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P-D: New $92.8M federal aid for I-70 to include more truck parking, new anti-deer fencing (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Q&A with Jason Rosenbaum: Gov. Parson reflects on his legacy, talks about his plans for final year as governor

93.9 The Eagle: Wake Up Mid-Missouri with Stephanie Bell: Gov. Parson on state budget, federal transportation money, I-70 and I-44, more

Brownfield Ag News: Ag and infrastructure updates included in Missouri state of the state

SNL: Gov. Mike Parson focuses on ‘putting people first’ in final State of the State address

AP: Missouri Republican leader suggests expulsion of GOP lawmaker as tensions mount in state Senate

JCNT: Statements on removal grind Senate to a halt

Missouri Independent: Senate GOP warfare escalates with suggestion of expelling Freedom Caucus leader

P-D: Missouri Senate majority leader floats kicking Bill Eigel out, sparking tirade (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Dueling at high noon? Missouri Senate Republicans, gripped by conflict, look for way out (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Friday morning segments: Four-day school weeks, how Crystal Quade and sunshine might save Bootheel jobs, and why Bill Eigel should hope for expulsion (Segment A)

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Thursday morning segments: Quick hits on Cierpiot and Rowden interviews, John Kiehne vs. Ann Wagner, Columbia Missourian and Mark Alford (Segment A); St. Louis County report lamenting lack of women and minorities in construction jobs (Segment A); Nick Schroer, parking spot silliness and Rowden’s “punitive and justified” position (Segment B, starts at 1:25)

Missouri Independent: GOP lawmakers support bill to defund Planned Parenthood after years of legal fights

P-D: Missouri House committee advances proposals restricting transgender health care (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Southeast Missourian: One of nation’s only aluminum smelters set to close in Missouri Bootheel; State Sen. Jason Bean (R-Holcomb) calls move “devastating”; Renew Missouri’s James Owen blames reliance on fossil fuels; House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade files legislation to lower energy costs for smelter (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: 450 jobs at risk at Missouri aluminum plant. Jefferson City hopes to save it. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: One of nation’s only aluminum smelters set to close in Missouri Bootheel; comments from Sen. Josh Hawley, Quade’s administrative assistant Marc Powers, others

KCUR’s Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Reps. Aaron McMullen (R-Independence), Robert Sauls (D-Independence) want laws limiting 4-day school weeks

Columbia Missourian: MU, other colleges could see a 3% increase in state funding

St. Louis Public Radio: Catalytic converter thieves hit St. Louis City water department, state legislators look to solutions

KC Star: Missouri AG Andrew Bailey says planned Liberty Hospital-KU Health merger not legal under state law (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri FSA Director Joe Aull: strong interest in drought programs

St. Louis Public Radio: Attorneys for death row inmate Marcellus Williams worry he won’t be alive for prosecutor to finish a review

Murderpedia: Marcellus Williams broke into Post-Dispatch reporter Felicia Gayle’s home in University City, waited until she emerged from the shower, then stabbed her 43 times, “twisting the knife” inside her neck

St. Louis Public Radio’s St. Louis on the Air: Washington University sociology professor explains the “troubling trend of black women with leadership roles in academia dying unexpectedly”

Southeast Missourian editorial: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith’s bipartisan tax measure is leadership in action (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian columnist/American Atheists Missouri State Director David Rosman: Jay Ashcroft wrong about Joe Biden

P-D letter: League of Women Voters’ co-president cheers Fitzpatrick’s criticism of Ashcroft, defends Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian dislikes Bill Eigel’s “diatribes” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

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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