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97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey on agency’s success fighting crime, key stats and mindset shift

Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford seeks financial protections for federal workers during shutdowns

P-D: St. Louis judge orders Green Party candidate Jill Stein arrested in WashU protest case (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Magazine: St. Louis judge issues warrant for Jill Stein’s arrest

P-D: St. Louis schools respond to Trump admin’s ‘call to action’ on higher education (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KOMU (Columbia): Judge: Missouri Secretary of State’s Office rightfully threw out some signatures gathered for “People Not Politicians” referendum

Missouri Independent: Missouri ballot proposals blocked by secretary of state had enough signatures, records show

KMOX (St. Louis): Return to sender: USPS returns ballots after primary by mistake

KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show with guest host Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville): Republican state rep candidate Jerry Angelo (District 133); state Rep. Melanie Stinnett (R-Springfield) on her campaign for state Senate

KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show with guest host Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville): Republican state rep candidates Russ Gosselin (District 132) and Will Worsham (District 129)

KSGF (Springfield): Nick Reed Show with guest host Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville): Republican state rep candidates Michael Hasty (District 135) and Jacey Buckles (District 136)

JCNT: Dan Haug, Missouri’s longest-serving budget director, to retire Oct. 1

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV, WGEM): Missouri agriculture students aim to pack 250,000 meals for charity in honor of America 250

The Beacon (Kansas City): Trump wants to loosen Head Start rules, but Missouri providers say enrolling more kids isn’t so simple

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis early childhood program faces possibly transformative changes

West Newsmagazine (St. Louis County): Rep. Terri Violet (R-St. Peters) sees success of two health-related bills

KC Star: Missouri AG aware of ‘personal criminal history’ of KC Mafia-linked plaintiff (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Cyclosporiasis cases near 2,000 in Missouri, but doctors see signs outbreak may be peaking

JCNT: Missouri Department of Conservation sets new regulations for deer season

Joplin Globe: MDC announces new deer hunting regulations, including new CWD policies (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: National liberal activist group promotes report on human waste in states’ waterways

St. Louis Public Radio: Online database of Riverfront Times articles gets more stories and redesign

2002 Riverfront Times profile on Missouri Democratic fundraising powerhouse Joyce Aboussie

The Riverfront Times, July 1994: Ray Hartmann’s tribute to his late friend Rich Koster (Chris’ dad) (view on Instagram here)

P-D: Editorial: How to lose public trust on data centers (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: Why Hoskins must step aside and place voter initiative on the Missouri ballot (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

KC Star op-ed: “Every State Blue” “Executive Director” Michele Hornish: Think urban and rural Missouri is divided? Amendment 4 said otherwise

P-D letter: Valley Park sexagenarian says 1st Congressional District voters rejected Cori Bush, but not Democratic Socialism (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Monday, August 17, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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