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Saturday, April 18, 2026 – Missouri political news headlines

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Brownfield Ag News: Missouri’s Mark Alford questions how U.S. Trade Representative is addressing high ag input prices and availability

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri among top 10 states receiving USDA’s farmer bridge payments

Student Life (Washington University): Phil Gramm draws parallels between the Industrial Revolution and the AI boom, criticizes Trump on tariffs

Fox News: Missouri’s Eric Burlison asks for FBI involvement as White House probes scientists’ deaths, disappearances

NY Post: Burlison: String of missing or dead scientists ‘too coincidental’ not to be major concern – as 11th mystery emerges

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: St. Louis Magazine piece shows local PBS doesn’t need taxpayer money; how women in their 40s and 50s use the word “thriving” (link opens at 13:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Why didn’t Missouri House GOP incumbents Colin Wellenkamp and Phil Oehlerking raise any money in Q1? PLUS Michael Rayner’s PAC and its support for Jason Law, Brad Christ and Scott Fitzpatrick (link opens at 0:50 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

johncombest_com on X (November 2022): The Lazy Incumbent Election Night Prayer

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Ashley Aune calls out Senate Dems for laying down on income tax elimination; Aune posts a decent quarter for (rebranded) Missouri House Democrats Action Fund (link opens at 3:15 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Instagram: Brad and John Show – Friday show summary

Rosenbaum: Democrats hope municipal election results mean a more Democratic future for St. Charles County

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Gov. Mike Kehoe on income tax elimination, World Cup safety, and St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer’s lawsuit over police board

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin (R-Shelbina) on income tax elimination, personal property taxes, solar farms, and which bills have already been passed by the Senate

Missourinet: NFIB’s Brad Jones says predatory trial attorneys bullying Missouri’s small businesses over ADA claims

P-D: St. Charles smoke shops are selling hemp that is actually marijuana, suit says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri hemp stores say products are legal, dispute evidence behind AG crackdown

Missourinet: Next phase of I-70 expansion across Missouri kicks off

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally shooters earn nothing more than a wrist slap; collection of local coverage

Missouri Independent op-ed: Bridgette Dunlap: Missouri passed a flawed divorce bill regarding divorce rules during pregnancy

Joplin Globe letter: Webb City septuagenarian wants Rep. Bob Bromley (R-Carl Junction) to oppose income tax elimination (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: Wildwood septuagenarian opposes legislation moving school board elections to November (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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