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Candidate Filing Starts Tuesday [Feb. 16] Amid Confusion Over Political Maps
JEFFERSON CITY — Tuesday marks the first day candidates for state office can file to run in Missouri’s Aug. 2 primary election.
For some candidates, however, it remains unclear exactly what areas of the state they’ll be seeking to represent.
The Missouri Senate, fractured by Republican infighting, has failed to agree on the boundaries for the state’s congressional districts as part of the once-per-decade redistricting process that adjusts political maps based on changes in population.
New PAC Raises $2 Million to Fix Missouri Senate Dysfunction
JEFFERSON CITY — Although there’s no price tag on resolving the dysfunction in the Missouri Senate, a new political action committee has $2 million to try to do just that.
RightPath PAC registered in January, according to Missouri Ethics Commission documents. On Monday, the PAC collected 15 contributions, primarily from prominent St. Louis business owners with ties to Washington University. They ranged from $25,000 to $200,000, with most coming in on the higher end.
What the PAC wants to address is how to fix the problems contributors see in the Senate.
The Senate has spent weeks stalled on a congressional redistricting bill. When leadership decided to set that aside Tuesday, several conservative senators refused to let any other legislation advance. On Wednesday, members of the Conservative Caucus delayed a bill modifying the Fast Track Workforce Incentive Grant program.
That pattern of paralysis spurred formation of the PAC, said Jorgen Schlemeier, a lobbyist for Washington University.
“It’s kind of the number one question on all of our minds: ‘What’s going on with the Senate?’” Schlemeier said. “We all kind of scratch our head and say, ‘If I knew what the solution was, I’d be rich and I’d be on a beach someplace,’ but nobody knows what the magic formula is yet.”
While the PAC is not affiliated with the university, most of its contributors are either current or former members of its board of trustees, and nearly all are major university donors.
Those contributing to RightPath PAC include former board of trustees members Andrew Taylor, executive chairperson of Enterprise Holdings, Inc.; John McDonnell, former chairperson of the board of McDonnell Douglas Corp.; and George Couch III, chairperson of Couch Distributing Company, Inc.
For those affiliated with Washington University, legislation came close to home last session when senators introduced a bill that would tax the university’s multibillion-dollar endowment.
They have more than that in common, though: They’re all frustrated with what’s been happening in the Senate, Schlemeier said.
Justice Department Sues Missouri Over New Gun Law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Department of Justice on Wednesday sued Missouri over a contested new law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws just days after pulling out of a state crime-fighting partnership.
The Justice Department has said the law, which declares “invalid” federal gun regulations that don’t have an equivalent in Missouri law, has scared police departments away from helping the federal government fight violent crime. Agencies risk being sued for $50,000 by private citizens who believe their Second Amendment rights have been violated.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement that the law “impedes criminal law enforcement operations in Missouri.”
“A state cannot simply declare federal laws invalid,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, in a statement. “This act makes enforcement of federal firearms laws difficult and strains the important law enforcement partnerships that help keep violent criminals off the street.”
Federal laws without similar Missouri laws include statutes covering weapons registration and tracking, and possession of firearms by some domestic violence offenders.
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE WEEK
https://twitter.com/DLHoskins/status/1494009114397224969
https://twitter.com/BobOnderMO/status/1493728720233775105
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3Zrs_A1J6jXoasRoynIHRXCkHw_tLbzYLx3jqLHv3Y/edit?usp=sharing
This week in the Senate Floor
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