Economy

Abby Zavos

Cities, Lenders Resume Battle Over High-Interest Loans

Installment lenders are battling Liberty in court and in the Missouri legislature over new regulations designed to curb high-interest lending.

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Downtown Shawnee

Opportunity Zone Spotlights Downtown Shawnee

Shawnee is seeing some positive impact from its Opportunity Zone, including apartments under construction.

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Martin City

Martin City Hopes for Opportunity Zone Boost

Martin City boosters now hope to leverage its unique down-home-but-high-tech vibe as an Opportunity Zone, a federal program that encourages investors to reinvest capital gains in economically distressed areas.

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Martin City

Seeking Opportunity in Unlikely Zones

Flatland is exploring the implementation of Opportunity Zones in the Kansas City area, on both sides of the state line, and tracing their impact.

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Man wearing a face mask.

Three Key Ts: Testing, Tracing and Treatment in a Post-Pandemic Economy

Now is the time to learn from the COVID-19 outbreak or there will be no escaping the worst of the pandemic and economic collapse.

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