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Wall Street Journal: Private Equity PRO exclusive: Missourian Jack Oliver’s Finback Investment raises nearly $500 million for new fund; co-founders include Jeb Bush, George Huber

Fox News: Missouri’s Eric Schmitt: President Trump identified how China has been ripping us off

Clay & Buck radio show: Eric Schmitt on inflation, midterms, redistricting and the SCORE Act

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt on Iran and War Powers Act; redistricting; golfing with President Trump and Bryson DeChambeau; more

Shop the look: Eric Schmitt’s golf apparel

POLITICO: Gasoline tax holiday push already sputtering in Congress; comments from Missouri’s Sam Graves

The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court upholds state’s new congressional map

JCNT: Missouri Supreme Court upholds 7-1 congressional map

St. Louis Public Radio: In blow to Democrats, Missouri Supreme Court upholds map that targets Rep. Cleaver

AP, via Fox 2 St. Louis: Missouri Supreme Court rules redrawn congressional maps are constitutional

KC Star: Missouri Supreme Court upholds Kansas City’s revamped map in win for Trump (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court upholds new congressional maps

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court upholds revamped congressional map for August primary

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on Missouri First congressional map and lawsuits (interview recorded Tuesday morning)

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMP Daily: Rep. Jeff Knight (R-Lebanon) talks with Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf about his career; suburban vs. rural Republicans; changes in Capitol culture; live on-air call to Ryan McKenna; health insurance; Stein of Knowledge on VLT industry and government regulations; data centers; firefighters; more

TonysKansasCity.com: Show-Me Clavicular Social Media Games Coming Soon To Jeff City?!?

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: House Budget Chair Dirk Deaton on spending, capital improvements, and long-term challenges with Missouri Medicaid

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: John Lamping on ballot initiatives, Amendment 3 and more

The Missouri Times: Karla Eslinger announces retirement from DESE role

JCNT: Missouri education commissioner sets retirement date

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger will retire June 1

P-D: Missouri’s top education official to step down after two years (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri’s top education official announces retirement after only two years in the job

The Missouri Times: Staffer spotlight: Hayden Torpey

Columbia Missourian: House committee kills GOP Sen. Joe Nicola’s AI regulation bill; comments from Americans for Prosperity’s Camellia Peterson

P-D: Missouri lawmakers vote to bar automatically recurring campaign contributions (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Wide-reaching Missouri election bill includes changes to automatic campaign donations

Columbia Missourian: Senate approves new Ethics Commission member

Columbia Missourian: Legislators clash over “No Foreign Laws Act”

P-D: Missouri Senate OKs age verification law for adult sites (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Law enforcement seizes dozens of gambling machines around state

Fox 2 St. Louis: Arnold bar, five Missouri businesses busted in illegal gaming sting

Columbia Missourian: AG Hanaway announces seizure of 35 illegal gaming machines

Columbia Missourian: State legislation on elder abuse brings light to uncomfortable topic

JCNT: Kaiser Family Foundation, rebranded as “KFF,” critiques states’ Medicaid work requirements

The Beacon (Kansas City): Central Missouri’s Fitzgibbon Hospital files bankruptcy, highlighting growing strain on rural hospitals; MU lobbies state lawmakers for power to purchase healthcare systems across central Missouri

KBIA (Columbia): Missouri DNR releases new flood and drought app

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: NFIB’s Brad Jones on Missouri job market, inflation and more

P-D: Ameren CEO’s pay jumped almost 50% last year. The company credits strong operations. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Fact brief: Still no toll roads in the state of Missouri

Washington Missourian: Proposed Franklin County data center regulations evolve

KC Star’s David Hudnall: Hartzell Gray wants to go to Congress. He can’t even manage his own lawsuit (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Aligned VP Eric Syverson: Missouri’s next step on education testing: Balance, not retreat

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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