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Tuesday, October 14, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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The Missouri Times: Schmitt secures major Missouri wins in FY26 defense bill

Spectrum Local News: St. Louis Lambert breaks ground on $114 million maintenance, deicing project; Schmitt secured $20 million FAA grant

Fox 2 St. Louis: Freedom and faith: Powerful images of reunions in Israel move St. Louis’ Jewish community; comments from Eric Schmitt

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley slams FBI for tracing his, other GOP legislators’ cellphones (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Congressman Eric Burlison on Middle East peace deal, government shutdown, Obamacare, federal air traffic controllers

St. Louis Public Radio “engagement producer” Paola Rodriguez: ‘Something has to be done’: Vigil marks loss of Missouri man who died in ICE custody

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Fixing St. Louis Public Radio’s illegal alien suicide headline (link opens at 3:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Cori Bush’s husband asks court to throw out federal fraud charges (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Opponents of Missouri redistricting gather big money to place issue on ballot (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: POLITICO reports that Democratic National Committee not dumping more big money into Missouri and Ohio; empathy for well-intentioned but poorly trained Missouri Democratic Party petition signature gatherers (link opens at 2:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Garett Bowles departs Missouri Secretary of State’s office to join Dave Hageman’s Victory Enterprises; thoughts on Donald Trump’s soul salvation via peace deals

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on federal DOGE efforts, Joplin audit, timing of Missouri marijuana program audit, his 2026 election themes, more

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Kirkwood oldster volunteers to take Dems’ loss vs. Scott Fitzpatrick; how Dems profit from sad simps and pansy patsies (link opens at 10:45 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Why no mainstream media coverage of People’s Lobby Missouri event in St. Charles County? Plus a suggestion for Robb Carter, Drew Shelton, Ryan Hite and other leaders re: “grassroots” frenemies (link opens at 17:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: The Rep. Mike Costlow vs. Max Calfo saga (link opens 8:55 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Mini-profile: The 2-minute overview of Missouri House District 105 (Colin Wellenkamp’s district) and a wink at well-intentioned Democrats (link opens at 15:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

The Missouri Times: Building Missouri’s workforce: Inside the training center powering the state’s next generation of builders

JCNT: New child care program “Missouri Child Care Works” assists employees, employers

Columbia Missourian: Missouri Department of Conservation to host youth deer hunting program

Missourinet: Kehoe says he will not block execution of convicted cop killer Lance Shockley

JCNT: Kehoe denies clemency to man set for execution today

St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe denies clemency for murderer Lance Shockley, setting first execution as Missouri governor

Missouri Independent: Execution of murderer is set to go forward

P-D: Missouri execution leaderboard since 2000: Jay Nixon (21), Bob Holden (15), Mike Parson (13), Matt Blunt (5), Mel Carnahan (4 in 2000, 38 over two terms), Roger Wilson (1), Eric Greitens (1) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here) (Wikipedia entry here)

Fox 2 St. Louis: Missouri hunters giving back through Share the Harvest

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Post-Dispatch owner keeps cutting down its papers. That hurts communities

KC Star op-ed: Dr. Lisa Bosch: Missouri cities are removing fluoride from water. That’s a huge health hazard (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 (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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