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KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: New York Times politics reporter Robert Draper on “the sometimes perplexing policy positions of Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley”

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

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Fox 4 (Kansas Ctiy): Josh Hawley calls on Labor Department to investigate Tyson Foods after allegations it employs child workers

Missourinet: Missouri’s Ed Martin still has a place in Trump Administration after U.S. Attorney nomination pulled

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Friday: Ed Martin could help pardon J6 panty raid* participants (*copyright TonysKansasCity.com) (link opens at 9:55 mark)

Brad & John Show: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder attends a fundraiser for Bill Eigel’s opponent Jason Law (via The Missouri Times’ Whispering Gallery’s Jake Kroesen); Brad asks if Bob Onder will move into 3rd Congressional District (link opens at 5:30 mark)

Brad & John Show, Friday: Brad vs. John on Ben Baker’s USDA job and necessity into virtue (link opens at 15:25 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics: House Majority Floor Leader Rep. Alex Riley (R-Springfield) joins Scott Faughn to discuss budget hightlights; panel of Reps. Ken Jamison (D-Gladstone), Stephanie Hein (D-Springfield), Chad Perkins (R-Bowling Green) and Willard Haley (R-Eldon) on House vs. Senate budget and foundation formula (15:45), Proposition A (24:10), who won the week: Chad Perkins’ interns Kyle Tapley and Braden Havlik, public education, Missouri veterans and Rep. Chris Brown, Gary Wheeler (26:50)

Missourinet: Here’s what survived the Legislature’s $52 billion budget proposal

P-D: Repeal of abortion rights, sick leave in limbo as Missouri lawmakers enter final week (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Abortion ban, repeal of paid sick leave top agenda for Missouri legislature’s final week

St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg: 4 GOP priorities to watch for in Missouri’s final week of the legislature: “overturning Missouri’s new abortion rights,” “rolling back voter-approved sick leave,” “Medicaid reimbursement,” “transgender health restrictions” against “gender-affirming care”

Combest, The Missouri Times, August 2023: Reject the opposition’s approved buzzwords: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMP Daily: The Missouri Times Editor Jake Kroesen is joined by University of Central Missouri President Roger Best and UCM Executive Director for Governmental Relations David Pearce

Brad & John Show, Monday: Missouri DOGE action/inaction (6:05 mark); end-of-session final week preview (9:10); Scott Fitzpatrick’s audit of Francis Howell district and Francis Howell North’s foul odor controversy (1:45) (link opens at 1:45 mark)

JCNT: More than a dozen Cole County projects included in state’s five-year transportation improvement plan

Brad & John Show, Monday: Rep. Ben Keathley (R-Chesterfield) scores big win over MoDOT re: “bumpouts”

Missouri Independent: Uneven legal representation for Missouri parents leaves kids languishing in foster care

Brad & John Show, Friday: Remember “black Girl Magic?” Looking at the Ls taken by magicians Kim Gardner, Cori Bush and Tishaura Jones (link opens at 3:30 mark)

P-D editorial: The Missouri GOP spent this session hurting working people (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

NY Times op-ed: Sen. Josh Hawley: Don’t cut Medicaid

KC Star op-ed: “Underserved communities” 501(c)3 group leader Lisa Mennet: Missouri families rely on Medicaid. Defend it – now (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Boomers join Gen Z to rally against Trump at urban rally; “Seniors for Democracy” boasts sixty (60) oldsters on an e-mail chain (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Bridgette Dunlap: Push for Missouri abortion ban isn’t about protecting women. It’s about punishing them

SNL op-ed: Thomas Witty: Scott Fitzpatrick is wrong – ‘school choice’ is no cure-all for public education. It’s a killer.

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