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97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Andrew Bailey explains his decision to step down from his role at the FBI and return home to his family in Missouri

St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum: Former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey leaving his post as co-deputy FBI director

AP: Andrew Bailey, an FBI deputy director, says he’s leaving the post after just over a year in the job

KC Star: Former Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey steps down from FBI role

KC Star: What did Andrew Bailey do during his time as FBI co-director?

SNL: Andrew Bailey, former Missouri AG, resigns from FBI position

NBC News: Andrew Bailey, who joined FBI in unusual ‘co-deputy’ position, to leave bureau

Washington Post: Andrew Bailey, No. 2 at FBI, resigns in latest shake-up at bureau

Washington Missourian: MO-2 borders set under Supreme Court ruling

Springfield Daily Citizen podcast: Former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt on redistricting, artificial intelligence, and the November election

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Moring: Missouri Times Publisher Scott Faughn on redistricting

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Debate over redistricting far from over with Prop A on the November ballot

Missouri Independent: Missouri Republicans scramble to launch late campaigns supporting Proposition A, opposing Amendment 6

KC Star: Missouri Republicans have had a ‘bad year.’ Can they win on abortion?

Columbia Missourian “social justice reporter” Erin Hynes: Pridefest thrives, despite Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and “many GOP state leaders who generally share an anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment”; photos of bearded cross-dressers “Nacho Problem” and “Burma Titzcold,” more

Springfield Daily Citizen: Democrat Betsy Fogle, Republican Melanie Stinnett square off in competitive, expensive race for Senate District 30

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: In Senate District 22, Barnhart man fills Democrats’ ballot slot for Jim Avery’s election

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick on audit of federal program expenditures, fighting fraud and more

Missouri Independent: Private donors are funding Missouri education board’s commissioner search, strategic plan

St. Louis Public Radio: In St. Louis, school choice is more than a personal decision. For some, it’s a statement

St. Louis Business Journal: Kehoe appoints 3 to expanded St. Louis tourism commission amid legal dispute over other seats

The Beacon (Kansas City): Missouri’s Maternal Health Access Project brings mental health care closer to new moms

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis City data center developers promise game-changing tax revenue. City officials want to make sure

Missouri Independent: Union fight erupts at Missouri cannabis dispensary after 12 workers fired

KBIA (Columbia): Diesel is testing an advantage Missouri farmers have that most states don’t

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota on his final days in office

P-D endorsements: “No” on Proposition A, “Yes” on Amendment 6 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: Welcome home, Andrew Bailey. We hardly missed you while you were at the FBI (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KC Star op-ed: R. Lawrence Dessem: Missouri Supreme Court has acted with courage in upholding law in redistricting

Springfield Daily Citizen’s Steve Pokin: Former state Rep. Patricia Derges (R-Nixa) back home, still under supervision and still denying she did anything wrong

Missouri Independent’s Janice Ellis: When will adequately funding Missouri public schools become a legislative priority?

KCUR’s Nomin Ujiyediin: Kansas City Star layoffs left the region with even less government accountability. It may get worse

P-D letter: Former “Women’s Voices Raised for Social Justice” Director Ellen Wentz: Vote “No” on Amendment 3 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Monday, September 28, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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