Missouri

USDA Offers Short-Term Relief for Tariff-Affected Farmers

Last week, we wrote about how retaliatory tariffs imposed by countries like Mexico and China are inflicting pain on the U.S. dairy industry. Those levies themselves were a response to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on China, Mexico and… more

Hedge Fund Founder Says Tax Law Hurts Northern States

In an article published by CNBC on Monday, the founder of Citadel hedge fund, Ken Griffin, made the prediction that "Northern states that predominantly support the Democratic Party will be negatively impacted by President Donald Trump’s tax plan." Griffin believes… more

Presidential Visit Will Shut Down Parts of Downtown

UPDATE: This morning, the Kansas City city manager tweeted out that parts of downtown will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m and asked for people to avoid Downtown Kansas City during that time.  The city manager also said… more

Best Big Cities? KC Didn’t Crack the Top 30

Today WalletHub released its ranking of the Top Big Cities to Live in for 2018, and Kansas City, Missouri didn't even crack the top 30. The City of Fountains instead came in at number 40 on this list, more than… more

Aspen Funds Acquires Former Waddell & Reed SVP

Dan Schulte has made the move over to Aspen Funds.  Aspen made the announcement Tuesday afternoon.  Schulte was a senior vice president and general counsel at Waddell & Reed before heading to B12 Capital Partners as a managing director.  He… more

June Jobs Report Shows One Industry Lagging

The Missouri Department of Economic Development released their June 2018 jobs report today and it indicated a potential issue for construction.  They note that since June of 2017, construction is the only industry showing a significant decrease in jobs, to… more

Park University Expands Again

Park University is expanding once more, this time to Gilbert, Arizona.  The University has been approved by the Higher Learning Commission and the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education to start classes in Fall of 2018.  That fall term… more

C-Suite Movement at Associated Wholesale Grocers

The area's second-largest private company has a new Executive Vice President and new Senior Vice President. Scott Welman has taken over as the Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer for AWG.  In addition to that move, AWG also announced… more

Riddle to Lead Black & Veatch Construction

Neil Riddle has been chosen as the President of Black & Veatch Construction, Inc. (BVCI) the company announced this week. Riddle comes to BVCI from Caddell Power in Atlanta, Georgia,  where he served as President and "had complete P&L responsibility for… more

First-Time Homebuyer Savings Account Act Is Now Law

Today, Governor Mike Parson signed House Bill 1796 which allows the creation of a special savings account intended to better prepare first-time homebuyers.  It will go into effect on January 1, 2019. This bill allows taxpayers in Missouri to deduct… more