SBJ List: Two employment firms close

For many of the lists published by Springfield Business Journal each year, the information stays somewhat consistent. Big players maintain their upper-level perches much of the time, but watching movement among industry players is, to me, one of the things that makes the lists worth reading.

Gov. Nixon Tours EMSI Office in Springfield

At a stop today in Springfield, Gov. Jay Nixon said green-building consulting firm EMSI Inc. represents the type of “next-generation jobs” Missouri needs, although the governor was unable to name any area businesses that would likely benefit from his Show-Me Jobs Initiative.

Hiring illegal workers

Gov. Matt Blunt is taking aim at “unscrupulous employers” who illegally employ undocumented workers in Missouri, according to a news release issued by his office.

While in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Blunt signed a memorandum of agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to create the Gateway Task Force, a group of federal and state law enforcement officials who will target crime and problems associated with illegal immigration.