May 2022

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri’s unemployment dipped slightly to 3.4 percent in April, compared to March’s 3.6 percent. Missouri non-farm payroll employment decreased slightly from March 2022 to April 2022, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by two-tenths of a percentage point. Employment, seasonally adjusted, decreased by 5,300 jobs over the month. Private industry employment

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Natural Resources will hold a virtual Formal Initiative Roundup meeting at 1:30 p.m., May 23 as part of Cycle 1 of the Missouri State Energy Planning, or MoSEP, process. The department’s goal for the MoSEP process is to identify and address, through an ongoing series of stakeholder engagement workshops,

JEFFERSON CITY – Governor Mike Parson has signed HB 2909 into law, approving the proposed boundaries for Missouri’s eight congressional districts.  “Today, we signed into law a congressional map that meets our constitutional requirements,” Governor Parson said. “This past session, we saw a few individuals’ political posturing obstruct key pieces of priority legislation and promote inefficient and

WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), along with U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (Texas), John Cornyn (Texas), John Thune (S.D.), Cynthia Lummis (Wyo.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (Ala.), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), John Kennedy (La.), Mike Lee (Utah), James Inhofe (Okla.), Bill Cassidy (La.), Roger Wicker (Miss.), James Lankford (Okla.), John