Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland
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HEADLINES
- Missouri judge orders end to GOP officials’ standoff over proposed abortion rights ballot measure
- Associated Press - https://apnews.com/article/missouri-abortion-ballot-measure-b3275e82ae6ea06336795902a7c19736?fbclid=IwAR1QfiaXjBpt3Zq6gNcl6QHwUQi62hWp9vX8RZ7M9I9JQOb48DZCttw-cGo_aem_th_AUJDWaQ53No1ikzf552O8bGLMbE-0U_0B0GjY3_kMDt0Av8NPcJw1F-UWKIgbUUOB88&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
- Supreme court rules against Navajo nation in Colorado River water dispute
- The Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/22/supreme-court-navajo-nation-ruling
LIGHTNING ROUND
Missouri,
- St. Charles County Library meeting sees hundreds for public forum on wardrobe choices.
- St. Louis Post Dispatch - https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/stcharles/more-than-350-people-pack-st-charles-library-meeting-in-fight-over-dress-code-lgbtq/article_363f3d66-1069-11ee-afd9-a7e1bfb0bc7d.html
Texas,
- Texas' Senate voted Wednesday to start state Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment trial on Sept. 5.
- Axios - https://www.axios.com/2023/06/22/texas-ken-paxton-impeachment-trial-date-set-wife-blocked-voting
- Parts of the South, especially Texas, remain in the midst of a record-breaking brutal, long-duration heat wave.
- NBC - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/texas-continues-bake-blistering-heat-wave-shows-no-signs-letting-rcna90570
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott this week vetoed 76 bills in order to bully and blackmail fellow Republicans into supporting his school voucher scheme.
- MSN - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/abbott-and-patrick-ramrod-rejected-bills-through-texas-legislature-killing-important-laws/ar-AA1cPI4n?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=6057d2708dce43b39257856a79686cf6&ei=17&fbclid=IwAR3N85j80Mp15ZnOXBKUgpOG4aAR9gKaVDrgq_BU1gufmvAHbAZWpRX70Is_aem_th_ART6YT1rS1rR-tQJVy5vwB5vXIjAVD1QnOB-UOJjO-3m10fGmwQvWuFKCqAQ3j5U52w&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
Arkansas,
- A federal judge has permanently blocked the country's first law banning gender-affirming care for minors.
- NPR - https://www.npr.org/2023/06/20/1183344228/arkansas-2021-gender-affirming-care-ban-transgender-blocked
And Lastly,
- An Iowan Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage
- Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/22/meteorologist-climate-death-threat-iowa/
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