They said it. We're reporting it. Fourteen forecasts lead the way into the new year.

Proposition A faces headwinds as the new year begins through a legal challenge from business groups and planned bills in Jefferson City.

It's part of $65 million issued to community colleges in 14 states.

Reflecting on 2024, the SBJ newsroom ranked the Top 10 stories that impacted regional business.

Officials expect summer groundbreaking for Cox North renovation work.

The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center reports a statewide November unemployment rate of 3.7%.

Justin Gambini takes over leadership of the master's degree initiative that launched last year.

Ozarks Tech is partnering with Lebanon municipality and school district on the project.

The organization intends to use answers to questionnaire on strategic planning effort.

A 2023 Harvard Business Review study suggests significant positive changes when employees take sabbaticals, including greater self-clarity and management confidence.

Percentage growth for the county is near the bottom nationwide during the quarter, federal data shows.

Students can more easily transfer through the newly announced partnership.

Staff reductions are among decisions announced by district officials.

Purpose Connect Inc. receives funding at Black Ambition Prize Competition's Demo Day event.

The Innovation & Growth publication explores business and community growth strategies, technology investments and regional assets needed to better compete for businesses and talent.

Financial officials expect wages will outpace inflation into ’25.

The company's White River Marine Group division is combining a portion of its Bolivar operation into its Lebanon plant, among other changes.

Angel Animal Hospital relocated; Great Dave’s Coffee Co. expanded with a brick-and-mortar shop in downtown Monett; and the Missouri Job Center began moved.

All of the state's metro areas post month-over-month decreases.

The nonprofit's Head Start program is in the early stages of taking on first-floor space in the apartment complex near the Grant Avenue Parkway.