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Fox Business: Sen. Eric Schmitt: Democrats are unwilling to secure our border, but send money for Ukraine

Missourinet: Sculpture unveiled of the late Gov. Mel Carnahan

Columbia Missourian: Protester arrested after altercation with Ashcroft; no charges filed by either Jefferson City Police or Ashcroft

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star enlists conservative policy expert Patrick Tuohey to pen column

SNL: One Missouri abortion rights ballot initiative dropped, another continues toward ballot

P-D: Campaign ends ‘moderate’ abortion-rights push, backs ‘any effort’ to overturn Missouri ban (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Backer of limited Missouri abortion legalization measure shelves ballot effort

Missourinet: Pro-choice ballot initiative from University City “Republican” shelved

KC Star: One Missouri abortion rights effort ends campaign, clearing path for more expansive proposal (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Missouri Independent: One abortion-rights initiative petition is ending in Missouri as another kicks into gear

Missourinet: Attempt to cut Medicaid abortion funding is debated in Senate

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: ‘God is perfect.’ Missouri Republicans unwilling to amend near-total abortion ban (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

JCNT: Missouri House passes child care tax credits

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House passes child care tax credits, bill heads to Senate where it faces opposition

P-D: Rep. Lou Riggs (R-Hannibal) proposes dismantling MoDOT (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: MoDOT bills ‘try to put politics back into MoDOT’

Joplin Globe: MoDOT chooses consultants to study I-44 corridor for future expansion (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KBIA (Columbia): Race activists disrupt Lincoln University Board of Curators meeting, want white president fired

JCNT: Lincoln University curators host students for dialogue; students make a scene

Southeast Missourian: Missouri AG files to remove Cape Girardeau County coroner from office; Wavis Jordan was the first black person to be elected to a countywide office as a Republican, suggests Bailey is racist (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri coroner charged with stealing from the dead, lying on death certificates

St. Louis Public Radio “race, culture and identity” content creator Andrea Henderson: Descendants of the enslaved who built SLU say the institution owes them up to $74 billion

St. Louis Public Radio’s “St. Louis on the Air”: “Transform 314” group seeks to “educate and empower black St. Louisans”; female organizer complains about “decades of disinvestment,” says more “investment and resources” will help

KBIA: Boone County COVID numbers are decreasing

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Friday morning segments: Cape Girardeau County coroner plays the race card, plus SLU reparations (Segment A, 4:30); why mainstream media loves “Republican buts …” (Segment A, 8:45); credit to Jamie Corley for one (1!) thing (Segment A, 9:45); Jay Ashcroft possibly throwing an elbow at pro-Palestine protester (Segment A, 16:45)

BJShow.co: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Thursday morning segments: Quick hits on Gregg Keller’s recap of the AIPAC event, Ann Wagner vs. Janet Yellen, and Bayer in Missouri (Segment A, 4:30); Bayer’s upcoming “Dynamic Shared Ownership” layoffs in Missouri (15:00); 60-second primer on the dicamba controversy (Segment A, 17:00); the attack on Jay Ashcroft and what might happen if a white male roughed up a black female election official (Segment B, 2:00)

Joplin Globe editorial: On initiative petitions, concurrent majorities represent a roadblock, not reform (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: Missouri’s war on women targets rape victims, health care — and democracy itself (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

The Heartlander’s Michael Ryan: Washington, D.C.’s ‘dirty little secret’: Biden never wanted border security, which is why the ‘open border’ bill died, Missouri’s two senators say

KC Star op-ed: Michael McGrady, Jr.: GOP state Sens. Bill Eigel, Nick Schroer, meme candidate Valentina Gomez reminiscent of Nazis (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Missouri Independent’s Debra Chandler Landis: Effort to place St. Louis police under state control returns in Missouri Legislature

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback ($12.99) and Amazon Kindle ($7.99)

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