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97.1 FM (St. Louis); The Annie Frey Show: U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt explains the Iran deal

Fox Business: Schmitt: President Trump was clear about the objectives of the war with Iran

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley hopes pending Iran peace deal drops oil prices (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Axios: Exclusive Republican Sen. Josh Hawley rips AI “cheerleaders,” backs Teamsters union agenda

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on prescription drug costs, plus waste and fraud in the federal government’s child care development block program

Brownfield Ag News: USDA details job relocations to Missouri

The Missouri Times: Chris Stigall launches first ad in 6th Congressional District primary

The Missouri Times: Missouri Right to Life PAC unveils primary election endorsements

KWTO (Springfield): Missouri Right to Life’s Dave Plemmons on endorsements

The Missouri Times: Missouri Farm Bureau rolls out 2026 endorsements

Columbia Missourian: Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon (D) will use new map, but believes there is still legal uncertainty

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Missouri Independent: Missouri voters passed a sales tax cap. Under Amendment 4, it would have failed

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Americans for Prosperity-Missouri’s Camellia Peterson on Amendment 5 and Amendment 4, state legislative primaries: Senate District 16 Republican primary of Hannah Kelly vs. Bill Hardwick vs. Don Mayhew (55:10); Senate District 6 featuring Rudy Veit vs. Jake Vogel vs. Derrick Spicer vs. Ike Skelton (57:20); Senate District 28 with Brad Pollitt vs. Sam Alexander (1:00:10); Jon Patterson vs. Dan Stacy (1:00:30); Mike Jones vs. Sean Pouche (1:01:55); Curtis Trent vs. Lori Rook (1:03:00)

Brownfield Ag News: Ag groups take wait-and-see stance on Missouri income tax elimination plan

Axios: World Cup fans love KC. Tourism leaders want more of that.

KCUR (Kansas City): Up to Date: Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick says state has a ‘spending problem’ as it approaches budget cliff

JCNT: Anti-data center advocates gather at Missouri Capitol in opposition of summit meeting

P-D: Data center opponents target Kehoe, other Missouri leaders in push for transparency (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Protest, summit highlight divide over data centers in Missouri

KBIA (Columbia): Protestors say no to AI data centers in Jefferson City

Gray Media (WGEM, KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): Protesters rally against data centers as Missouri officials meet to discuss projects

St. Louis Public Radio: Missourians rally against data centers as officials gather to discuss them

Nevada Daily Mail: Data centers spark debate in Vernon County as officials work to separate facts from fear

KMOX (St. Louis): Developer: Communities need to be on their marks if Missouri Innovation Zones get the Governor’s signature

Missourinet: More than 100 Missouri Department of Conservation job cuts on the horizon

KSMU (Springfield): Missouri Naloxone Standing Order is helping to save lives

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri dairy sector expanding with two new operations planned; comments from Ag Director Chris Chinn

Missourinet: Missouri Department of Conservation considers requiring permits for camping

JCNT: Missouri Public Service Commission gives Liberty Utilities green light for natural gas turbine in Joplin

P-D: St. Louis police board OKs raises, gets earful from public (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Downtown sinkhole was caused by water main failure, not underground ‘void,’ geologist says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): State Fire Marshal urges caution as firework sales begin

P-D: Wentzville judge mocked defendants on social media, should be removed, panel says; Mike Carter says he’s reviewing his options (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Reuters: Federal judge sends Bayer’s $7.25 billion Roundup settlement back to Missouri state court

Bloomberg, via JCNT: Bayer wins fight to keep Roundup settlement in Missouri

P-D op-ed: Show-Me Institute’s Avery Frank: Teacher preparation in Missouri is getting a failing grade (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Missourian letter: Washington man opposes Amendments 3, 4 and 5

P-D letter: Affton woman agrees with AG Catherine Hanaway, says editorial against mifepristone/water probe was biased and outdated (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, June 17, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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