News & Issues
‘War Remains,’ Virtual Visit to Trench Combat ‘Hell,’ Sellout WWI Museum Attraction
By Kevin Collison You could call “War Remains,” the new virtual reality experience at the National World War I Museum, a blockbuster attraction, except for its solitary nature, one person can visit every 15 minutes. The exhibition has been a sellout since opening shortly before Memorial Day weekend and is completely booked at this point…
Kansas Farmers Find The Only Thing Harder Than Growing Hemp Is Selling It
Growing industrial hemp, the less sexy cousin of the plant associated with getting high and some medicinal uses, has proven riskier and more difficult than many Kansas farmers initially expected.
Nick’s Picks | Auschwitz Exhibit, Police Budget and Medicaid Expansion Top the Agenda
Nick Haines sets the agenda for the news week ahead in Kansas City.
Katz Redevelopment Plan Sparks Incentive Debate on Streetcar Route
By Kevin Collison An apartment plan that would save the landmark Katz Drugstore has become the opening salvo in a City Hall debate over how–or whether–tax incentives should be available to assist developments planned along the new streetcar extension down Main. Lux Living plans to seek a 25-year property tax abatement to help finance the…
Katz Redevelopment Plan Sparks Incentive Debate on Streetcar Route
An apartment plan involving the landmark Katz Drugstore has become the opening salvo in a City Hall debate over how – or whether – tax incentives should be available to help developments planned along the new streetcar extension down Main.