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Date Lady, a Springfield, Missouri-based date syrup maker that started at farmers' markets, has landed retail placements with Erewhon and Sprouts Farmers Market. Founder Colleen Sundlie says the company is targeting $10 million in sales this year, citing rising consumer interest in dates.
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt publicly accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury in a viral exchange, but his version of events and underlying facts have been disputed. Schmitt has not acknowledged any errors in his account despite the discrepancies being pointed out.
Springfield, Missouri's city council voted 5-3 on Monday to route a resolution reviewing police use of Flock Automatic License Plate Readers to a planning committee rather than allow public comment. Attendees who had gathered to speak reacted with shouting and protest as they left the meeting, and councilman Brandon Jenson criticized the process for denying residents a chance to be heard.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed an executive order requiring state agencies and state-funded police departments to limit how automated license plate readers, including Flock Safety systems, collect and store data. The order mandates deletion of most vehicle data within 30 days, bans selling or commercializing the data, restricts its use to criminal justice and lifesaving purposes, and forbids pairing the readers with facial recognition AI.
CNET released its daily hints and full solutions for NYT's Connections: Sports Edition puzzle number 724, dated September 17. The four categories were team collectives (conference, division, group, league), recent Summer Olympics host cities (London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo), Missouri Valley Conference schools (Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Northern Iowa) and words paired with 'Giants' (Little, New York, San Francisco, Yomiuri).
John Perkins was removed from the Independence City Council after 68.05% of voters backed his recall in a special election tied to his support for roughly $6 billion in tax incentives for a Nebius data center. He is the third official connected to the March council vote to lose his seat, following losses by a fellow councilman and a mayoral candidate. Only about 11.5% of Jackson County's registered voters cast ballots in the recall.
Colleen Sundlie discovered pure date syrup while living in the UAE for her husband's job and, unable to find anything similar back home in the U.S., launched Date Lady to sell organic date-based syrups, spreads, sauces and sugar. The company, manufactured in Springfield, Missouri, has grown from over $2 million in revenue in 2021 to $6.8 million four years later, and is projecting $10 million this year.