Tuesday, October 5, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines
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The Missouri Times: Former Congressman Todd Akin dies at 74
KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show: KY3 reporter Linda Simmons leaves station after 14 years as Gray Television purges purebloods; station’s response to religious exemption application (2:30); station’s unwillingness to report both sides of COVID vaccine issue (5:30); why local media outlets promote one side of issue (9:45); her experience with COVID and non-FDA-approved treatment (10:15); when exactly she realized that modern journalism was becoming a farce (18:00)
SNL: KY3 reporter fired after refusing COVID vaccine
The Missouri Times: Am I eligible for a booster shot? Your COVID-19 vaccine questions answered
SNL: Missouri State University to drop masking in residence halls, student union, many common spaces
P-D: Despite hype, COVID-19 couldn’t crack top two causes of death in St. Louis County in 2020
The Missouri Times: 17K Missourians apply for health coverage through expanded Medicaid program
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri to get nearly $1 billion in federal money for Medicaid expansion
JCNT: Missouri granted more federal funds after Medicaid expansion
KC Star: Biden administration hopes Missouri’s Medicaid expansion will flip other holdout red states
SNL: Missouri eligible for $968 million in federal funds following Medicaid expansion; 17K enrolled
The Missouri Times: Supreme Court declines to hear Missouri abortion law — at least for now
KC Star: Missouri’s new strategy to remove Planned Parenthood from Medicaid: health inspections
The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson: Ernest Lee Johnson’s death sentence will be carried out this week
P-D: Triple-murderer Ernest Lee Johnson to be put down tonight
SNL: Ernest Johnson, Kevin Strickland cases in Missouri draw outsider attention
KC Star: Missouri Highway Patrol investigating former Agape student’s gang rape claim, mom says
P-D editorial: A decade ago, the GOP purged Todd Akin as a radical. Today, it embraces worse.
P-D letter: Ballwin resident feels “embarrassed” by Hawley’s statements on Afghanistan