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Brownfield Ag News: Missouri farmers met with congressional delegation this week; comments from Missouri Soybean Association’s Casey Wasser

TonysKansasCity.com: Congressman Cleaver denounces DOGE cuts: ‘Musky Moo Moo!!!’

P-D: St. Louis officials: Federal funding cuts could cost city $160M (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D’s Michele Munz: Trump’s plans to cut medical research funds will hit Missouri hard (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: ICE didn’t show warrant to detain 12 at Liberty restaurant, manager says

St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Munoz: St. Louis activists launch mutual aid for people without legal status

johncombest.com archives: Search tag: euphemisms for illegal alien

Brad & John Show, Friday: St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Munoz puts a bow on Latino’s successful economic shutdown (link opens at 14:55 mark)

One week ago: Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties): ¡AYYYE ese! Brian Munoz reports “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)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star advocates for refugees after Prez Trump travel freeze

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Eric Burlison will get to see the Epstein list, JFK files and more: recap of KSGF “Mornings with Nick Reed” interview (link opens at 13:35 mark)

JCNT: Missouri starts year with general revenue drop

Missouri Independent: Missouri House votes on party lines to eliminate income tax on capital gains

P-D: Missouri House sends tax cut, foster children fix to Senate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Rep. Christopher Warwick (R-Bolivar) wants to increase tax credit for Missouri pregnancy resource centers to 100% (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Pro-choice activists flood Missouri’s Musk-inspired DOGE portal (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D: Missouri lawmakers look to expand property tax relief to low-income seniors (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House passes anti-lockdown bill to stop government closing houses of worship

Columbia Missourian: House bills would limit court oversight of ballot language

KBIA, via Columbia Missourian: House bill would tax ag land used for renewable energy; comments from Clean Grid Alliance’s Scott Swain, others

St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe and other Missouri statewide officials move offices to Old Post Office in St. Louis

Brad & John Show, Friday: State employees working downtown – plus Brad vs. John on Jo Mannies and Jo’s superfluous “FYI for discussion” (link opens at 8:05 mark)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Dems push back on AG Andrew Bailey over Starbucks; GOP Rep. John Voss focuses on Bailey’s budget; prosecutors vs. limpwristed public defenders; Bailey’s military metaphors (link opens at 4:20 mark)

Missouri Independent: Bailey says his office has finally worked through massive Sunshine Law backlog

JCNT: MoDOT presents annual report, stresses impact of staff shortages

P-D: Work to expand I-70 between Warrenton and Wentzville begins next month, MoDOT director says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday: I-70 construction, Chuck Berry watching ladies and S-curve exams (link opens at 3:25 mark)

Kansas City Beacon: Missouri’s grocery shelves feel impact of bird flu

Brad & John Show, Thursday: University of Missouri Board of Curators possible giveaway of multi-million dollar radio licenses; Brad vs. John on Brad’s e-mail exchange with St. Louis Public Radio’s Madalyn Painter

KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates: UMKC achieves top research university honor, as it hopes to attract more funding and students; comments from Mayor Quinton Lucas

KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates bio: “Proudly not related to Josh Hawley”

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas on why he didn’t bother reading the latest Missouri Independent hit piece

P-D photo gallery: Black History Month event at Rock Hill elementary school: blacks sing and dance to entertain white children (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT editorial: Alzheimer’s legislation offers hope, help

P-D editorial: Mr. Fitzpatrick, audit this $37 million mess (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Yvette Walker: Learning cursive is an important skill, but shouldn’t be mandatory in today’s tech age

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Missouri prosecutor wants to keep lid on murder case. But is wrong man charged? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT letter: New Bloomfield sexagenarian opposes texting-while-driving ban

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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