Eric Schmid
Economic Development Reporter, St. Louis Public RadioEric Schmid covers Economic Development for St. Louis Public Radio. He's primarily focused on examining policies and ideas to drive population and business growth throughout the St. Louis region.
He previously covered the Metro East writing about many topics in the Illinois counties adjacent to St. Louis, but regularly returns to stories about the environment, public policy, and the census and demographics.
Eric came to the station through Report for America in 2019 and was tasked to develop STLPR’s coverage east of the Mississippi. Before joining St. Louis Public Radio, Eric held internships at Fox News Channel, NPR-affiliate WSHU Public Radio and AccuWeather. He graduated from Stony Brook University in New York with a degree in Journalism in 2018.
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Haitao Li, chair of the supply chain analytics department at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, says that the Trump administration's rollout of tariffs in recent months appears to neglect the ways modern supply chains operate. -
The announcement comes alongside approval from the U.S. Secretary of State for Israel to buy $18.82 billion in military equipment. Deliveries of the Boeing-made F15IA jets are set to begin in 2031. -
Kernza is a perennial grain that can produce an annual crop, even as it stays in the ground for up to four years. Its deep root system make it a sustainable crop, but the grain doesn't have many markets. -
The Wentzville facility makes seats for vehicles including ones produced at the nearby General Motors plant. Workers want improvements to pay, health and safety and other conditions. -
The prospect of precision agriculture has existed for decades, but many of the technologies and techniques that will enable it have been slow to catch on. -
The majority of the pollutants released by Tyson in the five years the study examines were in the Midwestern states of Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri. -
A pair of studies found that tens of thousands of construction workers in Missouri and Kansas are incorrectly classified as independent contractors. That means employers are avoiding withholding income tax and paying into programs like Social Security, unemployment insurance and Medicare. -
Towns in the path of the total eclipse could see millions of dollars flow into their communities to witness a few minutes of darkness when the moon passes in front of the sun. -
The Missouri Building Codes Act, introduced by Rep. David Casteel, would establish baseline standards for building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, property maintenance and other activities associated with construction or renovation. -
A University of Missouri System-led research team developing new ways to detect salmonella in the chicken supply chain received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to eventually make a commercially viable product.
