Monday, January 1, 2024 – New Year’s Day – Missouri political news headlines
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Missourinet: Missouri’s minimum wage to go up today
Missourinet: “First Day Hikes” set for today at Missouri state parks
Columbia Missourian: Rural Missouri has very few doctors. MU hopes to change that
Joplin Globe: State awards $7.9 million in federal money for expanded cellular service (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)
Joplin Globe “Editor’s Note”: We won’t bother with providing subscribers an e-edition today, because it’s New Year’s Day (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)
KC Star op-ed: Missouri AG Andrew Bailey: The Supreme Court must protect free speech
KC Star’s Toriano Porter: KC Star opinion writers are evaluated on “several metrics, including page views and subscriptions” – and in 2023 I smashed my goals with huge numbers by Halloween; “Every click, subscription and like and share on social media mattered.” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
KC Star Managing Editor Andale Gross: Congratulations to us for shaping the news in 2023: the Star’s content creators “put pressure on police and prosecutors to charge the gunman” in a white-on-black shooting; Star responsible for Royals’ stadium debate, getting a haunted house shut down and getting a city manager in Kansas fired; fentanyl stories forced Mayor Quinton Lucas into action; racism tales about the KC Fire Department led to a city council report; more credit capture (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
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KC Star, 7/18/23: AP’s “race and ethnicity news editor” handed The Star’s managing editor job; Andale Gross’ work in Chicago explored “how the coronavirus pandemic disproportionately ravaged communities of color,” now “plans to work hard to ensure underrepresented communities” in KC have their tales told (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)
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