The tit-for-tat tariff war between President Trump and China hit a deep nerve in the Treasury market recently as trade war tensions were peaking, thereby…
Posted April 16, 2025 UMKC has selected Paul Luepke to be its new dean of the School of Dentistry following a national search. Luepke will…
Posted April 16, 2025 North Kansas City Hospital is joining the Mayo Clinic network, a global network of independent healthcare systems. As a member of…
Posted April 15, 2025 The Port Authority of Kansas City voted to approve a $10 billion tax break for Google's data center in the Kansas…
Posted April 15, 2025 Kansas City’s business leaders have joined together to form a coalition with one mission: “keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals…
Posted April 14, 2025 Arvest Bank has announced the promotion of Kirk Hays to the role of regional executive for the Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas…
Posted April 14, 2025 JE Dunn Construction has found its new chief financial officer in one of its board members. JE Dunn announced Bethany Ropa…
Posted April 14, 2025 The Overland Park Planning Commission has approved plans for a 935-unit apartment project at the intersection of 159th Street and Metcalf…
Posted April 11, 2025 VML has promoted Jeff Geheb to CEO of VML Enterprise Solutions, the company’s $1.5 billion global digital transformation business. VML Enterprise…
Posted April 10, 2025 Olathe-based Terracon has acquired The Transtec Group a pavement engineering solutions company based in Austin, Texas. Terracon’s clients will now have…
Posted April 10, 2025 Following the announcement of President Donald Trump’s decision to place a 90-day pause on some of the tariffs, Kansas City Federal…
Posted April 10, 2025 Cingulate Inc., a Kansas City-based biopharmaceutical company, has received a $3 million grant to accelerate the development of its anxiety medication.…
Posted April 8, 2025 Kansas City-based engineering solutions company CRB has named Vahid Ownjazayeri its new president and CEO. Ownjazayeri succeeds Lee Emel, who served…
Posted April 9, 2025 The De Soto City Council has approved the $3.5 million development of a district that would install sewage lines for around…
Posted April 7, 2025 Children’s Mercy Kansas City has announced an expansion plan for its Overland Park campus with a $152 million phased project that…
Posted April 7, 2025 Iron Prairie Ventures, a Kansas City-based venture capital firm, has raised a $15 million fund aimed at helping startups in the…
Posted April 4, 2025 The University of Kansas Cancer Center will open two new locations in the Briarcliff area and at Liberty Hospital, expanding its…
Posted April 4, 2025 Kansas City-based Vertical Cold Storage has purchased its fifth acquisition in the past year adding a Michigan facility to its roster…
Posted April 3, 2025 Updated April 3, 2025 at 10:56 a.m. Kansas City-based NBKC Bank announced Pat Schlimmer will assume leadership of the bank’s Home…
Posted April 3, 2025 H&R Block's Board of Directors has unanimously elected Richard Johnson as its new Chairman. On April 1 Johnson assumed his new…
Posted March 31, 2025 The Kansas City Current announced the appointment of Tally Baker as the organization’s chief people officer. Baker joins the club with…
Posted March 31, 2025 Evergy has announced Matt Gummig's promotion to vice president and chief accounting officer, effective April 2, 2025. In November, Gummig was…
Posted March 27, 2025 Kansas City-based advertising service agency, VML, has been selected to be the primary advertising partner for National Vision Holdings. Following a…
Posted March 27, 2025 Associated Banc-Corp, a Green Bay, Wisconsin bank with over $43 billion in assets, has expanded its reach in the Kansas City…
Posted March 26, 2025 Kansas City-based H&R Block, Inc. has found its new chief information security officer and will be welcoming the new leadership member…
Posted March 26, 2025 Baker University named Dr. Jody Fournier as the university’s 31st president. Baker partnered with NU Advisory Partners to conduct a nationwide…
Posted March 26, 2025 Hill’s Pet Nutrition has announced two key leadership changes including its U.S. division headquartered in Overland Park. Dr. Chelsie Estey will…
Posted March 26, 2025 QTS Data Centers announced that its chief executive officer and chairman, Chad Williams, will step down after more than twenty years…
Posted March 25, 2025 The Martin City Brewing Company announced it will open its sixth restaurant, Martin City Tavern, in the Country Club Plaza. The…
Posted March 25, 2025 The City of De Soto Planning Commission will review a permit request on Tuesday, which could allow for the construction of…
Posted March 24, 2025 Liberty-based Ferrellgas Partners announced its current chief financial officer and treasurer, Michael Cole, will retire from the company effective May 2.…
Posted March 24, 2025 Foley Equipment announced that Jaime Elgas is joining the company as chief people officer. Elgas will join the Foley executive team…
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Several of my colleagues have developed unique publications designed to educate high-school students and their parents and counselors of educational…
Well, here we are: Five years post-pandemic onset in Kansas City. Plenty of economic indicators now say we’ve recovered much…
Embedded in the title above are two distinct questions. The first question, a personal one, is whether those who work…