Tag: Jason Smith
- Tuesday, January 31, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
KSMU: Party of Socialism and Liberation’s #BLM protest draws nearly twenty (20) people; group chants about “racist police” after five black cops beat a black man SNL: Party of Socialism and Liberation protest imparts powerful lesson: “The police exist for one purpose and one purpose only: To uphold our capitalist system.” SNL: Black Lives Matter […]
- Sunday, January 22, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
KC Star: Missouri congressional delegation weighs in on spending cuts and debt ceiling (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on McClatchy D.C. website here) St. Louis Public Radio: Tom Villa, a pillar of south St. Louis City politics, dies at 77 P-D: Tom Villa, a role model in St. Louis City politics […]
- Friday, January 20, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
SNL: ‘We got everything we asked for,’ MSU president says of $75M federal funding haul; Roy Blunt, Billy Long secured cash for projects States Newsroom via Missouri Independent: U.S. Rep. Cori Bush and other members of Congress sign up for TikTok, despite security concerns St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air: Federal student […]
- Tuesday, January 17, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
KCMO Talk Radio: Pete Mundo Show: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith on function of House Ways and Means Committee (0:30), what his chairmanship means for Missouri (1:45), tax policy and trade policy (3:30), which policies could pass the House and Senate (4:40), national debt (6:40), Democrats’ Medicare and Social Security messaging (8:00), aftermath of Kevin McCarthy […]
- Monday, January 16, 2023 – 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 The Hill: The eight Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024: Not Missouri St. Joseph News-Press: With Sam Graves and Jason Smith, Missouri’s influence grows in U.S. House This […]
- Sunday, January 15, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
JCNT: Lincoln University gets $800,000 in taxpayer money to promote diversity in climate change research (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here) JCNT: Tickets still available for NAACP’s MLK breakfast; Guest speaker is Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty co-director (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here) KWIX 92.5 FM/1230 AM (Mid-Missouri): […]
- Thursday, January 12, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum: What Jason Smith’s Ways and Means chairmanship win means for Missouri and public policy KSHB (Kansas City): Sam Graves calls FAA computer outage ‘huge vulnerability in our air transportation system’ (link via TonysKansasCity.com) States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: U.S. House Republicans pass Ann Wagner’s pro-life bill KCUR: Up to […]
- Wednesday, January 11, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
KC Star: Missouri’s Sam Graves and Jason Smith are set to head two of the most powerful committees in this Congress KC Star: First trial of a Missouri resident charged in Capitol riot to begin Friday in D.C. P-D: Lucas Kunce’s latest US Senate bid gets kudos from celebrity host Andy Cohen (get around stltoday […]
- Tuesday, January 10, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
SE Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith to chair House Ways and Means Committee (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here) Roll Call, via P–D: Missouri’s Jason Smith wins three-way contest for powerful House Ways and Means chairmanship SNL: A Missouri Republican is chair of key congressional committee. Why it matters Roll Call, via P-D: Ann Wagner […]
- Saturday, January 7, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()
SE Missourian: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith supports Kevin McCarthy as House speaker (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here) Joplin Globe: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison among Kevin McCarthy supporters (get around Joplin Globe paywall here) The Hill: Cori Bush says black Republican congressman supports “upholding and perpetuating white supremacy” (link via TonysKansasCity.com) KCUR: What has happened […]