A study of Missouri business conditions finds an 11th straight month of improvement. Slight...
Missourians get chance to speak mind on Missouri River this week (AUDIO)
Missourians get their chance this week to speak their minds about how the US Army Corps of...
PSC grants AmerenUE $226 million electric rate hike (AUDIO)
AmerenUE customers will see their electric bills climb about nine dollars a month, beginning...
Protecting Missouri’s walnuts (AUDIO)
The state agriculture department hopes Missouri can avoid an economic and ecological disaster...
Legislature says: Don’t lien on me (AUDIO)
Imagine buying the home of your dreams, moving in, and then a few weeks later get hit with a...
IBM announces 800 new jobs in Mid-MO by the end of 2012
Officials with IBM made a major economic development announcement Monday afternoon; promising 800...
Ag’s puppy mill counter effort fails (AUDIO)
A four-hour filibuster has been the final nail in the coffin for Missouri agriculture's efforts to...
Senate sends adult business measure to governor (AUDIO)
A new effort by the state to limit locations and business practices of adult businesses has made...
Last-ditch tax credit reform package
With only five days left in this legislative session, lawmakers finally have a specific proposal...
“Once in a Lifetime” license on the table (AUDIO)
The location of Missouri's next casino is considered a "once in a lifetime" process by the head of...
Free, full, fair (tax) discussion (Audio)
One of the hot items in this year's legislative session is not likely to come to a vote. But the...
Stopping a tax that doesn’t exist (AUDIO)
The campaign is called "Vote YES to Stop Double Taxation." But the taxation the campaign wants to...
Legislature moving to make student work permits easier to get
The legislature is changing the law requiring school superintendents to issue work permits to...
GM putting $135M into KC-area plant
GM's CEO drops in to a Kansas City-area plant to announce the company will invest $135 million...
Kroenke to make play on Rams
Missouri billionaire Stan Kroenke will try to purchase the remaining 60 percent share of the St....
Senate gets first glance at Fair Tax bill
The state senate gets its first look at a proposal to kill the income tax. The proposal is billed...
Senators say they were misled; pass new travel club bill
The state senate has moved to create more competition in the travel club business. Some state...
Manure-based industry pondered
Wind power, solar power, and hydroelectric power are among the things the state considers...
Importance of pensions slows reforms
The importance of pensions to different kinds of state employees becomes a sticking point in...
Senate moves to legalize chips for drinks
A proposal to give gamblers a new way to pay for their drinks and snacks while they're gambling in...
Business and labor square off in Senate
A labor-management battle is beginning in the state senate where a proposal to roll back several...
Collecting an existing tax: a tax increase?
If you're supposed to pay a tax and you don't, is it a tax increase when the state forces you to...
Monsanto anti-trust issues topic of agriculture summit
The first of a series of national summit meetings on antitrust issues in agriculture has been...
36 million visitors to MO last year
The Missouri Division of Tourism tells the legislature more than 36 million visitors came to...
Statewide building energy code proposed
A proposal to establish statewide building energy codes runs into opposition from the people who...
Senate starts on future of economic development
Missouri has one of the nation's worst records in startups of new businesses. Concerns that the...
Senate moves to make some vehicles into houses
They look like houses. They're sitting on foundations. They have porches and garages. But many of...
Factory jobs incentive passes House, moves to Senate
An incentive program to lure more manufacturing jobs to Missouri and to help the state keep the...
Incentives to keep factory jobs here gets tentative approval in House
This time, Missouri is playing defense in economic development. Threatened by competition from...
Creating a home for data
All of the computer data we create every day doesn't just disappear. Billions, trillions, of bytes...