Friday, October 27, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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Southeast Missourian: New House Speaker wins accolades from Jason Smith (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)
Mediaite: Matt Gaetz suggests Jason Smith is gay
P-D: St. Louis nonprofit director stole millions from program to feed needy kids, feds say; woman bought houses, “gave $1.4 million to her romantic partner … who used $212,000 of it to buy a Mercedes-Benz G550 Wagon” (get around stltoday paywall here)
8/27/22: P-D editorial: Missouri’s worst-in-the-nation stinginess toward poor kids speaks volumes; suspecting foul play in summer lunch program is nonsense (get around stltoday paywall here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Springfield businessman Mike Hamra enters Democratic race for Missouri governor
SNL: Mike Hamra to run for governor, challenging Crystal Quade in the Democratic primary
Missouri Independent: Springfield businessman Mike Hamra joins Democratic race for Missouri governor
This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) talks with Scott Faughn about constituent contact software hubbub and legislative process (0:45); House staff using Dems’ Missouri Independent blog to promote anti-Plocher stories (3:00); lobbyist beefs (3:45); why Gov. Parson was right to warn conservatives about the Missouri Independent blog (4:30); Plocher’s agnostic approach to constituent contact software (5:30); perpetual “FBI investigating” boogeyman (6:15); phone call from a friend (7:35); why the “George Soros-funded left-wing group” will keep coming after Plocher (8:00); how reimbursement mistakes happened (11:20); origin of today’s Ethics Committee hearing (15:30); Missouri Press Association’s hypocrisy on the Missouri News Horizon (17:45); why Plocher won’t resign (20:45); Faughn on behind-the-scenes lobbyist machinations on Fireside (22:45), why Mazzie Boyd is criticizing Plocher (26:45), Dana Rademan Miller (28:40), why the controversy matters to the future of the Ethics Committee (33:30), effects on Plocher’s Q4 fundraising (37:45); more
KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs) says Dean Plocher should resign as speaker; why Plocher’s decision on Kenny Ross will negatively affect House Republicans (12:00)
Spotify.com: Archive of Elijah Haahr Show interview segments
JCNT: Local lawmakers offer perspective on allegations against House speaker
P-D: Legal action threatened over possible protection of girls’ locker rooms, restrooms in Francis Howell schools (get around stltoday paywall here)
Joplin Globe: Missouri DNR investigating Fairview sludge spill (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri’s investments in 988 system are smart and necessary (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
P-D letter: Maplewood woman opposes Missouri’s SAFE Act, says children can make their own decisions on transsexual surgeries and hormones (get around stltoday paywall here)