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Amid shortage, workforce housing becomes option in rural Missouri
In Kirksville, an entire floor of the hospital sits empty. The community could easily fill beds with patients — if only it could hire nurses and other workers to tend to them. Just up U.S. 63 near the Iowa border, the Schuyler School District can’t keep teachers on the payroll. A manufacturer wants to open […] The post Amid shortage, workforce housing becomes option in rural Missouri appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Missouri Minute: May home purchase sentiment plummets; St. Louis Tesla service center acquired
Severe flooding events along the Mississippi River are becoming more common, pushing residents out of river towns at a rate roughly 30% higher than the U.S. as a whole. As a result, towns including West Alton have seen many businesses close and are turning to measures like buyout programs to move people away from the flooding. In marijuana news, Missouri has spent a fraction of the funding approved for marijuana expungements, yet the slow process continues as courts have an unknown number of cases left to address. And, a new report from the National Federation of Independent Business found small business owners continue to struggle with inflation and hiring — but that optimism among those owners still ticked up last month. Keep reading for these stories and more.
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