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Officials in Clay County have asked a circuit court to extend the deadline for when the county has to submit documents requested through a subpoena by Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway's office. On Monday, the Clay County Circuit Court ruled the county…
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Kansas' State Finance Council unanimously approved investing up to $45 million more in COVID-19 testing across Kansas and to provide $20 million more for small businesses. The $65 million approved today is from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, which is part…
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Missouri has been recognized as a national leader in digital technology best practices, according to a released 2020 Digital States Survey from the Center for Digital Government (CDG). The CDG is a national advisory and research institute on information technology policies…
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Marc Naughton, last executive member at Cerner Corp. to serve under co-founder and former CEO Neal Patterson, is set to leave next year, according to an announcement from the company this week. After 28 years at Cerner Corp. and the…
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Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas formally recommended a new city manager on Wednesday. Lucas chose Brian Platt, who has served as the city manager in Jersey City, New Jersey, since 2018. On Thursday, a vote from the Kansas City,…
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Data analysts tracking the spread of COVID-19 have made adjustments to their model, and now offer a sobering picture for the nation: As of today, in only one state—Mississippi—is the virus spreading slowly enough to consider cases decline. Using a…
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Governor Laura Kelly joined national, state, and local officials to celebrate the completion of the Turner Diagonal Interchange project in Wyandotte County today. “I’m honored to celebrate the completion of the Turner Diagonal interchange, a project that represents both immediate…
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The beginning of a nationwide electronic health record (EHR) system launch for has begun this week for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A Veterans Affairs (VA) center in Washington state is the first to begin the transition from its…
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A Clay County Circuit Court Monday ordered county commissioners to continue to cooperate with a on-going audit by Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway. According to court documents, the county must now release all the documents requested by Galloway's office within…
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Less than a week after Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly pledged to consider all avenues for a statewide mask mandate, there will be no such order after a meeting Tuesday afternoon in Topeka. Instead, leaders from both major political parties pledged…
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