Saturday, July 29, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney: Ron DeSantis coming to KC on Tuesday, August 8
Missourinet: Hawley says he has no interest in joining U.S. Supreme Court
P-D: Mike Kehoe sets himself apart from GOP rivals with openness to abortion exceptions; Crystal Quade campaign fixes “one in [sic] the same” response (get around stltoday paywall here)
Missourinet: Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R-Scott City) talks about her bid for lieutenant governor
SNL: Gov. Parson touts strong Missouri economy in summer State of the State address, says funding is coming for I–44 improvements
KSHB: Gov. Parson signs bill allocating additional funding for Kansas City’s South Loop project (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
JCNT: MoDOT seeks input on unfunded needs list
KSHB: Blistering heat causes asphalt to buckle on St. Joseph bridge; MoDOT shuts down lanes (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Missourinet: Task force studies maternal death rate in Missouri
P-D: Missouri inches closer to collecting union dues from prison workers (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Trial delayed in high-profile Torch Electronics lawsuit (get around stltoday paywall here)
Missouri Independent: Trial postponed in Torch gambling case against Missouri highway patrol
Missouri Indpendent: Missouri regulators can now subpoena records from marijuana facilities
Joplin Globe editorial: Congressional delegation should follow former Sen. Roy Blunt’s lead and support “Recovering America’s Wildlife Act” (get around Joplin Globe here)
P-D editorial: Missouri Democrats should try again for diaper tax break – preferably without asking taxpayers to subsidize GOP’s gun fetish (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star editorial: Missouri wrongly put him on death row and paid him $14. Even the guilty get more help (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
P-D op-ed: Oregon-based CPA Andrew Hunzicker: 3 myths about marijuana and financial services industry in Missouri (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: St. Louis deacon dislikes editorial board’s reference to unborn children as “clump of cells” (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Fenton man wants personal property tax freeze for seniors, says Missourians are “being taxed to death” (get around stltoday paywall here)
Columbia Missourian letter: Self-described “successful socially responsible investor” septuagenarian disagrees with Jay Ashcroft on ESG, brags about mutual fund returns