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Sunday, June 18, 2023 – Father’s Day – Missouri political news headlines

Published June 18, 2023 in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, 2023 Missouri legislative session, Anna Spidel, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Bill McClellan, childbirth is racist, Chris Chinn, drought Missouri 2023, get around stltoday paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Jay Ashcroft, Josh Hawley, journalists refusing to acknowledge errors, journalists using stilted language to avoid using the word "woman", KBIA, Kevin McDermott, liberal media bias in Missouri, Missouri banning books, Missouri Department of Agriculture, Missouri Department of Agriculture news, Missouri General Assembly 2023 legislation, Missouri political journalism, Missouri State Penitentiary, Post-Dispatch editorial board, Senator Josh Hawley.

KWIX (Mid-Missouri): Ag Director Chris Chinn explains e f f e c t s of drought on Missouri’s dairy, livestock farmers

JCNT: In drought, even farmers’ optimism is drying up

KY3 (Springfield): Tax cut measure for Missouri seniors awaits Gov. Parson’s signature (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

P-D: Missouri Governor Parson names new economic development director (get around stltoday paywall here)

SNL: Greene County’s top librarian says not many changes needed to comply with state law

JCNT: Mis s o uri State Penitentiary redevelopment plans shifting gears

KBIA “Health & Wealth Desk” content creator Anna Spidel: Profile: St. Louis City d o u l a explains the value of her service for “black birthing people”

Side Effect Public Media’s Anna Spidel via KCUR (5/4/23): Medicaid extension bill would help fix institutional childbirth racism – but some lawmakers are adding polarizing amendments

P-D editorial: On Bud Light’s plummeting sales, boycotts, and conservative politicians like Josh Hawley (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D’s Bill McClellan: Only time will tell if probation for Missouri youth offender was right choice (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star op-ed: Brock Foley: Restrict Missouri kids’ access to social media. We’ll wonder why we didn’t act sooner; “social media is addictive and toxic”

“The rest of the afternoon, (the political figure) was tethered to her phone more tightly than usual … she obsessively reloaded (the political consultant’s) tweet, watching the number of retweets, likes and replies grow.“ – p. 30

P-D letters: Paper attributes two letters – one on Kevin McDermott’s liberalism, one on senior property tax freeze – to same author (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letters (Friday): Chesterfield sexagenarian compares Missouri Republicans to Nazis; newspaper attributes letter from Show-Me Institute’s James Shuls to Cardinals fan, and attributes Cardinals fan’s letter to Shuls (get around stltoday paywall here) UPDATED without courtesy of acknowledgment

johncombest_com on Twitter (Friday): Will new editorial page editor Kevin McDermott acknowledge errors? Surely his ego isn’t so big as to ignore constructive feedback from readers.

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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