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KMOV (St. Louis): U.S. Army Corp of Engineers show progress of cleanup of radioactive soil near Coldwater Creek; comments from Rep. Chantelle Nickson-Clark (D-St. Louis County)

KMOV (St. Louis): Coldwater Creek victims plead with Congress to compensate victims of radioactive waste; comments from Ann Wagner, Jay Ashcroft, Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R-Wentzville)

P-D: Army Corps finishes Jana area cleanup (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

C-SPAN: 2024 Congressional Baseball Game: Eric Schmitt double (3:50), single (42:45), walk (1:39:05), fly out (2:00:00), hit by pitch (2:27:45), hit by pitch (3:19:12), double (3:33:15)

Columbia Missourian: Hero profile: Mexican anchor baby explains the terror wrought by Donald Trump and why other Mexicans should vote

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Gov. Parson talks with Scott Faughn about GOP senators threatening federal reimbursement allowance (1:00); advantage of his rural background (3:20); reining in the state bureaucracy (5:00); I-70 (6:30); timetable for endorsing Kehoe and other candidates (10:15); Legislature’s “deceptive” budget, vetoes and supplemental budget (13:15); DESE, Karla Eslinger and Margie Vandeven (15:15); legacy (18:30); Royals and Chiefs (21:45); feeling at home at the Missouri State Fair (25:00); bovine defecation story (25:30); Missouri’s hidden tourism jewels (26:30); putting political skirmishes into perspective (28:45)

Instagram reel: Gov. Parson’s steer splatter story (32 seconds)

P-D: Missouri governor says budget vetoes on the horizon. ‘No question about it.’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brownfield Ag News: Foreign ag land executive order still in effect in Missouri

Missouri Independent: Missouri education law will require a vote for large districts to have 4-day schedules

Missouri Independent: Missouri senators’ immunity claims challenged in Chiefs parade shooting defamation suit

JCNT: Algoa Correctional Center honor dorm among projects honored with Governor’s Award

Columbia Missourian: Financial and legal questions surround senior property tax relief

P-D: St. Louis doesn’t appeal earnings tax ruling. But ‘serious discussions’ are underway. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Kansas City Beacon: Why rural Missouri schools and hospitals might become homebuyers

JCNT: Lake of the Ozarks drowning victim identified as former state representative and former Cole County Treasurer Al Mueller

P-D: Farmed co-owned by Rep. Scott Cupps (R-Shell Knob) faces two suits from creditors (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star editorial: Quinton Lucas isn’t ‘freaking out’ about losing Chiefs, Royals to Kansas. Should we? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Columbia Missourian op-ed: “American Atheists” Missouri State Director David Rosman: I have been on a number of national blog shows talking about Christian nationalism; comments from “Former [sic] Trump attorney and a Republican candidate for Missouri Attorney General Will Scharf”

P-D’s Tony Messenger: MoDOT wanted to get rid of a homeless camp. So it tore down a hill of trees. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Louis woman criticizes Hawley and Schmitt for criticizing New York court decision (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Louis woman criticizes Hawley, Schmitt, Bush, Wagner over lack of radiation compensation (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 (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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