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Brownfield Ag News: House passes a funding bill, averts shutdown; Missouri in line for $403,558,718

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on continuing resolution fight (recorded Friday morning)

KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on continuing resolution (recorded Thursday)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Friday: Eric Schmitt issues warning to St. Louis City fraudsters misusing federal ARPA money (link opens at 2:35 mark)

P-D: St. Louis developer says “consultant” – a girlfriend of mayor’s dad – offered access to Tishaura Jones and St. Louis Development Corporation leaders; texts, e-mails reveal Cory Elliott’s alleged influence peddling; developer confirms FBI investigation (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Former officer of KC-based International Brotherhood of Boilermakers pleads guilty in $20 million union embezzlement scheme (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Friday: Takeaways from Holly Jones interview: Freedom Caucus not endorsing Justin Sparks for Speaker; why Jones is voting for Jon Patterson; Sparks not texting or calling to give Jones and other Freedom Caucus members a heads-up; RINOs & GINOs; ungrateful “grassroots” activists attacking Jones on social media when they should be standing up for her, and which snack Holly wants you to bring her on Jan. 8 (link opens at 12:10 mark)

Combest book: “When we’re operating under covert contracts, we are like children lining up toy soldiers for a pitched battle. How dare our friends and acquaintances not dutifully take up arms, visibly and publicly, when we are attacked!” – page 92

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Southeast Missourian: Peter Kinder aims to unify Missouri GOP as potential party chair, opposes “purity tests” (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

AP: A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable, but there’s no start date for abortions

KC Star: Missouri judge blocks some, not all, abortion restrictions. What that means for restoring terminations (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Guv Parson commutes sentence of Eric DeValkenaere: Roundup of local coverage

JCNT: Long blue line backs new Missouri Highway Patrol troopers

KRCG (Jefferson City): Rep. Dean Van Schoiack (R-Savannah) files legislation to regulate government entities’ drone use

P-D: Judge sides with Parson, says governor appoints St. Louis County prosecutor (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Judge sides with Parson over Page in fight to pick next St. Louis County prosecutor

P-D: Governor names Michael Dauphin new judge in St. Louis (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: State audit finds Francis Howell school leaders mishandled funds to build new high school

USA Today, via Springfield News-Leader: Missouri’s weekly unemployment claims data

KC Star: Gun violence soars in Kansas City, but this year it’s not homicides. Nonfatal shootings are up

P-D: St. Louis Public Schools gives interim superintendent a 2-year job guarantee (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Joseph News-Press editorial briefs: Missouri colleges must admit they have an enrollment problem; Missouri marijuana industry changes its tune after pie-in-the-sky projections

KC Star editorial: Gov. Mike Parson’s corrupt commutation of killer shows why people don’t trust police (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KC Star’s Jonathan Shorman: ‘A horrible message’: How Kansas City ex-cop’s clemency will hurt trust of police (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: With DeValkenaere clemency, Mo. Gov. Parson makes mockery of criminal justice system (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D’s Aisha Sultan: Gov. Mike Parson’s final act of mercy grants freedom to Patty Prewitt, eight others (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

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