Tagged: The Economy Project

Kansas City, MO – It looks like banking isn't the only industry coming in for some added regulatory scrutiny from the Obama administration. US Attorney General Eric Holder and Agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack have launched a series of workshops probing anti-trust issues in agriculture. Some big agribusiness firms say the forums will showcase a well functioning, free market. But, many producers think they'll expose a system increasingly hostile to the traditional family farm.

Kansas City, MO – A third of community mental health centers in Kansas are operating in the red, according to the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. The department says this year's revenue may not be any better for centers, now that the state's also enacted a ten percent cut to Medicaid reimbursements.

Overland Park, Kansas – As an increasing number of Johnson Countians find themselves without work, they are gathering at "job clubs" to seek information and encouragement.

Topeka, KS – The Kansas Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund is running out of cash. The fund may start drawing loans from the federal government as soon as next month to keep paying benefits.

Kansas City , Mo. – Should economics be introduced early into school curriculums to produce a population of fiscally savvy adults?