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Missourinet: Flood recovery begins across Missouri after hundreds of rescues

St. Louis Public Radio: Southeast Missourians begin recovery work following storms, as state starts damage assessment

Brownfield Ag News: Extreme flooding prompts livestock reporting request from MO Ag Department

Fox News: Lindsey Graham was the ‘funniest guy’ in the Senate, Sen. Josh Hawley remembers

KSGF (Springfield): Mornings with Nick Reed: U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison on daylight savings time legislation and what to expect from Congress in the coming weeks

Brownfield Ag News: Sen. Jason Bean (R-Holcomb) welcomes China soybean purchases, says strong markets matter

KSDK (St. Louis): Cori Bush raised tornado money through a nonprofit with no public IRS record, and won’t explain it before the primary

KSDK (St. Louis): Video: Questions remain about Cori Bush nonprofit’s fundraising, spending (watch on YouTube here)

Missouri Independent: Cori Bush targets Wesley Bell’s Israel stance in St. Louis congressional rematch

Fox News: Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe details World Cup migrant arrests, historic child rescues

Missouri Independent: House Speaker Jon Patterson faces conservative challenge in key state Senate primary

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Race for state Senate District 4 focuses on abortion, police and schools (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Georgetown University News: How this McCourt alumna is helping revive local journalism in her hometown; NT Daily’s Erin Schrimpf breathes fresh life into the Jefferson City News Tribune

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf: Gov. Kehoe bill signings, local elections, Wardsville pitcher selected in MLB draft

JCNT: Omnibus health care bill gets approval from Kehoe

St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe signs eight bills into Missouri law, including downtown development

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): Missouri Gov. Kehoe signs laws expanding coverage for pregnant women

Missouri Independent: Gov. Kehoe signs wide-ranging bipartisan healthcare bill into law

Missouri Independent: Gov. Kehoe signs controversial ‘born-alive’ abortion bill into law

St. Joseph News-Press: Kehoe signs Shields annexation bill benefiting St. Joseph airport

St. Joseph News-Press: Kehoe signs Shields’ bill allowing Missouri cash transactions to be rounded to nearest nickel

P-D: Ex-Wentzville superintendent breaks silence to target opponent’s political run, criticizes state legislation regarding St. Charles County school board elections (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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JCNT: Three Callaway County residents appointed to state boards

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri revises livestock import guidelines as New World screwworm situation evolves

The Beacon (Kansas City): Kansas City church and health leaders promise to fight for those facing Medicaid cuts (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KC Star: CNBC’s annual America’s Top States for Business study calls Missouri one of the worst (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Charles County officials approve half-year ban on data center projects, alter senior tax freeze

P-D: St. Charles County imposes 6-month ban on data centers, countywide (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D endorsement: U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Harvest Public Media’s Celia Llopis-Jepsen, via KCUR: Pesticide pollution in Midwest and Great Plains rivers is getting worse, decade-long study reveals; U.S. Geological Survey report focuses on atrazine, metolachlor and imidacloprid

P-D letter: Illinois septuagenarian criticizes former Gov. Mike Parson and former AG Andrew Bailey over Doe Run (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Monday, July 13, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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