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Wednesday, July 5, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

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KC Star: Lucas Kunce pre-announces $1.2 million raised in Q2; first-quarter burn rate was 40% (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Southeast Missourian: Rep. John Voss (R-Cape Girardeau) speaks at Cape Fourth of July event; 12 take oath to become legal U.S. citizens (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Politically Speaking podcast: Former state Sen. Steve Ehlmann (R-St. Charles) talks with Jason Rosenbaum about the decline of political pragmatism, how St. Louis Citys violent criminals hurt the entire region, and how COVID-19 hysteria affected local politics

CDT: Boone, Greene County prosecutors dismissed from pro-choice activists’ case; “Americans United for Separation of Church and State,” others seek to have Missouri’s pro-life laws overturned

Columbia Missourian: Texting while driving ban awaiting Gov. Parson’s signature

St. Louis Public Radio: Some school districts say hiring is easier this summer, but they’re still getting creative; Hazelwood School District experimenting with four-day school week for staff

Southeast Missourian: Former St. Louis Cardinal Kerry Robinson named to SEMO Board of Governors; pride of Hazelwood East High School fills State Treasurer Vivek Malek’s former spot (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

Missouri Independent: Memo shows Missouri AG helped craft governor’s plan to weaken open records laws

JCNT: MoDOT to confer with parks department on U.S. 54 project

KC Star editorial: Travis Kelce proves he’s above hateful GOP politicians – namely Josh Hawley and Nick Schroer – trying to destroy Bud Light (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Bud Light debate double take: Pete Mundo Vs. “progressive bar talk” troll Jeremy Danner

“In a bygone era, Dan Andrews would have been called a gadfly or simply a pest, but in the modern world he was considered a Twitter troll.” – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks (p.17)

JCNT editorial: Show-Me-State’s budget gets high marks

P-D editorial: Missouri lawmakers should close the domestic-violence loophole in gun laws (get around stltoday paywall here)

Columbia Missourian’s C.W. Dawson: Why some African Americans question celebration of Independence Day; Josh Hawley is a modern-day version of “Lester Maddox, the KKK, Strom Thurman, Bull Connor”

P-D op-ed: League of Women Voters’ Marilyn McLeod and former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Wolff: Let the people – not just the attorney general – vote on reproductive freedom. (get around stltoday paywall here)

Kaiser Health News’ Samantha Liss: Patients squeezed in fight over who gets to bill for pricey infusion drugs; legislation on white and brown bagging did not past last session

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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