Monday, September 18, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith discusses Biden impeachment panel
AP: Low Mississippi River limits barges just as farmers want to move their crops downriver
P-D: Federal lawmakers back expanded testing for Manhattan Project waste in St. Louis region (get around stltoday paywall here)
This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee’s Summit) talks with Scott Faughn about veto session (0:40); Jackson County landfill (2:40); Missouri PSC, Evergy and time-of-use rates (6:55); school choice (8:50); Rep. Dan Houx (R-Warrensburg) on Missouri Senate’s filibuster “book club” and why he’s running for state Senate (13:05); futility of GOP House colleagues’ veto session (14:10); landfill (15:20); why Donald Trump lost in 2020 (17:50); initiative petition changes and abortion issue (21:15); how Missouri Right to Life “got out of their lane” (22:45); urban gun-control proposals (24:30); sports betting (25:15); who won the week: St. Louis Cardinals’ Bill Dewitt, Speaker Designee Jon Patterson, Gov. Mike Parson (27:00)
Missourinet: Cardinals president Bill DeWitt III on 2024 Missouri sports betting initiative petition
Missourinet: Updating Missouri funding calculation includes $120 million increase for schools
Columbia Missourian: COVID vaccine post from Missouri DHSS succeeds in sparking discussion
P-D: St. Louis County owes more than $550k to state for mistakes in federal program; county says Wellston-based contractor faked time sheets, payroll info to steal taxpayer money (get around stltoday paywall here)
KMBC: What’s up with time-based rates? Breaking down your questions about changes at Evergy (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Columbia Missourian: Half of old Rocheport Bridge removed from Missouri River, MoDOT says
P-D editorial: Romney’s new book correct to criticize Trump and Hawley (get around stltoday paywall here)
The New Republic editorial quiz: Who Said It: Josh Hawley or Ron Swanson? (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Missouri Independent’s Janice Ellis: Closing Missouri’s education deficits is everyone’s responsibility
johncombest_com on Instagram: Liberal wojack lacks testicular fortitude
Columbia Missourian’s Rose Metro: Introducing the Columbia Missourian’s new “Collective Local Columnist” series to counter the unfortunate depth of white male columnists; if you’re a minority, please send us your screeds on “climate change,” “gun violence,” “bans on gender-affirming care or restrictions on abortion”
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P-D’s Aisha Sultan: I don’t like the feedback I got from readers – many of them men – about my latest victimhood piece (get around stltoday paywall here)