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Joe Mueller

Joe Mueller covers Missouri for The Center Square. After seven years of reporting for daily newspapers in Illinois and Missouri, he spent the next 30 years in public relations serving non-profit…

Economy, Missouri
Missouri economy expanding as manufacturing sector adds jobs, increases wages

(The Center Square) – Missouri is in an expansionary economy, according to a survey conducted by economists in the Midwest. Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index for May was 51.2, an increase… Read More

June 19, 2023
Missouri
Missouri counties get $4.9M in federal funds for 1.2M acres of tax-exempt land

(The Center Square) – More than half of Missouri’s 114 counties will receive $4.9 million out of a total of $578.8 million in “payments in lieu of taxes” from the… Read More

June 16, 2023
Missouri
Missouri parks now allowing harvesting of hay, drawing of water to help farmers deal with drought

(The Center Square) – Missouri government agencies are allowing farmers to harvest hay and obtain water from state parks and conservation areas to deal with worsening drought conditions. Republican Missouri… Read More

June 15, 2023
Missouri
Analysis: 50% of school buses fail inspection in St. Louis, Jefferson City

(The Center Square) – School buses that operate in St. Louis and Jefferson City's public school districts had high rates of failed inspections performed by the Missouri State Highway Patrol,… Read More

June 12, 2023
COVID-19
Owner of Missouri companies indicted for $2.9M in COVID relief fraud, Clean Air Act violations

(The Center Square) – A Missouri company has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraudulently obtaining $2.9 million in federal pandemic loans and violating the Clean Air Act. Read More

June 9, 2023