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An affiliate of Coastal Group has opened a $41.8 million cold storage facility in its home state, at a site that’s being touted as sitting within a 10-hour drive of most of the U.S. population.

Motor fuel taxes fell in three states but rose in 10 others after states on July 1 either recalculated their annual rates or adopted legislation to pay for highway infrastructure.

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe welcomed a $31 million expansion by a unit of Schütz Container Systems in an investment targeting Midwest customers by the maker of intermediate bulk containers.

Wisconsin, Rhode Island and Missouri are early adopters of a new online process to streamline the handling of Medical Examiner’s Certification for commercial vehicle drivers.

OpenStore, which manages more than 100,000 stock-keeping units and serves more than 2 million customers, plans to launch operations at the 113,000-square-foot facility in March 2025.

The Biofuel Infrastructure Incentive Program, administered by MASBDA, will award grants to biofuel retailers, distributors, terminal companies or fleet operations.

Nationwide Transport, a $5.2 million trucking startup, staged its grand opening in La Grange, Mo., in a facility located along the Mississippi River banks on the state’s northeastern border opposite Illinois.

Operations have begun in Missouri at a 600,000-square-foot fulfillment center for women’s rental clothing company Nuuly in a $60 million two-phase project to create 750 jobs in five years.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri lawmakers approved $2.5 million to study the conversion of U.S. Route 36 into Interstate 72 between Hannibal in the east and St. Joseph in the west.

Four Missouri educational institutions will receive $5.9 million in truck driver training funds — part of $30 million given to 19 organizations through workforce training grants awarded by the state department of economic development.