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Missourinet: Schmitt wants Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood to serve as ICE training site

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Schmitt and Hawley both want ICE to train at Fort Leonard Wood (link opens at 16:50 mark)

Missourinet: In D.C. Burlison pushed back on fears about artificial intelligence and job losses

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Burlison vs. Luddites regarding artificial intelligence (link opens at 3:25 mark)

P-D: Feds decline to take over St. Louis tornado cleanup but offer more cash and support (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: FEMA disaster recovery centers in St. Louis to permanently close Thursday

P-D: St. Louis Jewish groups to beef up security with help from federal money (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Protester sues WashU, Eureka police officer over arrest after pro-Palestine protest (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Protester gal has no idea what happened to the Wash U. police riot helmet she totally didn’t steal; Bonus: what Brad has in common with a 25-year-old black woman (link opens at 8:35 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis resident sues WashU and Eureka police for use of ‘wanteds’ after 2024 protest

Columbia Missourian: UM System President Choi places faculty on notice in wake of nationwide firings

Agri-Pulse: USDA nominee Richard Fordyce, others close in on final confirmation

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on redistricting, fighting crime, Schmitt and Bailey’s performance as AG, China, more

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: A little daylight between Gov. Kehoe and AG Catherine Hanaway statements on sending National Guard to St. Louis (link opens at 13:45 mark)

Missourinet: St. Louis police chief has no info on National Guard coming to town

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas on Remington Reseach poll showing Mark Alford cruising to re-election; update on Royals-Chiefs status and timeline

KC Star: Governor says liberal allegations about KC precinct error “false” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

St. Louis Magazine: Kehoe defends congressional map, says he will sign it into law

Missouri Independent: Court battle looms over KC precinct listed twice in Missouri’s new congressional map

P-D: Missouri governor defends congressional map but still hasn’t signed it into law (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Tightline Strategies’ Jack Cardetti (D) and Hahn DeBoef’s Erin Schrimpf (D) talk with Scott Faughn about redistricting, initiative petitions, costs of statewide signature gathering and ballot campaigns, Senate drama involving Cindy O’Laughlin and Lincoln Hough, Scottoberfest, much more

Columbia Missourian: O’Laughlin appoints new Senate Appropriations Committee chair

JCNT: MoDOT honors fallen workers

P-D: St. Louis mayor dumps moratorium on data centers, unveils new rules (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Thursday: Alderwoman Anne Schweitzer the voice of reason on data centers (link opens at 3:05 mark)

JCNT: Locke Thompson named Missouri co-prosecutor of year

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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