Sunday, July 2, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
Published in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, 2023 Missouri legislative session, 2024 Missouri state budget, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Bills signed by Governor Mike Parson, Bills vetoed by Governor Mike Parson, diversity hires, diversity hires unironically complaining about diversity, education professionals complaining about the profession they chose, everything is racist, get around stltoday paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Jay Ashcroft, Kevin Hardy Kansas City Star, Kevin McDermott, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mae Bruce Missouri, Mae Bruce reporter, marijuana expungement Missouri, merit scholarships are racist, Missouri 2024 state budget, Missouri banning books, Missouri Department of Economic Development, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri Illinois abortion tourism, Missouri political journalism, Missouri state control of St. Louis police, MoDOT news, Quinton Lucas, Quinton Lucas #MOSEN, Quinton Lucas 2024, Quinton Lucas for U.S. Senate, Quinton Lucas Lucas Kunce, Quinton Lucas Missouri, Quinton Lucas running for U.S. Senate, Tishaura Jones, urban crime in Missouri, Yvette Walker Kansas City Star.
P-D: St. Louis program paying for abortion travel to Illinois blocked by court (get around stltoday paywall here)
TonysKansasCity.com: TKC Must See: Kansas City Mayor Q didn’t exactly deny U.S. Senate Run
JCNT: Jefferson City schools, state put focus on retaining new teachers
JCNT: State budget spending millions in Jefferson City
JCNT: MoDOT includes 20 Cole County projects in five-year plan
Joplin Globe: State officials tout grant for Carthage square projects (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
Washington Missourian: Courts struggle with marijuana expungements
KWIX (Moberly): Changes coming to Case.net
P-D editorial: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones shouldn’t let her base thwart her promising new direction on policing; deft move outsmarted Missouri Republicans this legislative session (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star opinion page editor Yvette Walker: Here’s a workaround for new merit-based college admissions rules: Mention your race in the application essay
KC Star’s Kevin Hardy (6/6/23): Yvette Walker, assistant dean for student affairs at University of Oklahoma journalism school, handed editorial page job (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
Columbia Missourian’s Mae Bruce: “You are Here” series on “America’s lopsided wealth distribution”: Missouri perpetuates the cycle of wealth inequality: “White families more easily accrue wealth than any other racial group in the U.S.”
SNL letter: Springfield man criticizes Jay Ashcroft’s approach to library materials
P-D letter: Fenton septuagenarian responds to Kevin McDermott piece on urban crime, says state of Missouri is not to blame (get around stltoday paywall here)