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Wednesday, November 14, 2012  A new report says Missouri gained about 13,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in October while the state's unemployment rate held steady at 6.9 percent.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012  A manufacturing company plans to close one operation in Mexico and expand its plant in West Plains, bringing up to 200 new jobs to southern Missouri.

Thursday, November 10, 2011  Lawmakers want to know why the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services awarded a five million dollar contract to an Indiana-based company called SynCare, which was supposed to evaluate applications for home care services to keep people out of nursing homes.

Thursday, April 21, 2011  Auditor says Nixon charged $1,630 to another department, which distorted costs. News comes as lawmakers work to change Nixon's travel budget.

Monday, April 11, 2011  Governor Nixon touts a plan to revitalize the states economy.

Sunday, December 12, 2010  Mo. unemployment at 9.4 percent; 6,000 jobs shed