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KRCG: Sen. Eric Schmitt on Senate budget blueprint amid partisan divide

P-D: Impact of federal employee cuts on St. Louis is unclear. NGA construction continues. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: University of Missouri System looks to reduce spending amid federal uncertainty (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: MU leaders prepare for potential spending cuts

Columbia Missourian: Fired federal employees in Columbia sent termination letter with errors

P-D: Creve Coeur man charged with punching grocery shopper, yelling ‘go back to your country’; mugshot of potentially mentally disabled suspect (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Start of sports betting in Missouri delayed until later this fall (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Launch of Missouri sports betting delayed until fall after emergency rules were rejected

P-D: Missouri child care chief ousted amid computer woes (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Senate passes sweeping utilities bill

Columbia Missourian: House Budget Committee Chair Rep. Dirk Deaton (R-Seneca) focused on keeping bills on track

P-D: Nine Missouri Republicans declare Bayer legal shield ‘dead on arrival’ in Senate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Monday: Pro-glyphosate mailers vs. GOP senators; effective anti-Bayer messaging; how Bayer will fix its pesticide problem (link opens at 9:30 mark)

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville) on campaigns involving glyphosate (21:45), long-disproven “Monsanto wind-blown pollen” myth from the early 2000s (26:15), confusion over “pesticide” versus “herbicide” (31:00), EPA label and what the bill does and doesn’t do (32:15), why “blanket immunity” criticism is incorrect (33:15), St. Louis City lawmakers’ hypocrisy (34:15), role of trial attorneys (37:45), more

Brad & John Show, Monday: 20-second guide: How to use “pesticide,” “herbicide” and “insecticide” without sounding like an idiot (4:35); reprise on why Bayer will sell off its crop protection assets (link opens at 4:35 mark)

Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers explore psychedelic therapy for veterans suffering from PTSD

Missouri Independent: Jackson, Clay County lawmakers jostling to keep the Royals and Chiefs in Missouri

P-D: Missouri House endorses plan to lift ban on divorces while pregnant (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Lights! Camera! Inaction: Missouri Senate reluctant to add live video feed

Brad & John Show: Why is St. Louis City reducing Hall Street in North City to three lanes? (link opens at 8:50 mark)

KC Star’s Joel Mathis: Sen. Eric Schmitt’s call to disrupt Washington masks a mess of real-world consequences (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D op-ed: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas: St. Louis doesn’t need a state police takeover (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT letter: 2024 Democratic National Convention delegate Sue Gibson suggests Bob Onder wants to poison Missourians with “lead and other damaging neurotoxins”

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