Regional News
The Kansas City metropolitan area is down more than 46,000 jobs in one year, according to a recent report from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center. Kansas City counted 1.06 million nonfarm jobs in February, off from 1.11 million…
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On Monday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed Executive Order 21-08, establishing the Advantage Kansas Coordinating Council (AKCC). The council was created to improve Kansas’s workforce and is comprised of education and business leaders across the state. The AKCC will align…
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About a year ago, COVID-19 forced Leawood-based AMC Theaters to close all its locations nationwide. As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, operations began to kick up again and patrons return. On Friday, March 19, 98 percent of AMC locations…
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For over 130 years, Kansas City Southern stood a strong symbol among Kansas City businesses, growing and expanding through the decades since its start in 1887. Over the years, the Kansas City-based railway made a number of investments and acquisitions.…
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On Monday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson authorized the transfer of $300 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funds from the State Treasury into the Missouri’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. The transfer, according to Parson, will help prevent tax increases on Missouri small…
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The bill was given initial approval in the Senate despite Republican disapproval. The bill would increase Missouri’s gas tax of 17 cents per gallon to for the first time in two decades. Currently among the lowest in the nation, the…
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s administration said every resident 16 and older will become eligible on April 9. In a similar fashion, neighboring Illinois intends to do the same on April 12. The announcements come as the U.S. dramatically increases the…
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A Leavenworth-based specialty ingredients manufacturer has decided to build a new 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Missouri. Founded in 1990 by CEO Robert Hatch, Cereal Ingredients Inc. moved from Kansas City to its current Leavenworth headquarters in 2005 and expanded there…
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Moderna became the first U.S. drugmaker to vaccinate children this week, as it entered it’s Phase 2/3. Moderna will enroll approximately 6,750 children in the U.S. and Canada ages 6 months to less than 12 years old. Children’s Mercy Kansas…
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A number of Walmart and Sam’s Club locations located just outside the Kansas City region on the Missouri side have opened sign-up appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine. Immediate openings are available at select locations located for the most part north…
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