Kansas
There has been a drop in the number of active COVID-19 patients at The University of Kansas Health System, according to a Friday morning media briefing held by the hospital’s medical officials. Seventy-eight people with the active virus are hospitalized,…
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Preliminary estimates reported by the Labor Market Information Services (LMIS) division of the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL) and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 5.6 percent in November. This was an increase…
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Construction work has begun on a new warehouse for the first announced tenant to land operations within the Turner Logistics Center in Kansas City, Kan. NorthPoint Development broke ground earlier this month on a facility for Kansas City, Kan.-based Plastic…
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A U.S Food and Drug Administration-approved rapid COVID-19 home test can send results back within 20 minutes. Australia-based company Ellume developed the test, which may hit store shelves soon. Consumers will be able to buy the take-home test over the…
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Just two short weeks left in December and the rest of the year still leave questions regarding what the impact of COVID-19 will have on businesses and individuals in a (hopefully) post-COVID 2021. A newly released 2021 Insurance Industry Outlook…
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Compared to 2019, bankers expect 2020 retail sales to be down by 3.1 percent, according a Rural Mainstreet Index survey sent out to bank CEOs. The survey concluded that around 54.8 percent of bankers anticipate a reduction from 2019, while…
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The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank and intermediate small bank under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.…
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In the week ending Dec. 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 885,000, an increase of 23,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 9,000 from 853,000 to 862,000. The…
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For the second time in the past three months, the Creighton University Rural Mainstreet Index (RMI) climbed above growth neutral. According to the monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region dependent on agriculture and/or energy,…
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The FAA has signed a deal with Kansas regarding a supersonic flight corridor. Governor Laura Kelly says she and Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced on Thursday that KDOT and the Federal Aviation Administration have finalized an agreement…
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