Friday, August 4, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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Southeast Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith says indictment of Trump “something that normally occurs in third-world countries” (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Southeast Missourian: SEMO Food Bank to offer update on 2023 farm bill; speakers include Hawley and Schmitt staffers, lt. gov. candidate Holly Thompson Rehder (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
johncombest_com on Twitter, yesterday: One year ago today, the campaign team running Trudy Busch Valentine was celebrating its #MOSEN primary election victory. Did it make a good-faith effort to take down this anti-Lucas Kunce ad?
Missouri Independent: Trial set for Sept. 11 on ballot title for Missouri abortion rights amendment
P-D: Gov. Parson hints at state incentives for Boeing in St. Louis County (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri Department of Agriculture opens urban agriculture grants to more areas
JCNT: MoDOT announces railroad crossing safety plan year after crash
AP: Missouri budgets $50M for railroad crossings in response to fatal 2022 Amtrak derailment
Missouri Independent: Navigating your Medicaid renewal? Missouri advocates offer advice
Missourinet: Task force looks at Missouri’s drug overdose dashboard
Yesterday: P-D’s Victor Stefanescu: Post-Dispatch reporters exposed data shortcomings from “Missouri Department of Health and Human [sic] Services”; UPDATE: fixed, without acknowledgment of error (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri State Fair returns for 121st year
KC Star: Two questions about KC mayor’s gun laws: will they be overturned, and will they matter?
P-D: St. Louis mayor signs public safety bills, including open carry crackdown (get around stltoday paywall here)
St. Joseph News-Press: MoDOT highlights newly approved projects
Missourinet: Drought relief on the way; data shows August could be wetter in Missouri
JCNT: A bust of the late Gov. Mel Carnahan is being installed at Carnahan Memorial Garden
Southeast Missourian: Renew Missouri hosts Energy Assistance seminar (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
P-D: Creve Coeur chiropractor, radio host Eric Nepute to pay $80,000 to settle COVID misinformation claims (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: “Missouri Workers Center” race activism group holds anti-Amazon protest; worker says Amazon “gaslit” her injuries: “Amazon don’t [sic] care about our complaints, don’t [sic] care about our injuries, don’t [sic] care about us” (get around stltoday paywall here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Race group holds anti-Amazon protest, says unionization timeline uncertain; androgynous Caucasoid wears mask outdoors
P-D editorial: Lawsuit over abortion ban highlights danger to women in Texas – and Missouri (get around stltoday paywall here)
Joplin Globe editorial: Finally, not just a tax half-holiday for Missouri parents (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
JCNT editorial: Missouri’s second-chance opportunities: first-rate idea
KC Star op-ed: University of Texas at Austin professor: Missouri’s library book ban is based on dogma, not rational discussion of the facts (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph, today: University of Texas at Austin professor’s anti-conservative form letter on “book bans“ (Texas version)