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Friday, January 17, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Sen. Eric Schmitt on Trump’s golf performance, appointee confirmation hearings and Israel ceasefire

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri farmer Richard Fordyce is the Trump’s pick to serve as Undersecretary for farm production and conservation

P-D: Trump names ex-Missouri ag director to federal post (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Chris Higgins: Biden’s HUD hands out $15.5 million grant to rebuild historically black housing cooperative; grant announced by “Rep. Emmanuel [sic] Cleaver” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated verson on AOL here)

P-D: Missouri governor orders flags to be raised for Trump’s inauguration (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Thursday: Crowdsourcing info: Are taxpayers on the hook for the Wesley Bell settlement payoff? (link opens at 13:30 mark)

P-D: Illegal alien accused of sexually assaulting two women while doing Uber, Lyft driving in St. Charles County; Ahmad Rayahi is in the country on expired visa, claims East St. Louis (Illinois) convenience store as home address (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Nexstar (Fox 4 KC, Fox 2 St. Louis): Missouri’s lieutenant governor wants to address illegal immigration, repeal abortion initiative

Missouri Independent: Defining fetal viability among GOP priorities after Missourians overturn abortion ban

The Missouri Times: House votes in favor of rules changes

JCNT: 103rd Session committee chairs announced

AP: Trump wants to cut taxes. So do governors and lawmakers in Missouri and other states

P-D: Rep. Josh Hurlbert (R-Smithville) airs plan to ban Chinese-made drones (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Bill seeks to expand nuclear power in Missouri

Columbia Missourian: Missouri creates new rules for medication shipped in the mail

Kansas City Beacon: New Missouri rule tries to protect mail-order medications from extreme cold and heat

JCNT: Jim Moody remembered for generosity, mentorship

Gray Televison (KY3, KFVS, KMOV, KCTV): Proposal from Rep. Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis County) would collect more information on illegal immigrants

Kansas City Beacon: 2025 might be the year Missouri eliminates its grocery sales tax

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: Recap of Rebecca Rivas’ Missouri Independent piece on exploitive cannabis contracts (link opens at 10:05 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg: Rep. Wick Thomas (D-Kansas City) wants to protect libraries from government interference

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed (12/13/24): Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville) on transgender driver’s license debate (23:45); plans to ignore non-binary Rep. Wick Thomas’ (D-Kansas City) preferred pronous on House floor (24:50)

Brad & John Show (12/16/24): 2025 #moleg tip: What to call the non-binary state rep (link opens at 0:50 mark)

Brad & John Show, Friday: Campaign finance journalism: amateurs vs. professionals (7:30); Missouri Ethics Commission postmark rule and whether Tishaura Jones’ PAC report is really “late?” (13:15)

St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones heads to D.C. for three-day trip, including campaign fundraising event (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Imagine the people on Tishaura’s team trying to prevent bad decisions (link opens at 4:45)

P-D: Man was face of crime prevention in St. Louis. He also worked for multi-state drug dealer (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Can Gov. Kehoe and state lawmakers really affect St. Louis City safety? The uncomfortable crime topic nobody is willing to talk about (link opens at 6:10 mark)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Thursday show summary

JCNT editorial: Kehoe sets bold vision for state’s future

The Missouri Times op-ed: Rod Jetton: Remembering Bill Foster – helping people & solving problems

KC Star op-ed: George Mason professor Frank T. Manheim: Antidemocratic moves of Josh Hawley, Cori Bush are just symptoms of our real problem

P-D letter: Webster University “professor emeritus” Daniel Hellinger: Wesley Bell’s “unseemly relationship with the pro-Israeli lobbies in Washington” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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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