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Roll Call: Can Congress find a path on government ‘jawboning’ limits? Sens. Eric Schmitt, Rand Paul, Ted Cruz offer separate proposals

Newsmax: Some Republicans reluctant to topple Venezuela’s Maduro by force; comments from Schmitt

St. Louis Public Radio: ACLU sues over new Missouri congressional map going into effect

P-D: New lawsuit says Missouri Republicans stalling in bid to keep new Trump maps in place (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Lawsuit alleges Missouri officials are ignoring constitution to enact gerrymandered map

Missouri Independent: China lawsuit makes Missouri’s $25 billion COVID judgment even harder to collect

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: “Fire in the hole!” The SECRET reason China went specifically after Schmitt and Hanaway (link opens at 19:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: House Speaker Jon Patterson on Chiefs moving across state line into Kansas

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Kehoe’s win-win on Chiefs departure, Gabby Picard’s statement, more (link opens at 14:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Missourinet’s Bill Pollack: Think twice before calling Chiefs move a disaster for Missouri

KC Star: Who’s at fault for Chiefs’ exit? KC, county leaders point fingers at one man – Frank White (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

AP: Royals face tough stadium decision of their own as Chiefs move to Kansas

Missourinet: Chiefs departure not a hurdle for income tax legislation

P-D: Mike Kehoe, known as a salesman, can’t close deal to keep Chiefs in Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: St. Charles man arrested in Florida after police say he threatened to kill Gov. Kehoe (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Naming the man who allegedly threatened the governor, and a look at man’s explanation involving Kehoe’s horse-murder conspiracy (link opens at 10:20 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Amazon.com: “Chris had already abandoned his own child, stole from his own mother, and was in deep debt to state officials.” What was keeping him from going on another deadbeat rampage? – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks, p. 49 (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

Missourinet: Missouri Cannabis Trade Association’s Jack Cardetti on what Trump’s rescheduling of marijuana means for Missouri

Columbia Missourian: Proportion of black faculty stagnates at Mizzou; former MU professor criticizes President Mun Choi’s positive relationship with state government leaders

P-D: Suits accuse Missouri websites of breaking disability laws. Lawmakers are pushing back (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Cole County Assessor sees light at end of State Tax Commission tunnel

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: MoDOT sourcing I-70 materials from St. Charles County mine (link opens at 4:15 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D: Judge ousts St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Judge removes St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery from office after a year of scandal

P-D: St. Charles County judge has himself to blame for Elvis costume fallout, state says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Missouri probing allegations of misspending, poor accounting in Ferguson (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KSMU, via KCUR: Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway is warning about gift card scams. Here’s what to watch out for

Missourinet: Missouri DHSS’ Dr. George Turabelidze on the benefits of monitoring wastewater

Washington Missourian: State launches tobacco quitting website

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins explains new MOFB health plans

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Brad’s upcoming surgery and the future of the show (link opens at 3:45 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Joplin Globe editorial: No winners, just losers as Chiefs jump ship (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star’s Joel Mathis: Catherine Hanaway is the 3rd appointed AG. When will Missouri voters have their say?

P-D letter: Ballwin octogenarian criticizes Hawley, Schmitt and Graves regarding British woman’s immigration case (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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