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The Missouri Times: Schmitt touts $68 million federal award for St. Louis law enforcement

KC Star: Missouri lawmakers split along party lines on Hegseth vote (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Fox 2 St. Louis: U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell demands USPS changes after mail discarded again

Time Magazine: The Democratic tsunami wins no election forecaster expected; money didn’t matter in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District, where Fred Wellman was dwarfed in fundraising and still beat Ann Wagner

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: John Lamping on why other Democrats could hold the 2nd Congressional District seat more reliably than Fred Wellman (5:15); Dems’ statewide bench (6:00); Kehoe vs. Bailey and Ameren’s Senate Bill 4 (6:30); potential Republican 2nd District candidates (8:00); Dems dumping Fred Wellman in 2028 Democratic primary, or sooner (10:45); parallels between Susie Wiles and the Jefferson City lobbyist environment (12:25)

JCNT’s NT Daily with Erin Schrimpf: Rural health care funding, Medicaid and rural hospitals

Missouri Independent: Missouri among 3 states declining hardship exceptions to Medicaid work requirements

KCUR (Kansas City): Do you expect to be injured by Missouri’s Medicaid work requirements? Content creator Bek Shackelford-Nwanganga wants to hear from you

JCNT: Missouri Supreme Court rules on alleged rights violation; lawsuit about Chiefs, Royals

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri Supreme Court rejects lawsuit over storm tax credits, stadium funding

Missouri Independent: Missouri Supreme Court rejects challenge to stadium subsidy law on technical grounds

KC Star: Chappell Roan’s conservative Republican uncle named new leader of Missouri House

The Missouri Times: Robbie Myers resigns from Missouri State Board of Education

Missouri Independent: Missouri education board member resigns, citing ‘time constraints’

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): State facing ‘financial headwinds,’ MU president warns

Springfield Daily Citizen: Lawmakers in Christian County to pursue legislation allowing the community to ask voters for a tax on hotel and motel rooms

KBIA (Columbia): Ameren plans three more Missouri battery plants

JCNT: Ameren urges veterans, active military in need to apply for bill assistance

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Columbia City Council votes to end Flock camera contract

P-D: Man cut down, stole several Flock cameras in St. Louis County, charges say (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

P-D editorial: Sen. Schmitt’s alternate reality (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

The Beacon’s (Kansas City) Mary Sanchez: Dozens of young illegal aliens in KC face fast-tracked deportation

Missouri Independent op-ed: Jamie Corley Emanuel: Republicans need to listen to voters, not their loudest voices

Gasconade County Republican’s Paul Hamby: Some suggestions for Jason Bean and Alex Riley

Yesterday’s (Tuesday, November 10, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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