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P-D: Boeing lands $75 million contract to build long-range bomb kits in St. Charles (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Some St. Louis small businesses not expecting Trump tariff refunds. ‘We’re left behind.’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star: Trump-backed Rick Brattin won Missouri primary. What about November?

JCNT: Soon-to-be legislators reflect on primary wins; comments from incoming state Sen. Jake Vogel (R-Jefferson City), incoming state Reps. Carrie Tergin and Shane Kampeter

JCNT: Progressive activists hold rally demanding reversal on Hoskins’ Amendment 6 decision

KC Star: After Missouri voters sank GOP priorities, pro-choice activists hope abortion ban heading for defeat

JCNT: Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City), others attend Missouri Capitol Gold Star monument re-dedication

Missouri Business Alert, via JCNT: Sports betting tax revenue decreases in June despite FIFA World Cup; analyst says Kalshi, Polymarket cutting into revenue

P-D: Charter schools plan expansion as St. Louis school enrollment shrinks (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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Eagle 93.9 (Columbia): Monday morning ribbon-cutting planned for Columbia’s new St. Charles Road bridge over I-70; Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission chairman Warren Erdman, others scheduled to speak

P-D: Neighbors push back on Ameren’s plan for battery site, solar farm in Lincoln County (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D editorial: Denny Hoskins wants to play judge on 2 ballot measures. That’s not his job. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star’s Yvette Walker: Profile: Jordan Herrera to fill Democratic ballot slot for Mark Alford’s re-election (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

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SNL op-ed: Jacob Brower: Can Missouri Democrats overcome their branding problem?

SNL op-ed: Travis Marler: The Greene County Jail must cut ties with ICE

JCNT op-ed: Austin Petersen: Tipping was once illegal in Missouri – maybe we were onto something

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Mental health and the court system in Missouri: Is there room for justice? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: Town and Country septuagenarian celebrates defeat of Amendment 4 and 5, criticizes “right-wingers in the Gov. Mike Kehoe administration and the Missouri Legislature” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Saturday, August 8, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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