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POLITICO: Hawley says Senate’s Republican leadership “taking the pro-life movement and pro-life voters for granted”

KSDK’s Mark Maxwell: Has Rep. Wesley Bell changed since AIPAC backed his campaign?

NY Post: Trump UFO advisors accuse private corporations of operating alien craft-retrieval programs; Missouri’s Eric Burlison puts Northrop Grumman on notice with Sophie Cunningham meme

West Newsmagazine (St. Louis County): Bill to track tickborne allergy now on governor’s desk

JCNT: Ameren Missouri requests mid-2027 rate increase, would raise average Missourian’s bill by $13

JCNT: DESE names Lisa Sireno deputy commissioner of learning services

Columbia Missourian: How Frontier is preparing to open a charter school in Columbia next year; Columbia Public Schools suing to stop it

JCNT: Medical services at Jefferson City Correctional under fire from inmates; Missouri Dept. of Corrections has been under legislative pressure

The Leader’s (Jefferson County) Outdoors columnist John Winkelman: Amendment 1’s funding for state parks on August ballot

JCNT publisher Scott Faughn: Transitioning into future of News Tribune means adding some things, cutting others

P-D letter: Crestwood septuagenarian criticizes Amendment 5, wants Missouri to spend more on education (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Deb Tharp: I donated my kidney, and I still can’t get Obamacare in Missouri

Kaiser Family Foundation Health News’ Bram Sable-Smith, via KCUR: Would Missouri hunters take a Lyme disease vaccine? We asked them (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Yesterday’s (Saturday, July 4, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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