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Corporate Philanthropy Awards 2023: Edward Jones, UMSL lead push for inclusive growth through St. Louis Anchor Action Network

1 year 8 months ago
Edward Jones and the University of Missouri-St. Louis co-lead the St. Louis Anchor Action Network. This coalition of local leaders in health care, higher education and the public and private sectors who are focused on improving equity by increasing the number of employees they hire and the amount of money they spend in local neighborhoods with high poverty rates.
Angela Mueller

Senate committee rejects anti-DEI language, restores library funds in Missouri budget

1 year 8 months ago
Anti-diversity budget language called a “job killer” by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce didn’t survive the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday, as the panel wrapped up its work on the state spending plan for the coming year. Over two days of work, the committee added more than $3 billion to the House-approved budget for state operations in the coming fiscal year. The biggest items added Wednesday were $300 million for the Department of Mental Health to build a new psychiatric hospital…
Rudi Keller

St. Louis proposes spending 7.1% more, to $1.32B

1 year 8 months ago
The city of St. Louis anticipates spending 7.1% more in fiscal 2024, to $1.32 billion, driven by employee pay increases. City Budget Director Paul Payne made an initial presentation to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, the three-member top fiscal body, on Wednesday, the first in a series of steps toward finalizing the budget, which takes effect July 1. Estimate and Apportionment, made up of Mayor Tishaura Jones, Aldermanic President Megan Green and Comptroller Darlene Green, is to meet April…
Jacob Kirn

How future-proof is your business?

1 year 8 months ago
Of the many lessons recent history has taught the business community, two stand out. First, despite advances in machine learning and increasingly powerful analytics, the future remains largely unpredictable. Second, the most resilient companies are those that are prepared for uncertainty. By anticipating the future, these companies develop ways to safeguard against their own obsolescence. You, too, can help future-proof your business by embracing ways to minimize the shocks and stresses the future…
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