Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland
HEADLINES
- Election deniers face a nationwide wave of pushback
- MSN - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/election-deniers-face-a-nationwide-wave-of-pushbacks/ar-AA17widQ
- Voices against Republican push to make it harder to amend the Missouri constitution gain conservative support
- StL Today - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-bid-to-make-it-harder-to-amend-missouri-constitution-draws-conservative-opposition/article_0a88a4ee-3bf9-5fd4-a0f2-a186f774149a.html
LIGHTNING ROUND
- Alabama
- Build a better catfish
- Outdoor Life - https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/alligator-catfish-hybrid-alabama/?fbclid=IwAR3aRzF2ieI5BLrwpolXdPEQ1tYVXMPdQfVfxqLubGtRDxr-IKTHzvlucGE&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
- Kentucky
- Trigger ban on abortion to remain in effect.
- Lexington Herald Leader - https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article272525366.html
- Iowa
- Asset limit for SNAP
- Iowa Capital Dispatch - https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/02/15/bill-could-make-iowans-with-cars-savings-ineligible-for-snap-medicaid/
- Kansas
- Legislators seek to erase trans peoples legally.
- PBS - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/kansas-push-to-define-sex-decried-as-erasing-transgender-people
- GOP disdain for small government
- Kansas Reflector - https://kansasreflector.com/2023/02/15/kansas-cities-push-back-against-house-bill-nullifying-local-anti-discrimination-ordinances/
- Missouri
- Rockwood fires back against racist parent.
- KMOX - https://www.audacy.com/kmox/articles/news/school-responds-to-complaint-about-book-on-black-astronaut
- Black leaders rally.
- AP - https://apnews.com/article/politics-mississippi-st-louis-missouri-813d91d638a6822fdfbeb613ea523f53
- Missouri's Don't Say Gay Law
- ABC - https://abcnews.go.com/US/new-missouri-bill-takes-dont-gay-law/story?id=96977642
- Oklahoma
- Parental Rights still at stake post Marriage Equality
- The 19th - https://19thnews.org/2023/02/oklahoma-judge-parental-rights-lgbtq-same-sex-marriage/
- South Carolina
- Nikki Haley shows love for neo-confederates.
- Meidas Touch - https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1625639934999797760
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