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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Mask Mandates, Vaccine Supplies and Medicaid Expansion

Nick Haines provides an early look at the news for the upcoming week in Kansas City.

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Italian Gardens Pizza Revives Memories in East Crossroads

By Kevin Collison It’s off the beaten path, tucked in a still gritty industrial corner of the East Crossroads next  to Tension Envelope, but once you spot the bright Italian colors emblazoned on the cinder-block building, your taste buds will remember the way. “Once people find us, they know where we are,” said John David…

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A wind farm in Ellsworth County, Kansas.

Grain Belt Transmission Line Forges Ahead Amid Landowner, Lawmaker Pushback

Kansas and Missouri residents could soon reap the benefits of Grain Belt Express, a massive high-powered transmission line delivering renewable energy.

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Downtown Apartment Plans Totaling $412M Filed Before New City Incentive Deadline

By Kevin Collison City Hall’s deadline before tighter tax incentive policies took effect prompted a final batch of applications for several downtown apartment proposals totaling 1,200 units, the largest a $254 million development at 15th and Main. The biggest proposal was submitted by an entity called Sky Real Estate LLC. It calls for a 506-unit…

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Jenni Koch shows other residents the parcels of land up for rezoning at The Coffee Bean Co. in Spring Hill, Kansas, on Feb. 9, 2021.

Rural Johnson Countians Pay the Price of Progress at the Edge(rton)

Edgerton, Kansas, is on track to approve Northpoint Development’s proposal to expand Logistics Park Kansas City, despite resistance from nearby rural residents.

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