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Friday, December 27, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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KC Star’s Daniel Desrochers: Josh Hawley’s re-election campaign paid a man who once wrote a book about Robert E. Lee’s leadership; Hawley has declined to talk to the Kansas City Star since landslide re-election (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Friday: Recap of KC Starbois’ latest anti-Hawley story (link opens at 13:00 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Congressman Mark Alford town hall special

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Recap of Mark Alford’s Big Red tour (link opens at 2:15 mark)

Fox News: Ousted Rep Cori Bush thinks she’ll seek office again: ‘I will always be Squad’

P-D: Ex-postal supervisor stole about 90 checks from mail in St. Louis, feds say; Benita Randle pleaded guilty yesterday (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: The Heartlander anti-Sparks story: knockout punch or love tap? Background (1:30), reality and math vs. naivete (2:10), The Heartlander (5:40), bankruptcy (9:45), silver lining for Justin Sparks (12:05), Jon Patterson next steps (16:35), Justin Sparks next steps (17:50), HRCC next steps (19:15)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Brad vs. John on Mike Carter’s secretary of state race PLUS sunk costs and removing them from your life (link opens at 6:20 mark)

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: Jay Ashcroft bows out gracefully (link opens at 14:15 mark)

Gray Television (KFVS, KY3, KMOV): Progressive “Show Me Integrity” creates “Respect Voters Coalition”; 2026 ballot measure would keep lawmakers from tweaking initiative petition process (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Recap of liberal group vs. IP changes (link opens at 7:05 mark)

JCNT: Kehoe names Maj. Michael Turner new Highway Patrol leader

JCNT: State releases cannabis microbusiness report

Brad & John Show: Recap of Missouri Independent story on minority marijuana contract alleged scammers/grifters (link opens at 9:00 mark)

P-D: MoDOT worker killed on Christmas Eve was protecting pregnant fiancee from his dad, family says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Missouri DNR, Army Corps of Engineers invite public to submit comments, attend meeting on levee project

JCNT: Restored bronze doors reinstalled at Capitol

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of the Ted Drewes Rasool Al Janabi Iraqi crash story and aspects the local media is not reporting (link opens at 0:55 mark)

P-D: Warrenton man indicted for entering threatening comment on NAACP contact page (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri man indicted for contact page message to St. Louis NAACP chapter

Kansas City Beacon’s “housing and labor” content creator Mili Mansaray: Voter-approved minimum wage and sick leave measure under fire in courts and the Capitol (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

St. Louis Public Radio’s “race, identity and culture” content creator Andrea Henderson: New Wash U student NAACP chapter looks to get more young people civically engaged

Amazon.com: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – $7.99 on Kindle, $12.99 in paperback

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