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• Winners of Koch contest at WSU finish strong at national competition

  11-11-2019 21:23 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A team of students from Wichita State University have followed their recent win in the school’s Koch Innovation Challenge with an impressive showing at a national pitch contest. According to an article from Wichita-based Koch Industries Inc., the local team of Edie Reese, Cierra O’Neill and Jedidiah Borchard advanced all the way to the top six as a finalist earlier this month at the 2019 CEO Global Conference and Pitch Competition in Tampa, Fla. The team was pitching agains
  
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• Report: Aviation panel says Boeing upgrades to 737 MAX are safe

  11-11-2019 20:26 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A panel of aviation experts convened by the Federal Aviation Administration has deemed that the Boeing Co.’s planned changes to its 737 MAX are safe. The findings of the FAA’s multi-agency Technical Advisory Board (TAB), brought together in May to review Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) software fixes for the troubled jet, were updated for Congress late last week, according to a report from Bloomberg. “The TAB presented its preliminary report to the FAA, detailing their find
  
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• Slideshow: See what area individuals are donating most to President Trump's campaign

  11-11-2019 19:46 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  There have been more than 7,000 donations from Kansans to President Donald Trump's re-election campaign in 2019 alone.An analysis of Federal Election Commission data by the Wichita Business Journal shows the Wichita-area individuals who have contributed the most.Attached to this blog, you'll find a slideshow of all Wichita-area residents who have contributed at least $300 to the Trump campaign in 2019.Nationally, Trump enjoys a large fundraising advantage over his Democratic counterparts. FEC&he
  
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• Boeing eyes restart of 737 MAX deliveries in December

  11-11-2019 19:15 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  In a move that could lessen the potential of Wichita-impacting production cuts, the Boeing Co. on Monday said that it could begin delivering its 737 MAX aircraft to airline customers before the end of the year. Boeing (NYSE: BA) said in a 737 MAX update provided to the WBJ that it is now targeting Federal Aviation Administration approval of the upgraded MAX software and the ungrounding of the plane by the FAA in mid-December. The plane has been grounded globally since March following t
  
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• Six important development projects City Council will consider Tuesday

  11-11-2019 17:28 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  City Council has a long list of development projects to consider during its weekly meeting Tuesday.
  
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• Guiding Paws event to spotlight innovations for visually impaired

  08-11-2019 21:21 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Andrew Crane continues to get the word out about employment for the visually impaired, and he'll tell that story at a Guiding Paws ICT gala Nov. 17."I really want to educate and get more blind people employed, because right now the job rate is at 78 percent unemployed for the blind or visually impaired," said Crane, who was born blind and with Cerebral Palsy. "That includes veterans who are visually impaired. We really need to make changes that help more people in the community."At the gala,&hel
  
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• Boeing and USAF installing fix to latest KC-46 issue

  08-11-2019 20:54 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Upgrades to the locking mechanism on the KC-46 Pegasus tanker are on the way that could have the new aircraft in line to begin flying cargo and passengers again. Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) spokesperson Lawrence Chambers says the company and the U.S. Air Force have successfully tested a cargo lock retrofit that prevents the locking mechanism on floor of the aircraft from beginning to disengage. The Air Force in September barred the new refueling jets from carrying cargo or passengers because
  
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• Slideshow: See who's donating most to Democratic presidential candidates in red-state Kansas

  08-11-2019 20:39 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Less than three months before the Iowa Caucuses, polling seems to show that a handful of Democratic presidential candidates are beginning to distance themselves from the rest of the crowded field.You can see who those candidates' largest donors from the Wichita area are in a gallery attached to this blog.The WBJ analyzed data from the Federal Election Commission to find out the largest contributors to presidential campaigns from the Wichita area.
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• Wichita Regional Chamber to offer health insurance to most members

  08-11-2019 19:19 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Most of the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce's membership will be offered health insurance through the Chamber, it said Friday in a news release.Companies with between two and 500 employees will be offered insurance. The Chamber says 80 percent of its membership has fewer than 17 employees.Group coverage will be available through ProviDRs Care NexUS Health Plan and includes a 5-percent discount on premiums.The Chamber will hold information sessions about the insurance plan. Sessions are&hell
  
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• Spirit AeroSystems seeks up to $23 million in IRBs as construction wraps on new facility

  08-11-2019 18:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Spirit AeroSystems Inc. is seeking up to $23 million in industrial revenue bonds to help finance a collaborative project that has built a sprawling new logistics facility for the company in Wichita. According to city documents, the Wichita City Council will consider issuing the IRBs at its meeting on Tuesday. City staff is recommending approval of the IRBs, which were expected as part of the “Project Eclipse” agreement between Spirit (NYSE: SPR), the city of Wichita and Sed
  
