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Mammoth year pushes Emery Sapp Construction to $1B milestone

A Missouri general contractor with a big Kansas City presence surpassed $1 billion in revenue for the first time in the company’s 52-year history......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 10th, 2024

Gus"s World Famous Fried Chicken franchisee orders up Kansas City-area expansion

The local franchisees for Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken are building their second location in Overland Park and plan to open in mid-July. Two Missouri-side restaurants are expected to follow in 2022......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 25th, 2021

Kansas City Southern to merge with Canadian National, paid Canadian Pacific $700 million breakup fee

Shares of Kansas City Southern rose 0.6% in Friday morning trading, after the Missouri-based railroad company said it has terminated its merger agreement with Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. , and will go with it determined was a "superior" bid from C.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 21st, 2021

New bankruptcy filings continue to plummet in Kansas, western Missouri during pandemic

The filings aren't just down compared to the beginning of the pandemic, but also when compared to the previous quarter......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 4th, 2021

Former Missouri secretary of state gets nod to lead Biden"s General Services Administration

The official has also held other roles in Washington, D.C., plus served as a strategic adviser to St. Louis-based LaunchCode, which operates a tech education and apprenticeship program in multiple locations, including Kansas City......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 7th, 2021

Amazon launches first on-site vaccinations for warehouse employees in Kansas, Missouri, Nevada

Amazon kicked off its warehouse vaccination program at fulfillment centers in three states last week, including both Kansas and Missouri......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 30th, 2021

After a year, Kansas City metro is still down 46,500 jobs

The Kansas City metro is down more than 46,000 jobs in a year, an unemployment report [PDF] released Wednesday shows. Kansas City counted 1.06 million nonfarm jobs in February, off from 1.11 million in the same month last year, the Missouri Econ.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 23rd, 2021

UMKC plan will create three schools, cut a handful of existing programs

As part of the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s new “UMKC Forward” plan to dig out from the pandemic and boost enrollment, the institution plans to create three new schools and eliminate a handful of programs suffering from diminished demand. .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 19th, 2021

Here"s how much new PPP money has gone to Missouri, Kansas businesses

The latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program has approved almost 1.3 million loans totaling $101 billion from 5,082 lending institutions through Feb. 7. Here's how much of that money has gone to Kansas and Missouri businesses......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 15th, 2021

Hallmark Cards asks GOP Sens. Hawley, Marshall to return donations after electoral challenge

Hallmark Cards said Monday that it wants U.S. Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Roger Marshall of Kansas to return employee campaign donations, after the senators challenged Joe Biden’s vict.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneJan 12th, 2021

Kansas, Missouri unemployment claims continue to climb

Nearly 3 million people filed initial unemployment claims last week, the Labor Department announced Thursday.  The jump brings national eight-week total to more than 36 million people, according to The New York Times. The seasonally adjusted insured.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 14th, 2020

Coronavirus developments: Virus pounds states" revenue | Undercounting? | Poll: Not so fast

Here are the stats as of Thursday afternoon in Missouri:  Statewide: 9,341 (417 deaths) Kansas City: 723 (16 deaths) Jackson County: 373 (13 deaths) Clay County: 91 (one death) Cass County: 65 (6 deaths) Platte County: 38 (no deaths) Here are.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 8th, 2020

Coronavirus developments: Jackson County reopening | Meat plant worker dies

Here are the stats as of Wednesday afternoon in Missouri:  Statewide: 9,102 (396 deaths) Kansas City: 706 (16 deaths) Jackson County: 362 (13 deaths) Clay County: 85 (one death) Cass County: 64 (6 deaths) Platte County: 36 (no deaths) Here are the .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 7th, 2020

KPMG plans to add nearly 200 jobs

Kansas City, Missouri, is also in the running for this deal......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 6th, 2020

New Missouri, Kansas unemployment claims approach 700,000 since virus set in

More than 3.8 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending April 25, new data from the U.S. Department of Labor shows. Nationally, more than 30 million people have filed for unemployment in the six weeks since President Dona.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 30th, 2020

Johnson County considers delay in reopening businesses

Johnson County is debating when and how it will reopen.  Kansas and Missouri are under stay-at-home orders aimed to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19. Both states’ orders will expire on Sunday, though Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lu.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 30th, 2020

Meet Thomas Friestad, KCBJ"s new real estate and development reporter

I'm thrilled to announce I have joined the Kansas City Business Journal as its newest reporter, covering all things commercial real estate. I followed my passion for journalism from the Washington, D.C., suburbs to the University of Missouri. There.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 28th, 2020

Here"s every Missouri, Kansas lender that participated in the first PPP round

Kansas and Missouri businesses were approved for nearly 73,000 Paycheck Protection Program loans collectively worth $11.8 billion. Here's a look at the hundreds of lenders that participated in the first PPP round......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 25th, 2020

Coronavirus developments: Parson adds to order | Trump"s plan | WyCo cases

Here are the stats as of Thursday afternoon in Missouri: Statewide: 5,111 cases (152 deaths) Kansas City: 386 (11 deaths) Jackson County: 260 (eight deaths) Clay County: 52 (one death) Cass County: 47 (four deaths) Platte County: 27 (no deaths) .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 17th, 2020

Here’s how much PPP money has gone to small biz in Kansas, Missouri

The loans are aimed to help small businesses survive until stay-at-home orders are lifted......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 14th, 2020