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Gaming machine ban leads to business, liquor license denials in Springfield. The municipality provides a list of 38 business licenses and 12 liquor licenses that were not renewed following the enactment of the city ordinance banning cash-prize gaming machines last year.
No. 4: BKD becomes FORVIS, a Top 10 U.S. firm
Dec 23, 2022 · A summertime merger of Springfield-based national accounting firm BKD LLP and a peer in North Carolina resulted in a new brand name and a billion-dollar company – enough for placement among the Top 10 largest public accounting firms in the United States.
Missouri's new minimum wage law to take effect amid challenges
Dec 31, 2024 · Proposition A, the minimum wage and sick leave ballot initiative passed by voters in November, is slated to go into effect starting this week as the new year begins, but legal challenges cast a cloud on the future of the law.
X plans to launch payment system in 2025
Jan 2, 2025 · X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced the company plans to launch a payment system in 2025. The service would reportedly be called X Money. Yaccarino said in the announcement that users "are the media" and that "X will connect you in ways never thought possible."
2024 Business Year in Review - Springfield Business Journal
Dec 20, 2024 · Q&A: Guaranty executive looks to future after 2022 merger. Becky Scorse, who has more than 25 years of commercial banking experience in Springfield, was named president of Guaranty Bank on Jan. 6.
Springfield Starbucks workers join nationwide protest
Dec 24, 2024 · A dozen workers at two Starbucks stores in Springfield joined in a nationwide union protest on a rainy Christmas Eve morning. Employees held protest signs and waved at passersby at 1008 E. Battlefield Road and 631 S. Glenstone Ave., with the two stores out of operation as the workers engaged in the strike.
Mercy Hospital Springfield ranks on list of best hospitals
Mar 5, 2024 · Mercy Hospital Springfield is among the nation's best hospitals, according to a recently released report by finance publication Money.com. The Springfield hospital is the only one in Missouri named on Money.com's list of the best hospitals of 2024.Mercy announced the recognition in a news release this morning.
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Open for Business: LeDoux’s Furniture and Whatnots. LeDoux’s Furniture and Whatnots opened on Commercial Street; Soapbox Studios LLC launched; and Day One Fitness LLC opened its first location.
Updated: Jason Gage to resign as city manager
Last edited 3:52 p.m., Oct. 11, 2024 [Editor’s note: Comments from City Manager Jason Gage and Mayor Ken McClure have been added, as have additional details about Gage’s tenure and exit.]
Closures, openings impact C-Street | Springfield Business Journal
Dec 31, 2024 · A half-dozen store closures and openings are shaping Commercial Street as the historic street prepares to welcome visitors in 2025. Closures Bees Knees Roller Skate Shop, Hakaar's Bazaar, Soozeezbeez Honey Beetique and Sunset Home and Lifestyle recently announced they were going out of business.