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Jacob Fischler reports The Biden administration will use $3 billion from last year’s infrastructure law to revamp the federal approach to wildfire management, introducing a 10-year plan to deal with the large swaths of the West scientists consider most at risk of destructive blazes.In short, the Forest Service will move from management focused on fire suppression, which has been their focus for the last century, to using managed fires to reduce natural fuels like dead leaves and fallen branches.
https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/forest-service-in-paradigm-shift-to-use-logging-controlled-burns-to-prevent-wildfires/
Rebecca Rivas and Tessa Weinberg of the Missouri Independent report that Three legislators – Democratic Sens. Lauren Arthur and John Rizzo and Republican state Rep. Ron Hicks – have filed bills that would attempt to amend state law following the passage of the Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) last May.
The act, which went into effect in August, made it illegal for law enforcement officers in Missouri to enforce certain federal gun laws – among them is the federal law that prevents convicted domestic violence abusers from having guns.
The proposals have three main parts.
They would allow courts to prohibit a person under a restraining order from having or buying a gun while the order is in effect. They would require the courts to inform the Missouri State Highway Patrol and the FBI when a person is convicted of domestic assault. And, they would make it a crime for anyone who has been convicted of domestic violence to possess or own a firearm.
While the legislation has bipartisan support, it still faces a hefty challenge this session. It’s an election year, and Republican candidates fear that backing any restriction on gun ownership could hurt them in a primary.
https://missouriindependent.com/2022/01/18/bipartisan-group-of-missouri-lawmakers-hope-to-close-domestic-violence-gun-loophole
Governor Parson will give his State of the State address today at 3pm. To watch the speech live, tune into the State of Missouri’s Facebook page at facebook.com/mogov.