Monday, July 19, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines
Published in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: Aisha Sultan, Cori Bush, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Denny Hoskins, Eric Schmitt, Governor Mike Parson, Jason Smith, Jeanne Kuang, Kansas City Star, Kevin McDermott, Missouri COVID Delta variant news, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri economy news, Missouri Housing Development Commission news, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Tony Messenger.
SNL: 2022 U.S. Senate race notes: Eric Schmitt leads GOP candidates in fundraising, Jason Smith meets with Trump, and Dems hope for Jay Nixon Hail Mary
P-D: Tony Messenger and Aisha Sultan’s “The Chat Room”: Cori Bush, Mayor Tishaura Jones, Post-Dispatch columnists criticize Republicans and “some white Democrats” on defunding police, Second Amendment Preservation Act, etc.
Tony’s Kansas City: Kansas City Star raises subscription prices again and attacks local biz
KRES/KWIX: Gov. Parson talks economic recovery and meeting with war nurse on bicentennial tour
P-D: Competing marijuana legalization questions in the works as some Missouri activists slam system
SE Missourian: Missouri Housing Development Commission promotes federal pandemic relief, enlists help of non-profits
JCNT: Missouri attorney general no longer required to live in Jefferson City
Missourinet: Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) to file sportsbook, slot machine and esports legislation in 2022
SNL: Early feedback on critical race theory trainings helped change plans, Springfield Public Schools says
Missouri Independent: Delta variant spread earns Springfield a moment in the mainstream-media sun; Mayor Ken McClure does CBS talking-head hit
SNL: Regional China virus update
KC Star editorial: Missouri lawmakers, cancel culture warriors against critical race theory
P-D editorial: As coronavirus mutates rapidly, Missouri GOP leaders must act to avert more disaster
P-D’s Tony Messenger: Democracy is at stake in Missouri’s Medicaid expansion case
P-D’s Kevin McDermott: Fox News is responsible for coronavirus deaths across the country, including rural Missouri
KC Star’s Jeanne Kuang: Alarming images from Republicans Josh Hawley, Jason Smith and Gov. Mike Parson on door-to-door China virus vaccination campaign are disconnected from reality
P-D letter: Manchester septuagenarian lists wide range of grievances against GOP Gov. Mike Parson, Sens. Andrew Koenig, Bob Onder, “Paul Weiland [sic]”
P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man criticizes GOP lawmakers, says “Medicaid should not be up for debate”
P-D letter: Pacific septuagenarian weighs in on cost of DMV system and other state contract processes
P-D letter: University City sexagenarian wants Missouri State Fair canceled
P-D letter: Chesterfield resident says Missourians who decline COVID vaccine should be denied access to hospital care, wants to see “people dying at home”
P-D letter: Kirkwood resident criticizes Missouri for electing “old white men” – “Lawdy, deliver us.”
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