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Popular Kansas City Boulevardia street festival canceled again

One of Kansas City’s favorite street festivals will not return in 2021 due to COVID-19. Organizers announced Tuesday that Boulavardia 2021 has been canceled. This marks the second year in a row the event has been canceled because of COVID-19.… more

Coping with COVID: Kansas to combine, begin phases 3 and 4 of COVID-19 vaccinations next week

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced the state will combine phases 3 and 4 of its vaccination plan, which now includes people aged 16 through 64 with medical conditions like cancer, diabetes and pregnancy as well as non-health care workers in a… more

KC-based Savion LLC enters renewable power purchase agreement with Target Corporation

Dubbed the Golden Buckle Solar Project, Kansas City-based Savion LLC will take part in the construction of a large Texas solar project that will deliver around 200 megawatts of power to Target Corporation. Earlier this month, Savion entered a renewable… more

Construction begins to revamp old Saint Luke’s health college

Rockhurst University is injecting $23 million to renovate Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences, in particular Sedgwick Hall. JE Dunn has been hired to conduct interior demolition work on Sedgwick's structure, which it began in December. The building is over… more

KCPS students, staff resume in-person learning Monday

For the first time in months, some students are heading back to the classroom in the Kansas City Public School District. Like in many other districts that previously returned to in-person learning in the metro, it will be the youngest… more

Local, statewide job centers make full reopening in Mo.

Beginning Monday, March 15, most Missouri Job Centers are making the transition from appointment-only visits to a full re-opening, with walk-ins welcome. The new policy only applies to Job Centers that meet three main criteria for re-opening. Centers must be… more

Missouri workforce shows pattern of growth in new year though 2020 labor losses linger

Missouri's nonfarm workforce grew in January while the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by a 10th of a percentage point, according to information released last week by the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center (MERIC). The MERIC data cited… more

B2B payment company MSTS rebrands with name change

MSTS, a business-to-business credit solutions provider, rebranded itself after 43 years, taking on the name TreviPay. TreviPay CEO Brandon Spear said the rebrand was designed to better reflect what the Overland Park-based company does today. Founded in 1978, MSTS originally… more

Ferrellgas receives green light on $1.5B restructuring plan

On Friday, a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware confirmed the reorganization plan that allows the Overland Park-based holding company (OTC: FGPR) to refinance more than $1.5 billion in debt, including converting $357 million of… more

KC area sees large return of jobs through U.S. immigration agency

A federal office will bring back 500 jobs in the Kansas City area months after a massive layoff. The The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will restore 500 jobs for operations centers in Lee’s Summit and Overland Park. USCIS laid… more