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Friday, December 24, 2021 – Christmas Eve – Missouri political news headlines

Published December 24, 2021 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, $SR, 2022 Missouri Lincoln Day, Billy Long, Critical race theory in Missouri schools, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, Gateway Pundit, Governor Mike Parson, Jason Crowell, Jim Hoft, journalists finding personal and professional self-worth in COVID case counts, Kurt Erickson, Lane Roberts, liberal media bias in Missouri, Mark McCloskey, Mike Haffner, Missouri 2022 state legislative session, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri 4th Congressional District, Missouri COVID spread, Missouri DHSS, Missouri General Assembly 2022 legislation, Missouri Housing Development Commission news, Missouri political journalism, Missouri redistricting, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Post-Dispatch liberal bias, Sarah Fenske, Schmitt Derangement Syndrome, Scott Faughn, Spire, Spire STL Pipeline, St. Louis Public Radio, Tony's Kansas City, Vicky Hartzler.

SNL: GOP U.S. Senate candidates, including Springfield’s Billy Long, set to speak at February Lincoln Day forum

P-D’s Kurt Erickson: Throngs of Republicans to hear baseless claims of election fraud at Jefferson City events Jan. 5-6

KC Star: Three Missouri men plead guilty in Capitol riot case

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City drops out of 2024 GOP convention bidding

The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: This Week in Missouri Politics Column: Even a governor elected in a landslide can’t please everyone; thoughts on Gov. Parson and DESE blame game, Capitol press corps dinosaurs, and how Eric Schmitt saved Missouri schools from the 2022 budget axe

The Missouri Times: Rep. Mike Haffner (R-Pleasant Hill) won’t run in 4th Congressional District primary, remains committed to floor leader race

AP: House redistricting panel agrees on two tentative maps, Senate panel deadlocked

SE Missourian: Former state Sen. Jason Crowell (R-Cape Girardeau) named again to Cape MAGNET

The Missouri Times: Photo gallery: It’s Christmastime in the capital city

Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show: AG Eric Schmitt fights COVID tyranny; transcript of interview

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis On the Air with Sarah Fenske’s monthly “Legal Roundtable”: Three liberal attorneys criticize Attorney General Eric Schmitt (19:30), discuss Missouri “Department of Health and Human [sic] Services” (21:45), attempt to make “Eric Schmitt Special” happen (24:00); brainstorm session on how to put conservative blogger Gateway Pundit out of business (45:00)

Fox4 KC: Rep. Lane Roberts (R-Joplin) hopes to boost police recruitment with new bill (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

P-D: Once-controversial program approves millions in tax credits for second year, with little fanfare

The Missouri Times: Missouri could use federal funds to create identification system for homeless students

P-D: Texas company delivered health care treatments to more than 3,600 Missouri COVID-19 patients

AP: State, regional China virus update

P-D: Regional China virus update

KC Star: Regional China virus update

KC Star editorial: Disastrous Second Amendment Preservation Act hampers law enforcement. Fix it, or get rid of it

P-D letter: Missouri Health Care for All septuagenarian expresses anger over Medicaid expansion

P-D letter: St. Louis City sexagenarian criticizes Missouri Republicans for not giving Amtrak more money

P-D letter: Missouri Sierra Club intern/Washington University School of Social Work coed criticizes Spire for scaring customers

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