Business and Government
BATON ROUGE, La. (Nexstar Media Wire) — If your family felt the $1,200 stimulus payment didn’t stretch far enough, you may be in luck. On Friday, the Internal Revenue Service announced it would reopen the registration period for federal beneficiaries…
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Kansas City Missouri Police Department - Kansas City Police are using a new system to help find children in the event they go missing. Dozens of families took advantage of the new EZ Child ID system when police rolled it…
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BEDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — The Democratic-run House is demanding that leaders of the U.S. Postal Service testify at an emergency oversight hearing Aug. 24 on mail delays. The development comes as concerns grow that the Trump White House is trying…
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus adviser used a visit to Kansas to urge people to wear masks regardless of where they live. Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, said Saturday,…
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(AP Wire) Up to 300 Pizza Hut restaurants will be closed, most of them dine-in locations not well suited for carryout and delivery at a time when millions of people are sheltering and eating at home. Pizza sales have exploded…
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An effort has been brought forward to build a new headquarters for the U.S. Space Command, Kansas City and a couple other cities in Missouri hoping to land the title. The Missouri push for the military headquarters could put the…
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TOPEKA (Kansas Office of the Governor) – Governor Laura Kelly has announced businesses will soon be able to apply for a total of more than $130 million in grants to serve those most affected by the pandemic and for companies that…
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On Thursday, the state of emergency order for Kansas City, Mo. along with the current mask mandate in place was extended into next year, Jan. 16, 2021. The decision came from the Kansas City, Mo. Health Department and Kansas City…
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This past Saturday, President Trump signed an executive action that is soon scheduled to take effect in each state, the action set to provide an extra $400 per week in unemployment benefits to Americans. A White House press briefing on…
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WASHINGTON (U.S. Small Business Administration) – Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that the federal government exceeded its small business federal contracting goal, awarding 26.50 percent or $132.9 billion in federal contract dollars to small businesses, over $12 billion…
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