MOScout Daily Update: Moon Sues To Reverse Stadium Funding - More on Page Indictment - Willett Kick Off - MO Vaccine Rates Slide and more…
Quick Friday update…
Moon Sues Stadium Bill
Sen. Mike Moon and Rep. Bryant Wolfin filed a lawsuit challenging the special session stadium bill as unconstitutional. See the suit here.
· They assert five ways that the bill is unconstitutional: Grant of public money to private persons, Special law, Multiple subjects, Title not clear, and Change of original purpose.
What It Means
We’ll it’s impossible to predict how the courts will rule, I didn’t hear anyone panicking yesterday that this suit would derail the special session product.
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More on Page Indictment
A few folks disagreed with my assessment that St. Louis County Executive Sam Page might well beat his rap in court…
· Democratic-leaning lawyer: I think you are wrong about Sam Page, he crossed the line, will be found guilty and removed from office.
· Republican-leaning lawyer: Politically, looks like Page is finished. He only has 100K COH… Legally, I believe he has a tough case. He should reimburse the county now and argue he is not required to do so but is doing so anyway. Bet he will likely plead to a misdemeanor.
Willert Kicks Off in Senate 34
One MOScouter reports that Governor Mike Kehoe was at Nathan Willett’s kick-off last night for Senate 34. Along with Reps. Bill Allen, Chris Brown, Josh Hurlbert, and Mike Jones…
DESE Gets Pilot Program
Looks like the US Department of Education is still in business after all…
Press release: The U.S. Department of Education (USED) chose the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) to pilot an innovative statewide assessment program focused on improving existing assessments in English language arts and mathematics.
· USED selected DESE to take part in the Innovative Assessment Demonstration Authority (IADA) Program beginning in the 2025-26 school year…
· The IADA empowers DESE to begin development of its Success Ready Student Assessment (SRSA) system. This innovative approach moves beyond traditional end-of-year testing, offering modular assessments administered throughout the school year to provide timely feedback aligned to Missouri Learning Standards in English language arts and mathematics.
Lobbyist Registrations
Jay Hahn and Ryan DeBoef added City of Willard, and Missouri Association of Manufacturers.
Jon Hensley added ATR Towing & Recovery, Broadway Wrecker Service LLC, and Economy Towing, LLC.
$5K+ Contributions
1776 PAC (pro-Schroer) - $10,000 from Conservative Leaders of Missouri.
Liberty and Justice PAC (pro-Bailey) - $10,000 from Rose Farms LLC.
Birthdays
Happy birthdays to Bill Reiboldt and Shannon Weber.
Saturday: Dawn Nicklas, Mike Talboy, Zac Sweets, Jim Viebrock, and Kim Gardner.
Sunday: Reps. Mazzie Christensen and Keith Elliott, Dan Engemann, and Bev Randles.
MOScout Schedule
I’m off for the weekend. Back in your in-box on Monday.