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Southwest Missouri Bank is making progress on its goal to have employees volunteer 2500 hours by September. SMB Vice Presiden...
Wichita-based Via Christi Health says tough finances are forcing it to eliminate 350 to 400 jobs at its facilities throughout...
Oklahoma's unemployment rate is now below 5%. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state's unemployme...
People fired for missing work and not following company rules could have a harder time claiming unemployment benefits in Miss...
Gov. Mary Fallin and Republican legislative leaders have announced a plan to cut Oklahoma's top personal income tax rate ...
Unemployment rose slightly in Kansas in March despite a drop of more than 1,300 applications for initial unemployment benefit...
Missouri lawmakers are looking to renew an economic development program that has provided about $120 million of tax credi...
Attorney General Chris Koster says he won't appeal a federal court ruling striking down a Missouri law that exempted mora...
Legislation authorizing $1.5 billion in bonds to bolster the Kansas pension system for teachers and government workers ha...
Kansas Senators have sent a bill to Governor Sam Brownback that would require residents who receive welfare and unemployment ...
Former Missouri Congressman Todd Akin roughly doubled his office payroll after losing a campaign for U.S. Senate. The online ...
The Kansas jobless rate held steady last month at 5.5 percent, the same as in January but lower than in February 2012. The Ka...
A three million dollar federal grant for rebuilding Franklin Technology Center will be a big help for rebuilding Joplin. So s...
Missouri's unemployment rate inched up slightly in February although the state also posted gains in the number of jobs.Fi...
The Joplin City Council has hired a company to handle the bonds for the City's TIF district. Monday night, the Council hi...
The Joplin Schools will get a three million dollar grant from the federal Economic Development Administration. The grant will...
A Missouri House Democrat's plan would send colleagues to prison for proposing legislation limiting collective bargaining...
President Obama's suggestion to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour isn't supported by Missouri Senator Roy Blun...
A coalition of Oklahoma chambers of commerce this week released an eleven point plan to create more jobs in the state. One pa...
A Pittsburg company is planning a $1 million expansion and more hiring to respond to a growing market.Officials at Atkins...
Joplin's unemployment situation continues to shine. The US Department of Labor's December statistics show a 5.3 perce...
This is the last year high school dropouts will be able to earn their Missouri High School Equivalency Certificate before a t...
A Kansas Senate leader is preparing legislation to require drug testing for people who receive cash assistance from the state...
Following last month's tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, the Joplin School District decided to set up a safety review task...
Ottawa County voters have approved expanding Emergency Medical Service District 23 to cover the entire county. They also okay...
Minimum wage earners in Missouri got a raise Tuesday. The state's minimum wage increased by ten cents to $7.35 an hou...
Some economists estimate Oklahoma will begin the new year on stronger footing than many other states that are yet to recover ...
An issue the Missouri House Speaker has said would achieve the same overall goal as Right to Work has been filed for the 2013...
Following record-setting years in 2010 and 2011, Missouri’s exports are on pace to again exceed expectations, Gov. Jay ...
Attorney General Chris Koster and Jasper County Prosecuting Attorney Dean Dankelson today charged Urban Metropolitan Developm...
When you have good workers, you want to keep them. That hasn't been easy for the Delaware County Sheriff's Department...
The City of Miami is looking to reduce its workforce. City Manager Jeff Bishop tells News Talk KZRG how they're going to ...
Starting January 1st, McDonald County businesses that sell alcohol will have some competition. Benton County, Arkansas, which...
A Joplin-area business has broken ground on a new headquarters. By next summer, Innovative Objects will have a new three-stor...
The Joplin City Council last night heard from the widow of a Joplin police officer killed in the line of duty. Tracy Nielson&...
A former Neosho City Manager who plead guilty to official misconduct and was fired will be given a year of city health insura...
Empire District Electric's Riverton plant is making a transition from a coal-fired plant to one where natural gas is used...
A strange turn of events in one McDonald County town led to the mayor locking everyone else out of City Hall. Noel Mayor Jame...
A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's lawsuit challenging the federal heal...
Economic researchers at Wichita State University are forecasting about two percent employment growth in Kansas next year.The ...
Missouri Gubernatorial Candidate Dave Spence attended a rally for Joplin republicans Saturday. He tells News Talk KZRG one th...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon was in Neosho Thursday afternoon to talk about worker safety. He toured Holden Industries and tha...
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has amended a federal lawsuit that challenges the nation's health care overhaul la...
