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6 Reasons to Rethink Early Retirement

People who have tried early retirement advise others to think about how they will fill their days and not empty their savings.

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Mending Our Broken Heart: Parking, Transit Woes Drive Folks From a Barren Loop (Part 2)

“Downtown KC: Mending Our Broken Heart,” was a groundbreaking series originally published by The Kansas City Star 20 years ago this month. It was written by former staffers Jeffrey Spivak, Kevin Collison and Steve Paul, with photographs by Rich Suggs. It was edited by former deputy national editor Keith Chrostowski. CityScene KC thanks The Kansas City…

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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt squared off in a gubernatorial debate on Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Overland Park.

Kelly, Schmidt Paint Competing Visions of Kansas in Gubernatorial Debate

Two competing versions of Kansas emerged during an hourlong debate Wednesday between Gov. Laura Kelly and her opponent Derek Schmidt, the state’s current attorney general.

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Environmental Group Gives Kansas, Missouri Utilities Low Marks for Clean Energy Transition

Kansas and Missouri’s largest utilities are not moving quickly enough to rid themselves of fossil fuels, according to a national environmental group.

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Mending Our Broken Heart: Parking, Transit Woes Drive Folks From a Barren Loop (Part 1)

“Downtown KC: Mending Our Broken Heart,” was a groundbreaking series originally published by The Kansas City Star 20 years ago this month. It was written by former staffers Jeffrey Spivak, Kevin Collison and Steve Paul, with photographs by Rich Suggs. It was edited by former deputy national editor Keith Chrostowski. CityScene KC thanks The Kansas City…

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