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St. Louis Public Radio: Trump says railroad CEO asked him to send the National Guard to St. Louis

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Local Mexican gal blames ICE for paltry attendance at upcoming event (link opens at 7:15 mark)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: Gov. Mike Kehoe on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, redistricting, St. Louis area crime and more

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Senate passes redistricting and initiative petition plans – voters may get final say

AP: Missouri Senate passes Trump-backed plan that could help Republicans win an additional US House seat

Missourinet: Legislature passes congressional redistricting, constitutional amendment changes

P-D: Missouri Senate OKs new congressional map to help GOP in 2026 midterm election (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KMOV (St. Louis) reporter Jon Kipper: After redistricting passes, some St. Charles County voters will switch districts; comments from “State Sen. Brad Hudson (D) [sic]”

KOMU (Columbia): Missouri set to redraw congressional districts as bill heads to governor

Columbia Missourian: Democrat County Clerk: Voter turnout could suffer with new congressional maps

Roll Call: Missouri legislature sends new congressional map to governor

KCUR: ACLU sues Missouri over gerrymandered map that splits apart Kansas City

KSHB: Kansas City School District could be split across 3 congressional districts under new map (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Missouri Independent: Missouri lawmakers pass gerrymandered congressional map, initiative petition limits

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: Rep. Darin Chappell (R-Rogersville) on Capitol protests and the Jefferson City area liberal that creeps out Capitol legislative assistants (story starts at 25:20)

Listen live, 10 a.m. Central: The FARM Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (St. Charles, Warren, Franklin, west St. Louis Counties): Missourians for a Single Market’s Eapen Thampy on 2026 statewide marijuana/hemp ballot initiative, the difference between hemp regulations and marijuana regulations, hurdles to hemp production in Missouri, and the top lies/half-truths should voters expect to hear about the “single market” ballot initiative

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Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Missouri’s rejected license plates (link opens at 12:15 mark)

The Missouri Times: Missouri continues to finalize data center laws

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Brad vs. Ameren on data centers, and John sides with Ameren (link opens at 0:25)

St. Louis Public Radio: Board of Aldermen urges Ameren to pause St. Louis disconnections as shutoffs spike since tornado

JCNT: Downtown Association, state group focused on Main Street program

Brownfield Ag News: America’s Heartland Packing ramping up production

P-D’s Lynn Schmidt: Eric Schmitt’s ‘pitchfork’ patriotism misses America’s point (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

August 2025: Missouri Independent op-ed: John Danforth’s “Our Republican Legacy” state director Lynn Schmidt: I’m a Republican, but Josh Hawley’s newest populist economic proposal is downright irresponsible

October 2024: Lynn Schmidt: Standing for Ukraine and NATO means standing against Josh Hawley; plus, Democrat Lucas Kunce and Independent Jared Young talked to me (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free Combest-archived version here)

September 2024: Lynn Schmidt (audio): Lucas Kunce shares his vision for Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by accessing free Combest-archived version here)

March 2024: Lynn Schmidt: Missouri GOP caucuses not fair for “us RINOs”: “Haley supporters were not just made to feel unwelcome, but intimidated and fearful.” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

October 2023: Lynn Schmidt: I’m a “traditional conservative” Republican, but disagree with Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt on populism, the U.S. military and national security (get around stltoday paywall here)

January 2023: P-D editorial board profiles: Meet Lynn Schmidt, our conservative/libertarian columnist

KC Star op-ed: Rep. Kem Smith (D-Florissant): GOP’s so-called ‘Missouri First’ redistricting puts democracy last (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

SNL letters: Springfield octogenarian says Schmitt’s speech “concerning”; Missouri State University professor Stephen Berkwitz opposes initiative petition process changes

P-D letter: Wright City woman expresses anger over recent GOP state legislative actions, touts progressive “Respect MO Voters” group (avoid stltoday paywall by accessing free archived version here)

Joplin Globe letter: Kansas City couple takes swipe at GOP legislators, wants new invasive plant ban to go into effect immediately (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by accessing free archived version here)

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