"I can't really comment on the specifics."Neosho City Manager Troy Royer isn't talking muchabout why he ter...
Joplin's City Manager wants to boost the pension fund for public safety employees by $1-million.Mark Rohrtells News T...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon honored Joplin twice during his conference on economic development in St. Louis. Nixon gave the G...
Here's an update on the legal wrangling between the Joplin School District and the company hired to demolish school build...
Does the City of Joplin have too much land? That's something the City Council will consider at tonight's regular meet...
A Cole County judge has revised the wording that Missouri voters will see in November on a health care ballot measure. Judge ...
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon was in Joplin Monday to thank a local business for hiring veterans. Able Manufacturing received t...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is touring the state's farms. She tells News Talk KZRG agriculture is a big part of Mis...
A new report says Missouri's unemployment rate edged higher last month while the number of nonfarm jobs declined.The Depa...
An account that's caused some friction between Jasper County Sheriff Archie Dunn and the County Commission lately shouldn...
117 employees of the Blitz USA factory in Miami will lose their jobs tomorrow, as the factory shuts down. Plant Manager Chuck...
Missouri Senator Roy Blunt was in Joplin this afternoon to meet with civic and business leaders to hear their concerns. One t...
"They are struggling just like we are."Ric Mayerwith the Missouri Department of Conservation is talking about new t...
Leaders in Vinita say 180 people will be out of work after a manufacturing plant moves its operations to Texas.J.C. Kinder, t...
Missouri officials say state payrolls declined by 4,000 jobs in June while unemployment simultaneously decreased to 7.1 perce...
Missouri Governor Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have allowed employers to decline to provide coverage for abortion,...
Two years probation. That was the sentence given Monday to former Missouri Governor Roger Wilson for misusing money to make p...
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill continues to stick up for President Obama's health care law. During an appearance in Jo...
Missouri Southern State University and the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce want to create super leaders. It's a new progr...
The Joplin City Council reinforced its relationship with Wallace Bajjali at Monday's regular council meeting, signing a p...
Tonight the Joplin City Council will vote on a contract between the City, its master developer, Wallace Bajjali, and the Jopl...
This is the time for small businesses in Missouri to create jobs and grow. That was Governor Jay Nixon's message Wednesda...
A Joplin health care group is reopening tomorrow. Sheryl Fitch, Vice Presidentof Oxford Health Care, tells News Talk KZRG why...
Diamond is adding a part-time officer to its police department. Chief Mike Jones tells News Talk KZRG the new officer will be...
Jeff Bishop is no longer Miami's interim city manager. He was hired for the job Tuesday by the Miami City Council and Pub...
Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren has a job lined up after his term ends later this year. The Second District Democrat says he&#...
Unemployment held steady in Missouri in May. The Department of Economic Development says the state unemployment rate is 7-poi...
A rally at the Missouri Capitol has drawn about 200 people opposing a federal mandate requiring employers to provide health i...
Despite some depressing numbers, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon remains bullish on the state's economy. Earlier this week, a...
The Joplin City Council has a light agenda for tonight's regular meeting. The Council will hear a presentation on the Cit...
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has vetoed a bill that would have given the director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigat...
The demolition of the tornado-damaged Joplin High School could be finished soon. At Tuesday's regular meeting, the Joplin...
A contractor who was hired to demolish three tornado-damaged schools in Joplin is now accusing the school district of racial ...
Joplin city employees can look forward to pay raises next May. Wednesday night, the City Council approved a three percent rai...
The Joplin City Council will be holding their regular meeting tonight. Among other items on the agenda, they'll be talkin...
The Kansas Legislature has given final approval to a bill aimed at bolstering the long-term financial health of the state'...
Missouri's unemployment rate dropped a tenth of a point in April. It's at 7-point-3 percent, the lowest it's been...
People who work for the City of Joplin will be getting a raise. The City Council approved a three percent raise at this week&...
Most Missouri employees could get a pay raise under a deal reached by legislative budget negotiators. House and Senate budget...
The Neosho School Board has hired a new superintendent. Alma Stipp, the Neosho District's assistant superintendent for cu...
Missouri added about 4,800 jobs in March as its unemployment rate remained steady. Today's figures from the state Departm...
Former Missouri Governor Roger Wilson faces a federal indictment for allegedly misappropriating $5,000 from a firm create...
Delaware County residents will be paying an extra half cent sales tax after voting overwhelmingly for the tax Tuesday. More t...
