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Small business banking specialists share year-end planning tips for owners

1 year 1 month ago
Year-end planning doesn’t need to wait until December. In fact, small business owners who start the process in the summer or fall give themselves an edge that can set them up for stronger performance in the new year, said Hank Koehly, small business banking sales manager for Commerce Bank. “Around this time of year,” Koehly said, “it’s good to sit down with both your CPA and your banker to say, ‘These are the goals we set early in the year. Where are we toward those goals? What can…
Commerce Bank

The disaster effect

1 year 1 month ago
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. There is quite a bit of research on the politics of disasters and how extreme weather shapes voter behavior. We’ve cited some of it in this newsletter. Today, you’ll hear about that research through a different lens: from a researcher whose career, […]
Zoya Teirstein

Trump’s support of Florida marijuana legalization may show growing bipartisan consensus

1 year 1 month ago
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s early Monday statement that he would vote to legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida sent a strong signal that both major parties are moving to adopt popular marijuana reform efforts, unexpectedly elevating the issue in the presidential battle. But the campaign for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, expressed […]
Jacob Fischler

MetroLink introduces new security procedures in Metro East

1 year 1 month ago
Passengers will start seeing more security upgrades at MetroLink platforms beginning Monday afternoon in the Metro East. It's part of the transit agency's bigger plan to increase safety across the board. The new security changes started at the Emerson Park MetroLink Station in East St. Louis on Monday. Riders will see manned security and new platform gates. MetroLink officials are asking passengers at Emerson Park to give themselves some more time for their commute as they navigate the new security…
Mercedes Mackay and Megan Kernan

Teen found fatally shot in a car in Cahokia Heights

1 year 1 month ago
ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. - A teen was left dead after a shooting Monday night in Cahokia Heights. The shooting happened around 7 p.m. on the 2400 block of Renois Lane. Upon arrival, authorities say they found 18-year-old Damonta Mosley suffering from at least one gunshot wound in a car. The teen was transported to [...]
Nick Gladney