Missouri’s unemployment rate more than doubled last month due to the shutdown caused by the coronavirus, state officials said Friday.

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There may be a cease-fire, but the economic “border war” involving the use of incentives to lure jobs across the state line in the Kansas City area isn’t exactly over. Missouri officials plan to award more than $62 million in ...

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There may be a cease-fire, but the economic “border war” involving the use of incentives to lure jobs across the state line in the Kansas City area isn’t exactly over. Missouri officials plan to award more than $62 million in ...

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Jason Zamkus will be Nixon’s new legislative director.

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For those small businesses having trouble getting bank loans, Gov. Jay Nixon delivered some good news during his visit Friday to St. Peters. The state has obtained $27 million in federal funding to help entrepreneurs expand and create jobs.

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2010 looks to be a year of good news and bad news for homebuilders. Homebuilding activity definitely is on the rise, thanks in large part to the $8,000 federal tax credit for home buyers. From June through November in St. ...

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MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. has entered into a $250 million revolving credit facility with Bank of America, PNC Bank National Association and US Bank National Association. The company said the $250 agreement, which runs for three years, replaces the $200 ...

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New deputy named for DNR

State Economic Development Director Linda Martinez has resigned after less than a year on the job. Gov. Jay Nixon made the announcement Monday afternoon, saying in a statement that he wished Martinez well in her return to private legal practice but didn't elaborate on where she's headed. His office would not release her resignation letter, with spokesman Scott Holste calling it a personnel matter. That's not the only change in personnel in the Nixon administration. Nixon tapped attorney Bill Bryan on Monday to be deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources and also lead the Division of State Parks.

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Care Service awarded $250,000 in tax credits to buy building The Missouri Department of Economic Development has approved $250,000 in tax credits for Sts. Joachim and Ann Care Service under the state’s Neighborhood Assistance Program. The Care Service, based in ...

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Demand for building permits in St. Charles County remains low The demand for residential building permits in St. Charles County remains low, another indication that the homebuilding industry here won’t grow any time soon. A total of 97 permits for ...

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The St. Louis metropolitan area lost approximately 3,900 jobs in April, according to the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The department estimates some 242,900 Missouri residents were unemployed last month, resulting in a statewide jobless rate of 8.1 percent. The ...

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