Business and Government
Unemployment has continued to show a decrease week-over-week, the number of people seeking unemployment insurance making a notable drop last week. In the week ending Aug. 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims made a 98,000 drop from…
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Washington University saliva test for the coronavirus has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday. The St. Louis-area university worked with biotechnology company Fluidigm to develop the…
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New numbers coming in Wednesday afternoon show that the state of Kansas now has 39,937 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 437 deaths since the start of the outbreak, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The Missouri Department…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s labor department will start handing out an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits provided by the federal government as soon as this week. People out of work were getting an extra federally funded…
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On Wednesday, the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension Project received big news that big funding is on the way. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration announced today that of $400 million being spread to different infrastructure projects…
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In an effort to increase operations in Kansas City, Amazon.com Inc. hopes to soon add a second facility to an existing one located in Lenexa Logistics Centre. Outside of the Lenexa industrial park, Amazon has fulfillment center operations in five…
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Last week federal officials announced plans for a new federal prison in Leavenworth which could replace the U.S. Penitentiary. The penitentiary has been in Leavenworth for over 100 years and is one of the oldest in the country, currently housing…
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The airline industry has been no exception to the list of industries impacted by COVID-19, a local survey of 1,006 Kansas City residents finding that most respondents believe personal air travel will experience a quicker return to normal than business…
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Kansas State University and the KSU Foundation announced on Monday the name of a new business and research hub for their partnership, the Edge Collaboration District at K-State. The hub was formerly known as the North Campus Corridor, the new…
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With Missourians under a stay-at-home order this spring as a coronavirus precaution, the Associated Industries of Missouri began surveying businesses to gauge how they were affected and gather suggestions for reopening the economy. The results…
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