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Sunday, April 14, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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SNL: Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses diversity, equity and inclusion policies

P-D: Anti-Boeing protest at Washington U. ends with arrests (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star “assistant manager for race and equity” Mará Rose Williams: “Voices of Kansas City” social justice series: Kansas City teen DJ Yearwood wants to lower the voting age for local elections; California native explains how “the tobacco industry has targeted black people, how it has targeted women, how it targeted children, all these things” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

St. Louis Public Radio (6/21/23): KC teen DJ Yearwood wants to lower Missouri’s voting age; 16-year-old says he has secret Democrat and Republican bill sponsors

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske (6/26/23): Kansas City teen wants to lower the voting age to 16; no questions or answers about top-secret bill sponsors

P-D: GOP state rep candidate/Parkway substitute teacher tore down Pride and Black Lives Matter signs. He has no regrets; Jason Jennings will face Republican incumbent Philip Oehlerking (R-Ballwin) and Brant Harbor in August primary (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Wentzville schools superintendent leaves after less than two years; Democrat state rep candidate – who lost 32-point nailbiter in 2022 – credits conservatives (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Bob Onder on Instagram: “If you can’t follow the Sunshine Law and you think men should be in girls restrooms, you need to go. Good riddance!”

JCNT: From less compromise to party infighting, Missouri Senate sees changing atmosphere

JCNT: Missouri marijuana sales hit new highs

P-D: New Maryland Heights cannabis manufacturing facility promises product innovation and jobs (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D’s Lynn Schmidt: The unintended consequences of Cori Bush’s ‘defund the police’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

SNL op-ed: Bolivar police chief Mark Webb: Missouri should spend more on affordable, high-quality early childhood education programs

KC Star op-ed: Woman who left Kansas City to be a social worker in Berkeley, Calif. wants Missouri to spend more money on youth mental health (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

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