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Brownfield Ag News: Eric Schmitt: continuing resolution gives Congress time for farm bill work

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri farmers stay optimistic for farm bill passage; comments from Sen. Jason Bean (R-Peach Orchard), Missouri Soybean Association President Cody Brock

Sikeston Standard-Democrat: At Sikeston rodeo, ICE nabs four aliens with “existing immigration-related matters in federal systems”

KC Star: With Brattin’s election, hard-charging Missouri conservative caucuses set to send third member to Congress

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court seeks swift action in redistricting ballot measure case

JCNT: State Rep. Rudy Veit (R-Wardsville) shares thoughts on defeat, other primary election results

St. Joseph News-Press: Northwest Missouri Democratic Socialists, others to take part in “Northwest Democrat Days” this weekend; speakers to include nine (9) Democrats filling ballot slots for safe Republican seats

FLASHBACK: The Missouri Times: How to earn an election silver medal (without really trying) – a guide for quixotic candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts, Part 1 (2022)

Missourinet: Kehoe recaps Panama trip, highlights Missouri trade and National Guard ties

P-D: Missouri House budget chief Dirk Deaton departs Legislature, new chair named (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Incoming House Budget Chair Bill Owen (R-Springfield) on 2027 priorities, approach to spending, unfilled positions in state departments, and the short-term revenue picture

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn previews the Missouri State Fair

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri lawmakers unveil framework for data center decisions

St. Louis Public Radio: New checklist aims to help Missouri communities ask data center developers the right questions

P-D: Missouri lawmakers push for AI guardrails (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KSDK’s (St. Louis) Mark Maxwell: ‘Author: OpenAI’: Metadata contradicts Missouri lawmakers’ denials about who wrote their AI playbook; Rep. Colin Wellenkamp (R-St. Charles) said no large language model was used. Then “not to my knowledge.”

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P-D: License plate shortage slows Missouri’s bid to end temporary tags (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) joins new council to combat human trafficking

KCUR’s Up to Date with Steve Kraske: What to know about Interim Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota’s federal indictment; insight from KC Star reporters Kacen Bayless and Ben Wheeler

Midwest Newsroom, via St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri still allows paraquat weed killer. An Iowa man with Parkinson’s wants it banned

KC Star editorial: Corruption allegations have long plagued Jackson County leaders. Who isn’t tainted?

JCNT op-ed: Tom Sadowski: Voters said Amendment 5 was not the way to help the economy

Columbia Missourian letter: New Franklin octogenarian says Amendment 5 was “dumb”

Yesterday’s (Tuesday, August 11, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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