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Missourinet: Missouri Restaurant Association appreciative of no-tax-on-tips law, hope it goes further in the future; comments from Missouri Restaurant Association CEO Buddy Lahl

P-D: Centene faces dimmer future amid federal cuts to Medicaid, Obamacare (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Highlights of Hawley and Elijah Haahr comments re: Grain Belt Express (link opens at 2:40 mark)

This Week in Missouri Politics: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins talks with Scott Faughn about trip to D.C. and national election security conversations (0:15), paper ballots and hand-counting (2:55), noncitizens voting and Jackson County case (4:15), election machines compliance (5:55), hand counting (6:55), building a team in the SOS office (9:45), wife Michelle and tandem athletic activities (10:45), Axle the Dog (11:25); panel of Ellinger Bell’s Marc Ellinger and Stephanie Bell, Missouri Democratic Party Communications Director Chelsea Rodriguez and Dem consultant Jack Cardetti talk with Missouri Times Editor Jake Kroesen on Kehoe budget vetoes and priorities (16:00), federal funds to Missouri and “One Big Beautiful Bill,” (19:30), Chelsea Rodriguez on Betsy Fogle and Keri Ingle (25:30), who won the week: Missouri House Democrats, pro-choice activists, Missouri State Highway Patrol and VLT crackdown, Chiefs, Royals

FLASHBACK: Missouri Democratic Party’s Lauren Gepford, May 2019: How we will “build the bench,” etc.; “Don’t worry, we have a plan!” (p.19) (source: Missouri Democrats Building Blue Strategic Plan, opens in .pdf)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Recap of Jake Kroesen’s piece on Vernon County GOP’s Cyndia Haggard – via Phil Christofanelli’s mom (link opens at 11:50 a.m.)

Instagram: Boone County Regional Library adds “Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks” to its collection

Amazon.com: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – $7.99 on Kindle, $12.99 in paperback

Barnes & Noble author page: John Combest books

St. Louis Public Radio: Jason Rosenbaum’s “Politically Speaking”: Missouri Future Caucus wants to be proactive about disaster response and AI; interview with Reps. Colin Wellenkamp (R-St. Charles County) and Marty Joe Murray (D-St. Louis City)

Missourinet: Kehoe signs free college tuition for emergency responders

Missourinet: Kehoe signs American Beer Act into law

Kansas City Beacon: ‘Another kick in the butt’: Kehoe cuts funding for KC-area programs, projects

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: How Missouri governors ‘quietly dismantled’ an ethics watchdog; analysis from KC Star’s Kacen Bayless

Missouri Independent: War between intoxicating hemp and marijuana industries resumes in St. Louis

P-D: Ameren aims to replace Rush Island coal power with gas plant, batteries (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Scott Fitzpatrick’s audit of St. Louis Public Schools right around the corner – can you imagine how much fun it will be?!? (link opens at 9:55 mark)

P-D: St. Louis aldermen asked for a state audit of the personnel department. It never started. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: Tell us again how the state takeover of city cops removes politics from policing? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent’s Janice Ellis: How to reclaim power from the wealthy and powerful few: “keep a log of what your elected officials say and do”; “Contact your elected officials repeatedly and in multiple ways”; other revolutionary tropes

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