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Fox News: Sen. Eric Schmitt seeks to end birth tourism, revoke citizenship for babies of foreign diplomats

KRCG (Jefferson City); Josh Hawley questions Attorney General Todd Blanche during confirmation hearing

Fox News: Exclusive: Hawley expands USPS probe with blistering letter accusing chief of dodging Congress

KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Raw video: Sen. Hawley discusses USPS, fertilizer costs, flooding

Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on military priorities, health care and housing act

KSDK (St. Louis): Emails show Cori Bush’s PAC raised tornado relief money for a nonprofit the public cannot trace. Now the AG is looking into it

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Cori Bush campaign paying husband again; complaint lodged over federal filings (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

WGEM (Hannibal): U.S. Congressional District 6 candidate forum happening Sunday in Palmyra

P-D: Ellisville police given powers of ICE under new deal. Chief vows limited enforcement. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri ballot measure campaigns dominate fundraising, ad spending for primary

KC Star: Amendment 2 overview: Missouri voters could enshrine assessor elections

KZRG (Joplin): Morning News Watch: Lt. Governor David Wasinger on Amendment 4 and FEMA disaster declaration

KSMU (Springfield): Here’s what those for and against Amendment 5 have to say about it; comments from state Rep. Bishop Davidson (R-Republic), Missouri Budget Project’s Amy Blouin

KC Star: Amendment 5 overview: Missouri is about to vote on its income tax

KOLR (Springfield): Liberal groups to hold “day of action” rally Saturday to oppose Amendments 4 and 5

Missouri Independent: Family ties create tag-team rematch in Missouri’s 32nd District state Senate primary: Jill Carter vs. Ellen Nichols

KZRG (Joplin): Morning News Watch: Missouri House District 160 candidate Cheryle Perkins

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf: Candidate forum next weeek; Crusoe AI data center open house coverage; more

Missouri Business Alert, via KBIA: Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report shows slow economic growth in Missouri’s Fed districts as costs rise

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Fed says food, other costs rising but data center construction helping regional economy

KFVS (Cape Girardeau): Gov. Kehoe stops at events in Cape Girardeau, Sikeston

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Boone County Fire Protection District Chief Doug Westhoff talks Missouri Task Force One flood response

KOMU, via KBIA: Missouri Task Force 1 deploys to San Antonio for flooding response

Columbia Missourian: Nearly $200,000 raised this week to help flooded camp and families in southeast Missouri

Amazon: Prep for severe weather with deals on home generators (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases)

Columbia Missourian: New Missouri law requires drunk drivers to pay child support if they kill a parent

Combest book: “Chris had already abandoned his own child, stole from his own mother, and was in deep debt to state officials.” What was keeping him from going on another deadbeat rampage? – Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks, p. 49 (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchas

Joplin Globe: State senators from across Missouri gather at MSSU to discuss rural healthcare (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Fitzpatrick’s audit finds policy violations, but no criminal conduct, in Parson administration

KOMU, via KBIA: MoDOT to evaluate highways for speed limit increase to 75

KBIA: Agroforestry grants available to Missouri farmers

Harvest Public Media, via St. Louis Public Radio: Bayer won its Roundup case. Where does that leave thousands of pending lawsuits?

St. Louis Public Radio: Post-Dispatch owner Hoffmann to pay $20M for KMOX, Y98 and other stations, pending FCC approval

P-D primary election endorsements: 2nd Congressional District: Ann Wagner and Fred Wellman (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D primary election endorsements: 3nd Congressional District: John Fraser (R) and Bethany Mann (D) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Aaron Bumann: By supporting cleft palate legislation, Josh Hawley can keep many Missouri families from insurance nightmares

Sedalia Democrat’s Deborah Mitchell: Vote “No” on Amendment 5

KC Star’s Mara Rose Williams: Missouri’s new Purple Alert system a lifesaving, easy win for Gov. Kehoe

P-D letter: St. Louis County sexagenarian says pro-Amendment 5 ads “insult the intelligence of Missouri’s voters” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Joplin Globe letter: Joplin woman says Amendment 5 supporters should feel “ashamed” (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Thursday, July 16, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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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