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Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19’

In Kansas City, Restaurant Revitalization Funds Flowed to Whiter, More Affluent Areas

By | August 18, 2021 | 0
Nika Cotton makes a drink at Soulcentricitea, which she opened on Troost Ave. last July. Cotton applied for a grant from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, but did not receive any money.

Local businesses received a total of $53 million from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. But few of those dollars flowed east of Troost.

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Survey: Just 1 in 4 Nursing Homes Confident They Can Survive Another Year

By | August 17, 2021 | 0
An unidentified family member visits through the window with their loved one at Cross Creek.

What does the future look like for long-term senior care centers? One survey suggests only 25% will make it past this year. Here’s what that means for Kansas City.

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COVID-19 Challenged The Business Model At Kansas Universities And Revealed A ‘Tectonic Shift’

By | August 10, 2021 | 0
Gregory Cushman, an associate professor of environmental history at the University of Kansas, marched with faculty and students to raise awareness about potential damage of administration plans to downsize the staff and eliminate degree programs to address budget problems.

Enrollment at Kansas colleges fell by 8.1% last fall — more than the national average. With continued uncertainty over COVID-19 and the highly contagious delta variant, universities could face the biggest money crisis in their history.

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After Pressure from Cori Bush, Feds Order Eviction Ban in Areas With High COVID Rate

By | August 4, 2021 | 0
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., speaks outside the U.S. Capitol, surrounded by (from left) Rep. Mondaire Jones, Rep. Al Green, Reps. Jimmy Gomez and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Federal health officials on Tuesday announced a new, narrower moratorium on evictions through Oct. 3, which would protect struggling renters in areas of the U.S. that have been hit hardest by soaring COVID-19 infection rates.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Goes Beyond Party Lines

By | August 4, 2021 | 0
Syringes of COVID-19 vaccinations are filled during MU Health Care’s mass vaccination clinic at the Walsworth Family Columns Club at Faurot Field in Columbia on Feb. 4, 2021.

While some pundits argue that party affiliation plays a role in low COVID-19 vaccination rates, experts say vaccine hesitancy goes beyond politics.

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