Missouri
For hospitals slammed through the fall as COVID-19 admissions skyrockets, the news continues to suggest relief—conditioned, for the moment, on whether relaxed restrictions on business operations and public gatherings leads to additional outbreaks. According to the Mid-America Regional Council ‘s…
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A group of Kansas City organizations have formed a new program to provide local small businesses guidance with the PPP loan application process. Called Payroll Protection Program PREP (PPP PREP), the program is a collaboration among local chambers of commerce,…
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A movement to vaccinate more vulnerable populations of the city will take its next step beginning this weekend through a COVID-19 vaccine partnership between the City of Kansas City, Mo., YMCA of Greater Kansas City and Walmart. Beginning this weekend,…
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The Vaccination Credential Initiative, a collective of organizations including Cerner, Epic and Microsoft, hopes to begin testing its co-developed COVID-19 vaccine digital passport technology this spring. The Vaccine Credential Initiative announced its project Jan. 14 and is building a digital tool…
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The University of Kansas Health System has displayed a healthy down-tick in the number of hospitalized patients with active COVID-19. In a daily media briefing on Wednesday, Feb. 24, the count in active patients dropped into the 20-range at KU…
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Missouri-based and family-owned Orscheln Farm and Home has been acquired in a $297 million all-cash deal. The decades-old company was bought by rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Company, which will add 167 Orscheln stores across 11 states. “For more than…
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Since 2006, The Kansas City Star has housed operations at 1601 McGee St. in Kansas City, Mo. With the recent listing of the property on the Kessinger/Hunter & Co. website, the newspaper’s time downtown is drawing nearer to an end.…
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The Missouri Department of Transportation released renderings of the new Buck O’Neil Bridge Tuesday. Earlier this month, Massman-Clarkson, a Joint Venture was chosen as the project’s design-build contractor. The renderings show a simplified design for the key downtown connector. The project…
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December is usually the slowest month for the housing market, but price gains didn’t slow down one bit in 2020. In fact, they rose at the fastest pace in seven years. Home prices nationally increased 10.4% compared with December 2019,…
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