Economy

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 26, 2012 - For many years, politicians and policy makers have used income exclusively to gauge…

Study says region needs more immigrantsA new study to be released this morning says the St. Louis region needs to attract more immigrants if it wants to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 12, 2012 - After weeks of political “he said-he said” over the state of the U.S. economy,…

Thi article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 11, 2012 - As we head into the critical months of the 2012 presidential election, the main theme…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 21, 2012 - Doom and gloom are weighing on the minds of many Americans just months before the…

Victim of tent collapse died of blunt force traumaThe St. Louis medical examiner says a man who was killed when a tent collapsed near Busch Stadium on…

Missouri's 7.4 percent jobless rate is the lowest it's been in more than three years - but that's bad news for about 9,000 of the state's 112,000 people…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 22, 2012 - Bear with me if you’ve heard this one because the purpose of the present recounting…

Missouri companies exported $14.1 billion worth of goods and services last year, according to new data from the World Trade Center St. Louis and the World…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 9, 2012 - On any given day at the St. Charles Pawn Shop, owner Kimberly Zander expects to see…