by admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
(News director Andrew Pitkin from Missourinet Nevada affiliate KNEM contributed to this story) A growing aerospace company in southwest Missouri’s Nevada hopes to get an opportunity to bid for future contracts with Boeing. Governor Mike Parson traveled to Nevada...
by Mike Lear | Jan 4, 2014 | News, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon is presenting a positive message in response to the news that Missouri will not be the site for construction of the Boeing 777X airliner. In a statement, Nixon thanks, “the members of the General Assembly, our community colleges and our...
by Mike Lear | Jan 4, 2014 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
No part of the Boeing 777X airliner will be built in Missouri. That’s after a machinists union in Washington State voted last night to accept a contract that will see the plane and its composite wing built there. The vote ends the bid by Missouri and several...
by Mike Lear | Dec 6, 2013 | Business, News
The state legislature has sent Governor Jay Nixon everything he wants in an incentive package to try to get Boeing to build its 777X airliner. At least, that’s what House Speaker Tim Jones (R-Eureka) believes. “It’s my understanding that Governor...
by Mike Lear | Dec 6, 2013 | News
The House today debates the Senate’s version of a bill that offers up to 1.7-billion over 23 years to Boeing if it will build its 777X airliner in Missouri. If the bill, Senate Bill 1, clears the House without changes that would essentially end the special...