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Sunday, June 8, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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P-D: Immigrant arrests rise in St. Louis. ‘Definitely an uptick’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Missouri Hospital Association advocacy group warns against Medicaid cuts

P-D: FEMA disaster center for March 14-15 storms to open in Gray Summit (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: St. Louis to open tornado relief center as federal aid drags (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star: KC Pride parade attendees gather in the rain; Blaine Folsom, aide to Rep. LaKeySha Bosley (D-St. Louis City), urges LGBTQIA*+ advocates to “blast” state lawmakers with phone calls; photos of drag queens with smeared makeup, heavily-tattooed lesbians, morbidly obese black man with nipple rings, other appetizing images (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KCUR: Missouri is a step closer to funding Chiefs and Royals stadiums – what happens next? Thoughts from Dem Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern and Rep. Ashley Aune, Mayor Quinton Lucas (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

JCNT: Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City) recognized for keeping Cole County off tax cap

P-D: NAACP decries Ferguson decision to defund federal consent decree (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

USA Today, via SNL: USPS says Missouri ranks #9 among states for most dog attacks on mail carriers

P-D op-ed: St. Louis Integrated Health Network CEO Andwele Jolly: Josh Hawley is standing up to Medicaid cuts (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

SNL op-ed: Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield CEO Brandy Harris: Loss of House Bill 19 funding was a missed opportunity for Missouri

KC Star op-ed: Missouri State Archives volunteer Dan Kelly: Children at play in Jeff City: Secretary of state and legislature upend 22 lives; political feud leads to firings in Missouri State Archives (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

SNL op-ed: Loring Bullard: Lack of local control prevents limits on Missouri CAFOs

SNL op-ed: Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Rhodes Russell: Man’s best friend in a court near you

KC Star op-ed: Mizzou assistant professor of sociology/”The Gayborhood” author Christopher Conner: MU working with UMKC and Michigan State University on queer resilience project (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

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