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Friday, December 31, 2021 – Missouri political news headlines

Published December 31, 2021 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Amtrak, Amtrak in Missouri, Ann Wagner, Anne Precythe, Bill Lukitsch, Cameron Gerber, Cori Bush, Dan Hegeman, Emanuel Cleaver, hate crime hoaxes in Missouri, Jason Rosenbaum, journalists finding personal and professional self-worth in COVID case counts, journalists rattling tin cup for story subjects, Kansas City Star liberal bias, Kevin Strickland, Laurie Skrivan, liberal media bias in Missouri, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri congressional redistricting, Missouri Department of Corrections, Missouri economy news, Missouri mask mandates, Missouri Medicaid expansion news, Missouri political journalism, Missouri redistricting, Missouri Second Amendment Preservation Act, Missouri vaccine mandates, omicron variant in Missouri, Parkway Central graffiti hoax, Parkway Central hate crime hoax, Post-Dispatch editorial board, Post-Dispatch liberal bias, Roy Blunt, Rudi Keller, Scott Fitzpatrick, Teresa Parson, Tishaura Jones.

The Missouri Times: Missouri Republicans unveil new congressional map

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri GOP congressional redistricting plan bolsters Ann Wagner and spares Emanuel Cleaver

AP: GOP lawmakers propose new U.S. House district lines

TonysKansasCity.com: Cleaver winning Missouri redistricting battle

Missouri Independent: Commission sets Monday public hearing for competing Missouri House district maps

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum: Top 5 stories of 2021: Blunt retirement, Medicaid expansion, COVID theatrics, more

P-D: Top photos of 2021: Celebrating Cori Bush (#1 and #11); Celebrating St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones (#6); Parkway Central “racist graffiti” hate hoax (#24)

KC Star: Top photos of 2021: Celebrating “gender non-binary and transgender” activist calling itself “they” (#30); Kevin Strickland advocacy/fundraising campaign series (#36-38); woman who doesn’t want to pay back unemployment handout checks (#49); Biden greets hefty union capo (#60)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star incites racially charged hate as newspaper fades

TonysKansasCity.com: How the Scott Fitzpatrick/Direct Deposit Program story shows how far the Star’s “news” reporting has fallen

Twitter: Cameron Gerber leaving statehouse reporter role at The Missouri Times

Missourinet: Missouri’s minimum wage is going up January 1, 2022

St. Joseph News-Press: Federal aid flows to homeless Missouri students; Thoughts from Sen. Dan Hegeman (R-Cosby)

Missourinet: Missouri Department of Corrections tests Probation and Parole arrest program; Officers can arrest scofflaws in St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield and northwest Missouri

JCNT: Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner back to once daily cross-state service starting Monday

The Missouri Times: Missouri’s coronavirus state of emergency expiring

Columbia Missourian: After Columbia School Board ends mask mandate, AG Eric Schmitt drops suit

The Missouri Times: Livingston, Cooper counties appeal order stymying certain local public health orders

The Missouri Times: Where can you find a coronavirus test in Missouri?

KC Star: Regional China virus update

Columbia Missourian: Regional China virus update

P-D editorial: In attempting to nullify federal gun laws, Missouri is hampering police work

KC Star editorial: How can Gov. Parson pick the middle of a COVID-19 surge to end Missouri’s emergency?

KC Star’s Bill Lukitsch: Omicron virus is overwhelming the nation, but Gov. Parson will let state of emergency expire

Missouri Independent’s Rudi Keller: Gov. Parson declares end to COVID emergency as Missouri cases soar to record levels

P-D’s Kurt Erickson: Amid latest surge, Gov. Parson won’t renew COVID-19 state of emergency

Missouri Independent op-ed: Phill Brooks: 2022 General Assembly preview: “I cannot remember a legislative session starting off with so many emotional conflicting partisan issues.”

P-D letter: Bolivar woman says St. Louis architect’s hissyfit over Teresa Parson was politically driven

KC Star letters: Kansas sexagenarian attempts argument involving Missouri GOP state lawmakers, COVID vaccine mandates and LGBTQ wedding cakes; Lone Jack septuagenarian wants Emanuel Cleaver to co-sponsor “puppy mill” bill

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