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Kansas City, Kan. General Motors plant to fill new open positions

General Motors has openings for 10 skilled trade workers and 60 part-time temporary workers at the Fairfax Assembly Plant. The plant produces the Chevrolet Malibu and the Cadillac XT4, making about 800 cars per day. The openings for skilled trades… more

Coping with Covid: Kansas City to receive one of four Missouri saliva-based rapid test machines

Continued advancements in COVID-19 testing technology have brought four saliva-based rapid test machines to Missouri. The state purchased the machines which will be spread out to different regions of Missouri including Kansas City, and are capable of detecting COVID-19 using… more

Transmission line to bring thousands in jobs, investment to Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana

Four states in the Midwest region of the U.S. including both Kansas and Missouri will see an increase in jobs and investment thanks to a recently approved Grain Belt Express transmission line. In the works for close to a decade,… more

Blue KC to return to Affordable Care Act marketplace

On Tuesday, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announced it will be making a return to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) market since departing it in 2018. The decision comes from the new, rising need from people who… more

Partnership between UnitedHealthcare and Saint Luke’s, Children’s Mercy leads to new network plan

A new partnership between Kansas City-based Saint Luke’s Health System, Children’s Mercy and UnitedHealthcare out of Minnesota has resulted in an effort to create a new narrow network commercial plan for customers. Set to become available on Jan. 1, the… more

Q&A with Roy Jensen, MD

Q: One of the emerging treatments at KU Cancer Center has been the CAR T-cell program. What does the future of the program look like at KU and what does this particular treatment look like for solid mass tumors and… more

Coping with Covid: Missouri COVID-19 dashboards expansion launched

Updates to Missouri COVID-19 dashboards on the Show Me Strong recovery plan website have been launched, according to a Monday announcement by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s office. Dashboards underwent an expansion and now include multiple charts, maps and measures about… more

Thousands of false claims cause issue for Kansas unemployment system

An increase in fraudulent activity over the last several months influenced by national and international shutdowns has caused a crack in Kansas’ unemployment system Criminal organizations have formed a multibillion fraud scheme in the U.S. that has singled in on… more

Current housing market causes optimism for 2021, jobless rate causes uncertainty beyond

One area of the economy on a remarkable rise is the housing market, home value and sales on a continued upward climb over the last few months. Strength in the market has been noted nationwide as well as in the… more

Kansas City, Mo., St. Louis make Top 25 cities where renters can afford to live alone

Finding a place to call home can be difficult at times for renters, especially those that want to live alone. Data from SmartAsset shows that just two years ago in 2018, the median monthly rent was $891 for a studio… more