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Fox Business: Schmitt says new protections are needed for government espionage

Columbia Missourian: Schmitt says DHS agents in Minnesota are ‘heroes’

Columbia Missourian: Hawley says investigation of ‘troubling’ DHS shooting is necessary

CNN: ‘ICE is out of control’ Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas calls for accountability after latest Minneapolis shooting (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Corn CEO Bradley Schad welcomes Trump’s take on E15, warns details still matter

P-D: Boeing touts first operational T-7A Red Hawk jet built in St. Louis during earnings call (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Missouri adds residents despite aging population, drop in immigration (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent (11/7/25): Missouri’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws linked to population loss and decline in tax revenue, studies find

Missouri Independent (2/4/25): Republicans push to make laws restricting transgender minors permanent; “State Rep. Emily Weber, a Democrat from Kansas City, said the legislation is driving people out of the state.”

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: What happened to the mainstream media and prog blog “mass exodus” narrative? (link opens at 16:55)

93.9 The Eagle: Wake Up Missouri: Missouri Young Republicans President Frank Catanzaro on Trump’s agenda, Missouri income tax elimination and personal property taxes, the filibuster, new YR chapter in Jefferson County, more

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Joe Steelman on his state Senate campaign

The Missouri Times: Legislators delay State of Judiciary over Supreme Court ruling

JCNT: State of the Judiciary canceled as GOP senators protest Missouri Supreme Court decision

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Republican anger about state Supreme Court leads to cancellation of judiciary speech

P-D: Chief justice’s speech to Missouri lawmakers canceled amid GOP fury over ruling (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missourinet: Hearing conducted on Gov. Kehoe’s priority to phase out Missouri’s income tax

JCNT: Missouri House speaker testifies about income tax plan

P-D: Opposition lines up against Kehoe’s tax plan. Seniors, Realtors warn of high costs (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri GOP backs income tax repeal as critics warn sales taxes hit poor hardest

JCNT: Sen. Travis Fitzwater (R-Holts Summit) files bill to fight against lewd AI-generated content

St. Louis Public Radio: Rep. Brad Banderman (R-St. Clair) introduces plan to fix abandoned toxic landfills. St. Louis recycling groups complain about their funding

Brownfield Ag News: SCOTUS hearing could delay state glyphosate legislation; comments from Missouri Soybean Association CEO Casey Wasser

Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Phil Oehlerking (R-Ballwin) aims to help former inmates reenter workforce

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Corn Growers push to preserve ag tax credits

P-D: St. Louis police in line for 7% raises, another win under state control (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers seem poised for another big raise

P-D: State-licensed cannabis companies accuse smoke shops of unfair competition in St. Louis County suit (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: Legal dispensaries vs. outlaw smokeshops: creative store names in hoosier, black and other areas (link opens at 4:45 mark)

P-D: Chesterfield firm sues Husch Blackwell, Catherine Hanaway, and other attorneys for ‘disastrous’ legal advice (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Heckling at Franklin County data center meetings could lead to rule changes; Dave Schatz applies lessons from dealing with Missouri Capitol rabblerousers (link opens at 16:20 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

P-D editorial: Missouri must end the video gambling farce (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D op-ed: Jewish Student Union of St. Louis’ Sam Zitin: Why Missouri must adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: State takeover of St. Louis police created a legal ‘mess.’ Can it be fixed? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Southeast Missourian letter: Septuagenarian Jackson couple want Hawley, Schmitt and Jason Smith to oppose Trump’s agenda (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: Neosho pharmacist Tim Mitchell criticizes pharmacy benefit managers, supports Missouri Senate bills (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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