High unemployment in Southwest Missouri

A couple of southwest Missouri counties have unemployment rates of almost three and five times the state average. The figures for February peg the statewide adjusted average at 2.6 percent, but Stone and Taney counties are at 15 and 16 percent. State labor analyst...

Unemployment stays low in February

Newest unemployment figures say Missouri’s jobless rate for February, seasonally adjusted, was 2.6-percent. Bill Niblack is an analyst for the economic development department, says the rate is up three-tenths of a percent from January, but still continuing at...

Jobless Rate Up Slightly

State labor officials say cold weather and snow might have led to a higher unemployment rate in February…the jobless rate increased slightly to 2.6-percent in February, up from the 2.3-percent of January. Labor analyst Bill Niblack says the biggest changes were...