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KSDK (St. Louis): Sen. Eric Schmitt, Ozzie Smith, Matthew Tkachuk compete in BMW Championship Pro-Am Tourney

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Midwest Newsroom’s Steph Conquest-Ware (they/them), via KCUR: International students at Missouri and Kansas colleges targeted by Trump’s new visa policies

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with incoming Congressman Chris Stigall

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Jake Kroesen talk with Lt. Gov. David Wasinger

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with incoming state Sen. Mike Deering (R-Montgomery City)

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with state Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton)

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with state Sen. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe)

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with state Rep. Brad Pollitt (R-Sedalia)

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with state Rep. Dean Van Schoiack (R-Savannah)

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk with Missouri Corn Growers Association President Bradley Schad

Instagram reel: Gov. Mike Parson tells Scott Faughn a State Fair cow dung story

St. Louis Public Radio: Judge blocks referendum over Missouri congressional redistricting map

St. Louis Public Radio: Judge rejects plan that would make it harder to change initiatives passed by Missouri voters

JCNT: Cole County judge sides with Hoskins in two constitutional lawsuits

AP: Missouri court allows new Trump-backed US House districts to be used in November election

Gray Media (KCTV, KMOV, KFVS, KY3): Judge upholds Hoskins’ decision to reject “People Not Politicians” petition

P-D: Judge denies bid to let voters challenge Missouri’s new congressional maps (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KOMU, via Columbia Missourian: Judge says referendum powers do not apply to redistricting, declines to put new map on ballot

Missouri Independent: Judge blocks referendum on revamped Missouri redistricting plan

KC Star: Missouri judge upholds Hoskins’ ruling on redistricting petition

KC Star: Measure to boost Missouri direct democracy to be withheld from ballot, judge rules (avoid KC Star by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D: Missouri judge says secretary of state right to block ballot initiative (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

AP: Missouri court rejects petition proposing protections for laws passed by citizen initiative

KOMU (Columbia) via Columbia Missourian: Judge throws out Missouri Amendment 6, saying it violates single-subject rule

Missouri Independent: Judge rules against ballot slot for Missouri proposal to limit change to initiatives

KC Star: National Democratic group promotes candidates in each state, including Missouri; comments from longtime Missouri Republican strategist/current House Republican Campaign Committee Executive Director Hannah Beers Sutton, Missouri House Democrats’ visiting interim short-term out-of-state contractor Jake Kljaich (avoid KC Star by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

The Missouri Times, October 2022: How to Earn an Election Silver Medal (Without Really Trying), Season Finale: “Just-passin’-through out-of-state hires can pack up their apartments in one day and be on their way. The money’s on the dresser, Vanilla Bean.”

NBC News (2/11/25): Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee names its top 10 states for realistic gains in the 2026 elections – Missouri not among them

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): MoDOT delays launch of new 75 mph speed limit

JCNT: Highway 50 West improvement falls under MoDOT’s unfunded transportation needs

Missouri Independent: Missouri prepares for final marijuana microbusiness lottery under tougher rules

St. Louis Public Radio: Nine PBS allowed to retrieve archive with more than 70 years of programming history

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Missouri Independent op-ed: Abby Ehrhardt: Missouri must fix Medicaid’s paperwork problem before work requirements begin​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

JCNT letter: 2024 Democratic National Convention delegate Sue Gibson lets Eric Schmitt, Josh Hawley and Bob Onder know she has “had it” with their support for Donald Trump

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, August 19, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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