Business and Government
WASHINGTON (U.S. Department of Commerce) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $6.2 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to 16 EDA Economic Development District organizations across Missouri…
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Q: MMC Corp’s ESOP has been in place for quite a while. Can you tell us a bit about how well the value proposition of that model has held up for your organization? A: Our ESOP started in 1999, when…
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LAWRENCE, KS (KCTV5 News) - The announcement Wednesday morning truly lifted the spirits of many of the businesses in the college town of Lawrence, as the news means more business will be coming through their doors. On KU gamedays, Massachusetts…
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Due to a variety of factors, the Kansas City metro has seen a significant increase in the number of homicides so far this year. One local mom, Aishah Coppage, who lost her young son and another family member to homicide…
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A Wednesday finance meeting held by the Kansas City, Mo. City Council addressed the budget shortage the city is experiencing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. City council members discussed ideas to combat the shortage such as budget cuts…
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Menorah Medical Center filed a lawsuit on July 31 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas against its nurses’ union. The lawsuit proceeded a grievance that was filed by the union which claims Menorah Medical Center, "unilaterally…
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (U.S. SBA) – Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West reminded Missouri private nonprofit organizations of the Sept. 8, 2020, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by severe storms, tornadoes,…
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On Monday, the Wyandotte County Board of Commissioners gathered for a Special Meeting which resulted in an approved allocation of over $37 million in CARES Act funding. The funding is intended to support the community response to the COVID-19 pandemic…
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A backlog in St. Louis homicide cases has prompted Missouri Gov. Mike Parson to call on help from Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Parson’s special session on violent crime has included giving Schmitt’s office to prosecute cases in which 90 or…
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Remdesivir, a drug used to treat COVID-19 and currently in short supply, is soon to be produced in a Kansas Pfizer plant. Pfizer made an agreement on Friday last week to produce the drug in its McPherson, Kan. manufacturing plant.…
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