Vote on education bill nets KC reprieve legislators the boot
A Missouri House committees deadlocked vote on an education bill cost two representatives their seats on the committee and may have delayed a state takeover of the Kansas City Public Schools, The...
View ArticleWith the No. 1 pick the Chiefs take ... hello
The Kansas City Chiefs may have had an easier time making the call to select Eric Fisher as the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft than actually calling Fisher to let him know, The Associated Press reports....
View ArticleTop of the List Credit Unions
This week, the Kansas City Business Journal ranks the areas top credit unions based on 2012 assets. See the top 5 >> For the full list, subscribers can take a look at the print edition of the...
View ArticleThese social media tools provide best benefit of all more time
Time is the most precious resource of a small business owner or manager. No one ever seems to have enough time. In fact, lack of time is probably the biggest hurdle our small business clients face in...
View ArticleMissouri bill prevents businesses from restricting guns
If Gov. Jay Nixon signs the bill into law, the hospital could not be sold without approval from the hospital’s board of trustees and the city council and a vote of the ...
View ArticleKansas attorney general Disputes over new laws could cost $1.2 million
Forty-six percent of Americans age 19 to 64 had no health insurance at some point in 2012 or had insufficient insurance to help cover high out-of-pocket medical costs. According to the Commonwealth...
View ArticleInsurance cards could go digital under Mo. bill
The smartphone era could spare Missouri motorists from digging through their glove boxes for their insurance cards when they're stopped by law ...
View ArticleTheater for Young America in Kansas City brings Go Dog. Go to life.
Union Station offers a continuous feast of children's theater aimed at entertaining the pre-school and young elementary students with live theater written, produced, costumed, acted, and presented just...
View ArticleOP police Gun pulled on woman waiting for mall parking spot
Investigators said a woman decided to stop and wait for a person to leave a particular parking space when a man driving a car behind her grew impatient and started honking and yelling obscenities....
View ArticleExercise advocate Antronette K. Yancey dies at 55
Dr. Antronette K. Yancey, a California professor who promoted short bursts of exercise for getting fit, passed away at the age of 55 of lung cancer. Yancey died Tuesday at her home in Los Angeles, the...
View ArticleHow the Chiefs Decided on Fisher
Eric Fisher received a call of a lifetime on Thursday night, when the Kansas City Chiefs made him the #1 overall pick of the 2013 NFL Draft. "What a phone call (that) I'll never forget," Fisher said....
View ArticleBattleship Missouri other Pearl Harbor sites benefit from sequestration
The impacts of sequestration on Hawaii's most popular visitor attraction are actually benefitting some of its neighboring sites, including ...
View ArticleFitch Affirms Missouri Joint Muni Electric Util Comms Iatan 2 Revs at A...
Speculative Credit Quality Still Strong Despite Increase in Leverage Credit metrics of speculative grade issuers have stabilized and show signs of plateauing, according to Fitch Ratings' in its latest...
View ArticleDeclaring Missouri River a Marine Highway Carries Benefits
Declaring the Missouri River between Kansas City and Sioux City, Iowa, to be a Marine Highway could benefit the region by promoting navigation and economic development regionally, officials ...
View ArticleAir travelers likely to get break from furloughs
It's a lightning-fast response for Congress. Since Sunday, furloughs of air traffic controllers have delayed more than 3,000 flights, thanks to spending cuts Congress ...
View ArticleApril 26 2013 -- Planting time
What are you planting? When are you planting? Those are two much asked questions I've fielded during the month of April, one of the goofiest weather period in recent years in Kansas ...
View ArticleAuto supplier plans major plant in Riverside
An auto supply company announced plans on Friday to build a $45 million production plant in Riverside that will employ more than 260. Yanfeng USA Automotive Trim Systems will build the plant. The...
View ArticleHouse OKs bill to end air-traffic furloughs
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The House of Representatives on Friday approved a bill aimed at ending furloughs of air-traffic controllers, which have caused travel delays and angered U.S. ...
View ArticleRiverside lands 263 new jobs with new auto supplier plant
The auto supplier will provide parts for the vehicles like the Buick LaCrosse, which is being assembled in the above picture at General Motors Fairfax Assembly Plant. Yanfeng USA Automotive Trim...
View ArticleAuto supplier to build facility in Riverside
Yanfeng USA Automotive Trim Systems supplies parts to General Motors and Chrysler. The company will build a $45 million production facility. Construction is expected to begin next month, and the plant...
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