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Axios: Exclusive: Missouri’s Hawley, Connecticut’s Murphy push AI liability as Trump backs self-regulation

POLITICO: Josh Hawley tests Trump’s hands-off approach to AI

Stateline, via Missouri Independent: Feds provide guidance on new federal K-12 scholarship tax credit program; Missouri among states opting in

KC Star: Ex-Boilermakers union executive sentenced to 16 months in federal racketeering case (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D: Federal judges in St. Louis kept GOP-drawn voting map alive with ‘novel’ orders (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on U.S. Supreme Court ruling, criticism directed at his office, and what the decision means moving forward

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas “absolutely” considering statewide bid in 2028 (12:30 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Her Health, Her Future PAC’s James Lawson on Amendment 3

Missouri Independent: Missouri Abortion Fund partners with Seattle’s “Shout Your Abortion” to promote abortion pills

KCUR (Kansas City): Missouri Amendment 7 proposes a state investment fund with aim of ending taxes in a century; thoughts from state Rep. Colin Wellenkamp (R-St. Charles)

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking podcast: House Speaker Jon Patterson (R-Lee’s Summit) on state Senate race, data centers, Flock Cameras, Amendment 6 and more

Springfield Daily Citizen: House District 132: State Rep. Jeremy Dean (D-Springfield) challenged by Republican Russ Gosselin, founder of north Springfield nonprofit

Student Life (Washington University): WashU Voter Guide: What’s on the ballot in November?

St. Louis Public Radio: Missourians have to show household expense receipts to qualify for SNAP benefits

Missouri Independent: Missouri adds new paperwork requirements to welfare as federal penalties loom

P-D: Missouri issues new guidelines for license plate cameras (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri releases 2026 energy plan focused on nuclear power

Springfield Business Journal: State Treasurer promotes MO ABLE accounts for people with disabilities

The Maneater: Missouri attorney general launches investigation into national, Missouri chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine

The Beacon (Kansas City): Missouri has laws to stop abusers moving from one school to another, but some advocates want more

Fox 2 St. Louis: Former Superfund site near Fredericktown could become rare earth hub

JCNT: Playing cards for inmates could result in new clues for Missouri’s cold cases

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri uses same drug from botched Tennessee execution

Columbia Missourian: An increase in rabies exposure spreads across Missouri

Student Life (Washington University) op-ed: Managing Editor Dion Hines: Vote ‘Yes’ on Amendment 6

P-D op-ed: St. Louis University School of Education Dean Gary W. Ritter: Missouri can find its great teachers beyond traditional paths (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: California cannabis consultant Adrian A. Holguin: Missouri tightened the rules. The wait still leaves marijuana microbusiness owners vulnerable

P-D letter: Chesterfield septuagenarian calls Eric Schmitt “a fool”

Joplin Globe letter: Joplin septuagenarian celebrates Schmitt staff error, says Denny Hoskins and Catherine Hanaway “should be barred forever … from opening their mouths” (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Thursday, October 1, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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