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KC Star: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford tells fired KC federal workers ‘God has a plan’ at hostile town hall (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Roundup of national progressive coverage of Mark Alford town hall

Washington Missourian: Politicians talk taxes, initiative petition changes at forum; Hawley rep Sam Saffa talks DOGE, state reps discuss state issues (avoid Washington Missourian paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Federal cuts to Missouri national forests have unclear impact

Brad & John Show (104.5 FM St. Charles/Franklin/Warren Counties), Tuesday: The St. Louis County Dierbergs attack that mainstream media will blame on Trump (link opens at 17:20 mark)

KBIA (Columbia): Missouri content creators adjust to TikTok’s uncertain future

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Missouri sports betting launch is on schedule – so why are some people mad? (link opens at 7:05 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri budget in peril if Congress slashes federal funding to state Medicaid expansion

Missouri Independent: Federal Medicaid cuts could leave Missouri with huge budget shortfall

Columbia Missourian: Profile: “Outsider” Lt. Gov. David Wasinger is finding a home at the Capitol

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri agriculture seeks greater market access in Taiwan

P-D: Missouri House endorses child care tax credits with eye on economic growth (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: Effort to drop capital gains tax quickly passed by Senate committee

Missouri Independent: Senate committee moves quickly on capital gains tax cut

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Sen. Adam Schnelting (R-St. Charles) on Bayer’s glyphosate bill, transgender bathroom bill, utilities legislation

Missouri Independent: Political attacks stiffen opposition to Missouri bill protecting pesticide makers

Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Missouri Senate livestream proposal doesn’t break along party lines (link opens at 13:10 mark)

P-D: Missouri Senate votes to curb courts’ power to revise ballot summaries (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

Missourinet: Progressive “Respect Voters Coalition” pushes ballot initiative to ban Missouri lawmakers from overturning voter-approved initiative petitions

Missourinet: Bill from Sen. Jamie Burger (R-Benton) would create the offense of tampering with an election official

JCNT: Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) calls for more solar regulations

Missourinet: Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R-Wentzville) says Missouri’s 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline has “catastrophic error that we can fix”

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Recap of Missouri 988 story (1:40), what happens when you call Brad’s recommending St. Louis area towing company (6:45) (link opens at 1:40 mark)

SNL: After ending DEI efforts, MSU renames Multicultural Resource Center

JCNT: Missouri House panel considering clean slate legislation

KCUR: Bill from Sen. Steve Roberts (D-St. Louis City) would enable more wrongfully convicted people to get compensation

KC Star: Missouri has seen thousands of flu cases, 100+ deaths. Where is the flu the worst?

P-D editorial: DOGE disruption in the Show-Me State (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

“Startland News” content creator Taylor Wilmore, via KCUR: Ivanhoe farmers market was ‘part of the solution’ for food insecurity. Then Trump canceled its grant

Brad & John Show, last Tuesday: Recap of Jonathan Shorman paint-by-numbers anti-Trump caterwauling template; urban farmers’ markets and grape soda versus kale smoothies; more (link opens at 8:25 mark)

KC Star op-ed: Missouri Charter Public School Association’s Noah Devine: Expanding school choice, including charters, helps all Missouri children and families

KC Star op-ed: Andrea Bock-Kunz: “As a Christian, I am particularly offended by the prominent display of a cross and a painting of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Christ, on Kehoe’s desk”

Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Kunz-y lady mad at Gov. Kehoe over white privilege and Christianity, other SJW complaints (link opens at 13:10 mark)

TonysKansasCity.com: Bromance: KCUR’s Steve Kraske lobs softball questions to Jason Kander; TKC: “It would be easier to tell them to get a room . . . Sadly, they found one but it had a mic in it”

Amazon.com: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – $7.99 on Kindle, $12.99 in paperback

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