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Missouri governor signs bills impacting cannabis banking, employee background checks

1 year 9 months ago
Missouri’s marijuana businesses will have fewer obstacles when it comes to accessing banking, but they must now get fingerprint background checks from all their new employees and contractors, under legislation that the governor signed Thursday. Few banks nationwide serve cannabis businesses and their owners β€” or even their auxiliary partners β€” because most want nothing to do with a business that sells a product the federal government still considers illegal. That’s true even in states that…
Rebecca Rivas

St. Louis Character: Nonprofit leader Terri Stipanovich builds The Collective Thread to empower women through seamstress skills

1 year 9 months ago
After witnessing extreme poverty during a visit to Africa, Terri Stipanovich returned to the United States and started a nonprofit to empower women. The Collective Thread, located in a 7,000-square-foot space downtown, helps immigrant, refugee and undeserved area residents develop marketable skills as seamstresses.
James Drew