Wednesday, December 14, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines
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SE Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith a finalist to lead powerful House Ways and Means Committee (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
JCNT: Wreaths Across America visits Missouri Governor’s Office (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: HUD awards Missouri homeless program $6.8 million to fight youth homelessness (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
SNL: Legislative session preview: Lawmakers seek to improve child care, maternal health
SNL: NORML asks Missouri universities to allow medical marijuana usage on campuses
P-D: St. Louis School Board votes to sponsor charter school network (get around stltoday paywall here)
KCUR: Independence School District is the largest Missouri district to switch to a four-day week
KC Star: Independence becomes largest school district in Missouri to adopt a four-day week
SNL: Agape staffers’ felony charges dropped, plead guilty to misdemeanors
P-D: Legislation from Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins (D-St. Louis City) bans “nutraloaf” food for prisoners; state rep calls Dept. of Corrections menu item “disgusting” (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Case to overturn murderer Lamar Johnson’s conviction and life sentence continues (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star: Some Mizzou students want conservative group’s former leader expelled over Snapchat post
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St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Local authorities do a good job with elections – and Georgia results show scare tactics about “voter suppression” are hyperbole
P-D op-ed: D’Markus Thomas-Brown: Josh Hawley wrong about immigration and the working class (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D op-ed: D.C. advocacy group: Missouri’s pathway to safer communities doesn’t require arrests (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Florissant septuagenarian dislikes newspaper’s reference to Lacy Clay lobbying, wants paper to cover Roy Blunt’s upcoming lobbying operation (get around stltoday paywall here)
Joplin Globe letter: Webb City septuagenarian call Jay Ashcroft an “ambitious politician,” praises Washington Post, New Yorker magazine and Joplin Globe for stellar journalism (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
P-D letter: Richmond Heights sexagenarian compares Jay Ashcroft’s library rule to “Nazi synchronization of culture” (get around stltoday paywall here)