Abigail Spanberger pulled a great bait-and-switch on the voters of Virginia. She ran as a moderate who promised to make things affordable. After winning her election, Spanberger and the Democrats introduced a massive slate of new and increased taxes on everything from Uber Eats to gym memberships.
Those policies have consequences, and now Boeing Defense, Space and Security is picking up stakes and moving to the business-friendly Missouri instead.
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After nearly a decade away from the region, Boeing will return its defense headquarters to St. Louis.
Boeing announced on Wednesday that it will shift its Defense, Space and Security headquarters back to the area after previously relocating to Chicago and then Arlington, Virginia, in 2022. St. Louis housed the headquarters from 1997 until 2017.
In a statement, Boeing Defense, Space and Security CEO Steve Parker said the move is part of an effort for the company’s leaders to work “side-by-side” with teammates in the area.
“The headquarters move, coupled with our senior leaders being based at and spending their time at major engineering, production and manufacturing centers across the U.S., reflects our continued focus on disciplined performance across our business,” he said in a statement.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined Gov. Mike Kehoe and Sen. Eric Schmitt at the north St. Louis Boeing plant to tout the move and the importance of American defense manufacturing.