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Fox News: Sen. Eric Schmitt discusses passage of the ‘SAVE America Act’ requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: Sen. Eric Schmitt on the SAVE America Act

St. Louis Public Radio: Sen. Josh Hawley wants data centers to build their own power plants

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: Bob Onder says partial government shutdown possible if parties can’t agree on immigration

The Hill: U.S. Reo. Mark Alford suggests Bad Bunny performance merits FCC action

Fox4 KC: Cleaver pushes back on possible KC metro ICE facility in new letters

Washington Missourian: Illegal alien captured after pursuit in Franklin County; Juan Lopez taken into custody; Shaniqua Johnson, Jamira Johnson charged with felonies

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: ¡AYYYE ESE! Illegal alien captured after riding with a literal Shaniqua (link opens at 15:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Hear why these Kansas City Trump voters says his second term has ‘far exceeded’ their expectations

KBIA (Columbia): Voters, ACLU ask Cole County Court to halt new congressional maps

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on race and sex discrimination lawsuit against Missouri State High School Activities Association

Fox 2 St. Louis: Missouri AG sues five businesses over ‘unregulated’ gambling machines

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Update on Catherine Hanaway vs. Torch Electronics (link opens at 17:20 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Majority Floor Leader Alex Riley (R-Springfield) on eliminating state income tax and refuting opponents’ arguments

JCNT: Missouri city, county officials oppose eliminating grocery sales tax

Missouri Independent: Partisan clash erupts in Missouri Senate education hearing on transgender advocacy in classrooms

JCNT: Pandemic arguments over religious freedoms resurface in Missouri House hearing

Missouri Independent: Missouri House moves ahead on bill to silo property tax rates, move tax elections to November

Fox 2 St. Louis: Officials say hundreds waiting for mental health care in a jail cell

P-D: Lawmakers push plan to boost downtown St. Louis with incentives, subsidies (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) honors Irish heritage with Missouri legislation

P-D: Ameren gets OK to build gas plant and battery storage at Rush Island coal site (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Regulators give Ameren Missouri OK to build gas plant and batteries, in part for data centers

Missouri Independent: Missouri AG sues St. Louis smoke shop for selling intoxicating THC candy bars

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: Why is Killjoy Catherine Hanaway enforcing the law like it’s her job? (link opens at 3:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

JCNT: Missouri DOR’s request for marijuana money refund muddies future of Cole County capital projects

P-D: St. Louis Public Schools leader outlines goals to regain full accreditation from state (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: St. Charles County teacher’s alleged gayness/grooming of boy, and how Missouri state law helped make sure the man was charged (link opens at 11:45 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D: MoDOT plans open house on New Halls Ferry project (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Wentzville wants MoDOT to add concrete barriers to I-70 project (link opens at 5:25 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Farm Progress: Supreme Court set to review major Roundup herbicide case; background and key legal questions

P-D: The Rams cash was supposed to transform St. Louis. It’s being used to fill holes. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: Rams cash disappointment plus David Stokes’ money quote (link opens at 10:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

KBIA student reporter Rylie McNanna: “An anti-LGBTQ social media account with more than 300,000 followers recently stirred controversy about why the City of Columbia asks about job applicants’ gender identity and sexual orientation.”

Libs of TikTok post showing Columbia city employment application

Libs of TikTok X bio: 4.6M followers

Mid Rivers Newsmagazine/West Newsmagazine editorial: Our newspaper is not owned by a hedge fund or a national chain, and we do not answer to shareholders in another state

KC Star’s Derek Donovan: Mark Alford is ‘investigating’ Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show. For being fun? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Bridgette Dunlap: Missouri’s attorney general wants to rewrite history and redefine who counts in the Census

Missouri Independent op-ed: Policy Research in Missouri Education (PRiME) Center at Saint Louis University’s Courtney Vahle: Are Missouri students growing? Growth model provides a different perspective

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