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P-D’s Joe Holleman: Eric Schmitt joins other US senators on bill to assist pregnant women (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on defunding Planned Parenthood, and Republicans from purple districts “holding up” House leadership (listen on Apple Podcasts)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Riley Gaines coming to Missouri next week: Details on Vitae Foundation’s event (link opens at 18:30 mark)

Kansas Reflector, via Missouri Independent: Hero profile: Kansas City immigration lawyer fighting against Trump blocking immigrants from access to college

The Missouri Times: Missouri House Hour by Hour Monday, May 12

The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate Hour by Hour Monday, May 12

The Missouri Times Whispering Gallery: After dispute over Rep. Marlene Terry (D-St. Louis County) being stripped of committee assignments, Rep. Raychel Proudie (D-Ferguson) allegedly shoves House Superminority Leader Ashley Aune (signup link)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: High spots from Whispering Gallery story on Marlene Terry, Kimberly-Ann Collins and Raychel Proudie vs. Ashley Aune story (link opens at 9:40 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Rep. Jeff Myers (R-Warrenton) on running for Majority Floor Leader (0:45), what happened with House Bill 19 (18:15), giving Rep. Dirk Deaton “a lot of latitude” (24:30), Myers on “some bruises on some people’s egos” and Faughn pushback (25:20), more

Missouri Independent: Failure of Missouri construction budget bill shocks communities, enrages state Senate

Columbia Missourian: Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) vents over House killing construction bill

P-D: Missouri governor reviewing decision that gutted the state’s future construction budget (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: House gives final OK on a wide range of education initiatives

St. Louis Public Radio intern Evy Lewis, funded by progressive “River City Journalism Fund”: Legislature passes wide ranging education bill with some Democrats objecting

JCNT: Missouri school funding task force now fully assembled

P-D: Missouri Senate GOP opens debate on abortion-rights repeal. Democrats block it for now. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Republicans launch another effort on abortion restrictions

Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate briefly debates abortion ban as time runs short on legislative session

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties): 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)

Columbia Missourian: Legislature designates holidays and highways

P-D: Missouri House sends governor radioactive waste testing plan (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio intern Evy Lewis, funded by “River City Journalism Fund”: Bill to expand radioactive waste investigations in St. Louis goes to governor’s desk

Missouri Independent: Bill expanding radioactive waste investigations unanimously sent to Missouri governor

Missourinet: Missouri House could soon debate pitch to keep Royals

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Rep. Steve Butz (D-St. Louis City) on urban “slide show” participants invading his south St. Louis neighborhood Sunday night

Rep. Steve Butz video: South City resident walks through morass of “slide show” gathering; female urban scholars proclaim, “Ya’ll look – the white man callin’ the police ya’ll”, “Ya’ll act like ya’ll finna (unintelligible) … ya’ll ain’t finna make me (unintelligible) … ya’ll are OUTNUMBERED!”

P-D: Illegal stunt driving pops up Sunday night in St. Louis. Cops spike at least 40 cars; comments from Rep. Steve Butz (D-St. Louis City) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Steve Butz “slide show” story and colloquial definition of “finna” (link opens at 1:05 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri sued over excessive heat at prison in Jefferson City

P-D: Lawsuit seeks payback from former St. Louis Public Schools leaders (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Tishaura Jones says her defeat should prompt a ‘reckoning’ on leadership by black women; Jones, Cori Bush and Kim Gardner were stars of mainstream media’s “Black Girl Magic” narrative in 2020

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Highlights and lowlights of Tishaura Jones’ anger-phase exit interview (link opens at 11:45 mark)

Brad & John show, Thursday: Brad vs. John on Tishaura’s right to walk away and stop answering questions (link opens at 12:55)

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)

Washington Examiner op-ed: Sen. Eric Schmitt and Sen. Jim Banks: Let’s bring universal school choice to the finish line

Missouri Independent op-ed: “Peace Economy Project” Executive Director Katerina Canyon: Why cutting public broadcasting huts Missouri communities

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Amazon.com: Creepers and Copers: Ranking Your Male Admirers for Safety, Fun and (Maybe) Friendship by John Combest (paperback)

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