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The development of the new stadium and the next home of the Buffalo Bills broke ground on Monday, marking yet another milestone for major stadium projects helmed by Kansas City, Missouri based architectural firm Populous. The official groundbreaking of the…
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The number of single-family homes being built specifically for the rental market nationwide reached 14,500 last year—an all-time record, and up 47 percent from 2021. That’s according to a new report on the Web site RentCafe, drawing on statistics from…
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Missouri ranked middle of the pack, but Kansas fare considerably worse, in an analysis of costs for starting a business, according to a new report by Simplifyllc.com. The analysis explored factors like corporate income tax rate, labor participation rate, energy…
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Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced on Thursday there will not be a Workers Compensation Fund assessment this year. Carriers, pools, and self-insured businesses will not be required to pay into the fiscal year 2024 assessment fund, thus reducing the…
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A new analysis from the Chronicle of Higher Education estimates that public and private colleges and universities lost a combined $13 billion in revenue in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic was raging at its worst. Data extracted from reports filed…
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The amount of nonfarm payroll experienced a dramatic swell over the month of May, the Labor Department reported Friday. Both the public and private sector payrolls increased by 339,000 for the month. The job growth continued for consecutive 29 months.…
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In the week ending May 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 232,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 229,000 to 230,000. The…
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As the recession worsens and creeps deeper into our wallets shoppers are now more wary of what goes into their carts, mainly meats. In an investor call, Costco CFO Richard Galanti said customers are less interested in pricier beef products…
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Stock prices for publicly traded banks in the Kansas City region show that most have leveled off from the sector-wide plunge induced by three major bank failures in the U.S. this year, but share prices overall remain sharply lower than…
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The Mid-American Business Conditions Index for May showed expanded growth for the nine-state region while providing a possible trend toward inflation. The survey, published by Creighton University, reported wholesale inflation gauge for the month climbed to 74.0 from April’s 67.4.…
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