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

HEADLINES:

• New bill in the Kentucky Legislature says school board candidates must pick a political party 
  • Courier Journal - https://www.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2023/02/21/kentucky-school-board-elections-partisan-state-bill-legislation-meeting/69911145007/
• Missouri Republican pushes to legalize psychoactive drugs to treat depression, PTSD
  • The Missouri Independent -  https://missouriindependent.com/2023/01/30/missouri-republican-pushes-to-legalize-magic-mushrooms-to-treat-depression-ptsd/

LIGHTNING ROUND:

• Arkansas 
  • LEARNS Leaves much to be desired
    • KARK - https://www.kark.com/news/your-local-election-hq/arkansas-learns-passes-senate-education-committee/
    • KARK - https://www.kark.com/news/politics/teachers-protest-arkansas-learn-plan-at-capitol/?ipid=promo-link-block2
    • Axios - https://www.axios.com/local/nw-arkansas/2023/02/23/arkansas-education-committee-sanders-bill-learns
• Indiana
  • Legislating trans youth out of existence.
    • The Times of Northwest Indiana - https://www.nwitimes.com/business/healthcare/indiana-lawmakers-approve-policies-targeting-transgender-children/article_fa6e1c79-edb0-5c83-ae99-9aab56fd88f9.html
  • Republican Lawmakers clutch their puritanical pearls. 
    • WLFI NEWS 18 - https://www.wlfi.com/news/indiana-lawmakers-back-defunding-kinsey-sex-institute/article_766bd79a-b39a-11ed-9dc9-a33bbde5e739.html
• Wisconsin 
  • Judge Protasiewicz has pioneers a new style of judicial campaigning, and wins.
    • The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/wisconsin-supreme-court-race.html
  • A new report on educators in Wisconsin.
    • Post Crescent - https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2023/02/20/wisconsin-is-losing-many-early-career-teachers/69903018007/
• Iowa
  • Senate bill could re-instate the death penalty in Iowa.
    • KCRG - https://www.kcrg.com/2023/02/23/proposed-plan-that-would-return-death-penalty-iowa-moves-forward/
  • Iowa House Democrats unveil legislation to legalize marijuana.
    • Des Moines Register - https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/23/iowa-house-speaker-gop-may-introduce-bill-to-ban-gender-care-for-kids/69936706007/
    • Marijuana Moment - https://www.marijuanamoment.net/iowa-democratic-house-leaders-file-bill-to-legalize-marijuana/

Missouri

• The Missouri Senate votes to add 8.7% to public paychecks. 
  • Missouri Independent - https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-state-employee-pay-raise-heads-to-governors-desk/
• Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. 
  • The Missouri Independent - https://missouriindependent.com/2023/02/23/missouri-ag-moves-forward-with-effort-to-remove-st-louis-prosecutor-from-office/

Lastly,

• Michigan Republicans tap Kristina Karamo to lead them
  • The Daily Beast - https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristina-karamo-qanon-spewing-election-denier-to-lead-michigan-gop

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