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Saturday, November 9, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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Fox 2 (St. Louis): Report: Senator Eric Schmitt eyed for Trump’s cabinet role

KSDK: Watch: Sen. Eric Schmitt responds to rumors Trump is eyeing him for cabinet position

The Missouri Times Election Night in Missouri special: Eric Schmitt live from Mar-a-Lago (link opens at 2:30 mark)

Missourinet: Sam Graves confirms talks with Trump transition team about serving as Transportation secretary

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: Josh Hawley on legislative priorities (2:10), Trump’s 2024 voter coalition (3:30), more

St. Joseph News-Press: Tony Luetkemeyer chosen as next Missouri Senate Majority Leader

SNL: Missouri House Republicans select Greene County rep as majority floor leader; Alex Riley becomes first House majority leader from Springfield in almost 100 years

St. Louis Public Radio: Abortion supporters hold post-election rally

SNL: Amendment 3 has passed. Now what happens? Lots of work, say advocates

St. Joseph News-Press: Business owner talks next steps after Proposition A passage

P-D: Missouri voters OK minimum wage boost. Business groups will fight it. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Washington Missourian: Franklin County breaks record for number of votes cast in an election (avoid Washington Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Governor gets to name Wesley Bell’s successor, Missouri AG tells Sam Page (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Gov. Parson, AG Andrew Bailey spars with St. Louis County Executive Sam Page over who gets to hire Wesley Bell’s replacement

JCNT: Lincoln University professors, students discuss results of election

St. Louis Public Radio: Missourians differ on how to spend millions in opioid settlement payouts

PD: I-70 rebuild from Wentzville is MoDOT’s biggest contract (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: No water contamination detected after Fredericktown, Mo., battery plant fire (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Show-Me Institute considers Kansas City & STL traffic death crisis

P-D: Meramec River pushes into Pacific but crests without serious flooding (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: City of Pacific faces Meramec River flooding but escapes worst-case scenario

JCNT: Cole County to request state funding for flood prevention in Jefferson City neighborhood

JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation delivers 2,400 fish into McKay Park Lake

Washington Missourian: Franklin County leads state in youth deer harvest (avoid Washington Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missourinet: Some black students receive spam texts messages mentioning slavery

P-D: St. Louis mayor also received racist messages invoking slavery (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Texts about ‘picking cotton’ sent to black students nationwide, including Missouri

St. Louis Public Radio’s “race, identity and culture” content creator Andrea Henderson: Some black St. Louisans furious over racist texts saying they’ve been ‘selected to pick cotton’

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Friday:: Mainstream Missouri media rolls out anti-Trump victimhood narrative storytelling (link opens at 12:35 mark)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Friday show recap

JCNT editorial: MoDOT’s US 54 project has been lesson in patience

St. Joseph News-Press’ Alonzo Weston: Tuesday’s election of Donald Trump was like 9/11

St. Joseph News-Press’ Alonzo Weston, May 2017: Columnist copes with Trump’s 2016 victory by having imaginary conversation with fictional character “Bag-Head Jheri,” calls Missouri voters “backwater dumber than every other state”

KC Star’s Joel Mathis: Moderate Missouri voters might have a surprise in store for Republicans (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN 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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