A Missouri House committee is working to solve the state’s growing workforce challenges. Education professionals from across Missouri presented ideas to state lawmakers during a state Capitol hearing this week. Brian Millner, with the Missouri Community College...
Mizzou economists are projecting that America’s net farm income is $137 billion – about $9 billion lower than last year. Senior Research Economist Bob Maltsbarger said that the decline is mostly due to lower crop revenue. He projects a mixed outlook in Missouri’s...
Volunteers are needed to aid in disaster relief efforts as the southeastern United States begins to recover from Hurricane Helene, and as Florida braces for another major hurricane later this week. Rebecca Gordon with the Central and Northern Missouri chapter of the...
According to data from 2021, nearly 21% of Missourians over the age of 25 have had some college, but no degree. Ben Boggs, commissioner of the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, said they are accumulating debt with nothing to show for...
A warning about the growing national debt comes from the former president of Kansas City’s Federal Reserve Bank. Thomas Hoenig, now with George Mason University, said the federal debt of $31 trillion is no longer discussed by politicians or presidential candidates. He...
