This Kansas City group is pushing Jackson County to ban 'conversion therapy'...
The Kansas City LGBTQ Commission recently released a letter urging the Jackson County Legislature to ban "conversion therapy." Justice Horn, chair of the LGBTQ Commission, believes recent changes in...
View ArticleWhy are eggs so expensive right now?
Customers are paying more at the grocery store for a number of items, but one item is seeing a bigger spike than anything else: Eggs. Plus: Kansans with long COVID struggle to find remedies in one of...
View ArticleMissouri only covers 2 months of Medicaid for new mothers, but lawmakers want...
The bills have earned support from Republicans and Democrats, as well as groups including both Pro Choice Missouri and Missouri Right to Life.
View ArticleChristopher Dunn proved his innocence. Missouri law demands he die in prison...
Christopher Dunn has spent more than 30 years in prison for a 1990 murder in St. Louis, but a Missouri judge says no jury today would convict him. Why is he still in prison?
View ArticleIn Kansas and other states, an unpaid foster care bill could mean parents...
At least 12 states, including Kansas, allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the...
View ArticleMission Gateway's new $268 million proposal cleared its final hurdle. Will it...
Mission City Council gave its approval to a new redevelopment agreement for the long-stalled project, but construction won't start anytime soon. The lone dissenting council member said she's concerned...
View ArticleKansas City will pay $1.4 million to families of people killed in Westport...
Three people were killed when Kansas City firefighter Dominic Biscari crashed into a car, two pedestrians and a building in Westport more than a year ago. Under a settlement with the city, each of...
View ArticleWhy has it taken so long to shut down Agape Boarding School?
Agape Boarding School, a Stockton-based Christian residential facility that's been under scrutiny for decades, is shutting down Friday. Dozens of former students have gone public with their allegations...
View ArticleThe Kansas foster care watchdog finds that kids still suffer from getting...
The Division of the Child Advocate was created in 2021 to oversee the child welfare system. Its most recent annual report is the most detailed case breakdown in the young agency's existence.
View ArticleWho should control the Shawnee Indian Mission? A second Native tribe says...
The Shawnee Tribe says the state of Kansas should give up ownership of the historic Native American boarding school in Fairway. But this week, the Kaw Nation made an argument that they — as the...
View ArticleKansas lawmakers can't ban abortions, so some want to give that power to...
With Senate Bill 65, Kansas joins several states where abortion opponents want to give local governments the authority to restrict or ban abortion.
View ArticleKansas Group: Name priests in child sex abuse report and change the statute...
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests backed legislation from a Johnson County lawmaker aimed at holding more people accountable when clergy abuse children.
View ArticleNew USDA study finds rural grocery shoppers have fewer places to buy food
The report paints a grim picture of accelerating consolidation over the last three decades. Yet some communities and local grocery stores are finding ways to thrive.
View ArticleKansas City religious leaders sue over Missouri abortion ban: 'That doesn’t...
Leaders from 13 different religious organizations have joined a lawsuit filed by the National Women's Law Center and Americans United for Separation of Church and State challenging Missouri’s abortion...
View ArticleKansas City schools missed out on $45 million last year due to tax breaks for...
City estimates show Kansas City Public Schools missed out on $45 million in tax revenue last year because of tax breaks for developers and businesses — and that amount has only been growing over the...
View ArticleA problematic Kansas City apartment is without heat. Residents are paying the...
A fire knocked out the heat in a Northeast Kansas City apartment complex Friday, leaving residents in the cold indefinitely. The property owner, who serves on the board of a housing advocacy nonprofit,...
View ArticleMissouri's GOP governor finds support for budget plan — from Democrats
Missouri Governor Mike Parson’s budget proposals are attracting some surprising support — from Missouri Democrats. We’ll find out why and get a Democratic take on the legislative year ahead.
View ArticleHow bad was the 2022 drought? For these 7 Kansas communities, it was the...
Record-setting lack of rain in 2022 transformed parts of western Kansas into a temporary desert. And it'll take a while for the region's fields, towns and mindsets to recover.
View ArticleDespite setback for Missouri silica sand mine, the fight isn’t over for...
NexGen has proposed mining silica sand in Ste. Genevieve County on about 250 acres near Hawn State Park. But Missouri didn’t conduct any sort of review of the potential environmental or public health...
View ArticleUtilities will be restored to Kansas City apartment, but tenants say landlord...
Residents spent the weekend in the bitter cold at the Gladstone Court Apartments after losing heat Friday morning. By Monday, the owners of the complex were working to turn the gas back on. But many...
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