by admin | Jan 11, 2002 | News
Governor Bob Holden has announced a proposal designed to help strengthen the state’s economy. This is the first in a series of steps aimed at building economic security. The steps are: customized training grants to attract new jobs and retain existing ones,...
by admin | Jan 9, 2002 | Politics / Govt
A warning from State Auditor Claire McCaskill’s Office that Missouri’s unemployment benefit fund will be insolvent within a year. The report concludes state officials will have to borrow money and employers will have to bear the cost. According to an audit...
by admin | Dec 21, 2001 | News
Missouri’s unemployment rate continued its climb in November, reaching 4.3 percent. The jobless rate, not seasonally adjusted, increased three-tenths of a point from October. On a seasonally adjusted basis, unemployment has been climbing since last December,...
by admin | Jul 31, 2001 | Politics / Govt
Missouri has not seen unemployment figures like this for three years. Until the good times of the last few years, a 4.3 percent unemployment rate had been considered pretty good. That’s what it is in the June figures – up 7-tenths of a point since May. The...
by admin | Jan 8, 2001 | News
Not only did Missouri store-owners finish with flat sales last year, they’re still putting a lot of money in payroll. Dave Overfelt with the Missouri Retailers Association says the number of available workers is so slim, retailers are having to pay $2 and $3...
