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Brief: $1 billion roads in MO; Farmers, Moran, McCaskill on tariffs; Kobach, ACLU, Trump

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Missouri roads and highways need nearly $1 billion a year, according to this KC Star report.

The state’s roads and bridges have so many critical needs that, by the state’s own estimate, addressing them would require more than $800 million per year in additional funding.

 

The Wichita Eagle reports Kansas farmers’ concerns over Chinese tariffs.

Farmers are operating on razor-thin margins, said Glenn Brunkow, who farms corn, soybeans and other crops near Wamego. And Kansas farmers are expected to harvest substantially less wheat this year than in the past.

“There’s a lot of producers out there that this will be the end,” Brunkow said.

Senator Jerry Moran gave comment after the story published.


Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill tweets about the issue:

 

The Topeka Capital-Journey spoke with ACLU attorney Dale Ho about Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s desire to add a citizenship question to the 2020 United States Census. The ACLU filed a lawsuit.

“Months before the Trump administration claimed — without any basis — that it needed this information to enforce the Voting Rights Act and to protect minority voters, Mr. Kobach was lobbying to add this question for exactly the opposite reason: to drain resources and political representation from immigrant communities.”

KC Star reports on a hunting buddy’s connection between Kobach and Donald Trump.

 

Debate continues on family separation policy at the border.

 

The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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