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As an average consumer, you won't look at the dairy case and see anything other than that gallon of milk for $2.19 and think, “that's a pretty good deal.” However, on the other end of that bargain for you is…
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The Missouri Department of Economic Development released their June 2018 jobs report today and it indicated a potential issue for construction. They note that since June of 2017, construction is the only industry showing a significant decrease in jobs, to…
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A $2 million gift from Topeka native, and University of Kansas alumnus, Daniel Logan and his wife, Gladys Cofrin, will help establish the Cofrin-Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment within the Department of Psychology at KU. Both Logan and Cofrin…
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Park University is expanding once more, this time to Gilbert, Arizona. The University has been approved by the Higher Learning Commission and the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education to start classes in Fall of 2018. That fall term…
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The area's second-largest private company has a new Executive Vice President and new Senior Vice President. Scott Welman has taken over as the Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer for AWG. In addition to that move, AWG also announced…
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Neil Riddle has been chosen as the President of Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. (BVCI) the company announced this week. Riddle comes to BVCI from Caddell Power in Atlanta, Georgia, where he served as President and "had complete P&L responsibility for…
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Capitol Federal Bank, along with Evergy, announced they will both donate $2.5 million to the construction and completion of the Plaza in downtown Topeka. The Plaza, on the corner of 7th and Kansas Ave., is expected to be open by…
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Overland Park-based ProPharma Group has acquired Xendo Holding B.V., the companies announced today. Xendo is "a Netherlands-based provider of compliance consulting, engineering and technical support, regulatory affair and pharmacovigilance services to the (bio)pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare industries." In the…
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The Consumer Futures Trading Commission has fined Overland Park firm Lansing Trade Group $3.4 million for "the attempted manipulation of the price of certain wheat futures and options contracts that were traded on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and…
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Today, Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 1796 which allows the creation of a special savings account intended to better prepare first-time homebuyers. It will go into effect on January 1, 2019. This bill allows taxpayers in Missouri to deduct…
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