Wednesday, April 19, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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Missourinet: Feds approve Missouri request to help tornado-stricken southeast Missouri
Brownfield Ag News: Courts to decide fate of WOTUS; U.S. Rep. Sam Graves expresses disappointment
States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Hawley, Rand Paul disagree on TikTok ban
TonysKansasCity.com: KCUR quits Twitter
The Heartlander’s Michael Ryan: Trans activist calls for Missouri Republicans to be ‘driven out’ of civil society for supporting ‘ethnic cleansing’ with restrictions on trans procedures (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate committee triples funding for widening I-70 across the state
AP: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) unveils $2.8B plan to expand I-70
Columbia Missourian: Despite animosity between legislature and MoDOT, I-70 funding moves forward
Missourinet: Two plans proposed to expand I-70. Which one will win?
P-D: Missouri House advances I-70 widening, Powell Hall cash, UMSL remake (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri House budget has big-ticket items for Capital City
JCNT: Missouri Senate panel hears plans to increase school lunch, child care funds
Columbia Missourian: House approves presidential preference primary
Washington Missourian: Rep. Brad Banderman (R-St. Clair) on bill aimed at preventing veteran suicide
JCNT: Bill brings homeowners’ associations in Missouri under fire
P-D: Four St. Louis County mayors ask Missouri Legislature to combine city, county prosecutors’ offices (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Kim Gardner’s office, Missouri AG spar over ground rules, set trial date in removal suit (get around stltoday paywall here)
TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City mayor talks gun control with Rachel Maddow
TonysKansasCity.com: No protest & no cash after teen shot dead on Kansas City street; what happens “when violence can’t be used to garner political capital.”
KC Star: Calls grow for a reckoning on racism in Kansas City Northland after Ralph Yarl shooting
P-D: Total compensation for Ameren’s top executive roles climbed in 2022 (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D editorial: Kim Gardner’s contempt isn’t just for the court but for the entire city (get around stltoday paywall here)
Missouri Independent op-ed: Former Missouri Ethics Commission Executive Director Julie Allen: Missouri’s initiative petition process is at risk
Southeast Missourian letter: Cape Girardeau septuagenarian hopes Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) restores library money in budget (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
P-D letters: Ameren President Mark Birk responds to Post-Dispatch coverage of Blues charity promotion; Creve Coeur septuagenarian wants transgenders to sue state legislators; St. Louis sexagenarian says elected officials focus on cultural issues because those lawmakers are “dumb” (get around stltoday paywall here)