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Catherine Hanaway has been sworn in as Missouri's new attorney general, replacing Andrew Bailey.

Hanaway plans to shift the office's focus to consumer protection, Medicaid fraud and violent crimes.

She is the fourth person to hold the office in six years, and she has pledged to serve out the current term.

Catherine Hanaway had nothing but kind words Monday, Sept. 8, about the man who she was replacing as Missouri’s attorney general.

In an interview with The Independent shortly after taking the oath of office in a private ceremony in Jefferson City, Hanaway said now-former Attorney General Andrew Bailey was committed to upholding the constitution and protecting the rights of Missourians.

But as Missouri’s fourth attorney general in six years, Hanaway made it clear

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