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Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Jasmine Crockett coming to St. Louis for fundraiser next month – full details (link opens at 15:05 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D’s Joe Holleman: U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell’s first quarter fundraising powered by American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC); Cori Bush pays herself a campaign salary (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Harvard Political Review: Recent elections show “growing youth appetite for economic and foreign policy populism” versus 2024; “(Wesley) Bell was the recipient of $8.5 million in donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee by the conclusion of his primary campaign.”

P-D’s Joe Holleman: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner has huge campaign finance lead over opponents (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

The Hill: Hawley, two other GOP senators break with leaders over addressing insurance companies’ denial of medical care

Fox4 KC: State Farm under investigation by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on Iran, Virginia redistricting and Eric Swalwell

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Joe Rogan lobbies Donald Trump on ibogaine; Brad suggests veterans’ PTSD is not real (link opens at 0:50 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Watch: NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf – Day 2 (Wednesday)

Jefferson City News Tribune on YouTube – click “subscribe” to see NT Daily every Monday-Thursday

JCNT: News Tribune hands out Readers’ Choice Awards at new live event

Columbia Missourian: Senate passes nearly $50 billion of budget bills

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Six more bills headed to Kehoe’s desk

Missouri Independent: Missouri Senate rejects increase to school funding despite shortfall in state payments

P-D: Missouri House includes domestic violence registry in public safety bill sent to Senate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Bill clarifying sex offender registry law clears Missouri House, heads back to Senate

Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Sherri Gallick (R-Belton) would implement high tech speed controls for repeat offenders in Missouri

St. Louis Public Radio’s St. Louis on the air: Budget cuts leave fate of Missouri’s overdose reversal program uncertain

P-D: St. Louis clinic ‘blindsided’ by Missouri cuts to services for HIV patients (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star’s Jack Harvel: Trans KC residents say Missouri’s ‘bathroom bill’ would unfairly target them (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Instagram reel (January 2023): Objective, unbiased media agrees: Missouri Republicans guilty of targeting.

Missouri Independent: St. Louis smoke shop halts sale of THC edibles packaged like candy

The Beacon (Kansas City), via Columbia Missourian: Missouri and North Dakota in a water war

P-D: Spire’s sell-off continues with $75 million deal for its Mississippi gas utility (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Missourian: Communities making deals on data centers; details on Missouri’s Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Program and more

Spectrum Local News (St. Louis): Franklin County recommends one of two proposed data centers

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Boobirds jeer Franklin County Planning & Zoning members ahead of vote (link opens at 9:55 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Royals’ new Stadium at Hallmark HQ might be coming soon; collection of local news coverage

P-D editorial: A bad tax idea heads to Missouri’s voters (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Tuohey: On sentencing changes, Missouri can be the Show-Them State

The Beacon’s (Kansas City) Mary Sanchez: Shackled immigrants targeted for deportation are being flown in and out of Kansas City International Airport

Columbia Missourian op-ed: Timothy Carson: Hawley remains silent on key political issues, except when it benefits him to speak up

P-D letter: Public transit group opposes state budget cuts to public transit (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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