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97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: U.S. House Ways & Means Chairman Jason Smith on partial government shutdown and Dems’ “crazy” demands for Homeland Security funding

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Woke TV station corrects anti-ICE propaganda (link opens at 12:55 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas doubles down against ICE detention facility

The Beacon (Kansas City) content creator Josh Merchant (they/them): Platform Ventures got Port KC tax incentives to build a warehouse. Now they’re selling it to ICE

P-D: Hundreds of St. Louis area high school students continue skipping class in the name of “anti-ICE walkouts” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

West Newsmagazine: Area students skip school for “ICE walkouts”

P-D: Demolition of homes on top of radioactive soil starts Monday near Coldwater Creek (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Army Corps will start demo on homes near Coldwater Creek built on top of radioactive contamination

Stateline’s Jonathan Shorman, via Missouri Independent: Donald Trump wants to federalize elections. Missouri’s secretary of state says no

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Brad takes the Valentina Gomez social media bait; John creates the Lane Bryant test (link opens at 3:15 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: A man wearing a wig took pictures of college girls inside a women’s bathroom. Why did Post-Dispatch reporter Dana Rieck leave the wig detail out of her story? (link opens at 4:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) lawsuit, plus U.S. Census lawsuit

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: Sen. Curtis Trent (R-Springfield) on Senate action this week

Fox 2 St. Louis: First legislation passes out of Missouri House, Senate

Missourinet: Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R‑Wentzville) and Rep. Marlene Terry (D‑St. Louis) each file legislation to limit students’ screen time

Missourinet: Bill to require unborn human growth curriculum in Missouri schools; Missouri Right to Life’s Susan Klein testifies in favor, NEA’s Otto Fajen and Washington University Medical School’s Christine Jackson testify against

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) on Missouri Senate Democrats’ filibuster and changing PQ rules; Democrats “don’t care much about the integrity of their word and aren’t interested in governing”

Missourinet: Coleman introduces bill to rein in student surveys, protect privacy

P-D: Rep. Scott Cupps (R-Shell Knob) moves gambling bill to House with biblical warning against greed (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Business Alert, via KCUR: This is Missouri’s first Super Bowl with legal sports gambling – even though the Chiefs aren’t in it

Missourinet: Rep. Betsy Fogle (D-Springfield) says One Big Beautiful Bill requirements put Missouri in jeopardy of losing $1.4 billion

Missourinet: Senate panel weighs bill to tighten kratom rules, cap “gas station heroin” strength

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Dem Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern’s 7-OH legislation (link opens at 8:50 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

JCNT: MU Board of Curators learns institution could buck national trend of shrinking enrollment

JCNT: DHSS Master Plan on Aging ready to begin

JCNT: Blue Shield applications open for 2026; law enforcement agencies can receive $50,000 in state money

JCNT: Governor appoints two from Jefferson City to Missouri Veterans Commission

KCTV: Kehoe welcomes Argentinian leaders to Missouri ahead of World Cup

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Friday: Can David Hoffmann make the Post-Dispatch less liberal? (link opens at 17:10 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

LISTEN LIVE at 10 a.m. Central – The FARM Show on Westplex Talk 104.5 FM (St. Charles, Warren, Franklin, west St. Louis Counties) – Corteva ($CTVA) Q4 earnings call breakdown and details on upcoming spinoff, plus Corteva’s victory in Bayer licensing dust-up; FMC ($FMC) Q4 earnings breakdown, including CEO commentary on company’s potential sale

P-D op-ed: Ray Hartmann: GoFundMe promo: Cruelty on display as ICE deports a devoted St. Louis father (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: Gary Wiegert: Why cops are backing cannabis rescheduling

KC Star op-ed: Progress MO’s Claire Cook-Callen: Trump account’s Lion King parody post was blatant racism. Why are Hawley and Schmitt silent? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KC Star’s David Hudnall: A newly surfaced conflict should end Hall’s KC police board bid for good

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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