Kansas lawmakers want to loosen vaccine requirements amid a measles outbreak...
At least 10 Kansans have tested positive for measles. Health officials urge full vaccination against the disease.
View ArticleKansas City would avoid massive bus cuts for now with a new plan. But it...
The six-month plan would fully fund the transit agency while it seeks funding from other places and demands more accountability from KCATA. It calls for reinstating fares and could end the city’s...
View ArticleMidwest schools face civil rights investigations. Trump’s Education...
The future of hundreds of investigations into possible civil rights violations at schools across the Midwest, and thousands more nationwide, are in question after the Trump Administration shuttered...
View ArticleThis Kansas City nonprofit will help you fix your TV so it doesn’t end up in...
Re.Use.Full not only provides drop off points where Kansas Citians can donate their gently used goods, but it also sponsors free, pop-up repair shops with volunteers who will fix your appliances and...
View ArticleA Kansas pastor takes up the fight for trans rights
Charles McKinzie is a small-town pastor and lifelong Republican. Unlike many of his religious peers, he's also a vocal critic of new laws restricting gender-affirming care for Kansas minors. Plus: a...
View ArticleLawsuit over slain Lyft driver in Missouri raises ‘massive’ liability...
The people who killed Andrew Ameer in a 2020 carjacking used the Lyft app to set up a carjacking and ambush. The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled earlier this month that Lyft is subject to liability,...
View ArticleInside a Missouri Planned Parenthood clinic
In-clinic abortion care has returned to Missouri for the first time in seven years, but people seeking those services are still learning to navigate the new system. We'll take a tour behind the scenes...
View ArticleKansas City Manager Brian Platt has been fired. Mayor says he damaged the...
Kansas City Council voted unanimously to fire city manager Brian Platt, who was suspended three weeks ago after the city lost a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit. Platt is being represented by a law...
View ArticleScientists expect more drought this year in parts of the Midwest and Great...
Another year of dry conditions could hurt production for farmers growing crops and raising livestock in the region.
View ArticleVoting by mail in Kansas just got harder after Republican lawmakers ended a...
Republicans in the Kansas Legislature have eliminated the three-day grace period for mail-in ballots. Starting in 2026, all ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.
View ArticleFirehouses in Kansas City, Kansas, are in ‘deplorable’ condition. Will the...
A new Kansas City, Kansas Fire Department master plan also suggests that the department needs more staff, some companies fail to meet response time standards and the department needs to accelerate...
View ArticleKansas City residents resist plans to build a new jail with sales tax money:...
Kansas City voters will decide on April 8 whether to renew the public safety sales tax for 20 more years. Officials plan to use the bulk of the money to build a new municipal detention center. Despite...
View Article'Repair and reuse' is this Kansas City group's mission
We live in a “throwaway society,” and now landfills are reaching their capacity with items that could be fixed. One Kansas City group is trying to change that by encouraging people to repair their...
View ArticleHarvesters says truckloads of food bank deliveries got canceled by Trump...
Harvesters, the food bank that serves the Kansas City area and helps supply food to local pantries and shelters, says that thousands of cases of canned food, eggs, milk and more were called off by...
View ArticleA Kansas babysitter checked under the bed for monsters — and found a man...
The Barton County, Kansas, Sheriff's Office says that a babysitter went to refute a kid's claims of a monster under their bed, but "came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there." They...
View ArticleBallot effort would force Tesla to close Missouri showrooms, in backlash...
The initiatives would use Missouri’s law governing motor vehicle sales — which requires new cars, trucks and motorcycles to be sold through franchised dealers — to force Tesla out. It's part of an...
View ArticleA Social Security worker in Kansas City on DOGE and federal cuts
Workers at many federal agencies fear losing their jobs in the next wave of cuts from President Donald Trump. One Social Security worker in Kansas City shares his fears about future layoffs, DOGE's...
View ArticleRural communities rely on this USDA agency. Trump’s cuts threaten that
The USDA's Rural Development agency has provided billions of dollars each year to small towns, farmers and businesses. Now staffing upheaval and budget cuts brought on by the Trump administration may...
View ArticleThis Kansas photographer’s view of the Flint Hills tells of ‘fire and death...
Jim Richardson had a distinguished career making images for National Geographic Magazine stories on cultural, environmental and scientific issues. His work on the Flint Hills introduced the uniquely...
View ArticleA new Missouri art exhibit shows the 'endless turmoil' and hope of...
The exhibition, featuring the work of South Asian immigrants, highlights the challenges many face moving to and living in the United States. "Our stories reverberate in different tones, but we all have...
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