How federal health funding cuts will hurt Kansas City
The Trump administration canceled more than $12 billion in public health grants last month. Local public health departments are worried about what that will mean for Kansas Citians.
View ArticleU.S. farmers were already struggling to turn a profit. Trump's trade war will...
The U.S. trade war with China is coming at a tough time for American farmers, who are already dealing with lower crop prices and higher costs for farm necessities. Tariffs are likely to push crop...
View ArticlePope Francis has died. Read about his life and legacy
Pope Francis was the first non-European pope in more than a millennium, and one of the most popular pontiffs in decades.
View ArticleJackson County needs a budget
In a 5-4 vote last year, Jackson County legislators approved a budget that was later vetoed by County Executive Frank White. Now more than three months into 2025, Jackson County has yet to pass a...
View ArticleFinancial tech firm looks to Overland Park, and its tax incentives, for 'big...
The Fortune 500 company Fiserv wants to lease out two existing buildings at the former Sprint campus, with plans to employ 2,000 employees. It's requested what amounts to a roughly 40%, 10-year...
View ArticleKCPD agrees to pay millions to family of Cameron Lamb, Black man killed by...
Cameron Lamb's mother settled her lawsuit over then-KCPD detective Eric DeValkenaere's 2021 shooting of her son for $4.1 million. Money will also go to the mothers of Lamb's children.
View ArticleTariffs impact what crops some U.S. farmers are choosing to plant this year
The spring planting season is getting started for many Midwest farmers. Federal data suggests that fewer acres will be planted in soybeans than last year, in part because of the U.S. trade war with China.
View ArticleA fight brews over an ICE detention center in Kansas
A private prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, could reopen to hold detainees for federal immigration authorities. Plus: Farmers fear the trade war could cause another farm crisis.
View ArticleKansas City Council will audit city’s transparency in response to letter from...
Some Kansas City Council members want to shift the city's communications focus now that Brian Platt is no longer city manager. It comes after KCUR and other local news organizations sent an open letter...
View ArticleFederal cuts would shutter a Missouri research center that studies water...
For more than 50 years, the Columbia Environmental Research Center has produced research about contaminants and their effects in the water and on land. President Trump's proposed funding cuts to the...
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