A Kansas school district is using Winnie-the-Pooh books to prepare children...
Parents of Wichita elementary school students will get a copy of the book in advance of a district-wide lockdown drill next week.
View ArticleHere's what it takes Kansas City's outdoor workers to survive this extreme heat
Heat index values have tied decades-old records in parts of the Midwest this week, subjecting many of Missouri’s outdoor workers — landscapers, Streetcar construction crews and more — to potentially...
View ArticleMidwest farmers aren't allowed to fix their own tractors. And many...
Farmers and ranchers across the Midwest say regulation is the only path forward to fixing their own equipment. But there’s been strong opposition to right to repair legislation, as manufacturers argue...
View ArticleKansas City playwright Nathan Louis Jackson, who got to 'the real stuff,'...
Jackson was a native of Kansas City, Kansas, who attended Juilliard School in New York City and saw his work performed at Lincoln Center. But his "heart belonged in Kansas City."
View ArticleKansas City is filled with high-fee crypto ATMs
Installed inside gas stations, liquor stores and smoke shops, cryptocurrency kiosks tend to be placed in Kansas City neighborhoods with larger numbers of Black and Latino residents. Critics say they're...
View ArticleKansas City Pet Project still searching for pack of pit bulls that mauled a...
The child was attacked two weeks ago by three to four dogs and rushed to the hospital. KC Pet Project says it is still investigating in the incident.
View ArticleSNAP remains a target for the GOP even as the farm bill deadline looms and...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a flashpoint in Congress yet again as members work to renew the farm bill. And the debate comes in the midst of rising food insecurity across the U.S.
View ArticlePolice can now fine Missouri drivers caught using cellphones and breaking...
Under a law that takes effect Monday, Missouri drivers who are using an electronic device while driving and committing another traffic violation could be fined.
View ArticleKansas community college agrees to address campus racism after federal...
Highland Community College in rural northeast Kansas will take steps to address alleged racial discrimination and harassment under an agreement announced Monday with the U.S. Department of Justice.
View ArticleMissouri prisons ban friends and family from sending books to prisoners
The policy comes more than a year after the Missouri Department of Corrections banned people from receiving paper mail in prison.
View ArticleChild care can cost more than a mortgage in Kansas, but providers can barely...
Child care is expensive for families, yet it doesn't bring in enough money for providers to grow or pay workers high wages. Kansas is at a crossroads.
View ArticleMissouri's ban on health care for trans youth takes effect
A ban on gender-affirming health care for minors in Missouri took effect yesterday, preventing transgender youth from accessing treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy. Plus: Farmworkers...
View ArticleMissouri’s recreational weed industry is rolling after easing early supply...
The industry has sold more than $715 million of marijuana in the nearly 7 months since recreational sales began in February. There are now some 200 weed dispensaries spread across the state.
View ArticleLawsuit claims that letting Kansas City enact gun control would lead to...
The litigation asks a Cole County judge to reject the proposed constitutional amendments or rewrite the summary and fiscal note.
View ArticleTo navigate car-dominated Kansas City, these Congolese refugees teach each...
Refugees often struggle to get to jobs, school or the store without adequate transportation. But getting a driver’s license in Kansas City is hard enough without the added barriers of a new language...
View ArticlePort KC approves 20-year tax incentive deal for Plaza apartments
Under the incentive deal, the developer would avoid paying about $28.9 million in taxes over the next two decades.
View ArticleA sacred boulder taken to honor white settlers is leaving Lawrence and...
It's been 150 years since the federal government forced the Kaw from the last of their tribal land in Kansas, sending them on a journey to what is now Oklahoma.
View ArticleWhy missing Black women are still going unreported in Kansas City
Jaynie Crosdale’s family remembers her as charismatic and able to talk to anyone. Her death has brought up questions about how police handle cases of missing Black women.
View ArticleLas deficientes salvaguardias normativas dejan a los trabajadores agrícolas...
Una quinta parte de las muertes de trabajadores relacionadas con el calor registradas entre 2017 y 2022 fueron trabajadores agrícolas, según datos de la OSHA. Académicos, especialistas en salud...
View ArticleFederal money is powering a 'monumental shift' in Kansas that helps keep kids...
Kansas was one of the first states in the country to access federal Family First prevention money. Programs it is funding have spent years growing.
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