Tuesday, February 4, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines
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KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on tariffs (8:30), David Hogg as DNC vice chair (16:45), plane crashes, DEI and FAA (for Apple Podcasts app version, click here)
Apple Podcasts episode archives: Mornings with Nick Reed on KSGF (Monday – Friday 6-9 a.m. Central)
SNL: Liberals complain about Trump at Springfield NAACP town hall; panelists include Missouri Jobs with Justice, PROMO, League of Women Voters, Grupo Latinoamericano, and the International Institute of Southwest Missouri
St. Louis Public Radio: Trump clean energy pause puts St. Louis school district’s electric buses in limbo
Columbia Missourian: Columbia businesses face uncertainty over Trump’s tariffs on imports
Brad & John Show, Monday: ICE agents bust *alleged* illegal aliens at El Maguey (link opens at 3:10 mark)
Brad & John Show, Monday: ¡AYYYE ese! Illegal alien visa scheme busted in Kansas City. ¡ARRIBA! (ink opens at 9:45 mark)
Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Bill Eigel – live on the air – on 2026 campaign for St. Charles County Executive (link opens at 2:25 mark)
Brad & John Show, Monday morning: Mike Elam – live on the air – on his campaign for St. Charles County executive and the differences between himself and Bill Eigel (link opens at 7:25 mark)
P-D: Bill Eigel to run for St. Charles County executive; highlights from appearance on “The Brad & John Show” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
St. Louis Business Journal: Bill Eigel on his bid for St. Charles County executive on “The Brad & John Show” (avoid St. Louis Business Journal paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)
TWMP Daily: Scott Faughn, Jake Kroesen and Kelton Turner on Stateswoman of the Year Event honoring Chief Justice Mary R. Russell February 25 in Jefferson City (0:00); Jake Kroesen to host TWMP Daily Monday episodes (1:30); cleaning up Missouri’s DEI infestation and parallels to the St. Louis Cardinals (4:50), Bill Eigel vs. Mike Elam vs. Jason Law for St. Charles County executive (21:55); Peter Kinder as Missouri Republican Party chairman (32:30); more
The Missouri Times: Stateswoman of the Year Event honoring Chief Justice Mary R. Russell February 25 in Jefferson City
Brad & John Show, Monday: Peter Kinder and Jennifer Bukowsky elected to lead Missouri Republican Party (link opens at 14:25 mark)
The Missouri Times: Holly Thompson Rehder joins Axiom’s AxAdvocacy
St. Louis Public Radio intern Evy Lewis: Liberal groups plus “Republican” Bob Johnson want to prevent Missouri lawmakers from changing ballot measure approval
KC Star, March 2023: Former Sen. Bob Johnson: I’m a Republican, but oppose initiative petition changes (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)
St. Joseph News-Press op-ed, October 2022: Bob Johnson and Tom Coleman: We are Republicans, but support Trudy Busch Valentine for U.S. Senate
Joplin Globe, August 2018: Bob Johnson: I’m a Republican, but support Clean Missouri (get around Joplin Globe paywall here)
JCNT: “Respect Voters Coalition” holds event at Capitol
Missouri Independent: Missouri House committee votes to legalize video slot machines
St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg: Missouri House hears bills that would make restrictions for transgender youth permanent; eight (8) uses of “gender affirming care”/”gender affirming healthcare”
Combest, The Missouri Times, August 2023: Reject the opposition’s approved buzzwords: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”
Columbia Missourian: Bills extending gender-affirming care restrictions spark passionate testimony
SNL: Missouri Association of School Administrators picks Mark Penny as executive director to succeed Doug Hayter
Missouri Independent: Missouri prison nursery opens to bipartisan fanfare with goal of keeping mothers with babies
Missouri Independent: Lawsuit tests Missouri legislature’s power to earmark funds for health-care construction
Brownfield Ag News: Bayer’s glyphosate lawsuit legislation introduced in Missouri, other states
JCNT: Ameren offers energy bill assistance for winter
KC Star’s Joel Mathis: Trump tariffs would have ‘damning consequences’ for Missouri farms, business
Missouri Independent op-ed: Barbara Shelly: Josh Hawley’s moment in the spotlight may have peaked with the fist pump
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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