Sunday, August 15, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines
Published in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: Ann Wagner, CAFOs in Missouri, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Emanuel Cleaver, Jay Ashcroft, Jonathan Shorman, journalists congratulating themselves, journalists giving each other awards, Kansas City Star, liberal media bias in Missouri, liberals expressing shame about living in Missouri, liberals propping up "Republicans" to bash Republicans, Lisa Gutierrez, Lisa Gutierrez Kansas City Star, Lynn Schmidt Post-Dispatch, Mike Fannin, Missouri COVID Delta variant news, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri political journalism, Post-Dispatch editorial board, Rob Dixon Missouri, Senator Josh Hawley.
Missourinet: DED’s Rob Dixon credits infrastructure and workforce development for landing Chewy’s massive new distribution center
Brownfield Ag News: Gov. Parson highlights ag in State Fair opening
Columbia Missourian: Thanks to Legislature, juveniles sentenced to long terms now get a chance at parole
KMBC: Lawsuit filed to bring back federal unemployment benefits in Missouri (link via tonyskansascity.com)
St. Joseph News-Press: New state law regarding county health orders creates new wrinkle in COVID response
JCNT: Nursing homes push back on claims that fewer than 50 percent of their staff members got COVID vaccine
P-D editorial: Semi-annual overview of editorial board; Recent additions of black septuagenarian as “go-to person on senior and aging issues”, as well as “libertarian/conservative” Republican Lynn Schmidt
P-D op-ed: April 2021: Lynn Schmidt: I used to be a Republican, but not anymore
July 2018: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but support Claire McCaskill over Josh Hawley
July 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Gov. Parson and the White House
September 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Jay Ashcroft’s plan on mail-in ballots
October 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I support Jill Schupp over Ann Wagner
December 2020: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but I oppose Donald Trump, Josh Hawley and GOP senators
KC Star Editor Mike Fannin: Newspaper “hiring nearly a dozen new journalists to complement our talented, award-winning team” to “double down on holding the powerful to account”
Tony’s Kansas City: Desperate Kansas City Star offers subscribers direct line to journalists; We’ve heard the meaningless “more newsies, more pages and more content” promises before
KC Star’s Jonathan Shorman and Lisa Guttierez: Hysteria over delta variant leads “hundreds of thousands” to seek COVID booster shot they don’t need
KC Star letters: Lone Jack septuagenarian wants U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver to support Cory Booker bill to ban all CAFOs; Kansas City octogenarian says Gov. Parson’s stance on Kevin Strickland makes her feel “embarrassed and angry”
SNL letters: Springfield millennial wants area residents to get vaccinated so people in sophisticated parts of the world stop “look(ing) down on us”; Springfield octogenarian attempts analogy involving opposition to vaccinations and infanticide; Branson septuagenarian supports Critical Race Theory, applauds Springfield superintendent’s spin on topic
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