Thursday, February 23, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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KC Star: Hawley, Schmitt, Alford, Cleaver weigh in on federal cannabis legislation
KC Star: Biden once again nominates Cleaver’s son-in-law to federal bench, this time for a lower court (avoid KC Star by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
Twitter.com: Pro-Choice Missouri’s “Reproductive Freedom Organizer” Kennedy Moore: “It’s Ash Wednesday and all the anti choicers in this hearing have their weird ass cross on their head from their church looking like the spawn of the devil.” (with photo of female Senate staffer in replies)
AP: Missouri lawmakers try to strengthen abortion ban
P-D: Missouri attorney general’s ultimatum to Kim Gardner: Resign or face removal from office (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Missouri Senate president, House speaker call on St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to resign (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: St. Louis mayor says Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has ‘lost the trust of the people’ (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D’s Joe Holleman: ‘Finger-pointing’ statement by St. Louis Circuit Attorney fuels backlash; feedback from Rep. Raychel Proudie (D-Ferguson), others (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Top St. Louis business group says Kim Gardner’s ‘failures’ are ‘unforgiveable’ (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Attorney general seeks execution date set for Brian Dorsey; former Jefferson City resident executed his cousin and her husband, then r*ped his cousin’s dead body (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Lawmakers approve pay raise for state employees (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Legislature approves state worker raises of nearly 9%
Missouri Independent: Missouri state employee pay raise heads to governor’s desk
KC Star: Missouri state employees will see pay bump under bill headed to Gov. Parson’s desk (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
Missourinet: Missouri’s state workers are on the verge of getting a pay raise
P-D: Missouri lawmakers approve pay hikes for state workers (get around stltoday paywall here)
SNL’s Galen Bacharier #moleg live blog: Lawmakers pass state employee pay raise
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri’s pro sports teams offer support of legalizing sports betting
P-D: Cardinals brass back in Capitol lobbying for sports betting in Missouri (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star: Missouri lawmakers weigh sports betting bills, but gas station slots could tank legalization (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
Columbia Missourian: Gaming and sports wagering continue to spark debate
Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Sean Pouche (R-Kansas City) looks to cap insulin and epinephrine prices
JCNT: Missouri House panel discusses alternative testing, accreditation approaches (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
SE Missourian: Serving those with special needs presents challenges within school districts (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
SNL: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) wants ban on federal funding for ‘red flag’ gun control
Columbia Missourian: Senate committee discusses Anti-Red Flag Gun Seizure Act
SE Missourian: State data: Local unemployment still below state average; Bootheel among state’s highest (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
JCNT: Advocates call on lawmakers to address suicide (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Gov. Parson declares National FFA week (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
P-D editorial: Despite recent assertions by black leaders, bill before the Legislature has nothing to do with Kim Gardner’s skin color and everything to do with her inability to keep dangerous people off the streets. (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D’s Kelsey Landis: St. Louis County to “fight measures making their way through the Missouri statehouse that target the LGBTQ community” (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letters: Saint Louis University School of Law Visiting Professor Laura Hermer says Republicans Brad Hudson and Mike Moon probably have gender dysphoria; Clayton septuagenarian opposes initiative petition changes (get around stltoday paywall here)