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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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
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)
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)