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• UBS Financial will set up shop in a new northeast Wichita spot

  08-11-2019 17:24 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  UBS Financial Services will soon relocate to a spot in the Adam Jones building at 1635 N. Waterfront Parkway.Now located at 121 S. Whittler, just west of Towne East Square, UBS is beginning an update to the Waterfront property and hopes to move in by the first quarter of next year.Two advising groups — Nichols Investment Group and Brown Flaming Roulston Wealth Management Group — will occupy the UBS space and have up to 11 advisors."Our new office in Wichita will help us serve our cli
  
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• Delta Dental president Michael Herbert announces retirement

  08-11-2019 17:02 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Following a 20-year career with the company, Michael Herbert has announced his retirement from Delta Dental of Kansas Inc.Herbert, who has served in the role since 2013, will retire from the state's largest provider of dental benefits on Jan. 31, the company announced in a news release."I have truly enjoyed my 20 years with Delta Dental of Kansas — not only for the rewarding career but also for the opportunity to work with the most important asset our company has — our fantastic empl
  
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• BizTalk with Bill Roy Episode 128: Wichita Mayor-elect Brandon Whipple

  08-11-2019 13:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Brandon Whipple says he's ready to get started at his new job.
  Whipple defeated incumbent Mayor Jeff Longwell on Tuesday and will become Wichita's next mayor in January. He is my guest this week on Episode 128.
  Whipple was also my guest for Episode 127, before the election. In Episode 128, we talk in more detail about election night, his plans to implement an ethics commission for the city, and how he'll ensure that Wichita isn't losing out to other regional cities such as Tulsa.And he…
  
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• Wichita school district's Standards-Referenced Grading passes first test

  08-11-2019 12:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Grading system will move to middle schools in 2020-21 and high schools the year after.
  
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• List analysis: New WSU president sees continued opportunity along I-35 corridor

  08-11-2019 12:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  An area that's been a recruitment target for WSU in recent years will continue to be a focus for new university president Jay Golden.
  
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• Slideshow: Construction projects we're watching in 2020

  07-11-2019 22:15 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The general feeling in Wichita is that construction sites are a sign of progress.And we certainly have several to keep track of, from a new baseball stadium to a new high school, new office buildings to new apartments.The WBJ has identified 15 projects that are driving forward progress in the Wichita area.No doubt that list includes projects such as the under-construction baseball stadium going up on the west bank of the Arkansas River, or the Fidelity Bank expansion that now has a 160-foot&hell
  
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• FAA program to help make private aviation more private

  07-11-2019 22:04 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Federal Aviation Administration is adding some additional privacy to private aviation. According to the National Business Aviation Association, the FAA unveiled during the association’s recent annual convention a plan that will help shield business jet operators from online flight tracking sites and others following the implementation of federally mandated transmission equipment on U.S. aircraft. In the first move, NBAA says in a press release, the FAA has crafted a plan to o
  
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• October flurry boosts Airbus’ order book

  07-11-2019 21:42 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A busy October has boosted the backlog for Airbus, keeping it easily ahead of rival the Boeing Co. on the year and representing increasing amounts of work for Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems Inc. Led by a massive order for from Indian carrier IndiGo for 300 A320neo narrow-body jets, the European manufacturer reported on Thursday that it logged 415 orders in October.That helped it end the first 10 months of the year at 542 net orders to begin to reverse what had been a relatively slow year
  
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• Broad recruiting strategy has Textron Aviation poised to hit hiring goals

  07-11-2019 20:04 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Textron Aviation is utilizing a more varied recruiting approach to meet its hiring needs in a tight labor market.
  Maggie Topping, senior vice president of human resources and communications at the local Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) division, said recently that approach has the manufacturer of Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft on pace to meet its goal of hiring 1,000 new workers in 2019.
  And just as importantly, she said, it represents the realization that there is no silver bullet for filling its workf
  
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• New head of Wichita Festivals is a familiar face in place-making, urban development

  07-11-2019 12:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Tabing's 20-year career in economic development and city revitalization has taken him all over the globe. Yet, he's landed back in Wichita.
  
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• USA Women’s Volleyball coming to Wichita for Olympic tune-up

  06-11-2019 21:43 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team to host Belgium, Turkey and Japan next June at Charles Koch Arena.
  
