Wednesday, May 17, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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P-D: Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development questions $550,000 of St. Louis County nonprofit costs; Wellston group administrator Jermal Seward II insists there was no fraud (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Kehoe formalizes Missouri governor campaign with local supporters
The Missouri Times: Eigel petitions Gov. Parson to call extraordinary session on foreign farmland
P-D: Eigel wants special session for farmland ownership (get around stltoday paywall here)
KCUR’s “Kansas City Today”: St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg recaps legislative session (4:45)
KC Star’s Jonathan Shorman and Kacen Bayless: Analysis: Republicans’ stark admissions about abortion accompany intense efforts to make it harder for Missourians to amend the state constitution (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
Columbia Missourian: Felony charges loom for gun brace owners
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri attorney general withdraws rule limiting transsexual surgeries and hormones
Missouri Independent: AG Andrew Bailey withdraws emergency rule banning transsexual health care; PROMO rep says rule “targeted the entire trans community”
SNL: Emergency rule restricting transsexual surgeries in MO is terminated
Missourinet: Bailey pulls the plug on transsexual surgery and hormone restrictions
P-D: Kim Gardner abruptly resigns, leaving St. Louis without a top prosecutor (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Video: Deputy AG Bill Corrigan says the quo warranto case against Kim Gardner is likely moot
P-D: Committee recommends Missouri Supreme Court restrict documents on Casenet website (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian: Interest-free credit at casinos could pose risk for problem gamblers; comments from Missouri Gaming Association‘s Mike Winter
P-D op-ed: Dan Connors: Missouri Republicans push an extreme social agenda – but we can fix it with ranked-choice voting (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D’s Taylor Tiamoyo Harris: Woman has tried to prove St. Louis husband’s innocence for years. Now she finally has help. (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D’s Tony Messenger: Will innocence be enough when Christopher Dunn gets his new day in court? (get around stltoday paywall here)