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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

St. Louis Public Radio: Three St. Louis residents indicted on charges of illegally pushing pro-Russian propaganda through the African People’s Socialist Party

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Hawley, Rand Paul disagree on TikTok ban

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Jason Kander outlines criticisms of Jay Ashcroft: the “dangerous” meeting Ashcroft attended; the Kansas City Star failing to follow up on Kander’s tip about possible Securities Division exposé; that time Ashcroft “just ignored what I said”; angles reporters should explore to criticize Ashcroft; why Ashcroft is wrong about ERIC; more (begins at 8:30)

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)

Yesterday: Post-Dispatch removes references to two transgender heroes; Maplewood nonbinary Fiach Mikunda wants to turn 16-year-old autistic daughter into a boy; a 25-year-old woman “has identified as more masculine but would sometimes act female when (she) did not feel safe”; no response from reporter Michele Munz or the Post-Dispatch on silencing trans and nonbinary voices

KSDK (St. Louis): Planned Parenthood has pop-up clinics for patients seeking gender-affirming care; comments from nonbinary Fiach Mikunda

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri clinics rush to book transgender patients before emergency restrictions kick in; area woman – who says she is autistic and suffers from depression – wants to start testosterone as soon as possible

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?

St. Louis Public Radio: I-70 widening moves forward in House, Senate wants to expand it to include the whole road

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

Missourinet: Rep. Adrian Plank (D-Columbia) on GOP House Budget Chairman Cody Smith’s library funding: “That’s blackmail is all that is.”

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)

St. Louis Public Radio: Gardner’s time in office could be decided in the fall if judge doesn’t dismiss case

Missouri Independent: AG Andrew Bailey faces ‘high bar’ in effort to oust St. Louis prosecutor for neglect of duties

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.”

Kansas City Beacon: Missouri’s “Stand Your Ground” law could play a role after the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl

Midwest Newsroom, via KCUR: Missouri has a ‘Stand Your Ground’ law, but it may not help Andrew Lester in Ralph Yarl case

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)

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