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St. Louis Public Radio: ICE success story: Illegal alien nabbed in O’Fallon, gets sent packing back to Mexico

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley applauds radiation exposure payouts crossing $100 million mark (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

NY Post: Congress’ most out-of-it members: seniors who freeze, get bamboozled and even have dementia, yet remain in office; Missouri’s Emanuel Cleaver struggles to speak, misses votes, literally dial it in

Roll Call: Emanuel Cleaver is the nation’s most vulnerable House incumbent

Missourinet: Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Iceland

P-D: Google to invest $15B in mid-Missouri data center (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KRCG (Jefferson City): Google, Gov. Mike Kehoe announce $15b investment to bring data center to New Florence

KOMU (Columbia): Gov. Kehoe and Google announce $15 billion data center in Montgomery County

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf for Thursday, 5/21: Homeless shelter expansion, Ameren’s major solar project & Memorial Day weekend preview

Amazon.com: Memorial Day items: Lake, pool, beach, travel (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on new congressional maps, initiative petition timing and cleaning up Missouri’s voter rolls

KC Star: How Denny Hoskins and his red jacket reshaped Missouri’s top elections office

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on Missouri First congressional map and crypto ATM scams

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on crypto ATM scams, VLT crackdown, and St. Louis’ socialist Board of Alderman President Megan Green

KMOV (St. Louis): Missouri’s Attorney General is going after a major Bitcoin A.T.M. operator

KMBC (Kansas City): Missouri attorney general sues cryptocurrency ATM company

KMOV (St. Louis): Missouri AG sues crypto ATM network for ‘enabling scams’

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: House Speaker Jon Patterson on state Senate campaign, end of 2026 legislative session, and calls for a 2026 special session on gas tax

Missourinet: Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R-Wentzville) urges special session to suspend gas tax across Missouri

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Rep. Bishop Davidson (R-Republic) on income tax elimination, Alex Riley’s performance, and Gov. Kehoe’s announcement tomorrow on ballot initiative timing

KBIA intern Bella Zielinski, via KCUR: KBIA donor/”allergen-free” cookie baker opposes elimination of state income tax

KCTV: Video: Missouri lawmakers OK tougher penalties for passing stopped school buses

Columbia Missourian: Legislature considered a slate of environmental protection bills this session

Gasconade County Republican: Gasconade County faces loss of thousands in refund to marijuana retailer

P-D editorial: Missouri’s Republican congressional delegation wrong on War Powers Act (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: The Mars’ Society’s Robert Zubrin: Missouri’s locked in a gerrymandering war. Here’s how math can end it

St. Louis Public Radio op-ed: The Marshall Project’s Katie Moore, with Midwest Newsroom’s Luke Nozicka: How a centuries-old legal tool helped immigrants leave ICE detention

P-D letter: The Oasis Institute’s Stephanie McCreary signals virtues, opposes MOScholars (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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