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Did you take the weekend off? Friday’s headlines are here.

Did you take the weekend off? Saturday’s headlines are here.

Did you take the weekend off? Sunday’s headlines are here.

Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures: Sen. Eric Schmitt weighs in on energy prices, conflict with Iran

POLITICO: Voters are waking up on AI safety. So are Hawley and two other Senate Republicans.

KCTV (Kansas City) “On the Record”: Protection or privacy? Hawley, others share thoughts on Flock cameras

P-D: Prominent Missouri Republicans tried to influence judge in Ponzi scheme case (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KMBC (Kansas City): Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins embroiled in several lawsuits and court battles

One week ago: KMBC (Kansas City): Progressives take victory lap on congressional map ruling; KMBC host Cody Holyoke says Hoskins “took his bat and went home”; progressive blogger Rudi Keller says Hoskins “looked like he was swallowing his tongue” (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Rosenbaum: Missouri voters slated yet again to decide on abortion with near-total ban on the ballot

Kirksville Daily Express: Missouri House District 3 race pits Republican P. Jeremy Mosley vs. Democrat Corey Luebbering

Missouri’s Independent’s new “Missouri On the Record” podcast series: Jason Hancock and Rudi Keller on the SLU/YouGov poll and potential for “blue wave” in Missouri

FLASHBACK: SLU/YouGov poll, August 2024: Republicans in trouble in Missouri: Trump at only 54%, Kehoe at only 50%

FLASHBACK: Election results, November 2024: Trump 58.5%, Kehoe 59.1%

Warren County Record: MoDOT: $580M I-70 project from Warrenton to Kingdom City set for November

Daily American Republic, via Southeast Missourian: Gov. Kehoe honors Poplar Bluff officers who rescued woman after EF3 tornado

P-D: When a data center comes to town: An Iowa city shows ‘other side of the story’ (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Magazine: As Ferguson reconsiders $1.5B data center tax break, nonprofit donation faces scrutiny; “Ferguson Neighborhood Improvement Program,” which has ties to multiple council members, stands to get $7.5M

St. Louis Public Radio: Report from NPR and Boston University claims heat-related deaths in Missouri and other states are vastly underreported

P-D’s Tony Messenger: A prominent political consultant went to bat for a fraudster. It didn’t work. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent’s Jason Hancock: The curious case of a Ponzi schemer’s glowing profile in a Missouri newspaper

P-D letter: St. Charles septuagenarian celebrates Democrats’ win on congresssional maps (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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