KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Cape Girardeau - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.47 in May 2022, 24 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported to  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Columbia - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Columbia, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.49 in May 2022, 14 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Jefferson City - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.02 in May 2022, 19 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Joplin - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Joplin, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.10 in May 2022, 22 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Comm  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Kansas City - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.01 in May 2022, 6 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. As  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Springfield - May 2022": * * * Workers in the Springfield, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.49 in May 2022, 21 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Sept. 28, 2023, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in St. Joseph - May 2022": * * * Workers in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.59 in May 2022, 17 percent below the nationwide average of $29.76, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Ass  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: * * * Federal Agency Charges Muslim Teen Was Harassed, Retaliated Against, and Forced to Quit * * * National restaurant chain Chipotle violated federal law when a manager at the company's Lenexa, Kansas location harassed a teen worker for wearing a hijab and when the company retaliated against her after she complained, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Skinner Tank Co. must also hire monitor to ensure OSHA compliance * * * An Oklahoma construction contractor entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and agreed to pay $370,680 in criminal and civil penalties to avoid federal prosecution on one count of ignoring federal safety regulations that resulted in a worker fatality in St. Joseph in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 28, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is investing $2.8 million in the state of Missouri to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to support current and future business needs. The EDA investments announced today are: * The city of Moberly will receive a $1.5 m  more