Regional News
The Commerce Department announced today that housing starts in the US fell 5.8 percent in August to their lowest level in three months, due largely to a 14.8 percent decrease in the South. Building activity increased in the Northeast (7.6…
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Children’s Mercy Hospital and Olathe Medical Center say they will work together on providing enhanced pediatric services for Southwest Johnson County and surrounding areas. The solution is expected to take the form of a new facility at Olathe Medical Park.…
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According to the Lee’s Summit Economic Development Council, the west side of town could be the site of new development projects totaling some $500 million. The proposed development projects in Lee Summit’s View High corridor include more than 300 acres…
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Lansing Trade Group, LLC, the Overland Park-based commodity merchandising company focused on commodities including grains, feed ingredients and energy products has announced preliminary results of a tender offer that began in August. The company reports that 79.2 percent of the…
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The Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences (KCU) has announced that it has gotten the go ahead from its accrediting organization the to begin operations and admit students at KCUs Joplin site, which is currently under construction. KCU-Joplin will…
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A new indoor football team for Kansas City was announced today by the team’s owners. We intend to bring a fan friendly, affordable indoor-football franchise "that is part of the community and a competitor on the field the City can be proud of,”…
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In a week with several celebrations of entrepreneurism happening in Kansas City, the UMKC Henry W. Bloch School of Management, a leader in entrepreneurship and innovation education, has added to the excitement by announcing its search for a new dean.…
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According to the data-analysis website, FiveThirtyEight.com, St. Joseph, Missouri ranks 5th among metro areas with the fastest-growing rates of new startups (businesses less than a year old). Basing its findings on data from 2014, the report puts three Missouri metros…
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It’s a big day for entrepreneurship in Kansas City. As Ivy League Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business winds up its Minority Business Entrepreneurs program here in town and Techweek Kansas City continues spotlighting the local tech community, the Helzberg Entrepreneurial…
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University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC) and LaunchKC—the global tech-grants competition whose winners will be announced this Friday as part of Techweek Kansas City—have agreed to join forces in better mentoring idea-people in the tech industry. The letter of agreement includes…
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