Tuesday, September 12, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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P-D: Hawley planning ‘progressive’ credit card legislation (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: Keep pushing for federal compensation for radioactive contamination here, activists say; Hawley aides attend event in St. Charles (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith seeks answers to rural Missouri’s health care access problem; Rep. Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R-Festus), state rep candidate George Hruza attend Crystal City event (get around stltoday paywall here)
SNL: What to expect from this week’s veto session
Southeast Missourian: Area lawmakers expect little action in Jefferson City veto session (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
AP: Challengers seek rewrite of Missouri abortion-rights ballot measures, calling them misleading
Missourinet: Proposed Missouri abortion initiatives head to court
P-D: Washington U. curtails transsexual hormones for minors in response to state law (get around stltoday paywall here)
New York Times: Washington University stops offering gender medications to minors
P-D: St. Charles County Council approves property tax freeze for seniors; Jefferson County wants state lawmakers to rewrite bill (get around stltoday paywall here)
KSHB: Ordinance to freeze property taxes for seniors in 2023 fails Jackson County Legislature
Missourinet: New Missouri law classifies 911 dispatchers as first responders
KCUR: Missouri 911 dispatchers can now qualify as first responders. Here’s why that matters
JCNT: Capitol master plan tabled
Southeast Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation’s annual Day on the River returns to Cape Girardeau this weekend (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
CDT: Profile: Les Bourgeois VP Cory Bomgaar is Gov. Parson’s latest appointee to the Missouri Wine and Grape Board (avoid Columbia Tribune paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star begs readers for attention: Did it work?
KC Star op-ed: American Public Square at Jewell 501 (c)(3) Executive Director Claire Bishop: Come to our unbiased “Exploring Gender and Identities: A conversation about rights and perceptions” event Sept. 26, co-hosted by Kansas City PBS; “(W)e see and hear the transgender people and their allies who are feeling increasingly targeted, unsafe and unwelcome in our region”
Lee Enterprises “Public Service Journalism Team’s” Emily Hamer, via P-D: Our analysis shows public defenders work 3 times too many cases; state, local governments should spend more money (get around stltoday paywall here)
The Heartlander’s Michael Ryan: Missouri Democrat blocks national school choice expert online but can’t escape public backlash against her anti-choice hypocrisy; Leslie Jones seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot in safe Republican House district