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97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt warns what happens if Democrats keep the U.S. Senate

Spectrum News (Charter Communications): Hawley on USPS: “There’s piles of undelivered (mail) in my state. It’s a disgrace.”

Fox News: House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith investigating three nonprofits linked to Marxist tech tycoon Neville Roy Singham over alleged foreign influence

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 1,150 with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 1,120 with state Rep. Keri Ingle (D-Independence)

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 1,126 with former state Sen. John Rizzo (D-Kansas City)

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 1,135 with state Sen. Joe Nicola (R-Grain Valley)

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 1,175 with state Sen. Patty Lewis (D-Kansas City)

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 1,188 with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas (D)

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas “could shine well on a debate stage with anyone from Eric Schmitt to Mike Kehoe to obviously Denny Hoskins” (9:10)

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: State Auditor candidate Quentin Wilson (D)

St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Kellogg: Backers pitch Amendment 3 as ‘middle of the road’ abortion ban, opponents say it disrespects voters; four (4) 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?”

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Sen. Adam Schnelting (R-St. Charles) on Amendment 7

JCNT: Local Missouri House candidates visit Lincoln University for News Tribune forum; Becky Kroll (D) vs. Carrie Tergin (R); Shane Kampeter (R) vs. Suzanne Luther (D)

SNL: Jerry Angelo (R), Katelyn Zach (D) look to fill Rep. Melanie Stinnett’s District 133 seat

KC Star: More voters registered in Missouri for the 2026 midterm election compared to 2022’s midterms; some county election boards expect high turnouts

Beers & Budget with Erin Schrimpf and Andy Foley: How federal pandemic funding changed budget negotiations, Missouri’s shrinking reserves and tightening fiscal outlook, Medicaid expansion and rising state costs, public school funding and the foundation formula, sports betting, much more

YouTube: Beers & Budget episodes

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Operation Show Me the Money combats taxpayer-funded fraud

JCNT: Kehoe announces new anti-fraud operation between Missouri, DOJ

Gray Media (KFVS, KY3, KCTV, KMOV): Missouri, federal officials launch Operation Show-Me the Money to target benefit fraud

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri ramps up preparations for new Medicaid work requirements

P-D: Fees, permits may be coming to Missouri campgrounds and gun ranges (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Decades of Missouri lake data at risk as federal funding dries up; comments from Missouri DNR’s Robert Voss

Columbia Missourian: MU Health Care physician discusses the risks of kratom, 7-OH

Brownfield Ag News: Why Missouri FSA changed its plans for county offices

JCNT: Missouri Dept. of Conservation to close Runge Conservation Nature Center trails Nov. 6-8

St. Louis Public Radio: ‘This is the railroad’: Greater St. Louis Inc. CEO warns cities not to turn down data centers

P-D: Ferguson petition calls on city to repeal data center – or let residents vote on it (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Ferguson residents: Repeal data center tax breaks or put them to a vote

P-D editorial: New ad backed by Sen. Hawley repeats the lies about Amendment 3. Don’t buy it. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

Joplin Globe editorial: Missouri hunters’ cooperation still needed this fall (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading free archived version here)

P-D letter: First Unitarian Church “minister” Kim Mason (she/her) opposes Amendment 3 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

P-D letter: Town and Country sexagenarian touts Amendment 6, attempts pizza analogy (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Thursday, October 22, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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