Saturday, August 30, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines
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Washington Missourian: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner supports senior center concept
KC Star: Fraud charges dropped against luxury KC developers with link to AG Pam Bondi (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)
P-D: Special prosecutors named in Jill Stein assault case stemming from WashU protest (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri will join Trump-led redistricting push
Fox 2 St. Louis: Kehoe calls extraordinary session to redistrict Missouri congressional maps
P-D: Kehoe calls lawmakers to redraw congressional map, raise bar for amending constitution (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
KCUR’s Savannah Hawley-Bates bio: “Proudly not related to Josh Hawley”
Missourinet: The fight to flip the 5th: interview with U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver
KSHB: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas prepared to run for Congress if proposed redistricting is approved (link via TonysKansasCity.com)
TonysKansasCity.com: TKC Told You So: Mayor Q FINALLY Floats Congressional Run
POLITICO: Missouri to take up redistricting in special session, likely netting GOP 1 seat
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Live on the air: Bill Eigel says Andrew Bailey “a big disappointment to me … willing to walk away for something that has ‘deputy’ and ‘co-‘ in the title” (link opens at 4:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)
USA Today, via SNL: Weekly Missouri unemployment claims data
P-D: Feds order Missouri to cut references to gender identity in sex ed programs (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
JCNT: Telehealth to expand sexual assault support program
P-D: St. Charles rejected a data center. Ameren has a list of dozens of similar projects (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: MoDOT clawing back road funds from local group (link opens at 3:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)
JCNT: Missouri’s State Capitol Commission hears final Master Plan presentations
P-D: Judge rejects state’s push for St. Louis sheriff’s immediate removal (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
St. Louis Public Radio: Judge rejects Missouri AG’s motion to boot St. Louis sheriff before trial
St. Louis Public Radio: Mayor says turmoil at FEMA left St. Louis to respond to deadly tornado alone
KC Star editorial: Gerrymandering, blocking petitions are not ‘Missouri values,’ Gov. Kehoe
P-D’s Tony Messenger: Evicted without a notice or hearing? A Missouri law makes it possible. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
P-D letter: St. Louis man wants more gun control laws, calls lawmakers “cowards” for opposing “red-flag laws and waiting periods” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)