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• Boeing CEO considered resigning, wishes he’d visited MAX victim families sooner

  06-11-2019 20:29 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Dennis Muilenburg, CEO of the Boeing Co., said on Wednesday that he has considered resigning amid the the fallout from the crashes of two of the company’s 737 MAX aircraft. “It’s fair to say I have thought about it,” Muilenburg said at the New York Times DealBook Conference. “But to be frank, that’s not what’s in my character. These two accidents, they happened on my watch at Boeing. I feel obligated … to see it through. We owe the world safe
  
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• Slideshow: See who's raising the big bucks in the Kansas U.S. Senate primaries

  06-11-2019 18:47 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  With the 2019 election season out of the way, political junkies can turn their thoughts to 2020.After the presidential election, there's a pretty big race in Kansas, too.With Pat Roberts' retirement in the U.S. Senate, a hotly contested open seat will be filled a year from now. Eight early candidates are running, and that doesn't include two Democrats who pulled out of the race seemingly to make room for Barbara Bollier as the party favorite for the nomination.Analysis of the Federal Election&he
  
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• Whipple surprises Longwell, ending mayor's decade-plus on City Council

  06-11-2019 04:22 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  State Rep. Brandon Whipple pulled off a Wichita mayoral upset Tuesday night, defeating incumbent Jeff Longwell in a campaign marked by ethics concerns against Longwell and a fake video mess that caused Whipple to sue the creator.It also included a late write-in candidacy by retired banker Lyndy Wells, who may gain up to 17 percent of the vote once write-in ballots are counted — though it's not enough to overtake the mayor-elect.The defeat ends Longwell’s 12 years on the City Council,
  
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• Wichita's only 24-hour emergency vet is doubling square footage with $4.1M clinic

  05-11-2019 21:48 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital of Wichita sees about 70 to 80 pet patients every weekend, and it has simply become overwhelmed.
  
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• How Syndeo turned a potential crisis into a customer-service win

  04-11-2019 21:45 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  After a third-party provider halted its work for Syndeo, hundreds of Wichita employees at dozens of its clients were suddenly at risk of not getting paid on time.
  
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• Meritrust begins work on new east-side branch at 13th and Woodlawn

  04-11-2019 21:41 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Meritrust broke ground Monday on a $2.2 million project in the Prairie Village Shopping Center for its new location.
  
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• European regulator targets Q1 for Boeing 737 MAX to fly passengers again

  04-11-2019 19:55 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The head of the European regulatory body that will clear the Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX said on Monday the jet will likely be flying passengers in the European Union again sometime in the first quarter of 2020. According to a report from Reuters, Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, saidEASA expects to approve the return in January, but said potential additional training requirements for pilots and proper coordination among EU members could push actua
  
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• Slideshows: Take a look at who's maxing out donations to Wichita's mayoral candidates

  03-11-2019 21:50 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  An examination of the latest financial reports in the Wichita mayoral campaign show the differences in donor bases for incumbent Jeff Longwell and challenger Brandon Whipple.Longwell listed 175 donors and contributions of $73,925 in the reporting period of July 26 through Oct. 24 — an average of $422 per donor. Of those donations, 86 were from individuals for the maximum amount of $500, and 39 were from businesses or political action committees for $500.During the same period, Whipple list
  
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• Missouri magazine distributor layoffs extend to Wichita

  01-11-2019 20:16 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A second Kansas location in Lenexa has also been impacted by the moves.
  
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• New WSU president sees opportunity to expand industry partnerships

  01-11-2019 18:03 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Jay Golden says he isn't coming to Wichita to be an agent of change. He's coming to try and make a good thing even better.
  
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• Construction begins on three storage facilities made to look like retail centers

  01-11-2019 17:11 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Each of the three story, climate-controlled buildings is going up in areas of town focused on retail and residential — one out west and two on the east side.
  
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• City partners with year-long fellow to strengthen Wichita's Opportunity Zones

  01-11-2019 14:03 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Angeline Johnson has been selected to complete a year-long fellowship in partnership with the city of Wichita.
  
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• BizTalk with Bill Roy Episode 127: Mayoral candidate Brandon Whipple

  01-11-2019 12:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Brandon Whipple says it's time to eliminate the appearance of impropriety at Wichita's City Hall.
  He says if he's elected mayor, he'll push for more policies that ensure city business is done in plain sight and without favoritism.
  Whipple is challenging Mayor Jeff Longwell in the race for mayor that will be decided Tuesday. He's my guest this week in Episode 127.
  He says under his leadership, Wichita will be more friendly to those who want to start or grow a business. And he says the situation&h
  
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• The business of doing business: Is it working in Wichita?

  01-11-2019 11:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A water treatment plant and an investigative report have sparked questions about how business is done in Wichita. Some say the status quo is working, others that it needs to change.
  
