St. Louis Region

Missouri Companies Rank Among Best Workplaces for Women

Two Missouri companies recently ranked among the nation’s Best Workplaces for Women. Edward Jones ranked 5th on the list compiled by Fortune, while Veterans United Home Loans ranked 11th. Both companies ... Read More

Missouri Health Innovation Company To Launch Center For “Defense Medicine”

BioSTL, a St. Louis-based health innovation booster, announced plans to launch a new center designed to advance technologies to support the military. The Center for Defense Medicine will use BioSTL’s investment ... Read More

Danforth Plant Science Center Awarded $20 Million Grant to Develop AI Farm of the Future

The National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes program has awarded a five year, $20 million grant to scientists at the Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The grant money will ... Read More

Washington University Leads Worldwide Effort to Test MMR Vaccine in Fight Against COVID-19

Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, Missouri, is leading an ambitious, worldwide study to see if giving adults the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, a common vaccine administered to ... Read More

Life Science Company Invests with New Facility, Jobs in Missouri

Thermo Fisher Scientific, a life science company, has opened a new 3,500 sq. ft. facility in St. Louis, Missouri, as part of an ongoing investment that could potentially create up to ... Read More

Missouri Celebrates IT Professionals Day; Continues to Grow Tech Workforce

Today is IT Professionals Day – a day dedicated to honoring the men and women we rely on to keep us connected. Missouri’s tech workforce includes thousands of the top IT ... Read More

Missouri Announces Statewide Apprenticeship Matching Service

The Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development and the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently announced the start of a new statewide apprenticeship matching service that helps employers ... Read More

Missouri Governor Officially Declares September 2020 Workforce Development Month

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has officially declared September 2020 Workforce Development Month to promote higher education and job training programs across the state. In an official proclamation, Governor Parson said “Missouri ... Read More

Missouri City Ranked Among “Hot Emerging Tech Hubs for IT Job Seekers”

St. Louis, Missouri, has been ranked among the six hot emerging tech hubs for IT job seekers by CIO. The city came in at number two on the list. The article ... Read More

Missouri’s Unemployment Rate Drops – Economic Recovery in Full Swing

Unemployment numbers released this month show that Missouri’s Show Me Strong Recovery Plan is working. The state’s unemployment rate is more than 3% lower than the federal unemployment rate of 10.2% ... Read More