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Brief: KC-STL Hyperloop; Winter Outlook; Gov Endorsements

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A hyperloop would promise a 30-minute trip from Kansas City to St. Louis.

The study, released on Wednesday, was done by the Kansas City-based engineering, consulting and construction company Black & Veatch. It found the hyperloop would be an economic boon for the state, saving Missourians $410 million a year.

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The study found the hyperloop would reduce the number of accidents along the I-70 corridor. Virgin Hyperloop’s Head of Marketing and Communications, Ryan Kelly, said the reduction of accidents would put roughly $91 millions back in Missourians’ pockets per year and cut travel time by more than three hours between the state’s two biggest cities.

 

The election is less than three weeks away, and the endorsement scene remains active.

Former Kansas Gov. Mike Hayden, who served from 1987 to 1991, announced on Thursday that he is endorsing Kelly’s run for governor. He becomes the latest major GOP official along with former Gov. Bill Graves and former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum to support the state senator from Topeka.

 

The Winter Outlook predicts no part of the country will have temperatures below normal.

In the U.S. Winter Outlook for December through February, above-average temperatures are most likely across the northern and western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.

Additionally, El Nino has a 70 to 75 percent chance of developing. “We expect El Nino to be in place in late fall to early winter,” said Mike Halpert, deputy director of NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. “Although a weak El Nino is expected, it may still influence the winter season by bringing wetter conditions across the southern United States, and warmer, drier conditions to parts of the North.”

 

The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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