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St. Louis Public Radio: Eric Schmitt and Cheryl Hines tout savings programs for people with disabilities

Fox 2 St. Louis: Video: Eric Schmitt highlights ABLE accounts, financial help for people with disabilities

St. Louis Public Radio: $10M in federal funds headed to downtown St. Louis greenway expansion, other paths

KC Star: Trump’s escalating trade war with Canada could hit Kansas City especially hard

St. Louis Public Radio’s “Meet Me” series: Jason Rosenbaum explains congressional redistricting

KOMU (Columbia) via Columbia Missourian: Hanaway defends rejection of two ballot measures ahead of Supreme Court trials

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): Hanaway on rescue of Missouri Deputy Attorney General Shaun Mackelprang; Meta lawsuit; adult websites

97.1 FM (St. Louis): The Annie Frey Show: Hanaway on Meta settlement

Gray Media (KFVS, KY3, KCTV, KMOV): Hanaway to investigate other social media platforms after Meta settlement

Missouri Independent: Missouri labor unions, abortion rights groups turn unlikely alliance into ballot power

KRCG (Jefferson City): Dozens of new Missouri laws go into effect today

St. Louis Public Radio: Age verification law for adult sites now in effect in Missouri

Missouri Independent: Missouri says its intoxicating hemp ban is clear. Industry says it’s unconstitutional

P-D: Missouri legalized marijuana. Old municipal cases still haunt thousands (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Fox 2 St. Louis: St. Louis Public Schools gets ‘poor’ rating – lowest possible – in new Missouri audit

KSDK (St. Louis): ‘Poor’ rating again: Second state audit finds widespread problems at SLPS, questions district’s governing structure

P-D: State auditor calls for leadership change for St. Louis Public Schools after ‘poor’ rating (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri state auditor questions local control of SLPS after ‘poor’ audit score

Columbia Missourian: Unclaimed property auction brings treasures to Columbia

P-D: With another big data center looming, St. Louis officials close in on regulations (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D: Mark Twain Hotel owner agrees to pay for tenant relocation in deal with Missouri AG (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KSDK (St. Louis): The Voice of St. Louis may leave St. Louis: KMOX weighing move to Clayton, sources say

P-D editorial: Missouri Senate should join the 21st century and turn on the cameras, already (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D editorial: Best Missouri tribute to Dolly is to restore funding to her free-books program (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

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Yesterday’s (Thursday, August 27, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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