Monday, May 15, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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NPR: Congress wants to regulate AI, but it has a lot of catching up to do; thoughts from Josh Hawley
This Week in Missouri Politics (taped Thursday morning): Senate Pro Tem Caleb Rowden talks with Scott Faughn on “good cop bad cop thing” with Cindy O’Laughlin (1:45); I-70 funding (2:30); Mizzou’s recent ascent and Jeanne Sinquefield (3:05); initiative petition changes (3:55); tax cuts (4:25); transgender legislation (5:30); education priorities next session (7:05); charter schools (8:10); postpartum care (9:50); thoughts on potential 2024 statewide bid and announcement timing (11:00); panel of Dem Reps. Ashely Aune and Donna Baringer and GOP Reps. Melanie Stinnett and Jeff Myers on state budget wins (14:40); impending challenges of recession (16:30); transgender legislation and “trans-ing the gay away” (18:00); open enrollment (24:05); who won the week: mothers, St. Louis City residents, Missourians with developmental disabilities, women’s sports, Rep. Brad Pollitt (R-Sedalia) (26:45)
St. Louis Public Radio: 6 takeaways from a contentious 2023 Missouri legislative session that stalled at the end; “Trans activist (Daniel) Bogard’s son is one of the transgender Missourians who has been targeted by anti-trans policies, rhetoric, and legislation.”
KMBC: Video and transcript: Mike Mahoney and KCUR’s Brian Ellison on 2023 legislative session (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Southeast Missourian: Rep. John Voss (R-Cape Girardeau) reflects on freshman session: delay in filling Wayne Wallingford’s seat, texting while driving, tax cuts, I-70, more (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Missourinet: Legislative effort to restrict four-day school week is dead – for now
Columbia Missourian: Photo gallery: As legislators leave, summer takes hold at the statehouse
P-D letters: St. Louis County septuagenarian lists grievances with GOP state lawmakers; St. Louis County sexagenarian says St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones’ anti-GOP tirades are counterproductive; Wildwood woman attempts anti-Trump punchline involving the wives of Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt (get around stltoday paywall here)