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Columbia Missourian: Josh Hawley balances pro-life advocacy and bipartisan policy

KMOV (St. Louis): U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner calls for FBI investigation into USPS St. Louis processing facilities

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: GOP superconsultant Gregg Keller on Missouri Supreme Court wins, a liberal county clerk testing AG Hanaway, racially gerrymandered Democrat districts, and Texas’ U.S. Senate race

KMIZ (Columbia): Secretary of State Denny Hoskins responds to Boone County clerk’s letter: ‘Missouri First Map remains in effect’

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: AG Catherine Hanaway on two big 7-0 wins at Missouri Supreme Court, the role of Ellinger Bell in victories, and the civil and criminal penalties for county clerks who don’t use new congressional maps

KC Star: Missouri AG threatens legal action against clerks who don’t use approved map

Columbia Missourian: Boone County clerk’s obstinance lights fiery rhetoric in Senate

Missouri Independent: Missouri clerks say they still can’t update voter rolls for revamped map

KC Star: KC Election Board moves ahead with revamped Missouri map. Half of voters affected

KC Star: Missouri First map puts Italian tavern in one district — and its parking lot in another

KSHB (Kansas City): Voters, elected officials weigh in on new congressional map

JCNT: Ham and cheese hot pocket catches fire, causes evacuation at the Missouri Capitol

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: GOP attorney Henry Elster on Gov. Kehoe’s accomplishments, potential Bill Eigel primary challenge in 2028, Andrew Bailey’s future, more

Rosenbaum: With session winding down, Missouri Gov. Kehoe reflects on a more productive legislature

Columbia Missourian: GOP leadership celebrates progress as session wraps

KOMU (Columbia): Kehoe highlights legislative wins as 2026 session nears its end

Gray Media (KCTV, KFVS, KMOV, KY3): Kehoe celebrates tax changes passed this year with more to come

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri makes major changes to telemedicine, birth control, maternity care

Missouri Independent: Missouri health care bill expanding maternal care, contraception access heads to Missouri governor

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Purple Alert system heads to Kehoe for final approval

P-D: Bill to track tick-borne red meat allergy in Missouri heads to governor’s desk (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Business Journal: Downtown revitalization bill heads to governor

KSDK (St. Louis): Missouri House sends bill to governor aimed at boosting downtown development projects

St. Louis Public Radio: New state development incentives designed to help revitalize downtown St. Louis

Gray Media (KCTV, KFVS, KMOV, KY3): Legislation to extend statute of limitations for survivors stalls despite bipartisan support

Missouri Independent: Senators vote to remove private school scholarship program from treasurer’s office

Columbia Missourian: Firearms legislation stalls

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Missouri Department of Natural Resources Director Kurt Schaefer on critical minerals and nuclear energy

Missouri Independent: Good Day Farm faces second Missouri antitrust lawsuit in two weeks

KC Star: Kansas City keeps growing, gained 13,000 people in 5 years, says new census data

Southeast Missourian: Missouri State Highway Patrol asked to probe SEMO law enforcement official over alleged forgery, fraud; Major Case Squad bans school PD (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star’s Mara Rose Williams: Will redistricting end Cleaver’s 47 years in office? Don’t count him out

The Beacon’s (Kansas City) Ryleigh Hindle: Missouri’s gerrymandered map splits Kansas City and sows confusion around this year’s elections

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