by admin | Nov 19, 2009 | Politics / Govt
Missouri has been awarded more than $1.2 million in federal economic stimulus money to help train people for so-called green jobs. The money is headed to the Missouri Department of Economic Development, which will have its Missouri Economic Research and Information...
by admin | Nov 16, 2009 | News
Missouri’s unemployment rate drops slightly, but enough to be at least a bit encouraging to state officials. 9.3%; not the unemployment rate the state would like, but a rate that at least dropped two-tenths of a percent from September and a rate nearly a full...
by admin | Sep 13, 2009 | Business
Missouri was once a dominant force in the auto industry. A task force has made a number of recommendations to keep the state from becoming a bit player. Missouri was once second only to Michigan in auto production. As recently as 2004, nearly 40,000 Missourians held...
by admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Business
A special task force looking for ways to keep Missouri as a viable player in the auto industry has delivered its report to the governor, even as the industry faces unprecedented problems. Governor Nixon created the Automotive Jobs Task Force by executive order January...
by admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Business
A $7 million cut to the state tourism budget is seen as a crippling blow to tourism efforts and counter-productive to those in the industry. Governor Nixon, faced with slumping state revenues, ordered belt tightening throughout the state. He ordered $430 million...
