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Healthy Blue Kansas Marks Mother’s Day by Partnering with Count the Kicks to Improve Birth Outcomes and Save Lives Across Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2024--In commemoration of this year’s Mother’s Day holiday, Healthy Blue Kansas is partnering with Healthy Birth Day, Inc. to raise awareness about resources … more

5/8/24

Compass: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Compass Minerals International Inc. (CMP) on Tuesday reported a loss of $48 million in its fiscal second quarter. On a per-share basis, … more

5/7/24

Compass Minerals Reports Fiscal 2024 Second-Quarter Results

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2024--Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP), a leading global provider of essential minerals, today reported fiscal 2024 second-quarter results. In addition, the … more

5/7/24

Cessna SkyCourier recieves ACASA certification (Photo: Business Wire)

Cessna SkyCourier Receives Type Certification in Australia, Revolutionizing Regional Connectivity

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2024--Textron Aviation today announced the Cessna SkyCourier twin utility turboprop has been awarded type certification by the Australia Certification & … more

5/7/24

Capital Power Selects Black & Veatch to Remotely Monitor Power Generation Facilities

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2024--Black & Veatch, a global leader in critical infrastructure solutions, has been selected by Capital Power to remotely monitor seven of the … more

5/7/24

SOFTwarfare Announces Zero Trust Identity(R) for Google Workspace(R)

SOFTwarfare's partnership with Google is a product of timing and leadership to forge new needed security capabilities and mission-driven results for commercial and industrial base customers. … more

5/7/24

WellSky® Unveils Advanced Analytics Solution to Drive Hospice Quality Improvement Programs and Strategic Census Growth

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2024--WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, today announced the release of WellSky Value-Based Insights for Hospice, a new … more

5/7/24

Security Benefit Appoints Jim Kiley as Head of Education Market to Lead Its Strategy in the 403(b) Marketplace

TOPEKA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2024--Security Benefit, a leading provider of 403(b) retirement plans, has appointed Jim Kiley to Head of the Education Market and Affinity Relations to lead its … more

5/7/24

Spirit Aerosystems: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Spirit Aerosystems Holdings Inc. (SPR) on Tuesday reported a loss of $616.7 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Wichita, … more

5/7/24

Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results and Declares Second Quarter 2024 Base Dividend Distribution of $0.42 Per Share

MISSION WOODS, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7, 2024--Palmer Square Capital BDC Inc. (NYSE: PSBD) ("PSBD" or the "Company"), an externally managed business development company, today announced its … more

5/7/24

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

Topeka Capital-Journal. May 4, 2024. Editorial: Are Gov. Laura Kelly’s rising approval numbers because of her frequent use of veto powers? In Kansas, we’re used to seeing the Wildcats … more

By The Associated Press | 5/7/24

Avium's technology enables field regeneration during operations, delivers reliable performance, lowers costs, and operates at a higher average efficiency. (Photo: Avium)

Department of Energy Awards $5 Million to Avium to Further Develop High-Performing Electrolyzer Stacks

KANSAS CITY, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2024--Avium, an alkaline electrolysis company supported by Tallgrass, receives a three-year, $5 million award from the Department of Energy (DOE).This press … more

5/6/24

A mailbox is partially submerged on a flooded street in an unincorporated area in east Harris County near Houston on Sunday morning, May 5, 2024. The nearby San Jacinto River, overflowing due to heavy rainfall earlier this week, caused the flood waters. (AP Photo/Lekan Oyekanmi)

Millions of people across Oklahoma, southern Kansas at risk of tornadoes and severe thunderstorms

Forecasters say millions of people in the central United States could see powerful storms Monday including long-track tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and baseball-sized hail. The National Weather … more

By ALEXA ST. JOHN | 5/6/24

Beechcraft Denali (Photo: Business Wire)

Beechcraft Denali Advances Certification Plans With Successful Avionics Testing

WICHITA, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2024--Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft Denali single-engine turboprop continues to surpass significant milestones as it begins the certification flight test … more

5/6/24

Pizza Hut Announces Carl Loredo President of Pizza Hut U.S.

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2024--Today, Pizza Hut announced that Juan Carlos “Carl” Loredo will join the company as the President of Pizza Hut U.S., reporting to Pizza Hut Division … more

5/6/24

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly participates in a ceremony honoring fallen law enforcement officers, Friday, May 3, 2024, outside the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Republican legislators have overridden Kelly's veto of budget provisions giving the Kansas National Guard a $15.7 million mission to help Texas with border security, but Kelly says she determines as the guard's commander how its resources are used, not legislators. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Kansas has a new border security mission and tougher penalties for killing police dogs

Kansas' Republican-controlled legislature has given the state's National Guard a mission to help Texas officials in their dispute with the Biden administration over border security. They also have … more

By JOHN HANNA | 5/4/24

FILE - Rusty Bowers, Arizona state House Speaker, from left, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Gabe Sterling, COO for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office, attend a hearing investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. With six months to go before the presidential election, concerns are running high among election officials that public distrust of voting and ballot counting persists. Sterling is part of an effort that seeks to bring together Republican officials who are willing to defend the country's election systems. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them

Republican officials who believe in the legitimacy of elections have formed a group that's pushing back on the election lies and conspiracy theories that have persuaded a large share of their party … more

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY | 5/4/24

FILE - Young marijuana plants have state mandated identification tags in the indoor growing facility of Mockingbird Cannabis in Raymond, Miss., Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Marijuana backers eye proposed federal regulatory change as an aid to legalizing pot in more states

A federal proposal to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug has raised the hopes of some pot backers that more states will embrace cannabis. A total of 24 states already have legalized … more

By DAVID A. LIEB | 5/4/24

KCAS Bio and Crux Biolabs Announce Global Spectral Flow Cytometry Alliance

KANSAS CITY, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2024--KCAS Bio continues to deliver against both growth objectives and more integrated customer service offerings. KCAS Bio has partnered with Crux Biolabs, … more

5/3/24

Rally House Celebrates Company Milestone of 200+ Store Locations

LENEXA, Kan., May 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rally House, the fastest growing sports and local apparel retailer in the nation, hit a major company milestone over the weekend by surpassing 200 storefront … more

5/3/24