Tuesday, September 9, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines
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Newsmax: Sen. Eric Schmitt says Pat Buchanan deserves Medal of Freedom
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Eric Schmitt’s Pat Buchanan proposal; the John Brunner connection to Pat Buchanan; 1995’s “grassroots” vs. “RINO” civil war (link opens at 11:10 mark)
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KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show with guest hosts Chandler Haynes and Nate Coatney: Reaction to Eric Schmitt’s National Conservatism Conference speech, Southwest Missouri Young Republicans upcoming events, much more
Brownfield Ag News: University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) report shows One Big Beautiful Bill helps farmers
Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The FARM Show: Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture dates & details; new Missouri Corn headquarters, via The Missouri Times’ Jake Kroesen; Bayer employee wins soybean fellowship; new soybean pest spotted in mid-Missouri
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97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: John Lamping on Lara Trump visit, initiative petition changes and redistricting
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Republicans advance plan to draw Rep. Cleaver into Republican-leaning seat
St. Louis Public Radio: Opponents of Missouri redistricting push could have a secret weapon — a referendum
P-D’s Joe Holleman: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver claims he’ll run for reelection, despite redistricting (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri House advances proposal that could curtail ballot initiatives passing
JCNT: House advances initiative petition changes; Dave Griffith, Rudy Veit buck party line
P-D: Missouri House gives preliminary OK to ballot bill, Trump redistricting push (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
KBIA: Mizzou “journalism and environmental science double-major” Caspar Dowdy: GOP push for district approval of amendments unprecedented
KSDK (St. Louis): “Don’t let your spirit be defeated”: Presidential runner-up Kamala Harris lends moral support to Missouri House Democrats
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Kamala’s pep talk to #moleg Dems; Ashley Aune from behind; how to make a perfunctory courtesy phone call all about you; Gina Mitten’s doppleganger (link opens at 18:05)
Missouri Independent: Trump-backed plan to gerrymander congressional districts advances in Missouri House
JCNT: Some black lawmakers complain about redistricting
JCNT: Hanaway takes oath of office, becomes Missouri’s first woman attorney general
KBIA (Columbia): Hanaway sworn in as attorney general, backs GOP redistricting and Bailey’s record
Missouri Independent: Catherine Hanaway takes over as Missouri attorney general vowing a ‘different style’
97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Sen. Nick Schroer (R-Defiance) on endorsement from Andrew Bailey, Freedom Caucus Summit in Dallas, Second Amendment proposal on public transit, redistricting, initiative petitions
KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Rep. Dirk Deaton (R-Seneca) on redistricting, initiative petition changes, state revenues and the possibility of eliminating the income tax
The Missouri Times: Scott Faughn’s TWMP Column: Folks will never give Charlie Shields enough credit for his time at DESE
JCNT: Blair Oaks School Board to review policy changes stemming from legislation
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: LLC paperwork shows Google’s ties to St. Peters data center (link opens at 7:40 mark)
Instagram: Brad & John Show recap
P-D: Billboard companies, carpenters drop lawsuit tied to St. Louis union chief’s firing (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Where is the money? North St. Louis residents feel neglected months after the tornado
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Where my storm money at tho? The most likely outcome for tornado “nonprofits” (link opens at 1:35)
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: “Hands up, don’t shoot” fiction author Dorian Johnson dies in Ferguson (link opens at 4:00 mark)
KC Star op-ed: Stand Up KC’s Ashley Ball: Cheating and oppressing: Trump and Kehoe want to silence Missourians’ voice (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN 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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