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| Verizon Wireless opens store in Northpark Mall >> Business | mfarnen |
| To better serve its customers in Joplin, Verizon Wireless has announced the grand opening of a new, greatly expanded, state-of-the-art store in the Northpark Mall. This Verizon Wireless store offers ...more |
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| Free postings for Rte. 66 businesses are offered >> Business | staff |
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Historic businesses on Route 66 are encouraged to submit information to a directory being posted by John's Modern Cabins News. The site, offered free of charge by Carolyn Hasenfratz of Brentwood, ...more |
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| New IMA officers are chosen >> Business | jw64870 |
| The Joplin Tri-State Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) recently elected a new Board of Directors. They are:
President - Sherrie Waterman of St. John's Maude Norton ...more |
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| How to make sure that free credit report is free >> Business | staff |
| Before you call that number or visit that website to order a free credit report, make sure you are not doing business with a company that claims to offer free credit reports, but requires you to ...more |
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| Grove Hospital site to become retail center >> Business | jon.w |
| Wheeler Development recently has announced that they have entered into an agreement with INTEGRIS Health, Inc. to purchase the site of the former Grove Hospital at Har-Ber Road and Highway 59 in ...more |
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| KC law firm files class action against UMB >> Business | kdillman |
| KANSAS CITY, MO – David Johnson, a Missouri resident who was assessed hundreds of dollars of overdraft fees, recently filed a lawsuit against UMB Bank, N.A. (his bank since 1998) and UMB Financial ...more |
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| Bartlett Grain pays small fine for FIFRA violation >> Business | cwhitley |
| A Missouri agricultural merchant has agreed to pay a $14,560 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it repackaged and sold four different pesticides without proper ...more |
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| Kraft Foods Global is approved for EEZ tax credits >> Business | ktippin |
| SPRINGFIELD - The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) has announced approval of state tax credits for a Springfield business under the Enhanced Enterprise Zone (EEZ) program to assist ...more |
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| Bankers present perspective on the economy >> Business | mariwinn |
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Local bankers gather around Congressman Roy Blunt, second from right, to discuss how the economy is affecting their industry. (Photo by Vince Rosati)
Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt (R-7) met ...more |
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| MRCC wins war against proposed animal labeling >> Business | staff |
| USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack last Friday (Feb. 5, 2010) announced the cancellation of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) due to producer and consumer concerns. His agency instead will ...more |
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| SBA loan program gets refunding >> Business | jteasley |
| WASHINGTON – President Obama signed the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations bill on December 19, 2009, which included $125 million to continue through Feb. 28, 2010, the enhancements made ...more |
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| Hunte nabbed by EPA for FIFRA violation >> Business | cwhitley |
| A southwest Missouri pet supply dealer has agreed to pay a $56,632 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations that it violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act ...more |
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| New program bolsters business hiring decision >> Business | staff |
| An on the job training program to help employees learn new skills has been introduced by the Joplin-based Economic Security Corporation of the Southwest Area. The agency serves Barton, Jasper, Newton ...more |
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| Joplin Drug Warehouse stores/customers are lauded >> Business | lauren-c |
| The two USA Drug: Drug Warehouse stores (AKA May's) in Joplin were the top performing locations in the state in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) fight against type 1 ...more |
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| Vintage Stock opens in Northpark Mall >> Business | l_bond |
| Vintage Stock announced the October opening of their 36th store located in Joplin at the northwest storefront of Northpark Mall, formerly occupied by clothing retailer Steve and Barry’s. This marks ...more |
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| IBT celebrates 60th anniversary during 2009 >> Business | mariwinn |
| The man came forward all smiles with a strong handshake that would make the most timid feel welcome. He wore a shirt with the IBT logo embroidered on it. A visitor would think he was just one of the ...more |
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| Midwest trust companies to merge >> Business | a-tasset |
| Springfield, MO - Springfield Trust and Investment Company and Central Trust & Investment Company have announced an agreement in principal to merge the two companies on or about October 30, 2009. ...more |
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| Papa John's sued for failure to pay minimum wages >> Business | kdillman |
| Stueve Siegel Hanson LLP in Kansas City, Mo. and Weinhaus & Potashnick in St. Louis, Mo. recently filed lawsuits in Missouri and Colorado against Papa John’s International, Inc. and one of the ...more |
