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Missouri S&T News and Research
April 21, 2018
Twelve professionals with ties to Missouri University of Science and Technology were inducted into the Missouri S&T Academy of Civil Engineers ... the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency's N2W Project, earned bachelor of science degrees in economics and civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 1990Ãâà...
Jefferson City News Tribune
April 21, 2018
With an eviction rate slightly higher at 2.04 evictions per 100 renters, Cole County also fell comfortably below the Missouri average of 3.5 evictions per 100 renters and the nationwide average of 2.74 evictions per 100 renters. From 2007-16, Callaway County had an eviction rate of 1.66 evictions per 100Ãâà...
Call Newspapers
April 21, 2018
In an effort to empower more rural Missouri farmers, the Department of Agriculture is prepared to eliminate more than 1,200 rules and regulations restricting the ... Members of the Chamber of Commerce wanted to know how the new legal hemp industry would impact the agriculture economy in Missouri.
Hannibal.net
April 20, 2018
Since agriculture is America's biggest export industry and American farmers hold a special place in the national consciousness, many had long predicted it would face the brunt of any blowback. Missouri's rural economy could see real harm from the brewing trade war with China. The Chinese governmentÃâà...
Quad City Times
April 19, 2018
QCR Holdings Inc. announced Wednesday it is acquiring Springfield Bancshares, a bank holding company in Springfield, Missouri, in an estimated $86.7 million deal that will mark the largest acquisition for the Moline-based QCR as well as its entrance into another state. In a joint news release, QCR andÃâà...
Jefferson City News Tribune
April 18, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that rising trade tensions between the United States and China risk undermining a global economy that the IMF believes should otherwise grow solidly this year. The lending agency has kept its forecast for worldwide growth this yearÃâà...
Springfield News-Leader
April 18, 2018
For each dollar that Missouri lawmakers choose to spend on the University of Missouri's four campuses, the state economy nets $13 more, according to a new report out Tuesday. At a press conference in Jefferson City, University of Missouri system officials, including system President Mun Choi, releasedÃâà...
fox2now.com
April 2, 2018
The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national survey to consult supply managers andÃâà...
Herald-Whig
April 2, 2018
PEOPLE taking a tour of the new Champ Clark Bridge construction project at Louisiana, Mo., last week got to see history in the making. ... "It's going to be a help to the economy for this part of Missouri and Western Illinois, too," said John Briscoe of New London, who got to vote for the bi-state project as partÃâà...
Public Radio Tulsa
April 2, 2018
The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth in that factor. A score below that suggests decline. The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma andÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 31, 2018
The unhappiness showed up across the country: Twenty-one states, including Missouri, had statistically significant declines in well-being in 2017 versus 2016. It was "by far the most states we've seen drop in a single year," Witters said, and the decline appeared in almost every region, except the RockyÃâà...
Dairy Herd Management
March 31, 2018
"This camp draws attention to the importance of farming and its important role in Missouri's economy. ... Missouri Holstein Association, Missouri Guernsey Breeders Association, Missouri Jersey Breeders Association, Missouri Junior Holstein Association, Land O'Lakes/Purina, So-Mo, Inc, S & H Farm Supply,Ãâà...
Jefferson City News Tribune
March 30, 2018
In a news release, Freebairn said: "The state of Missouri needs a big picture assessment and long range plan for the major sectors of our economy and education, health, as well as transportation and energy. This would be developed by a coalition of the stakeholders to revitalize the economy and raise theÃâà...
West Plains Daily Quill
March 29, 2018
As a fourth-generation family farm owner, I know just how important agricultural operations are to Missouri's economy and our rural communities. Missouri farmers are some of the hardest working people around, and it's a privilege to represent them in the United States Congress. Whether you grow corn orÃâà...
Kirksville Daily Express and Daily News
March 21, 2018
Biston said the city will have to continue to work with the Missouri Department of Transportation to get it to repair Baltimore Street. “I'm afraid if we start taking over Baltimore, it will become ours and then we would be responsible for it,” Biston said. “Once we do that, it's going to be a big project for us and it'sÃâà...
Springfield News-Leader
March 20, 2018
Empowering small businesses to avail themselves of multiple low-interest state loans will spur Missouri's economy, State Treasurer Eric Schmitt said Tuesday in downtown Springfield. Schmitt was joined by numerous local politicians and business advocates at Systematic Savings Bank on South Avenue,Ãâà...
Kansas City Star
March 19, 2018
Ever since I began high school, I've heard stories of peers getting hammered on a Saturday night and not remembering anything the next day. I never said anything then, and I still bite my tongue when I hear similar stories now. I see people I knew as innocent elementary school kids turn into delinquentsÃâà...
