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  "path": "/2026/02/12/partisan-clash-erupts-in-missouri-senate-education-hearing-on-transgender-students/",
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    "Education",
    "Legislature",
    "education",
    "House Education Committee",
    "K-12",
    "LGBTQ",
    "Maggie Nurrenbern",
    "Missouri Republican Party",
    "Missouri Senate",
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  "textContent": "What began as a public hearing on a parental rights bill quickly went off the rails on Tuesday as the Missouri Senate Education Committee veered into talk of furries and allegations of homophobia. The rancor reached its peak after the GOP chair of the committee initiated a discussion of “a trend of furries” in public […]",
  "title": "Partisan clash erupts in Missouri Senate education hearing on transgender students"
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