Regional News
Posted March 20, 2024 Children’s Mercy is entering into a new partnership with Mercy Hospital Springfield and will work to provide enhanced pediatric care to patients in southwest Missouri. In 2023, Mercy announced a similar partnership with Springfield-based CoxHealth to…
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Posted March 20, 2024 Updated 10:52 a.m., March 20, 2024 Google said this morning that it would expand its presence in Kansas City's expanding tech sector with a $1 billion data center at the Hunt Midwest Business Center, along with…
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The Federal Reserve Board released its Beige Book report for February indicating economic activity in the Tenth District was pacing at stable conditions but new commercial real estate development has all but ceased. While demand for credit remained stable across…
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A study from Rent.com shows Kansas City rent prices have increased more than 7 percent year-over-year and Missouri’s rent growth leads nationally. From January 2023 to January 2024, rent prices rose by 1.13 percent, from $1,942 to $1,964. However, the…
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Manhattan, Ks.-based Landmark Bancorp, Inc. announced it has appointed Abigail “Abby” Wendel to president and chief executive officer of the company and its subsidiary, Landmark National Bank. Wendel will begin her new role effective March 29 and will join the…
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The Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri, or MOHELA, has denied allegations made against it by a teachers union and an advocacy group claiming the student loan company took part in a “call deflection scheme.” On Wednesday,…
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Creighton University released its Mid-America Business Conditions Index which shows the region dropped back below growth neutral and a decrease in job openings and layoffs over the past 12 months for all states in the region. The Business Conditions Index,…
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Posted February 29, 2024 Inc. Magazine published its 2024 Inc. 5000 Regionals: Midwest list which features nine companies from the Kansas City area. Companies on the Inc. Regionals are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2020 to 2022. To…
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Posted February 29, 2024 In his debut public speech, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Schmid said he would remain patient before deciding to cut interest rates and is committed to returning the inflation rate to the Fed’s target…
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Posted February 28, 2024 A study from WalletHub.com shows Overland Park as the second happiest city in America. In the 2024 Happiest Cities in America, the personal finance website compared 182 of the largest cities, including the 150 most populated…
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