by Alisa Nelson | Dec 1, 2023 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Science / Technology
Missouri is trying to get a grip on its healthcare worker shortage by offering a new paid apprenticeship program. The Missouri Chamber Foundation has launched the program – with the help of more than $4.3 million in federal funding. Dan Mehan, president and CEO of the...
by Alisa Nelson | Jul 7, 2022 | Business, Crime / Courts, News
“Safer Missouri, Stronger Missouri” is a new business-led statewide plan aimed at reducing crime. The state’s largest business group – the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry – is leading the charge. “Crime is hurting Missouri’s economy. It’s impacting...
by Alisa Nelson | Nov 10, 2020 | Business, Education, News, Science / Technology
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation is deploying $6 million in federal funding to create 5,300 new tech industry apprenticeships. During a virtual event Monday, President Dan Mehan calls the investment a game changer. “There is an apprenticeship...
by Alisa Nelson | Aug 3, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News
A Medicaid expansion measure is one of the hot items at the ballot box in Tuesday’s primary election. Missouri voters will be asked whether to expand Medicaid to another 230,000 low-income adults. Currently, about 950,000 Missourians get government-funded healthcare....
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 12, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Republican-leaning Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry says today that it backs a Medicaid expansion effort on the August primary election ballot. In a statement from President Dan Mehan, he says the business group supports Amendment 2 as a “pro-jobs...
