Regional News


JE Dunn Promotes 22-Year Employee to Midwest Region President

Posted February 22, 2024 Updated 3:38 p.m., February 22, 2024 JE Dunn Construction Co. has named its new president for the company’s Midwest region. Adam Cox is now the Midwest region president and will oversee projects for sports, justice, and… more

Transportation Safety Tech Company Buys Belton-based Safe Fleet

Posted February 15, 2024 Belton-based Safe Fleet has sold to Southfield, Michigan-based Clarience Technologies to ensure enhanced safety, security and productivity for clients with fleet vehicles. As part of the acquisition, Safe Fleet will increase Clarience a total workforce to… more

Euronet Buys Singapore-based Digital Payment Security Firm, Enters $1.2B Market

Posted February 15, 2024 Leawood-based fintech company Euronet Worldwide Inc. announced its acquisition of Singapore-based Infinitium Holdings Pte. Ltd, expanding its reach to many countries in Southeast Asia. Infinitium is a digital payments company that provides risk management and payment… more

CPC Acquires Kansas City-Based Drug Free Sport International

Posted February 15, 2024 Updated 8:30 a.m. February 16, 2024 Kansas City-based investment holding company CPC, LLC announced it has acquired Drug Free Sport International, a drug testing company also in Kansas City. Founded in 1999, Drug Free Sport International… more

Regional Bankers Point to Low Commodity Prices as Biggest Risk for Farms in 2024

Posted February 15, 2024 Creighton University released its Rural Mainstreet Index for February and reported that 44 percent of bankers consider farmers’ financial conditions to be worsening. The overall Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI), ranging from 0 and 100 with a… more

Report: KCMO Rent Prices Increase Amid Surge of Apartment Development

Posted February 13, 2024 Zillow released its January 2024 Rental Market Report, showing how rental prices have increased in Kansas City, and other major cities, despite apartment construction on the rise and cooling for economic growth in the nation. Rents… more

Compass Minerals Terminates Great Salt Lake Lithium Project, Reports $77M Loss

Posted February 12, 2024 Overland Park-based Compass Minerals International Inc. released its fiscal first-quarter results and announced it will terminate a lithium brine project at the Great Salt Lake. The company determined it is no longer in the best interests… more

Oracle Selects Former Head of Medicare For Trump as EVP of Oracle Health

Posted February 7, 2024 Oracle Corp. has appointed Seema Verma, the former head of Medicare in the Trump administration, as the executive vice president of Oracle Health. Oracle announced Verma’s new role via an internal memo in December, Bloomberg reported.… more

Which Major Metro Areas In KS, MO Pay Nurses Highest in Wages?

Posted February 7, 2024 Vivian Health, a digital healthcare job marketplace, compiled data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and found what city metros are the highest paying in each state. Vivian Health used BLS data to rank metropolitan… more

Kansas City and San Francisco Share Most Desirable Tech Sector Jobs

Posted February 6, 2024 Kansas City and San Francisco are going head-to-head in more ways than one whether it is on the field or in the tech industry. CompTIA, a non-profit technology industry association, compiled hiring intent data from both… more