Ingram’s February 2023

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Perspectives Editor’s Note A City Comes Alive	4
Talk of the Town In the News/Correspondent Business News and Legislative Updates	7
Perspectives Between the Lines For all the promises that the DEI agenda makes, its impact on medical school instruction should be a warning call.	9
Perspectives Reflections Another year passes without improving K-12 academic performance. What are we paying for again?	11
Perspectives In a Nutshell Changes at the Fed suggest we really should pay attention to what everyone on the FOMC has to say between meetings.	12
We Did It — Again! The Kansas City Chiefs bring the Lombardi Trophy home, and a city turns out to pay tribute to the victors. The celebration drew well more than half-a-million red-clad fans Downtown.	14
Business & Commerce Financial Adviser Taking a defensive posture amid an economic downturn is a strategy fraught with its own risks, but a necessary one for prudent executives.	18
Where We Stand Is the long-predicted recession nearly here?	19
Business & Commerce Wealth Management Investors will want to pay particular attention to the implications of the Secure 2.0 Act.	20
Bucking the Trends As the American health-care system has been ravaged by The Great Resignation, hospitals in Kansas City are bigger than ever. Their talent challenge? Keeping up with unprecedented demand.	23
Heroes in Healthcare Meet 21 exceptional people, from high-ranking administrators to hospital volunteers, who help give this region its exceptional level of health care.	25
Icons of Education What are the qualities of the best instructors and administrators in K-20 education? It all starts with a commitment to another generation of students.	41
A Shared Pain American employers and enrollment officials at U.S. universities are locked in a demographic struggle that will have implications for talent acquisition for years to come.	49
Business & Commerce Of Counsel Employers should pay particular attention to changes in federal regulations regarding non-compete clauses.	51
Business & Commerce Small Business Adviser A few things to keep in mind as your company assesses its employee benefit structures. Among the most important of them: Your company culture.	52
2023 Media Kit	59

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