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KRCG: Hawley, Schmitt on Hegseth nomination to Department of Defense

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: AG Andrew Bailey on Trump’s “pirate ship of disruptors” (1:20); interactions with Trump (3:20); whether or not he’d move to D.C. (5:30); big cases on the AG docket (6:30); Amendment 3 (7:45)

P-D: Army Corps begins installing signs warning of radioactivity along Coldwater Creek (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Thursday: A block: Missouri casino legislation and upcoming event at the Capitol, recaps of Eric Schmitt national and local hits, Billy Long at IRS, and why “pink p@ssyhats” were banned at woke/feminist rallies (click “more” in YouTube description to select/skip around topics)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Thursday show summary

Brad & John Show playlist on Spotify: 250 songs from the first 250 shows (curated by Camellia Peterson)

Listen live: Brad & John Show, Friday morning (7-8 AM Central)

AP: Sports betting wins narrow approval in Missouri after high-dollar campaign

Brad & John Show, Friday: John defends anti-Amendment 2’s Brooke Foster quote, “F*ck this backward state” (link opens at 11:50 mark)

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Growth of sports betting may be linked to financial woes, new studies find; Missouri Gaming Commission’s Jan Zimmerman says sports betting might launch this summer

KOMU: Planned Parenthood to wait longer for judge’s ruling on striking down abortion restrictions

KY3: Video: Rep. Bishop Davidson (R-Republic) on bill to eliminate state income tax

KCTV: ‘$1,000 per person’: Sen.-elect David Gregory (R-Chesterfield) proposes paying residents to catch illegal aliens (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Missouri bill to turn citizens into bounty hunters needs a catchy name (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: David Gregory bounty legislation: turning in illegal aliens for fun and profit (link opens at 17:25)

P-D: Amid backlash, Anthem shelves plan to limit anesthesia coverage in Missouri; comments from incoming House Speaker Jon Patterson (R-Lee’s Summit) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KTVI (St. Louis): Missouri hands-free law going into effect January 1

P-D: Bill from Rep. Kathy Steinhoff (D-Columbia) would put statewide limits on in-school cellphone use (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Missouri has the worst traffic laws in the US, group claims. What needs to change?

KMIZ (Columbia): Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) wants voters to decide on local charter school

KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Bill from Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) takes aim at catalytic converter theft

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Political chess around Wesley Bell’s replacement has multiple pieces in play (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times: The legacy of former Representative Esther Haywood

KCUR’s “Up to Date”: Book promo: Transgender former college athlete promotes her book “He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters”

P-D: VP St. Louis moves downtown parade to University City (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Why the VP Parade is moving next year; woke crowd besmirching Trudy Busch Valentine over a debutante ball

P-D: Powerful St. Louis personnel director facing disciplinary charges, hearing (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Travel cash scandal confronts Kansas City Mayor Q

P-D photo gallery: Top pics from photographer Allie Schallert: Handicapped Palestinian refugee takes a break from protesting to eat ice cream; 10-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s attack on officer Darren Wilson; former St. Louisan Karlie Kloss photo op with mayor; Ann Wagner at polling place; St. Charles County early-voting line; a November Election Day rainbow (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, April: What it probably looked like when Karlie Kloss visited St. Louis Public Radio (link opens at 19:55)

JCNT editorial: Don’t tell students, but GPAs don’t matter

Huffington Post’s Arthur Delaney: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith on meme culture: “I haven’t had time to be on social media. I’ve been working for the American people.”

Brad & John Show, Friday: Jason Smith has no time for your DOGE memes (link opens at 12:35 mark)

Harvest Public Media’s Jim Meadows, via KCUR: Gov. Parson, other Republican governors want Congress to move quickly on farm bill

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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