Economy

United Way of Southeast Missouri held a community conversation at the One City building last week. KRCU attended the meeting which discussed many community-level issues centering around Health, Education, and Business.

MODOT Director Patrick McKenna said money will go towards as many of the state’s more than 400 unfunded projects as possible

The new rule from the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers with at least 100 workers to ensure they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to weekly tests by January 4, 2022.

MSHSAA’s Girls Volleyball State Championships are taking place this weekend from Nov. 4 through Nov. 6 at Cape Girardeau’s Show-Me-Center. While the event has been held at the Show-Me-Center for the last few years, this is the first time it's been here since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Special elections were held on Nov. 2nd in various counties in Missouri, regarding the issue of an internet sales use tax. The new tax comes in wake of the federal Wayfair decision that requires retailers to collect the same tax for online sales as if purchases were made locally.

Some 35 million families nationally have received Child Tax Credit payments since summer.

You have an opportunity to make a big difference in the local economy in the next 60 days.

Through Election Day November 2, Cape Girardeau community members will vote to decide whether to keep services funded by paying the same amount of tax…

A rebate option that came with the tax hike is making it tougher for the state to estimate how much more money will come in.

Legal action from Attorney General Eric Schmitt's office may be the route Missouri takes, as opposed to passing legislation to fight vaccine mandates.