Tuesday, January 17, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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KCMO Talk Radio: Pete Mundo Show: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith on function of House Ways and Means Committee (0:30), what his chairmanship means for Missouri (1:45), tax policy and trade policy (3:30), which policies could pass the House and Senate (4:40), national debt (6:40), Democrats’ Medicare and Social Security messaging (8:00), aftermath of Kevin McCarthy drama (9:00)
SNL: Welding, cosmetology and more: Missouri career centers use ARPA funds to expand offerings
CDT: December Harmon joins Lucas Kunce in Missouri U.S. Senate Democrat primary; candidate describes herself as “a Christian, black, lesbian, asexual woman, touting the New Left ideology”
Columbia Missourian: Police Review Board member December Harmon launches bid for U.S. Senate
The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: The great dress code hoax of ’23
Austin Petersen’s Wake Up America Show: Rep. Tony Lovasco (R-O’Fallon) on Missouri House dress code debate (3:20), future tax cuts including personal property tax (8:45), more
St. Joseph News-Press: Rep. Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph) wants bleeding control kits in all schools
St. Louis Public Radio: Politically Speaking podcast: Assistant House Superminority Floor Leader Richard Brown (D-Kansas City) on superminority’s policy goals, initiative petitions, gun control, boys playing girls’ sports, more
SE Missourian: Cape Girardeau Public Library director says she felt ‘blindsided’ when she first read Secretary Ashcroft’s proposed rule (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
SNL: While opioids make headlines, meth still ‘huge problem’ in Ozarks
Jefferson City News Tribune: Missouri Public Service Commission sets hearing on Ameren rate increase request (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
KC Star: Spire’s new ‘smart meters’ won’t affect your gas bill
The Missouri Times: Missouri Legislative Black Caucus (MLBC) holds MLK event in the Capitol rotunda
SE Missourian editorial: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith is smart, capable (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
P-D editorial: Taney County must take a stand against slavery and change its name (get around stltoday paywall here)
The Missouri Times op-ed: Gregg Keller: lllinois is manipulating the credit market to disastrous effect; Missouri should learn from their folly
P-D’s Joe Holleman: The Post-Dispatch is transitioning my column from local gossip/political scandals to the political news/scandal beat (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Ladue reader wants to know who is funding the “book burning” campaign of “Attorney General Jay Ashcroft [sic]” (get around stltoday paywall here)
SE Missourian letter: Semo Moms Demand Action organizer says she is “still shaken” by local street behavior and “senseless gun violence that continues to happen in BIPOC Communities,” promotes upcoming Moms Demand Action meeting (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)