Mili Mansaray
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The Beacon Kansas City
New federal rules will adjust Section 8 subsidies so that Kansas City families can gain access to neighborhoods they've been essentially shut out of, including downtown neighborhoods like Quality Hill and midtown neighborhoods like Hyde Park.
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KCUR 89.3
Celia Llopis-Jepsen
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Kansas News Service
Tim Bommel
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Missouri House Communications
KCUR's newsroom and audience development team are hiring for multiple positions, including reporters.
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Mary Sanchez/FlatlandThe Kansas City Council unanimously approved $70.9 million in funding for the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority. Bus and paratransit rides will stay at zero fare at least until the contract expires on April 30, 2025, but the bus system faces a deficit once federal funds run out. -
Kansas City GIFTKansas City G.I.F.T. is a local nonprofit working to address the racial wealth gap in our metro by helping Black entrepreneurs build and sustain their small businesses. While they provide grants, the organization's business center also provides free business coaching, accounting, marketing and more.
- Por un año más, Kansas City mantendrá gratis el pasaje de los autobuses, pero estudiará si restablece algunas tarifas
- Para la gente de Kansas City que llama al 911 aún les cuesta comunicarse, y falta mucho para la solución
- En las crecientes comunidades latinas de Kansas City, 'todos tenemos historias diferentes'
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Recent data from the Commonwealth Fund illustrates stark differences in the health care system in Kansas for white people and people of color. -
The lawsuit, led by Republican attorneys general from 17 states, comes after federal regulations were published on implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The language means workers can ask for time off to obtain and recover from an abortion. -
Missouri House votes to make it harder to amend constitution, with controversial language reinstatedCurrently, a simple majority of votes is needed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment once it makes it onto the ballot. The proposed resolution would increase that threshold to both a simple majority of votes and the majority of Missouri’s eight congressional districts — but the bill also includes unrelated "ballot candy." -
Vanessa Severo’s play “Rubik" tells the story of neurodivergent teens on the cusp of a new phase of life. It’s part of Spinning Tree Theatre’s push to bring more diverse voices to the stage and create new opportunities for artists with disabilities. -
The two-page proposal states that beginning in the 2026 federal elections, a candidate running to represent a congressional district in Missouri may do so only if they live in that district. But it may violate the U.S. Constitution. -
Kansas City Council renewed its annual contract with the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, which keeps zero-fare in place but directs City Manager Brian Platt to weigh the costs and benefits of an alternative "functional free fare" program. -
Kansas City was set to approve using federal dollars to expand Hope Faith into the city's first year-round low barrier homeless shelter. After months of complaints from residents, the city is restarting the application process. -
An arbitrator decided Dominic Biscari could only be suspended for three days after he ran a red light in fire truck and crashed into a car, killing the driver, passenger and a bystander. Biscari pleaded guilty to three felony counts of involuntary manslaughter. -
Kansas City native Edward J. Dwight Jr. is set to be on the next Blue Origin rocket into space. The rare opportunity comes more than six decades after he was passed over to become a NASA astronaut.
