Thursday, September 9, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines
Published in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: Billy Long, Colleen Coble, Crystal Quade, Dave Schatz, Dottie Bailey, education professionals complaining about the profession they chose, Eric Schmitt, John Kiehne, Kevin McDermott, LGBTQ display at Missouri Capitol, liberal media bias in Missouri, Matt Blunt, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri COVID Delta variant news, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri media mergers and transactions, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri medical marijuana laws, Missouri political journalism, victimhood.
97.1 FM Talk (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Billy Long on Afghanistan (21:00), Biden’s mental state (26:00)
P-D: Thousands pay respects to Wentzville Marine killed in Afghanistan
JCNT: 9/11 memorial comes to Jefferson City with patriotic escort
johncombest_com on Instagram: 9/9/99: Freshman state Rep. Matt Blunt (age 28) makes pitch to St. Louis Area Young Republicans in secretary of state bid
Kirksville Daily Express: Phillips Media Group purchases Kirksville Daily Express from Gannett
The Missouri Times: Veto session fundraiser calendar: The Missouri Times 100+ Event featuring roast of John Rizzo; “coffee and keto”; many, many more
Washington Missourian: John Kiehne seeks to fill Democratic ballot slot for safe GOP state Senate seat; Teacher lost to Sen. Dave Schatz by 27 points in 2018, lost to Dottie Bailey by 30 points in 2020
SNL: Lawyer for Rep. Tricia Derges (R-Nixa) asks to dismiss trial, criticizing feds’ handling of case; Derges says she will run for Sen. Eric Burlison’s open seat
JCNT: Missouri lawmakers set agricultural priorities
The Missouri Times: Missouri lawmakers consider extension of lapsing ag tax credits
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri businesses now must grant unpaid leave for survivors of domestic or sexual violence
The Missouri Times: Colleen Coble retiring from Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence after 33 years
P-D: Missouri marijuana industry urges users to speak out against Missouri ad restrictions
SNL: 22-year-old Neosho public school teacher John M. Wallis quits, throws Twitter tizzy after complaints over gay flag; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) weighs in
Riverfront Times (St. Louis), December 2020: Webster University LGBTQIA*/Black Lives Matter activist John M. Wallis: I resent the people in my hometown of Neosho, and I never want to go back there ever again (link via Springfield News-Leader)
Joplin Globe: 22-year-old who quit job after one (1) conversation regarding gay-flag display files discrimination complaint with U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights
KC Star: Gay teacher folds, goes on emotional Twitter tirade after early feedback on gay flag
The Missouri Times: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) weighs in again on last week’s LGBTQ display kerfuffle
TonysKansasCity.com: Superminority Democrats could demand action on meaningful issues, instead fixate on historical exhibit
SNL: A week after final resolution, House Superminority leader pens new complaint regarding LGBTQ display
Missouri Independent: Democrats want gay display moved
Missouri Independent: Generate Health, a “black maternal group,” says Ameren rate hike “simply unconscionable”
SE Missourian: Regional China virus update
JCNT editorial: Despite declines, Missouri’s economy performing well
KC Star editorial: Missouri’s Bright Flight and A+ scholarships are merit-based, and therefore unfair to black students
KC Star’s Mara Rose Williams: Missouri’s gun culture makes kids shooting kids as normal as cotton candy at a carnival
Columbia Missourian’s Olivia Apostolovski: State’s repeal of motorcycle helmet law is killing Missourians
P-D’s Janet Y. Jackson: For new Medicaid beneficiaries, bureaucracy is no simple task
P-D letter: Eureka Mayor Sean Flower responds to liberal Kevin McDermott’s anti-Eric Schmitt column, praises Missouri AG
P-D letter: Crestwood sexagenarian deems relocation of gay display “reprehensible,” unloads upon Rush Limbaugh (deceased), Gov. Mike Parson and Eric Schmitt
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