. @KCStar has been closely following @HawleyMO, now a national figure, for years going back to his days as Missouri AG. Here are some examples. Starting with this one from @lindsaywise, @J_Hancock and @SteveVockrodt during the 2018 race. https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article220870465.html
During the campaign, Hawley tied human trafficking to the sexual revolution of the 1960s https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article197603534.html
Even after Hawley left for the Senate, reporters in KC and Jeff City continued to lock into how he ran the attorney general's office https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article240018748.html
Both before and after Hawley's Senate election, we've looked at his role in the effort to strike down the Affordable Care Act, a matter that remains pending before SCOTUS https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article223264945.html
. @Allie_Kite reminds me of this piece from the Senate campaign when Hawley scheduled an event with an anti-gay preacher and then immediately canceled after being asked about it by @KCStar. https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article219774915.html
We've also, quite frankly, approached Hawley's tech crusade with a more skeptical eye than many Washington-based outlets, who often write up his releases but don't note that these bills haven't become law or have even received hearings https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article233391072.html
And just a few months ago, we published this piece... https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article247260219.html
And here's today's story https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article248367620.html
Forgot this one, which is about how a California billionaire helped fuel the rise of Hawley and Kobach (both Yale Law grads from the KC area) https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article235516452.html
This throwback to his first week in the Senate-- though not as extensive as the stories above-- is also worth revisiting. https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article224136000.html?fb_comment_id=2020979527987051_2021149874636683