Monday, August 9, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines
Published in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: Bill Eigel, Billy Long, Cori Bush, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Donna Baringer, Eric Schmitt, Faisal Khan, Gilbert Bailon, Governor Mike Parson, hate crime hoaxes in Missouri, Indians, Jack Coatar, Jack Grone, John Combest, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mark McCloskey, Mark Reardon Show, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, McPherson Publishing, Melinda Henneberger, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri COVID Delta variant news, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri political journalism, Paul Curtman, Shula Neuman, Smolletting, Vicky Hartzler, Wesley Bell.
97.1 FM Talk (St. Louis): Dems Dis “Defund” Diva: Rep. Donna Baringer (D-St. Louis City), Alderman Jack Coatar (D) bash Cori Bush’s “‘defund the police’ nonsense” (22:00), Black Lives Matter mob’s attack on former Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house (23:30), Bush’s “tone deaf” approach (24:00); Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) juxtaposes Bush’s grandstanding and hotdogging with dignified diplomacy of Sen. Brian Williams (D-St. Louis City) (25:45)
The Missouri Times: GOP U.S. Senate candidates – minus Greitens – flock to Eigel-Curtman ‘Defense of Liberty’ event; 8th annual confab draws 1,200 to St. Charles Convention Center
Instagram: This Week in 1998: 39-year-old Kirkwood attorney pitches fairy tale about Republicans someday taking over the Missouri House (because THAT could ever happen 🙄)
JCNT: Statewide efforts culminate in bicentennial events
SE Missourian: Missouri bicentennial: Gateway Arch ‘the most definitive definition of Missouri’
Columbia Missourian: Bicentennial event in Columbia pays homage to Indians; European explorers first discovered and civilized the state in the 1700s
P-D: Plan for Missouri state worker bonuses still in the planning phase
Missourinet: Ashcroft wants to see voter ID legislation passed in 2022, touts COVID-related library grant
97.1 FM Talk: Mark Reardon Show: Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold): Dems have “cognitive dissonance” on vaccine passports and showing ID to vote (14:00)
Missourinet: Sauer: DSS needs additional employees and two months to implement Missouri Medicaid expansion
SNL: Newly-minted Springfield Schools Superintendent Grenita Lathan calls critical race theory “a distraction,” says it is not taught in district schools
97.1 FM Talk (St. Louis): St. Louis City Alderman Jack Coatar (D) calls Faisal Khan’s Smolletting act “a bad look,” says victimhood letter was “crazy” (19:15)
Missouri Independent: Missouri ranks 3rd best in nursing home staff declining COVID vaccinations
KC Star: Latino group laments challenges in pushing COVID vaccines on illegal aliens and legal immigrants
P-D: Ferguson anniversary: Seven years after Michael Brown stole from a convenience store, assaulted a store employee then attacked a police officer, a look at changes in city government and police
KWMU: Ferguson anniversary: Father of man who assaulted Officer Darren Wilson criticizes St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell (D), wants officer to get the death penalty
SE Missourian editorial: Remembering our history as we celebrate Missouri’s bicentennial
JCNT editorial: Celebrate Statehood Day tomorrow
P-D editorial: Missouri GOP seeks to prohibit employers from protecting their own workers
KC Star’s Melinda Henneberger: Gov. Parson nearly the worst governor during the pandemic, but not quite
McPherson Publishing’s Jack Grone: Public influence, anonymous money, and the remarkable rise of the Arch City Defenders
McPherson Publishing’s Jack Grone: Local media outlets accept awards from liberal activist group; Post-Dispatch’s Gilbert Bailon, St. Louis Public Radio’s Shula Neuman respond
P-D letter: St. Louis City man mocks Missourians who decline COVID vaccine for being Trump supporters
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