Kansas

U.S. jobless claims fall to lowest count since onset of COVID-19

First-time claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly fell sharply last week amid signs that hiring has picked up in the U.S. economy, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Claims totaled 684,000 for the week ended March 20, the first time the number… more

Coping with COVID: Kansas bill continues COVID recovery measures, extends disaster declaration

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed an emergency response bill Wednesday and said she will re-issue executive orders to protect the state's COVID-19 recovery. The governor's office said Senate Bill 40 modifies the procedure for the declaration and extension of a… more

Kansas vaccine access expands

Kansas has announced it soon plans to alter the way it's conducting its COVID-19 vaccination plan. The change could make many people more comfortable with getting a vaccine, according to Secretary for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Lee… more

U.S. nursing homes release reform agenda due to COVID

A new reform agenda from the American Health Care Association has been released called the Care For Our Seniors Act. The agenda sets out to address systemic issues facing long term care sector and to learn from ongoing an COVID-19.… more

Overland Park-based Compass Minerals to sell plant nutrition business for $418M

In a deal valued around $418 million, Overland Park headquartered mineral producer, Compass Minerals International Inc., announced it will its South America specialty plant nutrition business to ICL Group subsidiary, ICL Brasil Ltda. ICL Brasil Ltda. has signed a definitive… more

Employees at Atchison mining equipment company on strike

Bradken Foundry employees with United Steel Workers Local 6943 continue their strike against the company after a meeting on Monday evening left contract negotiations with company officials unresolved. The strike began at 5 p.m. Monday, March 22. Union members said… more

February new home sales drop 18 percent from month prior

In the month of February, a report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that new home sales fell 18.2 percent from January. However, sales were up 8.2 percent from a year prior, in February 2020. The median sales price of… more

Q&A with Todd Winnerman

We had a pretty good winter until the middle of last month—how has weather this season affected progress on your progress, given the national scope of this freeze? During the extreme weather in February, we lost about two weeks of… more

Kansas small businesses receive $57M in grants

Roughly $57 million in aid has reached around 3,000 small businesses in Kansas in Small Business Working Capital (SBWC) grants. Funding for the grants was drawn out from the state’s Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF), which sent monetary aid to businesses… more

U.S. small business revenue up

Responses pooled from small businesses nationwide by the U.S. Census Bureau show that in the second week of March, most businesses saw a healthy increase in revenue and sales. Data was collected March 8 through March 14 for the Census… more