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High-school language-arts scores for boys continue to crater as masculinity-shaming efforts expand. Coincidence? In 1955, author Rudolf Flesch wrote a major best-seller simply titled, “Why Johnny Can’t Read.” The problem then, as Flesch saw it, was the failure of schools…
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Posted May 7, 2025 Overland Park-based Mariner announced it has acquired Hyre Personal Wealth Advisors, adding approximately $325 million in assets. The transaction bolsters Mariner’s presence in the Ohio market and establishes the company’s second office in Columbus and its…
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Posted May 5, 2025 Shawnee-based PBI-Gordon Companies, Inc. announced its latest acquisition of TriviumVet, the newest acquisition in the company’s history. The acquisition of TriviumVet is the largest transaction in the company's 77-year history, according to a release Monday. TriviumVet…
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Posted May 5, 2025 Olathe-based lighting manufacturer, EiKO Global, has selected Yavor Kolarov to be its chief executive officer. Kolarov, who joined the company in August 2024, was promoted to CEO, effective May 1, according to a release. Kolarov first…
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Posted May 1, 2025 First Interstate Bank will sell two of its Kansas City area-based banks to Enterprise Bank & Trust as part of a larger deal to increase the latter’s presence in the region. The acquisition consists of Billings,…
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Posted April 30, 2025 Kansas City has joined a coalition filing a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for “unlawful” funding cuts to programs. The lawsuit, led by Harris County Attorney Christian Menafee, seeks to…
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Posted April 30, 2025 The Kansas City Health Department held a press conference Tuesday to address the increasing risk of a measles outbreak in the area and precautions to protect residents. As of April 30, a total of 46 cases…
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Posted April 29, 2025 The American Royal will continue its transition into Kansas, following the approval of a $155 million STAR bond for the project by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City commissioners. On Thursday, commissioners approved three motions…
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This year’s Ingram’s 250 assembly devoted an inordinate amount of time to the issue of violent crime. Let’s do something about it. That was my take-away on Sept. 7 as we wrapped up the 2018 Ingram’s 250 General Assembly at…
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Posted April 29, 2025 Indra Air Traffic Inc. has been awarded a nearly $200 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to manufacture a navigation system in its Overland Park facility. Indra Air Traffic Inc., the U.S.-based company of the…
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