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Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer says that February 8th will be the day that the Kansas Legislature opens up. In a joint address to the legislature on Wednesday, Colyer said he will sign 4 executive orders on Thursday "that take important…
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If you take them at face value, the closures of the P&G and Harley Davidson plants in 2020 and 2019 seem like a big hit to the industry in Kansas City as a whole. But when you look closer you…
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Procter and Gamble will close its Kansas City, Kansas plant by 2020 the company announced Wednesday. The Our Dish Care business will be moved to Tabler Station, West Virginia by mid-2020 with the full closure of the KCK site by…
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The Kansas Securities Commission issued a cease and desist order for a Jesse W. Harris of Sedgwick, Kan., and Harris Custom Projects of Wichita, alleging that they violated the Kansas Uniform Securities Act. Read the full cease and desist letter here. …
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The University of Missouri System has named C. Mauli Agrawal the new chancellor of the University of Missouri-Kansas City effective June 20th of this year. Agrawal comes to UMKC from the University of Texas San Antonio where he served as…
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Today Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer replaced four Cabinet secretaries and made changes to his staff. Colyer was just sworn in to the office on Wednesday, replacing Governor Sam Brownback who resigned to take an ambassadorship with the Trump Administration. Colyer…
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17-year Lockton veteran Rich Reda is now the President of Benefit Communication Insourcing business, the company announced Friday. Reda was previously an executive vice president with the company and was named an Ingram's 40 under forty award recipient in 2009.…
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Almost three years after laying off close to 200 people from its Kansas City assembly plant, officials from Harley-Davidson have announced that they are closing the plant for good. Worldwide sales of Harley-Davidson products were down more than 6 percent…
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In a tweet posted on Thursday, Governor Sam Brownback announced he will resign as Kansas Governor on January 31st. On Wednesday, the US Senate advanced Brownback's nomination as the Amabassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom with a narrow 50-49 vote. The…
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In a room full of high schoolers, garnering attention is at a premium. Pulling kids, and adults, away from their phones to drive home a message has beome one of the more taxing parts of public speaking. So Paul Brunson…
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