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P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley at center of 2 hot-button issues: AI and abortion pill access (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on farm bill

KSHB (Kansas City): Cleaver’s office issues statement criticizing farm bill

The Beacon (Kansas City): Public hearings come to Kansas City as US ramps up plutonium production for nuclear weapons

Kansas City Magazine: With strong takes and an open mind, host Pete Mundo makes the case for live talk radio (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

JCNT: State’s April revenue collections down by 10 percent

The Missouri Times: Missouri Senate Hour by Hour Wednesday, May 6

The Missouri Times: Missouri House Hour by Hour Wednesday, May 6

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri House approves $50B spending for 2027 fiscal year

JCNT: Missouri lawmakers pass $55.4 billion budget

Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers pass $50.7 billion state budget after final fight over school spending

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri’s budget doesn’t fully fund K-12, reverts to original higher education funding plan

P-D: ‘Rough budget reality’: Missouri lawmakers send spending plan to Kehoe (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: House, Senate send $48.7 billion state budget to governor

KOMU (Columbia): Missouri lawmakers pass $48.7 billion state operating budget

P-D: Missouri Senate panel kills plan to legalize gas station slot machines (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Video gambling machines won’t be legalized in Missouri this year after failing the Senate

Columbia Missourian: Gambling machine bill shut down in Senate

Missouri Independent: Senate committee vote kills Missouri video lottery proposal

Southeast Missourian: Missouri bill to raise interstate speed limit now aims to end most vehicle inspections (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

KBIA (Columbia): Windfall or gamble? Missouri lawmakers explore benefits, drawbacks of data centers

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KCTV, KY3): Industry experts, consumer advocates inform Missouri lawmakers of risks, rewards in data centers

St. Louis Public Radio: First trial in lawsuits challenging state control of St. Louis police underway in Jefferson City

Fox4 KC: Some prosecutors call for changes to Missouri’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

P-D: Mark McCloskey joins data center critics in St. Charles, warns AI could doom human race (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

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KC Star’s Derek Donovan: MoDOT crews working overnight show government sometimes gets it right

Southeast Missourian “Speak Out” feature: Anonymous commenters criticize U.S. Rep. Jason Smith for prioritizing pro-life issue, want Smith to focus on stopping Trump’s renaming of monuments

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