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Obituary: Steve Hilton, longtime spokesman and confidant to Missouri’s top Republicans

Fox News’s The Ingraham Angle: Schmitt: The Biden admin flooded the country with mass migration

Fox News’ Fox & Friends: Missouri’s Austin Petersen on Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort alongside DOGE to slash wasteful spending at the Defense Department and RFK Jr.’s commitment to reduce chronic disease

Missourinet: Congressional delegation splits along party lines on Trump’s ‘big, beautiful budget bill’

The Missouri Times: Ford’s New F-150 leaves Missouri corn farmers in the dust

Brownfield Ag News: Corn growers seek long-term E15 certainty; EPA issued waiver permitting the sale of E15 in Missouri starting April 28

Columbia Missourian: Missouri Jobs With Justice rally for Prop A turns out 15 in Columbia

TonysKansasCity.com: Report: Missouri Democratic staffer threatens immigrant biz

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Thursday: Missouri Capitol staffer’s felony charge and the actionable lesson for young men (link opens at 9:30 mark)

Missouri Independent: House committee approves $4 billion for state construction projects

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of Kehoe utility bill signing (2:00); friendly advice for protesters (8:30) (link opens at 2:00 mark)

Missouri Indepedent: Missouri bill would require senior-care referral companies to disclose financial ties

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House passes bill to define and prohibit antisemitism on campus

St. Louis Public Radio: Politically Speaking, sponsored by Empower Missouri: State Rep. Betsy Fogle (D-Springfield) criticizes Republicans on tax cuts, scholarships, federal funds, more

St. Louis Public Radio’s Empower Missouri sponsorship promo: “Support comes from Empower Missouri, working to fight poverty and secure basic human needs and equal justice through coalition building and advocacy” (0:00 – 0:14)

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Rep. Darin Chappell on being a bird photography expert (23:15), bill to lower concealed carry age (28:50; Dem freshman “not stupid … he’s a smart kid” (30:25); “Front Porch Caucus … we beat it out together” (33:30) (open via Apple Podcasts here)

P-D: Missouri House OKs bill to let concealed carry permit holders bring guns on public transit (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House approves allowing guns on public transit

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Rep. David Casteel (R-High Ridge) bill to create a safe, civilized sports and entertainment district in St. Louis City (link opens at 14:40 mark)

P-D: Lawmakers may offer help to two Missouri cities looking to grow (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: House bill highlights concerns about state’s “child care crisis”

P-D: Missouri lawmakers push for boost to radioactive waste fund (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Bill expands who can ask for a radioactive waste investigation in Missouri

P-D: State awards $50M for new regional law enforcement training center (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Department of Public Safety awards $50 million to build police training academy

KC Star: UMKC scrubs race out of ‘Men of Color’ program amid Trump’s dismantling of DEI

Missourinet: FBI warns of ‘764’ online group strategically targeting young and vulnerable people, including in Missouri

Southeast Missourian op-ed: State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick: Prioritize education by expanding school choice (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D op-ed: St. Louis Jewish Voice for Peace’s Michael Berg: Missouri House Bill 937 shield Israel from criticism (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless and intern Cayli Yanagida: “Reality Check” advocacy series: Missouri Republicans plan to overturn abortion rights vote; “the effort marks a continuation of Republican attempts to curtail direct democracy”

Instagram reel: Quilting the KC Star

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