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Friday, March 7, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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SNL: Colleges, districts react to reports Trump will nix education department

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: American Federation for Children Missouri State Lead Jean Evans on Trump’s proposal to eliminate federal Department of Education

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Friday: Quick recap of Jean Evans on 97.1 FM (link opens at 13:50 mark)

KC Star’s Jonathan Shorman: New anti-DOGE advocacy series: Social Security workers in KC fear looming Trump job cuts: Anxiety is ‘off the charts’ (avoid KC Star paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: KC Star launches new anti-DOGE victimhood series, highlights BBW complaining about Elon Musk (link opens at 13:35 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: AG Andrew Bailey on asking Department of Justice to probe whether White House staff exploited Biden’s cognitive decline

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily with Jake Kroesen and Kelton Turner: New studio (1:30), recap of Scott Cupps’ Bishop Davidson bills (2:30), Cara Spencer’s victory (6:00), legislative action for the week (7:15), and who had the best one-liners on this Sunday’s show (15:30)

Nextstar (Fox 2, Fox 4 KC) reporter Mark Zinn: Kehoe talks police, Chiefs and Royals in exclusive interview

P-D: Sen. Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis City) blasts St. Louis mayor after state takeover of police advances (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday: Steve Roberts’ masterful playing of St. Louis police issue (8:35), Mayor Tishaura Jones’ office response to Roberts (12:50) (link opens at 8:35 mark)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of Post-Dispatch piece and key nuggets re: Sens. Steve Roberts and Angela Mosley (link opens at 1:40 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: State control of St. Louis police takes another step forward

Columbia Missourian: MoDOT’s oversight commission on thin ice with legislators

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Highlights from Rep. Louis Riggs’ appearance on the Elijah Haahr Show (link opens at 12:00 mark)

P-D: Missouri Senate votes to end child marriage. It’s now up to the Missouri House. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Senate approves child marriage ban, raising minimum age to 18

Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate once again overwhelmingly approves child marriage ban

Columbia Missourian: As MU vote approaches, sports betting’s repercussions loom large

JCNT: Students explore robots, headsets, engineering at Capitol STEM Day

SNL: Drivers can expect delays, lane closures when MoDOT’s I-44 widening project begins next week

P-D: 2 St. Louis Public Schools employees awarded $90,000 each in lawsuit over vaccine mandate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday: Recap of vaccine mandate story, plus the worst part of vaccine virtue signaling (link opens at 2:15 mark)

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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