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Thursday, October 21, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines

Published October 21, 2021 (updated: October 23, 2021) in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, $DNA, $MDP, 2022 Missouri state auditor race, Ann Wagner, Ashley Aune, Billy Long, Bob Holden, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, David Gregory, David Rosman, Doug Richey, entitlement, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, Ginkgo Bioworks, Ginkgo Bioworks Missouri, Gov. Parson, Gregg Keller, Joe Holleman, John Combest, Kim St. Onge, Kit Bond, KMOV St. Louis, Lane Koch, Margie Vandeven, Mark McCloskey, Meredith Corporation, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri 7th Congressional District Republican candidates, Missouri Conservation Commission, Missouri COVID Delta variant news, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri Democratic Party, Missouri Department of Conservation, Missouri medical marijuana laws, Missouri political journalism, Missouri recreational marijuana vote, Missouri teacher SSN data hack, Missouri vaccine mandates, Patricia McCloskey, Paul Wrabec, Phill Brooks, Post-Dispatch liberal bias, Randy Dunn Missouri Democrat, Roy Blunt, Sarah Fenske, Sarah Kellogg, Scott Fitzpatrick, Springfield Daily Citizen, St. Louis Public Radio, Steve Tilley, Tim Garrison, Tom Hannegan, Vicky Hartzler, victimhood, Zora Mulligan.

The Missouri Times: Tom Hannegan passes away

P-D: St. Charles Republican lawmaker Tom Hannegan dies of stroke

TonysKansasCity.com: Jackson County Democratic Party Chair Paul Wrabec Die s ; Tributes from Missouri Democratic Party’s Randy Dunn, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas

Combest: 20 for 20, Part 4: How to benefit from Missourians’ addictions to victimhood and smartphones: The top 4 political/PR hustles from now through the 2024 election cycle, the “Cute Girl” angle, plus much more

The Missouri Times: Vicky Hartzler takes a swipe at GOP opponents in first Senate ad

P-D: In first round of ads in race for Missouri Senate seat, Hartzler takes jabs at Schmitt, Greitens

P-D: Oppo drop: Patricia McCloskey, wife of U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey, paid water bill late; Patrici a McCloskey says U.S. Postal Service refused to deliver mail after couple defended home from roving protester mob

P-D: GOP auditor candidate David Gregory accepts $15k tied to Steve Tilley; Contributions represent nearly 1.9% of candidate’s total fundraising haul

Yesterday: 20 for 20, Part 3: Who will fill reporters’ Rex Sinquefield void? Steve Tilley vs. Gregg Keller vs. dark horses, and much more

The Missouri Times: Tim Garrison opts out of 7th congressional district run

The Missouri Times: Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame inducts 2021 class, including former Govs. Kit Bond and Bob Holden

JCNT: Memorial ceremony celebrates life, legacy of DNR’s Carol Comer

SNL: Former Springfield mayor, News-Leader alumni start local “community journalism” website, ask for funding help; Springfield Daily Citizen “committed to presenting news in a factual, nonpartisan manner”

P-D’s Joe Holleman: KMOV-TV reporter Kim St. Onge fired for declining COVID vaccine

Missourinet: New Roy Blunt health research center open for business; National Institutes of Health director “grateful” for Blunt’s influence and leadership

The Missouri Times: Rep. Doug Richey (R-Excelsior Springs) selected to chair Joint Committee on Education

JCNT: Conservation spending dispute moves to Missouri Supreme Court

St. Louis Public Radio: Rep. Ashley Aune (D-Kansas City) on the state of Missouri’s Internet security and how to strengthen it

SNL: Missouri lawmakers weigh funding colleges and universities based on performance metrics; Comments from Commissioner of Higher Education Zora Mulligan, others

JCNT: Missouri Senate committee considers managed care, technology

KC Star: A rural Missouri clinic closing its doors has a final prescription for patients: Medicaid

KC Star: Here’s how to apply for Medicaid in Missouri

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: Ginkgo Bioworks’ Karen Hogan on COVID testing in Missouri’s K-12 schools

SE Missourian: Regional China virus update

TonysKansasCity.com: Rae’s Cafe celebrates move to Independence

St. Louis Public Radio: Most controversial St. Louis-area statues and street names remain despite 2020 protests

Combest: 20 for 20, Part 3: “Encourage the babyfaces’ belief that Capitol history exhibits and statues and courthouse murals matter — and that you’d hate to see them score victories there.”

KC Star editorial: Now Josh Hawley says trying to protect Americans from COVID-19 is ‘woke propaganda’

Washington Missourian editorial: Gov. Parson “is a good man, a man of character” who “has been savaged by the press, perhaps unfairly” – and should still apologize to Post-Dispatch reporter

P-D editorial: DESE’s Margie Vandeven digs a deeper hole by accusing first without doing the research

JCNT editorial: Reminder for Missouri drivers and motorcycle riders: Helmet on, buckle up

Joplin Globe op-ed: Phill Brooks: Gov. Parson threats against reporter, newspaper unprecedented

Columbia Missourian’s David Rosman: Recap of others’ criticisms of Gov. Parson

P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis sexagenarian says Ann Wagner supports “white minority ruling class” and “apartheid”

P-D letter: Chesterfield octogenarian says Gov. Parson and other Missouri leaders care too much about “fetuses” and not enough about “children”

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