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Sunday, December 21, 2025 – Missouri political news headlines

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NEW Instagram reel: Teach Me How to Dougie (Beck)! ft. Sen. Brian Williams and Kate Upton’s assets

Fox4 KC: 4 The People with John Holt: House Speaker Jonathan Patterson (R) and House Superminority Leader Ashley Aune (D) preview the 2026 Missouri legislative session

Instagram reel: The Get Along Gang! Featuring leader Jon Patterson, hype man Chad Perkins, prankster Justin Sparks, logical Dirk Deaton, lean machine Alex Riley, and the Ashley Aune Caboose!

Johnson County Post: Border war back on: In major state line jump, Lockton confirms it’s moving HQ to Leawood; KC Mayor Quinton Lucas “disappointed by the misplaced confidence many of us had in the one-time Missouri-Kansas Border War Truce” (avoid Johnson County Post paywall by reading archived version here)

USA Today, via SNL: Weekly unemployment claims data

JCNT: Missouri suffers doctor shortage – various state agencies, groups working to address need

Columbia Missourian: LiUNA Local 955 organizes MU library employees; State Board of Mediation receives petition

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Should a traffic case break apart an illegal immigrant family in St. Louis? St. Louis County Prosecutor Melissa Price Smith (D) “intend(s) to hold (Cuban illegal) accountable” after alien led police on pursuit “driving 116 miles per hour on a crowded roadway” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Fred Wellman: I’m running against Ann Wagner to keep Trump from gutting Missouri veterans’ health care (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KC Star op-ed: Neil Getzlow: Adult sites are a public health issue. At least Missouri and Kansas try to fight it

KC Star op-ed: Sam Neugebauer: Kratom and 7-OH aren’t cure-alls. But Missourians need help with pain

KC Star letter: Kansas City man mocks AG Catherine Hanaway’s redistricting lawsuit, attempts Santa Claus punchline (avoid Kansas City Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D letter: Former Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst supports glyphosate legislation (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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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