KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Kansas - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Kansas were 69,958, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 61,651, the U.S. Bureau of Lab  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 4 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Business Employment Dynamics in Wyoming - Fourth Quarter 2024 * From September 2024 to December 2024, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments in Wyoming were 18,894, while gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 18,048, the U.S. Bureau of L  more

POINT LOOKOUT, Missouri, Aug. 5 -- College of the Ozarks issued the following news release: * * * College Of The Ozarks Hosts Annual Celebration Of Student Scholarship, Research, And Creative Work POINT LOOKOUT, MO. -- In May, College of the Ozarks hosted its annual Celebration of Student Scholarship, Research, and Creative Work at The Keeter Center. Featuring projects from 11 areas of study, select departments showcased student work, recognizing their academic excellence and personal achieve  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cleaver Celebrates Groundbreaking of Largest Infrastructure Project in Grandview's History * (Kansas City, MO) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) joined city leaders and community members to break ground on the largest infrastructure investment in Grandview's history: a $24 million revitalization of nearly five miles of Blue Ridge Boulevard. The project is set to impr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System has received an application under the Change in Bank Control Act from a group seeking to maintain control over a Missouri-based bank holding company. The applicants include the Sharon K. Garrett Marital Trust, established under the Sharon K. Garrett Revocable Trust from 2000, along with John H. Garrett, Jeffrey S. Scott, and the Garrett Family Bank Trust, formed under an irrevocable trust agreement in March 2024. Acting together, they aim   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley, Markey Reintroduce Warehouse Worker Protection Act * U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) joined U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Representatives Donald Norcross (NJ-01), Mike Lawler (NY-17), and Haley Stevens (MI-11) in reintroducing the bipartisan and bicameral Warehouse Worker Protection Act. This legislation would protect nearly 2 million of our nations' warehouse workers by banning haz  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The House Homeland Security Committee Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events released the following written testimony by Kansas Chief of Police Stacey Graves from a July 22, 2025, hearing entitled "Lessons Learned: An Examination of Major Security Incidents at Mass Gathering Events": * * * Thank you Chairman McCaul, Ranking Member Pou, and Members of the Task Force for convening today's hearing. I lead the Kansas City Missouri Police Department, a department  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 5 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Missouri Journalism at AEJMC 2025: Advancing Ideas, Research and Impact From AI and ethics to visual storytelling and media law, scholars from the Missouri School of Journalism are exploring the questions that matter most in journalism today -- and sharing their work on one of the field's biggest stages. At the 2025 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communic  more

COLUMBIA, Missouri, Aug. 5 -- The University of Missouri's School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Jacob Bogage and Riley Beggin land high-profile economic policy reporting roles at Washington Post COLUMBIA, Mo. (Aug. 4, 2025) -- July was an eventful month for Missouri School of Journalism alums at The Washington Post. Jacob Bogage, BJ '19, was named the White House economic policy correspondent after previously serving in a variety of reporting roles at the storied news  more