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)
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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