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Coping with COVID: Kansas bill continues COVID recovery measures, extends disaster declaration

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed an emergency response bill Wednesday and said she will re-issue executive orders to protect the state's COVID-19 recovery. The governor's office said Senate Bill 40 modifies the procedure for the declaration and extension of a… more

Developer to turn new Parkville offices into multifamily living

A change of plans is taking shape for office property owned by Kansas City architecture, development and construction firm, Foutch Brothers LLC. Prior to COVID-19, the firm had secured a few tenants for its new office space, Six at Park,… more

KC company buys Canadian electric truck maker

A business combination deal months in the making is approaching final approval after review from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week. Kansas City-based special-purpose acquisition company, Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., first revealed its intent to combine with Canadian… more

Overland Park-based Compass Minerals to sell plant nutrition business for $418M

In a deal valued around $418 million, Overland Park headquartered mineral producer, Compass Minerals International Inc., announced it will its South America specialty plant nutrition business to ICL Group subsidiary, ICL Brasil Ltda. ICL Brasil Ltda. has signed a definitive… more

Whataburger sets fall 2021 opening for KC area locations

The first of four Whataburger locations will be opening this fall in the Kansas City area. The burger chain announced they will be opening the four different locations and hiring 700 positions locally. New locations include one in Lee’s Summit,… more

Missouri establishes Show Me Strong task force for businesses

This week, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed Executive Order 21-06 establishing the Show Me Strong Recovery Task Force.  The purpose of the Show Me Strong Task Force is to study and develop recommendations on ways to support small businesses, including… more

Cerner puts up large Riverport property for sale

Once home to Sam's Town Gambling Hall, then Harrah’s Entertainment, and most recently Cerner Corp., the North Kansas City-based healthcare IT company has listed its Riverport property at 6711 NE Birmingham Road for sale. The 32.4-acre property is listed through… more

Long-time Denny’s location downtown to soon be razed

The now-empty building located at a highly-visible corner on Broadway in downtown Kansas City will soon see demolition day. Constructed in 1971, the 30-year-old-building once home to a Denny’s restaurant was vacated in November 2020. On Tuesday, March 23, a… more

Q&A with Todd Winnerman

We had a pretty good winter until the middle of last month—how has weather this season affected progress on your progress, given the national scope of this freeze? During the extreme weather in February, we lost about two weeks of… more

Kansas small businesses receive $57M in grants

Roughly $57 million in aid has reached around 3,000 small businesses in Kansas in Small Business Working Capital (SBWC) grants. Funding for the grants was drawn out from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), which sent monetary aid to businesses… more