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Brownfield Ag News: At Delta Days, Eric Schmitt and Jason Smith say more trade markets needed for U.S. agriculture

Missourinet: Cleaver to host roundtable on new federal housing law

Springfield Daily Citizen: Anti-ICE activists complain about “overcrowding” at Greene County Jail

St. Louis Public Radio: Kehoe undeterred by defeat to constitutional amendments, talks about his Panama trip

KMOV (St. Louis): Same progressive dark money groups fight redistricting in MO, backed it in other states

P-D: Missouri Democrat leaders hold conference call to celebrate rejection of Amendments 4, 5 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Missouri Maverick Strategies’ Sophia Shore talks with Scott Faughn about her family (0:30): Evangel University and biblical studies degree (12:00); early days in politics (15:30); working for Jill Carter’s campaign (23:45); Shorty Pants (30:20); Ted Cruz’s campaign (33:30); Bill Eigel’s campaign for governor (34:10); thoughts on Gov. Kehoe (34:55); stable of 2026 candidates, including Lori Rook, Bill Hardwick, Dusty Blue, Todd “Ike” Skelton, Jim Avery, Sam Alexander (37:45); Faughn on bottom-feeding, amateurish attacks from another (non-Shore) campaign against Jake Vogel (57:50); Shield Maidens and Amendment 5 (1:02:55); more

KC Star: Jackson County leaders brace for ‘more to come’ after LeVota bribery indictment

Missouri Independent: Federal funding bill could spare Missouri hemp beverages from November ban

KMBC (Kansas City): Missouri AG asks judge to temporarily block Kansas City’s discriminatory contracting program

Columbia Missourian: State, local officials celebrate completed St. Charles Road bridge

JCNT: Data center hearing canceled; Rally at Capitol takes its place

St. Louis Public Radio: ‘We don’t want them’: St. Louis County residents push back on zoning rules for data center projects

P-D’s Aisha Sultan: Scenes from a quixotic watch party; As Fred Wellman ekes out narrow victory against underfunded primary opponent, liberals criticize Denny Hoskins (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

FLASHBACK: July 2018: P-D’s Aisha Sultan: A surge in Democratic candidates in Trump-friendly St. Charles County: Four women leading the “pink wave” to flip Republican seats in November (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here) EDITOR’S NOTE: All four Democrats lost.

Missouri Independent: Bridgette Dunlap: Missouri women have fought for abortion rights for decades. They’re still fighting

KC Star’s David Hudnall: Phil LeVota’s indictment tells us a lot about Jackson County politics

Yesterday’s (Monday, August 10, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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