News & Issues

Exterior view of the Bryant School from Westover Road in Brookside.

KCPS Ponders School in Brookside for Teacher Housing

Kansas City Public Schools may convert the closed and mothballed Bryant School into teacher housing. The public is encouraged to submit feedback by May 17. 

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A billboard with a farmer holding a laptop in rows of a crop. Text on the billboard reads "Don't let weeds win" and "takecontrolmissouri.com"

Bayer Pushes Roundup Protection Bill in Missouri 

Bayer and the Modern Ag Alliance are pushing Missouri to pass a bill saying EPA labeling for farm chemicals like Roundup satisfies warning label requirements.  

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Senate Minority Leader John Rizzo, D-Independence, speaks Thursday at a weekly leadership news conference with (from left) Sens. Doug Beck, D-Affton, Steve Roberts, D-St. Louis, and Brian Williams, D-University City.

Democrats Filibuster Bill Making it Harder to Amend Missouri Constitution

Democrats are fighting legislative efforts to make it harder to amend the Missouri Constitution. An initiative seeks to get abortion access on the fall ballot.

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Timothy Bundren's chicken barns are all standing empty since Tyson canceled his growing contract last year.

Early Morning Calls. Barren Chicken Barns. Millions in Debt.

After Tyson Foods closed four meatpacking plants in the Midwest, some contract chicken farmers faced business ruin. Here are their stories.

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"Kansas City Week in Review" host Nick Haines.

Nick’s Picks | Anniversaries, Legislative Drama and Concerts

As legislative work comes to an end in Kansas and Missouri, the Royals are preparing to celebrate the 2014 team that went to the World Series.

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