Young leaders to be honored @stlouisamerican
Yashica McKinney and Christopher Miller are among the 20 young professionals who will be recognized Feb. 23.
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“She is a tough single mom who was always there for every fight. She brings a perspective that is very important for any role, even mayor.” – Jason Kander on Tishaura Jones
‘We are putting our best medicine forward’ Christian Hospital is renovating and outreaching to community By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American
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Tishaura O. Jones and Jared Boyd, her chief of staff in the St. Louis Treasurer’s Office, met with a team from the Common Cents Lab at Duke University on Tuesday, February 7 to begin a partnership with the College Kids Children’s Savings Account Program that Jones instituted. Common Cents will help the Treasurer’s Office determine ways to get College Kids participants to increase their savings. Back to camera: Mariel Beasley, co-director of the Common Cents Lab, and Erin Thiemann, College Kids Savings Account coordinator.
Jason Kander endorses Tishaura Jones for mayor Jones: ‘I’m not running for a fifth term for Slay’ By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander endorsed Tishaura O. Jones in the city’s mayoral race on Monday, February 6. In a short video released on social media,
Kander said Jones, the St. Louis treasurer and his former colleague in the Missouri House of Representatives, is the candidate who can move the city forward. “She has taken the Office of Treasurer from an office that a lot of people thought shouldn’t even be around anymore and turned
Nasheed dishes on mayoral election Predicts turnout of 50K voters, narrow victory for Tishaura Jones on March 7 By Chris King Of The St. Louis American State Senator Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) is not on the March 7 ballot for St. Louis mayor, though she considered making a run before deciding to endorse Tishaura O. Jones instead. Exactly one month before the election, The American spoke with Nasheed by phone from the state capitol about how her candidate’s campaign is shaping up.
it into something that has become essential and found new ways to provide value to the people of St. Louis,” Kander said in the video. Jones modernized the office, especially
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Blight fight leaves Jamestown Mall in limbo Council divided over blighting authority, timing of minority inclusion Councilwoman Rochelle Walton Gray and other members of the St. Louis County Council listened to attorney Elbert Walton (her father) discuss blighting and minority inclusion in the proposed redevelopment of Jamestown Mall at a council meeting on Tuesday, February 7.
By Sandra Jordan Of The St. Louis American The future of Jamestown Mall remains in limbo after weeks of haggling, dueling legal opinions, and even a robo call to Jamestown-area residents from St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger. Late last week, District 5 St. Louis County Councilman Patrick Dolan – who does not represent the North County district where Jamestown is located – “put a communication in to ask for [a blighting bill] to be written, but dropped it last night” before the council’s Tuesday, February 7 session, according to Patrick Mulcahy, Dolan’s executive assistant.
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BUSINESS
It has only been about seven months since Rick Stevens took the helm at BJC HealthCare’s Christian Hospital, but he already can report progress for patients and the communities the North County hospital serves, including new hires, refurbished spaces and new community outreach programs designed to create future generations of health care professionals. “We’ve already been able to Christian Hospital recruit at least five President Rick new physicians Stevens coming here, two cardiologists, two hospitalists and a vascular surgeon,” Stevens said. “That means more care, better care for our patients.” The 200-bed hospital has nearly 1,900 employees and growing recruitment for a number of disciplines. Christian has the busiest emergency department in the state in terms of patient volume (with 108,573 visits last year). Last year, the hospital spent $47.8 million in charity care, with total free care being 11.3 percent of its gross revenue. Christian grooms its own health professionals through entry-level and
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SPORTS
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Social video entrepreneur selected for startup accelerator
Anthony Virdure is lighting up Lincoln
Boys & Girls Clubs turns 50
Accepting applications now for fall cohort, with participants getting $50K in capital investment and the opportunity for up to $100,00 in follow-on funding.
Former Lutheran North standout is currently on pace to be Division II AllAmerican.
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis is celebrating its 50th year of service to countless boys and girls in the St. Louis region in 2017.
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