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Missouri Unemployment Rate
11:22 am
Tue February 28, 2012

Missouri unemployment rate falls in January

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Missouri's unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent while the state's overall payroll increased by thousands of jobs.

The state Department of Economic Development reported Tuesday that Missouri's net nonfarm payroll increased by 21,100 jobs in January. Officials reported that Missouri had a net of loss of 11,800 jobs in December and a loss of 3,300 jobs in November.

Besides expanding payrolls for the first time in three months, Missouri's unemployment rate in January dropped by half a point to 7.5 percent. That is Missouri's lowest jobless rate since November 2008.

Economic Development / Jason Hall
11:25 am
Thu February 2, 2012

Hall resigns as Mo. Dept. of Economic Development as confirmation deadline expires

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Jason Hall (at podium) with Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon. Hall was Nixon's nominee to be the next director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development in late Dec. 2011. Hall has since resigned following the expiration of the deadline to confirm him.
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Updated 1:49 p.m. with additional information from the Associated Press on other failed appointments.

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced this morning that Jason Hall, Nixon's nominee to be the new director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, has resigned.

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Food prices
5:30 pm
Thu January 12, 2012

Missouri food prices surpass national average, says Farm Bureau

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If you've noticed your grocery bill has gotten higher lately, you're not imagining things.

Food prices in Missouri rose in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the Missouri Farm Bureau's year-end Marketbasket Survey.

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