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PBS video: VP visit to KC: Speeches from Mark Alford, Jason Smith, Gov. Kehoe, Eric Schmitt, JD Vance

KC Star: Video: Kansas City crowd and Eric Schmitt welcome JD Vance to Missouri

KC Star: In KC speech, Vance underscores redistricting success (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Reuters photo gallery: U.S. VP Vance visits Kansas City

KC Star: Protesters lament Trump administration during Vance visit to Kansas City

KMBC: Full remarks: Vice President JD Vance tours KC manufacturing facility before giving speech (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KSHB: Vice President JD Vance touts manufacturing in speech at Kansas City business (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

St. Joseph News-Press: JD Vance remarks on Trump Administration’s investment in American workers at Kansas City manufacturing plant

Kansas Reflector, via Missouri Independent: JD Vance praises redistricting, touts efforts to bring manufacturing back to US at Kansas City stop

Shop the look: Eric Schmitt and JD Vance golf apparel (with photos)

Washington Post: Senate confirms Missourian Billy Long ambassador to Iceland

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on Iran, the economy, and paying lawmakers during government shutdowns

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Council Dude Eric Bunch attacks Nathan Willett over e-mail blast

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Rick Brattin on new congressional district, state legislative session, property taxes, PQs, patriotism and more

TonysKansasCity.com: “Socialist, anti-Israel, longshot newbie politico” Hartzell Gray & Kansas City Blip Roasters stand up against ICE

TonysKansasCity.com: ICE ramps up Kansas City crackdown

This Week in Missouri Politics: The Missouri Times Publisher Scott Faughn joined by state Reps. Raychel Proudie (D-Ferguson), Ian Mackey (D-St. Louis), Kemp Strickler (D-Lee’s Summit) and Brad Pollitt (R-Sedalia)

This Week in Missouri Politics #moleg Podcast (video): Missouri Times Editor Jake Kroesen and Ellinger Bell’s Stephanie Bell on Missouri Supreme Court cases; artificial intelligence; DESE, Karla Eslinger and Cindy O’Laughlin; MOScholars; more

Columbia Missourian: Divide between Missouri’s legislative and judicial branches grew this session

NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf: End of legislative session, redistricting battles, departing legislators, microwaved Hot Pocket, and the new edition of JCNT Magazine

NEW on Spotify: NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf – listen and subscribe here

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Lt. Gov. David Wasinger on new congressional districts, Amendment 3, immigration and more

The Missouri Times’ Jake Kroesen: Democrats’ statewide bench: Stephen Webber, Tracy McCreery, Jaclyn Zimmerman, Quinton Lucas, others

St. Louis Public Radio: Group asks judge to force Missouri secretary of state to decide on redistricting referendum

Missouri Independent: Lawsuit asks judge to force decision on Missouri redistricting referendum

St. Louis Public Radio: Missourians could decide on making it harder for the legislature to overturn ballot items

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Speed limit increase awaits Gov. Kehoe’s approval

P-D: Property tax changes crumbled in final hours of Missouri legislative session. Here’s how. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

JCNT: Missouri announces new education program for student development

The Beacon (Kansas City): Two Kansas City charter schools didn’t get permission to stay open. What happens now?

P-D: Franklin County data center hearing lasted all day Monday, with more than 100 comments (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Show-Me Institute’s David Stokes Shares on the far left’s goal to “soak the rich”

St. Louis Public Radio: Conservationists will let the Mississippi-Missouri confluence flood — and that’s good

P-D: St. Louis aldermen move to subpoena police board, force answers on spending (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Columbia Missourian: MoDOT to study I-70 noise levels between Rocheport and Columbia

KCUR: Jackson County charges Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper in towing corruption scheme

Missouri Independent op-ed: Kaiser Health Foundation’s Cara Anthony, sponsored by “the Association of Health Care Journalists, with funding from The Joyce Foundation”: Kids keep getting stuck in Missouri hospitals, even after being cleared for discharge

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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