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Seg. 1: Missouri Leads In Black Women-Owned Firms. Seg. 2: Making It Work As Married Co-Anchors.

Catina Taylor, founder of Dreams KC, participated in a recent study on black women entrepreneurs.
Luke X. Martin
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KCUR 89.3
Catina Taylor, founder of Dreams KC, participated in a recent study on black women entrepreneurs.

Segment 1: KC Fed releases results of study looking at black women starting businesses.

The growth rate of businesses owned by black women exceeds that of any other group in the country, male or female. But these entrepreneurs also face disproportionate challenges in finding financing, advice and support. The author of a recent study on black women business startups and two entrepreneurs who participated in the studied detailed the hurdles they face in creating and maintaining their enterprises.


The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will host two events around the study 'Black Women Business Startups' — at 11:30 a.m. for small business support providers and at 6:30 p.m. for community members — on Tuesday, Aug. 28, at Chess, Inc., 3125 Gillham Plaza, Kansas City, Missouri 64109. The event is free, but registration is requested. Visit KCSourceLink.com for more information.

Segment 2, beginning at 26:26:  Rhiannon Ally used life with co-anchor and husband Mike Marusarz as inspiration for children's book.

Few couples work as closely together as the duo found side-by-side most nights in anchor chairs for KSHB's 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts. Mike Marusarz says one of the advantages of the situation is a greater appreciation for just how good wife Rhiannon Ally is at her job. The struggles of working mothers is the subject of Ally's new children's book, "Mommy, Please Don't Go to Work!"

The Kansas City Public Library and the Kansas City Moms Blog will co-present 'Mommy, Please Don’t Go to Work!' at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, Missouri 64112. For more information, go to KCLibrary.org.

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Steve Kraske is an associate teaching professor of journalism at UMKC, a political columnist for The Kansas City Star and has hosted "Up to Date" since 2002. He worked as the full-time political correspondent for The Star from 1994-2013 covering national, state and local campaigns. He also has covered the statehouses in Topeka and Jefferson City.
Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting senior producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with the show. Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.