Sometimes the Show-Me State shows a little too much. Consider what might be called The Not So Great Seal of St. Francois (pronounced Francis) County, about 70 miles south of St. Louis. On Tuesday ...

One Friday afternoon in 2018, a nonprofit organization called the St. Francois County presiding commissioner asking for a copy of the Missouri county’s seal for a publication it was about to print.

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but without an official Missouri seal on them. It’s a small but notable victory if only in that it shows there actually are lines our state legislators won’t cross in defense of this well ...