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97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: “A big beautiful summer”: Sen. Eric Schmitt on Trump’s budget and much more

KRCG: Sens. Hawley, Schmitt on Congress facing critical decisions on Trump’s agendas

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Hawley on Senate budget’s “goodies” and Green New Deal items; speculating on Hawley 2028 presidential campaign rollout (link opens at 13:50 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on “squishy leadership,” Senate parliamentarian issue and status of “Big Beautiful Bill”

P-D: Federal attempt to close St. Louis Job Corps sparks fear (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

JCNT: Local housing grant program gets cut in proposed federal budget

Fox Business: ‘Scandal bigger than Watergate’: Schmitt on Biden autopen

KY3: Hawley uses Missouri’s voter-approved minimum wage as blueprint for federal legislation

Southeast Missourian: OSHA investigating after Guatemalan worker gets stuck in oven at Gilster-Mary Lee plant in Perryville, dies; Nicolas Lopez Gomez was working under the alias of Edward Avila; police “uncertain of Gomez’s legal status” (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Supreme Court decision paves way for age checks on adult-themed sites in Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Business Alert, via Columbia Missourian: Sports stadiums’ economic impact shaped by shifting trends in financing, development

Branson Tri-Lakes News: Stadium bill could end up freezing increased property taxes in Taney and Stone counties; comments from Sen. Brad Hudson (R-Cape Fair), Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) (avoid Branson Tri-Lakes News paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Numerous voter-approved bonds in jeopardy for violating Missouri public notice law

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Recap of Jamie Corley on #TWMPDaily explaining pharmacy benefit managers and the “Guess the Price” traveling game (link opens at 3:00 mark)

KSMU (Springfield): Area leaders urge the governor to sign legislation funding the MO Community Child Care Exchange

KCUR: Missouri Attorney General sues Jackson County over youth gun control law

Washington Missourian: Franklin County seeks MoDOT funding for I-44 improvements

Iowa Capital Dispatch, via Missouri Independent: Owner of St. Louis Post-Dispatch agrees to $9.5M payout, faces 3 new class-action claims

P-D editorial: Bailey’s social media rule violates the 1st Amendment. Also, it’s not his job. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Ignite Medical Resorts Chairman Barry Carr: Josh Hawley has been doing what’s right – standing up for Missouri’s seniors on Medicaid (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KBIA (Columbia): “Alphabet Soup” LGBTQIA series, produced by Bailey Stover and Health & Wealth Desk’s Rebecca Smith: Julie Rosenfeld describes herself as a “Jewish lesbian violinist baker”

Brad & John Show, 3/5/25: taxpayers funding progressive content through University of Missouri-sponsored “Health & Wealth Desk” (0:50), Brad titillated by Missouri Foundation for Health promotional décolletage (10:00)

KBIA (Columbia): “Alphabet Soup” LGBTQIA series, produced by Bailey Stover and Health & Wealth Desk’s Rebecca Smith: Area lesbians celebrating raising five “fur babies”

April: KBIA (Columbia): “Alphabet Soup” LGBTQIA series, produced by Health & Wealth Desk’s Rebecca Smith: Area lesbian laments lack of queer bars in mid-Missouri, tells tale of straight man supposedly hitting on her then choking her in public, is “thinking about starting like a sapphic pickleball group”

Brad & John Show, 3/5/25: taxpayers funding progressive content through University of Missouri-sponsored “Health & Wealth Desk” (0:50), Brad titillated by Missouri Foundation for Health promotional décolletage (10:00)

SNL letter: Springfield septuagenarian expresses anger at staffers for Josh Hawley, Eric Schmitt and Eric Burlison over unanswered e-mails and phone calls

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