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Fox New: Hawley: Trump’s message to UN “extremely powerful”

Fox News: Missouri’s Eric Schmitt challenges Dems to join anti-fraud crackdown

Roll Call: White House communicating with Schmitt, others about health fraud legislation

Springfield Daily Citizen: U.S. Ambassador Billy Long wants Bass Pro Shops to open a store in Iceland

St. Louis Public Radio: Wash U. sociologist criticizes Trump child care proposal

JCNT: Ballots sent out as fate of Missouri’s congressional map remains unclear

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): AG Catherine Hanaway: ‘As of right now, we’re still using the old maps’

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on pending 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling

Missourinet: Onder says appeals court protected primary voters

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller on the status of redistricting, absentee voting and more

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn on congressional redistricting

Columbia Missourian: Missouri’s congressional map fight isn’t over – here’s what happens next

Columbia Missourian: Boone County clerk cautions to wait to vote as redistricting court battle plays out

KOMU (Columbia): Boone County clerk cautions to wait to vote as redistricting court battle plays out

KC Star: Kansas City starts voting amid congressional map uncertainty

KCUR (Kansas City): Absentee voting begins in Missouri, even as legal fight over congressional map drags on

Missouri Independent: Missouri redistricting fight returns to US Supreme Court for third time

KCUR: Election overview series: 5th Congressional District: Emanuel Cleaver vs. Rick Brattin

KC Star: Low-profile Amendment 7 seeks to eliminate all Missouri taxes decades from now (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Southeast Missourian obituary: Former state Sen. Jerry Thomas “JT” Howard (D-Dexter)

Midwest Newsroom, via KCUR: Missouri lawmakers expected to introduce Flock camera legislation in 2027

Springfield Daily Citizen: Missouri State, Ozarks Tech keeping a close eye on funding formula for higher education

St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick launches probe of Special School District amid deficit, federal violations

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri state auditor announces investigation of Special School District of St. Louis County

KMOX (St. Louis): Fitzpatrick opens performance audit into Special School District of St. Louis County

Washington Missourian: Missouri DHSS reports possible measles exposure in Pacific

St. Louis Public Radio: Third measles infection tied to train trip reported in Franklin County; officials not alarmed

Washington Missourian: Franklin County tax revenue forecast report says data centers could generate $10B in taxes over 20 years

St. Louis Public Radio: Ferguson city council says yes to tax breaks for data center development

KC Star: Unanswered questions in Eric Zahnd’s death fuel speculation and a ‘strange’ silence (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D editorial: Shameless trans ad shows how low they’ll go to trick voters on abortion rights (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D op-ed: Former Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Wolff: The deceptive selling of Missouri’s proposed new abortion ban (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: Shrewsbury octogenarian expresses anger over GOP redistricting push, threatens to vote against Hanaway and Hoskins (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Tuesday, September 22, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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