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Did you take the weekend off? Friday’s headlines are here.

Did you take the weekend off? Saturday’s headlines are here.

Did you take the weekend off? Sunday’s headlines are here.

KMBC: U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, Missouri Farm Bureau’s Garrett Hawkins react to Trump’s beef import plan

KOMU (Columbia): Missouri farming groups say Trump’s tariff decision could crush U.S. beef producers

Spectrum News (Kansas City): Incoming Congressman Chris Stigall sits down for a Q&A (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking: Michigan U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin visits Missouri for progressive groups’ event, says America’s campaign finance system is broken; thoughts from former state Sens. Bill Eigel (R-Weldon Spring) and Jason Crowell (R-Cape Girardeau)

This Week in Missouri Politics from the Missouri State Fair: Scott Faughn and Erin Schrimpf talk to Gov. Mike Kehoe, State Treasurer Vivek Malek, former Congressman Kenny Hulshof and state Rep. David Dolan (R-Sedalia)

Missouri Independent: Profile: Missouri Republican campaign strategist Sophie Shore

Two weeks ago: 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 mini-profile: Daniel Green, the judge who blocked two Missouri ballot measures; comments from James Harris, Chuck Hatfield, Richard Callahan

P-D: Higher speed limit, downtown St. Louis tax incentives among new Missouri laws (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KOMU (Columbia): New Missouri law intensifies fines for illegally passing a school bus

Missouri Independent: Missouri child welfare reforms pile up as old problems return

Joplin Globe: MoDOT’s Forward 44 to hit the road with groundbreaking today (avoid Joplin Globe paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Springfield cannabis workers secure Missouri’s second union contract after four-year wait

Columbia Missourian, via KOMU: Missouri surpasses 2,000 reported cases of cyclosporiasis

Governing Magazine: A county government fiasco in Kansas City; a federal indictment over alleged job offer bribe adds to a pattern of upheaval in the county executive’s office (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

KC Star editorial board’s new “Double Take” feature: Mara Rose Williams vs. Yvette Walker on Missouri’s school spanking laws

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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