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St. Louis Public Radio: Hawley and Schmitt believe voters will restrict abortion and back a new congressional map

KY3 (Springfield): Missouri Republicans gather in Springfield for 2026 Lincoln Days (link via Elijah Haahr on X)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City anti-ICE fervor risks dangerous confrontation with feds

Springfield Daily Citizen: Christian County Sheriff’s Office was first local agency to join ICE program

Columbia Missourian: Rural Health Transformation Program targets structural barriers across Missouri

REPLAY at 8 a.m. Central – The FARM Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (St. Charles, Warren, Franklin, west St. Louis Counties) – Trump Administration on glyphosate production; highlights from Bayer’s investor/media call on glyphosate settlement; Bayer agronomist on new dicamba label and application requirements

Business Insider: America’s hottest NIMBY issue: Data centers; “It’s not often that Ron DeSantis, Josh Hawley, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren find common ground”

P-D: Million-dollar tax break for Amazon? Missouri’s Montgomery County bets on data center for revival (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Mid Rivers Newsmagazine: Ameren Missouri officials sign confidential agreements with data centers

USA Today, via SNL: Weekly Missouri unemployment claims data

KBIA (Columbia): Mizzou and SLU academics criticize House bill to give Secretary of State power to rewrite summaries of referendums and constitutional amendments

Mid Rivers News Magazine: Bill proposed to ban recurring campaign donations

Columbia Missourian: Senate looks to give nonviolent offenders second chances, redefine stalking

Amazon.com: Creepers and Copers by John Combest: “Intrusiveness (Y axis): On this axis we judge the individual male’s intrusiveness. This is a relative measurement of “creepiness” or “ick”; to be more precise, assess the behaviors that demonstrate uninvited encroachment into your physical space, personal and/or professional life, social media orbit, or combination thereof.” (p. 21) (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks: “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? (p. 49) (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

Combest book: “Alyssa’s ex-boyfriend created a generic username to post her photos and create the ‘Anonymous Revenge Posting Site’” (p. 65)

Columbia Missourian: Legislators show bipartisan support for AI regulation

JCNT: Rep. Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville) secures nearly $15M for Capitol Commission in supplemental budget

JCNT: Proposed state budget cut would be detrimental to Day Solutions, director says

FOX4 KC: EPA, toxicologist answer questions about asbestos discovery at Sedalia school

Washington Missourian: Robertsville chiropractor named to state board

P-D’s Janet Y. Jackson: The state of Missouri will assist and even pay for out-of-state birth certificates for residents so they may obtain Missouri identifications (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D op-ed: UMSL’s Tuan D. Nguyen: House Bill 2776, a shortcut to teacher certification, hurts Missouri schools (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Ashley Wood: Young Missouri teachers need coaching through nonprofit TNTP

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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