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P-D’s Joe Holleman: Recent endorsements for Wesley Bell and Cori Bush show Democratic split (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Reporter: Caitlin Clark gets off-court backup from Missouri’s Mark Alford, other Republican Study Committee members

KC Star: KC activist group warns of heightened immigration enforcement during World Cup (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Columbia Missourian: Alien, deported in February, says he has moved to Mexico

KC Star: Abortion on the ballot? How Missouri vote stands as proxy for ongoing fight

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Gov. Mike Kehoe on state revenue and spending, budget decisions, response to calls for a special session on data centers, and Amendment 5

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Americans for Prosperity-Missouri’s Gary Hollis on Amendment 5, Curtis Trent’s re-election and more

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: Former state Rep. Gina Mitten (D-St. Louis County) on her state Senate primary campaign against Rep. Steve Butz (D-St. Louis City)

Missouri Independent: Governor’s tax plan draws skepticism in crowded state Senate GOP primary for Bernskoetter’s seat

KC Star: Will a ‘blue wave’ sweep away Republicans’ supermajorities in Kansas and Missouri? Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee to support seven (7) candidates in Kansas, zero (0) in Missouri (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Instagram reel (Feb. 2026): Flippi! heads to Jefferson City to flip that legislative seat! (featuring the Kirkpatrick Building and AI Denny Hoskins)

JCNT: Economic development bill set for governor’s signature

P-D: Kehoe to sign public safety bills into law, including tougher drunken driving rules (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Joplin Globe: Kehoe restricts funding on road projects in Jasper, Newton counties (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Sen. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe) says we must step back on spending

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf: News Tribune reporter Matt McFarland gives a Data Centers 101, breaking down Google’s and Amazon’s massive projects in Montgomery County, what Senate Bill 4 actually does, whether your electric bill could be affected, and why Missouri has become a hotspot for AI infrastructure (link opens at 5:46 mark)

KBIA (Columbia): Ameren asks to raise prices for upgraded infrastructure, new power plants

JCNT: Missouri Farm Bureau to host agritourism conference in Hermann

Missourinet: Complaints connected to ESPN analyst draw investigation in Missouri

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Springfield Daily Citizen: Former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon honors 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence

JCNT: Students build bridges, explore engineering careers at MoDOT Youth Conference

JCNT: City, state partnership brings more than 400 native plants to Jefferson City’s river market

St. Louis Magazine: Bogus applications plague city’s tornado relief program

P-D: Lawsuit over wrongful firing claim by ‘The Woke Ginger’ heads to St. Louis court (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Teach for America Missouri’s Nacole Boan: Tech has transformed Missouri. Our teachers’ work remains the same

JCNT letter: Holts Summit septuagenarian opposes Amendment 5

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, July 8, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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