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Kansas City Public Schools has regained full accreditation after a decades-long struggle. But while the district is celebrating the news, Superintendent Mark Bedell says they "have a lot of work to do." Plus, workers providing care for people with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities have been quitting in droves during the pandemic.

Unemployment rates are dropping across Missouri after a pandemic-driven downturn, but some workers are slow to return to the labor force.

Launch Code is bringing Coder Girl to the metro. The program provides training to write computer code and the opportunity for jobs in tech to women only.

Employers could have skilled, dependable workers for accommodations as simple as Braille stickers on work items.

The claimants alleged that DST violated federal law by investing a disproportionate amount of their 401(k) assets in the stock of a single pharmaceutical company.

The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry is using $6 million in federal grant funds to train 5,300 new technology industry apprentices in the next four years.

As employers struggle to staff their facilities, workers' priorities are changing about the kind of work they want or need to do.

As Kansas City grapples with community violence, a new youth internship program is aiming to change the trajectory of at-risk teens. The model has helped cut crime and boost graduation rates in Omaha, and is showing early signs of success here.

As COVID-19 restrictions ease, concerns about going back to the workplace are rising

As COVID-19 restrictions ease, worries over going back to the workplace are rising and Kansas City real estate developer Bill Haw is selling his substantial acreage in the Flint Hills.

With the goal of placing 500 Kansas City young people as paid interns in area businesses, Working For Youth's Hire KC program has received 900 applications to date.

An internship program looks to create paid positions to introduce at-risk Kansas City youth to career possibilities and meet musician and producer Justus West.