No Kings protests in Kansas City seek to mobilize voters ahead of midterm...
Demonstrators return to Mill Creek Park and elsewhere around the metro on Saturday for another No Kings rally. Organizers say they're focused this year on recruiting people to canvass, phone bank and...
View ArticleKansas City Northland residents want 'a real shift' in policing as search for...
At the first of five public listening sessions across the city, Kansas City residents gathered in a Northland community center to express their opinions about a new KCPD chief.
View ArticleKansas City used flawed math for its Royals stadium financing
The Kansas City Council passed a financing package that moved the Royals’ stadium development forward in a big way. The deal will tap 30 years of tax growth to repay the costs of construction, to the...
View ArticleDeportations of Missouri and Kansas parents can hurt their kids for decades...
More children from mixed-status families in the Midwest are being separated from their parents through detention or deportation. Researchers and advocates believe the trauma of being split up...
View ArticleAre Kansas City's roads any safer for kids?
Since a 9-year-old girl was struck and killed by a car while riding her bike to school in Kansas City one year ago, city leaders, local organizations, and families have been trying to improve traffic...
View ArticleBreaking down the Jackson County elections this November
The makeup of the Jackson County Legislature will change dramatically after the November election, with seven of nine seats getting new representatives. There are also no returning faces in the race...
View ArticleThousands powerless around Kansas City after severe thunderstorms bring high...
More than 50,000 Evergy customers are reported without power. Clay County was briefly under a tornado warning, as the National Weather Service urged Kansas City residents to seek shelter.
View ArticleOverland Park tightens restrictions on license plate reader data. ACLU calls...
Regulations for automated license plate readers have been revised twice this year by police Chief Doreen Jokerst, who took over the department in October 2024.
View ArticleMissouri food service workers rally for 'bill of rights' setting standards...
Restaurant, cafe, and bar workers' will rally in Kansas City and St. Louis on Tuesday for a "Bill of Rights" proposing a $25 minimum wage, paid sick leave, healthcare, and other benefits
View ArticleCookiegate: Roger Marshall's campaign pays off bakery bill
A Kansas bakery's Facebook post about an unpaid bill from 2020 went viral — because the delinquent customer was Kansas Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. After the $678 bill ended up making national news,...
View ArticleKansas, the battleground state
Early voting begins in much of Kansas this week — where a critical U.S. Senate seat and most state offices are on the ballot. The big races for governor, secretary of state and attorney general are all...
View ArticleIt's taking longer to find a new job after losing one
People who lose their jobs in this economy are taking longer to find new work. Nearly four in ten people exhaust their unemployment benefits before they land a new job.
View ArticleTrucking is one of Kansas City’s biggest industries, but record diesel prices...
Nearly one out of every 10 workers in the Kansas City area works in transportation and material moving jobs. The spiking cost of diesel is squeezing everyone from truck drivers to fleet owners to...
View ArticleThousands of Ukrainians around St. Louis who fled Russian war are scared as...
Ukrainians in the St. Louis region are worried about their futures in the U.S. now that their Temporary Protected Status will expire on Oct. 19. U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell is urging Congress to quickly work...
View ArticleMost Kansas City medical bill lawsuits come from 2 hospitals
Two Kansas City area hospitals have been suing patients over unpaid medical bills. We’ll hear why medical debt is becoming a bigger part of many people’s lives.
View ArticleMissouri State University staff member detained by ICE. Here's what we know...
Paul J. Essel has been a Grants Accounting Manager at Missouri State since 2019. He is originally from Ghana. Greene County Jail records indicate Essel was detained by ICE in Springfield Wednesday...
View ArticleWhy Midwest electricity bills are rising
Midwestern ratepayers have seen utility bills rise in recent years, as growing demand puts pressure on an aging electric grid. Also, as large data centers pop up around the country, a Missouri...
View ArticleWhy do energy bills in Kansas and Missouri keep rising? Aging electric grid...
Data center demand, severe weather and the aging grid are forcing utilities to drive up electricity rates. While the Midwest has historically had the cheapest energy in the nation, forces are...
View ArticleWestern Kansas left to recover after ICE raids hit beef industry
A few weeks ago, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents began descending on western Kansas. More than 100 people were detained, leaving communities and the massive local beef industry to deal with...
View ArticleHow Amendment 6 could change direct democracy in Missouri
A proposed amendment to the Missouri Constitution this November would make it harder for state lawmakers to change or overturn laws passed by voters through initiative petitions. Opponents say it will...
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