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Monday, February 10, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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KSDK: Two Mexican restaurants to pause service in protest of President Trump; St. Ann and Maplewood restaurants to take 7-day and 3-day vacations, respectively

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Friday: ¡AYYYE ese! “Roughly 30” Latino lawn care businesses, “nightclubs,” restaurants will take one (1) week siesta to teach Trump a lesson (link opens at 7:45 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio “race, identity and culture” content creator Andrea Henderson: St. Louis immigrant groups open an ICE activity hotline

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: Gov. Mike Kehoe on keeping the Royals and Chiefs in Missouri (1:15), state budget spending and general revenue (3:50), state income tax and Senate Bill 509 (6:45)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Sen. Brad Hudson (R-Cape Fair) talks with Scott Faughn about August 2024 primary victory (0:45), Senate cooperation (1:30), St. Louis City crime (2:30), kinfolk and fiddle (5:00), pro-life legislation (6:35), Cole County judge writing pro-choice ballot language (9:15); panel of Reps. LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City), Stephanie Hein (D-Springfield), Melanie Stinnett (R-Springfield) and Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis County) on state control of St. Louis City police (15:50), pro-life legislation (24:00), who won the week: Melanie Stinnett, public administrators, St. Louis City, Missouri State University, Sen. Lincoln Hough (26:45)

KWTO (Springfield): All the Above with Garett Bowles: Rep. Jamie Ray Gragg (R-Ozark) on legislation involving gender transition conversations at public schools (25:15); cell phone restrictions and local control (32:15); helping non-deadbeat fathers (36:35); experience working at Silver Dollar City (40:25)

Combest book: “Chris had already abandoned his own child, stole from his own mother, and was in deep debt to state officials.” What was keeping him from going on another deadbeat rampage? – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks, p. 49

All the Above with Garett Bowles: Episode archive on Apple Podcasts

Jason Rosenbaum’s “Politically Speaking” on St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Republican Party Chairman Peter Kinder wants to clamp down on divisions

Missouri Independent: Republican unity undercuts Democratic leverage in Missouri General Assembly

Missourinet: Missouri’s new minimum wage law could be watered down by state lawmakers

Missourinet: Senate Republicans vow to protect children from gender transitions

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis charter schools open their doors to lawmakers as they weigh education bills

JCNT: Missouri State Penitentiary preservation request returns to lawmakers

KSDK (St. Louis): Missouri lawmakers in early stages of considering Bitcoin reserve fund

Missourinet: Rep. Mitch Boggs (R-LaRussell) wants to fight phone number “spoofing”

P-D: State alleges St. Louis business performed dentistry without license (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday: The St. Louis Development Corporation hands $800,000 “digital literacy” contract to political consultant (link opens at 3:00 mark)

P-D: St. Louis journalist and architecture, music and art critic Robert Duffy dies at 79 (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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