Regional News
Posted October 30, 2023 Q: What do you consider your organization’s most significant achievement or highlight over the past year? A: Last fall, Emery Sapp won the largest private and public contracts in the history of the company – and…
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Posted October 30, 2023 The United Auto Workers and General Motors, the last of the Big Three to enter into a deal, have entered into an agreement that will see the end of the six-week-long U.S. Labor strikes. The end…
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Posted October 30, 2023 Trucking-firm Yellow Corp. will be listing its supply of trucks, trailers and equipment after the company was approved for bankruptcy last week. Yellow received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on Friday and will…
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Posted October 26, 2023 The Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances data shows net worth for multiple age groups increased by 37 percent between 2019 and 2022. The substantial increase showed mostly for age groups under the age of 35…
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Posted October 25, 2023 The Biden-Harris administration announced the Kansas City region as one of the 31 technology hubs in the U.S. that show potential for rapid growth in key technology sectors. The Kansas City Inclusive Biologics and Biomanufacturing Tech…
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Posted October 25, 2023 Liberty Hospital and the University of Kansas Health System announced a partnership between the two healthcare providers which will work to improve access to high-quality healthcare in the Northland. Specifics of the partnership have yet to…
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Posted October 19, 2023 Creighton University released its Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) report for October shows for the second straight month, overall Rural Mainstreet Index sank below growth neutral to a 2023 low. The region’s overall reading for October fell…
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Posted October 19, 2023 Kansas City-based VMLY&R is merging with New York-based Wunderman Thompson, making the two entities the world’s largest creative company. WPP Plc., which oversees both companies, announced Tuesday the merger of Wunderman Thompson and VMLY&R. Together, the…
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Posted October 18, 2023 Children’s Mercy Kansas City has announced it has become the first health system to use an advanced genome sequencing system with the addition of 5-base HiFi sequencing. The cutting-edge technology replaces rapid exome, chromosomal microarray analysis…
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Posted October 17, 2023 Burnett v. National Association of Realtors, a class-action lawsuit with the potential to bring change to home buyer benefits went to trial Monday in a federal courtroom in Kansas City, Missouri. A group of Missouri home…
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