Ivan Mcclellan
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Damiani Books, 2024
Ivan McClellan's new photobook, “Eight Seconds,” documents the Black riders, ropers and rodeo queens encountered in dusty arenas around the United States. McClellan's love for the sport and subculture led him to start his own rodeo in Portland, Oregon, where he lives.
Rachel Cramer
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Harvest Public Media
Eric Lee
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St. Louis Public Radio
KCUR's newsroom and audience development team are hiring for multiple positions, including reporters.
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Todd SiefertOn May 1, delegates at the United Methodist Church’s General Conference voted to repeal a ban on LGBTQ clergy that stood for four decades. -
Joni Wickham/Courtesy of Missourians For Healthy Families and Fair WagesOrganizers submitted more than 210,000 signatures for a ballot question to approve a minimum wage hike and mandatory sick leave in Missouri. If enough signatures are verified, voters will weigh in during the August or November elections.
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We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands. -
Mayor Quinton Lucas said that he was in talks with cities like Denver and New York to bring immigrants who are authorized to work to Kansas City. Despite uproar from anti-immigration politicians in Jefferson City, that doesn't mean Kansas City is becoming a "sanctuary city." -
Known for its vast array of unusual snacks (brown sugar-coated, puffed corn Beaver Nuggets among the most popular) and dozens of gas pumps, the Texas-based chain has a cult-like following. The proposed site near The Legends and Kansas Speedway is now before planners with the Unified Government of Wyandotte County. -
Food halls have added an important component to the Kansas City region's restaurant scene in recent years. These communal spaces provide opportunities for new food ventures, and offer flavors from around the world. -
The majority of the pollutants released by Tyson in the five years the study examines were in the Midwestern states of Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri. -
New laws will force patients to report more personal information to officials, create a new felony and direct more money to anti-abortion groups. -
Working on a tight deadline, advocates collected signatures from around the state supporting a vote to restore the right to abortions, which are now banned in Missouri except for medical emergencies. -
Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office says three Republican lawmakers were acting in their official capacity when they made false social media posts about a Kansas Chiefs fan, and are protected by 'legislative immunity.' -
Fewer farmers are planting hemp across the Midwest and Great Plains. The decline is most acute in hemp grown for its oils, like CBD, but experts say there’s greater opportunity in industrial hemp.
