Editorial: Why is Missouri lagging behind economically? Education
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Imagine if St. Louis didn't rank 76th out of the nation's 100 largest cities in percentage of job growth since the Great Recession in 2007 to the end of last year.
Imagine if Missouri's growth in total income last year wasn't 48th in the nation.
Imagine if Missouri's college degree attainment rate was better than 34th in the nation.
Missouri has to dream. The future of our state depends on it.
The nation slowly is recovering from the recession. And while there are nuggets of good news in some statistics — Missouri's unemployment rate is declining — our recovery is slower than much of the rest of the country.
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