COVID-19
Kansas City and much of the surrounding area is getting back to work today—incrementally—but it won’t be a return to business as usual. Conditional authorization is now in place from Kansas City, Mo., for businesses to emerge from a coma…
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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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Stormont Vail Health, in Topeka, will re-open for elective surgeries on May 4 and its clinic in Emporia is set to open on that date as well. Prior to the elective surgery, patients must be tested for COVID-19 two to…
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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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Week-over-week mortgage applications declined 3.3 percent week-over-week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Meanwhile, refinancing declined seven percent from the prior week, according to the trade group. But despite that, purchases increased 12 percent from the prior week, MBA says.…
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Gross Domestic Product fell 4.8 percent during the first quarter, which reportedly the first quarterly decline since 2014 and the biggest drop since the first quarter of 2008, when it dropped 8.4 percent. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis says…
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Randall Williams, who is the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has been giving regular updates about the impact of COVID-19 on Missouri. Q. At this point in the circulation of the virus, is real containment…
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Truman Medical Center will cut the pay rates of its staff, with executives taking the largest decrease, at 20 percent, due to COVID-19-related revenue declines. The move follows major furloughs and pay cuts at Children's Mercy Hospital that were announced…
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UMB Financial Corp. reported a loss of $3.4 million during its first quarter, a sharp contrast from its other recent financial periods. During last year's fourth quarter, the bank's earnings were $66.5 million, and it brought it $57.7 million over…
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