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Fox News: Schmitt: Senate will give Trump early wins on border; expect “flurry” of executive orders on Jan. 20

P-D: Missouri’s Eric Schmitt reintroduces his first bill, aimed at reducing federal regulations (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

AP: Trump vows war on DEI at ‘woke’ colleges; complaints from Mizzou student majoring in “black studies”

KFRU: Columbia Today with Ted Farnen: Mizzou Alumni Association President Wally Pfeffer previews 23rd annual Legislative Forum January 16

The National News Desk: Retired Mizzou professor blasted by university for ‘offensive’ remark about California wildfires; Karen Piper celebrated conservative actor James Woods’ house burning down

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Thursday: Recap of Mizzou old gal story and the “black studies” guy (link opens at 10:45 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe on legislative agenda

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: David Wasinger on his plans as lieutenant governor

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Secretary of State-elect Denny Hoskins on keeping adult books away from kids, hand counting ballots, and election integrity

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: AG Andrew Bailey on immigration, Amendment 3 and initiative petitions

The Missouri Times: Patterson wins Speaker’s Race

This Week in Missouri Politics: Speaker Jon Patterson’s press conference

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update with The Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn, Jake Kroesen and Kelton Turner: Analysis of Speaker vote and more

Rosenbaum: Missouri legislature opens with big question: Can Republicans get along with each other?

P-D: Missouri Legislature elects top leaders, breaks new ground (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Jon Patterson elected MO House speaker, survives challenge (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Missouri Independent: Jon Patterson easily wins race for Missouri House speaker over right-wing challenger

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Wednesday: The one (1!) actionable lesson for Justin Sparks believers and Extremely Online types (link opens at 14:55 mark)

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: Jon Patterson over Justin Sparks for Speaker (link opens at 4:25 mark)

Instagram reel: The Get Along Gang featuring leader Jon Patterson, hype man Chad Perkins, prankster Justin Sparks, logical Dirk Deaton, lean machine Alex Riley, and the Ashley Aune Caboose

JCNT: Missouri Legislature marks first day

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Sen. Nick Schroer (R-Defiance) on the fate of the Freedom Caucus, education legislation, state income tax, more

JCNT: Pastor calls on Missouri lawmakers to acknowledge righteousness of God

JCNT: Kehoe selects new Missouri National Guard adjutant general

P-D: Missouri lawmakers want answers on security at the Capitol (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Departing Missouri Social Services Director Robert Knodell reflects on challenges

JCNT: State transfers cannabis funding for veterans, public defenders

Kansas City Beacon: 15 Missouri higher education bills to watch in 2025

SNL: Missouri teachers will soon be able to search job openings on new, free site

SNL: Missouri ‘alternative methods’ deer harvest continues downward trend

TonysKansasCity.com: Prog blog newsflash: Missouri-Kansas state line confounds Kansas City metro

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis County prosecutor supports audit investigation into her office

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Tishaura Jones cross-country junkets, as reported by St. Louis Business Journal PLUS where to find Tishaura Jones’ Outlook Calendars from 2022-2024 (link opens at 1:30 mark)

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: State audit of circuit attorney’s office; Kim Gardner and Sam Page parallels; the government entity buying pizza for “morale”

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Wednesday show summary

P-D editorial: With bills to reverse new wage law, legislators again display their contempt (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: We can debate later how well the snow was handled. For now, stay off the roads. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Tuohey: How Missouri school choice policy could become a powerful economic development engine

P-D’s Kurt Erickson: New speaker of Missouri House mopping up mess left by his predecessor (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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