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Sunday, September 24, 2023 – Missouri political news headlines

Published September 24, 2023 (updated: September 25, 2023) in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, Amanda Sullender, Amtrak, Amtrak in Missouri, Andrew Sullender, avoid Post-Dispatch paywall, avoid stltoday paywall, Branson drag shows, Branson drag shows controversy, Charlie Shields, Columbia Missourian transgender advocacy, get around stltoday paywall, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, Josh Hawley, journalists cheering drag shows, journalists congratulating themselves, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lincoln Hough, Mark Alford, Marta Mieze reporter, Missouri Department of Mental Health, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Press Association, MoDOT news, Ryleigh Hindle journalist, Ryleigh Hindle Missouri, Saint Louis University, Tony Messenger.

Brownfield Ag News: Hawley drafts bill to address meatpacking industry consolidation

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri congressman wants different disaster relief approach; Alford wants to bring back WHIP+ program

SNL: MoDOT requests Amtrak rail expansion to Springfield, Branson

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Why are hundreds of Missourians stuck in jail, not treated for mental health issues? Thoughts from Charlie Shields, state lawmakers, others; Sen. Lincoln Hough [R-Springfield] describes downside of being a low-tax state; SLU junior professor of criminal justice Kenya Brumfield-Young wants state to “triple down” on state spending [avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here]

TonysKansasCity.com: TKC Told You So: Democratic Prosecutor Mean Jean Peters Baker forgives newsie NFL draft suspects; 40-year-old black grad student and 19-year-old Hispanic given free pass after stealing jerseys at KC’s NFL draft

P-D’s Bill McClellan: Thoughts on Bill Eigel’s flamethrower theme and McClellan’s own book [get around stltoday paywall here]

SNL op-ed: Missouri State University grad student Garrett S. Griffin: Next MSU president must work with state legislators to allow MSU to offer PhDs and law degrees

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Missouri will add mental health workers in jails. It should add hospital beds too. [get around stltoday paywall here]

Columbia Missouria’s Ryleigh Hindle: Congratulations to us for winning Missouri Press Association awards; journalists celebrate c o n t e n t on p ro-choice rally, “library bans,” black MU faculty caterwauling, gun-control cartoons, LGBTQIA* advocacy, “long COVID” tales, other social justice heroism

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SNL’s Marta Mieze: Congratulations to us for winning Missouri Press Association awards: Pro-choice rally coverage “encapsulates the power of community in collective action”; “history of Springfield’s drag scene” and “experiences of drag communities in rural Missouri”; institutional racism of water infrastructure; Andrew Sullender’s transgender advocacy pieces, before he quit the News-Leader and changed his name to “Amanda”; brave voices fighting Missouri’s book bans; more

Twitter, 6/21/23: Springfield News-Leader reporter Andrew Sullender quits, announces he is now a woman called “Amanda”

Columbia Tribune’s Charles Dunlap: Mid-MO Pridefest celebration: Tribune’s new LGBTQ history series: Sexagenarian recalls Mizzou’s first “queer prom , “ s p e a k s o u t a g a i n s t M i s s o u r i ‘s h o r r i f i c l a w s

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