Weather stations that provide critical climate data are threatened by...
Accurate weather information is important for farmers, emergency responders and researchers managing extreme conditions. But many monitoring networks are limited by unstable, patchwork funding.
View ArticleMissouri may kick a lot of people off Medicaid soon
Enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high in Missouri in part because states weren’t allowed to kick people off during the coronavirus pandemic — but that changes soon, threatening health insurance for...
View ArticleHow tiny saddles and youth rodeo might help keep another generation in rural...
As small town populations decline, people in places like western Kansas look for ways to keep their rural farming and ranching lifestyle alive for the next generation. Some families think youth rodeo...
View ArticleFrom school choice to parents’ rights, Kansas lawmakers are pushing education...
Conservatives want to make it easier for Kansas families to send their children to private schools, and they’re once again pushing for more parental control over what’s taught in public school classrooms.
View ArticleA Missouri study on bald eagles and turbines aims to find how birds and wind...
The Missouri Department of Conservation has started a new project to see how bald eagles in northwestern Missouri interact with wind turbines. Conservationists and wind energy advocates are both hoping...
View ArticleSirrena Truitt's family is still seeking justice for her death — and...
The family of a missing Black woman began searching for her in June, but say that Kansas City Police officers were dismissive of their concerns. Months later, her body was found buried in a backyard,...
View ArticleKCFD firetruck driver pleads guilty to manslaughter for killing 3 people in...
Three people were killed in December 2021 when Kansas City firefighter Dominic Biscari sped through a red light at Westport Road and Broadway and crashed into an SUV, two pedestrians and a building....
View ArticleDespite a federal rule, it's still hard to comparison shop hospital care in...
A report from an advocacy group reviewed 2,000 hospitals across the county and found only a quarter were fully complying with the federal hospital price transparency rules. In Kansas it's even less.
View Article'Cult' behavior at a Kansas City teen addiction program
Former members of Kansas City addiction treatment groups for teenagers allege the programs isolated them from friends and family and pushed them into unsafe behavior. Plus: a "foster care bill of...
View ArticleOne family’s journey from Ukraine to Olathe, Kansas: 'Any minute could be...
The Yeremenko family had no clue who the Kansas City Chiefs were seven months ago. They were focused on evading Russian bombs. With the help an Olathe family, they went from escaping death in their...
View ArticleKansas City Public Schools names 'homegrown' educator Jennifer Collier as...
Collier has worked for the district for more than 23 years, and has served as interim superintendent since Mark Bedell resigned last summer. She's recently led efforts around Blueprint 2023, the...
View ArticleKansas City denies tax breaks for apartments on streetcar line after outcry...
Chicago-based Mac Properties was seeking tax incentives from the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority for a $100 million apartment and retail project in Midtown with no units designated as...
View ArticleHow Kansas conservatives want to change education
Republican lawmakers in Kansas want to make it easier for parents to send their children to private schools, and they’re once again pushing for more parental control over what’s taught in public school...
View ArticleKansas lawmakers vote to restrict transgender athletes and doctors providing...
The bills would prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming care to children, ban transgender girls from girls' sports and legally define sex as the sex a person is assigned at birth.
View ArticleACLU sues Missouri over book ban law that pushed school libraries to remove...
A new Missouri law made it a crime to provide minors with sexually explicit visual material, leading librarians across the state to remove anything from their collections that they thought could be...
View ArticleThe rootin' tootin' rodeo kids of western Kansas
With small towns on the decline, some residents in western Kansas are trying to brainstorm ways to keep their rural lifestyles alive. Their answer? Youth rodeos. Plus: One Kansas City orchestra wants...
View ArticleKansas House votes to legalize fentanyl test strips because the drug is...
Fentanyl test strips are one of a handful of proposals hoping to curb the number of overdose deaths in the state.
View ArticleThe top contender to lead Kansas Democrats is under fire over campaign...
Jeanna Repass has endorsements from top Democrats to lead the state party, but a former campaign manager claims Repass canceled her last paycheck.
View ArticleThis selfie above China's balloon was taken over Missouri. Here's how we know...
The photo from aboard the Air Force's legendary U-2 spy plane shows the Chinese balloon. But where, exactly, was it taken? It's actually possible to answer that question using clues from the image.
View ArticleMissouri Republicans propose constitutional amendment to strengthen abortion ban
Representatives from Missouri for Life, the Missouri Catholic Conference and other organizations argued that abortion is now illegal in Missouri, so funding it should be as well.
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