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Jefferson City based company RR Donnelley laid off close to 500 employees Tuesday after announcing the layoff in August.The company, which was the town’s…
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Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has selected a new top legislative aide, tapping an official from the state's economic development agency.The governor's office…
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The Missouri Department of Economic Development has hired a former Jefferson City administrator who lost his city job as officials debated how to proceed…
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Missouri authorized more than $7 million of additional tax credits shortly before the expiration of a program aimed at redeveloping large impoverished or…
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A state-run nonprofit corporation needs to improve its transparency, according to an audit released Thursday. The Missouri Technology Corporation received
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Missouri's unemployment rate increased slightly even though businesses added thousands of jobs in June.The Missouri Department of Economic Development…
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Missouri’s unemployment rate is now at its lowest point in four years. November’s jobless rate is at 6.7 percent, down from 6.9 percent in October. At the same time, though, the state lost 6,800 non-farm jobs last month. John Fougere is with the Missouri Department of Economic Development. “There’ll be blips from time to time, but we never focus on any one month of data when it comes to the number of jobs gained or lost, but instead the overall trend," Fougere said. "Right now the overall trend of Missouri’s economy appears to be positive.” Missouri’s November rate is one full percentage point below the national rate of 7.7 percent. Fougere says it’s the 39th month in a row that Missouri’s unemployment rate has been lower than the nation’s unemployment rate. “The state has created about 31,000 net new jobs since last December…with the unemployment rate plummeting as it has, now, it’s down three full percentage point since 2009," Fougere said. "Missouri’s labor force is growing now -- we’ve had 21,000 return to the labor force in the past three months, so that’s going in the right direction as well.” Follow Marshall Griffin and St. Louis Public Radio on Twitter: @MarshallGReport @stlpublicradio
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A Randolph County judge has refused to lower the $500,000 cash bond for the former CEO of a failed factory project in Moberly who is facing felony fraud…
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The State Rapid Response Team is assisting former Hostess employees in Mid-Missouri get back to work.The State Rapid Response Team is holding meetings to…
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Missouri’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 percent in October, according to new data from the Missouri Department of Economic Development. That’s one…