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Saturday, October 9, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines

Published October 9, 2021 (updated: October 17, 2021) in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, $AEE, Ameren Missouri, Ameren wind farm, Bob Dixon, Cori Bush, dancing on political opponents' graves, Dave Griffith Missouri, Dee Wampler, Indians, Jakob Puckett, Jeanne Kuang, Joe Garritano, Josh Hawley, Kansas City Star liberal bias, Kevin Strickland, liberal media bias in Missouri, Michael Wolff, Missouri 4th Congressional District, Missouri COVID Delta variant news, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri eminent domain legislation, Missouri medical marijuana laws, Missouri Municipal League, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Public Defender System, Missouri redistricting, Missouri State Fair, Missouri unemployment benefits, Missouri vaccine incentives, Roy Blunt, Show-Me Institute, St. Louis-Kansas City Carpenters Regional Council, Taylor Burks, Todd Akin, women criticizing men's looks.

SNL: Dee Wampler, noted Springfield defense attorney, GOP donor and voice of Christian conservatism, dies at 81; Comments from Roy Blunt, Billy Long, Bob Dixon, many others

Laclede Record: Photo: 4th Congressional District candidate Taylor Burks (R) campaigns in Lebanon

JCNT: VFW recognizes Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City)

KMBC (Kansas City): Missouri’s gasoline tax has gone up, but you could get it back with receipts (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KMOV (St. Louis): Southwest Missouri business owners collaborate on ‘“GET OFF YOUR BUTT! Get. To. Work.’ billboard

KC Star: “Get off your butt” billboard achieves intended reaction in Springfield; Twitter reaction from people who believe in work, as well as from sloth sympathizers

P-D: St. Louis Carpenters’ financial records point to ‘messy’ accounting of union, benefit funds

The Missouri Times: Meet Joe Garritano, the Missouri Municipal League’s new president

The Missouri Times: 330K visitors attended 2021 Missouri State Fair

The Missouri Times: “Next Steps” legislative preview series: Eminent domain overhaul

SE Missourian: More court-appointed lawyers working out of Missouri State Public Defenders office in Jackson means more expensive lease

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske preview: Webster Groves CPA pitches his business services for Missouri medical marijuana peddlers, talks federal SAFE Banking Act

TonysKansasCity.com: COVID stats decline in Kansas City

SE Missourian: No new COVID-19 deaths reported in Cape Girardeau County

KC Star: Judge sets November court date for evidentiary hearing in Kevin Strickland’s case

P-D editorial briefs: St. Charles County right to withdraw proposal for Lewis & Clark statue; Monument showed Indian girl Sacagawea on her knees

JCNT editorial: State agencies remind Missourians: it’s that time of year to watch for deer

Columbia Missourian op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Jakob Puckett: It’s time for Missouri to embrace electric competition

KC Star’s Jeanne Kuang: Missouri vaccine incentive lottery concludes with only modest results

P-D letter: Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Wolff recalls having discussions with Todd Akin to examine “what was going on in his 14th-century mind”

P-D letter: Southport, Maine octogenarian wants Missourians to know she disapproves of Josh Hawley’s word choices, odd “arched” eyebrows and mouth

P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian responds to Cori Bush abortion tale, says pro-life pregnancy resource centers provide women with choices beyond infanticide

P-D letter: St. Louis teen thinks Missouri redistricting process is unfair to Democrats

P-D letter: Richmond Heights sexagenarian reacts to Ameren wind farm story, says customers should not pay for management’s incompetence

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