Tag: 2024 Missouri legislative session
- Saturday, January 20, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
Southeast Missourian: St. Louis region, local busts indicative of growing national fentanyl problem; DEA says most fentanyl comes from Mexico; Scott City’s Alberto Cruz and Jo Anne Barajas busted in August (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here) Joplin Globe: MSSU Board votes to name new health science building for Roy Blunt (avoid […]
- Friday, January 19, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
X.com: Austin Petersen, wife Steffi expecting first child JCNT: Schmitt names Fulton woman a “Champion of Missouri” on Senate floor Washington Examiner: Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) says federal government can pay for Cori Bush’s $14 trillion in reparations by spending it “into existence” States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: At U.S. House subcommittee hearing, Cori Bush […]
- Thursday, January 18, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
KC Star: Emanuel Cleaver undecided on tax credit plan to help 295,000 MO kids in poverty (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here) KC Star: After city breaks homicide record, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas in D.C. for conference of mayors; VP Harris to make appearance at forum (avoid […]
- Wednesday, January 17, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum: Overview: With U.S. Rep. Luetkemeyer retiring, 3rd District residents can expect a crowded GOP primary; Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) first and only announced candidate; Sen. Nick Schroer (R-Defiance) “kind of waiting to hear from (Onder)” Missourinet: Ashcroft give overview of GOP caucus system Missouri Independent: Missouri political parties […]
- Monday, January 15, 2024 – MLK Day – Missouri political news headlines ()
Missouri MLK history: Gov. John Ashcroft establishes Dr. Martin Luther King Day as state holiday in 1986, attested to by Secretary of State Roy Blunt Missourinet: Jay Ashcroft explains Missouri’s GOP presidential caucus process; length of events will depend upon “how verbose people are … if they act like state senators or not” (2:20) The […]
- Sunday, January 14, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
Washington Missourian: “I’m a workhorse, I’m not a show horse”: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner announces re-election, finds time to talk about her trip to the Middle East; thoughts on Israel-Hamas, Ukraine, Mexico border, House Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending compromise; Wagner says she told Qatari sheik what’s what, then he made her “blow (her) stack”; more […]
- Saturday, January 13, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
Jason Rosenbaum’s “The Politically Speaking Hour on St. Louis on the Air”: Sen. Eric Schmitt says Congress needs to change spending mentality as another budget fight looms (1:30); IRS agents harassing business owners (3:55); DEI and Pentagon spending (4:20); how DEI is related to Marxism (6:00); Ukraine funding and “blank checks for endless wars” (6:30); […]
- Friday, January 12, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
97.1 FM (St. Louis): Will Scharf on relationship with, and legal work for, Donald Trump (0:30); basis of immunity argument (1:30); specifics of D.C. case (5:00); how he ended up on Trump’s radar (7:30); Georgia case (8:15); light moments about unflattering courtroom sketch (14:00) BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. […]
- Monday, January 8, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
P-D: After years of testing, Army Corps of Engineers plans to put up signage along Coldwater Creek (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here) Fox 2 St. Louis: Jay Ashcroft’s home ‘swatted’ Sunday night This Week in Missouri Politics with Scott Faughn: Legislative agenda overviews from House Speaker Dean Plocher (0:45), Senate Pro Tem […]
- Sunday, January 7, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines ()
P-D: If Trump is kept off ballots, Republican states could bar Biden, too, Missouri’s Ashcroft says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here) P-D: St. Louis man was riding in luxury. Then the feds found out where he got the money; prosecutors say Howard Hughes III scored $1.4 million from pandemic food program (avoid […]