Business and Government
In the wake of George Floyd's death, and the protests that have followed over the last week, Mayor Quinton Lucas has that the Kansas City Police Department will have new accountability measures in place. “I have spent significant time listening…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is committed to keeping the state's reopening date due to COVID-19 at June 15, despite a fluctuation in Missouri's cases. “June the 15th is where we’re at on that, and we look at everything every day,”…
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The director of the CDC is concerned that Americans aren't taking warnings about COVID-19 seriously. CDC Director Robert Redfield said in a report to Congress that he is concerned that protests due to the death of George Floyd, there might…
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There are a lot of stimulus-check proposals being proposed by politicians, and there has still not been a decision on whether or not U.S. residents will receive a second round of them. Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell says he is…
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The Consumers Banking Association and the Bank Policy Institute are expressing concerns about the Paycheck Protection Program loan-forgiveness program and how small businesses will be impacted. "The expedited process by which the program was implemented has resulted in considerable gaps…
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In the wake of protests in Kansas City due to the death of George Floyd, the Kansas City Police Department has announced it will issue its officer body cameras. The cameras are being funded by the local DeBruce Foundation. “We…
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A paper plant on Kansas City's East Side, called Aspen Paper, has reported 200 cases of COVID-19, according to Mayor Quinton Lucas recently. The Kansas City Health Department has tracked the cases back to the plant. “We are not talking…
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A bill that would restrict the powers that Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has to limit the reopening of businesses in the fall and winter if there is another COVID-19 outbreak has been passed by the Kansas House of Representatives. Though…
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Dr. Anthony Facuci, who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White House COVID-19 task force, says that there should be a vaccine for the pandemic by the end of the…
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Voters that turned out yesterday in Kansas City voted for a sales-tax hike that is supposed to generate $21 million for the Kansas Fire Department's budget. The vote means that sales tax will increase by a half cent through 2036,…
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