Kansas City says yes to public schools and a new jail
Kansas City voted Tuesday to approve the first Kansas City Public Schools bond question in six decades, as well as a public safety sales tax that would fund a new jail. Plus: Funding cuts by the Trump...
View ArticleKansas City father deported after visiting family grave in Mexico is now back...
Roeland Park resident Evenezer Cortez Martinez was protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. He sued the Trump administration after he was not allowed to reenter the country.
View ArticleSandra Hemme and the problem with innocence in Missouri
Sandra Hemme was freed from prison after 43 years for a murder she didn't commit, and her case illustrates how difficult it is to correct errors in the criminal justice system. That's especially true...
View ArticleMissouri governor signs major utility law that critics warn will raise energy...
The new Missouri law allows utilities to charge customers for power plants as they are being built, rather than after they are complete. Consumer and environmental groups say it will make utilities...
View ArticleFederal police detain residents in southwest Kansas amid Trump's illegal...
Federal immigration enforcement moved through western Kansas and detained several people. It comes after President Donald Trump promised deportations of people in the country without legal status....
View ArticleFather Kapaun, a Kansas saint in the making
Father Emil Kapaun served as an Army chaplain in the Korean war, and was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor. In February, Pope Francis named him "venerable," bringing him one step closer to...
View ArticleLos grupos de asistencia médica de Kansas City reclutan a los padres en la...
Casi uno de cada cinco padres que viven en la zona dijo a Children's Mercy Kansas City que la salud mental de su hijo era "regular" o "mala", y el 11% informó que su hijo se sentía "triste" o "sin...
View ArticleKansas City is naming its downtown highway park after Sen. Roy Blunt. When...
Former U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt was instrumental in securing funding for the project to cap a portion of I-670 downtown. But construction on the park is delayed, which means it likely won’t be completed by...
View ArticleA Missouri inmate had his death sentence reversed. But it left him in legal...
A Boone County judge on Monday will hear a motion by Deandra Buchanan to reopen his 2002 triple murder case, with the ultimate goal of showing he should be given a new trial. Buchanan says his original...
View ArticleMissouri workers will soon get paid sick leave. But legislators may kill the...
Business owners are required to tell their workers about their right to paid sick leave on Tuesday. But a bill in the Missouri legislature and a case in the Missouri Supreme Court could take away the...
View ArticleHow Kansas Republicans prevailed during governor's 'veto era'
The Kansas Legislature had a noticeably short session this year. With Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly in what lawmakers dubbed her "veto era," how did Republicans override her decisions?
View ArticleSt. Louis sues Missouri to block part of state takeover of police department
A new Missouri law gives a state board control over the St. Louis Police Department, instead of the mayor, similar to the system in Kansas City. The lawsuit calls it an unfunded mandate because it...
View ArticleTrump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump has called on Congress to rescind $1.1 billion in funding from the public broadcasters. KCUR is one of the 1,300 locally and independently managed stations that are funded in part by...
View ArticleOut-of-state patients drove Kansas abortion numbers up in 2024, study finds
Expanded clinic capacity and an influx of people traveling from other states fueled the increase in abortions, according to researchers.
View ArticlePolice warn Missouri Republicans against reviving a controversial gun rights law
As Missouri Republicans push a new version of the Second Amendment Preservation Act through the legislature, law enforcement officials in the state say lawmakers and supporters of the bill are ignoring...
View ArticleAn unconstitutional Missouri gun rights law returns
A bill moving through Missouri’s legislature seeks to prohibit police statewide from enforcing federal gun laws — despite federal courts ruling an earlier version of the law was unconstitutional. How...
View ArticleMissouri loses $1.2 billion as USDA cancels climate smart program helping...
Many of these programs offered incentive payments to farmers who adopt an environmentally sustainable or “climate-smart” practice. Some partnerships will be renewed and folded into a new program.
View ArticleKansas City will get public art honoring Conley sisters, who saved Native...
A new art project commemorating the Conley sisters will be unveiled in Kansas City, Kansas, this summer. The exhibit will help tell how the siblings and Wyandot Nation activists banded together to...
View ArticleForget something? Here’s how to improve your memory
Our memories are a big part of what makes us human. But why do some moments tend to stick in our brain for years, while others fade away? Neuroscientists Kausik Si and Elizabeth Kensinger explain the...
View ArticleMissouri Attorney General can appeal wrongfully convicted man's exoneration,...
Christopher Dunn, who was exonerated last year for a wrongful murder conviction, spent 34 years in prison. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has fought against Dunn's release.
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