Regional News

Saint Luke’s Foundation found among those most affected by 2020 information breaches

This year, hundreds of health organizations have been impacted by large-scale security breaches and cyberattacks to their systems. So far this year, around 412 healthcare organizations reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), reports Becker’s Health IT.… more

Q&A with Polly Thomas

Q: Given what we’ve seen in 2020, especially with the big shift to remote working for so many employees, can you tell us a bit about the biggest challenges your clients have seen in the run-up to this enrollment period?… more

University of Missouri Health Care listed among ‘most wired’ health systems in U.S.

University of Missouri Health Care has once again made the list of health systems recognized for “Most Wired” in 2020. This the system’s tenth consecutive year making the list in a survey by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives,… more

Missouri jobless rate now under 5 percent

The Missouri labor market’s recovery resumed in September 2020. Employment, seasonally adjusted, increased by 13,000 jobs over the month and over-the year job losses from COVID-19 shutdowns dropped below 125,000. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rate went down by 2.1 percentage points… more

Coping with COVID: Kansas and Missouri statewide case update

On Monday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the state has 67,862 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 771 deaths since the outbreak started. Kansas continues to update COVID-19 data on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The Missouri Department of… more

Round two of Missouri Emergency Broadband Investment Program to begin

Today, Governor Mike Parson announced 11 broadband projects will receive $846,407 through round two of the state’s Emergency Broadband Investment Program. 465 Missouri households will be connected to broadband as a result of these projects, and nine of the projects… more

Approval passes 10-0 for Shawnee mixed-use project

Shawnee has given the ultimate OK for a mixed-use growth deliberate for the town’s downtown space. The Shawnee Planning Fee on Monday voted 10-Zero to approve a website plan for Blume Shawnee, a brand new residential, retail and workplace undertaking… more

KC home prices rise in face of inventory shortage

A drop in housing inventory has swept the nation, impacting some regions more than others. In Kansas City, the significant and mostly unpredictable drop in inventory has bumped prices up in the area, total inventory in the metro dropping the… more

U.S. Bank’s Head of Community Banking to retire

Longtime Kansas City resident and Head of Community Banking at U.S. Bank, Mark Jorgenson, announced plans to retire at the end of 2020. Jorgenson's announcement follows 39 years of work in banking including the last four years serving as Head… more

AMC Theatres Tuesday filing shows its cash supply could run dry by end of year

AMC Theatres said Tuesday ongoing challenges in the industry could leave it without cash as soon as the end of 2020. The Leawood-based company made the announcement in a filing Tuesday to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the filing,… more