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JE Dunn Awarded $62M Courthouse Improvement Contact, to Create Over 300 Jobs

Posted February 12, 2024 JE Dunn Construction Co. lands a contract for more than $62 million for building improvements at the Charles E. Whittaker U.S. Courthouse in Kansas City, Missouri. The project is estimated to create over 300 jobs over… more

AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Gets New CEO From South Overland Park Center

Posted February 8, 2024 AdventHealth Shawnee Mission has appointed its new president and chief executive officer Alan Verrill, MD and will step into his new role later this month. Effective February 25, Verrill will be the new President and CEO… more

Q&A With Peter Mallouk: More From Ingram’s 2024 Executive of the Year

Posted February 8, 2024 Q: Who did you look up to early in your career as pinnacle examples of wealth-management executive leadership, and what did you adopt from them that has been most influential in the firm’s growth? Who do… more

H&R Block CFO Tony Bowen Announces Retirement

Posted February 8, 2024 H&R Block announced chief financial officer Tony Bowen will retire from the company and will remain at the company into September of 2024. “Tony has been a tremendous partner during our transformation and instrumental in guiding… more

Oracle Selects Former Head of Medicare For Trump as EVP of Oracle Health

Posted February 7, 2024 Oracle Corp. has appointed Seema Verma, the former head of Medicare in the Trump administration, as the executive vice president of Oracle Health. Oracle announced Verma’s new role via an internal memo in December, Bloomberg reported.… more

Yellow Repays $700M CARES Act Loan, Pays Additional $151M in Interest

Posted February 8, 2024 The former Overland Park-based trucking company, Yellow Corp. announced it has repaid the $700 million U.S. Treasury loan through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Yellow has repaid $700 million in principal, as… more

Which Major Metro Areas In KS, MO Pay Nurses Highest in Wages?

Posted February 7, 2024 Vivian Health, a digital healthcare job marketplace, compiled data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and found what city metros are the highest paying in each state. Vivian Health used BLS data to rank metropolitan… more

Cingulate Closed $7.5M Public Stock Offering, Attempts to Raise Funds for ADHD Medication

Posted February 7, 2024 Cingulate Inc. announced it has closed its $7.5 million public stock offering. The Kansas City-based pharmaceutical startup hoped to use the offering as a way to raise capital for its lead drug candidate. Last week Cingulate… more

Andrews McMeel Universal Promotes Nearly 20-Year Employee as CEO

Posted February 7, 2024 Publishing company Andrews McMeel Universal (AMU) announced it has named Kirsty Melville as the next CEO effective February 6. Melville joined in 2005 as publisher and executive vice president of Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP) and went… more

Kansas City and San Francisco Share Most Desirable Tech Sector Jobs

Posted February 6, 2024 Kansas City and San Francisco are going head-to-head in more ways than one whether it is on the field or in the tech industry. CompTIA, a non-profit technology industry association, compiled hiring intent data from both… more