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Ferrell Takes the CEO Reins at Ferrellgas

Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. has announced that that James E. Ferrell, company founder and board chairman, is now the interim president and CEO of Ferrellgas. Ferrell succeeds Stephen Wambold, who has stepped down from those roles, as well as from his… more

Council Committee Approves Mayor’s Arts Festival Plan

The Finance and Governance Committee of the Kansas City Council has approved Mayor Sly James’ vision for a Kansas City Arts Festival that would celebrate the city as the nation’s “creative crossroads” of visual, performing and digital arts. The full City… more

KU Cancer Center Seeks Designation Upgrade

The University of Kansas Cancer Center has filed an application to have its designation changed from “cancer center” to “comprehensive cancer center” by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In an interview with Ingram’s, Roy Jensen M.D., Director of the Cancer… more

Missouri, Kansas Business Tax Rankings

Missouri and Kansas placed at 15th and 22nd respectively on the Tax Foundation’s 2017 State Business Tax Climate Index, which is designed to measure how competitive a state is when it comes to business tax. The index uses a system… more

Epiq Systems Goes Private Upon Acquisition

Epiq Systems, Inc. the Kansas City, Kansas-based provider of integrated technology and services for the legal profession, announced today that shareholders have approved the company’s acquisition by OMERS Private Equity. The transaction—$16.50 in cash for each share of Epiq’s common… more

KC Design Firm Expands to Arkansas

Kansas City-based Hufft Projects, a “design collective” is opening a studio in Bentonville, Arkansas, to support the growing body of work the company is doing in the region. All custom furnishings for the new site are being made by the… more

KU Announces $5.4 Million in Developmental Disabilities Funds

The University of Kansas has announced a $5.4 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The grant, awarded to the Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, will provides support for the… more

Park University Announces $250,000 Research and Scholarship Fund

Park University is formally announcing the result of a $250,000 from the family of the late Michie P. Slaughter, former executive vice president of human resources at Marion Laboratories. The gift was made in 2014, upon his passing. The Michie… more

KCMO and KCK Team Up in White House Initiative

The White House announced today that Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas have been selected as lead cities in the White House Smart City Initiative. They will host two meetings in 2017 that bring together leading public and private… more

Shareholders Back Westar Sale to Great Plains

    Two of the biggest public companies in the Kansas City region area are poised to become one considerably larger organization: Shareholders of Topeka-based Westar Energy have agreed to sell the company to Great Plains Energy, parent of Kansas City… more