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Sunday, October 13, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City news downplays Harrison Butker MAGA endorsement

KOMU (Columbia): Profile: Incoming Gov. Mike Kehoe

KOMU (Columbia): Profile: Crystal Quade (D)

JCNT: Overview: Lieutenant governor race

Columbia Missourian: Overview: Amendment 5 (Bally’s casino at Lake of the Ozarks)

TonysKansasCity.com: Unions hold GOTV protest for Proposition A

AP: Legislative supermajorities in play in Missouri, other states

Southeast Missourian: Former state representative, Mississippi County leader Steve Hodges (D-East Prairie) dies at 75 (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Southeast Missourian obituary: Steve Hodges

Joplin Globe: SLUDGE group may sue DNR to keep ‘forever chemicals’ out of waste ‘fertilizer’ (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City migrant-friendly license office coming soon?!?

JCNT: State employee profile: MoDOT’s Pedro Chaidez

Columbia Missourian: ‘ALL BLACK ERRTHANG’: Legion of Black Collegians coed explains Homecoming theme and how being black at Mizzou is “draining”

P-D endorsement: Lucas Kunce for U.S. Senate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

July 2022: P-D endorsement: Lucas Kunce over Trudy Busch Valentine (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

October 2018: P-D endorsement: Claire McCaskill for U.S. Senate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

October 2016: P-D endorsement: Jason Kander for U.S. Senate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star endorsement: Missouri House District 30: Incoming Speaker of the House Jon Patterson

KC Star op-ed: Former state Rep. Wes Rogers (D-Kansas City): Deceptive Amendment 7 would take power from Missourians and give it to politicians (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: St. Louis mayor could have avoided embarrassing controversy over cash grants (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: O’Fallon octogenarian liberal doesn’t trust John Danforth’s judgement, says vote for “Better Party” helps Hawley (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

SNL letters: Springfield septuagenarian makes pro-life case against Amendment 3; Webster Groves septuagenarian says late-term abortions are rare; Willow Springs septuagenarian doubts Amendment 2 money will go to schools; retired Greene County Sheriff Jack Merritt supports Amendment 6; octogenarian woman who chooses to live in Kansas suggests pro-life laws lead to “less intimacy”

P-D editorial board “Republican” Lynn Schmidt: Standing for Ukraine and NATO means standing against Josh Hawley; plus, Democrat Lucas Kunce and Independent Jared Young talked to me (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

September 2024: Lynn Schmidt (audio): Lucas Kunce shares his vision for Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by accessing free Combest-archived version here)

June 2024: Lynn Schmidt: Hawley derided disability. He should read these stories. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

March 2024: Lynn Schmidt: Missouri GOP caucuses not fair for “us RINOs”: “Haley supporters were not just made to feel unwelcome, but intimidated and fearful.” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

October 2023: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a “traditional conservative” Republican, but disagree with Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt on populism, the U.S. military and national security (get around stltoday paywall here)

January 2023: P-D editorial board profiles: Meet Lynn Schmidt, our conservative/libertarian columnist

August 2023: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but disagree with Missouri GOP’s efforts to strengthen voting laws (get around stltoday paywall here)

March 2023: Lynn Schmidt: Missouri Republicans illustrate why it’s too late to challenge Trump and his control of the party and base (get around stltoday paywall here)

December 2022: Lynn Schmidt: I’m not a Democrat, but I wish for a competitive Missouri Democratic Party, ranked-choice voting, and a man like Jon Hamm to run against Josh Hawley (get around stltoday paywall here)

June 2022: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but Eric Greitens’ ad makes me feel unsafe (get around stltoday paywall here)

April 2021: Lynn Schmidt: I used to be a Republican, but not anymore (get around stltoday paywall here)

December 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Donald Trump, Josh Hawley and GOP senators (get around stltoday paywall here)

October 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I support Jill Schupp over Ann Wagner

September 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Jay Ashcroft’s plan on mail-in ballots (get around stltoday paywall here)

July 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Gov. Parson and the White House (get around stltoday paywall here)

July 2018: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but support Claire McCaskill over Josh Hawley