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P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley’s effort to ban members of Congress from trading stocks gets boost in House (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

McClatchy: Trump wanted to end Social Security taxation, but Missouri’s Jason Smith has a different idea (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves seeks help from RFK Jr on cancer cases at KC-area school (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Tesla owner Christian Kirk says Kirkwood police will charge Washington University’s William Howells with harassment after incidents caught on video

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Scott Faughn joined by Rep. Betsy Fogle (D-Springfield) and Missouri Carpenter’s Union’s Mark Dalton

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: The Missouri Times Publisher Scott Faughn on the passing of Kit Bond, plus how Kehoe’s stadium plan got scuttled

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: John’s theory on why Kehoe floated a “last-minute” #moleg stadium funding plan (link opens at 15:20)

St. Louis Public Radio: Republican legislators approve ballot item that would again ban most abortions in Missouri

New York Times: Missouri voters overturned an abortion ban. Lawmakers will ask them to reconsider. (avoid NY Times paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: Abortion will go back on Missouri ballot in Republican effort to reinstate ban (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

P-D: Missouri Senate GOP slams door on Democrats in bid to repeal abortion rights, paid sick leave (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Republicans shut down Senate debate to pass abortion ban, repeal sick leave law

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Senate repeals voter-approved earned sick leave

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Sen. Nick Schroer (R-Defiance) on what to expect in the final days of the Missouri Legislature

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Brad vs. John on Nick Schroer’s residency challenge from 2020 (link opens at 4:55 mark)

JCNT: Workforce development bill sent to Missouri governor’s desk

JCNT: Kehoe hears pitches for Medicaid at adult day center

Missouri Independent: Missouri upgrades system for public benefits program WIC to allow remote benefits loading

Brownfield Ag News: Funding for a new soybean cyst nematode lab included in MO ag budget; comments from Missouri Soybean Association CEO Casey Wasser

Columbia Missourian: Pesticide bills wither again in Missouri legislature

Columbia Missourian: State Democrats use TikTok to reach more Missourians

JCNT: Algoa Correctional Center sued over excessive heat

P-D editorial: Kehoe must not let lawmakers’ bickering scuttle construction projects (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: John C. Danforth: Christopher ‘Kit’ Bond was a public servant who did it well (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: DOGE cuts threaten program that pays America’s ‘atomic warriors’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D op-ed: Build-a-Bear founder Maxine Clark: State lawmakers should not repeal Proposition A sick leave (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D op-ed: The Marshall Project’s Ivy Scott: Missouri prisons get ‘brutally hot.’ In solitary, it’s even worse (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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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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