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Susan Walsh/APWhile tax season ramps up, the Trump administration’s wave of federal employee layoffs is expected to hit the IRS offices in Kansas City this week, according to one union leader. Workers with less tenure at the already-understaffed location are likely to be most affected. -
Brian Munoz/STLPRAccording to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics data, Iowa and Nebraska saw gains in union membership while Kansas and Missouri unions saw slight declines.
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The shift away from local bars and taprooms could spell doom for small breweries, but Kansas City’s craft beer industry is fighting back. -
On Friday, some Kansas City bars reopened for the first time in two months. But there weren't many patrons to go around. -
Business owners hope the return of dine-in eating will bring much-needed foot traffic back to Kansas City's most prominent retail center. -
Loews is set to open its downtown Kansas City hotel despite canceled conventions. -
From 30,000 federal workers to T-Mobile to thousands who work at two engineering firms, managers are waiting until workspaces are modified and sanitized to bring workers back to their offices. -
If the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is as bad at the 2008 financial crisis, furloughs and layoffs could be widespread, a new report says. -
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s proposes that the federal government help pay employee’s wages at companies affected by the COVID-19 crisis. -
AMC has been forced to shutter its theaters around the world in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its market capitalization has plunged 50%. -
Tens of thousands of Kansas are eager to go back to work as businesses closed by COVID-19 gradually reopen. But for some, it could mean choosing between a paycheck and their health. -
Restaurateurs try to keep staff and customers safe, while also grappling with supply chain disruptions, social distancing measures, and increased sanitation requirements. -
Rural grocery stores have struggled to survive in recent years, but they've suddenly gotten a boost from shoppers desperate for supplies during the coronavirus outbreak. -
Kansans have flocked to tech schools to get trained for high-demand aviation jobs. Those jobs have disappeared with the Boeing 737 Max's grounding and the wilting economy.
