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Thursday, May 22, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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St. Louis Public Radio: FEMA begins St. Louis survey as residents reel from tornado: ‘Everything’s been ripped away’; Kehoe to ask for major disaster declaring following survey

KRCG (Jefferson City): Senators Hawley, Schmitt demand federal aid after deadly storms

Fox 2 St. Louis: Hawley, Schmitt urge Trump to approve emergency declaration after St. Louis tornado

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Annie Frey Show: U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell on storm damage and recovery

Fox Business: Sen. Eric Schmitt ‘confident’ Trump’s deportation efforts will continue amid legal challenges

Fox News: Florida Sen. Moody rolls out measure to expedite removal of criminal illegal immigrants

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Recap of Dems’ complaints about Billy Long and alleged campaign debt payoff (link opens at 16:05 mark)

Missouri Independent: Wesley Bell, Emanuel Cleaver decry proposed Medicaid cuts

Columbia Missourian: Boone County Democrats stage cardboard cutout stunt, pretend to talk to Hawley, Schmitt, Mark Alford and Bob Onder

Columbia Daily Tribune: Missouri’s congressional delegation lampooned at ’empty chair’ town hall in Columbia

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Highlights of Dems’ cardboard cutout gimmick, plus a Josh Hawley fashion update (link opens at 10:40 mark)

Missouri Business Alert, via Columbia Missourian: Planned changes to federal consumer protections highlight lack of state guardrails

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville) on Royals and Chiefs (4:00), putting DED Director Michelle Hataway in her place (6:00), “50-50 chance” Royals move to Nashville (7:15), “so sick” of the World Cup and never wanting to hear about it again (10:00), HJR 73 and (12:30), Proposition A sick leave (20:50), crime bill (22:20), judicial non-deference (23:20), “mazel tov” to the gold and silver bill (23:50), landlord bill (24:15), freedom of speech on college campuses (24:45), “Clear [sic] Creek” nuclear radiation bill (26:30), education savings accounts and (27:00), Maggie Nurrenbern thinking “she can do no wrong” and Chappell telling her what’s what (27:40), total number of conservatives “maybe 30, on a really good day” (29:15), Senate “stuck an extra $100 million on House Bill 19” (32:00), more (listen to Apple Podcasts version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Highlights of Darin Chappell interview vs. everybody: Royals suck, Missouri DED sucks, World Cup sucks, Maggie Nurrenbern had to be “calmed down,” Missouri Senate sucks, more (link opens at 4:45 mark)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Highlights of Holly Jones comments re: “only 10” conservatives in Missouri House and “maybe 3 or 4, maybe 5” in Missouri Senate, her opposition to Royals-Chiefs special session bill, more (link opens at 9:25 mark)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Recap of Doug Beck on #TWMPDaily and why last week’s PQs are such a big deal (link opens at 1:55 mark)

KC Star: Why Kansas-Missouri economic ‘border war’ truce could collapse by August (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

JCNT: Hot weather law for utility customers takes effect next month in Missouri

Southeast Missourian: Two MoDOT workers electrocuted while working in Jackson (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: Hawley and RFK are weaponizing junk science to undermine abortion rights (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Nisaa Aleem, “pursuing a medical degree with a distinction in Urban Health”: Missouri’s health care crisis means Medicaid matters more than ever

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