by Alisa Nelson | Jun 8, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
The federal government has awarded Missouri a $1.3 million grant to create temporary humanitarian jobs supporting the fight against the coronavirus. Dr. Mardy Leathers, the director of the state’s Office of Workforce Development, tells Missourinet the grant...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 5, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News
LMS Services Corporation has notified the state that it is putting about 979 St. Louis area hotel workers out of jobs on June 12. In a letter to the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, the company says it is permanently reducing its...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 5, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Clothing retail giant JCPenney is permanently closing 154 stores across America this summer, including two in Missouri. The ones targeted for closure are in northeastern Missouri’s Kirksville and the Kansas City suburb of Independence. The two Missouri stores might...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 5, 2020 | News
Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law a bill expanding mail-in voting during this year’s August and November elections only. Under Senate Bill 631, an absentee ballot will only be allowed for voters who request one. Voters who have contracted or are at-risk of getting...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 4, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s funeral homes are in desperate need of supplies to protect themselves from the coronavirus. Don Otto with the Missouri Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association tells Missourinet protective gear purchased through vendors is long gone and funeral homes are...