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• Q&A: Longwell, Whipple talk business

  01-11-2019 11:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The Wichita mayoral election is Tuesday, Nov. 5.
  
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• List analysis: Commercial construction projects in Wichita range from $2M to $75M

  01-11-2019 11:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A new elementary school or a new manufacturing facility don't usually grab the headlines the same as a baseball stadium or Dave & Buster's, but there's no doubt those have impact.
  
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• How construction crews can finish a $75M baseball stadium in 13 months

  01-11-2019 11:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Mike Grier, president of Eby Construction, sat down the WBJ to give some updates on the site and how crews are able to finish a two-year project in just one.
  
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• East Carolina's Jay Golden is Wichita State University's 14th president

  31-10-2019 20:13 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Jay Golden will take over the role of university president, the Kansas Board of Regents announced Thursday following a public vote on the WSU campus.
  
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• Spirit AeroSystems earnings drop in Q3

  31-10-2019 13:30 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  A newsy earnings report included the announcement of major acquisition and the slowdown of another.
  
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• BREAKING: Spirit AeroSystems spends $1B to acquire Bombardier's aerostructure business

  31-10-2019 13:27 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Wichita's Spirit AeroSystems Inc. announced Thursday that it is buying Bombardier's aerostructures and aftermarket business in a deal adding up to$1 billion.The Bombardier operating units are in Belfast, Northern Ireland; Casablanca, Morocco; and Dallas.
  According to a Spirit news release, the deal includes long-term contracts on the Airbus A220 and the A320neo, including work on Bombardier business and regional jets.The deal means Spirit pays $500 million for the facilities and assumes $300&hel
  
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• City submits application for federal loan essential to new water treatment facility

  30-10-2019 21:00 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The city plans to secure $269.7 million in financing from the loan, which is nearly 55 percent of the total budget released Monday.
  
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• Wichita Eisenhower National Airport closing in on record year

  30-10-2019 20:45 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The airport is pacing to set an annual ridership record with room to spare in the fourth quarter.
  
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• Newman's business school dean is heading to a new job in Oklahoma

  30-10-2019 19:44 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Brett Andrews, the dean of Newman University's business school since 2016, has accepted a position at Oklahoma Wesleyan University.A release from the school says Andrews, who served as OKWU's vice president for academic program development from 2003 to 2013, will become vice president of adult and graduate studies.
  OKWU says Andrews will assume his duties on a part-time basis this month. He'll begin his full-time work Jan. 1.Newman University has not established a search committee yet. Director&
  
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• Airbus trims annual delivery outlook

  30-10-2019 19:41 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Airbus on Wednesday said that it now expects to deliver around 860 commercial aircraft in 2019, down from its previous goal of delivering between 880 and 890 jets for the year.The lowered forecast, announced as part of the European manufacturer’s latest earnings report, comes as the company wrestles with production delays on its high-volume A320 narrow-body line. Airbus also revised its free-cash guidance to $3.3 billion, down from $4.4 billion earlier in the year. The production
  
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• Wichita George K. Baum office moves into new company

  30-10-2019 15:29 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  St. Louis-based Stifel Financial Corp. has acquired the three-person Wichita public finance team ofGeorge K. Baum & Company.Managing director Steve Shogren, director Bret Shogren and administrative assistant Katie Daniels have joined Stifel.The Shogrens work with cities, counties, school districts and other issues of debt securities for public purpose projects. Recent work has included school districts in Wichita, Derby, Andover, Goddard, Rose Hill, Clearwater and Haysville, and the cities&h
  
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• Boeing CEO to Congress: We made mistakes

  29-10-2019 19:01 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg apologized to families of 737 MAX crash victims and said the company made mistakes, but also largely defended the aircraft certification process to testimony to federal lawmakers.Blending his opening remarks for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and his statement which the company released prior to Muilenburg’s appearance, the CEO again said the crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 continue to be felt by t
  
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• It will cost $494 million to design, build Wichita's new water treatment facility

  29-10-2019 17:10 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  The budget, announced Monday in a news release, reflects savings identified by Wichita Water Partners that will "benefit both the project and rate payers of Wichita."
  
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• With eight days to the Wichita mayoral election, see who has the money edge

  28-10-2019 20:05 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Advance voting has already begun, with the general election Nov. 5.
  
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• Jenny Dawn Cellars has an opening (ish) date at redeveloped Union Station

  28-10-2019 19:11 via Wichita Business News - Local Wichita News | The Wichita Business Journal
  Initially targeted to open in November 2018, Jenny Dawn Cellars has faced some delays along the way.
  
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