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After a 270-acre landfill was proposed for a site just south of Missouri Highway 150 in Kansas City, communities rallied against it. The bill now awaiting Gov. Mike Parson’s signature would prohibit a landfill from being built in Kansas City within a mile of another municipality unless that adjoining city approves the project.
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Consultants say the Wichita district needs to reduce its number of buildings. That could involve a massive bond issue or series of bonds to build and renovate schools, and it likely will mean closing many smaller schools.
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A juggernaut unleashed by humans is grinding slowly across the Great Plains, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet beneath dense junipers and shrubland.
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The recent ransomware attack which closed the Jackson County Assessment, Collection and Recorder of Deeds offices is just the latest in a series of cyberattacks against government offices in the Kansas City metro over the past few years. Federal advisors say attacks against municipalities are growing in number, often because they’re the easiest targets.
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Missouri faces a backlog of child abuse and neglect investigations — the Kansas City region has the most, with 3,036 cases that have been open for at least 46 days. With a shortage of investigators at the state's Children’s Division, lawmakers consider hiring private contractors to help.
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Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe’s office contradicted Sheriff Calvin Hayden's claim to have had a search warrant 'in hand' for Hayden's long-running election investigation.
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Only the second bill passed this session, narrowly passed legislation on its way to Gov. Mike Parson funnels money to private schools through a tax credit scholarship programs.
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The Medical Arts Symphony of Kansas City community orchestra has given amateur musicians in the health care profession a place to perform since 1959. For the doctors, nurses, dentists, medical students, and more who take part, the music can be therapeutic.
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Some officials in Kansas are trying to get the Kansas City Chiefs to move across state lines, but the governor says she's not involved.
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Opioid settlement payouts will be made to thousands of communities across the country over 18 years. Payouts in the Kansas City metropolitan area so far have ranged from $2.4 million to Kansas City, Missouri, to Kansas City to $4,500 to Westwood, Kansas.
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Determined high schoolers envision more sustainable and beautiful cityscapes. Experts say their approach can benefit both human health and the environment.
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Residents of South Hyde Park said they watched thieves comb through two stolen cars, then speed away, all while they were on hold with KCPD's 911.
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Humans transport some non-native species on purpose. Others arrive by accident. The vast majority don’t hijack landscapes. But those that do come with high stakes.
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Terra Morehead, who retired as a federal prosecutor last August, has agreed to turn over her law license as part of an agreement with a Kansas disciplinary board. As a Wyandotte County prosecutor in the 1990s, Morehead helped KCKPD Detective Roger Golubski frame an innocent man who spent 23 years in prison.