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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.

Wall Street Journal: Exclusive: Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren to probe insurers over zero-payout claims

KBIA (Columbia): Athletic directors at small schools in Missouri believe Schmitt’s “Protect College Sports Act” would benefit their programs

Springfield Daily Citizen: Election preview series: Alex Riley (R) vs. Kelsey Grant (D) in House District 134

Springfield Daily Citizen: Election preview series: Stephanie Hein (D) vs. Jacey Buckles (R) in House District 136

Missouri Independent’s Jason Hancock: Some Missouri Republicans – including Ben Keathley, Phil Oehlerking, Colin Wellenkamp, Jeff Martin, and Russ Gosselin – are stressing independence from GOP in 2026 campaign ads

St. Louis Public Radio’s Katie Grawitch: At Illinois Pride Fest, activists criticize Missouri laws; three (3) uses of “gender affirming care”

Combest in the Missouri Times, August 2023: Decline to use the opposition’s buzzworks: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: As Missouri steps up prediction market scrutiny, Kalshi says it’s different from sportsbooks; interview with Kalshi Head of Research Nicole Kagan

Spectrum News (Charter Communications, St. Louis): Kalshi is first prediction market firm to respond to Mo. attorney general order over sports betting

Missouri Independent: Missouri rejects optional hardship exceptions to Medicaid work requirements

Webster-Kirkwood Times: Webster Groves School District board members question state’s A-F grading system

SNL: Missouri State’s president highlights progress toward 2030 goals; thanks to legislation passed by Missouri’s General Assembly, MSU can now offer research doctorate and professional degrees

KBIA (Columbia): DHSS data shows sharp increases in Missouri heat-related ER visits this year; New Jersey environmental group blames “climate change”

JCNT: AARP meeting focuses on how to avoid fraud; scammers work to build a relationship over time, then ask for money for “an emergency” that is not real

Combest: Did John get scammed on an “emergency” loan? A St. Louis radio station operator and the case of the vanishing $10k

Debt collection series (August update): Empathy in debt collection: Was John wrong to confront the delinquent debtor on the radio?

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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