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Saturday, April 8, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

Published April 8, 2023 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, $AEE, 2023 Missouri legislative session, Aisha Sultan, Ameren Missouri, Andrew Bailey Missouri, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Bridgette Dunlap Missouri, Caleb Rowden, childbirth is racist, Denny Hoskins, entitlement, everything is racist, evolving COVID narratives, Flatland, get around stltoday paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Jay Ashcroft, journalists coping with COVID decline, journalists coping with decline in COVID cases, journalists finding personal and professional self-worth in COVID case counts, KCUR liberal bias, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mary Sanchez, Missouri banning books, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri DNR, Missouri Gaming Commission, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri political journalism, Missouri video gaming machines, Sam Zeff, sports betting in Missouri, victimhood.

KCMO: Pete Mundo Morning Show: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) on his approach to sports betting and VLTs (0:50); this week’s debate (1:50); senators opposing Schroer’s VLT amendment after saying they’d support it (3:00); compulsive gambling funds (3:50); other details that need compromise (5:30); Missouri Gaming Commission and casinos’ share of fees (7:40); likelihood of “clean” sports betting bill (8:15)

Missourinet: Rowden: Odds are not good on sports betting bill passing

Missouri Independent: Missouri House approves legislation seeking to boost minimum teacher salaries

SNL: Missouri Senate Democrats call for human rights commission chair’s removal

P-D: Family of canoeist who drowned in Missouri River near Chesterfield sues state (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: EPA sets deadline for St. Charles, Ameren to agree on well field access (get around stltoday paywall here)

Joplin Globe: EPA to host open house in Carthage to discuss pending mining cleanup (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)

P-D: Pandemic emergency declarations end in St. Louis City, St. Louis County (get around stltoday paywall here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Slate’s “Political Gabfest” podcast researcher Bridgette Dunlap: Missouri AG doesn’t want the public to know he’s pushing wild legal theories in abortion cases

Flatland KC’s Mary Sanchez, via KCUR: This Kansas City author saw his children’s books get banned. He’s not giving up, despite the likes of Jay Ashcroft

States Newsroom’s Ariana Figueroa, via Missouri Independent: Kids at work: Missouri and other states try to ease child labor laws at behest of industry

KCUR’s Sam Zeff: A Missouri county won’t work with the ATF, claiming the federal agency is ‘unconstitutional’

P-D’s Aisha Sultan: New PBS documentary tackles systemic childbirth racism, encourages complaints to lawmakers; Missouri’s rate of black maternal death has nothing to do with black women’s diet and lifestyle choices (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: Lee’s Summit woman wants Missouri to fund special homes for people with primary psychiatric illnesses (get around stltoday paywall here)

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