Six community forums focused on SBJ's 2020 Economic Growth Survey and an additional measurement of post-COVID-19 sentiments have come to a close for the calendar year.

Read about the interview guests selected by SBJ's newsroom.

Christine Temple interviewed local women on their journey to the top of their professions, and the challenges and triumphs they faced along the way.

Officials discuss the survey results.

Officials discuss the survey results.

If there’s one constant in 2020, it’s change. And this year’s class of Most Influential Women honorees have shown that harnessing change can transform a community.

Workforce Strategies for Post-COVID-19 Recovery.

Twenty are celebrated in the 10th annual event.

The majority of this year’s companies receiving top honors are among the most affected industries by COVID-19: restaurant, hospitality and health care.

How to navigate through this crisis and prepare for the next.

SBJ recognizes up-and-comers in the area.

SBJ honors the fastest-growing companies in the Ozarks.

SBJ compiles news on the respiratory virus outbreak.

Buying tax credits can help nonprofits. Michael Pruett, partner with Elliott, Robinson & Company, LLP, says the Neighborhood Assistance Program, or NAP, is a State of Missouri incentive program that …

Paula Adams, president of Penmac, says they try to help clients find gainful employment regardless of whether they have a permanent address. She says they partner with Council of Churches to try …

Parks play a large role in our quality of life, from creating memories to generating more than $15 million in annual visitor spending. Diana Tyndall, marketing & sponsorship coordinator with the …

Five Springfield-area small businesses produce items ranging from graphic T-Shirts to spicy salsa, but all of these concepts are all driven by entrepreneurial passion.

“Every client should be treated as a client for life,” says Lance Garrett, vice president of the Springfield Division of Crossland Construction. From the design phase through replacing worn …

They said it. We're reporting it. Fifteen industry forecasts lead the way into 2020.