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Rosenbaum: St. Louis Public Radio’s top stories of 2024: Pro-choice heroics, Wesley Bell over Cori Bush, IP legislation flounders, statewide Dems and Lucas Kunce are giant flops, Kehoe ascends to governor

Missouri Ruralist’s Mindy Ward: Top 15 Missouri agriculture stories in 2024

KSGF: Mornings with Nick Reed, featuring guest host Sen. Mike Moon: Sen.-elect Brad Hudson (R-Cape Fair) on legislative priorities: religious freedom on college campuses, eliminating Missouri’s income tax, protecting 2nd Amendment rights from urban governments, updating the SAFE Act sunset to protect kids from transgender mutilation and hormones, keeping kids away from grey-market slot machines, more (begins at 9:10)

KSGF: Mornings with Nick Reed, featuring guest host Sen. Mike Moon: Sen. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) on differences between House and Senate, legislative priorities (begins at 26:35)

KFRU: Columbia Today with Ted Farnen: Rep.-elect John Martin (R-Columbia) on why he’s voting for Jon Patterson over Justin Sparks (16:00), legislative priorities, more

KWTO: Wake Up Springfield with guest host Cass Anderson: Scott Faughn on Jon Patterson’s upcoming election as House Speaker, Justin Sparks’ decision to campaign for nonvoting county committee support rather than House member votes, and the next steps for Missouri’s pro-life community

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Monday morning: Bill Eigel plays the role of diplomat in Holly Jones vs. Justin Sparks battle; plus recap of “Shield Maidens” show on 93.3 FM (link opens at 10:10 mark)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday morning: Case study in transcending pettiness: Why John still links to Real Talk 93.3 and promotes their shows, even after station renter/lessee Tracy Ellis blocks John on X (link opens at 14:20)

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Campaign lessons from the conservative school board PAC fine plus its Centene and Humana contributions (link opens at 0:45 mark)

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Brad vs. John on why some political people keep talking about Bill Eigel

Brad & John Show, Monday: From Kamala Harris to Crystal Quade, the 60-second key to campaign postmortems: “We needed better messaging” is the loser’s lament (link opens at 11:05)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Monday show summary

JCNT: Gov.-elect Kehoe announces senior staff; new administration taking office Jan. 13

St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe names top staff (avoid Business Journal paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday morning: Quick summary of Kehoe new hires (link opens at 6:13 mark)

JCNT: Gov. Parson names Mick Campbell temporary DCI director

JCNT: Broadband developers submit pre-qualifications for funding

Missourinet: Artist discusses portrait of Gov. Parson

Brad & John Show, Tuesday morning: Fact check: Missouri American water is NOT secretly owned by the Germans; PLUS latest anti-GMO aluminum chemtrails conspiracy

P-D: In Missouri, less than 10% of kindergarten students are not vaccinated against measles, polio (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Gov. Parson, Page continue fight over St. Louis County prosecuting attorney (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis City leaders remind residents about Blair’s Law banning celebratory gunfire

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis City to roll out municipal photo ID next year

TonysKansasCity.com: 2025 predictions and open comment thread: Taylor-Travis breakup, Chiefs stadium decision will break hearts, more

Brad & John Show, Monday: Why “smile and nod” is the only New Year’s resolution you need; your acquaintances will still be obese and lazy one year from today (link opens at 6:55 mark)

Stateline.org’s Tim Henderson, via P-D: University of Washington study says junk food and drug use cut into life expectancy gains for states; Missouri, other Republican states should expand Medicaid

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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