Friday, January 27, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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KSHB (Kansas City): Sen. Hawley, Rep. Cleaver call for Ticketmaster ‘monopoly’ to be broken up (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
SNL: Eric Burlison’s first bill in Congress aims to repeal 1930s gun law
AP: Missouri Senate GOP backs bill protecting girls’ sports
JCNT: Biweekly state employee pay bills heard in committee (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D: GOP lawmakers fast-track bills to make it harder for voters to amend the Missouri Constitution (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Lawmakers consider property tax exemption for childcare providers (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Cole County prosecutor testifies against special prosecutor clause (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D: Special prosecutor for St. Louis crimes and a gun law for minors are on the table in Jeff City (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Legislators file bills to force MoDOT to clear deer carcasses (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
KC Star: Missouri House allowed to keep some documents confidential, judge rules (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
JCNT: DHSS launches dashboard so public can track COVID-19 spending (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis-area residents could see higher bills from Missouri American Water
SE Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation events mark return of bald eagles to area (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
SE Missourian editorial: Congrats of Birthright Cape Girardeau on 50 years of helping women choose life, and helping them get assistance to raise a healthy and happy child (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
JCNT editorial: Lawmakers should oppose open enrollment; competition not always the best approach when it comes to public education (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
Newsweek op-ed: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas: Mayors like me are not afraid to take on the gun industry
TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Mayor Q targets gun makers in ‘Save Our Babies’ plea
P-D political gossip columnist Joe Holleman: Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s junior U.S. senator, ‘irks’ colleagues with push for powerful committee post (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D’s Tony Messenger: Applying Civil War-era solutions won’t reduce crime in St. Louis (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian wants Ann Wagner to support federal gun control measures (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: St. Louis County octogenarian mocks House dress code debate, says teachers should have state dress code too (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star letters: Gladstone sexagenarian embarrassed by “ugliness” of Missouri’s highways; man who chooses to live in Kansas wants Missouri lawmakers to pay for bi-state commuter rail system (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)