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As opening plans in the Kansas City metro remain on track and stay-at-home orders have been lifted, people have slowly begun to return to pre-quarantine activities. Each week more businesses reopen and the number and size of groups seen out…
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Protestors gathered this morning at the Kansas City VA Medical Center in response to claimed ignored reports of racial discrimination at the center, asking for an unbiased, external investigation into discriminatory practices, according to a news report from KCTV5. Those…
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A veto was made Friday afternoon on Ordinance 5332 by Jackson County Executive Frank White, Jr., according to a news release from the Jackson County, Mo. website. During a special meeting of the County Legislature on Wednesday, June 3, a…
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U.S. stocks took a hard hit on Thursday as all three indexes recorded low performances not seen since March 2020. With growing concern over new COVID-19 spikes, investors have been quick to exit over fear of another surge. The Dow…
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A press release posted Missouri Department of Economic Development detailed Gov. Parson’s announcement of a new dashboard made available to Missourians that will help track the economic recovery of the state. “In the economy, we’re starting to see early signs…
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Kansas City is on an upward trend in reported COVID-19 cases. Last week Missouri saw its largest increase in cases in a month shortly after Memorial Day weekend. One local hospital doubled its number of COVID-19 patients in the last…
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City approval has allowed streets in Westport to be closed starting Friday and ending Sunday to allow businesses to use the space for weekend cafes in an effort to help them bounce back from the financial effects of COVID-19. The…
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In less than nine minutes, a Minneapolis police officer by the name of Derek Chauvin and the three stooges who accompanied him created arguably the nation’s biggest racial flashpoint since the 1991 Rodney King beating and riots that swept Los…
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The American Banking Association’s Banker’s Journal has released its assessment of new guidelines surrounding business loans secured under the Paycheck Program enacted this spring. You can read details on the agencies’ interim final rule as well as updated, streamlined application forms…
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Mark Cuban, the outspoken entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks, said in an interview with Realvision.com earlier this week that "If you're a day trader and you can walk and chew gum, you are making money right now. ……
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