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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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On Monday, Starbucks announced it would eliminate the use of plastic straws in its stores by the end of 2020—replacing them with single-use plastic lids instead. The trend is now reaching the Midwest as some local KC restaurants are also bucking the…
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Kansas City will be the home for the 2022 National League of Cities City Summit, the organization announced this week. From November 16-19, thousands of city leaders, corporate partners and staff will come to Kansas City for seminars on policymaking…
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The KCRise Fund has added two new Kansas City startups to its portfolio: Main Street Data and PayIt. Main Street Data is an agriculture data analytics company headquartered in Kansas City. They boast a web tool called Validator that aggregates…
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In a poll of registered voters released this month by Axios.com/Survey Monkey, incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill (D) holds a small percentage of a lead over challenger, Attorney General Josh Hawley (R). However, Missouri is one of the bright spots for…
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After 44 years of business in Lawrence, The Merc, a community-owned food co-op, has revealed its plans to open a second location located in Downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The plan is to open the store at the corner of 5th…
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