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Saturday, June 22, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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SNL: Rep. Eric Burlison talks nuclear energy, workforce development at Springfield factory tour

KWTO: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on his legislation to rescind “contempt of Congress” charges

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Friday morning (A block): Ayyye ese! Let’s keednap a white girl from dee Midwest! PLUS: Why won’t the KC Star call the illegals “illegals?” (timestamps in description)

P-D: Washington U. committee to investigate anti-Israel protests, administration’s response (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Kehoe to skip televised debate ahead of Missouri Republican primary for governor (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Kehoe’s debate excuse asterisk

Fox 2 St. Louis: Missouri poll shows no clear front-runner in GOP governor race

Fox 2 St. Louis: Emerson College poll confirms Missouri safely in Trump column

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Brad vs. John on Missouri’s secretary of state candidates; Valentina Gomez right about Juneteenth; radio interviewers asking the same questions over and over

P-D: Missouri AG says he will sue New York for election interference (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: The silly anti-Will Scharf story from 2007; impression of “MMmhmm Mmmhmm” terrible radio interviewer; Easter Seals gayness (timestamps in description)

The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: This Week in Missouri Politics column: Republican House Seat Preview

Southeast Missourian: Physicist encourages Cape County residents to ‘take back’ their elections; Douglas Frank says Jay Ashcroft may have been compromised, threatened with murder and sexual assault (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Southeast Missourian: Cape County clerk defends county election integrity to speaker at Guardians of Liberty event (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

JCNT: Sheriff’s retirement fund amendment to go before voters

P-D: House speaker calls for audit of St. Louis crime statistics (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

USA Today: Weekly Missouri unemployment claims data

Missouri Independent: Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signs bill to poach Kansas City Chiefs, Royals from Missouri

P-D: Ameren will charge customers about $1.50 per month to close Rush Island coal plant (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brownfield Ag News: Northeast Missouri had the biggest expansion in the latest U.S. Drought Monitor

Southeast Missourian: Statue plans for Jackson roundabout nixed due to new MoDOT requirements (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: Gun sanity briefly prevails at the U.S. Supreme Court. (Now do Missouri.) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Southeast Missourian editorial: Pints & Politics seeks to inform region’s electorate (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/7/23: “KCMO’s Pete Mundo brings together listeners and top-notch speakers for fun and fellowship at his Politics and a Pint events. He not only invented the concept, he even encouraged stations in other markets to copy the idea.”

KC Star op-ed: “Intellectual freedom advocate” who chooses to live in Illinois criticizes Missouri “book ban”

KC Star op-ed: Divya Gupta: There’s help in Kansas City to fight social media’s effects on youth mental health (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Combest book: “The rest of the afternoon, Gabby was tethered to her phone more tightly than usual. She enjoyed the positive affirmations from her #BossBabe text thread. On the flip side, she obsessively reloaded Kelley’s tweet, watching the number of retweets and replies grow.” (NOTE: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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