Year: 2018
Here are the top 10 reasons to vote ‘Yes’ on Prop A
/Everyone knows that Freedom to Work is an important issue this year, especially as the August 7 election gets closer. What you may not know is some of the state […]
Read more »Business Premises Safety Act signed into law
/Governor Parson has signed Senate Bill 608, which guards businesses against liability for unpreventable third-party crimes occurring on business premises. Under this law, a business will only be responsible for […]
Read more »Tim Spohr named St. Louis Membership Director
/The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry has hired Tim Spohr to serve as St. Louis Membership Director. As a former small business owner, Spohr understands the importance of the […]
Read more »Missouri Chamber participates in White House STEM Summit
/Ryan Stauffer, Missouri Chamber Director of Legislative Affairs, recently attended the first-of-its-kind State-Federal Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education Summit hosted by The White House Office of Science and Technology […]
Read more »Session Success
/With a flurry of activity in the session’s final days, the Missouri General Assembly passed legislation to address a number of important issues facing our state’s economy. With this work, […]
Read more »General Assembly passes Business Premises Safety Act
/Although Missouri common law states that businesses generally do not have a duty to protect individuals on their premises from criminal acts of third parties, confusing rulings by Missouri appellate […]
Read more »AT&T Missouri President John Sondag to retire
/After a career with AT&T spanning four decades, AT&T Missouri President John Sondag will retire on May 31. “I feel so fortunate to have spent my time with a company […]
Read more »Right-to-work referendum vote might move up to August
/The referendum on the 2017 right-to-work law is currently slated for the Nov. 6, 2018 ballot. Rep. Holly Rehder’s HCR 102, which passed the House Economic Development Committee on April 24, […]
Read more »Department of Economic Development launches “Best in Midwest”
/The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) will be creating a new statewide strategy for economic development. The Best in Midwest initiative will focus on helping businesses grow and create […]
Read more »Missouri Chamber PAC endorses Kevin Corlew in Missouri Senate Special Election
/The Missouri Chamber PAC has endorsed Representative Kevin Corlew in the special election for Missouri Senate District 17. Since his election to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2014, Rep. […]
Read more »Leadership Missouri Alumni rally to help restore Missouri Governor’s Mansion
/The Missouri Governor’s Mansion is our state’s front door. Tens of thousands of visitors from across the country visit the mansion each year. Foreign dignitaries dine there. It is critical […]
Read more »Two House bills expand business-education partnerships, career awareness
/Two workforce development House bills that promote business-education partnerships, career awareness and real-world skills were voted out of the Senate Education Committee on April 10. Both bills are sponsored by […]
Read more »Sen. Kehoe’s legal reform bill addresses several Missouri Chamber priorities
/On April 4, the Senate Committee on Government Reform heard a multi-part bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Kehoe. SB 1102 combines several of the Missouri Chamber’s top priorities for civil […]
Read more »Committee approves extension to popular job creation incentives
/The Missouri legislature is getting closer to renewing two of the state’s most successful incentive programs. The Missouri House Committee on Economic Development has passed a bill to extend the […]
Read more »Lawmakers consider allowing benefit corporations to form in Missouri
/Brewer Science has long had a focus on community improvement alongside its high-tech business mission. Now the Rolla-based company with 350 Missouri employees would like to merge those two passions […]
Read more »Courtroom clean up: Stop out-of-state cases from clogging Missouri dockets
/A bill to reform venue and joinder laws in Missouri has passed the Missouri House of Representatives. House members have sent House Bill 1578 to the Senate. The bill is […]
Read more »Slam dunk: Sports event boosters say tax credit needs extension
/In early March, Missouri was the center of the college basketball universe. It tipped off with Arch Madness in St. Louis as 10 teams and thousands of fans arrived for […]
Read more »House passes asbestos transparency bill
/The Missouri House of Representatives has passed a bill to bring fairness and transparency to the asbestos trust system. House Bill 1645 passed by a vote of 96-48. It now […]
Read more »House, Senate pass computer science legislation
/Bipartisan bills to improve computer science education in Missouri have passed the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives. The bills would incentivize more Missouri high school students to take computer […]
Read more »Right-to-work: Where Missouri’s law stands today
/It’s been over a year now since Gov. Eric Greitens signed right-to-work into law in Missouri. The passage of the law seemed to settle a half-century long discussion over whether […]
Read more »Missouri’s first adult high school could open this fall
/In today’s world, a high school diploma is in most cases a prerequisite for work. However, this is a major problem for the estimated 500,000 Missouri adults who have not […]
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