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P-D: At Trump’s call, Missouri Republicans do what hardliners wanted all along (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star: ACLU lawsuit challenging Missouri congressional map claims racial division of KC (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KC PBS: Week in Review: Host Nick Haines and KCMO’s Pete Mundo, KCUR’s Brian Ellison and Lisa Rodriguez, and creator of “black owned and operated newspaper” Eric Wesson on new Missouri congressional map, the potential for a Quinton Lucas bid for Congress, and initiative petition changes

NPR: After Missouri, what state is next? A redistricting race started by Trump continues

KMOV (St. Louis): Immigrant woman who wrote bad check is being held by ICE; comments from Hawley regarding rule of law

Listen live, 8 a.m. Central: The FARM Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (St. Charles, Warren, Franklin, west St. Louis Counties): Missourians for a Single Market’s Eapen Thampy on 2026 statewide marijuana/hemp ballot initiative, the difference between hemp regulations and marijuana regulations, hurdles to hemp production in Missouri, and the top lies/half-truths should voters expect to hear about the “single market” ballot initiative

JCNT: New offices, visitors entrance proposed for eastern side of Capitol

SNL: How strict new cellphone bans are working in area schools

JCNT: News Tribune wins big at Missouri Press Association awards

Columbia Missourian: Missourian wins 45 awards at 2025 Missouri Press Association contest

SNL: Springfield News-Leader journalists win 18 Missouri Press Association awards

Missouri Independent: The Independent wins 28 journalism awards in annual Missouri Press contest

Instagram reel: Missouri journalists’ and progressive bloggers’ self-congratulations season

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Salon’s Heather Digby Parton: At National Conservatism Conference, Eric Schmitt and others’ conservative vision “downright chilling”

KC Star op-ed: Missouri and Kansas Laborers District Council’s Zack Dunn: At the Capitol protest, I helped an old frail lady in need – and she was a Republican! (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

SNL op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Cory Koedel: Springfield needs charter schools

P-D’s Tony Messenger: If the state controls St. Louis police, who pays when the city loses a lawsuit? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian opposes Schmitt on Medicaid work requirements (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian says Ann Wagner had better push for more Epstein info or voters will “replace her” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading 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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