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Fox News: Exclusive: Hawley to introduce bill blocking lavish USPS executive bonuses over mail delays, losses

Fox News: The Ingraham Angle: Eric Schmitt on hundreds of non-citizens voting in New Jersey

KC Star: After Hawley, Schmitt grilling, ex-DOJ attorney claims she got death threats (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Bloomberg Government News: Highway bill short-term extension best, House panel chair Graves says

Missourinet: Cleaver wants Trump administration to create automatic refund system for tariff‑related costs

KSDK (St. Louis): Missouri AG investigating Cori Bush’s ‘Politivist Power’ with subpoena-like demand

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri Farm Bureau cautiously optimistic about additional farmer aid

Brownfield Ag News: Corn growers in Missouri, other states push for faster probe into fertilizer industry

St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Dept. of Education investigating SLU School of Medicine for racial discrimination in admissions

KMIZ (Columbia): MO Secretary of State Denny Hoskins is still reviewing referendum to put 2025 congressional map on the ballot

The Missouri Times: F-150 Tour releases its upcoming stops

Missouri Independent: Missouri early voting period opens with a rush that points to high primary turnout

Springfield Daily Citizen: Amendment 4 would raise the bar for citizen-led constitutional amendments

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Rep. Ed Lewis (R-Moberly) on Amendment 4

KOMU, via Columbia Missourian: Income vs. sales taxes: Who benefits from Missouri’s Amendment 5

KZRG (Joplin): Morning News Watch: Rep. Bishop Davidson (R-Republic) on Amendment 5

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri Realtors campaign against Amendment 5

KBIA (Columbia): Catholic bishops: income tax amendment would hurt the poor

The Missouri Times: Former campaign aide alleges misconduct by state Senate candidate Lori Rook

The Missouri Times’ Jake Kroesen: On the Trail in Senate District 32: Jill Carter vs. Ellen Nichols

KZRG (Joplin): Morning News Watch: State Senate candidate Ellen Nichols

Missouri Independent: Gambling company bankrolls attacks in Missouri Senate District 16 GOP primary; J&J Ventures has poured $266,000 into a PAC targeting Hannah Kelly while backing Bill Hardwick

St. Louis Magazine: Brentwood Democrat’s mileage reimbursements spur policy change in Missouri legislature; Ray Reed billed taxpayers for 31 trips to Jefferson City when the legislature was not in session, including a phantom State Fair trip (link via Dave Drebes’ Missouri Scout)

JCNT: WATCH: State legislative candidate forum: Senate District 6, House District 59, House District 60

JCNT: House District 59 Republicans make their case to voters before election

Fox4 KC: Missouri attorney general files lawsuit against Kansas City, claims racial discrimination

KC Star: Missouri sues Kansas City, alleging discrimination against white people and men

KCTV: Missouri AG Hanaway files lawsuit against Kansas City, alleging race and sex discrimination

KSHB (Kansas City): Missouri AG claims Kansas City, Missouri, commits race-, sex-based discrimination

KMBC: State sues Kansas City for open discrimination on race, sex

Fox4 KC: Missouri family turns 6-year-old’s rare cancer battle into new laws aimed at finding a cure; comments from Rep. Mike Steinmeyer (R-Sugar Creek)

JCNT: State funds stream bank project to protect Osage County farm

Missouri Ruralist: How the Missouri State Fair is celebrating America

St. Louis Magazine: First these MoDOT highway signs didn’t fit. Then came the graffiti

JCNT: State audit finds Bates County Sheriff spent more than $100K on mounted patrol, rodeos

St. Louis Public Radio: Trial begins for man accused of severely injuring Ferguson officer during police brutality protest

St. Louis Business Journal op-ed: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner: Fraud losses for seniors have surged. They need help.

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: In Kansas, GOP pushes pro-democracy election message. In Missouri, the opposite

P-D letter: League of Women Voters of Missouri President Kay Park: Vote “No” on Amendment 4 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia realtor opposes Amendment 5

P-D letter: Chesterfield sexagenarian says eliminating state income tax will cost her money (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Missourian letter: New Haven octogenarian says Amendment 5 would lead to tax shift, not tax reduction

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, July 22, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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