Jackson County
The first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Kansas City on Monday morning. Officials with Truman Medical Centers and University Health said the first shipment of vaccine arrived Monday morning, and officials are now in the process of…
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The city of Kansas City, Mo. is facing a civil rights investigation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) over allegations some of its practices don’t comply with federal law. The DOJ is specifically looking into whether KCMO’s public contracting and…
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In a University of Kansas Health System daily COVID-19 briefing on Thursday, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steven Stites said that a potential Thanksgiving “surge” in cases may not be evident for another two weeks. As of Thursday. KU Health was…
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) have officially recommended that the KC Streetcar Main Street Extension to UMKC receive the full federal funding requested to build the project under the FTA’s New Starts Capital Investment Grants…
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A select number of commercial health insurers nationwide have announced they intend to continue waiving certain COVID-19 member costs going into 2021. Members of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City are among those to benefit, Blue KC only…
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At least one of three Kansas City metro hospitals has opted out of a statewide partnership with Vizient, a national health care performance company. First announced as a statewide partnership by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, the company is expected to…
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During the University of Kansas Health System's daily coronavirus briefing Wednesday morning, Dr. Dana Hawkinson, the hospital's director of infection prevention and control, noted that of the hospital's 89 patients with an acute COVID-19 infection, 47 of them are in the…
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Pretzel and snack product manufacturer Pretzels, Inc. will construct its newest facility in the Kansas City metro. Plans to build a state-of-the-art production facility inside of VenturePark in Lawrence, Kan. is expected to produce a large quantity of new jobs.…
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The expansion of Amazon technology services to businesses and customers across the U.S. is part of an effort by the company's subsidiary Amazon Web Services Inc. to expand use of its cloud-based data center tools. E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. is…
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Waddell & Reed broke ground earlier this year on an 18-story headquarters at 1400 Baltimore Ave., though a recent sell of the company and planned 2021 acquisition could throw off its local relocation plan. The breakup of Waddell & Reed…
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