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97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith on “One Big Beautiful Bill,” rescissions package, Medicaid work requirements, welfare cuts, more

Politico: Sen. Eric Schmitt is running point on Senate consideration of rescissions package

KMOV (St. Louis): Senator Schmitt, Congressman Bell partner for beer creation

P-D: Union’s hefty donation to Wesley Bell doesn’t show up in congressman’s campaign reports (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KOMU, via Columbia Missourian: FEMA deploys more members from Missouri Task Force 1 for Texas flooding response

St. Louis Public Radio’s St. Louis on the Air: After Missouri’s RECA’s expansion, scams are moving faster than the government

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R-Wentzville) on Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) next steps and town hall

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of RECA scams and August 9 town hall details (link opens at 16:55 mark)

SNL: Roseann Bentley, champion for education and Missouri children, mourned

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Recap of Sunday’s This Week in Missouri Politics – Denny Hoskins on noncitizen voting in Jackson County (link opens at 11:40 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

SNL: Former mayor Ken McClure selected to serve on state ethics commission

The Missouri Times: Rural Missouri scores health care and water wins

Fox 2 St. Louis: Kehoe signs bills limiting water exports to other states, Farm Bureau insurance

KBIA: Missouri Farm Bureau health plans get final approval from governor

St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe signs legislation on water exports and health care into Missouri law

Missouri Independent: Bill strengthening protections for Section 8 landlords signed by Missouri governor

Kansas City Beacon: Your guide to Missouri’s newest education laws in 2025

JCNT: Unfunded mandate for hyperbaric treatments of veterans OK’d

Missouri Independent: Missouri governor signs bill to study hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans

P-D: New Missouri law aims to stop spread of invasive plants like the Bradford pear tree (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Kehoe signs bill undoing some St. Louis firefighter pension changes (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KSHB (Kansas City): Jackson County Executive Frank White lays out stadium funding plan in letter to Gov. Kehoe

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Guest host Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville) on Interim Property Tax Reform Committee hearing tomorrow (Wednesday), his Missouri Fair Tax of 2025, nature of taxing income and property, more (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Guest host Darin Chappell on correcting John Combest – Darin is Gen X, NOT a Boomer! (7:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Darin Chappell is a good sport (link opens at 11:00 mark)

P-D: After sluggish start, Missouri rail safety plan beginning to gain steam (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Recap of last Friday’s Washington Missourian story on Missouri DNR and St. Clair toxic landfill (link opens at 2:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

JCNT: Capitol Police moving to MoDOT building

St. Louis Public Radio: Changes to Missouri Sunshine Law could be barriers to records, advocates say

P-D: AG Andrew Bailey seeks videos, employee files, skydiving records in St. Louis sheriff removal suit (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Patients are concerned about the future of WashU’s long COVID clinic

FLASHBACK: June 2, 2020: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis: Debunking the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 came from a lab in Wuhan and other wild myths

P-D’s Michele Munz: WashU’s plans for its “Long COVID” clinic leave struggling patients worried about their care (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Combest, The Missouri Times, August 2023: “As predicted, (health reporters) have transitioned from COVID count histrionics to “long COVID” snipe hunts … Michele Munz is the best of the bunch”

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of Wash U “long COVID” silliness (link opens at 13:45 mark)

KC Star (3/25/25): COVID 5-year anniversary victimhood series: While others moved on, long COVID-19 changed ‘the trajectory’ of Kansas City women’s lives; woman using pronouns “they/them” says “long COVID” complications required her to get a hysterectomy

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show (3/15/25): Highlights of KC Star “long COVID” tales: obese black gal, non-binary hysterectomy, etc. (link opens at 1:25 mark)

Columbia Missourian: Documentary: Doulas take steps toward addressing black maternal mortality; group visits Capitol, meets with Rep. Raychel Proudie (D-Ferguson), visits House floor to shout “shift the room” catchphrase, etc.

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JCNT: Asian needle ant could arrive in Missouri this summer, threatening hardwood forests

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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