Regional

Cases reach new pandemic-era high

Hospitalizations are up in the metro as cases climbed to a new peak, prompting Kansas City area medical officers to call for emergency measures in the face of what they consider to be crisis levels. Lethality of the new wave… more

CDC approves shortened wait time to receive Pfizer booster

Two measures have been approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first allows increased access to additional doses of Pzifer’s COVID-19 vaccine, the second shortening the recommended interval of time between the initial dose and the booster.… more

In A Nutshell: Inflation Doves to Hawks

Wall Street’s most anticipated FOMC meeting in years occurred two weeks ago.  Chairman Powell did not let Wall Street down in his testimony concerning the state of the economy and what plans the Fed has regarding Monetary Policy in the… more

Home prices remain on the rise

The latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index released Tuesday, Dec. 28 shows the month of October did not disappoint with home price gains. Covering all nine U.S. census divisions, the report showed a 19.1 percent annual gain in… more

Google snags more acreage in Northland

Earlier this month, Google purchased a sizable chunk of Kansas City land. In mid-December, the well-known internet services and web products company bought additional acreage north of the Hunt Midwest Business Center. In August 2019, Google acquired 78.9 acres within… more

Q&A with Mark Goodwin

Q: Can you tell us a bit about what the new infrastructure plan could potentially mean to MBE/MWE construction-related firms in the Kansas City region? A: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) will provide significant funds to address the… more

Report: New Vaccine May Address All Variants

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research will soon announce successful development of a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 and all its variants, according to a report from DefenseOne.com. That protection, it said, extends even to the latest COVID… more

Missouri Medical Marijuana Sales Are on a $200 Million High

Fourteen months after the first sale to a qualified patient occurred in a Missouri medical marijuana dispensary, the total sales as part of the state-regulated medical marijuana program reached the $200 million mark, the state Department of Revenue has announced.… more

Hospitals on Edge as COVID-19 Admissions Soar

Just weeks after staving off the surge of pandemic-driven admissions that began in the summer, area hospital officials are again experiencing the systematic stress of soaring patient counts as the COVID-19 fall surge continues. The University of Kansas Hospital, the… more

Intouch Group Acquisition a Done Deal

The acquisition of Intouch Group, one of the Kansas City region's most successful entrepreneurial ventures over the past generation, has been completed, the Overland Park company and its new parent, Chicago-based Eversana, have announced.  The deal, for a reported $950… more