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Plans are in the works to bring 550 new apartments to north Olathe. Developer FSDA LLC wants the city to rezone roughly 30 acres located just north of College Boulevard and east of Kansas Highway 7 from an industrial district to a medium density multifamily housing district. VIDEO: New Three Light apartment tower opens in … Read more
A new report identifies the Kansas City metro as one of the 11 most racially segregated hospital markets in America. The Lown Institute, a Brookline, Massachusetts-based nonpartisan health care think tank, found that these 11 metros had the highest proportion of the most and least inclusive hospitals (percentage of outliers shown in parentheses): New Orleans (50%) … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Amazon is hiring for about 6,000 full-time, seasonal and part-time roles available in Kansas and Missouri. The duties of each role vary from packing and picking to sorting and shipping. Amazon said the positions are open to all backgrounds and experience levels. MoDOT wants to expand Amtrak in Kansas City to … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Jackson County Legislature passed an ordinance Monday that will provide some property tax relief for senior citizens, but not right away. County lawmakers voted 8-1, with one lawmaker abstaining, to enact a property tax credit for eligible taxpayers who are at least 62 years old. 2nd city planning to sue … Read more
Challenges of the Food Supply Chain’s Core Process Leveraging the competencies and industries’ key trends, we have identified the top challenges that businesses and institutions need to consider: Production & Design Fresh products (fruits, vegetables, etc.) provenance intersects with different sectors, from agriculture and manufacturing to large scale food retail trade and stores. At the … Read more
President Biden said Friday that record-high corporate profits should be shared with workers, hours after the United Auto Workers (UAW) went on a historic strike. Biden said that while he appreciates that the Big Three automakers have been working to make a deal on workers’ contracts with UAW, they failed to reach an agreement because … Read more
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Starting Saturday, gas stations will begin selling the winter blend of gas, which will likely affect your spending at the pump. Between May 1 and Sept. 15, gas terminals are required to use a less volatile and slightly more expensive blend of fuel, or “summer blend” gas. After that time, they can … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Even though the General Motors Fairfax plant in Kansas City, Kansas, wasn’t called to strike, its workers will still be impacted. Leaders at the Fairfax plant said they will still run out of parts to keep operating and could go idle as soon as next week. The United Auto Workers union … Read more
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — Independence is following a neighboring city’s lead in suing Jackson County over property tax assessments. The Independence City Council voted Thursday in executive session to proceed in filing its own lawsuit against the county. Jackson County has come under criticism this year after residents saw their property values skyrocket — and then … Read more
Mainframes are a staple of the European enterprise. They’re reliable, powerful, have been around for decades, and many organizations continue to use them for their most crucial business functions. Mainframe apps are common among information-intensive industries areas such as banking, government, healthcare, insurance, or utilities. With the rise of new technologies like the cloud and … Read more