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This Week in Missouri Politics: House Superminority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) talks with Scott Faughn about Dem gov primary opponent Mike Hamra’s residency (1:55); fundraising challenges (3:00); initiative petition legislation, Clean Missouri regarding “ballot candy” (4:40); IVF (7:55); abortion ballot initiative (9:40); which GOP gov candidate she wants to run against (12:10); panel of Dem Reps. Aaron Crossley and Betsy Fogle and GOP Reps. Chad Perkins and Dane Diehl on filing happenings and GOP secretary of state primary (15:15); parallels between Clean Missouri and GOP initiative changes and “ballot candy”(19:00); education bill and charter schools (24:15); who won the week: GOP Rep. Brad Christ, farmers via Missouri Farm Bureau and GOP Rep. Kurtis Gregory, Missouri State basketball fans, House Democratic Campaign Committee, state Senate candidate David Gregory (27:15)

LISTEN LIVE Monday morning 7-8 a.m.: Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): The Vivek Malek rental properties story, recap of Crystal Quade on TWMP, and the anti-CRT blueprint

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Franklin/St. Charles/Warren Counties): Friday: How Cori Bush and Walgreens can work together for the North St. Louis community – a modest proposal for the Building Urban Scholars’ Hearts (BUSH) program (Segment A, 14:30)

Instagram: Brad & John Show: Friday show summary

Instagram: The Baseball Bunch intro featuring the Missouri congressional delegation

Southeast Missourian: Gary Senciboy resigns as Oran mayor to focus on bid for state House seat (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

The Mancave Caucus with Rep. Ben Baker (R-Neosho) and Tim Holden: Rep. Bishop Davidson (R-Republic) talks with Baker about education legislation, Education Savings Accounts

Apple Podcasts: Mancave Caucus episode list

Missourinet: Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) promotes survey on teacher stressors

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri’s Democratic House members seek to boost pay for child abuse investigators

KC Star: Critics say Missouri bill could undo new boarding school law (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Missouri Independent: Proposed legislation could ban the majority of Delta-8 drinks and edibles in Missouri

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri’s measles vaccination rate has dropped. Now, kids could be at increased risk

St. Louis Public Radio: Small Business Administration offers low-interest loans to businesses in 57 Missouri counties affected by drought

P-D editorial: Legislation to trim city earnings tax with no replacement revenue is reckless (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Former KC Star columnist Barbara Shelly: Voiceless in Missouri: How an attack on initiative petitions stifles democracy

KC Star op-ed: We corrections officers know Brian Dorsey has changed. Gov. Parson, don’t execute him (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

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