Tag: John Combest
- Sunday, March 12, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()Brownfield Ag News: Hawley wants to end foreign land ownership Washington Times: Josh Hawley warns China’s Xi ‘time is up’ after COVID origins bill clears Congress JCNT: States, farmers seek clarity in new water pollution regulation; Gov. Parson, Missouri Farm Bureau on WOTUS (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here) KC Star: Missouri man […] 
- Wednesday, February 22, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()SNL’s Galen Bacharier #moleg live blog: state employee pay raises, protecting children from transgender hormones and sex-change operations, Senate debate, more Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers may be in line for pay raise despite rejection of governor’s proposal P-D: Pay hikes for state workers advance in Missouri Senate (get around stltoday paywall here) St. Louis Public […] 
- Monday, February 20, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()This Week in Missouri Politics: Speaker Dean Plocher talks with Scott Faughn about crime (0:25), initiative petition changes (1:45), tax cuts (3:50), foreign land ownership, spy balloon and TikTok (5:00), lieutenant governor campaign (7:30); U.S. Rep. Jason Smith on House Ways and Means chairmanship (10:00), Medicare and Social Security spending (12:50), defunding IRS expansion (13:45), […] 
- Monday, February 13, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) talks with Scott Faughn about statewide run (0:30); education transparency and “Parents’ Bill of Rights” (4:00); Regulatory Sandbox Act (5:45); sportsbook and video lottery terminal legislation (6:30); prediction for 3-point Chiefs victory (11:25); Sen. Greg Razer (D-Kansas City) on contraception legislation (15:45); praise for Gov. Parson’s […] 
- Wednesday, February 8, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Emanuel Cleaver on debt ceiling, Biden’s garage documents, Speaker of the House vote, more The Missouri Times Publisher Scott Faughn: Senators Brown and Moon being … well, senatorial JCNT: State employee pay hike heads to Missouri House floor (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here) P-D: House […] 
- Thursday, January 26, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()St. Louis Public Radio: New U.S. House Transportation Committee Chair Sam Graves wants to aid I-70 expansion KC Star’s Daniel Desrochers and Jonathan Shorman: Eric Burlison led effort to expand gun rights in Missouri. Now he wants to repeal key federal gun law (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here) […] 
- Tuesday, January 24, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()SNL: Eric Burlison serving on committee leading GOP investigations into Biden SNL: Missouri awards $260 million in federal dollars for rural broadband internet expansion SE Missourian: Birthright of Cape Girardeau celebrates 50th anniversary; keynote speaker says he “begs” activists to support front-line pro-life efforts, not “mainstream, corporate pro-life groups” (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here) […] 
- Saturday, January 14, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()KC Star: Lloyd Casimiro Cruz Jr. of Missouri found guilty on two charges related to Jan. 6 riot P-D: Former state lawmaker will push for ‘approval voting’ measure in 2024; Shamed Dogan says system will weed out candidates “just trying to appeal to that really narrow, narrow slice of the Democratic or the Republican base” […] 
- Tuesday, January 3, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines ()The Missouri Times: Combest: 10 things to quit in 2023 Springfield Daily Citizen: Blunt bids hopeful farewell after 26 years in D.C., says ‘America is a work in progress’ (get around Springfield Daily Citizen paywall here) Columbia Missourian: Boone County a persistent blue bubble in red state; thoughts from Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia), Boone County […] 
- Sunday, December 25, 2022 – Christmas Day – Missouri political news headlines ()Fox 2 St. Louis: Video: Eric Schmitt reflects on time as Missouri AG, explains U.S. Senate priorities TonysKansasCity: NY Times recaps Josh Hawley’s role as Dems’ viral video punchline Kansas City Beacon: Missouri is set to execute two people in 2023, but opponents see room to push back on death penalty JCNT: Missouri DHSS says […]