by Mike Lear | Jan 28, 2013 | News
A House Committee has held its first hearing digging into the Quality Jobs Program. The House Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability was originally formed to study the failure of a project to bring a sucralose refinery and more than 600 jobs to Moberly....
by Mike Lear | Sep 11, 2012 | Business, News
The House Committee that last year dug into the failed Mamtek deal at Moberly will now turn its attention to one of the incentive programs administered by the Department of Economic Development. Representative Jay Barnes (R-Jefferson City) says work by the Committee...
by Mike Lear | Jul 3, 2012 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
The State Auditor says the economic development department is mismanaging the Quality Jobs tax incentive program and overplaying its results. Quality Jobs tax incentives are available for employers who create or retain full-time jobs, pay at least half the health...