The Efactory is a partner in the initiative.

Roughly four years after a state law was enacted to help some people get their criminal records cleared, Greene County legal officials say the local results are falling short of expectations.

Reporter Mike Cullinan brings you workforce, new business and medical marijuana coverage and analysis.

Inquiries from restaurants to find chefs and cooks come in constantly to local culinary arts programs, officials say, reflecting a challenge for the food service industry that’s existed since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Springfield, The Connecting Grounds, a church that provides outreach to people who do not have stable shelter, has conducted its own hidden workforce study.

Other metro areas in the state mostly follow suit.

Advanced Concrete and Donco 3 aim to fill workforce gap.

Bolivar Technical and Cox colleges were selected among 11 organizations statewide.

However, nonfarm payroll ranks decrease in August.

The Queen City scores the highest in the category of housing.

For 23 years, Springfield Business Journal has honored women for their professional and civic accomplishments and contributions.

The other MSAs in Missouri follow suit, according to latest government data.

Survey data inform economic development trends.

Officials with the regional workforce network have started fundraising.

Residents bring home average weekly wages of $978 during the three-month period.

It's the largest project in school history.

SBJ started the awards in 2011, and today 240 men in the community are able to claim the title.

The Show-Me State records another historic low.

The initiative helps low-income individuals with prior convictions apply for expungement.

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