Business and Government
A Kansas House committee passed a bill affecting the governor’s power over the filling of state office positions. Specifically, the bill would end the governor’s authority to fill the positions of state treasurer and insurance commissioner should those roles turn…
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Midwest Health, one of the Kansas City area's largest assisted and independent living providers in the region, has opened all five of its local Homestead Senior Living communities in Johnson County, Kan. Topeka-based Midwest Health owns around 65 senior living…
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Missouri residents who meet certain guidelines may be eligible for additional assistance to help pay for home utility costs this winter. Amid several days of bitter winter weather including severely-low temperatures, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced changes to the state’s…
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A program in Kansas is making $200 million available to qualifying residents for rental assistance. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation announced the program on Tuesday, which will be funded through federal CARES Act money. “COVID-19…
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Discussion continues on a proposed Northland youth soccer complex located at Missouri Route 152 and North Platte Purchase Drive. Plans emerged last spring and await review from the Kansas City, Mo. Transportation, Infrastructure and Operations Committee. If passed, plans would…
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Aegion Corp., based in Chesterfield, Mo., announced this week it is selling to New Mountain Capital, a New York investment firm. The infrastructure pipeline rehab company will go the New Mountain in a deal valued at $963 million and will…
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Raised in Kansas City, Michael Barrera has been selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration to return to his hometown to serve as district director for the Kansas City District SBA office, effective Feb. 18, 2021. The Kansas City district…
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Originally scheduled to resume full production on Feb. 15, Ford Motor Co. announced it will continued reduced production at its Kansas City Assembly Plant, this time due to severe winter weather. The announcement from Ford confirmed that it had canceled…
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Missouri’s COVID-19 mass vaccination events scheduled for this week have been canceled due to severe winter conditions. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office late Monday afternoon said that all mass vaccination events through Feb. 19 have been canceled if they involved…
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A State of Disaster Emergency has been issued in Kansas due to wind chill warnings and stress on utility and natural gas providers in the region. Kansas residents have been asked to conserve energy as utility companies began imposing rolling…
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