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Friday, July 25, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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Brownfield Ag News: Secretary Rollins announces USDA reorganization plans; department will move into five hub locations, including Kansas City

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: USDA to ship some DC workers to regional centers, including Kansas City

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri’s Richard Fordyce talks ad-hoc relief, farm loans in USDA confirmation hearing

Rosenbaum: Could Missouri get caught up in a redistricting frenzy? It’s looking likely; insights from U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison

Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers show little enthusiasm for new congressional maps

Fox News: Schmitt says Weingarten, Mamdani part of the ‘Star Wars Bar of leftists’

Brownfield Ag News: Grain Belt Express loan funding guarantee pulled; comments from Missouri Cattlemen’s Association’s Mike Deering, Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Palestine gal makes a scene at Hawley event in D.C; why are Hawley and others alarmed about AI? (link opens at 13:50 mark)

P-D: Wesley Bell wants more of St. Louis included in federal radiation compensation law (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Pruitt-Igoe paydays: Will hoosiers and public housing inhabitants destroy anything nice? Is diabetes caused by Army chemicals or grape soda? (link opens at 10:30 mark)

Columbia Missourian: Federal funds restored for Business Loop in Columbia; project is joint partnership with the business district, city and MoDOT

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap/follow-up on Uzbekistan illegal alien/Boeing news, via Lt. Gov. David Wasinger (link opens at 5:45 mark)

JCNT: ICE detainee has been held in Cole County Jail for more than three months

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Welcome Hannah and Wes Sutton’s new baby boy! (link opens at 21:40 mark)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Bill Eigel calls out Brad for besmirching Eigel and the Missouri Freedom Caucus (link opens at 9:50 mark)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: High spots of Camellia Peterson and Cathy Jo Loy on KWTO, hosted by Rep. Bishop Davidson (link opens at 8:55 mark)

Brad Hildebrands “24-7” Day (7/24) promotion: Advertising packages on Westplex 107.1 and Westplex Talk 104.5

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show with guest host Ryan Wrecker: AG Andrew Bailey on restoring NCAA records to real (biological) women; Bailey on Planned Parenthood and abortion drugs

The Hill: Missouri AG sues Planned Parenthood for allegedly lying about dangers of abortion drugs

KOMU (Columbia): Missouri lawsuit claims Planned Parenthood misled patients over safety of abortion pill

Missouri Independent: Lawmakers created a teacher seat on Missouri’s education board. It’s been vacant for 7 years

P-D: Kehoe balks at new police board member taking job with St. Louis sheriff (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Mastercard’s biggest U.S. data center is in Missouri — it will soon be powered by solar; comments from Renew Missouri’s James Owen

P-D editorial: Onder’s proposal to rename Kennedy Center for Trump would tarnish a cultural jewel (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Brad vs. John on Onder renaming Kennedy Center and Onder’s freshman year accomplishments (link opens at 1:20 mark)

JCNT editorial: Court wisely unstacked marijuana taxes

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: “Reality Check” advocacy series: Eric Schmitt said ‘release the Epstein files.’ But here’s what he says now (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Abby Ehrhardt: Legal confusion historically delays emergency abortion care in Missouri

P-D letter: St. Louis sexagenarian opposes Missouri nuclear energy production, cites Three Mile Island and Chernobyl (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

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