Regional News
Posted April 10, 2024 St. Louis-based healthcare system Mercy filed a letter of intent to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to build a 75-bed, $650 million hospital in Wentzville, Mo. The health system’s investment will bring a…
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Posted April 8, 2024 A report from WalletHub shows recent unemployment claims have been increasing in Kansas, while, Missouri’s claims are dropping. WalletHub’s report States Where Unemployment Claims Are Increasing the Most, published April 4, compared the 50 states and…
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Posted April 2, 2024 A ranking of the healthiest places to live in the U.S. by WalletHub.com has placed several Kansas and Missouri cities in the running — with one city achieving the highest rank in healthcare for the entire…
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Posted April 1, 2024 Creighton University released its Mid-America Business Conditions Index for March and shows the region has not broken the growth threshold and the manufacturing sector is losing more workers. The Business Conditions Index, which uses the same…
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Posted March 27, 2024 Milk from Kansas dairy cows tested positive for bird flu Monday, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Monday, clinical samples…
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Posted March 21, 2024 Wichita-based Equity Bank has hired a new regional CEO to oversee the bank’s operations in its recently expanded Missouri market. Craig Dunn will oversee regional strategies, commercial and consumer business development and local banking operations in…
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Posted March 20, 2024 Kansas City University (KCU) announced it has received a $5 million grant to support the development of its new Center for Population Health and Equity (CPHE) building, bringing its total raised fund to $16 million. The…
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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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