The city of Columbia and Regional Economic Development Inc. will distribute $50,000 to small businesses as part of a grant program now in its fifth year. REDI facilitates the program to help startups ...

Danielle Bowles-Martin presents her team's pitch to a panel of real estate experts at the REDI graduation on Feb. 23, 2026. On a recent Monday evening, one of the cozier ballrooms inside the Moonrise ...

William Wiatrowski, acting commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has rejected speculation of falsified economic data and affirmed that there is no outside interference in the numbers. "There ...

WASHINGTON—The acting chief of a government statistics agency on Monday pushed back on President Trump’s rationale for firing its commissioner last summer, calling accusations of phony data unfounded.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - A new economic report from SEMO REDI reveals regional business growth despite population decline. SEMO REDI CEO Shad Burner said the organization conducted the study to ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics won't be publishing the next jobs report as originally scheduled. That's due to the partial government shutdown. BLS said it will reschedule the reports once funding ...

The trustworthiness of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) data on inflation, employment, wages, productivity, and consumer spending has historically been a concern only for cranks and conspiracy ...

The ongoing shutdown of major pieces of the federal government has meant missed paychecks for federal workers, no new loans from the Small Business Administration, no giant panda cam from the National ...

For the first time in 12 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish its monthly “Employment Situation” report on the first Friday of the month due to the federal government shutdown — ...

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The Labor Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday announced an audit into the challenges faced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in collecting data for its inflation and labor market reports ...