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| Included are the daily clippings for Missouri Municipal League - February 1, 2023. |
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| Missouri Municipal League
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| Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune |
| MPUA awarded $1.1 Million DED grant for workforce training |
| ...(MPUA-RSC) has been awarded a $1,142,145 ARPA Workforce Training Grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED). MPUARSC will be able to offer additional vocational training in the utility field.... |
02/01/2023  USA Online
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| St. Louis Business Journal |
| Want to repair St. Louis’ reputation? Think big and long term |
| ...saving $1 million a year. More than $70 million has been invested in construction for housing and economic development. More than 350 affordable rental and homeownership homes have been created through new... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Howell County News |
| West Plains Police Department |
...against the subject. The subject later committed numerous offenses while in custody at the West Plains Municipal Jail Facility.
January 21
Sergeant Wichowski responded to the Little Hut Bar on East Trish Knight... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Kansas City Star |
| Music News & Reviews |
...Opponent, April 14, Granada. $30
Snow Tha Product, April 15, The Truman. $28.50-$57
Carcass with Municipal Waste, Sacred Reich and more, April 20, Granada. $28
Breakaway Music Festival, July 14-15, Azura... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Story Support |
| ...around the world attempt to draft a 50,000-word draft in those 30 short days. Art Smith has been the municipal liaison of NaNoWriMo’s Columbia chapter for seven years, and he believes it’s a perfect starter... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Construction Forum St. Louis |
| Contegra Construction Completes Maryland Distribution Center |
| ...general contractors and serves a national customer base that includes industrial, institutional, municipal, medical, multi-family, office and retail projects. Its capabilities include building developer... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Atchison County Mail |
| Atchison County Circuit Court |
...Limit (Exceeded By 26 Mph Or More).
Rock Port vs. Amanda Nicole Jackson - Initial Appearance on Municipal Ordinance - Other Assault.
Fairfax vs. Anton Theas - Disposition Hearing on Municipal Ordinance... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Howell County News |
| Willow council meets new police officers, hears review of 2022 |
...we're making a difference."
"I feel like we have a good group," Ellison said.
In other updates, City Administrator Beverly Hicks gave a review of 2022. Last year was a year for capital expenditures, she... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Farmington Press |
| Ten $1,000 scholarships open to Midwest high school seniors |
...but it isn't. If you want to know what it is... you'll have to guess the right ans…
Farmington City Council weighs 3% recreational marijuana tax
A 3% city tax on recreational marijuana purchased within... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Farmington Press |
| Mineral Area College releases fall 2022 dean's list of students |
| ...Alexi N. George; Biggin Hill, Great Britain - Kadelia Wilkins; Burlington, Ontario, Canada - Robert J. Mayor; Burntwood, Great Britain - Jack J. Taylor; Cambridge, Great Britain - Connor J. O’Donovan; Daysland,... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| KOMU -TV8 Columbia |
| Boone County suspends Ashland recycling program |
| ..."There's only so much you can do with holding hands and getting people to do the right thing," Ashland City Administrator, Kyle Michel, said. "We're working on figuring out how to get them to come back with... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Park Hills Daily Journal |
| Chamber comes through for officers |
...Burns’ name is listed on the national memorial, he said.
Stegall said he had spoken to Bonne Terre City Administrator Shawn Kay about the possibility of officers attending the national memorial, and he said... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| KTVI Fox 2 +4 other publications
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| Suspended ex-Missouri judge resigns powerful appointment |
...clinic’s license was gearing up. The influential but largely low-profile panel handles disputes between state agencies and businesses or individuals.
Prewitt’s law license suspension is related to allegations... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Park Hills Daily Journal |
| Group makes first funding award to combat opioid epidemic |
...candidates include state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, state Auditor Mike Harmon and Somerset Mayor Alan Keck. Beshear is seeking a second term as governor.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Columbia Missourian |
| Community solar program is what Columbia needs for clean energy |
| ...that is responsive to the needs and desires of the community. The Water and Light Board, the Columbia City Council and the public, should all be asking some hard questions about when we are going to see a community... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Maryville Daily Forum |
| Progress 2023: On the road to progress |
...for the South Main Corridor Improvement Project.
FORUM FILE PHOTO
Buy Now
During a July 2018 City Council meeting, City Manager Greg McDanel explains preliminary plans to widen turn lanes and improve... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| My Mo Info |
| New Parks & Rec Director Hard At Work in Park Hills |
(Park Hills) The new Park Hills Parks and Recreation director introduced himself to the city council and other city leaders last week.
