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P-D’s Joe Holleman: What left-right divide? Josh Hawley, Elizabeth Warren keep working together (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Business Alert, via KCUR: Successful ICE raid in a rural Missouri town might help convince more immigrants to leave

Missourinet: DOJ joins suit against Missouri State High School Activities Association

St. Louis Public Radio: New documents reveal why St. Louis tornado cleanup has been so painfully slow

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas on decision to not run for Congress

KCUR’s Up to Date with Steve Kraske: Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway on congressional redistricting

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: Scott Fitzpatrick changes name to FITZ (link opens at 12:00 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): State legislators send Gov. Kehoe more legislation to sign

St. Louis Public Radio: Harsher penalties for drunken driving among a deluge of bills passed by the Missouri House

Missourinet: Proposed fix for Missouri’s child care access problems reaches halfway point in Legislature

Missouri Independent: Missouri House once again sends child care tax credit package to the Senate

Missourinet: Proposed Missouri legislation provides aid to the state’s foster care system

Missouri Independent: Health care bill approved by Missouri House includes expansion of doula services

Missouri Independent: Ban on THC seltzers, other intoxicating hemp products heads to Missouri governor

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Legislature passes bill that greatly restricts intoxicating hemp industry

Missouri Independent: Missouri House passes bill to study psilocybin therapy for veterans and first responders

Columbia Missourian: House committee hears testimony on emergency contraception

Missourinet: Senators debate early literacy bill with third‑grade retention provisions

P-D: Senate OKs bill to move St. Charles County school board elections to November (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Thursday: Brad inserts himself into Boomer Facebook fight over St. Charles County candidates’ stolen yard signs; Brad complains about Survey St. Louis (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Combest, October 2005: “Despite what you may think, you opponent does not have a grand, diabolical conspiracy to steal your yard signs.”

Brad & John Show on Instagram: Thursday show summary: John’s top 3: Missouri drought, local elections, FITZ; TikTok trend re: hotel coffeemakers and panties; Boomer Facebook fights over yard signs

Columbia Missourian: Clear skies legislation gets House hearing; bill addresses “geo-engineering, weather modification and cloud seeding”

St. Louis Public Radio: WashU’s second Environmental Racism Report calls on state legislators to fix “food apartheid,” other harrowing issues

Washington Missourian letter: Villa Ridge sexagenarian couple wants paper to print photos from Iowa and Wisconsin data centers

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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