Business and Government
Layoffs and furloughs have begun at the University of Missouri System as a result of budget woes presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been 49 employees laid off so far, 32 of them at MU Health Care, reported KSHB.…
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Kansas and Missouri hospitals are reportedly receiving about more than $800 million in combined funding from the federal government to help combat economic financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On the Missouri side, hospitals will be receiving $412.5 million,…
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Kansas and Missouri both saw double-digit-percentage declines in small-business applications, following suit with much of the rest of the country. Missouri applications were down just under 19 percent from their five-year average so far in 2020, making it the state…
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A third round of Paycheck Protection Program funding might from the Small Business Administration might be needed soon, according to the head of the National Economic Council. “We waited a little bit too long, I thought, when the last tranche…
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About 10.3 percent of Kansas small businesses have received loans from the Paycheck Protection Plan, which might seem like a small number, but it ranks the state in the top 10 percentile of states that have gotten funding. At 8.7…
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The Missouri Gaming Commission has opted to keep casinos in the state through May 15, despite a softening of Mayor Quinton Lucas' stay-at-home order. Casinos closed on March 17 as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced that the state is receiving $24 million in federal funding, much of which will go toward mortgage and rent-payment relief for residents. The money would be distributed through the state's Community Development Block Grant program…
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Splitting with Gov. Laura Kelly's reopening plan that starts on Monday, Johnson County commissioners opted to push back their stay-at-home order until May 11. The plan was extended as cases have risen in the county. “We are also keeping a…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly last night released her plan to reopen the Kansas economy in the wake of COVID-19, as the state reported 500 new cases in one day. The first phase will look much the same as things are…
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Though the Missouri Pork Association (MPA) applauded President Trump's signing of the Defense Production Act (DPA) to extend funding to pork producers, problems apparently lie ahead. "Hog values have plummeted, and hog farmers are facing liquidation of their farms without…
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