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Lincoln Hough reflects on final session<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2026-05-28T12:00:58-05:00\">May 28, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>State Sen. Lincoln Hough, a Republican from Springfield, speaks on the Senate&#8217;s budget proposal on April 22 (Annelise Hanshaw\/Missouri Independent). 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Lincoln Hough reflects on final session<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-10273 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-9-16\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/democrats-in-us-senate-want-true-costs-of-iran-war-estimated-by-official-scorekeeper\/\" aria-label=\"Democrats in US Senate want \u2018true costs\u2019 of Iran war estimated by official scorekeeper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran2026-1024x683-1K22Fw-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Democrats in US Senate want \u2018true costs\u2019 of Iran war estimated by official scorekeeper\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran2026-1024x683-1K22Fw-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran2026-1024x683-1K22Fw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran2026-1024x683-1K22Fw-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/iran2026-1024x683-1K22Fw.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/category\/uncategorized\/\" class=\"category-link-uncategorized\" rel=\"tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/democrats-in-us-senate-want-true-costs-of-iran-war-estimated-by-official-scorekeeper\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Democrats in US Senate want \u2018true costs\u2019 of Iran war estimated by official scorekeeper<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published updated\" datetime=\"2026-05-28T11:23:14-05:00\">May 28, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Plumes of smoke rise following an explosion on March 5, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. 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Some of the nation\u2019s biggest megachurches are&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/more-megachurches-want-to-be-your-alma-mater\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCLICK HERE to be redirected to the original post<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> More megachurches want to be your alma mater<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 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class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2026-05-18T10:00:27-05:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2026-05-18T10:15:54-05:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>When the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas\u2019 gerrymandered congressional map to take effect in December, its conservative majority wrote that a lower court had \u201cimproperly inserted itself into an active primary campaign\u201d when it blocked the map more than three months before the election. 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