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Host of Up to Date

Steve Kraske has been the political correspondent for The Kansas City Star since 1994. He covers national, state and local politics with a special focus on the Iowa presidential caucuses every four years. Kraske first came to The Star in 1986 and covered the Kansas City Police Department and state government in Jefferson City and Topeka. Before arriving in Kansas City, he worked at daily newspapers in Iowa and Illinois and at United Press International in Madison, Wis. Kraske is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he received a bachelor's degree in journalism. His parents live in Stillwater, Minn. In 2001, he and a team of Star reporters won the Missouri Press Association's top government-reporting award for a series of stories on the death of Gov. Mel Carnahan. In 1991, he was awarded a John S. Knight Journalism Fellowship at Stanford University.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

Managing An Online Business Reputation

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Do all those reviews on sites like Yelp or TripAdvisor really matter for small businesses? 

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

A Window Into The World Of Tourette's

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James Fussell, author of Ticked
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James Fussell and Jeff Matovic speak with Steve Kraske about Tourette's syndrome.
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People with Tourette's syndrome are often portrayed as spouting curse words uncontrollably, but there's more to the condition than that.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon April 29, 2013

America's Shifting Foreign Policy

Vali Nasr
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Over the past few years, the United States has started to withdraw its aid and influence from regions like the Middle East, and that is creating space for other countries to assume more powerful positions.

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Up to Date
12:00 pm
Sun April 28, 2013

Cooking With Fire, Water, Wind & Earth

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Cooked by Michael Pollan
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Want to learn the secrets of a barbecue master or how the “fermentos” do their thing with cheese, beer and pickles? 

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Up to Date
10:27 am
Fri April 26, 2013

College Decisions Close To Home

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Tom Medlock talks with Nick and Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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A student shows off his college acceptance letter.
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National Decision Day is edging closer for high school seniors who have yet to choose a college.

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Up to Date
10:09 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Pushing For Advance Voting In Missouri

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Elisabeth MacNamara
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League of Women voter President Elisabeth MacNamara talks with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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League of Women voter President Elisabeth MacNamara
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The League of Women Voters  has a few goals it's pursuing-- more advance voting and online voter registration.

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Up to Date
11:47 am
Thu April 25, 2013

The Ethics Professors: College Sports, Parental Responsibility & Citizen Well-being

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College basketball
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How much power is too much when it comes to the hallowed fields of college sports?

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Tue April 23, 2013

History & Tourism Around The State Line

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Former KC Star TV critic Aaron Barnhart talks about Quantrill's raiders in an interview with Steve Kraske. He and his wife Diane Eickhoff, co-authors of The Big Divide, visited Up to Date April 24, 2013.
The Big Divide by Aaron Barnhart and Diane Eickhoff
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Go to enough Kansas and Missouri historical spots, and you'll find many of them are steeped in the history of the Civil War.

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Up To Date
3:21 pm
Tue April 23, 2013

The Kansas Sales Tax: To Extend Or Not To Extend

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Three years ago the Kansas legislature passed a one-cent sales tax with the intention of removing it at a later date.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon April 22, 2013

Found In The 'Wild'

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Cheryl Strayed joined Steve Kraske in the studio for Up to Date.
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Cheryl Strayed joined Steve Kraske in the studio for Up to Date.
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If your life was falling apart, would you think the world was telling you to take a hike—a 1,000-mile hike?

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Up to Date
10:46 am
Mon April 22, 2013

A Mayoral Summit

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Mayors Sly James and Joe Reardon speak with Steve Kraske on Up to Date.
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Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo.
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Mayor Sly James
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Mayor Joe Reardon
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It’s the end of an era for one city leader, while events march on for another.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Thu April 18, 2013

Missouri Legislature's Hot-Button Issues

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Missouri Sen. Jolie Justus
Missouri Sen. Will Kraus
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Things have been heating up in Jefferson City during this legislative session. 

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Up to Date
9:59 am
Tue April 16, 2013

Laughs For A Good Cause

Jason and Kathy Sudeikis
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There’s no shortage of entertainment talent in Kansas City, and SNL funnyman Jason Sudeikis is putting his to good use.

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Up to Date
6:00 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Parents, Teens & College

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The four-year graduation rate for the class of freshmen that started at the University of Kansas in 2008 is 37.2 percent, and it hints that not all high school seniors are ready to go on to college.

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Up to Date
11:03 am
Mon April 15, 2013

Exoneration On Death Row

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Gavel statue in Columbus, Ohio.
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In 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was convicted of murder. He was released after 9 years in prison and spent years asserting his innocence until DNA evidence confirmed his story.

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