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Sunday, February 8, 2026 – Missouri political news headlines

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Fox News: Cori Bush appears to be leaning on radical activist at center of damning Tlaib report in comeback bid; Rasha Mubarak is a former regional director for CAIR

USA Today, via SNL: Weekly Missouri unemployment claims data

Columbia Missourian: Senate leaders see no path forward on VLT regulation

St. Joseph News-Press: Bill to extend school board terms to four years and move elections to November takes next step

KCTV (Kansas City): Sen. Joe Nicola (R-Kansas City) proposes lower minimum wage for teen workers (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

St. Joseph News-Press: Senate bill aims to revitalize downtowns by incentivizing rehab of buildings for residential housing

KY3: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe joins Care to Learn in Springfield for annual Shop with a Hero event

Columbia Missourian: Missouri sees uptick in 988 contacts

JCNT: DHSS’ Caroline Bailey named Missouri’s state employee of the month

Warren County Record: MoDOT gets feedback on truck parking project

Daily American Republic, via Southeast Missourian: Poplar Bluff city manager Robert Knodell resigns, citing family, health and new opportunities after entering alcohol addiction treatment (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading archived version here)

Joplin Globe editorial: Be consistent in rules for solar, CAFOs (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D op-ed: Missouri DNR Director Kurt Schaefer: Federal dollars must not drain water from the Missouri River (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D’s Aisha Sultan: Let pregnant women in Missouri finalize their divorces, for pity’s sake (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson: Why is gunfire is so deadly in Kansas City? Missouri’s outdated laws

KC Star letter: Columbia activist woman criticizes U.S. Rep. Mark Alford’s SAVE Act

P-D letter: St. Louis City woman criticizes pro-life Missouri lawmakers (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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