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St. Louis Public Radio: More people in St. Louis could qualify for radiation compensation under bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Missouri’s Eapen Thampy on Trump’s ibogaine executive order

Brownfield Ag News: USDA staffing concerns emerge ahead of Missouri State Fair listening session; comments from Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins

The Leader (Jefferson County): IBEW journeyman to fill Democrats’ ballot slot for Jason Smith’s re-election

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KMOV (St. Louis): Michigan senator visits St. Louis as part of “End Citizens United” tour

Jason Rosenbaum on Instagram: Video: U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) complains about federal campaign finance laws

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on Missouri First map

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Judge hears arguments over Missouri voter rights amendment

P-D: Missouri judge promises quick ruling on citizen-led ballot initiative lawsuit (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Judge promises fast ruling on ballot status of Missouri amendment to protect initiatives

St. Louis Public Radio: Court hears arguments that could decide the future of Missouri citizen ballot initiatives

KC Star: Judge to rule on Respect MO Voters ballot issue

P-D: Missouri student test scores improve in English, math and science (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri schools to receive report cards on academic performance following Kehoe’s order

Missouri Independent: Missouri education board wary of $300 million school funding increase

Missouri State University/KSMU “Missouri Journal” feature: Missouri has a delayed back-to-school: Local experts discuss why

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JCNT: Gov. Kehoe taps Valarie Moseley to lead Corrections

P-D: Kehoe names new Missouri prison chief amid leadership shuffle (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Missouri State Highway Patrol announces Capt. Jason N. Crites new commander of executive services

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Former Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst on data centers

NPR: States hope federal funds will help offset Medicaid cuts for rural hospitals; comments from Washington University health care policy analyst @jeffreyjonesmo Timothy McBride

The Missouri Times: Combest (10/21/21): Predicting future liberal media narratives: Missouri expanded Medicaid in 2021, but experts are still “worried”; “Media coverage to include third-party quotes from health care advocacy organizations, ironically overweight health care policy analysts from liberal universities”

Gregg Keller on X: “Missouri politicos will remember (Timothy) McBride as a paid Missouri Democratic Party staffer who trolled all non-commie electeds behind an anonymous account for years until he was caught, became a running joke to Rs and Ds alike.”

Missourinet: Missouri Department of Conservation shares summer tips for keeping wildlife wild

P-D: State Rep. Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis County) says reports on St. Louis County police spending lack detail (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Nine PBS paid company to store its archival footage. Then the company went under. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Springfield Daily Citizen op-ed: Christian County Sheriff Brad Cole: A federal increase in tractor trailer size is dangerous for Missouri

The Missouri Times op-ed: Vinnie Clubb: Missouri parents deserve to see their own kids’ medical records

Missouri Independent: Saint Louis University’s Jeannine Butler: If we care about students, we must broaden Missouri’s teacher pipeline

P-D letter: Webster Groves progressive activist touts Respect MO Voters’ Amendment 6 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Tuesday, August 18, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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