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KC Star’s Daniel Desrochers and Jonathan Shorman: Hawley attacks Biden nominee for her social media posts (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Josh Hawley grills President Biden nominee over her social media posts

KC Star: Supreme Court case on Biden debt plan could hinge on Missouri student loan provider (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

SNL: Former GOP Rep. Tricia Derges sentenced in federal fraud case

Springfield Daily Citizen: Tricia Derges, former state rep from Nixa, sentenced to 6 years, 3 months in prison (get around Springfield Daily Citizen paywall here)

KSMU: Former MO lawmaker Tricia Derges is sentenced to 75 months in prison

JCNT: Gov. Parson promotes deputy Evan Rodriguez to general counsel (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri appeals court orders state to issue medical marijuana growing license

SE Missourian: Gov. Parson holds ceremonial bill signing in Cape Girardeau (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

P-D: Limits on foreign ownership of land in Missouri win early House approval (get around stltoday paywall here)

Columbia Missourian: House advances bill that would limit foreign purchases of Missouri land

SNL: Expanded Medicaid for Missouri mothers has wide support but could fall short

Columbia Missourian: Unanimous vote moves bill extending postpartum Medicaid benefits to House floor

Missourinet: Sen. Lauren Arthur (D-Kansas City) looks to exempt diapers from sales taxes

Missouri Independent: Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) proposes expanding charter schools statewide

Columbia Missourian: Senate Education Committee grapples with school choice, funding bills

SE Missourian: Cape Girardeau school board opposes open enrollment; Superintendent: “I’m very scared of what it will do to this district.” (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

Missouri Independent: Dispute over transgenders brings factional fights to the surface in Missouri Senate

KSMU’s Ryan Smith: At Springfield Party of Socialism and Liberation rally, Ozarks residents speak out against proposed bill targeting LGBTQ students in Missouri schools.

johncombest_com on Instagram: Montage: Newspapers and progressive content creators agree – Missouri Republicans guilty of “targeting”

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Rep. Chris Sander (R-Lone Jack) on Jackson County Republicans’ threat to censure

Missouri Independent: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) seeks to bar municipalities from imposing limits on pet stores

P-D: Video: “Community Justice Coalition” press conference backs Kim Gardner

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: Legal Roundtable: The claims, and counterclaims, aimed at Kim Gardner

KY3 (Springfield): Tick season is knocking on the door; Missouri Department of Conservation says warmer weather brings out dangerous, bloodsucking parasites

JCNT: St. Louis City’s Central Visual and Performing Arts High School students perform at Capitol (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Urban students perform at Capitol gun control rally

AP: Urban students fill singing, speaking roles at gun control rally; kids perform 2010 ditty “Pumped Up Kicks,” deliver lines about red-flag laws

Missourinet: Missouri reveals plans to fight hypoxic dead zones in Gulf of Mexico

JCNT editorial: Missourians deserve strong Sunshine Law (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

The Missouri Times op-ed: Osage Casino CEO Kimberly Pearson: Response to Ron Leone, Osage River Gaming and the Lake Ozark Businesses for Fair Competition

P-D op-ed: George Washington University Law School Professor Jeffrey Gutman: How Missouri can change its wrongful-conviction compensation statute (get around stltoday paywall here)

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