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Chief medical officers from the biggest hospitals in Kansas sounded a warning over the explosion of COVID-19 case numbers in the state on Wednesday. Even as they were speaking, it turns out, the proportion of hospital beds filled by those…
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Two measures have been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first allows increased access to additional doses of Pzifer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the second shortening the recommended interval of time between the initial dose and the booster.…
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Following a burst of high demand for COVID-19 testing, the Missouri Department of Health has issued a temporary halt on orders of at-home tests. With limited supplies nationwide, the call was made to prevent backup within the ordering system. The…
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Hospitalizations are up in the metro as cases climbed to a new peak, prompting Kansas City area medical officers to call for emergency measures in the face of what they consider to be crisis levels. Lethality of the new wave…
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Orchard Corners Shopping Center near Oak Park Mall is now under the ownership of Block and Co. Marketed for national sale, management of the 200,000 square-foot, 19-acre center will remain local. Its sale price is undisclosed. Acquisition of the property…
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Renewed efforts to turn the vacant 13-story downtown office building has arrived as an application for property tax breaks and credits from Bernstein Cos. Bernstein bought the building from Maxus Properties Inc. in November for $13 million. In April 2019,…
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Wall Street’s most anticipated FOMC meeting in years occurred two weeks ago. Chairman Powell did not let Wall Street down in his testimony concerning the state of the economy and what plans the Fed has regarding Monetary Policy in the…
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The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index released Tuesday, Dec. 28 shows the month of October did not disappoint with home price gains. Covering all nine U.S. census divisions, the report showed a 19.1 percent annual gain in…
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Earlier this month, Google purchased a sizable chunk of Kansas City land. In mid-December, the well-known internet services and web products company bought additional acreage north of the Hunt Midwest Business Center. In August 2019, Google acquired 78.9 acres within…
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Q: Can you tell us a bit about what the new infrastructure plan could potentially mean to MBE/MWE construction-related firms in the Kansas City region? A: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will provide significant funds to address the…
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