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LAST WEEK IN ST. LOUIS

the St. Louis circuit. “The practical effects and uncertainty of the situation we’re in now have placed the judges in an untenable and unsustainable position,” Shaw told Appellate Judge John Torbitzky

“Whatever the cause of it, the Circuit Attorney’s Office is now in a state of neartotal collapse.” Anyone else just brace for pure chaos?

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19. Nearly one week after a Kansas City homeowner shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl for the apparent crime of ringing his doorbell while Black, Missouri Governor Mike Parson finally weighs in — and naturally he blames Joe Biden. “When the president of the United States is trying to make a political statement over a very serious tragedy, it is very unfortunate,” he told the Kansas City Star, “and I don’t agree with trying to make political points out of terrible — I’ve never done that since I’ve been governor.” Ah yes, a thought many a Missourian holds deep in his breast: If only President Biden could be more like Governor Parson!