GOP-led Senate Reverses Course to Override Kelly’s Veto of Congressional Redistricting Map
The Kansas Senate completed Tuesday a rebuke of Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a congressional redistricting map shifting moderate-voting Lawrence to the rural 1st District and realigning the 3rd District to weaken re-election prospects of the state’s lone Democratic U.S. representative.
Downtown Living Gets High Marks from People in Survey, Less So Dogs
(Editor’s Note: This article originally was published May 7, 2021) By Kevin Collison It still may be a challenging place to shop or bike ride, but regardless, a new survey of downtown residents finds an overwhelming majority very satisfied they chose to live in the heart of the city. The 45-question survey conducted last winter…
Tap List | Beer Is For Lovers
While many Kansas City area breweries were hoping to host watch parties for another Chiefs Super Bowl victory, they’ll instead be celebrating Valentine’s Day.
Deadline Looms for Missouri Schools to get $1.95 Billion in COVID Money
Missouri legislators face a March 24 deadline to release most of the funding before it returns to the federal government.
curiousKC | Who is Combating Climate Change in Kansas City?
Many organizations across Kansas City deal with climate change, but here are some of the big players and what they do.
EverWild Florals Welcomes First Valentine’s Day Downtown
By Kevin Collison Sarah Jaeger wanted a central location to open her first retail flower shop last summer and is delighted to welcome her first Valentine’s Day in space adjoining the lobby of the art deco 909 Walnut apartment tower. “I looked all over for a year and I knew I wanted to be in…
Nick’s Picks | A Dozen Stories to Watch This Week in KC
Here’s your look at the week before it happens. From politics to pop culture, from the Symphony to sports. Here are 12 stories to keep an eye on this week. Super Bowl Sunday Are you picking the Cincinnati Bengals or the Los Angeles Rams? The Super Bowl is this Sunday and with the Chiefs out…
Kansas Governor Vetoes GOP Congressional Map, Calls for Bipartisan Compromise
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday vetoed a GOP-drawn congressional map that would divide the Kansas City metro and place Lawrence into a rural district that stretches to the Colorado border.
Clay County’s Colorful History Left Some (Land)marks
In 2019 restoration crews began work on a 200-year-old Clay County cabin. They daubed the cabin’s interior walls and stabilized its foundation, inspecting and replacing deteriorated hand-hewn logs. On one of them they noticed a charred spot where flames once had left their signature in the wood. The scorch mark was not a total surprise. …
Regional Skate Park, Artworks, Could ‘Enhance’ New Buck O’Neil Bridge
By Kevin Collison Creating a regional skate park beneath the approach ramps to the new Buck O’Neil Bridge is among the ideas in a report prepared by a group tasked to enliven what’s now a bland infrastructure project. Work is well underway on the $220 million replacement span that will carry US 169 traffic over…