Midwest coal-fired power plants are among the country’s worst polluters, but...
Of the nation's 10 coal-fired power plants that produce the most sulfur dioxide, four are located in the Midwest. And yet, none violate Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards.
View ArticleTransgender inmates in Kansas
Transgender inmates say they're put in danger by the Kansas prison system. Multiple inmates said they were targets of harassment and discrimination by fellow inmates, medical staff and corrections...
View ArticleWichita school board suspends meeting after new members refuse to wear face...
Diane Albert, Kathy Bond and Hazel Stabler, who were elected in November and started their terms Monday, sat at the board table without masks.
View ArticleMissouri Attorney General threatens to sue if Jackson County restores powers...
An ordinance proposed by Jackson County legislator Crystal Williams would return authority to the county health director. But Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has already threatened a lawsuit.
View Article‘I’m not sick’: Debate over mask mandates resurfaces at Wichita school board...
Monday's meeting ended before it began because three new board members and some audience members refused to wear face masks.
View ArticleKansas Gov. Kelly tells lawmakers to freeze college tuition and end the sales...
Gov. Laura Kelly delivered a State of the State speech Tuesday that called for cutting sales taxes on groceries, freezing public university tuition and eliminating partisan squabbling.
View ArticleMissouri Republicans vs. themselves
Missouri Republicans are divided over how to draw new congressional districts that would benefit their own party, leaving House Democrats in a unique position of having leverage over their GOP...
View ArticleKansas finally cleared a 2,000-plus backlog of rape kits and is poised to...
New legislation in Kansas will reduce rape kit backlogs. Advocates say it's another step in the right direction.
View ArticleKansas City now offers storage for unhoused residents so they don’t have to...
Kansas City's homeless shelters only permit people to bring one bag during overnight stays, so a new program will provide 30-gallon bins where people can safely lock away the rest of their belongings...
View ArticleKansas has billions of dollars in surplus. Here are 9 ways the governor wants...
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly unveiled a budget that proposes cutting the food sales tax, freezing tuition and sending $250 payments to Kansas taxpayers.
View ArticleMissouri and Kansas face 'workforce crisis' of workers who care for people...
Missouri and Kansas service providers are working long hours, waitlisting care and consolidating services as they grapple with a shortage of workers.
View ArticleA huge win for Kansas City Public Schools
Kansas City Public Schools has regained full accreditation after a decades-long struggle. But while the district is celebrating the news, Superintendent Mark Bedell says they "have a lot of work to...
View ArticleSupreme Court blocks Biden's vaccine-or-test mandate for large private companies
The Missouri Attorney General had led a lawsuit against the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test mandate for large employers. However, the Supreme Court upheld a federal mandate for some health care...
View ArticleKansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas
With the city at its worst point yet in the pandemic, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas speaks with host Nomin Ujiyediin about how the city is handling the omicron surge and the ways that politics affect...
View ArticleFor Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, a mask order isn’t 'an efficient use of...
The mayor, a Democrat, said a universal mask order is possible, but it would be better to focus the city’s public health efforts on COVID-19 vaccines and tests.
View ArticleA new GMO labeling law is drawing heat over whether it works
Critics say a new federal law on labeling food products with information about whether they include genetically modified ingredients is clunky and ineffective.
View ArticleDespite progress, advocates and lawmakers in Kansas and Missouri say voting...
Martin Luther King Jr. spent years before his assassination working to expand access to the ballot box. Today, advocates and lawmakers say they are fighting many of the same fights.
View ArticleIdentity theft, auto title scams, arson for profit — a Kansas City crime ring...
It took local, state and federal investigators years to put together the case against Wandale J. Fulton. Now the alleged ring leader is set for trial in federal court in Kansas City next month.
View ArticleA heritage trail worthy of Kansas City, Kansas
The Heritage Trail project began with a 2008 master plan for Kansas City, Kansas, that envisioned a green city with neighborhoods whose residents are healthy and fit, infrastructure that ensures clean...
View ArticleBillions are at stake in how the government defines a place as rural
Small towns far from big cities rely upon federal grants to help them, but numerous definitions of what the government considers rural make that complicated.
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