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Montgomery County Commission

East Central Missouri

Montgomery County, MO: The next high-tech hub for Amazon?

MONTGOMERY CITY (Missourinet) -- Montgomery County, located in east-central Missouri, could soon become home to two massive data centers and add about 150 new jobs to the area. They include Amazon’s “Project Green” and another called “Project Spade.” County Commissioner Doug Lensing told Missourinet that the Missouri Department of Economic Development first approached the county a couple of years ago and even provided a grant to study the proposal. “We have Norfolk Southern Railroad running through this site,” said Lensing. […]

todayJanuary 7, 2026 310 26 23

Mike Kehoe Missouri tax cut

Missouri

Missouri tax cut plan will proceed

JEFFERSON CITY (Missourinet) -- Since the Kansas City Chiefs are leaving Missouri by 2031, the state will miss out on hundreds of millions of dollars in tax revenue collected as a result of the Chiefs being in Missouri. On Monday, Kansas announced the team will cross the state line and set up its new home there. Missourinet asked Gov. Mike Kehoe if his plans have changed to phase out the state’s income tax because of eventually losing the tax revenue […]

todayDecember 23, 2025 208 9 6

Missouri winter dangerous cold

East Central Missouri

Dangerously cold temps heads to Missouri this weekend

(Missourinet) -- The coldest air of the season so far is on its way to Missouri. A cold front is expected to arrive Saturday and move southward across the state. Alex Elmore, Senior Meteorologist with the National Weather Service in St. Louis, said how cold it gets will depend on which side of I-70 you live on. “Generally, for northern portions of Missouri, (we’re expecting) low single digits with some locations, particularly across northeastern Missouri, seeing values around zero or […]

todayDecember 12, 2025 268 31 21

St. Louis economic activity

Inner Metro

Economic activity in St. Louis region remains flat

ST. LOUIS -- Economic activity remains flat in the St. Louis region. Chuck Gascon, senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, described the overall outlook as “slightly pessimistic.” “Not a lot of businesses (are) telling us that they’re actively hiring. Again, some of that has to do with just uncertainty in the outlook, but then also just higher labor costs that firms are facing,” Gascon told KMOX Radio. “Insurance is something that comes up a lot. Health […]

todayDecember 2, 2025 37

fireworks Missouri

Missouri

New law will update rules for Missouri fireworks retailers

JEFFERSON CITY (MissouriNet) -- A public safety bill signed into law this month will update regulations for using and selling fireworks in Missouri. State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Speed) sponsored that portion of SB 81. He told MissouriNet that the state’s fireworks regulations have not been updated in roughly 20 years. “Fireworks are a big thing for Missourians. We spend more per capita in Missouri than any other state in the Union, so we really, really do enjoy our fireworks,” he […]

todayJune 28, 2025 170

Hoskins

Missouri

Hoskins emerges victorious in crowded GOP race for Missouri Secretary of State

(MissouriNet) -- Sen. Denny Hoskins (R-Warrensburg) has won the GOP primary for Secretary of State. He beat a crowded field of seven other Republican candidates to emerge victorious. Hoskins told MissouriNet that he could not have done this without his supporters. “It’s very humbling driving across the state and meeting new people that said they’ve been going door-to-door for me or they’re working the polls for me, or they walked in and prayed for me or seeing 4×8 signs go […]

todayAugust 7, 2024 209

Missouri childcare

Missouri

Missouri voters reject ballot measure to help childcare providers

(MissouriNet) -- Missouri has a critical shortage of affordable childcare providers and an attempt to help them to keep their doors open has failed. Missouri voters soundly rejected a ballot measure Tuesday that would have allowed the state legislature to pass a property tax exemption for childcare providers. Once the votes were tallied, about 55% of voters opposed the plan, while 45% supported it. The proposal covered licensed and unlicensed providers who are registered with the state, including in-home childcare. […]

todayAugust 7, 2024 194

Advantage Solutions

Business News

Advantage Solutions to move HQ to St. Louis

ST. LOUIS -- A Fortune Top 1000 company will soon call Missouri home. Advantage Solutions, a marketing company based in Irvine, California plans to relocate to St. Louis County in the first quarter of 2024. According to St. Louis Business Journal, Company CEO Dave Peacock expects there to be up to 40 people working at the new location in Clayton. Peacock told KMOX Radio in St. Louis that the area has a lot of good things going on. “For us […]

todayOctober 12, 2023 86

Illinois gas Missouri

Business News

Gas prices dropping in Missouri

(Missourinet) -- Gas prices in Missouri are heading in the right direction, according to AAA Missouri. The average price for regular-unleaded in the Show-Me State is $3.58 a gallon – that’s nine cents a gallon lower than it was a week ago. But $3.58 is still higher than Missouri’s average price a month ago, $3.51 a gallon, and higher than it was a year ago, $3.36 a gallon. Missouri’s average price is still lower than the national average of $3.83 […]

todaySeptember 27, 2023 124

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