Saturday, February 4, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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P-D: Records point to Lacy Clay and Brandon Bosley in St. Louis corruption scandal; “Public Official One” took $10k in cash from federal informant, then returned it and asked for checks to PAC instead (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Eric Schmitt takes committee posts – and shot at Biden (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Ann Wagner bill to guard seniors’ savings zips through U.S. House (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Chinese balloon drifting over Missouri causes stir (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
SNL: Chinese spy balloon flies over Missouri
KC Star: Chinese spy balloon spotted flying over Kansas City and parts of Missouri
KC Star: ‘SHOOT IT DOWN’: Hawley, Schmitt want spy balloon downed as it floats above center of U.S. (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
KC Star: Listen: Pilots, air traffic controllers in KC area report Chinese spy balloon
P-D: Gov. Parson and First Lady Parson headed to Super Bowl – with no expense charged to taxpayers (get around stltoday paywall here)
SE Missourian: Area legislators vote “yes” on initiative petition changes (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Missouri Independent: Ballot candy: Democrats, academics criticize citizen-only voting language
P-D: Missouri House advances legislation for special prosecutor for St. Louis violent crimes (get around stltoday paywall here)
KZRG (Joplin): Bill from Rep. Josh Hurlbert (R-Smithville) would ban parking meters on public streets (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
JCNT: Missouri launches website intended to reduce veteran suicides (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
AP: Legal recreational pot sales begin for Missouri adults
P-D: Missouri clears nearly 200 dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana; sales underway (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star: How much weed can you legally buy in Missouri? The limit is higher than most states
TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City legal marijuana aftermath: Local weed economy already growing
Joplin Globe: Legal recreational marijuana sales OK’d a few days early in Missouri (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
SNL: MDC: Deer culling underway in effort to ‘slow the spread’ of CWD
P-D editorial briefs: Jabs at Gateway Pundit, Josh Hawley (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: 2022 Democratic state Senate candidate – who lost 60-point nailbiter to Justin Brown – opposes protecting girls’ sports, theorizes that legislation was written by “the American Legislative Exchange Council and the Project Blitz” (get around stltoday paywall here)