Tuesday, May 12, 2026 – Missouri political news headlines
Published in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, 2026 Missouri legislative session, 2026 Missouri State Fair, Ann Wagner, Clem Smith Missouri Ethics Commission, Curtis Trent, Dirk Deaton, Elijah Haahr, Eric Burlison, Eric Schmitt, Hawley gas tax, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, Janay Mosley, Kansas City conservative radio, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mara Rose Williams, Missouri Ethics Commission vacancies, Missouri nuclear energy plans, Missouri political journalism, Springfield MO conservative radio, top Kansas City conservative radio, Wesley Bell.
The Hill: Hawley to introduce bill suspending 18.4-cent per gallon gas tax
Fox Business: Hawley introduces bill to suspend gas tax after Trump endorses plan
NPR, via KCUR: Hawley bill would suspend federal gas tax as prices soar amid war with Iran
KSHB: Kansas City-area drivers react to proposed federal gas tax suspension
Missourinet: Burlison presses for answers about missing and dead Americans connected to UFO research
KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on paying federal workers
P-D’s Joe Holleman: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner pushes bill giving police greater flexibility in spending
TonysKansasCity.com: KC Socialist ‘Monarch Pledge’ pressures local biz against ICE
JCNT: Missouri Supreme Court hearing three cases on Missouri First Map
Missourinet: Missouri’s new congressional map to be heard again by Missouri Supreme Court
Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court to hear two challenges to revamped congressional map
P-D’s Joe Holleman: Rep. Kem Smith (D-Florissant) says primary opponent Janay Mosley should be kicked off ballot (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
P-D: Senate endorses former state Rep. Clem Smith (D-St. Louis County) for ethics panel (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
Columbia Missourian: Oh, Christmas tree: Bills get decorative as session ends
Missourinet: What to watch in this final week of the Missouri Legislature’s session
Columbia Missourian: House committee advances ‘born alive’ abortion bill
Columbia Missourian: House passes bills that address city and county issues
Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri task force convenes on nuclear energy
P-D: Police board sues St. Louis in bitter budget fight, demands fast ruling
KC Star’s Mara Rose Williams: New Missouri antisemitism law could stop all talk of Israel in schools
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