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We had a pretty good winter until the middle of last month—how has weather this season affected progress on your progress, given the national scope of this freeze? During the extreme weather in February, we lost about two weeks of…
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Roughly $57 million in aid has reached around 3,000 small businesses in Kansas in Small Business Working Capital (SBWC) grants. Funding for the grants was drawn out from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), which sent monetary aid to businesses…
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The Kansas City metropolitan area is down more than 46,000 jobs in one year, according to a recent report from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. Kansas City counted 1.06 million nonfarm jobs in February, off from 1.11 million…
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Full approval is nearly complete for the KC Streetcar Riverfront Extension project. Estimated to cost $20.2 million, the project will extend the streetcar route three-quarters of a mile to Berkeley Riverfront Park. The line currently ends Third Street Grand Boulevard.…
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A strong divide in the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) design plan for the new Buck O’Neil Bridge has members of the community, and some city officials, hoping for a revised design that will allow the bridge to be updated…
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On Monday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed Executive Order 21-08, establishing the Advantage Kansas Coordinating Council (AKCC). The council was created to improve Kansas’s workforce and is comprised of education and business leaders across the state. The AKCC will align…
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) rolled out its UMKC Forward plan, pledging to invest more than $50 million to $60 million over the next five years in five key investments. Investments are designed to achieve growth and excellence for…
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The nation's largest greeting card retailer, Hallmark Cards Inc., has announced it will be ending its eCards business effective April 30, 2021. According to Hallmark, interest in the eCard business is strong. A 2019 report however shows strengthening competition in…
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The Department of Veterans Affairs on Friday announced a strategic review of its electronic health records modernization, a $16 billion effort with North Kansas City-based Cerner Corp. VA Secretary Denis McDonough announced the review after his assessment of the program…
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About a year ago, COVID-19 forced Leawood-based AMC Theaters to close all its locations nationwide. As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, operations began to kick up again and patrons return. On Friday, March 19, 98 percent of AMC locations…
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