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CDC Issues Worker Guidance for COVID-19 Exposure

The CDC has issued guidance for critical infrastructure employees who might have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 to return to work. Critical-infrastructure employees are considered those who work in 16 different sectors, including those in law enforcement, janitorial staff,… more

$43 Million Going to Missouri, Kansas Health Centers

The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has announced more than $44 million in emergency funding to almost 50 health centers across Missouri and Kansas as part of the national effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and provide treatment… more

Johnson County Urges Residents to Fill Out COVID-19 Survey

In an effort to better understand how the Coronavirus is spreading through the community, Johnson County officials want residents to fill out a short survey, not once, but several times. Johnson County Department of Health and Environment officials want residents… more

Report: Long-Term Care Industry Growing

With the greater Kansas City area’s older adult population expected to grow to more than 370,000 in the next 10 years, the health of the long-term care industry will become increasingly important. “Rising prevalence of dementia, Alzheimer’s, heart disorders, respiratory… more

K.C. Docs Headed to NYC to Help

Called to action by a Kansas City health-care non-profit, a team of a dozen medical providers is on its way to New York, the nation's epicenter in the fight to save lives of COVID-19 patients. Olathe-based Heart to Heart International… more

Report: One in Four Rural Hospitals Could Close

A recent report has some disturbing news for rural hospitals saying one in four of them could close to do worsened conditions heightened by COVID-19, and Kansas is one of the most at-risk states. An annual report by Guidehouse says… more

Cleaver, Clay Raise Concerns Over PPP Bottlenecks

U.S. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City and William Lacy Clay of St. Louis have written President Trump to express concerns about banking-system bottlenecks with the new federal loan program designed to help U.S. businesses avoid layong off workers during… more

Port KC Pushing E-Commerce, Manufacturing Projects

Port KC has adopted a policy to fast-track e-commerce and manufacturing projects in distressed census tracts in an effort to bring more jobs to those areas The hope is that these quickly approved industrial projects could bring jobs with strong… more

Local Housing Inventory Declined, but Prices Remain Steady  

  With stay at home orders and social distancing putting a wrench in most normal activities, the U.S. housing market began slowing down in the second half of march and the Kansas City area was no exception.  “We've seen the… more

Building Permits on the Decline

Despite a rise in new building permits issued metro-wide for the month of February, early signs show that numbers will decline for the month of March as people and company’s heed government issued stay-at-home orders. In the greater Kansas City… more