Business and Government
Plans filed in bankruptcy court last week by NPC International reveal that the company is asking for $725 million in a sale of its Wendy’s and Pizza Hut locations. There remains some flexibility in NPC’s sale plans, according to Restaurant…
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The city of Kansas City and Clay County are in an ongoing dispute over a $20 million annex building for the county, according to reports. The seven-acre property for the annex building located at Missouri Highway 152 and North Brighton…
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The state’s mask mandate was put to a vote in Johnson County on Thursday, county commissioners voting 4-3 to extend Kansas Gov. Kelly’s mask order. Passing by a narrow margin, residents in the county will now be expected to continue…
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Following a merger with T-Mobile, Sprint’s once-thriving Sprint World Headquarters Campus located in Overland Park is set for a major makeover by current property owner Occidental Management. Wichita-based commercial real estate developer Occidental Management has plans to renovate every building…
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A Wednesday statement from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has confirmed they are putting a pause on the release of COVID-19 cluster information. Last week, the department began releasing detailed cluster information for the state which included…
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The most recent weekly report from the U.S. Department of Labor shows yet another drop in unemployment insurance claims. Seasonally adjusted initial claims for the week ending Sept. 12 was 860,000, a decrease of 33,000 from the previous week's revised…
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Time for some Ingram’s 250 math: What’s i250 x 5? If you came up with 1,250, hats off to your grade-school math teachers—their lessons clearly took hold. But with this being the fifth year of our recognition of the 250…
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On Wednesday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order that will keep the Missouri National Guard mobile through the end of December. Executive Order 20-16 has extended the mobilization of the state’s National Guard through Dec. 30, 2020 and…
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While Missouri’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has remained either below or equal to the national rate, the Missouri jobs report for August 2020 shows that employment decreased, causing the unemployment rate to increase from July. Seasonally adjusted employment in Missouri…
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Simon Property Group, Inc., an American commercial real estate company and the largest shopping mall operator in the U.S., announced on Monday that it will close its mall locations this year for the Thanksgiving holiday. The closures include three of…
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