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Fox News: Video: Missouri’s Josh Hawley discusses allegations tied to Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud scandal

KCMO: Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on Iran war

Roll Call: Surface transportation bill approved by House committee; comments from U.S. Rep. Sam Graves

Fox News: Video: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison says MIT is cooperating over 1952 UFO video

Fox News: Video: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Arkansas rep discuss the passage of the ‘21st Century Road to Housing Act’

KMOV (St. Louis): House passes bipartisan bill to provide $1.76 billion for John J. Cochran Veterans Hospital; comments from U.S. Reps. Wesley Bell, Ann Wagner

Amazon.com: Memorial Day getaway items: Duffel bags, coolers, lake/pool speakers, sunscreen and more (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

KWTO (Springfield): The Elijah Haahr Show: House Speaker Pro Tem Chad Perkins (R-Bowling Green) on state budget, property taxes and personal property taxes, data centers and more

KY3 (Springfield): St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum on 2026 legislative session: State budget, education funding, constitutional amendments, congressional redistricting

Missouri Independent: Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision on ballot timing could shape Missouri’s 2026 elections

Missouri Independent: Missouri voters could face as many as nine ballot measures in 2026

Gray Media (KY3, KFVS, KMOV, KCTV): Rep. Chris Warwick (R-Bolivar) pushes for gas tax suspension as prices top $4 per gallon

St. Louis Public Radio: State budget cuts mean some Missouri kids won’t get free books through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

St. Louis Public Radio: Tuition to go up this fall at University of Missouri campuses; University of Missouri official says border states provide more funding to their universities than Missouri does

Washington Missourian: Landfill cleanup legislation stalls, for now; Sen. Ben Brown (R-Washington) to chair interim committee this summer on abandoned landfills

P-D: Without new Missouri law, Waymo exploring ‘every available avenue’ to launch here (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KCUR (Kansas City): Up to Date with Steve Kraske: AG Catherine Hanaway on suing crypto ATM company

St. Louis Public Radio’s St. Louis on the Air: Hero profile: Catholic nun rallies with LGBTQIA*+ activists; 81-year-old helps navigate pronouns and “annual attempts by Missouri’s Republican-majority legislature to pass laws that would ban forms of gender-affirming care, sports participation and bathroom access”

The Missouri Times, August 2023: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”

Missouri Independent: Google data center plan raises tax, transparency questions in rural Missouri

P-D: Foristell planning panel recommends data center moratorium (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D editorial: Missouri Republicans stay silent as Jan. 6 criminals eye tax-funded payouts (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star video: Columnist Toriano Porter says Rick Brattin wrong to support Missouri First congressional map

KC Star op-ed: Sonya Thompson: Missouri’s battle with concealed child abuse: Trey’s Law can end the silence

P-D letter: Wentzville septuagenarian complains about mail piece from U.S. Rep. Bob Onder, unironically claims it makes her “laugh out loud” and feel “livid” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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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