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Boone County Becomes Focus of Missouri Initiative Petition Campaigns Following Redistricting

By | June 7, 2024 | 0
Petitioners with Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages unload dozens of boxes of signatures to deliver to the Secretary of State.

The 2022 Missouri congressional map split Boone County in half. Will it make a difference in the effort to get abortion on the ballot in November?

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The Missouri Legislature is Cutting Local Governments’ Power to Pass Their Own Laws

By | May 8, 2024 | 1
Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Republican statehouses like Missouri’s increasingly limit what rules places like Kansas City can adopt — typically shutting down more progressive policies.

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Nick’s Picks | Earth Day, NFL Draft and Cicadas

By | April 22, 2024 | 0
"Kansas City Week in Review" host Nick Haines.

Earth Day, the NFL Draft, cicadas and lots of politics will define the news week ahead in Kansas City.

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Nick’s Picks | April Fools’ Day, Stadium Tax Vote

By | April 1, 2024 | 0
"Kansas City Week in Review" host Nick Haines.

Jackson County voters will decide Tuesday on a sales tax to help finance a new downtown Royals ballpark and upgrades for the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium.

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A Community Struggle to Maintain a Full-Service Grocery

By | March 25, 2024 | 0
A tall bronze memorial with figures at the top in front of Sun Fresh market.

The Sun Fresh grocery at Linwood and Prospect avenues in Kansas City is struggling to sustain itself in the face of neighborhood homelessness and drug use.

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