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Monday, September 5, 2022 – Labor Day – Missouri political news headlines

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SNL: 100 years ago Springfield was a union stronghold of the Midwest; thoughts from Missouri State University history professor, local AFL-CIO capo

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Missouri’s union membership declines again from 2020 (9.4%) to 2021 (9.0%); state’s union membership rate peaked in 1989 at 15.5%

Daily American Republic: Jason Smith stops at industrial hemp provider in Sikeston

KCUR: Missouri communities hope Rock Island Trail can bring fresh faces and business to rural towns

Joplin Globe: Missouri PSC OKs Missouri American acquisition of Purcell water, sewer systems (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)

KCUR: Evergy forced to deal with double the number of deadbeat customers; activist says climate change to blame

KWIX 92.5FM/1230AM (Mid-Missouri): Missouri Department of Conservation hosting primitive survival skills class in Columbia

KC Star op-ed: Former state Rep. Rocky Miller (R-Lake Ozark): Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, prevent fake tribes stealing from actual Native Americans

P-D letter: Town and Country sexagenarian wants “comprehensive, affordable” health care, says she’ll voting against Eric Schmitt and Ann Wagner (get around stltoday paywall here)

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