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Did you take the weekend off? Saturday’s headlines are here.

Did you take the weekend off? Sunday’s headlines are here.

Missouri MLK history: Gov. John Ashcroft establishes Dr. Martin Luther King Day as state holiday in 1986, attested to by Secretary of State Roy Blunt

LISTEN LIVE at 7-8 a.m. Central – The Brad (Hildebrand) and John (Combest) Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (St. Charles, Warren, Franklin, west St. Louis Counties) – Eckelkamp family data center may be built in Franklin County, online petition lists Gov. Kehoe, Denny Hoskins, and Vivek Malek as “decision makers” in case; O’Fallon mayor calls city council members “f*cking idiots”; other state and local topics

Student Life (Washington University in St. Louis): Conservative legal group asks DOJ to review WashU diversity initiatives

The Missouri Times: The #moleg Podcast: Jake Kroesen and Rachael Herndon Dunn break down Gov. Kehoe’s State of the State: legislative prospects for income tax elimination (2:00); state revenue surplus and how to pronounce Dan Haug (5:20); sales taxes and property taxes (11:15); nuclear energy (12:20); Mun Choi and public safety (15:00); education, letter grades and school choice (15:40); much more

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KWOS (Jefferson City): Missouri’s Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe) praises Governor’s proposed budget; supplemental to be presented Wednesday

Fox4 KC: 4 The People: Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway on Amendment 3 lawsuit, ICE and immigration, Jackson County property tax controversy, 7-OH and kratom, video lottery terminals

Missouri Independent: Abortion safety takes center stage as Missouri trial enters second week

Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Brad Pollitt (R-Sedalia) would ban sale of lab-grown meat in Missouri

Columbia Missourian: Missouri court cases vanish from public view through ‘security level’ system

P-D: How St. Louis-area schools are integrating AI, from middle school to higher ed (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Missourian: MoDOT’s Hwy 47 project moving to design phase

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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