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Obama administration plans KC urban economic forum
— White House officials will be in Kansas City next week as part of a new focus by the Obama administration on urban economic development. The administration has scheduled a Kansas City summit, which will take place at the Kauffman Foundation on Tuesday, to address new ways to connect local urban business leaders with local [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As a number of major U.S. corporations withdraw their support for the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), prominent Missouri conservatives are defending the organization. ALEC is a national conservative activism group that promotes the adoption of free-market legislation in state houses across the country, including Missouri. The group has garnered attention [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Americans have paid more than $100 million more than they otherwise would have for e-books, and Missourians are no exception says Attorney General Chris Koster. This week, Koster joined with 15 other state attorneys general to file suit against Apple Inc. and three of the nation’s largest book publishers for conspiring [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A decline in the state’s overall unemployment rate is bad news for roughly 9,000 long-term unemployed Missourians who suddenly find themselves with unemployment benefits. The Missouri Department of Labor announced Monday that rebounding job figures mean the state is no longer eligible for the federal Extended Benefit program, which had been [...]
Continue reading …JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Canadian oil pipeline company is coming to Missouri, but it’s not the much-discussed Keystone XL project. Monday night, Enbridge, Inc. of Calgary, Canada announced it was partnering with Houston, Tx. based Enterprise Products LP to lay a pipeline to carry oil across Missouri, in a path running roughly diagonally from [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Gov. Jay Nixon Friday vetoed two pieces of pro-business legislation that Republican lawmakers and Missouri business groups had made a high priority this year. Nixon vetoed House Bill 1219, which would effectively roll back Missouri’s workplace discrimination standards. The legislation seeks to bring Missouri standards on worker discrimination in line with [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — As Gov. Jay Nixon touts the possible addition of 200 jobs in the southern part of the state, a Kansas City business made public its plans to put 150 employees out of work. Nixon was in West Plains Monday at Invensys Controls, a company that manufactures controls for gas household appliances. [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A controversial package of reforms to Missouri’s workers’ compensation program is scheduled for debate on the floor of the state Senate this week. Senate Bill 572, a priority of Republican leaders and Missouri’s business lobby, would limit the liability of co-workers in workplace injury cases and set new terms for toxic [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – After a relatively short debate, the Missouri Senate voted 25 to 8 Tuesday in favor of a bill that would set Missouri’s workplace discrimination standards back nearly 50 years. The bill, which now heads to the House of Representatives, would change the definition of workplace discrimination to put it back in [...]
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