Matt Barton of Bonne Terre takes the director’s position and he’s... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Tigers In Tokyo |
...placed 11th overall in the women’s 5,000-meter run and placed 12th in the 10,000-meter run. Columbia Mayor Brian Treece recently declared August 7 as Karissa Schweizer day in honor of the athlete.
When it... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Making a Green Start |
| ...position with the city of Columbia as a management fellow, where she worked directly for the City Council. She says she learned a lot about the legislative process and even worked with former City Council... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Forward Focus |
...that maybe we can see some change with that if we have some more business minded political leaders on City Council."
Inconsistencies in regulations and mandates have left certain businesses struggling more... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| More Than Good Sports |
| ...who was profoundly affected by the program is Andrea Waner-Current, now Columbia Second Ward’s City Council member. While working on her graduate degree in the Truman School of Public Affairs, she spent two... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Addressing Columbia’s Assets |
| ...trade schools are great options and workers skilled in the trades are desperately needed. Finally, city employees and officials need to be educated more on the struggles that business owners go through,... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| A New Vision |
...try to remedy that situation," Yearwood says.
As difficult as the workforce issues are to solve, Mayor Brian Treece says it’s important to keep in mind that the opposite problem — overwhelming unemployment... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| COMO Living |
| COMO 365: January 31, 1921 |
...person in the Columbia Public Schools by the entire citizenry," said Eliot Battle.
Former Columbia Mayor Darwin Hindman spoke about her saying: "If there ever was a person who carried the zeal for fostering... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| St. Louis Post Dispatch |
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| Letter: Downtown is unsafe and needs help from the state |
...asking for help and not getting it. The only way to fix this is to make criminals accountable. The mayor and circuit attorney won't do it. Let's see if the state of Missouri can do it.
Patty Smith • Kirkwood |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| St. Louis Post Dispatch |
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| Missouri lawmaker seeks to undercut St. Louis ban on cat declawing |
...is the largest dog breeding state in the nation.
The 2019 anti-declawing ordinance, sponsored by Alderman Christine Ingrassia, 6th Ward, made it illegal for veterinarians in the city to conduct such operations... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Howell County News |
| Willow council meets new police officers, hears review of 2022 |
...we're making a difference."
"I feel like we have a good group," Ellison said.
In other updates, City Administrator Beverly Hicks gave a review of 2022. Last year was a year for capital expenditures, she... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| WDAF-TV (FOX 4) Kansas City |
| DOP Donuts in downtown Overland Park closes its doors |
...considered vehicles and building codes do not apply to them.
The owner agreed to the requirements when the City Council approved the special use permit, but City staff observed and the owner admitted that the trailer... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Construction Forum St. Louis |
| Bank to Replace Flood-Damaged U City HQ With New $2M Building |
...interim, the bank plans to install a two-piece modular building onsite, a plan approved this week by the city council.
Royal Banks will spend about $250,000 to lease the one-story modular building from Rose Office... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Taxes
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| KSMO Radio |
| Local News - Wednesday, February 1st, 2023 |
| ...$291,642.60, the estimated ending balance at the end of 2023 would be $74,845.18. The Law Enforcement Sales Tax (LEST) Fund ending balance in 2022 was $836,645.31 that was helped with increase in actual revenues... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Sullivan Independent News |
| Franklin County Among Many Counties Seeking To Pass Marijuana Tax |
...Commissioners approved a ballot measure for the April 4, 2023 election to seek voter approval for a countywide sales tax of 3 percent on recreational marijuana sales taking place within the county.
The commission unanimously... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Economic Effects of a Pandemic |
...having children interact."
One potential solution that Bill Turpin, associate vice chancellor of Economic Development at MU and CEO of the Missouri Innovation Center, suggests is learning pods. "Stacey and... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Addressing Columbia’s Assets |
| ...trade schools are great options and workers skilled in the trades are desperately needed. Finally, city employees and officials need to be educated more on the struggles that business owners go through,... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| St. Louis Post Dispatch |
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| Letter: Start taxing the rich where it will hurt them the most |
| ...correctly points out the absurdity of eliminating the federal income tax and replacing it with a national sales tax. Such a sales tax would be even more regressive on the federal level than the Missouri sales ... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Business
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| Park Hills Daily Journal |
| Nikki Haley planning Feb. 15 launch for 2024 White House bid |
| ...Buttigieg, the breakout star of the 2020 Democratic presidential race, took the job as secretary of Transportation in the Biden administration, many observers wondered why. After all, it isn't the sort of lofty... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| KMOV 4 St. Louis +2 other publications
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| Hallmark Celebrates Valentine's Day by Letting Hearts Lead the Way |
...lucky you feel to know them.
