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P-D’s Joe Holleman: Missouri’s Josh Hawley joins Democratic colleague to push for easier, cheaper auto repairs (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on Trump’s budget reconciliation bill and Senate counteroffer, tariffs, and the passing of Onder’s mother

P-D’s Joe Holleman: US Rep. Ann Wagner being targeted by national Democrats – again; “theatrics aside, marking Wagner as vulnerable could be construed as wishful thinking” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Downtown Kansas City South Loop tribute to Roy Blunt: Satire?!?

P-D: Missouri education officials seek to recover $32.8 million in canceled federal funds (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brownfield Ag News: Kehoe among four Midwest governors asking EPA to increase biofuel blends

Southeast Missourian: In Jackson speech, State Treasurer Vivek Malek encourages divestment from China, praises GOP Rep. Barry Hovis’ bill (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Creve Coeur firm to lay off over 200 nurses after losing federal contract to other vendors (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: Scott Faughn on the week in #moleg, video lottery machines (1:20), Kehoe’s agenda (2:25), what to expect from St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer (4:30), Chiefs and Royals stadium updates (6:20), more

USA Today, via SNL: Weekly Missouri unemployment claims data

P-D: Missouri GOP dangling free college tuition for cops to boost recruiting (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Joseph News-Press: Missouri pushes for income tax cuts, setting path to eliminate them

KC Star: Kansas man falsely connected to Chiefs parade shooting has died; attorneys for Denton Loudermill say they’ll continue lawsuits on behalf of estate (avoid KC Star paywall by reading Combest-archived syndicated version)

Instagram reel: Quilting the Kansas City Star

TonysKansasCity.com: Recap of Kansas City PBS pro-tax Week In Review; “informative but not very much fun, very vanilla and more than a bit bland” panel of liberals Savannah Hawley-Bates, Dave Helling, Jonathan Shorman and Brian Ellison on Missouri abortion legislation (16:15), more

KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates bio: “Proudly not related to Josh Hawley”

P-D: Health officials prepare as measles cases creep closer to Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Company hires retired cops to transport weed and cash around Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

CDT: Kehoe, DED’s Michelle Hataway attend ribbon-cutting for EquipmentShare’s Technology Development Center in Columbia

Columbia Missourian: Columbia may chip in for Interstate 70 improvements

Columbia Missourian: MoDOT gives update on U.S. 63 Conley Road underpass construction

Missouri Independent: A Missouri inmate had his death sentence reversed. But it left him stuck in legal limbo

Missouri Independent op-ed: David Sater: Congress should allow Medicare to offer coverage for anti-obesity medications; one-third of Missouri’s senior citizens are obese

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