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Posted May 22, 2024 St. Louis-based Ascension has begun hosting meetings with its partners and vendors to restore their connection to the network following a ransomware attack earlier this month. On May 8, Ascension detected unusual activity on its network…
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Posted May 22, 2024 HCA Midwest Health has appointed Gabe Clements as CEO of the Lee's Summit Medical Center. Prior to his new role, Clements served as COO of Lee’s Summits Medical Center for four years beginning in 2020. [caption…
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Posted May 21, 2024 Kansas City-based Evergy is expecting to increase electricity generation by 1,900 additional megawatts as part of its 2024 resource plan, citing economic growth and higher demand for electricity needs for the approach. Evergy filed its 2024…
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Posted May 21, 2024 Platte County Commissioners have unanimously approved two questions regarding an $85 million jail renovation and expansion, which residents will vote on in the upcoming August 6 ballot. Platte County Commissioners voted to approve the two ballot…
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Posted May 21, 2024 The Weld Wheel Building, located in the West Bottoms was demolished on Sunday as part of a $526.7 million redevelopment project. The demolition took place just after 7 a.m. on Sunday. The building was outfitted with…
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Posted May 20, 2024 Des Plaines, Illinois-based CJ Logistics will open a new cold storage warehouse in Kansas that is projected to open in 2025. CJ Logistics America will open a new 291,000-square-foot cold storage warehouse in New Century, Kansas,…
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Posted May 20, 2024 Creighton University released its Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) report for April, showing a dip into negative territory for the ninth month in a row. The region’s overall reading for May fell to 44.2 from 45.8 in…
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Posted May 20, 2024 The University of Missouri-Kansas City announced it has entered into a partnership with the United States Cyber Command, the first university in the country to do so. The two entities entered into a Cooperative Research and…
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Posted May 17, 2024 Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed a bipartisan tax cut package from Kansas state legislators following her promise to call a special session if lawmakers didn't pass a plan she would sign. She kept her promise. “I…
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Posted May 16, 2024 Leawood-based fintech firm C2FO’s capital platform has been selected to operate with the State Bank of India (SBI) and Dabur India Ltd. as the platform's inaugural participants. The Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) platform—also named C2treds—has…
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