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St. Louis Public Radio: Dawn Champman spent years fighting the EPA over atomic waste. A new cleanup effort is ‘decades too late’

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Friday: St. Louis Public Radio’s Brian Munoz puts a bow on Latino’s successful economic shutdown – plus how YOU can help illegal aliens hiding out in St. Louis (link opens at 14:55 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Former state Sen. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) and guest host Aaron Baker on Eigel helping recruit Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina) to run for state Senate (0:45), what he learned running for governor (2:55), advice for freshmen (4:30), campaign for St. Charles County executive (6:15), policy priorities (8:30), GOP’s move to populism (10:30); panel of House Republican Campaign Committee’s Hannah Beers Sutton and state Reps. Cecelie Williams (R-Dittmer), Emily Weber (D-Kansas City) and Will Jobe (D-Independence) on glyphosate (16:30), open enrollment (19:30), DOGE (22:45), Amendment 3 changes (24:55), who won the week: foster kids, House budget team, GOP Rep. Cathy Jo Loy, Peter Kinder and Jennifer Bukowsky, Staff Sergeant Shelbe Butner (26:25)

Brad & John Show, (2/3/25): Bill Eigel announces 2026 campaign for St. Charles County Executive (link opens at 2:25 mark)

Brad & John Show (2/3/25): Mike Elam on his campaign for St. Charles County executive and the differences between himself and Bill Eigel (link opens at 7:25 mark)

TWMP Daily: AG Andrew Bailey talks with Jake Kroesen about background working with Gov. Parson (2:00), relationship with other statewide electeds (4:45), Starbucks and DEI (5:45), Sunshine Law backlog (8:15), China lawsuit (12:20), budget requests (15:15), urban crime (20:05)

Brad & John Show, Monday morning: KC Star celebrates abortions resuming in Missouri (link opens at 2:55 mark)

Washington Missourian: House Committee on Elections passes initiative petitions bill from Rep. Brad Banderman (R-St. Clair) (avoid Washington Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Melissa Schmidt (R-Eldridge) to help foster children is the first one to clear Missouri House this year

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)

P-D: In fight against fentanyl, Missouri poised to test schools for drugs (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Missouri lawmakers blast public defender for employing felon tied to child murder case (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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

St. Louis Public Radio: Ameren Missouri to add power plants, upgrade grid to meet projected demand

Missouri Independent: After battery plant fire, southeast Missouri town alarmed about potential contamination

Sikeston Standard-Democrat, via Southeast Missourian: Wildlife vs. welfare: The complex case of Springtrap the raccoon and the Missouri Department of Conservation (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Missouri Task Force 1 will provide aid in flooded Kentucky areas

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star staff list includes each reporters’ pronouns

Missouri Independent op-ed: Bridgette Dunlap: We need our senators to choose Missouri over MAGA in Trump’s war on the Constitution

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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