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Monday, June 26, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

Published June 26, 2023 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, 100 PAC Missouri, 2023 Missouri legislative session, 2024 Missouri governor race, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Bill Eigel, Bill Eigel for governor, Brian Munoz St. Louis Public Radio, Cindy O'Laughlin, Crystal Quade, Crystal Quade 2024, Crystal Quade for governor, Eigel for Governor, get around stltoday paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Jason Bean Missouri, Jay Ashcroft, Jay Ashcroft for governor, Jim Lembke, Joe Patterson police, journalists defending transgender hormone therapy for children, Karla May 2024, Karla May St. Louis, Karla May U.S. Senate, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lucas Kunce, Lucas Kunce 2024, Lucas Kunce endorsements, Lucas Kunce for Missouri, Lucas Kunce for Senate, Lucas Kunce Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce Wesley Bell, Mike Kehoe, Mike Kehoe for governor, Missouri 2024 elections, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri governor endorsements, Missouri political journalism, Missouri state control of St. Louis police, Rasheen Aldridge, Rasheen Aldridge for alderman, Richard West Missouri House, Ron Richard, Scott Faughn, This Week in Missouri Politics, urban crime in Missouri, Wesley Bell, Wesley Bell campaign Senate, Wesley Bell endorsements, Wesley Bell for Senate, Wesley Bell Missouri Democrat.

This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Jason Bean (R-Holcomb) talks with Scott Faughn about why he’s running for Majority Floor Leader (0:25); this session’s improved Senate environment (1:15); priorities, including urban crime (2:45); effectiveness as legislator (3:45); suburban Republicans vs. rural Republicans (4:30); reflections on Ron Richard (5:55); local control (8:30); approach to legislative hostage-taking, filibusters and compromise (7:00); closing pitch for floor leader (11:00); panel of Rep. Richard West (R-Wentzville), former Sen. Jim Lembke (R-Lemay), St. Louis City Alderman Rasheen Aldridge, and St. Louis Police Association’s Joe Patterson on Lucas Kunce vs. Wesley Bell vs. Karla May (13:40); quixotic candidates’ fundraising schemes (15:00); Jim Lembke on GOP’s present and future (15:20); Kunce vs. Bell (17:15); GOP governor primary (18:15); praise for Crystal Quade (21:30); state control of St. Louis City police (23:00); state Senate elections in 2024 and 2026 (26:10); who won the week: Josh Hawley, Doug Richey, Mayor Quinton Lucas, Jay Ashcroft, the family of Ron Richard (26:55)

KC Star’s Daniel Desrochers: Hawley claims Presidential Record Act protects Trump. Experts say he’s wrong. (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

The Hill: Hawley: US has ‘downplayed’ the number of UFO sightings (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Newsweek: Government concealed ‘huge, huge’ number of UFOs, Hawley says (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

P-D: PrideFest photo gallery: U.S. Senate candidate Wesley Bell, U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, more

P-D: Same-sex fight leads to stabbing after PrideFest; 21-year-old woman says she stabbed galpal in self-defense (get around stltoday paywall here)

Fox 2 St. Louis: 22-year-old woman stabbed in the stomach on Manchester Avenue in The Grove; 1 person dead, 6 injured after violent night in St. Louis

P-D: St. Louis’ mayor promised to reimagine policing and public safety. Has she delivered? (get around stltoday paywall here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City deadly mass shooting aftermath: Anti-gun blame game

Springfield Daily Citizen: Abuse survivors from Southwest Missouri led effort for state law on lifetime protection orders (get around Springfield Daily Citizen paywall here)

Missourinet: Missouri radiologist says breast exam bill huge victory for women

Missourinet: Lawmakers work to solve state’s substance abuse problem

Missourinet: Missouri law bans wrestling with bears

JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Conservation determines Lake of the Ozarks fish died of natural events

P-D editorial: A year after the fall of Roe, the predicted political truce is instead a dangerous new war. (get around stltoday paywall here)

JCNT editorial: Missouri’s drought should guide July 4 fireworks plans

St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Munoz: PrideFest unites queer community after tumultuous year of legislative attacks

Kaiser Health News’ Bram Sable-Smith: Missouri throuple (transgender threesome) uses GoFundMe jackpot to subsidize move to Illinois; Springfield man plans move to Nevada, where Medicaid will pay for his gender swap

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