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Fox Business: SAVE Act, immigration, transgenderism: Democrats are on the wrong side of these issues, Sen. Eric Schmitt says

Brownfield Ag News: Hawley demands transparency, DOJ probe into soaring fertilizer prices

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on SAVE Act, Iran, DHS funding, Chloe Cole Act and more

Missourinet: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, others greenlight English proficiency requirements for CDL drivers

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show (2/27/26): Somali status: Wrong-way U.S. 61 driver confirmed to have big forehead, not speak English (link opens at 12:35 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Columbia Missourian; With Trump’s support, corn growers hope to win year-round E15 legalization; U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell supports E15

Spectrum Local News (St. Louis): Former urban nonprofit executive sentenced in historic $19.7 million fraud case; Connie Bobo bought a new house for herself, a Mercedes G550 Wagon for her boytoy, other #bossgirl luxury items at taxpayer expense

FLASHBACK: 8/27/22: P-D editorial: Missouri’s worst-in-the-nation stinginess toward poor kids speaks volumes; suspecting foul play in summer lunch program is nonsense (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

The Beacon (Kansas City): National Institutes of Health grants dumped more than $1 billion into Missouri and Kansas last year

The Missouri Times’ Jake Kroesen: Jake’s Take: Sorting the CD 5 Republican field before the first punch lands

St. Louis Public Radio’s Sarah Fentem: Poll suggests anti-trans care sentiments could sway abortion ban vote in November; five (5) uses of “gender-affirming care”

The Missouri Times, August 2023: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”

St. Joseph News-Press: Anti-sex trafficking, grooming bill passes Missouri Legislature, headed for governor’s desk

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4KC, et al.): Missouri AG launches statewide illegal gaming machine crackdown

Missourinet: AG Catherine Hanaway takes aim at Greene County business in unregulated slot machine fight

KQ2 (St. Joseph): Missouri Western State University could lose $6 million in state funding with Missouri House Budget Committee’s proposal

Stateline, via Missouri Independent: Missouri among Republican-led states shifting tax burden toward sales taxes

KC Star: Rally opposing GOP plan to eliminate Missouri income tax draws 200 (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

JCNT: Total wagers, tax revenue decline in Missouri’s second month of legal sports gambling

Missouri Independent: Court orders Missouri to issue 13 marijuana licenses after scoring flaws exposed

Washington Missourian: Franklin County to pay back some marijuana taxes

Missourinet: Bill from Rep. Kent Haden (R-Mexico) aims to shine new light on solar regulations

KQ2 (St. Joseph): St. Joseph School District Board of Education Board President LaTonya Williams criticizes GOP education legislation

KBIA (Columbia): Some Missouri legislators want social media education in the curriculum

Missourinet: Missouri Dept. of Commerce and Insurance study: Lawsuits fueling Missouri’s rising insurance costs

JCNT: Jefferson City to lean on donors, state tax credits to help fund conference center

Warren County Record: Travelers brace for MoDOT’s Highway 47 overpass closure as demo nears

Joplin Globe: MoDOT announces public meeting on widening of I-44 (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent op-ed: SLU professor Mamoun Benmamoun: How the Iran War could impact Missouri’s economy

Missouri Independent op-ed: Former Planned Parenthood “strategist” Bonyen Lee-Gilmore: Missouri lawmakers should pass Democrat’s bill requiring insurance coverage for perimenopause and menopause treatments

P-D letter: University City octogenarian responds to John Lamping op-ed on income tax (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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