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NY Times: Once star athletes themselves, Senators Eric Schmitt and Cory Booker clash over college sports legislation (avoid NY Times paywall by reading archived version here)

Washington Times: Foxes guarding the server room? Hawley, Schmitt smell a rat as Big Tech begs Washington to regulate AI

Missourinet: Hawley backs federal testing of advanced AI systems as safety concerns grow

St. Louis Public Radio: U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell pushes disaster response package as St. Louis seeks more federal aid

KSDK (St. Louis): Ann Wagner ad targets Democrat opponent over transgender policies in Missouri’s 2nd District; Fred Wellman declines to discuss previous statements backing taxpayer-funded transgender surgeries

AP: Appeals court favors Trump-backed Missouri congressional map, but Supreme Court will have final say

NY Times: Appeals court sides with Missouri Republicans on congressional map, but ruling could have little effect on November election

P-D: Appeals court calls for use of revamped Missouri congressional map

KC Star: Federal court backs Missouri’s revamped map, setting up another SCOTUS showdown (avoid KC Star by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Missourinet: Federal Appeals Court rules for use of Republican-designed map, emergency appeal filed

Missouri Independent: Appeals court backs Missouri’s gerrymandered map, but decision is put on hold

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: AG Catherine Hanaway on pending 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, state Medicaid fraud enforcement and more (note: interview recorded Monday morning)

P-D: Hanaway drops lawsuit seeking 2020 census redo excluding illegal immigrants

Missouri Independent: Voting “Yes” on Amendment 6 could make another Missouri congressional gerrymander much harder

St. Louis Public Radio: Voter Guide: What to know about the 2026 election in Missouri; Amendment 3 threatens “gender-affirming care for transgender youth,” plus other objective and unbiased opinions

Combest in the Missouri Times, August 2023: “Do you really think your local public radio reporter was sitting alone at her desk one day, brushing vending machine snack crumbs off her FUPA, and came up with ‘gender affirming care’ on her own?”

KSMU (Springfield): Local political parties play key roles in the election process; comments from Greene County Democrats Executive Director Rachel Howard and Greene County Republican Central Committee’s Clate Baker

Jason Rosenbaum’s Politically Speaking podcast: State Rep. Melanie Stinnett hopes to keep Springfield’s state Senate seat Republican

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): House Superminority Leader Ashley Aune (D-Kansas City) preps for “Blue Wave” election, says Dems “are going to have a bigger year than we’ve had in a long time”

Instagram reel: Ashley Aune is “working (her) ass off” to “flip” seats, for real this time

FLASHBACK: Ashley Aune in October 2024: “I fully predict … we’re going to flip 3 to 7 seats” (opens at 5:07 mark)

Midwest Newsroom, via St. Louis Public Radio: In Missouri, lawmakers across party lines find a common villain: Flock cameras

Ste. Genevieve Herald: Gov. Kehoe signs safeguards for license plate readers, Sheriff’s Dept. say it has always obeyed rules

P-D: ‘Pay to play’? Donation adds new controversy to Ferguson data center vote

Missourinet: Diesel price surge forces some Missouri trucking companies to close; insights from Missouri Trucking Association President and CEO Tom Crawford

KC Star: Political rival had called for investigation into Platte County prosecutor amid dispute

P-D: Possible measles exposures at Busch Stadium, other St. Louis-area businesses

St. Louis Public Radio: Possible measles exposure at Busch Stadium and multiple St. Louis-area bars, health officials warn

P-D: Facebook firebrand Elliott Davis booted from St. Louis mayor’s media list

Wayne County Journal Banner op-ed: Paul Hamby: Amendment 6 is bad for Missouri

Columbia Missourian op-ed: University of Missouri chapter of the American Association of University Professors says professors will continue promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), demands university “stop thanking” groups like Accuracy in Media

P-D letter: Ballwin man objects to Ann Wagner portraying opponent “like he is Dr. Frankenstein” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia septuagenarian criticizes state budget cuts to Dolly Parton book program, suggests voters care

St. Joseph News-Press letter: Man who was born in Kansas and moved to Texas disapproves of Gov. Kehoe’s trade mission to Italy

Yesterday’s (Monday, September 21, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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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