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| Joplin chamber honored long standing members >> Business | ksmith |
| Osborn Paper Company, the oldest member of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce with 67 years, was recognized with others with at least a decade of membership. The Milestone Members Awards Reception ...more |
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| S&P raises Joplin's credit rating >> Business | l-onstot |
| Standard & Poor’s “Ratings Direct” July report provided good news to the city of Joplin – the city received a two-step increase in its credit rating--from an A+ to an AA. Ratings range from AAA to C ...more |
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| Two Greene County farms hit century status >> Business | d-burton |
| The farms of Bobbie and Carol Coble Sr. of Stafford and Randy and Jan Mooney of Rogersville will be joining 91 others recognized as century farms in Southwest Missouri. Family representatives will ...more |
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| Agencies' Rapid Response softens economic woes >> Business | mariwinn |
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Joplin's economy is dynamic, companies here are diversified. These were reasons Jasen Jones executive director of the Workforce Investment Board, pictured at left, gave for Joplin's unemployment ...more |
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| Say no to antitrust immunity >> Business | t-delia |
| St. Louis - The antitrust immunity being sought by American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia not only has the potential to outsource thousands of American jobs, it also can further bruise an ...more |
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| Kickoff for The Gryphon gets underway >> Business | mariwinn |
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Thanks in large part to historic preservation funding, Brownfields redevelopment tax credits, development block grant funding and tax abatement this eyesore in Joplin will be able to undergo ...more |
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| The ABCs of Kum & Go hiring policy >> Business | staff |
| Under the headline "kum&go bust," a Joplin resident submitted the following as a press release:
"Hello my name is marqie lowery i worked for codys store 36 in joplin MO on stones corner i have ...more |
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| Servers rally to keep current pay scale >> Business | staff |
| A delegation of a dozen waiters/waitresses lobbied lawmakers in Jefferson City today to vote "no" on Missouri House Bill 258 in order to protect their hard-earned wages in today's economic ...more |
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| Webb City seeks bids for street project >> Business | sgarrett |
| The City Council of Webb City has authorized staff to advertise for bids on the Hall Street Improvement project. The engineering for this major projecthas been completed by Tri-State Engineering. The ...more |
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| Search continues for Missouri Century Farms >> Business | staff |
| COLUMBIA, Mo. – If your farm has been in your family since Dec. 31, 1909, you can apply to have it recognized as a Missouri Century Farm, according to an announcement by Andy Emerson, Missouri ...more |
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| Labor seeks extension from anti-trust immunity >> Business | robt-a |
| Richard Branson, the architect of Virgin Airways and often outspoken critic of a British and American Airlines alliance may have found some unexpected labor support across the pond.
Long time ...more |
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| Macy's closes 11 stores >> Business | staff |
| Macy's Inc, the long-standing department store chain known for its Macy's Day Parade on Thanksgiving Day in New York City, yesterday officially announced the closing of 11 underperforming ...more |
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| Bentonville Leadership Network plans seminars >> Business | staff |
| The Bentonville (Arkansas) Leadership Network has announced its first executive seminars. Under the direction of two former Walmart executives, Coleman Peterson and Mel Redman and Missourian public ...more |
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| Family farm groups demand EQUIP reform >> Business | tgibbons |
| New report exposes subsidies to factory farms
A report released December 8, 2008 exposes how industrial hog and dairy operations are subsidized through the federal Environmental Quality Incentives ...more |
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| Senator honored for business expansion legislation >> Business | c-roepe |
| ST. LOUIS - State Sen. Charlie Shields (R-St. Joseph) was honored last week by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry on behalf of businesses for Shields' efforts in the Legislature to help ...more |
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| COOL labeling is law but has caveats >> Business | d-burton |
| The new country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law has gone into effect on September 30, 2008, but food packages produced before this date may not be labeled and retail establishments selling less than ...more |
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| Credit cards' hidden 2 percent >> Business | cjackson |
| At a time when Missouri families are struggling with soaring costs for gasoline and groceries, there's one factor driving up prices most people don't think much about - Visa and MasterCard's hidden ...more |
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| Food 4 Less attributes success to local ownership >> Business | mmoore |
