Ingrams June 2023

JUNE 2023 • VOLUME 49, NO. 6

Talk of the Town 7 In the News/Correspondent Business News and Legislative Updates Perspectives 4 Editor’s Note Has the USPS Gone Postal by Joe Sweeney 9 Between the Lines True visionaries gifted us with an exceptional city. Hold onto that legacy. by Jack Cashill 11 Reflections Somewhere, there must be a balance between sustainability and capitalism. by Dennis Boone

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Features

The most recent market rally has seen money pour in from the sidelines. by Ken Herman

Special Reports 21 Best of Business

21 Best of Business

Business & Commerce 15 Of Counsel

Kansas City Awards Which companies are the best of the best at what they do in the Kansas City region? Ingram’s readers answer that question with their Best of Business Kansas City recognition in the catego ries of Wining & Dining, Entertainment & Culture, Business Services and Business Products.

Kansas City Awards Ribs or steak? Stage or screen? Imports or domestic? Whether it’s fine dining, entertainment venues or high-end vehicles, you’ll find the best of what this region has to offer in our Best of Business Kansas City awards. The long run-up to a shortage of physicians in the U.S. has grown to include nursing staff, even as enrollments in regional nursing pro grams have plunged in recent years. Program administrators and hospital nursing executives assess the ways they are addressing the problem.

New reporting regulations will touch every business enterprise in the nation. by Bill Quick

16 Small Business Adviser If a recession is indeed coming,

56 Healthcare Trends

here’s a business-readiness checklist. by Jake Hymes

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18 Financial Adviser

With enrollments at nursing programs in Missouri and Kansas down sharply from their pre-pandemic peak, hospital nursing executives are tackling the downstream consequences of that

With core inflation cooling, the Fed may have reasons to scale back the rise in interest rates. by Scott Colbert

troubling trend. By Dennis Boone

19 Wealth Management

Artificial intelligence may present some interesting investment opportunities, but some risks, as well. by Phil Kernen and Miles Green

60 Q&A with … Mike Bukaty The chief executive for employee benefits/insurance brokerage Bukaty Companies addresses trends in that important sector, including the enor mous hurdles confronting small busi nesses in particular as costs continue to surge for employee health plans.

Leads & Lists

54 Best of Business Kansas City 58 Top Area Nursing Programs 62 Health Insurance Providers 63 Top Area Hospital and

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