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Monday, September 23, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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Rosenbaum: Missouri isn’t on presidential radar, but voters are involved; insights from GOP mastermind Gregg Keller, others

KMOV (St. Louis): Impaired driver hits and kills St. Louis police officer; 24-year-old was on probation for DWI and domestic assault, and “at the time of his last arrest police said he was living in the country illegally”

P-D: St. Louis police officer dies after being hit by car on Interstate 70; no details released on driver’s nationality or immigration status (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Panel of political consultant Jeremy Cady, Tightline Public Affairs CEO Jack Cardetti, Rep. Jim Schulte (R-New Bloomfield) and former Speaker Rod Jetton talk with Scott Faughn about Amendment 3 abortion measure and its influence of U.S. Senate and gov races (1:00), Amendment 2 sports betting measure (14:30), Missouri Department of Insurance and DEI (19:50), Mike Kehoe vs. Crystal Quade (24:50), who won the week: Whiteman Air Force Base, Senate District 15 Democrat candidate Joe Pereles, legislators who visited the border, pro-choice activists, Jaci Winship (27:00)

Brad & John Show, Friday: Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia’s Chlora on our minds: recap of Scott Faughn’s link between Missouri DEI Queen Chlora Lindley-Myers and Maxine Waters (link opens at 13:25 mark)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Brad claims Bill Eigel is leaving Missouri for one of two southern states (link opens at 3:45 mark)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Where to hear/how to download Will Scharf’s new weekly radio show (link opens at 6:25 mark)

Real Talk 93.3 FM (St. Louis): The Will Scharf Show: State Armor’s Michael Lucci on China’s technology capabilities (32:00), what states can do to protect from foreign attacks (40:25), Nebraska and Huawei (42:00), and the Chinese outpost in St. Louis (43:00)

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Golden Chinese nuggets from the Will Scharf show (link opens at 15:40 mark)

KWTO (Springfield): Missouri Republican Party Political Director Chandler Haynes on his role and day-to-day activities (26:00), state legislative campaign strategy (27:00), growth of Missouri Republican Party operation (28:00), state of the Missouri Republican Party prior to Miles Ross (31:30), message to anti-“establishment” and anti-“RINO” activists (33:45), how to help local efforts (38:15), local Dem activities (41:30)

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Recap of Chandler Haynes’ appearance on KWTO (link opens at 12:45 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: GOP candidate for secretary of state wants hand count of ballots. Local officials reject the idea

JCNT: House District 60 overview: Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) vs. Jamie Howard (D) on Legislature’s 2024 education omnibus

Columbia Missourian: Missouri health centers receive nearly $6 million in federal funding

KC Star: Some Missouri families left without child care after state subsidies delayed for months

KOMU (Columbia): Child care subsidy backlog enters ninth month

Missouri Independent: Alleged ‘predatory’ contracts continue to surface in Missouri social-equity marijuana program

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/21/21: Top victimhood angle for 2023: “Missouri voters approved recreational marijuana in 2022, but experts are worried that minorities will be left out in the cold … Even worse, (aspiring marijuana peddlers) see other urban entrepreneurs profiting from the cannabis market and suspect foul play.”

Southeast Missourian: Future of Missouri’s water: Proposed legislation aims to curb out-of-state exports (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: More bird flu confirmed in Missouri

P-D: Decision looms for suspended St. Louis Public Schools superintendent (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Lux Living owners indicted on fraud charges alleging minority hiring scheme (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Recap of Lux Living alleged scam and how much commission you can charge scammers to use your minority front business (link opens at 3:05 mark)

Brad & John Show, Friday: Post-Dispatch exposes allegedly bogus St. Louis Development Corporation grants (link opens at 10:05 mark)

KC Star op-ed: Missouri Independent diversity columnist Janice Ellis: Missouri took away women’s abortion rights. Will you restore them with Amendment 3? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: She had a plan for life after prison. Then Missouri took her money. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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