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KMOV (St. Louis): Sen. Eric Schmitt pushes federal fix for college sports amid NIL chaos

POLITICO: Schmitt “very hopeful” after speaking with White House about Iran

P-D’s Joe Holleman: U.S. House passes bill to make companies negotiate quicker with new unions; Hawley’s bill awaits Senate passage (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on Bates County airplane crash and possible Trump deal with Iran

KC Star: Missouri governor vows to use ‘all resources’ after fatal Butler plane crash

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on Congressional Baseball Game; “way, way overblown” concerns about corporations buying homes; World Cup visitors enjoying America

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Wesley Bell lands assignment on House Foreign Affairs Committee (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Semafor: Exclusive: Bernie Sanders endorses Cori Bush’s comeback bid (avoid Semafor paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Columbia Missourian: Mizzou alum Justin Smith appointed to 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

The Missouri Times: Kehoe backs Rick Brattin in 5th Congressional District Republican primary

Missouri Independent: Local election officials follow the law, go with Missouri’s revamped congressional map

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93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: Incoming House Speaker Alex Riley (R-Springfield) on Amendments 4 and 5, State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s budget warning, and incoming House Budget Chair Rep. Bill Owen (R-Springfield)

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Alex Riley on Amendment 4

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10) ‘We have a spending problem’: Kehoe agrees with Fitzpatrick on Missouri’s budget woes

Missourinet: Board of Education unanimously chooses Stacey Preis as interim commissioner

JCNT: Missouri DESE names interim commissioner as long-term search continues

P-D: Missouri education board names interim commissioner from Columbia (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri State Board of Education names Stacey Preis as interim commissioner

Missourinet: Amazon to build $10 billion data center in eastern Missouri

P-D: Amazon data center coming to Montgomery County, Missouri (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Missourian: Rep. John Simmons (R-Washington): Blocking data centers ‘a mistake’

P-D: Anheuser-Busch invests $20 million+ in its Missouri brewing and packing operations (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Rising costs trigger layoffs at Missouri conservation agency (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri Medicaid will no longer cover chiropractic care after budget cuts

St. Louis Public Radio: Cave-in under I-44 spotlights need for infrastructure funding, S&T professor says

Washington Examiner: Hanaway sues baby monitor maker for hiding ties to Chinese military

P-D: State should pay insurance perk under St. Louis police takeover, judge rules (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Judge rules minimum funding for St. Louis police does not violate state constitution

Missouri Ruralist: Ag Director Chris Chinn on New World Screwworm: Missouri producers should be aware, but not panic

SNL: Spire sues Springfield, claiming encroachment on its service territory

P-D editorial: AG Catherine Hanaway’s national effort on mifepristone is a transparent ruse against reproductive rights (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KC Star op-ed: Illicit Gardens VP David Craig: What Kansas City World Cup visitors need to know about our weird weed laws

Yesterday’s (Monday, June 15, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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