The Downtown Council of Kansas City wants to push ahead with planning for a deck over a part of Interstate 670 that cuts through Downtown between the Central Business District and the Crossroads Arts District. The plan, which call for covering four blocks of the South Loop from Wyandotte Street to Grand Boulevard, has been percolating for more than a decade. Now, the Downtown Council is applying for $2.4 million in federal grant money to continue planning for the "South Loop Link." Envisioned as…

The Kansas City Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Companies List, which requires businesses to attain revenue of $1 million or more in 2020, saw all 50 report growth in excess of 36.7%.

Perhaps I'm already jaded less than three months into my new job as Kansas City Business Journal's data editor, but I've grown weary of the notion that our Lists stop being valuable after a set number — usually 25. While I know that our ability to publish our research in the Weekly Edition (aka print or digital edition) is limited by the physical number of pages allotted each week, our Lists are so much more when they are viewed online. The Lists are often much longer, and many times they offer…

Thirty-six years after joining the family business at his dad's request, Gerald Wicklund said he hasn't regretted the decision, but he did push his own son to explore his options. This year, Gerald's son, BIlly, became general manager of the family business.

DHL becomes the latest shipping carrier to invest in its operations on or near Kansas City International Airport, joining Amazon Air, FedEx Ground and UPS.

For the first time since Jonathan Thomas took over as CEO of American Century Investments in 2007, the Kansas City-based investment management firm will have a new general counsel.