We use energy every day in our homes, offices, factories and outdoors. We rely on it in our daily lives to heat and cool our spaces, light our rooms, drive cars, move freight and manufacture products. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is focused on affordable and reliable energy produced in Missouri. The department provides education and promotes efficient use of energy resources for

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—Today the Missouri Department of Economic Development announced that five companies are expanding in Missouri with plans to create 272 new jobs at a total capital investment of $32,175,000.

Missouri’s unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent in May, and total nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 400 jobs.

(Data are for the week ended May 18, 2018, unless stated otherwise.)