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Missouri lawmakers file bills enacting new regulations on intoxicating hemp products

3 months 2 weeks ago
Every time Missouri lawmakers have proposed legislation to essentially ban intoxicating-hemp products in the last few years, the hemp industry has mounted a united opposition to stop them. Products like Delta-8 THC drinks can currently be bought everywhere from bars to coffee shops statewide. Year after year, hemp business owners and distributors have asked the state to impose age restrictions and testing requirements, rather than ban the products outright. “We don’t have any mechanism to…
Rebecca Rivas

Big IT firm's merger was a 'long shot'

3 months 3 weeks ago
Ron Daugherty never envisioned selling his own firm. But personal outreach from the founder of Canadian consulting firm CGI sparked conversation on a merger that at first was a 'long shot.'
Nathan Rubbelke

Josh Hawley blasts rumors of Missouri’s exclusion from radioactive waste exposure fund

3 months 3 weeks ago
If the U.S. House of Representatives tries to include a slimmed-down version of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, in Congress’ end of year funding bill, it faces a roadblock in the form of Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley. Hawley on Tuesday criticized rumors that House leadership was working to include a Utah-only expansion of RECA as part of the continuing resolution, or CR, that Congress must pass to fund the federal government. For years, RECA provided payments to people…
Kyle Dunphey

St. Louis Public Schools putting a temporary stop to district-issued credit card spending

3 months 3 weeks ago
Saint Louis Public Schools is making changes when it comes to spending at the central office. A new credit card freeze is one of several changes the district is making as it works to regain trust. Former Superintendent Keisha Scarlett had a credit card, and several of her staffers did, too. Records show they were used for flights and flight upgrades, hotels, restaurants, and Lyft and Uber rides. There are also transactions for flowers, Door Dash and multiple trips to Bath and Body Works.  While…
Brent Solomon