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Monday, January 17, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

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Missouri MLK history: Gov. John Ashcroft establishes Dr. Martin Luther King Day as state holiday in 1986, attested to by Secretary of State Roy Blunt

TonysKansasCity.com: Project Veritas adds Kansas City Star to “Wall of Shame” (6:00) after paper retracts charges

SNL: Missouri Senate searches for compromise amid early session grievances and discord

KRES/KWIX (Moberly): Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) observes “a lot of momentum” for elections integrity legislation

TonysKansasCity.com: Former KC Star reporter Mary Sanchez explains why critical race theory discussions are “nonsensical, heavily politicized, and often flagrantly racist”

P-D: Judge calls levy district’s proposed taxes on Missouri Department of Transportation ‘arbitrary’

St. Joseph News-Press: CDC: Missouri ranks 34th in infant mortality rate

Washington Missourian: Missouri State Historical Society’s Beth Pike reflects on Missouri’s Bicentennial

Fox 2 (St. Louis): COVID case-fatality rate declining in Missouri as more infections, fewer deaths reported (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

TonysKansasCity.com: Video: Mayor Quinton Lucas on CBS’ “Face the Nation”

The Hill: Kansas City mayor: COVID-19 challenges include misinformation, political right

KC Star: Lucas: There would be a challenge to reinstating mask mandates as COVID surges

KC Star op-ed: Emanuel Cleaver: Annual MLK opinion piece

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Missouri Republicans’ voting legislation is designed to have a direct and negative impact on black voters

KCUR “racial equity and disparity” reporter Luke X. Martin: Despite progress, advocates and lawmakers say Missouri Republicans threaten voting rights (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KC Star’s Robert Cronkleton: The systemic racism embedded in climate change is a housing and social justice issue, too

SNL letter: Missouri State University assistant sociology professor opposes Missouri Republicans’ “Parents’ Bill of Rights”

P-D letter: St. Louis octogenarian supports critical race theory in Missouri schools

P-D letter: Barnhart sexagenarian says Missouri lawmakers do not care about people

P-D letter: University City septuagenarian promotes anti-death penalty rally in Valley Park today

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