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Tuesday, December 26, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

Published December 26, 2023 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, 2024 #moleg elections, 2024 Missouri legislative session, 2024 Missouri state budget, 2025 Missouri state budget, Ben Brown Missouri, boring Sunshine request results, Crystal Quade, Crystal Quade 2024, Crystal Quade for governor, Curtis Trent, evolving COVID narratives, Gov. Parson, homeschooling in Missouri, initiative petitions in Missouri, Janice Ellis Missouri, Josh Merchant, Josh Merchant Kansas City Beacon, journalists cheering new COVID variants, journalists coping with COVID decline, journalists coping with decline in COVID cases, journalists finding personal and professional self-worth in COVID case counts, KCUR liberal bias, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lincoln Hough, marijuana black market Missouri, marijuana tax laws Missouri, Missouri 2024 abortion vote, Missouri 2024 ballot initiatives, Missouri 2024 state budget, Missouri 2025 state budget, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri General Assembly 2024 legislation, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Press Association, missouri unlicensed marijuana sales, Missouri yacht tax, Sunshine Law Missouri, Suzanne King, Suzanne King Kansas City Beacon, unlicensed pot shops Missouri.

St. Joseph News-Press: Principles of Kwanzaa bring community together; local race activists didn’t plan an event, but residents can go check out a museum display

SNL: 2024 #moleg preview: GOP Sens. Lincoln Hough, Curtis Trent o n budget, federal health care reimbursements, education transparency, more

SNL: 2024 #moleg preview: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade promotes pro-choice proposal, tax on yachts, etc.

Missourinet: Gov. Parson supports raising the bar for initiative petitions

Missouri Independent: Bill from Sen. Ben Brown (R-Washington) would open Missouri public school sports to homeschool students

P-D: Spread of pop-up, homegrown marijuana markets sparks debate over regulation; pot peddlers skirt state laws, annoy industry bigwigs and some nearby residents (NEW: get around stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version at archive.is)

Missourinet: Missouri Department of Conservation wants your live Christmas trees

JCNT: Former Moniteau County sheriff appointed to state Capitol Commission

KCUR: Kansas City stories that brought us joy in 2023, from the KCUR newsroom: Gender-neutral square dancing in a “queer-centered space”; and “inclusive, multicultural” bar; etc.

Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri Legislature failed to support Missouri Press Association’s symbolic Sunshine Law 50-year celebration resolution; it’s time to vote out candidates that don’t celebrate open records

Missouri Independent’s Janice Ellis: The new year offers us a time to recharge and get ready for what’s ahead; diversity columnist mentions Missouri Legislature, lists statewide offices up for election

Missouri Independent’s Janice Ellis, 11/27/23: Resolution of the abortion issue will be a seminal test for our democracy; diversity columnist mentions Missouri three (3!) times

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/7/23: Why won’t the Missouri Independent’s diversity columnist write about Missouri? “The Independent has published 25 of (diversity columnist Janice Ellis’) columns in the past 12 months, and one (1) was exclusively focused on Missouri issues.”

Kansas City Beacon’s Suzanne King and Josh Merchant (they/them): COVID in Kansas City: A week before Christmas, St. Luke’s Health System had 23 patients, and University Health had 15; protect yourself by getting your booster shot

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