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Ryan Sorrell

Turning Data to Dialogue: Police Stop Data and the Search for Solutions

Missouri has some of the nation’s most comprehensive and longstanding data on police traffic stops. Yet for all of the tallying and annual reports and statements of concern, little has changed.

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Pandemic has changed education. What do Kansas Citians want our team to report on next?

Calling students, teachers and parents: What questions do you have about the future of education?

Teachers, parents and students, send us your education questions. Our engagement team will report on the stories that matter to you.

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Ambassador Hotel Opens 1930s Style Jazz and Supper Club

Kansas City jazz great Lonnie McFadden has opened a club beneath the Ambassador Hotel that includes an option for patrons to enjoy a three-course meal and listen to the show during the early evening sessions. The new Lonnie’s Reno Club opened earlier this month at the Ambassador at 1111 Grand. The name comes from the…

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How Reverse Mortgages Backfire in Low-Income, Minority Neighborhoods

Reverse mortgages can backfire in low-income and minority neighborhoods if homeowners don’t account for property tax and insurance payments.

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Indy Developer Teaming with Local Nonprofit on Riverfront Affordable Housing Proposal

By Kevin Collison Flaherty & Collins, the developer of the $72 million Union Berkley Riverfront apartment project, is teaming with a local nonprofit on a proposal to build a 124-unit affordable housing development next door. The Indianapolis-based developer is working with Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corp. on the proposed $22 million Heritage Lofts project at…

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