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P-D: Snowfall causes traffic headaches across St. Louis area; MoDOT surprised by storm’s timing (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D video: Why didn’t MoDOT pre-treat roads ahead of Monday’s snowfall? Bob Becker explains.

KSDK: Video: MoDOT press conference

St. Louis Public Radio: MoDOT didn’t pretreat roads before Monday’s snow. Agency says it expected later arrival

Fox 2 St. Louis: MoDOT ‘caught off guard’ in Monday winter storm

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: MoDOT rationalizes its botching of road prep, will get #moleg chin music next year (link opens at 14:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Fox4 KC: MoDOT, KDOT crews working to remove snow from Kansas City-area highways

Fox News: Sen. Schmitt rips Biden’s ‘suicidal empathy’ as Trump asylum pause battle heats up

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on Venezuela, plus Afghan’s terrorism against National Guard

Missourinet: Graves hesitant on punishing air traffic controllers

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins: revised WOTUS rule shifts burden back to regulators

Missourinet: Fort Leonard Wood’s commanding general on battle to keep the medical center from being downgraded to a clinic

Washington Post: Redistricting is spreading across US states after Trump pushed for new congressional districts (avoid Washington Post paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Missourian: Late Franklin County mail ballot issue brought to Ann Wagner and other federal leaders; Franklin County Clerk Tim Baker reached out to Kris Cook, who began accountability mission

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Recap of USPS mail-in ballot incompetence story (link opens at 1:45 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Another Democrat files to unseat U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

johncombest.com archives: Search tag: quixotic congressional candidates running vanity campaigns in unwinnable districts

Gray Local Media (KMOV, KFVS, others) : Missouri lawmakers set new record for pre-filed bills ahead of 2026 legislative session

JCNT: Missouri House breaks first day pre-filing record

KQ2 (St. Joseph), via St. Joseph News-Press: Gov. Kehoe proposes income tax elimination

P-D: Rep. Jim Murphy (R-St. Louis County) wants to ban ‘misleading’ fundraising tactic used by Bill Eigel (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio; Snowy Monday made for slow kickoff for in-person sports betting in St. Louis

P-D: Photos: Legal sports betting gets underway in Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Analyst says Missouri could become a top sports betting state

Fox 2 St. Louis: SLU psychology professor says gambling addiction to worsen with legalized sportsbook

JCNT: What’s at stake? Opportunity, risk collide as legal sports betting gets underway in Missouri

Westplex Talk (104.5 FM): Brad & John Show, Tuesday: This Week in Smartphone Addiction: Adult sites, VPNs and sports betting (link opens at 9:55 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D: Major adult website shuts down in Missouri as state’s age verification rule goes into effect (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Scott Miller (R-St. Charles) would ban companies from giving children access to some AI companion chatbots

Missourinet: State Education Commissioner Karla Eslinger says Missouri’s schools are gradually improving

JCNT: Work on Missouri Capitol fountains continues

Columbia Missourian: Traffic fatalities down 4% from this time last year, Highway Patrol says

The Missouri Times op-ed: Chesterfield councilwoman Lane Koch: Follow the money: How a Chinese drone ban became Republican cronyism

Missouri Independent op-ed: The Marshall Project’s Ivy Scott: An overlooked source of information in Missouri prison deaths: the coroner

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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