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Wilson Vance grew up in an apartment at 41st and Warwick. She can't afford to rent in that part of midtown any more. Now she hopes she can stay in her new home further east.

Rent is Going Up So Fast, It’s Not Just Pricing Out Residents — It’s Hurting Kansas City

A Midtown “townie” priced off of her bus line. A retiree on fixed income forced out of her home of 17 years. Kansas City renters are facing substantial rent hikes, with serious repercussions.

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Cornucopia Brings Carnival, Fall Festivities This Weekend to Downtown

Grand Boulevard by the T-Mobile Center will become a carnival midway this weekend with a Ferris wheel and other rides as part of the Cornucopia festival being put on by the Power & Light District from today through Sunday. What the P&L District is describing as its signature fall festival was held for the first…

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A surgery team in a hospital.

Despite Medicare, Health Costs Are Painful for Americans 65+

A new report from The Commonwealth Fund shows that the high cost of health care remains a problem even for older Americans covered by Medicare.

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New Fidelity Security HQ Project Seeking $9M Tax Break

By Kevin Collison The developer of a proposed office tower at 27th and Main anticipates its request for a $9 million incentive package for the new headquarters of Fidelity Security Life Insurance will be in front of the City Council in mid-November. Attorney David Frantze said VanTrust Real estate, the developer, will be seeking a…

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Dale Walker, president of the Blue Valley Neighborhood Association in Kansas City, surveys a trashed site near the intersection of 27th Terrace and Hardesty Avenue.

‘Really Sad’: Illegal Dumping Still Vexes Kansas City

Kansas City has launched a new audit of illegal dumping, which has vexed the city for decades. Resident satisfaction on the topic is at a six-year low.

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