The 1,300 local full-time employees of the public company will be able to take an extra week of vacation the first week of July.

Kansas City will host its fourth consecutive AFC Championship game on Sunday. The Chiefs will face the Cincinnati Bengals at 2 p.m. as the hometown team looks to return to the Super Bowl for the third year in a row. Despite the pandemic, we know Kansas City fans continue to don their gear for Red Friday. And another big win-or-go-home Chiefs playoff game means the Kansas City Business Journal is looking for more celebratory photos showing off your office celebrations. Send an email to visual…

The acquisition of an Overland Park-based homebuilder is the first for an Atlanta land development company.

Evergy Inc. plans to add 10 megawatts of solar energy to its Hawthorn plant in northeast Kansas City, the utilities company announced Wednesday. The decision still needs regulatory approval but could be operational by the fall of this year. Evergy plans to install at least 22,000 solar panels for the addition. Half of the 10 megawatts would be for participants in Evergy’s (NYSE EVRG) Solar Subscription program, which now has 1,200 participants, The other five would serve all of the company's…

A Little Rock, Arkansas-based dental company expanded across Arkansas and into the Kansas City metro area with a series of acquisitions, including five locally, the company announced Wednesday. Rock Dental Brands acquired three local locations of Moore Orthodontics in Lee's Summit, Grandview and Pleasant Hill. It also acquired Burleson Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry locations in Kansas City and Raymore, according to a release. The acquisitions, which also included clinics in other parts…

A franchise that Kansas City's largest residential real estate firm operates will double its Kansas City presence, adding 100 agents and three new offices after a competing franchise switched flags.