Missouri license agents and several lawmakers want more funding to help rural license offices at risk of closing because of financial losses and limited state support. Marble Hill didn’t have a license bureau for several years, forcing Bollinger County residents ...
Read More »Survey suggests solid economic growth ahead for Midwest
A January survey of business supply managers is signaling solid economic growth over the next three to six months for nine Midwestern and Plains states despite a slight decline in business confidence, according a report issued Friday. The Mid-America Business ...
Read More »Stone heads to court; Mueller cites potential evidence trove
Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone is due back in court Friday in the special counsel’s Russia investigation as prosecutors say they have recovered “voluminous and complex” potential evidence in the case, including financial records, emails and computer hard drives. Stone ...
Read More »Former lawmaker’s testimony raises lobbying questions
Testimony from a former legislator this week before a Missouri Senate committee is raising questions about whether he followed state laws prohibiting ex-lawmakers from quickly returning to lobby at the Statehouse. Former state Rep. Kevin Corlew, a Kansas City Republican, ...
Read More »When marketing flops: 5 Super Bowl ads that backfired
Advertisers that spend millions of dollars on the Super Bowl are trying to avoid what Ram did with a Martin Luther King speech or what Groupon did spoofing promos for charities. Though such messages can get attention, it’s the wrong ...
Read More »Patriots fans flock to Rhode Island to bet on the Super Bowl
Given their team’s success, die-hard fans of the New England Patriots have made Las Vegas like a winter home during Super Bowl week so they can enjoy a fair-weather party while placing bets on the team’s chances. Their destination this ...
Read More »Democrats gain in statehouses as some GOP lawmakers defect
Democrats’ gains in state legislatures didn’t end with last November’s elections. Over the past two months, as lawmakers were sworn in and this year’s statehouse sessions got underway, Republicans in California, Kansas and New Jersey switched their party affiliations to ...
Read More »Trump appears to sour on congressional border-security talks
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Thursday to ratchet up his demands on his long-stalled border wall, appearing to sour on congressional talks aimed at striking a deal with Democrats that he could sign. In a barrage of morning ...
Read More »GE wins new fans with DOJ settlement and direction
After years of belt-tightening and spinoffs that ate into both revenue and profit, General Electric Co. reported fourth-quarter net income of $761 million, sending shares up 10 percent in at the opening bell. The company also announced a $1.5 billion ...
Read More »US average mortgage rates edge up; 30-year at 4.46 percent
U.S. long-term mortgage rates edged up after declining in recent weeks. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.46 percent, from 4.45 percent last week. Despite the recent declines, ...
Read More »Pelosi takes hard line against wall money in funding bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took a hard line Thursday against funding President Donald Trump’s long-stalled border wall, a move that could gridlock Capitol Hill negotiations that just got underway. “There’s not going to be any wall money in the legislation,” ...
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