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Announcing the 2025 HR Awards winners

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The St. Louis Business Journal has selected 10 honorees as part of the 2025 HR Awards program, now in its seventh year. The program honors individuals for the important work they do in human resources.
Veneta Rizvic

Missouri bill to overturn voter-approved paid sick leave clears Senate committee

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A Republican-led push to overturn the paid sick leave law adopted by Missouri voters last year was debated and approved Wednesday by a state Senate committee. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Sherri Gallick of Belton, was passed by the House earlier this month and would gut Proposition A, a voter-approved law requiring most employers starting May 1 to provide paid sick time off for hundreds of thousands of qualifying workers. Gallick called the law, which also increased the state’s…
Clara Bates

Medicaid, SNAP cuts could create a massive hole in Missouri budget, cost thousands of jobs

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Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid and food assistance could blow a $2 billion hole in Missouri’s budget and cost the state more than 20,000 jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue, according to a pair of reports released this week. Congressional Republicans approved a budget resolution last month to reduce federal spending by $2 trillion as they seek $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. The resolution tasks the committee overseeing Medicaid to cut at least $880 billion over 10 years and the committee…
Clara Bates

Panera names CEO amid cuts

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The official had been acting as interim CEO since January. The appointment comes as the fast-casual brand appears to be expanding its test of an on-demand baking model.
Jacob Kirn

Trump administration challenges order to reinstate refugee services contracts

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday appealed a federal judge’s order that the State Department restore contracts to nonprofits that aid in refugee resettlement. In a late Monday written order, U.S. District Judge Jamal Whitehead of the Western District of Washington found the department unlawfully canceled contracts to the group, saying executive branch management of a refugee resettlement program did not extend to an order virtually eliminating it. “While the Government enjoys…
Ariana Figueroa