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This Week in Missouri Politics column by Scott Faughn: Kit Bond was the best of us

Rosenbaum: Former Gov. and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, giant of the Missouri Republican Party, dies at 86

Missouri Independent’s Rudi Keller: Kit Bond, former Missouri governor, U.S. Senator, dead at 86

P-D: Christopher ‘Kit’ Bond, former Missouri governor and senator, dies at 86 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D photo gallery: Missouri Senator Christopher ‘Kit’ Bond through the years (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Mid-Missouri legislators remember Bond fondly

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins on death of Kit Bond

P-D: Democrats still ‘have not come to grips’ with Trump reelection, Missouri’s Eric Schmitt says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Brownfield Ag News: Thanks to Jason Smith, Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” includes 45Z extension

Columbia Missourian: Proposed federal budget slashes funding for MU student support services and research programs

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)

The Missouri Times: Missouri House Hour by Hour Tuesday, May 13

The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate Hour by Hour Tuesday, May 13

P-D: Missouri Democrats punish colleague for siding with GOP on school choice (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

The Missouri Times Whispering Gallery, Tuesday morning: 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)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: High spots from Jake Kroesen’s Whispering Gallery story on Marlene Terry, Kimberly-Ann Collins and Raychel Proudie vs. Ashley Aune – including Proudie allegedly shoving Aune (link opens at 9:40 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Scott Faughn with Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) and lobbyist Erin Schrimpf: Hough on House members’ Facebook posts (1:00), House Bill 19 projects (3:40), House members not challenging their leadership (4:35), Faughn on Patterson and members of his caucus (5:55), Hough on specific HB 19 projects cut (7:00), Kehoe’s Royals/Chiefs plan (10:05), much more

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Lincoln Hough has had enough (link opens at 10:00 mark)

JCNT: State general revenue rises in April

JCNT: Missouri House, Senate tension may doom bills, local reps say

JCNT: Without state funds, Cole County may look to scale back new juvenile center

AP: Missouri House backs new stadium incentives to try to keep the Chiefs and Royals

Missouri Independent: Governor’s plan for Chiefs, Royals stadium funding derailed in the Missouri Senate

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: The real reason Kehoe floated a last-minute #moleg stadium funding plan – and it’s not what you think (link opens at 15:20)

Columbia Missourian: Food Bank hopes Kehoe’s tour inspires empathy for food insecure Missourians

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Rep. Alex Riley (R-Springfield) on state budget bills

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on state budget issues

P-D: Missouri’s public schools soon to be cellphone-free (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Bill banning cellphone use in schools heads to governor

Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers pass ban on cell phones in public school classrooms

Brownfield Ag News: Cotton hauling legislation from Sen. Barry [sic] Bean (R-Holcomb) passes Missouri Legislature (UPDATE: Fixed, with acknowledgment by Brownfield’s Carah Hart)

Missouri Independent: Missouri unveils plan to transform program for students with disabilities

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Supreme Court weighs who can tax recreational marijuana

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court hears two-year lawsuit over marijuana sales tax

Columbia Missourian: Kehoe attends groundbreaking for Schneider Electric’s $73.6 million expansion

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Dem Rep. Steve Butz’s “slide show” urban shenanigans story and colloquial definition of “finna” (link opens at 1:05 mark)

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