Kansas
New-home listings in the Kansas City area plunged 35.7 percent year over year as of April 5, according to Zillow. That number exceeds the national average drop of 27.1 percent. It is a strong contrast to March 1, when they…
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Federal aid began flowing today to cash-strapped rural hospitals across Kansas, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said this morning. Although federal aid to business approved in March excluded rural hospitals owned by political subdivisions, Moran said additional federal money was being…
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Good Friday dawned with some good news from the University of Kansas Hospital: After holding steady at 33 for several days, the census of patients for treatment of COVID-19 has dipped to 30. In a morning news briefing, medical director…
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Johnson County is furloughing 264 employees and will cut its fiscal year 2020 budget by $18.8 million and deferring another $2.3 million in expenditures for at least a year. The furloughed employees are in Johnson County government, the Johnson County…
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Called to action by a Kansas City health-care non-profit, a team of a dozen medical providers is on its way to New York, the nation's epicenter in the fight to save lives of COVID-19 patients. Olathe-based Heart to Heart International…
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A recent report has some disturbing news for rural hospitals saying one in four of them could close to do worsened conditions heightened by COVID-19, and Kansas is one of the most at-risk states. An annual report by Guidehouse says…
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The University of Kansas Health System reported this morning that its inpatient census of COVID-19 was unchanged since Friday, at 33, a hopeful sign that efforts to contain the spread were paying off. Three of the physicans at the main…
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Federal relief for small businesses slammed with cash-flow challenges during the COVID-19 recession has begun flowing, as banks have the green light to begin making loans under the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program. PPP has set aside $349 billion for…
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Much as they have nationwide, home listings in the Kansas City area have dropped dramatically due to the COVID-19 outbreak. A report by Realtor.com says that home listings in the metro have dropped by 24.6 percent. That makes places it…
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The State of Missouri will experience its peak of resources needed to deal with COVID-19 on May 19, the longest it will take all 50 states to hit that milestone, according to a report from the University of Washington's Institute…
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