Regional News
This week, Overland Park-based insurance services company, SelectQuote Inc., has made a secondary offering from three of its shareholders as well as the company’s top private equity backer, Connecticut-based Brookside Equity Partners LLC. The secondary offering aims to sell 10.6…
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Just two short months after launching a retirement calculation tool on its site, Leawood-based Blooom reports it has gained $1 billion in new assets. Founded in 2013, Blooom is an online Registered Investment Adviser that manages individual participant accounts and…
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Previously held-back funding due to COVID-19 concerns was released in Missouri on Monday, March 1. The remainder of $438 million from the current state budget - around $281 million - was released on Monday, the majority of it to be…
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A new partnership in the Kansas City metro is delivering higher education opportunities to hundreds of local business men and women in the area workforce. Columbia College and the Blue Springs Chamber of Commerce have launched an innovative partnership designed…
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A page on the Shawnee Mission School District website reveals project plans to revamp existing buildings through funding provided by the recently-approved $264 million bond. Roughly $200 million will be used by the school district to complete rebuilds of five…
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For a ninth straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, covering the nine-state region including Missouri and Kansas, moved into growth territory. The Business Conditions Index, which ranges between 0 and 100, climbed to a very strong 69.6…
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The third approved COVID-19 vaccine will make its way to Missouri this week, the state anticipating receiving 50,000 of the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week. Emergency authorization of the vaccine was granted by the U.S. Food and Drug…
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On Monday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced just short of $281 million in funding from previously restricted FY21 spending has been released. Approximately $280,783,940 is the remainder of approximately $438 million in FY21 spending that has been restricted, "to ensure…
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Wyandotte, Johnson, and Jackson counties are removing closing time restrictions for bars, restaurants, and taverns. Both the Unified Government Public Health Department and the Jackson County Health Department issued new health orders reflecting this change. Johnson County amended an existing health order.…
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With the start of March just days away, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced the state's intentions to begin Phase 1B Tier 3 of COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, March 15. The move is expected to make an estimated 550,000 more Missourians…
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