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Marian Wright Edelman Child Watch Column

Marian Wright Edelman Child Watch Column

Keep Moving

News Staff
Saturday, January 13, 2024
By Marian Wright Edelman I heard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speak for the first time when he gave the Founders’ Day address in Spelman College’s Sisters Chapel during my senior year of college. His subject that day was “Keep Moving from This Mountain.”
SCLC-GKC Events Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue

SCLC-GKC Events Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue

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SCLC-GKC Events Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue

News Staff
Friday, January 12, 2024
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City (SCLC-GKC) this week continues its slate of three significant events comprising the 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday celebrations in Kansas City.
KC Council Enacts Hate Crimes Ordinance

KC Council Enacts Hate Crimes Ordinance

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KC Council Enacts Hate Crimes Ordinance

News Staff
Friday, January 12, 2024
Ordinance 231032 establishes a hate-offense at the municipal level and creates a penalty for certain municipal offenses motivated by hate and/or bias.
COO of St. Louis American, Kevin Jones, 57 Dies

COO of St. Louis American, Kevin Jones, 57 Dies

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COO of St. Louis American, Kevin Jones, 57 Dies

Alvin A. Reid Courtesy,
Friday, January 5, 2024
Editor’s Note: This breaking news story was first_ published today in the St. Louis American. More details_ will be reported as they become available. Kevin M. Jones, a 31-year employee of the St. Louis_ American and for many years its chief operating officer,_ has passed away. He was 57.
Tiffany (left) and Anwar (middle) Lee at an outreach event in St. Louis on June 22, 2023, where the state’s new chief equity officer, Abigail Vivas (in green), went through all the eligibility requirements for the cannabis microbusiness program Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent.

Tiffany (left) and Anwar (middle) Lee at an outreach event in St. Louis on June 22, 2023, where the state’s new chief equity officer, Abigail Vivas (in green), went through all the eligibility requirements for the cannabis microbusiness program Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent.

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Nearly Half of Missouri Social-Equity Marijuana License Applicants Were from Out of State

Rebecca Rivas
Friday, January 5, 2024
companies — one from Michigan, one from Arizona and one from Missouri — appear connected to 43% of the applications More than 40% of the owners listed on applications for state’s social-equity marijuana licenses issued in October were from outside Missouri, according to an annual report released...
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