| A Joplin based grocery business celebrates its 25th year in operation this year. CNW Foods, owner of Food 4 Less in Joplin and Springfield was started in 1983 by Dick Casey, president, and partners ...more |
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| Take-over bid for Annheuser-Busch stuns patriots >> Business | staff |
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It didn't take long for some "patriotic" techies from St. Louis to post a website decrying the possible take-over of Anheuser-Busch. Equating the St. Louis beer maker to baseball and apple pie, ...more |
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| Young professionals set groundwork for new network >> Business | mariwinn |
| The Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce assembled them, but the consensus of those attending a forum for the organization of a Young Professionals Network was that although the chamber was a natural fit ...more |
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| Crowder benefits from donations >> Business | c-brown |
| Mary Ellen Sims, Crowder College Foundation president and Dr. Alan Marble, Crowder president, accepted a $1,000 donation from Brad Wilson, the new manager of the upcoming Lowe's store in Neosho at a ...more |
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| Boulevard Bank gives Habitat for Humanity land >> Business | staff |
| Boulevard Bank, with office locations in Neosho, Columbia and St. Louis, today turned over the deeds to three lots in Joplin to the Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity. According to Connie Mosbaugh, ...more |
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| Rowling's book won in auction by Amazon.com >> Business | admin2 |
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An act of charity? Simply a tax write-off? A brilliant marketing move? Those are the questions being asked of Amazon.com after several of Amazon's discussion board members learned of Amazon's ...more |
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| $3 generic drug program is expanded >> Business | jslack |
| A locally based, employee-owned company is set to celebrate the successful one-year anniversary of its $3 generic drug program by expanding its services. Since its launch, RPCS’s pharmacists ...more |
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| BP Products hit with largest criminal fine ever >> Business | admin2 |
| Coming on the heels of what the US Environmental Protection Agency considered the "single largest environmental enforcement settlement in history" after it fined American Electric Power for violating ...more |
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| EPA lauds partners for reducing greenhouse-gases >> Business | admin2 |
| Two Joplin companies are part of the 34 businesses and organizations recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency recently at the annual conference of the Council of Supply Chain Management ...more |
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| Lafayette House opens resale shop >> Business | admin2 |
| Lafayette House, a private, not-for-profit organization that assists women and children in Southwest Missouri who are the victims of domestic violence or rape or have problems relating to alcohol or ...more |
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| Clean Air settlement is biggest in history >> Business | admin2 |
| Washington, D.C.- Residents of certain sections of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia and West Virginia and surrounding states should be able to breathe a bit easier. American Electric Power has ...more |
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| Fuel efficiency heats up auto market >> Business | admin2 |
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A re-designed window sticker allowing consumers to make more informed decisions about fuel consumption has been mandated for all new cars, light trucks and SUVs produced and sold after September ...more |
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| Why the push for alternative fuels? >> Business | admin2 |
| Ed Browning in an article for the September Ag News and Views Newsletter of the University of Missouri Extension has evaluated some of the alternative fuels and concluded that while ethanol and ...more |
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| Missouri entrepreneur enters Pittsburg, KS market >> Business | jonrim |
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Who is Gordon Elliott, pictured on the left? Those in Pittsburg, KS will be hearing more about him and his firm Elliott Lodging Group after word of his acquisition of the Holiday Inn property on ...more |
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| AIM applauds signing of SB 30 >> Business | cjackson |
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Ray McCarty, executive director of TRIM shakes the hand of Matt Blunt after the Missouri governor signed SB 30, legislation that helps alleviate a tax burdon on manufacturing. At left in the ...more |
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| Ethanol by-product feed may be lethal >> Business | d-burton |
| By-products of the ethanol industry may have caused the deaths of three yearlings in a short period of time in an area cattle herd.
The veterinarian’s diagnosis was polioencepholomalacia or ...more |
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| Sunrise Media names Jackson general sales manager >> Business | admin2 |
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Joplin – Sunrise Media Group, Inc. recently expanded their sales force and named Brian Jackson as their new general sales manager. Jackson, pictured, will be responsible for client market ...more |
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| Appeal of online grocery shopping >> Business | jslack |
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Add e-grocery to the list of time-saving services that Joplin residents can utilize online.
