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Missouri City Named Among Top Rising Startup Cities In U.S.

Forbes recently released its inaugural list of rising startup cities in the U.S., and St. Louis, Missouri, ranked number two. The rankings highlight the cities low cost of doing business, and ... Read More

Missouri Cities Among Top In U.S. For Clean Energy Jobs

St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri, were ranked among the top 50 cities in the U.S. for clean energy jobs, according to a new report from Environmental Entrepreneurs, a Washington, D.C.-based ... Read More

Missouri Businesses Awarded $5.1 Million For Workforce Training Assistance

Missouri’s Department of Economic Development’s Division of Workforce Development recently announced it has awarded $5.1 million to 186 companies across Missouri to help train workers for new and existing positions. The ... Read More

Boeing Awarded $9.2 Billion Contract For U.S. Air Force T-X Trainer Jet

Boeing Co., a global aerospace and defense manufacturer, has been awarded a $9.2 billion contract by the U.S. Air Force to produce the T-X trainer jet. Boeing and its partner Saab ... Read More

Missouri Hospital Using Technology To Bring Care To Patients

Missouri-based Mercy Health Care System is transforming the health care industry and how it interacts with patients globally. Mercy is home to the world’s first virtual care center, driven by the ... Read More

Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Partners With Wells Fargo To Expand Innovation Incubator

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center recently announced a partnership with Wells Fargo and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to expand the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator, in Missouri. The Danforth Plant ... Read More

Fifteen Missouri Counties Earn Work Ready Status

Fifteen Missouri counties recently earned Certified Work Ready Community (CWRC) status. Knox, Osage, Gasconade, Holt, Atchison, Texas, Gentry, Taney, Worth, Bates, Ralls, St. Clair, Montgomery, Ozark and Cass counties each earned ... Read More

Site Selection: Show Me the Skills

To get a glimpse of the Show Me State’s resourceful nature, just look at its people. Missouri’s workforce boasts a work ethic and high level of skill that can only be ... Read More

Site Selection: Feast of Plenty

As the geographic center of the nation’s population, Missouri lies at the crossroads of America’s food and food production sectors. The Show Me State is home to nearly 100,000 farms, second-most ... Read More

Missouri Universities Named Among Best In U.S.

Washington University, in St. Louis, Missouri, was recently named among the best U.S. colleges in an annual ranking by U.S. News and World Report. The Missouri university tied for the 19th ... Read More