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Public Policy & Administration

Blogs

Brad Delong

Blogs for Economic Policy 5513

News Aggregators

FlipBoard
News aggregator, social magazine (get the app)
Counterparties.com
Thomson Reuters - emphasis on buisness, finance, conomic policy; carefully culled news from a mix of traditional and new media sources.

Newswires

BusinessWire
PR Newswire

Newspapers and Media

Wall Street Journal - fulltext in ABI/Inform Global
New York Times - article archive (1851-2010)
Kansas City Star (web version)
Kansas City Star (searchable 1991--present, KC Public Library)
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Economist (via ABI/Inform)

Regional Business News

ABI/Inform Dateline (for KC Business Journal '99-'04, Daily Record '03-present, Ingram's til '03)
Kansas City Business Journal in bizjournals.com (Top 100 lists not in online version)
(Library holds print subscriptions to all Kansas City buisness journals. The Kansas City Business Journal includes the Book of Lists)

Congressional Budget Office
Independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Kansas City Area Education Research Consortium
Works with community organizations and schools to conduct research in the Kansas City area.
Check out the pages for Projects, and Reports & Publications.
Kansas City Chamber of Commerce
The member directory of the KC Chamber of Commerce will guide you to leaders in the business community locally.

KCMO City Planning & Development
Information on KC permits, codes, area plans, zoning, and more. Covers recent three to five years.