Thursday, September 3, 2026 – Missouri political news headlines
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The Tucker Carlson Show on Apple Podcasts: Former Missouri Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell (D) says Trump’s Argentine beef deal will lead to bankrupt ranchers and rotten hamburgers (watch on YouTube here)
Axios: Schmitt pushes to fix college sports “arms race”
P-D: Mom of Ballwin woman killed by man high on Whip-Its heads to Washington to lobby for ban, meets with Congressman Bob Onder’s staff (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
P-D: FEMA aid OK’d for Missouri counties damaged in July floods as residents wait for help
P-D’s Joe Holleman: Wesley Bell, other Dems fight to keep black soldier’s name on – and Trump’s name off – new ship (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
JCNT: Lawsuits against Hoskins await Supreme Court decisions
KC Star: Missouri’s revamped congressional map faces final test as Supreme Court weighs referendum (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)
Columbia Missourian: Missouri Supreme Court hears controversial ballot cases
P-D: High court to decide fate of Missouri’s new congressional maps
KC Star: Supreme Court weighs progressive campaign’s fate on initiative petitions (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)
P-D: Missouri’s highest court reviews “Respect Missouri Voters” case (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
Missouri Independent: Missouri vote on initiative protections now before the state Supreme Court
KC Star: Indicted Jackson County Executive Phil LeVota accused of discrimination, official complaint reveals; Teresa Garza claims LeVota “targeted me as a Latina in a senior leadership role” (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)
Joplin Globe: Republicans call on Thomas Ross to withdraw from Missouri House race to represent Joplin (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
Missouri Independent: Missouri GOP calls for Joplin legislative candidate to withdraw after arrest
Missourinet: Kehoe open to data center guardrails in Missouri
P-D: St. Louis mayor denied trying to interfere with data center rules. Texts show she did. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
P-D: Amid Flock uproar, St. Louis County police reviewing license plate reader policies (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
KOMU (Columbia): Ralls County adds to growing list of communities pausing Flock
Brownfield Ag News: Missouri drought alert expires after 11 months as conditions improve
Columbia Missourian op-ed: U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley: Why I am investigating Flock
P-D’s Tony Messenger: St. Louis immigrant has no criminal record. He spent 6 months in jail anyway. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)
Yesterday’s (Wednesday, September 2, 2026) Missouri political news headlines
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