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Sunday, September 10, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

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SNL: Missouri’s recent AGs follow national trend of standing up to federal government on behalf of state taxpayers; John Danforth complains about modern politics, says he set “a standard of excellence … a standard of doing the people’s business, of professionalism, of creating a really good law office.”

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AP: Paul Berry III announces bid for lieutenant governor, files petition to block urban gun-control measures

SNL: Next legal challenge to Missouri abortion ballot initiatives starts Monday

JCNT: Auditor says prison job training program missing mark

KMBC: St. Louis Cardinals President Bill Dewitt III says threat to put sports gambling on ballot may convince lawmakers to act

CDT: Hero profile: Meet the MU professor who teaches class on “banned” books; Sam Cohen finds proposed library standards “insulting”

P-D editorial: Put Missouri’s referendum process out of reach of the politicians who abuse it. (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D’s Janet Y. Jackson: People who oppose genital mutilation must stop using the word “mutilation”; “If Missouri’s Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, has ever smiled in any of his press conferences, I’ve missed it.” (get around stltoday paywall here)

johncombest_com on Instagram: Geriatric gal tells us what words we can and cannot say (ft. 90s R&B crooner Adina Howard)

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/7/23: “Do tucking,’ ‘crotch contouring,’ and ‘packing’ score higher than ‘binding?’ Each (transgender) euphemism is likely tested against straightforward (and therefore unacceptable) terms like “double mastectomy” and “castration.”

KC Star Executive Editor Greg Farmer: Meet the 67 Kansas City Star employees working to provide you the news you need; content creators focus on “illuminating inequities related to race, gender and class,” “LGBTQ+ rights,” special carve-out for “race and equity issues,” etc. (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KC Star’s Greg Farmer: The Star is here to serve you, Kansas City. And we rely on your help to do it right; update on diversity hires, expanded restaurant coverage, and Farmer’s dedication to embracing reader feedback (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

X (formerly Twitter), 7/17/23: KC Star Executive Editor Greg Farmer ignores reader feedback on error in Missouri name, image and likeness (NIL) story

X (formerly Twitter), 6/7/23: KC Star Executive Editor Greg Farmer ignores reader feedback on error in federal passport story

X (formerly Twitter), 5/19/23: KC Star Executive Editor Greg Farmer ignores reader feedback on error in Missouri governor’s race story

X (formerly Twitter), 4/18/23: KC Star Executive Editor Greg Farmer ignores reader feedback on error in gun control advocacy story

X (formerly Twitter), 4/13/23: KC Star Executive Editor Greg Farmer ignores reader feedback on error in transgender story

P-D letter: St. Louis septuagenarian: It’s time for U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner to hold an in-person town hall (get around stltoday paywall here)

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/7/23: “Special note to the Missouri Republican congressional delegation: I don’t want to see a single news story next year about you taking an international flight to rub shoulders with a global economic cabal BEFORE you hold your first in-district public forum. Some of us are still rooting for you, at least until August 2024. Be better.”

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