Kansas City's new climate protection plan paves the way for carbon...
The plan is a roadmap for future environmental policy and aims for the city to be carbon neutral by 2040. Despite opposition from utility companies Spire and Evergy, the plan passed with few changes.
View ArticleIs Missouri's voter ID law unconstitutional?
Starting this weekend, Missouri voters will need to present a government-issued photo ID when casting their ballots. But voting rights groups have filed lawsuits claiming the law is unconstitutional.
View ArticleRiverfront boutique hotel development raises questions about Kansas City tax...
Port KC has approved the Origin Hotel with an exemption of roughly 62% of its total property tax over 20 years. Kansas City Public Schools called it an “inappropriate ask.”
View ArticleA Kansas City land trust is working to reduce blight and stabilize a...
Since its inception in 2019, the Marlborough Community Land Trust has sold three renovated houses. Each was sold below market rate, in an effort to avoid gentrification.
View ArticleA Missouri school district reinstated spanking if parents give their OK
The policy says corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline have failed and then only with the superintendent's permission. The district had dropped the practice in 2001.
View ArticleFight over silica mining rekindles fears about Missouri’s Old Lead Belt
A company called Nexgen Silica hopes to build a mine in St. Genevieve County. Residents who live with the toxic legacy of lead mining worry history could be repeating itself.
View ArticleKansas City's big swing for carbon neutrality
Kansas City is taking steps to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 with a new Climate Protection and Resiliency Plan. It's expected to decommission Evergy’s Hawthorn coal power plant, create more bike...
View ArticleTesting the waters: How groups monitor toxic algae in the absence of state...
Blue-green algae appears in lakes all over the Midwest during the summers and can make both people and animals ill. Few states have routine testing programs to check for the toxic algae, but some local...
View ArticleKansas teacher receives $95,000 after refusing to use student's preferred...
Attorneys for Pamela Ricard say the teacher's First Amendment rights were violated when she was disciplined for refusing to use a student's preferred name and pronouns.
View ArticleA Kansas City musician who conjures sounds from painting
A Kansas City artist invented an instrument that paints and composes at the same time, creating music with a brush stroke. Plus, one Kansas golfer is trying to bring more diversity to the caddie...
View ArticleAt the Farm Progress Show, high input costs shape some farmers’ purchases
Farmers explore and demo the latest technology in agriculture at the Farm Progress Show each year. But challenges like high input prices this year weigh into the decisions farmers are making about...
View ArticleKansas City Police agree to pay $1.5 million after officers killed man being...
The lawsuit was brought by the parents of Robert White, who appeared to have been randomly assaulted by Timothy Mosley on the afternoon of June 14, 2018, while White was seated at a table at Barney...
View ArticleIn one of Kansas City's hottest summers, thousands face brutal utility bills...
The number of disconnection notices sent to customers by utility company Evergy has nearly doubled over the last year.
View ArticleAs teens wait for work, ag firms turn to guest workers to tend to Midwest...
For decades, corn detasseling was a customary summer job for teenagers in Nebraska and the rest of the Corn Belt. In recent years, however, agriculture companies are relying more on migrant labor to do...
View ArticleThe fight over silica mining in Missouri
Efforts to open silica mines in southeast Missouri are bringing back memories of toxic lead mining that scarred the region centuries ago. Plus, a Midwest "rite of passage" that was predominantly done...
View ArticleQuiet quitting, real quitting, unionizing — what else are American workers up...
How we work, when we work, how much we work – it's all shifting on a scale not seen in decades.
View ArticleMore than 30,000 Kansans with suspended licenses could have kept driving...
The state is trying to make it easier for someone with a suspended license to get some driving privileges with restricted licenses. But people are still missing out.
View ArticleMissouri's controversial new voter ID law
Missouri's Secretary of State defends a new election law requiring anyone who wants to cast a ballot to have a form of government-issued photo identification. Two lawsuits have already been filed to...
View ArticleAs calls to mental health line rise in Missouri, advocates worry state won't...
In July, Missouri officials debuted 988, an emergency mental health hotline that connects callers to dozens of organizations around the country based on the caller’s area code. But advocates are...
View ArticleKansas congressional candidate Amanda Adkins
After Kansas' 3rd Congressional District was redrawn to make it more competitive for Republicans, U.S. House candidate Amanda Adkins sees 2022 as her year to defeat incumbent U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids....
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