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KC Star: Will Scharf’s appointment solidifies the Missouri Republican Party’s growing influence at the White House

POLITICO’s E&E News: Hawley teams up with Dem to target utility executives’ bonuses

KFVS (Cape Girardeau): ICE gives more details on illegal aliens captured at Sikeston rodeo

Springfield Daily Citizen: Nixa police will join ICE program, training some officers to enforce immigration laws

P-D: Feds accuse WashU of discriminatory firing in lawsuit for former employee (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Magazine: Ann Wagner’s wealth has tripled during her 13 years in office; Democrat Fred Wellman has declared bankruptcy twice

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri moves to fast-track congressional map lawsuit

Fox4 KC: Missouri’s congressional map to be decided in less than a month

JCNT: Trials for Hoskins ballot lawsuits set for Tuesday in Cole County

KBIA: GOP groups allowed to join lawsuit over Missouri congressional map

Missouri Independent: Judge sets trial date for Missouri redistricting referendum, initiative petition amendment

Fox 2 St. Louis: Missouri Ethics Commission finds campaign finance violations by St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan Green (D); campaign blames “clerical and vendor-compliance errors”

December 2025: P-D’s Joe Holleman: Megan Green’s deputy chief of staff to pay $46,000 in fines for campaign violations; Missouri Ethics Commission says former alderwoman Christine Ingrassia (D) spent campaign money for personal use, deposited campaign donations in her personal bank account, failed to disclose some donations and failed to file some reports or filed them late (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Fox4 KC: Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota files motion for continuance in bribery case; former state Rep. DaRon McGee (D-Kansas City) secretly recorded alleged job offer bribe

Gray Media (WGEM, KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): Missouri vaccine rates drop below herd immunity threshold as Trump signs childhood vaccine executive order

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri prepares for new license system as temp tags will be replaced

P-D: Dollar General settles pricing lawsuit brought by Missouri AG (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): ESPN football analyst Matt Miller charged after Missouri crash; AG Catherine Hanaway notes at least two dozen complaints submitted to her office regarding Miller

Brownfield Ag News: Missouri cattle producer questions Missouri Department of Agriculture beef and dairy grant selection process

Washington Missourian: Beltline withdraws rezoning application, still committed to data center project

Washington Missourian: Washington reviewing data center project

Columbia Missourian: Small town Sunshine Law battles share a common law firm

Southeast Missourian: KFVS12, WSIL-TV to merge under ‘Heartland News’ brand

P-D op-ed: Center for Transportation Policy Executive Director Jackson Shedelbower: Pass U.S. Rep. Sam Graves’ plan to keep America flying in next shutdown (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Lincoln County Journal’s Greg Orear: A roomful of Republicans, acting like Democrats, about Ameren; thoughts on Aaron Dorr, the Missouri Public Service Commission, Doyle Justus and Chad Perkins, and Gov. Kehoe

P-D op-ed: New Missouri juvenile laws trade rehabilitation for punishment (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Springfield Daily Citizen op-ed: Drury University’s Brian Fogle: Nonprofits step in as local U.S. newspapers face steep declines

Columbia Missourian op-ed: High school student wamts state to spend more money studying the early onset of menstruation

P-D letter: Pro-choice group “Access MO” President Dana Sandweiss on group’s opposition to Amendment 3 (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, August 12, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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