While PPP loans may help some private schools keep staff employed in the short term, the long-term financial impact to the private school sector could be devastating.
Posts published by “Laura Slay, Joe Ojile”
Laura Slay is the executive director of the Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri, a statewide nonprofit focused on education policy. Dr. Joe Ojile is a practicing physician and a member of Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri board.
Waiting until June to approve the state’s budget would bring greater certainty, both by allowing additional federal resources to be considered and improving state projections.
If the government cannot come back in a way that protects public health while allowing meaningful public input and discussion, it shouldn’t come back to governing as usual with an open agenda.
Responsible leaders in the Missouri and federal governments must equip their citizens with the supplies, equipment, and training they need to deal with the viral COVID threat
My prayer is that we all not only survive this pandemic but also find ways to take the sting out of the next inevitable wave of sickness that will wash over our shores in the coming months and years.
With so many people struggling to make ends meet, we should be encouraging them to eat whatever fresh produce they can afford.
Lawmakers are right to think about the citizens of Missouri first, but before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, our state is going to need more workers, not less, to get our economy roaring back.
The data indicate that Gov. Parson’s tactics are working. The state is currently in the bottom half of states in terms of overall cases.
Correctly assessing costs and stopping businesses from passing them on to others is an essential role of sound government.
During serious economic downturns, environmental stewardship falters for a host of reasons. It happened in 2008, and it’s about to happen again.