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Thursday, March 27, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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Fox New: Sen. Eric Schmitt: Dems are trying to ‘overblow’ Signal leak ‘mistake’, creating a ‘faux controversy’

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Thursday: Recap of Schmitt’s Fox News interview (link opens at 12:15 mark)

Newsmax: Sen. Eric Schmitt denounces Biden’s ‘vast censorship enterprise’

St. Louis Public Radio: Some queer bars boycott Anheuser-Busch after it cuts PrideFest sponsorship

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of gay hissyfit story; national vs. regional marketing decisions (link opens at 1:30 mark)

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Recap of Anheuser-Busch pulling out of PrideFest (link opens at 9:00 mark)

Brad & John Show, last month: Denny Hoskins to keynote Franklin County GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner March 27; event emceed by Real Talk 93.3’s Drew Shelton, with guest speaker 93.3’s Ryan Hite; more details at fcrcc.org (link opens at 8:30 mark)

The Missouri Times: St. Louis Police Department transitions back to state oversight

P-D: Kehoe signs state takeover of St. Louis police, will visit city today (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri governor signs bill placing St. Louis police under state control

Missouri Independent: Gov. Mike Kehoe signs bill to put St. Louis police under state control

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Senate committee advances a bill to undo paid sick leave

Missouri Independent: Bill to overturn voter-approved paid sick leave clears Senate committee

KZRG (Joplin): State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on Joplin (1:05) and Carterville city audits (3:55), and Missouri’s marijuana tax (7:30)

Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on X: “Listen to the only audit podcast in the world officially endorsed by State Senator Travis Fitzwater!”

KZRG (Joplin): Sen. Jill Carter (R-Granby) on Proposition A tweaks, cells phones in public schools, and Bayer’s glyphosate legislation

JCNT: House, Senate versions of school cell phone bans not aligned

JCNT: Hundreds of 4-H members visit Capitol

Missouri Independent: Sen. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia) says a ‘sexual predator’ works in the Capitol Building

KC Star: IHOPKC survivors enter political arena, push for Missouri lawmakers to make this change

P-D: SLU postpones formal apology for role in slavery after descendants group declines to participate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: St. Louis Post-Dispatch parent extends ‘poison pill’ following Hoffmann purchase bid (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: St. Louis NPR provides essential services to our region (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: The wrong direction on Missouri schools (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Community Access National Network State 340B Policy Director Kalvin Pugh: Missouri lawmakers should fix 340B bill

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