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KC Star: Second Missouri man charged for alleged role in plot to attack White House (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Missourinet: Second Missouri man accused in plot to attack White House UFC event

The Hill: Jocks on the Hill: Q&A with Eric Schmitt on his ESPN SportsCenter’s Top 10 catch, Cards vs. Cubs, Willie McGee and more (Schmitt Q&A begins midway through page)

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on Iran, SAVE America Act, and health care legislation

P-D: Health clinic in St. Louis loses federal funding. CareSTL was already collapsing. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

NPR, via KCUR: Supreme Court allows ruling that ends tool to protect minority voters in Missouri

Missouri Independent: Missouri parks tax won every county in 2016. Backers worry about crowded primary this year

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri Amendment 5 advertisement blitz underway

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on Major League Baseball’s San Francisco Pride Night fiasco, Jackson County judge’s abortion ruling and Amendment 3

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on Chinese baby monitors, 7-OH and VLT crackdown

P-D: St. Charles bar owner sues Missouri attorney general over gambling crackdown (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Business Journal: St. Charles bar sues Missouri attorney general over electronic gaming machine crackdown

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P-D: Planned Parenthood begins medication abortions again in St. Louis (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Planned Parenthood wants to offer telehealth medication abortions after court win

Columbia Missourian: Planned Parenthood begins access to abortion medication after court ruling

KCUR: Medication abortion available in Kansas City again for the first time in years

KC Star: Medication abortion is now available in KC. How GOP wants to halt it (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri’s state fire marshal steps down suddenly

KBIA (Columbia): MoDOT report says MoDOT needs more money

P-D: State bill prompts Francis Howell to fast-track pitch to borrow $150 million (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri marijuana microbusiness application period to open July 13

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): Fact check: Are foreign adversaries spreading lies about data centers to Missourians?

KC Star: This Missouri town blocked data centers years before boom. They don’t regret it

KAAN 95.5 (Bethany): At Harrison County Community Hospital ribbon cutting, Gov. Kehoe talks rural health care

Missouri Ruralist: How Missouri is dealing with alpha-gal syndrome outbreak; state Rep. Matthew Overcast (R-Ava) details his family’s experience

JCNT: Missouri State Highway Patrol gearing up for July 4 weekend

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KC Star op-ed: Muslim Public Affairs Council VP Haris Tarin: ICE wants the World Cup to be a show of force. Don’t let it, Kansas City

KC Star op-ed: San Diego, Calif. retired office manager Karen Benedict and California State University writing lecturer Jennifer Kady Stanton: Missouri women’s reproductive health care rights are still under threat

P-D letter: Lake Saint Louis man opposes Amendment 3 and pro-life “Jeff City Mullahs” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Monday, June 22, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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