Valentine's Day gift giving just got cuter with Hallmark's new Large Better Together Peanut Butter and Jelly Magnetic Plush, Large Better Together Taco and Hot Sauce Magnetic... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune |
| MPUA awarded $1.1 Million DED grant for workforce training |
| ...(MPUA-RSC) has been awarded a $1,142,145 ARPA Workforce Training Grant from the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED). MPUARSC will be able to offer additional vocational training in the utility field.... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Linn County Leader |
| Around Linn County |
...for farm families and the agricultural community.
OATS Transit
OATS Transit offers regular transportation services for the rural general public of any age, seniors, and individuals with disabilities.... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Linn County Leader +1 other publication
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| Governor Parson to kick-off Great Northwest Days |
...reliable, affordable childcare, they are unable to work. Childcare is a fundamental Workforce and Economic Development issue.
Housing: If rural areas are to retain and grow population, adequate workforce... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Linn County Leader +1 other publication
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| Missouri Main Street Connection Hosts Main Street Capitol Day |
| ...development in both Main Street communities and the entire state of Missouri. Utilizing the principles of economic development taught by Missouri Main Street Connection, has also helped local Main Street organizations... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| St. Louis Business Journal |
| Want to repair St. Louis’ reputation? Think big and long term |
| ...saving $1 million a year. More than $70 million has been invested in construction for housing and economic development. More than 350 affordable rental and homeownership homes have been created through new... |
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02/01/2023 USA Online
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| Park Hills Daily Journal |
| Hong Kong bans CBD, forcing businesses to shut or revamp |
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FILE - An employee adds drops of water-soluble CBD, or cannabidiol, an essential component of medical marijuana, into a coffee glass at the Found Cafe in Hong Kong on Sept. 13, 2020.Hong Kong banned... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Joplin News & Weather |
| Electric school buses awarded to local districts |
...that have driven both diesel and electric models actually prefer the eBuses," said Jake Kloss, Transportation Director for Cassville R-IV Schools.
And that’s the main point of the government program: Providing... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Park Hills Daily Journal |
| Nevada says Tesla's possible tax breaks stay secret, for now |
...month due to a nondisclosure agreement between the electric car company and a state board focused on economic development
By GABE STERN - Associated Press/Report for America
Jan 31, 2023
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Park Hills Daily Journal |
| Group makes first funding award to combat opioid epidemic |
...candidates include state Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles, state Auditor Mike Harmon and Somerset Mayor Alan Keck. Beshear is seeking a second term as governor.
Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| WDAF-TV (FOX 4) Kansas City |
| End of an era: Boeing delivers last 747 jumbo jet |
...employees in 1967 to a low of 38,690 in April 1971.
The "Boeing bust" was infamously marked by a billboard near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport that read, "Will the last person leaving SEATTLE —... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Making it in Music City |
...to the plate."
Farr’s debut album, Redneck Crazy, which was released in 2013, was No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200. Two songs on the album, "Redneck Crazy"... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Economic Effects of a Pandemic |
...having children interact."
One potential solution that Bill Turpin, associate vice chancellor of Economic Development at MU and CEO of the Missouri Innovation Center, suggests is learning pods. "Stacey and... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Addressing Columbia’s Assets |
| ...trade schools are great options and workers skilled in the trades are desperately needed. Finally, city employees and officials need to be educated more on the struggles that business owners go through,... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| A New Vision |
...try to remedy that situation," Yearwood says.
As difficult as the workforce issues are to solve, Mayor Brian Treece says it’s important to keep in mind that the opposite problem — overwhelming unemployment... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Inside Columbia |
| Planning for Long-Term Growth |
| ...$20,000 limit and requirements that include using some of the available resources, like Regional Economic Development Inc., to learn more about building a business plan and the financial considerations that... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| St. Louis Construction News and Review |
| People On The Move In The Local Construction Industry |
| ...manufacturing, education, healthcare, construction/real estate, professional services, hospitality, transportation and non-profit organizations among many others. They will be honored at an annual awards ceremony... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Salem News MO |
| Recreational cannabis sales to start Feb. 6 |
| ...2022. The amendment legalizes recreational cannabis in the state of Missouri and expands the existing medical marijuana program. While the federal government still considers cannabis a schedule I controlled... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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| Gladstone Dispatch |
| Protein processor opening in KC, bringing 583 area jobs |
...markets in the U.S. for three-year job growth," states a release from the Missouri Department for Economic Development.
In the last two years, the Kansas City region has attracted food and beverage companies... |
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01/31/2023 USA Online
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