Saturday, August 5, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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GoFundMe.com: Help cover the funeral expenses of Casey Burns’ uncle and grandmother, who died unexpectedly this week (organized by Victory Enterprises‘ Brett Dinkins, with help from Enterprise Holding’s Josh Foster)
Legacy.com: Obituary for Casey Burns’ grandmother, Joy Thurston
Legacy.com: Obituary for Casey Burns’ uncle, Pete Selzer
Spectrum Local News (Charter Communications): Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm due in St. Louis for groundbreaking; activists hope for meeting on radiation issues
TonysKansasCity.com: Will Mayor Q’s anti-gun crackdown curb Kansas City violence?
TonysKansasCity.com: 2016 U.S. Senate runner-up Jason Kander’s endorsement of Crystal Quade “should commit most of progressive voters along the Ward Parkway and Midtown corridor to a losing cause“
Southeast Missourian: At GOP women’s group meeting, Missouri Labor and Industrial Relations Commissioner Kathy Swan describes her position and duties (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Springfield Daily Citizen: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) reflects on first session as budget chair: support for Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe; I-70 project; Gov. Parson’s I-44 veto; initiative petition changes; video lottery machinges; open enrollment; cranky colleagues who act like they “stubbed their toe” (to avoid Springfield Daily Citizen paywall, open new browser window in “Private” or “Incognito” mode, then Google the article headline)
Southeast Missourian: ‘Sound of Freedom’: Is sex trafficking a thing in area? (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Washington Missourian: Washington-area railroad crossing part of statewide project
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri sees uptick in deaths of moms during and after pregnancy
johncombest_com on Twitter: St. Louis Public Radio inadvertently admits that pregnant women are carrying babies, not “tiny clumps of cells”
Missourinet: State report shows Missouri’s pregnancy-related deaths rise
P-D: ‘Potential product safety concerns’ prompt Missouri to suspend 3 marijuana facilities (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Missouri, nation see increases in suicide deaths
Missouri Business Alert, via KBIA: Missouri farmers face growing mental health challenges; state created AgriStress Help hotline in 2022
JCNT: Local employers awarded for support of MO National Guard, Reserve
P-D editorial: Missouri boots 11K kids from Medicaid because it can’t confirm they’re eligible (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star “Service Journalism Team’s” Natalie Wallington: One KC area hospital sees six (6) COVID patients; “Those hoping to stay safe from the latest COVID-19 variants will be happy to hear that a new booster vaccine is in the works from Pfizer and BioNTech” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian wants Missouri to create a “prioritization process” to keep the elderly on Medicaid (get around stltoday paywall here)