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Friday, June 27, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley on Iran vs. Iraq, Europeans skimping on defense spending, the Trump budget and Medicaid, and his distaste for Green New Deal “goodies”

St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Senate parliamentarian deals blow to proposal that alarmed Missouri health care experts

Fox Business: Schmitt slams ex-Biden aide for dodging testimony, warns of ‘big consequences’

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison says “a small team” was likely running the country during Biden’s dementia years

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on fate of Trump’s budget

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver says Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ plays ‘deadly game’ with people’s health

AP, via P-D: Supreme Court lets states defund Planned Parenthood. The case has Missouri implications.

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMP Daily (Thursday): Scott Faughn talks with Jamie Corley about pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), advantages of and misconceptions about PBMs, plus a PBM “Guess the Price” traveling game

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMP Daily (Wednesday): Scott Faughn talks with David Barklage and lobbyist Erin Schrimpf

KC Star: Chiefs’ request to Kansas shocks Missouri lawmakers: ‘A shot in the gut’ (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas on the latest with Royals and Chiefs

Kansas Reflector, via Missouri Independent: Chiefs ask for extension of Kansas stadium offer, raising possibility of leaving Missouri

JCNT: Public safety mental health a priority for state, local agencies

JCNT: State task force told housing is foundational issue in substance abuse recovery

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of – and the best line from – Jake Kroesen’s column on Kehoe’s police board pics (link opens at 17:20 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Attorney General Bailey takes a major role in representing the St. Louis Police Department

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: AG Andrew Bailey says he’ll remove sheriff if sheriff won’t resign

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis mayor slams sheriff — but says removal shouldn’t be political

P-D: Rising Ameren bills and more shutoffs could be dangerous in the heat, advocates say (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Ameren can’t win; why blame a utility for a sick woman’s death? (link opens at 4:05 mark)

JCNT: MoDOT moving forward with U.S. 54 widening project

NPR, via KCUR: Missouri’s extreme heat caused a road to buckle — and sent a car flying. How?

JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation to open applications for managed hunts

KCUR: LGBTQ+ couples in Kansas City share their love stories, 10 years after winning marriage equality

P-D op-ed: Brandi Lane: Regulate kratom now so Missourians don’t lose access later (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

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