Monday, May 8, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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P-D: 10 people shot, including 2 dead, in spate of shootings across St. Louis (get around stltoday paywall here)
The Intercept’s Akela Lacy: Why St. Louis’ reform DA quit; Kim Gardner was under relentless attack from Republicans, including “Missouri Attorney General Darren [sic] Bailey” (link via Eapen Thampy on Twitter)
KC Star “race, gender and class inequity” reporter Matti Gellman: Transgender activists rally against state legislation; area nonbinary raising its 7-year-old as a nonbinary; other nonbinary raising its 8-year-old as a nonbinary; more (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum: 5 major issues Missouri lawmakers might tackle in the last week of session: protecting minors from trans surgeries and hormones, initiative petitions, guns, foreign farmland, open enrollment
Columbia Missourian: Former MOSERS employee draws highest pension in state system
P-D: State reviews Brentwood cleanup after demolition pollutes Deer Creek (get around stltoday paywall here)
Southeast Missourian: Schools in Scott, Bollinger counties receive state safety grants (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
SNL: Kansas cut fall turkey hunting season. What does it mean for Missouri hunters?
P-D editorial: Outsourcing government work to nonprofits carries risk of fraud, mismanagement; former state Rep. Bruce Franks (D-St. Louis City) forged timesheets and got paid for hanging out with Black Lives Matters pals at shopping mall (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D editorial: Kim Gardner’s defenders show how tribalism won’t stop unless higher standards take priority over party loyalty (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star’s Melinda Henneberger: Josh Hawley’s manhood message isn’t all wrong, though he’s not the ideal messenger (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here) (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
The Missouri Times op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s David Stokes and Missouri Budget Project’s Amy Blouin: Legislators should act on circuit breaker property tax relief for Missourians with fixed incomes
P-D letters: St. Louis County resident mocks Post-Dispatch caterwauling on voter ID; Manchester sexagenarian says “fetuses” are not humans; Shrewsbury octogenarian says Hawley exaggerating anti-Catholic FBI memo (get around stltoday paywall here)