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Oct 11, 2024
Law firm executive Lisa Krigsten takes the reins of the Civic Council with twin goals of promoting equity and engagement of the business community. She won’t be directing day-to-day functions of the Civic Council of Greater Kansas City, but as…
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Oct 11, 2024
As grounded a university as any in America, even Purdue, famously dubbed in the late ‘60s “a hotbed of student rest,” has not had a right-of-center professor in a liberal-arts department since the days of Orville Redenbacher … and maybe…
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Oct 11, 2024
Nov. 1, 2015, is a very big day in Kansas City’s sports history. For the Kansas City Royals, it’s one of the two most important dates ever: The day they won their second World Series, completing a five-game rout of…
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Jul 30, 2024
My brothers Rob and John were among a few who had our hand in opening a restaurant a couple years before we bought Ingram’s in the mid-90s. Sweeney’s Shamrock Cafe & Pub was to be located in the former Sutera’s…
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Jul 30, 2024
That time of year again when the weather in Missouri and Kansas takes on blast-furnace dimensions. For fans of college athletics, though, it’s a time of hope: In football, especially when players assemble for training camp, and every one of…
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Jul 30, 2024
For more than 20 years, I moderated a monthly business roundtable for Ingram’s. In the early years of this century, one subject that surfaced with regularity was the need for Kansas City to recruit and nurture a “creative class.” The…
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Jul 9, 2024
Laurel and Hardy was among my favorite shows as a kid and this edition reflects a bit of the Hardy syndrome, being released on the heels of what might be one the larger and most historic and well- produced publications…
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Jul 9, 2024
It is unsettling enough that multiple millions of unvetted people have flooded across the border in these past few years, but it is beyond bizarre that some elected officials—enter Mayor Quinton Lucas, stage left—welcome the flood. In April, Kansas City’s…
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Jul 9, 2024
On tap this edition: a thought experiment in U.S. compensation levels. With a little luck, today’s class will end with a stake driven through the heart of the tired, old argument about payroll patriarchy in America. Stick with me on…
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Jun 18, 2024
I can’t begin to tell you of the joy it brings to serve as the publisher of Ingram’s for the past 28 years and to deliver this unique edition honoring some of the most accomplished companies and leaders who built…
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