Regional News
The Missouri Department of Economic Development released seasonally adjusted data today, indicating that Missouri’s nonfarm payroll employment grew by 1,900 jobs in November, reaching a new record state-high of 2,842,200 jobs. The month’s employment increase was in addition to the…
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Employee-owned Burns & McDonnell has been a model of organic growth in recent years, but its next step forward is coming through the acquistion of a Wisconsin-based industrial contractor, AZCO, Inc. The two companies have collaborated on projects for decades,…
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Missouri’s Governor Jay Nixon announced today that Missouri set new tourism records during the 2016 fiscal year (FY16). Citing an annual report compiled by Tourism Economics, he said Missouri welcomed 41.7 million visitors in FY16, a 3.2 percent increase from…
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Confident that their acquisition of Westar Energy, Inc. will be completed on schedule in spring 2017, Great Plains Energy (NYSE: GXP) announced today the leadership that will be in charge when Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) and Westar have…
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This coming Saturday, December 10, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will cut a ribbon, opening a new walking/cycling trail that connects Kansas City with the famous Katy Trail. Cyclists and walkers will now have walkers an uninterrupted path of almost 300…
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The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas is celebrating an economic achievement. The STAR Bonds that funded the Village West Shopping and Tourism district were paid off, five years ahead of schedule, as of December 1. STAR bonds allow…
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that labor productivity in the nonfarm business sector increased at a 3.1-percent annual rate during the third quarter of 2016, the first increase in that measure after three consecutive declines. An Associated…
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Foxhill Medical Center, a 52-thousand square foot, 3-story medical office building at 4601 West 109th Street in Overland Park, has been purchased for $9 million by Everest Medical Core Properties—an institutional real estate manager focused high-quality medical office properties throughout…
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Kansas City’s Spencer Fane LLP announced today that it is bringing 30 attorneys on board by welcoming Denver’s 70-year-old Berenbaum Weinshienk law firm as part of the extended Spencer Fane team. The combination more than doubles the Spencer Fane attorney…
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Harris Enterprises, Inc.—a Kansas-based publisher of local publications for Central Kansas and Eastern Iowa—has been acquired by New Media Investment Group Inc. (NYSE:NEWM) for $20.4 million after being privately held for over 100 years. Among the titles included in the…
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