Missouri
Childcare shortage preventing further growth for Missouri manufacturers
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (WGEM) – Missouri’s manufacturing sector is going strong, but it faces a big obstacle with a labor shortage.
Gray Manufacturing out of St. Joseph employs over 300,000 Missourians making hydraulic products used in car maintenance. President Stet Schanze says Gray is optimistic about the future of manufacturing in Missouri, and he should be.
A report released Thursday from the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry shows Missouri’s manufacturing industry is improving, but has room for growth. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry released 7 recommendations on how to grow the manufacturing industry in Missouri. The number one recommendation is growing the workforce.
Schanze hopes to target some typically overlooked populations when it comes to hiring, including women. But in order to do that, the Missouri Chamber said the state must first address its child care shortage.
“Manufacturing historically has a lower number of females working for it,” Shanze said. “Childcare is certainly one of the issues where young moms can’t sometimes work because they have to take care of their children.”
A recent study from United WE shows there are three children in need for every one open child care spot. The study said 85% of Missouri does not have enough child care for working parents, which is preventing economic growth.
One tangible solution is cutting the red tape needed to start and run a childcare center, allowing them to bring in more clients. Another is creating child care tax credits so low income parents can afford to drop off children while they head to work.
“When parents don’t have access to high quality, affordable and reliable child care, they’re not going to go to work,” said Kara Corches, president and CEO of the Missouri Chamber.
Another possible growth area for the manufacturing industry is in retired Missourians. One suggestion is to bring on people who aren’t ready to completely stop working as part-time employees.
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But some business owners are among those supporting the new law.
”The voters, and now the Court, have spoken. It’s time to fully implement Prop A,” Mike Draper, owner of a RAYGUN clothing and design store in Kansas City, said in a statement.
In its written ruling, the Supreme Court said the initiative’s summary statement was sufficient and fair and those suing had failed to present any evidence that voters were misled. Any omissions in the cost estimate were not substantial enough to require a new election, the court said.
Business groups also had claimed the ballot initiative violated a state constitutional requirement to contain only a single subject and clear title. The Supreme Court declined to consider that argument, saying it must first be brought up in a lower court.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A fight Monday night that involved several people inside a Kansas City, Missouri, store ended with gunfire and one man dead.
Police were sent to a shooting call just before 6 p.m. at East 9th Street and Prospect Avenue, according to a news release from the Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department.
They arrived at the store in less than a minute and found a man in the store’s parking lot who had been shot.
The victim died a short time later at a hospital, according to the news release.
Officers were told several people went into the store and got into a “physical altercation” with a man inside the store before gunshots were fired.
Several people were taken into custody and will be questioned about the homicide.
The victim has not been identified.
This was the 50th homicide of the year in Kansas City, Missouri. There were 43 homicides in Kansas City, Missouri, at this time a year ago.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An argument may have led to gunfire and a homicide Sunday afternoon at a house in east Kansas City, Missouri.
Kansas City, Missouri, police officers were sent at about 3:30 p.m. on a shooting in the 3100 block of Spruce Avenue.
The were led inside a house by people at the scene, according to a police department news release. They found an adult male inside with life-threatening gunshot wounds. He died a short time later at a hospital. The suspects left the house before officers arrived. The victim's name had not been released as of Sunday night. __
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