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Kemper: Liquidity, Not Lending, for Businesses

“The greatest financial relief we can give small and mid-sized businesses in this economic crisis is faster payment of their outstanding invoices—liquidity.” With that declaration, Kansas City’s Sandy Kemper, founder and CEO of C2FO, is calling for a different approach… more

Parson Chooses Florissant Hotel for First Alternative COVID Site

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has chosen a Florissant hotel for Missouri's first alternative medical site for patients suffering from mild COVID-19 symptoms.  He said other sites are looking being looked at across the state for similar facilities. “Our hospitals and… more

Unemployment Filings Top 6.6 Million

Unemployment claims were in excess of six million for the second week in a row, due to COVID-19, bringing the numbers to nearly 17 million over the last few weeks. For the week ended April 4, claims were 6.06 million,… more

Waddell & Reed Assets Under Management Plunge

Overland Park-based wealth-management firm Waddell & Reed's assets under management took a plunge from February to March, dropping from $65 billion to $56 billion. The fall has taken place as the stock market saw extreme volatility during that time frame.… more

$43 Million Going to Missouri, Kansas Health Centers

The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has announced more than $44 million in emergency funding to almost 50 health centers across Missouri and Kansas as part of the national effort to stop the spread of COVID-19 and provide treatment… more

Report: Long-Term Care Industry Growing

With the greater Kansas City area’s older adult population expected to grow to more than 370,000 in the next 10 years, the health of the long-term care industry will become increasingly important. “Rising prevalence of dementia, Alzheimer’s, heart disorders, respiratory… more

K.C. Docs Headed to NYC to Help

Called to action by a Kansas City health-care non-profit, a team of a dozen medical providers is on its way to New York, the nation's epicenter in the fight to save lives of COVID-19 patients. Olathe-based Heart to Heart International… more

Report: One in Four Rural Hospitals Could Close

A recent report has some disturbing news for rural hospitals saying one in four of them could close to do worsened conditions heightened by COVID-19, and Kansas is one of the most at-risk states. An annual report by Guidehouse says… more

Cleaver, Clay Raise Concerns Over PPP Bottlenecks

U.S. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver of Kansas City and William Lacy Clay of St. Louis have written President Trump to express concerns about banking-system bottlenecks with the new federal loan program designed to help U.S. businesses avoid layong off workers during… more

Port KC Pushing E-Commerce, Manufacturing Projects

Port KC has adopted a policy to fast-track e-commerce and manufacturing projects in distressed census tracts in an effort to bring more jobs to those areas The hope is that these quickly approved industrial projects could bring jobs with strong… more