Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has rescinded an executive order that set modest goals for state agencies to make purchases from businesses owned by minorities and women, claiming the goals carried “legal concerns.” The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that the Republican governor rescinded 177 executive orders on Oct.
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An executive order issued by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon in 2015 set goals for state agencies to purchase 10% of goods and services from companies owned by minorities and 10% from businesses owned by women.“What Missouri is doing is sending out a clear signal to anyone who has faced a barrier to participating in procurement,” Nimrod Chapel Jr., president of the Missouri NAACP, told the Post-Dispatch. “And that signal is: no need to apply.
Shiflett said in an email to the Post-Dispatch that requirements remain in state statute to certify that businesses are actually owned by minorities or women and that a requirement remains to develop plans “to establish a state workforce which reflects the diversity of Missouri citizens.”David Jackson, a spokesman for the St.
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