Missouri

Burns & McDonnell pushes to $5.3B revenue over last year

Kansas City-based Burns & McDonnell hit a record year of sales, producing $5.3 billion, supporting 15,000 projects and adding more than 600 employees. With the news of the construction engineering company’s financial success comes news of several leadership promotions including… more

Weekly jobless claims show lowest total since November

In the week ending January 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 779,000, a decrease of 33,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised down by 35,000 from 847,000 to 812,000. The… more

Mo. recognized for economic development progress

The state of Missouri recently received two awards from leading economic development publications in recognition of major corporate investments. “Even during these challenging times, we are proud that we have made great strides in growing our economy and creating jobs,”… more

Contractor selected for new Buck O’Neil Bridge

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission announced the team chosen to lead the reconstruction of the Buck O’Neil Bridge. Kansas City-based Massman-Clarkson, A Joint Venture, was selected by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) as the design-build contractor to replace… more

KU Health System reports milestone as total number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients falls below 100

A complete count of all COVID-19 patients hospitalized at The University of Kansas Health System has fallen below 100 for the first time in months, according to a Wednesday media briefing. The total encompasses all active and recovering COVID-19 patients… more

Federal government to send vaccines directly to pharmacies

Recently, the Biden administration announced 1 million additional COVID-19 vaccines will be shipped to pharmacies starting next week. The vaccines that are to be sent out will be in addition to vaccines the federal government has already distributed to states.… more

Insurance Insights with Claude Thau

Searching the internet, you’d likely find advice such as: Make sure your long-term care insurance (LTCi) policy covers dementia and Alzheimer’s. That advice is not helpful because LTCi policies have been required to cover dementia and Alzheimer’s since well before… more

U.S employment shows 8.5 percent growth over 20 years

Total U.S. employment grew by 11,767,000, or 8.5%, in the 20 years ending in December 2020, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. All of that growth—11,879,000, or 101% of the total—was due to increased… more

Missouri Senate creates bill to end opportunistic COVID-19 lawsuits

Since March, more than 1,000 COVID-19 lawsuits have been filed against employers across the nation, according to the Missouri Department of Commerce and Industry. In response, many states — including all but one of Missouri’s neighboring states — have enacted… more

Kansas City restaurant files COVID-19 lawsuit against city, seeks reprieve on restrictions

O’Dowd’s Gastrobar is the second metro restaurant to express its frustration with Kansas City COVID-19 restrictions via legal means, filing a lawsuit against the city. The most recent lawsuit from O'Dowd's follows a similar one filed in December by The… more