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St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri and FBI Director Kash Patel announce significant FBI investment in St. Louis area

P-D: FBI to add agents in St. Louis. ‘Highest point’ in years, says Schmitt (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Fox 2 St. Louis: St. Louis to welcome surge of FBI agents, intel staff

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Sen. Eric Schmitt on FBI announcement, fighting COVID tyranny, and his new book “Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court”

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Missouri Independent: Missouri Republican Party Vice Chair Jennifer Bukowsky says lawmakers will start with a congressional map drawn in D.C.

KC Star: Top Missouri staff weighed legality of Trump’s gerrymandering push, emails show (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Protesters help Wesley Bell look like the adult in the room (link opens at 2:50 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: Head Start providers celebrate 60 years of service after funding uncertainty; comments from Wesley Bell

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Eapen Thampy on Trump rescheduling marijuana, plus Missouri’s 2026 ballot initiative to overhaul cannabis/hemp regulations

JCNT: Missouri lawmakers looking into nuclear as energy demand rises

JCNT: State program aims to help fill gap in Missouri sexual assault exams

JCNT: Jefferson City hires Clarkston Nelson to lobby for city ahead of 2026 legislative session

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Andrew Bailey endorses Jason Law for St. Charles County Executive (link opens at 7:35 mark)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Wednesday: St. Charles County Councilman Mike Elam says Bill Eigel doesn’t really want to be county executive, says Jason Law’s focus on crime is irrelevant; whether or not Steve Ehlmann will run for re-election; more

P-D: Man infected by brain-eating amoeba in Lake of the Ozarks has died (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri patient dies of rare waterborne amoeba infection

P-D: St. Louis emergency management chief is fired after siren debacle (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Russell out as head of St. Louis City Emergency Management Agency

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer on data center project withdrawal

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Does St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer really not know his cousins? Citizen journalism (via Jason Rivera account) help delay St. Charles data center (link opens at 6:05 mark)

KC Star editorial: As Andrew Bailey leaves for Trump FBI, will new Missouri AG play politics? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D editor Alan Achkar: Yes, column critical of Black Lives Matter was a bad decision (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: “Justice in Palestine” member Jeff Stack: Missouri activist hopes to open American eyes to injustices experienced by Palestinians

The Marshall Project’s Katie Moore and The Midwest Newsroom’s Kavahn Mansouri: A man with HIV sued Missouri Department of Corrections over solitary confinement; department says it will change some policies

JCNT letter: Jefferson City sexagenarian opposes Missouri lawmakers on redistricting

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