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- ↑ "Cody Smith (Missouri)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ "Representative Cody Smith". www.house.mo.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ↑ Valdivia, Sebastián Martínez (2021-04-08). "Missouri Legislature Tries To Back Out Of Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion". NPR. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ↑ Keller, Rudi (2023-03-22). "House committee takes aim at I-70, child care funding in Missouri governor's budget". Missouri Independent. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ↑ Fortinoi, Jodi; Grumke, Kate (2023-02-23). "ACLU sues Missouri over book ban law that pushed school libraries to remove hundreds of titles". NPR. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ↑ Kellogg, Sarah (2023-04-19). "Missouri Senate committee restores library funding in state budget, strips anti-DEI language". STLPR. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
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