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P-D’s Joe Holleman: St. Louis’ Cori Bush misses deadline for filing quarterly federal campaign report (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D’s Joe Holleman: St. Louis’ Cori Bush joins boycott of Israel president’s speech to Congress (get around stltoday paywall here)

Missourinet: Cori Bush hosts fellow House Democrats and activists at abortion roundtable rally

KC Star: Hawley, Schmitt, Cleaver weigh in on Trump’s latest legal kerfuffle (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

States Newsroom’s Ariana Figueroa, via Missouri Independent: DACA recipients’ Medicaid eligibility slammed by Missouri’s Eric Burlison and other U.S. House Republicans

SNL: In Missouri, 18,800 student loan borrowers eligible for bailouts worth $956M

SNL: Kehoe dominates campaign fundraising in 2024 Missouri governor’s race

Wake Up Springfield with Cass Bowen Anderson: Cathy Jo Loy (R) on her campaign for Cody Smith’s open House seat (-6:30); political and policy experience (-5:35); philosophy on government (-4:45); policy priorities, including school choice and disciplined spending (-4:10); approach to helping district’s farmers and businesses (-2:30); how to help her campaign (-1:20)

Wake Up Springfield with Cass Bowen Anderson: Rep. Melanie Stinnett (R-Springfield) on what makes a quality GOP candidate (-6:05); how she managed to pass meaningful legislation in a drama-filled Legislature (-3:50)

Jason Rosenbaum on Instagram: Matt Blunt retrospective reel: Major accomplishments and fat turkeys; background cameos from Allen “Ice-T” Icet, Bob Onder, others

KCUR’s Up to Date: Hero profile: “Meet Lea Hopkins, the bold, black lesbian behind Kansas City’s very first Pride parade”

JCNT: Jan Zimmerman makes history as the first woman appointed gaming commission chair

JCNT: Missouri Department of Revenue offers new sales, use tax rate map

KC Star’s “Service Journalism Team” content creator Kynala Phillips: New Missouri law can only freeze property taxes if counties act; comments from “Missouri Republican Rep. [sic] Tony Luetkemeyer” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

johncombest_com on Twitter, Monday 7/17/23: KC Star fixes mistake, refuses to acknowledge simple error

P-D: Francis Howell School Board set to rescind outdated resolutions; measures include statement on Eigel’s personal property tax proposal, charter schools and Black Lives Matter propaganda (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: St. Charles County libraries adopt new card policy after state rules on ‘obscene’ material (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: Missouri hospital sues state after officials move to revoke trauma center designation (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: State to remake Spanish Lake flood plain to allow more natural flooding (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D: St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gore touts progress rebuilding office (get around stltoday paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Six weeks in, Gore says St. Louis circuit attorney’s office has stabilized

Missouri Independent: Gabe Gore touts his first six weeks as St. Louis prosecutor after taking over for Kim Gardner

P-D: Woman in St. Louis County sex video files civil suit against four people, including former Rep. Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star’s Melinda Henneberger: To reduce gun deaths, mayor wants KC businesses to demand local control of police; how Sensible Missouri gun control measure will fix urban behavior (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

MuckRock’s Derek Kravitz and Dillon Bergin, via Missouri Independent: Archive: Collection of Coldwater Creek documents

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

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