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St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Supreme Court upholds Trump-backed congressional redistricting plan

The Missouri Times: Missouri Supreme Court upholds constitutionality of mid-decade redistricting

KC Star: Mid-decade redistricting aimed at KC was legal, Missouri Supreme Court says (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Politico: Missouri Supreme Court hands GOP a win in redistricting battle

The Hill: Missouri high court rules Republican redistricting mid-cycle was lawful

NBC News: Missouri Supreme Court upholds new GOP-drawn congressional map

KOMU (Columbia): Mid-decade redistricting effort was lawful, Missouri Supreme Court rules

KCMO’s Pete Mundo on X: Quinton Lucas’ statement on redistricting – is he running for Congress?

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Ellinger Bell and Hanaway’s team score another big win (link opens at 15:50 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court upholds legislature’s redistricting authority, keeps voter ID law

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Supreme Court throws out voter registration restrictions, keeps voter photo ID

Missourinet: What changed in Missouri’s congressional map ballot language – and what comes next

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Planned Parenthood shifts support, endorses Wesley Bell in reelection race vs. Cori Bush (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Parties on the Arch grounds are closer to reality under a bill passed by Ann Wagner and Wesley Bell (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: State reps file for competitive Senate seats: Jon Patterson vs. Keri Ingle, Melanie Stinnett vs. Betsy Fogle

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Highlights of Jake Kroesen’s State Senate tipsheet re: Ben Brown and Nick Schroer re-elections, and John pre-empts Brad’s myopic moping (link opens at 13:45 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Brad & John Show on Instagram – Tuesday episode summary

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: Americans for Prosperity-Missouri’s Camellia Peterson on cutting the state income tax, sales tax exemptions, grocery exemption, state spending, the initiative process and more

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: House Majority Floor Leader Alex Riley (R-Springfield) on this week’s legislative action and the second half of session

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox 4 KC, et al.): Missouri lawmakers enter second half of legislative session

Missouri Independent: Missouri House advances budget that taps surplus to close $2 billion deficit

P-D’s Kurt Erickson: Child care, higher ed funding targeted in budget endorsed by Missouri House (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Instagram reel (January 2023): Objective, unbiased media agrees: Missouri Republicans guilty of targeting.

Missourinet: From Roundup to roll cameras: Sen. Kurtis Gregory (R-Marshall) on policy priorities

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox 4 KC, et al.): Missouri bill would require schools to have wearable alarms for safety

Washington Missourian: East Central College wants to assist on potential Franklin County data centers

Fox4 KC: New $1.4 billion AI data center heading to Liberty, Missouri

The Missouri Times op-ed: Doug Richey: Challenging the repugnant assumption: a call to support parental rights

Missouri Independent op-ed: Patrick Tuokey: When ‘no cost to taxpayers’ isn’t the whole story: a look at “no-taxpayer” bonds

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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