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Senior property tax freeze becomes law in St. Louis County without Page's signature

1 year 5 months ago
A property tax freeze for St. Louis County seniors became law Wednesday after the deadline for County Executive Sam Page to sign or veto the bill expired. The bill will freeze property tax increases for homeowners 67 and over whose homes are worth $550,000 or less. It passed the St. Louis County Council on Oct. 17. The county's revenue department will now have to develop the specifics of the plan. According to the state law allowing the tax freeze, the new program goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2024. Page…
Sam Clancy

Missouri rolls back part of its cannabis product recall

1 year 5 months ago
The state rolled back its recall of nearly 15,000 cannabis products last week and allowed them to return to the dispensary shelves, after requiring Missouri companies to keep them in storage since early August. The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation said in an Oct. 20 notice that after a review of product-tracking records, regulators can verify that “some of the marijuana products on recall contain THC solely sourced from marijuana grown in the Missouri regulated market.” The future of…
Rebecca Rivas

Why organizations need changemakers and how to spot them

1 year 5 months ago
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” - Charles Darwin How many firms or industries can you name that have been transformed by digital technologies? Some have successfully adapted to survive, but others were not so lucky. Think Blockbuster and the disrupter, Netflix. In fact, the entire video rental and movie industries have been disrupted by Netflix. IBM was a hardware firm and then,…
Balaji Rajagopalan

Mapping tomorrow: St. Louis nonprofit trains next generation of geospatial industry workers

1 year 5 months ago
Businesswoman Zekita Armstrong Asuquo brings a fierce determination to any project she sets her mind to. A St. Louis native and Vashon High School graduate who has held roles in consulting, publishing, and diversity, equity and inclusion, she always knew that she wanted to start her own workforce development agency in her hometown. Asuquo has navigated her own education and career largely on her own, lacking the support of pipeline programs or formal mentorship until joining the Regional Business…
Ginger O’Donnell

Appeals court swats down Ashcroft arguments on Missouri abortion rights petitions

1 year 5 months ago
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote ballot titles for six proposals to restore abortion rights that were “replete with politically partisan language,” a Missouri appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday. In an expedited decision issued a day after hearing arguments, a three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals upheld, with only minor revisions, the revised ballot titles written by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem. In a decision by a separate panel, the court upheld the…
Rudi Keller

Vatican to review appeals from 2 St. Louis parishes closed under 'All Things New' plan

1 year 5 months ago
The Vatican has agreed to review the appeals made by parishioners of two local parishes that were closed under the St. Louis Archdiocese's "All Things New" restructuring plan and rejected the appeals of two others. The Archdiocese said in a statement Monday that the Dicastery for the Clergy accepted petitions for recourse against decrees related to St. Elizabeth Mother of John the Baptist Parish in St. Louis and Sts. Philip and James Parish in River aux Vases. The All Things New plan consolidates…
Kelsi Anderson