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Social Security delivers the most popular baby names in Missouri and Illinois for 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Social Security Administration has announced the most popular baby names in Missouri and Illinois for 2022.  Oliver and Charlotte topped the list in the Show Me State, Noah and Olivia topped the Land of Lincoln.   The top five boys’ and girls’ names for 2022 in Missouri were:   Missouri Boys:                                               

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Ste. Genevieve County School District R-II Board Briefs

STE. GENEVIEVE – The board briefs of the May 16 meeting of the Ste. Genevieve County R-II School District have been released. Board Briefs from May 16, 2023, Regular Meeting This information includes highlights from the Ste. Genevieve County R-II Board of Education’s May 16, 2023, Regular meeting. This is an unofficial record. The official

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UM Board of Curators approves 2023-24 tuition rates for all four universities

COLUMBIA, Mo.— The University of Missouri Board of Curators today approved tuition and required fees for the 2023-24 academic year at all four UM universities (see rate table below). The rates reflect a new tuition structure approved by the board last year, which was designed to enhance predictability, improve completion rates and shorten the time

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‘Singing with the Stars’ kicks off SIU’s McLeod Summer Playhouse 2023 season

by Pete Rosenbery CARBONDALE, Ill. — The long-celebrated McLeod Summer Playhouse (MSP) will gear up for the 2023 season at Southern Illinois University Carbondale early next month with performances from some of the region’s finest amateur singers and dancers. The McLeod Summer Playhouse returns to SIU Carbondale in 2023 with a variety of performances. Previous

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April 2023 Monthly Jobs Report

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased by 4,700 jobs in April 2023 from March 2023, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 2.5 percent. Private industry employment increased by 3,700 jobs and government employment increased by 1,000 jobs. Over the year, there was an increase of 59,900 jobs from April 2022

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Bryant encouraged by reinstatement of Blue Collar Jobs Act

SPRINGFIELD, IL– Illinois State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is applauding the reinstatement of the Blue Collar Jobs Act, which seeks to bring good-paying jobs to Illinois through a series of income tax credits for qualified capital investments in the construction of new or improved property. The Blue Collar Jobs Act was originally signed into law

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