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Sunday, December 12, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines

Published December 12, 2021 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Andrew Sullender, Bill Owen Springfield Missouri Republican, diversity hires, diversity hires unironically complaining about diversity, education professionals complaining about the profession they chose, entitlement, Eric Schmitt, Jackson County Missouri Republicans, journalists coping with decline in COVID cases, journalists inserting themselves in the story, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mara Rose Williams, Mark Alford, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri 4th Congressional District, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri political journalism, MoDOT news, people using COVID as an excuse to cancel activities, people using COVID as an excuse to cancel plans, Schmitt Derangement Syndrome, Sofi Zeman, Tony's Kansas City, Toriano Porter, urban reporters attempting to cover the state Capitol, victimhood, We The People of Jackson County, Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice.

TonysKansasCity.com: Mark Alford shares Missouri Republican outcry at campaign fundraiser: Take back America!

JCNT: Governor’s proposal would bring a quarter of state workforce to $15 minimum wage

JCNT: Missouri lawmakers pre-file record number of bills; most won’t make the cut

SNL: 2022 legislative preview: Rep. Bill Owen (R-Springfield) wants civility, land banks and self-defense rights for judges and lawmakers

P-D: Video gambling companies again pushing for legal slots in Missouri

JCNT: State employee profile: Customer support manager Jerri Bowles helping to lead digital revolution

St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri Western State University professor warns: Using performance data from Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) scores might “make teachers and students feel bad about something they have no control over”

Fox 4 (Kansas City): Missouri education commissioners plead for higher teacher pay (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KC Star: Cass County passes measure ending health department’s COVID orders and quarantines

St. Joseph News-Press: AG Eric Schmitt calls St. Joseph School District conditional mask rule illegal

Columbia Missourian: Columbia Public Schools board to vote on COVID-19 plan Monday, facing order from AG to strike it down

SNL’s Andrew Sullender: ‘Long COVID’ earns official victimhood status under Americans with Disabilities Act; Area victims say fatigue, ‘brain fog’ among very serious symptoms; best way to avoid horrific malady is to get vaccinated

Joplin Globe: MoDOT seeks comments, questions about Range Line bridge project

P-D: Happy anniversary to us! Take a journey through history with the Post-Dispatch

P-D editorial: How many Missouri lives will Eric Schmitt endanger to win a Senate seat?

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: ‘Fear-mongering must end’: Does Missouri AG Eric Schmitt ever listen to himself?

KC Star’s Mara Rose Williams: Inside conservative “We The People” meeting: “maskless group of almost 100” Caucasoids criticizes “liberal media” and actively recruits conservatives for local office

TonysKansasCity.com: Analysis: Pushing outcry over COVID response and calling GOP opponents pandemic murderers last time around didn’t get Missouri Democrats anywhere

P-D letter: “Women’s Voiced Raised for Social Justice” sexagenarian cheers passage of infrastructure bill, wants Congress to pass Dem voting bill

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