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Brought together by a development partner ship between Olathe-based Compass Resources and Kansas City, Mo.-based Pendulum Studio, plans are coming together for the four-phase Troost Avenue project known as Troost Village. Plans include renovation of number buildings as well as…
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Originally scheduled to resume full production on Feb. 15, Ford Motor Co. announced it will continued reduced production at its Kansas City Assembly Plant, this time due to severe winter weather. The announcement from Ford confirmed that it had canceled…
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Enrollment for 2021 health insurance has re-opened for Kansans this week. Residents have access to a Special Enrollment Period to sign up for Affordable Care Act (ACA) insurance plans between Feb. 15, 2021 and May 15, 2021, along with Medicare…
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A State of Disaster Emergency has been issued in Kansas due to wind chill warnings and stress on utility and natural gas providers in the region. Kansas residents have been asked to conserve energy as utility companies began imposing rolling…
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Missouri’s COVID-19 mass vaccination events scheduled for this week have been canceled due to severe winter conditions. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office late Monday afternoon said that all mass vaccination events through Feb. 19 have been canceled if they involved…
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A large area across western Missouri spreading across state lines is experiencing power interruption - much of it intentional - from electric utility companies. Electric energy providers such as Evergy, Independence Power & Light and more have began rolling power…
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The Kansas Business Conditions Index for January rose to 62.0 from 55.3 in December. Components of the leading economic indicator from the monthly survey of supply managers were new orders at 72.8, production or sales at 81.3, delivery lead time…
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A new study from CareerCloud shows that “retail salesperson” is the most common and competitive job in Missouri, at 1,359 jobs per 100,000 people. Neighboring Kansas also shows retail as the most competitive job. The study uses recent data from the…
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Enterprise data platform startup Replica saw a boom in revenue growth last year. In 2020, the Overland Park-based company brought in around 400 percent in revenue growth. Replica is a next-generation urban planning tool that can help cities answer key…
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Local power and gas utilities are urging customers to turn the thermostat down despite the extreme cold. And after issuing that request over the weekend, the Southwest Power Pool has directed utility companies to begin rolling power outages. Customers have…
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