Wednesday, March 8, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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P-D: Feds probe St. Louis-area church, nonprofit that claimed millions in federal food aid (get around stltoday paywall here)
FLASHBACK: 8/27/22: P-D editorial: Missouri’s worst-in-the-nation stinginess toward poor kids speaks volumes; suspecting foul play in summer lunch program is nonsense (get around stltoday paywall here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Event promo: Massive public art exhibition will highlight historical injustices in St. Louis: “Counterpublic” multimillion-dollar display to highlight “environmental racism,” “toxic flooding,” etc.
93.9 the Eagle (Mid-Missouri): Wake Up Mid-Missouri: Jay Ashcroft responds to Missouri Independent piece criticizing state’s withdrawal from Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) (-8:40); paper ballots (-5:00); response to Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon’s criticism (-3:45); why he planned to skip the Missouri Times event honoring J.J. Rizzo: “I have a real problem going to honor someone who was actually elected based on vote fraud” (-2:50)
Columbia Missourian: Missouri voting law changes continue a national trend
KOMU: Gun safety advocates rally at the Capitol for first time since 2020
JCNT: Moms Demand Action turns out 150 for gun-control rally (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT, February 2020: Moms Demand Action turns out 600 for gun-control rally (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT, February 2019: More than 450 Moms Demand Action volunteers flood Capitol to support ‘common sense gun reform’ (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
JCNT: Bill from Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) gives disabled veterans tax exemption (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
SNL: Missouri Republicans take a stand against racism, “discriminatory ideology” in hiring
SNL: New Missouri school report cards rank fewer schools at highest level
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri releases new school performance data; University City School District Superintendent Sharonica Hardin-Bartley says COVID racism hurts black test scores
P-D: New rating system shows decline for Missouri schools as open enrollment gains support (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: House moves open enrollment effort forward
Missouri Independent: Open enrollment legislation wins first-round approval in Missouri House
Columbia Missourian: Senate bills take aim at MSHSAA home school policy
JCNT: Senate Education panel hears bill to move school board elections (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: House gives initial approval for stricter sex trafficking laws
P-D: Missouri Senate begins debate on protecting minors from gender transition drugs, mutilation (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star: Missouri would be only state in country that taxes food but not guns under GOP bill
KC Star: Federal judge tosses Missouri gun law, ruling it ‘exposes citizens to greater harm’
AP: Federal judge strikes down Missouri gun law as unconstitutional
SNL: Judge rules MO gun law blocking federal statutes is unconstitutional
P-D: Federal judge tosses Missouri gun law panned by St. Louis police, officials (get around stltoday paywall here)
Daily American Republic: Failed gun law had many flaws
P-D: House committee hears testimony on compensation for St. Louis-area residents exposed to radioactive waste (get around stltoday paywall here)
SNL: Two former students suing Agape Boarding School in federal court
KC Star: Kansas City pets are getting sick from weed after MO legalization. Local vet has tips
KC Star editorial: Josh Hawley is right: The GOP is dead. Pompeo and Trump are fighting over its corpse (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Columbia Missourian)
KC Star editorial: Landlords sometimes need help, but Missouri needs to protect renters, too
P-D op-ed: UMSL professor emeritus Richard Rosenfeld: Don’t let state control St. Louis City’s police (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letters: St. Louis City man says Gov. Parson, Andrew Bailey and GOP state lawmakers to blame for urban crime; St. Louis City octogenarian complains about Missouri’s lack of political moderates; LaBarque Creek man wants more state gun control laws (get around stltoday paywall here)