Business and Government
A COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be available within the next month or two, according to experts, but not just anyone will be able to receive it at first. Regardless, Missouri and Kansas leaders plan to make the vaccine available…
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Noted among the top 100 Co-ops in the U.S., regionally headquartered Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has shifted in an annual ranking by National Cooperative Bank. The Kansas City, Kan.-based milk marketing company is now considered the second largest cooperative…
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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt on Thursday commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it is investing an additional $91.5 million in grant funding through the ReConnect Pilot Program to expand rural broadband in Missouri. The Fiscal Year 2020 government funding bill,…
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FedEx Ground is looking to add hundreds of new jobs not just at its new Northland facility, but across the Kansas City metro as well. On both sides of the state line, the FedEx Corp. delivery division has announced that…
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As experts study COVID-19, new information comes out almost daily, changing guidance on how to stay safe. “The information is coming much quicker than it might have prior to COVID," said Dr. Mark Steele at Truman Medical Center. Since the…
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On the brink of a permanent closing, the Procter & Gamble plant located in Kansas City, Kan. will remain open, thanks to a boost in product demand caused by COVID-19. Originally scheduled to close at the end of 2020, the…
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The first buildings have yet to go up, but redevelopment of the former Bannister federal complex in south Kansas City reached a milestone of sorts today. Gov. Mike Parson was on hand—and officials from Washington delivering remarks remotely—as developers declared…
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This week Congress members introduced a new bill called the Fair Access to Financial Services Act to the Senate Banking Committee. The bill seeks to outlaw discrimination against bank customers, supporters claiming that a loophole in federal law allows discrimination…
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Gov. Mike Parson is scheduled to appear in Kansas City this afternoon for what’s being billed as a major announcement related to the redevelopment of the former Bannister federal complex in south Kansas City. Details of his agenda weren’t released,…
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Many Kansas City metro restaurant owners are concerned that as the weather changes, so too will the amount of customers wanting to eat outside. On May 21, the KCMO City Council allowed restaurants to open dining rooms to the sidewalk or, in…
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