (29:20), Good Day Farm and “radical transgender ideology” (30:35), Soros and “crony capitalist” campaign plan (32:30), medical marijuana license “gold rush” (34:45), legislative approach (39:10), NoOnA3.com and protectmoconstitution.com (41:15)

SNL: Missouri Legislature passes income tax cut, ditching corporate cut

Missourinet: $1 billion income tax cut plan is headed to Gov. Mike Parson

Missouri Independent: Legislature sends $764 million income tax cut to Missouri governor

St. Louis Public Radio: A bill reducing Missouri’s top income tax rate is headed to Gov. Parson

P-D: Missouri House approves income tax rate cut, but not for corporations (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star: Missouri lawmakers send GOP-led income tax cut plan to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk

KSHB: Kansas City to join lawsuit against Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: “The 1619 Project” creator Nikole Hannah-Jones on her heroic work and the “ludicrous” and “frightening” efforts of critical race theory detractors in Missouri and other states (15:15)

P-D editorial: Hawley’s immigration bill is doomed but is a telling example of his cynicism (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star editorial: Josh Hawley introduces another bill that won’t pass. He should work on Missouri’s problems first

P-D op-ed: Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Wolff: Legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri? Yes. By voting for Amendment 3? No. (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D’s Lynn Schmidt: Vote against the lawmakers who support Missouri’s new voter ID law (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: Maryland Heights Township GOP Committeeman Tom Wilsdon says Eric Schmitt will stand up to “woke nonsense” (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: St. Louis octogenarian unhappy about Medicaid funding and pro-life legislation, urges votes against Missouri’s conservative candidates (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: Maryland Heights octogenarian wants state lawmakers to cut sales tax on food, baby items (get around stltoday paywall here)

FAQ for readers and journalists