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P-D: Five Missourians, two from St. Louis area, voting soon on Democratic National Committee chair (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Friday morning: Summary of Claire McCaskill “bitter” confessional on MSNBC (link opens at 14:55 mark)

P-D: St. Louis small businesses call TikTok life-changing. Thanks to bill signed by Biden, it might soon disappear. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: St. Louis native Mike Kehoe to become Missouri’s next governor on Monday (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missourinet: Andy Blunt on Monday’s inauguration proceedings

KMIZ (Columbia): Jefferson City crews clean up the snow in preparation for Kehoe inauguration

Brad & John Show, Friday: Chris Chinn for Governor 2032 (link opens at 11:35 mark)

KRCG: State lawmakers form committee to address Missouri Capitol security ahead of inauguration

KC Star: the Missouri Capitol received bomb threats last year that went unreported, KC-area lawmakers say (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Rep. Michael O’Donnell (R-Oakville) resigns to take commissioner of securities post

USA Today, via SNL: Weekly Missouri unemployment claims data

Missourinet: Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) on state income tax, crime, abortion, initiative petition changes

Fox 2 St. Louis: Lawmakers expected to discuss Chiefs, Royals this session

JCNT: Disabled veteran tax amendment from Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) returns to House

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Positive and negative Ameren news coverage: how to write a paint-by-numbers utility rate hike story PLUS Ameren’s Q1 communications plan, and the Missouri Public Service Commission scheduling blunder (link opens at 3:05 mark)

Columbia Missourian: Thanks to Missouri’s Prescribed Burn Act of 2021, Missourians help each other bring wildlife back to their land

Missourinet: MoDOT official: “We got more snow than anticipated”

P-D: Jason Hall says St. Louis should recognize its wins, but keep focus on downtown (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian op-ed: American Atheists’ Missouri State Director David Rosman: Yes, I am a “woke” liberal and GOP Sen. David Gregory’s illegal immigration bill is “(n)ot unlike Nazi Germany during Hitler’s reign of terror”

P-D letter: Richmond Heights sexagenarian unhappy with Rep. Jeff Vernetti (R-Camdenton) over minimum wage

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Friday show summary