Legislature leaves some unfished business STL Today | JEFFERSON CITY • In the final hours of a Missouri legislative session, there is always a hostage. | Last year it was local control of St. Louis police, which died when it was linked to a tax credit overhaul. This year, it was money for pregnant w...
Business People Corporate Personnel Moves & News Tulsa World Strategic Employee Benefit Services of Oklahoma promoted John Ritchie to chief operating officer. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from The Citadel. | Engineering Kinslow Keith & Todd, an architecture and engineering firm, added Pame...
Farmland values shoot up again. Is this a bubble? STL Today | Economists are not using the word “bubble,” even though the real estate picture in American farmland sort of looks like one. | This week, the federal reserve banks of Chicago and Kansas City reported another boom in farm country, with farmland ...
Business raids cost Kansas City millions in taxes The Wichita Eagle | KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – The states of Missouri and Kansas are divided here only by the yellow stripe of State Line Road. It's a single community, but the division is sharp when it comes to the cutthroat business of economic development. | T...
Business news: Law firm hires new attorneys STL Today | NONPROFIT | • Mary Mueller, of Bartsleo, was named director of finance for the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois. She has more than 30 years of experience in accounting and finance, most recently was a financial representative from Northwestern Mu...
Jobless Americans over age 55 face difficult hunt Pittsburgh Tribune Review | Jean Coyle, 67, has a new kind of ministry. | The former professor had just begun a career as a Presbyterian minister in Virginia when the economic downturn forced her church to let her go in 2007. After that, she found only temporary work. | She r...
Car insurance for teens: Best tips to save money The Examiner | Car insurance for teenagers is costly. These tips help reduce insurance costs on teen drivers. Did you know that driving lessons, good grades, and the parent’s driving record could help save month when purchasing insurance for teens? Good Studen...
School News: 2012 Turner High School Graduate List The Examiner | Congratulations to these graduates from Turner High School. | Gabriella Nicole Acosta, Oscar Omar Acuña Valdes, Johnathan Lee Aderholt, Alicia Angelica Aguilera, Merisa Mariah Alcantara-Struck, Markqus Ronnell Alder, Haley Ann Alderman, Alexandria...
Missouri-based company recalling more of its dog food Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | META, Mo.--Missouri-based Diamond Pet Foods is voluntarily recalling another type of dog food because of potential exposure to salmonella. | The recall announced Friday applies to samples, 6-pound bags and 18-pound bags of Diamond Naturals Small Br...
Letters to the editor, May 19 STL Today | New gambling sites would help Illinois | When you're in a hole, stop digging. In Illinois, we're up to our necks in a deepening financial crisis and staggering unemployment rates. But the state could generate revenue and create jobs at no expense t...
