Red tape is costing 45,000-plus Medicaid coverage in Kansas. The state blames...
The Kansas Medicaid disenrollment rate is one of the highest in the country. Almost two-thirds of Kansans have lost coverage due to procedural issues.
View ArticleThis Parkville girl needs a $20,000-a-month drug
In January, a Parkville family learned their 8-year-old daughter had a rare illness. Though there is no cure, there is a drug that could help slow the disease. The problem? It costs more than $200,000...
View ArticleFor Kansas City’s LGBTQ+ community, Pride parade is about celebration and...
The Kansas City Pride Community Alliance held its annual parade and PrideFest this weekend. Despite recent political attacks from Kansas and Missouri lawmakers, and a suspected pellet gun attack at a...
View ArticleA really, really early look at Missouri's 2024 elections
Josh Hawley is nearing the end of his first term in the U.S. Senate, and Missouri Democrats are already jumping in the race to challenge him — although they'll have a difficult time winning a statewide...
View ArticleAncient fish, modern problem: How the pallid sturgeon could be a warning for...
The pallid sturgeons outlasted dinosaurs, but human changes to the Missouri River nearly wiped out the prehistoric fish. Some experts think the fish’s struggle could signal larger problems on the Big...
View ArticleOverland Park let people keep chickens in their backyards, and it was a...
City councilmembers now will consider whether to make the chicken rules permanent and whether to reduce or drop the minimum land requirement. Overland Park's animal control department noted there have...
View ArticleJackson County legislator wants Andrew Jackson statues removed from Kansas...
Legislators will consider a resolution calling for the statute of President Andrew Jackson in front of county courthouses to be dismantled and stored. Jackson was a slave owner and a supporter of the...
View Article'We're still here': East High School will offer Cherokee this fall to help...
Many Indigenous languages are at risk of dying out after centuries of forced assimilation. A cohort of administrators at Kansas City Public Schools and members of the KC Indian Center are trying to...
View ArticleA Kansas City library system bans Pride book displays for kids
Mid-Continent Public Library has banned LGBTQ Pride book displays in children’s areas after rules issued by Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft ban libraries from “age-inappropriate” materials...
View ArticleKansas lawmakers want a quicker switch to teaching reading in a way that...
Research shows that most children need systematic, sound-it-out instruction — commonly called phonics — rather than older approaches that focus on context clues from pictures and stories.
View ArticleMissouri is moving towards a 50/50 child custody law, raising concerns about...
The legislation changes Missouri law by requiring judges start each child custody case with the presumption that “equal or approximately equal” parenting time for each parent is in the child’s best...
View ArticleJackson County prosecutor warns governor against pardoning KCPD officer who...
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is expected to issue a pardon for Eric DeValkenaere, the first Kansas City Police officer to be convicted for fatally shooting a Black man. DeValkenaere was convicted in...
View ArticleWith homicides spiking in Kansas City, Jackson County Sheriff unexpectedly...
Jackson County Sheriff Darryl Forte' told county legislators Monday he is providing patrol and investigative help to the Kansas City Police Department. KCPD welcomes the support.
View ArticleMissouri Supreme Court rules lawmakers had no power to limit conservation...
The court ruled that the Missouri Conservation Commission — not lawmakers — has the power to spend appropriated funds. The decision could influence a pending Cole County case over how much Department...
View ArticleWalmart’s Olathe meat-packing plant reflects a change in the packing, and...
Walmart is putting more than $250 million into a beef packaging plant in Olathe. That will bring hundreds of jobs to Johnson County and reflects a big shift in the way beef gets from farm to table.
View ArticleWhat one inmate thinks about Kansas City's gun violence surge
A Missouri inmate serving life without parole on a gun crime says young inmates don’t seem to care if they come and go from prison. Plus: A growing legal movement to grant natural entities like rivers...
View ArticleJackson County Prosecutor says pardoning Eric DeValkenaere would hurt trust...
Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker sent a letter to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson urging him to not pardon a former Kansas City Police detective who killed Cameron Lamb in 2019. DeValkenaere was...
View ArticleThe month the Chiefs won the Super Bowl, Kansans bet $194 million. The state...
The structure of tax laws set for sports betting in Kansas let casinos write off significant promotional expenses, including their "free" wagers.
View ArticleKansas City Royals accused of ‘stalling’ deal that would secure worker...
Little progress has been made on an agreement that would guarantee workers fair wages and increase affordable housing near the new stadium. At a rally at City Hall, workers and Kansas City-area...
View ArticleWhy these 2 Kansas City School Board candidates want you to write their names in
Robert Sagastume, a senior student advisor with the Hispanic Development Fund, and Spark Bookhart, a convener with the Parent Power Lab, are seeking the subdistrict 3 spot on the Kansas City Public...
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