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Saturday, May 18, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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P-D: Wash U. bristles at St. Louis plan to condemn its protest response (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: Sen. Josh Hawley on his friend Harrison Butker: Hawley “laughing (his) head off” over leftist rage

TonyKansasCity.com: Missouri AG Investigates Kansas City Social Media Message Against Harrison Butker

KC Star: Ripple effect of Butker’s comments continues with tiff between KC mayor and Missouri AG (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on Harrison Butker, Israel-Hamas, Biden’s “wimpish” restrictions on Trump debates to cover “mental decline”

The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: TWMP Column: 2024 Democrat Bench Tipsheet

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Friday: (Segment A): Summary of Mary Elizabeth Coleman’s appearances on Scott Faughn’s show and Cass Bowen Anderson’s show; Cori Bush, Eric Burlison, Ann Wagner and the unfortunately-named Dick Lugar scale; Harrison Butker fallout

The Missouri Times: Senate Hour by Hour Friday, May 17

The Missouri Times: House Hour by Hour Friday, May 17

KWTO’s Garett Bowles on X: Listen to All the Above today at 10 a.m. for “Winners vs Fighters in the Republican Party” segment, plus Scott Faughn on what went right vs. wrong in the legislative session

KWTO: Listen live link

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri legislative session ends in flurry of GOP infighting and Democratic optimism

P-D: With messy session over, Missouri Republicans lean into election (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Constitutional amendment plan dies as Missouri Legislature ends session (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Legislative session ends in GOP infighting, failed plan to limit direct democracy (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

Columbia Missourian: Republican infighting marked 2024 legislative session

SNL: The Missouri General Assembly wraps up the 2024 legislative session

Missouri Independent: Initiative petition bill, a top GOP priority, dies on final day of session

Missouri Independent: Lawmakers head home after year defined by gridlock, infighting

Missouri Independent: Missouri House puts questions of ranked-choice, non-citizen voting on the 2024 ballot

P-D: On final day, crime package zooms out of Missouri House (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Blair’s Law and other public safety changes on their way to Missouri governor

P-D: Missouri House OKs fix to senior property tax freeze (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Legislature passes fix to senior property tax freeze law

KC Star: Missouri lawmakers approve tax break for Kansas City nuclear weapons facility expansion (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

KC Star: Missouri legislators pass tax break for Kansas City nuclear weapons campus expansion

KC Star: Missouri lawmakers fail to ban all child marriages after resistance (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

Missouri Independent: Legislation enacting total ban on child marriage in Missouri dies in the House

P-D: Here’s what the Missouri Legislature accomplished – and didn’t – this session (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Local legislators tout session victories

Southeast Missourian: Wavis Jordan asks for another extension in civil case to remove the coroner from office (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Missouri Highway Patrol urges safety during Memorial Day celebrations

KC Star editorial: No, Kansas City didn’t dox Harrison Butker online – but it also failed its employee (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

KC Star columnist David Mastio: Josh Hawley might be the Claremont Institute’s heir to a Trumpist American future (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version at Yahoo! News here)

SNL’s Susan Szuch: SLU survey shows 1 in 3 health care providers consider leaving Missouri due to legislation targeting LGBTQ+ individuals

TonysKansasCity.com: Jason Kander Shares Legal Marijuana Gummy Confession; 2016 U.S. Senate runner-up needs drugs for “stress relief or just to help me sleep”

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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