Two Denver firms picked for Kansas City streetcar project
Two Denver firms have been picked to design a maintenance and office facility in Kansas City, Mo., that will serve the planned streetcar line, The Kansas City Star reports. RNL Design will serve as ...
View ArticleU.S. banks pass Feds stress test
The Federal Reserve reports that 17 of the largest 18 U.S. banks have enough capital to keep lending in the event of another sharp economic downturn, a sign the system would be better able to weather ...
View ArticleJob gains knock unemployment to four-year low
Employers added 236,000 jobs in February, offering evidence of an improving labor market and strengthening economy, The Wall Street Journal reports. The added jobs pushed the unemployment rate down ...
View ArticleNFIB member survey Use taxes to shrink deficit
Realtors and Republicans should take special heed of a recent survey by the National Federation of Independent Business: Most members favor increases in taxes to cut the deficit, starting with caps ...
View ArticleSocial media presence becomes fair game in job hunt
Its no secret that employers make it a point to thoroughly research a candidate during the interview process, and online research is a big part of that. Gone are the days of a one-page paper rsum ...
View ArticleMoran introduces bill to repeal portion of health reform law
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, R-Kan., has co-sponsored the American Job Protection Act, which was introduced in the Senate this week and would repeal a portion of the Affordable ...
View ArticleDevelopers start high-end JoCo apartment project
VanTrust Real Estate LLC and Land Development Strategies LLC have teamed up for another high-end apartment project in Johnson County. Construction is under way on the 230-unit Highlands Lodge ...
View ArticleStreetcar authority meeting focuses on communication
At Thursdays meeting of the Kansas City Streetcar Authority Inc, a big topic was conversation was the citys commitment to communicate with concerned citizens along the streetcar line as the citys ...
View ArticleFrom the List Commercial real estate brokers talk about mentors
Lester Dean This weeks edition of the Kansas City Business Journal gives a deeper look at some of the brokers on our lists of commercial real estate companies. We asked the top local executives of ...
View ArticleKansas House committee hears liquor law testimony
Grocery and convenience stores would be allowed to sell wine, liquor and full-strength beer under a bill being considered by a Kansas House committee. A Kansas House of Representatives room was ...
View ArticleTop of the List Commercial Real Estate Firms
This week, the Kansas City Business Journal ranks the areas most-active commercial real estate firms based on the number of transactions closed in 2012. Click on the carousel above to see the top ...
View ArticlePolice Sewer gas may have killed KC woman
The woman, Bernice A. Weaver, was found unconscious Wednesday in front of the kitchen sink in a friend's home. The plumbing underneath the sink had been ...
View ArticleUnemployment rate falls to lowest level since 2008
unemployment rate dipped to 7.7%, as 12 million workers were counted as unemployed. The unemployment rate fell partly because more people said they got jobs, but also because 130,000 people ...
View ArticleKansas Bill Would Ban Abortion Clinic Employees From ‘Bringing Cupcakes’ To...
@LaBeez Kansas Republicans are once again resuming their war against a woman’s right to choose and this time they are targeting abortion clinic employees in a very personal way. A Kansas House ...
View ArticleStandoff in east Kansas City ends without arrest
As the league title and the player-of-the-year award both go down to the wire, Kansas' Jeff Withey and Ben McLemore, Kansas State's Rodney McGruder and Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart ...
View ArticleInside Free Agency 2013 - Day 27 Rey Maualuga
The crazy time of year that is free agency is fast approaching, so KCChiefs.com has you covered with a 30-day free agency look, highlighting the 30 most intriguing free agents or players who could be ...
View ArticleKCPD Woman shot in back in Northland home
A woman was hospitalized after she was shot in the back early Friday morning at a home in the 9200 block of Northeast Paw Paw Drive, Kansas City police ...
View ArticleKan. House panel takes on strip clubs
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A Kansas House committee is preparing to consider new state regulations on strip clubs, adult bookstores and other sexually oriented businesses. The legislation was on ...
View ArticleTired See if sleep apps really work
CLEVELAND - How well did you sleep last night? Tired of being tired? Maybe your cellphone holds the answer. Sleepy heads are turning to apps to catch some zzz's. Millions of Americans dream of a ...
View ArticleControversy over vagina billboards
CINCINNATI (WCPO) - Temporary billboards placed on the University of Cincinnati campus are causing controversy among students. Twelve billboard-sized photographs of vaginas will be placed outside ...
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