Wednesday, August 11, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines
Published in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: Billy Long, Chuck Hatfield, Cori Bush, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Crystal Quade, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, Governor Mike Parson, Jack Suntrup, Jason Smith, liberal media bias in Missouri, Melinda Henneberger, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri congressional redistricting, Missouri COVID Delta variant news, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri Foundation for Health sponsored content, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri political journalism, Nicole Galloway, Report for America sponsored content.
The Missouri Times: Happy birthday, Missouri! Bicentennial celebration held at statehouse
P-D: Photo gallery: GOP statewides plus Nicole Galloway; U.S. Rep. Jason Smith; men and women who love their country standing for the National Anthem; naturalization ceremony for legal immigrants; Jean Carnahan wears mask outdoors; more
The Missouri Times: What does the federal infrastructure package mean for Missouri?
SNL: Blunt, Hawley split on final trillion-dollar infrastructure package
SNL: Billy Long kicks off U.S. Senate campaign
SNL: Photo gallery: Cowboy hats, American Flags and the “Billy Bus” campaign vehicle; Maskless supporters breathing fresh outdoor air; more
Missourinet: Billy Long says he’d like to see Donald Trump get personally involved in Missouri’s 2022 U.S. Senate GOP primary
P-D: AG Eric Schmitt says he chose to get COVID vaccine, calls Post-Dispatch reporter Jack Suntrup’s new patient health questionnaire series “creepy”
KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo Show: Rep. David Gregory (R-St. Louis County) talks about bid for state auditor
The Missouri Times: Bernie Sanders-inspired “People’s Party” seeks to get on the Missouri ballot next year
Missouri Independent: Court rules Pelopidas, Travis Brown must pay Rachel Keller $7.5 million
The Missouri Times: Missouri must open Medicaid eligibility to expansion population
Missourinet: Gov. Parson: Missouri will follow judge’s order on Medicaid expansion
KBIA “Health and Wealth Desk”, sponsored by Missouri Foundation for Health and Report for America: Judge orders Missouri to implement Medicaid expansion
P-D: Judge directs Medicaid expansion timeline; Reaction from Gov. Parson, Chuck Hatfield, House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield), others
Missouri Independent: Judge orders state to immediately allow Missourians to enroll in expanded Medicaid
Missouri Independent: Truman Medical Center pulls out of Missouri Medicaid provider tax pool
KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show: Back on Track America to host Critical Race Theory event next Monday, Aug. 16
Missourinet: University of Missouri partnership to improve learning environment for middle school students and teachers
The Missouri Times: Missouri State Fair offering vaccination opportunities
KC Star: Shelby County Health Administrator Audrey Gough calls Missourians who decline COVID vaccine “anger mongrels,” opposes county participation in state’s vaccine lottery
KC Star: Springfield hospitals see ‘very encouraging’ drop in COVID cases
KC Star: State, regional China virus update
KC Star: Activists create “National Organization of Exonerees” slush fund to pay for trips around the country; Group seeks donations for Kevin Strickland and Lamar Johnson protest in Jefferson City week of August 30
KC Star’s Melinda Henneberger: Andrew Cuomo, Eric Greitens are the same guy
The Missouri Times op-ed: Reps. Bruce DeGroot (R-Ellisville) and Curtis Trent (R-Springfield): Prison nurseries make sense
P-D letter: University City septuagenarian solves congressional redistricting conundrum: all districts lines must be in the shape of rectangles
P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenarian says Cori Bush needs private security to handle “abundance of violent threats daily”
P-D letter: Webster Groves septuagenarian mocks Cori Bush’s whining on behalf of “deadbeats and miscreants” and “20-year-old liberal arts student” who take out leases they can’t afford
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