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Washington Reporter’s Matthew Foldi: Sen. Eric Schmitt on college sports, the Congressional Baseball Game, and Trump’s foreign policy wins

KTRS (St. Louis): The Frank Cusumano & Jill Farmer Show: Eric Schmitt on lifelong baseball fandom, SLU moving to the Big East Conference, and fixing college sports (interview begins at 19:55 mark)

Newsmax: Schmitt hails House passing ICE detention provision

St. Louis Public Radio: ICE successfully captures and detains Cameroonian woman

The Hill: Faster Labor Contracts Act passes House after GOP rebels join Democrats; Hawley sponsors companion bill in the Senate

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley proposal aimed at nabbing child abusers passes Senate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

E&E News by POLITICO: Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith ‘won’t support’ next reconciliation bill without tax provisions

NY Post: Onder grills Southern Poverty Law Center CEO over labeling Turning Point USA a “hate group”

Washington Times: Lawmakers, whistleblower demand full disclosure of government’s extraterrestrial files; comments from Missouri’s Eric Burlison

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf for Wednesday, June 10: NT Daily Goes Rogue! Erin and new NT Daily Creative Director Amanda Riley on data centers and Ameren (7:45), state revenue collections (10:55); new “Hot Take or Hot Mess” (14:25) including homeless shelter (15:50) and Combest’s perimenopause column (18:20)

Combest (Sunday): The perimenopause that refreshes: Fluctuating female hormones, men’s escapism, a bill from state Sen. Patty Lewis (D-Kansas City) and a brainstorm for News Tribune peri-meni coverage

P-D: Sales tax benefiting Missouri parks and conservation up for renewal in August (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri Realtors spend $2 million to fight Amendment 4 limits on citizen initiative petitions

St. Joseph News-Press: St. Joseph School District Board of Education member Kim Miller withdraws from House District 11 Republican primary; Taylor Crouse and Tina Goodrick running from Rep. Brenda Shields’ open seat

JCNT: DHSS recognizes Elder Abuse Awareness Day with walk

P-D: Courts drop appeals by St. Louis Police Board in budget suit. Board to refile (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Magazine: Police Board’s attempt to appeal $67M loss gets rejected, twice

St. Louis Magazine: Missouri men busted for selling black market Ozempic alternative; Missouri Board of Pharmacy helped bust Joplin-area organization

St. Louis Public Radio: Vandalized street signs in Jefferson County raise concerns for MoDOT

Columbia Missourian: Child care centers across the state grapple with staff retention issue

USA Today, via SNL: Business Insider report claims nurse anesthetist is highest-paying job in Missouri

JCNT: Report claims Jefferson City leads Missouri in workplace safety job growth, although pay lags behind

KC Star op-ed: Health Forward Foundation VP McClain Bryant Macklin: Missouri petitions are direct democracy. Don’t let politicians gut them

Missouri Independent op-ed: Jazzmine Nolan-Echos: What is the Missouri Public Charter School Commission doing with the 1.5%?

Columbia Missourian letter: “RESULTS” anti-poverty group leader Jos Linn says Eric Schmitt’s commentary on Los Angeles elections “dangerous and stupid”

P-D letter: Patients Come First-Missouri’s Connie Farrow: Update state law to ensure that ‘expert’ court witnesses really are (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Tuesday, June 9, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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