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Summer is known as a hot and dry time but every corner of Missouri is in one of the five levels of drought, 94.08% of the state. While Kansas continues to experience two pockets of exceptional drought, the worst possible classification.
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The I-44 Will Rogers Turnpike in Northeast Oklahoma will be one of the final turnpikes in the state to make the cashless conversion. OTA pledged Tuesday that all 12 of the state’s turnpikes will be cashless by the end of next year.
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Last year more than 378,000 workers were authorized for H-2A visas, or temporary agriculture positions, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Labor. In 2012, it was less than a third of that.
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The city council, in a 6 to 3 tally, voted in favor of business owners and their ability to sell the small bottles of alcohol that are commonly referred to as ‘Nips’, despite a documented history that 50-mililiter bans reduce the number of public drunkenness calls to law enforcement.
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The presentation on Monday night emphasized the need for a publicly owned indoor sports complex, event center amphitheater and convention center. CSL Consultants compared Joplin to similarly sized US city’s such as Cape Girardeau, Missouri which opened its Sportsplex in 2017.
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The city council remains divided on whether Joplin can afford salary increases for its roughly 500 employees now, or whether the community should use a ‘wait and see’ approach concerning an uncertain economic forecast and US economy.
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After two special work sessions in April, in addition to two council meetings Joplin City Manager Nick Edwards attempted to get a wage increase plan passed on an emergency basis Monday but failed.
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In the fall of 2020, early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the city council increased all city employees' wages by 9% without completing an equity study.
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The deadline for the ten-page application is Monday, May 1. If approved, the city and private party who received the grant must be able to match at least 25% of the grant funds.
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On the heels of a February 2022 Wall Street Journal article that named Joplin as the number two city to live in and work remotely in the US, JACC, and MO/KAN officials will highlight job force diversification efforts.