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Employment in Missouri grew by 7,900 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent.
The State of Missouri announced Friday that Tim Arbeiter would lead the state’s new Broadband Development Office.
Today, the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) and the Department of Higher Education (DHE) issued an open call for ideas to help shape the state’s Best in Midwest and Talent for Tomorrow strategic planning efforts. 
The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced that Dollar Tree has cut the ribbon on its one million square foot distribution facility in Warrensburg, Missouri. This ribbon cutting comes on the heels of an April 2017 announcement of Dollar Tree’s plans to invest $110 million and create 375 new jobs by 2020.

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