PriceCutterOnline.com, which launched successfully in the Springfield area in July, is set to debut in ...more |
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| New website for Hispanics is announced >> Business | ktippin |
| JEFFERSON CITY – To better promote the diverse and culturally important contributions of Hispanic Missourians to the state, Missouri Department of Economic Development Director Greg Steinhoff ...more |
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| Egg industry comes under fire again >> Business | mariwinn |
| The egg industry is currently fighting tooth and nail a federal rule-making petition being reviewed by the Food & Drug Administration that would mandate production-method labeling on egg cartons that ...more |
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| Money lending at high rates necessitates HB237 >> Business | admin2 |
| Kansas City, MO — A recent report showing that payday loan businesses in Missouri charged an average annual percentage rate of 422 percent last year has led to a renewed call for reform in the ...more |
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| Bank of America boycott group posts petition >> Business | admin2 |
| The National Illegal Immigration Boycott Coalition (NIIBC) is launching a boycott of Bank of America because of the bank's offer to issue credit cards, mortgages, and accounts to illegal aliens in ...more |
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| Hot fuel is ripping you off at the pump >> Business | mariwinn |
| Rep. Kate Meiners (D-Kansas City) has introduced a bill that is intended to make sure consumers get what they pay for at the fuel pump. HB105 would require a gallon of diesel or gasoline to have its ...more |
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| Wind energy to serve growing needs in Missouri >> Business | t-wyche |
| Skepticism about wind energy in Missouri was blown away October 20, 2006, when legislators toured construction of the state’s first wind farm and developers announced that a third utility-scale ...more |
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| Hometown Bank beefs up commercial lending dept. >> Business | c-owens |
| Changes have occured at Hometown Bank, N.A in its commercial lending department in the Joplin market.
Joining the bank's commercial lending department as a relationship manager vice president is ...more |
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| Tuesday Morning comes to Joplin >> Business | mariwinn |
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What customers found when they visited the opening of Tuesday Morning at the Concorde Plaza, 2639 East 32nd Street, Joplin, was an array of merchandise consisting of domestic and European famous ...more |
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| Pittsburg entrepreneur Gene Bicknell tells secrets >> Business | mariwinn |
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Pittsburg, KS entrepreneur Gene Bicknell (at left) shakes the hand of Clair Goodwin who just recently retired as a full-time news correspondent for the Joplin Globe. Goodwin had the honor of ...more |
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| Cattle branding is deterrent to theft >> Business | d-burton |
| The recent increase of cattle thefts in Barry, Christian and Stone counties has caused cattle producers to ask questions about branding cattle and the Missouri brand law.
Eldon Cole, livestock ...more |
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| Missouri pickups suck up gas and money >> Business | mariwinn |
| St. Louis, MO — Missouri pickup truck drivers would have saved over $387 million at the gas pump last year and cut global warming pollution by over 3.2 million tons if U.S. automakers had used ...more |
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| Are plants poisoning your livestock? >> Business | d-burton |
| There are several common plants in southwest Missouri pastures that are considered poisonous to livestock according to Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist. The good news ...more |
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| Goats, goats, and more goats >> Business | d-burton |
| Increased Goat Population Gives Rise to New Organization
Residents of southwest Missouri have probably noticed a large increase in the number of goats grazing in area fields.
As a result of ...more |
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| Agriculture 2nd most dangerous occupation >> Business | d-burton |
| Agriculture ranks as the second most dangerous occupation, just behind the mining and quarrying industry. In 2002, there were about 3.4 million Americans working in agriculture. There were 730 ...more |
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| Feed the cow, reap the milk >> Business | d-burton |
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Does a cow give more milk because she eats more, or does she eat more because she gives more milk? Unlike the question pertaining to the chicken and the egg, this one has an answer, and it has a ...more |
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| Kyle Craig discusses dynamics of leadership >> Business | mariwinn |
| Calling the military model of leadership passé, Kyle Craig, guest speaker at a Leadership Joplin Symposium, outlined more effective dynamics for motivating people. The rapt audience, gathered ...more |
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| ACH--is it phasing out paper checks? >> Business | mariwinn |
| We live in stressful times when people are becoming more remotely involved in decision-making processes that affect their lives.
So, when John Hunt of Joplin discovered that he was missing a ...more |
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