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Total U.S. employment grew by 11,767,000, or 8.5%, in the 20 years ending in December 2020, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. All of that growth—11,879,000, or 101% of the total—was due to increased…
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Since March, more than 1,000 COVID-19 lawsuits have been filed against employers across the nation, according to the Missouri Department of Commerce and Industry. In response, many states — including all but one of Missouri’s neighboring states — have enacted…
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has announced the launch of the Find My Vaccine mapping tool, designed to help Kansans locate sites that are administering vaccines in their communities. Kelly said Kansans in vaccine Phase 1 and 2 are recommended to…
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O’Dowd’s Gastrobar is the second metro restaurant to express its frustration with Kansas City COVID-19 restrictions via legal means, filing a lawsuit against the city. The most recent lawsuit from O'Dowd's follows a similar one filed in December by The…
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For the second consecutive week, the number of mortgages in active forbearance increased from the week before, according to Black Knight. The report, including data through January 26, found that just 41,000 borrowers stopped receiving assistance with their loan –…
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The week of Jan. 24 saw the largest share of pending homes find buyers within 14 days in at least nine years. Around 43 percent of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks…
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Plans for an Overland Park development have been switched around, turning what was once a proposal for office space into plans to develop a mixed-use property. A new proposal from Metcalf 108 Redevelopment Investors LLC shows a major revision of…
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The Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (JCDHE) expands the list of people eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Starting Feb. 1, the county expanded the list of those eligible to receive the vaccine to those over 65, K-12…
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Missouri residents mistakenly paid unemployment benefits by the state could be required to pay that money back. Gov. Mike Parson said Thursday. The Missouri Department of Labor said the state has overpaid roughly $96 million in unemployment benefits between January…
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Houlihan's parent company owner, Houston billionaire Tilman Fertitta, has teamed up with another company to turn his privately-held restaurant and gaming empire public. Fertitta Entertainment Inc., the parent company of Golden Nugget/Landry's Inc. - which Houlihan's falls under - will…
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