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JCNT: NT Daily newscast premieres

Watch: NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf – premiere episode

JCNT: News Tribune paywall gone for next two weeks

Newsmax: Schmitt calls SPLC indictment ‘pretty explosive,’ exposes ‘grift’

Gray Media (KMOV, KCTV, KFVS): Businesses can apply for tariff refunds, but consumers not eligible; comments from Hawley

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Jasmine Crockett coming to St. Louis for fundraiser next month – full details here (link opens at 15:05 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Annie Frey Show: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison: 11 scientists missing or dead – details on nuclear secrets, UAPs & national security crisis

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Tuesday: New pandemic fraud case just dropped in St. Louis City; two-time Dem candidate part of alleged scheme (link opens at 1:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Brownfield Ag News: Five appointed to Missouri USDA Farm Service Agency state committee

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Wednesday: Joe Rogan lobbies Donald Trump on ibogaine; Brad suggests veterans’ PTSD is not real (link opens at 0:50 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri Legislature sends income tax proposal to the ballot

JCNT: Missouri lawmakers send Kehoe’s income tax plan to ballot

Missourinet: Legislature sends income tax plan to voters

P-D: Income tax repeal heads to Missouri voters following House vote (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Expanding sales taxes to permanently eliminate the state income tax now up to Missouri voters

Columbia Missourian: House passes resolution to put elimination of income tax on the ballot

KC Star: Missouri voters to decide to eliminate income tax, raise sales and use taxes (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Missouri Independent: Plan to replace Missouri income tax with expanded sales tax heads to voters

Missouri Independent: Judge says Missouri House lacked authority to dock Wiley Price’s pay after 2021 censure

Missourinet: Legislation takes aim at companies accused of exploiting Missouri veterans’ VA claims

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri S&T says problems with visas and AI are to blame for fewer applications

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Killjoy Catherine Hanaway scores a messaging victory with smoke shop shootout (link opens at 12:30 mark) (listen on Apple Podcasts here)

St. Louis Public Radio’s St. Louis on the Air: Kratom faces a legal reckoning in Missouri. A drug abuse specialist watches with concern

NPR, via KCUR: Missouri elections show data centers are expensive, unpopular – and could influence midterms

Washington Missourian: “Our (state) legislature is a bit behind.” County P&Z recommends data center regs, one rezoning

P-D: State hoped to net tons of carp at Creve Coeur Lake but came up fishless (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Judge says St. Louis mayor appoints new sheriff. But it’s not yet clear she can. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Who gets to name St. Louis’ interim sheriff? A judge rules it’s the city

Westplex Talk 104.5 FM: The Brad & John Show, Tuesday: Elon Musk’s SpaceX bought 19% of all Cybertrucks registered in the U.S. in 2025; why have Tesla sales taken a nosedive?

KC Star op-ed: Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins: Rural Missouri doesn’t reject data centers outright. But don’t exclude us

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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