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Saturday, December 9, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

Published December 9, 2023 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, 2023 Missouri legislative session, 2024 Missouri legislative session, Aaron McMullen Missouri, Bills signed by Governor Mike Parson, Bob Titus Missouri Republican, Brad Pollitt, Carpenters Union St. Louis closing, Crystal Quade, Crystal Quade for governor, Dean Plocher, Dean Plocher travel, environmental advocacy journalism Missouri, Eric Garland Sarah Unsicker, Garrett Hawkins, Grain Belt Express, hardworking union members, I-57 Missouri, I-70 widening in Missouri, Josh Hawley, KBIA, Kenny Ross Dean Plocher, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council, Mike Bernskoetter, Mike Moon, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri General Assembly 2024 legislation, Missouri Housing Development Commission news, Missouri low income housing tax credits, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Prime, Missouri Prime Beef Packers petition, MoDOT Highway 57, Nick Schroer, people who choose to be obese complaining about health problems, Rebecca Smith reporter, Sarah Unsicker, Southeast Missouri State University, St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council, Tiger Connector Grain Belt Express, union membership in Missouri, Unsicker Gross Missouri, Unsicker Quade, victimhood.

KOMU: Sen. Hawley cites mid-Missouri farmers as reason for filing ‘Just Compensation Act’

St. Louis Public Radio: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade punishes Rep. Sarah Unsicker (D-Shrewsbury) over social media posts

johncombest_com on X: Then vs. now video clip: Crystal Quade on “tak(ing) people’s voices out of the conversation here in Jefferson City” (ft. Spongebob Squarepants French narrator)

P-D: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade strips St. Louis County Democrat of committee posts

KC Star: Missouri candidate for governor strips fellow statewide Democrat candidate of House committees

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P-D: Despite GOP-led Bud Light backlash, A-B gives campaign cash to Republicans; Sen. Nick Schroer (R-Defiance) says company has “a renewed focus on beer and less on ‘woke’ left wing policies”

P-D: Carpenters union again sues former St. Louis labor leader; Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council says capo Al Bond used union money to buy a CPAP machine and Fox Theatre tickets, orchestrated $4 million billboard kickback scheme

Missourinet: Third ethics committee meeting concludes with no details provided

Joplin Globe: Governor marks completion of bridge projects, says I-44 expansion next

Missouri Independent: Commission awards $380 million in tax credits for Missouri low-income housing

JCNT: Proposed JC housing development lands state tax credits

SNL: Missouri set to release detailed annual report cards for schools, districts

Joplin Globe: Superintendents, lawmakers discuss education issues

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau would like to see Legislature be more involved in transmission line proposals; group supports legislation from Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City) and Rep. Brad Pollitt (R-Sedalia)

P-D: Missouri lawmakers take aim at meatpacking sludge that has roiled rural residents

Missourinet: Bill from Sen. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) and Rep. Bob Titus (R-Billings) would authorize murder charges for abortion

Southeast Missourian: SEMO selected for federal drone training program

Missourinet: Missouri’s elk firearms hunting season opens today

KBIA’s Rebecca Smith: “Missouri Health Talks” series: Ferguson octogenarian, whose son is serving a life sentence in Missouri prison, lists health maladies

Missouri Broadcasters Association: Help Wanted: KBIA seeks producer “focusing on the impact of climate change on under-served communities in our region”

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