Officials say the new facility will help The University of Kansas Cancer Center transform cancer care and research, with a goal of delivering a cure. The $100 million gift will help consolidate researchers, clinicians and patients in a single building.
The firm's chair said Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP wanted to do "something monumental" with fees won in a case last year in a Missouri prisoner rights case.
Panasonic’s EV-battery plant in De Soto involves lots of money, steel and ultimately products. But top local exec Carl Walton also sees it as a vehicle for improving people’s lives. Walton was the latest participant in KCBJ's Power Breakfast series.