Saturday, August 21, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines
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SNL: National Guard facility in Springfield named for Blunt, who championed federal funding
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn pleased with broadband funds in bipartisan U.S. Senate bill
Washington Missourian: Dave Schatz still weighing U.S. Senate campaign
SNL: Springfield teacher charged with participating in Jan. 6 riot at U.S. Capitol
KC Star: Missouri elementary school teacher charged in Capitol riot 6 months after her husband
St. Joseph News-Press: Partisans tasked with drawing legislative district lines get off to partisan start
The Missouri Times: Wentzville Democrat says she’s running for Bob Onder’s open state Senate seat; Jenna Roberson seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot in safe GOP area
The Missouri Times: Kurtis Gregory trots away with State Fair prize
Missourinet: Missouri Public Defender System on track to have largest staffing boost since 1989
JCNT: Department of Corrections recruiting efforts off to positive start
Missouri Independent: Yesterday’s story on Missouri Medicaid corrected, without acknowledgement of the error (details in yesterday’s headlines)
P-D: U.S. Court of Appeals: Ameren must install scrubbers at Jefferson County coal plant
CDT: Clemency rally for triple-murderer Ernest Lee Johnson draws nearly a dozen in Columbia
SE Missourian: Regional China virus update
KC Star: State, regional China virus update
Joplin Globe editorial: Vaccines a must for nursing home staff
Missouri Independent op-ed: Phill Brooks: On impeachment of governors; Historical perspective on Eric Greitens, Andrew Cuomo, and Judy Moriarity