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KC Star: On 4th anniversary of Capitol riot, local Jan. 6 defendants hopeful for pardons from Trump

TonysKansasCity.com: Snowmageddon coverage: City Manager Brian Platt calls out MoDOT for not treating 71 as highway ice worsens

johncombest_com on X: Data story I’d read: How many municipal leaders drove a garbage truck – I MEAN snow plow – last winter versus this winter?

Southeast Missourian: Gary W. Rust – community champion, elected leader and founder of Rust Communications – dies at 89 (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

X.com: Peter Kinder announces the death of his friend and mentor Gary Rust

P-D: Republicans look to partially repeal new Missouri minimum wage, sick leave law (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: The battle over Missouri’s minimum wage didn’t end with November vote

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking on St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri state Sen.-elect Kurtis Gregory (R-Blackburn) says Freedom Caucus is counterproductive, previews 2025 actions on Amendment 3 and more

JCNT: Passion for issue took pro-life advocate Brianna Wieberg to Los Angeles

Missouri Independent: Quality Schools Coalition closes after four years of Missouri education advocacy

P-D: With World Cup soccer on the way, Missouri police launch hunt for hotel rooms (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: A partnership between MU and the courts helps families navigate a separation

Combest book: “Chris had quit his full-time job to spite his ex-wife and child, who relied on Chris’ child support payments to make ends meet.” – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks, p. 23

Combest book: “Chris had already abandoned his own child, stole from his own mother, and was in deep debt to state officials.” What was keeping him from going on another deadbeat rampage? – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks, p. 49

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

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: TonysKansasCity.com’s Tony Botello on the big-money group upset with Frank White; Mean Jean Peters Baker, new County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson and the DWI path to becoming mayor, local crime, city elections, more

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (WashMo), Friday: Ferguson-Florissant School District administration *alleged* male-on-male non-consensual thigh touching (link opens at 14:10 mark)

P-D editorial: State’s falling vaccination rates invite return of deadly childhood diseases (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Kansas attorney Fred Logan: Don’t let politicians fill the Missouri Supreme Court with partisan hacks

Missouri Independent op-ed: Barbara Shelly: Gov. Mike Parson’s clemency legacy is marred by favoritism, injustice

P-D Executive Editor Alan Achkar: We’re moving newspaper printing to Columbia – so print editions won’t have coverage of Cardinals or Blues night games (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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