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Q: With nearly a full quarter to assess the implementation of PPP, what’s your take on the overall administration of the program, including protections built in for banks by Treasury and the SBA? A: The first couple of weeks of…
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One of the most controversial ideas I have ever heard is to defund, dismantle and/or do away with our police forces throughout the country. Could there be a worse time to even bring this suggestion up (given the riots and…
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On Thursday morning, Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed HB 1768, a piece of legislation that will extend the current Missouri Broadband Grant Program, set to expire in August 2021, through 2027, according to a news release from the Missouri Governor…
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Over the last week, several cities and counties in the Kansas City region have begun implementing mask mandates when visiting businesses and other public spaces. Mask requirements continue to spread, this week the city of North Kansas City, Mo. and…
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It’s been an interesting era in Kansas City and it’s felt more like the 1960s than nearly 60 years after. I like the message I read Wednesday from the Miller Nichols Charitable Foundation, but—respectfully—wouldn’t agree with its characterization of Miller…
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The St. Louis law firm Gray, Ritter & Graham - a firm experienced in successful class-action lawsuits - has filed one in Missouri against Monsanto Co., claiming illegal and misleading advertising of its Roundup weed killer, according to the St.…
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As of Tuesday, updated numbers from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services show that the state now sits at 1,015 deaths since the start of the pandemic and 21,551 confirmed cases. New numbers show that the death toll…
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Months of speculation that NPC International was in untenable financial peril proved correct this morning, as the largest Pizza Hut franchisee in the world filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court. One of the Kansas City region’s biggest private companies,…
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The Cordish Companies, responsible for the development of One Light and Two Light, have laid out the plan moving forward on development of affordable housing in the former Midland office building, according to a news release from Baltimore-based developer. Estimated…
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On Tuesday the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of Missouri filed an amicus brief with the Circuit Court of Jackson County, asking the court to immediately halt all stages of eviction proceedings and to quickly address violations of…
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