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The Missouri Department of Corrections must pay the fine for refusing to give records to a mother trying to find out how her son died in 2021 while in state custody.

The FBI has determined that a young Black man died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a rural Missouri home, not at the hands of the white homeowner.

After months of teasing, Mötley Crüe is getting ready to release their new single, “Dogs of War,” on Friday, April 26, and front man Vince Neil seems pretty happy with…

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Your company likely has a detailed growth strategy that covers everything from marketing and sales to product development and strategic partnerships. But do you have a payments strategy? You might approach accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) as a necessary part of doing business, with little innovation or strategy required. Perhaps you receive a bill, wait 30 days, then mail a check. Or maybe you send out an invoice and hope to get paid as soon as possible. If so, then it might…

Cash flow is the foundation of your business. You need customers to pay you on time, so that you’re able to pay your bills. Unfortunately, from invoicing the customer to accepting their payment, there are a number of steps that influence – and hinder – cash flow. Chief among them are bulky, outdated processes and documentation that may be holding your organization back. If you use paper checks or handle approvals manually, you could be due for some upgrades to make payments processes run more…

Healthcare Finance Trends for 2024 by CommerceHealthcare® presents the bank’s annual outlook on major factors commanding leadership attention. Ten themes are identified from analysis of a broad spectrum of industry data. Technology is a top-three priority for 56% of surveyed providers, and 75% plan spending growth in the next 12 months. [1] Three information technologies are at the forefront in 2024: Robust system integration. CommerceHealthcare® sees its clients integrating various systems…

While the backlog of construction projects has begun to ease, builders and contractors continue to expect the industry to grow over the next six months. Associated Builders and Contractors surveyed its members in late February/early March and reported a Construction Backlog Indicator of 8.1 months in February, a decrease of 1.1 months from February 2023. Meanwhile, its Construction Confidence Index began to dip, but still showed expectations for growth in sales, profit margins and staffing levels.…

Missouri's Republican-led Legislature on Wednesday passed a bill to ban Medicaid funding from going to Planned Parenthood, a move they have tried for years in a state where almost all abortions are banned.

(The Center Square) – A financial transparency expert is downplaying news that Illinois has received another credit adjustment from a credit reporting agency. Moody’s Investors Service revised the Illinois’ outlook from “stable” to “positive,” citing continued improvement in fund balance and budget reserves. Moody's added that the positive outlook hinged on the possibility of continued growth in state revenue. "We’ve had nine consecutive credit upgrades and we want to keep going,”…

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The Black Crowes are set to headline the 2024 Borderland festival, taking place September 13-15 in East Aurora, New York, southeast of Buffalo.Other acts on the bill include CAAMP, Marcus…

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A bill that would make Missouri the fourth state to ban Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood is on its way to the governor. On Wednesday, the Missouri House in a vote down party lines approved legislation that would end Medicaid reimbursements to any health centers affiliated with abortion providers. Republicans are confident they’ve landed on a strategy that will finally stick after two failed attempts to pass a similar restriction through the state budget were struck down by state courts. This…

A Spanish Lake man is due in court next month for participating in a car theft nearly 18 months ago.

The turtles are most active, and most hit by cars, between late April and early July, the Missouri Department of Conservation said.

St. Louis police had a busy day on the streets Tuesday, handing out 194 tickets for violations that stemmed from 101 traffic stops.

The Chamber of Commerce barely waited a day to sue the FTC over its recent decision to ban noncompete agreements. The New York Times tells the story: The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court in Texas.... I am shocked. However, my prediction from yesterday got the compass wrong. I figured the Chamber would sue ...continue reading "Chamber of Commerce sues to overturn noncompete ban. Can you guess where they did it?"

A bill that would make Missouri the fourth state to ban Medicaid reimbursements to Planned Parenthood is on its way to the governor.  On Wednesday, the Missouri House in a vote down party lines approved legislation that would end Medicaid reimbursements to any health centers affiliated with abortion providers. Republicans are confident they’ve landed on […]

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Get your dance moves on now, as TikTok may be going away. Okay, it’s not going away that quickly and quite possibly isn’t going away at all, but President Biden signed the bill this morning that requires ByteDance to divest itself from TikTok, or have the app banned from the Apple and Google app stores. […]