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C-SPAN: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) speaks to reporters on Iran War

CNBC: Flock, Axon dodge Senate hearing after invite from Chair Josh Hawley

Missourinet: Hawley chairs hearing on Flock cameras: “treating every citizen in America as if they’re a criminal”

States Newsroom, via Missouri Independent: Hawley raises privacy alarms over nationwide AI camera network

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri AG says states have a role in regulating big tech

Fox News: Hawley zeroes in on Lia Thomas locker room controversy: ‘Did they consent?’

POLITICO: Playbook PM: Missouri’s Wesley Bell attends Apple party promoting redesigned Health app

Missouri Independent: Missouri Medicaid enrollee challenges Trump rule on work requirement exemptions

KC Star: Missouri’s map fight returns to the U.S. Supreme Court as voting begins (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on what’s next for redistricting

Missourinet: Brattin says ongoing Missouri map dispute has paralyzed campaign efforts

KC Star: Alford, Dem opponent disagree on Amendment 3

Columbia Missourian: Mid-Missouri PrideFest expects 25% decrease in attendance this year; number of vendors plummets 45%

93.9 The Eagle (Columbia): Missouri’s attorney general investigating Students for Justice in Palestine; SJP responds

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri AG launches investigation into Mizzou group ‘Students for Justice in Palestine’

KBIA (Columbia): AG Hanaway probes Muslim student group suing MU’s Choi

Columbia Missourian: Legal battles continue for Students for Justice in Palestine

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Illegal gaming machines return across Missouri; AG warns of jail time

P-D: Audit: Missouri not double-checking Medicaid rolls, federal food program billing (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Missouri Independent: State asks Missouri Supreme Court to block award of 13 marijuana licenses

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Supreme Court to decide legality of statute that prompted removal of school library books

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court hears appeal of school library ‘explicit material’ law

Washington Missourian: Mercy marks major milestones; state Rep. John Simmons (R-Washington) presents hospital with proclamation from Missouri House of Representatives

Fox4 KC: MoDOT to hold info session over planned closure of I-70 in Kansas City (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Columbia Missourian: Attorney General Hanaway tells Reign Bar to address ‘nuisance conditions’

St. Louis Public Radio: How data center noise is different from regular noise pollution, according to a St. Louis scientist

Washington Missourian: What’s next for two proposed Franklin County data centers

TonysKansasCity.com: TKC Caption Contest: KCMO Mayor Q shares bike lane with STL Mayor Cara Spencer in photo op

The Missouri Times op-ed: Ryan Johnson: The hospital lobby lives on your taxes

Webster County Citizen’s Dan Wehmer: Gov. Mike Kehoe’s State Board of Education seemingly wants public schools to fail

P-D op-ed: United WE’s Wendy Doyle: Missouri should join the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact and the Cosmetology Licensure Compact (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

P-D letter: American Cancer Society volunteer urges Missouri’s congressional delegation to spend more money on cancer research (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia septuagenarian says Missouri Republicans have not read the Missouri Constitution

Columbia Missourian letter: Columbia sexagenarian says state Rep. John Martin (R-Columbia) “pedals GOP supermajority voodoo”

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, September 23, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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