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More than 350 workers at the fulfillment center in St. Charles signed a petition seeking an increase in pay, raises for employees after training for additional roles and an end to a three-year cap on wage increases. The group’s organizers say Amazon’s "toxic culture" has led to safety issues.
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The Raven Book Store survived 2020 by shipping books to customers across the country. Now, it's doubling down on the effort in a bigger location designed for "a new model of bookselling.”
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The owner of The Raven says paying more for a book locally can be a better investment long-term, since most of the money stays in your community.
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Economist Stephanie Kelton says it's times like these that require big spending by the federal government and an independent bookstore owner is gaining attention in his campaign to get consumers to buy local.
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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%.
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Segment 1: A Lawrence poet is coming out with the first book of fast food poetry.Danny Caine's new book reviews chain restaurants with poetry, touching on…
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Sales tax collections for the early part of this year’s holiday season are down across Kansas, and that includes Johnson, Wyandotte and Douglas counties.…
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After three years of construction headaches at a busy corner near the University of Missouri-Kansas City, a new Whole Foods opened Wednesday, promising…
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Amazon celebrated the grand opening of its third "fulfillment center" in Kansas on Tuesday.The new 850,000 square-foot Kansas City, Kansas, began…
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Segment 1: Why are educated professionals leaving Kansas City?A recent study showed that more people with college degrees are leaving Kansas City at a…
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Kansas City did not make the short list to be home to Amazon’s second headquarters.The $5 billion project, known as HQ2, will bring 50,000 high paying…
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Kansas volunteers are committed to preserving a national icon: the bald eagle. Today, we speak with the filmmakers of a documentary short about the…