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Kansas City's budget situation is currently holding up despite challenges from COVID-19, but council members are preparing for a scenario that could get worse. So far, there have been no layoffs or furloughs of city employees and a $1.7-billion budget…
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Small college towns are apparently best-positioned to recover from COVID-19, according to Moody's Analytics. “The most dynamic recoveries may well bypass traditional powerhouses and take place instead in areas that either were or were poised to lead the way in…
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A virtual town hall hosted by Children's Mercy hospital provided parents with what they can expect from summer childcare. You can view the whole webcast on Microsoft Teams here. Doctors and medical researchers weighed in with their opinions.
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The COVID-19 pandemic metrics suggest that Missouri and Kansas are emerging from the worst of the crisis. Will those trend lines hold as economic restrictions are lifted. The good news, to people starving for some amid the carnage of the…
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Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas talks about weighing business and health concerns in the age of COVID-19 as restrictions are eased for restaurants and other businesses. Q. Is it tough to balance the health concerns you have for the public…
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Economic recovery will be gradual and prolonged, but federal aid programs are worth it to help stimulate the economy, said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell in statements to Peterson Institute for International Economics. “Additional fiscal support could be costly but…
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There was a major jump in the acceptance of mask use as a way to prevent COVID-19 infection from March to April. A recent Gallup poll found that 32 percent of heath professionals say wearing a mask is just as…
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The Producer Price Index fell 1.3 percent in April, the biggest decline in the history of the report, said the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "In April, over 80 percent of the decrease in the final demand index can be…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the White House COVID-19 task force, warned that cities and states reopening too soon could have a major negative impact if those locales don't have the proper resources to deal with an uptick in…
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House Democrats have proposed another stimulus bill, totaling $3 trillion, in response to economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It would follow the $2 trillion stimulus bill passed in March, though the measure is not expected to make it…
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