WSJ on Farr

Wall Street Journal published a long and in-depth article about Emerson CEO David Farr’s navigating the COVID crisis. It’s full of lots of color.

· This could all be managed, Mr. Farr thought. Seeing the Chinese government deal with the virus early in the year and reopen without major outbreaks gave him some confidence. “I got into a lot of heated battles around here in St. Louis because I had the opinion that you can live with this virus,” he said.

Targeting SuperPay

Among the pre-filed bills, Rep. Jered Taylor’s HB 93 would put a salary cap on school superintendents. “The total compensation provided to a superintendent under this section shall not exceed three and one-half times the average total compensation provided to all teachers who are certified under section 168.021 and employed full time by the school district.”

How Red is MO Now?

Missouri now a redder state than Kansas? Nate Silver tweets “Kansas (Trump +14.7) now less red than Missouri (Trump +15.4)”

Gov Retreats on COVID Liability

Just weeks after expanding the special session to include COVID liability, Governor Mike Parson did an abrupt U-turn and yanked the topic.

COVID liability will now join a thousand other bills at the start of the new session, subject to the same competition for attention, and subject to the same hostage and horse-trading scenarios.

Driving the Day: Pre-Filing Day

Today legislators will start pre-filing their bills for next month’s session.It’s worth scrolling through the list at the end of the day