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Workers at St. Louis-based kratom retailer vote to unionize

1 year 10 months ago
CBD Kratom employees have become the first Missouri workers in the industry to unionize, following a Friday election. The election spanned across 17 stores in eastern Missouri and Illinois operated by the St. Louis-based CBD Kratom, which sells largely kratom and hemp-derived THC products. Employees voted 23 to 6 to unionize, with 75% of the eligible employees participating. “I’m so excited and so proud of everyone,” said Taylor Moore, sales associate. “I’m encouraged to know that our…
Rebecca Rivas

Monday, June 10 - An underutilized program to protect local kids

1 year 10 months ago
A recent report showed child abuse investigators missed warning signs parents were taking fentanyl before their children overdosed. As St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum explains, the report is prompting sharp questions about why Missouri’s Children’s Division isn’t using a process to steer parents into rehabilitation programs.

Slow process of Missouri marijuana expungement drags on months after constitutional deadlines

1 year 10 months ago

IRONTON — Sammye White balanced carefully on a stepladder as she pulled a hefty box marked “1993” off the top shelf. White, the elected circuit clerk for Iron County in southeast Missouri, was searching for an old marijuana case.  The small storage room near her office is packed with faded ledgers indexing criminal cases by […]

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Rebecca Rivas