When social issues stall Missouri lawmakers, statewide officials make their own rules

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When social issues stall Missouri lawmakers, statewide officials make their own rules

Who needs legislators? Especially when they can’t even pass laws on the hottest of hot-button issues?  Instead, conservative Republicans who hold every statewide office in Missouri increasingly show they can limit what materials libraries can stock, toss aside rules on socially responsible investments and shut off access to gender-affirming care.  When lawmakers in the Missouri legislature couldn’t make laws that impose their cultural agenda, Re…