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Missourinet: Missouri’s Eric Schmitt expresses confidence in U.S. deal with Iran

P-D’s Joe Holleman: The ’86 47′ fight lands in Kirkwood, with a school leader and a U.S. senator (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Spectrum Local News (St. Louis): U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell travels to Lousiana, meets Nicaraguan alien seeking refuge in St. Louis

Fox 2 St. Louis: Bell meets with alien set for deportation

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: 5th Congressional District GOP primary candidate Taylor Burks on the SAVE Act, paper ballots and more

KC Star: Missouri Promise Inc. pours $1.9M into Missouri’s income tax phase-out campaign

Missouri Independent: Missouri Realtors pour $1.9 million into campaign to defeat Amendment 5 tax plan

P-D: Gov. Kehoe has left some House seats vacant for more than a year (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Howell County News: Governor won’t call gas tax special session, despite urging from Rep. Lisa Durnell (R-Willow Springs)

Missouri Independent: Missouri school funding overhaul runs into a property assessment problem

SNL: Mary Schrag steps down from Missouri Board of Education after 7 years

Springfield Business Journal: Mary Schrag resigns from Missouri Board of Education

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri ag tax credits, permitting changes advanced in legislative session

JCNT: Missouri lawmakers give renewed effort to land bank legislation

Washington Missourian: Local hemp businesses eye November deadline

Missourinet: Missouri veteran homes get facelifts, renovations

Midwest Newsroom, via St. Louis Public Radio: ‘Welcome to hell’: Kids allege physical, sexual abuse at Missouri treatment center; comments from Missouri DSS

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri considers charging small fee for camping at once-free conservation area campsites

SNL: Governor appoints Springfield’s John Twitty to Missouri Ethics Commission

St. Louis Public Radio: $10M in state funds would demolish more than 120 FEMA-ineligible homes from St. Louis tornado

P-D: St. Louis judge sides with city in first round of fight over police funding (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Judge rules St. Louis did not short the police department by $68M in current budget

P-D: St. Louis board to review decision to issue permit for Midtown data center (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Missourian: School district: Don’t redistribute data center tax revenue; Missouri state statutes require tax revenue from any developments to be distributed to local taxing entities alone

KC Star op-ed: Missouri state Sen. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville): County officials must follow the law on new congressional maps

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