AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoLocal Workforce & Youth Jobs: Columbia’s CARE program is placing about 130 teens ages 14–20 into summer jobs, treating them as volunteers on the city payroll while training and rotating them across worksites as teen hiring cools nationwide. Public Transit Expansion: Kirk-Tran added four new stops in Kirksville (including the Adair County Health Department, library, industrial park and senior center) and trimmed low-ridership stops, with buses still looping hourly. Legal & Consumer Protection: Missouri’s anti-SLAPP bill would strengthen protections for free speech by letting judges more quickly toss lawsuits meant to silence critics. State Tax Politics: A Cole County judge ruled Missouri’s plan to replace the income tax with expanded sales taxes can stay on the Aug. 4 ballot as Amendment 5, setting up a costly campaign and fast appeal. Business Climate Watch: Creighton’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index stayed above growth-neutral but showed weaker hiring and inflation pressure in the nine-state manufacturing survey. Economic Development: Zenith Aircraft will host a June 20 “Fly-In to Summer” open house after completing a 12,000-square-foot expansion at its Mexico, Mo., kit manufacturing facility.
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