Visitors to the Kansas City area looking for a high-quality place to lay their head at night have three new choices — all of which opened during the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2022, the Kansas City Business Journal is continuing to expand its coverage of diverse businesses and their leaders. For our Lists, this means the introduction of a new List focused exclusively on companies that are majority owned by a person or persons identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer. In a few weeks, we also will begin breaking down our monolithic Minority-Owned Businesses List, highlighting those companies based on their individual racial and ethnic classifications.…

Kansas City, which was categorized among metros with at least 1 million people, raced ahead of many much bigger metros as midsize cities once again topped the ranking.

Kansas City, which was categorized among metros with at least 1 million people, raced ahead of many much bigger metros as midsize cities once again topped the ranking.

After 40 years with Kansas City Life Insurance Co., Walter "Web" Bixby is now in charge of the business that has been led by a member of the Bixby family since 1904.

After 40 years with Kansas City Life Insurance Co., Walter "Web" Bixby is now in charge of the business that has been led by a member of the Bixby family since 1904.