Regional News
Posted October 2, 2023 Prairie Village-based The Big Biscuit has announced its first Arkansas franchisee set to open its doors in early 2024. The franchise will be located at Fiesta Square in Fayetteville, Arkansas, according to a release from the…
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Posted October 2, 2023 Updated October 6, 2023 Freshman enrollment is looking up for many four-year institutions in the two-state region as the fall semester continues. Kansas Wichita State University reached the highest enrollment in its 128-year history with a…
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Posted September 28, 2023 CVS shares dropped by 2.2 percent following the drugstore chain’s pharmacists' threatening to walk out for a second week due to poor working conditions at Kansas City area locations. The walkouts first took place last week…
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Posted September 27, 2023 Children’s Mercy Hospital doctors have been treating patients for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases and the back-to-school season could be the cause. The hospital confirmed cases of the virus last week. Children’s Mercy is currently working…
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Posted September 27, 2023 More than 12,000 children were removed from Missouri’s Medicaid program in August due in large part to the state’s reassessing of residents' eligibility for Medicaid following the pandemic pause. Data from the Missouri Department of Social…
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Posted September 27, 2023 The University of Kansas Health System is among the most empathic health systems in the U.S., according to a survey by marketing agency Monigle. The University of Kansas Health System ranked No. 10 in the survey.…
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Posted September 26, 2023 Housing prices could reach as high as 5 percent by next year, according to Zillow economists. Zillow recently revised its 12-month outlook for home prices, which brings the newest prediction to a 4.9 percent increase by…
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Posted September 25, 2023 Black & Veatch named Andrea Bernica as chief people officer last week and will oversee the company’s global human resource strategy for nearly 10,000-employees worldwide. Joining the company in 2011, Bernica was Black & Veatch’s lead…
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Posted September 25, 2023 The United Auto Workers union expanded its strike on Friday, adding about 5,600 workers to the 12,700 workers currently on strike, as negotiations with the Big Three; General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, continue as the strike…
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Posted September 21, 2023 Goldman Sachs economists now expect the U.S. Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates in the fourth quarter of 2024, compared to their previous prediction of second quarter cutting, following the Fed’s decision to keep rates…
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