Monday, August 7, 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 last 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
KSMU: Jim Kreider, last Democrat to serve as Missouri Speaker, dies at 68
Legacy.com: Jim Kreider obituary (link via KSMU)
P-D: Black activists say their alignment with Russians is protected political speech. The feds disagree. (get around stltoday paywall here)
Kansas City Beacon: Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft reins in environmentally minded investing; comments from Missouri Chamber of Commerce‘s Phillip Arnzen, others
KCUR: Shoppers take advantage of Missouri’s tax-free weekend before kids go back to school
P-D: Child exploitation cases up 50% in eastern Missouri. Experts call it ‘epidemic of our time.’ (get around stltoday paywall here)
Missourinet: Missouri activates emergency plan to help communities recover from severe weather
KSMU: Recreational marijuana sales taxes on many southwest Missouri ballots for August election
Washington Missourian: Ameren seeks federal funds to upgrade Franklin County sites
Southeast Missourian: Southeast Missourian editor arrested for DWI (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Combest book: Chris, a child-abandoning deadbeat stalker, pounces on imaginary enemy’s DWI (p. 24-26)
P-D editorial: Kehoe’s openness to a rape exception is a rare GOP nod to Missouri’s mainstream. (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D editorial: Fully a third of rural hospitals in Missouri could close, part of a national crisis (get around stltoday paywall here)
KC Star op-ed: Sen. Eric Schmitt: The National Defense Authorization Act is a win for Missouri. Here’s what I fought for in Washington (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)