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This Week in Missouri Politics Election Night Special with Scott Faughn and Stephanie Bell – Begins at 7 p.m.

Election night teaser video with Stephanie Bell and Scott Faughn

Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ Election Night Reporting – Unofficial results available after 7 p.m.

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Secretary of State Denny Hoskins on primary turnout, election safeguards, Boone County library’s queer story hour and more

KC Star: Trump makes 11th-hour endorsement in race for revamped Kansas City seat, endorses Rick Brattin (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KMBC (Kansas City): President Trump backs Rick Brattin ahead of Missouri’s 5th District primary election

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City’s Hartzell Gray risks it all for Democratic Socialism

Columbia Missourian: Boone County early voting totals hit record high 7,500

JCNT: Clerk forecasts high turnout in Cole County for packed primary ballot

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Josh Hawley joins Democratic senator to ban bonuses for Post Office execs (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt explains the Protect College Sports Act

KMOV (St. Louis): Midwest Matrix with Randy Karraker: Eric Schmitt on Protect College Sports Act’s effects on transfer portal, NIL and more (interview begins at 10:30 mark)

Brownfield Ag News: Litton remembered for transforming Missouri agriculture and leadership

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Gov. Mike Kehoe makes a closing pitch for Amendments 4 and 5, Missouri State Fair

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): Opponents call Amendment 5 a ‘blank check’; Kehoe wants exemptions on sales taxes

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Gov. Kehoe heads to Panama for trade mission

P-D: Kehoe set for trade mission to Panama (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Missourians getting abortion pills by mail from out-of-state providers quadrupled since 2023

KBIA (Columbia): Missouri Children’s Trust Fund receives federal dollars to support prenatal home visits

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JCNT: Missouri dispensaries could begin curbside pickup under new proposal

SNL: Springfield marijuana dispensary workers ratify union contract

St. Louis Public Radio: Cyclosporiasis cases double in Missouri as health officials report more than 1,000 illnesses

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Dept. of Conservation using floating wetlands to help lakes stay healthy and keep out algae and pollutants

JCNT: MoDOT moves to second phase of westbound U.S. 54 project

St. Louis Public Radio: MoDOT closing lanes along Route 367 in north St. Louis County for a year as part of safety plan

JCNT: MoDOT opens positions for winter maintenance crews

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: Actually, Missouri AG’s right: Ray County prosecutor should step down

KC Star op-ed: Disaster Avoidance Experts CEO Gleb Tsipursky: Data center developers owe Kansas City promises — enforceable ones

KC Star op-ed: Freedom From Religion Foundation attorney Sammi Lawrence: Missouri fire department had to remove Christian Flag for everyone’s freedom

JCNT letter: Jefferson City septuagenarian says Amendment 5 would hurt low-income Missourians

Yesterday’s (Monday, August 3, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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