Wednesday, February 8, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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The Missouri Times Publisher Scott Faughn: Senators Brown and Moon being … well, senatorial
JCNT: State employee pay hike heads to Missouri House floor (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D: House budget panel unanimously backs 8.7% raise for Missouri state workers (get around stltoday paywall here)
Missouri Independent: Governor, lawmakers removed from plan to hike pay for Missouri state workers
KWIX 92.5FM/1230AM (Mid-Missouri): Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton) on MoDOT pay raises
P-D : Democrats push back on Republican plan to get Missourians back to work (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: Senate Democrats block Republican bill on employment
JCNT: Missouri Legislature considering Osage River gambling boat (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri House rules panel advances two veterans bills (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D: Taxes on streaming video services targeted in Missouri Capitol (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: National Federation of the Blind points lawmakers to legislative priorities (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Senate education panel discusses Bible, sexuality conversations in schools (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: “Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act” comes before Senate
SNL: LGBTQIA* groups say Missouri “gender identity” bill would be strongest in the nation
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers push to ban teachers from discussing LGBTQ “identity”
Columbia Missourian: Course proposed on Hebrew and the Bible
JCNT: Governor honors local SkillsUSA members (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
SE Missourian: Perryville veterans memorial lauds new state suicide hotline (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
P-D: Opening weekend saw pot sales soar to nearly $13 million across Missouri (get around stltoday paywall here)
The Missouri Times: The work behind Missouri’s historic Governor’s Mansion
SE Missourian: Missouri students invited to participate in MoDOT’s No MOre Trash! contest (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Joplin Globe: Public forum planned to address questions about ‘sludge’ being used in Newton, McDonald counties; local officials, residents want state officials and legislators involved (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
KC Star: Missouri executes rapist/murderer Leonard Taylor
P-D: Leonard Taylor, who executed his ex-girlfriend and her three young children, put to death (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D editorial: Republicans rant about fiscal responsibility while they lead the way on spending (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT editorial: On sports betting, Missouri has skin in the game (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
KC Star “Service Journalism Team” content creator Natalie Wallington: Evergy wants to increase a charge on your electricity bill. Here’s how to fight back (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)