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Multimedia reporter for @MO_Independent covering Missouri's cannabis industry, legislature. #duPont2022 finalist, @Reveal contributor. Frmly @StLouisAmerican

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Rebecca Rivas is a multimedia reporter for The Missouri Independent, a nonprofit investigative newsroom covering state government, politics and policy in Missouri.

As a contributor for Reveal at The Center for Investigative Reporting in 2021, Rivas leaned into the question of “Why police reform fails” — a project that was a finalist for a duPont-Columbia Award. As a Ida B. Wells fellow with Type Investigations, Rivas revealed inequities in St. Louis’ police surveillance program.

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Missouri lawmakers take aim at unregulated 'delta-8 THC' hemp products * Missouri Independent

Missouri lawmakers take aim at unregulated 'delta-8 THC' hemp products * Missouri Independent

Because hemp is legal, hemp-derived THC products avoid the intense scrutiny marijuana receives. In fact, they…

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Banks remain wary of marijuana industry, even after Missouri legalization vote * Missouri Indepen...

Banks remain wary of marijuana industry, even after Missouri legalization vote * Missouri Indepen...

Major credit card companies want nothing to do with a business that sells a product the federal government st…

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Marijuana vote divided Missouri social-justice leaders. Can an equity officer be a bridge? * Miss...

Marijuana vote divided Missouri social-justice leaders. Can an equity officer be a bridge? * Miss...

Longtime cannabis activist Brennan England has gotten lots of undeserved praise since Missourians approved a …

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Courts hopeful Missouri lawmakers can provide funds to help with marijuana expungements * Missour...

Courts hopeful Missouri lawmakers can provide funds to help with marijuana expungements * Missour...

After three months of looking through old marijuana charges, Boone County Circuit Court Clerk Christy Blakemo…

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'The fight has to change': Why Ferguson activists ditched police reform - Reveal

'The fight has to change': Why Ferguson activists ditched police reform - Reveal

This is part one of a series reported in collaboration with The Missouri Independent and co-published with Th…

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The Ferguson movement is on the cusp of revolutionizing political power in St. Louis

The Ferguson movement is on the cusp of revolutionizing political power in St. Louis

The race was too close. Kayla Reed, co-founder and executive director of Action St. Louis, curled over her de…

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It's been nearly a month since Key Cannabis Dispensary employees in Springfield ratified their first collective bargaining agreement that includes wage increases, bonuses and additional time off to workers.
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Springfield cannabis workers secure union contract after four years

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Click the + Icon To See Additional Sharing Options (Missouri Independent) – It’s been nearly a month since Key Cannabis Dispensary employees in Springfield ratified their first collective bargaining agreement that includes wage increases, bonuses and additional time off for workers. And employees are feeling pretty high. “Now that the contract has been ratified, we’re rocking and rolling already,” said Sally Powell, a retail associate at Key Cannabis Dispensary. “We already got our raises.
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Springfield cannabis workers secure second union contract

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It's been nearly a month since Key Cannabis Dispensary employees in Springfield ratified their first collective bargaining agreement that includes wage increases, bonuses and additional time off to workers. And employees are feeling pretty high. "Now that the contract has been ratified, we're rocking and rolling already," said Sally Powell, a retail associate at Key Cannabis Dispensary. "We already got our raises. Our (personal time off) is taking effect. Bonuses have been handed out ...
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Adelante

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Absolutely

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Will Tippin