Business and Government
Posted February 8, 2024 H&R Block announced chief financial officer Tony Bowen will retire from the company and will remain at the company into September of 2024. “Tony has been a tremendous partner during our transformation and instrumental in guiding…
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Posted February 1, 2024 The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City released its January Services Survey, showing flat services activity and slow-growing selling prices in the Tenth District. The month-over-month services composite index, a weighted average of revenue and sales,…
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Posted December 21, 2023 Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick said up to 200,000 homeowners in Jackson County were victims of a flawed assessment process and urges homeowners to pay under protest. Fitzpatrick believes the failure of the Jackson County Assessment…
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Posted December 21, 2023 Leaders at the American Bankers Association (ABA) are urging President Biden to take action against the large number of regulatory initiatives under consideration by banking regulators. ABA president and CEO Rob Nichols wrote a letter to…
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Posted December 20, 2023 The Kansas Chamber released the 19th edition of its Annual Business Leaders Poll on Tuesday, which analyzes important issues 300 Kansas businesses faced this year. “Kansas job creators are looking for leadership and solutions that will…
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Posted December 19, 2023 Independence hopes to enter a $20 million lease-purchase agreement for the vacant Government Employees Health Association Inc. building. The property is located at 20201 and 20221 E. Jackson Drive, off Interstate 70. The agreement would see…
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Posted December 15, 2023 The Jackson County Legislature plans to vote Monday on a ballot question to ask voters to extend the 3/8th-cent sales tax for the Kansas City Royals and Chiefs. The vote will be regarding an ordinance to…
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Posted November 30, 2023 The minimum wage in Missouri is increasing to $12.30 per hour for the next calendar year. Missouri’s new minimum wage will increase by $0.30 from the previous minimum wage of just $12.00 starting Jan. 1, 2024,…
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Posted November 30, 2023 The Federal Reserve Board released its latest Beige Book report which shows Kansas City and the Tenth District’s economic activity declining slightly with loan demand remaining “tepid” across banks in the district. The Beige Book—a report…
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Posted November 30, 2023 Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 5.2 percent in the third quarter of 2023, according to a second estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Initially estimates held the GDP at 4.9 percent. The Bureau…
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