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Skeptics Lampoon Hawley: Missouri senator’s manly virtues book delights jesters & satirists    

June 8, 2023 by Don Corrigan

When Josh Hawley debated Sen. Claire McCaskill in the 2018 U.S. Senate contest, he unleashed the usual invective against the incumbent Democrat. He told a Missouri Press Association audience that she was a “radical leftist,” a hopeless “elitist” and a “Hollywood liberal.” Such a pity that he hadn’t yet coined his most recent pejorative, “Epicurean liberal.” Surely it would … [Read more...] about Skeptics Lampoon Hawley: Missouri senator’s manly virtues book delights jesters & satirists    

Missouri legislature targets Sunshine Act

April 27, 2023 by Don Corrigan

Even as some in the Missouri legislature try to unravel the initiative process, they also are trying to undo “the will of the people” on previously passed voter initiatives on government transparency. A bill to undo some of the government transparency requirements passed by voters five years ago in the Clean Missouri initiative is advancing in the legislature. The bill would … [Read more...] about Missouri legislature targets Sunshine Act

Missouri legislature has history of ignoring people’s laws

April 27, 2023 by Don Corrigan

For decades the Missouri legislature has been at odds with the will of the people on a host of major issues. Legislators are unfazed. In this year’s session in Jefferson City, lawmakers seem determined to codify their disdain for grassroots democracy. Legislators have introduced a slew of proposals to effectively end state voters’ use of the initiative petition process. They … [Read more...] about Missouri legislature has history of ignoring people’s laws

Kay Drey: Whistleblower for an Atomic Age in St. Louis

October 7, 2021 by Don Corrigan

Commentary Kay Drey is an activist, environmentalist, a whistleblower and an Earth Mother. Who could argue that there is anyone more passionate than Kay Drey about protecting humanity from the dangers of the atomic age? Humanity means mothers, fathers, children – it’s not just a word. She is the premier whistleblower because she has educated so many journalists to blow … [Read more...] about Kay Drey: Whistleblower for an Atomic Age in St. Louis

News Analysis: Media and letter writers say Missouri legislature ignores ‘will of the people’

June 15, 2021 by Don Corrigan

The Missouri legislature’s determination in its 2021 session to undo the “will of the people” on Medicaid Expansion, a measure passed statewide in 2020 by Missouri voters, is nothing new. Over the years, Missouri’s legislature has rejected or watered down the “will of the people” on their votes for gun restrictions, collective bargaining, renewable energy, clean elections, … [Read more...] about News Analysis: Media and letter writers say Missouri legislature ignores ‘will of the people’

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