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P-D: Boeing defense headquarters moving back to St. Louis. Hegseth lauds move (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

YouTube: Boeing event featuring Gov. Kehoe, Sen. Schmitt, Hegseth

St. Louis Public Radio: Boeing defense headquarters to return to St. Louis after leaving the area in 2017

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: Recap of Hegseth’s visit to Boeing (link opens at 13:05 mark)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Preview of Hegseth’s visit to St. Louis, plus Cori Bush’s Boeing-NovoNordisk collab (unconfirmed) (link opens at 14:45 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on SAVE Act, government shutdown and more

St. Louis Public Radio: O’Fallon traffic stop leads to successful capture of alien; Mexican Victor López Delara had no driver’s license, but provided list of excuses for not completing immigration paperwork

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: ¡AYYE ESE! Victor no have a matricula delantera and ended up in ICE custody. ¡POBRECITO! (link opens at 1:30 mark)

Missouri Business Alert, via Columbia Missourian: Immigration activists complain about new SBA loan policy

P-D: Trump names Ellisville police chief as new U.S. marshal for eastern Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Lincoln University, NAACP remember Jesse Jackson

Columbia Missourian: Pro-lifers make their voices heard at Capitol

P-D: Missouri House offers tepid endorsement of gambling expansion (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Bill to regulate gaming machines narrowly passes in House

St. Louis Public Radio: Video gaming machines closer to legalization in Missouri but face uphill battle in Senate

P-D: Critical audit of Missouri’s medical marijuana program draws blowback from state officials (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Audit finds flawed scoring cast ‘shadow’ over Missouri medical marijuana licensing

Columbia Missourian: Missouri’s cannabis gray market: Donation model thrives at local fairs

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: Bruh, didja hear about the cool cannabis sales loophole? What could possibly go wrong? (link opens at 7:15 mark)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Status of the suburbs: Marijuana men and zonked-out women (link opens at 2:15) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Fox 2 St. Louis: Lawmakers debate tax credits for critical minerals; see which ones could be under you

St. Louis Public Radio: Missourians’ taxes on personal property like cars could soon be limited after House vote

Columbia Missourian: Senate hears bills to modify property tax system

JCNT: Sen. Mike Bernskoetter (R-Jefferson City) carrying wide-ranging Missouri health care bill

The Beacon (Kansas City): National progressive group produces study about Missouri insurance costs; comments from Washington University health care policy analyst Jeffrey Jones @jeffreyjonesmo Timothy McBride

The Missouri Times: Combest: 20 for 20, Part 4 (10/21/21): Missouri expanded Medicaid in 2021, but experts are still “worried”; “Media coverage to include third-party quotes from health care advocacy organizations, ironically overweight health care policy analysts from liberal universities”

Missouri Independent: Bills targeting deepfakes, AI liability spark debate among Missouri lawmakers

P-D: Judge denies bid by Missouri AG to save some of backyard chicken bill (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Missouri House bill would limit student screen usage, mandate cursive

KBIA, via KCUR: Missouri universities are handing over student data to the U.S. Department of Education

Columbia Missourian: Senate looks at standardizing minimum prison terms, repealing conditional release

Columbia Missourian: House shows support for bill extending vehicle registration to five years

Columbia Missourian: Catalytic converter theft targeted in House bill

Brownfield Ag News: Hanaway: federal labels enough in glyphosate warning fight

St. Louis Public Radio: Proposed $7.25 billion Roundup settlement would cover tens of thousands of cancer claims

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Bayer settlement rationale and the one (1!) misconception about Roundup products sold in stores (link opens at 9:25 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Recaps of every episode

P-D: Foristell residents tell city officials to reject data center plan (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Business couple was biggest donor for opposition to St. Charles data center (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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