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Major corporations, wealthy donors fuel growth of Missouri private school scholarship

8 months ago
The largest donors to a tax credit program supporting private school tuition scholarships in Missouri are a Fortune 500 health care corporation, a cable company and the founding family of the Kansas City Chiefs. UnitedHealth Group Inc. has given the most since 2023 to the state’s K-12 tax-credit scholarship program, dubbed MOScholars, with a $2 million donation last year and $3.5 million pledged this year. Lamar Hunt Jr. and his wife Rita Hunt, part of the family that owns the Kansas City Chiefs,…
Annelise Hanshaw

New era for small/local businesses: Commerce Bank joins forces with Urban League to foster entrepreneurship and women’s business development in St. Louis

8 months ago
In a groundbreaking partnership poised to stimulate economic development in St. Louis, Commerce Bank has donated its century-old branch on Natural Bridge Avenue to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. This significant contribution will facilitate the relocation and expansion of the Urban League's Women's Business Center, previously situated in Pagedale. The initiative marks the establishment of the 14th National Urban League-designated Entrepreneurship Center in the United States. John W.…
Richard K. Davis

Table of Experts: Workforce development

8 months ago
A May 2024 St. Louis Business Journal Roundtable of Experts brought together leaders in business, higher education and training/development to respond to recent research about workforce development for the region, and how their sectors could work together to make their offerings — and the region — more cohesive, connected and effective. The keys to future growth and success, they agreed, will be flexibility, practicality and collaboration to prepare students and support businesses. Participants…
Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, Contributor

Mizzou faculty opinion of Mun Choi vastly improves 2 years after scathing report

8 months ago
The last time faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia weighed in on their campus leader, they said he “fostered a general culture of helplessness and submission” and that morale had been “irreparably damaged.” Only 26% of those surveyed in 2022 supported retaining Mun Choi as chancellor of the university, a position he took over in addition to his role as president of the entire University of Missouri System. This year’s survey shows Choi is getting much higher marks, with 64%…
Annelise Hanshaw

Saint Louis Public Schools board approves emergency transportation plan for upcoming school year

8 months ago
The Saint Louis Public Schools Board of Education approved an emergency transportation plan Tuesday for the upcoming school year. One board member abstained from voting, but the rest approved the emergency plan. The school district's previous student transportation provider, Missouri Central School Bus, in March said was ending its contract with the Saint Louis Public Schools on June 30, resulting in the closure of two St. Louis-area locations and lay off of hundreds of workers. Consultants said…
Laura Barczewski