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Semafor: Why a first-term senator passed up Trump’s Cabinet: Profile of Eric Schmitt (link via Gregg Keller on X)

JCNT: Anti-Trump protest on High Street draws “about 15”

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Liberal gals seek attention from Ann Wagner (link opens at 14:55 mark)

Brownfield Ag News: U.S. Rep. Jason Smith: China needs U.S. soybeans

Missouri Ruralist: Rural America slighted by new U.S. Postal Service plan; comments from Clarissa Cauthorn, Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins

KC Star: KC-area foster care nonprofit complains about $1.3M in cuts: ‘Most devastating year’

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Missouri Times Publisher Scott Faughn on congressional redistricting (1:15); what new districts might look like (4:40); Eric Greitens (7:05); Curtis Trent vs. Lori Rook (11:25); Jill Carter vs. Dr. Ellen Nichols (14:50)

Missourinet: Attorney Chuck Hatfield (D) says Trump’s timeline on congressional redistricting in unconstitutional

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Rep. Hannah Kelly (R-Mountain Grove) on Missouri Tax Commission’s recent hiking of property valuation assessment pricing

JCNT: Missouri general revenue up in new fiscal year

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show with guest host Joe Beamer: State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on the St. Louis Public Schools lowlights – including spending sprees at Top Golf, Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, and a mystery Air BNB charge

P-D: St. Louis Public Schools leaders broke spending laws, put district in financial jeopardy (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Fitzpatrick audit: St. Louis Public Schools is on a ‘path to bankruptcy’ with current spending

JCNT: Registration for third annual Missouri Governor’s Mentored Deer Hunt now open

SNL: Former SPS, MSHSAA official Marty Marsh joins Missouri Department of Conservation to promote hunter safety, archery, nature lessons

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri pastures conditions remain well above the 5-year average; comments from Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Tony Hancock

JCNT: Urban agriculture cost-share grants up for applications in Missouri

JCNT: MoDOT to begin work on south Jefferson City bridge

Missourinet: Report: $1.26 billion in recreational marijuana sales in Missouri during December 2023 – November 2024

KSDK (St. Louis): St. Louis County Council delays vote on bill to ban sale of Delta-8 THC outside dispensaries; CBD business owner says he adheres to state law; Chesterfield Township Republican Committeeman Gary Wiegert says “marijuana industry right now wants a monopoly” (link via Eapen Thampy on X)

P-D: Clayton police investigate 3 vehicle fires as anti-semitic hate crime (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Clayton fire being investigated as antisemitic hate crime

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Skinned knees and busted glasses – how urban activist Darryl Gray nabbed a $190k payday (link opens at 3:30 mark)

P-D: Some black aldermen slam Spencer, urge restart of St. Louis’ minority contracting program; Spencer prepares to roll out minority contracting policy “adaptive” to Trump administration directives urging race-neutral criteria (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis mayor pauses discriminatory construction contracts to preserve tornado recovery funds

The Missouri Times op-ed: Sen. Nick Schroer (R-Defiance): Why Missouri Republicans must finish the job – a 7-1 map and initiative petition changes are long overdue

Missouri Independent op-ed: Federal cuts to health care research and quality agency make Missouri hospitals less safe

KC Star op-ed: Missouri Jobs with Justice’s Richard Von Glahn: Yes, Missourians knew what they were voting for on paid sick time

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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