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KRCG (Jefferson City): Florida cancels request for help from State of Missouri

JCNT: Florida cancels request for hurricane help from Missouri

P-D: Gateway Pundit founders settle defamation suit over 2020 election fraud claims (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Harrison Butker campaigning with Josh Hawley

KSHB (Kansas City): At Parkville event, Chiefs’ Harrison Butker endorses Sen. Josh Hawley for re-election (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Q&A with Democrat gov candidate Crystal Quade

P-D: Preview: Incoming Gov. Kehoe’s approach to state control of St. Louis police (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

SNL: Overview: Amendment 2 (sports betting)

Missouri Independent: Kansas City Chiefs owners fund radio ad campaign opposing Missouri abortion amendment

Missouri Independent: Missouri Chamber backs Democrats in two swing state Senate districts

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Thursday: Joe Pereles and Missouri Chamber running a surprisingly competitive race against David Gregory; why are Dems wasting time and money in St. Charles County? (link opens at 8:55 mark)

KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates: Unions hold a lot of power in Kansas City’s Northland. Their votes could sway the election between House District 17 candidates Bill Allen (R) and Shirley Mata (D)

KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates (7/5/24): Kansas City poll worker fears for her safety; “Threats to election workers dramatically increased immediately after former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and began spreading election conspiracies.”

Savannah Hawley-Bates bio: “Proudly not related to Josh Hawley”

JCNT: NAACP holds anti-Project 2025 forum

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Charles County hits 300,000-voter registration milestone as November election looms

Nebraska Examiner, via Missouri Independent: Jay Ashcroft joins Midwest secretaries of state at election security summit in Nebraska

KCUR: Emerson College poll shows Missourians divided on local control of urban police

Joplin Globe: Gov. Parson promotes Missouri Works program during Carthage stops (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri regulators deny certification for majority of social-equity cannabis license winners

P-D: Conservatives file federal complaint against Kirkwood schools over no-whites-allowed groups (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Failures continue at St. Louis Public Schools, as NAACP pushes for improved literacy rates; comments from DESE, others

Brownfield Ag News; Exceptional drought comes back to Missouri

JCNT: MoDOT’s winter staffing needs persist

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis City to seek information about lead water pipes

P-D endorsement: No on Amendment 6 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: St. Louis leaders, please give our Editorial Board $12,500. Just because. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Gateway Journalism Review op-ed, via Missouri Independent: Paul Wagman: Settlement reached in Gateway Pundit defamation case, though details were not disclosed

KCUR’s Sam Zerr: Sandra Hemme finally won her freedom. Missouri’s attorney general is trying to take it back

P-D letter: Clayton octogenarian says Danforth has his own poor judgement – not MAGA – to blame for his irrelevance (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free 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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