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P-D’s Joe Holleman: U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin team up to protect workers at failing companies (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Mornings: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on budget reconciliation bill, tariffs, and China (listen via Apple Podcast app here)

P-D: EPA announces 2027 target to start removing West Lake landfill’s radioactive material (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Environmental Protection Agency says it’s speeding up St. Louis radioactive cleanup

St. Louis Public Radio “race, identity & culture” content creator Andrea Henderson: Trump administration revokes visas for over 25 students in the St. Louis area

P-D: Washington University is pausing construction projects as it braces for federal funding cuts (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Trump’s new tariffs are likely to make inflation jump, Fed governor says in St. Louis

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Monday: recap of Post-Dispatch tariff story (13:15); Missouri cannabis transport industry (2:10); Northwest Missouri State University illegal alien/student visa hubbub (9:45) (link opens at 2:10 mark)

P-D: St. Louis sues Missouri to block takeover of city police (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis sues to block portions of state takeover of city police department

St. Louis Public Radio: Legislature passes bill limiting court involvement with ballot language

Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers approve bill targeting pending abortion lawsuit

Columbia Missourian: Legislature gives attorney general more power to challenge abortion rights

Brad & John Show, Monday: Brad vs. John on pro-life legislation: Brad summarizes GOP Rep. Renee Reuter comments on Amendment 3 fix (5:10); “slippery slope” about giving voters a second chance on controversial topics (8:10); Washington Missourian 2024 summary of Ben Brown vs. Mary Elizabeth Coleman initiative petition dust-up (9:15) (link opens at 5:10 mark)

P-D: With deadlines approaching, Missouri’s new paid sick leave law in limbo (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: House sends presidential primary bill to Senate

Columbia Missourian: Senate committee hears new ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’

KC Star: Chiefs or Royals in Clay County? Missouri Senate OKs new plan to lure teams

P-D: Missouri lawmakers take aim at Bradford pears and other invasive plant species (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Cannabis funds transferred to veterans, public defenders programs

Missouri Independent: Missouri cannabis regulators revoke 25 microbusiness licenses

Missourinet: Gov. Kehoe nominates 4 new members to Missouri Board of Education

Columbia Missourian: Bill advances that would end MU’s exclusive authority on doctoral degrees

KBIA, via St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri colleges prepare for looming “enrollment cliff”

JCNT: Veteran memorial founder among seniors honored at Capitol

Missourinet: Feds choose Missouri to explore and expand nuclear energy; insights from Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Kurt Schaefer

JCNT: Gas rate hearings set for next week

P-D editorial: Lawmakers should hear from public as they scheme to roll back abortion rights (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times op-ed: Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council’s Kevin McLaughlin: Tax fraud and wage theft: A growing epidemic in Missouri construction

KC Star op-ed: University City city councilman John Samuel Tieman: One-size-fits-all Missouri construction law puts all the control in Jefferson City (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

St. Louis Public Radio op-ed: A letter from STLPR’s new interim GM Jess Luther about CEO Tina Pamintuan leaving for Seattle

Combest, The Missouri Times, 2023: “In 2021, (St. Louis Public Radio) gave the general manager job to an Asian female from a San Francisco radio station (naturally.) In 2022, the station awarded the “St. Louis on the Air” host slot to another Asian female and this year handed the news director slot to a black female. The latter quit in July 2023 after five months on the job.”

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