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KCUR’s Up to Date with Steve Kraske: U.S. Rep. Mark Alford on bipartisan housing act: ‘Mr. President, please sign this bill’

Missourinet: U.S. Reps. Mark Alford, Eric Burlison and Emanuel Cleaver weigh in on federal housing bill

St. Louis Magazine: Federal housing bill will change disaster relief – but won’t help St. Louis (yet)

Missouri Independent: Onder, Graves push change that would make it harder to collect taxes on private planes

Axios: AIPAC’s next big target: Cori Bush, a Democrat it already defeated (avoid Axios paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Times: Inside AIPAC’s $1.2M bid to make sure ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush stays out of Congress

Instagram reel: Cori Bush’s “Tear Yo Kingdom Down” remix featuring Wesley Bell, Lacy Clay, Steve Roberts, Redd Foxx and Red Schoendienst

St. Louis Public Radio: Cori Bush supporters claim Wesley Bell’s security team assaulted them at 2025 town hall; reaction from Bell spokeswoman Jordan Blase

St. Louis Magazine: Wesley Bell sued for assault, battery, and negligence during raucous 2025 town hall

Instagram reel: Cori Bush meets Elphaba, learns English lesson

St. Louis Magazine: 2nd Congressional District primary candidate Joan VonDras thinks Democrats need to get serious about vetting candidates, compares Fred Wellman to Graham Platner

KQ2 (St. Joseph): Profile: 6th Congressional District Republican candidate Nathan Willett

KC Star: Arrests at KC food plant follow weeks of ICE ‘terrorizing’ area, neighbors say; Democrat state Rep. Wick Thomas (they/them): “They’re stealing our neighbors!” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Translation: Kansas City Mayor Q denounces ICE raids en Español

St. Louis Public Radio: Midwest Innocence Project complains about federal grant cuts, makes plea for donations

KC Star: Nearly $10M pours into Missouri’s Amendment 5. But those donors are hidden

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Show: Bill Eigel on anti-Eigel hit piece tied to Democrat consultant Michael Kelley’s Show Me Victories

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf: Missouri’s revenue picture (9:15); economic impact of Katy Trail (12:00); implications of Missouri’s SNAP error issue (12:40)

St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe signs 19 bills into Missouri law, including automatic expungement of some crimes

Missourinet: Kehoe signs bills targeting public safety, military families and online protections in Missouri

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): Missouri Gov. Kehoe signs drunk driving laws named after victims; dozens of other laws also signed

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri ag tax credits extended, new laws ease regulations for farmers and cotton gins; comments from Sen. Jason Bean (R-Holcomb)

KC Star: After adult site’s brief exit, Missouri governor signs new age verification law

Missouri Independent: Gov. Kehoe signs bills creating armed school ‘rangers,’ high school sports appeals board

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Wake Up Missouri: State Rep. Don Mayhew (R-Crocker) on data centers, water usage and his call for a special session

Missourinet: Missouri Department of Mental Health launches Life Launch guide to strengthen youth and family engagement

P-D: Missouri AG targets owner of Mark Twain Hotel in downtown St. Louis (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Business Journal: Missouri attorney general gives Mark Twain Hotel owner 14 days to address drug activity

KC Star: KC may allow marijuana drive-thru in Westport over neighborhood objections (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Columbia Missourian: Former state auditor Nicole Galloway named Veterans United CFO

KCUR: Kansas City’s final World Cup game is here, while Fan Festival enters its last weekend

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P-D editorial: Strange bedfellows say Amendment 5 hands lawmakers too much power (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

The Missouri Times op-ed: Dawn Wright, Dee Ann Poole, and Cyndia Haggard: The Million-Dollar Sellout: Brattin’s billionaire bailout betrays true conservatives

The Missouri Times op-ed: Abortion Action Missouri’s Mallory Schwarz: Say No to Steve Butz: St. Louis doesn’t need another Republican in Jefferson City

P-D op-ed: “Anti-monopoly” book club leader Austin Gentry: Contact your elected officials – and 2026 candidates – to oppose Ameren’s rate hike (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: Ballwin octogenarian opposes Amendment 5 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Thursday, July 9, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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