Daily Brief: Friday, June 26, 2026

St. Louis news worth your time today — curated by PubDef, with receipts from the archive. Click through for the full stories.

What Missouri loses when we cut YouthBuild

I was 16 years old and hadn’t been to school in months. It wasn’t a decision I made lightly. My family had moved from Mexico, Missouri to Centralia, and from the moment I arrived, school felt like a… — Missouri Independent

📼 From the PubDef archive: “POLL: Should the Gov’t rescue the auto industry?” (Nov 2008)

Millions already pouring into Missouri ballot fights over taxes and majority rule

Missouri voters are being flooded with ads over two constitutional amendments that would reshape how the state taxes income and how citizens amend the constitution. The campaigns for and against… — Missouri Independent

📼 From the PubDef archive: “POLL: Should the Gov’t rescue the auto industry?” (Nov 2008)

Public universities around the country face escalating involvement from state lawmakers

Jennifer Brooks, a history professor at Auburn University, had barely unpacked from a trip out of town earlier this month when the messages started blowing up her phone. Texts from colleagues and… — Missouri Independent

📼 From the PubDef archive: “Irene, Maida and Mike — a Tale of Delusion, Promise and Possibility” (Nov 2008)

US Supreme Court hands win to Monsanto in Missouri case tied to claims Roundup causes cancer

State courts cannot find liability for labeling shortcomings in pesticides and similar products because such products are covered by federal law, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday in a decision… — Missouri Independent

📼 From the PubDef archive: “VIDEO: McCaskill on Equal Pay” (Apr 2008)

Where history meets hope

Dr. Pamela Washington stepped onto the grounds of the Barack Obama Presidential Center on opening weekend and felt the presence of the people who came before her. Her parents, who have since passed… — St. Louis American

📼 From the PubDef archive: “Thousands in St. Louis protest California’s gay marriage ban” (Nov 2008)

About the unclaimed property listing

The unclaimed property pages published in The St. Louis American last week and this week are an official public notice from the Missouri State Treasurer’s Office to help people find money or property… — St. Louis American

📼 From the PubDef archive: “Irene, Maida and Mike — a Tale of Delusion, Promise and Possibility” (Nov 2008)

Justice in his blood

The most important item in Kenneth “Kenny” Powell III’s Clayton office isn’t a legal brief, a settlement agreement or a framed award. It’s a photograph. The photo features Powell’s… — St. Louis American

📼 From the PubDef archive: “The Truth About Bill Ayers & Obama” (Oct 2008)

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