Friday, March 17, 2023 – St. Patrick’s Day – Missouri political news headlines
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Husch Blackwell Strategies establishes Jessica Pabst Memorial Fund on GoFundMe – donate here (link via Stephanie Bell on Instagram)
Amber Watson organizes Meal Train for Jessica Pabst’s family – sign up or donate here (link via Scott Faughn on Twitter)
Combest, The Missouri Times, 3/13/22: Campaign Supernovas: How to handle premature political deaths
KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on trip to Mexico border (1:15); tracking illegals (2:30); logistics of the Biden Administration welcoming and transports illegals during the day (5:20); criminals and the Chinese sneaking across the border at night (7:15); Democrats’ denial of immigration epidemic (10:30); new “Fresh Freedom Podcast” (12:30)
P-D’s Joe Holleman: Cori Bush wedding spurs federal complaints from two political groups (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star: Missouri man wanted to ban words like ‘riot’ and ‘mob’ from Jan. 6 trial. Judge says no (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
P-D: The politics governing St. Louis policing likely to remain under state control (get around stltoday paywall here)
Warren County Record: At Warrenton Rotary Club visit, AG Andrew Bailey makes “lighthearted comment” about Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt leaving Missouri for D.C; AG says unlike Schmitt, “I don’t intend to use the Sunshine Law as an offensive tool.”
P-D: Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: More witnesses, more data boost case to remove Kim Gardner (get around stltoday paywall here)
SNL: Missouri lawmakers criticize districts, testing metrics in wake of new data
P-D: Second federal lawsuit filed against Missouri slot machine company (get around stltoday paywall here)
KCUR: MoDOT says it patched 800,000 potholes statewide in 2022
Columbia Missourian: City, advocates weighing fixes for homeless pollution after DNR complaint
KC Star: Drivers must yield for funeral processions in Missouri
SE Missourian: Rep. John Voss (R-Cape Girardeau) to give blood after elimination of ‘Mad Cow’ restriction (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
St. Joseph News-Press editorial: Missouri‘s education system needs a comprehensible scoring system, and for policymakers to stop making excuses
Joplin Globe: Annual Sunshine Week editorial: “Sunshine is the best disinfectant,” “needed now more than ever,” etc. (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
The Heartlander’s Michael Ryan: National watchdog warns Missouri State Medical Association may support woke racial, transgender politics in medical schools (link via TonysKansasCity.com)