ABC17News.com
March 18, 2018
COLUMBIA, Mo. - ABC 17 News sat down with Carrie Gartner, executive director of the Business Loop C.I.D., to talk about Columbia's economy and sales tax revenue. Gartner says stores are focusing on providing goods and services consumers can't buy online to keep sales tax revenues local. The city isÃâà...
Hannibal.net
March 16, 2018
Commentary: A trade war will hurt Missouri's economy .... President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs may cause significant harm to agriculture, Missouri's largest industry. ... Eric Bohl, of Columbia, Mo., is director of public affairs for Missouri Farm Bureau, the state's largest farm organization.
Columbia Daily Tribune
March 11, 2018
President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs may cause significant harm to agriculture, Missouri's largest industry. Agriculture contributes over $88 billion annually to the state economy. In contrast, Missouri only has one former aluminum smelter that plans to partially reopen and no current steelÃâà...
ABC17News.com
March 10, 2018
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Columbia's Chamber of Commerce President Matt McCormick sat down with ABC 17 News to discuss Columbia's economy and how the chamber's 2018 legislative priorities are going so far this year. For the 2018 legislative session, the Chamber said they will be focusing on educationÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 10, 2018
One of my top priorities as lieutenant governor has been promoting Missouri businesses through the Buy Missouri program, highlighting the numerous products from dog food to windows that are produced in communities across our state. While Buy Missouri thus far has focused primarily on promotingÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 6, 2018
The statisticians measured the Missouri arts sector's value-added at $11.1 billion, or 3.8 percent of gross domestic product. That puts Missouri in the middle of the pack, culturally speaking: the District of Columbia has the most arts-intensive economy at 8.4 percent, while Delaware brings up the rear at 1.3Ãâà...
Jefferson City News Tribune
March 1, 2018
COLUMBIA (AP) — University of Missouri's chancellor has announced a plan to double the university's funding for research. MU Chancellor Alexander Cartwright announced his plan Tuesday, which also calls for expanding research and creative activities that impact the state and beyond, the ColumbianÃâà...
St. Louis Business Journal
March 1, 2018
On top of this, Missouri has seen a rapid increase in energy costs over the last decade that hurts our economy and drives out businesses. Passing Senate Bill 564 will put our state back on the right track. Our members will benefit from a more dependable, safer and cleaner power supply, and our region willÃâà...
The Republic
March 1, 2018
The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national survey to consult supply managers andÃâà...
Missourinet.com
March 1, 2018
“And agriculture and rural Missouri play a critical role in that.” More than 150 Farm Bureau members from across the state traveled to Jefferson City for Tuesday's legislative day. Richardson tells the group Missouri agriculture is crucial to the state's economy. “We know here, and we have to remind some ofÃâà...
Money Magazine
March 1, 2018
Geography can transform a paycheck. That is: How much your wages are actually worth depends largely on where you live. On some level, everyone understands that—even if you don't have a firm grasp on precisely how far a $50,000 salary would go in California, compared with, say, Ohio. MONEY setÃâà...
Hannibal.net
February 28, 2018
Developers of a controversial multi-state wind energy transmission line say Missouri's economy has won a “significant victory” after a Court of Appeals forwarded its case to the Missouri Supreme Court. Although the Grain Belt Express has been met with significant opposition in Missouri, the Eastern DistrictÃâà...
Jefferson City News Tribune
February 28, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivered a message Tuesday that wasn't quite what Wall Street had expected: The U.S. economy is doing well, maybe even better than he thought late last year. Powell emphasized in his first Congressional testimony that the central bank plans toÃâà...
Southeast Missouri State University News
February 26, 2018
Three female Southeast Missouri State University economics students and their professor joined about 110 other female students from across the Midwest to ... From left Marion Mideva, Jalesa Jones and Valeria Andreieva also had the opportunity to tour the Inside the Economy Museum at the FederalÃâà...
KY3
February 26, 2018
But, supporters say, the prevailing wage helps Missouri workers and contractors, who then help this state by spending those wages here. Sen. Gina Walsh (D-Bellefontaine Neighbors) says, "Missouri contractors first. That's how I've always been, and that's how it should be. They're citizens of the state.
Kansas City Star
February 1, 2018
Political leaders from Canada, Mexico and the U.S. just concluded the latest round of negotiations regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement, and there is unfortunately a distinct possibility that the critical pact will be terminated. Given NAFTA's unparalleled success in expanding economicÃâà...
ABC17News.com
December 31, 1999
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A new initiative for Missouri's small business community and farmers was launched Thursday. Missouri State Treasurer Eric Schmitt joined business and finance leaders in St. Louis to launch Missouri First, standing for financing investment in rural, small business and technologyÃâà...
