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Posted May 1, 2024 The University of Kansas Health System and Liberty Hospital announced Wednesday that definitive agreements for the two healthcare providers were signed. Liberty will remain its own entity while transferring its operations to KU Health. The two…
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Posted May 1, 2024 Kansas and Missouri are tied for the number of rural hospital closures since 2005. The fourth largest amount by state in the U.S., according to the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. Both Kansas and…
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Posted May 1, 2024 AdventHealth Shawnee Mission is set to hold the grand opening of its $76 million cancer institute on Thursday following its nearly two-year-long development. The grand opening will take place on Thursday, May 2 from 10:00 a.m.…
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Posted May 1, 2024 California-based The Ensign Group, Inc. announced it has acquired the real estate and operations of a nursing center in De Soto, further building the company’s Kansas market. Ensign acquired Hillside Village of De Soto Rehabilitation and…
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Posted April 30, 2024 Members from the Missouri Department of Economic Development, Missouri Governor Mike Parson and leaders of the logistics company Americold gathered Tuesday to break ground on the $127 million facility. In February, Americold announced a strategic collaboration…
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Posted April 30, 2024 The University of Missouri-Kansas City will offer a new undergraduate degree program later this fall, allowing students to pursue a bachelor's in architecture. The new five-year program will be housed in the School of Science and…
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Posted April 30, 2024 Indianapolis-based development group Flaherty & Collins Properties has proposed plans for a $73.8 million redevelopment project in Kansas City, Kansas. On Monday, members from the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kansas, and the Economic Development &…
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Posted April 29, 2024 Metropolitan Community College-Longview campus in Lee’s Summit will get a new president in August. Ryan Crider, vice president of instruction and student services at MCC-Longview, will become the campus’ president this August, pending Board of Trustees…
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Posted April 29, 2024 UMB Financial Corporation and Heartland Financial, USA Inc. announced the two companies have entered into a merger agreement. The transaction will increase UBM assets by over 40 percent, the largest acquisition in UMB history. UMB’s acquisition…
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Posted April 29, 2024 Faculty at the University of Kansas voted to unionize, citing competitive wages and health concerns as driving factors of the vote. More than 1,550 full-time, part-time tenured and nontenure-track KU faculty are now represented by United…
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