Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland
HEADLINES
- Federally Backed Healthcare Programs Meeting the Needs of Rural Populations
- Daily Yonder - https://dailyyonder.com/rural-health-clinic-program-offering-head-to-toe-womb-to-tomb-care/2023/05/17/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Center%20for%20Rural%20Strategies&utm_campaign=17d1501c13-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_05_17_03_36&utm_term=0_-17d1501c13-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=17d1501c13&mc_eid=33f9e891ee
- In the Race to Defund Public Schools, Private Third Party Vendors Win Big in Iowa
- The Gazette - https://www.thegazette.com/state-government/new-york-company-to-be-paid-4-3-million-to-operate-iowas-new-private-school-funding-program/
EVENT
- St. Charles County Democrats First Capitol Dinner - https://www.stcdemocrats.com/event-details/first-capitol-dinner-2023-2
LIGHTNING ROUND
- Missouri,
- The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday over whether two single mothers should have been sentenced to jail time because their children missed more days of school than the local district allowed.
- https://missouriindependent.com/2023/05/24/missouri-supreme-court-to-decide-whether-school-districts-can-jail-parents-for-absent-students/
- A Missouri man flew to Washington, rented a U-Haul truck and drove straight to the White House, where he crashed the truck into a security barrier and began waving around a Nazi flag.
- AP - https://apnews.com/article/white-house-uhaul-truck-crash-lafayette-square-dcd72befb2653d62c4e7c874cc0bfeb5
- Texas
- Uvalde, TX and a year of Republican thumb twiddling.
- KXAN Texas- https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/uvalde-school-shooting/one-year-after-uvalde-shooting-fight-for-transparency-and-accountability-beats-on/
- More Paxton scandals.
- Texas Tribune - https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/24/ken-paxton-abuse-power-house-investigation-texas/
- Ohio,
- GOP Power grab over constitutional voting fight angers Election Officials.
- NPR - https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1177921697/ohio-august-special-election-constitution-abortion-amendment
- Mississippi
- An 11-year-old Mississippi boy shot by a police officer asks, "Why did he shoot me? What did I do wrong?’”
- CNN - https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/us/mississippi-police-shooting-11-year-old-boy/index.html
- And Lastly, Jon Hamm Calls Josh Hawley A Coward In Ad For His Opponent, Lucas Kunce
- Huffpost - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-hamm-josh-hawley_n_646baefbe4b0355739381b35
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