Big Rip Brewing Co.

Tap List | Big Rip to Host Abortion Access Fundraiser

North Kansas City’s Big Rip Brewing Co. is the latest local brewery to organize a fundraising event for abortion rights.

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Union Station Named Among ‘Most Beautiful Train Stations’ in the World

By Kevin Collison Union Station, whose $234 million restoration a quarter century ago was a metropolitan labor of love, has been named one of the 37 most beautiful train stations in the world by Architectural Digest, a respected international publication. “I think that’s incredible,” said Steve Rose, who co-chaired the successful bi-state sales tax campaign…

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Union Station at night with the downtown skyline in the background.

Union Station Named Among ‘Most Beautiful Train Stations’ in the World

Kansas City’s Union Station has been named one of the 37 most beautiful train stations in the world by Architectural Digest.

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In this photo illustration, a woman's silhouette holds a smartphone with the Airbnb logo displayed on the screen and in the background.

Unlicensed Short-term Rentals Overwhelm Some KC Neighborhoods

Less than 10% of Kansas City’s short-term rentals — almost all listed through Airbnb — have the permits required under a city ordinance approved in 2018.

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Marijuana plants

curiousKC | Have a Question About Legalizing Marijuana? Let Us Know.

What questions do you have about legalizing recreational marijuana in Missouri? Flatland’s curiousKC team will find the answers.

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Block 15 Sports Bar Opens in River Market

By Kevin Collison Block 15 Tavern & Exchange opened Friday at 311 Delaware in the River Market and includes an outdoor patio overlooking City Market Park. The new sports bar is the latest project of Sam Hagan, a founder of Tribe restaurant across the street. It’s located in the cellar of the 130 year-old Ebenezer…

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Back to School, Big Bill and Abortion Debate

Back to school, a big climate and health care bill and the ongoing abortion debate are at the top of the news forecast for Kansas City this week.

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Pennway Point Entertainment Plan Gains Access to Vital Parking

By Kevin Collison The developer of the proposed Pennway Point entertainment district, a project near Union Station that includes a 170-foot Ferris wheel, won critical approval this week that opens access to hundreds of parking spaces vital to the development’s success. The City Plan Commission endorsed a request to transfer half of the Jefferson street…

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Horseman and children's book author Trae Q. L. Venerable.

Black Cowboys: Then and Now

Horseman and children’s author Trae Venerable is a living legacy of underappreciated Black cowboys.

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Big Plaza-Area Apartment Project Wins Plan Commission Backing

By Kevin Collison The proposed 4711 Belleview apartment development took a big step forward this week when the City Plan Commission unanimously approved rezoning for the project located about two blocks west of the Plaza. “We are very pleased about the community support and approval by the Plan Commission,” said Brandon Buckley of Lane4 Property…

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Addie Sartino of The Greeting Committee

Weekend Possibilities | Innovation Festival, SpongeBob and Adult Field Day

A free music festival, everyone’s favorite sea sponge on stage and field day (for adults) make up just some of the fun weekend possibilities in Kansas City.

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Sunayana Dumala talks about her late husband, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, during a news conference at Garmin headquarters in Olathe, Kansas, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.

Spouse of Olathe Hate Crime Victim Moves On, in Life and Location

Sunayana Dumala, the spouse of a man killed in an Olathe hate crime that gained global attention, discusses how she has found a way forward in life.

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Regional Skate Park, Artworks, Could ‘Enhance’ New Buck O’Neil Bridge

(Editor’s note: This article originally was published Feb. 3) 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…

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Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton, an abortion rights supporter who was a Republican and is now a Democrat, reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.

Kansas Voters Overwhelmingly Say ‘No’ to Stripping Abortion Rights from the State Constitution

Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. The vote preserves the right to an abortion in the Kansas Constitution.

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Democrats in Kansas received this unsolicited text message on Monday, which falsely claims that a “yes” vote protects reproductive rights.

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Connected to False Text About Kansas Abortion Amendment

Former U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp is behind the false text message about the Kansas constitutional amendment on abortion that enraged Democrats on Monday.

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