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Fox News: Harvard and Columbia are the ‘wokest of the woke,’ says Sen. Eric Schmitt

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Friday: High spots from Schmitt’s Fox News interview (link opens at 14:20 mark)

P-D: International students in Missouri sue Trump administration over revoked status (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Mainstream media playbook update: Missouri State University foreigner caterwauling (link opens at 8:10 mark)

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Pork Association Executive Director Scott Hays cautiously optimistic as tariff talks continue

St. Louis Public Radio: National Planned Parenthood president attends Clayton fundraiser, says Missouri provided abortion rights spark

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Jake Kroesen talks with Sen. Karla May (D-St. Louis City) on Cara Spencer vs. Tishaura Jones outcome, Kehoe’s plans for St. Louis City, Prop A sick leave legislation, more

Brad & John Show, Friday: The best actionable lesson of the legislative session, via Karla May on #TWMPDaily (link opens at 11:15 mark)

P-D: Missouri Democrats again stall GOP bid to repeal new sick leave, minimum wage rules (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Missouri governor, Senate lawmakers signal support for a ‘healthier’ SNAP program (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times: Missouri Electric Cooperatives holds annual fish fry

Missouri Independent: Kehoe drops education board pick after criticism from senator, right-wing groups

P-D: Missouri House votes to protect foster children’s benefits, end child marriage (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Child protection bill nearing finish line

KC Star: Child welfare in Missouri has new focus: Safety, not just family preservation (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

JCNT: Qualifying age for ABLE accounts to increase

JCNT: Buy Missouri Day brings businesses to statehouse

JCNT: State awards $2.9M for business support services

St. Louis Public Radio: Federal judge issues scathing order to attorneys in St. Louis police control lawsuit

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Highlights of Cara Spencer vs. Megan Green battle over police control lawsuit (link opens at 1:05 mark)

P-D: Wentzville approves Ameren’s plans for 66-acre training complex (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of Ameren, Missouri American Water, and Spire rate hikes (link opens at 15:50 mark)

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas on AG Andrew Bailey’s Sunshine Law lawsuit

Kansas City Beacon: American Lung Association claims air quality worsened in Missouri from 2021 to 2023

JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation says chronic wasting disease (CWD) continues to spread; Mid-Missouri counties report new cases

Brad & John Show, Thursday: New details on the St. Louis County “food desert”/”urban farming” boondoggle as insiders walk away from big bucks (link opens at 2:55 mark)

P-D editorial: SLU steps up against Trump’s attacks on academia. WashU should, too. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: This Trump policy will increase Missouri’s abortion rate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Kansas City Beacon’s Mary Sanchez: International students in Missouri sue Trump administration over revoked status

NPR Midwest Newsroom’s Kavahn Mansouri, via St. Louis Public Radio: A mother and son fled Colombia for a better life. He died in St. Louis on ICE’s watch

KC Star op-ed: Tristan Satterlee: Mike Kehoe’s reforms for Missouri schools are politics, not sound policy

Missouri Independent op-ed: Better Cities Project co-founder/Show-Me Institute senior fellow Patrick Tuohey: Kansas City must be clear-eyed about spending taxpayer money to build stadiums for billionaires

ProPublica’s Jeremy Kohler, via st. Louis Public Radio: The untold story of how Missourian Ed Martin ghostwrote online attacks against a Metro East judge; cameos by Jo Mannies, the Matt Blunt administration, the St. Louis City election board, others

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