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KCP&L opens first major solar-power facility

KCP&L on Wednesday announced the opening of its first major solar-power facility in the Kansas City area. The 12-plus-acre facility is located at KCP&L’s Greenwood, Mo., Energy Center, which also has a natural-gas power plant that’s used at peak demand… more

Lockton’s London team honored

 LONDON -- Lockton's Asset Management team in London has been named "Best Insurance Broker" for the second consecutive year. The team was honored by HFM Week, a global hedge fund publication, with the top award at the 2016 European Hedge Fund… more

New tool set to finance energy-efficient upgrades

Homeowners in Jackson County will soon be eligible for long-term financing of energy-efficient upgrades to their homes through a unique public-private partnership.Renovate America, the leading provider of residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing in the U.S., and the Missouri… more

Nixon makes cuts to balance 2017 budget

Gov. Jay Nixon took action this week to balance the Fiscal Year 2017 budget by restricting $115.5 million in new or increased spending, saying he was protecting key priorities including K-12 classrooms, higher education and services for Missourians with mental… more

Ingram’s 100: KC’s Top 100 Private Companies

Ostensibly, this feature is about big businesses—the biggest that the Kansas City region has to offer. But in a way, it’s about planting trees.You start with seeds or saplings, nurture them for years, even decades, and end up with a… more

Loan Rangers

A decade of turbulence in the banking sector hasn’t deterred these locally owned banks in the Kansas City region.It’s been a wild ride in U.S. bank lending over the past decade, one that in some ways is like a roller… more

Between the Lines

So Why All The Hysteria About Kansas Schools?If you set aside the emotional issues that underpin the debate, the numbers and facts completely reframe the discussion.OK, let’s start this essay with a quiz: Who makes more, the departing superintendent of… more

Lockton Tabs Glenn Spencer as Next CEO

Lockton, the world's largest privately held independent  insurance brokerage, announced this morning that Glenn Spencer would become president and chief executive officer next May, when John Lumelleau retires. Lumelleau has been at he helm during much of Lockton's rise from… more

Madeleine McDonough to Take Reins at Shook

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, which has more lawyers in Kansas City than any other regional firm, announced today that Madeleine McDounough would succeed John Murphy as chairman of the 127-year-old firm, starting Jan. 1, 2017.  McDonough, a litigator who joined… more

KCP&L Parent Will Buy Westar Energy, Kansas’ Biggest Utility, for $12.2 Billion

  Great Plains Energy, the parent company of Kansas City Power & Light, announced this morning that it had reached an agreement to acquire Topeka-based Westar Energy, the largest utility in Kansas, for $12.2 billion in cash and stock, including… more