Christopher “Kit” Bond, a Republican who brought billions of dollars in federal funding to Missouri during his four terms in the U.S. Senate and who was state’s the youngest person to be governor, died Tuesda
2028: Increase to 91% of the state minimum wage. 2029: Increase to 100% of the state minimum wage. Result: Struck down. Missouri: Proposition A Establishes a $13.75 per hour minimum wage by 2025, which would rise to $15 per hour by 2026. The current minimum wage in Missouri is $...
The legality of Trump's actionis highly disputed— it's already subject to multiple legal challenges, and a federal courttemporarily blockedits implementation on Thursday. It also represents a seismic break with a longstanding status quo, and would remove the United States from the 30-plus countri...
Today, about 400 million acres in the U.S. are used to raise crops. Without herbicides like glyphosate, farmers would need to put more land into production to produce the same amount of food – the equivalent of about 800 million acres or 42% of the total land area of the lower 48 st...
population resides in one of the more than 8700 OZs. While program supporters argue that investment has reached communities otherwise overlooked by investors, critics maintain that the OZs program promotes investment in areas that would have attracted investors anyway.2 The argument is that these tax...
My hope is that my sizing will fit more rectangular/apple shaped/pear shaped figures better, since statistically it seems to be more the norm than the hourglass in the real human population. I have never been a big wearer of skirts for my own wardrobe, but between sweltering humid Missouri...
A smart city's success depends on its ability to form a strong relationship among the government, the private sector and its citizens. This relationship is necessary because most of the work done to create and maintain a digital, data-driven environment occurs outside the government. For example...
On Monday, April 8, the moon will pass between the sun and Earth, blocking out the face of the sun in what is known as a total solar eclipse. It will be the last total solar eclipse visible in the contiguous U.S. until 2044.
Park, had a hand in the development of the modern insanity defense, and was a celebrated if controversial Union Army field general. The best book on Sickle's amazing, checkered and long public life is Thomas Keneally'sAmerican Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sick...
While the mean U.S. salary is more than $60,000 annually, more than 11% of the U.S. population currently lives at or below poverty thresholds. As of May 2023, the median hourly wage in the U.S. is $22.26, and the mean hourly wage is $29.76. ...