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ABC News: Sen. Schmitt on Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing, LA wildfire response and TikTok

Fox 2 St. Louis: Missouri Sen. Schmitt says Hegseth could break Pentagon’s ‘woke culture’

Fox News: Democrat Elizabeth Warren ducks reporters, Republican Eric Schmitt says Hegseth ‘did great’

Newsweek: Misspelled sign placed behind Schmitt during Pete Hegseth confirmation hearing

KC Star: Missouri GOP officials prepare to help Trump with illegal immigration clampdown

P-D: Missouri governor names Sarah Willson new state health chief (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Kehoe taps new state health department director

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: House Speaker Jon Patterson on Kehoe and legislative priorities (0:55), state’s role as “closer” in Royals and Chiefs deals (1:35), income tax cuts and capital gains tax cuts (5:00), encouraging home building by cutting “green” regulations (6:00), sports betting rollout (6:40)

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Rep. Jeff Knight (R-Lebanon)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House passes rules lowering time to speak on final vote of a bill

P-D: Missouri Republicans revisit abortion restrictions in wake of Amendment 3 passage (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Planned Parenthood medical director quits over Amendment 3; former comms director says current pro-choice leaders “not only have made monumental mistakes, but they are too arrogant to learn from them” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Planned Parenthood St. Louis’ Chief Medical Officer Colleen McNicholas resigns

Missouri Independent: Missouri prison deaths increase, bringing renewed calls for scrutiny

Missouri Independent: Appeals court upholds $23M judgment against Missouri DSS in contract dispute

P-D: Mayor touts crime drop in St. Louis. But shootings, injuries rise. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio “race, culture & identity” content creator Andrea Henderson: Overall crime in St. Louis is down 15%; officials credit technology and local initiatives

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Public Schools board member Sadie Weiss resigns citing unethical behavior; board is subject of ongoing state audit

P-D: Video: Weiss quits the St. Louis Board of Education, cites ‘disrespect and unprofessional behavior’

P-D editorial: Kehoe’s policy goals won’t make everyone happy, but his moderate tone should (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent’s Jason Hancock: Gov. Parson’s legacy: “a caretaker administration with occasional flashes of performative victimhood”

P-D op-ed: YWCA Metro St. Louis CEO Cheryl Watkins: Early childhood education is the key to Missouri’s future (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Fewer prosecutors in Missouri? It’s a small-government move that makes sense.(avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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