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Posted December 22, 2025 KC2026 has released a playbook that prepares local businesses and communities for the FIFA World Cup 2026™ in Kansas City. KC2026, the nonprofit organization responsible for coordinating the FIFA World Cup 2026 in Kansas City, has…
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Posted December 22, 2025 Saint Luke’s Health System has promoted Bobby Olm-Shipman to president of Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City. Olm-Shipman will begin his new role effective Feb. 1, according to a release. He is succeeding Jani Johnson, who…
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Posted December 17, 2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announced plans to affiliate with Highmark Inc., a not-for-profit health insurer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This affiliation is a significant step toward Blue KC’s long-term growth and expanding…
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Posted December 17, 2025 Kansas City-based Spencer Fane announced its plans to combine with the firm Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe, establishing Spencer Fane’s first New York-based office. Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe and its team of 50…
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Posted December 17, 2025 Saint Luke’s will become the new official health care provider and official team care provider of Sporting KC for the 2026 Major League Soccer season. The 10-year partnership between Sporting KC and Children’s Mercy will come…
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Posted December 11, 2025 Kansas City-based marketing communications agency Trozzolo Communications Group announced its acquisition of Midan Marketing, bolstering the company’s services in the meat industry sector. Trozzolo specializes in full-service, multi-channel advertising, branding, PR and digital solutions. Midan’s legacy…
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Posted December 9, 2025 The Unified Government of Wyandotte County & Kansas City approved a reworked version of a $155 million STAR bond for the American Royal development near Kansas Speedway. The UG held its planning & zoning meeting on…
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I asked a British friend, now a Kansas City resident, what his friends and relatives back home thought of his relocation. He told me that those who visit are amazed by Kansas City. When I asked what they found amazing,…
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Posted December 9, 2025 Updated December 11, 2025, at 3:17 p.m. The Lee’s Summit City Council could approve a $492.7 million development and its own tax incentives during a Tuesday meeting. The East Village project is a 130-acre mixed-use development…
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You can get a nuanced argument about this from almost any cultural anthropologist, economist or sociologist, but in general, the history of capitalism—the American stripe, and the various versions practiced around the world—can’t be written without highlighting major tipping points.…
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