Thursday, January 30, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines
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SNL: Talk of federal funding freeze creates concern for local entities
P-D: Bill Eigel makes his case for leading the Missouri Republican Party (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
The Missouri Times: Profile: Sen. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield)
The Missouri Times: Kehoe gives State of the State
JCNT: Public school transfer bill meets mixed reactions in first hearing
SNL: Missouri State University ends DEI efforts, closes Office of Inclusive Engagement
TWMP Daily: Missouri State University President Biff Williams on MSU ending DEI
Barry Bean on X.com: The incidents that inspired Sen. Jason Bean’s cotton transport bill
P-D: House committee OKs state takeover of St. Louis police. Mayor and lawmaker trade barbs. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
P-D: Senators renew plan to ban child marriage in Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri may ban child marriage with bipartisan legislation
JCNT: Missouri legislators push for end to child marriage
JCNT: Grain Belt Express files first eminent domain petition in Callaway County
P-D: Missouri racing to speed up testing for bird flu (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
P-D: Emily Hernandez, a Franklin County woman pardoned for Capitol riot, is sentenced to 10 years in fatal crash (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
P-D editorial: Kehoe has some good ideas. A tax cut and a police takeover aren’t among them. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
KC Star op-ed: UMKC Students for Justice in Palestine, others: Missouri leaders falsely confuse criticism of Israel’s government with antisemitism