Wednesday, March 5, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines
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KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Morning Show (6-9 a.m. M-F): U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on Ukraine and Zelenskyy’s “pettiness” (begins at 22:20) (click here to open in Apple Podcasts app)
Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of Bob Onder’s “overstayer” legislation (link opens at 7:15 mark)
P-D: Leaders of another St. Louis nonprofit scammed kids food program, feds say; Diarra Williams and husband allegedly used taxpayer money to pay for $1.2 million home, luxury vehicles and vacations (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
P-D: Feds identify 3 more St. Louis-area buildings to sell, including noted downtown tower (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
KSHB: GSA identifies 4 Kansas City-area federal properties, including downtown high-rise, for ‘disposal’ (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
Columbia Missourian: House Government Efficiency Committee debates restricting SNAP benefits
Missouri Independent: Ban on use of food stamps for candy, soda debated by Missouri lawmakers
Columbia Missourian: Legislative Black Caucus: ‘DEI is for everyone’
JCNT: Missouri’s black legislators complain about DEI ban, state budget
Columbia Missourian: House subcommittee wants more funding for literacy, teacher retention
Missourinet: Missouri attempts to stop kids from kids accessing porn websites
JCNT: Bills seek to increase voter registration, civic participation in Missouri schools
JCNT: Panel considers Missouri bill streamlining LLC dissolutions
JCNT: Blaine Luetkemeyer appointed to UM Board of Curators
St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe picks former Senate leader Dave Schatz for top Franklin County post
Washington Missourian: Governor appoints Dave Schatz to Franklin County presiding commissioner seat (avoid Washington Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
P-D editorial: Missourians will pay for Trump’s tariff binge. Our politicians should, too. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
Daily American Republic op-ed: Missouri State Medical Association President David Pohl: The vanishing doctors of Missouri: How Medicare cuts are fueling a health care desert (avoid Daily American Republic paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
KC Star op-ed: ExcelinEd’s Jordan Zakery: Missouri is still teaching an outdated, ineffective reading method called ‘three-cueing.’ Time to ditch it (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)
P-D letter: St. Louis woman says Missouri Republican policies make working people’s lives more difficult (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)