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Q&A with Dan Danford of Family Investment Center

Danforth is founder and CEO of Family Investment Center, a full-service, commission-free investment advisory firm that serves clients in the Kansas City area and across 13 states.   Q. How much value do advisers add for the typical client? A. Assuming… more

Additional COVID-19 testing sites open in Kansas City area

Increased demand for COVID-19 testing has prompted the Missouri health department to open more free community testing sites across the state, including Kansas City and surrounding areas. At this time, these are scheduled as drive-through testing events. Some sites require… more

Private insurers to cover cost of at-home rapid antigen tests

With the nation recording the highest case COVID-19 case counts since the pandemic began in March 2020, the Biden administration has directed private insurers to cover the cost of up to eight at-home coronavirus rapid tests per person, per month.… more

Tuesday marks highest count in new hospitalizations in KC area

In a virtual meeting this week, Kansas City area hospitals said they would be making further moves to accommodate a jump in patient admissions. Hospitals in the Kansas City region, facing the largest outbreak of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic… more

UM board rejects mask mandates for spring semester

A decision from the UM System Board of Curators has voted down campus mask mandates for students within the UM System. With the start of the new semester, universities such as MU recommend wearing masks indoors but will not require… more

Commission approves $60M proposal for Deer Creek project

Plans to turn a portion of Overland Park’s Deer Creek Golf Club into apartments was cleared by the city’s planning commission on Jan. 10. The project would entail the buildout of 220 high-end apartments, $5 million in golf course improvements… more

Business park to begin $71M expansion this spring

The New Century Business Park in Johnson County is expected to see the start of a four-phase expansion by master developer, VanTrust Real Estate. Construction will begin at 59th Street and Highway 56, and at its completion cover 2.5 million… more

Missouri state employees could see raise in wage

Lawmakers in Missouri could approve a 5.5 percent raise for state employees as early as February. The raise request comes from Gov. Mike Parson. Approval of $91 million has been requested of the House Budget Committee for raises in 2022.… more

Trepp: CMBS Delinquencies Break 17-Month Decline

The rate of delinquencies in U.S. commercial mortgage-backed securities increased in December, breaking a 17-month string of declines that began after the worst of the COVID-19 downturn took hold in early 2020. According to the commercial realty analytics firm Trepp,… more

Creative Planning Adds $300M Cincinnati Firm

Well, that didn’t take long: Just weeks after sealing a deal that made it the region’s second-largest wealth-planning firm, Creative Planning has started the new year with another significant acquisition. This time, it has added Berno Financial Management, a Cincinnati… more