CHICAGO – CNBC today released its 2025 Top States for Business rankings, with Illinois earning the 13th best state for business—its highest position ever and a significant rise from 30th place in 2019. The climb highlights Gov. Pritzker’s leadership to grow the Illinois economy and make it the best state to do business, get an education, […]
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is taking action to prevent the national spread of measles in Illinois. A total of eight measles cases, all linked to one another, were identified in Southern Illinois in April and May. In addition to the eight Southern Illinois cases, two additional, unrelated cases were identified
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JEFFERSON CITY – St. Louis City had the highest average annual wage across all private industries in 2024 at $79,605, nearly $15,000 more than the state average of $64,754. The average Perry and Ste. Genevieve County wages are shown below County average wage figures are derived from the Quarterly Census of Employment
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Attorney General Bailey leads fight against hidden ESG and DEI agendas in corporate America JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has announced that his office has launched an investigation and filed parallel lawsuits against two foreign-owned proxy advisory firms, Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), to ensure their compliance with lawful demands
ST. LOUIS – The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® is a premier source of data on children, youth and families. Recently updated for 2025, the report and interactive data tool provides indicators for the nation, states, county and cities for factors such as demographics, education, economic well-being, family and community, health, and safety. Click
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STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen last evening approved contributing $15,000 to the Ste. Genevieve Modoc Ferry. That will be enough to keep the ferry going until more money comes in from the State of Missouri. The vote to approve the donation was 5-1 with Alderman Hughey abstaining. Alderman Prince cast the
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RED BUD – Illinois State Representative David Friess has a roadwork report. “Please be advised that Illinois Route 4 at the IL 150 intersection is now closed. Drivers traveling from Sparta to Steeleville or Chester will need to use alternate routes.” “IL 150 remains open in both directions. However, drivers traveling from Steeleville to Chester
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STE. GENEVIEVE – Motorists using the Ste. Genevieve County Nutrition Center parking lot adjacent to the east side of the Plaza Ste. Genevieve to get to Parkwood Drive have been blocked by barricades now. In a post on its Facebook page the city stated “For safety reasons, the northwest corner of the parking
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PERRYVILLE – “Learning by Doing” is the basis of 4-H work, and each year many young people between the ages of 5 and 19 do just that. The public is invited to come support the 4-H members during the Perry County 4-H Fair & Chicken Dinner Wednesday, July 30 at the American Legion in Perryville.
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PERRYVILLE – Perry County School District No. 32 has released this report of its special school board meeting, held July 9th. PERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT # 32 BOARD NEWS Summary of the July 9, 2025 Special BOE Meeting VOLUME 19 ISSUE 1 The open session was called to order at 6:00 p.m. and
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