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Tuesday, November 23, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines

Published November 23, 2021 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, $AEE, $LEE, Alden Global Capital, Ameren Missouri, Ann Wagner, beta males triggered by discussions of masculinity, Billy Long, Broadband expansion in Missouri, Emanuel Cleaver, entitlement, Governor Mike Parson, Gregory Holman, John Combest, Josh Hawley, journalists complaining about efforts to improve journalism, journalists complaining about the profession they chose, Kavahn Mansouri, Kelly Schultz, Lee Enterprises, Mark Birk Ameren, Missouri economy news, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri political journalism, Roy Blunt, rural broadband expansion in Missouri, Sarah Fenske, St. Louis Public Radio, Vicky Hartzler, victimhood, Waters of the U.S. rule Missouri.

St. Louis Public Radio: Farmers, environmentalists at odds over Biden Administration’s attempts to reinstate Waters of the United States (WOTUS) regulations

SNL: Infrastructure vote: Comments from Missouri congressional delegation/communications staffers

Bloomberg: Alden launches $142 million bid for Post-Dispatch publisher Lee Enterprises; hedge fund “is deeply unpopular in the journalism industry” for cutting dead weight, improving efficiency

Missouri Independent: Gov. Mike Parson wants ‘big ideas’ for using Missouri budget surplus; state coffers holding billions from state tax surplus, federal COVID relief

The Missouri Times: Gov. Parson tackles supply chain issues on state, federal levels

JCNT: Governor explores multiple avenues for addressing supply chain issues

P-D: Missouri could play role in fixing supply chain woes with push for more mining

KC Star: Back to work: Missouri unemployment rates below national average

The Missouri Times: Broadband vital to maintaining Missouri’s workforce, economists tell state lawmakers

P-D: Missouri AG Eric Schmitt, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones clash over use of debt for more police

TonysKansasCity.com: AG Eric Schmitt takes on fake meat

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air with Sarah Fenske: Monthly “Legal Roundtable” preview: Conservative Catherine Hanaway to join panel of liberal geriatric regulars to discuss Missouri Democratic Party labor lawsuit, more

Missourinet: Fall enrollment a mixed bag for Missouri’s colleges and universities

Columbia Missourian: State seeks essential workers: snowplow drivers

The Missouri Times: Kelly Schultz takes new role with Missouri’s YMCAs

SNL: New York advocacy group criticizes Missouri for lack of “health equity”; Missouri is only now beginning its Medicaid “expansion journey”; Comments from Missouri Foundation for Health, others

Combest, 20 for 20, Part 4, 10/22/21: Missouri media’s top victimhood narrative for 1H 2022: “Missouri expanded Medicaid in 2021, but experts are worried that it was too late”

The Missouri Times: Mark Birk chosen to be next Ameren Missouri president

JCNT: Federal inspection of Missouri’s nuclear plant finds nothing critical

KC Star editorial: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s approval rating is three (3) points higher than Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s, according to one (1) poll

KCUR, via Midwest Newsroom’s Kavahn Mansouri: Hedge fund infamous for gutting newspapers now wants to take over Post-Dispatch, other Midwest newspapers

P-D letter: Louisiana, Mo. sexagenarian says Missourians should be embarrassed by Eric Schmitt, Gov. Parson and Hawley’s “garbage” about masculinity

P-D letter: Ballwin woman expresses anger at Ann Wagner for not voting to censure GOP Rep. Paul Gosar

P-D letter: Sappington man demonstrates ability to read others’ minds, says Ann Wagner “thinks violence is an acceptable part of our political discourse”

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