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Monday, September 29, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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Did you take the weekend off? Saturday’s headlines are here.

Did you take the weekend off? Sunday’s headlines are here.

This Week in Missouri Politics: Scott Faughn sits down with UM System President Dr. Mun Choi on the university’s improved reputation; the state of higher ed; nuclear reactor and the work of Sen. Stephen Webber (D-Columbia), GOP congressmen Bob Onder and Mark Alford, and more; panel of Mizzou Head Football Coach Eli Drinkwitz, the Lady Tigers’ new Head Basketball Coach Kelli Harper and Mizzou Athletic Director Laird Veatch on capital investments in Mizzou sports and what it means for the entire state of Missouri

Fox 2 St. Louis: Mizzou celebrates homecoming, parade includes Palestine group

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Cori Bush vs. Wesley Bell – why now and what Wesley should do this week with fence-sitters and money marks (link opens at 16:25)

Missouri Independent: Missouri’s Republican members of Congress mostly mum on Epstein discharge petition

P-D: St. Louis County councilwoman says she was assaulted by Sen. Angela Mosley (D-Florissant), former state Rep. Rochelle Walton Gray (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: Let’s break down the *alleged* Angela Mosley vs. Shalonda Webb slapfight (link opens at 10:55 mark)

JCNT: Kehoe approves Missouri’s new congressional map

St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe signs Trump-backed congressional map into law as legal challenges continue

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Mike Kehoe can’t lose with new congressional map; PLUS: why signing the bill in private makes sense (link opens at 15:35 mark)

The FARM Show with John Combest on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (Warren, Franklin, St. Charles and west St. Louis Counties): Speakers revealed for Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture; Kehoe’s drought declaration and MU advice for cover crops; State Fair attendance final numbers; Missouri Department of Conservation’s Pollinator Palooza in St. Charles County

Missouri Independent: Missouri school districts challenge law offering some counties property tax relief

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Recap of Quinton Lucas interview regarding young scholar’s attack on 66-year-old security guard, and exactly how state lawmakers can address the problem (link opens at 7:50 mark)

Missourinet: Missouri’s K-12 students adapt to new normal without cell phones

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Monday: The Four-Year “Racist Graffiti” Itch: what will happen in Francis Howell? (link opens at 6:30 mark)

The FARM Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: St. Joseph’s Triumph Foods vs. California’s Prop 12; USDA on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP); CRP acres in Warren, Franklin and St. Charles Counties; Missouri Department of Agriculture on managing black vultures

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Friday: Greater St. Louis, Inc. chooses competency over DEI; plus Brad vs. John on Tim Brinker (link opens at 3:00 mark)

The FARM Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: Fall burndown – is a residual necessary? Washington Missourian piece on Franklin Co. hemp producers and state regulations, plus an update on St. Louis County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy’s (D) proposed hemp regulations

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Missouri Independent op-ed: Abby Ehrhardt: Voters, not lawmakers, expanded health access in Missouri

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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