Wednesday, January 25, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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The Missouri Times: Lyndall Fraker to retire from state government
KBIA: Missouri’s low unemployment, other factors show state’s potential for economic growth
St. Louis Pubic Radio: Missouri Senate education committee passes Parents’ Bill of Rights
Columbia Missourian: Senate Education Committee passes Parents’ Bill of Rights
Columbia Missourian: Transgender activists gather in Jefferson City to complain about GOP bills
P-D’s Jack Suntrup and Kurt Erickson: Missouri GOP bills targeting transgender people and drag shows draw fire (get around stltoday paywall here)
SNL’s Galen Bacharier: Missouri bill targeting school curriculum, trans student-athletes draws broad opposition (get around Springfield News-Leader paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! here)
KC Star’s Jonathan Shorman: “The tense gathering over Senate Bill 42 began a day of hearings over a series of bills targeting LGBTQ rights.” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
John Combest on Twitter (video): Objective, unbiased media agrees: Missouri Republicans guilty of targeting (41–second video)
TonysKansasCity.com: New report shows Kansas City ranks in U.S. top 5 for homicide rate
AP: Missouri lawmakers act fast on citizen access to the ballot
P-D: GOP lawmakers want to make it tougher to change Missouri Constitution (get around stltoday paywall here)
Missouri Independent: Realtors vow to fight GOP push to make it harder to amend state constitution
JCNT: NT on Tap – Q&A with MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna
JCNT: Bills seek to reduce foreign ownership of Missouri farmland (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
Springfield Daily Citizen: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) wants state’s new homeless law repealed (get around Springfield Daily Citizen paywall here)
Missouri Independent: Donor privacy law being used by Missouri agencies to conceal public records
JCNT editorial: Missouri must reduce maternal mortality (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D editorial: Cutting taxes to the point of paralysis won’t make Missouri business-friendly. (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D editorial: Schools tread dangerously helping kids keep gender dysphoria secret from parents (get around stltoday paywall here)