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KC Star: Missouri congressional delegation weighs in on spending cuts and debt ceiling (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on McClatchy D.C. website here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Tom Villa, a pillar of south St. Louis City politics, dies at 77

P-D: Tom Villa, a role model in St. Louis City politics and ‘just the nicest guy,’ dies at 77 (get around stltoday paywall here)

JCNT: Conservative concerns loom over governor’s budget plan (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

JCNT: Pay raise one of many options for state workforce growth (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

JCNT: School districts laud Career Ladder’s benefits, governor’s plan to increase funds (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

KWIX 92.5FM/1230AM (Mid-Missouri): Rep. Peggy McGaugh (R-Carrollton) says Gov. Parson “hit it out of the park,” with State of the State, notes Dems’ positive response

CDT: Local legislators applaud governor’s spending on higher education

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn on ag community recovering from drought

Joplin Globe: Missouri Public Service Commission says natural gas costs rising again for Joplin residents; Spire does not profit from rising gas prices (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)

JCNT editorial: With I-70 plan, Gov. Mike Parson draws a straightforward road map for success (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

KC Star editorial: I-70 needs help in Missouri – but more, wider highways not the answer in Kansas City

Joplin Globe editorial: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison tours KCU’s local campus – and is right to fight for I-44 funds (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)

CDT’s “staff reports”/Editor Chris Kwiecinski: “MO governor, AG and right-wing Twitter criticize CPS for drag queens at diversity breakfast”; Gov. Parson and Andrew Bailey “decrying” an event they didn’t even attend (avoid Columbia Tribune paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! here)

SNL op-ed: Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) and Reason Foundation’s Jude Schwalbach: K-12 open enrollment would make Missouri a leader in school choice

CDT op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s James Shuls: What does Missouri’s teacher shortage really look like? (avoid CDT paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! here)

KBIA’s “underrepresented communities” content creator Kassidy Arena: As black Missourians await their long-overdue reparations, the state’s whites still have not officially apologized for slavery

P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian wants local media to be harder on State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick, Sen. Andrew Koenig (R-Manchester) and others who question public school policies (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star letters: Lake Winnebago sexagenarian says Agape case shows Missouri’s religious schools can’t be trusted; South Bend, Indiana sexagenarian cheers newspaper’s support for critical race theory, says Missouri’s GOP lawmakers appeal to white supremacists; Kansas City sexagenarian says ranked-choice voting will eradicate gerrymandering and dark money

SNL letters: “Right to bare arms” – Springfield septuagenarian offers punchlines regarding Missouri House dress code; Republic octogenarian says state steals money from “old and helpless” people to pay for drug law enforcement; Willow Springs septuagenarian disagrees with Jason Smith on federal spending, tax cuts, COVID mandates, more

JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian offers punchlines regarding Missouri House dress code, including novel and never-before-heard “right to bare arms” knee-slapper (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

Amazon.com: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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