Segment 1, beginning at 1:06: Missouri lawmakers are on spring break, but still have hot button issues to work through when they return.
The issues still on the docket range from banning transgender student athletes from playing sports, to raising the gas tax and adding another requirement to the state’s voter identification law for elections. Missouri lawmakers also have to decide on legislation to forgive federal unemployment overpayments made in 2020.
- Jason Hancock, editor, The Missouri Independent
- Jaclyn Driscoll, politics and statehouse reporter, St. Louis Public Radio
Segment 2, beginning at 28:30: Thanks to conservation efforts 30 years in the making, peregrine falcons are likely to be removed from the state’s endangered species list this summer.
Peregrine falcons are well suited to city living; they often nest at great heights, like skyscrapers, and are natural predators of pigeons. There are currently seven successfully breeding pairs nesting in the Kansas City area, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. While this is enough to sustain the population for now, the department is trying to document others to continue conservation efforts.
- Joe DeBold, urban wildlife biologist, Missouri Department of Conservation
If you see a peregrine falcon in the Kansas City area, please notify Joe DeBold of the Missouri Department of Conservation to report your finding at 816-759-7305 ext. 1130.
