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Fox News: Missouri man’s ‘Fur Lives Matter’ case turns heads as DOJ’s ‘Fraud Week’ targets taxpayer swindlers; insights from U.S. Attorney Matt Price of the Western District of Missouri

KMOV (St. Louis): U.S. Marshals raid St. Charles home connected to largest public assistance fraud in Missouri history; Connie Bobo was convicted of stealing $19.7 million from lunch program

FLASHBACK: 8/27/22: P-D editorial: Missouri’s worst-in-the-nation stinginess toward poor kids speaks volumes; suspecting foul play in summer lunch program is nonsense (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

The Hill: Missouri’s Eric Schmitt to appear on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures”

Columbia Missourian: Mizzou reveals signage to recognize national championship team as Tigers take on Troy; Schmitt joins members of the 1960 team and their families during pregame ceremony

P-D: Mizzou adds 1960 national championship signage to football stadium; MU athletics director Laird Veatch praises Schmitt’s Protect College Sports Act (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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St. Joseph News-Press: Persisterhood St. Joseph to host rally on November ballot measures; Respect MO Voters, Dem committee, NAACP to speak against Proposition A and Amendments 3,7 and 8, speak in favor of Amendment 6

JCNT: MoDOT Director Ed Hassinger, lawmakers go back and forth on state of Missouri transportation

Washington Missourian: Led by State Sen. Ben Brown (R-Washington), abandoned landfill committee meets in Jeff City

Joplin Globe: As state prepares to give districts grades this fall, Joplin Schools release ‘Complete Report Card’ (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Missouri Connections Academy, funded by the state, enters sixth year with 4,000 students

P-D: Missouri AG orders Kalshi, Polymarket to stop operating prediction markets here (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: State employee profile: Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development’s LeAnn Powell

TonysKansasCity.com: Here’s how Kansas City Star slowly transitions into AI slop

Joplin Globe’s Any Ostmeyer: Denny Hoskins needs to resign (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Saturday, September 19, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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