Missouri is taking a big step forward in its entrepreneurial community. Jim Malle is the Missouri Coalition Manager for Right to Start, and he’s helping lead the charge behind a new statewide effort—the Missouri Starters Coalition. SMT reporter Matt Pilger talked to...
Missouri has been awarded five million dollars to help people who are out of a job. Alisa Nelson talks to Donna Brake, with the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, to find out what jobs this grant will target.
Two Missouri towns are preparing to lose a major employer this month. Tyson Foods plans to close two chicken processing plants in southeast Missouri’s Dexter and southwest Missouri’s Noel – putting about 2,200 workers out of a job. What is Missouri doing to help these...
State officials say the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (DOLIR) has paid more than $2 billion in unemployment claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. DOLIR Director Anna Hui says initial unemployment claims have dropped from about 100,000 in late...
