This year, the Missouri Secretary of State has already received 24 initiative petitions to raise the state’s minimum wage. If any of these proposals receive the required support to be…
…$40,075. That is well above the current state minimum of $25,000 and even above the proposed minimum of $38,000 that is currently before the Missouri legislature. Estimates suggest this increase…
…solve Missouri’s “teaching shortage,” because apparently, a money tree has bloomed and is ripe for the picking. The report recommended increasing the minimum starting salary for teachers to $38,000, funding…
…affordability raise a number of policy questions ranging from zoning to the fees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge for new mortgages to the minimum wage, vouchers, and the low-income…
…major question is this: How far away from one’s employment can housing be to still be functionally affordable for that worker? If I work a minimum wage job on the…
…from federal relief funds by April, Missouri’s Medicaid expansion population will run out of funding soon, and the governor has recommended a $15 minimum wage along with a 5.5% pay…
…from federal relief funds by April, Missouri’s Medicaid expansion population will run out of funding soon, and the governor has recommended a $15 minimum wage along with a 5.5% pay…
…TIF in Webster Groves, and a bid to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour for state workers. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Sticher Listen on SoundCloud https://open.spotify.com/episode/3oudStKDqOGrqRy8oC7Uih?si=kuOEtsr6SieyBu_Yi9RhOw…
…full-time minimum wage job. (For reference, earning Missouri’s minimum wage of $10.30 for 40 hours per week and 52 weeks per year equates to yearly earnings of $21,424.) And more…