Monday, August 28, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines
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TMZ: Nicki Minaj fans attack Stephanie Bell accounts after swatting suspect called out; Missouri superattorney/radio host, others get swarmed after rapper’s tweet (link via Billy Johnson on Twitter)
P-D: Hundreds turn out for festival in Florissant as unions abandon St. Louis City parade tradition; after decades of membership decline, unions resort to organizing Starbucks and Amazon workers (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D: New state laws taking effect today: St. Louis City worker emancipation, protecting girls’ sports, texting-while-driving, more (get around stltoday paywall here)
JCNT: Hands-free driving among new Missouri laws taking effect today
Washington Missourian: Distracted driving law set to begin
P-D editorial: With increasing normalization of marijuana, pot-lounge proposal makes sense (get around stltoday paywall here)
CDT op-ed: The Salvation Army Columbia’s Kevin Cedervall: To fight poverty, state should spend more money on Medicaid and expand coverage even further (avoid Columbia Tribune paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
P-D letter: League of Women Voters of Missouri Executive Director Jean Dugan: Republicans Jay Ashcroft, Andrew Bailey and Andrew Koenig wrong on abortion, must let voters decide (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Wildwood septuagenarian says Hawley and Schmitt are hypocrites on abortion vote (get around stltoday paywall here)
P-D letter: Webster Groves octogenarian cheers St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones’ gun-control proposal (get around stltoday paywall here)