Host: Kevin Smith Dives into the weekly news most impactful to the Heartland

HEADLINES

• Fascism on full display in Montana Legislature
  • CBS - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zooey-zephyr-censured-montana-house-transgender-lawmaker/
• Your tax dollars are paying for Candidate ads for AG Andrew Bailey
  • KSDK - https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/missouri-psa-andrew-bailey/63-104fcd6b-02b0-4ddc-910e-4a1ce338935c

LIGHTNING ROUND

Missouri

• Bailey's emergency order that would set barriers to accessing gender-affirming care in Missouri is delayed until at least May 1. 
  • Missouri Independent - https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/judge-halts-missouri-ags-rule-limiting-transgender-health-care-until-may-1/?fbclid=IwAR2qGWJ_DB2Ic6OOc3IXtFnxg4y11JepsieZQamOGZ47mYhsxz8NPmOQHMQ&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
• Gov Mike Parson, big mad that his boy Bailey did poorly in  court, wants special session to push discrimination laws against Trans citizens.
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch - https://stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/governor-threatens-to-keep-missouri-lawmakers-in-session-over-transgender-rules/article_4c0925a0-e510-11ed-a66d-3f113461b744.html
  • KSHB Kansas - https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/missouri-gov-mike-parson-wont-call-special-session-to-clarify-abortion-law
• A Missouri school’s first black basketball coach has been forced out. Was it his style — or is race involved? 
  • Yahoo News - https://news.yahoo.com/missouri-school-first-black-coach-110000026.html

Kansas,

• Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. 
  • AP - https://apnews.com/article/transgender-rights-bathroom-law-kansas-b3d068afa2bc02bb15314ee04e8e3899

Oklahoma,

• Teacher shortages finally make OK Republicans take notice
  • NPR - https://www.npr.org/2023/04/26/1171691225/teacher-walkout-oklahoma-republican-anniversary
  • Oklahoma State School Boards Association https://www.ossba.org/2022/09/14/teacher-staffing-survey-shows-record-vacancies/

Texas,

• Texas legislature doubles down on bad power grid planning.
  • Slate - https://slate.com/business/2023/04/texas-power-grid-senate-plan-gas-fossil-fuels-renewables.html
• The Texas House of Representatives on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to a bill to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
  • Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajherrington/2023/04/26/texas-house-passes-marijuana-decriminalization-bill/?sh=760c5a202b36

Nebraska,

• Several Nebraska lawmakers, both Republican and Democrat came to the defense of State Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha on Wednesday after a complaint was filed alleging she has a potential conflict of interest on proposed restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors.
  • Nebraska Examiner - https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2023/04/26/nebraska-lawmakers-defend-colleague-for-out-of-bounds-conflict-of-interest-complaint/

And lastly, 

• Tennessee faces a lawsuit from the U.S. Justice Department challenging Tennessee’s new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care.
  • NBC - https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/us-sues-tennessee-ban-care-transgender-youth-rcna81704

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