Business and Government
Federal aid began flowing today to cash-strapped rural hospitals across Kansas, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said this morning. Although federal aid to business approved in March excluded rural hospitals owned by political subdivisions, Moran said additional federal money was being…
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Johnson County is furloughing 264 employees and will cut its fiscal year 2020 budget by $18.8 million and deferring another $2.3 million in expenditures for at least a year. The furloughed employees are in Johnson County government, the Johnson County…
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Missouri Governor Mike Parson has closed schools in Missouri for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. The move follows a similar measure by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly back in March. Missouri schools are expected to continue to provide services…
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Kansas City has issued just under $27.79 million in improvement bonds that would make infrastructure repairs to City Hall, Liberty Memorial, street reconstruction in the City Market area and parking garages. A $9.1-million portion would also be used to fund…
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As the nation’s banks continue to fine-tune the Paycheck Protection Program implemented by Congress to help avert layoffs during the COVID-19 crises, today looms as a key date in phase II of the $349 billion program. As of this morning,…
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Banks have been quick to respond with customer-driven programs that may be forsaking short-term revenue gain, preserving the longer-term relationships that will be valuable once the recovery begins While the Small Business Administration is forgoing traditional loan structures with banks…
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Leslie Davis is the owner of True Peace Financial Solutions in Overland Park, Kan., an affiliate of Topeka-based AE Wealth, which has more than $7 billion in assets under management. She talked about challenges in the investment market right now.…
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A year that started on with a booming U.S. economy is now certain to include a recession. That’s the take-away from UMB Bank’s chief investment officer, KC Mathews, who has issued a 2020 economic forecast updated to reflect the impact…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has chosen a Florissant hotel for Missouri's first alternative medical site for patients suffering from mild COVID-19 symptoms. He said other sites are looking being looked at across the state for similar facilities. “Our hospitals and…
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Unemployment claims were in excess of six million for the second week in a row, due to COVID-19, bringing the numbers to nearly 17 million over the last few weeks. For the week ended April 4, claims were 6.06 million,…
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