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KOMU, via Columbia Missourian: Missouri National Guard to activate 180 members ahead of winter weather

P-D: Video: MoDOT provides its plans to clear Missouri roads during and after upcoming snow

P-D: Hundreds of plows, trucks ready for St. Louis storm. ‘Forecast is ominous.’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: To pretreat or not to pretreat? MoDOT and IDOT have different answers to that question

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Sens. Schmitt and Hawley differ on Trump’s plans for Greenland

Fox Business: Schmitt discusses President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against JP Morgan over alleged debanking

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on Clinton contempt vote, specific line items in appropriations bills, more

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Area members of U.S. House vote along partisan lines on new ICE spending (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Photo gallery: Party for Socialism and Liberation holds anti-ICE protest in St. Louis (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Corn frustrated as Congress punts year-round E15

LISTEN LIVE at 10 a.m. Central – The FARM Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (St. Charles, Warren, Franklin, west St. Louis Counties) – Missouri Corn Growers and National Corn Growers’ statements on E15; Missouri Corn lobby day in Jefferson City next week; Jefferson County Cattlemen’s event in February; Supreme Court action on glyphosate; American Farm Bureau Federation’s position on data centers

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Fraud trial for Cori Bush’s husband ends in hung jury (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Cori Bush’s husband avoids conviction for pandemic loan fraud

Fox 2 St. Louis: No verdict reached in Cori Bush’s husband’s pandemic fraud case

States Newsrooms “reproductive health issues” content creator Kelcie Moseley-Morris, via Missouri Independent: State highlights women who regret abortions in emotional appeal for Missouri regulations

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: ‘Let Politicians Lie Act’ struck down by Missouri Supreme Court. What that means

Missourinet: Missouri Supreme Court strikes down an entire Senate bill after ruling that key piece violates state constitution

Columbia Missourian: Ballot title law, attorney general appeal power overturned by Supreme Court

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court strikes down law on ballot title cases, special appeal power for AG

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Gov. Mike Kehoe on storm preparations, income tax, personal property taxes

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Ashley Aune’s #moleg income tax video: A breakdown; the difference between Ashley Aune/Jaclyn Zimmerman types and Dems’ marginal members (link opens at 8:05 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Missouri Independent: New Missouri income tax cut plan could allow first-ever sales tax on gas and diesel

P-D: Who helped lure Chiefs from Missouri? Andy Blunt’s lobbying firm (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Sen. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) on income tax elimination debate, Democrats filibustering appointments, Elijah on Doug Beck vs. Stephen Webber, the Missouri Plan, more

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: GOP Rep. Bishop Davidson’s bill on schools and physical exercise (link opens at 14:55 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Brownfield Ag News: Property rights remain a priority for Missouri Cattlemen’s Association; comments from Mike Deering

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Rep. Chris Warwick (R-Bolivar) on anti-grooming legislation, and Madison Royer tells her story

JCNT: Angel investments pitched to Senate committee

SNL: Bill from Rep. Jeff Knight (R-Lebanon) would remove Springfield voters’ power to challenge rezonings

Missouri Independent: Missouri cannabis growers fined for breaking the ‘immaculate conception’ rule

St. Louis Public Radi: Ousted St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery wants a new trial in removal case

P-D: Former St. Louis Alderman Brandon Bosley convicted of insurance fraud, lying to FBI (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Federal jury finds former St. Louis alderman guilty of insurance fraud

Columbia Missourian: Stan Kroenke owns the most land in the U.S. with hundreds of acres in Columbia

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Foristell’s data center inches forward (link opens at 9:50 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D editorial: Driverless cars need rules, not fear (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D op-ed: Rick Pogue: A business owner’s case for phasing out Missouri’s income tax (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Greater Missouri Leadership Foundation Executive Director Katie Steele Danner: Mentoring is not a side project, it’s how we build Missouri’s leadership future

P-D letter: Kirkwood sexagenarian opposes Kehoe’s income tax plans (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 (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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